Evening Star Newspaper, March 15, 1926, Page 1

* JURY INDICTS 112 INVOLVING T2.CITIES e WEATHER (1. & Weather Bureau Forecast.) this afternoon temperature Possibly light rain and tonight: minimum about 27 degrees: Lomorro ~older. Temperatures: 3:30 pum. vesterday: a.um. today. Highe: Lowest, 36, Full revort on page 9. w Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered post offi 29,903, o. IN RUM CONSPIRACY + Motley Group From Million-i v « aires to Truck Drivers Accused at Cleveland. 1 | 165 VIOLATIONS ALLEGED { IN 40,000-WORD REPORT | 74 Already Under Arrest—Plot Declared to Have Been Launched in Philadelphia. Ry the A ciated Prese CLEVELAND. Ohis, March 15.—An | tndictment naming 112 persons in an | alleged haotleg alcohol conspiracy was | voturnad hy the Federal grand jury here today. The document. probably the longest ever returned by a Fed eral grand jury, charges 165 overt acts ang fincludes millionalres, real estate men, manufacturers, railroad empioyes, warehouse men, Govern ment emploves and hootlegeers in 12} cittes. It contains 103 typewritten | pages or about 40,000 words. H Forty-six of those indicted are from | Paul. 21 from Cleveland, 15 from tuth. 10 from Philadelphia, a each m Chicago and Minneapolis, ¥ from and san neiseo, 3 from | tehurgh and 1 each from Detroit, | 3 and Providence. R. 1. They nre charged with conspiring to violate the national prohibition laws by deal- | fng in. hauling and stovinz illicit ai- ! conal | tist of Those Indicted. Those indicted are i St. Paul— Renjamin Gleeman, Harry Geima Morri Roisner, Nathan Rader, Samuel Harris, Abe Ginsberg. Morris Milier, Thomas Weber and Benjamin Weiss, alleged operators of the “Twin Cities Million Dulla ndi George Hurley. Robert Walsh, Iph Jellick and Harry Schaeffer employes of the syndicate: Leon Gilec man, Louis Roisner, Harry Bern stein, Jack Gleckman and Samuel leckman, Abe Gleeman, Nathan Glee- han., Morris Zuken, Al Wendeg, A. axon, I Saxon, Morris Goldberg, Louis Hanks and Thomas Banks. said to be hootleggers; Thomas A. Brown, o detective; John M. Sell, Charles Lodbell, Ernest Moore and Ear & Hansen, warehousemen and trans- fer company operators: Julius Michel and H. Geery. garage owners. James ¢ampion, Fred Shafer, David Michaud and Andrew Windish, truck drivers: Samuel Kroman, law partner of Abe Ginsberg, and George Stracey, E. A.! Gilbreath, Grant Mason, Barks-Otto, | John W. Oman, Alexander T. McCool | and Edmund G. Coy, railroad em- ployes. | Philadelphia— Benjamin. and nk | T"ogel and- Benjamin an meE.r sonsteln ‘and Albert Haimowitz, Charles Schwartz, Herman Fuererstein and Nathan Sawinski. alleged part ners in dealing in distilled lighiors, Joseph Pomerance, real tate ma and alleged bootlegger. and Dr. James Sflherstein, dentist, allezed associate of his brother, Ed Silherstein, Cleve. 1and. head of the Superior Industrial Alcohol Co. Revenue Employes Named. Duluth—El Hart. manager Hart Transfer & Storage Co. liam MeKinnon. his_employ Roehl, proprietor of trucking busi- | ness; Charies Banack, Harvey Grand- | maison, Roy Gruper. John Patton James Selleck and Rohert Westaway. drivers. and Mike Atol. Harry Shmule wit muel Paul, Julius Paul, Theo- dore Furlund and Edward L. Birdie alleged customers of “The Syndicate. Chicago—(harles Alvworth, Al Squires and Jac operators of the J. B. Schuer Co. ¥rank Fennel. railroad employe. Minneapolis—Iohn_ Esher, supe ntendent o ireen. | and ! Shellet Warehouse Carmille and Homer Legacy. owners. and Isadore and Wolke. propriefors, transfer com San Jose and San Franci Luca. Immanuel Maffey, N sil- vas and Ulderic de Luca. allezed dealers in illicit aleohol. Providence, R. 1.—Harry Voluse, al leged dealer in illicit aleohol. Also rlleged to have operated in Chicago and other cities, Detroit—Leslie R warehouse company Boston—William M. Lovejoy. sup- erintendent. storage compans Pittsburgh—Harry Fishma uel Goldberg and Mor E leged dealer: Cleveland ter J. Gillen: Walter Enga R. Rot). Louis Warren, Per John Martino, Benny Miller. James Fisher and Camille Peterson, officers and emploves Industrial Alcohol Co. amuel, alleged customer: A Cheonoff, genera manager Prospect Refining and Chem- iral Co.; Charles E. Cummings, Ulysses | & Shank and Alfred A. Oertel, em- ployes Internal Revenue Department: Ernest Flynn, Andre 1. Kitko and John Stauher, raidroad employes; Kessler, trucker; ¥ 5 W Mike Sweeney and Frank Sweeney, transfer company office 31 Alrendy Under Arrest. Many of those indicted are also known hv many aliases, Seventy-f arrests had been mAde when the indictment was returned. Of these. 63 were named in the indict- Horn. head of Sam- chutte, al- <ilherstein, The alleged conspiracy. the indict- was originated in_Phil- adeiphia by Benjamin and Frank Fogel and Benjamin and David Ger wonstein. reputed miilionaire hootleg- gers. These men. the true hill charges, organized three Cleveland companies which were to he the concentration and distribution sources of the con-: traband supply of pure grain alcohol. | The alleged operations cover the pe- | ried from April 1, 1923, to February | 16, . The companies were formed. the in dletment charges, and thorough falsi- ficatfon of records pure grain alcohol manufactured or bought for denatur- | ing purposes, under a Government ! permit, actually was diverted into! bootleg channels. EMBEZZLER.TO BE SHOT. Br Radio to The Star and Chicazo Daily News, MOSCOW, March 15.—The Georgia Supreme Court has confirmed the sentence of shooting which .the Tinis Court imposed on Mikha Gegetchkori, | mansger of a local co-operative, who wnh lchlrsed with embezzling 3,000 | youhles. \Lupyriahi, 1826 by GhisapeiBallpdienacod | Shore Beally Lo. Hhich 19ased hRLaAJRUDE NRMAD W a Nerth Sidg | were demolishes | assembiy | nent { non-permanent Lor second class matter Washington, D C Two Others Left on Precipice Edge in Costa Rica; Iso Hurt on Excursion Carrying Group Seeking to Raise Fund for Home. 93 A By the Ascociated Press JOSE, Two hundred were Killed in Sunday's on the Costa thus far be . March 1 and forty-eight persons and ninety-three injured disastrous train wreck n Railroad, it has 1 established. Three ca one fell to the bot- tom of the Varilla River {rom the bridge over the stream and two others were left hanging from a 190- foot precipice. The disaster is believed to have heen due to the overloading of the irain, which was carrying exenrsion ists of a party organized to funds for a home for the aged « 20, The passengers were almost exclusively farmers and laborer: Whole families perished together. Al gay Sunday was spent in, res iivg th and recovering the hodies of the dead. 7T 1 relief h 248 ARE KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK; CAR DROPS 190 FEET INTO RIVER WASHINGTO WALSH DEMANDS TRIAL OF WITNESS AGAINST WHEELER Calls Senator’s Prosecution “Black Chapter” Through “Perjury” of Hayes. D. C, work was' quickly organized and ef- fictently carried out. Hundreds of per- < of all classes went to the scene of the disaster to help. A corps of physicians and nurses were hrought from Limon to San Jose to attend the injured. The local hospital's fa- cilities were not sufficient fo cope with the situation. All the local un dertaking establishments were strip- | ped of available coffins and others | S had to he built in the railroad shops. | AQKQ ITEMIZED ACCOUNT | OF TRIAL EXPENDITURES ‘The Red Cross has started a public subscription to care for the injured and aid the families of the dead. The president of the republic headed the subscription list. Three days of public mourning have heen declured. The organizer of the excur Prof. Francisco Gomez Alizigo, was | mong the dead. The engincer and | conductor of the train are being held. | The disaster occurred 31y miles from | this city hetween the towns of Santo Domingo and San Juan. Qesolntion Also Calls for Report From Sargent on Whether He ‘Will Take Action. on, was APPEAL TOBRAIL 5 SENTBY LEAGUE N COUNEIL GRS All Members Sign Cable Urg- ing Republic Not to Op- pose Germany. | BY the Associated Pres IVA. Switzerland. March 15 —A supreme appeal to Brazil nat to oppose the election of (iermany to membership in the League of Nations and a permanent seat in the league council is being addressed to the Rio Janeiro government by the council, the assoclated press informed in " reliable quarters. All the council members, including the president. Viscount Ishii, d the cablegram thi. sultation with Afranio Mello Franco. the Brazilian delegate, but it is under stood that it {s going not as a message from Senhor Mello Franco but from the council itself. Again today the members of the afterncon in con league separated, after a secret meet. | ing. without reaching an agreement concerning the reorganization of the council in connection with Germany's entrance” In erder to galn more time it was decided to postpone the session of the scheduled for tomorrow until Wednesday. Officials Are Optimistic. Nevertheless some league offici Is said that the easing of the crisis which began in the early hours of the morning clearly continued to ex pand and they forecast that by Wed nesday the main difficulty would be solved. Several members of the council are reported to he telegraphing their homne governments concerning the new de velopments. “oreign Minister (‘hamberlain of Great Britain. emerging from the ses- sion. said the situation looked more hopeful, but that it was too early to hazard a guess regarding the di rection in which the solution would be found Signor Scialoia of Italy seemed less confident of a speedy and satisfac tory end, saying: “You know that & patient can start sinking the minute the doctors give out optimistic bulle- tins. Statements from French sources and from Foreign Minister Strese- mann of Germany indicated that the council was seeking a settlement i the direction of bringinz about the resignations of one or more nonperma- members of the council to per mit the immediate election of Poland. Sweden May Resizn. Under this plan Sweden would re- sign and Poland would take her chance of receivinz majority support in the assembly as a substitute for Sweden. Both Spain vie nce—the Count Quinones de Leon of and M. Franco of Brazil left meeting depressed in ap- pear Rrazilian statesman partienlarly so—thus creating the im- | pression that their cause for perma- | nent seats had not heen advanced. When Dr. § mier Briand of F willing 1o take her chance on election by the assembly to a rcated by some other country, M Briand is reported 1o have replied: "As in vid Copperfield’— Barkis is willin', Spokesmen for the German dele- gates denied a rumor crediting them with the intention of leaving Geneva if a solution of the crisis was not forthcoming today. oreign Minister Stresemann re- ceived representatives of the German press and told them of Forelgn Min- ister Under's offer to place Sweden's council seal at the szembly as a solution disposal of the of the difficults ted | tresemann asked Pre- | rance if Poland was i non-permanent | | | | |of Mexico Deports 202 Foreign-Born Church Leaders By the Assoriated Press MEXICO CITY, March 15.—The Department of Inferior announces that thus far 202 foreign clergy- men have been expelled from Mex- ico under the constitutional re- quirement that only native-born minister may officiate in church By the Associated Press. ment prosecute for perjury George B. Hayes of New York, the urprise’’ witness for the Government in the | Montana trial of Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, was made today in the Senate by Senator Walsh, Dem- { ocrat, Montana. torney General to advise the Senate | whether it is the purpose to submit Hayes' testimony to a grand jury with a view to obtaining an indictment jagainst him. Besides calling on the Attorney Gen- eral for information as to whether the | Justice Department proposes to pro d against Hayes Senator Walsh resolution directs him to transmit to the Senate an itemized statement of all expenditures in mnection with prosecution of Senator Wheeler. lack Chapter.” The Montana Senator explained that he did this because much h made of the expense of the Ser investigations into the naval oil lea FORBES S DENED HGHCOURTREVEW =555 | Deciaring | majority were Cathol of those expelled Prosecution that the story of the prosecution of Senator Wheeler Bureau | “makes a black chapter in the his Former Veterans’ Head and Contractor Must | tior Waish auid i was of “trassceni: fent importance tha the astempt Go to Prison. through perjured testimony to silence member of this body and over- { whelm him in_ignominy should not —= pass undoticed.” Reviewing events at the trial in Montana last year. at which Senator Wheeler was acquitted of the charge of accepting money for prosecuting oil lease cases before the Interior | Department, Senator Walsh said ;| Hayes' testmony on its face was in- 1 By the Assoriated Pras Charles R. Forbes, former director | the Veterans Bureau, and John | W. Thompson. St. Louis contracter, convicted at Chicago of conspiracy in connection with hospital contracts were today denied a review by Supreme Court. They appealed from the | credible.: That story was that Wheeler had conferred with him in New York and offered to split the fee with him two vears in ! for prosecuting the oil-lease cases of $10.000. | Gordon Campbell of Montana. sentences of prison and fines -of the ator point- the insufficiency of the evidence, the | ‘he jurisdiction of the Faderal Court | Wheeler, who asserts that she was no act had heen shown to have been | Discussing the appearance in Hayes, a lawyer, residing and prac. middle of March, 1923, between the | Senator Wheeler in the lobby TUWN FUUR HUURS;U\'QT the telephone that Wheeler w which | as heretofore detailed, the witness add B ne With 315,000. f )n cross-examination the witness e department in Washington to attend tving up six men and holding the o E one.|of which he spoke and was unaware early today and escaped with between | the public land laws in general or ging every man in sight, leisurely pro- i experience betore that department ex- Citizens aroused by the explosions N Wheeler Denies Meeting. “‘Senator Ok e, RaPuLA: asion mentioned, or had ever had town; a railroad watchman, 4 railroad | f00"E0 00 (Rile conductipg the in- found abandoned here. The car con-| iy of the clty in hopes of captur- |Ioiice &nd briel Hayes after- {the committee. Fortunately it so Radio Announcer Jailed 12 Hours; Their plea was based on the alleged ' . illegal search and selzure of papers: Wife Denies Interview. Recalling that Senator Wheeler him- H. Mortimer, the principal Govern-! Senator \Walsh presented as further ment witness, and the. attack upon |refutation an affidavit from Mrs. isserted ‘that the alleged conmsplracy | throughout the day Hayes mentioned aad not been formed there, and that | and that he did not see Hayes. affect. | Walsh said: pe T “He gave his name as George | proceeded to tell that on or ahout the hours of 4 and i of the | Edwin S. Booth, hefore refeiped to. {yanged to sail for Europe on the day | following: that there ensued a con . ing statement he expected to prove, Six Men and Escape that ‘there are millions in it." poenaed, having arranged with the Br the Associated Press. « ‘ BIRMINGHAM. March 15.—After Senator Wheeler prior to the occasion men blew opén the safe of the Bank - - . was a United States Senator: that he, of Hartzelle, Ala., 40 miles from here, | W8S & L0 00 0 miliarity with stended upon the town shortly after|or with the practice febore the De- midnight and after binding and gag-| partment of the Interior, and had no in and picks were used In getting one application pending there under into the bank itself. | the war minerals relief act. but were held at bay when the men fired upon them, injuring Dr. J. bound, who included Ernest Mitt- | o ; eard of him. except that some wedde, cashier of another bank in the | W8T 00 0T el of his departure negroes. The men then left the town |} A ; e 5 ustice, Haves heing called as a wit- in a touring car, which later was|pece™\as introduced to him by his and | guty it was to interrogate the wit checks. Officers are minking a caretul | o S ol s o . wae | Ward testifying concerning a h,."n;'z”‘:‘ i ,“.flr:"“:m:z"b"’ Was | jegging transaction under inquiry by " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2,) acceptance of the testimony of Elias f Chicago to {ry the case, it being ' with her husband in New York committed there in carrving it into | Montana court of Hayes, Se ticing in the City of New York. He 7 p.m.. he met with | Waldorf-Astorian Hotel in that city, | naving been advided theretofore by one ! to be there on that” day, having ar i i | versation quite like that the Robbers in Alabama Tie UD"imrm attefney asserted in his open | ing that Wheeler assured him. the wit i stated that he had not been sub when called; that he had never met town for more than four Bours, elght: { " "he gentleman he was to meet $15000 and ,000. The band de- ! with the oil leasing law in particular ceeded to open the safe. Nitroglycer- | cept that he had been interested in attempted to advance on the robbers, Wheeler denied No harm was done to th i No harm was done to the men|any talk with him or seen him o agent, one other white man ¢ nd l\A’u|‘.e-”:n”nn of the Department of il it Buis Bes | assistant, one A. B. Melzner, whose o the rabhete: | use’ at the hearing. boot - chanted _that Melzner, a_highly rep- Declared Crowe Was in Night Club ITALY T CONFISCATE By the Assoctated Press, CHICAGO, March —State's At- orney Robert Crowe, terming himself “The Columbus of the Air.” has em- barked upon a voyage to discover some law whereby ‘“slanderous character attacks” via radio may be punished sriminally. mml-"a(l'mwe'u determination to find initiate some law covering broad- casting of erroneous information came after he had arrested four men in a raid on the Moulin Rouge Cafe, in ad- dition to a radio announcer who had proclaimed that the State's attorney had taken a “ringside seat” at the caharet for a ‘‘night life session.” Mr. Crowe was seated quietly at home with his family listening to a radio program when the unexpected {announcement on the air stirred him i to activity. Gathering a flock of de- tectives he hastened to the cabal one of the best known of Chicago's nightlife resorts, early Sunday and arvested the proprietor and three patrons found with liquid refresh- ments. Then he brought in Phillp L. {edlander, announcer for the North { held in jail incommunicado for more PROPERTY OF FUGITIVES cabaret radio station part of the time, | = Friedland-r, who explained that the | Home of One, Now in New York, announcement was made In jest, was Will Be Taken Because of than 12 hours while My. Crowe's assist. | Criticism of Mussolini. ants were searching statutes on which he might be booked. The most serfous ! charge they could find was disorderly | conduct, and he will answer to that in court today. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 15. Vincenzo Vacirca, former member of the Ttalian “Just think of it,” complained Mr, | Chamber of Deputies, has been noti- | fied by the Italian consul general here that the Italian government has taken steps to confiscate his property Ttaly and declare him an expatriate because of his criticism of Mussolini's government. The New York Herald-Tribune says that similar action is heing tak against six other Italian political ref- Crowe, “there isn't any sort of law any place, in any of the books. that applies to slander over the radio. I understand that such a law is pending | in Congress, but it hasn't come into existence vet. The existing criminal libel statute requires that the libel be | in writing. Mr. Crowe said he intended to learn the “‘cause for this attack and then I am going to punish the guilty ones to the limit of my authority.” He declared particular effort would be made to learn if the affair had any connection with the recent action taken by the office against five men connected with the North Shore Realty Co,, charged with mis!rtlflnt cluding_former | Premier Nitti. Francesco ment living in other countries went into effect January 21. - Mr. Vacirca is eit; local Itallan newspaper Il Nuovo Mondo. His Italian property consists | pf a home in Ragusa. 4 ¢ Foening MONDAY, A demand that the Justice Depart-| the | | self denied the charge on the stand. | B.| B.|plank that he had met Hayes on the! in | ugees living in Paris and Londau, in- | The law authorizing such ac- tion against critics of the govern-! editor of the; MARCH 15, 1 U.S. | As a spur to the department, he in- | | troduced a resolution directing the At-| 926— FORTY - Star. PAGES. I NTERNAL REVENUE 0FFicE RIGHT OF \WAY! The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. - 100, 110,216 TWO Saturday'’s Circulati Sunday’s Circulat CENTS. GHAPMAR TG HANG: REVIEW S REFUSED BY SUPREME COUR Last Appeal Denied, Bandit Must Pay Penalty for Slaying Policeman. (#) Means Associated Press. APRIL 6 IS DATE SET FOR -EXECUTION OF SENTENCE Claim Term in Atlanta Could Not Be Commuted Against Will Fail- ed in All Tribunals. | By the Associated Press | Gerald Chapman. the mail bandit, | under sentence to die April 6. today |was refused a review of his case by the Supreme Court Tried and convicted of Connecticut while servinz a Federal | sentence at Atlanta, Chapman was {given a commutation of his Federal sentence by President Coolidge to en able the State to execute the death sentence. | He contended without success in the lowe: Federal courte that the pardon could not be enforced against murder in ANDREWS ORDERS TAX ON MOONSHINE $6.40 a Gallon to Be Taken From Bootleggers Under New Program. The Government will power against hootlezgers the manufacture a gallon, Already, <6 its taxing by i 7 moons! $6.40 it was revealed today by Assistant Secretary of the Treasu Andrews, deputy collectors of internal revenue have heen developing the new plan in Texas and Penns: lvania, with such success that the Treasury has determined to insiall the system throughout the country. Prohibition conditions in Washing ton, it also was learned from Gen Andrews, will be discussed at a con ference today with Gerald F. Murphy i deputy prohibition administrator here. Gen. Andrews had planned to see Mr. Murphy Saturday, but other arrange. ments prevented Authorized by Law. The new system of taxing bootles- gers and others for the liquor [ have ‘produced ilegitimately will operated under authority of the Vol act and the new revenue law of 1526, Under the Volstead it was explained. aithough liquor has heen outlawed. when proof can be had that it has been produced the Gov ernment may tax it. Under the new revenue law it is provided that for gallon of whisky sold by an operator without a federal license there may he collected a tax of $6.40 |a gallon. The producers of medicinal whisky I who operate under supervision of the Government and the protection of a Federal license pay a tax of only 3220 a gallon. Collection of these lattempted by the overnment {throughont the country as soon the organization for doing it can be ffected, Gen. Andrews said. The | plan is to deputize a qualified em- i plove in the office of each of the | prohibition administrators through- out the conntry. In Texas and in | Pennsylvania, Gen. Andrews ampli- fied a considerable sum has been ex- liracted from the bootleggers. A sti'l further penalty will be as An- taxes will be | sesseds wherever possible. Gen. 'licit stills. The law | said. a %30 fine for this. | "By the operation of this new sy tem, Gen. Andrews hopes to make | the new illicit liquor traffic help sup- | port the Government, in somewhat | similar fashion to that by which the old licensed liquor traffic contributed {10 the Federal till. With receipt of all taxes. fines and nenalties which may be collectad un- der' the law, Ben. Andrews estimated | cenerally that the mew illicit liquor | traflic mav. some day. be forced to pay the entire cost 9f the prohibition | unit. He did not expect it. however, | he said. to support the United States Coast Guard. chirged with preven- tion of smuggling from the sea. Prohibition administrators will be | exnected to organize “mobile squads” {to deal more effectively with the moonshine still, under Gen. Andrews’ iplan of driving harder against the ! fllictt still. _For some time the vari- | ous prohibition agents have operated with some success against this source {af liquor, but Gen. Andrews expects {increased activity with more mobile squad; i Will Pay for Enforcement. ! Commenting on tHe visit of Anti- | Saloon League leaders to the White | House Saturday. when more prohibi- tion enforcement was asied of the | administration, Gen. | mated that he could produce miore | prohibition enforcement without fmme diate increase in appropriations by the | increased effectiveness anticipated i1 | his program already laid down. Espe- cially, he pointed out. nre results ex- provides, he | bnder John Foster, which have been | concentrating on stopping the dive) | sion of good alcohol into the bootle: trade. With Deputy | trator Murphy. Prohibition Adminie- the prohibition fleld | marshal expected at his conference | today to go over the entire program for enforcement in the National Cap- |ital. No great shake-up or revolu- { tionized changes might be expected to ! result from the conference, it was pre- | dicted, but the whole matter will be gone into intensively and a plan for | future action mapped out. | The new drive on taxing hootiegzers ! on their alcohol is entirely separate | from a movement which has been un- der way for some time by the special intelligence unit of the Internal Reve- | nue Bureau in connection with in- | ome taxes. Under this campaign, di: rected by Elmore L. Irey, chief of | this unif, thousands of dollars have been collected from rich baotleggers | who had falled to pay an income tax. taxing | as | ews said, against the operators of | Andrews esti | hected from the new alcohol squads | |Palm Beach Shivers [From Coldest Snap ers ‘1 In Twenty Wint By the Associated Press PALM BEXCH. Fli 2 or the past day two Palm ch has been shivering from a sudden cold snap. which many old timers sy the' coldest in 20 vears. Early morning thermometer registered 42 dogrees in the shade and ahout 54 in the sun. There were only a handful of people_hardy cnough to brave the cool winds for a dip in the ocean Topeoats were worn diring the day and most of the hotels were heated. SAVEWILKING AIDE FROM ICY GRAVE Companions Rescue Ander- son After He .Breaks Through River Top. March is vester the they | be | BY EARL ROSSMAN. FIELD RADIO TROIT ARCTIC EXPEDITIO! RIVER. Alaska. March Anderson. chief musher five dog teams which are carrying | the advance party of the Wilkins flizht expedition to Point Barrow, had a narrow escape from death last night when he broke through the ire of Henshaw Creek, near Bettles, Alaska. He was saved from the water by the heroic efforts of the other members | of the party. The dog-team division is now cross- | ing the Endicott Mountains, the route ne via the John River tothe Chipp ver, and thence along the Arctic shore. We are now in unbroken country, with two men constantly |ahead on snowshoes. hreaking trail The dogs frequently sink to their Dellies in the soft snow, and the sleds at_times are half buried. Shortage of dog feed serious handicap. and thus far there has been very little game in the vicin Sukateek. our Eskimo trap- per, spends all his time seeking food for the dogs. The hardships of the trip at this season of the vear would be an almost insurmountable obstacle for any commander less experienced than sandy Smith, who has had two very narmw escapes himself on the danger- ous mountain trail. News of the death of Palmer Hutch- inson at Fairbanks reached us today when we set up our radio station for the first time in several days. We ex- pect to reach Point Barrow exactly on |achedule time, approximately the same date as the arrival of Capt. Wilkins and the airplanes (Copyright, 1026, by North American News- paper Alliance.) CARS BURN AFTER WRECK ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 15 (®). _Thirty freight cars. several of which were destroved by fire. blocked traffic on the Michigan Central Rail road at Gedde: miles east of here, for several hours today. The ca piled up on the right of way at 8: am.. when a westbound freight side- ewiped one eastbound as the brakes were applied suddenly after the train | had struck a handear. OHN —Her- hert of the s proving a STATION OF DE- | | his will. and insisted upon being re anta to complete his Fed for mail robbery ised without success ohjectic asserting that his in Connecticut bad been illegal cause of his removal for trial there | { against h and that the sentence | {or death was therefore invalia. | | April b was fixea as the date of his execution after three reprieves had | been gr ed him. | EXECUTION BE TRACTION MERGER i , |Special Meeting of Utilities | Commission Called—Rea- son Kept Secret. IEVED SURE. { Appeal May Be Taken to State Board of Pardons. HARTFORD. March 15 () CGerald murderer of a | New Br policeman, is under bis Heports that a tentative merger | third reprieve from Gov. Trumbull. plan had been decided on by officials | Which 2:01 on the of the Washington traction com. | Miorni Sprit e, aud & executih panies and the North American Co. | I IS exbected. wifl take place immedt of New York came as a sequel this afternoon to the calling of a special | prison at Wethersfield. i Counsel for Chapman some months meeting of the Public Utilities Coin mission. | 3 - Conn since spoke of the possibility of mak- {ing an appeal to the State board of | The commission went i execy. | bardons in case an appeal to the Su- ive session at 2 o'clock with William | PXEIMe Court of the tnited States was Ham, president of the Washins- | thirg reprieve said that this woald be ton Raflway and Electric Co.; Charles the fi stay granted on his part J. Bell, president of the American; The board of pardons will not meet in curity and Trust Co.. E. C. Bran- |regular session until May. denburg, an attorney. and Eugene I. . - Thompson. Washington represent 'PLEA OF | tive of the North American Co. NOT GU"_' ' The purpose of the hastily called meeting was veiled with secrecy. Re.! ENTERED BYNESB TT peated inquiries brought forth no ex. | | planation from members of the com: mission _nor_{rom Mr. Ham. who| e smiled when asked the reason for the . 2 Treting, and in vesponse t repeated | confessed Slayer of Wife Arraign- questioning, he said: “We have just, . an important matter to discuss with ed on Charge of First-Degree the commission 3 Outside of Mr. ham. no other of Murder in Troy, Ohio. ficial of the traction companies at tended the meeting. Persons in close | touch with utility matters, however, insist that a plan of consolidation his | heen tentatively agreed upon and that | Mr. Bell and Mr. Brandenbu are | discussing with the commission the | necessary preliminary financial ar- ranzements. | Last week John F. Hanna. president | of the Capital Traction Co., stated positively that as far as he knew a merger of the traction comoanies is not imminent He <aul. however, | that officials of the Capital Traction | Co. were working on a merger plan | and he hoped that it woula cventually be worked out tisfactorily By the Assoriated Press TROY. Ohio. March 15.—Jacob Nesbitt, confessed slayer of his wife. Frances Drake Nesbitt, today pleaded not guilty to a charge of first degree | murder and was held to the Miami County srand jury without bond. He was arraizned in the detention room of the county jail. The plea was entered by his attorney, L. S. Ship- man. It originally had been planned to take him over to the mayor's office. m the City Hall, but a big crowd | gathered there A kitchen table covered with white vilcloth _constituted the impromptu urt. Nesbitt od silent and un moved while Mavor G. H. Stokes read | NEEDLE FOU.ND IN BRAIN. " a lengthy charge that he wilfully and Five-Month-Old Child Recovering | \with premecitation murdered his wife | with a piece of firewood during a ASES Oy st quarrel ahout her superior business WEBSTER. Mass.. March 15 (). ability three weeks ago. ——While operatinz vesterday after.| Officials decided not to call a spe noon on a small Jump on the head of | cial gland jury. The regular session the 5-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. is in May. | Felix Wagher. Dr. John Stochavi de-| Meanwhile plans for his defense are | tected the presence of steel, which tentative, but it was indicated tem | proved to be a darning needle 21, porary insanity would be the theory. inches long. which the doctor savs | hud penetriied the brain and whieh | BOSTON SLASHER® STABS WOMAN AT HER OWN DOOR a small spot of coagulated blood on Third Similar Crime in Two Weeks, one end. the needle was clean. The child rested comfortably dur Sixth Woman Accosted on Three Successive Sundays. ing the nizht, appavently none the By the Associated P worst for its experience. BOSTON, March 15.—Boston’s Sun- KRESGE TRIAL POSTPONED day “slasher” has claimed another victim. Mrs Elizabeth Trumley. who st NEW YORK. March 15 (#).—Re- sumption of the trial of Mrs. Doris Mercer Kresge's suit against her hus- band. Sebastian S. Kresge, head of ' was attacked in the Roxbury district the Kresge ¢ | ain store system, to re-| jact nigi 2 st night, was the third worian to be cover $1.000.000 on a pre-nuptial agree- | jhhed in two weeks and the sixth ment, today was postponed until Wed- | | je yccosted on three successive nesday on request of Mrs. Kresge's | (hniay counsel. T Mrs. o s .00 the adjournment of the case 10 e S days ago it was reported that a rec- | bonted her in the arm and srashed onclliation between Mr. and Mrs. | poy " une manased ta reeapes et POHER ay, however, | tallied. police said, with that given by | entering her when # man was asked because counsel for Kresge R e was out of the eity. s St ol woman. and Mrs. Florence By the Consolidated Press. MADISON, Wis,, March 15.-—The La Follette issue, after serving for more than a score of years as the rallying point of almest every polit- lical fight in this State, is to be for- gotten temporarily. In its stead a vigorous battle is brewing over the moot question: “Beer or milk prohibition and dairy prosperity or beer and farming slump?” - The dairy industry, the backbone of Wisconsin's agricultural prosperity. is lending the kick to the new political fight. Probihition, according to H. C. Larson, secretary of the Wisconsin Butter Makers' Association, has been the boon of the dairy business. Milk has replaced beer as the working man's beverage. Now comes the fight to return beer and light wines. The milk forces, who have been quiet u? until-the present time, now are getting up in arms. 1f beer comes back then milk and.the. Dairies Fear Beer Will Ruin Prosperity {As Wisconsin Girds for Prohibition Fight |, i i o poice paoroted & McE: m; who were stabbed |in the Back Bay district on the previous Sunday and by other women who had been accosted. day and two suspects were arrested, s ! but both we whole dairy business must suffer. | AT g Any politician who will lend his in'| SOVIET LAROR PROPOSZS NE/G,PIO UNIONS IN' 0. S. fluence to a program tending to brin back beer is a betrayer of the hefii By (e 10 The siar and the Chicago Daily Vow Wogcow. March 15 - erlation interests of the dairy industry,” as o8 to pay particular attention ta sert the farm leaders in their com. | munique to the people of the State. ! nizine: negroes in the United %8 t1 4 South Africa. The follow- W. Stanley Smith, former prohibi- tion commissioner of the State, has virtually announced his candidacy on a beer and light wine platform. He is to be opposed by Herman L. Skern attorney general. who is appealing as | iz prozram was outlined by Solomon Logovsky, general secretary of the Profintern, the Soviet labor union orzanization: a! In the United States, there are 11 ary. [ wijons with 436,000 members which Drys figure that Wisconsigl® .ay | refuse membership to negroes. It is change 'its wet complexion toff’ .. of necessary to fight the prejudices of hone-dryness when the beer isf . cots | white workers against negro workers. decided. | Either negroes must be admitted to the white unions or we will erganise ceparate negro trade unions. (Couyrisht. 1076. by Chicazo Dails News Co.) released. a dry and a friend of the farmer Gov. Blaine, an almost certain cand date for the United States Senate lining up as a wet, while Ser g, Irvine L. Lenroot, his opponent; 4o