Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1932, Page 2

* Qre conferring on the banking revision T A2 e THE EVENING S WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, FI 3T it 8. 1932, OLYMPIG CONTEST | Looking Down on the Olympics DELAYED BY STORM, Two-Man Bobsleigh Race Put Over Until Tomorrow by Committee. By the Associated Press LAKE PLACID, N. Y., February & A storm of snow and wind, raging over the Adirondacks, today forced post- ponement for a day of the two-man | bobsleigh race, feature event of the fifth day of the 1932 Winter Olympics. Arthur Meyer of Switzerland and Erwin Hachman of Germany, members of the International Committee, who took charge of the bob run a week ago, ordered the first ana second heats set | over until tomorrow, with the third and | fourth heats Wednesday. Total times for the four heats will de- | cide the winner among the 13 teams entered from eight nations. Riders of the four-man bobs, who stage thelr competition Thursday and Friday, will not be affected by the post- ponement of the two-man runs unless bad weather continues. Gillis Grafstorehm of Sweden, de- fending Olympics champion, who was suffering from water on the knee until a few days ago, gave a good perform- ance in the difficult “rockers’ and *“counters” &s the men'’s figure skating opened today in the arena. Karl Schaefer of Austria, world champion, got a great ovation as he took the ice DRIVE ON HOARDIN IS GIVEN IMPETUS; FARM AID PRESSED (Continued From First Page) KI JUMPER'S VIEW OF STADIUM AT LAKE PLACID. 3 i T e’ at Lake Placid, N. Y. tional meeting Saturday. durin, G ENERAL view of the Olympic Stadium and the surrounding countryside the height of activities of the interna- A Jone skier stands poised in midair against a background of sky and snow-covered landscape, while below him the German and Canadian hockey teams battle for supremacy and the 10.000-meter skaters speed around the course for places in the qualifying —A. P. round. Photo. together with special application blanks now being prepared E Col. Knox obtained President Hoover's ideas of the anti-hoarding organization at a breakfast table discussion at the White House. Knox previously had con- ferred with Dawes. At the White House the publisher was informed by President Hoover of the pledge from more than 40 national associations that their 20,000,000 mem- bers are prepared to co-operate in & united campaign. If successful, the President estimates it will add $10- 000,000,000 to the Nation's credft volume. Knox planned to return to the EX- ecutive Mansion for another conference later in the day. In addition to its direct relief bills, Congress has before it the measure to relieve depositors of closed banks and to liberaltize the Federal Reserve redis- count rules, with President Hoover urg- ing early enactment. The House Ways and Means Com- mittee tackles the other side of the problem — raising the billion dollars necessary for balancing the budget by increased taxation. The committee starts that task Tuesday, with a bill expected by March 1. Reports on Expenditures, The Children's Bureau of the Labor Department issued a report stating that the average monthly expenditure for familles under care in 1930 was $2383. It reported that eight cities ve their needy families more than 5« a month, while in four cities re- lief on the average was Jess than $10 a month. Detroft, whose rellef bill was just short of $9,000,000 in 1930, expended an average of $36.70 per family under care; Buffalo, $28.17; Hartford, §27.37; Cleve- ; Washington, $21.57; Cin- cinnati, $19.68; Canton, $18.48. Dayton, $16.94; St. Louis, $16.39; Newark, $16.15; Chicago, $15.07; Richmond, $14.39; Louisville, $14.21; Springfield, IlL, $13.71; Grand Rapids, $13.38; Akron, $13.33; New Orleans, $13.32; St. Paul, $12.52; Kansas City, Mo., $12 Den- ver, $11.88; Minneapolis, $10.53; Wichita, $10.48; Des Moines, $10.28; Sloux City, $9.84; Lancaster, $9.13, and Columbus, $8.89. Glass and Walcott Confer. Senators Glass, Democrat, Virginia, and Walcott, Republican, Connecticut, legislation, but it seems unlikely their onferences with Government financial »xperts will be concluded much before the end of the week. Hearings will be resumed a week from tomorrow before the Senate Banking | Committee on the Hoover proposal for establishment of a Federal system of home-loan discount banks. Meanwhile, Harry S. Kissell, former | resident of the National Association of eal Estate Boards, said changes made in the bills calling for a system of Fed- eral home-loan banks made “{nflation out of the question.” Some opponents of the . proposed system have claimed in testimony before committees that the banks would cause another real estate inflation. Stevenson Makes Statement. Another statement by the present | head of the real estate boards, L. T. Stevenson of Pittsburgh, said qull‘kl passage of the land-banks bill would aid more than any other measure under consideration to bring about the spend- ing programs advocated by Mr. Hoover to end hoarding. The People’s Lobby, of which Prof. John Dewey is president, said that “well known facts about concentration of income show that only Federal taxa- tion can equalize the cost of caring for | America's unemployed.” | “Advocates of local and State relief of the unemployed, whether in or out of Congress, are agents or tools of multi- millionaires,” the statement said, “whose income is derived largely from property, and who still indulge the delusion that the function of Government is to help the rich grow richer and to tax the poor into destitution.” 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL'S BODY FOUND MUTILATED | IN VACANT HOUSE| (Continued From Pirst Page.) Dorothy’s mother. Mrs. Florence Lutz, ccllapsed when she learned the child had been slain. She had held to the | hope that the girl had wandered from home and been taken in by some per- | sons wno were afraid to report to police | for fear they would be charged with kidnaping | Pingerprint experts made a close in- | spection of the girl's torn clothing be- | fore the body was removed to the morgue for an autopsy. | A 58-year-old man who was arrested Saturday on a complaint that he was | @isorderly in the vicinity of a home for children, was immediately subjected to questioning about Dorothy's death. Po- lice said the woman who made the complaint against him riated he had asked her if she “coulda take care of a %-year-old girl " “ine chiia’s father, Peter Lutz, a jan- dtor in an apartment house. died three ‘weeks ago. Shortly after his death Mrs. Lutz moved to her present home and her father took up residence with her Dorothy was an only child. a young brother having died 1wo years ago. The discovery followed receipt today by Mrs. Lutz of several threatening let- | ters, but police sald they believed there was no connection between them and | the child’s death. They expressed the' opinion the letters were written by eranks. | Several persons living in the vicinity | ©f the house where the body was found zeported to police that they had seen the child talking to a colored man in the neighborhood. N Gunman’s Victim ESGE S YT .S ACTS TOHALT CHINESE ‘INVASION' 800 Aliens at Mexican Bor- der Are Striving to Enter Country. ‘The State and Labor Departments to- day said they were striving hard to pre- vent an invasion of the United States by an unarmed army of Chinese. Accerding to Labor Department offi- cials, 800 Chinese have been ordered out of the State of Sonora, Mexico, and have refused to accept transportation offered them by Sonora officials to the nearest Mexican seaport. Seek to Enter United States. It was said they preferred to take the chance of crossing the border into the United States and take the conse- quences of being deported by this Gov- ernment. Officials said that the State and La- bor Departments have taken up the case with the Mexican government and the Chinese are being held in Sonora awaiting its decision. The Labor Department declared it was particularly anxious to block this so-called invasion because of a shortage of funds in its Immigration Bureau's strong box as the result of deporting 1,100 Chinese from San Francisco to Hongkong during the past year at a cost of $127.600. Rush for Border. When the Mexican states recently passed the Chinese exclusion act, sev- eral hundred Chinese residents made a rush for the Mexican border. A total of 503 were caught and. after being de- tained for a short while, were ordered deported Meantime agents throughout the United States picked up 597 Chi« nese illegally in this country, and they also were ordered deported Secretary Doak. after weeks of nego- | tiations, obtained a rate of $85 for each Chinese aboard American steamers bound for Hongkong, but after railroad fare from point of arrest and the cost of detention had been added, the Labor Department said today that each Chi- nese cost this Government $160 for a free passage back home. FOUR DIE IN AIR WRECKS Two Planes Collide in Japan and Another Falls 4,000 Feet. TOKIO, February 8 (# —Three army officers and a sergeant were killed and three airplanes were wrecked in two separate accidents today. Near Nagoya two army planes carry- ing three officers collided in midair and crashed. The sergeant was killed when his engine failed on a long-dis- tance flight and his plane fell 4,000 feet GOVERNORS PLAN RICHMOND SESSION Discussions to Feature Banks, Budgets and Un- employment Problems. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y. February 8—An agenda reflecting the current economic perplexities with discussions on unem- | ployment, budgets and bank was pat- terned yesterday for the April conven- tion of Governors at Richmond, Va. | The program was worked out by the Executive Committee of the Governors’ Conference, meeting here with one of its members, Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. The committee, adhering to its fundamental rule against discus- | sion of controversial political subjects, ‘prepnred a two-day business program | of “topics relating strictly to govern- ’menul and economic subjects. Convene April 25. The Governors convene at Richmond on April 25. With the heavy work out of the way at the end of the second day, they will help Virginia, native State of George Washington, celebrate the Bicentennial of his birth by visiting historic spots intimately associated with his life. The President and Mrs. Hoover, an announcement by the Executive Com- mittee said, would entertain the Gov- ernors and their wives at a White House dinner on the night of April 28. Attending the Executive Committee meeting yesterday and today were the | chairman, Gov. | Cary Hardee of Florida; Gov. George H. Dern of Utah; Gov. John G. Pol- lard of Virginia and Gov. Roosevelt, | Pollard Plays Host. Unemployment demanded a major share of attention from the executives| when they met for their meeting last | The cpn- | into this| year at French Lick, Ind. | tinuation of the depression year resulted in the Executive Commit- tee giving that topic & place well up on the 1932 program As a climax to the Bicentennial Cele- bration feature of the Richmond meet- ing there will be a general meeting on the night of April 27, with the host ex- ecutive, Gov. Pollard, at the head of the table. . Mr. Roosevelt is scheduled for the main address of that meeting. JURORS MAY GET JUDD CASE TODAY Summing Up and Judge's Instruc- | tions to Cloes Double Murder Trial. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz, February 8 late today the fate of Mrs. Winnie Judd, alleged slayer of her two former | Agnes Anne Le Roi and| Miss Hedvig Samuelson, probably will| friends, Mrs. | be placed in the hands of the jury Only the summing up of the evidence for and against the young wife of a physician and Superior Judge Howard | Speakman's instructidns to the jury re- mained this morning to delay jury de- liberations. A quick verdict was pre- dicted by both State and defense coun- sel. Testimony was completed Satur day. The jurors have for their deliberation the defense's contention that M: was insane when she women last October 16. placed their bodies in trunks and sent them to Angeles, and the State's allegation the killings were motivated by jealousy over attentions paid the two women by J. J. Halloran, ~wealthy Phoenix lumber dealer, and friend of the three. If found guilty of first-degree murder Mrs. Judd can be sent to the gallows. In the present trial Mrs. Judd Is being tried only for the slaying of Mrs. Le Roi. The State has announced in ever it will press a second murder charge— | for the killing of Miss Samuelson. Community Chest Pledge I hereby pledge to the (additional) the (new ) sum of. Community Chest for 1932 to be paid in 10 monthly installments, or as follows: Norman S. Case of | Rhode Island; the secretary, former Gov. | Judd | illed the two | the death penalty is not exacted | TAR, | COMMUNITY GHEST ‘TERDHOUR'NEARS Workers Make Final Inten- sive Drive to Get Last $210,605 Needed. ‘With the zero hour of noon tomorrow Community_Chest work called on their final pro: of obta g $210 plete the goal of § drive to aid hopes needed to cof 000 in their The last tomor: the Willard Ho s ors then will give ing of results obtained sion of the campaign was m sary by a deficit last Wednesday ers to report will include H. L. Rust, hairman of the metropolitan unit B. Wilson, chairman of the gr solicitation unit: Sidney F. Taliaf¢ chairman of schools unit, and Clarence A. Aspinwall, chairman of the special gifts unit The de neces- ir Llovd quarters yesterday. The largest a check for $1.566 from guests of the Shoreham_Hotel, named. The second donation was $1. accompanied by a card describing it as “a widow's mite.” The third was $5 from a Spanish War nurse who lives on a small annuity $2,601,000 Is Minimum. hest officials reiterated the goal of $2.601,000 is the, minimum figure need- cd_to adequately provide for human welfare needs in Washington this year. They pointed out the budgets of the various charitable organizations affili- ated with the Chest have been trimmed | as much as possible Leaders stressed the fact that Wash- ington's 20,000 unemployed had greatly increased the customary number of pleas for aid. Demands for help have been particularly large at such organi- zations as the Salvation Army and the Associated Charities “My faith in Washington remains unshaken,” general campaign chairman. “I just cannot let myself believe that the citi- zens of the Nation's Capital will permit his great cause to fail. I know that y have responded before. Urges Use of Coupon. “I have seen them when the war clouds gathered bring highest honors on and I cannot help but feel that in this great war we are waging against crime, disease and poverty they will again rally around and again make Washing- ton a shining example for the rest of the Nation and for the world. Hun- ger and need, the result of the unem- plovment situation, are here with us. Our only weapon is the Community Chest and to do its work effectively i must be filled to the last penny of that $2.601,000 so badly needed.” Mr. Colladay urged widespread use of the pledge coupon which accompa- nies this article. GANG GUNS “ERASE” VINCENT COLL IN (Continued From First Page. and other criminals to contribute cash to the Coll bank roll under threat of being slain “He would send word to a victim.” police said, “that he was waiting out- side to see him, and for the man to come out or send out some money— $500 up to $5.000. The mention of the name Coll was enough to produce the money, no questions asked.” Coll was unarmed. Police explained that he probably was starting out on a round of night clubs. On such occa- sions he seldom carried a weapon. but always was accompanied by a body- guard. His bodyguard on this occa- sion, police are certain, was a traitor. A report was published only a few hours before Coll's death that Chicago gunmen had arrived last Friday by plane to “get” Coll. Less than a week ago two men and home by gunmen hunting Coll. Chicago Methods Seen. After trying New York gangdom's most approved method of “rubbing out” a foe, Coll's enemies had to hire Chicago They based their theory on a com- parison of methods used in the two most recent attacks on him and his followers. They expressed the opinion Chicago “Tommy gunners” did the killing. It was known that Coll was familiar with the habits and appearance of most of the New York “trigger men” and had been successful in thwarting ambushes laid by them Besides his other activities, Coll's name has been closely connected with the kidnapping racket, police said. Dur- ing the last year he is reported to have held for ransom such characters as | “Big Frenchy” De Mange, reputed partner of Owney Madden, beer runner a Broadway racketeer, and Billy ren. bookmaker. | Coll's notoriety did not really become Nation-wide until the “baby massacre of last July sent a wave of horror wide- spread. Gang gunners, apparent ing a foe, opened fire with a m gun in a crowded street as they rol slowly through it in an automobile. The bullets spattered into a group of small children playing in ve-year-old Michael Ve several of his aymates Witness Destroys Case. Coll and a reputed henchman, Frank Giordana, were arrested after a long search and at their triai for first degree | murder the State's case seemed strong til the star witness for the prosecu- n admitted, under cross-examination, hat he had lied in his direct testi- This “mystery witness from Mis- souri” George Brecht, admitted after | he broke down that he had been con- victed of a jewel theft in St. Louis when he was 15 years old and had been a witness for the State in the trial of Louis Mandel and Lee Orlando, mem- bers of the “Cuckoo gang” of St. Louis, for the murder of August Sante, St. Louis physician, in 1927 Brecht was the only witness to identi! the prisoners as the s | dict after his admission of lying Police examination today of employes and patrons of the drug store in which | Coll was given a deadly dose of his own medicine revealed that the youthful he was about to die. he door of the telephone booth in h Coll stood was partly open, eye ol! and the killer momentarily before finger on the trigger. Turn around, Vincent.” the gunman rected, “and get ready for it. I'm go- ! ing to give it to you.” Coll t: | derworld | of lead The underworld “grapevine” appar- ently flashed the news of Coll's demise almost before the machine gun stopped firing, for when detectives descended on Broadway's haunts all the “big shots” I had fled.” A half dozen small fry picked up were released quickly. “They're running true to form by not telling anything,” Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney said. “chopper” loosed his stream Unusually large sales of American radio equipment in France have caused French manufacturers to demand in- creased tarift ort meeting will be held | Lead- | Three gifts were left at Chest head- | was | none of whom were | said Edward F. Colladay, | this city through their generosity | GOTHAM DRUG STORE| a woman were shot dead in their Bronx | assassins to do the job, police believe. | Despite all these reported activities, | they were acquitted on & directed ver- | | gangster had last minute warning that | ned with a sneer and the un- | ALL POLICE JOIN - HUNT FOR GUNMAN 38 Heavily-Armed Men Patrol Area Where Man Was Slain and Three Shot. | ued From First Page.) ed one of the doors and ar- en to the sixth precinct where he is reported to to hang himself with e the man's ! age and general tally wit c ptions _of his s Se Wilson, the hon squad. quiz him rding the series of shoo [to head Jor e Armed Men Patrol Area. 0 head: en )} d to pat h nij \ po! | Have been orde west section rol the North- quarters men were assigned tc was murdered in spite of their ies The detectives are scouting through the section in redio-equipped cars. of the policemen in private machin and 7 on motor cycl They have been instructed to be constantly on the alert for automobiles of the same general ap- pearance as the ed in the shogt- ings and to arrc motorist a suspiciously. Meanwhile efforts to trace the four numbers of the Maryland li on the car used by Riedel's been virtually abandoned. S the numerals are missing, it is pointed out, definite check-up of the ownership of the mystery machine is virtually im- possible. Witnesses Threatened. Telephone threats to “keep your mouth shut” were received yesterda by three witnesses in the Riedel casc according to Inspector Burke. Every effort is being made to protect those who have given information regarding the murder, he added Meanwhile, a new witness has entered the case, Burke said. 3 “A young woman came to me yestor- | day.” he explained, “and told me she | was passing the bakery in an automo- {bile at the time of the shooting. Al- h she actually saw the slaying she was so frightened she was unable to give me a detailed description of the gunman. “The partial description she gave however, tallies with that given by other witnesses, and we feel we have a pretty definite idea of what the gun- man looks like. The woman beca frightened and drove away, but de- i cided to communicate with me later The inspector refused to reveal the witness' identity, Police admittedly are leaning tow-~ the theory that the shootings were perpetrated by a homicidal maniac. This theory is bolstered. Burke said, by the fact that the Riedel case is the only one in which anything ®ven re- motely resembling a motive has been uncovered. The victims of the other shootings Backus; Helen Andrews, 18, of 5811 Sixth street, and Doris Beall, 16, of 14 street southeast—were fired upon without any apparent reason. attempt was made to rob any of the; and the gunmen did not speak to any of them. In the Riedel case robbery is con: ered a possible motive, though there is no positive evidence that the baker was | shot during a hold-up. Riedel was shot at about the time he usually closed his store. Hence the fact | his cash register was open does not necessarily indicate robbery, as he may have been in the act of cleaning out the drawer when the gunman entered. He had $46 in his pockets, and the gunman did not disturb it. The possibility he was killed during a hold-up was indicated, however, by the fact that he apparently went down fighting. Residents of the neighbor- thood say he often declared he never would submit to a bandit. In all the shootings. Inspector Burke pointed out, .32-caliber, copper-jack- eted bullets were used. As for the li- cense numbers—Backus said the first three numerals of the tag on the black sedan from which he was fired upon were 290, while the first four numerals of the marker on the black sedan used by Riedel's slayer were 209-3. Backus, in his pain and excitement, easily could have transposed the “9” and the “0.” Will Examine Bullets. Microscopic examinations of the bul- lets will be made today by Lieut. John |H. Fowler, police ballistics expert | Lieut Fowler has declared the bullet {which struck Backus and one of the {two which hit Miss Andrews were of | e manufacture and were fired | from guns of the same type | Although Backus and Riedel knew | each other quite well, their relations | were only those of a storekeeper and a customer, Inspector Burke said. Nor have the police unearthed any evi- dence indicating Backus and Riedel | were acquainted with Miss Andrews or Miss Beall, he added. While two men are known to have the sa girls were fired upon, Backus saw only one in the machine was shot, and witnesses in the Riedel case have been unable to agree on the mber involved in the slaying waited in the automobile while the gun- man entered the bakery, but others de- clared the car was unoccupled. It is definitely known, however, that the actual killing was the work of one man. Two Descriptions Tally. Police still are giving some attention to the theory Riedel may have been murdered by the goggled bandit who held up and robbed David Tievsky in his store at 4909 Wisconsin avenue | The robber’s description tallies with that of Riedel's slayer, and both men wore goggles. The hold-up occurred a short time before Riedel was killed Pingerprints- on_a pair of goggles found in Chevy Chase yesterday are being examined by Sergt. Fred Sand- burg. police Bertillon expert. The gog- gles were said by Tievsky to be similar to those worn by the man who robbed him Funeral be | held at 10am services for Riedel w Wednesday at his 13209 Adams Mill road. Burial u Prospect Hill Cemetery. He is sur- | vived by his widow, Mrs. Sophie Riedel, and two daughters. Wilma and Mar- | guerite. Backus, who has been life in Emergency Hospital, is be improved. He was shot in the back. Bandits Hold Up Two. police squads scoured | g i While the aded the heavily patrolled Northwe: | section and, at the point of a gun, rob- bed a merchant of $15. At almost the | same hour an armed pair held up a a couple in the Northeast section, but failed to obtain any cash. As he turned to serve drinks that three vouths had ordered at his delica- tessen, at 3606 Fourteenth street, Isadore | Kastin was confronted with a drawn pistol and a demard for money, he told police. He turned over the contents of the cash register, and the bandits, apparently not satisfled with the amount, forced him from tne place, while they conducted a search on their own account. They sped away in an automobile without finding additional money, according to Kastin. Two youths, one of them armed. held up Mr. and Mrs. Wililam H. Aldrich near their home, 1046 Irving street nortneast, about 9 o'clock last night. They obtained no money. Aldrich fur- g‘m‘?«: police with descriptions of the ( | been in the black sedan from which the | 3 from which he| Some of the witnesses sald a man | Park Solve | | Sprague, commission: parking clcvator. commodate all the The C AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR WT HICAGO found a solution to the parking problem when Col ing Problem STORE MANY CARS. & A of public works, officially opened the world's first Westinghouse shown in the lot on ground ordinarily given to & four-car garage, entirely automatic and delivers a car in the brief time of 10 seconds, or the maximum time of 55 seconds, without a human hand touching the car. vertical parking machine will ac- It 15 105 feet high and stands The machine is —Wide World Photo. [All' Four Accused of Killing Hawaiian Seem | Cheerful. |Chief Concern Appears to Be Over Bungling of | Slaying. | _The ftoltowing interview with | Grace Fortescue is the frst that been o by any of the four persons the killing of Joseph Kaka- nolulu Mrs has BY RUSSELL OWEN. | HONOLULU, February 7 (NANA) —Since the murder of Joseph Kahaha- | wai which has so upset these smiling islands, the four persons accused of the murder, including Mrs. Grace For- tescue and Lieut. Thomas H. Massie, U. 8. N., have been kept in seclusion in | Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. An old cruiser is their home while on bail. The accused see few people outside of the Navy group, and talks with them for publication have been taboo. This |is the first interview they have per- mitted They seemed glad to talk and there were few reservations in their manner or conversation, except as to the actual manner in which the killing was done. Their attitude could not be described as ofie of indifference, but it was cer- tainly not marked by trepidation or a feeling that they had done something for which they should be ashamed or sorry. Little Conserved by Predicament. The seriousness of their predicament | apparently affects them hardly at all. | Mrs. Fortescue's chief concern seems to be that the affair was bungled. Mrs. Fortescue met me in the navy | yard and walked across the long, bridge- | like approach to a dismantled old ship | and led the way to their quarters in the stern. | “Would you like some coffee?” she asked, and sent the steward for two cups, which were served with the in- formality of shipboard environment She is a tall, slim woman, with blonde | hair and a rather narrow face, which shows few traces of the terrific ex- | periences through which she has passed. | She is alert and smiling and her eyes are quick with vivacity, touched at this time with an expression of lively curiosity and some wariness. But her | manner was outwardly frank and there no doubt that under less strained charm. Glad Affair Is in Open. the interview, she wore a rry-colored suit and a_tight-fitting Hat of the same shade. She sat stiffty upright in a chair with her arms rest- ing on the table and occasionally sipped her coffee. | “How do I feel?” she said in re a “Mostly that | the affair is all out in the open. Tk | days when my daughter’s name suppressed, when it was not | whether or not she had been the victim lof an assault and when people looked curiously at us and wondered, worse than these last few weeks. There is a great sense of relief. | bruise on her cheek, you know, people asked questicns about it jawful. Now that the worst is over, I | feel more at ease than I have in months.” Mrs. Fortescue's daughter, Mrs. Mas- !sie, was the victim of an assault by | several men last September and her | identity was kept from the public even the trial of the five men, in- cluding Kahahawai, who were accused of the offense. It was not until Kaha- | hawai was killed and his body found in an automcbile in which were also M Fortescue, Lieut. Massie and two en- ed Navy men, Edward J. Lord and . that the name of Mrs. w and Has Slept Better Since. “I have slept better since Friday, the 8th"—the day of the murder—“than for a long time.” Mrs. Fortescue con- tinued. “My mind is at peace. I am satisfied and T am not worrying.” She was smiling. At this point Lieut ssie came into the ward room in his hirt sleeves . Fortescue had ex- plained he had not been feeling well for a few moments and had been lying down. But he also was smiling and at ease. He is a man of small stature, young and somewhat pale. But, like | Mrs. Fortescue, he even joked occasion- ally as if appreciating objectively the rather grim humor of some things which have been said in connection with the case. He was sleeping well also, he said. Mrs. Fortescue was asked what had been her immediate reaction when overtaken, in the car, how she felt and what her mental experiences had been. “I think my strongest impression was being dumbfounded that they wanted to know name, that I could not keep it t" she said. “They had not mentioned my daughter's name in the first case and I could mot under- cumstances she would be a woman of | known | were | She had a | It was | MRS. FORTESCUE IS HAPPY, SHE SAYS. IN FIRST INTERVIEW | stand why they wanted mine or why it was made public.” “But did you not realize the danger |of driving through the city strects in that way?" she was asked—Kahahawal's body was in the car at the time | “No,” she replied, “I did not know that they knew my car number and it never occurred to me that we were being followed. Now, of course, I real- ize we bungled dreadfully, although at the time I thought we were being care- ful. I can see now we were not. I made the mistake of pulling down the shade in the car.’ The drawn curtain led to their being | caught. “I should not have done that” she went on. “We did not know we were beirg fired at. We heard something, | but ‘we thought it was a car backfiring lor a tire blowing out. I was dumb- founded when we were stopped. You must realize we had been under a ter- rible strain and that we had all suf- fered as I did not know it was possible to suffer. There had been terrible slanders and everything had been done to blacken my daughter's reputation. Indignant at Handling of Case. Mrs. Fortescue was bitterly indignant at what she termed the mishandling of the assault case, although her indigna- tion might have been only the natural feeling of resentment by one party to a case who feels fundamentally in the right The possibility that she has not done the right thing seems foreign to Mrs Fortescue and some of her comments which cannot in justice to her be quoted show that without doubt. Her feeling toward Hawaii and Hawaiians, on the other hand, is not one of complete con- demnation. That there has been danger for white women here she believes | thoroughly, but she does not believe that the better class of Hawailans con- done any such tyge of assault. She apparently holds, as do others who try to be impartial, that there has not been the highest police efficiency. “I have talked to many women,” she said, “who asked me if I carried a pistol when I went out at night. I | have not done so, but I know there are some., sections of the city where it is | not wise for a woman to go out alcne at night, no matter what her national- ity. On the other hand, I have never questioned the safety of some districts, including that in which my daughter was walking on the night she was at- tacked. That is a fairly well lighted neighborhood and the rcad she was on was the direct road to the fort and to our Fome. Before last Fall I would not have considered it dangerous, but there is certainly some danger now—that has Visits Enlisted Men. Mrs. Fortescue asked her interviewer if he would like to see the enlisted men, who are also on bail and living on the same ship. The way led past the mess table, at which sat a number of officers, who looked up with obvious curiosity as Mrs. Fortescue, Lieut. Massie and their guest passed through. Then the way led along the gun deck of the old cruiser, past ports empty of weapons and be- yond the kitchen, where the cooks turned around in unconcealed interest from pots and pans. Here were Lord and Jones, who got up from their cots as the group entered and dofled their gobs' hats with a grin Mrs. Fortescue sat on the end of a cot, while Jones and Lord waited for con- versational overtures The relationship between Jones and Lieut. Massie—enlisted man and offi- cer—has been the cause of some critical comment. When Jones was first examined he said that the night of the murder he went to Lieut. Massie’s home to play bridge “Lieut. Massie and me are friends,” he said. He was asked at that time if he was sober, but said he was never sober. He could not tell what other woman was in the party, saying an enlisted man. When we vited to an officer’s home to play bridge we do not pay attention to a lot of things.” ‘Was Guest and Guard. Lieut. Massie drove him to his house, Jones said at the time. He was there, he said, both as a guest and as a guard. He said he “passed out” and that a shot might have been fired, but he CURTIS SEES PERI N INTOLERANCE Return N;>OI; 1—'|me Faith Urged in Address at M. E. Church Dedication. dedicating the new Me ational Methoc 1, Nebraska and enues Wesley Helght yes! | afternoon. Vice President Curtis & return to the firm faith of an ea day and warned against the spiritual dangers of intolerance We should follow in the paths of the preachers of an carlier day, who en- dured many hardships that the gospe might be implanted in the minds and hearts of men.” ths Vice President told the large audience which gathered for the dedication ceremon: “At this time.” he c {religion is derided | when there is a gre movement, we have ¢ religion of our fathers.” Spirit of Tolerance. A broad spirit tolerance on re- liglous _question the mark of the true Christian, the speaker declared and should be assiduously cultivated Vice President Curtis regularly wor- ships at the church The exercises opened 11 o'clock yesterday morning, when the sermon as delivered by Bishop Willlam F. Mc- Dowell. A reception for new members followed. Throughout the day the usic was fur d by the Metropoli r. the Mount non Seminary Mrs. Carolyn Schoenthal, so- Harlan Randall, baritone and and Mrs. James Shera Mont- ropolitan Epls; New doned i-religion al need of the at Choir pran director gomery. An organ recital at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon was followed by the dedica- tion ceremon: Shera M sentatives. presented the memorials and Fifts for dedication Group for Triangle. The church is located on a triangle on which it is planned to construct a group of buildings, of which there will be besides the church a massive memo. rial tower, housing the carillon of bel and the educational and recreational units The present structure composes the nave only of the contemplated group It has a length of 135 feet and a maxi- | mum width of 70 feet The plan is cruciform, following the traditional plan, with the western facade containing the entrance porch and the eastern containing the chancel The general character of the building Is Gothic. CORONER PROBES DEATH OF WHITMIRE | Retired Carpenter, 84, Dies on Way to Hospital With Gun Wound in Chest. Coroner Joseph D. Rogers today was investigating the death of John Wil- liam Whitmire, 84, of 722 Fourth street northeast, who died en route to Casualty Hospital last night after he was found at his home with a bullet wound in the chest He was discov- ered by his son-in-law, William Buech- ling, with whom he lived. Whitmire, a retired carpenter, had been in ill health since Christmas. He was said to have an unusual collection of ancient firearms, his interest in these weapons having grown out of his activity as a hunter. He formerly lived near Luray, Va. Whitmire is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lydia A. Whitmire; three son: Lester Why'mire and Orey L. Whit. mire, both of this city, and Emery 8. Whitmire of Philadelphia, and two daughters, Mrs. Willlam E. Shorr of this city and Mrs. Lita Richardson of Baltimore. PO RELIEF IS SUBJECT OF FORUM SPEAKER Senator Bulkley Will Discuss Plan of Democrats in Radio Hook-up Tonight. Senator Robert J. Bulkley of Ohio, speaking in the National Radio Forum at 10 o'clock tonight, will discuss the relief plan the Democrats in Congress have offered as a substitute for the La Follette-Costigan bill in the Senate. The radio forum is arraged by The Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Co. ‘The proposed substitute relief bill au- thorizes the appropriation of $750,000,- 000, oue-half to be used for the con- struction of highways throughout the country and the other half to be avail- able for allocation to States when they shall have proved they have exhausted their resources to meet the emergency g:owmz out of the unemployment situ- ation. - COLLAPSES IN CAFE Thomas H. MacRae, Magazine Editor, Dies of Heart Attack. NEW YORK, February 8 (®).— Thomas H. MacRae, 48, believed from papers in his pockets to be the editor of the Santa Fe Magazine, published in Chicago, died of a heart attack last night in a midtown restauranv. MacRae, employes said, entered alone and had not yet ordered when the fatal attack came. He collapsed as a waiter approached In MacRae's pockets detectives found cards which indicated his connection with the Chicago publication. b sl J0 v o i b R O wouldn't have known it. It w dent from his statement to the city and county attorney that he and the Massies were friendly. There was a ping pong table in the enlisted men’s quarters, although, ap- parently, it was not much used. Cots were unmade and the habitation had all the air of being a temporary method of keeping the men from their usual quarters while they awaited trial “Show them your scrap book," said Mrs. Fortescue to Jones. Jones got out a thick book in which columns of ma- terial relating to the case had been pasted and opened it, at Mrs. Fort- escue's request, to the statement he had made after his arrest, in which he said he was drunk and that anything anybody said he did probably was true because he couldn’t remember. Never Got in Papers Before. “1 just pasted in some more today," said the sailor. “I ought to date them. T've been thinking about that. Gosh, I never got my name in the newspapers before.” Both Jones and Lord seemed quite reconciled to their position and in the best of humor. After a few moments, as Lieut. Massie left, he playfully poked Jones in the ribs and the officer and- Mrs. Fortescue called good natured farewells as they left. The interview ended then with the climb to the deck and Mrs. Fortescue and Lieut. Massle went back to their quarterg before going out for the eve- ning visit griends. « ht. 193R by the Nogth Copygfing Americaa N\ \