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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Pair and colder tonight and tomorrow; it west and northwest. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 32,102, post _office, Entered as second class ‘Washington, ter LG m: ESTATE AND SALES TAYES ARE CALLED T0 HOUSE TODAY Chamber Agrees_to Take Up Titles of Revenue Bill in That Order. MANUFACTURES LEVY EXPEDITING IS O/BJECT Opponents of Measure Claim Vie- tory—Backers Hope Yet to Win ‘With Necessities’ Exemption. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘The House today agreed unanimous- 1y to take up the estate tax title of the billion-dollar revenue bill and then the manufactures sales tax provision. ‘This course of procedure, proposed by Acting Chairman Crisp of the Ways and Means Committee, was taken to bring a showdown at the earliest pos- sible moment on the most controverted section of the bill, the manufactures sales tax. Estate Tax Pressed. Originally it had been suggested by Mr. Crisp that the House should vote at once in committee of the whole to the consideration of the manufactures tax. Opponents of the sales tax, however, under the leadership of Representatives Doughton, North Carolina, and Rankin, Mississippi, Democrats, and La Guar- dia, New York, Republican, insisted the estate tax should be given considera- tion first. The opponsn& of the sales Opponents of sales tax today claimed its defeat. of the House APPro-|i; was disclosed today by members of | Byrns tions Committee and Representative d of Alabama, members of the House, openly joined| and Representative Howard of Ne- braska, both Democrats, assailed - sentative Rainey for his criticism of opponents of the manufactures’ tax. Parks began on a conciliatory note with the assertion he had no fault to find with members of the Ways and Means Committee who had brought in the tax bill, “But,” he continued, “this is the first time I recall that a leader of this House has found it necessary to chastise and to_criticize the members.” He referred to Rainey's speech Sat- urday in which the majority floor lead- er said opponents of the tax bill might push this country to the verge of com- munism. “Listening to Humanity.” “I say that the Democrats opposing this manufacturers’ tax are listening to the voice of humanity,” said Parks, “and we resent *hat kind of eriticism.” Parks also attacked a radio address delivered by Representative Rainey sup- porting the tax bill. “We opposing this bill are following the Democratic party platform,” sald Parks. He added that it has been charged that the manufacturers' tax is & plot to save the rich. “I have no desire to soak the rich” he continued. “But you shall not soak the poor. You have got to go to the accumulated fortunes in this country.” Representatives Rankin and Blanton of Texas both interrupted with gques- tions intended to show the House Dem- ocrats opposing the bill were not “in " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) BOY JAILED FOR HITTING HORSE STEPPING ON FOOT Given 25 Days in Default of Fine. Strikes Blind Animal With Steel Cable. A youth who lashed a blind horse scross the face with a section of steel cable because the animal stepped on his foot was convicted of cruelty to animals by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court today and sent to jall for 25 days. Policeman O. A. Salmons said he saw Lorenzo A. Hinton, colored. 20, with a 2-horse team at Third street and, Virginia avenue southwest yesterday. Hinton, he said, had a length of cable in his hand, and suddenly struck out with it and hit one of the animals a severe blow. Officer Salmons said he saw the horse was blind and that the lash had cut one of its eyes. When questioned, Hinton said the animal was “mean and stubborn,” but in reality, Salmons told the judge, the horse was very gentle. “Why did you strike this poor ani- the judge asked. ‘He stepped on my foot,” Hinton answered. Judge Hitt then fined the youth $25 or a like number of days in jail. He was unable to pay the fine. e GRAF ZEPPELIN SIGHTED Dirigible Passes Over Port Etienne, West Africa. DAKAR, Senegal, West Africa, March pacties e pelin, on- ¢ from Friedrichshaf Germany, ! buco, Brazil, was sighted above ly today. McAdoo Promises California Ballots For Garner Boom Visits House Speaker After 17-Hour Trip From Coast. William G. McAdoo said after a con- ference today with Speaker Garner that, while the Texan was not seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, the boom for him was growing and California would send an instructed delegation for him to Chicago. The former Democratic Secretary of the Treasury, who heads the Garner- pledged slate of delegate candidates in the California primary in May, flew here last night on business and called on Mr. Garner at the Capitol to pay his respects. “We didn't discuss politics,” Mr. Mc- Adoo sald, “but as I was leaving I ex- pressed to him the opinion that, while he was not seeking the nomination. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) PAY CUT DRAFTERS CONSDER ENDING OVERLAPRNG J0BS Personnel Reduction Would Be in Line With Reorgan- ization Program. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. In addition to reduction of Govern- ment salaries, the special Economy line with the reorganization program, the committee, ‘The drive is being made to get the attached to the legislative appropriation which will be brought out Thurs- of the 10 proposals and debated and proposals at present under con- would have the cuts apply to even the lowest salaries paid to char- women, enlisted men in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps and so forth. One of the most stubborn fights in the com- mittee has been to make the proposed cut in salaries of members of Congress as lenient as possible. Some percentage of reduction in the salaries of members of Congress will be included in. the bill, but it will not be | proportionately comparable with the rate of cut to be applied on the great | bulk of salaries under $2,000. Procedure Outlined. Chairman Byrns explained that after the salary cut bill has been reported to the House the Rules Committee will bring in & special rule making consider- ation of the salary slash bill in order. Then when the legislative appropriation bill is under consideration some one, probably either Mr. Byrns himself or Chairman McDuffie of the subcommit- tee, will make the moti to place the (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. MOON IN “WAR PAINT” VIEWED AT MT. WILSON | Coloring During Eclipse Ascribed to Absorption of Rays of Earth’s Atmosphere. By the Associated Press MOUNT WILSON OBSERVATORY, Calif., March 22.—Photographers at the Mount Wilson Observatory got a pic- ture of the man in the moon in his war paint today. Instead of a bright and shining face, the moon's surface presented a dully ruddy hue this morning for three hours before sunrise. The occasion was a lunar eclipse. The moon's coloring was due to ab- sorption of the rays of the earth's atmosphere, the astronomers said. Although officials of the observatory | said the phenomena attending eclipses of the moon are not of grest astro- physical interest nowadays, several photographs were made for research work. | he Foening WASHINGTON, POLICE RAID FAILS 10 FIND GANGSTER, KIDNAPING SUSPECT |Days of Preparation Result in Capture of Man, Two Women, and Boy, 8. |SEEK HARRY FLEISCHER | IN LINDBERGH MYSTERY |Elaborate Plans, Involving 50 Armed Men, Laid for New York Arrests. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, March 22.— Seeking Harry Fleischer, alleged member of the notorious “Purple Gang" of Detroit, | who was said to be wanted for ques- | tioning in the Lindbergh baby kidnap- ing. police raided a Bronx apartment | today. Fleischer was not there. Elaborate plans were made for the | raid, which was fizc planned for late | vesterday. At that time about 50 uni- | formed police and plainclothes detec- tives were concentrated at the spot, but | for some :eason the raid was post- poned until this morning. The raid was made on the apartment } of Samuel Handell at 1815 Grand Con- course. Handell was out, as well as Fleischer, but detectives found & man who sald his name was Cohn, and two women. one of whom said she was Handell's wife and Cohn'’s sister. There also was an 8-year-old boy. | Cobn denied knowing Fleischer, who was said to have shared the apartment with Handell. He was taken to the Highbridge Police Station for ques- estate tax | Committee of the House has decided tioning Raid Follows Long Vigil. | The raid was made after an all-night | vigil by 30 police. When the signal was at last given, detectives were posted in doorways along the Grand Concourse ready to take part in any fray that might result. Others went to the base- ment and roof of the five-story build- ing and others guarded the elevators to block all means of escape. Then detectives knocked on the door | of the Handell apartment, one of them calling out he had a telegram to de- liver. Cohn opened the door and half a dozen detectives pushed in and ordered him to put up his hands. Search of the apartment resulted in discovery of no firearms or other in- criminating evidence. Cohn said his brother-in-law, Han- dell, had not been home during the night but he knew where to find him in downtown Manhattan. The raided ond floor and they identity of Benjamin. Detectives Remain at Scene. When Cohn was taken to the police station for questioning four detectives were left in the apartment with the | woman and child. They prepared to | answer incoming telephone calls and question anyone who might come to At the station house, Cohn said his full name was Walter Cohn but added he also was known as Izzy Cohn. He said he was born here but when 11 years old went to California with his parents. He became a professional | boxer, he told police, and later a jewel | salesman. Six months ago he returned " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) 'MEETING TO EXAMINE - | the door. ' DANUBIAN SITUATION Ten Nations to Be Represented in Effort to Find Way to Revive Trade. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, March 22.—The International Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring & meeting of the chairmen of its national committees of Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hun- gary, Italy, Jugoslavia, Poland and Ru- mania. Bulgaria has no national com- mittee, but the chambers of commerce in that country will send representa- tives to the congress. A get-together meeting will be held at Innsbruck, in the Austrian Tyrol, from April 16 to 23. The object of the conference is to exchange views on the situation of the Danube countries and to formulate resolutions for an eco- nomic rapprochement. The situation along the Danube is | recognized as a source of infection for all Europe if not for the whole world, for here is found the expression of the political conflicts in Europe. The di- vision of the Austro-Hungarian Empire has brought good to none and has cre- ated new elements of friction. While advocating co-operation to aid the Danube states, political leaders say co-operation is necessary to prevent a catastrophe, but that the catastrophe is already present. The International Chamber of Com- merce desires to find a way of permit- ting commerce to begin again. Copyright, 1932. FORCED TO LIVE By the Associated Press. BOSTON, March 22— Elizabeth Pranklin, a stenographer who for the last 10 weeks lived unwillingly in lux- ury, was one typist who today had no yearning for adventure Miss PFranklin, like thousands of other stenographers, sat at her desk in a North End office on December 22, ad- dressing the last of her Christmas cards. She never finished, because in the midst of her task Frank Gustin, alias Wallace, rushed into her office, fell a few feet away from her desk, and died, & victim of gangster bullets. At that moment, Miss Franklin be- came the material witness. Wallace, leader of the Gustin gang, and B IN LUXURY, TYPIST IS GLAD TO GO HOME Witness in Gang Slaying Guarded in Hotel and Taken to Best Shows at $800 Cost. control of the local alcohol traffic. A round-up of members of the Lombardi gang ensued, and police the terrified stenographer to a fashionable Back Bay hotel. Miss Pranklin might suffer harm from gangsters afraid of her testimony, & policewoman was assigned to gus her, and for 10 weeks che lived in the hotel, rode in taxis, and saw the best of plays, at & cost to the county of some $800. Yesterday, Joseph Lomberdi, Salva- tore Congemi and Frank Cuccihars were freed by a grand jury investigating the Gi and Walsh siayings. With their rel ', Miss Franklin stepped happily bagk into the quiet life of & Bernard Walsh had been slain by gangsters inwhat police stenographar. “The the better for me" she said as the hotel for home, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1932—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. #*# _— - “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 124,289 — e TWO CENTS. (#) Means Associated Press. EPIDEMIC TAKING BIG TOLL IN CHINA {Smallpox and Famine Follow | Conflict—Lack of Funds Causes Relief Crisis. (Copyright, 1932, by the Associated Press). | SHANGHAI, March 22.—Disease and famine, two others of the Four Horse- | men of the Apocalypse, rode rough- | shod over China today in the path of the havoc of war. | As a result of the crowding of mil- | lions of refugees during the hostilities at Shanghai, an epidemic of smallpox | is now sweeping the Orient, according to Dr. Wu Lien-Teh, director of the Chinese maritime quarantine service. Sir John Hope-Simpson, British di- rector of the China Famine Commis- sion, said at the same time famine con- ditions had again reached such a pass in some parts of the country that the | people were eating the bark of trees, | the chaff of thrashed grain, and weeds, | | in order to ward off starvation. 15 Deaths in Two Days. Dr. Wu said the smallpox epidemic was the most widespread, and taking the heaviest toll in this vicinity, of any in many years. Fifteen persons have died of it in the last two days and the native quarters are crowded with pa- tients, the number of whom is not known, he said. Sir John said desperate measures will be necessary to carry on the work of the National Flood Relief Commission in the face of the crisis in the organiza- | 'Elnn's affairs as a result of the hostili- fes. i The income from special Chinese taxes for the relief fund has been cut from $750,000 a month in gold to $175,- 000, he said, and the commission is now forced to depend almost entirely on the sale of American wheat for income. A total of $750,000 must be raised in addi- Seized as Fugitive In Reporting Wife Gone With Another By the Associated Press. JACKSON. Mich., March 22.— Trooper Leon Hopkins of the Michigan State police was open- ing his mail when Joe Bronkovich of Grass Lake visited the post to complain that his wife had run away with another man. A circular dropped from a let- ter Hopkins opened. On it was a picture. The likeness was that of Bronkovich. Safely handcuffed, Bronkovich admitted he was the fugitive de- scribed in the circular as having escaped from Missouri State Pris- on October 2, 1926, while serving a sentence for bigamy. He is held for extradition. WETS ASK REPQT ON REPEAL PLA Blaine Presses for Vote on Withdrawal of $11,000,000 Enforcement Funds. The Senate today rejected a mo- tion to eliminate virtually all funds for prohibition enforcement from the Justice Department appropriation bill. By the Assoclated Press Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, today sought a vote on with- drawal of prohibition enforcement funds while wet leaders circulated a petition asking the Judiciary Commit- tee to report on repeal resolutions. Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land, circulated the petition in the tion to this, he said, if the huge flood | form of a letter addressed to the Ju- relief program is to be completed. | diclary Committee asking it to take | early “action on the resolutions pro- Sheclel Pramutinns Drdered. | posing repeal or modification of the Reconstruction of the dykes on which | nearly 500,000 flood victims are now em- | ployed must be completed within three months if a repitition of last year's dis- astrous floods is to be averted. All steamers entering gnd departing from Shanghai now are required to take special precautions against smallpox. One of its victims in recent days was E. Koechlin, French consul general, | who died aboard a steamer shortly after leaving here to return to France for a holiday. Forelgners are particularly susceptible to the form of smallpox now prevalent here, Dr. Wu said, and as a result of the warning hundreds of them are! crowding the doctors’ offices to be vac- cinated. In Virulent Form. He said the disease was in a very | virulent form and that half the cases | thus far had proven fatal. The toll of | the past week at Hongkong, Saigon, Calcutts, Bombay, Macao and Rangoon totaled 142. As a measure of protec- | tion, the city of Hongkong has ordered that all persons arriving there from Shanghal undergo vaccination before they are allowed to enter the port. | ‘The Rellef Commission recently was incorporated in Delaware in order to | facilitate large shipments of American | wheat and flour, which so far have | totaled 350,000 tons, with 112,000 tons | still to come. The wheat, which is purchased from the United States Gov- ernment, is being sold here and the funds turned in to the Relief Commis- | sion. The Pnited States Government | is to be repaid over a long term from the tax income. Of $1,500,000 raised by donations and already spent, three- fourths was subscribed by the Chinese and the rest came from the United States and Great Britain. Many Americans, chiefly mission- ares, are assisting in the relief work in the upper Yangtze Valley. The com- mission recently asked John D. Rocke- feller for $1,000,000, to be matched by public subscription. ASTRONOMERS TO MEET World Group to Open Session Sep- tember 2 at Harvard University. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 22 (#)— The Harvard College Observatory an- nounced today that the first meeting to be held in the United States by the International Astronomical Union would be held at Harvard University the. week of September 2-9. ‘The only public lecture of the session will be given by Sir Arthur Staniey Eddington, world famous European astronomer. The announcement was made as the observatory made plans for the dedi- cation of the new astrophotographic building tomorrow, at which many sclentists will be present. Radio Proau-r Page C-4 > eighteenth amendment. Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, author of one of the reso- lutions before the committee, circulated the petition on the Republican side. More than 25 names were reported to nave been signed to the petition st noon, and Tydings said he would make | it public in_the Senate later today. Senator Blaine is seeking a senate oll call on elimination of the dry en- forcement funds of $11,000,000 from the pending Justice Department appropria- tion bill. He is chairman of the Judi- ciary Committee in charge of the re- peal resolutions. Senator Bingham also will seek a vote next week by the Manufactures Com- mittee which now has the report of a subcommittee favoring hnis bill to au- thorize 4 per cent beer. SPURIOUS CURRENCY NOW FLOODING U. S. Chief of Secret Service at New York Warns Against Wave of Counterfeiting. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 22—Alan G. Straight, chief of the United States Secret Service in the New York district, testifying at the arraignment of & counterfeiter today, sald there has been recently a wave of counterfeiting through the United States, and thal more bad bills and currency have come to light than at any time in recent years. He described a “school” in which counterfeit passers were instructed to offer bills and currency after 3 o'clock in the afternoon in small stores, when dealers were busy. “Every one,” he said, “should be par- ticularly careful about accepting bills from strangers just now.” Luigi Meloni pleaded guilty to pass- ing counterfeit 50-cent pieces and was sentenced to three years in the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. , 300,000 PROVIDED JOBS IN NATIONAL DRIVE By the Assoclated Press. H YOF'K' :‘ w’?:'n— .mnun: loover recelves figures y nearly 300,000 Americans have been placed in wage-earning positions as the result of the united action campaign for a million jobs for the jobless. Mark McKee, executive director of the campaign, was to the progress re. port to Wi . The drive is spon. sored by the American Legion, its aux- iliary, ‘the American Federation of Labor and the Association of National Advertisers. | HOUSE CLEARS WAY FOR BONUS ACTION Ways and Means Committee | Makes Veteran Pleas Next Order of Business. | Faced by mounting pressure rmmf i World War veterans, the House will gipped into five Southern | turn its attention to the soldiers’ bonus | problem when the present tax legisla- jtion is out of the way. ‘The House Ways and Means Commit- | tee will take up the crescendo of bonus pleas as the next order of business, it was declared today by Representative Rainey of Hlinois, majority floor leader. This was the echo on Capitol Hill today of the announcement at the White House yesterday by Representa- tive Royal C. Johnson, Republican, of South Dgkota, that bonus legisiation has less chance of passage now than ever before, Heavy Pressure Seen. Representative Johnson said agitation for full or further bonus payments is continuing, but with diminished force. Floor Leader Rainey said that while the American as a national or- ganization is not behind the movement, there is heavy pressure on Congress from constituent veterans’ groups and from individuals. As a result, it has been decided to start he on bills for further pay- ments on the adjusted service certifi- cates as soon as the tax problem is disposed of. Full payment of remaining bonus shares would cost the Government about two billions of dollars, it is esti- mated. In view of the struggle to bel- ance the Federal budget, administration leaders are known to be endeaviring to stem the tide of petitions for im- mediate liquidation of veterans' claims. Representative Connery, Democrat, of Massachusetts, one of the sponsors of bonus legislation in the House, was quoted as saying a petition is being circulated in behalf of a prompt and favorable report from the Ways and Means Committee. Petition Nearly Complete. ‘There are nearly enough signatures on the petition at this time to force action if necessary, it was said. ‘The White House is known to be watching the bonus developments closely. President Hoover some time ago made a plea that organizations withhold demands for large Federal | expenditures at this time in view of the budgetary deficit. His plea caused the American Legion convention to side- step bunus action. A number of Legion chapters and | other veterans' organizations, however, have not seen fit to concur in the delay. The Veterans of Foreign Wars is one of the leading proponents of immediate 'flfi)‘lnn by Congress on the bonus ques- n. 25 RESCUED IN FIRE $100,000 Damage Caused in East Chicago Blaze. EAST CHICAGO, Ind., March 22 (). —Twenty-five men, women and children were rescued by firemen and one fire- man was seriously injured as a spec- tacular morning fire swept the city’s business district today, causing dam- age estimated at $100,000 to three store- apartment buildings. A passenger on a train that slowed down as it pessed through the city discovered the blaze and saw a man leaping from a second-story window. The train was stopped and the alarm given. Firemen- hastened to rooms where the 25 slept unaware of the flames and carried them to safety. 214 DEAD IN TORNADO SWEEPING SOUTH, WITH HUNDREDS MORE HURT ‘Alabama Heaviest Sufferer, With Four Neighboring States in Path of Storm. 'UNESTIMATED PROPERTY LOSS EXPECTED TO REACH MILLIONS Toll Steadily Mounting—Middle West ‘ and Atlantic Seaboard Also Damaged by Gales. Freakish March tornadoes killed at least 214 persons in 5 South- ern States yesterday and early today. Alabama suffered most heavily. A few hours after daylight a check showed 169 dead there. Thirty were known to have died in Georgia, 12 in Tennessee and 2 in Kentucky. One was killed in South Carolina. Property loss was heavy, but no attempt has yet been made to estimate the extent. Hundreds were injured and scores of persons told f narrow escapes. Roads in farming communities were blocked by trees and debris, and public as well as private buildings were damaged. Severe Storms in Other Sections. Storms elsewhere in the country counted casualties, too. Storms of tornadic force burst across Indiana, causing one death and con- siderable property loss. Ohio felt storms of exceptional intensity. Snow fell in the Middle West and eastward into the Atlantic States. It lay quite deep in Western New York this morning. In | New York City pavements were glassy early today, causing one death. Near Yankton, S. Dak., there was a three-mile ice gorge in the Missouri River that brought alarm to persons living along the stream. Some families began leaving the lowlands last night. | At Cochise, Ariz., one death occurred when the storm lifted two | men, who had lashed themselves to a tin roof, and dropped them ‘heavily several hundred yards distant. One was killed. Death List Steadily Growing. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 22 (®.—The tail end of the winds States. Heavy rains accompanied the blasts, impeding rescue work, and communication lines were torn down, preventing an accurate chy of damage and deaths. The death list was gradually growing. | Daylight disclosed a desolate scene in Alabama communities hit | by the winds. National Guardsmen, nurses, Joctors and volunteers | combined in rescue work and hospitals and emergency quarters for | the injured were crammed with the victims of the winds. Northport Hit First. Pirst reports of the tornadoes came 1mmNathmtflnA‘.llblmA. The winds | Tornado Dead | | BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 22 (#).— | An incomplete death list by States in last night's tornadoes follows: Alabama (158). Union Grove (3), John Chandler, Mrs. Berney Chandler, infant of Mrs. Berney Chandler. Collins Chapel (3), Mrs. Carter | willis, Mrs. Ellen Clakely, a Mrs. Head~ ley. Thorsby (3), Orville Martin. Cullman (9), Mrs. W. A. Ayres, Mrs. William Ayres. infant of Mrs. William | Ayres, G. Cole, P. A. Wray, Mrs. P. A. Wray, son of P. A. Wray, grandson of P. A. Wray, infant of E. H. Bates. Talladega (7), all unidentified. Marion (11), all unidentified. Paint Rock (4), R. M. Erwin, J. J. | Smith, Fred Russell Jones, one un- identified. Columbiana (16), Tom Walter, Mrs. Tom Walter, Bob Howell. Mrs. Bob see. The National Guard was ordered to Northville, across the Warrior River from Tuscaloosa, Ala., and the Univer- verted into an emergency hospital. Ap- peals were sent out for nurses and phy- sicians to hurry to the stricken areas. ‘Witnesses at Columbiana, Ala., where funnel- clouds that cut a ¥ wide and sent buildings swirling. Bix were killed at Lineville, Ala., and the totals ranged down to one dead at Falkville, Ala. Search for Missing. Stricken families turned out with rescue workers to search the dripping wreckage for missing persons. Flash- lights guided their way last night and the parties increased at dawn. _ Nine died in Bartow County, Ga. as the winds whipped over the countryside in the northwestern part of the State. two children, Mrs. | shay Howell, son of Bob Howell, daughter | identified persons. Faunsdale (1), Floyd Collins. Northport (28), Mrs. Ebb Shirley, R. B. Ray, W. F. Farley, Mrs. W. F. Farley, K. L. Daniels, Cassie Richardson, Ruby | Hunter, Maurice Jones, a man named |Murphy, a child named Gibson, un- identified child 3 years old and 18 | colored. Fairview (1), Miss Tessie Parker. | TLomax (4)," Cecil Willilams, “Aunt Sis" Headley, two colored. Linden (2), child of Joe Dixon, one | unidentified person. Demopolis (4), four colored | Belleview (3), Buel L. Burchfield, | Mary Dell Burchfield, Lucille Burch- fleld. Barfield (3), Edgar McKay, 12-year- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) [MAINE KEYNOTE SPEECH CANCELED BY RITCHIE Maryland Governor to Be Occupied With Special Session, He Tells Democrats. By the Associated Press, PORTLAND, Me, March 22.—Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, selected | as keynoter of the Maine State Demo- fcrlflc Convention here March 30, has | asked party leaders to secure another | speaker, it was learned today. Gov. Ritchie advised Mrs. Helen C. Donahue, national committeewoman, that he is considering the calling of a special session of the Maryland Legis- |lature to deal with unemployment and hence would be unable to leave the State at that time. LAWYERS FURNISH SPURIOUS HEIRS IN PROBATE CASES, PROBERS CLAIM Jury to Investigate Allegations Bogus Claimants Are Produced to Seek Estates. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 22.—Investigators for the Wayne County grand jury to- day reported that testimony regarding the activities of a group of attorneys been provi obate court cases, will be taken by the jury. The investigators said the attorns have more than 50 cases pending in probate courts in Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago and Newark, N. J., with a total several hundred thousand dollars attorneys, ac- of the | Capt. ‘Michigan State Police, were to bring into court bogus heirs to claim estates where there are no apparent heirs. Such estates pass, under the law, into the hands of the State if no heirs ap- pear. Quincy Keis, 60, who was arrested yesterday on a charge of perjury, wil be the first witness before the grand jury. Capt. Marmon said Keis recently represented himsel{ as “W. H. Kelly” of Chicago, and testified he was the father of a man who died several years of Bob Howell, eight colored, two un- | | A community church was turned into (Continued on Page olumn 1.) |FIRE RAGES ON SHIP; | PLEA SENT FOR HELP | Freighter San Angelo, 300 Miles | North of Panama in Pacific, Again Fights Blaze. | | By the Associated Press | NEW YORK, March 22—Fire, g ;dnnger most feared by seamen, today | imperiled 50 officers and men on the | treighter San Angelo. | The San Angelo, a 5600-ton shif | was about 300 miles north of Panamf’ |in the Pacific Ocean last night whex she appealed for aid. The fire was if | her No, 3 hold, the radio mesages said | In answer to her plea for all shiff to help, the steamer San Lucas rer ported, in a message picked up by the Radio Marine Corporation, that she was | standing by. It was not the first time the crew had faced the fire threat. Soon after |the vessel left Philadelphla, March 6, for Portland, Oreg., her home port, | flames broke out in her No. 1 hold. Part of her cargo at that time was & consignment of matches and fire offi- clals at Norfolk, Va. who helped put out the blaze when the vessel arrived there March 8, believed friction was the cause. ——— FOUR DIE IN FIRE IN DALLAS HOTEL Four Others Injured When Build- ing Is Destroyed—Child and Mother Give Alarm. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., March 22.—Four men burned to death and four others were injured severely in a fire which de- stroyed a two-story hotel in:the busi- ness district here early today. The identified dead: of formerly Grover Hopson of Sherman, Tex. Frank Pisher of Little Rock, Ark. The fourth victim was beileved be a Mr. Granger, who also gave Chicago address. Origin of the fire was undetermined. Hazel Wood, 11, who also lived in the hotel, was awakened by the fire’and she and her mother gave the alazm. to a ago leaving an estate of about $2,000. Mrs. Pannie Marks, 32, also arrested yesterday, will follow Keis to the stand, Marmon said. % { The rear stairway of build blocked by the |M¢t‘f. Buests escaped down