Evening Star
- Cards and Yanks Deadlocked, 0-0, in Fourth Inning
- Defense Sums Up in Daugherty Case
- Contracts Are Let for First Work on New U.S. Buildings
The Evening Star of October 7, 1926, carried a running AP account of the fifth game of the World Series in St. Louis, where the left-handers Herb Pennock and Bill Sherdel held the Yankees and Cardinals scoreless into the fourth inning while the crowd chased a third straight attendance record. It reported defense summations in the New York conspiracy trial of former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and former Alien Property Custodian Thomas W. Miller over the release of $7,000,000 in seized American Metal Co. assets, with Miller's counsel dismissing the Ritz-Carlton check handover and the traced Liberty bonds. It also announced the first contracts in Washington's $50,000,000 federal building program: demolition on part of the Internal Revenue site and two new stories for the Liberty Loan Building, while the Commerce Department's site was still in dispute.
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CARDS AND YANKS DEADLOCKED, 0-0, IN FOURTH INNING
Pennock and Sherdel Duel on Mound in Fifth Game of Series.
BOTH PITCHERS HURL IN MASTERLY FASHION
Sportsman's Park Again Crowded as World-Title Tilt Enters Its Crucial Stage.
The Line-up.
NEW YORK. — ST. LOUIS.
Combs, cf. — Holm, cf.
Koenig, ss. — Southworth, rf.
Ruth, lf. — Hornsby, 2b.
Meusel, rf. — Bottomley, 1b.
Gehrig, 1b. — L. Bell, 3b.
Lazzeri, 2b. — Hafey, lf.
Dugan, 3b. — O'Farrell, c.
Severeid, c. — Thevenow, ss.
Pennock, p. — Sherdel, p.
Umpires—Messrs. Dineen at plate, O'Day at first, Hildebrand at second and Klem at third.
BY CARL S. BRANDEBURY.
ST. LOUIS, October 7 (AP).—The St. Cardinals and New York Yankees were tied in the fourth inning of the fifth game of the world series here this afternoon. Neither team has scored.
The Yanks failed to threaten in the first. An error by Koenig, stolen base and passed ball got Bottomley to third, but the side failed to score in the Cards' half.
A double play ended a potential rally by the Yanks in the second, after Gehrig and Lazzeri had singled. Pennock retired the Cards without trouble.
An all-southpaw pitching cast was named for the fifth world series game, Herb Pennock for the Yankees and Bill Sherdel for the Cardinals took up their left-hand battle, where they left it off last Saturday in New York. Holm was playing in center field instead of Douthit.
There was little apprehension among the fans when the sun disappeared in a thick haze just before time for play. Gray clouds replaced the blue prevailing throughout the forenoon, but there was no very distinct threat of rain.
The stands were filled at game time with thousands standing. The customers were making a determined drive for a third attendance record in three days. Yesterday's crowd numbered 38,825, breaking the previous day's mark, with predictions made that the official count today would show 40,000.
The fans looked at Ruth and held up wet fingers to get the wind direction, with an eye on the right field stands. During batting practice a wind blew toward the plate, but when play was started the wind had changed and was blowing from the plate outward.
FIRST INNING.
YANKEES—The umpires gathered at the plate and gave final instructions on ground rules to Manager Hornsby of the Cardinals and Coach William O'Leary of the Yankees. Meanwhile Sherdel and Pennock were warmed up and both reported themselves in fine shape.
The band played “The Star Spangled Banner” while the crowd stood and uncovered. The Cardinals scampered upon the field, the umpires took their positions, and after the band had made its exit play was begun.
The first cheer went up when Billy Southworth, who is leading the Cardinals in hitting, went out into the right field. Sherdel went out into the box, sprinkled his hands with rosin and threw a few to O'Farrell.
Combs up: Strike 1, called; ball 1, low, inside; Combs sent out a fly to Hafey. Koenig up: Thevenow threw out Koenig at first, Koenig hitting the first ball. Ruth up: He got a big hand. Ball 1, low, outside; strike 1, called. This was a slow curve inside. Ball 2, high, inside; Hornsby threw out Ruth at first, the Babe going after a slow ball. No runs, no hits, no errors.
CARDINALS—Holm up: Holm went out, Koenig to Gehrig, hitting the first pitch. Southworth up: Koenig juggled Southworth's grounder and the batter was safe. It was an error. Hornsby up: Time was called until Southworth could tie his shoe. Ball 1, low; Southworth stole second; strike 1, swung; Severeid dropped the ball and it went for a passed ball. Pennock threw out Hornsby at first, Southworth going to third. Bottomley up: Strike 1, swung; ball 1, wide and low; strike 2, swung; ball 2, high; ball 3, outside; Pennock kicked on this one; Lazzeri tossed out Bottomley at first. No runs, no hits, one error.
SECOND INNING.
YANKEES—Meusel up: A big bouquet was presented to Ruth as he came to the bench. Strike 1, called; ball 1, high; ball 2, outside; Bell knocked down Meusel's hot shot and threw him out. Gehrig up: Ball 1, low; ball 2, wide; ball 3, low; strike 1, called; strike 2, called; Gehrig singled over the middle bag with the count three and two. Lazzeri up: Foul, strike 1; ball 1, inside; Lazzeri singled to right, Gehrig going to third. Dugan up: Ball 1, low; ball 2, outside and low; Dugan hit into a double play, Hornsby taking Dugan's grounder, touching Lazzeri and getting Dugan with a quick throw to Bottomley. No runs, two hits, no errors.
CARDINALS—Bell up: Ball 1, high; foul, strike 1; foul, strike 2; Bell hit a long foul to the cash customers in right; Bell struck out, taking a third called strike. Hafey up: Foul, strike 1; foul, strike 2; ball 1, high; ball 2, outside; foul; foul; Hafey kept fouling off Pennock's slow curves; Dugan took Hafey's grounder and made a wide throw to Gehrig, who touched the runner as he came into the bag. O'Farrell up: Strike 1, called; ball 1, low; ball 2, low; ball 3, inside; O'Farrell singled off Pennock's glove, the ball bouncing to Koenig, but too late to make the throw. Thevenow up: Thevenow sent out a fly to Combs. The Cardinals were trying the hit-and-run play. No runs, one hit, no errors.
THIRD INNING.
YANKEES—Severeid up: The sky was growing quite overcast. Severeid sent out a fly to Holm, who made his first catch
DEFENSE SUMS UP IN DAUGHERTY CASE
Steuer and Rand, for Miller, Present Closing Arguments in Plot Trial.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK [?] October 7.—In a voice barely audible in a hushed and expectant courtroom [?] Max D. Steuer, counsel for Harry M. Daugherty, began his summation for the former Attorney General in the Daugherty-Miller conspiracy trial today.
Daugherty, the first cabinet member to be brought to trial for alleged criminal acts, supposed to have been committed during tenure of office, sat in the middle of the packed courtroom, a folded handkerchief held constantly to his left eye [?] which is inflamed by cold.
Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodian, are on trial, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with the release of $7,000,000 of impounded enemy assets.
Steuer, after vowing “an abiding faith in humanity and the ultimate triumph of justice,” began an analysis of the sections of the trading with the enemy act under which the shares of the American Metal Co. were released and under which the indictment was brought.
Declares Dinner Was “Nothing.”
Miller committed no crime when he handed Richard Merton, German metal magnate, two checks for $6,543,000 at a champagne dinner in the Ritz-Carlton, William Rand, his counsel, told the jury. Rand was making his summation for Miller. Yesterday he analyzed the law and part of the evidence in the case.
“This champagne dinner was nothing,” Rand said. “Miller was coming to New York, anyway. He just brought those checks along to save time. Otherwise they would have been lying around on some one's desk at Washington.”
Taking up the evidence the Government introduced to show that five of the $10,000 Liberty loan bonds Richard Merton, German metal magnate, paid John T. King, late Republican national committeeman from Connecticut, as a “commission” for rushing through the claims of the Societe Suisse Pour Valeurs de Metaux, were traced to Miller, Rand said:
“To say that because the serial numbers of bonds were the same as some of those Merton gave King proves nothing at all. There is a curious omission of Government evidence here. Those bonds could have been in hundreds of other hands after they left King's and before they got to Miller's.
Declines to Bring New Names In.
“I know you all have a question in your minds. That question is: Why didn't Miller get on the stand and tell us where he got those bonds? Now, isn't that a pretty good guess?
“Well, Miller is not obliged to get on the stand and tell you where he got them, because the Government has never shown that he got them from King. He is under no obligation—and you have no right to hold that against him—to tell you anything about them.
“Public curiosity may demand it, but the law does not compel him to drag into this case names that have not heretofore been mentioned in this case.”
CONTRACTS ARE LET FOR FIRST WORK ON NEW U.S. BUILDINGS
Clearing of Part of Internal Revenue Site to Be Started Monday.
With award of two contracts involving the Internal Revenue Bureau Building, and Liberty Loan Building, the great $50,000,000 Federal housing program in Washington today reached the stage of actual operations, to be continued for the next five years, and to result in erection of several monumental structures in the Capital.
The two contracts awarded today were:
For wrecking the Government-owned buildings on square No. 324, located between Eleventh and Twelfth, Little B and C streets, which is to be about one-fourth of the size of the site for the Internal Revenue Building, $3,125, to Sidney L. Hechinger of this city.
For constructing two additional stories on the Liberty Loan Building, adjacent to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $57,895, to the Consolidated Engineering Co. of Baltimore.
The Government also reserved the right to accept the additional bid of the same company for more construction on the same building, in the sum of $10,480, within two months.
Ten Bids Submitted.
The Hechinger bid was the lower of two bids for wrecking the square of buildings, while that of the Consolidated Engineering Co. of Baltimore was the lowest of eight bids on the Liberty Loan Building.
Mr. Hechinger announced today he expected to start work with his wrecking crew on Monday. Under the contract the work is to be completed by December 10.
Meantime Government officials charged with responsibility of carrying forward the building program are working on several disputed questions, chief among which seems to be the location of the new home for the Department of Commerce and the question of whether it would be advisable for the Government now to purchase the rest of the great triangle between Pennsylvania avenue, Fifteenth street and the Mall.
Tentative plans are being drawn in the office of the supervising architect for placing the Department of Commerce at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street. Further study will be given to this by the Public Buildings Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
Differ Over Triangle Purchase.
Some difference of opinion appears to exist among administration officials
Context
Daugherty, Miller and the Harding-era scandals
The Star calls Harry M. Daugherty the first cabinet member brought to trial for crimes allegedly committed in office. Daugherty had served as Attorney General under Harding and Coolidge, was twice the subject of federal corruption investigations, and was forced by Coolidge to resign in 1924; Coolidge requested and received his resignation letter on March 28, 1924. His co-defendant, Thomas W. Miller, was Harding's appointee as Alien Property Custodian, and Herbert Hoover's memoir later listed him among the political associates who showed Harding's weaker side. After Harding's death in 1923, Coolidge pushed many of these men out of power, while the news filled with Teapot Dome and with allegations of wrongdoing in the Alien Property Custodian's office, the Veterans' Bureau and the Attorney General's office. The 1926 trial over the release of American Metal Co. assets therefore brought one of these Harding-era scandals into court. The defense arguments printed here, that the Ritz-Carlton check handover was a time-saving routine and that matching bond serial numbers proved nothing, are the lawyers' claims in summation, not findings of the court. Summations were still under way when this edition went to press, so the jury had not yet reached a verdict.
The $50,000,000 building program and the Internal Revenue site
The program the Star describes rested on the Public Buildings Act, which Congress passed in 1926. According to the later record of the project, Congress appropriated $50 million, including $10 million a year for five years, with the appropriations made in 1927; that five-year schedule matches the Star's statement that the work would continue for the next five years. The Internal Revenue building was planned to take up two whole city blocks between 10th and 12th Streets and B and C Streets NW, cutting off 11th Street. The government already owned three of the four plots needed for that site, which fits the Star's report that the first demolition targeted government-owned buildings on a square covering about a quarter of the site. The razing contract for the Internal Revenue site was signed while the Public Buildings Commission was still studying where to put the Commerce building, the same unsettled moment the article captures.
The shifting site of the Commerce building in 1926
The Star reports tentative plans for placing the Department of Commerce at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fifteenth Street. That idea reflected a site question that had only just been reopened. In September 1926 President Coolidge refused to permit the Commerce building to be placed on the Mall, and a few weeks later the Commission of Fine Arts decided that it should be relocated to the area of 14th and 15th Streets NW. The corner site in this October report was one of the options under study in that interval. On November 17, 1926, the Public Buildings Commission announced a revised plan that moved Commerce from the Mall to the block between 14th and 15th Streets between B and C Streets NW, and assigned the block between Pennsylvania Avenue and D Street, 14th and 15th Streets NW, to a new Department of Justice building.
Buying the rest of the triangle
The second dispute the Star mentions, whether the government should buy the rest of the triangle at once, was met with separate funding: a second appropriation bill provided $25 million for buying up all additional privately held land in the area. Acquiring that land became the slowest part of the project. Early negotiations with private landowners collapsed when owners demanded exorbitant prices for their properties, and Center Market was not relocated until early 1931, more than four years after the process began. The Star's phrase, the great triangle between Pennsylvania Avenue, Fifteenth Street and the Mall, also shows how the area was already being pictured before it had a name. The press was writing of a Pennsylvania Avenue Triangle by November 18, 1926, and the district later became known as the Federal Triangle.
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CARDS AND YANKS DEADLOCKED, 0-0, IN FOURTH INNING
CARDS AND YANKS DEADLOCKED, 0-0, IN FOURTH INNING Pennock and Sherdel Duel on Mound in Fifth Game of Series. BOTH PITCHERS HURL IN MASTERLY FASHION Sportsman's Park Again Crowded as World-Title Tilt Enters Its Crucial Stage. The Line-up. NEW YORK. ST. LOUIS. Combs, cf. Holm, cf. Koenig, ss. Southworth, rf. Ruth, lf. Hornsby, 2b. Meusel, rf. Bottomley, 1b. Gehrig, 1b. L. Bell, 3b. Lazzeri, 2b. Hafey, lf. Dugan, 3b. O'Farrell, c. Severeid, c. Thevenow, ss. Pennock, p. Sherdel, p. Umpires-Messrs. Dineen at plate, O'Day at first, Hildebrand at second and Klem at third. BY CARL S. BRANDEBURY. ST. LOUIS, October 7 (AP). - The St. Cardinals and New York Yankees were tied in the fourth inning of the fifth game of the world series here this afternoon. Neither team has scored. The Yanks failed to threaten in the first. An error by Koenig, stolen base and passed ball got Bot-tomley to third, but the side failed to score in the Cards ' half. A double play ended a potential rally by the Yanks in the second, after Gehrig and Lazzeri had singled. Pen-nock retired the Cards without trouble. An all-southpaw pitching cast was named for the fifth world series game, Herb Pennock for the Yankees and Bill Sherdel for the Cardinals took up their left-hand battle, where they left it off last Saturday in New York. Holm was playing in center field in-stead of Douthit. There was little apprehension among the fans when the sun disappeared in a thick haze just before time for play. Gray clouds replaced the blue prevail-ing throughout the forenoon, but there was no very distinct threat of rain. The stands were filled at game time with thousands standing. The cus-tomers were making a determined drive for a third attendance record in three days. Yesterday's crowd num-bered 38, 825, breaking the previous day's mark, with predictions made that the official count today would show 40, 000. The fans looked at Ruth and held up wet fingers to get the wind, direc-tion, with an eye on the right field stands. During batting practice a wind blew toward the plate, but when play was started the wind had chang-ed and was blowing from the plate outward. FIRST INNING. YANKEES-The umpires gathered at the plate and gave final instruc-tions on ground rules to Manager Hornsby of the Cardinals and Coach William O'Leary of the Yankees. Meanwhile Sherdel and Pennock were warmed up and both reported them-selves in fine shape. The band played " The Star Spangled Banner " while the crowd stood and uncovered. The Cardinals scampered upon the field, the umpires took their positions, and after the band had made its exit play was begun. The first cheer went up when Billy Southworth, who is lead-ing the Cardinals in hitting, went out into the right field. Sherdel went out into the box, sprinkled his hands with rosin and threw a few to O'Farrell. Combs up: Strike 1, called; ball 1, low, inside; Combs sent out a fly to Hafey. Koenig up: Thevenow threw out Koe-nig at first, Koenig hitting the first ball. Ruth up: He got a big hand. Ball 1, low, outside; strike 1, called. This was a slow curve inside. Ball 2, high, inside; Hornsby threw out Ruth at first, the Babe going after a slow ball. No runs, no hits, no errors. CARDINALS-Holm up: Holm went out, Koenig to Gehrig, hitting the first pitch. Southworth up: Koenig juggled Southworth's grounder and the batter was safe. It was an error. Hornsby up: Time was called until Southworth could tie his shoe. Ball 1, low; South-worth stole second; strike 1, swung; Severeid dropped the ball and it went for a passed ball. Pennock threw out Hornsby at first, Southworth going to third. Bottomley up: Strike 1, swung; ball 1, wide and low; strike 2, swung; ball 2, high; ball 3, outside; Pennock kicked on this one; Lazzeri tossed out Bottomley at first. No runs, no hits, one error. SECOND INNING. YANKEES-Meusel up: A big bou-quet was presented to Ruth as he came to the bench. Strike 1, called; ball 1, high; ball 2, outside; Bell knocked down Meusel's hot shot and threw him out. Gehrig up: Ball 1, low; ball 2, wide; ball 3, low; strike 1, called; strike 2, called; Gehrig sin-gled over the middle bag with the count three and two. Lazzeri up: Foul, strike 1; ball 1, inside; Lazzeri singled to right, Gehrig going to third. Dugan up: Ball 1, low; ball 2, outside and low; Dugan hit into a double play, Hornsby taking Du-gan's grounder, touching Lazzeri and getting Dugan with a quick throw to Bottomley. No runs, two hits, no er-rors. CARDINALS-Bell up: Ball 1, high; foul, strike 1; foul, strike 2; Bell hit a long foul to the cash customers in right; Bell struck out, taking a third called strike. Hafey up: Foul, strike 1; foul, strike 2; ball 1, high; ball 2, outside; foul; foul; Hafey kept fouling off Pennock's slow curves; Dugan took Hafey's grounder and made a wide throw to Gehrig, who touched the runner as he came into the bag. O'Farrell up: Strike 1, called; ball 1, low; ball 2, low; ball 3, inside; O'Farrell singled off Pennock's glove, the ball bouncing to Koenig, but too late to make the throw. The-venow up: Thevenow sent out a fly to Combs. The Cardinals were trying the hit-and-run play. No runs, one hit, no errors. THIRD INNING. YANKEES-Severeid up: The sky was growing quite overcast. Severeid sent out a fly to Holm, who made his first catch
DEFENSE SUMS UP IN DAUGHERTY CASE
DEFENSE SUMS UP IN DAUGHERTY CASE Steuer and Rand, for Miller, Present Closing Arguments in Plot Trial. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK [?] October 7. - In a voice barely audible in a hushed and expectant courtroom [?] Max D. Steuer, counsel for Harry M. Daugherty, be-gan his summation for the former Attorney General in the Daugherty-Miller conspiracy trial today. Daugherty, the first cabinet mem-ber to be brought to trial for alleged criminal acts, supposed to have been committed during tenure of office, sat in the middle of the packed court-room, a folded handkerchief held constantly to his left eye [?] which is in-flamed by cold. Daugherty and Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodian, are on trial, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States in connec-tion with the release of $ 7, 000, 000 of impounded enemy assets. Steuer, after vowing " an abiding faith in humanity and the ultimate triumph of justice, " began an analysis of the sections of the trading with the enemy act under which the shares of the American Metal Co. were released and under which the indictment was brought. Declares Dinner Was " Nothing. " Miller committed no crime when he handed Richard Merton, German metal magnate, two checks for $ 6, 543, - 000 at a champagne dinner in the Ritz-Carlton, William Rand, his coun-sel, told the jury. Rand was making his summation for Miller. Yesterday he analyzed the law and part of the evidence in the case. " This champagne dinner was noth-ing, " Rand said. " Miller was coming to New York, anyway. He just brought those checks along to save time. Otherwise they would have been lying around on some one's desk at Washington. " Taking up the evidence the Gov-ernment introduced to show that five of the $ 10, 000 Liberty loan bonds Richard Merton, German metal mag-nate, paid John T. King, late Repub-lican national committeeman from Connecticut, as a " commission " for rushing through the claims of the Societe Suisse Pour Valeurs de Me-taux, were traced to Miller, Rand said: " To say that because the serial numbers of bonds were the same as some of those Merton gave King proves nothing at all. There is a cu-rious omission of Government evi-dence here. Those bonds could have been in hundreds of other hands after they left King's and before they got to Miller's. Declines to Bring New Names In. " I know you all have a question in your minds. That question is: Why didn't Miller get on the stand and tell us where he got those bonds? Now, isn't that a pretty good guess? " Well, Miller is not obliged to get on the stand and tell you where he got them, because the Government has never shown that he got them from King. He is under no obligation-and you have no right to hold that against him-to tell you anything about them. " Public curiosity may demand it, but the law does not compel him to drag into this case names that have not heretofore been mentioned in this case. "
CONTRACTS ARE LET FOR FIRST WORK ON NEW U.S. BUILDINGS
CONTRACTS ARE LET FOR FIRST WORK ON NEW U. S. BUILDINGS Clearing of Part of Internal Revenue Site to Be Start-ed Monday. With award of two contracts in-volving the Internal Revenue Bureau Building, and Liberty Loan Building, the great $ 50, 000, 000 Federal housing program in Washington today reach-ed the stage of actual operations, to be continued for the next five years, and to result in erection of several monumental structures in the Capital. The two contracts awarded today were: For wrecking the Government-own-ed buildings on square No. 324, lo-cated between Eleventh and Twelfth, Little B and C streets, which is to be about one-fourth of the size of the site for the Internal Revenue Build-ing, $ 3, 125, to Sidney L. Hechinger of this city. For constructing two additional stories on the Liberty Loan Building, adjacent to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, $ 57, 895, to the Consoli-dated Engineering Co. of Baltimore. The Government also reserved the right to accept the additional bid of the same company for more con-struction on the same building, in the sum of $ 10, 480, within two months. Ten Bids Submitted. The Hechinger bid was the lower of two bids for wrecking the square of buildings, while that of the Con-solidated Engineering Co. of Balti-more was the lowest of eight bids on the Liberty Loan Building. Mr. Hechinger announced today he expected to start work with his wrecking crew on Monday. Under the contract the work is to be com-pleted by December 10. Meantime Government officials charged with responsibility of carry-ing forward the building program are working on several disputed ques-tions, chief among which seems to be the location of the new home for the Department of Commerce and the question of whether it would be ad-visable for the Government now to purchase the rest of the great trian-gle between Pennsylvania avenue, Fifteenth street and the Mall. Tentative plans are being drawn in the office of the supervising architect for placing the Department of Com-merce at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street. Further study will be given to this by the Public Buildings Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts and the Na-tional Capital Park and Planning Com-mission. Differ Over Triangle Purchase. Some difference of opinion appears to exist among administration officials
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