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METAL HELD BASIS OF MOTHER LOVE Scientist’s Study on Rats i\ Shows Manganese Vital In Maternal Instinct. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March 28.—The ten- tative conclusion that the emotion of maternal love is bound up with the metallic element manganese has been reached after a series of experiments by Dr. Elmer V. McCollum, professor of chemical hygiene at the Johns Hop- kins Medical School. ‘The absence of any trace of the ele- ment in the food of rats, he told the American College of Physicians here yesterday, causes evidences of maternal love to completely disappear. Sharp Differences Shown. ‘The experiments, conducted thus far solely on rats, were designed to estab- lish the functions of the various metal- i elements in food, Dr. McCollum said. A diet completely free from manganese was fed to a colony of male and female Tats. “After a hundred days we observed sharp differences,” Dr. McCollum re- lated. “The mother rats fed on a man- ganese-free diet showed no maternal solicitude for their young. They paid no attention to them and let them die. “After a certain lapse of time, no more offspring were born. We found the diet had also affected the males.” Studies in Early Stage. On the other hand, Dr. McCollum reported, rats fed on a diet containing but five-one-thousandths of 1 cent of manganese behaved perfectly normal in every way. He said evidently the lack of the element also made the young pariahs to normally fed mothers. Dr. McCollum said the studies are in too early a stage to determine just what element is contained in the man- ganese to cause the results obtained. Clinics of the convention, which has been in progress here all week, shifted to Washington today. Approximal 1,800 physicians registered. JURY IS EXPECTED T0 GET BOWLES CASE Judge to Deliver Charge After Prosecutor Ends Argu- By the Asscciated Press. HILLSBORO, Oreg, March 28— Twelve men today were to hear the State’s final demands that they con- viet Nelson C. Bowles, Portland mil- lonaire, and his former secretary, Irma @G. Loucks, of the murder of Mrs. Bowles. | Pinal pleas for the lives and liberty of Bowles and Miss Loucks were made ‘Willilam G. Hare and Wallace Mc- it ¥, m’zmm Mowry had laid down only his prel of the defense’s suicide adjourned. He ex- by as the result of an alleged affair be-| Mrs. Bowles came to her death last Nmber‘.u in )l:.u Tfi;fl?m ‘spartment Bow! AN in the. apart- they sald she plunged a bread knife into her breast when she realized fully the intimacy that existed between the millionaire and his former employe, YOUTH HELD TO JURY IN HOLD-UP ATTEMPT Alfred Aquilino, 17, Given Hearing at Rockville—Fails to Make Bond. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 28.—Alfred Aquilino, 17 years old, of the 1100 block of Park road, Washington, was held for the action of the grand jury today fol- lowing a hearing on two charges result- ing from the youth's alleged attempt to hold up the proprietor of a sanitarium &t Forest Glen. ilino is accused in warrants charg- im with assault with intent to kill and assault with intent to rob. Fol- lowing the hearing before Police Court Judge Charles A. Woodward, he was ordered to post bond of $1.500 on each of these charges to await the action of per | millions of dollars to build up the Mer- tely | 000,000 FLAG BODY ASSAILED FOR CHOICE OF FOREIGN SHIPS FOR VOYAGE Winners Of Contcst Should Sail on U. S. Vessels. Declares Assistant Post~ master General Glovcr. ‘The proj of the United States Flag Association to en passage on ips fiying foreign flags for winners in a essay contest it is sponsoring, eame in for sharp criticism yesterday by W. Irving Glover, Assistant Postmaster General, and chairman of the Post Office Department’s Subcommittee on Merchant Marine: Following a meeting yesterday morn- ing of Mr. Glover's subcommittee, at which the subject was brought to the fore, the Assistant Postmaster General called newspaper representatives into his office late yesterday and vigorously condemned the plans of the flag asso- clation. ‘The revelation that the sponsors of the movement planned to send abroad on & ship of foreign registry 63 winners in a national essay contest on the theme of the American flag and that each win- ning contestant would spend approxi- mately 1,750 on the trip, aroused the ire of the postal official and members of his committee. Selected French Line. According to a recent announcement of the United States Flag Association, of which Col. James A. Moss is presi- dent, the winners in the flag contest, the number of whom were to be nar- rowed down to 63 through a process of elimination, would sall June 15 aboard a ship of the French Line. The trip to Europe is being awarded as & prize in the contest. “Here is our Government.” sald Mr. Glover, “trying to bring back the con- dition of 50 years ago when the Amer- jcan ship was used by Americans 100 per cent. The Government is spending chant Marine. Every dollar spent on American vessels has simply the same effect as does the act of buying from the apple vender in the street. “Why should we go out and support ships flying foreign flags when the American merchant marine provides vessels that offer the same and better facilities. Right now Q{ll Un:!cdr :;A‘lofl! is bu 56 shi) a cost of = lldin:nfl !ryml to educate the people to the fact that here i8 & merchant marine that is ready to transport them anywhere, to carry their goods with expediency and econom; and to serve them with the best.” Not Concerned by Contest. Mr. Glover emphssized that he had no concern with the flag contest being sponsored by the United States Flag Association. “But I intensely Glover declared, l\‘:fln, that gets me ‘hot under the g Mr. Glover declined to commit him- self on the merits of the association’s contest. “Call it what you like,” he said, “but I do belleve it is this sort of thing that is damaging when we are in the midst of Lrylng.w educate the people to the fact that they have the best merchant marine in the world. “Here are young students, winning through their alert brainwork on the theme of the flag of the United States a free trip abroad, and then it is an- nounced that they will travel aboard & vessel flying a foreign fi Cites Value 6f Support. For purposes of illustration, Mr. Glover outlined to the press representa- tives the importance of the expenditure of the American dollar on American ships. He cited an example of a recent shipbuilding undertaking by an Ameri- can line, in which, he said, materials from 42 of the 48 States were used and 92 per cent of the expense of the build- ing placed in American industry. “Shipbuflding has been the only in- dustry that has not suffered during this world-wide depression,” the Assistant Postmaster General said, “principally because the Government stands behind it. Now, why can't the American people stand behind the Government and the ships of the United States, which are constructed by American labor, with American money and of American ma- terial.” Mr. Glover had also learned that two Congressmen, whom he described as “great friends of the American mer- int marine on the floors of Congress” had sailed off for Summer vacations on a foreign ship. Trip of Postmasters. Furthermore, & group of several hun- dred postmasters and their wives, he found, had made plans for a holiday in Europe, via foreign ship. The Congressmen, whom Mr. Glover wouldn't name, had gone already and Mr. Glover said he could do nothing about that. But he got hold of the postmasters and persuaded them to travel under the Stars and Stripes. WINSHIP SUICIDE LAID Woman Was Found in Chauffeur‘_s Bed Room. By the Associated Press. B ot i Tacnetet Wi of a green-eyed m whic! .ux\nrm itself into ih.e]y!h of Emnory, Win- retired naval officer and inventor, tween his attractive wife and the family chauffeur, bore the official blame for Winship's suicide here & week ago. A coroner’s jury returned its verdict yesterday after hearing the y of friends and servants, including Ray Mc- Gunigle, the chauffeur, and the vehe- ment denial of Mrs. Dorothy Blount ‘Winship that McGunigle had been any- thing more to her than a chauffeur. ‘The jury found Winship “came’ to his death through gunshot wounds. self inflicted because of mental despondency over domestic difficulties and jealcusies occasioned on account of the actions of his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Winship.” Brooding Follows Digcovery. ‘Witnesses told how Winship found his young wife in her chauffeur’s bedrcom on the early morning of Friday, March 13, after a party at which drinks were seived. A week later, after brooding | during which he said he was driven “by | mad impulses to take two or more lives,” | the former dashing naval officer shot | himself through the head. Mrs. Winship and McGunigle denied improper relations existed. They ex- plained Mrs. Winship had gone to the chauffeur's room early in the morning to ask him to prepare to move her from the apartment. Mrs. Winship said she could no longer stand “Winship's con- tinual drinking,” and left, returning a week later at almost the same moment ‘Winship fired the bullet into his brain. Joseph W. Preston, Jr., business asso- ciate of Winship, testified Winship was not particularly worrled over the de- mands of Miss Helen Thompson, former screen actress and erstwhile intimate of the naval officer. the nd jury. Falling to make bond, he "lrl‘eommflted to the county jail. Dr. Nathan A. Springer, proprietor of the sanitarium, testified that Aquilino did not seem normal mentally when he walked into his office March 22, pointed & revolver at him and demanded $100. ‘The youth became frightened while Dr. inger was opening a safe and fled. was upv.:nfl in Washington after exciting chase. ‘nflfl is ?F'prwnwd by the law firm of Peter, SBimpson & Oxley. MAN MTD WIFE GiVEN JAIL TERMS AND FINES Herman O. and Julin C. Hagner Convicted on Charge of Using Mails to Defraud. Herman O. Hagner and his wife, Julia C. Hagner, indicted in 1928 on a charge of using the mails to defraud, were sen- tenced to serve five years each in the penitentiary and to pay & fine of $1.000 each today by Justice Peyton Gordon of the District Supreme Court. ‘The couple was ordered committed, despite the request of Lucien H. Van- doren, defense attorney, that ball be jtted pending the action of appel- e g appeal which he noted today. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover prosecuted for the Gov- ernment. ‘The Hagners were indicted when it was charged they sent false accounts of merchandise sold in their stores at Scranton, Pa., and Camden, N. J., to the Merchants Transfer & Storage Co.. of this city, causing & loss to the local company said to be about $10,000. DIPHTHERIA RAGES ANEW Epidemic Breaks Out Again in Point Barrow, Alaska. POINT BARROW,. Alaska, March 28 P.~A diphtheria epidemic which had ‘been here for several weeks and was belf to have been brought un- red control, flared anew today, and the only hospital again was overcrowded with patients. ‘Two inland families arrived here yes- terday suffering from the disemse and several other cases were uncovered. ‘Thursday, Dr Henry Griest, the 'nt's only physician, believed the sufficiently controlled to allow rantine | China sea from nas from tients L] Thompson asking $200 a month for life from Winship because of their former association was pending at the time. of the suicide. “Break-up” in Washington. Charles W. Slack, Winship's attorney, sald the naval officer informed him he married Mrs. Winship in New York City a few months after she gained her freedom from her first husband, “I don't know whether she divorced the first husband or had the marriage annulled,” Slack said. “But I do know the break-up occurred in Washington, D. C., about three years ago. She mar- ried Winship in 1929.” Mrs. Winship declined to discuss the previous m.rr\lf,!_ Edward Cunha, attorney for Miss Thompson, said Winship maintained an apartment in New York for Miss| Thompson under the name of Daniel Bayard. Preston, William Myrick, Winship's colored valet, and Mrs. Margaret Thompson, honisekeeper, testified Win- | ship told them he felt'like killing his | wife and the chauffeur. | Myrick testified Winship told him of | finding Mrs. Winship sitting on the | edge of McGunigle'’s bed in her night gown, while the chauffeur Jounged in | bed. A similar story was told by Mrs. | Thompson. . Winship’s version of the Priday the | 13th affair, Mrs. Winship asserted, was | the product of a ‘“drunken imagina- | ton.” She denied ever entering Mc- Gunigle's bed room, saying she stood at the chauffeur's door. Summoned After Quarrel. Preston told of being summoned to! the apartment after the quarrel be- | tween husband and wife. He said they both had been drinking and were angry, Winship accusing his wife of having trouble with her sister, Miss Eugenia Blount, because of jealousy between them over McGunigle. Slack said the Winship will, draw two days before he ended his life, wai en route to Macom, Ga., to be flled for probate. He sald the will left the estate to Emory Winship, jr., 1-year-old son. Winship maintained legal residence in Macon. The estate of Mrs. Katherine Dillion Winship, his first wife, reported to have been $3,000,000, also was pro- bated in Georgia. e A S Wife Hopes for Brophy. ANILA, March 28 (#).—Mrs, Glenn M. w. y, wife of the Los Angeles avi- llal.‘r:gm disappeared March 20 while attempting a flight 600 miles across the Macao to Manila, satled TOWIFES ACT! A suit filed by Miss | the bank. | career as a banker. Banker Dies GEORGE GEORGE 0. WALSON DIES AT HOME HERE Head of Liberty National Bank and Stock Exchange Suffers Heart Attack. 0. WALSON. George O. Walson, president of Lib- erty National Bank and the Washi Stock Exchang?, died at his home, 2101 Connecticut avenue, last night after a short illness. He was 61 years old. Mr. Walson had an attack of grippe several weeks ago, and this was be- lieved to have caused a heart attack, with which he was stricken Thursday shortly after returning to his home from His condition grew rapidly worse, and his death occurred at 8 o'clock last evening. Was Nationally Known. Widely known in financial circles and intimately associated with leaders in finance, Mr. Walson had a noteworthy He had served as & member of many of the most important committees of the American Bankers' Association, and years ago he was an active worker in the District of Colum- bia Bankers’' Association. Serving his third term as president of the Washington Btock Exchange, Mr. Walson had been one of its leading members and most active traders for many years. He was a close personal friend of Rome C. Stephenson, presi- dent of the American Bankers’' Associa- tion. Last Sunday he spent the day in Philadelphia as the guest of Harry Haas, slated to serve as president of the American Bankers' Association next year. A native of Anacostia, Mr. Walson was the son of the late Charles F. and Eliza P. Walson. He was educated in Jocal public schools, and began his banking career as runner for the Na- | tional Capital Bank in 1889. Became Treasurer in 1905, He became treasurer of the Union Savings Bank in 1905. In 1908 he be- came cashier of the Commercial Na- tional Bank, and from 1009 to 1917 served as cashier of the National Metro- politan Bank. Mr. Walson organized and became president of the Anacostia Bank, and in 1917 organized and be- came’ president of the Liberty Savings Bank, which in 1919 became the Lib- erty Netional Bank. Mr. Walson was treasurer of Con- gressional Country Club and for the past 10 years had beeh a member of the Agricultural Commission of the Ameri- can Bankers' Assoclation, He was & past ;:mldem of the Washington Chap- ter of the American Institute of Bank- ing. For some time Mr. Walson had been a member of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Zoe Walson; a daughter, Mrs. John F. Ligon; & son, Charles P. Walson, and & sister, Mrs. Simon Bube. Funeral services will be conducted in Calvary M. E. Church, Monday aft- ernoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Dr, James Shera Montgomery, chapiain of the House of Representatives, will oficiate. Interment will be in Congressional Cemetery, Y N Snow Blankets Greece. ATHENS, Greece, March 28 () — t word she believed said | Heavy snowstorms occurred today it Greece. Transportation serv- were J. | economic pan-Europe @ reality. TARIFF COUP STIRS {CONNECTICUT AVE. Exp_lorer Marks 87th Birthday EUROPE TO DEPTHS Austro-German Customs Ac- cord May Become Biggest Issue of Decade. (Continued Prom First Page.) union in secret at the very moment when all the powers were discussing openly French Foreign Minister Aris- tide Briand's scheme for a general Eu- ropean union. Legal Ban Is Sought. Jurists are studying the St. Germain treaty, the 1922 protocol, Austria’s and Germany'’s various treaties of commerce and even the League covenant to see whether & way cannot be found to break the proposed union juridically. But the principal action, when and i 4t is uken,&romuu to be diplomatic and to take the form of political and economic pressure, especially on Aus- tria, or even of proposal for some alternative combinations. British policy seems to be to gain time. British opinion is not averse to an Austro-German union, but the Bfit- list government is irritated by Austro-German methods. It feels hurt that it was not con- sulted. It feels, further, that the step is most inopportune and that it bids fair to undo the work of European reconciliation painfully accomplished in the Franco-Italian naval agreement. The success of the great disarmament conference to be held next year is al ready jeopardized, Great Britain fea French Are Cautlous. France would like to prevent an Austro-German union, but it apparently intends to go slow and work carefully ‘with the other powers in the matter. As for Italy, it has not yet declared itself. The fact that Italian Foreign Minister Dino Grandi did not come to Paris last Monday to_confer with M. Briand and British Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson, is interpreted to mean that Italy has not yet made up its own mind. Italy's ally in Central Europe is Hungary. The Hungarian Foreign Min- ister, Count Julius Karolyi, Rome. One rumor says that Italy and Hungary are contemplating joining Ger- many and Austria. Another says that Italy may try to form an economic union of its own with Hungary and Poland. Little Entente Concerned. M. Benes, Czech foreign minister, is endeavoring desperately to get the Little Entente, consisting of Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Jugoslavia, to adopt & common policy against ~the Austro- German union. M. Benes has been try- ing for years to form a Danube federa- tion of Czechoslovakia, Austria, Jugo- slavia, Hungary and Rumania, thus effectively blocking the Germanic drive southeastward. Germany, Italy, and to some extent Great Britain, have always opposed. Italy long has been endeavoring to dis- sociate the Little Entente because this entente is virtually allled to France. So has Germany. Rumania and Jugoslavia, however, as agricultural countries, are much inter- ested in the German food market. They seem disinclined to act hastily against the Austro-German union. ‘The whole of Central Europe thus for the moment appears to be in a state of complete uncertainty. German Motives Analyzed. Most diplomats seem to believe that while the Austro-German union has long been contemplated in one form or another, Germany chose the present moment for two reasons: First, the Bruening government wished to prove to German extrémists its vigor and in- dependence in foreign policy, and, sec- ond, Germany feared isolation in the forthcoming disannament conference &s & result of the Italo-French-British naval egreement and felt the need, therefore, of doing something strong and positive. As rapprochement with Germany is still the main objective of M. Briand's foreign policy, it is possible that the French statesman may yet find a way to turn the situation to his own uses. Time alone can tell. Meanwhile Americans who wonder why two countries which wish to unite have not a complete right to do so are reminded that Europe for a long time has regarded itself as & sort of political unit, in which major changes anywhere affect everybody. For example, a Franco-Belgian economic union fore- shadowing & possible political union would undoubtedly draw instant pro- tests from Germany and Great Britain, which would claim that Prance and Belgium were thus upsetting the deli- cately adjusted balance of power. It is precisely similar considerations on the part of the neighbors cf Austria and Germany which are causing the present disturbance. (Copyright, 1931.) FEAR OF U. 8. TRADE SEEN. Austrian Leader Also Says Soviet Menaces Nations. BERLIN, March 28 (#).—Larger na- tional economic units, particularly the United States and Sovict Russia, were pictured today in reports of an address of Dr. Karl Renner, former Austrian chancellor, as having made the pro- Jected economic union of Austria and Germany necessary. Dr. Renner, speaking before the Austro-German People's Union, said | that the economic unity of the United States had long challenged the exist- ence of disunited tariff-ridden Europe, while recently Soviet Russia has risen as a new great rationalized and un- | ified trade force. “Caught between these two economic | glants,” he continued, “the individual nations of Europe soon will be helpless dwarfs, unless Europs acts to monekel T- | {many and Austria have taken the first p. 1t only remains for other nations to join them.” | " On the other hand, Vienna dispatches today sald some Austrian economic ex- perts feel that Austrian manufacturers will need protection against German manufacturers for many years to come. NEW LABORATORY BEGUN FOR BATTLE ON CANCER Huge X-Ray Tubs Will Be Housed in Radiation Test Room at Pasadena. By the Associated Press. PASADENA, Calif, March 28.—The million-volt laboratory of California | Institute of Technology here is to have & brother, & radiation laboratory, ground for which was broken yester- day. i’m will be the armory for new weap- ons to fight cancer. For years the mil- lion-volt laboratory housed in the larg- est X-ray tube in the world, capable of operation at 750,000 volts. This was de- signed by Dr. Charles C. Lauritsen, electro-physicist. Dr. rles Packard, radiological ex- pert of Columbia University, who was sent here by cancer treatment experts to test the Lauritsen tube on fruit flies and rats, determined no harmful effects came from the hard, high voltage rays, and sald they were almost equal to radium rays for deep-thearpy treat- ment. —_— Man, 82, Wife, 28 Have Son. SHREVEPORT, La, March 28 (#).— J. A, Vance, 82-year-old road contractor, his ug:r-d‘m announce the EXTENSION ASKED Legislature Gets Seven Near- by Bills as Time Limit Expires. BY GEORGE PORTER. Siaft Corraspondent of The Star ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 28.—Sen- ators' Robert G. Hilton and Lansdale G. Basscer of Montgomery and Prince Georges County, respectively introduc- ed a total of seven bills yesterday as the “dead line” for introduction of bills was reachied in the legislature. None of the delegates from the two counties had any bills to offer on the final day. Only through unanimous consent, after & suspension of rules, can bills be in- troduced during the remainder of the session, With the introduction of the seven bills by the two Senators, it was sald all major measures contemplated for Montgomery and Prince Georges are the | before the Legislature. Auto Title Bill. Registered automobile dealers would be issued titles on motor vehicles pur- chased on a bill of sale outside the State, under one of the bills presented by Mr. Hilton. The lack of & motor titling law in the District of Columbia has often made it difficult for Mary- land residents purchasing second-hand automoblles from Washington dealers to obtain proper title, the Montgomery County Senator explained. The bili, State-wide in scope, would of course also apply to automobiles hased anywhere outside of Ml.ryl.lné, Another Hilton bill authorizes the Montgomery County commissioners to extend and improve Connecticut avenus from Kensington to the Brookville pike. The bill provides that cost of the project be assessed as efits against abutting and adjacent property. It also allows the commissioners to issue cer- tificates of indebtedness “for a t to The Bonding of depositories holding county funds and establishment of a special taxing area in Chevy Chase View is authorized in the other two bills of the Montgomery Senator. The principal measure introduced by Senator Sasscer proposed to require ail persons, firms or corporations selling tobaceo on commissions for farmers to post $25,000 bond with the State tobacco inspector as a guarantee of payment of money collected from the sale of the crop. Many Southern Maryland farmers ship their tobacco to Baltimore con- cerns, which sell it on a commission basis, Within secent years some of these mmK:nlen have failed, and the farmers who turned their tobacco over to them were unable to obtain their share of the money received from the sale of their crop, Mr. Sasscer said. A bill aimed at Washington dairy companies which collect for their own use bottles belonging to Maryland dairymen was presented by request by the Prince Georges Senator. ‘The wording of the bill merely states "l.:l‘l'. zhe{ r‘;movnl ol: ntumlbl,e‘ con- ners of verages from Maryland is prohibited. Result of Arrests, ‘The measure is the result of the re- cent arrest of two Prince Georges dairy owners for delivering milk in bottles belonging to Washington concerns, These small dairy proprietors claim it would be financially ruinous if they were re- quired to usé only their own bottles as & large per cent of them are collected by the Washington dairy wagons. The Marylanders then have to pay to get them back from a bottle exchange. ‘The other bill introduced by Senator Sasscer provides that it shall be un- necessary for clerks and deputy clerks of court {o attend office on legal holi days. The bill merely clears a defect in the present law, according to Mr. Sasscer. GIRL FLYER UNHURT IN PLANE CRACK-UP Elinor Smith Faints in Altitude Flight—May Have Set Record. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 28—Elinor Smith, girl aviator, had a thrill, & crack-up, a good cry and maybe a rec- ord regained in her history today. ‘The barograph of the plane in which she dived from a dizzy height over New York yesterday after a try for the altitude record has been sent to Wash- ington for calibration. ‘Willlam Ward, representative of the National Aeronautical Association, who examined the barograph, said there was a possibility Miss Smith went higher than the 28,734-feet mark set for women by Miss Ruth Nichols. The altimeter of Miss Smith’s plane showed only 23,000 feet, but Ward said the instrument ml‘:fi have stopped functioning at that height. The baro- graph indicated her 30-minute climb was almost in a straight line. tarting from Roosevelt Field yes- terday, Miss Smith fainted at the top of her climb for lack of oxygen, plunged t0 2,000 feet before regaining conscious- ness, glided to a small clearing in a clump of woods near Roosevelt Fleld and nosed over to avoid hitting a tree. She was dazed, unhurt. A cry and a cup of coffee and she announced she would try again next week. MARAUDERS ASSAULT WOMEN NEAR CHICAGO By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, March 28.—Two maraud- ing colored men were sought yesterday by police who followed a trail of wan- tonness through southern suburbs. ‘The pair tied up John Miller in his home at suburban Harvey, shot his police dog dead, stole a watch, revolver, $50 and his car. Then they sacked & home in Riverdale, another suburb, and journeyed to Blue Island. Break- ing into the home of Mrs. Alma Feld- kamt, they bound her husband and son, took her into another room and attacked her. They took some valu- ables, robl an upstairs resident, Noble Westfal, and cut the telephons wires. Farther down the street they en- tered the home of Mrs. Theodore Thoms, attacked her and robbed her of a diamond ring. A dozen colored men from the rail- road yards in Blue Island were rounded up for possible identification. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock. March, “The Bersaglieri”..... Overture, “La Dame Blanche” . Boleldieu Entr'acte, “The Poet’s Dream,” Edward MacDowell “Passe-Pled” ...............0.. Glllet Excerpts from the musical extrava- ganza, “Chu Chin Chow”....Norton trot, “He's Not Worth Your Pihale, “Lisa Lee®. . “The Star period | home, birthds; ‘GEN. GREELY CUTS ,BmAY CAKE. GEN. ADOLPHUS W. GREELY, Noted Arctic explorer, celebrated his at 3131 O street. The y cake. DEATH ENDS CAREERS OF BAN JOHNSON AND BARNARD, HIS SUCCESSOR (Continued Prom First Page) Spencer, Ind., is expected to arrive here today. He is survived also by a brother, William Johnson of Coronado Beach, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had no children. Johnson made base ball & big busi- ness. He developed it from a sandlot pastime to a game of million dollar sta- dia, $75,000 players and major league clubs valued at $50,000,000. He originated the world series. He chose the presidency of the American League in 1900, at a $2,500 annual sal- ary, in preference to a half interest in the Chicago White Sox, and he made himself a $40,000 executive by applying business methods and strict discipline to a sport which, when he came to it was }Iflldq\ummd in the back rooms of sa- loons. His sense of showmanship and his iron rule enabled him to see that base ball must be decent and well ordered to the club owners voted unanimously to give Johnson a leave. Frank Navin, vice president, was clothed with executive authority, and for the first time in 34 years Ban John- son was out of base ball. HEART ATTACK FATAL CHICAGO, March 28 (#).—Grief pre- vails throughout the base ball world today over the sudden death of Ernest S. Barnard, president of the American League. He died late yesterday after- noon, the victim of a heart attack, at 'i:n Mayo Brothers’ Clinic, at Rochester, m. ‘The base ball leader had been in ap- parently good health until the time of the annual meeting of the American “l‘ue in New York last December, he suffered an attack of influ- en be popular, and to eliminate the rowdy- ism which kept spectators away. He ut the players on & contract basis. He lifted the morale of the sport by vest- ing absolute power in umpires to rule the conduct of the players on the field. Slated to Be Lawyer. Johnson was destined for a legal ca- reer by the parents to whom he was born in Norwalk, Ohlo, on January 6, 1864. He went to Oberlin College, was a schoolmate at Marietta College of and graduated in law at the University of Oincinnati. But he soon deserted the bar for newspaper work, and won ition as a sport writer. Charles A. Comiskey, then manager of the Cincinnati National League club, enlisted Johnson’s help in a base ball venture and they organized the West- ern League in 1893. Scven years later they invaded the National League ter- ritory in the American League, of which Johnson be- came president. ‘The two circuits warred for three years, and then at Johnson's behest signed an agreement creating an arbi- tration commission to settle disputes. In this Johnson long held the balance of power, Leads Successful War. ‘When the Federal League threatened to cleave major league base ball in 1913, Johnson led a successful war against it and base ball emerged as a permanent {and established business. But the “fixed” Cincinnati-Chicago world series of 1919 aroused fear in the club owners that the game would lose its appeal to the public, and they chose Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as commissioner, doing away with the arbi- tration commission and depriving John- son of some of his power. He and Landis clashed frequently. ‘When scandal charges involved the names of Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker in menting publicly on the latter’s han- dling of the allegations and the club owners averted a threatened battle by giving Johnson a leave of absence. Was College Player. In his college days Johnson was & good enough infielder to be the nucleus of a college team, but he had no desire to become a diamond star. He saw base ball's possibilities as a spectacle, and Comiskey gave him his chance to become an executive, ‘Their Western League traveled a hard road, and often changed its member- ship, but it did fairly well and developed many players. Connie Mack, subse- quently manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, came into base ball as man- ager of the Milwaukee team of the league. 'he Johnson-Comiskey friendship was classic in base ball for more than 30 years, but even this friendship was not allowed to interfere with the iron dis- jcipline Johnson laid out for the good of the game, Breaks With Comiskey. “Ducky” Holmes was playing left field for Comiskey’s Chicago White Sox in 1908, and Umpire “Silk” O ejected him one day for his too T~ ous repartee. The Sox, with few re- outfield. O'Loughlin reported the circumstance the next day to Johnson, who was just back from & fishing trip and was fixing & basket of fish for Comiskey. The fish reached Comiskey simultaneously with Johnson's decree that Holmes would be suspended indefinitely. “What does he think I'm going to do with the fish?” Comiskey roared. “Play them in the outfield?” Later they quarreled, and their en- mity became as famous a tradition, though neither would tell how it arose. One factor friends believed, was a decision by J a Quinn plu‘er. to the New Yorl kees in 1918 on a 1 claim, when the ‘Whatever the Comiskey did not League meeting for nine years. Yan- ‘When Charles G. Dawes, later Vice President,’ 1926, Johnson incensed Landis by com- | Johnson. ond president of the American League in_ November, 1927, ‘William , secretary of the league, left last night for Rochester to East and founded the | take of the Detroit club and vice president of thé league, with the assistance of Secretary . Harridge was chosen secretary at the time of Barnard’s elec- tion and previously had served Johnson as private . With Cleveland 25 Years. Before his election to succeed Johnson, Barnard had made his home in Cleve- land, where he was connected with the Cleveland club of the American League for 25 years. In 1903 the Cleveland club named him as secretary of the team and when James C. Dunn, ma- Jority stockholder of the club, died a few years ago, he was elected president. He retained this position until four years ago, when the American League club leaders chose him to succeed Barnard, a quiet man who took his base ball seriously, had friends all over the league and his advice and counsel were highly regarded. He ol In 1903 the Cleveland club named him as secretary of the club and he pushed steadily ahead, forming new friends and acquaintances in the base ball world. ‘When he resigned to accept the presi- dency of the American League he terested Cleveland citizens in the pur- chase of the club and also prevailed upon * Billy Evans, veteran erican League umpire, to lay aside his mask and chest protector to accept the busi- ness management of the Indians, ing which the 12 arbiters could discuss rules as.well as mistakes made serves, had to send a pitcher to the | precedin, surprice, callng the & together for a session a result of that meeti month season. Friends said today that Barnard it have been a huge ‘success as an :’cfi- tect. He is credited with ha planned the construction of base plants at CIEVEIIPO‘: ton and the ¢ Jack | tion, he was a cherished dream American League executive. Eynon Praises Barnard. he came to a session in Janusary, 1927, | Wash) joln with the other club it to it Yoting Johnson out of the owners in TTLE FOR BURKE GETS MORE TENSE Missouri Governor_Soon to Declde if IMinols or Mich- igan Wins Bandit. By the Associated ST. cago and St. Joseph, Mich, prepared to press their claims before Gov. Henry S. Caulfield. While representatived from both cities were awaiting & Rearing before the Governor in Jefferson' City, Harry Ditchburne, assistant State attorney of Chicago, sald he would press for eus- tody of the gunman. Burke, arrested at Milan, Mo., Thurs- day morning, is wanted in Cook Coun- ty for the participation in the 8t. ge. garage was used as a rendezvous: by members of the m Earl W. Mathews, of here, who laid plans for Burk: however, was inclined to favor the de- mands of Michigan authorities, Wanis Largest Reward. ity in & Tobbery at Toledo, Ohio, hold order for him. me‘h:u notu_:-knhdmm mail truci at Toledo in 1921, since all muem REV. W. J. SEELYE DIES HERE, AGED 73 of Congress’ 1875 to 1877. ited - from: EGEI took Universities of mw Wooster Gollegs 1 Opie e was the Union. Reform date for Ideutenant € From 1913 to 1916 b the tional Coming to this city in 1918, hs was connected with the Veterans' Bureau eral home, Monday afternoon at 4:30 ox”cl?och Interment will be &t Mass, { NYE COMMITTEE RIGHTS ' INVOLVED IN HEARING Counsel for Seymour and Grocef Norris Question Constitutional- ity of Nebraska Inquiry. By the Associated Press. in lvslmtn"”h::lu D ing tos. was invo) a open! day ip Federal Court before Federal Judge T. C. Munger. The hearing concerned demurrers to Federal perjury- indictments against Seymour and the former grocer. The indictments were outgrowths of testimony given in hearings here last Summer and Fall when Senators Ger- ald P. Nye and Porter H. Dale sought the reason for «the filing of the 4 Norris in opposition to Senator W. Norris for the United States Sen- declared grocer’s was by Chief Justice Charles A.. Goss of the Nebraska Supreme Court. Nye contended Seymour plotted the defeat of Nebr:;k.l senior Sena and engineered grocer’s candidacy. Seymour told the investigators he kne: nothing of the reason for tha yrocer’ itions. Grocer ‘llmu