Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1924, Page 16

BLACKMAIL INSPIRED BY FRANKS STORIES Man Held in Philadelphia for Threatening Letters to Wealthy Persons. HIS SANITY QUESTIONED | Demanded That Money Be Dropped’ From Street Car. “pecial Dispatch to The Star. | PHILADELPHIA, June 24 —Harvey | Clenn of National Park, N. J. de-| ared today that the Franks kid- ' uping case in Chicago inspired him Gompers to Leave Hospital to Urge Labor Plank O. K. By the Associat«t Press. NEW YORK, June 24.—Samue Gompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, will leave the hospital to appear personally the resolutions committee before of the Democratic national gom mittee tomorrow to urge adoption of the same labor plank presented to the Republican convention a Cleveland, his secretary announced today Mr. Gompers went to a hospita yesterday suffering from a nerv. ous ailment after he had attended a meeting of labor chiefs. He was reported today to be almost re covered. | 1| t 1o attempt to blackmail four promi- nent Philadelphians by threatening to + them bodily harm or blow up their liomes, so he could finance an expedi- the West Indies and there ed gold. of sing the ransom |’ money hoped to galn from his victims, the blackmailer is under 000 bail ordered by United States imissioner Armstrong, in Camden into " custody by day after ed writ- | John Conyngham had_been place ds by Maj. Stevens Will Investigate Sanity. Federal authoritics intend vestigate Glenn's sanity. reported would-be vietims Wharton Sinkler, Mrs. A r. and Mrs. Paul H. Ran he tn in- pot of gold” Glenn said i varth was found by him a British soldler sta- West Indies. according pent to the postal in aid he had lburied the day and “tate ) s He 1d, hoping to return some M:j. Stevens vrinted note,” Mr. nkler turned the letter over to me and 1 at once placed it in the hands for action. letter made me feel that the writer was deluded and neither Mrs. Sinker nor 1 thought much about i | or | w al | Mre our home would be destroyed if she failed to supply him with $100, ac- to a p'an set forth in (i ording. Sinker said today. authorities of the the postal The context The Before her marriage Mrs. Sinkl Mrs. Louise B. Elkins. relutives of Mrs. Lardner was out of the city and declin the blackmail received Glenn demanded $1.000 each Rankin and Mrs. Lardner, it said PRESIDENT EXPLAINS LION CLUBS’ IDEALS| Says Organization Is Founded Principle of Unselfish Service to Others. Associated Press OMAHA, Neb., June 24 —Unselfi By the “Mrs. inklers are prominent soclal- Mra. Rankin was not at home today, said letter she from he er ed is i | on | sh CLAIMS TESTIMONY PROVED BOOMERANG Attorney for Shotwell Discusse! Evidence of @ift of Automobile. SAYS HE OBEYED ORDERS Declares He First Opposed Sale of Air Service Lumber. The testimony offered by the prose- cution about the gift of an automo- bile from Frank T. Sullivan, lumber mechant of Buffalo, N. Y., to Charles S. Shotwell, former chief of the ma- terial disposal and salvage section of the Army air service, proved a boom- erang, according to Attorney Thomas C. Bradley in his argument today be- fore Justice Bailey in Criminal Divi- sion 2 for an instructed verdict of ac- quittal for Shotwell. The government, in its opening statement, he sald, had declared that Shotwell was not in the original con- but was induced to enter by means of an automobile which was given him by Sullivan. The gift, ac- cording to the evidence, took place January 14, 1920, and counsel assert- ed that was more than a year after the last overt act of the alleged con- spiracy as shown by the testimony for the prosecution. Shotwell could not have been duced to enter the conspiracy as the result of the alleged bribe, he declared. when more than a year had elapsed after the last overt uct of the so-called conspiracy hefore the automobile came into his possession The record is barren, the lawyer con- tended, of any proof of knowledge by .\"Ifllw?!: of the existence of a conspiracy between Philips and the other defendant. : 9 the in- Shotwell in ref- % lumber under the contract between the government and Philips Stephe said, were in strict u structigns from his super were approved Ly all of them Shotwell never ordered the clearing of lumber for sale at a price below alleged by the E. E. Haring New Assistant Chief Of Public Parks Capt. Ellis E. Haring, Corps of En- gineers, ‘attached to tne st Regiment of Engineers at Fort Dupont, Del., today was ordered to this city for duty in the office of Lieut. Col. Sher- rill, the engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds. He will fill the vacancy caused by the transfer to the Engineer School at Fort Humphreys, Va., of Maj. Douglas L. Weart, Corps of Engineers, princi- pal assistant to Lieut. Col. Sherrill for the past four years. Capt. Haring was a second lleu- tenant of engineers in the Officers Reserve Corps in August, 1917, 1In January, 1918, he was appointed first Heutentant in the National Army and served as such during the world war. in July, 1920, he was appointed first lieutenant in the regular corps of en- sineers and shortly afterward pro- Thoted to the grade of captain. He Was born in New Jersey, but was ap- pointed to_the Army from Massa- Chusetts. He is a graduate of the vania Military College, class of 1913, and of the Army Engineer School, class of 19 TRADE COMBINE CHARGED. Pittsburgh Plus Plan Scored Be- fore U. S. Commission. ¥inal argumen against the Pitts- burgh plus prac! of determining | the price of steel were made by at | torneys for the Federal Trade Com- mission and thirty-two associated states hefors commission yester- Penn the attorney for the commission, and H. G. Pickering for the assoclated states and the Western Association of Rolled Steel Consumers, branded the practice as a price-fixing method emploved to retrain compe tition and create a monopoly. Stein- hauer contended that Pittsburgh fab- ricators, under the Pittsburgh plus| aystem, may compete with Chicago | fabricators for construction work in| Chicago, robbing the Chicago in-| dustry of its natural advantage of | E. “Steinhauer, 21 GASSED SENATORS SCORED BY GOVERNOR Called “Outlaws” for Flesing From Rhode Island—Future Order Is Promised. G. 0. P. GROUP HOLDS CAUCUS Meets in Massachusetts Hotel to Plan Next Step. By the Amociated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, June 24.—Be- fore the Rhode Island Senate recon- vened today to resume its proceed- ings where they were broken off by disorder and gas fumes in the Senate last week, Gov. William S. Flynn issued a statement In which he de- scribed the Republican senators now at Rutland, Mass., as “fugitives and outlaws. Commenting on a statement issued by the senators at Rutland last night to the effect that they would not re- turn to the Senate chamber until as- sured “that orderly and constitutional methods of parliamentary procedure will be restored,” the governor ac- cused them of uttering “defamatory remarks against their state.” | “The people of this state,” he said, “will continue peacefully to carry on their affairs and conduct themselves in the orderly manner for which they are noted."” G. 0. P. SENATORS RALLY. By the Asociated Press. RUTLAND, Mass, June 24 —The §1,000. We are because you have w what to do with e money in news- not marked) and service for athers without hope of | reward is the basis of true happiness band of true Lioni ‘resident John S Noel. Grand Rapids, Mich.. i % cday in annual address before | Take Woodbury |80 delegates of the International | e AT e e rahay | Association of Lions Clubs o'clock, Sunday | A1e8 : { Come alone. After le bridge you are Westvilie ut fifteen minutes ou come to a railroad track ross the track drop bundic window. Stay Woodburs you for it declared | spirft of the organization, or- 1 cndeavors will be lifted to a plane and Lionism will be- | zing force in the frater- | ted. efficient and pa- aid | s and Canada are nations in the important duty test privilege to develop these ideals strive to live up to them, he said. | nism is founded upon the eternal | neiples of the Golden Rule ! HANNA LEAVES ROME. | truc gan higher on car station It tamiiy all the folks. | will lose many | by fire. If you mean what we say.| the money or teli| all see. You mizht t one man (who ). But we are no the gang will set 1onths. " ve Letter to Postmaster. S . who served with 1 world war, Kedfip, post- train b vou d all o of vour urt, maybe Yo “ake e right | Archbishop Has Farewell Audience | With the Pope. ROME, Junc — Archbishop Ed- master, who ls a friend ward J. Hanna of San Francisco, who Postal inspectors were assigned 1o | has heen visiting Rome. will sail writer. They instructed|far home September 10, The arch- Stevens to follow the directions| phishop will leave Rome today by in the letter. The money was placed | mator for Florence and then will gn in a bag and thrown from the trolley by slow stages to Lourdes, Paris nad | ir by Maj. Stevens at the appointed | jater to England and Ireland. i Jlace on Sunday. Glenn is alleged to| The Pope, in granting Archbishop | jave walked over to the spot where | Hanna a farewell audience. express- the package landed and. picking it|cd the hope that the San Franciscan started to walk away. The in- | would be able to return to Rome dur who were watching in an | ing the holy vear of 1925 tomobile, followed Glenn and| Archbishop Hanna presented hi iced him under arrest. Cantwell, and In all his letters Glenn threatened s who are at- | lestruction of the recipfents’ homes Ecclesiastical | (nd physical Injury to members..of | College here. Pope expressed his | their families if they failed to obey | great love for the United States. He | his_instructions, also blessed all the religious ob- ! “He sent Mr: jects of the Archbishop Mgr. Cant- ‘etter four mi well and the students. tending Sinkler a threatening ths ago, announcing If You Want Service and 100% Protection BLACK SCREEN ENAMEL 75¢ QT. —from the paint you apply. by all means use VALDURA ASPHALT PAINT. 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Flynn of their personal safety would induce them to return to their home state and its legislative halls, from which they were driven last Thursday by bromide gas. Two of the senators accompanied thelr The senators have for several days been scattered in small groups about Massachusetts. Thelr desire to be together to discuss developments and make plans led them to gather here under one roof, they said. Senators Issue Statement. In a long statement they re- viewed the stormy session of the Rhode Island legislature dating from January 1. They accused Lieut. Gov. Toupin, Democrat, of bringing about conditions that blocked state business and the breaking up of the legislature. The statement charged that he had encouraged disorder and “*has called to his aid a disorderly, vicious and threatening mob * ¢ ¢ thugs, gunmen and representatives of all the disorderly elements of the community. The lieutenant governor has openly stated that the next time the members who quorum of the Senate appear there they will be Hed." — . Guarantee Japanese Rights. SAN FRAN June 24.—Four California organizations which re- cently sent a committee to Washing- ton to advocate adoption of the Jap- anesc exclusion clause of the immi- gration measure today issued a statement declaring their intention “to securs by every means in power such rights as the Japanesc or other aliens may be entitled during their residence in this state here by | whves. constitute a | their | RAILROADS OPPOSE OVERTIME PAY PLAN Protest Proposed Time and Half for Ninth and Tenth” Hours and on Sundays. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 24 —Twenty rail- roads today opposed at a hearing be- | fore the Railroad Labor Board a pe- tition of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railroad Shop Workers for revision of overtime payments. The em- ployes ask time and a half for the ninth and tenth hour and on Sundays and holidays, with straight time, in- stead of half-time payment, for travel time, The roads include the Baltimore and Ohlo, Buffalo. Rochester and Pittsburgh: Big Four: Chesapeake and Ohlo; Louisville and Henderson Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis, Midland ‘Valley, Michigan Central, New York Central, Pere Marquette Pennsylvania and Rutland e Wife Slayer Gets Dark Days. VIENNA. June 17.—Found guilty of murdering his wife and sentenced to sixteen years in prison, Karl Os- termeler must spend each anniversary of her death in utterly dark solitary confinement on bread and water as a | further punishment. 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