Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1929, Page 14

14 THE EVENING STAR, W/ SHINGTOX, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1 CHCAGD BONBER ALLED N P Thomas McEMNigott, Known| as Labor Racketeer, Fatally Shot in Loop Cafe. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, May 30.—Thomas Mc- Flligott, West Side gangster, shot it out with another man in a cafe on the edge of the Loop early today, and was | killed. The body of McElligott, known as a | Iabor racketeer, bomber and gunman, | was found in the basement by & waiter. | He had been shot four times. s Pal of Reilly. MCcElligott was a pal of Michael Reilly and William Clifford, -racketeers found | ehot dead in an automobile in Cicero everal weeks ago. He also was ar- rested early this year in connection | with the Calumet Baking Powder Co. Toll robbery, but was not held. He | Colorado deposit, probably will, DISCOVERY OF RICH 'DEPOSIT OF HELIUM MADE IN COLORADO __(Continued result of many months of prospecting throughout the Southwest. . , “!This discovery, however," Col. Gratz said, “does not mean an end of ouf search for new helium deposits. ~ Lieut Bottoms has been so greatly encour- aged by the results of his prospecting, which resulted in the diseovery two months ago of a 3.6 content supply and this week of the wonderful Sinbad de- | posit, that he now dreams of locating a supply which will prove inexhaustible and which will supply the world.” Immediate Production Production of helium from the new begin Seen. immediately, Col. Gratz has been in- formed by Walter H. Girdler of Louis- ville, president of the company. It is | probable that the present helium de- | posits in Utah now being worked by the company will be closed entirely and held as a reserve for future:emergen- cies. “The Utah deposit will form a na- tional guarantee in case of emergency,” Col. Gratz explained, “‘while the new Colorado deposits, we are certain, will | take care of all the dirigible needs or CENUS MEASURE PASSED BY SEAATE | Automatic - Reapportionment | | of House Provided in Bill | | | Final enactment of ‘the census-re- apportionnient bill before the Summer recess came & step nearer yesterday, when the Senate passed a measure pro- viding for automatic reapportionment of the House of Representatives on the basis of a census taken every 10 years. The bill, approved by & vote of 57 to 26, was sent to the House, where a similar measure was passed last session. In addition to an_enumeration of persons living in the United States, the census would embrace a survey of un- | employment. It would be taken in No- vember, 1920, by enumecrators and ex- perts employed under civil service regu- lations. The bill, which had administration approval, would direct the President to he country which now can be foreseen. | submit to Congress next December two Republicans joined 18 Democrats in opposition. The measure was steered through the upper branch by Senators Vandenberg. Republican, .Michigan, and Johnson | following a favorable report from the | commerce committee, of which Senator | Jones of Washington is chairman. The provision that the employes of the census should be hired under Civil Service regulations may delay final en- actment of the bill, as this provision, sponsored by Senator Wagner, Demo- | crat. New York, is opposed by admin- | istration leaders in the House. | that branch decline to approve the pro- | vision, the measure will have to be dis-, | cussed by a conference committee and | the resultant report approved by both | House and Senate_before the measure can be sent to the President. | May Census Plan Fails. | An effort by Senator Frazier, Repub- | | lican, of North Dakota, to have the | census taken in May, 1930, rather than | | next November, failed, ‘as amendment. sponsored jointly by Sena- | tors Norbeck. Republican. of South Da- | kota, and Heflin, Democrat, of Alabama, |to have the census enumerators ask | persons their religious or church af- | filiations. | "By the narrow margin of one vote the Senate declined to make the pro- visions of the _bill apply only to_the next, census and reapportionment. This proposal, offered by Senator George. Should | 1 Democrat, of Georgia, was rejected, 41 | to_4o. ! The census would embrace, inquirles | | into population, agriculture, frrigation, | drainage, -distribution. unemployment | and mines. The director of the census | would make the enumeration in all the | States, the District of Columbia, Alaska, | Hawail and Porto Rico. A census of | Guam, Samoa; the Virgin Islands and | the Canal Zone would be taken undtr the direction of their respective gov- | ernors. | A determined effort was made to ex- clude aliens in the count upon which Representatives would be based. but a majority of the Senate decided that the Constitution meant every one should be counted. LINCOLN WREATH PLACED. Tomb of Martyr President Deco- rated With Hoover Remembrance. | SPRINGFIELD, IIl, May 30 (®.— Abraham Lincoln’s tomb was decorated | today with a wreath provided by Presi- | dent Hoover. Herbert Wells Fay, custodian of the | tomb, today received a telegram from | President Hoover, with money for the wreath's purchase. During the past four years the tomb was decorated vearly by a wreath from President Coolidge. LEADS in QUAL and LOW_PRICES H 81’% ED “WHERE ECONOMY RULES" ) p vas f t riamed by Russell | th 'l . e o | “The deposits in Utah are ideally sit- |sets of computations showing the num- Thompson, confessed machine-gun ped- dler, as having purchased a machine gun. & barroom in the basement by a police sergeant, who had been notified that “some one's been hurt over at Staley’s.” The cafe, at 361 West Madison street, believed to be a “speakeasy,” is operated | by Walter Staley. Suspected Bomb Group Leader. Police said McElligott, Clifford and Reilly were looked upon as leaders of the “bomb trust,” having headquarters The body was found on the floor of | uated for conservation purposes. They are so inaceessible as to be thoroughly protected from forelgn invasion in case { of war and yet are located near enough | to the Pacific Coast, which seems to be the logical future dirigible base of the, Navy, to be of the greatest mill- | tary importance.” | of the discovery to aeronautical officials of the War, Navy and Commerce De- | partmen’ - Col. Gratz was in conference here with W. C. Young. manager of the aeronautical division of the Goodyear | Tire & Rubber Co., which now is con- After informally breaking the news | | ber of Representatives each State would | be entitled to upon the basis of the new | census, under both the system known as | equal proportions and that known as major fractions. If Congress failed to enact a reapportionment bill by the end of the then current session, the major fractions computatfon of the President would become effective. 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In no other way can you get this. o bing at prices ranging from | structing for the United States Navy 335 {or ?f,'fl’ou_ B e wiso: have | the two largest dirigibles ever built. | been suspected many times of using | The new helium supply probably will | other methods of intimidation in|Tesult in the Goodyear plant going into “muscling in" on labor groups. | commercial dirigible construction on & None could be found early today !great scale, it was indicated. The com- who could shed any light on the pany already has before it a proposal to McElligott killing. From circumstances | build four huge commercial dirigibles urrounding discovery of the body, | the size of the two Navy monsters, to be e irew the conclusion that death used in transatlantic service. One of | the greatest obstacles to the plan was 6 = 25¢ 3 zouis 50¢ Maxwell House Coffee............. ™ 49¢ nad come in a pistol duel. l HENRY 1S HONORED | ON ANNIVERSARY William Tyler Page Recalls ‘His- | tory of Orator of Revo- | lution. ! | The war for American freedom might ave started in Virginia, rather than 1 Massdbhusetts, had not Patrick | snry been dissuaded from marching 1 Willlamsburg, to demand reparation | r gunpowder seized by the Eflmhi svernor, William Tyler Page, clerk of e House of Representatives, asserted | . an address delivered late yesterday the south steps of the Treasury De- ‘rtment, to commemorate. .the -anni-. rsary of Patrick Henry's birth. Various sidelights on the character of e outstanding colonial ors ven by Mr. Page in this brief address, aich was held under the auspices of 1e National Patriotic Council. Threat- 1ing skies cut short the program. The clerk of the House of Represent- ~+*ives called attention to the point that s great, great grandfather, Carter raxton, signer of the Declaration of 1dependence, was instrumental in per- :ading Henry to abandon the march 1 Willilamsburg, when the Old Domin- n was at fever heat over the seizing ¢ the powder. \ “ Braxton was able, through the of- es of his father-in-law, to obtain for :nry reparation, that turned aside the ath of the colony. Thus, Mr. Page plained, “the shot that was heard -ind the world” was not fired until later date and in the Old Bay State. The chairman of the meeting was sl J. Edward Cassidy, and he intro- 7iced Miss Marie Henry Young of ashington, a great-great-granddaugh- - of Patrick Henry, to the audience. | 1e Navy Band furnished music for s occasion. The P m was ar- | -nged by Mrs, Noble Newport Potts, -esident” of the National Patriotic Suneil. Last night, Mr. Page again spoke er Station WMAL, Mrs. Potts spoke ~ver Station WOL and 'Col. Courtland ! ixon, adjutant general of the Military Cder of the World War, spoke over ~ ation WRC, as part of a Nation-wide ogram in honor of the birth of Patrick" “nry. WIFE CHARGES CRUELTY. | I7rs. Al Santell Seeks Divorce and Property Settlement. LOS ANGELES, May 30 (#).—Al “-ntell, screen comedian, was sued for « 'vorce yesterday by Ruth Seveille San- i In her complaint Mrs, Santell iarged her ~husband /with various uelties, including. beéatirgs and locking r out of their Beyerly Hills hnme.l 1e asked for division of .$200,000 in mmunity property and $1,000 month. alimony, "LANES TO DASH FROM ST. LoUiS IN RACE FOR TROPHY | (Continued from First Page.) the lack of sufficient helium to fill the This _obstacle apparently | huge bags. has been removed by the Colorado dis- covery, Col. Gratz pointed out. Privately owned railways in France showed & net profit of $3,100,000 last year, and the state railways a deficit of $550,000. | 8. 0. 8. 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