Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1931, Page 1

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LEAVENWORTH WARDEN KIDNAPED Moratorium Vain, Reichstag Told by Finance Minister WATSON DEMANDS CUT IN EUROPEAN ARMS IN RETURN FOR DEBT REVISION Senator Says “Use of U. s.| Money to Build Fleets for Other Powers Is Unthink- able.” By the Associated Press BERLIN, December 11.—Her- man Dietrich, finance minister, told the Reichstag Budget Ci mittee yesterday the hope that the Hoover moratorium wouid place Germany's finances on a safe basis would be unfilled Revenues from taxation and customs yielded 1,714,000,000 marks ($428,500,000) less than was estimated, while social ex- penditures rose 764,000,000 marks ($191,000,000) so that the coun- try is roughly 2,500,000,000 marks ($625,000,000) worse off than at the beginning of the moratorium, he said This has been counter-balanc- additional tax- ation and from repar: DEMOCRATS MEET NEXT TUESDAY T0 ORAFT TAY PLANS Hoover Mellon Proposals Ex- pected to Undergo Consid- | erable Revision. EARLY ACTION UNLIKELY ON REVIVAL OF BOARD Borah's Opposition and Indianan ‘ Stand Are Barriers to Hoover| Proposal—Administration Is Not | Disturbed by Probability of De- lay in Moratorium Ratification. By the Associated Press Reduction in European arma-‘ ment was demanded today by | Senator Watson of Indiana, the| Republican leader, in return for the revision of the war debts sug- | ma; discussions today on the formula- gested by President Hoover. | tion of a tax‘increase program designed “Our people will never be satis- | to distribute the burden of government fied to scale down the war debts, | costs evenly. much less to forgive them, unless| The party leaders meet next Tues- Europe chows some disposition to 87 to put :;‘; p“'o"”‘;;’;o;“ e " | They now ex; & ’Sduce her wrimment, wnwfin‘crelse in the surtaxes, & raise in the ‘“‘?{ s unthinkable that the Amert. | SecTne taxes in the higher brackets, a 0 ] d to advocate a bond issue deb’s 1o order to enable those nations | 4 a0\ to bulld navies and equip armies for| “py ' oo reported today the fubure warfare, literally using our money | gencit for the first five months and for that purpose nine days of the 1932 fiscal year Debt Board Plan Hits Snag. amounted to $925,345,000, which is Senator Watson's stand, coupled with | $5,000,000 more than for thc entire the opposition of Chairman Borah of | fiscal year of 1931, the Eenate Foreign Relations Commit- | [ toz, is expected to check early action | w“:"m"“‘"' D:: ";‘m:;'“‘;r e €2 the President’s propossl {of Tevival | 000000000 this: year, snd the Demo ©. the War Debts Commission. 'g:ts opposed to a c:x‘enl sales :r; It is the Sbviows - intention of the | program e-norssion) Jeaders to bold up this | 9 T oy ierale ro move, pending action in Europe at the by the new b ooty disarmament conference. The Michigan delegation, K -~ 1 »Myw:mmdmmmum supporters, i Meanwhile, #t became clear the “"o d to the Hoover-Mellon tax pro- ministration is not disturbed by the posed on automobile sales. Representa. fact Congress will not have ratified | tive Treadwa; u;v lumc;mfiam, 2 Re- | publican on ays an eans Com- g‘:fl:&"r‘ > m;’::‘:”:”‘wh’;’; 3‘“"‘" mittee that drafts revenue-raising legts- payments fali due. lation, opposes levyiny income tax on small and wag Undersectetary of the Treasity MUls | posed by on, said today lack of immediate ratification | = g er said “there is pleniy would be regarded merely as & tech- | of time to work out this tax program, nicality and foreign governments would to do it carefully- take no nuF. toward making payments t. and we are going I ‘o we have six months in which to do it.” Harrison Is Wary of Proposal. | Be opposes a general sales tax. | Extensive Hearings Planned. Senator Harrison of Missiseippl, rank- | Majority Leader Rainey, in the ing Democrat on the Finance Commit- | Democratic House, said ke favors tee, in charge of war debts legislation in the Senate, also looked warily on the Hoover debt proposal By the Associated Press Congressional Democrats held infor- | far as possible, “the men of smaller incomes should be protected because L am mot favorable to cancellation |they need every cent they can earn.” of debts” he gaid. “As to whether the | ~ Chairman Collier of the House Ways War Debt Commission is to be revived, | and Means Committee, said the tax I am willing to hear the administra- | program would be taken up early in Lion's reasons for this, but right NOW | January. Extensive hearings will be (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) | held before bills are reported for action. The Mississippi Democrat favors raising funds o meet the deficit through bond issues and increasing cer- tain taxes Senator Harrison, Mississippi, rank- |ing Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, 1s strongly opposed to a | retroactive application of tne new in- T0 SPEND YULE HERE Two Sons, Herbert, Jr., and Allan | Democrats generally are expected to 3 ; | oppose this part of the Hoover-Mellon Will Bring His Grandchildren |~ Meanwhile, assurance of Democratic for White House Christmas. CHILDREN OF HOOVER | |aid in guarding the Treasury and * operation in every way possible to re- duce Federal expendiiures” was given to President Hoover today by Chair- man Byrns of the House Appropriations Committee. Hopes to Cut Budget. The Tennesseean stood outside President’s office after his conference President and Mrs. Hoover are to e their children and grandchildren them Ckristmas and as & result the White House again will be the scene of & happy and gay Yule tide. The younger Hoovers are expected to e at the White House about a week before Christmas, and plans are being made now by Mrs. Hoover for a happy observance of the occasion Herbert Hoover with his wife and their child Peggy Ann and Herbert Hoover, 3d, who is better known as “Feter,” will come to Washington from their home in Pasadena, Calif They will not bring with them their youngest child, Joan, who is just two old and not yet sufficiently in- ed in distinguished grandparents and served notice that zs chairman of the committee first responsible he would make every effort to aid the adminis- tration's plan to diminish Government | spending. “Do you intend t budget?” he was a: “L sure do,” he replied reduce it if possible The budget submitted th the President is but slightly under $4,000,000.000. The President warned it must be strictly heeded and taxes must be raised, or the Government would be $4,442,000,000 behind by the end of next fiscal year. Byrns plans to have his committee fust tackle the $200,000,000 appropria- tion which the Veterans' Bureau needs to ¢ b kecp within the “1 hope to is week by ver, the President's younger ently entered the banking Los Angeles, also will join House party in time for on’service certificates NEW YORK OPERA STAR VANISHES; THREATENED TO COMMIT SUICIDE Santo Biondo Fails to Appear for Metropolitan Role. Home Found in Great Di sorder. By the Associated Press l NEW YORK, December 11.—Santo Biondo, lyric soprano, was to have sung the role of Manuela in “La Notte Di Zoraima” last night but she failed to appear at the Metrppolitan Opera FEouse The singer'’s husband and relatives live in New Haven, Conn. No trace of her could be found there. Mme. Biondo was last seen late Wed- nesday night when she walked out of her apartment hotel with several let- ters in hand. She was under a three- year contract with the company ard had appecred in a num- be: of roles. including that of Nedda, in “Paglaccl” end Museita in fLa “Itatelived a life of lies. I have tried | Bcheme.” to commit suicid> by gas, sat down by| Mario Biondo, a brother, sald she the stove end turned on the ges jets.| had beep depressed over losses on the But 1 couldn’t go through with it. So| stock market. She was also upset by now I have decided to end by life in| the recent fliness of her father the waters.” Police went to her apartment and| taflor, found it in disorder. The lights were on, the windows open and all over the fioor, 5 's teacher, Enrico Ro- bad received two letters from the singer in which she threatened suicide. One of them said home in New Haven. was| some harm might because of financial losses, p higher taxes on big incomes, and as | == MARRIES HER MOTHER| arTy out last Winter's law for lend- | Metropolitan | The husband, Salvatore Muzzuloo, a|locomotive struck is on his way here from his|to clear the debris He fears that \Bave befallen er APANESE CABINET FORCED T0 RESIN ININTERNAL CRISS fall of Government Follows League Resolution on Manchuria. END OF GOLD STANDARD | IS SEEN AS POSSIBILITY| | | | Coalition, Opposition or Wakatsuki | Ministry Seen Outgrowth of Present Situation. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 11.—The Japanese cabinet, headed by Premier Baron Reijiro Wakatsuki, resigned today as & result of criticism of its policy on for- | eign affairs and its financial policy. The resignation of the cabinet, which was followed immediately by prepara- tions for forming its successor, was be- lieved to have introduced a possibility that Japan might suspend the gold standard and place an embargo on gold. Three possible developments were outlined following the resignation. They included the formation of a coalition cabinet, with portfolios distributed among members of both the Minseito (government) party and the Seiyukai (opposition) party; a completely Seiyu- kal ministry or a new cabinet under Premier Wakatsuki. Opposed to Coalition. In Minseito party circles the opinion was expressed that Kenzo Adachi, home minister and leader of an influential | Minseito faction, whose criticisms were said to have been instrumental in bringing about the resignation, has | been eliminated as a possibility in any | new cabinet. If Premier Wakatsuki is called upon again to form a cabinet Forelgn Minister Baron Shidehara and Finance Minister Junnosuke Inouye, who has been opposed to a gold em- | bargo, would probably occupy their old places. Other political observers, however, pointed out that there is little chance of a reconstructed Minseito cabinet coming into power. A strong Seiyukai faction is opposed to the notion of a coalition government and is striving to bring about 2n entirely cab- inet, bly under the ip of K ‘0 Takahashi, financial espert and formser premier. 2 | . Mr. Takzhashi served as prime min- | ister for six months in 1917, and in | | spite of his age is known as Japan’s | | most able financier. Japan Not Restricted. Meanwhile the Wakatsuki cabinet will | continue to function until its successor is named. This probably will be at| least 24 hours, for the lord chamberlain must go to Okitsu, a five-hour trip by train, to consult Prince Kimmochi Saionji, one of Japan’'s elder statesmen. Then the prince will come to Tokio to | confer with the Emperor, according to custom. The foreign office, in a statement to- | day on yesterday's developments at the League of Nations Council meeting, said | {that Japan 1s not restricted by the | League's Manchurian resolution from | | taking police measures to protect Japa- | | nese lives ana property | The statoment does not mention | Chinchow, but it speaks of bandit ac- | tivities, and tnese have been most ex- tensive recently in the Chinchow area.| The statement also asserted that the | League's commission of inquiry will be | limited, for Japan contends that it will have no authority to investigate Japa- nese military arrangements nor to in- | terfere in any direct negotlations which | may materialize between Japan and| | China | Stormy Sessions in Diet. ! There was a general impression that | the downfall of the Wakatsuki govern- | ment had been brought about primarily | with the purpase of forestalling a mili- tary dictatorship | _There have been stormy sessions in the | | Diet this year, and on one occasion | | knives flashed, chairs and inkwells were | | thrown end police were called before | (Continued on Page 4, Column 1,) GIRL DIES AS FRIEND | . Budapest Police Say Mildred Piller, 3 Daughter of Late U. § Man, Is Suicide. Business | B the Associated Press | BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 11. | —Mildred Piller, 20, daughter of the | 1 widow of a former New York business man, died at a hospital here today Police said her death was due to poison self-administered The girl and her mother had lived here for a year. She had been seen | |much in company with a Budapest | physician, whom her mother recently married. 1 NEW YORK, December 11 (p)— | Mildred Piller,” 20, whose body was {found In Budapest today, was the | i daughter of the late Benjamin Piller, retired dress manufacturer, of Far | Rockaway, Long Island Mrs. Charles Piller, an aunt of the | girl, "said Piller died three years ago After the death of the manufacturer | his widow and daughter lived at differ- | ent hotels here and two years ago wont to Europe on an extended tour. The girl's father died in New York in 1929, and the w.dow, with her daugh- ter and two sons, come bac kto Hun- gary, where Mildred was born During the Medical Congress Vienna recently they met Dr. Bruel. Dr. Bruell married Mrs, last " June. at Aledar Piller Bl e Six Die as Barracks Fa]l, MEXICO CITY, December 11 () | Six persons ‘were killed ye:terd | the result of the collapse o oy el barracks In the suburb of Tarupg. An officer and three men los. tgeir lives in the collapsz itself and a fireman a fire truck | Ambassador and Wife Return to ASK SDAY WEEK FORLL . ENPLOVES Bills Covering Entire Federal Service and ““Shop Group” Alone Offered. | | | Three bills proposing a five-day week | for Government employes, two asking ! the shorter working hours for all Fed- eral workers and the third specifying | only the “shop group’ were intre- | Quced.dn Congress - today, two in the | House and the third in the Senate. | The two House bills, which would | grant all United States employes a five-day week, were introduced by Rep- resentative Willlam J. Granfleld of Massachusetts, a new member of the| House Appropriations Committee, and | by Representative Charles W. McCor- | mick, also of Massachusetts, who intro- | duced the original Saturday half-holi- | day bill which was passed at the last | session of Congress. | The other bill is sponsored by Senator | Smith W. Brookhart of Iowa. In Washington, his bill would cover workers in the navy yard, Government Printing Office, Bureau of Engraving and Printing and Bureau of Standards. It would also benefit the Light House Service and any other agencies in which mechanical groups are employed. Referred to Committee. N. P. Alifas, president of the Interna- tional Association of Machinists, Dis- trict No. 44, explained that the bill af- | fects mainly groups of workers who are | on an 8-hour-day basis. It provides | that five days shall constitute a week's work, with pay for a week, and that em- ployes in the groups mentioned whose services are required on Saturday would be given compensatory time later. | The bill would affect District govern- ment employes who come under the heading cf tradesmen and mechanics. The measur: was referred to the Civil Service Committee for report. | Representative Granfield has written | into this measure a provision that in all | cases where for special re-son, to be de- termined by the head of the Federal | department or cther governmental | establishment having supervision over| such employes, when the services of any employe cannot be spared on Saturday, | they shall be entitled to compensatory | and equivalent time off without loss of pay during some other week. They[ would receive the same amount for five days’ work as for six at present, under the Granfleld measure. | Subs for Half-holiday Law. ‘ It is positively written into the meas- ‘Jur‘(‘ that no employes shall be de) of any leave or holidays with which they may now be entitled under | existing laws, nor shall the number of | hours in any work day be increased. | This legislation would operate as a sub- | stitute for - the Saturday half-holiday | law, which would be repealed. [ This encouragement to Government | employes and their organizations, which | have been working for improved work- ing conditions, came at a time when hundreds of Government employes have | been advising with their respective | members of Congress regarding condi- tions of employment, and especially protesting against the proposal made by Representative Robert S. Rich, wealthy manufacturer and director of | numerous banks and corporations, for a 10 per cent deduction from salaries of all Government employes. | Representatives La Guardia, Repub- | lican, and Sirovich, Democrat, New | York, introducad bills yesterday affect- | ing the retirement of Government em- ployes. The La Guardia bill provided | for retirement after 30 years of service, | while the Sirovich measure provided for retirement at 60 years of age, and that widows who had married 10 years be- fore the death of their husbands should | receive only three-fourths of the an- nuity due their husbands. CHILDREN GREET EDGE Paris After U. S. Trip. | , December 11 (#).—When Am- back to Paris today after six weeks in the United States their three children | stole the show from the top-hatted wel- comers representing the French govern- and a policeman were killed when a d Programs on Page D.5 » ment and the American embassy. fln. Edge swept all three of them into her arms and the family went home after s brief welcoming cere- mony. HOOVER T0 DELAY JOHNNY, THAT WET ISSUE DOESN'T A THIS CONTRACT > 7 BRIDGE AS A 2 (70 )PUBLICITY STUNT! LENZ Says S/YSfEMs NoT MPORTANT FollowING |Sr uicide Is Jury’s seide s Juvs - KANE TAKES STAND Pleas of Relative |\ Wi N BEWAIF Coroner’s Body Refusesto| Change Findings in | Professor Leaps From Wit- Kizer Case. | ness Stand 1o Deny Pro- Unmoved by the plea of the dead fanity Testimony. man’s relative, a coroner's jury today returned a verdict of suicide in the case | of Harry D. Kizer, 53, who died yester- | By the Associated Press. day u‘!d e v following carbon | HAMPTON, Va., December 11.—Prof. monixide poisoning. | Kiser, » War Department auditor, was | Elisha Kent Kane, breaking from his In e overcome by the fumes Sunday in the | Usual composure, today testified with " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3, | tears in his eyes that he loved and made heroic efforts to save his wife, Jefiny Graham Kane, whom he is charged with drowning. Then, Ie-mu'gl from the witness stand, he rushed to the bench and shouted to iJuflf.e ©, Vernon Spratley a vehement denial of allegations of profanity made mnls him by his wife's relatives, and 'h Judge Spratley had ordered stricken from court records. Court at- ST MESSE S Feels Law Enforcement Com-| munication Will be More Ef- fective at Later Date. The professor began his statement with & brief resume of his life up to his meeting with his future wife while he was an instructor and she a pupil at Roanoke College, Salem, Va. He said he taught at Miami, Fla, and Augusta, Ga., Roanoke College and the Universities of North Carolina and Tennessee. Prof. Kane spoke in a clear, firm voice and was attired in a well fitting | dark suit. He talked easily and kept his | gaze riveted on the jury. Wife Feared Water. By the Associated Press A second special message from Presi- dent Hoover to the Congress—one on criminal law enforcement—is to be held at the White House until the earl; it . r B 346} “I came to Norfolk on September 9 of next year. is year from Fort Bragg and called The President was said today in high | tl® ¥ administration circles to feel such a | dinner at Virginia Beach.” he said 2 _l “Jenn, a4 earnd al auti- e ia:v:,u‘d be mare‘eMectivg If de- | o andhiewimw IiEe on her back amil side. But she was afraid of the water Similarly, no immediate special mes- | and kept her head too high. sage dealing with railroad aid 1s ieach er to get xid of this fear by planned. It has been indicated relably | 1Ving. This went on at Virginia Beach. | that a message centered on that theme Bhe was nervous when people were | would be sent if necessary. While around and we went down the beach. She would hold her nose, squat down watching the rail situation closely, the | nd throw herself in the water. administration now plans to await the | outcome of proposals for relief already | under way. Position Known to Congress. Thus the position of most of the Chief Executive's major statements to the whole Congress is known. No in- dication, however, has been given when he will’ submit the report on Muscle Shoals, prepared for him by a Jjoint | Federal-State commission, setting up a| private operation plan, This week he has deiivered his annual | and budget mossages, and a speclal | message on forelgn relations. He is of the opinion that after Congress has| more regular routine, mat- | essing for immediate action | can be batter delivered In his special law enforcement mes- | sage, Mr. Hoover will seek primarily £o | speed up and strengthen ' court pro. | cedure. - He feels the grand jury system, for one thing, might well be amended. | He will seek to tighten the method un- | der which appeals for new trials ‘are | made in Federal criminal law. Inyes. tigation by the Justice Department has convinced him the United States is far behind other countries in th its justice. etRhaoral Hopes for Aid to Roads. The President is hopeful that his proposed ‘mergency Reconstruction Co‘rpomtlon," for the creation of which bilis already have been introduced, will aid hard-pressed railways. He has asked in a general sense, also, for reg- ulation of competing services and fo* some revision of rail regulation, The Chief Executive is hopeful, also, that the recent Interstate Commerce Commissicn freight rate decision will help both big roads and small. In effect it will allow upon application ases which may possibly revise freight revenue upward by $100,000,000. In addition, he is still backing strongly plans for consolidations to reduce op- erating costs. 7 SENT T9 PRISON Men Convicted of Plot to Forge American Passports. WARSAW, December 11 (#)—Seven persons were sentenced to from three years to three months in prison today after they were convicted of participa- tlon in a plot to forge American pass- to Grand View Beach, where they had been in swimming 50 times in the past | few years. “We left the light house about i o'clock and went to the Magnolia Tree Inn,” he said. “I gave Jenny $40 to ge: | her mether a new dress and hat.” | He said they were joined later by her mother and had dinner at Old Point | 2, Column 4) " (Continued on Paj PASTOR TO LEAD TREK OF JOBLESS T0 D. C. Pittsburgh Benefactor of Poor to| Lead March of 1,000 to Capital. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, December 11.—The Rev. Father James R. Cox, benefactor of the poor, announced today he would | head a parade of jobless to Washing- ton to save the demonstration from | being branded es the work of “Com- mimists or reds.” He said more than 1,000 men from all patts of Western Pennsylvania will | participate in the march, no date was | set for the trek. Father Cox declared | the object will be to impress author- | ities with the necessity of immediate | action in relieving unemployment, not ! by insurance or providing food and clothing, but by furnishing jobs. Saying he did not hope to gain an interview with President Hoover, the priest stated: “The ears of our Presi- dent seem to be open to the bankers and the very wealthy and not to the | cries of the poor and distressed.” VERDICT IS SUICIDE LONDON, December 11 (#).—A ver- | dict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned today at a coroner's in- uest into the death of Lady Eleanor ington, whose body was found in a gas-flled room of her West End apart- | ment on Tuesday. Before her marriage in 1910 Lady | my wife and asked her to meet me for | I tried to| He sald the next day he took his wifs | | States Bureau of Investigations, , SHOT SIX ARE CAPTURED AFTER GUN BATTLES; CAPTIVE IS WOUNDED U.S. Troops Pursué Armed Men Who Commandeer Autos Later Abandoned. FOR USE AS HOSTAGE Convicts Use Forged Passes to Gain Entry to Prison Office and Abduct Official From Desk. By the Associated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., Decemb from an Army plane here this afte who escaped from the Leavenwort] been recaptured after a stiff gun house, eight miles west of Leavenwo! The message said two of the its leader, and an unid exchange of fire. er 11.—A message dropped Tnoon said all six convicts h prison this morning had fight near the Bell school rth. posse, Deputy Warden Galvin, entified guard, had been wounded in the By the Associated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., made a sensational escape tiary today and shot and was taken as a hostage. The warden was brought to a hospital here, reported to have been struck in the left side and arm with a shotgun charge when he wrestled with one of his captors. Soldiers from Fort Leavenworth, prison guards and a host of police and sheriff’s officers pursued the fugitives, who were armed with pistols and shotguns. The wounded warden was left eight miles southwest of here, motor cars in succession and we: Or‘xe report was that they had separated into two groups. Three of the escaped men were identified by prison authorities jas Stanley Brown, sentenced from Fargo, N. Dak., to 15 years for a post office robbery; George Curtis, sentenced to 25 years from Oklahoma City for assaulting a mail carrier, and Tom !Jl:u!acx-'nods | serving 25 years, from Duluth, Minn,, for robbing a post office. - Mrs. Joseph Gates, wife of a farmer, reported that her daughter, Elizabeth Gates, and son, John, had been taken prisoner by the jconvicts after they had terrorized the Gates home. Shortly afterward, she said, Warden White and the girl decided to attempt to escape. When White was shot, the woman said, the convicts also fired on Elizabeth, but she escaped injury by falling into a ditch. Mr. White was found by members of a posse. Mrs. C. D. Campbell, a neighbor, said the convicts visited her farm and stole two horses. A rumor circulated about the prison that the warden’s abductors were carrying nitroglycein or other high explosives. Soldiers Rushed to Scene. | Soldiers from Fort Leavenworth, armed with machine guns, prison guards and county and city officers rushed to the scene. It was explained by the warden’s secretary that wall guards did i not open fire on the conviets | k- when they” escaped through the ¢ " o prison gate for fear of hitting Warden White, who was used as ‘ L a shield. After the brief flurry, authori- ties reported that quiet was quickly restored at the prison and that the other convicts made no demonstration. A string of Army ambulances drove up to the prison gate, ready for dispatch in case of a pitched battie with the escaped men. Prison authorities said the es- caped prisoners were mail rob- bers whom they did not identify. A check after a noon meal would definitely establish their identi- fication, the warden’s secretary said. The car in which the prisoners escaped was found abandoned | later on a soggy road a few miles north of the prison. Officials were |informed another automobile had been commandeered nearby. The six prisoners, armed. with sawed-off shotguns, appeared at the war- den’s office and covered clerks and employes. The warden, who was at work at his desk, was forced to join thera. He was marched to an automobile near his "“2§?§§a passes permitted the prisoners to pass the gate guards and enter the December 11.—Six desperate convicts from the Leavenworth Federal Peniten- wounded Warden Thomas B. White, who by his abductors on a road about The convicts commandeered three Te reported to have fled westward | | | | | | WARDEN T. B. WHITE. A. P. Photo. | warden’s office, Forged Office Passes Used. The first car of the convicts was taken from three Fort Leavanworth sol- diers, who had started on a hunting trip. The soldiers were passing the peni- tentiary as the six convicts emerged with the warden. In forcing the main gate the convicts “jimmied” the lock. It jammed after All other convicts were locked in their cells and all guards not needed at the prison joired soldiers in pursuit. How the men obtained the shot; into the prison, was a mystery. mediately. The soldiers dispatched to his rescue took up the man h: trucks, They were armed with machine guns. White Was Texas Ranger. Warden White was a former member of the Texas Rangers, serving from 1905 to 1909. He then became a special Investigator of criminal depredations for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Rock Island Railroads. After his service with railroads White was an inspector of service in the United Department of Justice. He was born at Oak Hill, Tex., March 6, 1881, and was educated at South- western University, Georgetown, Tex. | they passed through. guns which apparently had been smuggled The names of the fugitives were not known im- unt in large Army Farmers Warned to Barricade Selves. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, December 11.—THe World Herald says sev who escaped from Leavenworth Federal Penitentia: Warden White had taken refuge in the home of Ei living 5 miles west of Leanvenworth, Kans, They took two wounded guards into the house with them, the World Herald says. « “The convicts are in the house with Mr, ‘Salsbury,” Mrs. Ed Strahof told the newspaper from her home across the road from Salsbury. “J don't know whether they've shot him or not, but the two guards they took in with them are wounced and other guards who are now surrounding the houacv,l;‘l”lie 1ting for )}elp before they rush the house.” Mrs. Strahof was conversing with the newspaper by tel:phene guards brcke in on the line to phone the penitentiary for replnmr}éemflru. W‘:rdm Zerbst of the Federal prison annex then broke in to the line a second time to eral of the six convicts 1y today after abducting merson Salsbury, a farmer, Eom and smuggle aliens into nited States. i ) i l-ln—ryul hHALL Iormuul‘!mbed States vice consul here, was ousted over & year on a similar accusation. . Torrington was an actress, playing as Eleanor Souray. There was a divorce in 1921 and Viscount Torrington mar- ried again. warn all farm folk listening in on the wire to remein in their homes and lock all do(l)rs mdhwindcw& -1 saw three men whom I took to be prisoners, half carry and half guards into Mr. Salisbury’s home.” Mrs. Strahof a the two wounded X “I don’t know how badly they were Lurt, but they were bleeding.