Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1929, Page 2

NG STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1929, RO PG Lo wone 70 co o] PANETON OPAY lwlsmmnrs CHARGE B EYPENDITURES $200,000,000 Wil Go to! Labor in Response to President’s Plea. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, , Ohlo, November 28.— Northern Ohlo labor will berefit by the expenditure of approximately $200,000,- 000 during 1930. Industrialists and public officials from 29 counties re- sponded to President Hoover's plea for private and public construction yester- day with promises that this vast sum would be poured into a great program ©f improvement. Gathered in Cleveland in response to the suggestion of J. Kaulas, president of the Otis Steel Co. here, who attended Hoover’s industfial conference in Washington, the guiding spirits of the industrial and ublu: life of more than 80 cities and counties of this area submitted pians for 1930 which will call for the employment of thousands of workmen in all phases of labor. Peak in January. Kulas struck the keynote of the meeting with the definite assertion that industry in Ohto will strike the peak of production in January. The trend will start upward, he said, about De- cember 15 County commissioners, city managers, mayors, presidents of boards of educa- tlon, presidents of Ohlo's leading manufacturing companies dealt 'mouly with figures involving millions as first “prosperity conference” in thh saction got under way early yeaterda ‘The figures that these men mfl\l here were note estimates of what might be done, th!y were the bhck and white notations of work for which specifica- tions are benig drawn and in some cabes where actual labor has begun. T&e conference opened with the n men of the city of Cleveland. ‘Much Public Works. ‘Cuyahoga Ommty (Cleveland) com- isstoners told of $16,000,000, to be spent in 1930 ts. Cleveland schools will bund and enlarge to the ex- tent of $4,500, Mayor Lhnfl Weil of Akron said his elty would spend $6,680,000 in its pub- . Vincent L. Stearns, secre- the dly at $34,000,000. Mayor Joseph L. Heffernan of ‘Youngstown said $1,500,000 will be used in that city's expansion. Standard Oil Co. of Ohio will | WALTER F. of Association at the request of Col. U. and This model will be structed in the Mlll Chévy Chase, Md., with the architectural scale model of the George Wash ton Memorial Building which he has just completed. The buliding will be between Sixth and Seventh streets at B street. Secretary of the Treasury and furnished by the George Washington Memorial | as S. Grant, superintendent of public bllIInn placed in the United States th ether scale models of the new Government buildings being construet: FREDERICK The model was made for the or ‘. be con- —Harris -Ewing Photo, VNG | @pecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, November 27 (N.AN.A.).—The respectable and conventional of the country—those who are concerned about their standing in the community—only infrequently have an which s peopled by those to whom standing in man’s heart's desire is the ace, king, queen, fack and 10 of spades. One of these infrequent opportunities is afforded in the trial of G McManus, the “fair and square” gambler, who could lose -mnwt for the murder of Arnold Rothstein, T e B et bt 1 it abd Ahnles ein murder case offers more melodramatic and sha doin, than a fiction writer would dare eram Into a hack thriller, v But it isn't fiction. Here's a chance to look on flesh-and-blood flouted soclety’s cherished taboos, and to look on them throuth the medium ol court testimony. If the facts about this half world ever can be brought swomn cout o light, here they are, Place Bets on Proceedings. They are strange facts about strange people, Thus, a group of gamblers, men who times without number have mwhefl their cards against for thousands the cards of McManus and . ‘The | Rothstein, were waiting in Criminal Otis Steel Co. will expand its meemmotnmum Kulas m the other counties and cities Mh which ranged from $1,000,- ,000,000. MOTHER AND INFANT DIE IN ‘HOME NOBODY WANTS’ By the Associated Press. ACKSONVILLE, Fia., November 28. ~Mrs. R. N. Robinson and her 15- NEW VISION PLEA HEARD BY HOOVER AT CHURCH SERVICE (Continued Prom First Page.) umlhdhmlnd.thmw“ v.he executive his study for mrly 2 hours proofs of his message to the regula sion of Congress. The EI‘I Whne House in auf o'clock, arriving at the church about 10 _minutes later. Neither did today being & holiday eause the President or members of his “medicine ball cabinet” to take a rest from their customary early mornffig workout in the rear grounds of the ‘White House. For more than 20 min- utes before breakfast the Jittle band of I:,:\‘l:’m indulged In this form of ex- The presidential hm will mn nn down to Thanksgiving d! o'clock tonight. The dinner wi.ll u m elaborate one, but very simple and old fashioned in its aspect: Courts Building the other day to tes- tify They were going to tell That they knew, or as much as they had to tell, about the events leading up to the mur- der of their friend. And they whiled away the tedious time of waiting by placing bets—by laying odds McManus would not be convicted, that court would adjourn a few minutes after 4 p.m. rather than a few minutes before, that the witness then on the stand wouldn't testify more than 30 minutes. The case which brought these incor- rigibles into the spotlight had its gene- sis more than a year ago. old nomsn. Bm‘dnys biggest gambler, mnn by authorities MI. & within-the-law backer of to| blers. And what & dome Two days Polytechnic Hospital without, so far as the public knows, num;wmmchm McManus, & man well o with a foot ball tackler'’s nhuulflm lnd & face so invariably amiable that it gets on your mvu. had taken an as- sumed namg and a room in the Park Central three a.yu befors the shooting. In that rwm the prosecution contends, in shot because he 'elched on '215000 inIO0Us thl! had passed out at a stud huh-amnmnx'uhmminthe ent of one of the nonentities had been admitted to the fringe of the big-time gamblers’ crowd Investigation Was Bungled. ‘This Rothsteln had plemy of “pull wn.h the police.” Among his eruh ‘wefe many ponucum. Perhaps, a5 result of these facts, the mvem.mnn into his murder was handled with bungling amateurishness, and there was angry criticism of the city administra- thn ‘The police, said the critics, did not dare find the murderer; he might talk and involve men in high Rnh? Item No. 1 in the police bung] con- cerns Hyman (Gillle) Biller, a lesser 'lg;t among the gambling comrades, walked into McManus' room with- in an hour of the shooting, was ques- Llomd by detectives there and fllowed %o walk out a free man. he has been indicted for the murd!r along with McManus and those ir- redeemable criminals, John Doe and Ndllrd Eoe nnd gollce have expended rs and months of time -znrchlng for him. But they have not found Mr. Biller. There were several indictments of that sort. Rothstein’s secret files were left unguarded; police were intermin- ably slow about obtaining information that was common talk on Broadway; day followed day without a bit of Dml ress being made. Finally, three weeks after the killing, McManus surrendered himself. Now, after a year, he's on trial. Con- fident of acquittal, he and his lawyer, James D. C. Murray, have been striving all during that year to get the case to court. The State seemed to be in no hurry about the trial until, during the s. Only two or three old friends of the family have been invited to join them in this feast. A wild tw Postmaster Mooney in fl'l! Mountains several days ago sented feature this Thanksgiving meal. Tt s the President’s intention this afternoon to a long drive Bo far as is objective. Stalled Motorists Had Seen all Movies So They Got Married By the Associated Press. HAMMOND, Ind, November 28—As Dr. R. O. Ostrowskl, 48, explained it, he and Miss Mary Korman, 29, were stalled with their automobile in Elkhart; both had seen all the moving pictures being shown at the city’s thea- ters; neither knew any one there: 50 he proposed, she accepted and they were married. The marrisge of Dr. Ostrowski, which took place November 21, was of particular interest in that he was the last of a group of 15 physiclans who formed aAn anti- mltflmonylflclmm years ago. lA!“ recmbers groul - tached to the staff of St. inr- garet's Hospital. shot by uo Ridge pre- him to the mld!n! will 0 with Mrs. Hoover for nto the nearby country. known they have no John 8. at the Mission STRANGE FOLK OF HALF WORLD GAMBLE ON M'MANUS' FATE Flouters of Soc1ety s Edlcts Bet on Varlous i Phases of Court Proceedmgs in Rothstein Case. TRIBUTE TOWILSON, Celebration Decernher n Marks Reconciliation With War President’s Memory. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Princelon University on December 1 is to be the seene of a celebration which have beén bitter in the extreme ever since Wilson quit un fim‘"”‘"‘% ‘Althous] ‘Wood- #mmhmnlmeuum and gt the memorial - | the ‘War Prelldefltl death in % 1924, the campus where he t four years as an undergraduate and 30 years a teacher and executive has never more been the scene of events in ‘Wilson’s honor. Joint Celebration. ‘The m on December 11 Wil not be confined exclusively to commemorat- ing Wilson. It will include exercises incident to the 180th anniversary of the “American Whig Society” by James Madison, Princeton, 1771, and fourth resident of the United States. Th &flwn -Whig celebration wJ1 be held in ‘Whig-Clio Hall, the famous headquar- ters of Princeton literary and debating npportunl'. to look at that of community is e and a $51,000 and n!m ‘That trial today enters its second Everything is here. people who have election ecampaign, the opponents of the administration seized on the mur- der as their most potent ammunition. ‘Then the case was called for trial in October, a month before election. As the killing of Rothstéin had already been discussed politically, General Ses- sions Judge Nott, an upright and able {:r‘lat. deemed it unseemly to begin the 1 during the campaign, and put the ‘case over until after election, Exceptional Jury Sefected. A special panel of veniremen—men of substantial position In the Business world, brokers, bankers, a few residents of fashionable Park avenue—was called, and from them an exceptional jury was selected. That jury has listened to glit- tering testimony. First came Dr .Charles Norris, the chief ‘medical examiner of New York, to establish the fact and cause of death. ‘That legal nmuy em M the way, the prosecution presented of gam- crowd ey ml ‘Take Martin (&d) Dowe, & man In the fortles, h great care and e, e Tin Tl Yoo B e doughy appearance of sees the sun. His eyelids dréop and he Mth & drawl in Which there is Prom mwe the formation about the card game at which Rothstein dropped $219¢ in paper. The witness sald “A. R."—those once wiere most potent initials on Broadway, ‘whether placed on an I O U or a crim~- inal's request for ball money—pocketed all the cash in pots he won and bet only drew in- State's explanation of the motive—that nothm\n losing paper at the game, good money and was killed vhtn he wouldn't redeem his “markers.” Another participant in the $219,000 game was Alvin C. m called “Ti- tanfe” by his friends. “Titanic,” a tall, spare man in his late thirties, with [ rlr of gimiet eyes and a boyish face, gaudy dresser. Srfianic” adrmitted he had. & poor memory. There were many detaiis of that big game which had escaped him. It was impossible, he said, for & man in his business to remember everything. What can you do when in one day you're betting $50,000 on & foot ball game and $10,900 on a horsé race and part of somebody else's end of erstand fellow who uwulht it nmu any dif ference where measley went. Sammie and Meyer Boston, both of whom were present at the moooo game, also have told their stories. all these witnesses the Btate has umb- lished that Rothstein led T and pocketed cash. But the defense has balanced this. From every one of the men who wilvh Romh and Me- has obtained in- dorsements of the hl(h of the man on trial for murder. that game McManus lo-t $51,000. The State says that was the motive for killing. And from State wit- nesses the defense has obtained testi- mony that “MeManus never squawked about losing yet.” ) with _the | glory g in, ecordance t | the distinction of Woodrow Wilson.” Al- | GG, though the Woodrow Wilson mmm societies. Bpeakers 1 include Dr. John Grier Hibben, Kmldenc of the university; Dr. James m' dent of Willlams College, and Bridges, editor of Beribner agazi President Hibben will p Princeton faculty and as Chief Execu- tive of the Nation. Garfleld taught in the Princeton department of politics for five years while Wilson was at the head of the university, Mr, Bridges will talk of the “Tommy” Wilson he knew in itherspoon Hall when both of them lmdumdulln in the elass of 1879. The honorary committee charge of the Wilson- commemo- ration includes Dr. George McLean Har- per, Woodrow Wilson professor of litera- ture at Princeton. ‘Wilson’s Quarrels Bitter. As most Americans will remember, ‘Wiison's troubles at Princeton grew out of his ambition to “democratize” col- lege life. Though elected ident of the university in 1902, after having served as a member of the faculty since 1890, Wilson’s quarrels with the trus- tees of the institution were and bitter. One of the matters against which he tilted relentiessly was be- quests from millionaires and the con- sequent peril, &s Wilson saw it, of “caj ic” influence at Princeton. e situation became so eritical in 1910, after Wilton had concluded eight years of stormy presidency, that his retirement became inevitable. Condi- tions had been boiling to a climax over the Graduste Bchool controversy, in which Wilson found himself pitted against an equally strong character in the person of Dean Andrew F. West. History does not record that Wilson would have been invited by the uni- versity trustees to resign the presidency, but when opportunity came to him in the Fall of l’lumb&nwffl 3 quit and entered upon the po- litical career which three years hwr lead him to the White House. “Wilson Split Princeton.” A ‘prominent Princetonian now in ‘Wasl n, When asked by this writer 10 say in & word what is the underlying significance of the December 11 cele- bration, rej “ed "'oodm' ‘Wilson split Prineei wihig Violent bitter- ness and penonll hatreds. Only time and the right moment could permit the mention of his name there. ment has come, very quietly and natu- rally, and Pflnctwn will now claim the of having had a president of chair of Iiterature is the only outward hnnar Old Nassau has so far shown ‘War President, there hnve been suggestions in recent times of a Wilson law school at Princeton. Tiger alumni in New York are stiil eomlner- ing what form s W ‘Wiison memorial at the unlvernlt{llhnu take. ‘Wiison's Nations’ policies | p i have probably intensified eampus ani- mosities toward him and his emory, especially among the generation of Princetonians who have been on the campus during the psst nine years. Al- though the unde: uate body is tak- ing part for the it time in an im- ce]ebnunn ol mthl fol honors are being to Wilson not mmznm but i by (Copyright. 1929.) Boundary Limits Are Fixed. By Oable to The Star, SANTIAGO, Chile, November 28— The Chile-Peruvian Boundary Commis- m, which s drawing & new boundary in according with the Tacna-. has fixed the boundary 60 kummom the sea toward the interior. The work P is divided between three commissions. estimi ate the work will be com- pleted, weather permitting, next March. T ‘Terra-del-Fuego (the Land of Fire), despite its name is a region of sle!“pt. #now and storm, unsehitered ;:::I (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- Daver Alifance.) flwumwmmmmmm» distributing Mmoo v it the cold of the South Pole and thickly covered with forest. baskets of food ~=Star Stalt Photo. t) few days the Boviet it mo- | jp one-time | in re, Wreeckage of the giant liner F-32, the largest land plane ever built in this couniry. The plane, capable of carry- 32 fal of the heouse into which it crashed. eseaped with slight injuries. WAR IN MANCHURIA TERMED “BOOTLEG” U. S. Soon May Face Test of | Budw: Pacific Aims Under Kel- logg Peace Pact. BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT. Prohibition of war as an instrument of national policy, in the Kellogg pact, has brought the first instance of “boot~ legging” war in the clash between So- viet Russia and China on the Man- churian border, over the Chinese seisure of the Chinese Eastern Railroad, jointly owned by Russia and China. Each nation has declared that the border raids have been solely to repel aggressions by the other. In the last lorces have been reported strongly on the aggressive, well into Chinese territory, deflpfl! the pledge under the Kellogg pact. These reports are considered at the Depart- ment of Btate to be somewhat exag- rated, and the zmuuon has been hat Moscow would laim any aggres- sive action, as in the previous clashes. Nevertheless, it 18 well understood here that Soviet forces have g:eml’ into Cl’llne.l:l '.,:nr!%mry llflln necessary in simply repellin; alleged Chinese raids. The ptesurg being exerted,on China by the Soviet now is held to be timed at what Moscow would consider the most effective mo- ment—when China is torn by internal fo-the better Armed and. bekter teeinca er an er Red troops. o Moscow’s Alms Unknown. en may be assert that it it not an aggressive war, but merely defensive of Russia's haif m&sr“e';t in the raliroad, seized by China The word aggression has been given the most elmut study, since me'}(el- pact was ratified, by every forelgn ice a% well as by the Department of State. The dktiomry defines it as “an unprovoked China declares um it l:. an mtenul problém and that ive 1n crossing the ln!u:hurhn safeguard its property mhh\nmenllml ‘The United tf: hnmbeen éxertin luence as it could to sol: crisis, halPrmdent » his the speech no intention of tituting itself the policéman of the wn;y“ to c<'7mpel oth:: nations to obey me Kell t. It war what the Unlted States and ot! mations may do, or what the League of Nations may do, remain to be disclosed. Study Activities Closely. In the meantime & war is on. Men are being killed, wounded'lurg:' up- tured and civilians vioiently affected warfare. The declarations of el nation that it is e “only In ensive activities, perml udhfl clmmm the e final settlement clash will core a clar! placed accurately. Out con- oep'.. in the diplomatic world, of what fon means. ng, setting fire to it as well as other houses nearby. §one | térday, Capt. mmnu. AIR GIANT CRASHES, FIRING FOUR HOUSES; FLYERS ESCAPE DEATH (Contiftued From Pifst fi.) Island, m “I talked to eyewitnesses of the crash over long-distance leizynom " Capt. Budwig said, “and am that Boggs was making Ihn bfil a bad situation. He was flying load mu and was just taking off when two motors cut_out. “Boggs was headed directly for the administration building and offices at Roosevelt Pleld in whieh were many le. He knew that if he hit those buildings there might be & bem loss of life. Although he knew he little chance to, get away with it, he elected to pull the heavily loaded ship into & cliimb on two motors and take his chances on getting down safely on the other side. “From the reports I have, I feel that would have gotten the ship down safely if he had been able to elm a4 Boggs resighed from the l!mrt- ment of Commerce the day before yes- after sefv- years. His duties as ln- spector. included flight testing of airphnes and, l".holl(h he made his this he wl.s away on fleld duty am.ze un of time. exmn flight tests ing in the aerona mercial aeronautical aut! tion Fklmnblck!l‘. THREE FLY 200 MILES FOR TURKEY DINNER Nebraska Youth, Mother and Lit- tle Sister Adopt Modern Travel in Place of Bobsleigh. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Neb.,, November 28—Three the Janousek {s {5 a direct interest of the |m| United States in havin, ‘lhewurdclm- ly defined. notified the Uhited States that it wl!l :bmn the treaty on extratetritoriality if it is not waived by the United States by Jan- uary 1. Would the abrogation of the treaty constitute an aggression on China’s part? Heretoforé such a course has been considered offensive. The fu- rore over the violation of the lan u’en{!at the beginning of the World Wi u ln ex,:m le of public 3lnlon on the iss is instance, has given l.dv-noe notice of its I.ntemlon An agreement may be reach- ed before Jan 1, but it will not obviate the rm t a threat induced m&wm Russia mnnl!mly has not béen wnwnt to accept the Chinese selzure of the raliroad without resistance, or at least without uxln: a show of force to induce Chin to ‘what Nolecw LT e T (omun; I!ow thn United smu a Chinese repudiation of a mty, it ll does occur, will afford an- other measure of public oglln\on on the Kellogg pact and its cal applica- tion to In'&mll.ltmll ASK CHURCH OFFICIALS {i{TO AID IN WOMAN HUNT Police Believe Religious Tendency Will Draw #ociety Matron to "' Thanksgiving Services. By the Associated Press. UTICA, N. ¥, Nmmher 28 —Act- lxg on the belief that Beecher M. Crouse, missing Utiea ndety ‘woman, for whom a nationwide search has been conducted for the last 10 days, will be “haunting churches” today in supj gm‘t of profound religious tendency which she uw.{ynu held for Thnnkulvlng day, officials charge of the search.here w{‘l.lght prep-ared for an extensive Thanksgiving Police of citles in Massachusetts, Ohlo, Connecticut and New York were urged to enlist the assistance of rectors officers, . aextonis ml: Attendants 'o! IM irches e searc! for &mfie Radio &) 18 were also mlda from stations Boston, New York, Scl ‘henectady and Cincinnati, A $5,000 Teward for the return of Mrs. Srouse has been In effech, - O 17 wmmm.uummpwma mother’s for Thanksgiving fi::n! ly & weary Hd&illlme.h m the snow. Today Joe figured m:mmlnlnmhvurnd-hln GUNMEN THWARTED. CHICAGO, Novembeér 28 UP).—Three men made an attempt on the lfé of Salvatore Mntmlannl late ‘hlewdly at his pool room, in ti quarter. He eéscaped injury, n!thou:h Y voudy of shots was fired at him. Mastroianni was acquitted several months on the charge taken ‘The State the extortion letters in that nue astrofanni sald he was called to the door of his pool room Tuesday night by three men who demanded ad- mittance. When he saw _they pistols he dro) to the fioor, 'nn men opened and then ran to a waiting automobile, from which moy pouring into sent more bullets darkened pool room. erashed at Roosevelt Field, Long Island, yesterday. The plane rammed, into a house mear the field on In the picture can be seén ome of the burning M. S. Botts, pilof, and Harry McDonald, airplane Inspector, the only , Secupants, to. wings and p-r! WYOMING CAPITAL HONORS WARREN|:: °_' Body of Legislator Is Taken From Train to Capitol Un- der Military Escort. CHEYENNE, Wyo., November 23 (n 1 funeral train mlw. Senator Franegis E. Warren arrived &t the Union Pacific Station here at 8:15 a.m. today. The body was cotiy nal dele- e family and and take: ding by an escort of honor, the band and 2d Bat- talion of Fort D. A. Russell, numbering lb%mmm mjwnnenlhm\n hk e baing mmmu-mnumum Ita:mfl the Capitol Bullding, where the body to lie in state from 9:45 am. until 11:45 a.m., & guard of honcr received the and w il keep watch until the shail re- irtustly the eatire garrien of Port ent D. L lh-: n\lnlrimnc“g e for umrment. @ The "t tab | gotintions Aupert, | CAPTIVE MISSIONARY SENDS WARNING NOTE Wichang Authorities Told Bandits| 1o © Will Xill Rev. U. Ereutzen Un- less Troops Are Calléd OR. By _the Auuuui missionary stationed at Wu- on duu Hupeh Muh;hn was kid- by bandits flfll hnlu: m%t that mm hmhlnhwh:n m- wmu-umlm Tayeh, month, has '.Mt his 55’5 Moustaios "toith "o §§ province. # uhhnm said that Telease . | under way, being e | PaY 'fll m “wine D But ot the Tane som h-n dollars deman: isd EE ih Mt threatened of the lulhflxi\lu vho ap- outer sentries. o GOES AFTER DOG. Woman Rides 855 Miles to Demand | buf Animal Be Shot. KEARNY, N. J, November 28 (#).— !'g‘u 11 szg - collie to ngeline Booth of lvltlon Army, who gave it away. Man Dies in Hotel Fire. KANSAS CITY, November 28 q g 2 f ha in the um»m:oxflfi' the_Holland , & Filip] ?‘l'fl ly was focated amoke ledoorolhhrwmmu:’fllkdfle‘ Another ngw actor was slightly g:n h the flames. also . One man broken ankle when he from a second story window. FARMERS GUARD GLADIOLUS BULBS AFTER NIGHT RAIDERS FIRE BARNS Oregon Posse Seeks Leaders of Band Which De(ttbyed Over Million Plants by Mysterious Blazes. By the Associated Press. GRANTS PASS, Oreg., November 28.— Determined farmers of Josephine Coun- ty stood guard todhy over gladiolus el bulbs valued at thousands of Hollars while Sheriff E. H. Lister, heading & group of deputles, sought the leaders of the alleged gang of night riders which _blazed & trall with torehes through at least three bulb-growing communities. In the wake of the night riders’ as- serted tions lie the smoldering 000,000 choice bulbs lnd che !t‘hn ll:fl that g bu! man; h. third alleged raid l'l!wa gm:ld be were butned early yesteida Ofie vw:r told s‘mm Lister mt several thousand bulbs ap) nnu{ béen stoleéi’ from his barn t was fired. Sheriff Lister declared he hund Ich def- in the other barm evldenn Wi initely_connected wo fires, Jose| e owntn hulb indus mef'&“@m ’nw‘e. assoclated lations f‘ mtlnm were MI‘I d ho apparen nueuorimln m.'“o‘ i 1S BRANDED FALSE Police Captain Named in Note Not to Be Submitted to Investigation. The note naming & police captain as the "nt dho broke up my home,” found yesterday in & room at 10 I street be- side the body of Raymond W. Dodd, 3,, ‘who committee suicide by inhaling was branded iy by both the wi n\vl of the dead man -nd the wife of tha officer, who are close friends, as & fig+ ment of disordered imagination. Both said the captain had attempted to befriend Dodd and have him placed in an institution for medical treatmens and that Dodd had resented tlle inter- ference. Maj. Henry G. Pratt, tendent of police, said this morning that he saw no reason to institute an investigation in the light of Dodd's record and the statement made by the two women. The note counseled: “Look into hll liquor-drinking activities,” but Maje Pratt said he had never heard that the officer in question drank, and that he thought the semi-accusati:n dMl not warrant consideration. Odor of Gas Detected. Dodd's body was discovered yesterday afternoon, when Clarence F. Beatley, another roomer, detected the odor of gas seeping from Dodd’s room and broke down the locked door. The dead man was found on the bed with a tube from the gas jet in his mouth. The Casualty Hospital ambulance and Fire Department rescue squad were sume moned and worked unsuccessfully for Rn.mn h;?’m;’ to revive him. Coroner .J‘ evitt issued a death by suicide. et The note found beside his body fole =3 the was dated as of Tuesday, man his life yesterday and 'y" merely fused as'to the exact day of the Wife Federal Employe. Mrs. Dodd 1is e émment Pflnun:mmp uyed“l: - zlfltar and supports herself Bodd was well educated, his wife He ntua!ed dentistry at ington University ar “I forgive and ask forgiveness but will state that Capt. ::o who broke g N Dodd explained the reference iri the note to “my last home” ying that Dodd had nmlrn:d::fl:t AMERICAN FARMER SEEN AS SPENDER Federation Head Says Rural Dis- tricts Experience Return of Confidence Under Hoover. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 28.—' “broke” s few years ago, spender tural economic _situation, the Farm Bureau leader saw s return of confidence and of buying power in rural America as gn:vresull :{ t'ge mx:nlseu' hi:tenz of the ernme exten lystem’ to agricultu e marketing lnd e ral Farm Board - rt, the evi determination of the presént nlmd):n ldmlnhmtlon to bring agriculture which he !elt ould - a hrll!h stimulant to n'.hfl' \nd'lltrl&—b' construction, ve.nl:d ‘len:ln :mpln?tnk Farm -mmuonvpm Quring the pinch of after-war yeun. Wwere to be the nnl ben::l‘;.hm the farmers’ budget, 1 ARRESTED, 3 SOUGHT IN MAIL FRAUD CASE Merchandise Orders From Whole- ~ sale Houses Are Basis for Warrant. Bdition of Yesterday's Star.) ‘nfi:lnedh w::h using the matls to de- a Scheme which xevuuax cost the victims thousan 4 3! block searching for J, ]u'g Alennder ‘Matthews® non:l', Maz GG finckle, who are n: GlAl.:nr d’ll:‘: n;: '.nmm ey cording Assistant Unif Attorney William A, Gal ho:fdwg:.a‘i! rected ‘the issuance of the 'commis- sloner’s warrant, letters were sent by the accused to & number of wholesale houses in various parts of the country ukln' lur shipment of merchandise on in the names of M. Garfinckle 'rg and made use of the merchants hi]hm BANKERS’ Al AID PLEDGED. ST. LOUIS, Novem! Bank- &8 of Amerion are w lvlen President Ho:wr'l , presiden o! the n fimn:' i ouncing the names of - sent the assoclation at & confevence of lc,gr.nhl::ru !leukeu Il')‘ Washington on De- c s un”.e:p nces have been re- They are lubert Wi man of the board, Chase Nat; Ne' Yotk City; Arthur Reyholdl chal- man of the bfllrfl Cflh"nent&l nllmfll Bank & Trust c:fo Mfl:‘;%fl'fi Ni Ionhl‘lm‘lclnk, mminhmk