Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1925, Page 13

RELATIVES OF ENTOMBED MAN WATCHING ATTEMPTS AT RESCU of Floyd Collins, and Mrs. Arthur Collins, wife of Floyd's brother, who lives Mrs. Jenny Collins, stepmother Kewanee, IIL, watching the drilling of the shaft at Sand Cave. The relatives are confident that the imprisoned man is still alive. ONE OF WASHINGTON'S YOU! EST HORSEWOMEN. Little Helen Buchanan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jobn R. Buchanan and granddaugh- ter of Gen. James A. Buchanan, is an enthusiastic horseback rider, photographer snapped her picture bridle paths. LINOLN TOSPEND - H LFE N PRSON The Capital's vesterday on one of the A Photo Nat British Eat Meal Bread on Large 1 Scale From Fear | White Loaf Said to Be Wide World Photo. A FAL o T ngits i 4l ez W BUCKSKIN INVITATION FOR THE PRESIDENT. of Arizona viewing the buckskin invitation to President Coolidge to at- tend the annual ceremonies of the Smoki Indian Tribe at Prescott. Ariz. The Chief Executive was made a member of the tribe la June 1 MILLIONAIRE'S SON | SHOT; WOMAN HELD Lawyer-Florist, Who Slew | Cancer Cause and Price Chris G. Hupfel Recovering. | Wife and Her Brother, to Pay Penalty. By the A GENEVA, a oriated Prase. 1L, February 10—War- Lincoin, lawyer-florist entenced life imprisonment last night by a jury, which found Him gniity of the murder of his wife Lina, whom he confessed he killed, with Byron Shoup, her brother, burned the bodles and sealed, the heads in a con- crete block. Lincoln's verdict. Lincoln remained calm when the verdict was announced and comfort- #d_his son John, who burst into tears. The State did not indicate whether it expected to try Lincoln for the slaying of Shoup, and officers pre- pared for his transfer to the peni- tentiary at Satesville today. Lincoln's Scheme Fallx. Warren J. Lincoln disappeared on January 10, 1923, leaving behind a atage set to leave the impression that he had been slain. Authorities investigating the slay- tng found the bedroom of thie Lin- ren was to a attorne) the accepted scoln home spattered with blood, and | from a well they took blood-soaked articies of clothing. In his green- house a biood-spattered Indfan ciub was found. The fact that and her brother, Lincoln's wife Lina Byron Shoup, also were missing, led the authorities to the theory that the brother and sis- ter might have slain Lincoln for some unknown reason and fled. For Weeks an unavailing search for the couple was carried on. A few months after his disappear- ance, howey Lincoln reappeared and told of having been kidnaped by his wife and her brother, who, he maintained, were engaged in illegal pursuits. He said he did not know their whereabouts. uit for divorce was filed by Linclon against his wife, and shortly thereafter he again dis- appeared for a time, going, it later developed, to Detroit and several other citles. Adopts Ruse to Obtain Money. In the meantime relatives of Mrs. Lincoln and her brother received let- ters purporting to have been written by her and asking them to send money to her at Evanston, Ill. This they did, although it later developed the letters were written by Lincoln. This, he said, was done to confuse his wife's relatives. Finally he went about a vear from vanished was arrested authorities, who were with his story. 14ncoln then made a series of con- ‘fl'sslnrw. first declaring that his wife fhad shot her brother and then com- mitted suicide. Later he made another confession that he had slain both his wife and her brother in self-defense and still later said that he killed his to Chicago and the time he first there by the not satisfied : Is Higher. ! By the Associated Press. LONDON, “February 10.—The Eng- lish are becoming a mation of whole | the nouncement. a little more than a ago, by the eminent surgeon. Sir liam Arbuthnot Lane, that white bread is probably one of the causes of cancer, the bakers of England have noticed a great decrease in the sale of white bread and an increase in the meal bread eaters. Since pro- vea Wil- This change in the national | tite has become so widespread that the Bakers' Association has issued | posters and pamphlets showing the | benefits of whole meal diet and urg- |ing its wider use. The price of whole | meal bread has not been increased this Winter, as is the case with white {loaves, another reason why the out- | put of whole meal bread is daily | creasing. | Specific figures of one of the largest bakeries in London show the sale of whole meal loaves during December to be almost three times that of the previous December. Last year some {of the English millers installed ma- lt'h nes to bleach the whole meal flour, | but even this is no longer necessary, | for there is no social stigma attached to brown bread these days. | wife in seif-defénse after the latter killed Shoup, Agrees to Tell the Truth. Finally he agreed to tell what he | termed the truth about the slayings | and said that he had killed both his | wife and her brother because he be- {lieved her to be untrue to him. He sald he had burned their bodies in his greenhouse furnace after severing the heads and casting them in a block of conceete which he used for a time as a porch supporter which was finally taken to an Aurora dump. His new confession was substan- tiated when the blocks found were cut open and the heads, wrapped in burlap, were found. After soveral months delay, Lincoln was brought before a jury and tried as to his sanity, the jury holding that he was sane when the crime was committed, which under the laws of Illinols i5 necessary to sustain a murder charge. Purcellville Man Killed. PURCELLVILLE, Va., February 10 (Special).~-Saturday night driving through town at a high rate of speed, a car in which were Joseph Gill and Fred Stipes ran into another car owned by Clayton Paxson, which {was parked in front of his home The latter was hurled into the yard and upset, while the car driven by Gill was completely demonilshed. Gill, who was 27 years of age, was instantly killed, while Stipes was seriously injured. It is thought that both were intoxicated. | consumption of whole meal products. | appe- | in- | and | while | | { [to marry | dismissed by the | 1 | | | French Journal Says Zinovieff Is Formerly Had Trouble With Sister of Envoy. By the Ansociated Preas. NEW YORK, February G. Hupfel, son of John C. millionaire brewer, be recovering today from two head wounds inflicted by a woman who shot him down last night at Lexing- ton avenue and Forty-fifth stirea Mrs. Kossara Spana’jowitch, whom police identified as sister of Dr. Milsoff, Serblan Ambassador to | France, and who was arrested at the scene of the zhooting, was being held. She denied the allegations of wit- nesses to the shooting that she had fired the shots and Hupfel told police at the hospital that he could not identify his assailant. 10.—Chris G. Huptel, was reported to Threats Are Recalled. He recalled, however, according to police, that threats had been madey against him by the woman in letters which were entered in evidence in a legal action brought against him by her in 1923, The names of the two were first linked in 1918, when Mrs. Spanal- jowltch accused the brewers son of Attempting to have her confined as insane because, she sald, she refused him. Five years later she sued him for $750,000 on charges of malicious misohfef, but the case was ourt. Mrs. Spanaljowitch testified in this action that during the war Hupfel had repeatedly urged her to seek em- ployment as a servant in embassies abroad and in Washington for the purpose of performing spy duty for Germany. She also said he had tried to persuade her to “swing” her broth- | €r over to the German cause. | TALK éOL(filAL REVVOLTS.I Promoting African Uprising. PARIS, February 10.—La Liberte prints the text of a letter purported to have been written by G. S. Zino- vieff, chairman of the executive com- mittee of the Third Internationale, to Marcel Cachin, the French Communist leader, stating that the Third, or Mos- cow, Internationale is sending 1,600,- 000 francs to the central committee of the French Communist party to be used in organizing revolts in the French colonies of northern Africa. Would Continue Inquiry. Authorization for the Senate com- mittee investigating administration of the Internal Revenue Bureau to continue its inquiry after the close of Congress is asked in a resolution introduced yesterdsy by Chairman Couzens, Republican, Michigan, S Y U e b e RADIO USED AT SAND CAVE. Portable electric plant used for light- g during the rescue work and to furnish power for radio. It has been teported that radio attempts to reach Floyd Collins were successful, and that he is still alive, but there is no way of verifying the statements. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood o fi ] W AN Neysa McMein (Mrs. John Barag- wanatch in private life) and her baby, Joan, born a few weeks ago. The McMein pictures of American girls have adorned the covers of magazines for several years. By United News Pictures. Senator Cameron all. Copyright by Miller Service 45-YEAR-OLD GALLOWS AT JAIL BEING DISMOUNTED AND BURNED | President Garfield’s Assassin and Other Noted Pri oners Paid Death Penalty There—Electric Chair to Succeed Hanging. The District minder of the inexor gallows, stark re- James Madison Y. 8. Stone in 1880, for ble penalty so- | murder of his wife. The last | clety exacts of some prisoners, no|execution was that of Herbert Cope- longer throws ite sinister shadow |land. 50 vyears old, executed last) down the long narrow confines of the | month for the murder of Lieut. Duni- dining hall in the north wing, to min- | gan several years ago. gle over tables, benches and prison- James Henry Jackson, colored. also | ers with shadows from the bars in|was hanged for the murder of Miss windows. Lillian Hood. a war worker from There Tennessee. whose death formed part jail. It became mere scraps Ium- | of a chain of criminal acts that threw ber early this afternoon. By tonight | Washington into a state of fear of much of it will be charred fragments | the supposed monomaniac who was of wood or ashes biown abut the court- | terrorizing women. yard of the jail. They're burning the gallows this afternoon. After 45 years of use in snuffling ,out the lives of 53 felons Congress decreed the cqndemnation of the gallows itself. If there is an- other execution here it will be in an electric chair. jail at the | is no mora gallows One Executed at Twenty. Among those condemned since 1903 20 were under 40 years of age and the average was 25 years. George Banton, colored, 20, was the oungest. He was executed on April 20, 1923, for the murder of Samuel Frye, a grocer. son Vall, 59, was the oldest. was executed July 6, 1900, for the murder of Alexander Jackson. Among those hanged, 28 Killed others with revolvers, 14 killed with edged instruments, a few killed with stones, and 1, Willlam Walter Ham- ilton, killed with his bare hands, be- ing executed on February 2, 1906, for strangling to death Lizzie Lyman. That is the history which is being burned up, in so far as material ev dence Is concerned, with the gallows today. The only record left will be memoranda on the official papers. PERSIAN DYNASTY’S FATE IS HANGING IN BALANCE Premier Sends Ultimatum to Na- tional Assembly to Choose Be- tween Himself and Shah. By the Associated Press. ALLAHABAD, British India, Febru- ary 10.—The Pioneer today publishes the following dispatch from Teheran: “The fate of the Kajar dynasty (the ruling Persian house) seems again to be hanging in the balance. Premler Serdar Sepah, after a significant ab- stention from attendance at a salaam held by the crown prince on February 7, has sent an ultimatum to the Majliz (the national assembly), call- ing upon it to choose between himselt and Ahmad Shah, the. former course involving acceptance of all his pro- posals. “Although the shah has not had any say in the country's affairs for two years, the Majliz {s nevertheless per- turbed. It s expected to plead that it had no authorlty to decide on such a momentous question, involving fun- damental constitutional lay." Where Famous Prisoners Dled. A crew of workmen this morning tore up the steps and made timber out of the boards which supported Guiteau's unsteady feet as he mount- ed the platform one June day in 1882 to pay the penalty for murdering President Garfleld. They've torn down the horizontal rafter which trem- bled 53 times as men were sent to deatn from the springing of the trap. And the trap itself they’ve soaked in gasoline to make sure it will burn. The history of the gallows at the jall started with the execution of MISSING PAY CLERK| FOUND N NORFOLK T. B. Rowen, Jr., Southern Employe From Alexandria, Is Amnesia Victim. Special Dispatcn to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 10.— Thomas B. Rowan, jr., paymaster's clerk at the local office of the South- ern Railway, who has been missing from his home since Wednesday, was found last night in. Norfolk, roaming the streets, his memory blank. ~He was taken to a hospital, where he is being held pending the arrival of his father and brother, who left here early today. Advices from Norfolk are that Rowen is in charge of the Masonic fraternity, he being a member of An- | cem— ! yesterday 'afternoon at drew Jackson Lodge. Last Wednes- day Rowen left for the office and did | searched. He was found and iden- not return horhe. His wife and his| tified by means of the poster broad- mother received notes indicating he|cast by Director of Public Safety eontemplated suicide. - The city was|Paul Morton. SAND CAVE SHAFT BEING SUNK AT RATE OF FOOT AN HOUR. This photograph shows the latest attempt to reach Floyd Collins, imprisoned in the cave. January 30. point to Colline. FIVE MILLION DOLLARS® WORTH OF FURS TO BE 4 trade “the wolf king,” examining valuable pelts gathered in New York from all over the world. Miners are digging another entrance to the cave, and The Kentuckian UCTIONED. has been a prisoner since Friday. e reported to have passed the half-way Wide World Phato William Titchener, called in the fur Every variety of fur, from “gennet” (common house cat) to silver fox will be auctioned to the wholesale fur buyers at the New York sale. JOBLESS PROBLEM WILL BE STUDIED Washington Council of So- cial Agencies to Work With U. S. Employment Service. One of the duties of Government is to provide a medium for bringing em- ployer and employe together, and in times of stress to provide employ- ment for its citizens, Francis I. Jones, director general of the United States Employment Service, told the Wash- ington Council of Social the Raleigh Hotel. Mr. Jones reviewed.in detail the work done by the emplovment service, making frequent reference to the co-operation which has existed between social agencies and the serv- {ce. His address resuited in passage of a resolution by the council em- powering the President to appoint a | committee to exchange views and to co-operate with the United States Employment Service. The motion was oftered by Rev. John O'Grady, director of Catholic Charities. “Twelve States were added to the 28 already co-operating in employ- ment work with the United States Employment Service during the past year, making a total of 40 now work- ing ‘with the national service” Mr Jones explained, adding that the em- ployment service was first started in Ohio, as a result of visite by public- spirited citizens who watched the progress of government employment agencies in Europe. Wants State System. The speaker decldred he objected to the use of the term “free emplo ment” in connection with operation of the service, amplifying that the tax- payers pay for the service rendered “Public employment work, however,” he said, “should be considered by Government as a necessary adjunct. It should be brought up to the level of the public schools in its element of permanency. Some persons favor 2 national system. I favor a State system, believing that the Govern- ment is now encroaching too far on! some State rights.” Mr. Jones told the council that 1,806,990 persons were placed in em- ployment last year, of whom 404,137 were harvest workers. Of the har- vest workers placed in jobs, 16,411 retained their places permanently on farms. “Placement of farm labor is a Federal function,” he sald, “al- though we do not make any attempt to set a wage scale, simply acting 28 the agency which furnishes em- ployment.” Tells of Junior Service. Reviewing the work of the junlor division, which trains boys and girls for work for which they are fitted, Mr. Jones said he was sorry Wash- ington cannot have a junlor service, “because Congresm does not give us money enough. Our service is not what it should be in Washington We should have scouts out looking for opportunities to connect the man with the job, but cannot do 3o be- cause we ‘do mot have the money." Mr. Jones sdded that there would be Agencies | { Two U. S. Doctors Recommended for 1925 Nobel Award CHICAGO, Febr Chicago physicians, Dr. Dick and his wife, Dr. Dick. weré yesterday ed by the Gorgas Memorial 1 stitute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine for the 1925 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in the prevention and cure of scarlet fever. In a messags to the prize com- mittee in Stockholm, the institute explains that the two doctors have spent thirteen years in developing a scarlet fever antitoxin which it is asserted has proven a success. iary 10 —Two r H George Gladys recommen less work for charitable agencies and fewer derelicts if men learned a trade early in life. He asked that the council direct the job! employment service and organization for the assistance it has given in the past Dr. O'Grady said he had been an employe of the United States Em- ploymen declared that it was not an efficient service. He added that conditions in the District of Columbia are fairly stable, but that there for definite co-operation between em- ployment agencies and social agen- cies. “The employment service must develop confidence in the employers,” he said, and “must have the greater interest of social work- ers.” Takes Issue on Figures. Mr. Jones, not regard in reply, ‘said he aid the United States Em- | ployment Service as functioning at the highest possible efficien ve- cause Congress does not give suffi- clent funds, taking issue with Dr. O'Grady, however, in the matter of figures ‘on employment, which Dr. O'Grady had said were nofs accurate. The director general said he was opposed to all employment services for which a fee to get job is charged, adding that nothing goes 80 far to help general welfare as a good employment service. The appro- priation for the local office of the service at 1410 Pennsylvania avenue, he sald, is only $7,500. Edgar A. Drum of the Y. M. C. A employment service told of steps taken by the Y. M. C. A. to secure Jobs in Washington, declaring that the situation here iz quite different from other cities. “We have many applications for part-time employ- ment,” Mr. Drum said, ‘“from men and boys who go to college for part of the day. It is very hard to find this part-time employment,” Mr. Jones. offered the co-operation of the national service with the Y. M. C. A. Newbold Noyes and Walter S. Ufford presided at the meeting. Presidential Vote Tellers Named. President Cummins of the Senate yesterday named Senators Spencer, ) Republican, Missouri, and Kins, Dem- locrat, Utah, as tellers for the Senate at the counting of the presi- dential electoral college ballots Feb- | ruary 11. million daffodil bulbs by growers in Holland every year. are to Forty shipped America to the | thanked the | Service during the war, and | is & great need | minds of | Coprrizht by Underwood & T'nderwood DIRECTS TOBACCD - AND POWER PROBES Senate Orders Trade Com- mission to Look Into Utili- ties Propaganda Also. Investigations into alleged monop- olies in the electrical power and to- bacco industries by the Federal Trade Commission were directed vesterda: by the Senate. The resolution provid- ing for the inquiries directed also that the commission look into charges that national propaganda exists to discourage public ownership of utli- ties, A resolution by Senator Norris, Re- | publican, Nebraska. calling for fnvas- tigation of the “extent to which the General FElectric Company” or its subsidiaries monopolize production and distribution of electric energy was attached, by a vote of 55 to 25 the. tobacco investigation resolution of Senator Ernst, Republican, Ken- tucky, after practically the entire day’'s session had been spent in de- bate. Reported Agreements Probed. The Ernst resolution, which pro- vides for inquiry into reported agree- ments between the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and the American Tobacro Company, by which, it was alleged, co-operative or- ganizations in the United States were boycotted and each concern was given & monopoly in its own country, was then adopted without a record vote, The inquiry into propaganda against public ownership of utilities was directed in an amendment at- tached to the Norris resolution he- fore it was adopted as a rider to the Ernst proposal Jt was advanced by Senator Norris himself, who, n bringing forth his power investiga- tion proposal as an amendment to the tobacco inquiry lution, asserted jthat he had de ed upon this course fo obtain action because of repeated failures to get consideration for it in the routine manner. Viewed as Necemsary. Three Democrats and Repub- licans were recorded against the Nor- ris resolution. Many of these Sena- tors explained that their votos were cast in the belief that ample author- ity for the proposed investigation al- ready rested in the Federal depart- ments and that it would entail an un- necessary inconvenience to business. Those opposing included Senators Bayard, Delaware; Dial, South Caro- lina, and Edwards, New Jersev, ! Democrats, and Ball, Delaware; Bing- ham, Connecticu Bursum, New Mexico; Butler, Massachusetts; Dale, | Vermont: Ernst, Kentucky; Fernald, Maine; Hale, Maine: Keves, New Hampshire; Means, Colorado; Metcalf, | Rhode Island: Moses, New Hamp- shire; Oddie, Nevada: Phipps, Col rado; teed, Pennsylvania: Smoot, Utah: Spencer, Missouri; Wadsworth, New York: Warren, Wyoming: Wat- son, Indiana; Weller, Maryland, and Willis Ohio, Republicans. More than 1,400 buildings are being erected in Belfast, Ireland.