Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1929, Page 22

2 2 FACES 20 DEATH Woman Once in Shadow of Gallows Held for Girl's Murder. By the Associated Press. VALPARAISO, Ind., June 5~—Appar- ently more concerned over the impris- onment of her adopted son, Edward, than the fact that for the second time within three years she has been formal- ly charged with murder, Mrs. Catherine Cassler of Chicago today restlessly waited the outcome of further question- ing of the boy regarding the death of Miss Cameola Soutar a week ago. Mrs, Cassler was charged with shoot- ing Miss Soutar, a 24-year-old Chicago professional skater, through the heart and with hiding her body in a marsh ‘THE _EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. VESTRIS PASSENGER HITS IDALE BILL IS CALLED l ACTION OF SHIP 0FFICERS‘ All Would Have Been Saved Had Things Not Been Left Untik Last Moment, He Says. By the Associated Press. | _LONDON, June 5.—Afdavits from | phssengers of the ill-fated liner Vestris | yesterday followed the testimony of | minor members of the crew before the | British Board of Trade inquiry. | producer, made most serious charges | against the conduct of the responsible | officers of the ship. | “It is my considered opinion, with a | full sense of reponsibility for serious- ness of the statement I am making, that every person on board might have been ! saved had things not been left until |the last moment,” Mr. Johnstone declared. Czar's Nephew Drives Taxi. { | | WARSAW, June 5 (#).—Prince Vliadimir Constantinovitch, nephew of |the late Czar of Russia, is%a taxi | driver. His salary is $20 a week. | UP BEFORE SENATE ‘Acfion Delayed by King's Request That Consideration Be Postponed. | The Dale bill to liberalize the civil | service retirement law for Government | H. C. W. Johnstone, a Trinidad oil\ cmployes was called up in the Senate | yesterday afternoon, but Senator King, | Democrat, of Utah, asked that it be | postponed for consideration at a later | time, The Senate was working on its unan- imous consent calendar at the time. which meant that the objection of one member was sufficient to obtain a post- ponement. This same measure passed both the Senate and House in the last Congress, the closing days of the session. If another opportunity does not arise to consider the bill at this session, it is virtually certain to pass at the regular session in December. The bill increases the maximum lowance from $1,000 to $1,200 a makes a slight reduction in the retir ment age limit and improves the pres ent law in several other respects. EX-KING FERDINAND MAY VISIT BULGARIA Amnesty Bill to Be Passed Next Week. By the Associated Press. SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 5.—Former King Ferdinand, whose career as first King of a Bulgaria free from Turkish rule was cut short by his abdication in | 1918, yesterday was granted permission to return from his exile at Coburg, Germany, whenever he wishes. The amnesty bill ending his nearly but failed to become a law because President Coolidge did not sign it in. 11 years of exile will be promulgated Eleven Years of Exile Is Ended by | next week and will also contain the name of former Premier Radoslavoff, whom the Bulgarians had held respon- | sible for the entry of their country into the World War on the side of the cen- tral powers and hence for their severe punishment in loss of territory and | wealth. The former premier is also in Germany. Ferdinand recently wrote Premier Andre Liaptcheff that ‘he wished to visit the country he loves so dearly| once more before he dies. It was un- {domtmd that King Poris influenced the | government to allow his 68-year-old | father to return. 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