Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (D 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain ér snow tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder tonigi perature about 32 da; est, tures—Highest. 52, at 3 st 1 ht: minimum tem- degrees. Tempera- 0 p.m. yester- tod: lowe: 0 Full_report on page Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 P he Fpening Star, “From Press The Star’s cal every city black tion is delivered t as fast as the pa to Home Within the Hour” rrier system covers and the regular edi- o Washington hotnes pers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,027 No. - 31,270. post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, S B C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1928 FIFTY PAGES. % (/) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS.. TROOPERS RESC UE WARDEN FRO LAKIN TESTIES SHATIEK ASKE HODVERS ADVCE * [Tells Lobby Committee of Attorney’s Action Before Accepting Post. GAVE CONSENT AFTER | CONSULTING PRESIDENT | Sugar Head's Activities in Sonth: American Countries Gone Into by Body. By the Associated Press. H. C. Lakin, president of the Cuba | Co., sugar importers, testified today be: fore the Senate lobby committee that Edwin P. Shattuck would not accept employment with his concern until he had consulted with Mr. Hoover, then President-elect, at Miami, Fla. Lakin said he wished to employ Shattuck to work for lower sugar duties and that the latter accepted after con- ferring with the then President-elect. He added that he understood that the President “said it was all right.” “In effect, you offered to hire him and he asked Hoover if it would be all * right?” Chairman Caraway of the com- mittee asked Lakin. “'Yes,” the witness answered, “to see ~df it would cause the President any emibarrassment.” Hoover’s Legal Friend. Lakin reiterated previous testimony that Shattuck, an _attorney, had been employed “chiefly because of “his rela- tions” with President Hoover and Chairman Smoot of the Senate finance | committee. He had told the committee | that Shattuck was ‘obably ~ Mr. Hoover’s “closest legal friend” and that he was the personal attorney for the President and his family. Caraway wanted to know if Shat- tuck was not hired because of “his in- fluence.” Lakin replied that he “did not interpret it that way,” but after the lobby committee chairman inquired if it were not chiefly because he “knew Hoover and Smoot,” the sugar com- pany president answered, “He had their ‘confidence.” Lakin added he was willing to “ad- mit influence if it ~doesn't -.lhz of something improper” and asserted still approved of his employment Shattuck. From the circumstances surround:ng Shattuck’s employment, the committee switched to communications between Lakin and persons in Cuba interested in a lower tariff on sugar. A letter from the witness to the secretary of commu- nications of Cuba was read, which pro- md that propaganda in South Amer- countries might help the forces working for lower rates. Lakin suggested it would be a good thing to have the situation called to the attention of other Latin American countries. FARM YOUTH IS HELD _ FOR SLAYING PARENTS 19-Year-0ld Boy Confesses Killings in Order to “Get a Start in Life.” B the Associated Press. WAXAHACHIE, Tex., December 11.- A 19-year-old farm boy, Herman Riley was held here today on a eharge of | murdering his mother and father and attempting to kill his brother in order that he might harvest the produce of their farm and “get a start in life.” District Attorney A. D. Emerson said the boy had confessed that he shot his parents and brother in hopes of “mak- | ing the crops myself.” 1 Mr. and Mrs. Riley were shot to death | ¥ridav and their younger son, Walter, | wounced at their home near here. Wal- | ter was shot in the nose and the older boy's confession indicated. the district attorney said, that only the fact that| Herman believed him dead saved the| boy’s life. | After his father slept Herman lit a| match so he could see the sleeping| man, and shot from within a few feet.| His mother, the boy’s confession said, ran out of the house, but -Teturned and | ‘was shot as she entered the room. Pilsudski Is Seriously Ill BRESLAU, Germany, December 11 () —Reliable information received here today indicated Marshal Josef Pilsudski, | Poland’s strong man and dictator, again 1s seriously ill, and his illness is delaying formation of & new cabinet to. replace that of M. Switalski, resigned. Customer’s Error | Shatters Window [ For Pawn Broker | B the Associated Press | CHICAGO, December 11.—The | | customer in Leo Schneidman's | | pawn shop yesterday thought he needed bullets for his revolver, but_he didn't He showed the gun to Schneid- man. | “Is it loaded?" inquired the | | store owner. “Would I be buying bullets if it were?"” countered the customer. “See, 1 will show you." He aimed at the window and pulled the trigger. y error,” he shouted on his way out. amid the rain of glass from the bullet-shattered win- dow. PANTOGOASFAR ASANYTOEUTIAYY DELEGATES ASSER Submarines Necessary for Country’s Defense, Says Former Premier. By the Associated Press. VICTORIA, British Columbia, De- cember 11.—Reijiro Wakatsuki and Ad- | miral Takarabe, heading the Japanese delegation to the forthcoming London disarmament conference, asserted here today that their country would go as far toward reducing its naval force as any other power. ‘Wakatsuki, former premier of Japan, and Takarabe, minister of the navy, arrived with the remainder of the dele- gation last night from Yokohama. They are on their way to Washington to meet President Hoover before pro- ceeding to London for the conference, which starts next month. The Japanese delegates displayed in- terest in radio dispatches received at sea telling of the affiliation of the United States with the World Court. Japan Favors Co-operation. “Japan favors co-operation of all na- tions in the 'Dt:‘ldhlu‘;,t };ascbe‘:;\‘ :‘:- tively engaged e World Co! or some time,” Wakatsuki sald. “I feel personal satisfaction that the United States has decided to adhere as it has in & corporation in which our nation is much interested.” Wakatsuki said he did not think entry of the United States into the tribunal would “have any direct bear- ing on the forthcoming London confer- ence, but the very fact that the United States has taken this step is to be felicitated.” The former premier said his country desired to keep submarines as a naval weapon. “A country like Japan, with no ag- gressive designs and of inferior naval strength, is dependent in a large part on submarines as a defensive weapon,” he asserted. Reduction Is Fundamental. “Japan has many ideas and many hopes of lasting good to come from the London conference,” he continued. “The fundamental thing in our minds is reduction—a sweeping reduction if it proves practicable and the conference shows it to be advisable. It must accomplished, however, without involv- ing & menace as between the conferring parties.” “The Washington conference was a great success. I feel somehow that the forthcoming London conference will be equally successful.” ‘Wakatsuki indicated that the ques- tion of whether Japan would seek a change from the 5-5-3 basis to a high- er ratio of 10-10-7 could not be de- | termined in advance of the conference. The delegation will start eastward tomorrow night. It is scheduled to ar- rive in Chicago December 15 and in ‘Washington the next day. The party will sail from New York for London December 20. Prominent members of the party in | addition to the two official delegates include: Hiroshi Saito, chief of the inteDi- gence bureau of the Japanese foreign office and former consul general in New York; Count Aisuke Kabayama, mem- ber of the advisory staff of the delega- tion; Shunkighi Akimoto, English sec- retary to the chief of the delegation; | Vice Admiral Masazo Sakonji, chief technical adviser; Dr. Tadao Yamakawa, adviser on international law: Admiral Baron Kivokazu Abo. naval adviser. and Dr. T. Kawasaki, chancellor to the | Japanese delegation. | Among the prominent Japanese news- | paper men accompanying the delega- tion are Yukichi Iwanaga, managing | director of Rengo News Agency, and Masao Kato of Rengo's foreign staff. COOLIDGE TO RECEIVE CABINET CHAIR AS Present Will Be Sent as Members of Calvin Coolidge is to receive a Christ- mas present from the White House— the large leather and mahogany chair in which he sat as he presided over the cabinet sessions during the more than five years he was President. This Christmas gift is not to be sent to the former President in the name of President Hoover, but as a remem- brance from three members of the old Coolidge cabinet, one of whom is now President, and the other two still mem- bers of the cabinet—Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Secretary of Labor Davis. The chair, which has been tucked away in one of the storerooms of tne White House since March 4, last, was jsent to & local furniutre dealer vester- {day to determine if anything is neces. sary in the way of mending, and to ! then be packed for shipment. ‘The chairs about the cabinet table = gl similar in size and design. the dent’s chalr included, the only dis- & CHRISTMAS GIFT Remembrance From Three§ Old Cabinet. tinguishing mark upon them being the names of the occupants stamped upon a small brass plate on the back of each | chair. The chairs are invariably pur- chased by their occupants when they explained reason the cabinet chalr was not among the mementos Mr. Coolidge i(mk back home with him. | 'Some one of the three doners re- thinking of something appropriate to |idea of the chair as a gift was born. only by these three but all the mem- | bers of the President’s council and the Vice President who sits-in, to purchase the cabinet chair occupied by the late Secretary of War Good to send to his widow as a Christmas present. occupying for eight years as Secretary of Commerce to the place at the head of the long table. His Secretary of | Commerce plate on the back of the chajr was replaced with one reading “President Hoover.” . TIHLMAN TOKEEP retire from office, but for some un- | called this tact recently, evidently while | |send the former chief, and then the | | At the same time it was decided not | | | SMITH CO. OFFICIALS | County, where the prisoners were taken ‘When Mr. Hoover became President, | en, he merely moved the chair he had been | thought of his CHAIRMANSHIP OF House Members Feel Ouster Action Wouid Be Pre- judging of Case. POST BAIL OF $10,000! Dodds Indicates New Probe of; Business Activities Will Be Launched Within Week. Ropresentative Frederick N. zmlmanl of Maryland is not going to be ousted | from his chairmanship of the House District committee by the Republican committee on committees as a result of his indictment yesterday by the grand jury on a charge of using the mails to defraud. This became known today, and at the same time Mr. Zihl- man repeated that he is not going to resign. Members of the committee on com- mittees individually feel that it would in a sense be prejudging the case! against their colleague to take any ac: tion against him until the charg against him has been fairly tried in due process of law, it was stated today. Mr. Zihlman was indicted yesterday with Daniel R. Crissenger, former con- | troller of the currency, and five other officials of the F. H. Smith Co., the substance of the charge against them being that they used the United States mails to circulate false advertisements | as to the value of their securities. The | indictment alleged an intent to defraud. | Zihiman Was on Board. All seven of the accused men ap-| peared before the clerk of the court | today and posted $10,000 bond each on the charge. Mr. Zihiman was connected with the ' Smith company as a member of its | board of directors. He also is alleged to have held large blocks of stock in! the concern. He said he was not con- | scious of any wrol}fdoinl on the part | of the company while he was connected with it and that he is confident of vindication ” 3 The attitude of the Republican lead- ers and a majority of Mr. Zihlman's| colleagues in the House is to maintain | confidence in his integrity until charges | of wrongdoing have been proved or dis- | proved in court. ‘While some members of the House feel that, in the interests of good legisia- tion for the District, a change should | be made on the District committee and while some other members of that com- mittee feel that they should not be called upon to serve under a chairman who has been indicted, there is a ma- jority sentiment that it would be un- just for his House colleagues to take any action at this time. Counsel Not Yet Named. Representative Zihlman told a Star reporter that he is “standing pat” on a statement made yesterday. He has no | present intention of resigning the chair- | manship or quitting the District com- | mittee pending judicial action on the ! charges against him. Representative Zihlman has not yet | selected his attorney to represent him | in his defense against the grand jury indictment. At the same time bond was being posted, Nugent Dodds, special as- sistant to the Attorney General, announced that “all of the matters in connection with our investigation of the company have not been disposed of | by any means. We expect to start other investigations of their business activities within the next few days.” Mr. Zihlman, who recently resigned as a director of the company, was the first to post bond. He appeared at the office of the clerk of the District Su- preme Court at 9 o'clock this morning, Milton S. Kronheim acting_as his " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2, HARD TO CONCENTRATE T ON . CHRISTMAS THINKING. FISHER T0 NAME SENATOR TODAY Pennsylvania Governor Re-‘ fuses to Say Whether He Has Talked to Grundy. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., December 11.— Appointment of a junior Senator from | Pennsylvania will be made late this afternoon by Gov. Fisher, it was stated today at the executive offices. ‘The. announcement was made at the press conference, at which the State executive had promised to make known his appointment. Gov. Pisher said the delay was neces- sary to permit Attorney General Cyrus E. Woods, who has been out of the city, to determine the proper form for filling out the commission. ‘The governor refused to say whether he had been in conference with W. L. Mellon of Pittsburgh, former Republican State chairman, and Joseph R. Grundy of Bristol, who was expected to be appointed. He indicated, however, that he had made a definite decision and would be ready to announce it as soon as the attorney general had prepared the necessary papers. CURFEW ENFORCED IN PORT AU PRINCE President Borno Sees Little Chance of Progress by Strikers. By the Associated Press. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, December il.—Martial law has been strengthened here by a curfew regulation requiring every one to be indoors at 9 p.m. Save for “military police continuing their rounds the city presents a normal appearance. President Louis Borno, commenting on the situation arising from the riots of last week, said: “We have little to fear for the future. With a continued close watch maintained by the National BANK THEFT NEAR YORK Farmer and Two Baltimore Men ! Break Down Under Ques- tioning by Police. YORK, Pa.. December 11 (4%).—Break- ing down under questioning, three men arrested in connection with the $10,000 hold-up yesterday of the Seven Valleys National Bank, at Seven Valleys, near | here, confessed early today to the rob- bery. The money has been recovered. The confession was made at the State police substation at Hallam, York by police working on the theory that two of them had recently attempted to rob the State bank there. The prisoners are John Messersmith, a farmer of near Stoverstown, 14 miles from here; Harry M. Sprague and Wil- | liam B. Ward, both of Baltimore, LAYDEN SOUGHT AS COACH Duquesne Mentor Offered Little's! Job at Georgetown. PITTSBURGH, December 11 (). Elmer Layden, head foot ball coach at Duquesne University. today confirmed reports that he had been offered the position of athletic director and head coach at Georgetown University in ‘Washington. Layden said he had been asked to take a position vacated by Coach Lou Little, who resigned to coach at Colum- bia University in New York City. Layden is a former star fullback of the famed Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. Last year he signed a three-year con- fract to ccach at Duquesne. SUICIDE SAVES PETS. CHICAGO, December 11 (#).—Before | lying down to die in his gas-filled kitch- Harry W-llb{:nn, 59 years old, pets. ‘Two gay canaries in a cage were taken Garde in the front line and with sup- port of the United States Marines there is little chance of progress by the strikers.” Col. Frank Evans, commanding the Marines, said he was confident there would be no further trouble in the larger communities, although there was possibility of an outbreak in the in- terior. Agitators were said to have been inciting the people with stories that the President and Marines had connived to enslave them with high taxes on tobacco and coffee. X VERNON IMPLICATES TWO OTHERS IN TRAIN WRECK Sherifft Reports Both Are Under Arrest, but Withholds Names. LOS ANGELES, December 11 (#).— In a statement to Chief Criminal Deputy Sheriff Frank Dewar, Tom Vernon, who was returned from Pawnee, Okla, as the wrecker of & Southern Pacific pas- senger train in Soledad Canyon, Calif. on November 10, today implicated two other men in the wrecking and in the subsequent robbery of passengers. Dewar sald the men named by Ver- non were under arrest in nearby cities Their names were not divulged. The confessed train wrecker was iden- tified by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Frith, who viewed him soon after his arrival here in custody of Deputy Sheriff Tom Hiz- gins, who tracked him to Pawnee and arrested him there. Frith, the day after the wreck, told investigators of having brought a man to Los Angeles from near the scene of the derailment. Vernon, Mr. and Mrs Frith said, was the man. Dewar said the prisoner also had been identificd by five of the passengers on the train. Reserve Bankers in Session. Governors and chairmen of the 12 Pederal Reserve Banks began their semi-annual business meeting today in to & rear porch, safe from the gas. His cat_he also locked out. is sister came home last night from Christmas shopping and found Wall- brunn dead. the offices of the Federal Reserve Board. It has been the policy of the confer- ences in the past not to issue any state- ment concerning matters discussed at the meetings. Husband’s 13 Cars Go at Wife’s Order, Still He’s Absent! 8y the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 11— Schuyler C. Schwartz, his first wife said, had 13 automobiles and a ‘erent woman to ride each. His second wife sued for separate maintenance, charging about the same thing. That suit was dropped when Schwartz agreed to get rid of the automobiles. He did get rid of them, but Mrs. Schwartz said their lack must have prevented his returnifg home. He phoned frequently, she said, sa he was on the way home, but seldom did he arrive. She is suing again for separate maintenance. ENGLAND MENAGED BY HSINE RVERS Fresh Gales Sweep Island as Death Toll From Storm Reaches 184. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 11.—Flood waters were mounting in England today as fresh gales swept across the British Isles, adding to the possibility of further havoc by the terrific storm which already has taken 184 lives along the British and continental coasts. ‘There were heavy floods in Portugal, swollen rivers in France and flood con- ditions in many parts of England, par- ticularly along the Thames River, which last year overflowed its banks with great damage. Several historic points near London were being threatened today. The Tate Art Gallery, with 1its rich collection. was being guarded carefully as the ‘Thames' mounted. The lower grounds of Windsor Castle were under water, while the grounds of historic Eton Col- lege, across the river, also were flooded. Worse Weather Is Feared. The famous meadow in Runnymede near Egham, where the Magna Charta was signed, is now a big inland lake, while punts and boats were navigating the main streets of various riverside towns. In general, the storm of the past week had abated except for sporadic outbursts. Worse weather, nevertheless, was still feared. . London felt only a moderate rain and blustery wind, both of which developed early in the morning. People were driven from bungalow | homes in some instances by the Thames overflow. Oxford was nearly surround- ed by water. Streets in some places were one to two feet deep in flood water, and punts were used to deliver food. Distress at Sea Piles Up. Reports continued to arrive of effect of the gales at sea. The steamer St. Louis ran ashore off Ushant and the crew was saved with difficulty. The French steamer St. Cyrille, after severe battering, put in_at Brest with two men injured. The British steamer Tyko called at Vigo for provisions after having experienced the full force of the recent gale. The steamship Leonardo da Vinci arrived off Dungeness with its load of art treasures early today and awaited a_ pilot before proceeding to London, where it was expected in the course of the afternoon, The British steamer Londonderry radioed a distress signal from a posi- tion about 10 miles northeast of Calais, France. ‘The British liner Aba limped into Cobh with a makeshift steering ar- rangement. TOWN BATTLES FLOOD. BRIDGEWATER, Somersetshire, Eng- | lsnd, December 11 (#).—A desperate fight to save this town, lying low on the plain of Somerset, from inundation is being waged by gangs of men and wom- en from the town's 16,000 inhabitants. | Their conflict is not only with the elements, which have threatened in- creasingly each day, but with residents of surrounding villages, who think pro- tective barriers by the Bridgewater vesi- dents prevent the water running off their own submerged lands and houses. The townsfolk profess sympathy with the villagers, who have suffered great losses and misery, but they have refused steadily to remove their sandbag pro- tections, maintaining it is necessary to confine 'the floodwaters to the present DRY FORCE TOKEEP GUNS, DORAN SAYS Killed Since Prohibition Went Into Effect. By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, December 11.—The National Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union today made public a com- munication from Dr. James M. Doran, bition, in which he said that since the prohibition” 1w’ Went “into.-effect - 147 persons have been killed by agents of his department “while acting in the discharge of the official duties.” He said 57 agents also had been killed. “I have no present intention of mak- ing a general reply to the recent charges of excessive force in enforcement,” Dr. Doran wrote the W. C. T. U. “I am very of the number of persons killed, both in and out of the service, in so far as it relates to the activities of the agents of the Bureau of Prohibition. It is a selves tell the story.” His table shows 5 agents and 25 per- sons were killed in the fiscal year 1927, while 4 agents and 7 persons were killed in 1929, the lowest number since the law went into effect. The most deaths were in 1923, when 13 agents and 21 persons were killed. ““The agents of our service will con- as they are not going to be shot at by violators and be without adequate means, of protection,” Dr, Doran wrote. “The "detailed instructions, however, and continual attention being given to this feature of enforcement have brought about a condition that, considering the great number of arrests made and the class of violators handled, is, I think, really remarkable.” ‘The prohibition commissioner’s state- ment was in reply to a query from the C. T. U. asking 1if he 'intended to make any official reply to charges that official reports of persons killed in the incorrect. e S COTTON MEN PLAN MARKETING AGENCY Centralized Distribution, Government Control, Is Studied at Memphis Parley. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 11.— learned that decision has been made at a conference of cotton growers here to organize a government-controlled, cen- flar to the grain organization in the West. Three Federal Farm Board members were meeting today with 150 repre- sentatives of the cotton industry in executive session and were discussing the proposed organization. The newspaper says the bureau wiil be formed through incorporation of the American Cotton Growers Exchange for approximately $30,000,000. The Federal Farm Board, according to the Evening Appeal, ‘will ‘supervise operation of ths agency. . AMBASSADOR WELdOMED. Japanese Foreign Office Pleased by Appointment of Castle. TOKIO, December 11 (#).—Appoint- ment of William R. Castle, jr., as Am- bassador to Japan for the duration of the London naval limitation conference. announced yesterday in Washington was welcomed in government circle: here today. The foreign office, whicl has long been familiar with Castle' work in the American foreign service was especially pleased. ‘The limited term of the appointment was interpreted here as showE\l the im- portance Washington attaches to its relations with Japan during the Lon- don conference. area and that nothing would be gained from allowing the town al to be swamped. Radio Pjograms—l’nge 37 | 147 Persons and 57 Agents; glad to give you a tabulated statement | o tinue to use weapons for self-defense, | course of prohibition enforcement were | Under! The Evening Appeal today says it has | tralized cotton marketing agency, sim- | RIOTERS KILL CONVICT LEADER IN ATTACK sage Captives Civilians Join G By the Associated Precs. Henry Sullivan, spokesman fo! 5 troopers. The rescue of the warden and | had taken effect, flung the gates fering temporarily from the gas tear gas boribs at 12: .o ‘Through Sullivan, w! word out to the authorities: urging: In his message Sullivan said: gether.” very great change from the condition victs in July by the action of one guard who flunq‘ of three years ago and the figures them- | wall into the street, was opened by prison authorities, the action be- ing taken, it was said, to assure the mutineers that Warden Jennings i | was willing to release them. i Convicted RELEASING FIVE OF 71v3_}ESTAGES Barricaded_Mutineers Send Mes- and Chiefs of Revolt Will “Die Together.” HEAD KEEi;ER HOT TO DEATH AS INMATES START OUTBREAK 1,580 Criminals Demand Their Freedom. uards and Militia to Fight ‘ Them. AUBURN, N. Y., December 11.—Warden Edgar S. Jennings and four prison guards, held for more than two hours today as hostages by a score of long-term convicts, rioting-in Auburn State Prison, escaped from the hands of the mutineers under a tear gas attack by State troopers. Three convicts were reported killed during the attack. Robbed of their last means of purchasing safe conduct from the prison, convicts prepared to make a last desperate stand in the main hall, while troopers and National Guardsmen, armed with tear gas and machine bombs, prepared to rush the barricades in the few hours remaining before darkness would throw the entire prison into pan- demonium and enable the main body of prisoners to escape. r the mutineers, and two other con- victs not yet identified were Kkilled during the attack by State Open Gas Attack. four prison guards was made under cover of a tear gas attack. A detail of troops hurled tear gas bombs through the inner gate into the main hall and, waiting until the gas open. Warden Jennings and the four men rushed through, were fol- lowed by a scrattering fire of revolver shots. Guard George E. Atkins was shot through the neck, Guard J..F. | Van Housen tumbled through the opening with his eye gouged out. The two remaining to escape as well as Warden Jennings were suf- attack. The two, Claude Dem| and Milton Riker, were sent to the hospital with Jennings, Atklnsl:!ifig Van Housen. Riker was wounded in the outbreak of last Summer. | A hasty check after the escape of the group revealed that three | or four guards remained in the hands of the convicts. i Delly;ng the threats of the 1,580 rlolnng convicts who had seized control of the penitentiary that they would kill the warden and captive United States Commissioner of Prohi- | geepers unless they were allowed to pass to freedom, State troopers. under command of Capt. McGrath, entered thé prison armed with 0 hgurea in the last riot, the rioters sent ' i “We have guns trained on Jennings and the 12 guards. If you don't give us a free passage out in 15 minutes we will kill them all.” ‘x Warden Jennings sent a message through a trusty to the police | “For God's sake give them what they want.” “We are all going to die together unless you order all gates ned and all State troopers, clt’y gol civillans away from the vicinity of the duct to freedom. If this is not done immediately, we will all die to- ice, National Guards and all prison and give us safe con- The main gate of the prison, which was held against rioting con- the key over the Last Week. | _ The 20 mutineers, who included Edward Pavisi, Joseph Bravata and | Steven Pawlak, convicted last week of taking part in the break last The main body of prisoners, present. Armed with guns smuggled in July, were barricaded in the back main hall, where they also were holding the warden and 12 keepers. about 1,500 in number, was in the prison yard, with only the guns of State troopers, city police and Guardsmen between them and freedom, but was said to be orderly at to the prison from outside the walls, approximately 1,580 convicts in the prison revolted, shot down Prin- cipal Keeper George A. Dunford, seized Warden Jennings and several other keepers and held them as hostages. Geneva and Syracuse. |and tear bombs. opened at noon and sent word to More police an gates at the foot of Wall street, one of the volunteer posses. | confiscated when they captured t! Because of fear that Warden | | | (Continued on The 108th Infantry, New York State National Guard, was ordered ! to the prison by Acting Gov. Herbert Lehman at Albany. The order followed out a plan for hurried mobilizotion of troops to handle prison outbreaks perfected after the riots of last Summer. The 108th is composed of two Auburn companies and units from Police Reserves Called. Chief of Police Martin L. Cadin of Syracuse today ordered every man in reserve sent to Auburn immediately and men off duty were being called in as fast as they could be located, to assist in com- bating the moting prison inmates here. Thirty men were dispatched to Auburn at 11:15 o'clock in charge | of Deputy Chief George S. Peacock. They were armed with riot guns With the walls entirely surrounded by National Guard soldiers. with loaded guns, city officials ordered the front gate of the prisen the convicts to file out. than 1,000 armed men, including guardsmen, troopers. d private citizens formed a hollow square in front of the prepared to stage a pitched battle if the convicts obey the order and attempt to get away. ! Citizens Take Up Arms. : | All traffic had been stopped for a mile on either side of the prisor and the prison area was literally filled with armed men. Virtually every citizen of Auburn who owned a gun had joined The convicts so far as was known, had only what weapons they he warden and the 12 guards. Jennings and the 12 guards would be killed the authorities hesitated to attack, but it seemed probable they would be compelled to storm the interior of the prison building if the convicts make no move soon. At noon the interior of the prison was quiet. imade their appearance within the view of those gathered outside. No convicts had ge 2. Column 6. 1 | ' TRAFFIC CRAWLS AT SNAIL’S PACE AS FOG BLANKETS THREE STATES | Air Travel Paralyzed, Trains Are Delayed by Mist Over i Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, December 11.—A '‘arge part of three States, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, struggled this norning to keep traffic moving through 1 dense fog which dropped over hun- dreds of square miles soon after dark last night. Air routes have been par- alyzed since Sunday and motor traffic moved today at snail's é” e, Streets here resounded throughout the night to the din of motor car horns. In many low spots drivers could see not even the radiators of their own cars. ¢ More than a score of traffic accidents were reported in Kansas City alone, but because of the generally slowed speed of traffic none of them was serious. Railroads mgintained schedules from the West and Southwest, in most in- stances, but many trains lost as much an hour in moving through the train :rdll to the Union Station. Block sig- nals and the lanterns of switchmen were invisible a car's length distant, train said. Officlals of air routes operating to the Southwest from Kansas City said no planes had left here since Sunday morning.