Winslow Daily Mail, 1926-12-14

0. S. ATTORNEY FLAYS DOWS 'PATRIOT' PLEA \ttacks Heart of Defense in Scathing Attack On Motives Involved in Lease Deals CASE NEARS JURY WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (AP) The government today began its as assault - sault assault upon the structure of defense testimony in the Fall-Doheny oil conspiracy trial. Owen J. Roberts, special prose prosecutor, - cutor, prosecutor, began the concluding argu argument - ment argument for the government with a vigorous three-hour plea for con conviction - viction conviction of Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, and Ud Udward - ward Udward L. Doheny, veteran California oil man. for conspiracy to defraud the government in the leasing of the Elk Hills, California, naval oil reserves. He hurled verbal hand grenades at. the heart of the defense case with pointed emphasis upon Do Doheny's - heny's Doheny's SIOO,OOO loan to Fall on Nov. 30, 1921, upon the "war scare patriotic motive" as a factor in the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, oil stor storage - age storage plan, and upon the iV*-e iV*-e---crecy" - --crecy" iV*-e---crecy" which shrouded the negotia negotiations - tions negotiations between Doheny and the cab cabinet - inet cabinet officer prior to the signing of the Pearl Harbor contract on April 25, 1922. Scouts Patriotic Motive Touching on the defense conten contention - tion contention tHat Doheny bid on the Pearl Harbor project because of anxiety over the strategic situation in the Pacific in 1921, Roberts said in a slow, deliberate voice: "Patriotism, bunk! They were after the busines. It's so much moonshine." The competition which the de defense - fense defense contended preceded the Do Doheny - heny Doheny awards was described by the prosecutor as "an illusory sort of competition." "I don't think there was an iota of real competition," he told the jury. "This doctrine," said Roberts, al alluding - luding alluding to Doheny's testimony that he saw nothing wrong in his loan to Fal, "is subversive to all gov government, - ernment, government, inevitably subversive to honest government of any kind." Attacking the defense contention that the leasing policy precluded collusion between Doheny and Fall, Roberts said that all contracts wer e negotiated and "then carried out to Secretary Denby for his rubber stamp signature - that's all there was to that." Case Nears Jury The concluding arguments began after three hours of heckling and quibbling between counsel over 76 tenders of instructions for the jury, which probably will receive the case Wednesday noon. Fifteen of 28 suggested prosecu prosecution - tion prosecution paragraphs and £0 of 48 de defense - fense defense tenders will make up the de detailed - tailed detailed instructions. The customary defense plea for an instructed ver verdict - dict verdict of acquittal was summarily re rejected - jected rejected by Justice Adolph A. Hoehl Hoehling, - ing, Hoehling, presiding.

Night Marshal: R. L. Neill figur figured - ed figured in a thrilling hand-to-hand bat battle - tle battle late Sunday night with an armed, drink-crazed Navajo Indian in which he narrowly escaped be being - ing being shot, according to testimony re revealed - vealed revealed yesterday afternoon in the court of Judge J. B. Drumm, where Marcus Kensua, the Indian, was placed on trial. Neill declared that he was sum summoned - moned summoned by a woman who said that an intoxicated man was raising a disturbance west of the ice plant and just inside the city limits. Neill went to the scene at once, leaving word for Frank Holloway, taxi driver for Frank L. Riley, to follow. Kensuaw, who is said to be an interpreter at the Leup-p agency, was found and submitted willing willingly - ly willingly to arrest, Neill said. After the two had walked a short distance, however, the Indian, according to Neill, suddenly whipped out a .25 calibre automatic but in drawing the gun pulled his holster also and was unable to get it loose in time to fire. Neill drew his own gun and struck the Indian across the head with the Hutt, seizing the smaller weapon at the same time. At this point, Holloway arrived with his car, and assisted Neill in taking the prisoner to the jail. Kensua was given a sentence of ten days and a fine of SIOO by Judge Drumm, the sentence being suspended. Neill declared last night that if reports from Superintendent Rob Roberts, - erts, Roberts, of the Leupp agency, indicat indicated - ed indicated that Kensua is incorrigible, a charge of assault with a deadly weapon would probably be pre preferrde. - ferrde. preferrde. The charge upon which the Indian was fined was carrying concealed weapons. - 0 CHEMICAL BLAST KILLS 1!) NICE. France, Dec. 13 (AP) A | tank containing chemicals for the ! manufacture of chlorine exploded iat St. Auben, a few miles from Nic. today, tilling Ft persons and injuring 30,

NAVAJO COUNTY 111 JURY TO MEET IT DICE Witnesses Are Summoned From All Parts of State; Expected to Testify in Failure Case SAWYER RETICENT PHOENIX, Dec. 13 |Al>) The failure of tlie Bank of Winslow will be investigated by a Navajo County Grand Jury beginning Wednesday, it was announced here today by Andrew T. Hammons, state superintendent of banks. Humors persistent for sometime that the affairs of the defunct Bank of Winslow, which failed in 1924, are to be made the target of a grand jury investigation were rife yesterday following the calling of the first Navajo county grand jury in five years The rumors gained hipid head headway - way headway in court house and legal cir circles - cles circles after it became known that many of the witnesses suhjoenaed to appear before the inquisitorial body when it convenes in Holbrook Wednesday are people who have been identified in one way or an another - other another with the band's failure. Witneesses from all parts of the state as well as several now re residing - siding residing in New Mexico have been summoned. County Prosecutor P. A. Sawyer, refused to either deny or affirm the rumors. It was also reported unofficially that the state attorney general's office is to take a hand in the in inquiry, - quiry, inquiry, and that a representative will appear before the grand jury. The order calls the grand jury into session at !) a. m. Wednesday at Holbrook and all witnesses sum summoned - moned summoned have been ordered to appear at that time. Efforts to connect the witnesses summoned with other cases were to no avail and it is considered that nothing hut a new move in the bank case t an account for their presence at this time.

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 13 (API Rebecca Bradley, 22 year old Texas university graduate and alleged bank robber, is the wife of Otis Rogers, young Amarillo lawyer, Rogers revealed tonight. the girl, who is charged with having robbed the Farmers National bank of Buna, Texas, last Saturday, had denied s'nc was married. She had been working as a stenographer in the office of Attorney General Dan Moody, governor-elect, upder her maiden name. Rogers came here to defend his bride. The announcement of the marriage was made in a statement by Rogers given out in the pres presence - ence presence of his wife and John Gofer. Jr., Austin attorney, retained to defend the alleged girl bandit. Mrs. Grace E. Bradley, mother of the girl, said the announcement was a complete surprise to her. At a hearing this afternoon at San Marcos, Justice of the Peace A. M. Ramse'y denied bail and or ordered - dered ordered the girl remanded to jail. She had been released previous previously, - ly, previously, however, on a writ of habeas corpus and bond of $5,000, and since Judge George Calhoun, of the 53rd district court will not pass on this bond until tomorrow, she was allowed to return to Austin to tonight. - night. tonight. KEYES CLEARED OF CHARLES LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 - Dis 13 - District - trict 13 - District Attorney Asa Keyes, John B. Marble, foreman of the county grand jury, and a deputy district at attorney - torney attorney were cleared of charges of dereliction of in superior court here today. Judge Arthui Keetch dismissed charges brought by E. \Y. Hotchkiss of Seattle, on the ground that the complain* did not state sufficient Cause.

Deaths attributed to the storm tonight at eleven. Aged men were frozen to death in Minnesota and lowa, overcome by cold near their homes, while Colorado reported two deaths and Montana one, in the storm, to increase the total from tile four deaths in the Pacific Northwest and two in Canada re reported - ported reported earlier today. Drops of 45 degrees in tempera temperatures - tures temperatures were reported from many communities. At Yankton, South Dakota, the temperature fell 66 de degrees - grees degrees in 18 hours, and the weather bureau l'orcast drops of forty to fifty degrees tonight in parts of Illinois, Michigan and Indiana. Minnesota, where drifts ten feet deep, were reported in places, pas passengers - sengers passengers of a train bound for the Twin Cities waded a mile thru the snow when the engine was de derailed, - railed, derailed, to get to a relief train. A car ferry, aground on the rocks in Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, un unloaded - loaded unloaded part of its cargo in a bit bitter - ter bitter northwest gale, trying to free itself, while four vessels stood by to rescue the crew of 53 men if the storm prevented recovery of the cargo. Schools Ordered Closed Schools closed for the day at Watertown. South Dakota, and Du Duluth, - luth, Duluth, and other communities plan planned - ned planned to adjourn the schools tomor tomorrow - row tomorrow if the cold weather continued. The weather bureau forecast snow for part of the Great Lakes region and predicted the mercury would rise somewhat in the near northwest by late tomorrow. Stornt Sweeps West

Winslow was visited Sunday by the first snowstorm of the winter a total of one and one-half inches being registered here by H. J. Fonts, Santa Fe weather observer. The snow began falling shortly before eleven o'clock Sunday night and within thirty minutes the streets were blanketed. The high wind which prevailed throughout Sunday abated- somewhat after the snow started but there was still enough to make driving difficult even on city streets. The flakes continued intermet intermettently - tently intermettently throughout the night but within a comparitively short time after the sun came out yesterday the snow had melted and the tem temperature - perature temperature which ran dow n as low as 24 degrees cante up to 55. Motorists from Williams and Flagstaff reported a driving snow snowstorm - storm snowstorm in those sections through throughout - out throughout Sunday morning and well into the afternoon. Much of the mud and slush on the paved streets of Winslow was removed by employes of the city engineer's office yesterday with the sprinkling system. VI MA PROJECT APPROVED WASHINGTON, Re -. It (AP) Taking up reclamation bureau ap appropriations, - propriations, appropriations, the House today ap approved - proved approved funds recommended for pro projects - jects projects at Yuma, Arizona, Orland, California, Grand Valley and I'n I'ncompahgro. - compahgro. I'ncompahgro. Colorado, and Boise, Idaho.

LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 13 (AP) - Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney for Cook county, Illinois, will order the arrest of Kenneth G. Ormiston, wanted as a defend defendant - ant defendant here in the Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson conspiracy trial as soon as the papers arrive in Chicago, he told E. J. Dennison, deputy district attorney over long distance tele telephone - phone telephone here today. Dennison said he believed the fugitive radio 1 mail would he in custody before night as postal of officials - ficials officials had informed him that the warrants charging Ormiston with perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice would arrive in Chicago late today. The former Angelus Temple ra radio - dio radio operator, though located in Harrisburg, Pa., several days ago, has not been placed in custody Dennison announced he would a-ik the county grand jury tomor tomorrow - row tomorrow to facilitate the radio man's extradition. Nine witnesses have been sub subpoaened - poaened subpoaened to appear before the jury. The trunk seized in New York re recently - cently recently «containing feminine wearing apparel, part of which' the district attorney says belongs to the evan evangelist, - gelist, evangelist, will he exhibited to thejur-

PAIiMA, Dec. 13 (AP) - A slight earthquake occurred here at 5:05 p. nr. today. Buildings were ! jarred but no damage was report reporti - i reporti ed. Parma is iti New Madrid I county in the southeast portion of i the state. - o * * + * * + **** + -*-*-!- * -> Flagstaff Chamber Coinmtrce 4* -F Sees Great Service for North 4* -F Arizona ia New Daily Paper ,p *7. F Ma 'garet K. Stewart, man- 4* -F aging secretary of the Flag- *l' F -tali' Chamber of Commerce, 4* + has added that organization F + to the many backing the pub- 4* 4* licatlon of The Winslow Mail *£- 4* as a daily newspaper. Her -F' * letter to the publishers fol- F 4* lows: 4* -F "We wish to co a era lit I ate 4» v yon eti the pnblicaliun of The 4> 4* Winslow i>::ily >laii. We feel.'l* 4* this is one of the mast pro- v F gressive sips ever taken in 4* -> the Neriiierri part of the state 4» 4* and assare you we shall he -!> F very clad to co-operate in ev- *F 4* cry way possible. Kindly *> 4* p.aee us en the subscription 4* 4* list to receive this paper.*' tim -V Y -*» rt« 'll rJn ejr