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VOLUME NO. 11
SINCLAIR AND BURNS CLAIM RIGHT TO SHADOW FEDERAL JURY
Coalition May Upset Senate Plans in Reorganization of Congress
SMITH AND VARE CONTEST GOES OVER TILL TUESDAY IN SENATE
WERE WELL WITHIN
DEFENDANTS MAKE THE BOLD
CLAIM THAT THEY HAD RIGHT |
TO SHADOW: JURY ‘
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5—(AP)—
Hailed befoie t,he District of Colum
bia supreme court today on charges
of eontempt, Harry F. Sinclair, Wwil
liam J. Burns and their associates
insisted that they were well within
the law in having the jury in the
Fall-Sinclair oil case placed under
surveillance.
Henry Mason Day, an official of
one of Sinclair's “oil cofpanies, said
he hired theßurns men to shaulf)wl
the jury at Sinclair’s request ex
plaining that the oil men believed
an improper effort: would be made}
to have that jury return a verdict
against Sinclair. The oil men asked ‘
that the case be dismissed for lack‘
of jurisdiction.
The- defense contended it hadi
made -no - actual contact with jurors
but hgd stood on its legal rights in‘
endeavoring tp protect the interests
of the men on trial for conspiracy
as a result of the leasing of the Tea
pot Dome naval oil reserve by Al
bert B. Fall to Sinclair.
Almost as soon as the hearing had
opened with a denial of guilt of the
defense a recess had to be ordered
to allow the district attorney’s of
fice to study the defendants an
swers. THAEIRERE
Sinclair, Burns, Sherman Clark,
Henry Mason Day, W.. Sherman
Burns and Charles L. Leitsch were
the men cited to showlcause why'
they \é?, Ild not be held in con
tempt as, 4 result of the shadowing
by the D‘:rns men,
WASHINGTON, December 4—(AP)—
Announcement by the government and
the defense that they were ready for
the opening of the Sinclair-Burns
criminal contempt proceedings in the
supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia Monday, were followed today
by a short but bitter exchange be
tween Charles G. Ruddy, a Burns de
tective and Neil Burkinshaw, assistant
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sterilized.
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Bottling Company
Cordele, Ga. Phone 87
A. C. Towns, Manager
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TO*GET* WHERE IT 1I¢&
CORDELE DISPATCH
JVER 5,000 BILLS _
~ ALREADY IN MILL
‘COCLIGE IS TO ADDRESS CON
GRESS IN MESSAGE WHICH
GOES AT NOON TUESDAY.
WASHINGTON, December 4—(AP)-—
A new born congress opened its eves
at noon today on Capitol Hill to lecok
upon a world flill of legislative and
political tribulations.
The process Of introducing new
trouble into the offices at the open
ing of the session was at the spce
tacular senate quarrel over the clec
tion cqtnests for Pennsylvania and Tl
- ;
The troubles at the house’s end of
the = capitol were less vivid but were
not less real
At the very moment the ovpening
gavel fell, house leaders found them
selves in the midst of legislative prob
lems with upward of 5,000 bills al
ready on file. Among them was one
on appropriation measure and the
$236,000,000,000 tax reduction bill.
The senate’s immediate prob.ems
consisted also of a threat by Demo--
cratic-Republican-Independent colition
designed to upset the bare republican
majority of one to deliver over the
senator secretaryship and many minor
‘places to democx_'ats.
In the house there was no nev or
fganization problem with an over
whelming republican majority behind
him, Sjokesman Nicholas Longworth’s
reelestion as presiding officer was only
a formality.’
~ Boh senate and house gave the day
‘lover to the opening ceermonies which
were witnssed as usal by crowded
galleries. President Coolidge’s annual
L:message will go in tomorrow, Wednes
fday, formally upon the legislative
Isquabbles, that are expected to last
well into next summer.
ANOTHER STEAMER
: M
| IS STORM VICTT!
THIRD STEAMER IS BELIEVED
STRANDED ON THE COAST OF
NORTH CAROLINA
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E ELIZABETH CITY, N G, Dec: b
__(AP)—Possibilities that a third
steamer was hurled upon the North
Carolina coast in the week-end
gale that took toll of the Creek Par-.
agua and the Norweigan freighter,
Civao, was conveved in a telegram |
received late last night at the;
seventh district coast guard lwud-f
quarters here stating that the
crew of the Hattras inlet station |
were going out to help an “unknown {
steamer.” "' -
No word has been received from !
the steamer today as the ga]e‘
prought down wires in every (lirect-l
ion. i
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district attorney.
Ruddy who was in charge of the
Fall-Sinclair jury shadowing, called on
Burkinshaw and after a sharp ex
change he departed. Later he issucd a
statement in which he said that Burk
inshaw greeted him with the accusa
tion that he had been “drunk within
the last week” and, declaring the ac
cusation was “aholutely untrue,” he
said he had refused to remain in
Burkinshaw's office any longer.
Ruddy charged that “this final in
sult on the part of Mr. Burkinshaw is
in accord with the tactics he used
during the grand jury investigation”
He alleged that “for the purpose of in
timidation, some of the Burns opera
tives were accused of crimes they had
not committee” He continued that at
one time Burkinshaw had threatened
him with arrest “in spite_of the fact
he was emphatically told that both the
men and myself had testified truth
fully and were hiding nothing.”
CORDELE, GEORGIA MONDAY, DFC 'EMBER 5, 1927
Four Women Perish in Hotel Annex Fire in St. Louis
THREE NURSES ARE
‘t
~ BADLY INJURED
~ IN4 STORY JUMP
FIRE DEVELOPS IN ANNEX AND‘
SHOOTS UP THROUGH ELEVA
TOR SHAFT. ~
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5— (AP) — Four
women were known to have hecen
killed and seven persons dangerously
iinqured in a fire early today which
destroyed the rear section of the
tßuckingha,m Hotel annex with a loss
‘estimated at $170,000. Police fear oth
er bodies were in the ruins.
Three nurses, two of whom jump
‘ed from windows on the fourth floor
'were in a ecritical condition. There
| were 118 guests in the two sections of
‘lthe annex when the fire was discover
ied shortly after three a.m. Many ran
to the streets in night clothing.
I The main Hotel Buckingham, across
the street was untouched by the
flames and furnished shelter for those
driven from the next building.
Chief of Police Gerk, reported that
the fire appeared to have started near
the front of the two annex buildings,
probably in the basement and shot up
through the elevator shaft. The
cause was not determined.
' OITY ELECTION WILL
BE HELD ON
DEC. 7
The city election is scheduled te be
held cn Wednesday, December 7th. At
lthis election two commissioners will
. be chosen. The candidates for the
! places are: R. L. Sims, John Cair, C.
| H. Gay J. L. Strickland and W. .
| Westbrook.
w Ther¢ aré nearly 700 registcred
voters who are qualified for tr/ elec
tion
’J’Af( ‘QUES DE LESSIPS
' BODY IS RECOVERED
ST. JOHNS, New Foundland, Dcc. 5
j—The body of an aviator discovered
near St. George’s Bay was ideniified
today as that of Count Jacques de
Lessips. Identity was made from pa
pers and mail that was on the hody.
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Stead’s
DRUG STORE
Preseriptions
compounded
by a
pharmacist,
Prices
reasonahle.
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WIDOW RELATES |
MRS. LILLIENDAHL GIVES DE.
TAILS FO MURDER OF HER
~ HUSBAND. BY TWO NEGROES
~ MAY’S LANDING, N.:. Jy4.:.(Court
Room) Dc. s—(AP)—Sobbing and
;muring her hands in a paroxysm of
emotion, Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl
told on the stand today her story of |
how her husband was killed by t\vol
negroes.
She flatly denied that the shoot
ing was done by Willis Beach, her
friend and co-defendant.
The placing of the widow on the
stand was taken as an indication
that the defense testimony which
began on Fridays; was nearing a
close. Beach was on the witness
bhox for three and one half hours on
Saturday, repeating his alibi that he
lwas at home with his family when
Dr. Lilliendahl was killed in a lane
off the Apsion road, near Hammon
ton. l
Prrmaa e
!
DOTY IS GIVENHIS
RELEASE BY FRENCH
'WILL GO TO PARIS AND THEN |
l RETURN TO UNITED STATES i
! MARSAILLES. Trance. Dec. s——!
!(A(‘)r‘— Bennet J. Dot y of Biloxi,
| Miss.,, was releasei unconditionally
'fi'()m the French Foreign Legion by
| the French military autherities to
day.
Doty went immediately into the
* American Consulate once more to
frecdom after serving with the for
-1o the verge of execution as a de
serter, ¥ : Efl%gfim
He expected to leave as soon zm'
possible for Paris and then I'Ol'.ll‘ll'
l(lu'c('lly to the United =States,
| He ‘arrived here this mnmingl
[ulmurd the cattle freighter, i’ajnui
| from Orann, Algeria. '
! Doty, whe enlisted in the Frvm:hi
| Foreign Legion as “Gilbert Clare” !
| was landed with the cattle at the |
dock yards. He was taken to Fort i
Saint Jean where he was released |
nnconditionally. i
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|
WOODMEN ELECT
| OFFICERS HEREI
| LOCAL CAMP MAKING PLANS TO
| NAME NEW COREPS OF OFFICERS l
| AT THURSDAY NIGHT SESSION. '
| Members of Cordele Camp 1')6.!
;Woudmen of the World are to h()lrl}
| their annual election for officers at |
ltheir regular lodge session on T‘uurw-}
}dny night next. !
' Members of the order are given no
ifi(:e that they may be present and'l
' have a hand in naming the new offi~
cers. The election is to be held Thurs- l
% day night. :
. NICK . LONGWORTTI l
| RE-ELECTED AS
]
SPEAKER !
| WASHINGTON, Dec. S—(AP)- §
i.\'irho]:xs Longworh of Ohio, was I's--|
elected spokesman of the house to
| day.
' Longworth’s re-election over lh")"i
recentative Finnish J. Garrette of
| Tennessee, the democratic. nominee,
| had heen a foregone (-nnrlus‘inn|
'aince the last general election when
' the republicans retained the same
lmnjuri!y in the house,
Voting At Close of First
Period Is Heavy Despite
Bad Weather Conditions
WITH RUSSIANS
NO RESUMPTION OF TRADE RE-l
LATIONS IS POCSSIBLE AFTERI
| CONFERENCE l
GENEVA, December 5—(AP)—
It was not found possible to reach
any basis ol agreement, said an of
ficia} commingue issued by the Pri
tish delegation at the conclusion of
an intervitw this afternoon between
Sir Austin Chamberlaun and Maxim
Litvinoff, arranged to discuss £o
viet-British relations. ‘
The interview hetween Litvinoff
and the British foreign secretaryl
lasted about an hour. When it end
ed Litvinoff hurried down the stair
i('ast and left the hotel refusing to
'mnke any statement.
Subsequently a British spokes
man announced that the statement
issued by the British was “an
iugrce(l matter.
TWO CARS FINE
|
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WILL BE UNLOADED IN CORDELE
‘ EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
Through the efforts of the Board of
Trade and the County Agent, M. J.
‘K. Luck, two cars of fine Duroc sows
’bred to farrow in about six weeks
| have been arranged for and were ship
ped from the farm of John Telling of
’Danvm(\., llinois, expected to avriv{
in Cordele Wednesday morning and
Im pe sold to the farmers of Crisp
county.
; Mr. Telling is the largest breedes ©f
‘rl)umc hogs in the world and through
'{he efforts of J. N. Sparling of Al
“bany, who is looking after Mr. Tell
ing’s business in the south, sixteen
1(::11‘103(13 of these registered sows nave
i peen placed with the farmers of seuth
| Georgia.
. Full information can pe obtained
“rom the Board of Trade as to where
{‘lzf«'vh()«.ss will be shown where these
;hng.zs will be shown for sale.
) PRENNESSER SENDING
| CHALLENGE TO
| TECTH
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| KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 5—(AP)—
i’l'hu University of Tennessee, unde~
feated in football during the 1927 sea
ie,nn. today challenged Georgia Tech,
'unh(‘aten in the Southern Conference,
'to a post season game for the confer
icmze championship.
LOST
' Big Brown Spotted
Setter Dog
Name Rex
Liberal Reward
or
If Stolen $25.00 Reward
For Dog and Man.
S. T. Maughon
Circle Theatre
LEADER sgm N
EFFORTS SHOULD BE DOUBLED
THIS WEEK TO OBTAIN VOTES
DURING CRITICAL PERIOD.
The close of the first period of the
Dispatch Christmas Gift Campaign
was more satisfying, from the stand
point of the publishers and candidates
alike, than was thought possible after
three successive days of rain that made
campaign work nearly impossible.
The response from the public was
fine, and many people made special
trips to get their subscription to some
candidate before the votes dropped in
value.
The standing of the candidates at
the close of the first period is an
nounced on page six today and chow
the present leaders.
These leaders are not outstanding in
number of votes ahead of any other
candidate, ‘for at the present time on
ly thousands of votes separate the
first and last, where ordinarily it
would be hundreds of thousands of
votes. Any worker in the race
has an equal chance for one oi the
three automobiles because the work
done in the next three weeks will he
the deciding factor in winning a car.
This week is the start of the szcend
vote period and it is a vital time in
the campaign and a most dangerous
one as well. Effort should be doubled
this week in the attempt to obtain
every original subscription pefors the
votes again drop this coming Satur
day. Every reader who failed to get
their subscription in on the first pericd
should make it'a point to do se this
week, for after Saturday night a one
year subscription will count only 10,-
000 where it earns 12,000 votes o
SNOW AND SLEET BLANKET IS
FOLLOWED BY RAIN IN MANY
STATES
o T et YRR
NEW YORK, Dec. S—(AP)—A
snow an dsleet blanket over the
eastern states followed by rain
made trouble for all forms of traf
{ic today.
Riding a northeast gale which at
come places reached a velocity of
more than fifty miles an hour the
storm, which came with the season’s
first cold wave, resulted in at least
fifty miles an hour the storf, which
came with the season’s first cold
wave, resulted in at least five
deaths and delays 4o railroads and
ocean going shipping.
There wasg zero temperature in
New Kngland and northern New
vork states with snow and sleet
ranging from two inches to ceveral
inches deep. ¢
Jighteen thousand men and 760
{rucks were given the task of clear
ing New York city streets of two
inches or more of snow.
Tastern Pennsylvania, southern
New Jersey and Delaware were cov
ered by snow. The depth was two
inches at Philadelphia.
NEVER TOO LATE
DUBLIN—After spending 33 years in
prison, James Dorgan pledged himselt
to reform and was freed after con
vietion for burglary,
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS
Establisned In 1908
MEMBERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
BECK IS SEATED . -
BUT CATH ISNOT .
, ADMINISTERED
‘ AR i
BATTLE TO KEEP SMITH AND%‘
VARE OUT OF SENATE WILL,
TAKE SHAPE TUESDAY i
WASHINGTON, Dec. s—(AP)—The!
oath of office was withheld tempora-i
rily today from Represcntatlve-electg,
James Beck of Pennsylvania whose il<':
legibility was questioned on the ground’
that he is not & resident of the Phil
adelphia district from which he was’
elected. ‘ : it
Representative Garrett of Terinessee.
the democratic leader, will lead thq?
fight against Beck, a former solicitot’
general of the United States and l',:
! republican. i 'r
: Beck Is Seated ‘é
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 — (AP) —
James N. Beck was seated in the!
house today as & republican repre-'
sentative, Pennsylvania, over the pro<!
test of democartic members, who. con~
tended he was not a legal residént oF,
the district from which he wag elect
ed last month. &
\ Smith And Vare Case
Setting forth various matters relat- .
ing to the contentions and expendi
{tures in the primary campaign of
lVare and Smith as disclosed before
the senate campaign funds committee,
a resolution was presented which re
ferred to “the taint of fraud and cor
ruption.” ;
Senator Curtis then asked unant
'mous consent htat the Smith . and
| Vare case go over “without prejudice”
!until tomorrow and that was agreed
to. .
WILIL: MEET TO FIX
PRIMARY ¢ .
DATES L
The county democratic executive
committee has issued a call, to its
members to meet at ten o'clock on
next Saturday at the court house when
lu date for the county primary will be
set.
l The committee is headed by R.' L.
I Dekle as chairman and E. A, Vinselt as
| secretary and treasurer. ; v
The Tang
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of Winter
Winter is in the
air. The nip of
morning frost in
vigorates. As you i
store up energy
for the efforts of
the coming year,
so store your fi- !
nancial sinews,
letting them work
for you in the
meantime, draw
ing interest in this
bank. .
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Cordele
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Banking Co.
¢ CORDELE, GA. | e
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