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™oz . NOT GUILTY, PLEA OF RIGGS SUSPECT Alleged Gang Leader Held in Boston on Washington Bank Theft Charge. By (he Associated Press, BOSTON, Mass., October 5.—William R. “Spilly” Evans was arraignd here today charged with larceny of $15,000 in Liberty bonds from the Riggs National Bank of Washington, D. C., last Feb-~ ruary. He pleaded not guilty and was held in $5,000 bond for hearing Octo- ber 29. Evans was arrested in Plymouth re- cently with two others, charged with robbing the bank there of $200. Later it was learned he was wanted by Spring- fleld, Mass,, police for a $10,000 bank robbery there and aiso for the Wash- ington theft. Police charge that Evans is a master crook who carries on a game requiring great skill and daring. Only about a dozen men in the country carry on this form of robbery, they said, and Evans is regarded as the dean among them. Career Is Followed. Their game was described by Inspec- tor James R. Claflin on the Boston bu- reau of criminal investigation, who said he had followed Evans' career for several years under lsllilnct‘,’l aliases as Fred Carr and Willlam Elliot. The gang planned the robberies care- fully. One of them would visit the bank to be robbed, he said. He would nete the name of the teller and leave. Betweon 1 and 2 o'clock, with the nember of employes decreased by the Iunch hour, another of the ring would enfter the bank, followed at a few min- utes' interval by a conf>derate. Pre- vipusly they had arranged to have a third man telephone the teller by name. /The two inside then would saunter ard the teller's cage. would suddenly be called to the tele- phone. Quick as a flash one of the gang then would thrust a transparent bamboo stick, imported from South America with a gummy substance at- tached to the end, into the cage and draw out a roll of bills. They would Jeave before the teller returned, un- Toticed by any one else in the bank, £o0 quickly did they operate. The $15,000 was stolen from the Riggs National in the sams way, police said. Suspect Gives Alias. When “Spilly” was caught at Ply- mouth he gpnve the name of William Roberts. It was not until several days jater that his identity was established. Louis D. Meriman and William Boyd, with whom he was arrested, also gave aliases. They met their Waterloo in the little country bank, police said, be- cause they made several visits and a suspicious teller finally associated their presence with the regular disappear- ance of small sums from his cage. Spilly was identified by his finger- prints. Inspector Warren Liese of the Criminal Bureau. as he saw the sensi- tive tips, knew the man was a “master criminal,” he said, and checking with his records found they were those of Evans. Tt is not known whether Evans will fight extradition to Washington. TERMED “PERFECT CRIME.” Bonds Scooped Up From Under Eyes of Bank Employes. The robbery at the Riggs National Bank, the first at the institution in itg history, occurred February 7 a few minutes after banking hours. ‘It was declared by police to have been af“perfect crime.” ~A package of $16,- 000 in negotiable bonds had just been delivered from the Treasury, an unusual procedure for after banking hours. They were seized from under the eyes of_employes. ‘When the bonds were delivered they were turned over to Miss Ange Boala, a stenographer. Miss_Boala was listing them at the desk of the president's secretary, Viola Allendorfer, who was called on the telephone by some one who asked her to come to the ladies’ rest room. /At that moment Miss Boala also re- ceived a telephone call inquiring if a Mr. Johnson had called at the teller's window When she returned in a minute or so, the bonds were missing. They had been scooped from the desk by some one who had reached over the and walked out of the bullding. Police appeared baffled at the rob- bery. Descriptions of & man and two women confederates under suspicicn were broadcast. PUNISH LIQUOR BUYER, IS CANNON'S DEMAND BY the Associated Press, RICHMOND, Va., October 5.—Bishop James Cannon, jr., chairman of the board of temperance and social service of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, today said the time had come to. amend the Volstead act so as to place the buyer and seller of intoxi- lcmLs on the same footing before the aw. He made this statement in comment- ing on the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Philadelphia, holding the purchase of liquor not an offense under the eight- eanth amendment and the Volstead act. ¥The purpose of the eighteenth amendment is to prohibit traffic in in- toxicating liquors,” Bishop Cannon said. “Buyers and sellers are both necessary to the traffic, and both are, therefore, equally responsible for its continuance., “The openly declared purpose of cer- tain citizens, many of them of wealth and high social position, to flaunt the beneficent aim of the law, and to con- tinue to purchase intoxicants, even at exorbitant prices and with the knowl- edge that the bootleggers from whom they purchase ate “all -erimipals, fre- quently guilty of highway robbery and murder, compels the conclusion that the time has come sq to amend the Volstead act that the purchase of in- taxicants shall made an offense equal with the sale and. transporta- tion.” $60,000,000 NEWSPAPER CHAIN, GARVEY’S PLAN KINGSTON, Jamaica (Special) —One of the plans outlined by Marcus Garvey for the benefit of the Negro race and for publicity for’ the Universal N Improvement Association is a stri of daily newspapers to be published in various cities by colored persons. The total amount of capital necessary will be $60,000,000. Of this amount $74,000 is to be used for the purchase of the Negro World for its daily publication in Philadelphia and $75, for- the aaty issue of the LBNEN eate. un. Do ston. e plan - ternational editorial department, with three editors-in-chief of the various Haiti daily newspapers. _The ne ublished in Dominica nepto be printed in Spanish and French. ,Thousands of dollars already have been subscribed for the venture. A committee of which J. B. Wilson is n has made a re| on cash gubscriptions already received. _The rican_ subscriptions include E. of Chicago, $2,000; J. A. Ci N The latter | B. | tice boat Quarry. Due Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, October 5.—Standing North Beach Airport this morning, New York’s first rented “Black Maria” in an aerial man hunt. ‘The smiling commissioner, who has {been openly air-minded since 1927, when as manager of the RicRard E. Byrd transatlantic expedition he saw Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Clar- ence D. Chamberlin beat his favorite entry across the Atlantic, immediately decided that doom had settled on the makeshift expedient of the police in hiring an airplane every time a crim- inal suspect begins to travel in circles more easily reached by aircraft than by the automobile, the motorcycle, the subway or even a tugboat. In the aerial-mission, the successful conclusion of which Commissioner Whalen journeyed to Flushing ot see, he saw a sign of the future and vindica- tion for his latest planned project. In a word, the commissioner concluded that aviation is here to stay and an- nounced that the police department would proceed forthwith in its tenta- tively made plans for an aviation divi- sion, which would own and operate its own' planes. Talks Guardedly to Press. Mainly through impromptu conversa- tions which he had with aviation men in whiling away the more or less anx- fous moments on Friday and yesterday when it appeared likely that a tug- boat in choppy seas would demonstrate that criminal prosecution by aviation | was still in its infancy did Commis- sioner Whalen bring to concrete form the aviation plans of the police depart- ment. He talked guardedly and in a gen- | eral manner only of these plans to newspaper men yesterday morning on the seaplane landing when the outcome lof the aerial expedition still was in doubt. Not until Cept. Willlam Baker, skipper of the tug Harry S. Keeler, was lodged in a cell in police headquarters on a charge of homicide in connection | with the death of Capt. William Mehaf- | fey, a barge captain of Ipswich, Mass., | {and it had been demonstrated that an | airplane could aid materially in the ap- | prehension of a fugitive from justice, did Commissioner Whalen make full | announcement of his plans. Sees Air Force at Work Soon. He announced then that he had made arrangements to use part of the facili- ties of the North Beach Airport on Flushing Bay, operated by the Curtiss Alrports Corporation, as a training ground for the members of the pro- posed air division of the police depart- ment, which he said he expected would begin functioning about January 1. Mr. Whalen plans to start the opera- tion of the new division with three am- phibian planes similar to that used in | the successful aerial man hunt. He said that he already had received ap- | plications from more than 100 mem- bers of his department requesting transfer to the new air division of the department, most of the applicants having _seen air service during the ‘World War. All of the general details for the new | organization have been completed ex- cept that of financing. Mr. Whalen admitted that success in this quarter depended to a large extent on the‘ proper amount of air-mindedness in the board of aldermen. He was confi- but Capture Murder Suspect. Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen saw of the air swoop in symbolic, aeronautic elation out of overcast skies with the police department’s first captive taken dent that the speedy apprehension of | Baker was a competent demonstration | of what the airplane could do. i THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 6, 1929—PART 1. AERIAL ‘BLACK MARIA’ CONVINCES WHALEN OF POLICE PLANE NEED Flying Policemcn Also Lose Chase to Tug; to Rough Water, on a wind-chilled seaplane landing at The part which Baker played in- directly in bringing Commissioner ‘Whalen’s cherished plan to a head placed him in the dual and somewl confusing role of hero and the v quished. Baker Enjoys the Ride. The suddenly made decision of Com- missioner Whalen to charter a plane to pursue Baker as he steamed northward in his tug burdened down with iwo barges in tow, made an air convert of the prisoner. When he stepped from the plane which brought him back to New York under police guard, Baker declared that he had enjoyed his airplane ride im- mensely. “That was my first ride in the air and I enjoyed it immensely,” he said. “It was much better than riding in a tug. The only thing I am sorry about is the reason for my being here.” As ‘Baker stepped jauntily into the speedboat which transferred him from Queens to Manhattan, he appeared to be a concrete demonstration that the airplane, as operated under the direc- tion of Commissioner Whalen, not only makes speedy capture, but contented prisoners as well. Through most of Friday when the search for Baker by airplane started and the early hours of yesterday it ap- peared likely that the tug boat was a safer if not speedier means of conven- fence than the airplane and all of Mr. Whalen'’s plans appeared in jeopardy in their first test. Choppy Water Barred Landing. Shortly after the reporting of the murder of Mehaffey and when sus- picion was turned upon Baker, who had departed up. the Long Island Sound for Boston in his tug, Mr. Whalen was persuaded to use an airplane to pursue the fugitive. An phibian piloted by George Cobb and carrying five mem- bers of the police department put out | to search for the tug. The boat was sighted in short order, but the chm[ instead of being over was just starting. i The choppy waters of the Sound through which the tug was plowing at the time were too dangerous for an air- plane landing. ‘The police plane put in at New London and the future of the airplane in aviation at that moment seemed small. The police contingent, headed by Deputy Chief Inspector Edward Mul- rooney first chartered a tug and then obtained the services of a Coast Guard cutter. Neither could get any nearer Baker's dauntless tug than the amphi- bian. The prospects of the airplane in police work rose slightly and Commis- sioner Whalen's hopes with them. Late Priday night, the pursuit by bodt was abandoned and the police party again put back to New London. Early yesterday morning, they again called on the rented plane, which took off and overhauled Baker, his tug and the two barges in tow just as they were entering Cape Cod Canal. The smooth water of the protected canal afforded an easy landing place for the plane, which taxied up alongside the tug. The detectives jumped onto the tug from the plane and informed Baker of the charges against him. He waived extradition proceedings and consented to board the plane for the return flight to New York. ASPIRANTS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 5.—In his| autoblography, “Upt to.Now,” which | has been put into book form with new | chapters incorporated, former Gov. A1-| fred E. Smith suggests a possible change in the United States Constitution | whereby a defeated presidential candi- | | date would become a United States| Senator at large. ‘The former governor says in his| book: “After the election I was asked | by a professor of Harvard University if I did not believe that there is a' TOGA FOR LOSING PRESIDENTIAL Former Candidate, in Autobiography, Proposes They Be Senator-at-Large. ASKED BY SMITH ‘weakness in our form of government, when a man who receives 15,000,000 votes, but not enough to be elected, au- tomatically retires to private life and leaves the 15,000,000 unrepresented, ex- cept in so far as their Senators or Representatives are concerned. “I answered him by saying we can amend our Constitution to provide that the candidate for the presidency who | receives the second highest number of popular votes should be entitled to a seat in the United States Senate as & Senator at large during the term of a successful opponent. Z Some up-to-date strolling minstrels, like Eugene Lambert, have found that kind of life as romantic as ever, although somewhat harder on shoe leather. This is due to so much con- crete on the highways. If there is one thing that stands in the way of the stroiling mirstrel busi- ness, Eugene says, it is ccnercte high- ways. However, Eugene is not one to fly in the face of progress. He is in favor of it. Nevertheless, when Eugene left Mon- treal to fiddle and stroll, he felt people would pay the fiddler. After the first 20,000 miles he found out it is the fiddler who pays. Eugene vows that unless cobblers quit overcharging him, he will fling aside STROLLING MINSTREL FINDS GOING SLOW AND HARD ON SHOE LEATHER Maybe the first 20,000 Miles Are the Worst, but This Fiddler Is the One Who Pays. the traditions. of his calling and begin to hail passing motorists. “I don't like automobiles,” exclaimed Eugene with considerable fire. “Not un=- less it's raining, that is,” he finished somewhat lamely. Aside from professional Addling, Eu- gene sells pictures of himself, each in- scribed with the legend: “You pay $3 to see a horse run two miles . . . (a rude person interrupted at this ihmcture to say there are plcnty of people who pay more than $3 to see a horse run two miles) . . . I don't understand why you won't pay me to walk around the continent. “How far will you go on 25 cents?” interposed a listener. However, he didn’t have the money, so Eugene made a cut-rate departure. RUM CHARGE LAID ON JUDGE IN SUIT Plaintiff Declares Oregon Supreme Court Dean Was Plied - With Liquor. By the Associated Pres PORTLAND, Oreg., October 6.—A charge that Justice Thomas A. McBride, dean of the Oregon Supreme Court, was plied with lquor during the pendency of two cases before the tribunal, was made today in a suit filed in Circuit AO. Condit, automobile dealer, against business man, and Thomas suit asks for §165,000 for torney. The prw:’ny of which Condit alleged he was ‘conspiracy. cases, Condit’s complaint action in which Con. o opery in m'ty‘rgappflw ach cover real e whicl was plaintif.. The complaint stal N muppiy of Higuor with which Ju- e uma’- “was " during the period before decision on the case, the complaint alleged, was acquired by Con- dit, at the instance of Neppach and | Conser, another Portland business man, Mannix and was stored in Condit’s place iness. “0"‘:&! is complaint that If Neppach and would call “some times alone and aé other times with the justice and obtain supplies from said stock or would request the plaintiff {rom time to time to make deliveries of said liquor either to themselves, the said defendants, or to the justice as the same was needed.” In his conspiracy suitCondit rep- resented that in 1925 he and Homer were partners in an automobile busi- ness with physical assets valued at $60,- 000. In February, 1925, Condit com- plained, Mannix and Neppach “entered into an unlawful and fraudulent con- spiracy to acquire such partnership.” MINERS DEFY LEWIS. Illinois District Board Ignores Let- ter of Official on Suit. éfl. ise SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, October 5 —The district board of the Illinois trict Miners defled International Presi- dent John L. Lewis and u;‘m'-b' organizatios national n. ‘The board disapprove a libel suit started him for chnfi made against two mem- bers of the Illinois . The board also took steps in opposition to demands of the international president. — Earl of Harewood Near Death. LONDON, October § (#).—The Earl of Harewood, father-in-law of Princess Mary and a great English landowner, is seriously ill and his children, Ju Viscount Lasecelles, his bedside. The earl is 83. TN 15 SLANIND.C. INLAST 3MONTHS Toll Is Five Higher Than in Same Period Last Year, Say Police. ‘The report yesterday of the Metre politan _Police Department by M: Henry G. Pratt, superintendent, showed an increase of from 10 to 15 in mur- ders and in arrests on gambling charges for July, August and September over the corresponding &erlofl last year. There were 16 arrests made in the 15 murder cases. Felony charges of setting up gaming tables were lodged against 53 persons, as compared with 23 last year. Felony counts of violation of the lottery law were 72, while only 16 were shown last_ year. This increase in felony arrests was | 1s. borne out in the misdemeanor arre During last July, August and Sep! r, 326 charges of permitting gaming were booked. Only 114 were brought last year. s Arrests on various other charges were fukzsunn-.lly the same this year as ast. Traffic Violations Up. A notable exception, however, ap- peared in the totals listed under trai offenses. Trafsc arrésts on all counts during the past three months were 15,844, compared with 11,205 last year. The peak month was July, when the safety traffic crusade was at its height, with'a total of 7,356 arrests. The intensifled activity against gam- blers and traffi¢ violators was largely responsible for the increase in the grand total of arrests for the three months—32,626, over 28,230. Of the total arrests each year only about one-tenth of the defendants were women. Liquor Arrests Same. Prohibition arrests on all counts were substantially the same this year and last. About 8,000 gallons of liquor were seized in the District during July, August and September of last year, agaipst some 7,000 gallons this year. The police during the last three months confiscated the following ve- hicles as illegal conveyances of liquor: One paby carriage, one push ca two bicycles, two wagons and one hun- dred and forty-five automobiles. Police réported that 32 persons com- mitted suicide in the District in the last three months, as against 25 last year. Some 19 fatalities resulted from traf- fic accidents this year, compared with 23 in the three months last year. Offcial Stoned to Death. MEXICO CITY, October 5 (#).—Dis- patches today to El Universal Grafico from Cuatla, Morelos, said that Gov. Ambrosio Punte and his pdrty were stoned by a crowd at a political meet- ing, and escaped after the secretary of the city council, who was with them, had been killed. Bolivia is one of est sources of tin. able In fancy and tile pat- the world's great- terns as well as plain white. AYard:....... N\ 7 % % Y Z Oilc 24 The Miracle Store-Brings Miracle Values —Continuing Sale of ““‘Surprise Store’” Shoe Stock— Our Specialty—Values in Dresses and Coats—Sizes 14 to 603 § COATS Priced to Defy Competition A Deposit Will Hold Any RHINE’S WINE “CROP” PLEASING TO GROWERS Vintage of 1920 Is Likely to Equal Record Years of 1021 and 1915. NIERSTEIN-ON-RHINE, Germany (#)—The vintage of 1929 is likely to prove one of the best in recent years, equaling such record years as 1921 and 1915. Wine growers throughout the Rhine and Moselle countries are happy at the sunny weather which has been constant since early in August. ‘The crop this year is plentiful, but | this in itself would be of no advantags if the quality proved inferior. “This {enr is likely to prove ‘A No. 1* from the standpoint of both quality and quantity,” Ludwig Schmidt, whose family possesses the second largest vineyard in Germany, said. “From Au- gust on we pray for nothing so much as continuous sunshine which slowly ripens the grapes and gives the wines a_distinctive sweetness. The wines of 1920 will, I am confident, be much sought after by connoisseurs.” MUSIC HALL PLAN MEETS APPROVAL Response to Plan “Wonder- ful,” Says Mrs. Wilson- Greene, Sponsor. Response of the public to announce- ment last week that the Washington | Music Hall Realty Corporation will seek to provide for the Capital a $1,500,000 opera house and music hall was de- scribed as “wonderful” in a statement | authorized last evening by Mrs. Katle | ‘Wilson-Greene, prominently identified | with the project. Mrs. Greene sald subscriptions for | common stock in the corporation had | been received, without solicitation, and | that “two leading musicians of the| world” had sent telegrams congratu- | lating Washington on the project. It was announced that preliminary sketches of the proposed opera house had been prepared by ‘Maj. George Oakley Totten, jr., of Washington con- templating a seating capacity of 3,000. The proposed building is to be centrally located, and it is contemplated that the financing will be accomplished by sale of stock. “There has been a wonderful reaction to the announcement,” the statement {in behalf of Mrs. Wilson-Greene said. | “People have offered by phone and per- | Sonal call to start contributions toward | the consummation of bullding this | structure. The response has indicated | that the people of Washington not only | wn'x'tfiéhe project, but are going to sup- | port it.” The ‘chief dependence of Bolivia is | upon its mineral wealth. | i loths $ Coat Payments as Convenient We're not quoting comparative prices, but we dare you to duplicate these values anywhers in the city—there is a real saving in store for the woman who buys her coat at the Miracle Store. These new dress and sport coats were made for us during the slack season and sold to us at nearly production cost. Richly fur trimmed. Women's and misses’ sizes, 14 to 5415. Other Coats Priced from $3.99 to $58.00 Larger Sizes 44 to 60 14 to 2z A large collection of felts and velvets in a variety of Fall shades and styles. Sizes to fit $1.00 Sizes 6 to 14 and 16 to 56 Sale of Fall HATS A Ph nomenal Value 34.88 with backs. ‘wom $12. Raincoats $8.88 to / the extra large head. IIAIIA LI 111 . Infants’ TSI Brushed Wool Sets 289 Four-plece set, consisting of aweater, cap, leggins and mittens, in tan, white, pink and blue. T T, T, -Outing Gowns Striped flannelette neatly trimmed with 69c braid. Others, 59c, 89c and $1.00 Extra Sizes 89c and $1.00 L7171 211711 I LI IEE AL ILII LI STrrrrrrrrrzrie e, Women’s & Mi: SPORT COATS New tweed mixtures Chinchilla Coats Sises 14 to 40, Lowest price in Washington. P i, P 11 I I I A2 7211 SPPIII I IIAIIII IR I IIIR, KING SEES TARIFF AS “STRANGLEHOLD lmpo'rts _a_nd‘ Exports Would Diminish; He Says in Bitter Attack. By the Associated Press. A charge that the administrative provisions of the tariff bill were written to give “domestic manufacturers what | some have denominated as a strangle- hold on the domestic market” was made in the Senate yesterday by Senator King, Democrat, of Utah. A careful examination of the bill, King said, would convince any one that from beginning to end it was “aimed t imports whether made by brokers, foreigners or American citi- zens.” Both imj and exports would diminish under the measure, he said, adding that all efforts to build up a merchant marine also would prove abortive. Attacks as Session Opens. The Utah Senator’s attack came at the opening of a three-hour session especially set aside to dispose of all re- maining committee amendments to the administrative sections of the measure and clear the way for consideration of the rate schedules. King said the “in the grip” of the preparation of the Hawley-Smoot bill. This organization, of which Joseph R. Grundy is vice president, he added, “threw itself into the breach” against the Borah resolution, which would have limited tariff revision to agriculture in the hope of swelling the profits of American manufactured through in- creased industrial rates. Shortridge Clashes With King. King asserted the “reactionaries” won a notable victory when they put through the amendment drafted by Senator Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania, look- ing to future abandonment of the for- ign-value method of assessing ad Senate was | valorem duties and were seeking now to “rivet that victory.” Senator Shortridge, Republican, Ca! fornia, had an extensive exchange wit! King over the definition of “reaction, asking if he (Shortridge) could be termed a reactionary because he stood | with Washington, Jefferson and others for adequate tariff protection. “‘Am I & reactionary,” the Californian asked, “when I plead for protection to Florida as earnestly as I do for Cali- fornia?” King used the term merely to char- acterize a group in this country which stood for “stand-pat polici Kills Wife and Self. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 5 (#).— Robert Farmer, 60, slew his wife Janet, 56, and then killed himself at his wife's home on the East Side here tonight. He had failed in a reconciliation at- tempt after his wife had sued for di- vorce. Mary Lee Farmer, 20, daughter, who saw the double tragedy, said the two had been separated for three months. 2 5.00 We invite comparison, stripe and plaid . Misses' and '$5.88 95 Value—Plain and Furred Only 50 on Sale $6.88 e T e e 1.88 22 Ladie: 3 and Misses’ Slipover Sweaters §169 K2 7772, ) Sizes 32 to 40 the American Tariff League in | Borah Will Confer With Macdonald at Embassy Wednesday By the Associated Press. An ent . to talk with Prime Minister Macdonald has been arranged for Senator Borah of Idahe. ‘The chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee will confer with the visiting English statesman at the British embassy next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. GENEVA TO TAKE UP COAL PROBLEM Remedies for Ailing European Industries Sought by Labor Office. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, - October 5.— The international labor office took a step toward consideration of remedies for the ailing condition of the Euro- pean coal industry today. the recent League of Nations Assembly, the labor cffice decided to call a prepa- tory technical conference of the coal- producing countries in Europe to meet early next January. The conference will be made up of representatives of the governments, employers and workers. Place Sought on Agenda. Its chief work will be to consider a proposal to place on the agenda of th2 international labor conference of 1930 quebtions relating to conditions of em- ployment in the coal mines with a view to arriving at an international agree- ment. This preparatory conference is asked to consider also the importance and | urgency of the -~oal problem in all its aspects. The conclusions of this mee:- ing will be presented at the next ses- sion of the governing board late in Jan- uary or early in February to guide it in preparing the agenda for the an- | nual labor conference next Summer. Nine Countries Affected. The countries to be represented at are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland and Czechoslovakia. ‘The governing body will be repre- sented at the preliminary conference by three members to serve as liaison agents. Representatives of Italian em- ployers made a vigorous effort to obtain representation at this preliminary meet- ing for non-producing countries. -~ Matador Gored to Death. MEXICO CITY. October 5 (#).—Ale- jandro Saenz, a Spanish matador, was | fatally gored in the bull ring at Octo- lan, Jalisco. He has been buried at Guadelajara. Prite 36-inch tubfast all- over prints with neat effects. A Yard... Acting on the recommendation of | this first examination of the problem PANTEGES FEEL LAW'S IRON HAND Wife Is Denied New Trial as Husband Is Indicted on Interference Count. — By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 5.—Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Pantages, the husband on trial for a criminal offense against |a 17-year-old girl, and the wife facing a prison sentence for killing a man in |an automobile accident, felt the stern | pinch of the law today from a court of Justice and a county grand jury. ‘The wife, ill, reclining in a-wheel | chair before Superior Judge Carols 8. | Hardy, heard her plea for a new trial rejected as the jurist delivered alternate rebukes to the State and defense and censured a pastor for his remarks. Walking beside his wife from the courtroom, the multi-millionaire theater owner, shoulders drooping and head bowed, learned of a sudden turn in his trial in which a grand jury brought a secret indictment for alleged interfer- ence with a State witness. Mrs. Pantages, on a statement of Dr. Benjamin Blank, county physician, re- | tained her freedom on $50,000 bail be- cause she is “dangerously {ll” and in- carceration ‘‘might mean death.” Judge Hardy permitted filing of an application for probation, which will be heard Oc- tober 25 coincident with sentence. For the death of Juro Rokumoto last June she might be imprisoned from 1 to 10 years. The defense, in an argument for a { new trial, attacked the State for with- | holding expert testimony as rebuttal of defense evidence at Mrs. Pantages’ trial, | and Judge Hardy followed with & con- demnation of such procedure. He de- | clared, however, that the verdict was | justified and denounced the defense for its argument that the prosecution “con- | fused the jury by filing a second-degree | murder charge, which permitted.one of | three verdicts—manslaughter, second- | degree murder or acquittal.” The Rev. R. P. Shuler drew the court’s ire for his remark of alleged irregularities in the trial and a further failure to answer promptly a subpoena for today's hearing. The pastor's ac- | cusations were denied from the witness stand by Ira Gay, a_juror, and Charles Bryant, court bailiff. Mr. Shuler is | awaiting a bench decision on contempt | of court charges placed against him for the statements. Ivan R. T. Samsonoff, a State witness, caused the grand jury indictment in the husband's trial by asserting a pri- ate detective told him he would be ken care of” if he gave Mr. Pantages a “break.” ‘The disclosure added another charge to the State's previous accusations that Pantages had attempted to muzzle wit- nesses following an alleged attack on Eunice Pringle, a dancer, last August in his private office. Pantages is at liberty orf $25,000 bail. Trial of the charges opened Tuesday. 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