Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1930, Page 2

T A2 eN GUN TRIO SHOOT POLICEMAN ON CAR Witness in “3-Fingered” Jock White Murder Case Se- f», riously Wounded. By the Assoctated Press. OHICAGO, Ostober 30.—Three gun- men cruised past a Maywood street car "todsy and sexft a volley of bullets crash- ing through its windows, seriously wounding a policeman who was to be & witness at the murder trial of “Three- Pingeredv Jack White, notorious gun- man and “public enemy.” The wounded officer was Sergt. James ride of the Bellwood police. Five ;lé:r‘swm he was wounded in a re- Yolver battle with White and his gang when the pollo; mcaunm tered them in & Mannheim road tavern. A companion officer, Ed Pflaume, and James Johnstone, one of White's con- federates, were killed. Escapes Lite Term. | “Three Fingered” Jack wzs captured weeks later and eventually sentenced to prison for life, but the Supreme Courti reversed his conviction and the case was never brought to trial again. © " Two weeks ago White was arrested 1n the ‘vagrancy campaign of the police ! and Chief Justice John P. McGoorty * reinstated the old murder charge and ordered White held without bail. !~ McBride had returned only last night . from'a trip, supposedly to Wisconsin, to gather evidence against White for the : trial. 'ne;h‘ assassins followed the street car . for several blocks, then drew abreast of the window where the officer sat and fired dllade through the window. A m“ofl’“. ers, in_panic, dropped 1o the floor and ran toward exit$ as window glass crashed and bullets spat- tered in the walls of the car. McBride, wounded in the jaw, was hurried to & hospital. He was expected to recover. Deliberate Murder Seen. Ep The are convinced that attack :::‘ ‘% deliberate attempt to put the witness out of the way. mfi'tnh:y’ have threatened Jim before, as been on the Bellwood rs. He was on his way whlmcflnfl“m Court_Bullding when “the attack occurred. State's Attorney . John A. Swanson said the policeman had been gathering evidence against White for two weeks and had an ap- pointment with him tod _CHRISTIAN HERALD RECEIVER IS ASKED Woman Seeks Injunction Against Penney, Poling, Patterson and Corporation. an dtried to shoot him once,” she said. McBride h: By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, October 30.—Suit for O Sorasion, and foF &0 in- ¢ Christian Her- g w‘i’:fl..u“mlbmhfl of the e ern orpotation's wiss Was s yesterday in Federal Crurt. The jaintiff is Mrs. Julla McAlpife 0, b mdlum;po{mm s Penney, chain store magnate: Dr. Dan- A. Poling, editor in chief of the blication: Graham Patterson of To- and others, - No suggestion that the Christia #Herald is insolvent m‘d in Mrs. petition It on periodical’ ration and transfer the association, a non-profit- organization. . Hamm also alleged “on lnlan‘-;" iCoL. B. D. TAYLOR, U. S. A., RETIRED, DEAD {Medical Corps Veteran Served 36 ‘Years—First to Employ : Woman Nurses. ‘By the Associated Press. , ATLANTA, Ga, October 30.—Col. Blair Dabney Taylor, 82, of the Medi- leal Corps of the United States Army, iyetired, died here yesterday. ! Born in Predericksburg, Va., Janu- ary 15, 1848, Col. Taylor was a student @t Virginia Military Institute during the iCivil War and took part in the “New- ket campaign,” when students op- gd Union forces. He graduated Jmedicine from the University of Vir- in 1869 and entered the Medical of the Army in 1875. He took part in the campaigns the Sioux Indians in the West, Wl Gen. Custer was killed. He or- Bl R, R 4 - an War and employed m:u ‘woman used by the Government in mill- m;-m-uem. . Col. Taylor was medical inspector of fthe itionary forces in Cuba in 1906 wand was a former commander of the JArmy and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs, JArk. He retired while stationed here as chief surgeon of the Department of the Gulf, in 1911. ! One daughter, Miss Mary Taylor, Burvives. GEN. PANGALOS’ ARREST ORDERED IN ATHENS Former Greek President, Sentenced i for Treason, Accused of Resum- ing Political Activity. ATHENS, Greece, October 30.—Or- were issued today for the arrest Gen. Theodorus Pangalos, who was idictator of Greece in January, 1926; nt several months later a condemned prisoner before the Jend of that year. ‘The government charged that follow- ingalos were renewing their po- activities. The police last night & meeting here, at which it was army officers and a large of civilians MAKES 100 MILES AN HOUR ON RAILS ’ A long, silver gra: by a 400-horsepower airplane THE EVE G ped railway coach, 85-feet over all and driven tor with a propelier, which was recently tested po! over a disused rallway track at Hanover and attained a speed of 100 miles per hour. —Wide World Photo. MERGER DEFENSE ATTORNEY CLOSES All Points Raised by Eaton| Group Chailenged by ‘Bethle- hem Counsel. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, October 30.— Frederick H. Wood, Bethlehem counsel, ended the first of the defense arguments in Judge 'David Jenkins’ court tcday with a statement that the plaintiff’s | attack on the validity of the merger | contract between Youngstown Sheet & | ‘Tube and Bethlehem Steel Corporation s not borne out in law. The attorneys representing the Cyrus S. Eaton interests, who sued to enjoin the merger, charged that the contract contained three provisions which ren- dered it vold. Wood challenged the claim on each provision separately. One was the section which exempts from taxation in Ohio for three years all Bethlehem stock issuable to Sheet & ‘Tube_shareholders, who would receive four Bethlehem shares for three of their same, time d! holders not residing in Ohilo. Declares Claim Unfounded. id this claim is unfounded because the contract defines the char- acter of the stock to be issued and pro- ire tax-free securities. The other provisions of the contract hich Wood defended were those giving thlehem the option of cancel it if more than 2 per cent of the Youngs- town sharehclders demanded the fair cash value of their holdings, and that stating that Bethlehem should concur in the cash value offered by the Youngs- town company. Argument Lasts Six Days. ‘There is nof in the law which thing ohibits the purchaser from approvi e cash value cfl"e‘:’.gf the seller, W tion of Bethlehem on April 29 of wl.lvig its right to cancel. ‘Wood's argument consumed the better part of six days. Three more defense attorneys will be next to speak and the | case will be given into Judge Jenkins' hands after two closing arguments by the plaintiffs. James E. Bennett was to follow Wood with a defense argument | mma’gum cf the validity of pro-merger | proxies. — CHEVY CHASE CITIZENS HONOR J. H. WELCH| Section Eight Association Elects Him President—Wisconsin Ave- nue Project Presented. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md, October 30.— J. Harry Welch of Chevy Chase Tuesday night was elected president of the | Chevy Chase Qitizens’ Association, Section 8. at the annual meeting of that organization, held at the Bethesda- Chevy Chase High School, with L. Paul Winnings first vice president, J. A. Overh:lt second vice president and A. B. Niess secretary-treasurer. A. B. Niess, Adrian D. Waring and J. Hary Welch were named delegates to the Montg:mery County Civic_Federation, | with J. A. Overholt, P. N. Davison afd | S. H. Miller as alternates. L. Paul| ‘Winings' will represent the community | on the Bethesda Fire Board. Protests were registercd against the erection of a sign at the intersection of Wisconsin avenue and Bradley lane read- ing: “You Are N:ow Entering Bethesda.” A comprehensive improvement of Wisccnsin avenue was advocated in a resolution introduced by J. A. Overholt, which was referted to the Committee on Roads for action at the next meeting of the assoclation. A special committee was named, com- d of Roy C. Corderman, P. N. vison and A. H. Stone, to arrange for the next meeting of the association on November 20, to which will be invited the entire membership of the 15 civic bodies in the area along Wisconsin avenue north cf the District line, which will be featured by a sound film depict- ing “The Mechanics of the Telephone.” . CANDY JOBBERS JAILED Two in Chicago Convicted of Vio- lating Anti-Trust Law. CHICAGO, October 30 (#).—Two former officials of the Chicago Candy Jobbers' Association, convicted of vio- has | and lating the Sherman anti-trust law, servi terms. offman, former | Paj president of the tion, who must serve nine months in the county jall and pay a fine of $3,000, and Richard J. Jsgcan. sentenced to serve six months ined $2,000. ‘Three other HUGHES DISCUSSES INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS Community Interests Made Up of Collective Strength, Says Chief Justice. By the Associated Press. Chief Justice Hughes said in an ad- dress here today that the greatest dif- ficulty in the American system of gov- ernment is not in maintaining the prop- er balance betyeen Nation and State, but in “reconciling” the interests of the community and the “requirements of individual liberty and private initiative from which are derived the collective strength and progress.” Speaking before the newly organized Association of Interstate Commerce Practitioners, the Chief Justice said: “It has been characteristic of our civ- ilization that adaptions, of the legal structure are generally belated, and it was a long time before public opinion could be sufficiently convinced of the need of administrative agencles with broad powers in order to enforce stand- ards which legislatures found it imprac- earlier “we would have been spared many of the most difficult of our pres- ent lems,” he said, 3 “Now we have provided, in" Nation and -States, a host of administrative agencies, and we realize that we have thus been brought to the severes? test of the Republic—that is, its ability to draw to the complexities of administra- tion the comprehensive knowledge and technical skill, and, above all, the rea- soriableness, which will give us the both the indifference of routire and despotic bureaucracy.” Despite an exverience which should have disillusioning, he continued, “we still are likely to be fascinated by political program, but in finding that rare combination of intelligence and of administration may prove to curse.” Effective judicial procedure, he said, 18 “much more a matter of tradition than of specific rules.” “Perhaps there is no greater need, speaking of the bar generally.” - he added, “than professional self-restraint. and this is most readily appreciated when men of ability are brought into constant and intimate association. “One of the reasons for the success of the British administration of justice is the compactness of the bar,” he said. The first annual meeting of the prac- titloners was attended by 350 members from all sections of the United States. ©. C. McChord, former Interstate Com- :m‘c:e commissioner, was elected presi- en TRUCK DRIVER ADMITS KIDNAPING WAS HOAX Kentuckian, Arrested in Iowa, Tells Former Employer He Merely Wanted to Travel. By the Associated Press. GLASGOW, Ky, October 30.—Marion Bilbry, 35, who was brought here from ‘West Liberty, Iowa, where he claimed he was taken by three kidnapers, con- fessed yesterday afternoon to W. P. Coambs, vice president and manager of Davidson Bros., wholesalers, by whom he was employed as a truck driver, that he had not been kidnaped, but he merely wanted to travel and see the world. Coombs said that Bilbry made a sat- isfactory settlement with Davidson Bros. and that he would not be prose- c. ted. Bilbry was brought by Mayor W. L. Mackey and Constable George Hines of ‘West Liberty, who turped him over to Coombs and County Attorney Frank Jones. Bilbry was picked up in West i;lbel’ty after he wrote his wife for fare ome. STIMSON REITERATES WAR DEBTS ATTITUDE Hoover Administration to Make No Change in American Policy on Reparations. By the Associated Press. Maintenance by’ the Hoover admini- stration of the attitude of previous ad- ministrations that the question of war debts and reparations are separate was reiterated today by Secretary Stimson. The Secretary said he knew of no change in the policy frequently pro- nounced that the two questions were distinctly separate in character. In response to questions by news- permen,. officials said the State De- partment had no information as to the course of the agitation over the war debt and reparations questions which has sprung agitation was first %flm:rmhkl former It was the Reichsban unemthhumhenwo’oluofl- cial natures B b desired fruits of regulation and avoid | arbitrariness of an unintelligent or | paper plans, and to forget that our | ultimate interest is not in this or that | rectitude without which any prq::m [y STAR, WASHINGTO! INMARYLAND SEEN Broad Problem Developed by Contests of D. C. Resi- dents’ Rights. (Continued From First Page.) Only persons legally challenged and stricken from the books for cause will be md from voting November 4, it was E Under the amendment declared in- , persons coming into Maryland after they are 21 years old could qualify as voters by living in the State one year and by presenting to a Board of Reg- istry two affidavits from qualified voters attesting that fact. . Previously it was necessary to declare intention to vote a year before election. If the ruling of the Circuit Court is upheld, it is the opinion of the ma= jority of those in a position to know that the Legislature will be required to pass a new and uniform election law covering the registration of voters. Effects Not Known. In the meantime political leaders throughout the State frankly admitted that they did not know exactly how far-reaching the results of the decision may eventually prove to be. However, a feeling of relief swept both Dem: cratic and Republican TS when consensus of expert opinion pointed out that in all events the pres- ent _election would not be affected. Willis R. Jones, assistant attorney general, declared that he did not think the decision of the court would have any effect on the coming_ election. He said that until the law has been finally stricken. from the books he did not see how the decision of the court could affect more than the individual case before it. At all events, he said, the decision could not hold sway outside of the fifth judicial circuit, which includes Howard, Carroll and Anne Arundel Counties. Other Circuits Not Affected. He said he believed that the other Circuit Courts would have to reach similar conclusions before any voters could be stricken from the - mghme decision of the Court Ap- eals. p'rhecmmwhkhnnmlln‘wu handed down was that of Ralph D. Keadle, the first of 325 protested voters to be tried before the Circuit Court in Annapolis. Keadle admitted that he received his automobile license tags in Washington, but lived at a store in Anne Arundel County for six months last year. The majority of voters chal- lenged as non-residents are Democrats. EFFECT_IS DISCUSSED. Appeal From Decision Is Expected to Be Completed Today. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, October 30.—The record of appeal in the cases before the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, 325 in number, most of which concern right of former District residents to local registration as voters, will be com- gloeud today, if possible, so that the urt of Appeals, now in session at An- napolis, can hear the contested points of law and render a decision prior to the election. The special point to be decided by the Court of Appeals is upon the ruMng of Chief Judge F. Neal Parke, in the local court, that the act, of 1929, under which most of the regisf took lace, was invalid. Judge Parke held at its provisions were in conflict with the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. Many Precedents ' Declared. - There are many precedents for the appeliate court sitting in special ses- sion and considering a case of this sort ahead of its regular f(urn when im- portant rights are at stake and may be forfeited unless a prompt decision is rendered. An examination of the 325 cases shows that all but 40 are affected by Judge Parke's decisions. In other cases of about this number, a declaration of in- tention to become a citizen of Maryland, il‘ eg.ravlded by the former law, been The court was in actual session for only a limited time yesterday, but much | time was spent in conference by ‘a‘l’“n:ld"?fig th to|.Me|, :;ha court ha | direct 'm to reach an agreemen 54 ;‘;:sslble, as to mtmm oé‘ - various cases, 80 heard together and N.Deu:ynd.“ Number of Questions Inyolved. ‘The decision. of Parke has | brought up a number questions of | State-wide and general interest, though |amm°u:-d'd:h“mcfl"umm T appl at present o to those cases actually before the %‘.’ufl. How- lever. if the Court of Appeals upholds | his position, namely, that the act of 1929 is invalid, many thousands throughout the State who registered under that law, h they will be able to vote at the coming election, will have their names stricken from the books later. In this case Legls- lature, which convenes next January, is expected to cure the defect in the present law. It has also been sug- gested that the recent primaries !n :gleh;:fi:;denuum?myorm W improperly registered might be invalid for that reason. This view, however, is not generally upheld by lawyers. The chief provision of the act of 1929 was the repealing of the tion which required a resident of an- other State before a citigel of Maryland to file his declaration of intention to become such a citizen one year before registration was permitted. QUARANTINE ON. PARROTS IS ORDERED REMOVED Strict Regulations to Prevent New Outbreak of Psittacosis Made by Authorities. By the Associated Press. The quarantine inst parrots, in effect since J-nulr;n 2¢ of this year, was lifted today by the Public Health Service. e strict sanitary regulations ‘suard agagpst Under which, it is believed, will further outbreaks of psittacosis, suclf as occurred last holiday season, the par- rots will be allowed to enter America's pet shops. Shipments will be restricted to a maximum of 100 birds, in sanitary crates of not more than 10 birds each, uwlnx one cubic Yoot of space per bird. t each of entry 15-day period of detention under observation of a quarantine officer will ‘be required. Parrots excluded from entry- will be de- P dlvidus g privatel, ed vi vately own which have been under ofinlm fore importation will not be ed. Such parrots have been allowed enter for several months. SIX BOOKS HELD WORTHY Walpole, Novelist, Heads List With | re Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.” LONDON, . October - 30 (#).—Hugh ‘Walpole, the novelist, said in a speech yesterday -aat King's. College that there were cnall shx: ks in the world being called literature. He them ‘as follows: “War and. Peace,” by Tolstoy. The Tliad, E “Pride and -Prejudice,” Jane Austen. The first volume of Keats poetry. C., THURSDAY OCTOBER 30, 1930. kins and Jay Kay. among the student body at Gage School. —=Star Staff Photo. {27 KILLED IN ITALY BY HEAVY SHOCKS; PROPERTY LOSS BIG (Continued From First Page.) but trains were running slowly between Senigallia and Monte Marchiano. Ancona Founded B.C. — _ _ Ancona is a city of more than 50,000 population. It is on a plateau above the Adriatic and is the only large sea- port between Venice and Brindisl. The the | city is sald to have been founded 400 B.C. by Syracusan exfles from Sicily. ‘The word means “elbow,” for the shape {of the promontory on which the city stands. Senigallia, or Sinigaglia, birthplace of Pope Plus IX, and Fano are smaller communities on the coast 20 to 40 miles to the northward. ‘The Ancona area is beyond the moun- tain range from'Assisi and on an almost direct line eastward across the peninsula from Pisa. ‘The whole area of this quake, acco:d- ing to early advices, lay to the north- ward of Rome and considerably further north than the July quake zone, in which extremely heavy casualties were inflicted. Arezz0, one of the towns hit in today's quake, is in the center of the peninsula, hardly more than a score of miles north of Assisi, the scene of last week's wed- ding of Princess Giovanna and King Boris of Bulgaria. Arezzo lies in the Valley di Cl a, the lower end of which 1s opposite Perugia. ROME SHOCKED SLIGHTLY. ROME, October 30 (#).—The earth- quake which rocked Ancona, causing personal injuries and property damage today, was felt in Rome slightly. ‘The Meteo: 1 Bureau's seismo- graph recorded shock at 8:13 a.m,, a distance of 175 miles, with the the | epicenter probably in the Adriatic, was calculated. ‘The tremor lasted for 20 minutes. Ancona is & city of 65,000 population, about two-thirds up the eastern side of the Italian bootlike peninsula, on the Adriatic coast. NAPLES NOT DAMAGED. NAPLES, October 30 (#).—This city, which on July 12 was rocked by an earthquake that extinguished about 1,500 lives in the Vulture district, felt & series of strong earthquake shocks this forenoon. ‘The people were panicky for a short time, but, being more of less accustomed to quakes, decided quickly that Naples would not be dangerously affected and went on with their daily occupations. The observatory here recorded the quake as of the fourth grade on the mercalli soale. QUAKE RINGS BELLS. AREZZO, Italy, October 30 () .— Arezzo’s firgt warning of the earthquake which rocked the Marche district today came with the wild pealing of bells in the city tower. |~ Residents turned toward the city hall to learn the meaning of the tumultuous signal, but immediately understood the reason for it as the ground quivered under their feet. inland point thus far reported to have felt the quake. MEDICINE IS BLAMED FOR OFFICER’S STATE Doctor Says Suspended Policeman, Accused of Being Drunk, Had Taken Dose. Policeman Willlam F. Burke, suspend- ed on October 9, when accused of being drunk while on duty, had taken medi- cine, which would cause him to act as though drunk, according to Dr. J. Ches- ter Pyles of Eighth street, near I street southeast, a physician. The medicine, accor to testimony contained 20 to 25 per cent alcohol. Burke was tried before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Police Court today. The court reserved decision. Capt. Willlam G. Stott and Lieut. O. . Letterman finding Burke toxicated condition. he had taken an Oscar H. Bassechen, testified of Burke the s Poli Burgess, who patrolled jurke's beat with him prior the ar- rest, sald: “He was a the infi luence of somet , but I would not state that it was liquor. I smelled no precinct d aleohol. Sergt. Perry of the sixth declared that Burke appeared drunk. Move School in China. PEIPING, China, October 30 (#).— Because of the bandit in dle China, Chil of to the cer. t = m.‘wmw-mmmc m siection, 19 Hanko, Arezzo 18 the farthest | YOUNG PLAN WINS UNEXPECTED AID Revisionists Given Setback at Secret Meeting of Reichstag Committee. BY NEGLEY FARSON. By Radio to The Star. BERLIN, Germany, October 30.—The Bruening government’s announced in- tention first to reviss Germany's own financgs before attempting to ask any revision of the Young plan met with sudden and entirely unexpected suppert last night in a secret session of th2 Foreign Relations Committee when it secured In ever - instance different ma- jorities, against the divided but de- termined opposition attack on it to chmleu its I'M!ud': on the German reparation payments. By some observers here this is hailed #s & victory which indicates in the fu- | ture a similar government success on |the floor of the Reichstag itself—vic- tories which would do much to restore | peace in troubled and uncertain Eu- rope. By others it is chall:nged as showing the uncertainty in the govern- ment’s r:al strength—the fact that it had to secure a different combination | of party support to defeat each motion the government came through unde- feated. 1‘, The voting clearly showed that the | forces of extremism cancelled them- | selves out and that the moderate gov- | ernment forczs, by finding an ally | elther in one group or another, won a majority. This is the cabinet strategy | which Chancellor Heinrich Bruening | intends to carry to the floor of the | Reichstag itself—in lieu of attempting to form one great single majority bloc. Last night's success, therefore, Is ad- mitted to be a strategic victory on his pagtém" the committee of 28 members, | the five motions of dissent were as fol- | . | lows: | 1. A Communist motion to cease im- | mediately all payments on the Young ;’,LA National Socialist Hitlerites' mo- tion to take all measures to renounce the Young plan as well as the treaty of Versailles. 3. Three other motions, actually from the German moderates, headed by the Economics party, which is inside the government itself. These were virtually identical and demanded immediately, or as soon as possible, new negotiations to revise the Young plan. Disarmament formed the other and perhaps the more important discussion of last night's secret session, at least as far as immediate consequences are con- cerned, clearly indicating a stiffer Ger- man attitude on this question at the forthcoming preparatory disarmament rommittee. (Copsright. e 1930.) LEE DIN ACQUITTED IN CHINESE SLAYING s Defense Offers No Testimony and Relies on Failure of Prosecution. (From the 8:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) Lee Din, a Chinese, was acquitted this afternoon by a jury before Justice Gor- don in District Supreme Court on a charge of slaying Lee King, a narcotic informer, June 12, 1929, on Eleventh street between M and N streets. King had been called from his home to an automobile containing two Chinese after a colloquy was shot to death. Lee . Soon, another Chinese, was named in the indictment, but has never been apprebended. He is supposed to have returned to China. Tom Lee, a Chinese interpreter, testitying for the Government, said he had been told by Commodore Fortner, a_narcotic agent, to tell Lee Din that if*he told the truth, Senator Cole Blease of South Carclina would help him. Fortner and another agent, J. Bruce Greeson, told of a confession obtained from Lee Din by them. At the re- quest of Attorneys James A. O’'Shea and John H. Burnett for the prisoner, Justice Gordon refused to receive the confession. The only other statement obtained by the police was a denial by Lee Din that he had any part in the lhooungl,n Kiny d onl{ument.lg‘retumad from Norfclk, Va., where he had given testi- mony of violations of the Harrison, anti- narcotic act against some Chinese and had been expected to testify in a num- ber of other cases as a Government ‘witness. States Attorney conducted the prosecu: . offered no testi: mony, relying on the claim that the | —and that it is & mere coincidence that | d missariat KIDNAPERS ABANDON AUTO—POLICE CLOSE IN ON RANSOM GANG (Continued From Pirst Page.) for four days. The kidnapers fired once | in return and finally crashed their ma- ‘chlne through a farm fence four miles | from the start of the chase. They fled afoot and although additional forces were summoned hastily from Kewanee, their trail was lost. ‘The abandoned car bore an Towa license, and according to a highway officer at Princeton was seen early yes- terday morning passing through that town followed by the car of Andrew Anderson, cashier of Yocum's Bank. A tip from an undisclosed source to Sheriff Charles Nash of Henry County, now leading the pursuit, revealed that | the final installment of the ransom, re- ported to total $50,000, was to have been paid last night. Officers said it | was not handed over before the surprise and flight of the extortionists. Vigilantes Post Guards. Meanwhile 50 vigilantes armed with | rifles and shotguns guarded the Yocum estate at Galva with .orders to shoot to kill any one who tried to break through the lines and get to the house. This Yocum home last night in which the banker was Te| to have been threatened with bombing unless an ad- ditional installment of $10,000 ranscm were paid immediately. CHICAGO HUNTS GANG. | Ilinois Bankers Pledge Aid to Stop | Future Crimes. CHICAGO, October 30 (#).—Th | trail of the abductors of Earl L. Yocur, wealthly Galva, IIl, banker, released after four days’ detention, led to Chi- cago today. that the men who abducted Yocum from his home last Saturday, were Chicagoans, authorities here indicated that they would push a search for them. ‘The help of the Illinois Bankers' Asscclation was indicated by a previous announcement from one of its officials that some action should be taken on | the theory that any “easy money” ob- | tained might serve as an incentive to other kidnap gangs. Edward Murphy, reported to have | disappeared from Galva, where he had started a restaurant, was questioned by police last night. Lieut. James Walsh said he believed Murphy had nothing to do with the kidnaping, but added he would be held pending word from the sheriff at Kewanee. FIRE IN HOTéL LAUNDRY ROUSES GUESTS EARLY Gov. Ritchie and Other Candidates Watch Firemen Combat Flames. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, October 30.—Guests of the Belvedere Hotel were aroused short- ly before 2 o'clock this morning by fire in the hotel laundry, an adjoining building. Smoke seeped into the hotel rooms and flames shooting high above the three-story laundry building hugged the hotel wall so threateningly that fire department officers sent in three alarms to summon forces large enough to cope with any spread of the blaze. The fire, however, did not damage the hotel and was reported under con- trol within less than half an hour. Gov. Ritchie and several of his fel- low candidates on the State Democratic ticket, who had made a series of paign speeches in the city last night, watched the work of the firemen from an eighth-story window. SOVIET INCR.EASES FARES MOSCOW, October 30 (4).—The com~ for ~communications an- nounced yesterday a 25 per cent in- crease in all railway passenger fares. ‘The increase was understood to not for the obtaining of additional rev- enue, but to discourage the present ap- parently excessive travel inclinations of the Soviet public. The government hopes to relieve congestion on the main lines so that the increasing freight movements may be facilitated. Passenger rates were increased sev- eral months ago. ———s BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestrs, Stanley Hall, this eve- ning at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zim- mermann, bandmaster; Anton Fointner, assistant. March, “The American Ace”...Hildreth Qverture, “Dramatique”. .........Snook Entr'acte— comb Student Prince” (Heidleberg: T Foxtrot, *Alone in My r Waltz guite, “Puj “han" t Finale, “Twug lo n “The 8] order followed a telephone call to the toda! 1 With information in their possession be | 24 members who had sign g | this NEW ELECTION LAW HOOVER SON.RESTS AT WHITE HOUSE Will Leave Tomorrow on Trip to Asheville, Where He-Will Spend Winter Months. Herbert Hoover, jr., who has bee his father’s fishing lodge in the “Vx:f ginia mountains for two months under- going treatment for a tubercular infec- tion, was brought to the White House late yesterday to remain until tomor- row night, when he will go to Ashe- ville, N. C., where he will stay through- out the Winter. X Both the President and Mrs, Hoover are sald to have noted an improvement in their son’s condition. He appeared in good spirits and showed no ill effects from the long automobile ride from the Rapldan Camp. He was able to walk without assistance, but soon after his arrival retired to bed, where he has since remained. ‘Wife in Asheville. ‘The home which young Hoover has leased on Sunset Mountain, outside of Asheville, has been made ready with a large inclosed sun porch, and Mrs, Herbert Hoover, jr, and Mrs. Stark McMullin, Palo Alto friend of the President’s wife, have already gone to Asheville to await the patient. He was brought to the White House late yesterday, accompanied by Capt. Joel T. Boone, the White House physi- cian, who also will accompany him to Asheville. Dr. Boone said today the President's son had made “splendid improvement" during the six weeks he has spent in the Virginia mountains and had gained weight. President May Visit Him. It is not the intention of President and Mrs. Hoover to accompany .their son on his trip to his Winter home. The patient will travel in a drawing room in one of the regular Pullmans. ‘The impression is that the President and Mrs. Hoover will make several visits to their son in his Asheville home be- fore the Winter is over. ‘The home which he will occupy in North Carolina m has an Blue ribbons were awarded to the above group for having passed a physical fitness and perfect health test conducted .,"“m“ae of 2,500 feet, approximately Back row (left to right): Elaine Sullivan, Helen 0'Connor, Richard How Wat- | that of the President's lodge. Front row (left to right): William Homer Carroll, Gertrude Doris Silverberg and Phyllis Anne Hall. ADMR. C. F. HUGHES WILL LEAVE NAVY Former Navy Operations Chief to Retire Saturday After 46 Years of Service. Admiral Charles F. Hughes, United States Navy, former chief of Navy operations, will be placed on the re- tired list on Saturday, following 46 years of active service. For the past six weeks Admiral Hughes has been on leave at his own request, in order to give his successor, Admiral William V. Pratt, a free hand in working out his own program. Ad- miral Hughes reached his sixty-fourth birthday on October 14. Admiral Hughes said today he pro- poses to spend the Winter in Washing- ton, but beyond that his plans are in- definite. With Mrs. Hughes he has re- cently made his home at 107 Hesketh street, Chevy Chase, Md. Their daugh- ter is the wife of Lieut. Comdr. Otto Nimitz, on duty at the Naval Academy, Annapolis. | The change in the high command of i the Navy came on September 17, when | Admiral Hughes was relieved by Ad- miral Pratt. o Both Admiral Hughes and Admiral | Prat§ are natives of Maine, both com- {mandkd the battleship U. S. 8. New | York, held the office of commander in chief of the battle fleet and as chief of naval operations. 'NGLAND WATCHING TOPSY-TURVY VOTING 8:¢ Election Will Furnish Xey to Effect on Parties of Revolts Within Their Ranks. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 30.—Great Brit- | ain’s topsy-turvy political situatfon | caused by revolt within the old estab- lished parties, particularly the Conserv- ative party, was dramatizec today in the South Paddington, bye election where the 50,000 voters in the heart of Lon- don balloted for a new member of Par- liament. Two men and two women are battling for the seat in the House of Commons made vacant by the death of Comdr. H. D. King. The Conservative party and its reévolting branches, the United Empire party ‘and the Empire Crusade, have three candidates in the fleld. La- bor has one. The Liberals are not rep- resented. Sir Herbert Lidiard, the Conservative candidate, was the first into the field. Mrs. Stewart-Richardson emerged as the United Empire party candidate and Vice Admiral Taylor as the Empire Cru- sade nominee. The Labor candidate, Dorothy Evans, has worked steadily and quietly, hoping to seize for Labor the opportunity offeretl by the split. PASTOR IN DANVILLE CONTROVERSY TO STAY Opponents of Rev. J. A. Winn of Methodist Church Agree to Work With Him. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., October 30.—Rev. J. A. Winn, over whom a corntroversy has raged among the congregation of Mase~ | ley Memorial Methodist Church for some time, will remain as pastor after all. The tangle is said to have been straightened out at a meeting Tuesday night at which those seeking his re- moval expressed a willingness to work with him. Following the decision of Bishop B. W. Beauchamp to transfer Rev. L. W. Landrum from Norfolk to Danville and to send Rev. Mr. Winn to Hopewell, members of the Hopewell Church protested 'the removal of their tor, ‘This resulted in the calling of the meeting Tuesday night, when 19 of the ed a petition to Bishop Beauchamp asking for & change in torate voted to sustain Rev. Mr. Winn. ‘The action Tuesday night was followed by the pastor asking for the resignation of new members of the official board elected Monday and the restoration of the old board, nine of whom were dropped before the Virginia conference. DYNAMITE SCARE WORKS Los Angeles Teller Writes $3,750 Draft Under Rhreat in Note. LOS ANGELES, October 30 (#)—A middle-aged lman walked into the Bank of America Lranch at Sixth and Main -Gounod | sireets, in the heart of the city, yesterday 3 and presented a nof the teller, E. A. ‘The note read: né‘g !!.'lfiflo E ‘will have wa _of corner— dmmnb— ited all around.” ‘Winstanley g;“ the robber the money. « A uue“h detectives revealed ‘no ‘Winstanley. out of & dra ’