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VOL. XXVI. NO. 56
MIffIDFHIN-J
Ji TEN OTHERS
WE UNDER ARREST
More Troops Are Sent to <
Maintain Order Eleven
Men Are Held in Slaying of
Constable
HERRIN, Ills., Feb. 9.—(By the
Associated Press.) —More blood was ;
spilled in turbulent Williamson coun- i
Uy last night when the two .'actions :
fin Herrin, referred to by the citi- j
Kgs here as the Ku Klux Klan and ■
Ke Knights of the Flaming Circle,
RTn anti Klan organization, clashed, ■
resulting in the death of Constable
Caesar Cagle, thirty-two, and the ■
serious wounding of Deputay Sheriff j
Layman.
A hurried call tor the national I
guard made by Sheriff George Gal
ligan and the arrival at 4 o'clock
this morning of the first company ■
from Carbondale, sixteen miles dis
tant. nipped an incipient riot, which
many residents declared may have i
exceeded the fierceness of a riot in ;
June, 1922, in which twenty-six men
lost their lives.
Four other companies of state
troops arrived here before noon and
shortly after had virtually taken
control of Herrin and it was intimat
ed by guar dot'ficers tonight that the
town would, no doubt, be placed un
der martial law.
Tonight Sheriff George Galligan,
Mayor C. E. Anderson, of Herrin,
Hugh Willis, district board member
of the United Mine Workers of
America, and nine deputy sheriffs
under arrest charged with Ca
gle’s murder.
Police Jhlef Held
John Ford, chief of police of Her
rin, is being held in a jail at Mur
physboro, ilh. and S. Glenn Young,
dry leader, and who local Klansmen i
declare is their paid employe, is act
ing chief of police, of Herrin.
Shortly before six o'clock Saturday i
nig'ht four squads of guardsmen, i
with bayonets drawn- and flanked by >
four machine guns, cleared the main
street of all automobiles, broke up
groups of men and ordered merchants
to close their establishments early.
Machine guns have been mounted
on a building adjacent to the city
hall headquarters of Yeung, and near
the Herrin jail where several men
are being held charged with Cagle s
muider. Guardsmen are also patrol
ing the streets in this vicinity, pro
hibiting any one from using the thor
oughfares.
Situation Called Serious
Colonel Culbertson, commanding
the troops, declared tonight the sit
uation is “quite serious,” although.
l«- added, the military and civil uu
tlibrtties have it well in hand. “How
ever," he continued, “it -is --ot it -
probable that hostilities may break
out afresh.”
The Knights of the Flaming Cir- ■
de gathered in a rtom hall early j
last evening to protest against the •
arrest of E. C. Frick, foreman of the
Williamson county grand jury, for
mer member of the Herrin poll; ’
force and assistant supervisor of
Herrin townsMip. Frick was arrest
ed last Thursday night by.a group
of raiders headed by Young, who de
clared that they had found w a. /JaJ
of illicit liquor in Frick's house.
Young, when asked by what man
ner he was made acting chief of po
lice of Herrin declared that due to
the emergency he was made actli g
chief by the common consent '>- the
law-abiding element of Herrin.
The dry leader declared he had
previously been appointed as a city
policeman and simply took command
of the force due to the absence of
the chief and the serious situation
confronting them. The names of
the men for whom warrants have
been worn out charging them with
.the murder of Cagle, are:
Sheriff George Galligan, of Wil
liamson county: Mayor C. E. An
derson, of Herrin: Hugh Willis, dis
trict hoard member of the United
'. Workers of America: J. W.
Al”’n Thomas, M. J. Trout,
F iJKzie BuTns, Ora Thomas, Pete
Smith, King Johnston. Jim Davis
and John Murrav.
CAVALRY UNIT INCH DEI)
WITH ADDITIONAL TROOPS
SPRINGFIELD. 111., Feb. 9.—Four
additional companies of state militia
men were ordered to Herrin, 111.,
early today when Carlos Black, state
adjutant general." was informed by
Gqlonel A. L. Culbertson, his repre
sentative at Herrin, that the trouble
growing out of feeling engendered by
dry raids had assumed the propor
tions of a. riot. Five companies of
guardsmen previously had been or
dered to Herrin.
Cavalry was included In fch® sec
ond group of guardsmen ordered to
Herrin. Troops F and G and the
headquarters troop of the t<)6th cav
alry, all of Springfield. being order
ed to entrain as quickly as possible.
Company C. of the 130th Infantry,
also of Springfield, made the sixth
company of Infantrymen ordered on !
duty.
IIFRRIN KIAN DISPUTE
BRINGS MINE WALKOUT
■MURPHYSBORO. 111., Feb. 9
M'-ters employed tn 12 collieries be- ■
t—een Herrin and Murphysborol
walked out today. Some said they |
were organizing to "oust the klan" j
while others said they objected to
an anti-klan clause In their con
tracts.
The Weather
■ ' i
Forecast for Tuesday;
Virginia. North Carolina, South
Carolina Rain and somewhat
warmer.
Georgia—Slighti-- warmer tn north
and central portion and on the
coast.
Florida —Cloudy and slightly
warme"' probably s), nvers in ex
treme north portion.
Extreme Northwest Florida. Ala
bama — Rain: somewhat warmer
Mississippi Rin: somewhat
warmer.
Tennc««»e —Rain p-d slightly
Kentucky—Son - vh: • warmer.
Louisiana —Rain, moderate tem
perature.
Arkansas—Occasional rains, not
much . har.ge in temperate".
Oklahoma—Part’.v clou ’v. not
much change tn temperate
East Toxas—Partly cloudy. r .-rn
In east wart nn; somewhat colder in
wMt portrnr.
West Texas—Probably fair.
Published Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
NEWS OF THE WORLD
TOLD IN BRIEF
—
ORANGE. N. J.—Thomas A. Edi
son observed his 77th birthday Mon
day.
MEXICO ClTY.—Mexican feder
als claim to have won important
victory in eleven-hour battle at
Ocattan.
NEW YORK.—Four children and
two men are burned to death in fire
at Rockville Center, Long Island.
New Y T:.
WASHINGTON President and
Mrs. Coolidge hear pastor’s tribute
to Woodrow Wilson at the Central
Presbyterian church.
HERRIN, Ill.—Town is reported,
quiet Monday, but more troops are
ordered from Chicago to strengthen
forces already there.
NEW YORK.—J. P. Morgan * Co.
heads syndicate that completes plans
for loan of between $250,000,000 and
$300,000,000 to Japan.
MG NT RE AL.—A rc hbis hop Gauth
ier warns against “flagrant abuses’'
in social life, including modern danc
and indecency in dress.
NEW YORKT—Police seek haunts
of bootleggers in hope of finding
slayer of Louise Lawson, who was
strangled to death in apartment.
NEW YORK.—More than 2,000
persons ar® expected to attepd Lin
coln day dinner at the National Re
publican club at New "York Citv
Tuesday night when President Cool
idge will speak.
EXECUTION BIGIS
IS DM OF MIN,
' CLAIM OBSERVERS
BY LEE OVERMAN
(Copyright. 192-1, by the Consolidated Press
Association Leased Wire
to The Atlanta Journal.)
I CARSON CITY. Nev., Feb. 9.
i Those who witnessed the first lethal
i gas execution here Friday were
unanimous in declaring that if they
iiSd to suffer capital punishment
they would prefer to die that way.
All agreed that unconsciousness
came upon the condemned man with
in a small fraction of a. second after
the first wave of lethal gas struck
him. They also agreed that both
unconsciousness and death were
completely devoid of pain.
Attesting the humaneness and
quickness of the lethal gas method
is* the result of a poll taken by the
correspondent among eleven other
eye-witnesses to the execution. The
question propounded to each was:
“Provided you were condemned to
I die and had your choice of hanging,
I shooting, electrocution or lethal gas,
I which would you choose?”
In every instance the answer was
the same —lethal gas.
Consensus of opinion among the
seven physicians who officially
watched the snuffing out of the life
of Gee Jon. Chinese tong high-bind
er. was .that lack of proper parapher
nalia for the first experiment and
too low a temperature in the stone
execution chamber to permit prop
er vaporization of the deadly hydro
cyanic mixture prevented the life of
the Oriental from being out
in the twinkling of an eye. But
they all agreed that the Chinaman
died within a second after the first
full charge of gas struck him. The
slight movements of the body noted
six minutes after the gas was turned
on were in reality not signs of life,
but the reflexing of the muscular
system which comes after death.
Major D. A. Turner, of the United
States army medical corps, who was
assigned here as official military ob
server of the execution, threw some
interesting light upon the lethal gas
method.
“Even tinder the handicaps of im
proper equipment,” said Major Tur
ner, “the lethal gas method is the
quickest and most humane method
of putting a human to death. Hang
ing is the cruellest. Frequently hang
ed men are conscious from seven to
fifteen minutes after the trap is
sprung. In electrocutions it is fre
quently necessary to shock a man
three and four times before he is
dead. There are no scientific proofs
that he is not conscious during such
an ordeal.
"In shooting executions, uncon
sciousness does not always come in
stantaneously with the riddling of
the heart. Lethal gas. however, pro
duces instantaneous unconsciousness
and practically inslantaneous death.
There is no chance for pain or suf
fering.
"in Friday’s execution It was Im
possible tn heat the interior of the
■ stone-walled execution chamber to
i the required 70 or SO degrees. The
• actual temperature was 49. The re-
■ suit was that the lethal gas was
i liquified Instead of vaporizing into
j fine particles. It also took a full
I minute and a half to pump the death
I chamber full of gas. With proper
.equipment and a specially construct-
j ed glass-lined chamber, death could
,be made both instantaneous and
i painless."
Woman Is Acquitted
Os Murder Charge
ARKADELPHIA, Ark., Feb. 9
Mrs. Clem Grayson was acquitted by
j a jury in circuit court here late to
day of a charge of muider in con
j nection with the killing of her son
in-law, Monroe Francis, former sher
: iff of Clark county, who was slain
at his home, on the night of Decern
j her 26. last.
Mrs. Grayson admitted shooting
Francis, declaring that he had n is
treated his young daughter.
Police Rebuke Duchess
’ ONDON —T I ess of West
n nster and Lady Maidstone were
Vebuked by the' police for masking
•and singing carol? for charity ot.
i the street.
srt.ao 7aionuaK~uTf>co?vr~ feee
Gcod.-i-n r Mt|r. Cd.. 60‘22-R Goodyear
' Blds., Kansas City, Mo,, fa making an
O'fer to s nd * En-idso-’.c ’ sir.ee it fee-
> n--f r> rson in r. 'i In-'it”.- vbo will
sha-v «nd r- rnin-'t'd ” to f’lends. If
you w-nt one, write otd.v.
lAth ertlsement '
; NEW YORK—Dr. James O. Green
I formally announces tne engagement i
j of his daughter, Eleanor Margaret, :
! to Prince Viggo, of Denmark, con
! firming a previous announcement
I that was later denied.
NEW YORK.—Anti-Saloon league
of New York makes public letter
i from Wm. H. Anderson, declaring j
I hjs innocence from the charges for :
I which he was sentenced to imprison |
■-ment. •
GLASGOW. Great demonstra- >
I tion of Giydeside groun of labor ,
; party goes on record against exces- i
• sive compromises by British minis- .
. try but avoids any declaration that |
I will imperil th* government.
’ CHICAGO. —Two men are shot to
death at Herrin. 111., in trouble grow-
I ing out of dry raids. Militiamen are :
j ordered to scene from Springfield
I to control a situation that is de
i scribed as desperate.
ROME —Former Premier Orlando
of Italy asserts that Woodrow Wil
j son agreed with Clemenceau on Ruhr i
! occupation to get Clemenceau’s sup- ’
I port in Mr. Wilson’s plan to defeat |
Italy’s aspirations at Versailles.
WASHINGTON.—Senator Borah '
declares that if Secretary Denby is I
guilty of the acts with which he is |
charged he should be impeached, and
that if the Republican party is in
capable of dealing drastically with
tile o:l lease situation it should be
driven permanently out of power.
WILSON MEMORISE
I SCHOOL ASSURED OF
WALKER'S SOPPOOI
Dans for founding a school for
| boys at Valdosta, to be known as
I the Woodrow Wilson Memorial col
lege, and to stand as a monument
to the war president erected by the
people of Georgia, were advanced
Monday when a delegation of Val
dosta citizens called upon Governor
Walker and the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce seeking co-operation in i
the movement. In both Instances ,
the proposition met with hearty ap
proval.
Governor Walker assured the com
mittee that he will do everything in
his power for the new institution,
and pointed out that the proposed
location is unusually desirable, be
cause of the splendid territory
around Valdosta, and also on account
of the fact that there is no college
for boys in Georgia south of Macon.
The governor agreed to send a com
mittee to Washington, if necessary,
to seek the support of the national
Wilson memorial organization.
The Valdosta committee, appointed j
i by the mayor of that city, included
j Dr. R. C. Mizell, former president of
| Sparks college; C. L. Smith and J.
T. Mathis. They explained that it is
the plan to remove Sparks college
from Sparks to Valdosta, as the foun
dation for the new institution. The
college has been in existence fcr 20
years, but has been limited to the i
teaching of preparatory courses. It -
is a Methodist institution, but the
new college is to have representa
tives of all denominations on the
board, it was stated.
Citizens of Valdosta already have
subscribed more than $900,000 for its
foundation. This amount will be suf
ficient for the present needs of the
school, it was said, and therefore the
state will not be asked to contribute
anything to the institution, Governor
' Walker was assured.
Dr. Mizell said it is the plan to
open the new school with a two
year course, but to enlarge the cur
riculum as rapidly as possible until
Woodrow Wilson Memorial college
will take rank with the leading col
leges of the south. He pointed out
that it will be the only college be
tween Mercer university at Macon
and the University of Florida at
Gainesville, and will have 250 miles
to draw from.
Reception Tendered
Bergdoil’s Kidnaper
On Arrival in Gotham
NEW YORK, Feb. 11. —Corliss
U ’ ven Griffis, of Hamilton, Ohio,
who was released recently from
' j prison ’ * Mossbach, Germany after
, serving part of s sentence for com
plicity In a plot to kidnap Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, American draft
evader, arrived home today on the
/Albert Ballin, and wa« given a re
'ception at city hall.
Griffis declared it was an "inspira
tion” that caused him to go into
Germany after Bergdoll. Queried as
, to who financed the kidnap rg expe
. dition that had as part of its equip
ment an American motor car. three
detectives and a hired chauffeur, he
said the trip didn’t cost anything.
Georgian Dangerously
\ Wounded by Gunshot;
Grandfather Accused
’ DALTON. Ga., Feb. 11.—With a
gaping wound In his abdomen, caused
; by the whole charge from a shotgun
fired at a distance of about one foot,
R. E Furcell, of Oakman, Ga.. was
brought :o a local hospital today It
is extremely doubtful it he can re
? cover. His injury is of such a nature
’ he h-as not been permitted to talk.
According to the meager details
- available, he was shot by his grand
-5 father, a man named Walraven. fol
lowing a Quarrel over a trivial mat
ter. The two, it is said, were seated
' i • - ; o talking whe
h* at guniem ■ se. and 'h° e. i?r
> man seized a shotgun and fired.
Ml PISTOLS j
BALT THIEF GUISE
IRIILWW COACH
1
Passengers Terrorized as
Robbers Force Norcross
i Officer From Car While
Train Leaves Station
!—
i * !
After "flashing guns” on the
; chief of police at Norcross, Ga., ear
ly Friday morning, two suspected
: robbers backed the officer off the
"Air Line Ideiie” Southern railway
train at the points of their pistols,
I held him at bay until the train was
j pulling out and then leaped back
> into the smoker to ride as far as
| Doraville, where they set off down
; the road lugging four .suit cases sup
i posed to be filled with loot, accord
| ing to reports which stirred three
; counties Friday.
| Sheiuff J. A. McCurdy, of DeKalb
; county, sent a group of deputies to
i Doraville early Friday morning.
I while Southern railway officials and
Gwinnett county authorities joined
in the hunt for the men, who had
robbed the store of John B. Brogdon,
at Suwannee, of merchandise valued
at approximately S4OO.
The robbers terrorized a group of
i about twenty passengers who board
! ed the train at Norcross while Chief
I B. C. Kinney was attempting to ar-
I rest the suspects, according to re
| ports made to Southern Railway of
ficers by Conductor P. Sudderth, of
111 Norwood avenue, Kirkwood, who
was in charge of the “Air Line
Belle.” on which the men were pas
sengers.
Mrs. William S. Hart
Asks Court to Break
Agreement With Mate
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9. — Winifred
Westover Hart, formerly of the
films and wife of William S. Hart,
has signed a complaint which was
filed by her attorney today, asking
the superior court to pass upon her
right to return to motion picture
acting despite an agreement enttv
i ed into with her husband since -their
; separation in May, 1922, constrain
ing her from such a course, accord
ing to the Los Angeles Times.
Mrs. Hart is prohibited from ap
pearing in motion pictures or from
allowing herself to be photographed
for screen or advertising purposes
during the life of a trust fund of
$103,000 established for her by Hart
soon after their separation.
The terms of the fund to which
she agreed provide that she will re
ceive (he entire amount upon the
death of her husband, or in the
event of a divorce from him, and
that meanwhile she will receive the
income from the fund in monthly
installments, provided she respects
other clauses in the agreement.
Asa Candler’s Wife
Arrested at Party
In Apartment House
The youthful wife of Asa G. Can
dler, Sr., Atlanta capitalist and for
; mer owner of the Coca-Cola com
' pany, was arrested by Police Chief
I Beavers and Captain Holcombe while
* seated at a table, on which was a
bottle of whisky, in company with
\ W. J. Stoddard and George W. Keel
i ing, prominent business men. The
I party were in a room at an apart
i ment house in a fashionable part of
j the city.
Chief Beavers stated he visited
j the place on complaint of an un
: known person, who telephoned his
office and asked that a raid be
made.
All three were taken to the police
station, where they were released
under S2OO bond.
Mrs. Candler declared that it was
I a harmless social party. She said
I the owner of the apartment was a
woman friend of hers, but was
' away from home at the time.
i The cases are set for trial in po
lice court Tuesday afternoon.
Memorial Coin Plea
Laid Before Coolidge
By Gutzon Borglum
WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—Gutzrm
Borgl-.im, sculptor of the Stone
mountain memorial being nstruct
led near Atlanta, asked President
Coolidge today to aoprove pending
i bills to authorize coinage of a spe-
• cial 50-cent piece to commemorate
th e completion of the first section
of the memorial.
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RUMORS OF CABINEI SHAKE-UP SPREAD
AS COOLIDGE CONFERS WITH DAUGHERTY;
M’ADOO BLAMES POLITICAL ENEMIES
GSOWD APPLAUDS
FOBMEB SECBEW
WHEN HE APPEARS
Chairman Frankly Tells Wit
ness That Questions Bring
ing Out His Name Were
Directed by Reed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Tn at
mosphere surcharged with political
tension, William G. McAdoo faced
the senate oil committee today and
explained his connections with the
Doheny interests.
At the outset he read a prepared
statement charging that had he not
been “prominently mentioned in con
nection with high office,” his name
never would have been brought into
the inquiry.
He declared he had acted In per
fect good faith in accepting a retain
ers’ fee as counsel for Doheny after
he left the cabinet, and in the course
of a long cross-examination re-as
serted forcibly over and over his as
sertions that the attack made on
him had been purely political.
“I conceive that the matter is
wholly irrelevant to the subject mat-
I ter of your inquiry,” he said in con
clusion, “but I have been willing
to come here and give these facts
for such use and for such value as
they may have in the pursuit of
your investigation.”
Applauded by Crowd
When he appeared in the commit
tee room, accompanied by David
Rockwell, of Ohio, manager of his
campaign for the Democratic presi
dential nomination, the former
■ treasury secretary was greeted Ith
a burst of appMuse which continuea
for a minute or more. He smiled and
bowed as he made his way to a seat
to await the call of the committee.
Many members of the senate and
house mingled with the crowd.
“You will be sworn as all wit
; nesses are,” Chairman Lenroot said
i after ,he had called Mr. McAdoo to
; the stand.
“Do you desire to make a state
| ment to the committee?” asked the
chairman after the oath had been
’ I administered.
Seating himself under a battery
‘ of cameras. Mr. McAdoo adjusted
i his glasses and replied by reading
his prepared statement.
After hearing Mr. McAdoo, th?
senate oil committee took up in
executive session the nominations
of Silas H. Strawn and Atlee Pom
erene as special government counse
in the oil cases.
Railroaders Protest
: , Officers of railroad labor organiza
tions were before the committee, and
some of the members said they
I voiced opposition to the appoint
j ment of MV. Pomerene. Later Mr.
Strawn and Mr. Pomerene were
called before the committee.
i The railroad labor officials who op
posed nomination of Pomerene were
j J. Paul Stephens, 'deputy president
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
j Trainmen; W. M. Clark, vice presi
| dent of the Order of Railroad Cor,
' ductors, and J. J. Forrester, of the
j Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks.
I They said they bad opposed Mr.
; Pomerene on the ground that he had
not had sufficient experienced 'n
handling that sort of litigation.
The committee adjourned until to
morrow without reaching a decision
on the nominations. Chairman Len
> root said there were no other persons
;to be heard in opposition.
Questioned by Senator Walsh.
Democrat, Montana, Mr. McAdoo
said he resigned as secretary of the
treasury on December 16. 1918, and
(Continued on Page 2, Column 1)
Atlanta, Ga., February 12, 1924
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Charles E. Miner, son of Edwin Jennings, who never married for
fear wife would share his estate, and some sketches of the father.
CHARLES W. OHPRE
■ WIFE PERISH
IIH MBG HOME
I
Funeral services were held at ,
Marietta Monday afternoon at 3
I o’clock for Mr. and Mrs. Charles |
: W. DuPre, victims of a fire which, j
I at 3:30 o’clock Sunday morning, de- :
I stroyed their home on Habersham I
I road, and imperiled the lives of two ,
! other occupants of the house.
Mrs. H. M. Cottingham, the aged
mother of Mrs. DuPre, was dropped
i from a second story window by her
t son-in-law just before the building
' caved in, burying Mr. DuPre and ,
his wife in the blazing mass, and
, Mrs. William A. DuPre, sister-in
law of Mr. DuPre, escaped by jump
; ing from a second-story window.
While funeral arrangements were I
I being completed Monday for Mr. and l
Mrs. DuPre concern was expressed I
by relatives and friends over the j
condition of Mrs. Cottingham, who i
i was at Davis-Fischer sanatorium. '■
Mrs. William A. DuPre had returned
to her home in Marietta.
The services at Marietta for the
fire victims was conducted by
I Rev. R. R. Claiborne, rector of the
St. James Episcopal church, of
which Mrs. DuPre was an active
I me—'ber before moving to Atlanta
two years ago? Mr. DuPre was a
i
member of Marietta Presbyterian
I church.
The bodies were taken from the
chapel of Greenberg & Bond com
! pany at 1:30 o’clock, attended by
i the pallbearers; Judge Samuel C.
i Atkinson. Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, 1..
IN. Trammell, Ralph W. Northcutt,
| George A. Griffin and Morgan Me-
Neel, Jr. Interment was in the Ma
rietta cemetery.
Mass of Ashes Remains
Only a mass of ashes remained
| Monday to mark the spot where for
| merly stood a two-story frame struc- ’
i ture in which the DuPre family had I
resided for almost a year It was i
situated in a grove of pines on Hab
i ersham road, several hundred feet i
i from the nearest residence.
The fire supposedly originated
‘ from a grate fire which had been go
ing in the living room when the fam- I
ily retired. About 3:30 o'clock Suny
day morning. Mrs. William A. Du- '
> Pre and Mrs. Cottingham were
awakened by Mrs. Charles DuPre.
who instructed them to escape by
climbing down the lattice work. The
lower floor was a blazing pit and
escape by the sta rway was impos
sible.
Mrs. William DuPre went to one
window but could not stand the heat,
I and she quickly ran to another
: smashed out the screen with her
hand and leaped. Just as she truck
the ground, she said, she heard Mrs.
Cottingham exclaiming that some
ore "was trying ’q, push her out the
window," and it is believed that Mr
DuPre dropped his mother-in-iaw to
the ground just before the building
collapsed.
27 Religious Fanatics
Killed on Dutch Isle
BATAVIA. Java Feb. IL— By the
Associated Press —One Dutch po
liceman and twenty-seven native re
ligious fanatics were killed an . many
others wounded in a r. • yesterday
at Tangerang near Weltvreden
The trouble began when forty-one
fanatics, armed with sword- and
knives, declared they wished to pro
claim a new kingdom of Mount
i Gedeh. Native police. und®r the di
rection of Dutch police officials, at
tempted to disarm the fa:-,atit«. and
•here was severe fighting 1 store the
J p’uce gained control.
With More Than Seventeen
Million Dollars, He Would
Seek Dime Tips From Pi
nochle Players
BY GEORGE BRITT
CHICAGO, Feb. 9. —Edwin B.
Jennings’ fortune was estimated at
I $27 500.000.
Edwin B. Jennings played pino
i chle in a barn for a nickel a huh
i dred points. „
I He protested he couldn’t afford
to raise it to ten cents.
He used to carry the bucket for
I the party’s beer to earn a dime tip.
And he never married for fear his
I wife would take half the estate.
But the aged miser’s lifelong
“penny wise” policy is laughed at
i by fate. Less than four months after
his death, a mammoth legal battle
■is started —one that will squander
I and ’scatter the hoarded wealth.
Jennings dodged the imagined
perils of alimony by dodging formal
| marriage. For 30 years, he main
I tained Miss Ida Miner in a beauti
ful apartment., introduced her as
‘‘Mrs. Jennings,” and recognized
■ her son, Charles, as his own.
Son Fights Cousins
Charles E. Miner, this son, has
i left his laboring job in Louisville,
\ Ky., to claim sole heirship. Eight
i cousins of the eccentric millionaire
I are in court to contest him. And
' with $27,500,000 to spur them on,
■ the fight promises to be long and
expensive, with the issues set D7
the parsimonious Jennings himself
i in his craze for saving.
Tales innumerable are told of
the economies and distrusts of Jen
nings. He bought all his clothing
and shoes of second-hand dealers.
Occasionally he would lend money,
but his outside limit was for $3,000
and then only for short terms, high
interest and large security. He toon
Miss Miner and their son to the
i theater once in their lives. Then it
was vaudeville, and they sat in the
: gallery.
And at the pinochle games with
his few trusted cronies, they used
to send out in the old days for a
bucket of beer. The millionaire Jen
nings acted as bucket carrier on
those occasions and earned a tip of
■ 10 cents.
Celebrated Death
Another story, like the other#
supplied by Attorney Roe, concerns’
the death of Jennings’ brother, who
was with him a joint beneficiary of
their father's estate. The brother’s
t death made Edwin Jennings the
j sole heir.
“I fee! pretty good,” Jennings
told his friend, Frank Reed. “To
■ celebrate. I’m going to buy a bot
tie of wine and a good dinner.’
“The wine,” says Reed, “cost 35
cents and the dinner, a quarter.”
j Somebody can do some expensive
celebrating when the pending suits
: are all settled.
German Crown Prince
To Form Film Company
BERLIN. Feb. 10.—The German
crown prince is reported to be plan
ning to organize and participate in
a new film company. He is said to
be prepared to provide considerable
capita] for the venture.
Three Safes Cracked
Bv Robbers at Miami
MIAMI Fia . Feb. 9.—Three safes
in the downtown distr.ct were crack
ed by burglars last night, who got
several hundred dollars from the
safe of the South Atlantic Telephone
and Telegraph company's office, but
overlooked $7,000 in the safe of the
Florida East Coast Railway com
pany’s city ticket off.ee, the com
bination of which was knocked off
Noth:: g was taker, at the third place,
the office of Frederic H. Rand, Jr.,
• ead of Re rd Properties. Inc.
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—■ ■—
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Denver Publisher, Before Oil.
Lease Committee, Charges
Conspiracy of Great Com
panies
WASHINGTON UFeb. 10.—Persist-"'
ent, but unsuccessful efforts of
Chairman Lenroot to force from
Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of
the Denver (Colo.) Post, an admis
sion that Harry F. Sinclair had pur
chased the silence of his newspaper
in connection with the Teapot Dome
lease were made at another
dramatic session of the senate o'l.
committee.
Mr. Bonfils was emphatic in his
denials; charged that his enemies
in Denver had inspired the questions
and declared that the contract which
S.nclair entered into with the pub
lisher and J. Leo Stack, a Denver
oil man, whereby he was to pay
them $1,000,090, was in settlement
of a liability under contracts which
Stack had with Standard Oil subsidi
aries whose claims in Teapot Dome
Sinclair previously had purchased
for $1,000,000.
While the gruelling cross-examina
tion of the publisher by the Wiscon
sin senator proceeded, the senate
renewed its debate on the Denby
' resignation resolution and finally
reached an agreement to shut off all
discussion at 5 p. m. Monday and
begin voting on all pending amend
ments and finally on the resolution
itself.
Simultaneous with these events at
the capitol rumors of impending cab
inet changes were revived, but they
were without verification. Attorney
General Daugherty, whose name
frequently had been drawn into the
o:l discussion on the senate floor, re
turned from Florida and immediate
ly conferred with President Cool
idge.
I Daugherty at White House
Upon leaving the White House
. Mr. Daugherty said the oil lease in
vestigation had entered largely info
i the discussion with the executive.
He denied that he had been request-
• ed by the president to retufn from
Florida, denied he had tendered his
. resignation, and refused to talk
> about details of the oil inquiry.
Secretary Denby, who had a con
ference with the president after the
I cabinet meeting yesterday, was clos
! eted for a long time today with Sec
retary Weeks, who has been his
. friend for many years. There were
; indication's that the sj: ate situation
I was discussed, but there was no evi
dence that Mr. Denby had changed
his announced determination to re
; main on the job despite the pending
( resolution asking that he resign. '
t By completing the examination of
■. Mr. Bonfils today, the oil committee
, cleared the way to hear William G.
t Doheny oil companies. Mr. McAdoo,
1 McAdoo on Monday with reference
, to his professional services with the
f who is a. candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination, will
j appear at his own request.
Announcement was made today to
: the committee by Senator Walsh,
, Democrat. Montana. that George
, Creel, chairman of lhe committee on
i public information during the war,
i and sent him a request by telegraph
: for a hearing. It was agreed, how
» ever, that a number of other wit
’ nesses now in Washington would be
j examined first. Mr.-. Creel’s request
grows out of testimony by E. L.
i Doheny that he had advanced $5,000
1 to Creel, who was to undertake tr>
i prevent the leasing of the oil re
. servos to Republicans after tile
i | Democrat ic administration ended.
’ Conspiracy Charged
A charge that Sinclair, E. L,
• doheny and “the Standard OH Al-
Inied Companies” conspired to sm
, ' sure award of the Teapot Dome'
> I'naval oil lease to Sinclair was made
’ before the senate oil commitee tn
i day by Frederick G. Bonfils, pub-
I lisher of the Denver Post.
Continuing his story of his con
5 nection with the group that held
’ contesting claims in the. Teapot re
serve and disposed of them to Sin
clair, the publisher asserted that
1 in addition to the payments made
to that group, the Midwest and
Pioneer companies, who also had
interests in the district, received
$1,009,000 in oil produced by the
Sinclair company from Teapot.
During his testimony yesterda*’’
the witness i-ad said that he and
r Stack, a Denver oil man, with H.
H Tammen. his partner, and H. H.
Schwartz, their attorney, negotiated
a settlement with Sinclair, the pro
ceeds of which were split four ways.
This settlement, he said, took place
after the Post had published an ar
ticle attacking the Teapot Dome
j situation but had deferred publica
tion of other stories on the same
> subject because of a fear or libel
| suits.
Chairman T.enroot demanded to
know why Stack had come to Bon
fils in the fir«t place to help him
•o enforce Lis contract and what
Bonfils was supposed to do. The
w.tnes? replied that he long had
• Known S’ack and that he wa® to
advance ’he money f O r a]) necessary
expenses and a lawyer. ,
Questioning the witness about the;
•w* conferences with Sinclair before
the J1.06G OOC contract was signed.
Cha. rr. ar, Lenroot asked if it had
occurr*d to him that if the Sinclair
lea = e wa« “straight” Sinclair would
; ( not have dealt with him at all.
“.Vo.” responded the witness.
Publisher Blames Enemies
When the chairman wanted to
,-nw whe;her the attacks on Sin
'-’.air by the Denver Post were dis
, cussed at ihe meetings with Sin
j (Fonfinued nn Page Column 3)