Bakersfield Morning Echo from Bakersfield, California • 1

VOL. NO. 129 BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA. THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS rn i urn fUl irU N. Y.

JUDGE MAY BE CZAR OF TAMMANY PAT HARRISON, KEYNOTER, BOOMED AS PERMANENT DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN INTI BAN NTH BY Morgan Not Guilty But Co-Defendants Draw Prison Terms Ex-Mayor of Taft Is Freed on Charge of Conspiracy OTHER THREE SENT TO PENITENTIARY SENATOR PAT HARRISON A movement is on foot among Democrats ain.id to insure the selection of Pat Harrison, senator from Mississippi, as permanent chairman of the Democratic national convention. work completed Sixteen Mile Stretch on HATS OFF TO THE STARS AND STRIPES, SAYS BRITISHER (H The AsKoi-Uiteri Press) TOKYO, May 29. Maj. Stuart MacLaren, British aviator, who crashed at Akyab, Burma, just after re-starting on his around-the-world flight, has cabled Garnet Hulings, American naval attache here, Hats off to the Stars and Stripes, for real sportsmanship." Major MacLaren had reference to the offer of the American navy to transport his spare airplane from Hakodate, Japan, to India, to enable him to continue his flight. The American destroyer John Paul Jones is to take the new airplane from Hakodate to Hongkong, where it will be transshipped to another destroyer to be taken to India.

Supervisors Report Indicates Great Activity in Oil Production Tlip manner in which tion in Kern County is up is in no way better il in the report of field last week issued by R. oil and gas supervisor. Tile shows that of 49 notices to drill new well, 16 were in Kern County, the maiority in the Midway and SunsY-t fields. The present activity in the local fields, according to oil men, indicates one of the best and longest prosperous situations yet experienced in the oil history of Kern County. The decline of the older flesh fields (Continued on Page Two) Generous Boost for Childrens Fund Was Received Yesterday CONTRIBUTIONS to the Childrens Shelter Fund went well, over the $2000 mark with the close of yesterday the sum total being $2,152.18.

The largest contribution of the day was sent in by the employes of the Associated Oil Company, the donation being $109.25. Other large contributors were the Petrolia Oil Company; and Mr. and Mrs, M. C. Parker, $25 each: M.

Tanaka, Mr. and Mis. Dwight Clarke and S. P. Wible, $1 5each, andi Coyne and Goodwin.

Hermatage and Fred Mc-Kane, $10 each. The complete list of Associated Oil Company employes donating to the fund will be published in The Morning Echo tomorrow. Following is the list of contributions yesterday: Through The Morning Echo: S. P. Wible 15.00 H.

Sandberg 1.00 Petrolia Oil Co 25.00 Mrs. J. H. Oiltz 1.00 Associated Oil Company employes 109-25 $151.25 Previously acknowledged 645.97 Total through The Echo $797.22 Through the Californian: Mr. and Mrs.

M. C. Parker. 25.00 K. Tanaka 15.00 Mr.

and Mrs. Dwight Clarke 15.00 Coyne and Goodwin (Hermitage) 1000 Fred McKane 10.00 James P. McKean 5 00 Ch. St. Klar 5.00 Mrs.

Elizabeth Ballagh 3.00 A Friepd 2.50 A Friend 2.50 Californian total $1,354.95 Grand total to date $2,152.28 FRANK FARRINGTON DIES IN HOLLYWOOD (Rr The Axuoriatril Irna) HOLLYWOOD. May 28 Frank Farrington, comedian, formerly of New Yoi where he was reported to have hei-n well known In musli-ul comedy circled, died here late yesterday, It became known today. Death re-hulik-il from a thimit infection In-iiirred last week while he van entertaining wounded war veterans at the Arrowhead hospital. Fumigation Depots to Close and Guards Be Withdrawn MOUNTAINS NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Order to Take Effect at Midnight When Embargo Ends NIMRODS PLEASED Anglers and Campers May Now Disport Themselves THE quarantine against ihe foot and mouth disease, which has been strictly enforced in Kern County for the last two months, will, to all practical intents and purposes, cease tyt midnight tonight, and Memorial Day-wil! for Bakersfield residents i practically the entire county open to them for recreation and sport. Announcement to this etl-it was made last night .1 I W.igv.

hair man of tin- Hoard of Snperi who stand that otdt'fs had gone toith C'HlIiiu: In prat 'it all, all t'f tin guards Tin1 quarantine ntui luting itimi station- at the totally lints will ho abandoned ml only a fuw moil rot lined for tho pm post' ot patrolling pn niLes known to haw been infer MOUNTAINS ARE OPEN linn man Wng intormoil The Moiouu Kt ho that the halt against Koin 4 mint Residents entering their own mountain pla grountls would be liftotl trom tonight. All roads whith have been losetl on art ouiit of tho epizootic will ho reopened, trim'll I and picnn kers will haw ao cess to all public la mis the lulls. The public is warned, however, not to enter private premises upon which proteitiw quarantine' platurds remain. Annul menu nt of the lifting of the quarantine qulckh follow oil the proclamation of lion I lour (' Wallace, seui-t ny of agriculture at Washington. who Ibis wiek write.

Dr U. Cl. 1 lout in ihntgc of federal fortes fighting In- disease, that on the showing made In the last month Kern County should he given a full release from quarantine except premises known to huve been infected. SPORTSMEN GLAD The news'll ill be received throughout the county generally with considerable joy and by none more than by the sporting fraternity. For weeks now unglet-R hunters anti other nim-rods have been chafing at the enforced dehu in their usuul early summer programs Fishing opened Mav 1 and yet the streams of Kern County largely remain unw hipped lv rod or line Campers have for weeks been ready to go Now they are the present week-end should see a big exodus to tilt mountains Due to the prompt measures taken when the foot and mouth disease first appeared In (lit- eountv.

Kt rn got off remarkably lightly. Only two premises were infected, the Kern Island farm of the Kern County I Company, and Henry Osner's ranch, south of Magundcn. If miles from where the disease mailt- Its first appearance in the tounty Immediate steps were taken to dispatch the infected ani mals and by stringent prot-ctiw measures the disease was confined to these two premises. MANY ROADS CLOSED A large number of seiondarv roads In the itmnlv have been to general travel during the two months of proteitiw qu.uaiumt on-! a ion shb-rnhle number of tin wire em ploy etl to enfolt the Various itgula-t ioti vllhmigh there has be, some chafing bv the mhlii. p.utlci'.l i-lv in the Iasi few vv e.

tln-re las general IspintlNon on til, pot tile people of Kent Cnintv to ob rn- the lions to t'n- biter Fir this reason ilte ie-k ef the otla vis has beep nie ni a Impressive Ceremonies for Memorial Day at Courthouse VETS ON PARADE PART OP PROGRAM But Eight Soldiers of Civil War to Attend Services Friday LINE OF MARCH Judge Erwin W. Owen to Be Official Spokesman of Occasion A1 RRANGEMENTS have been made for the Decora-i tionn Day ceremonies in 'Bakersfield, and those in i charge emphasize the fact that all civic and commercial organizations have asked that the day be observed and that any eon- templated trips out of town be abandoned in order that the oc-I casion may be made unusual. It is requested that every business house and private residence should fly the colors, and that the meditations and observances of the people con-i form to the solmt-nity and purpose of the occasion. The following committees and arrangements have been decided upon: Dudley Erquhart. chairman of the day: Roland Curran, assistant chairman: Ou W.

Robinson, marshal of the parade; Fred Ward, firing squad IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM The program will start at 9 a and it is the intention of the committee to have it start punctually, so the public should act accordingly. The City Hall will be tile scene of an important and interesting part of lie days doings. The program there is as follows: I Selection by the Kern County t'nion 'High School Orchestra: song, There 'is No Death," Alma Forker; address, 'Judge Krwin W. Owen; pledge to the flag, school children; national antheuq 'K. C.

H. Rand. 1 Parade will start at 10 a. led by Captain Robinson. The following is the order; I Colors.

Firing squad. K. C. F. H.

S. Hand. O. A veterans. Spanish War veterans.

Woild War veterans. Various auxiliaries, i W. O. W. Band.

Boy Scouts. I School children. Fraternal organizations, i Eagles' Drum Corps. I Civ ic organizations, Fire department. I Automobiles.

I PARADE AT 10 A. M. The parade is to form promptly at 9:50 oclock, with colors, firing squad and high school hand at the southeast I corner of Truxtun anil Chester Ave-' nues. The O. A.

Spanish War veterans and World War veterans will form in I front of the Courthouse. I The Women's Auxiliary- will form in front of the City Hall, facing north. W. O. W.

Band. Boy Scouts, school children, south side of Truxtun Avenue, facing west. Fraternal organizations, drum corps, I south side of Truxtun west of Chester. Fire department and -gtutoniobiles, north side of Truxtun. west of Chester Avenue, facing east.

The following is the line of march: North on Chester to Eighteenth Street, 'thence west on Eighteenth to H. north on II to Nineteenth, east on Nineteenth to L. south on I. to Truxtun i Avenue, where cars will be taken to 1 the cemetery The line of marih covers 12 blocks. METHODISTS WOULD HALT BIG FIGHT IB The iMurliiird Preen) S1TUXGFIELD, May 28.

A protest pgainst the holding of the Car pentier-GilihoiiK boxing contest at Michigan Citi, I nil next Saturday was teli graplii to Governor Emmet F. Branch at Indianapolis. the Methodist Episcopal general i-onfi-r- tli i tOllav Motion for New Trial Rejected by Judge B. P. Bledsoe (Snw-lil to The Morning Dcho) FRESNO.

May 28. Harry P. Morgan, former mayor of Taft, was this afternoon acquitted of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act by a federal court jury. His codefendants, C. C.

Collett, Fred Boust, alias Freddy Lane, and W. E. Pike, however, were found guilty. Judge Benjamin F. Bledsoe, after denying, motion for a new trial, sentenced each of the convicted men to serve two years in the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, and to pay a fine of $10,000.

DELIBERATION BRIEF rrhe verdict was returned about 20 Her Sidney J. Shannon, dep-marshal, had led to de-had Hawson, the jurors for ease, and left the ceive the congratulations ot m-. Morgans friends who were present in court. His acquittal was predicted by Russell Graham, assistant United States attorney, soon after the jury commenced its deliberations. With his co-defendants.

Morgan was accused of conspiring to violate the national prohibition act in the Oxford Rooms at Taft, owned jointly by Morgan and Mrs. Mattie G. Jones. Evidence of numerous sales of liquor by Boust and Collett was presented by witnesses who declared Pike, after looking at them through a peephole in a heavy door, had admitted them. CHARGE NOT PROVED Indictment of Morgan was based, according to Graham, on his ownership ot the building and belief of the government that he had been cognizant of the fact that liquor was being sold there, giving such operations his approval by his failure to evict the tenants.

The government was unable to prove, as had been expected, that Morgan was occasionally in tho premises when intoxicating liquor was purchased by private detectives. The governments case closed before noon with the testimony of J. C. Williams, private detective agency proprietor, relative to marked money having been given S. B.

Smiers for the purchase of a bottle of liquor. He Identified the money as haying been recovered by Thomas J. Nicely, federal prohibition agent, from the raid on March 29. EX-MAYORS EVIDENCE Morgan took the witness stand in his own behalf, a privilege of which his coderendents did not avail themselves- He testified that his occupation was that of a wholesale and retail paint distributor and painting contractor. The Oxford Rooms, he testified, owned jointly by him and Mrs.

Jones, had been leased to Mrs. M. E. Baker, who conducted a rooming house In it. During his absence from Taft In January, Morgan testified, Mrs.

Baker transferred her lease to H. B. Brown, who then conducted a gambling establishment In the premises. E. E.

Weeks, local fire insurance adjuster, Clarence Elmer Houchin, owner of a chain store system around Taft, A. P. Smith, Taft clothier, and L. G. Thomas, manager of -a supply house at Taft, appeared as character witnesses for Morgan.

Each testified that his standing In his community as a law-abiding citizen was good. MOTION IS DENJED Motion fqr dismissal of the case as to Morgan waa made after tUe government had completed Its case. Judge Bledsoe denied Uie motion, which was presented by Attorney llawson, who contended that the Government had failed to establish any evidence that Morgan was a party to the conspiracy. Todays convictions make a total of" 10 farmer Taft residents who are now serving sentences as a result of the raids In March made Nicely. Two of them, Zoe Thomas and B'tty (Continued on Jio Four) JUDGE GEORGE.

W. OLVANY The refusal of Surrogate James A. Foley to take the leadership' of Tammany Hall after it was already considered a foregone conclusion that he would, has put the organization up in the air regarding the selection of a successor to the late Czar Charles F. Murphy, but it is believed Judge George W. 01-vany of the court of general sessions is the most likely candidate.

IS UP TO 0. S. Tokyo Will Await American Action on Exclusion of Japanese (Hr The Noi-lnfed Press) TOKYO, May 28 The next move in the question ot exclusion of Japanese from America, provided for in a ilausc ot the immigration bill passed by the American Congress and signed by the l'resident, is up to the state department in Washington in the view of officials here. The solemn protest of the Japanese government, based, it is believed, on the ground that the exclusion provision is a contra vein ion of article one of the treaty of commerce and navigation between tile 1nited States and Japan has been sent to Ambassador Hanihnra for presentation to Secretary of State Hughes. This article of the treaty of commerce and navigation guarantees equality ot treatment of the merchants of the two countries.

When llaniharn has delivered the protest to the secretary- of state and tlie matter is disposed of the ambassador is expected to leave for home. The foreign office savs this is at his own request, he having repeatedly-asked for leave, but it is not expected that he will return to Washington. The protest, approved by the cabinet. was also submitted to the prince regent for his sanction, an unusual proceeding, indicating that great Importance is attached to it Foreign Minister Matsui added a statement to the press, expressing deep regret at the passage of the immigration bill and referred to the governments protest as a solemn" one. He urged the press, which had commented bitterly on the signing of the bill by President Coolidge, to maintain an attitude of restraint.

DOISY STARTS IN BORROWED PLANE Frenchman Hops Off From Shanghai in Chinese Machine SHANGHAI, May Capt. Pelletier DOiay, French aviator flying from Paris to Tokio, took the air at o'clock this, morning in an airplane lent to him hv the military governor 'here. Gen. Ho While threats had been made that follower-, of Gen, Chi Sfiieh-Yuan of Kiangsq province would seize the I airplane It it attempted to Innd at 'Nanking Captain DOi.v depended upon official instructions from Peking 'to the Nanking authorities to prevent lUtorfereme with hn flight Captain DOlsy own French machine was recked when be landed here, after a record breaking flight 'Horn Paris Bible Text for Today "The letter killeth but the spirit pireth life "Second Corinthians, Hi, 6, Text for today syggeited by Rev Edgar Fuller, pastor of the F.rst Congregational Church, TEACHERS FREER in iis case: 1 Chicago PoliQs Admit B(5ys! Murder Far as Ever From Solution (B.v The AHMOt'iated Preaic) CHICAGO, May 28 Two instructors of the private school attended by Robert Franks, Chicago schoolboy slain while his parents waited to pay a $10,000 ransom, were freed today on writs of habeas corpus when the police failed to place charges against them. With the freeing of the two men, the only suspects held, the police department, detectives and state's attorney's investigators admitted tonight that the crime is as battling as when the boy vanished a week ago today.

The following day his nude body was found in a south side swamp. For hours today there was feverish activity by investigators after Judge Frederick De Young informed the police that the? must place charges against Mott K. Mitchell and Walter E. Wilson, instructors of the Harvard School attended by the boy, and who have been in custody for four days, or free them. The court then freed the men.

SAN FRANCISCO IS FEELING THE HEAT (By The Auftoefated Pre) SAN FRANCISCO, May 28 The thermometer climbed to 8S in San Francisco today, the hottest May since 1919. The weather bureau advised many points in California and other states to be on the lookout for forebt and brush fires. It was the hottest day since last September'S, when the temperature climbed to about the same figure. High north winds In some points in the state increased the fire hazard greatly. SAN JOSE, May 2S.

Temperature here reached the highest point of the year today when the thermometer climbed to 93. OFFICERS OF DOBLE CONCERN SURRENDER (By Th 4oriutHI $-) SAN FRANCISCO. May 28. F. O.

-Cox anil W. E. Barnard, president and vice president, respectively, of the F. i G. Cox company, fiscal agents of the I Duhle Steam Motors corporation, sur- rendered to the police here today to answer charges of violation of the state blue sky laws.

Bail was fixed at $20,000 in bonds or $10,000 in cash for each. Barnard furnished bail and 'was released but Cox was unable to furnish the bond and was held in the city pi Ison. County Highway to Coast Finished TAFT. May 2S. Two important pieces ot road work were completed this week in the fourth district of Kern countv, when highway workmen finished the 16-mile stretch on the Paso Robles road west of Lost Hills and concluded the 9 miles from Devils Den to the state highway.

The 16 miles on the Pao Robles road has consumed most of the winter months, in which the state paid the men's salaries and Kern count) provided the equipment. This new-improved section overcomes the last unimproved part of the road from Bakersfield to the coast. The new road from Devils Den to the highway consisted of grading by the use ot four caft-rpillars and a crew of workmen. Six weeks were spent in the work, according to Supervisor Stanley Abel. He stated upon the return of the machinery to this city it would be used for the Improvement of the general district around Taft and Ford City.

FLIERS PLAN TO HOP SATURDAY WILL TRY TO MAKE UP SOME OF TJME LOST IN ALASKA (It-r Tlie Associated Press) TOKYO, May 29. Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, acting commander of the American army round-the-world flight, today announced jhat the aviators plan to leave Kasumigaura Saturday morning on the next leg of their journey, weather permitting. They will endeavor to make the flight to Kagoshima, at the southern end of the island, in one day, stopping at Kushi-moto only for fuel.

By making the flight in one day the fliers hope to regain some of the time they lost owing to bad weather in Alaska. The original plan was to flv from Kasumigaura, 50 miles north of Tokvo. to Kushimoto, a port at the southern end of Ihe main Island of Japan, a distance of 250 milts, and after a rest there continue on another day to Kagoshima. From Kagoshima the avia Itors make their hop of 500 miles 'across the Yellow Sea, to Shanghai, their first landing place on the Asiatic continent. EIGHT PASSENGERS OF TRAIN ROBBED COLl'MBl'S, OhioT May 28.

Eight passengers and the crew of an east bound Columbus, Newatk and Zanesville traction car were held up and robbed of their valuables tonight hj a bandit The bandit thrust a revolver into tile conductor's ribs, and herded crew and passengers into the smoking coin partibent of the ear. After obtaining the valuables lie jumped from the car and escaped In a watting automobile. The bandit obtained a limit $25u in money and valuables i THE WEATHER i San Joaquin Valley; Fair and i I continued warm Thursdav; mod i crate northerly winds. Temperatures iti Bakersfield yesterday I Maximum f)4 I Minimum fa) I.