Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1932, Page 2

A2 @3 THE EVENIN( STAR, WASHIL.G ¥ TON, D. €, FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1932 RANKIN DEFENDS INFLATION PLAN Representative Denounces Hamilton Fish on Service Certificate Attack. The present tax bill probably will balance the budget on paper, but unless there is an inflation of the currency it will fall far short of balancing the budget in fact, Representative John E. Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi, de- clared today. Mr. Rankin advocates inflating the currency by $2,000,000.000 through en- &ftment of the Patman soldiers’ bonus legislation. “My attention has been called to a statement issued from the front steps of the White House yesterday by Rep- Tesentative Hamilton Fish,” Mr. Rankin said, “in which Mr. Fish says my state- ment on_inflating the currency and paying off the soldiers’ adjusted rervice certificates was ‘too absurd to discuss I submit that when any propesition too absurd for Mr. Fish to discuss t has reached the ne plus ultra Ridicules “Accomplishment.” “I thought Mr. Fish's job was o chas the Communists out of the country. He has spent more than $19.000 on his anti-Communist drive, the outstanding ‘ccomplishment of which was his dra gmatic capture of a crate of cabbage st year at the ‘Siege of Baltimore.’ T, “I'am not advocating the issuance £ fiat money, but I am advocating an flation of the currency bv fssuing nited States notes backed up by 40 per Bent gold reserve. In this way thess “adjusted service certificates can be paii off without levying a single dollar of additional taxes. “The currency must be inflated if we Are to recover from this panic. It must be inflated if we ar2 to witness a rise +dn the price of agricultural commoditics and a restoration of normal conditions n the industrial centers. It is utterly impossible to balance the budget and keep it balanced unless we do infiste. 3 make the bold assertion that unless Rhis is done it will be necessary to cut ~Every salary on the pay roll. curtail “gvery activity of the Government. with- raw Federal aid from every State and “Jocal activity, and then the budget will fot be balanced. Great Eritain expand- “ed her currency even to the extent of +Partially suspending the gold standerd “and immediately experienced a revival &0 prosperity. € Cites Results. ++ “She had been unable to balance Ler budget up to that time, but the papers *_today show she has not onlv balanced sder budget but she has repaid $30,000,- ¢ 000 in this country and paid more tran $200,000.000 to France and has a surplus Temaining. § _ “Tt is true that the bill we pass tocay £ will probably balance the budget on paper, but unless there is an inflation of the currency it will fall far short of balancing the budget in fact.” TIDAL BASIN WATER TO COOL SEVEN NEW FEDERAL BUILDINGS (Continued From First Page.) - 3 e water will be pumped up to ‘the air-conditioning system, where ‘it will be used to absorb heat and then fow back to the Tidal Basin through a storm water sewer. Old Conduit to be Used. An old conduit formerly used by the Potomac ric Power @o. from the Tidal Basin to the site of its old plant at Fourteenth street and Con- stitution avenue will be used to draw the water from the Tidal Basin, so that a new conduit will have to be corstructed only from Fourteenth street down Constitution avenue to Bixth street. The buildings which will benefit from the air conditioning system inclnde: ‘The Department of Labor, Governntent Auditorium, Interstate Commerce Com- mission and Post Office Department. all of which will be eonnected build'ngs between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets in the triangle; the Department of Justice, the Archives Building and the Federal Commission Building, or 5o called “Apex” Building, which run from Tenth street to Sixth streev in the triangle. Construction of the “Apex” Building has been postpaned by Congress, but the others are under Way now. The new Department of Commerce Building has its own_air-conditioning system, but the new Internal Revenue Bureau Building, which was the first structure erected in the triangle, has no such a system. ‘The plan t0 be put into use to pro- vide better working conditions in the seven new Government buildings will not be the refrigeration plan used :n & Washington thesfers; but it will be I an “air-conditioning system,” electrically operated, which will not only reduce the temperature, but also will regulate the humidity or moisture content of the air. It is said to be not alone the neat, but the high humidity during Washing- ton Summers which has made working conditions so unendurable that many hours of working time are lost because ; it becomes necessary to dismiss em- ployes. Exact details of the air-conditioning system are not yet available, Bids to Be Asked Later. Bids will be asked later for the whole project in the office of the supervising architect of the Treasury. Large con- dults will carry the conditioned air through the buildings, and it is expected that as a part of the system the win- dows of these specially-treated Govern ment buildings will be kept closed to guarantee the proper air inside The old Potomac Electric Power Co. conduit, which will supply the water from the Tidal Basin, runs from a place near the John Paul Jones monument, at the foot of Seventeenth street, through the Mall to the corner of Fourteenth street and Constitution avenue. It is about four feel in diameter, and suffi- ciently large to carry the large supply of water needed As the flow of water will be con- stant, coming out of the Tidal Basin, and returning to the Tidal Basin the operation of the air-conditioning system will not affect the supply of water in the basin. It is estimated that the re- tuming water will have added o it more than 20 degrees of heat, which were taken out of the air for the Gov- ernment buildings A new conduit about 25 feet deep will be dug along the south side of Consti- tution avenue from Fourteenth street to Sixth street to carTy the water to the various buildings, while another return conduit will be dug on the north side of Constitution avenue to return the warmer water to the storm water sewer on Constitution avenue. It also will be necessary to reconstruct the inlet at the Tidal Basin Plans for the water supply system for the new air-conditioning plants were developed by Neal A. Melick and Her- man J. Bounds, Treasury Department engineers. DIXIE GRID STAR WEDS ATLANTA, April 1 (#).—Jack Gri f better known tumpy” Thomason, former Georgia Tech foot ball star, was married yes- terday to Miss Prances Patsy Miller of Atianta ‘They appeared at the Court House shortly after noon for & license and were married immediately by Municipal Court Judge a Setheridge. Thomason ve his age as 25 and the bride gave W | | | | | | - Ry ——— PRVPAARAALS VAR T8 I 9 A« S e NEGOTIATORS CLAIM NEW DEVELOPMENT IN SEARCH FOR BABY {___ (Continued From Pirst Page) ,recuy of the report the baby was held | in cr mear Philadelphia.” | Morton Bernstein, head of a private ! detective egency in New York, came t here last night with one of his asso. ciales, Samuel Krasnow, and visited the ! Lindbergh mansion. | “Mysterious Strangers.” | A spokesman for their agency said WO mpysterious strangers had come to t i the office and warned them to watch & certzin Philadelphia house the night of | March 31 “A blond womar. and a man will enter the heuse. If you will then crash tba ! door, yor may then find the Lindbergh | baby,” the stiangers said, | ol. Schwarzkoff amplified the police avout the Philadelphia in- in his morning bulletin, say- |ing “neither Director of Public Safety {Kern Dodg~ n.r tnv perton in Phila- | delphia ha. given us any information | of importante in this case and we have no knowledge as to what this informa- tion is presumed to be. Our activities are not around Philadelphia at this time and we have no definite information leading to that vicinity.” He also made it clear that the police are weary of receiving information “quite evidently intended to annoy or mis’ead the police” and said such inci- dents were being referred to local au- thorities for action. Still Hunt Purple Gang. “This does not refer in any way to | those people who firmly believe that thev have definite information and conscientiously report the same,” he| | said. He said the search for Harry Fleischer, reputed member of the Detroit Purple Gang, was continuing, but it “would not be well at this time to publish the ex- tent of these activities.” SEARCH IN PHILADELPHIA. | | i | Police Watch House After Parley at Hopewell, PHILADELPHIA, April 1 (#).—Pri- vate detectives maintained watch over & house here early today in a vain hope that they might find some clue to the Lindbergh kidraping case. The location of the house was not re- vealed. The information on which the detectives_acted was received at the Central Detective Bureau, Brooklyn, N. Y, jon March 18, when two men called on Morton Bernste:n, manager of the coneern, and told him to watch the house. They said a blue sedan would pull up in front of the place and that a man and a woman would get out. “If you crash the door you may find the Lind- bergh baby,” the informants said, and walked out of the office. They were trailed and the information obtained in this way made the detectives believe their “tip” might be of some value. Bernstein and another detective called at the Lindbergh home yesterday and had a conference with representa- tives of Col. Lindbergh. Then they came to Philadelphia, and although they had said they might ask the aid of city police, no such request was made. WOMAN TO RETURN BOY. Extradition From Lansing, Buffalo Unlikely. LANBING, Mich., April 1 (#).—Emer- son Boyles, deputy attorney general, said yesterday he would not recommend ex- tradition of Mrs. Rose Friend to Buf- falo, N. Y., to face a kidnaping charge. Her attorney had assured him, Boyles sald, that she will pay expenses for the return of 12-year-old Willlam Aubry to his father, Joseph J, Aubry, in Buffalo. At the extradition hearing testimony showed that Mrs. Priend had cared for the child for 10 years while keeping hn:n for Aubry and that he had re- garded Mich., to her as his mother. Recently Mrs. Priend brought the boy here from Buffalo. She testified she thought she had a “moral right” to the chil GERMAN CLUE FAILS. Woman Wjth Baby Establishes Identity and Is Freed. POTSDAM, Germany, April 1 (#).— This city was excited for awhile today by what it thought was the discovery of the kindaper Lindbergh baby. An American student riding in a bus noticed a chubby, curly-baired young- ster in the arms of a woman passenger and called a policeman, The officer took the woman to the station house, followed by an excited crowd, but she established her identity as the child's mother. MARYLAND TIP FRUITLESS. State Troopers Search Territory Near Cobb Island. BALTIMORE, Md. April 1 (®.— Maryland State police today conducted a fruitless search of desolate territory in the Chesapeake Bay region on a report the kidnaped Charles A. Lind- bergh, jr. was held on a boat in the vicinity of Cobb Island. A dozen troopers, under Lieut. Ruxton Ridgley, made the search early today, but reported to headquarters here that the reports were groundless. COLORADO KIDNAPING JURY IS STILL OUT Judge in Bower Case Calls for Maximum Penalty or Ac- quittal of Three. By the Associated Press. DENVER, April 1.—An assignment to convict or acquit three men on the specific charge of kidnaping Benjamin P. Bower for ransom was before & jury here today. District Judge Robert W. Steele, re- plying to an inquiry by C. M. Deiters, foreman, said no alternative verdict would be accepted in the trial of George Reed, Joe Pannell and Art Taylor. Deiters had asked whether the panel might return & verdict of accessory to the kidnaping of the bakery manager. The jury retired at 11 o'clock last night after eight hours of deliberation. Charles T. Mahoney, defense attorney, id Bower's story of the abduction looks fishy to me.” He pointed out in the closing argu- ment the men who kidnaped Bower the night of January 19 had asked Stephen Knight, Bower's employer, to pay the ransom of $50,000. “Genuine kidnapers” Mahoney sald, “would have chosen & victim who could pay his own ransom.”’ Bower was released without payment of the money after five days of cap- tivity. James T. Burke, deputy district attorney, identified the defendants as liquor law violators. Colorado’s maxi- mum_ penalty for kidnaping is seven years' imprisonment. SCHUMANN-HEINK WEAK Recovery Unlikely Days, Doctors Announce. STEVENS POINT, Wis.. April 1 (#) | —Doctors at St. Michael's where Mme. Ernestine Schumann Heink, opera and concert singer, is a patient suffering from laryngitls, today said that while her condition was not serious, she was rather weak, and it would be several days before her com- plete recovery could be attained. Her condition is the result of & re- cent attack of influenss. Mme. Schu- mann-Heink came here from St. Louls , this week to visit her granddaughter. for Several Hospita), | [ T0B &0 (PPOSEDBYL L. 'Commission Against Aid in Paying Notes of Roads Held by Private Banks. By the Associated Press. The Interstate Commerce Commis- | sion today again expressed its opposi- jtion to loans by the Reconstruction | Corporation to rafiroads to pay notes | held by private banks. It refused to approve a request by | the Baltimore & Ohio Rallroad Co. for $1,000,000 with which to pay three notes due New York and Baltimore banks on April 26. The commission, however, indicated it would take up the question again when the road had mide efforts to take care of the loans through private sources $7,000,000 Loan Approved. At the same time & loan of $7,000,000 to pay bills, money due for the pur- chase of a short-line railroad which the commission had required it to take over, three real estate mortgages, equip- ment trust obligations and Chicago taxes, was approved. The Baltimore and Ohio had asked for $55,000,000 to meet maturing obligations and other needs over the next nine months. The commission put off consideration of most of the loan until “the results of operations for intervening months are known" and pending “further negotiations on the part of the applicant looking toward additional private financing.” Loans Due April 26. The road had asked money to pay a $500,000 note held by the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company of New York, a $250,000 note by the Nutional City Bank of New York, and one for $250,000 by the First National Bank of Baltimore. All three loans are due April 26. An item of $975000 for equipment trust obligations due April 26 was ap- proved. Last week the commission protested against private bank loans being paid with Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion funds when it approved a loan of $12,800,000 to the Missouri Pacific Railroad of which $5,850,000 was to pay nalf of notes held by three New York banks. e — FEDERAL ECONOMY PLANS CONSIDERED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE (Continued From First Page) Foreign Wars was represented by L. S. Roy, vice chairman of the National gislative Committee. The Eastern Deapartment of the veterans was repre- sented by C. B. Jennings, commander, and N. V. Golden, junior vice com- mander. Mr. Ray said: “I have been instructed by the commander in chief of the vet- erans to oppose any reduction in sal- arles of Federal employes. We are cer- aln reductions would encourage private industry, ly large organiza- tions, to ages. We are certain that it would work a hardship onjall workers throughout the country.” Welcomes Veterans. Secretary Morrison said: “The American Federation of Labor is gratified to have the veterans join with us in the fight against Federal salary reductions. “During the war the Government em- ployes did not receive increases in com- pensation according to their merits. The American Federation of Labor is opposed to any slashes and feels that its position will receive sympathetic con- sideration from members of Congress.” Mr. McGrady, who has been in charge of the canvass being made by labor leaders, from every State in the Union! impressing upon members of Congress the opposition of Ameriean wige earners to the proposed Federal salary slash, said: “Cutting wages at this time will bring about a bigger and better de- pression. Taking off $74,000,000 from Federal employes means taking off hundreds of millions of dollars from poor men in industry. The Federation of Labor welcomes the co-operation and support of veterans who have fought the Nation's battles on foreign s0il to preserve the ideals of this coun- try. The American Federation of Labor stood with them in those trying days, and we are delighted that they stand with us in our fight to preserve the American standard of living.” Postal Clerks Fight Slash. The National Federation of Post Of- fice Clerks, conducting a Nationwide campaign to impress upon business men and merchants that a wage-cutting drive must not be inaugurated, in a statement issued today by Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary-treasurer, says: “When the United States Chamber of Commerce requests Congress to cut Government expenses it should partic- ularize as to just what it means and not precipitate a wage-cutting move- ment that harms its own members an& supporters.” Mr. Phhl'rt¥l emphasizes that the campaign of the postal workers is in- tended as an offset to the United States Chamber of Commerce recommendation for curtailing Government expenses. which has been interpreted as a drive to reduce Federal wage scales. ' “It is estimated that a 10 per cent cut in the pay of postal employes would mean $800,000,000 aggregate withdrawal from the channels of trade throughout the country,” said Mr. Flaherty, “The postal pay roll is $650,000.000 annually and the direct loss of $65000000 can be multiplied threefold bscause there would follow a 20 per ecent curtailment of expenditures through a buyers' strike, caused by fear and perplexity on the part of the harassed workers.” Lewis Asks Ecomomy Inquiry. Creation of a special Senate Com- mittee to investigate the subject of Government reorganizsblon eand to recommend where bureaus could be | consolidated or done away with was proposed in a resolution introduced to- day by Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, | Democrat, of Illinois. The resolution | w11l lie on the table, to be eonsidered |at & later date. | . Senator Lewis outlines In the reso- lution & number of specific steps to- | ward reorganization to be studied by | the committee, but also gives the com- mittee broad authority to consider any other changes. The particular agencies referred to by the Illinois Senator in the resolution were mentioned by him when he spoke on_reorganization sev- eral weeks ago. The suggestions he embodied in the resolution include the !ullowl.n*' Consolidation of the Interior De- partment with the Department of Ag- riculture, including the Indian Affairs and all bureaus that have to do with the administration of land and min- erals, except that part necessary to be administered by the War Department. | Consolidation with the Department of Commerce-of all bureaus dealing with transportation by land or water, isuch as the Shipping Board Abolition of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and transfer of its duties to the Federal courts. Abolition of the Federal Trade Com- raission, and transfer of its powers to the Pederal courts. Amalgamation of all buresus having to do with the administration of the affairs of children, education and fam- ily, these to be conselidated with the ent of Commerce ’ Depart- paent of Interios. TWO DIE IN WRECK OF DE LUKE BUS | Collision at Intersection of 17th and Rhode Island Injures 11 Others. (Continued From Pirst Page)_ men. B. B. Sandidge, supermlendent.! and Guy S. Dalten, assistant superin- tendent, aided in identifying the in-| ured and comforting distressed rela- ivese Both drivers are being held at the third precinct station pending police investigation. Accident Ties Up Traffic. Most of the 17 passengers in the Cap- ital Traction bus were residents of the fashionable Chevy Chase and Cleve- land Park sections of the city. Those who escaped serious injury were badly shaken by the crash | Rush hour traffic was tied up by the accident and the large crowd which quickly gathered. | The Capital Traction bus, driven by | J. T. Turner, 615 M street southwest, | was southbound on Seventeenth street | at the time of the crash. The ol.her‘ bus. operated by Louis H. Mealey, 22, | of 1647 Lamont street, was proceeding East on Rhode Island avenue. ! At the third precinct station both drivers gave accounts of the collision to Precinct Detective J. W. Shimon. Turner | said the traffic light flashed from green to amber when he entered the inter- section. He was more than half way across, ne related, when the other bus struck his vekicle on the side in rear of the center. ‘ Tree Trunk Driven Into Bus. ‘The large Capital Traction bus was knocked sideways, its rear end swinging around and striking a tree on Seven- teenth street just south of Rhode Island avenue. driven into the body of the bus. More | than half of the right side of the bus was literally torn off by the collision | and the seats inside smashed. The | killed and injured sat on this side. Mealey told Shimon he was going to the company's garage at Georgla avenue and V street. He sald he stopped at Seventeenth street for a red traffic light and started off again in low gear when the light flashed amber. He said he did not see the other bus until it was directly in front of him. His bus sus- tained comparatively slight damage, only the front being smashed. It was moved from the scene under its own wer. The Capital Traction bus was thrown | [a?nmsz & truck parked at the east curb | |© Seventeenth street. | Mealey was kidnaped last August 20 by an armed bandit who forced him to drive his bus to Philadelphia. The gunman boarded the bus at Fifteenth and H streets northeast and at Cottage City, after the last passengers had alighted, drew a gun and ordered| Mealey to drive on. Mealey said the bandit kept him | covered all the way to Philadelphia, | thwarting several attempts which the | driver made to signal operatars of passing automobiles and busses. The gunman leaped from the bus and fled on the outskirts of Philadelphia. He was never captured. | Give Versions of Wreck. Judge Given was supported by two friends as he limped from the hospital en route home about an hour after the | accident. His head was bandaged, his nose was cut and his left leg was stiff, His_shirt was bloodstained. “I was on the Chevy Chase bus, sit- ting about the middle,” Judge Given told reporters. “We were crossing Rhode Island avenue at Seventeenth street when a Rhode Island avenue bus hit the rear end of the bus I was on. The man behind me was killed. The driver of the Rhode Island avenue bus | was going at & terrific speed. I noticed | the traffic light in front of us. It was green and amber.” Miss Kathleen Conlon of 2331 Con- necticut avenue was on her way to| her office in the Transportation Build- ing. where she is employed as a stenog- rapher. when the wreck occurred. She was treated at Emergency -Hospital for | a slight abrasion of the left leg. e Chevy Chase bus I was on,” Miss Conlon said, “was going toward town on Seventeenth street, We were crossing Rhode Island avenue on a n end amber light when & Rhode nd avenue bus shot out of Rhode Island avemue and tore into the resr The trunk of the tree was |Slight hurts |in time to be at the.bedside of her \OP: Slde view of the Capital Traction de luxe Chevy Chase bus torn to pieces in a collision with an empty Washing- ton Railway & Electric bus at Seventeenth street and Rhode Island avenue. hurt. Center Below: The wreckage driven up Close-up view of the compartment where the killed and injured were sitting when the crash came, against a tree. Lower left: Kathleen [ i ‘Two passengers were killed and 11 Conlon, & passenger, who escaped with —Star Staff Photos. end of the bus I was on. It's funny, too, back of way to work, but I just happened to | notice a vacant seat up front and took it. | “There were a few screams when | the collision occurred. After that every- | body was very quiet. Several cab dri! ers came along and helped out the injured Mr. Williamson, who had resided here only & short time, is survived by his widow and one ¢hild. They are in Washington. His home was in Liberty Mr. Pettus was 8 member of the law firm of Colladay, McGarraghy, Pettus & Wallace. the firm for 12 years. Mr. Colladay, Republican natioral committeeman, arrived at Emergency soon after the accident. He summoned Mrs. Pettus by telephone. She arrived husband when he died. Was Active in Civie Affairs, Mr. Pettus had been active in a num- ber of organizations during his long residence here and was always inter- ested in any movement for improve- | ments in the National Capital. Born in Atlanta, Ga., November 18, 1885, Mr. Pettus received his early education in the public schools there. He came to Washington to accept & position as stenographer in the office of the controller of the currency. He studied law at National Univer- sity while holding the Government po- sition and in 1913 received the degrees of bachelor and master of laws. He did not immediately begin the practice of law, but remained for some time in the He had been a member of | | three sisters. controller's office as a law clerk. Sub- sequently for a short time he was a| lawyer with the Internal Revenue Bu- | reau, where his work included the edit- ing of opinions given by Government lawyers. Leaving the controller's office in 1820, he entered the law offices of Edward F. Colladay. In 1923 he became a member of the firm of Collad: Clifford & Pettus, which later became Colladay, McGarraghy, Pettus & Wallace. Had Extensive Practice. Mr, Pettus’ law practice had been ex- tensive and had caused him to become well known, not only in Washingten, but in New Yeork, Chicago and else~ where. | tn the District Supreme Court and the | March 7 to force equalization of work because I started to go to the | District Court of Appeals in 1913 and (at all mines. the bus and smoke a cigarette | in 1922 was admitted to practice in the | union leaders. | this morning a8 I generally do on the | United States Court of Claims. In addition to being & leading prac- ticing lawyer, Mr. Pettus was a well known authority on the various phases of law. With Eugene A. Jones, Mr. Pettus collaborated in the preparation | of Elements of Equity Pleading, pub- lished in 1916. Mr. Pettus Board of Trade, having served on a number of its committee: member of the District Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Pettus was a former president of the Michigan Park Citizens' Association and for many years took an intense in- terest in its activities. Mr. Pettus was married in 1014 to Mary L. McCall of this city. He is sur- vived by his widow, a daughter, Mar- jorie; a son, Donald Pettus; two broth- ers, E. W. Pettus of this city, and Le- land S. Pettus of Atlanta, Ga., and WAGE DISPUTE SENDS 75,000 ON STRIKE IN SOFT COAL BELT (Continued From First Page.) miners sought an increase of the minimum daily wage to $7 and & aix- hour day, five-day week. The shorter Week was necessary, the miners con- tended, to provide employment to all members of the union. operstors maintained a scale to allow competition with the Eastern fields was necessary to save the State's coal industry. MANY BACK AT WORK Threat of Operators to Fill Jobs Brings Results, WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (#.—Mine owners and union leaders today were agreed that the threat of operators immediately to fill the jobs of strikers in the anthracite flelds of Pennayl- vania had sent thousands of men back to the mines. A careful check by several newspa- was a member of the| It was denounced by All mines in both regions were closed | today in commemoration of the grant- |ing ‘of an eight-hour day to miners. | This is a yearly holiday. | "'In spite of widespread resumption of work, insurgent leaders went ahead with their plans to establish a general | Mine Board strike headquarters in Sha- mokin or Shenandoah, and to send to Gov. Pinchot a petition signed by 5,000 miners, asking him to appoint a commissien to investigate the anthra- cite industry in Pennsylvania. Maj. Lynn G. Adams, head of the State police, asserted in Harrisburg he would nct withdraw troopers policing the until he is sure that there is o _danger of further outbreaks. Poliee in Scranton are uncerfain whether strikers are responsible for the explosion of a charg: of dynamite alongside the home of Thomas Reese in West Scranton. Reese, who is not a miner, lived n Police Capt. Albert Gleason, who received threats his home would be blown up. No one was hurt| | by the explesion, but the porch was de- imellxhcd and windows were shattered. | POWER LINES DYNAMITED. Kentucky Mine Blasts Laid to Labor " Troubles. | PROVIDENCE, Ky., April 1 wyfl | Dyngmite blasts wrecked 10 electric | power poles leading to coal mines dur-‘ ing the night and early today, leaving | the town in darkness. The explosions added to the thousands of dollars dam- age wrought in lawlessness through labor troubles in Webster and adjoin- ing counties since the strike of 1930. The dynamiting last night was at- tributed by officials to renewal of the |labor troubles resulting from the clos- ing of the mines In Illinois over a wage | disagreement staried yesterday. This field, operating on an open-shop basis, is a competitor of the Illinois field. The blasts destroyed the power lines | to the Lepper coal minzs and the Dia- mond coal mines, north of here. | The Harman Coal Co. was the only but had planned today. Sheriff R. L. Overby sent for blood- hounds in an effort to trall the dyna- SELF-OPERATING SURGEON, 72, DEAD Dr. Evan O’Neill Kane Suc- cumbs Following Siege of Pneumonia. B the Assoelated Press. KANE, Pa, Aprii 1—Dr. Evap Q'Neill Kane, who attained Natien- wide note im 1919 by remeoving his ewn appendix and who recently performed a second operation uponm himaself, died today. He was T2 years old. The surgeon, long prominent for hia waork in treatraent of cancer, died at 4 am. after a slege of pneumonia. Ne has been in ill heslth for several weels. Performs Second Operation. A few months ago Dr. Kane per- formed the second operstion on fhim- slf to relieve . As was the case in his first feat, he used a local anesthetie and m:l He sald the ration was successful. w”rhe surgeon was active in seeking legishtion controlling surgical and medical practice. He regarded the ap- pendix as a source of many ills and several years ago advoeated compulsory removal of children’s appendix. He also favored Jaws requiring a physician to file with public autharities his diagnosis of each serious ease. An autopsy would be held if a patient died and them the diagnosis would be checked to determine if it was cerrect. Dr. Kane said such a procedure would deive incompetent physicians from practice. Town Founded by Father. Dr. Kane's father, Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Kape, was one of the founders of the town of Kane, which was named for him. Gen. Kan® crganised the Bucktail Regiment, known for its ree- ord in the war between the States. Dr. Kane was married twice. His first wife, Blanche Rupert, died in 1903, Some years later he married her sister, Lila Rupert, who died in 1928. Ome son, Elisha Kent Kane, was barn to the first union and five sons to the second. The latter are Willlam Kane of Philadelphia, Dr. Bernard Kane of Chicage. Dr. Thomas L. Kane of Chi- cago, and Philip and Robert Kane, twins, of Kane. e ANNAPOLIS HOTEL IS SOLD AT AUCTION uyers Bid $150,000, Subject to Balance of $782,000 Out- standing on First Trust, (From the 5:30 Bdition of Yesterday's Star.) ‘The Anunapolis Hotel, 11-story strue- ture on H street between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, was sold at auction alternoon to a I et 4 ‘Washington-Annapolis Ce., Inc. ‘The bid was $150,000 subjeet to & bal- i Gtanding sguinst the property: trust ouf '3 3 indieating a total mld'lthnm ing to $932,000. The pmperq was advertised for by James J. ter and Edmund D. 1l as trustees and Willlam H. Donovan, attorney. ‘The Annapolis Hotel, bullt by Harry Wardman and associates a number of years ago, coi¥ains 400 rooms. Its fur niture, furnishings, fixtures and equip- ment were sold with the real wos'w. The sale was conducted by Vernon Owen of the firm of Thomas J, Owen & Son. auetioneers. BN The property has a total current as- sessed valuation for faxation purpeges of $1,454,486. : —_— DETECTIVES SEEKING BRIDGE HAND LEAK FORELY CULBERTSON (Continued Prom First Page.) ly by their presence, made the that the ams could be from Breadway speculators. “Mr. Murray told me,” the said to Vance, “that someone had him you said these sheets with hands on them could be bought af Wl g T Id" ] othing ‘shout “I said ne speakeasies,” Vance replied. “I'm looking for leads” maid ihe detective. “Will you tell me who gave you the sheet?” 2 “T will not,” Vance said. “The shests came to me unsolicited. I was offered the first as far in advance of the tournament as last . Since then three of them have come into my hands. Incidentally, one of Mr, Culbert- son’s first lieutenants offered a copy to a well known tournament yer of my acquaintance, offered it veluntarily snd gratis as a thing of no consequence. A entleman of my acquaintance told me himself had already been given 3 copies and could have had 10 if he had wanted that many.” “What's your theory?” asked the detective. “I have no theory,” replied the writer of mystery stories, “except that Mr. Culbertson and the National Association did not care whether hands were distributed before play or not and so made no attempt to protect them.” e G —— MOTORIST FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN HIS CAR Authorities Sulcide Mysterious Fatality Near Dyer, Ind. GARY, Ind,, April 1 (#).—A man was found shot to death today in his aute- moblle, parked at the side of the Lin- coln Highway, near Dyer, Ind. An au- tomatic pistol lay at his side. Ome bul- let had entered his stomach. There were New York license piates on the car, a sedan. Inside was a hat- box bearing the name W. Or- cutt, 551 Fifth avenue, New York. The dead man, about 50 years old, was well dressed. Authorities suspect suicide. They re« called that a St. Louis newspaper yes- terday received an anonymous letter saying a body would be found on the Lircoln Highway near South Bend. The spot where the body was discove ered was not close to South Bend, but on the same highway. 600 SOUTH CARDJ‘A MILL WORKERS STRIKE Walkout at Langley Plants Spreads to Other Textile Bections of State. Hy the Associated Press. LANGLEY, 8. C, April 1—A walk- out at the Langley cotton mills to affiliated plants today, 600 workers quitting at the Bath and Clearwater Suspect in . mills in the Horse Creek Valley textile zotion. ‘The management announced the mills would be clesed. Mill company stores in that section slso were closed. The walkout came without disorder, Yesterday workers at the Langley mu’f,:ho walked out a few llyix Teceived their pay envelopes and with them the advice to seek work elsewhere. The management said the mill had been operating at a loss for some time ::nh order to give the workers employ« 1