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FIVE DIE AS PICNIC BOAT GOES DOWN Three Others Saved in Ten- - nessee Tragedy—Mother = and Two Entrapped. Br the Associated Pre COOKEVILLE, Tenn, July 30.—A i plenie outing on Falling Water River Near here last night was turned into tregedy when a cabin boat sank ir a lake formed by a hydroeleciric power dam, earrying five members of the party 10 their deaths. Threa others were saved. Mrs. J. P. Barnett, 26, of Nashvill2, and her two children, James, 5, and Robert, 1, were u‘np?ed in the boat from which their bodies were recovered ~four hours after the accident. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Whit- son, 35, and 33 years old, respectively, were taken from the river after inten- sive dregging. Efforts at resuscitation - were futile. Girl Rescues Man, Whitson's sisters, Miss Annie Pearl ‘Whitson, 19, and Miss Lucy Whitson, 24,. were saved, the latier rescuing Beecher Cass, who sank while trying to make shore 100 feet from the place where the boat collapsed in 13 feet of water. D':MI Annie Pearl Whitson was un- able to swim, but J. Cole, a fisherman, attracted by the victim's screams, called instructions to her from the bank and she was able to keep afloat until he Teached her. He told her to “keep your head and kee& paddling.” Miss Whitson had never before attempted to swim. Sinking Not Explained. Cass. who was piloting the craft. said it sank almost immediately, but he was unable to explain the cause He said the front end, where most of the party were sitting. suddenly dived ipto the water and almost before he realized what had happened the boat had gone under. Cass was forced to swim the full length of the craft to get out. He attempted to seize one of those trapped within, but failed. Mrs. Barnett was a sister of Whitson and was here with her children on a visit. Cass is an employe of the city of Cookeville at the hydroelectric plant &t Burgess Falls. Whitson, son of for- er Counly Judge H. D. Whitson of gltmm County, was employed in the electric and water department of the eity. BARNER DENOUNCES HOOVER WAGE VIEW i Calls “Contradictions” in Admin-| istration Attitnde “Campaign Expedients.” “Contradietions” in the Hoover ad-| ministration’s attitude toward wage cuts inGloate “just another campaign expedicnt,” eccording to & stie state- | ment by Representativs John Garner of | Texas, Democratic leader in the House and his party’s candidate for Speaker, | issued through the Democratic Na- tional Committze. This “campaign expedient,” according to Mr. Garner's opinion, is “precisely as valuable as those of 1028, which promised 8 continuation of prosperity if the Republican party was continued in pow:r.” Quoting & letter from Secretary .of Commerce Lamont to Representative Condon, Democrat, Rhode Island, Mr. Garner said: “Naturally the public is puzzled, for| if Mr. Lamont did not mean that the edminiciration recognized that in some | instance; wage reductions were inevi-| table as a result of the Hoover panic, what d'd he mean?” Lamont's ass-rtion that “interference™ would not be effective, Garner added. Jeads to the question: “What becoms® of the promise of the President to do all in his pow:r to avert the diminishing of the contents of pay roll envelopes?” COLORED BANDITS SOUGHT IN KILLING OF TAXICAB DRIVER (Continued From First Page.) his bed room, preparing to retire, when he heard the shot, followed by the crash. Thus far, the police have been unable to determine whether Solomon was fired upon by a passenger or by some one outside of the car. From the diag- onal course followed by the bullet, they ted out, the slayer could have been ‘mm- in the machine or beside it. ‘The fact that Solomon’s shirt was torn, and ceveral buttons from it were strewn about the floor of the taxi gave rise te the theory that the hackman may have been shot in a hand-to-hand fight with his assailant. + On the other hand, it was pointed out that the torn shirt may have been the result of the dying man's battle for breath. Victims of heart attacks often tear their clothing in their efforts to ward off death. In Solomon's pockets were two $1 bills and a quantity of change was scattered about the floor, causing the B:lei:e to believe that robbery may have the motive for the killing. Glass in Cab Broken. ‘The glass in the right rear door of the cab was broken, either by the im- phct or by the murderer. A dent in & fence near the tree which brought the automobile to & halt may have been made by a bullet striking at an acute angle and glancing off, the police Believe. A discharged shell was found on the sidewalk nearby. Investigation of Solomon's recent a-tivitles revealed that he testified inst two Fort Humphreys soldiers whd were sentenced to 4! months in the guard house on assault charges last week. At that time, the police said, Solomon temurked that several taxlcab drivers hsd warned him “not to say anything.” Whether the warning was given in con- neetion with Solomon's testimony against the soldiers, the police have been unable to learn. However, inquiry disclosed that the soldiers could not have been in Wash- &m at the tim= of the shooting, for e reason they were locked up. Couple Awaited Train. ‘Barber and his wife were arrested in an Alexandria railroad station, wh:re tbm were awaiting a train for Peters- urg. Va. They are said to have left Wi in » taxicab a short time after the slaying. bers of Solomon’'s family were un to discuss the killing. It was ;l.i.d. however, that the hackman's 75- r-old mother was prostrated with|js grief, and his father also was seriously affected. News of the murder was kept from Solomon's sister, who is said to be seri- ously ill. Arrangements for the funeral Bhave not been completed. . ides his parents and the 11l sister, two brothers and two other sisters sur- ve Solomon. The father and a brother d sister went to Union and O streets identified the shortly after e slaying. PERWBTE . German Auto Works to Close. . ELSHEIM, Germany, July 30 ~The Opel Automobile Works, ‘n ich Gm&t‘m&/fl‘. controlling it down mfi’Aunn (Y close out U. S. WAR ON PUBLIC ENEMIES TO GO ON, WITH CAPONE "IN Other Noto rious Gang Leaders Face Prison Terms for Dodging Tax Payments on Their I11-Gotten Wealth. - The results of the assault on Chicago's public enemies is told in the fellcwing story, the tions again BY RODERICK M. GRANT, Associated Press Staff Corraspondent. CHICAGO, July 20 (#.—The man who made bootlegging an industry came to time today. ‘The Government, preparing to send Alphose Capone to prison had achieved another great victory in its relentless war upon the criminal gangs grown rich by flouting prohibition. But Capone—“magnate”yof the alco- hol trade, millionaire controller of gambling houses, vice, labor rackets, dog tracks, narcotic peddling, slot ma- chine syndicates—was the first to plead guilty to the double charges of con- spiracy to violate the prohibition act and evasion of income taxes. ‘The determined Government cam- paign against “public enemies” had its inception in the public exasperation with organized crime, which crystallized in the formation of the “Secret Six” Crime Committee of the Association of Commerce. Government Aid Asked. Business leaders solicited the alliance of the Government to eliminate the gangster. Already the tools were in the fire, for intelligence operatives, under A. P. Madden, head of the Chi- cago unit working for the Internal Revenue Bureau, had begun in 1927 an investigation of the wealth of Ralph | Capone, brother of Al An offer of $1,000 settlement from the notorious gangster on a plea of poverty seemed preposterous, and the investigators went to work to prove Capone a mil- lionaire. Madden directed the under-cover in- quiry and George E. Q. Johnson, United States district attorney for Northern Illinois, piloted the series of successful prosecutions through the Federal courts. Other notorious gang leaders face pri- son terms for dodging tax payments on their ill-gained wealth, Ralph Capone’s conviction, his three- year penitentiary term and $10,000 fine for offering a fradulent compromise on his income taxes has been upheld by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The Government claims more than $300.000 taxss from him. treasurer” of the Ca- . and Sam Guzik pleaded o dodging payment of $277,040 and $30,000 taxes, respectively. They | Capone, sre in Leavenworth prison, Nitti for 18 months plus & $10,000 fine; Guzik, for a year and a day with a $2,500 fine added. Stiff Penalty Appealed. Capones, was given the top seatence of five years and a $17.600 fine on con- 245,919 taxes . Coon keeper and Capone aide, has been or- dered to turn his books over to the Government for auditing. Others outside the underworld gangs —politielans, allegedly fting con- tractors, gamblers—have been indicted, and Terry partners in bootls gleudgd guilty and 'ptembe T, The network of evidence gathered in the Capone cases entanxle:l small as well as large. Pay checks of industrial corporations were borrowed snd the indorsements traced from workman to saloonkeeper, beer jobber, distiller and brewer snd the Capone hosses. The Government harvested double-barreled evidence of and the fight, the Govern- 8o he pleaded guilty. He had ed ample time to arra) and “business” affairs, and the unan- swered question of who will succeed to his_gangland throne and control of an | endrmous lawless industry is what in- terests Government and eitigen. Federal War Centinues. But the Government's war does not end with its elimactic salvo against Three score others, rangi: up and down the hierarchy of gang, were indicted with him on the prohibition charge and a fortnight afterward another indictment was re- t':med x‘a:mi:‘x. 5‘9 o;l‘mrr men e:ed operate a giant public syndicate dis- :r:t::flnl bootleg from Aurora west- The “public enemies” have been taken eare of, all but a handful of the 28 gangsters and hoodlums prose- cuted by Government or State: Three (Including Al) sentenced to thnn on income tax charges: two awaiting sen- tence; one sentenced under the Mann act; one ordered deported—all Govern- ment victories. Of the rest, two were killed; one sent to Maryland one ordered extradited to and one returned to Joliet Penitentiary, | ti six tted and acqui the rest awaiting trial or fugltive OPINION JUSTIFIES ESSENTIAL PAY CUT _ Depression Produces Spirit . of Reasonableness on Both Sides. BY MARK SULLIVAN. What may be loosely deseribed as 8 prevailing rule of public opinion about wage reduction is to the effect that re- ductions are justified if dividends have first been reduced or omitted, and if after this action, business continues to be done at a loss. The spirit of the rule was put in words about two months ago by Ex-President Coolidge, who said that the wage earners hold a preferred position in time of depression. Those who have made this possible are en- titled to a great deal of eredit.” In a number of cases ecorporations have first reduced dividends and also reduced salaries and compensation of high-priced officials and employes. This is what has now been done by the United States Steel , In the cases of other corporations who have taken this double step several months ago, it has been found that thereafter, if wage reductions still seemed imperative, ‘such corporations have been able to effect the reduction without material objection from the wage earners affected. Spirit of Reeonciliation. ‘The spirit of reasonableness and con- ciliation on the part of both employers and employes has been an outstanding characteristic of this depression. There has been practically no strike and no serious example of what in past de- pressions figured largely as ‘“labor troubles.” In the depression of the early 1890's, with which the present one is commonly compared, there were riots of extreme violence, especially at Chi- cago and Pittsburgh, which led to the calling out of Federal troops at the former city and State troops at the latter. For the country’s immunity from such violence in th present depression, credit is usually given to the policy on the part of employers of not reducing wages unless compelled to, and to recognition of this policy by labor. In several cases, wage cuts f‘;uve been suggested volun- tarily by the labor employed in 1 plants. These were cases in which it was apparent that old rates of wages were the cause of such a high price of | munity output as to mak> it dificult to get or- ders for goods. The wage cuts were ini- tiated by labor, or freely accepted by labor, as a means of reducing cost of output and thus bringing about greater volume of employment. ‘Th: motive in the minds of many em- ployers in making wage reductions and of many employes in accepting them voluntarily is to bring about lower cost of production followed by greater vol- ume of business and therefore greater volume of employment. Considerable groups of labor have come to feel there is no advantage in part-time work at a high rate of wages compared to the pos- sibility of full-time work at a reduced rate. ‘The building industry is one which. competent judges believe. is held back from the possibility of much great- er volume by the high price of labor. Understanding of 1929. ‘The understanding arrived at when the depression began, in the Fall of 1920, to the effect that there should be no general or immediate cutting of wages has been in large part the cause of a conciliatory attitude on the part Iabor. It is recognized now that time the understanding was almost literally no ene entici the depression would be has proved to be. In the that if, after find it impossible to continue to on the old wage scale ““fl: at wage reductions are not likely to resisted by the labor affected. ‘The understanding of the Fall of hi several wholesome aff¢ inguish tbe present sion from pre ones, wages have generally been old rate until after the cost ‘went down. The decreasg in re; of food, cost of clothing and tors in the cost of living since 1 been, roughly, 16 per cent, With a reduction in cost of living aceom- plished, wages can now go down in the same psoportion, where necessary, real compensation el 32 :ggfia 1 ] pl! } i i g §§.’=2gl et 15 L3 ;| present situation, and the union lead- LABOR SEEKS AID FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN SHORTER HOURS __(Continued Prom Pirst Page.) amount contributed, goes to the local chapter. Payne said that eo-operation of the type local chapters might give was en- tirely different from the assistance given during emergencies, such as droughts and floods, where the Red Cross feels free to ex its resources. In these cases the national organiza- tion directs all expenditures. Judge Payne sald he did not know how many of the ch wanted; to rnmuh with othe) neies in ‘re- ief work. Stwdy Personnel Cuts. ‘The rail union leaders, meeting in the Machinists' Building, devoted the great- er part of yesterday to a diseussion of conditions brought about by the Nation- wide siashes of personnel that have grown out of declining revenues of Business depression, com- lacement of manpower by Ty ers, it was said, believe it is time for management and employes to get around the table and see what can be done nationally. D. B, Robertson, head of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Piremen and En- ginemen, who presided over the local conference as chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association declared that unemployment is costing the unions hundreds of thousands of dollars for relief, and that, in addition to this, in- dividual members who are employed sre ibuting to the maintenance of the The railroad unions, it was made known, also are seeking to work out a ional pension plan. Under this the workers and employers would contribute to a pension fund. The majority of railroads, it is said, have no pension plan, and those in existence, it was sald, are considered inadequate by the bm&lfflu. hile the question of the pre opased | ¢ four-systen merger of the Eastern car- riers was to have been talked over here, it was said that it was not brought up. The employes are standing on premise that their Tights must be pro- tected in any merger, it was said. In his statement, President Green edicted that 7,000,000 workmen would | without work next Winter if the usual seasonal unemployment comes after the Fall pick-up. He estimated that 5,200,000 workers were idle in July, this figure being based on Pederation statistics. Machines Speed Production, Green said that a survey of 184 cities by the Nationsl Association of Com- its showed that relief needs hours row as was accomplished in 52 hours in 1919. Secretary Dosk declined to comment on Green's figures, saying there was no accurate way of checking. As for the shorter work day and week, Doak said that he had advocated that before he entered the cabinet and saw no reason to change his views. Doak said the efficiency of his de- partment had been maintained under the 5lz-day plan. Injection of the rail wage issue in the freight rate increase hearings was definitely barred yesterday afternoon, when Chairman of the proceedings would not include the question of wages. U. S. ALOOF AS BANKS AID LATIN AMERICA he | ments.” REICH WING HELP OF NEW YORK BANK Chase National Has Agreed to Keep Existing Funds " in Germany. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. ‘The entire German m‘u has been informed that thanks to this self-con- trol agreement, at least the majority of American and other creditor banks will voluntarily refrain from withdraw- In!, further credits from Germany. nfortunately, Mr. Gannon seems to be under a misapprehension. Although the German government, the German people and the world press have been ven to understand that Mr. Gannon representing a p of 11 of the largest American ks, it has been learned from the best possible sources that this is not exact and that Mr, Gannon is representing only one bank and that it is unlikely that other American banks, even the ones, will consent to enter the Creditors’ mittee. ’ ‘The result will be that the existing partial bank moratorfium, which has been in existence here since the procia- mation of the bank holiday July 13, will in some form or other be prolonged and probably extended before the Ger- man banks can I’llll open their doors and do anything like normal business. ‘Today German banks are forbidden to pay creditors abroad from any of their German counters. Some have tten around this by paying through foreign branches. The majority simply have not paid, despite the increasing mass of notices to pay from foreign banks, amounting to more than $100,- ,000. Unless the Reichsbank receives a new rediscount credit, the banks will be un- able to meet these payments. There- fore new legislation can be expected to meet the situation | (Copyright. 1931.) PROGRAM DUE THIS WEEK. Bruening to Announce Comprehensive Plan of Action. BERLIN, July 30 (#.—By the end of this week Chancellor Bruening is ex- pected to make public the compre- hensive plan of action which the cab- inet has been working out in almost uninterrupted sessions for the nation's offensive against its economic difficul- es. By that time, it is expected. the financial experts of several nations will have completed their task of surveying Germany's needs and lining up ereditors to leave credits undisturbed in Ger- many. The Swiss. the French and the Dutch are still holding out for guarantees which German industry is not ready to agree to immediately, but a settiement | on this point is expected tomorrow or perhaps tonight. Plan te Sidetrack Polities. Then the way will be open for re-| sumption of normal commercial bank payments Monday. Month-end pay| roll demands meanwhile will be met | with the aid of restrictions now prevail- | ing on bank payments under which | withdrawals of any amount are permit- ted if they are for certified pay roll or similar purposes. Among the far-reaching plans the government is considering putting into effect after the immediate difficulties of the next few days have been mas- tered, is an effort to sidetrack politics and deal directly with the great mass of the people through two state com- n:‘l;ctonen representing labor and cap- Hermann Schmitz, it is expected. will be the representative of capital and in- dustry. He is the managing director | of the dye trust. Association Proposed. ‘The interests of the working classes would be represented by Karl Bachem, who has high standing both in the labor unjon and the business spheres | because of his successful management of the Arbeiter Bank, a workers’ insti- tution. A plan for an association of German | ™ banks, along the lines of the American clearing house system, is understood to have been %wond to the government by Marcus and Oliver M. Sprague, American ad- viser to the Bank of England, who are here making a survey of the situation, It is reported they also have recom- mended a similar clearing house plan for foreign creditor banks. MACDONALD CONFIDENT. Premier, Back From Berlin, Says Other Nations Must Help. LONDON, July 30 (#).—Prime Min- ister MacDonald was back hcme today from Berlin, confident that Germany will ultimately overcome her financial roubles. “Other nations.” he saild. “must help by means of international banks and the Bank for International Setfle-l On his arrival by air from the Ger- man capital, the prime minister said ‘l:‘:“h"m enjoyed “ a most satisfactory BRUNSWICK BANK CLOSES. Private Congern Had Been in Existence for Century. BRUNSWICK, Germany, July 30 (#). —The ate bank of D. Meyersfeld, which been in existence for a cen- tury, closed its doors yesterday and ap- plied for an official receivership. NEW ACCORD SOUGHT | BY PARIS AND ROME| Different Method of Approach Adopted as Naval Negotia- tions Are Resumed. By the Associated Pre PARIS, July 30.—Naval negotiations imitation agree- were reported ve Rene Masigli acting for Prance. The agreement of last March, which was approved in principle and then failed when the diplomats attempted to work out the details has been dro ped and an entirely new method of has been . The thesis of the ht to lace superannuated naval unif ranl:?mh A change in Germany's repl ith of Ger- : | SENATOR H, D. STEPHENS, ellenberg, Swedish banker, | ©r1 Mourn for Child Killed in Gang War FAMILY OF HARLEM VICTIM OF MACHINE GUN BULLETS. R GAIN MAINTAINED BY LLOYD GEORGE Physicians Satisfied With. Condition of British States- | man After Operation. LONDON, July 30.—An official state- ment made public today said David Lloyd George “passed a restful night and his strength is well maintained. His condition so far continues to be satisfactory.” The Liberal party chief and war-time prime minister was operated on yes- terday for a kidney ailment. Since the days when the natlon ! watched anxiously for news from the bedside of King George, no sick room has been the focus of so much interest and sympathy as Lloyd George's. Home Bombarded With Inquiries. | Every newspaper today featured de- tailed stories setting forth the circum- | stances of the operation, and the for- | mer prime minister's house in Addison | road. West London, was bombarded with | inquiries and messages of sympathy. ‘These came not only from close per- sonal friends, but also from public men } and women having political and olher’ ties with the Liberal party chief. Among those who sent messages were the King and Queen, Prime Minister MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin, leader of the Conservative party. Physicians Satisfied. Neither the family nor the physicians have announced the exact nature of the operation, which, however. is known to have been severe enough to test the powers of resistance of & much younger an. Nothing in available reports sug- | gested that Lloyd George was in greater danger than eould be expected consid- | g his age. and it was emphasized | that he is a man of vigorous constitu- e | jon. Last night the attending physicians were reported quite satisfled with the condition of the patient, considering the severity of the operation. Attended by King's Physician. ‘The operation on the statesman was an emergency one. He was attended by the King’s own physician, Lord Dawson of Penn, and others of the mcst famous surgeons in England. They pronounced | the operation successful. - Just before taking the anesthetic Lloyd George dictated a note to the Liberal Summer Schcol, which opens at | saying he re- | gr was unible 1o attend and | had arranged for his daughter, Miss | Megan Lloyd Georgs, to take his place. | He also dictated a personal note to his daughter, which she will read at the epening of the Bummer Schocl. TALK HIGH-VOLTAGE | X-RAY FOR CANCER Several European Scientists See Possibility of Replacing Radium, Paris Meeting Is Told. s By the Assoclated Prep: PARIS, July 29.—High voltage X-ray, treatment for cancer remained a sub- Jject of interest today among American (d:elentu to the Third International ‘ongress on Radiology. Dr. Otto Glasser of Cleyeland, Ohio, author of a life of roentgen and an early huwr'y of X-ray treatment, said he Iooked for wide adoption of high- voltage treatment in Europe. France and Germany, he said, have produced X-ray machines with some- what less power, but the same object a5 the American high-volta ‘machi . Benjamin H, Orndorff of Chicago is an- other American u&chfly interested Wuropean high-voltage deyelopment. Several European ri ogists said they saw the possibility of high-voltage X-rays reg'ln radium, but it re- mlnelg' mmmdmuvmer ther;{ W:hr: any jur] [ec use machines. Dr. O. Reuterwall of Stockholm, the the Sweden, inion world -was z':lmhnt for :!‘fmmmum ntered cancer ] cel where it would be most L IS REPORTED IMPROVED By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn, July 30.—Aftc: & " United States Senator was described by today said the “fighting sm»zn::rhum.nx%um‘::n& Miss., Sena was Stephens e e | or friends, awaiting his fate. SCHOOL BOY KILLER SEN- TENCED TO PRISON. VARNER CORRY, Pifteen-year-old schoolboy of Chicago, who slew a policeman, was sentenced July 28 to serve 18 years in the Joliet State Penitentiary. In the crowded court room, tense with expectation, Judge Sabath in passing sentence ex- pressed a wish to pass some of the| punishment on charging them with having failed in their responsibility as parents and citizens \WILKERSON BANS COMPROMISE MOVE AT CAPONE'S TRIAL _(Continued Prom Wirst Pags) files of officers within held back all save Government men and court principals. Capone was a symphony in green as he sat, ynattended by any of his family He chat- ted, albeit nervously, with reporters and mopped a perspiring brow. Trifle Nervous. “Aren't you nervous?” asked. “A trifle.” “Perhaps you're used to it by now,” suggested a woman reporter. “Why should I be?” Capone coun- tered, piqued. He said his wife would remain here during bis expected prison term, and e was sending his son to a private school—where, he would rather not say. Johnny Torrio, the “racket” and sim- ilar subjects were objectionable to him. THROUGH WITH RACKETS. Capone to Enter Business on Return From Leavenworth. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 30.—Alphonso Ca- flnc was quoted by the Herald and aminer today as saying he is through with the rackets forever. The chief of gang chiefs he would return to Chicago when he completes his term in Leavenworth Prison and enter some legitimate business. Capone gave credit to the Secret Six, the crime-fighting organization of the ’Mll‘oclnv.lon of Commerce, for his down- all. Secret Six Licks Rackets. “The Secret Six,” he said, “has licked the rackets. They've licked me. They've some one game any more. Most of the fellows who've been working with me realize this as well as I do. Thats why I think they'll do the same as I'm going to do when I ¢ome back from Leaven. ‘worth—go into honest business.” Johnny Torrio has been mentioned in the speculation as to the successor to C-none.m:’nd when asked about this T | he lau Torrio Out of It. woTorrio feels like I do” he said. ‘Why he wouldn't get back into the racket for & million dollars. Torrio got out and I'm getting out—with the help of the United States Government. “I want the people to realize that in my few adult years (Capone is 32) it would have been utterly impossible for me to have done all the things that have been credited to me. Everybody in any illegitimate business has been using my . Viol hibition law and running some gam- crimes I have ever committed.” Col. Robert Isham Randolph, presi- dent of the Chicago Association of Com- statemen after him by striking at his pocketbook.” WILL WORK IN PRISON. No Partiality. "&"wmm ~—Al Capone, wg‘n word wlfl' the youth's parents, | ~ | last night when an anonymous tipster | sald | made it so there's no money in the| bling places make up the only so-called merce, Bl'\‘uckhd when told of Capone’s “It is gratifying to know he gives us so much credit, The secret six did go Leavenworth Officials to Show Capone e learned of the death of her son, Michael, 3, one of the five children shot by underworld killers on a crowded street in Harlem’s “Little Italy,” of New York, Tuesday night. —A. P. Photo. POLIGE IN DISGUISE - SEEK GANG CLUES Fifty Patrol Harlem’s “Little} Italy,” Where Five Chil- dren Were Shot. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 30.—Pifty police- men of Italian extraction, disguised as workmen cr men-about-town, strolled | | the streets of Harlem’s “Little Italy” to- | | day, their ears open for a clue to the child slaying on Tuesday. The police department, urged on by an aroused citizenry and newspaper re- wards totaling $15,000, sent every avail- | able man to ferret out each minute clue thst might lead to the gunmen who | g | took the life of one child and sent four others to the hospital in trying to shoot | | down their intended victim, a still un- | identified man. Community Is Mum. Detectives were hamper:d by the | reticence cf a grief-stricken Sicilian | community, yet they doggedly kept on, | bringing in suspects, and checking the | Motor Vehicle Bureau fllss for owners | of green touring cars. It was such an sutomobile that drew up to the curb- ing at East 107th street and sprayed the front of the Helmar Club, a pcol room, | full of gun slugs. Whether a beer feud or a policy gaming racket was responsible for the| | shooting could not be ascertained, Com-~ missioner Mulrconey and Assistant Chief Inspector Sullivan. commmdlnll the detective division. said today when | | they took personal charge of the hunt. | “Homest Truck Man” Absolved. | Harry Bruno, described by Commis- | sioner Mulrooney as an “honest truck man,” was brought in for questioning; furnished police with the number of | |the gun car. The commissioner ab- | solved Bruno. Other suspects were brought in and out of the various pre- icmcl houses, but as the morning went on police admitted they had not lo- cated the “right party.” Gov. Roosevelt commented on the shooting as a “damnable outrage.” | Commissioner Mulrooney took the | occasion to urge the enactment of Fed- eral law: inst the sale of firearms. 1 Chicago's gangdom, will take his orders | s an ordinary prisoner once the gates at the Federal penitentiary here close | behind him, prison officials said today. | When “Scarface Al" after his sen-; | tence today in eourt in Chicago, comes | here to serve a term for evading income | tax payments, he will be given a num- ber somewhere in the 39,000s and will do his share of work, his physical con- dition permitting. Will Make Own Bed. | Beach, Fla. home, he bed every mornin, 'ays live the life of palatial Miami will make his ow! and in all other his fellow convicts. More than 39,300 prisoners have served time here before him, so Capone's number will exceed that. He will wear it on ‘his suit of 2 Every perscnal possession will be taken from him and placed in a safe. Prisoners from Chicago usually are brought directly to the unloading switch terminating inside the prison, so that when Capone steps from a Pullman he probably will find himself already on the flagstones of the walled courtyard. He will be taken to the record clerk’s office and there fingsr-printed, photo- | graphed and subjected to Bertillon | measurements. Afterward the prison physician will | examine Capone's somewhat bulky body to determine th: capacity for various types of prison work of the man who | has been accustomed to letting his | gang lieutenants do his work for him. | able, Capone may bz | Toatins Fanbeput & gang with Federal | regul ilu‘lhflfl!fel at the directing helm, | The assignment to duty will come | after two weeks. Before that, Capone will have visited the Social Werk di- rector’s office, where his life bistory ,will be taken, his educational rating | determined and his religious faith re- corded. ““There is no preference shown any prisoner,” Warden Thomss B. White said. “He 15 merely placed to the best advantage cf the institution and him- self. in accordance with the physician's examination.” -— NEW MILLINERY STYLES GLADDEN SOUTH AFRICA Demand for Feathers From Europe Makes Ostrich Farmers Happy as Prices Advance. CAPE TOWN (#).—A demand Europe for ostrich feathers for the lat- im' Lo hlppirf“ than in many "'l"l::'e has been s jump of lmvlfl per_cent in market value of the plumes and at Port Elizabeth are the highest years. ] By the Associated Amid surroundings in contrast to his | 1f it is determined that he is physically | 1 WILLIAM MLEAN, . | PUBLISHER, DES Philadelphia Bulletin Ownes and A. P. Director Had 4 . Been Il Year. 8" ress. PHILADELPHIA, July 30.—William . McLean, publisher of the Philadel- phia Evening Zulletin and a former director of tn> Associated Press, died {today. He was 79 years old. Mr. McLean, whose Robert. son, +McLean, succeeded him as a director of the Associated Press seven years ago, died at his home in Germantown after being Il a year. Death came to the pubMsher at 8:30 am., surrounded by the members of his family. He h onfine: RS home six” monier " e 0 Born in Pennsylvania. Mr. McLean was born at Mount Pleasant, in Wastern Pennsylvania. He first manifested an interest in news- xapers when outside of school hours e acted as newspaper carrier for the Pittsburgh Leader. He was 20 when he obtained a place in the circulation de- artment of the Leader, becoming raveling circulation representative later. One of his early tasks was pre- paring the first newspaper almanac published in Pittsburgh. Years after he began publishing on a more com- prehensive scale the Bulletin Year Book. Mr. McLean served in every depart- ment of the Leader. This varied ex- perience gave him an Insight of news- paper problems and a grasp of editorial and business management that was to make him one of the leading news- paper publishers of his time. n 1878, Mr. McLean came to Phila- delphia_as the secretary and treasurer of the Press Co., Ltd., publisher of the Philadelphia Press, which had been purchased by Calvin Wells, iron manu- facturer of Pittsburgh. Later he was made the business manager. Buys Bulletin Control. Mr. McLean struck out for himself in 1895 and purchased a controlling in- terest in the Philadelphia Evening Bul- letin, which was founded in 1847, and which had a circulation of only a few thousand. The paper prospered steadily. The new owner of the Bulletin was said to have been the first publisher in the United States to adopt the automobile as & means for the rapid distribution of the paper. Mr. McLean was elected a director of the Associated Press in 1896 and served on the board continuously for 28 years, retiring in 1924. During that period he was active in all phases of the develop- ment of the Associated Press. He was also for a number of years a director of | the American Newspaper Publishers® Association. Freedom Business Policy. He would never accept public office or a directorship in another business, on the ground that such connection { might hamper his newspaper in print- ing the news or commenting on the events of the day. In conducting his newspaper. Mr. McLean avoided “scare heads.” “If you use big headlines every day, you will have nothing in reserve to emphasize the big news when it comes,” he would y. He married Miss Sarah Burd Warden, daughter of the late William G. Warden, in 1889. She died in 1921. They had four children, of whom three survive. They are Robert McLean, vice presi- dent of the Bulletin company and As- sociated Press director; Willlan L. Mc- Lean, jr., treasurer of the Bulletin Eufl;rlny. and Mrs. John S. Willlams of Hewlett, Long Island, N. Y. Their eldest son, Warden McLean, was killed in the military training camp at Fort Ogelthorpe, Ga., in 1917, when his horse bolted. Two Brothers in Firm. Mr. McLean had associated with him on the Bulletin two brothers, Robert L. McLean, former treasurer and now cir- culation manager, and Charles V. Me- Lean. His newspaper was Mr. McLean's prineipal hobby. He devoted long hours to its development. but when he could ay he enjoyed the woods and He took a keen interest in city affairs and was a contributer to or sponsor of many local projects. LOSS TO JOURNALISM. Death of William L. MecLean Deplored By Senator Davis. .The death of William L. McLean, publisher of the Philadelphia Bullstin, was described today by Benator Davis of Pennsylvania as a “distinet loss” to the journalism of Pennsylvania and the Netion. Bwng McLean was an “outstanding leac®” in journalistic endeavor, Davis paid tribute to the publisher’s accom- plishments. “His editorship of the Philadelphia Bulletin,” add-d Davis, ®*won for that journal outstanding rank at hcme and abroad. His assoclation with the As- sociated Press as a director sided that organization in attaining the first rank- ing position it holds today. ““The fine ideals he initiated will. T am sure, be adhered to by thcse who will carry on his life work.” CLEMENCEAU SON WEDS MRS. AIKEN, AMERICAN | By the Associated Press. ward. The witnesses were Mme. Jung Clem= enceau for the bridegroom and Mrs. Pa- tricia Sande for the bride. Mrs. Men- dessolle of San 'Francisco was another . The mayor of the elghth ward told M. Clemenceau that he bore “one of the most gloriovs. names in France, evoked the wartime premier's memory, and congratulated the bridegrocm on his Croix de Guery . ;AID CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, this evening, at the bandstand, c John Zimmsrmann, assistant. Loszy | bandmaster; Anton Pointner, | March, “Dreadnaugh! { Overture, “Flerrabras ), the ‘Her Majesty, een.” Excerpts from musical comedy, “Babes in Toyland"” . .Herbert. Novelty, “The Clown Band”...... Waliz suite, “The Beautiful Blue & trauss y.” Dan Pinale, “United States Field Artille “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band, this evening, at the Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, st 7:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur Wit~ comb, mg !:Au;'er. Overture. “Youts Triumphant”. - Hadley Trombone solo, “Air Varie”......Pryor Musician, Robert Pinale, third act, “Riensi”. . “The Halls of Montesuma.” The Star Spangled Banner.”