Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain, with little change in temperature and w; colder by Sunday; tonight tomorro lowest temperature tonight about 40 d .~ Temperatures—Highest, 57, at :30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,741, post_office, Wa: Entered as second class matter shington, D. b WASHINGTON, ¢ Foen @ ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, VAN DUZER NAMED TRAFFIC DIRECTOR TO FILL NEW OFFICE Appointee to Get Full Power, With Harland and Eldridge as Aides. PROPOSAL TO CHANGE REGULATIONS DELAYED ———— e | Approval Expected on New Raules | and Zones for Parking at Meeting Next Week. The District Commissicners today appointed Willlam A. Van Duzer di- 4 Tector of vehicles and traffic, the new post created by the traffic act passed at the iast session of Congress. ‘Under the District Commissiomers Mr. Van Duzer will have absolute control of | traffic matters in the District and it is cxpected that Traffic Director William H. Harland and Assistant Traffic Di- rector Maurice O. Eldridge will become assistant engineers under Mr. Van Duzer when he takes office July 1. ‘Will. Be, on Probation Mr. Van Duzer's appointment is for & probationary period of one year. It 4s also expected that all other appoint- ments to be made under the new act wigodbe for the same probationary Mr. Van Duzer is assistant chief en- gineer of the Pennsylvania Department . He was a delegate ap- pointed by the Governor of Pennsyl- vania to the National Safety Council ‘which met in Washington last Fall and is president of the American Road Bullders' Association. Is Highly Recommended. In 1911 Mr. Van Duzer was in charge maintenance of Pennsylvania State In 1923 he was made a charge of a trans- port survey the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, conducted in co-opera- tion with the Bureau of Public Roads, ‘which embraced the traffic census, ori- gin and destination of traffic and regu- lation of vehicles. He comes to the District highly rec- ommended. Among the letters written to the Commissioners in behalf of the by Miller | cal “black Priday.” WILLIAM A. VAN DUZER. NAVAL PAGT HITCH DISTURBING TOU. 5. French Balk Laid to Feeling of Being Duped in Deal With Italy. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘Washington considers today a politi- Official circles are greatly disturbed by the discouraging news recelved from Pariy that, on the eve of the final signature of the Franco- British-Ttalian naval pact, the French | claim to have discovered that they had been duped by 66,000 tons and are now demanding additional replacement rights to that amount. Until late yesterday there were no definite indications that the French had decided to break up the conference; on the contrary, foreign embassies in Wash- ington were optimistic and believed that the naval agreement would be signed forthwith in spite of the tension created by the Austro-German customs union. In well informed quarters, however, there was a certain amount of ill feel- ing due to the fact that reports from London vaguely hinted of certain hitches and a less friendly attitude of the French experts toward their Brit- ish and Italian colieagues. Customs Union Disturbing. Then late in the evening reports from Paris indicated that the Prench were trying to find some excuse which them to make the a- The city heads took up the recom- " mendations, but on account of their reat length and detall they decided to ;ut the matter over until the meeting next Tuesday, 5o as to deal with other matters before them today. ey i o, thiough without 2 0 o A ter they are announced. g the changes pro- ‘This | since the question of South Tyrol is f a small :'oll-ld be absolutely forbid: iden between in the third zone, encompassh would be set up with two hours on all parking. New Zones Mapped. “The boundaries of the zones would be | follows: | " Zone 1—New York avenue on the north, Pennsylvania avenue on the| south, Pifteenth street on the west and Seventh street on the east. Zope 2.—Starting at Eighteenth lnd’ G streets, north on Eighteenth to L | street, west on L street to New York avenue, northeast on New York avenus 10 Fourth street, south on Fourth street 1o I street, west on I street to Sixth street, south on Sixth strect to Con- stitution avenue, west on Constitution avenue to Fifternth street to New York avenue and thence in front of the white House to Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avergie, south on Seven- teenth street to G street, west on G street to Eighteenth street. —This would be bounded on the north by N street and on the east by Third street. The southern boun- dary, starting at Third street and Maine avenue southwest, would run | along Maine avenue to B street south- west, west on B street to Fourteenth street southwest, morth on Fourteenth street to Constitution avenue, west on Constitutior: avenue to Seventecnth strest, north on Seventeenth street to and west on F strest to Eight- eenth coizet. ‘Would Clear Flow Sides. The new rules would change the flow ride parking restriction so that instead of ending at 9:15 a.m., #s at present, in all cases the restriction would end at 9:30 am., to harmonize with the 9:30 rule in the first zone. Two paragraphs would be eliminated " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. i|cording to well informed reports, that ture of the pact impossible. In well informed circles there seems to be no of attitude of group has created a deep ° in . France. The Prench, who have made certain sacri- fices in order to seitle the Italo-French naval dispute, feel that, despite their good will toward their neighbor, they cannot count on Italy's friendship, ac- cording to reports recefved here. ‘The Mhm.!goll stated, cannot hope to gainqany nom'e advartage by Joining au German group. Their in- dustry would suffer greatly in case of a tariff unfon with Germany, while po- litically this would be a difficult move, still open between Italy and Austria. Nalian Move Resented. Consequently the French believe, ac- the Italian haste to give their blessing to the Austro-German pact was merely a political move to show their antago- nism to France. Under the circum- stances, say well informed diplomats, Prance can see rno advantage in giving up her naval superiority, as far as the 10,000-ton cruisers are concerned, when Italy continues to maintain an unfriend- ly attitude. ite the seriousness of the situa- it is believed in official circles " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CONSERVATIVE WINS SEAT House of Commons Bye-Election Is| Close Race. SUNDERLAND, England, March 27 (#).~The Conservatives gained a seat in the House of Commons today in the | bye-election necessitated by the death of Labor Member A. Smith. Luke ‘Thompson, Conservative, was elected by a vote of 30,497 against J. P. Brownlee | of the Labor party, with 30,075, and | Dr. Betty Morgan, Liberal, with 15,004. Police Rout Students. . BARCELONA, Spain, March 27 (®). —Police charged and broke up a dem- onstration of several hundred students demanding amnesty to political prison- ers in front of the closed university today. ‘Several students were bruised and another was arrested carrying two small bombs In his pockets, Dempsey Wins Suit. CHICAGO, March 27 ().—Jack | Dempsey today won the sult for $500,- { 000 damages, filed against him by the Chicago Coliseum Co. for alleged breach of contract to fight Harry Wills when Judge H. Sterling Pomeroy directed the jury to render a verdict of dismissal, CHAMBERLIN MAY BE GROUNDED FOR ZOOMING TOO LOW OVER BAY Expired License Must Be Explained Before Sea Pilot Can Seek Altitude Record. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 27 Chamberlin, transatlantic fiyer, stay on the ground awhile. He is mccused of flying a licensed plane without a pilot’s license and of law allows over may , chief inspector of the meronautical division of the United State Department of Commerce, for- ‘warded the to Wi ton. }re‘uhuonst Tequire & minimum altitude eet. of 500 f¢ said he asked to see ‘The Inspect Chamberlin’s license and was shown one fines of $500 on each count and he may be temporarily license if the ashington. ‘Willits summoned the fiyer before | laye him on receipt of reports he flow over New York E! at an altitude cf 40 feet arch 2, Cly or [ . and | from Chicago, EXTRADITION MOVE INSEVEN SLAYINGS Gangster Says He Bought Car in Chicago Week Be- fore His Capture. SEVERAL CITIES CLAIM NOTORIOUS CRIMINALI Killer Refuses to Give Message for | Bride, Who Believes Him Innocent. By the Associated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 27.—Harry Ditchburne, assistant State's attorney announced today that Fred Burke, notorious gangster, had refused to walve extradition to Chicago, where he is charged wWith the St. Valentine's Moran gangsters. Ditchburne’s announcement was made | after the prisoner had been questioned | for several Mours by Chicago officers and Chief of Police E. M. Mathews of St. Joseph. The assistant State's attorney said Burke readily admitted his identity. “I was in Chicago last week and while there purchased a car,” Burke was quoted as saying. “Chicago is & nice tewn. I've been there several times.” The Governor of Illinois has issued requisition for the gunman’s extradition, according to Ditchburne. Wanted by Nebraska. Burke was viewed in his cell by Claude Hensen, sheriff at Lincoln, Nebr., and Forrest Schappaugh, policeman, ordered away from the Lincoln National Bank while that institution was being robbed. Schappaugh declined t> say whether he had identified Burke as one of the Lincoln bandits. “I'm going back and have another look at him,” the Lincoln policeman said, “before I say definitely one way or the other.” Detectives said plans had been made to carry on extradition negotiations be- tween the Governors of Illinols and Missouri by airplane. ‘To Chicago, which named Burke a principal in the St. Valentine's day massacre of 1929, police conceded prior claim. Nevertheless, a half dozen cities —where his name has been linked with murder, robbery and kidnaping—focused their attention on disposition cf the man known as “the most dangerous criminal in America.” Burke would say nothing of the Chi- 0 massacre and its toll of seven, felled by machine gun fire, but the science of ballistics had pointed to him nearly two years ago in a search spur- red by Cock County rewards of $41,000. ‘Trapped by an amateur detective and captured by officers as le‘g_h,bed. Burke came o Joseph- from the Sullivan Country farm home of his father-in-law, between which and a house in Kansas City he had di- vided his time for nine months. No Message for Bride. He had no message, he said, for his 20-year-old wife, a Kansas City nurse, who had known him as Richard F. ‘White. Blonde and blue-eyed, the former Bonnie Porter expressed disbelief that the man she married last June, after a fortnight's courtship, could be Burke. Burke, police said, came to Green City, Mo, s00n after he fired three slugs into the body of Charles Skelly, young St. Joseph, Mich., traffic policeman. He met the girl when she returned to the home of her father, Barney Porter, neighbor of the family with which Burke was living. Officers armed with machine guns rushed into Burke's room at dawn yes- terday and seized him before he could | reach for his gun on a nearby chair. ‘The officers found $4,765 in his clothes. He first gave his name as Richard Franklin White, but later admitted his identity. MICHIGAN SEEKS BURKE. Extradition Asked in Slaying of St Joseph Policeman. LANSING, Mich, March 27 (P).— Extradition papers for the return of Fred Burke, now held in Missouri, to Michigan, where he is wanted for the slaying of a St. Joseph policeman, were signed today by Gov. Wilbur M. Brucker. Application for the papers was made | by Sheriff Fred A. Cutler and Prosecu- tor Wilbur M. Cunningham of Berrien County, in which the slaying occurred. The Governor also sent & telegram to | (r aitd after one false start were away | Gov. Henry 8. Caulfield of Missouri, in which he said: “Sheriff Fred Cutler of Berrien County, Prosecuting Attorney Cunning- ham, with other officers, are en route to your State with extradition papers for Pred Burke, wanted in Michigan for slaying a 'policeman and other crimes. I shall thank you to show these men all possible courtesy and considera- tion.” At the same time Sheriff Claude H. | Hensel of Lancaster County, ‘Nebr., and two witnesses of the million-dollar Lincoln, Nebr., National Bank robbery last Summer were on their way to view Burke. Hansel sald they merely in- tended to “take a look,” and would not attempt to take him to Lancaster | County. . L. Osborne, chief of the ‘Indiana Bureau of Criminal Investigation, said Burke was wanted in Indiana for mur- der and bank robbery. Burke was be- leved to have led the gang which robbed the Columbia City State Bank April 18, 1929, of $1,000, killing one woman and_wounding_two_men. He (Continued on Page 2, Column 17.) day massacre of seven | 1931—-SIXTY PAGES. g Sfar. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s cairier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion i3 delivered to Washington homes FH¥ (®) Means Associ. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 118,042 TWO CENTS. . Press. GRAND NATIONAL dale Third—Easter Hero Falls at End. By the Associated Press. AINTREE, England, March 27— | today won the Grand National Steeple- ichm. the hardest test of thorough- | bred horseflesh in the world. Gregalach, the big Irish steeplechaser, which won in 1929 for Mrs., Gemmell, was second and Lady Glenapp's Annan- | dale was third. Grakle ran the 4 | miles course over 30 jumps in 9 minutes 34 scconds to set a record. American Horse Fourth. Best of the American-owned horses in the race, of which there were 11, was Victor Emmanuel's Rhyticere, which finished fourth, closely followed by M. D. Blair's Ballyhanwood. R. K. Mellon’s Glangesia was seventh and Blair's Great Span eighth. The two American favorites—Easter Hero and Sir Lindsay, both owned by John Hay (Jock) Whitney—fell on the second time around, Easter Hero after leading at the half-way point. The winner paid off at the juicy odds of 100 to 6. | 300,000 See Races. | ‘Three hundred thousand persons | thronged the old course on' the out- |skirts of Liverpool to see the race, | among them leaders of society on both | sides of the Atlantic. The British con- | tingent was led by Lord Derby, Earl of | Stanley, the famous British sportsman |for whose family the famous race at Epsom Downs was named. Lord Derby | did not have an entry in the race. Grakle, carrying 161 pounds and su- perbly ridden by Jockey Box Lyall, won by only a length and a half, a close finish for the grand national in which |anything can happen and generally does. Gregalach was 10 lengths | front of Annandale. 1 | | Comes From Behind. | The big son of Jackdaw and Lady Cronk fenced beautifully throughout and came from behind on the last time around to beat out Gregalach for the winner's share of the purse, which was $25,000. Gregalach won $4.000 for his owner and Annandale $2,500. Swift Rowland, owned by the Ameri- | can sportswoman, Mrs. Chester Beatty, | fell at Beecher's Brook on the first time |around and was killed. His jockey, Tom Leader, fortunately escaped serious injury. | It was the ninety-second renewal of | the classic race, which was startzdl in {1839 'by a Liverpool saloonkeeper who wanted to draw more customers to town | to patronize his bar. 43 Accept Issue. A field of 43 horses went to the bar- | well at 3:04 pm. (10:04 am. E. 8. T.). All safely negotiated the first and second jumps. Coming up to the third May King refused, the first one of the big fleld to drop out. Back_past_the starting line on the “(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) CINCINNATI BANK HEAD GUILTY OF FUND MISUSE Former President of Closed Institu- tion Convicted by Federal Grand Jury. CINCINNATI, March 27 (#).—J. J. Castellini, formere president of the closed Brotherhood of Raflway Clerks National Bank, was convicted today by banking laws. ‘The jury, which received the case late yesterday, convicted the former bank president of a charge of missapplication of the bank funds. Einstein to Reveal Opinion of America The famous German scientist, after many weeks in the United States, will tell of his impressions of America’s life customs and habits, in an exclusive in- terview in ‘the EDITORIAL The Sun SECTION OF day Star WON BY CRAKE Gregalach Second, Annan-; Grakle, a strapping English jumper | owned by the Englishman, C. R. Taylor, | in| a Federal jury of violating national | Cermak Cook Says He’ll Be Chicago Mayor, He Told Her By the Associated Press. v CHICAGO, March 27.—Mrs. | | Anna Sheika passed an examina- | tion for citizenship yesterday. i “Who is the mayor of Chi- | cago?” the examiner asked. i | | | | | “William Hale Thompson, and I know who the next mayor will be, too. I've got some inside ?” asked the surprised ex- aminer. “Now, just who will be the next mayor?” cause he told me 50.” ! April 7 will see whether Mrs. Sheika is any good as a political forecaster. At that time Anton Cermak, Democrat, and William Hale Thompson, Republican, will let the voters decide. ONE DEAD, SEVERAL Snow Penetrating Mississippi! Vaflgy __}Blpoks Roads in Wide Area. By the Associated Press. | KANSAS CITY, March 27—One life | had been claimed and several persons | were missing as a Spring blizzard swirled | deeper into the Mississippl Valley to- | day, leaving roads blocked by snow over | a wide strip north from the Texas Pan- | handle to the Dakotas. The fatality attributed to the storm was reported from North Dakota. Bud Fountain, 13-year-old boy. caught in the blizzard when he went to put his dog to bed in a barn near Red Cloud, Nebr., was missing. Searchers also had | made vain efforts to find John Ukensa, baker, lost near Gordon, Nebr, i Cold Penetrates Texas. Near zero temperatures extended into ‘Texas, with a high wind piling up heavy drifts of snow through the western por- tions of Oklahoma, Kansas and Ne- braska as the storm moved eastward. Trains were delayed and highway traf- | fic_virtually stopped. | Much colder weather was forecast for | the States along the Mississippi to- | night and tomorrow, with snow pre- | dicted southward in Tennessee and | Kentucky and freezing weather along | the Guif Coast of Texas and Loulsiana. Mercury readings were below zero at | many places in the Dakotas. Fargo re- ported four inches of snow. Light snow | was falling at St. Paul, and Chicago re- { ceived a mixture of rain and snow with | much colder weather predicted. Highways Left Blocked. No attempt was being made to open highways in Western Nebraska until the drifting stops. Several motorists | caught in Western Kansas suffered frozen hands and feet. Six inches of snow in some localities with near zero temperatures were reported. Fruit crops in Central Texas were threatened and truck growers ' and florists in the vicinity or Corpus Christi were warned to prepare for killing frosts before Sunday. Damage to fruit from the hard freeze was feared in Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. ‘The Texas Pgnhandle was fighting its worst blizzard in years, Buried under an 8-inch snow, with a raging wind out of the north whipping it | into waist-deep drifts, traffic was | paralyzed. BROOKHART REFUSES | PANAMA DINNER BID| | Thought Banquet for Representa- | - tive Denison Would Be Wet, Senator Explains. By the Associated Press. PANAMA CITY, March 27.—United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart, here with a congressional party, refused to attend a dinner given by Canal em- ployes in honor of Representative E. E. Denison, on the ground he thought that it was going to be “wet.” o “I do not go to banquets when I know they will be wet,” Senator Brookhart said, “and I do not stay at banquets when I find they are wet. The dinner was given Representative Denison in appréciation of his efforts in favor of a Canal employes’ retirement b il Representative Vincent Carter of ‘Wyoming\ temporarily lost his wallet yesterday to & purse-snatcher. A police- man overtook the thief and returned the wallet. " Radio Promm; on Page C-12 LOST IN BLIZZARD ** MAN DIES AS GUNS END SLAYING TRIAL Four Wounded in Kentucky When Fatal Hold-up Quiz Is About to Open. By the Associated Press. , Ky., March 27.—A fusil- lade of gunfire in the corridor of the Bell Ccunty courthouse, in which one man was killed and four wounded, to- day broke up the examining trial of three men charged with participation in a fatal hold-up. ‘Walter Parsons, 30, of Blackmont, charged with having slain his cousin, Creed Collett, in the hold-up Saturday night, was shot to death. Mendell Par- sons of Blackmont, a brother of Walter Parsons, was probably fatally injured, and three others were less seriously Brothers Are Held. Odell and Herbert Collett, brothers of the man killed Saturday night, were arrested by Sheriff Henry Broughton and charged with today's shooting. ‘The shooting, in which some 20 fired, occurred as specta- tors and Aand_y _were making their ‘way“into courtroom. - Dozens of men and boys ran for cover as the firing started, Byslanders Shot. ‘Three of those injured were bystand- ers, Charles Bailey of Straight Creek, Millard Blanton and a youth named Reeder. All three were shot in the legs as they fled from the bullets flying in the corridor. ‘The shooting prevented the examin- ing trial before County Judge George Van Dever of Ed Philpot, Cart, Ky.; Steve Golden, a taxicab driver, and Ed Brock, charged with attempting to hold-up a filling station at Blackmont rounds were Saturday night in which Creed Collett | was killed. TWO CARS TRAP AUTO ¥t by One, Thrown Into Path of Another on Bridge. Two Capital Traction Co. street cars frolicked with an automobile on the Prancis Scott Key Bridge today. Mathew H. Schrenk, 28 years old, of the Naval Research Laboratory, was driving over the memorial span when a northbound street car operated by Motorman Job~ Pendleton, 56, crashed into the rear of his machine. The auto was driven onto the south- bound track directly in the path of ‘a street car approaching from the oppo- site direction by the impact. Motor- man Harry Matihew, 45 years old, tried frantically to stop his car, but it plunged into Schrenk’s automobile. Schrenk escaped injury, but his ma- chine was badly damaged. 1,000 HOMELESS IN FIRE Damage to Town on Road to Man- dalay Is $1,500,000. RANGOON, Burma, March 27 (#).— Four acres of houses and shops were destroyed today by fire at Ptakakku, on the Irrawaddy, 80 miles below Manda- lay. Over a thousand persons were ren- dered homeless and the damage was estimated at $1,500,000. No casualties have been reported thus far.. Shop Saturday in the Morning! The new Saturday half holidays for Government em- ployes have given a wonderful impetus to Saturday after- noon shopping. The stores are busier at that time than ever before. Mothers, - children and others, not employed, should use the MORNING for their Saturday shopping, this would improve the afternoon condi- tion and would insure better service at the stores for those who shopped early in the day. Today's Star contains many pages of attractive merchan- dise offerings of unusual value and interest at this season of the year. IMILITARY LINE-UP 'OF POLICE FORCE ORDERED IN EFFECT Six Precincts Merged, With Three Inspection Districts Covering Whole City. HIGHER OFFICIALS TO TRY MINOR CASES Gen. Crosby Takes Napoleon and Army as Basis for Idea in Reorganization Plan. The District Commissioners today adopted an order reorganizing the Po- lice Department by merging six pre- cincts into three, setting up three in- spection districts and giving the new district inspectors as well as '.hfil.fl.,fi superintendents in charge of the Detéc- tive and Traffic Bureaus suthority to try offenders as summary court officers for certain offenses. ‘The order becomes effective July 1 next, simuitaneously with the order re- cently adopted compelling the retire- ment of all officers who have reached their sixty-fourth birthday. Promotion List Asked for. No personnel changes are made in the order adopted today, but the major !and superintendent of police is directed to submit recommendations for promo- tions indicated as necessary to carry out the provisions of the order. Under the new order the first pre- cinct is merged with the sixth; the second precinct is merged with the eighth, and the fourth precinct is merged with the fifth. ‘The first new existing second precinct station house. Headquarters at 14th Station, The second new precinct station house. Summary Courts Set Up. Napoleon and the army gave Com- missioner Crosby his ideas for the plan of r:omn.\-uon of the police depart- ment. A military man himself, having re- tired about & year ago as Chief of Cavalry to become the police and fire commissioner of the District, Gen. Crosby believes that a military form of organizaticn will increase the efficiency of the police department. His whole stheme is based on the military prin- ciple that efficlent performance does not depend so much on the rank and| file as on supervision. Cites Napoleon's Idea. “Napoleon said that no man ought to command more than five units,” sald the commissioner. “But Maj. Pratt, as superintendent of police, now com- mands 14 precincts in addition to other divisions of his department.” The new plan of ofganization will be modeled somewhat after a peace time military regiment. Maj. Pratt will com- pare with the colonel. Inspector William S. Shelby, assistant superintendent, will have a rank similar to that of the lieu- tenant colonel. ‘The existing 14 precincts will be di- vided into three platoons with an ‘in- spector at the head of each platoon. in a regiment. Four precincts will constitute a pla- toon, and the number of precincts will be reduced to 11 by the consolidation of the first with the sixth, the second | with the eighth and the fourth with the fifth. The main vice squad will make up the twelfth unit. Each Will Have Staff. Such an organization, Commissioner Cresby pointed out, wll release enough captains, lieutenants and sergeants to provide each inspector with a staff. The inspector in charge of -each platoon of precincts will establish in one of the station houses in his domain, ‘The inspectors will correspond to majors | SOUTHERN G.0.P. - SUPPORTS HOOVER N SPITE OF MANN Slemp Among Leaders Dis- counting Report of Line-up for Coolidge. VIRGINIA 100 PER CENT FOR RENOMINATION Lucas Declares Regular Organiza- tions in South in Best Shape for Long Time. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The delegations of the Southern States to the Republican National Cone vention next year will cast their bal: lots for the renomination of President Their attention was called today to & Teport that Col. Horace Mann, who campaigned for Hoover in 1928, was to L4 s251 Bigt His friends, however, made the assere tion that it was an anti-Hoover move- ment and that the purpose was to side- track Mr. Hoover and bring about the nomination of former President 1dge or another equally “available.” Hostile to Hoover. In the absence of any denial of story that he was nlml{:u to bufld“. an anti-Hoover movement, Col. !uu": ::fnmm.wn was looked upon today as g hostile to the -amxnmm. I he could line up all the Southern (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) |PEASANT DENIES KILLING, BUT PLEADS GOD’S ORDER Mexican Says He Considered Mur- der of Congressman, but Did Not Do It. By the Associated Press. TOLUCA, Mexico, March 27.- d by what he felt to be :n orfl—e?mmm Heaven a peasant, Manuel Montes, con- :dered ahoi)th‘x‘ l'n‘nhlfl Alvarez, a con- ressman-elect of s place, he i SR le averred, however, that he ha disobeyed the celestial mandate, pl-edd on to him through a medium at a spirit- ualist seance, and knew nothing about the actual assassination of Alvarez, Wwhich took place here the day before resterday. Police, in vi sold the conj of Almolan de (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. dealer Juarez, are inclined to doubt his story. — HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF SEEN . IN SLAPPING OF SINCLAIR LEWIS Recently Published Volume Tells of Swinburne’s Laying a Lusty Right on George Meredith’s Cheek. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, -March 27.—Sinclair Lewis wasn't the first man of letters to $o5d oid daye of Gueen Victoris Algers een - non Charles Swinburne 'laid A new volume, “As We Were,” by the circumstances. “I certainly Algernon ‘Charles not forescen what a @ pwnsta'rs he! e Club. week by Theodore flllwhunldlnnfluflh_