New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 13, 1923, Page 13

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WEEKS CALLS FORD ATTACK RECKLESS o Soi— Explaing Sale of Gorgas Plant and Its Ellect Washingten, D, €, Oet, Muscle Shoals coutroversy major propertio last night when Secretury of War Weeks entered the lists in behalf of his Administration and eharged Henry Vord with making regkloss assertions” as to the method whereby the war departmont disposed of the G steam plant to the Ala- bama Power Company, Heoretary Weeks mude his charges Niter two conferences with Prosident 15.~"The assuméd the latter approved the statement in answer to Mr, Ford mad by Mr, Weeks, the full text of which follows “Mr, Ford this morning delivered a personal attack upon me in connee- tion with the conduct of the Admin- istration in relation to Muscle Shoals, His statement Is Alled with reckless umscrtions, “1L may be that Mr, Vord, relying as | he does upon other persons in the con- duct of 50 many enterprises, probably is not himself possessed of the full facts of the situation, For the hzenefii of those who do not fuly understand the problems involved, 1 shall briefly review the subject. Purpose of Gorgas Plant fuscie Bhoals was a development for nitrate purposes in the war, which included the construction of & large dam on the Tennessee river, and the construction of air fixing nitrate plants with lurge quarrios and, as an adjunct to these plants In order to supply power, pending the completion of the waterpower plant, & steam plant was crected 90 miles away on the Warrior river, known us the Gorgas plant. “The total expenditures on these properties was abont $102,000,000, of which less than $5,000,000 was spent upon this isolated and temporary steam plant, The steam plant was erected on the property of the Ala- Luma Power company, which reserved title to the land on agreed conditions with the Wilson administfation, for which this administration is not re- sponsible and which gave to them the rght to purchase the Gorgas steam plant. The proposal made by Mr. Ford for the purchase of this entire equipment involved the payment by him of+$ (100,000 for the entire plant, including the above isolated and temporary steam plant. It also involved many other conditions with regard to the cempletion of the waterpower ete, No disposal of government property ecan rvightfully be made by an administra- tive officer without the apptoval of vongress, and I, as the responsible of- ficlal in this maftter, referred N I‘ord’s offer to congress, which has 50 far not acted upon it. \ Power Company’s Offer. “In the meantime the Alabama Power company, under its rights in the old contract, notified the govern- ment that the lands must be vacated o or before October 15, this year. It offored.to pay-$3;500,000 for this com- paratively small item of the whole cquipment. s “The government ‘had an option to aceept this offer, which was the high- ost made, or to salvage this plant as| seeond hand machinery which they eould not more than $1,000,000, On the other hand, it must be borne in mind that for this single item in the entire equipment the government has secur- ed $3,500,000 as against the $5,000,- 00 offered by Mr, I"ord for the entire plant and equipment. “At the time of the sale, in a de- sire not to disturb the status quo, the administration stated to Mr. Iord that this amount could be credited on his original offer of $5,000,000 i it and from School Savings Banking Projects—1922-1923 Compiled by Savings 13 i CLA Memphis, Tenn. Duluth, Minn, N. Y. 1 Rochester, Providence, Akron, Ohio Pittsburgh, t. Louis, Louisville, I Binghamton, N. ¥ Wilmington, Del. Huntington, W, Va. . Minneapolis, Minn, Canton, Ohio Wilkes-Barre, Toledo, Ohio Pawtucket, R. Norfolk, Va. IMlint, Mich, Long Beach, ‘I'renton, N. Hartford, Conn. .. Terre~gute, Ind. Atlanta, Ga. . Pa. m. .. Pa. e R T N Cal, Why not start your Savings Account or girl saves? Cor. Church and Main Sts. have realized | New Britain, Conn, W 80 wished purpese in purchasing Bhoals Js the for fertilization purpeses. the 1 have the keenest Yuterest in the development of alr fixation of nitrates in assisiance of the [grdered him to leave the oity adaptabilivy of Muscle SBhpals, for this As evidence of the govera- ment's desire to premete this end it the American farmer and In purpose, 15 carrying ferwasd struetion of hydraulic loday the oon- for the purpese. Nevor Opposed Pord's Plan "I have never opposed Mr, Ford's seouring the use of this water power or any other equipment we have pro- vided he is able to give auch assur- ance of its heing devoted to this par- tioular purpose as will satisfy congress and properly proteet the publie inter st The assertion that he couid hav economically made nitrates hy the use jof steam power is denied by every expert adviser, {8t open would seem to indieate that | he does net regard the Gorgas steam ing out of his plan to purchase and develop Muscle Bhoals watler power, I do not propose to continue a newspaper discussion of this subjeet, Lut if necessary shall place all facts before a proper tribunal' | charges against Secretary Weeks and whieh drew the fire of the head of the | war department was as follows: | “The United States government Ithrough Major-Gen, Lansing M. Beach, asked me to bid on Muscle Shoals, mot on & plece of Muncle {Bhoaln, 1 did so, wd because my bid included all of Musele Shoals, it was the only one thought worthy of re. porting to congress, |77 But 1 have n very strong convic- tion that, wWhile we have heen nego- | tiating with Mr, Woeks we have not been negotinting with the United | Etates government, John W, Weeks's repeated assertions that Henry 1Yord would never get Muscle Shoals, neith- eor with the Gorgas plant nor without {, is evidence that the parties to this atter are not the bidder and the gov- ernment, but other parties best known [to the man who Is at present secre- tory of war."” | S — KLAN 15 BARRED Organization in New York 13.—Knights of the and their are Oct, Klan Kamelia, | Albany, Ku Klux auxill prohibited [tion by an order obtained from Su- ties Attorney General Charles E. Mc- | Manns and Edward G. Griffin, The order was filed with the Albany County Clerk's office. attempted to incorporate to escape the Walker law, which required the Klan organizations to unmask filing with the sccretary of state the lists of their members. It also was alleged they had hanged their in- corporation papers after they had been approved by Supreme Court Justice Pierce of Buffalo. | Supreme Court Justice Staley of | this city sustained the contention, | and on this ground the final order | was granted today by Justice Rosche, | TWO YEAF OR I'LOGGER |1'exas Man, Alleged Klansman, Found Guilty of Whitecapping Amarillo, Texas, Oct. 13. — T. W. | Stamford, alleged Ku Klux Klansman, | was found guilly yesterday of a charge |of whitecapping in connection with the rccent flogging of 1. T. McDonald here. in the penitentiary. Defense counsel |filed a motion for a new trial. The Istate charged that Sanford was lead- or of a band of masked men who first ordered McDonald to leave Amarillo and later flogged him, The verdict of guilty was based on the thirtl count of the indictment HONOR ROLL n Bankers 10,000 Division, Ameri T OVER nk ENROLLM Per fTotal Number of Cent Enrollment Pupils Particl- in Schools Partici- pating Operating 97 3 3 828 Tot Amo Collec 427 31,847 41,619 28,263 74,740 405 424, 30,140 97,7 10,819 13,617 . 38,011 28,331 declared Musele | This count invelved the wearing of al Mmanulaciure of nitrates works on the| Tennessee river with a view ta mak- | ing that great waler power available Coolidge, every indleation being that| “The fact that he says his offer is | plant as necessary to him in the earry- | Mr. Ford's statement contalning Ilmi | Supreme Court Refuses to Permit | women's | foreter from acting as an incorpora- | preme Court Justice Rosche by Depu- | It had been charged the Klan had | by | He was sentenced to two years 100,856,530 82,168.79 147,778.96 58,961.45 66,286 here, where your boy Just One Dollar will open up an Account and deposits will draw interest at 439, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1928, afeinst Blant e Jwry reperted teged Ku Kius Kian rebes by the men which the jury held constituted a threat within lself, MeDonald said the men were robes the night they CROOKS STEAL MONEY WOMAN HAD FOR SICK | | New Haven Woman foses 8468 She i 3 | Had saved (o Send Her Invalid son | 1o Oalifornia, New Haven, Oct. 13.—The sim of! | 8465, which she had saved so that her nvalid son could he sent to California | for the henefit of his health, was lost | to two swindlers here yesterday by | Mrs, Annie Allen, & woman dependent upon her weekly earnings, When on her way to work yester. | day morning it was learned last night in & report to the police Mrs, Allen | was stopped by a young man who sald he had walked from Hartford an usked for some money, During their | conversation another youth joined them, saying hehad just picked up $2,000 and suggested that they divide {1t among themselves, Sho was shown | the money In bills of large denomina. | ton, Upon being wasked as to what | money shehad, Mrs, Allen produced | the 3465, One of the men took her| money and when he did not return the other sald he would seek him, | Mrs, Allen said she waited but the palr fulled to réturn, Gumry MURDER ON SEAS Trenton, J., Oct, 13,—A verdiet of murder in the first degree “with- out capital punishment” was returned | by a jury Iast night in the United | States district court in the case of Vincent Munoz, stoker on the U, 8, liner, George Washington, who was charged with killing Maximllian | I"uentos, another stoker, of Bremer. | haven, many, as he lay In his bunk, ? REPORTED BY COL. EATON | Revenue Collector Announces Figures | Which Reflect Increased Prosperity | - | In States, o Hartford, Oct. 13.—Increased inter- nal revenue receipts for September in classes of taxes that reflect good bus- iness conditions in Connecticut were disclosed in a special report sent to Washington by Collector Robert O. Eaton. {4 { The total revenue receipts for Sep- tembena Were $6,079,000 against $3,- | 700,000 for September, 1922, and the reccipts for the quarter aggregated $9,800,000, whereas those for the same [ quarter of last year were $7,400,000, TWO KILLED IN FIGHT Hazard, Ky., Oct, 13.—As the re- |sult of, a gunfight in a clubhouse at Combs, Ky., late last night, Anse | Begley, a railroad telegraph operator Combs and John Baker, are dead, and Boh Baker, brother of Jahn, is 1in a critical condition from - pistol wounds alleged to have been inflicted by Bigley. GE. Scotland Neck, N. | Brigadier General Livan M. Joh | retived, who served with the division in I'rance, died this morning in Paris, according to a cablegram re- ceived by his daughter, Mrs. William 0. McDowell. 18— son, rk'ith ! | | | I'LOODS IN OKLAHOM Y linid, Okla., Oct. 13—Railoa. munication from Woodward, Okla- homa, has been cut oft hy floods, ac- cording to word received here by the southwestern Bell Telephone company. Association Average Individual Depesit Giross Net $4.34 al unt ted .32 5.91 49.06 | rondack | vassers, a2,000 ACRE TRACT SOLD BY Son of Ol Magaale Disposes ol Adirondacks Property Utica, N, ¥, Ocl, 13.~-The esiate of William Reekefeller completed this week the sale of 52,000 aeres of Adi- A preserve adjelning Paul| A Bmith's In Franklin county, the pup.| I chaser being John N, MeDenald of I Utica and Colonel Benjamin MoAipin, | 1¥ the New York hotel owner. tract, which was signed Tuesday, vep- 1esented an amount running Seven figures, «Most of the land eon-| ' siats of virgin timber but many eamps| ¢ and bulldings and much equipment |’ are included in the property. 1'. This sale completos the dispdsal of | the 65,000 acre Adirondack presorve| owned by Mr, Rockefeller at his death, TLumbering operations will be ear. od out on the tract but in such a WAY s not to Interfore with ftg scenie beauties, ‘There is a main building, 306 | feet, Thers nre seven other buildings and eleven cam pletely equipped, These talned, At present twenty-two ward. “ns protect the property from tres. he largest bulld g 15 heat. od by five hot water boilers, The property is bounded on the east by Paul Smith's and state land, on the south by Turner and state land, on the west by Cutting and the Oval Dish company and on the north by the Bt Regls Paper company holdings, A A A A A A A A ¢ o | B G v 300 | 9 lurge A N N N N | P P | P | R n n Bl Bl Mr, Rockefeller made his first pur- ase of Adirondack forest land in 1598 when he bought 25,000 acres from P, A, Ducey for 000, This property was transformed into a priv- ate park. Additional purchases in- creased the preserve to about 65,000 #eres, Last month the Rockefeller state sold ahout 13,000 acres in tha Debar mountain section o H, H, Rey. nolds of Malone, N, Y., and Howard Taylor of Utica, lumber men, HIT WARM TRAIL Medford, Ore,, Oct. 13,—According to reports by county officials today, Bloodhounds struck a warm trall in the Siskiyous today which 18 leading posses in the direction of Coos Bay in pursuit of the bandits who held up the Southern Pacific train 13, Thursday and killed four, 18 T T T o Ul v | | |A | A A RESIGNS POS N Ottawa, Oct. 13.—R., B. Gough, a director of the Home Bank of Canada, ten of the officers and directors of which were indicted for falsifying a financial statement after the bank's recent failure, has resigned from the directorate of the Canadian National lailways. o € TH GONIE Wiegbaden, Germany.—Police arrested a woman here, who they stole the gold teeth of her sister, as she lay dead in a local hospital. 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