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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1929-04-26, Page 6L.;.l*1 Ian 21344410 ROMA.= 5 GO 70 IFLI4GON V. Sinclair will be the rick, Who ever served a jail • sent - the 'wilted Sttaternr, if indeed I.. lea, adoelMerve it. But witutra a month Rye must enter k j1 in Washington mond serve iivatety days t,'ese the president oft the United States should pardon him. lit other alternative is to leave the country. One is not more PAU .1\17 PROD CT KnrchilER �ill-fro �-� n 74 '1 i W permanent beauty or cement, concrete or woo floors is assured if you use the latest d.icnuummph9 66LUXOR99 Floor Enamel. Easy to apply and ernes to Walk on over night "LUXOR" is more durable than. paints or ordinary Ennalmmells: i does not clhdp or crack and L- iokils its marvelous beauty under heavy foot wear. as LUX®R" your cement entt: fIloorrs. For smile by To a SCOET BEA7®aba1tIh1 29-2 'R) DE EV IL MAKERS OF `lT,HE FAMOUS °Ef>b.L P 1f NT M 3Z N D ' W 1II4h LEA® lilse$y tlntaa the other alma vra may as- suave that Saancdair will go to jail. To escape Mae 0•d; imprisonment he drew lavist y upon bis millions. He had the services of the best lawyers, the most unseru,pulcus agents. All failed lnim. Ile will remain chief of one of the greatest oil industries in the world unless a wave of moral indig- nation should arise and overwhelm nim, of which there is no sign at the moment. It may be that he has pass- ed his prime as a business and finan- cial figure, but he remains one of the rich men of the country, and is to be envied his capacity for enjoyment. Not much sympathy will go his way. A gambler will always get what he usually calls a great kick o7t of life, gamblers in the world. He owes ev- erything he has to gambling. Some- times he has guessed wrong. He guessed wrong in the matter of the oil leases with ex -Secretary Fall, but as he told his directors, the stakes were so great that he felt justified in making the hazard. He guessed wrong again when, at the time the Federal league was trying to establish itself as one of three major baseball leagues, Sinclair sank $500,000 in his effort to establish the new circuit in Newark. It is recalled that at the time he was engaged in this enter- prise n a ' prise he was warned by Col. Rupp owner of the New York Yankees, to stay out because he did not have a big enough bank roll. Sinclair's an- swer was a challenge to Ruppert to meet him on one of the piers at At- lantic City and start throwing silver dollars into the ocean. Sinclair prom- ised he would have dollars to, throw long after Ruppert's zest for the con- test had evaporated. Harry Sinclair is in his 53rd year. He was born in Wheeling, West Vir- ginia, where his father was a drug- gist. The family circumstances wereds e scant, and seeking gr move was made to Independence, Kan- sas, where he received his education. He studied pharmacy at the Univers- ity of Kansas and in his spare time clerked in a drug store and mixed drinks. He had some previous exper- ience in Oklahoma where he had serv- ed as waiter in a restaurant after some hopeful brokerage business had brought him down to hardpan. But it was to Oklahoma that he returned when opportunity offered. Here he had his first piece of good luck. Out shooting rabbits one day he discharg- ed the shot through his foot, most of which had to be amputated. To many people this would not appear as any particular stroke of luck, but Sinclair had previously yielded to the impor- tunities of an insurance agent and had a $5,000 accident policy, which he collected. With this in his pocket he sought out a baker who had an oil lease. ' Sinclair paid half his in- surance claim for half of the lease. The new partners had a disagree- ment about drilling, and decided to dissolve relations. A map of the oil location was brought out, and Sin- clair produced a coin. On the flip of the coin depended which part of the property should go to the winner. The coin favored Sinclair. The part he owned turned into a bonanza. The part that the baker received Was com- paratively worthless. Thereafter Sinclair never looked back, so far as money is concerned. Had he been of a different tempera- ment he might have retired for the oil wells that were developed in his tract of land were enough to make him rich. But, as remarked, Sinclair was a gambler, and he used his first hundred thousand to win a million, and his million he reinvested in other oil claims; some of them developed, some of them mere prospects. Sin- clair proved himself a generous man with his money. One of the first things he did w,hen the thousands be- gan to roll in on him was to present a public park to the City of Inde- pendence. He provided the members of a band to which he had been at- tached with uniforms and musical in- struments. He built a fine house and entertained lavishly. He held to the theory that to make money one must spend money. He began buying up small oil producers, following the ex- ample of Standard Oil and he built a pipe line. Of course the thing that changed Sinclair from a rich man to a multi- millionaire was something over which he had no control. That was the de- velopment of the automobile industry which may be said to have begun some twenty-five years ago, when Sin- clair was becoming a big figure in the oil business. His career was crowned in 1919, when he formed the $100,000,000 company which is known as the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Cor- poration. He became a racing man on a grand scale with the purchase of the Rancocas farm, and he had some remarkable successes. He remained always the generous tipster, giving a 67 $50 bill to a bellboy who had pleased r him, buying $1,0.00 worth of tickets to a Broadway show he liked and dis- tributing them in the street. He erected a million -dollar home on Fifth avenue and bought a million - dollar estate on Long Island. His lamentable dealings with Fall brought him public disgrace, and the failure of the machinery of justice to lay him by the heels was met with the cynical remark from the man in the street: "You can't put a hundred million dollars in jail." But it seems that after all you can. Sinclair will soon know. Another six months' sen- tence impose � him for contempt remains to b( 'bttled in the courts. and Sinclair is one of the greatest f �d vii4p lllagt . Vvets47 caout the adonis, Q auagnoa cul i r $ a $ 19, -that -that the bead would be crenlaa*ted fit the lremlin„ oai July SSth in the treseanee 4 certain witnesses. Macao hem was the German communist quoted by Ur: Popofff as authority for his somewhat .grisly tale. The incin- eration took lilacs in an annex which had once served as a kitchen, and -:s the witnesses g Athered a ^ :arful atornsi broke out, which seemed to some of the more superstitions of them an omen. The German reports that at one particularly loud roll of thunder a Russian communist so far forgot himself as to make the sign of the CToss, There were several women in the group which gathered in the outbuild- division of the returns from the sale ing. The room in which the eere- of butter and cheese could be made. 11ouYriwas inated to taken place amp and dimly y The cows were turned into fresh pas- glumina oven There were about twen- and ture and their milk yields mand t people all told,'including Bucharin, and the produce of according ant eat Radekpand Trotky. The most was handedwover don ro what moved person in the room was un- eachap- cow had yielded on a particular ' parently Mme. Kolontai, later Soviet day. s envoyat Oslo and Mexico City and The record was made in accordance now in Paris. She unconcernedly with what was known as the Vene- !rte d close to the oven and pro - threemeasure, a vessel which was i ceeded to dry her clothes which had three thumbs across the middle, nine ,been soaked in the storm. But when thumbs across the top and nine the case was opened 17 Trotzky, and thumbs diagonally. A thumb was the head laid on a table, Mme..•Kolon- about an el so that the Venedotian lk tai lost her nerve and had to be con - measure held about a gallon of milk ' ducted to a seat. The head as then and a normal cow was expected to ; revealed was in a large glass filled give about two gallons a day. Three times a day milking was also well known in Wales in the twelth century, and the month of May was known as the Month of three milk- ings a day. Absorb po Iamea a caused by a bvsm spavin, n Ane. splint, curb. side bone. or p[milar t ionh d pets your horse goigau pound [main,his powcrfull antiseptic iiniered does not bi`ted or remove the lapis and the horse cam he'worired during treatment.. 02.30 --at druguint0 sad general merchants. A aeoolclet on the b rse Pant Gree. 75 a7V. 1e. Ito a Inc . 1.ymam Pick.. IdOn T I THE "NUGGET" Waterproofs' boots and shoes—Keeps thein soft and pli- able—is easy to apply—preserves the leather— and costs but little; Did YOU "Nugget" yoew shoes this morning? TIN OPENS WIITH A TWIISTI h. Bundling Y© Ye= Home it Costes No More to Stop Ping 3y specifying Gyproc Wallboard you assure Was sad ceilings that are ettu pians fire harriers— "et f,acoatIlffi nno more, and often Hess tharn with iia fls that triVre ria &e protection whatevereo ill lbocog et, tb (1,40A egth elf) HEAD OF LATE CZAIR WAS SENT TO TIROTZKY ' In conformity with a promise pub- licly made that we should publish each account of the death of the late czar and his family as it came to light the following article has been prepared. Strictly speaking, it does not deal with the actual death of Nicholas, but rather with the disposal of his head. Nevertheless, we believe it be- longs- properly in our unrivalled col- „ lection of stories showing how the members of the Imperial Russian fam- ily met their death. We have al- ready published seven or eight of these stories, and our intention is eventually to issue them in book form when they ,become numerous enough to justify the outlay. This will prob- ably be in a year or two's time. The incident which we are about to relate is given on the authority of Mr. Geo. Popoff, a well-known Russian public- ist, now in England, and was origin- ally given publicity by The News of the world. Mr. Popoff had his own information from a German commun- ist, whose name he does not give, who happened to be in Moscow at the time the czar's head arrived there. As set forth in three or four of the articles dealing with the death of the czar, it is now pretty generally known that be, his wife and their chil- dren were shot to death on the night of July 18, 1918, in the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. They were, murdered by zealous communists, who feared that they might escape or, in any event, might prove an inspiration for their friends and admirers to make war.. for them. News of the assassinations was sent that night to Moscow in telegrams addressed per- sonally to Lenin and Trotzky. Odd- ly enough, the same news found its way to Berlin on the same night, but nobody there was inclined to believe it. The next day a wireless message sent from Berlin to Vienna said : "The czar and his family are alive heie and have been conveyed by frihnds to a place of safety." This was picked up by the Moscow wire- less station and greatly disturbed the communists. Trotzky immediately telegraphed to Beloborodov, president of the revolutionary committee of the Ural provinces, and asked him for confirmation. .He instructed him to forward at once convincing proof. On July 26th the proof arrived in Moscow. It was contained in a seal- ed leather case which on being open- ed revealed the head of the czar. Trotzky then summoned the most im- portant Soviet chiefs to discuss the matter. Eight of them assembled, some of whom knew the czar very well by sight, and others who could by no possibility be mistaken, were called in. The identification of the unhappy Nicholas was absolute. The question arose as to the disposal of the head. Zinoviev and Bucharin were in favor of having it preserved in spirit and placed in a museum in the interest of future generations but the others vetoed this plan and it was decided that the relic should be des - rat Sze 4... Sometimes a probe turns out to be just an anesthetic —Guelph Mercury. with alcohol. At first the author of the story did not recognize the czar whose hair and beard were nearly white, but a second look satisfied him. At Trotszky's demand a formal doc- ument was then produced and read, and all present were required to at- test by their signatures that they had been present at the cremation of the head of Nicholas. Bucharin then sought to improve the occasion by a few remarks about the proper fate of the tyrant, but it seemed to the Ger- man communist that nobody was much interested and all were deaska ous of leaving at the eaarlieet nioaaiemk, The order for the bottle to be =Ilea to the oven was given. The crown divided, and instinctively every heel was bent as that once royal head pass- ed through. A door was opens dames leaped out and into them the head was thrust. Our next s torp dealing with episode will probably be written when somebody turns up who.; had the foresight to rake among Oa ashes when they cooled and resew some authentic relic of the laeaaz Hear the radio program of the "Hudson- Essex Challengers" every Friday evening IFASSE Mff 13132.D YIJGG, FOR _INSTANCE, dun this city your first payment, with your present ear included, may be as low as $250 and your monthly payments $61.25. Your present car will probably cover the entire irst the lowest terms availament. The 11. b.le ozC. �h� balance. andoffers ,tnd trading in their old cars for the big values Essex the Challenger gives. Essex chal- lenges: IN SPEED—challenging anything the road offers up to 70 miles an hour. IN FAST GETAWAY—any car regard- less of size or price. IN RE- LIABILITY -60 miles an hour for our after hour. Wide Choice of Colors at No Extra Cost. The variety is so great you have almost individual distinction SSEX challenges the per- formance, the style, the luxurious roomy comfort of any car at any price, on the basis that no other gives you back so much for every dollar you put in. That is why the big buying swing is to Essex. That is why motorists by thousands are switching from past favorites, 04, 0 glifcr O o o L"EZoOE ell ®lY,:7iViiNIaCJ On our own streets Essex the Challenger, =dew competent observation. averaged 23 miles per gallon. The average owner in this city can expect 118 to 20 vides and upward. Commercial users oper- ating large fleets of Essex cars say that service and maintenance costs. covering millions of mileo of operation, are lowest of any car ever tested. Essex offers a completeness off fine car equipment formerly identified only with costly cars, and available, when at all, only as "extras," at extra cost on cars of Essex price. Check these items when, you buy—they represent easily above $100 additional value in Essex. Standard Equipment Includes: 4 hy- draulic shock abbsorbers—electric gauge frrr gas and oil—radiator shutters— sad dle hutters—saddle lamps — windshield wiper — glare proof rear view mirror —electro - Lack — controls on steering wheel --al bright parts chromium -plated. g!• ARM tU 0. b. Windsor Taxes Extra The Canadian Goveromamnt has recently reduced the Sales Fax on Auto- ,. mobiles. Hudson -Essex cars are now priced accordingly. Coach - _ 5840 2 -Pass. Coupe 840 Phaeton - - 840 Coupe - - 875 (with rumble seat) Standard Sedan 960 Town Sedan - 1025 Roadster - - 1025 Convertible Coupe - - 11080 RECORDING MIILK PIECbRDS AN OLD PRACTICE The practice of recording milk pro- duction is by no means a recent in- novation. More than 900 years ago the farmers of the Principali':y of Wales used milk recording as a means of dividing the receipts from cows that were maintained in common herds. During the summer months it was their custom- to migrate to the halls with their flocks. Milk from their cows was put into a common churn and it was necessary to keep a record of the amount produced by the several cows so that a proper special produce,' for aveN p ilose- weN suFfAce MAGII Lf -OTE For hardcoliod floors the iletwash- a6le paid Tor Oildoih f'rtinoleijm WOO IAC slain forfoors andfurnifurr %) -vat tr