Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1932, Page 29

BLACKHERS FIRN WLLBEDSOLVED Midwest Refining Co., In- volved in Oil Scandals, Soon to End Existence. By the Associated Press. DENVER, September 23 —The Mid- west Refining Co.. a familiar name to| those who remember Teapot Dome, Salt Creek and Elk Hills, may soon be but a name. Reports published here yes- terday said the $30.000.000 corporation | was to ssolved by the Standard Oil | Co. of Indiana for cconomic reasons. It is now a Standard subsidiary. The corporation in its life of 22 years, developed two famous ofl flelds, Salt Creek and Hobbs, New Mexico, and through its highest officer, figured in one of the Nation’s official scandals. Blackmer Was President. Henry M. Blackmer, Denver's “man | without & country,” whose long sojourn | in France made him for a time the most sought American abroad, was its first president after reorganization of | the corporation in 1914. It had been founded four years before as the Mid- West Oil Co. by the late Verner Z. Reed of Denver and Oliver H. Shoup, former Governor of Colorado. Blackmer was president of Midwest when, in November, 1921, he met with | four other oil magnates in the first transaction of what was to become the | noted Continental Trading Co. scandal, | with its attendant disclosures concern- | ing leasing of naval oil reserves in Salt Creek, Midwest's own field. Blackmer, Harry F. Sinclair, J. E. O'Neil and Col. | Robert Wright Stewart of Standard Ofl of Indiana, met with the late A. E. Humphries to buy from him 33,333.333 barrels of oil. The price was $1.50 a barrel. Revealed 7 Years Later. The oil was sold not to the quartet, us Continental Trad- for _which they A Mr. O was He signed contracts (or‘ ries oil at $1.50 and im- mediately sold it to the four companies represented by Blackmer, Stewart, | O'Neil and Sinclairy for $1.75 a barrel, @ profit of 25 cents bn each barrel. Seven later the deal was dis- closed. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of | Montana s the profit was a huge slush fund for use in bribing public of- ficials. Osler had bought Liberty bonds with the profit and divided them among | the four. Some of them were found in | the effects o 11, Secretary of the Interi > Harding cabinet, and led to his conviction of accepting | a bribe from E. L. Doheny, cil man, a legedly in return for the rich Elk Hills oil_reserve leese. Blackmer and O'Neil fled to France, where O'Neil died. Fall finally went to | prison on the bribery charge and Sin- clair for contempt of the United States Senate. John D. Rockefeller, jr, in a spectacular proxy battle. ousted Stew- | art from control of Standard Oil of In- | diana, Osler, president of Continental | Trading Co. slipped back into the ob- | scurity from which he came for the | company's one transaction. | . & QUICK SOLUTION SEEN. IN BOMBING OUTRAGE Chicago Police Make Four Arrestsf and Seize Sticks of Dynamite. Bv the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September 23.—Hope for = speedy solution of the attempted bombing of the home of Judge John P McGoorty was held, police said today, following the arrest of four men. | At the same time the ‘police an- | nounced they had seized 13’- sticks of | dynamite in connection with one of | \e arrests. Willlam McDanlel, 65, | arrested as the owner of the ex- plosives, admitted, the police said, that he had brought 20 sticks of dynamite from Diamond, W. Va., where he bought them for 10 cents each. He refused, | however, to say what had become of the | missing ‘sticks or why he had any of them in his possession. The police quoted McDanlel as saying he took the dynamite to the home of Carl and Peter Nelson, broth: later to the residenc Norman where it tas found last night Nelson brothers and Ball were arrested. but denied any knowledge of the Mt Goorty bombing. Meanwhile the police continued a search for James. Belcastro, sometimes _ called “king of the bombers,” &as a | suspect, Mrs. Ada Miller Moyer, 16-year-old mother, and Lee Wilbur Koeppen, also t16, were blinded by the explosion of the McGoorty bomb last Tuesday night. Saturday! Fresh Roasted Salted Nuts 53¢ 7| July 14 ALABAMA BILL PASSED TO MODIFY DRY LAW House of Representatives’ Action Taken Against-Stubborn Op- position of Old Guard. | B7 the Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala, September 23—The House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that is designed to modify Alabama’s rigid prohibition laws by repealing sections against the sale of cereal beverages that even “look like, smell like or taste like beer.” The measure, pushed through by younger members of the Legislature against the stubborn opposition of the “old guard,” would permit the manu- facture and sale of cereal drinks con- taining not more than one-half of 1 per cent_alcohol. Loud cheering on the floor and in the galleries broke out with the read- ing of the vote—67 to 32, The Senate has not passed upon it. PLANE TO HUNT WHALES Pilot License Given Norwegian Student at U. 8. Air School. | VALLEY STREAM, N. Y., September | 23 (#)—The airplane entered the field of whale hunting yesterday with the granting of a private pilot's license to Harry Olsen, a Norwegian, after three weeks’ training in the Curtiss-Wright School of Aeronautics. Olsen will equip his plane with pon- toons and lash it to the deck of a whaling ship operating in the South Atlantic below Cape Town, South Africa. When the season begins he will make short trips to spot the whales and report their whereabouts to the fleet. The innovation is expected to save time and money. NEW HAVEN, Conn., September 23 (#—Michael E. Doyle, 49, of Ansonia, indicted on a murder charge in the fa. tal shooting of his wife Lillian, 39, com- | mitted suicide today in jail by severing | the yeins in his right leg with a razor lade. In a finding issued two days ago Coroner James J. Corrigan expressed the opinion that Doyle had intended to commit suicide after shooting his wife. Doyle shot his wife March 1, when | she objected to his drinking. She died Ol a sifter compact with leather pouch 69c o It's absolutely powder tight, o Kid pouch holds 3 weeks supply. o Finger-tip chromium. plated sifter. o Colored French enamel tops. e Large mirror and puff. Toilet Goods Department PALAIS RoYyAL Big fashions for school girls There’s the jumper dress that's so popular big sisters and mothers have borrowed it. Then there’s the dress. With demure white collars and cuffs...and the blouse- and-jacket styles. Ostrich and novelty wool knits, silk and wool crepes. Wines, browns, greens, blue. 7 to 10...8 to 16 year sizes Third Floor The. PALAIS ROYAL 5-pc. suit for boys 8 to 16 7.95 Single-breasted coat 2 pairs of knickers All-wool sweater Vestover with zipper a chic little turban of fine fur felt 3.95 Milliners have done fascinating things with fur felt! Brims, cleverly tilted . .. crowns of smart shallowness . . . little turbans draped by hand so they mould perfectly to your headline . ., we’d like to show them to you. Black and new colors . . . ALL head sizes! Just imagine Handbags like this, at the PaLaIs RoYAL for only l '98 Glove-soft calft Pin morocco! French_antelope! Silk crepes! Marcasite and imitation prystal ornaments! Black, brown, green and navy! Main Floor velvet-and-crepe for fall elegance white with tomato red for smartness 6.50 Two Palais Royal successes that show how to be smart by contrasts . +.only TWO of a hundred new frocks just out of crisp, snowy tis- sues! + It's all black, this new crepe model, with romantic velvet sleeves. The brilliant rhinestone clips only en- hance the deep, rich black. It's a frock for tea ... or luncheon . .. or a matinee. + If it’s color you want, look at the new tomato-red crepe with dull white pebbly crepe collar and cuffs. The dressmaker details—fagotting —and jeweled buttons—are very new. 14 to 20 year sizes Looking for a trim little office frock? Take time to see those new models in the "Conomy Corner, 5.95 and 7.95 Palais Royal—Third Floor Put your best foot forward in.... An opera pump with kid trimming the new braid effects. Sure to be a winner! Black “Princess Royals” 6.00 The PALAIS t looks like and brown suede RoOYAL Hand-turned for Flex- ibility and Comfort— Priced to Meet Today’s Budgets - Classic lines, with just a touch of lizard and luster make this a smart, dressy oxford. Black The Palais Royal is ready to show you as Mothers buy TWO suits when they buy one “Speed- ster.” Coat, vestover and one pair of knickers make a “Sunday suit”—while the other pair of knickers and the sweater go to school! Think of the saving! In brown, tan or gray tweeds (Bigsle strapfig and navy blue cheviot. @“”@ ormerly 6.50 to $10 [-00 95 Sirgle strands with solid gold clasps. 2 and £ 3 strands with gold filled clasps. “ This black kid oxford $10 to $90 necklaces This black Kid oxtord C e o White...ooevnns smart a lot of Princess Royals as you ever laid eyes on—and in new quarters, too. We've sketched three of the favorites that smart women are asking for in the new Shoe De- partment on the Sec- ond Floor. Almonds, Brazil nuts, pecans, filberts and cashew nuts make a tantalizing mixture. See them roasted and salted right before your eyes in the Candy Dept, Main Floor. PALAIS ROYAL rly 450 to $6 2 and 3 strands, with gold Boys’ All-wool Sweaters, s ] Sizes 30-36 119 Boys’ Wool Knickers, 1.29 Sizes 8-18 years, Boys’ Wool Jersey Suits, I I 5 With solid gold and diamond set clasps, . Palais Royal—Main Floor 5 2 Siges 3-8 years. Boys' Combination Suits, Sizes 3-10 years. Palais Royal—Main Floor Palais Royal—Second Floor Did you know . . .? Yeu eh have your hose mended while you shop? Leave them at HOSIERY REPAIR on the Main Floor. Our Upholstery Shop will re<cover your old furniture to please your taste . . . and your budget, too! Second Floor. G STREET AT ELEVENTH Telephone DIstrict 4400