Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1933, Page 14

A-—-14 GAPONE'S TERROR NOW AFTER INSULLS 36-Year-0ld Dwight H. Green to Get at Bottom of Chicago Deals. BY OWEN L. SCOTT. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, March 11.+-A 36-year-old prosecutor —the one who bested Al- phonse Capone — today is engaged in another spectacular battle, this time seeking to punish some of Chicago’s best known personages. Dwight H. Green, known as “Pete” to his friends, a former Wabash Col- Jege foot ball star, as Federal district attorney for the northern district of Iilinois, has set zbout to teach corpo- ration ~executives and directors the deeper meaning of their responsibilities. His work in building, along with Judge George E. Q. Johnson, the case that sent Capone to prison for 11 years, brought Green, at 35, an ap- pointment to the Federal prosecutor's post to replace Johnson, who has moved up to a place on the bench. Capone himself during the trial said: «I wish I had that guy defending me.” Now some of the builders of the In- sull utility empire, which crashed, face the prospect of attention from the youthful district attorney. When the big financial blow-off came for the Insull companies, Green got busy and now has returned his first indictments —a batch of 15—which strike several local leaders. The charge is using the mails to defraud, and among the in- gicted are Samuel, Martin and Samuel, jr., among: the Insulls. May Continue Prosecuting. This evidence of action involving the first phase of a drive to get at the bottom of the whole debacle has in- creased the chances that Green will continue as prosecutor after the Demo- cratic administration assumes power in Washington. The district attorney has not been an active politican, and hisap- peintment in the first place was non- litical. However, that appointment s not been confirmed by the Senate, and will await the action of the new administration. 'As a starter in his newest phase of investigation, Green has struck at the Corporation _Securities Co., last of the pyramid built by Insull. The public is reputed to have lost $150,000,000 through this company. The directors, now in- dicted, are letting it be known that their signatures on revorts of the company were obtained without thorough knowl- edge of company affairs. A trial of the cass will be important in establishing the degree of responsibility assumed by company directors when affixing their names to company reports. Investigation to Be Thorough. “This indictment is only the begin- ning,” Green said. .“I propose to inves- tigate fully all of the ramifications of' the so-called Insull empire, its creators end its sponsors.” That means that Insull Utility Invest- ments, Inc., and Middle West Utilitles, iwo of the biggest units in the once vast utility development, are next in line for investigation. Federal Judge Charles E. Woodward is scheduled to hear the cases growing frcm Prosecutor Green's investigations. Judge Woodward recently attracted at- ‘tention when he sentenced officials of the H. O. Stone Co., oldest Chicago real estate establishment, to 20 years in prison_after conviction on charges of using the mails to defraud. As first assistant prosecutor Green has William J. Froelich, who was an important factor in building the case agaipst Capone. He also is a young man, and these two officials are engaged now in drilling big-time corporation ex- ecutives in the ethics of finance, (Copyright. 1933.) TENNESSEEAN INDORSED FOR AGRICULTURE AIDE Colored Industrial College Profes- sor Is Proposed by Gov. McAlister. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 11.— James H. Robinson, State Negro wel- fare supervisor and Fisk University faculty member,. said today that Gov. Hill McAlister has indorsed G. R. Bridgeforth, professor at Tennessee Ag- ricultural and Industrial College for Negroes, for appointment 8s an As- sistant Secretary of Agriculture in ‘Washington. Robinson said he headed a delega- tion of colored business and professional men and farmers which called on the ‘Governor today seeking his indorsement of Bridgeforth, and quoted Gov. Mc- Alister as saying he “would be glad to recommend Prof. Bridgeforth for con- sideration.” Bridgeforth is a graduate of Massa- chusetts Agricultural College and Bos- ton University. He was principal of Kansas Vocational College at Topeka Tor seven years, and for 16 years headed the agriculture department of Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. During the World War he was connected with the ‘Bureau of Plant Pathology in Washing- ton. JIMMY WALKER RETAINS DIVORCE CASE COUNSEL Appearance Papers Are Filed in Miami Court—Ex-Mayor’s Plans in Doubt. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, March 11.—Appear- ance papers for James J. Walker, for- mer mayor of New York, in the divorce action brought by his wife, Janet Al-: len Walker, were filed in Circuit Court here today. Attached to the papers was a CODY" of a cablegram from Walker in Can- nes. France, to Benjamin Cohen, local attorney, which read: “You are authorized to make im- mediate appearance, file answer and represent me at hearing generally in case brought by my wife.” Cohen could not be reached im- mediately for a statement as to whether the wording of the cablegram meant that Walker intended to contest the divorce action. Mrs. Walker, a Winter resident of' Miami Beach, filed the divorce suit earlier this week, charging desertion. —e COAST GUARD CUTTER STILL FAST IN LAKE ICE Efforts to Free Craft by Blasting Prove Futile—22 Men Believed Aboard. By the Associated Press. IRONWOOD, Mich., March 11.—The Coast Guard cutter Crawford still was held fast in the ice of Lake Superior, 3 miles nerth of Little Girl Point, de- spite efforts to free the craft by blast- ing the ice today. Twenty-two men are believed to be aboard the vessel. Fear was felt today that their provisions may be cxhausted before the cutter is released from the ice vise, which has held it since Thurs- day. The Crawford has not put into port since it left Two Harbors, Minn., Wed- nesday, to go in search of the ice floe on which 33 fishermen were marooned when a gale set the ice adrift in the ‘The fishermen subseq@ently were d due the cutter ran afoul the e, ! Music Professor FORMER OPERA SINGER GOES TO SMITH COLLEGE. MISS MABEL GARRISON. | By the Associated Press. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 11.— Miss Mabel Garrison, coloratura soprano, formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Co., has been appointed professor of music at Smith College, effective next Fall, it was announced today. Miss | Garrison is a native of Baltimore and made her operatic debut with the Aborn Opera Co. in Boston in 1912. ISh: joined the Metropolitan in 1914. FAMOUS RUNNER NOW FOX FARMER William J. Amos, Who Gained World Trophies, Still Races With Son. Special Dispatch to The Star. LAKE GENEVA, Wis, March 11 (N.AAN.A) —William J. Amos, who was one of the world's greatest distance runners, and now is a fox farm owner, still is in the pink of condition and races with his son, . Amos, who is 47, was in his athletic prime a generation ago when he was a schoolboy in Canada. He loved out- decor sports and went in for hockey, lacrosse and running. His rise was meteoric and he was selected for the Canadian Olympic cross-country team that won the world championship in London in 1908. In 1912 he was a member of.the United States Olympic team that won the championship at Stockholm. Trophy Case Filled. A trophy case fills the entire side of the living room in Amos’ home. He has 97 cups, 5o many that he keeps most of them in a trunk in the attic. His medal case has 507 awards for various races he won. Amos estimates that during his career he ran more than 20,000 miles. His present health and condition, he says, indicates the results of a pro- gram of rigid training and observing every health rule. Slight of build and wiry, Amos is still actively interested in sports in Lake Geneva, He coaches the city hockey team in the Wisconsin-Illinois Hockey League, and is identified with every local sport movement. In 1912, when he was on the Ameri- can cross-country team that won in Sweden, he was the only member selected without qualifying trials. Kept Racing Until 1916, Amos continued racing when he established his residence in Milwaukee in 1916. Shortly after that he decided to give up running. His longest race was 46 miles—from Hamilton to Toronto, Ontario. His silver fox farm here is his first love now. He has more than 1,000 animals. Amos believes there is a distinct im- provement in the present day athletes over thcse of his time. “The runner of today who keeps to his training schedules has a distinct advantage over the bone-crushing training tactics we indulged in long ago,” Amos says. “Exercise outdoors will bring more health and vigor to the normal individual than any form of indoor training.” (Copyright, 1933. by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) RETURNED FOR MURDER Man Arrested in Denver Is Extra- dited to Detroit. DENVER, March 11 (#).—In custody of two Detroit, Mich., officers, Leo Mic- ciche, alias Leo Papito, left today for Michigan to face murder charges in connection with the death of Mike Vunjak, who was killed during a De- mg;}zleéry store robbery in 1926. on papers were signed - terday by Gov. Edwin C. Johnm. Micciche denied any connection with the killing. He was arrested here as a suspect in the death of Joseph P. Roma, Denver gang lord. 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