Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1929, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY. DEC (HICAGD MASSACRE SUSPECT ESCAPES Slayer of Michigan Officer Believed Involved Murder of Seven. in Tv the Associated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mich., December 16— | Frederick Dane, in whose fashionable Lake Shore Drive home $319,850 in securities stolen from the Farmers & | Merchants Bank at Jefferson, Wis., was found after he had shot and fatally wounded a traffic officer Saturday eve- ning. was declared today by police to have been involved in the St. Valentine's day massacre in Chicago last February. The assertion was made after local officers had examined pictures sent here hy Chicago police. The pictures were deseribed 25 those of a “master gang- ster,” known under a dozen aliases, for vhom rewards totaling $41,000 have been posted. Among the aliases were Fred Burke, John Burke, Thomas Brokk and also Camp, Kemp and Kemper. Police said a woman under arrest here as Dane'’s wife had confirmed the indentification and added that she had edmitted she was not married to Dane. Seven Chicago gangsters were shot to death after being lined up against the wall of a garage in what came to be known as the “Saint Valentine's day massacre.” While police throughout the Middle West were secking Dane today, ac- quaintances here and neighbors on the fazhionable drive, where three months ago he purchased a luxurious home, were digesting a Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde story. Dane got into 2 tight place Satur- day night and showed his true self. After a minor traffic accident, he shot and fatally wounded Charles Skelly, 30, motor cycle patrolman, rather than go to the police headquarters for ques- tioning. He forced three persons to #id him in escaping after wrecking his own car in his get-away. Police found garage blils in the car to identify the driver as Dane, as they raided his mansion on Lake Shore Drive. There they found $319,850 in securities stolen November 7 in a hold- up of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, at Jefferson, Wis. Two machine-guns, a sawed-off shotgun, two high-powered rifles, bags and cans of shells and tear bombs also were discovered. [ Wife Is Arrested. | Dane’s wife, Viola, 35, returned home from Chicago Saturday night and was taken into custody. She claimed to know nothing of any unlawful dealings by her husband. To acquaintances here Dane had posed as the owner of a string of oil stations at Gary, Ind. He also was known as “Herbert Church of the Co- lumbia Commercial Feed Co.” Chicago. No such company is listed in the Chi- cago City directory. In addition to a $10,000 reward of- fered by the Insurance Co. for the Jef- | ferson Bank, Berrien County, and St.| Joseph City authorities and the St. Jo- | seph Chamber of Commerce plan to| offer $5,000 reward for Dane’s capture. Forced Others ta Drive. After fatally wounding Patrolman Skelly Saturday night, Dane drove his car to the southern limits of St. Jo- seph, where he wrecked it. He forced Monroe Wolf, a member of the House of David colony, at Benton Harbor, to drive him south to Stevensville. Dane appeared at the home of Steve Kooney, & German, who had worked for him at his Lake Shore Drive mansion, and made Kooney drive him to Coloma, 12 miles northeast of here, in Kooney's truck. ‘They passed through the out- skirts of Benton Harbor and St. Jo- seph. ‘The trail wasdost at Coloma. The securities found in Dane’s home were identified By Berrien County of- ficers Sunday in telephone conversa- tion with L. H. Smith, president of the Jeflerson Bank. A description of Dane tallied with that of one of the five men who robbed the Jefferson Bank. He is 6 feet tall, has dark curly hair and wears 2 small mustache He weighs about 200 pounds. Dane is 40 years old. Just before {he recent annual sale of Flanders poppies for the benefit of dis- abled war veterans in Dublin, Ireland, the artificial flowers were guarded at nught by civic guards to prevent their being stolen by non-sympathizers. GROSNER’ RISE OF HER SEX IN ATHLETICS PLEASING TO MME. TAKARABE Says Americans Have Done Much to Aid Conditions in Her Country. i i ?’ Wife of Delegate to Navalé Parley Arrives Here in Quaint Costume. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. Dressed in the costume of her native Japan, Mme. Takarabe, wife of Admiral T. Takarabe, one of the Japanese arms conference delegates, who arrived here this morning, might have stepped from out of a pamting of one of the old | Japanese masters. Away from Japan for the first time in her life, Mme. Takarabe was the most interesting figure in the delega- tion avhen they stepped from the train. | “There is a saying in Japan,” she smiled, “that one can count ber chil-, drcn as treasurcs; therefore, I fecl 1) am very wealthy, indeed, with my six| sons and two daughters.” One of the | daughters is living in New York and | will be seen by her mother for the first | time in a year. Mme. Takarabe is an admirer of American women. has many friends in the American colony in Tokio and particularly admires the energy and_activity of the American women she has met. Approves Athletics for Women. Approving of the introduction of athletic sports among the girls and young women of her country, Mme. Takarabe ctates that she . feels that Japan owes a great deal to the women of America for first arousing interest in athletics amor~ her countrywomen. “Japanese wcmen have been living a shut-up life for too many years,” she remarked, “and I feel that their adop- tion of athletics and the living of a greater life out-of-doors has helped and improved the physical condition of Japanese girls.” While the Japanese Admiral's wife highly ugprovee of the younger genera- tion of her countrywomen going forth into other countries and learning West- ern methods, she states that her- self, brought up in the old conservative school of Japan, felt slightly hesitant at making this long journey with her husband. But now that she has come, she is delighted with all she has ceen and 1s looking forward with pleasure to the trip to Europe. Not in “Feminist” Party. Mme. Takarabe takes no active inter- est in polities or the “feminist” move- ment in her own country. Her entire interest is centered in her home and family and in public activities whose purpose is the betterment of home con. ditions among the poorer classes of her country. While feeling that prohibition as practiced in this country would be im- practical in Japan, where for genera- tions the Japanese have made use of alcoholic beverages moderately and temperately, Mme. Takarabe at the same time, feels that it would help greatly to relieve the food problem of Japan if less rice were used for the manufacture of alcoholic drinks. Highly interested in aeronautics, Mme. Takarabe states that she has the greatest admiration for thé American women who have entered into that field. The one flight made by Mme. ‘Takarabe in a plane was an unfortu- nately rough one, and, although she flew for 25 minutes, she states that she was considerably upset by the time the plane landed, and her admiration for woman flyers was greater than ever after having flown in a plane herself. Mme. Takarabe will accompany her husband to London and after the con- clusion of the arms conference hopes to travel extensively in Europe before returning to Japan. TOKIO DELEGATES TO LONDON PARLEY ARE GREETED HERE (Continued From First Page) Admiral William V. Pratt, U. S. N.; Rear Admiral Hilary Jones, U. S. N. Capt. Alan _Buchanan, U. S. N, naval aid to the President; J. Theodore Mar- riner, chief of the division of Near Eastern affairs; Stanley K. Hatnbeek, chief of the division of Far Fastern af- fairs, and . Cook of the State De- partment. The Japanese delegates and members of their party will be guests at many entertainments in their honor here. They will go to the White House for dinner Wednesday night. ‘The delegates will receive press repre- sentatives at the Japanese embassy at 5 o'clock this afternoon. After calling on President Hoover the delegates will go to the State Depart- ment and call upon Secretary Stimson. Favor Material Reduction. ‘I'he Japanese, it is understood, are entirely in accord with the attitude of the American Government that the Kellogg treaty renmouncing war has changed materially the international situation and, working with the new treaty as a basis, it be passible to g about not a mere limitation of armaments, but a material reductior. In the conferences here between S 1325 F Jemi~ annual st ——— clearance Jale! President Hoover and Ramsay Mac- donald, the British prime minister, there | was definite understanding that_there should be parity between the United States and Great Britain in the matter of naval strength. The minimum needs of the United States and Japan—and Great Britain— in the matter of naval defensive strength are likely to be considered in the discussions of the delepates here with the American officials. e PRISON LABOR CONTRACT DATA ASKED BY SENATE Attorney General Is Requested to Supply Information Regarding “Hiring” of Federal Convicts. By the Associated Press. . The Senate today called upon the Attorney General for information r garding a contract.entered into between the superintendent of Federal prisons “land the prison commission of Geor- gia for the services of 200 Pederal pris- | oners. ‘The Senate adopted a resolution by Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, asking information on the terms of the contract and whether the trans- fer of the prisoners has been made. It also requested the reasons for such a contract, whether any similar con- tracts exist and whether any additional contracts are contemplated. STREET —you'll* be glad vou waited for this regular Half Yearly Event— the “values” are exceptional be- cause the “reduec- tions” are far sharper than in the past--EVERY TYPE OF OVER- COAT IMAGIN- ABLE 1S IN- CLUDED. Our Entire Stock of KUPPENHEIMER and GROSNER VERCOAT $90.75 Reduced Two of the Important Groups 39 Other Groups Reduced in Proportion GROSNER'S 1325 F STREET FRANCE EXPEDITES PLANS FOR PARLEY Goes Ahead With Prepara- tions Without Waiting for Answer From Italy. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 16.—The French | cabinet is preparing France's program for the naval disarmament conference in London next month without waiting for conclusion of the talks going on with Italy for a mutual agreement. | Premier Tardieu, Forelgn Minister | Briand and three other members of the cabinet met this morning and went | over the situation as will likely pre- | sent itself in London. i An answer from Ttaly (o Foreign Min- | ister Briand's analysis of the French position is awaited in official circles with vxuch interest, but it i felt that the attitude of the French delegation is not likely to be affected seriously under any circumsances. There have been persistent rumors nere that Italy may join the United States and England in advocating the abolition of submarines, but it was said that irrespective of the truth of these rumors France would hold out for the right to this means of defense. ROME GETS BRITISH NOTE. Communication Outlining Studied by Ministries, ROME, December 16. (#).—The for- eign munistry has received a confiden- tial communication from Great Britain giving the program of the London naval conference, as was promised when the invitations for the session were issued. The foreign and naval ministries to- day were examining the British com- munication and were discussing its answer. Program exchange concerning an Italo-French agreement on naval disarmament will be ready within a few days. It is un- derstood that the foreign ministry is examining the technical question of Italo-French disarmament irom the political viewpoint, believing that this may prove a fruitful avenue of un- derstanding between the two nations which might take the form of a muiual pact of non-aggression. — ll'\'ED CROSS BUILDING | APPROVED IN SENATE Authofi.fi:nillifiiv;n Group (o; Build S¢ructure—Honse Ac- tion Is Required. The Senste foday passed a joint | resojution suthoriing the American Red Cross to construct a new building The Italian reply to the last French | LECGE ANSWERS | COMMERCE BODY Farm Board Chairman Says| Chamber Has Failed to Grasp Program. By (he Ascociated Press. The attitude of the United States Chamber of Commerce toward tm| Farm Board as exemplified in a recent letter written by William D. Butter- worth, its president, was characterized today by Chairman Legge as “wanting the Farm Board to hang its clothes on & hickory limb, but not go near the water.” The Farm Board chairman was re- ferring to a letter from the Chamber of Commerce head which said that the chamber favored co-operative market- ing “only in so far as it did not dis- criminate against other business enter- prises.” The letter transmitted a copy of resolutions to that effect passed by the board of directors of the national c(?:imbet at a meeting in Columbus, 0. “They have failed to grasp the fund: mmms of the whole program,” Legge said. The Farm Board chairman said there had been no discrimination against any one except where the agricultural mar- keting act “puts such discriminations in the picture.” “I also will say that I don’t agree with them about making slow progress,” Legge said. “They want to go forward slowly. If their idea of the Farm Board is the correct one a 21-year-old boy should be made chairman, for we men in the middle sixties would never live to carry out any such program Refe: g to conferences between the Farm Board and commission grain dealers in the Northwest, Legge said that “the only fellow who has any real concern in the matter is the ons who lshde:llng in pink tickets instead of in wheat.” SUGGESTS RENEWAL. Grant Notifies Capital Traction Bus Concession Expires Soon. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, has written to the Capital Traction Co., sug- gesting that its concession for the oper- ation of busses to the east and west Potomac Park golf courses be renewed. The permit, which expires on Decem- ber 31 of this year, authorized the street car company to operate busses to the Lincoln Memorial and Hains Point. Excursions $3.50 Philadelphia $3.25 Chester adjacent to its present headquarters on bounded by Seventeenth, D and B streets. The reso- | the square Action was ma:’!n the Senate | without debate after the Tesolution was | favorably reported by Senator Fess, | Republican, of Oho, chairman of the Senste structure 18 eommittee. The new replace a temporary building occupying the land west of the main building. The resolution is similar to the one which was introduced but $3.00 Wilmington AND RETURN Sunday, December 29 SPECIAL. TRAIN Leaves Washington. .........7:30 a.m. RETURNING, lesves Philadeiphia Broad Street) 7:40 p.m.; West Phil. hia, 7:45 Dm.; Chester, 8:05 i Wilmington, 8:25 p.m. ALL STEEL EQUIPMENT not acted on in the old Congress. |~ The cost of the building is to be borne /by the Red Cross. i W. B. Mo Public Confide | F Street at Eleventh | The (Chris y L™ Need We MOD. 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