Evening Star Newspaper, April 22, 1930, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, colder tonight; minimum temper- ature about 40 degrees; tomorrow part- ly cloudy, slightly cooler. ‘Temperatures—Highest 63 at 4 pm. yesterday; lowest 40 at 5:45 a.m. today. The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on Page 9. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 13, 14 & 15 No. 31,402. post _office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. BOOK AND JEWELRY|FIVE-POWER NAVAL TURN BAKER DEATH(PACT SIGNED AMID INVESTIGATION 70 2)STIRRING SCENES IN COLORED SUSPECTSST. JAMES' PALACE Articles Found With Slain Girl’s Clothing Identified by Owners as Property Stolen From Parked Automobiles. EX-CONVICT IS DETAINED BY POLICE IN RICHMOND Prosecutor Gloth Requestions Frank Smith and Plans New Ex- amination of James Vollin, Who Were Found With Dead Wom- an’s Coin Purse, Discovery of important new evi- dence set Washington police, Ar- lington County officials and De- partment of Justice agents today on what they described as the most. promising clue to the mur- derer of Mary Baker that has de- veloped since she was found shot to death on April 12. The evidence consists of a green back novel, “Golden Dancer,” a collection of costume jewelry and a string of coral beads, found with Miss Baker’s coat, hat and other personal effects in a manhole sewer on the Arlington experi- mental farm of the Department of Agriculture about a quarter of a mile from the culvert where the body was located. An investiga- tion revealed that these articles were not the property of the slain woman, but had been stolen from parked automobiles. Man Held in Richmond. unexpected development to- dncnot.her detention in og;:hmond. Diked upthere ot Questining s & i up there ?euu.lt nlpl lookout broadcast through- by the Washington de- to the Richmond through - Washington, Sunday nm April 13, on & motor bus en route Baltimore to Richmond, but did »t off here. timore and Richmond police have been asked by Inspector Willlam 8. Shelby, chief of the Detective Bureau, to check the details of White's story. |- Inspector Shelby said if the in - e ’Whmwll\n ti- S e more vllfl.l his sister his release would be or 2 ‘The owners of the book and the welry *have identified their property. either of them had ever heard of Miss Baker until the murder. With this evidence, Commonwealth Attorney Willlam C. Gloth of Arling- ton County turned back to the first both colored, who wit coin purse and sca Queen City, Va, Agaut 10 hours after the finding of her body. Suspects Again Quizzed. Prank Smith, one of the men, was subjected to an intensive examination today by Commonwealth Attorney OIML ulln!:ldu Volll.\':‘ uf.he other, will be_questio; again later. Ogoth also plans to confront Smith and Vollin with the three witnesses who saw a man struggling with- a woman in Miss Baker's automobile at Seventeenth and B streets a few hours before she is belleved to have been urdered. m'l'h( jewelry and novel have been in the possession of the Washington police since Priday, when they were taken out | his of the sewer by three men who were searching the experimental farm. The first believed they were the prop- erty of Miss Baker and attached no particular importance to it until the murdered woman’s friends failed to identify it. A subsequent check-up disclosed that the jewelry had been olen, although the owner of the book yet unable to say definitely whether was stolen from him or from some to whom he may have loaned it. As a result of these disclosures, the estigators have advanced the theory t thieves may have been responsible the death of Miss Baker, and not one with whom she was inti- ely acquainted as at first believed. is possible, it was pointed out, that man seen struggling with the oman in the car at Seventeenth and B treets was an automobile thief who, surprised in the act of attempting to ransack or steal the machine, choked her into unconsciousness and drove the car into Arlington County, where he assaulted her and then shot her to death. Theory of Investigators. “This is the only theory which seems lausible to the authorities in view of gbe fact that stolen property was found in the manhole sewer with Miss Baker's coat, hat and pocketbook. Otherwise it is puzzling to them how the slain wom- an’s effects eauh:" have been found with stolen property. n,sl"l'n.l thegry, it was pointed out, also would explain the failure of the authori- tles to d anything in the manhole sewer when they searched it last Tues- , and have the same sewer yield the Epochal Treaty Limits and Reduces Navies of U. S., Great Britain and Japan; Restricts France and Italy. U. S. DELEGATES FIRST TO ATTACH SIGNATURES Stimson Declares Agreement “Fixes Our Relationship With Britain Upon Fair and Lasting Basis” and Expresses Confidence World Is Progressing Toward Security. The full tet of the five-power treaty signed in London today will be found on page 4. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, April 22.—Representa- tives of the five dominant naval powers of the world, America, Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy, this afternoon in the Palace of St. James affixed their signa- tures to an epoch-making treaty, limiting and reducing the navies of three of them, and restricting the navies of the other two. Col. Henry L. Stimson, American Secretary of State, and his col- leagues on the American delega- tion, were the first to sign the his- toric document. M. Briand, French foreign minister; J. Ramsay Mac- donald, British prime minister, and Admiral Giuseppe Sirianni with their delegations followed. Col. Stimson’s signature was affixed at 12:40 p.m., after heads of the national delegations had made their closing speeches, ex- | pressing satisfaction’ with the treaty and the hope that the work it began would be continued. Formal signing of the treaty took 12 minutes. Adjournment was taken at 1:18 p.m., after a less than three-hour meeting, in which the chief delegates in (u'hgll addresses had their diwork, de- plored that they had not been able to as far as they wished, but expressed E\&anmmm negotiations in the would remove obstacles to com- | Robinson lete flve-power agreement on limita- Ebn and reduction. Next Conference in 1935. In an opening address Mr. Macdon- ald, who as chairman piloted the con- ference past the dangerous shoals which threatened it from the very beginning, umw::;eg u;-yt mtgewlou “’“"{;‘,’g provi or ashington treat would not be held, but that the next naval conference would take place in 1935 “unless events of such a hlflg: nature take place meanwhile that it not required.” Col. Stimson spoke for America, em- phasizing that the treaty “fixes our naval relationship with ~the British commonswealth of nations upon a fair and lasting basis,” at the same tinte es- tablishing “our naval relationship with our good neighbor across the Pacific. He expressed confidence that the world was Erol’ruslnx toward “an ever-in- ci g security with ever-decreasing armament.” M. Briand, while admitting that the treaty was not as complete a success as France hed, declared that its scope must not be underestimated. “We feel justified in having persevered when we see the results of our deliberations as embodiedl in the pact which we are signing today,” he declared. Both M. Briand and Admiral Sirlanni, who spoke for Dino Grandi, who is ill at Rome and was prevented signing for try, promised that negotiations would be ¢ontinued with the hope of solving thelr differences and pem?z‘fing adherence finally to the treaty. ‘Wakatsuki Last to Speak. Mr. Wakatsukl was the last of the “big five” to speak. He praised the work lewmlrllshed. but reiterated that Japan would keep the way open to ask- ing a new arrangement when the next conference meets in 1935. He declared, “A great and unprecedented thing has been accomplished. What was sown at dv:;ns’k.flnmn has been reaped at Lon- n. But while the speeches were listened to with great interest, all waited for the event which was to culminate the three months of arduous labor, the actual signing of the treaty which throughout the session lay on a table placed just opposite Mr. Macdonald. A hush fell over the chamber as the gray-haired British Labor premier rose and in meYured tones announced that th time had arrived for the delegates to place their names to the document. Every eye was turned towards the American Secretary of State as he arose and made his way around the horse- shoe-shaped table and seated himself in the great armchair before the pact, whose Eues bore red seals, against which the delegates were to write their names, For a moment Col. Stimson paused and looked across the table into the eyes of Mr. Macdonald. A smile of ? asure lighted up the prime minister’s | Sef lace and lips moved slightly, per- haps in an unheard whisper. Then the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) :l‘gth!nt, jewelry and book and pocket- Frida) bo;_:e -uflu’vrlue: are still confident that the man who committed the crime did not hide the woman’s clothing in the sewer immediately after the crime. The murderer, they are satisfled, was in too ‘much of a hurry to get away from the scene to take the trouble to gather up the clothing and search for a secluded spot like the sewer to hld';‘e the ';’I:;c}’e: ‘The rty was placed e, - lieve "l,':l;elome one familiar with the ‘p%hm advised that Commonwealth Attorney Gloth had returned to an- other_inte: tion of the two colored (Continusd on Page 2, Column 4.) — "Rnlio Programs on Page Chgn MRS. GEORGE SUNDAY WINS DIVORCE DECREE By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 22.—Mrs. Har- riet M. Sunday obtained a divorce in Superior Court yesterday from George sulrlftny. son of Billy Sunday, the evan- gelist. Mrs. Sunday testified that her hus- band beat her, was frequently in the company of other women, and drank to excess. Several women, who d themselves as friends of Mrs. Sunday, corroborated the statements. Mrs. Bundgnwu granted the of her two he Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1930—FORTY PAGES. — 8 7% 2 X Z News Note: A |F THoSE PROGRESSYE BoVs WOULLD SUBMIT \THEMSELVES To ME - /1D Win Lots || %7 0F MEDALS = WITH'EM WITH SUNDAY SENATAORIAL SWIMMING _Poo |1 il /'TET- MORNING EDITION . LEARN THE I REGULAR Four hundred boys start swimming lessons in D. C. QUICK SENATE BODY AGTIONIS PROMISED ON LONDON TREATY Hoover to Forward Pact Immediately Upon Its Receipt Here. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Hoover will send to the Sen- | Co; ate the London naval treaty as soon as a certified copy is brought to Washing- ton by the American delegation, it was made known at the White House today. Senator Borah, chairman of the for- eign relations committee, when informed that this was the President’s plan, said that he would seek to have the treaty considered by his committee and report 1t to the Senate with as little delay as ‘The hnrm f the foreign relations ol an of e forel rel committee said that it was possible and probable that his committee would hold some on the treaty. He in- dicated that rgh ranking naval officers would be heard. Two members of committee, Sen of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, and Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, Republican, are members of the foreign relations committee. S escimary o hear other mempere 0t r ‘mel :r the American delegation to the London Conference. Delegation Due Soen. ‘The American delegation is expected to reach Washington by the end of the mon! ng with it a copy of the ireaty, and the prospects today indie cated ratification of the treaty before the close of the present session of Con- ress. l""1:'here is no disposition on the part of Senator Borah to cut off discussion of the treaty. It is his opinion, how- ever, that it should be dealt with with- out undue delay after it shall have been sent to the Senate. Senator Borah is expected to handle the treaty in the Senate and to fight for its ratification. He has withheld definite commitment to the treaty, however, until he shall have seen all the terms of the docu- ment. Ratification of the treaty by the Brit- ish and the Japanese governments is ex- pected. These two countries, with the United States, are signatories to the en- tire treaty, including the limitation of all categories of ships. France and Italy are signing certain features of the | pog treaty, and as far as they are committed by the treaty the expectation dren, George and John earlier in their governments will ratify. Opponents Want Delay. Opponents of the naval treaty in the Senate are against early action. Senator Hale, chairman of the naval affairs committee, who has been critical of va- rious features of the treaty, has indi- cated that he, too, will hold hearings on the pact, with naval officers to explain just where the American Navy will be left if the terms of the treaty are car- ried out. His committee will not have the treaty before it for action, but Sena- tor Hale believes that hearings such as he proposes would develop information that should be laid before the Senate. M'GARRAH NAMED WORLD BANK HEAD Frenchman Is Selected as General Manager of International Institution, By the Assoclated Press. I BASEL, Switzerland, April 22 (P).— Gates W. McGarrah of New York, wide- ly known financier, today was elected president of the Bank of International ttlements. Plerre Quesnay, youthful French fi- nancial e: and a member of the French delegation to the Hague Confer- ence, was elected general manager, GEORGE B. SUTTON. FOUND DEAD AT HOME Former 18.2 Balkline Billiard Champion Expires Shortly Aft- ] er Death of Wife. l By the Associated Press. . Sul player and of the world, was found dead in his home todaj President Appoints Frederick H. Payne As Aide to Hurley Massachusetts Man to Take Charge of War Pro- curement Activities. Frederick Hoff Payne of Massachu- setts was today selected by President Hoover to be Assistant Secretary of War to fill the vacancy caused by the ap- pointment of Patrick J. Hurley, Secre- tary of War, last December, to succeed the late James W. Good. Mr. Payne is a native of Greenfield, Mass. and is chairman of the board of directors of the Greenfleld Tap & Die rporation. As a young man he was a bank examiner in the State of Massa~ chusetts. He became president of the Mechanics’ Trust Co. of Boston in 1906. He has been associated with numerous (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) HOOVER REITERATES PLEA FOR ECONOMY Warns Jories and Wood That Budget Shows Deficit of 20 to 30 Millions. By the Associated Press. President Hoover has informed con- gressional leaders that re-examination of the budget shows a Treasury deficit for the next year between $20,000,000 and $30,000,000. In a letter to Chairman Jones of the Senate appropriations committee and Chairman Wood of the House appro- priations committee the President warn- ed “there is cause for real alarm.” ‘The unusual procedure of writing a letter of warning to the congressional leaders in charge of the Nation’s purse indicated Mr. Hoover's concern over a situation of which only a few days ago he spoke optimistically. At that time he foresaw a surplus for next year of about $40,000,000. The letter, which was dated April 18, follows: “I thought you would like to know that a re-examination of our fiscal situation for the next year by the direc- tor of the budget shows that upon the indicated income of the Government and the expenditures to which the Gov- ernment alre: is committed through budget proposals and legislation which been completed, we are faced with a deficit of some $20,000,000 or $30,- is that | 900,0000. This, of course, is not as yet a very material sum, but it is obvious that any further large amounts of expenditure will jeopardize the primary duty of the Government, that is, to hold expendi- tures within our income. “Something over 125 acts have been passed by either the Senate or the House or favorably reporfed by different committees, which would authorize an additional expenditure of $300,000,000 .4 god many of these proposals 5 many of 2 are, of course, for comparatively small funds, and some of them are necessary for the functioning of the Government, but I know you will ee with me that there is cause for real alarm in the situation, rn':: cannot contemplate any such eficit.” Senator Jones had the letter read to t}fi: Senate at the outset of today’s ses- slon. LYON PARK CRASH FATAL T0 STUDENT PILOT TAKING TEST Henry Tregasser of Silver Spring Dies When Craft Falls Apart in Air. Henry Tregasser, a student pilot of Silver Spring, Md., was instantly killed at 2:30 this afternoon when the bi- plane in which he had set out’from Hoover Field fell apart or exploded in the air and crashed in the side yard of a residence near the Lyon Park, Va., street car station, while he was making his test flight for a pilot's license. A reporter for The Star who hap- pened to be watching the plane im- mediately before the crash saw it go into a falling leaf lntmmafrelt height and dive to ground with a terrific roar, as though of an explo- Tragesser's was removed from the plane with the aid of Fort Myer soldiers. He was pronounced dead at Georgetown Hospital. Attendants said "e;'ly every bone in the body appeared en, Plane Strikes Tree. ‘The plane was an almost unrecog- nizable mass of twisted wreckage, its nose buried deep in the lawn of the residence. The side porch of the house escaped being hit by a margin of about 6 feet. A large tree on the lawn was partly broken down by the impact. ‘The reporter thought the biplane was stunting when attention first was attracted to it. It nosed down and then began to fall like a leaf, umlu:hlf The pilot apparently pulled the ship into control when about 500 feet from the ground, but just as the craft ap- parently gained an even keel a section of the wing was seen to come off and zall far behind the ship. Almost at once the plane nosed down again with increased speed and it seemed that smoke began to envelope the fuselage, although the plane did not catch fire. As the ship dove again in its final dash there was a whine as though from a siren and a second or so later the ship crashed to earth. ‘The plane as it started falling was observed by hundreds of people from Fort Myer and throughout the Lyon Park and Ashton Heights section, and it had scarcely reached the ground be- fore people were running toward it from all directions. Hoover Field offi- cials, who were summoned to the scene, stated that Tregasser had been doing a tail spin and had failed to maneuver his plane out of it. Describes Explosion. Describing the crash, Mrs. Edgar Copeland, 301 South Oak street, Lyon Park, said that she was out in her yard when she saw the plane shoot straight down at her. As she ran for safety she heard an explosion and then it looked to her as though the machine “burst into a million pieces.” The zxrlnslon apparently veered the falling plane from its course and it landed the yard of an unoccupied house two doors away. Mrs. H. L. Metrens, 36 Alexandria avenue, who lives two blocks away, said that she heard the plane making a ter- ailble noise and then saw it burst into me. Tregasser was taken to the hospital in an automobile operated by Colen Omohundro of Virginia avenue, Lyon Senator Borah persisted in inquiring | Park. if Senator Jones had “any knowledge of specific legislation to which the letter refers.” Senator Jones said he had none. ark. Hoover Field officials stated that the aviator was flying at an altitude of ap- mxmnuly 3, feet at the time he control of his plane. HOOVER AND HURLEY WILL SPEAK AT STATUE UNVEILING OVER RADIO President Will Introduce Secretary for Talk to Oklahoma - Celebration. President Hoover will extend a few words of greeting to a large gathering at Tonkawa City, Okla., at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon’ by means of a radio | hook-up to mark a celebration at the unveiling of a statue at that city to commemorate the pioneer women of America. Mr. Hoover's remarks will be delivered into a microphone set up on his desk in his office and will serve as an intro- duction to Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War, a native of Oklahoma, who also will broadcast his speech to feature the s | unvelling ceremontes. cee: ly brief, possibly not exceeding ma:nc‘hln 150 words. PONCA CITY, Okla., April 22 (P).— Tribute was to the womanhood of the ear] monies today, d statue, “The Ploneer Mother.’ President Hoover and Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley ed in the observance at Washin arrange- ments being made to broadcast their T " ess preven ey from attending the dedication. wgrelhrl hmt‘;;cmg“’ Gov. Hnllo“!i Rogers, the humorist; Bryan! Baker, New York sculptor, who executed the statue, and E. W. Marland, oll man, who is giving the statue to the The President’s remarks will be ex- | State, LY v L L (P Means Associated as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,711 i TWO CENTS. Pres 317 PERISH IN PRISON FIRE; GUARDS DELAYED RESCUE, OHIO IN© Prosecutor Asks Warden Be Suspended. WIFE SENT KEYS TO OPEN CELLS Gov. Cooper Rushes to Prison to Lead Probers. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio., April 22— A clash between county and State authorities in the investigation of the disastrous Ohio Penitentiary fire here last night, and the sus- pension of a prison guard who was charged with having refused to give up tier range keys to cells in which 317 convicts perished, today marked the progress of the in- quiry into the tragic blaze. The clash came early in the day when, after Franklin County Prosecutor John J. Chester, jr., had recommended suspension of Warden Preston E. Thomas pend- ln¥ investigation, and had ordered telephones removed from the war- den’s office, Gov. Myers V. Cooper stepped in and upset the prose- cutor’s plans. The State’s chief executive took the investigation out of the hands of Chester by naming his State di- rector of welfare and the attorney general to conduct the inquiry. After the governor acted, ter said Mr., r had taken all power out of his hands and placed complete power with State officials. He took a part in the investigation hearings, however. The most startling bit of testimony adduced came from the warden. He sald guards, intent upon rescuing the trapped men, had been refused en- trance to the burning ranges by Guard ‘Thomas Watkinson and that they were forced .to take a key from him before they could open any of the cell doors. ‘The heat drove them back before they finished the task and 317 convicts died in the inferno of barred cells. Advised that Chester had ordered the 's phones removed, Dale Doni- than, one of Gov. Cooper’s secretaries, accompanied by a National Guard offi- 'e;r&h:mwum the prosecutor’s action Cooper Reaches Prison. Gov. Cooper arrived at the peniten- tlary during the morning and went to the warden’s residence where the in- vestigation, launched last night, was continued. After inspection of the fire scene, the Board of inquiry adjourned to the pris- on_record had been con- verted into & court room for the official investigation, The board was composed of Gov. Cooper, Early C. Shively, first assistant attorns neral; Joseph Godown and Harry G. ,_assistant attorneys gen- eral; County Prosecutor Chester, elfare Director Griswold and George and Frank 'd, members of, Board. inquiry opened with a brief statement from the governor, who out- lined the thorough investigation he ordered the welfare director and the at- torney general to make. He said he desired an open investigation to pro- duce all the facts to which the public was entitled. Explains Question of Keys. ‘Warden Thomas' statement of last night to Griswold was read. He said the G and H tlers housed 800 men in six tiers. He said that at lpproxlmnt:‘l{ 5:35 p.m. the first alarm was sounded. He explained that keys to the cells in the blazing tiers were kept in the main ard room to prevent prisoners tak- fx‘x’l them from guards. When he reach- the prison yard, he continued, he or- dered night guards, just coming on duty, to get the keys and liberate the endangered men. About 12 minutes later, he said, a detail of Ohio National Guardsmen were on the scene. The warden declared he had no definite idea as to the cause of the blaze. The transcript of Thomas’ state- ment detailed close questioning by Prosecutor Chester on procedure follow- ed by guards over Companies G and H. ‘Thomas said that these reports of pro- cedure are turned into the deputies’ of- fice ntk:)l:fly 50 there wg&l: b';‘no dan- ger of the prisoners getting them. Other questions in the _transcript gs over e £ C. Woodward on the inside, while he ar- (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) HEAD OF STEEL FIRM DIES FROM OPERATION E. T. McCleary, President of New Corporation, Expires Suddenly in Youngstown. By the Assoclated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohlo, April 22.—E. T. McCleary, president of the newly formed Republic Steel Corporation, died in & hospital here today following an operation. McCleary entered the hospital for a minor operation Sunday. Complica- tions set in and another operation was performed last night, but still his con- glln ago, when Youngstown Sheet & be Co. began building its blast fur- naces and steel plant, he went with that com] as chemist. rise was rapid with the sheet and Leaving Sheet and Tube for the Re- | public Iron & Steel Co. in April, 1928 3 became president of Re blic and when the new $350,000,00¢ | I:I!e carpmz.l.um was tonnedd lzy n’ the new combination. He leaves a wife and two children. Only One Convict Escapes During Ohio Prison Fire By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 22. —only one convict escaped at Ohio Penitentiary following last night’s appalling fire, it was re- ported today. Michael Born, 32, sent- up from Wood County in 1929 to serve 1 to 15 years for burglary, was recorded as miss- ing from the hospital, where he was treated last night. After an inspection of the prison failed to disclose Born, officials expressed the belief that he had disguised himself and escaped out the main door. CONVICTS' MORALE PRAISED BY COOPER Governor Sends Condolences to Families of Prisoners Who Died in Fire. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohilo, April 22.—Gov. Cooper today issued two statements on the Ohio Penitentiary fire, one ad- dressed to the public and the other to the prisoners. His statement to the public read: . “The tragic loss of life resulting from the fire at Ohio Penitentiary is de- plorable and lp]:llllnm ‘The situation is one that calls for calm judgment and full co-operation on the part of officials and the public alike. “Our first duty is to care for the dead and provide every possible aid for the injured. This we are doing. “I have directed the director of public welfare, Hal H. Griswold, and the at- torney general, Gilbert Bettman, to conduct a thorough and searching in- vestigation. “My heartfelt sympathy goes out to all the families who have lost dear ones in this catrastrophe.” His statement to the prisoners said: “The governor expresses his apprecia- tion of the wonderful discipline and morale among the made it possible to control the situa- tion without resorting to any manner of violence. “Most of the prisoners were released SHERIFF’S SLAYER TAKEN FROM COUNTY | i Feeling Runs High After Street Shooting in Blounts- town, Fla. By the Associated Press. BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla., April 22.— Charged with shooting to death Sheriff C. D. Clark on the street here yesterday, J. T. Blackwell, former operator of a fishing camp stand, was removed to a j:umln an unannounced county last ight. Feeling over the shooting was given by officers as the reason for Blackwell’s degree murder. The grand jury will investigate the case early next week. Deputy Sheriff McClelland said ill- feeling had existed between the men for some time. Recently, he said, Blackwell had been charged with wife desertion. County Judge the liquor law some time ago, but that the charges had been nolle prossed. Both McClelland and Brown said that they understood Blackwell had been an employe of the Federal Government, but Federal officers at Jacksonville de- nied this. Gov. Doyle Carlton, leaving the capl- tal immediately after learning of the shooting, conducted a personal investi- gation into the matter. 5 dt_;h: RUM WITNESS FLOGGED AFTER PART IN TRIAL By the Assoclated Press. JESUP, Ga., April 22.—Eight men faced charges of floundx here today and three others were held in jail for trial on other chal as a result of two whippings administered to Will Ander- son, employed by police to gather evi- dence in a liquor case. B. E. Bass, chief of &oflce of Jesup, charged that the whippings were in re- taliation for Anderson's assistance in bringing about the recent arrest of Tuttle Strickland on a charge of pos- sessing and selling liquor. Strickland'’s arrest and the flogging of Anderson took place over the week end. Anderson was the principal witness for the State yesterday in Municipal Court when eight men were found guilty of disorderly conduct and sen- tenced to serve 90 days in prison or pay fines of $100. On the way to his home from court yesterday Anderson said he was also beaten by three other men. SETS INJUNCTION HEARING MIAMI, Fla, April 22 (#)—Notifica- tion was sent 20 Florida sheriffs last night that Judge Halsted L. Ritter yes- terday set Friday for hearing of in- junction proceedings prohibitng molest- ing Al “Scarface” Capone, Chicago gang leader, without proper warrants, and from escorting him to the State bound- ary line, as o:dered by Gov. Carlton. Capone arrived at his home here Sun- iemaporasy injunciion was grant junction was - ed March 22. Yesterday's action was lt:.ken in United States District Court ere. Posses Hunt Attacker. SYLVANIA, Ga., April 22 ().—Posses from Screven, Burke rpl.‘lxld Jen‘?lm coun- seve: ties numbe: men were hunting last night with the ald of dogs for an unidentified colored man who entered the home of a farmer near here, probably fatally wounded - the man's wife with an ax and then at- tacked an 18-year-old daeughter of the [ - UIRY INDICATES Convicts Attack Men Fighting Flames. PRISONERS AID RELIEF WORK Brave Death, Smoke and Blaze to Save Those Trapped. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 22— Tales of heroism and of costly hesitancy were told today within the grey, grim walls of the Ohio Penitentiary, where 317 convicts, locked in their cells, were burned to death and suffocated last night in one of the most life-destroying fires in history. As the guards and inmates of the prison recounted the vivid details of the disaster, an official State commission, appointed by Gov. Cooper, sought to learn what caused the blaze and why the locked-in prisoners were not lib- prisoners which | ou . R. Brown said Black- | the well had been charged with violating | tre erated in time to escape. In the Horticultural Building, at the State Fair Grounds, scores of undertakers worked untiringly to prepare the victims for burlal, The identity of 276 of the dead convicts had been established. The others, trapped in their fire- bound cells, were so badly burned that identification was almost impossible. Convict . heroes and guard heroes were told of time and again to- day by the hundreds of escaped death. These men,’ loosed in the M‘t glrhon yard.when the flames fellow convicts. and of mindless of their ‘own safety, dashed into the hot, smoke-filled tiers in valiant efforts to free the trapped men. ‘Two Guards Are Heroen. of the flami carrying an unconscious fih prisons “big Jim” kept |:p " g his herolc smfi against the odds until he fell a vic! to smoke and heat. He ‘was revived and today was well on the road to re- covery. Other unnamed heroces, whites and colored, all clad in ),_were in e’ ranks of the. fearies "Thess too, braved death and again, car- Prisoners Condemn Rebels. Some convicts—those who refused io maintain discipline and who threw stones and cut fire hose—drew hot words of condemnation from guards and prisoners, : These “sore spots” in dominated by fearless men, who eir all to succor fellow beings in dis- ess. The prison today continued an armed camp. Soldiers were on d within the walls and outside of the barriers. All was- quiet within the penitentiary. A flurry of excitement came when fire engineers were rushed through the gates to fight a blaze in the smoldering ruins. During the morn- ing Gov. Cooper an dhis comniittee of inquiry visited the spot where the fire started, and then went into the block ;k:lch last night was the tomb of many n. More than 130 other prisoners were in the Penitentiary Hospital and from 60 to 70 of these were in a critical :gndmon !!r:m }:lllrna“ and from smoke ey inhaled while raged in parts of four cell blocks. ” ‘The penitentiary housed 4,300 con- victs, some 2,700 above the capacity for which it was intended, when the fire, attributed to an incendiary origin, and fanned by a stiff wind, swept through the upper tiers of the four blocks, ?‘r:-dtn: death and suffering in its e. Trapped behind their locked eell ghoor‘s‘. the '"".'a Iad x‘z‘o chance to escape e flames an e dense smoke whic! o e es were vered before 5:30 p.m. Within several hours, the fire had been brought under control, but the suffocating smoke continued to take its toll among the convicis. In the adjoining cell blocks men screamed to be released. And when the prison offi- clals capitulated to their demands, the wide penitentiary yard became a stream- ing mass of gray-clothed men. Prisoners Rebel, Cut Hose. Before two hours had passed this mass of men, picking their way among count- less bodies spread over the yard, became a threatening menace. Some of them cut the fire hose which continued to play upon flames that spread to the (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) MARYLAND RESIDENT IS KIDNAPED IN MEXICO Dr. George E. Purnell of Snow Hil] Is Captured Near Guadala- Jara, Eastern 3 Sunday near Gi ‘The infor ation was contained in a telegram . _m Raleigh A. Gibson, American consul at Guadalajara. Mr. Gibson reported that he had notified the authorities oxmumm. Further information was the northwest cell blocks, of |