New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 29, 1928, Page 5

SEMATE 1S FLAYED IN WALSH REPORT Delay in Teapot Dome Subject| of Attack Washington, May 29 (#—A report bitterly attacking the four oil mag- nates who participated in the profits of the long investigated Continental Trading company oil deal of seven years ago and criticizing the treas- ury for waiting almost three years| befdre demanding taxes due from | the transaction awaited presentation today to the senate. The report, prepared by Senator| ‘Walsh, democrat, Montana, veteran | prosecutor of the Teapot Dome com- | mittee, and unanimously approved | by his fellow committeemen, charac- | terized Robert W. Stewart, Harry F. Sinclair, H. M. Blackmer, and James E. O'Neil as “conspirators” and de- nounced the entire deal as a ‘“con- temptible private steal.” Senator Nye, republican, North Dakota, planned to offer a supple- mental report on the committee's findings, but Senator Walsh said neither was to be regarded as the | last word on the oil investigation | #ince many points remained to be| cleaned up. | Walsh reviewed the history of the | Continental company's organization to buy and sell ofl in this country and declared there was a general be. | lief that its $3,080.000 profits were | “to be devoted, and perhaps had | been devoted. to corrupt uses of cn»‘ form or another.” since $233.000 in| Liberty Bonds purchased with the profits had been traced from Sin-| clair to Albert B. Fall, former in-| terior secretary, about the time of | the lease of Teapot Dome “It teems now, however,” port added. “to have been 1ll-g gains of 2 contemptible private the regulations of trusted office Ereat ‘industrial houses, pilfering from their own companies, robbing their own stockholders, the share of the boodie coming to one of the free- booters serving in part as the pric of the perfidy of a member of the president’s cabinet.” Reference was made fo the tesri- | mony that Stewart, O'Neil and clair had made restitution to the companies for their shares of gair in the Continental transaction. un- der which oil was purchated at $1.50 a barrel and resold to their companies at $1.75, but Walsh had| this to say on that point | Tt is unnecessary to dwell upon | the facts leading to the conclusion | *hat no one of the four conspirators | had. at the outset, anv purpose to malke the company, each respecfie. beneficiary of the considered “parties af- timony given 4 or vicariously was characterized r no degree by candor, are them-| gelves to blame.” “It is impossible,” he added. “to| offer any sane reason for taking the | pains or going to the expense of or-| ganizing the corporation device, or for paying Osler (H. S. Osler, or Toronto, president of the Continen. tal) commissions agounting to $60.- 000 for conducting its affairs, if there was an honest intention that the company should have the pro- fits,” As the transaction now stands, the Sinclair crude oil purchasing com- pany “has been made whole,” the report continued, “but the Prairie Oil and Gas company is out the amount still held by Blackmer." “In this statement.” it was said. “account is not taken of the fact that a loss to the companies has en- sued to the amount of the interest that would have accrued on the va- rious sums represented by the cou- pons not cashed, had they been turned in for payment and the inter- est thus realized been invested or deposited in an interest bearing ace |count.” Taking the treasury to task for de- laying the collection of taxes from the oil deal, when its existence was known to agents of that department, report called attention that $2,- 060,000 in taxes now had been recov- ered and said it was likely that much more would b collected. It was argued that had a suit been instituted by the treasury against those who received the bond profits would have “brought out all the ntial facts developed by the com- e, affording as it would an op- ncluding Blackmer and O'Neil, be- fore they fled beyond the seas.’ Declaring the purpose for which the Continental company was or- ganized remained a mystery, the re- port said that no doubt. could be entertained that “Stewart and Sin- clair can both tell what they both stoutly, but unconvincingly, declar- cannot.” r and O'Neil," “could illuminate the they cautiously remain Jurisdiction. Osler probably 1 but he has been sojourning in Iu- rope, shrewdly avoiding at this sea n the ory process of the : ely fo be invok- ed to compel him to pay an income tax, or to punish fusing. to return for taxation his share of the spoils " it added. subject, but beyond the hm £ HELD FOR OBSERVATION Nea York, May AF—N1ta Chal- fonte 34, who zaid she is a former operatic singer. was committed to Bellevne hospital for ohservation after she was arraigned on a charge of shophfting During the past few vears she had been a vocal instrictor at the Metro- politan Opera company. A hook of press chipping exhibited in court 1n- dicated £ in many Euro- peon capitals agd n all of the large cities of the W mted States been employed as a dressm, past t=o months =as born in Boston she had CLUR PROGRAM BY RAPID Washington, May 27 (¥ Each of the nation's 617,712 4-H club mem- bers will have an opportu to hear, direct from the national club camp 1n Washingt the club meet. ing on the evening of Jun The prozram will be broadeast, begin- ning at 7 p m, eastern standard time, Club leaders urge that when the national camp gives the club pledge. all members listening in re- peat the words as they are recorded by the microphone. 24 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 192 Gordon Ely, Aged 14, Is Runner Up in Snappy Contest Which Is Wit- nessed by Large Crowd. Leonard Carlson, 13 years old, of 74 South Burritt street is the cham- pion marble shot of the Central iunior high school and Gordon Ely, 14 years old, of 922 Corbin avenue was the runner up in the Herald- Junior marble shooting tournament to determine the city champion in this department of sport. The games at the Central junior high were | played at 4 p. m. yesterday before |a large and enthusiastic circle of |rooters. There has been an un. |usual amount of interest at this | school this vear, where Physical Di- | rector Brewster has taken care of |the preliminary games. The inter- |est was so high that some of the |participants in the unsavory affair, |until 6 o'clock evenings. | The six best plavers of the school having been determined to he Gus- |tave Wehber, 14, of 38 Whiting I'street: Clerio Mussi, 14, of 278 Stan- |ley street; Gordon Ely. 14, of 922 Corbin avenue: Armorl Cormier, 14, | of 176 Steele street (a brother of the | Lincoln school champion): Leonard [Carlson, 13, of 74 South Burritt | street and Victor Zdanis. the above |mentioned were paired off to start the climination game for the school | title. | Cormier was paired with Ely in [ the first mateh and Ely won 7 to 4 Then Webber was paired with Zdanis who won 7 to 5 These games were both well played but the | best game of the afternoon followed | when Musso. having not yet arrived on the scene, Ely took Zdanis en in | the semi-final to see which was the better man and Ely won a spe: As Healthful 1 for spring ive There’s only one chewing gum with this tooth protecting valwe. It's an en- tively new kind. There never was any- thing like it before. It protects your teeth becanse it's made with milk of magnesia. It has a delicious and lass- ing flavor. And it neutralises mouth seidity —the principal cause of tooth troubles. Give your teeth the benefit when you buy chewing gum. Just one way—ssy “New Yorkers.” Chew with Leonard Carlson, 13, Is Champion - Marble Shot of Central Junior lar game; score 7 to 6. At the con- clusion of this game Musso having arrived he was paired with Carlson, the sixth man, and lost an equally good game, Carlson winning 7 to 6. Then Carlson went right into the final with Ely and beat him 7 to 2. An amusing sidelignt to the final was that Carlson won the final game at the Lincoln school a year or two ago, but was a good sport and agreed to play a boy named Liardi the best two out of three to determine the title of the school. The referees agreed although the decision was en- tirely up te Carlson to say whether he would be satisfied with having won the one game, which is all that the rules of the contest,require, or to play Liardi the best two out of three. However, Carlson agreed and was defeated and showed him- | self to be a good sport after the loss. | Ely propesed the championship be decided the same way this year; the best two out of three, but this time Carlson said, “No sir. T tried that once and it didn't work.” Then Ely proved himself a good sport. shook hands and the champlonship was de- |cided in Carlson’s favor. FOR FRENCH FARM WOMEN Chazay-d'Azegues, ran May 29 (P)—Tired farmers' wives and daughters are to have occasional days of rest throughout this central iregilon of the country. Leading land owners are organizing four-day |meetings of rural women. half in- [structive and half recreative. |Demonstrations will be made of ountry cooking, how to keep the farm house sanitary, and talks will be given on aspects of farm life RUILD ELEVATORS RAPIDLY Winnipeg, May 29 () — A new |grain elovator every two davs has heen fhe record established by the Manitoba Wheat Fool since building |operations began this spring. Nearly S0 new elevator points have been [organized. and elevators will be {erected in almost all of them, as It is Good ounces full-size biscuits with milkor enam. TRICU'T.- Shredded Wheet in yefer form » teeth the benefit FREED AFTER LONG I“‘”’”‘ TERM N PRISON Southern Negro Had Been False- 1y Imprisoned | { C. May 9 ®&—! Conscience and justice have set Ben Bess, Florence county Negro, free— | after thirteen long years behind the | bars an innocent man. The woman whose testimony sent | the Negro to prison on charges of assault for a thirty vear term has filed an affidavit, part of which reads: | | “Since I have not much longer to live, I hereby desire as much as vossible to undo the great wrong I have done this Negro, Ben Bess, and I hereby declare my testimony upon the trial of this case to be untrue.” Justice act>d when Governor Richards gave Bless a full pardon. When Bess went to the peniten- tiary he had some property. He lost this and when he was given his freedom he was destitute. Governor Richards sought to have financial aid given the man from the state contingent fund, but was told that no legal means of doing so existed The governo hope that the South Carolin lature at its next session would tak steps to right the grave injustice done this Negro.” A Columbia newspaper has start- ed a fund for Bess and this has reached $364. 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