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The Foening ™ Slar WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934 —SIXTY-TWO PAGES. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair tonight, minimum temperature ; tomorrow Only 10 Shopping Days Until Christmas - west winds, Temperatures—Highest, 41, a} noon today; lowest, 24, at 7 a.m, today. Full report on Page A-4. Yeserday’s Circulation, 125,607 Some Returns Not Yet Received. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 15,16 & 17 Entered as second class matter BE¥ UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. No. 33,098. post office, Washington, D. WAR PROFTS RAN T0 % PER CENT, ARMS PROBE TL Scores of Firms Shown to Have Made Gains by U. S. Contracts. RIFT IN COMMITTEES’ PROGRAMS IS PLACATED Roosevelt Suggests Baruch Board Co-operate in Exposing Operations. By the Assoclated Press. Huge profits ranging as high as 362 per cent to manufacturers of war materials during the World War were disclosed today to the Senate Muni- tions Committee. This was developed shortly after President Roosevelt had suggested close co-operation between his group to formulate legislation to take the profits out of war and the Senate investigators. This apparently lessened the irrita- tion displayed by committee members yesterday because the President had gone ahead before they had completed their inquiry. Investigators placed before the com- mittee figures from the Internal Rev- enue Bureay showing profits for scores of companies ran from 20 per cent ©f invested capital to 362 per cent. Basca on Cost Plus Deals. Alger C. Hiss, committee investigator who conducted the inquiry, developed that in many cases the profits were made on cost plus contracts and that in some instances cash was advanced to the companies by the Government to finance their production. Some of the war-time profits figures filed with the committee, together with the percentage of invested cap- ital on which they were made were: American Brass Co., 1917, $13427,- %57, 23 per cent. Bethlehem Steel Corp., 1917, $61,- 810,017, 43 per cent. Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., 1917, $48,869,577, 47 per cent. Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Co., 1917, $5.797,793, 64 per cent; 1918, $5,693,- 152, 51 per cent. Savage Arms Corp., 1917, $6,517,564, 65 per cent; 1918, $6,917,381, 43 per| cent. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., 1918, $6,741,735, 40 per cent; 1919, $11,- 627,238, 63 per cent. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., 1917, $3,298,601, 86 per cent; 1918, $3990,311, 72 per cent; 1919, $4,916,655, 70 per cent; 1920, $5,764,089, 75 per cent. Bethlehem Loading Co., 1918, $151,- 818, 362 per tent. 47 New Millionaires in 1917, Hiss introduced statistics showing 47 persons reported net taxable in- cqmes of $1,000,000 or more in 1917 who had not previously appeared on the million-dollar list. The annual million-dollar income list from 1915 to 1920 showed the names of three Astors, two Bing- hams, four Dodges, six Du Ponts, two Fords, three Harknesses, one Mellon, two Morgans, three Rockefellers, two Vanderbilts and two Whitneys. The list showed that Vincent Astor had a million-dollar or more income each year from 1915 to 1919 inclusive. Others listed in this group were: George F. Baker, 1915 to 1918; Christiana Arbuckle of New York, 1915 to 1920; Helen C. Bostwick of New York, 1915 to 1919; Frederick G. Bourne, from 1915 to 1918; Asa G. Candler, Atlanta, 1915 to 1917; Andrew Carnegie, 1915 to 1917; William A. Clark, New York, 1915 to 1918; Ed- mund C. Converse of Greenwich, Conn,, 1915 to 1918; James Couzens, Detroit, 1915 and 1917; Cyrus H. K. (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.) FOUR GIRLS PERISH WHEN HOME BURNS Treasury Expert Is Named ToMake D. C. Tax Compar Secretary Morgenthau Selects George C. Haas to Direct Study. More Equitable Fiscal Relation Will Be Sought for Washington. ‘The tax survey of cities throughout the Nation comparable to Washington to serve as a basis for a better and more equitable fiscal relation between the District of Columbis and the Federal Government will be assigned by Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau to the Division of Research and Statistics, of which George C. Haas is director. President Roasevelt has said he de- sires the report before Congress con- venes in January. ‘The survey, according to announce- ments made by the President origin- ally at Warm Springs, Ga., would go sufficiently deep into the municipal statistics to give the President a more factual basis upon which to base any recommendations he may make to Congress regarding the fiscal relations problem here. In the meantime a request of the TWO BAKERS HELD INFOOD POISONING J. L. Dorsch and J. C. Mer- chant Held—Labor Trouble Blamed. Two men were under arrest today charged with assault with intent to kill in cannection with the poisoning of products of the Dutch Baker Boy, Inc, as an outgrowth af what police described as labor difficulties. The arrests followed a secret five- day investigatiod by three detectives, assigned to the case after a driver for the Dutch Baker Boy had re- ported his truck had been followed by two men who had saturated bread and pies left in doorways with a strong acid solution, Employes of Bakery. The two men under arrest—John Leonard Dorsch, 23, of 1818 Kalorama road, and James Carlin Merchant, 21, of 1110 Trinidad avenue northeast— were said by police to be employes of the Peter M. Dorsch Bakery. John Leonard Dorsch is & nephew of the bakery proprietor, police said. Peter Dorsch has no knowiedge of thied alleged poison attempts, police said. They claimed the trouble was based entirely on labor difficulties. The Dutch Baker Boy is a non-union bakery and recently was called be- fore the District N. R. A, Compliance Board and found guilty of violating labor provisions in the bakers’ code. The chief violation was said to be firing men who had joined the union. Both of the men agzested are mem- bers of the Bakers’ Union, according to officials of that organization. First Report Saturday, The first report .to police of any difficulty was made last Saturday by Forrest O. Dowell, 16 New York ave- nue northeast, a driver for the Dutch Baker Boy. He said that that morning his truck had been followed by an auto- mobile containing two men. He was delivering two loaves of bread in the 1300 block D street northeast when he first noticed the car, he told police. He kept his eye on them and after he had left the bread in the doorway, he saw one of the men get oyt of the car and go into the door- way he had just left. To make sure there really was something wrong, he said, he went to his next stop, in the 500 block of Twelfth street northeast. The car was still behind him, he asserted, and after he had left a pie and a loaf of bread at this particular house he Mother and Two Sons Leap to Safety—Father Collapses While Seeking Aid. By the Associated Press. BEDFORD, Va., December 13.— Hazel, 19, and three younger daugh- ters of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Nichols were burned to death early today when fire destroyed their farm home near here. Names of the three other children were not available. Other members of the family were more or less seri- ously injured. There were 11 children in the fam- 1ly, but two were absent. Nichols, the father, was burned and collapsed at the door of a brother, Alvin Nichols, t0 whose house he went in his sleeping garments for assistance. Mrs. Nichols leaped from an upstairs window and was burned about the face and hands. She went upstairs to swaken the children and was trapped by the flames. Burks Nichols, a son, 23, kicked out an upstairs window and leaped with & 4-year-old brother. Kenneth, 13, Jjumped, and was injured. Origin of the fire was undetermined. 9,000 Employes said a man left the car and went up to the door, Took Numbers of Tag. Dowell said he took the tag number of the car which had heen following him and after he had evaded it went back to the homes on D and Twelfth streets and recovered the bread and ple, substituting fresh articles in their place. Chemists found a strong concen- trate of a powerful acid in both loaves which had been left on D street and in the pie left on the doorstep on Twelfth street. Capt. Bernard W. Thompson as- signed Detective Sergts. Leo Murray, H. E Brodie and L. M. Wilson to de- vote their time exclusively to in- vestigating Dowell's report. The tag number reported by the driver was looked up and found to be registered in the name of young Dorsch and after five days of investitgation Dersch and Merchant were taken in custody this morning. The District chemist who analyzed the samples for police reported that although the products were saturated with the acid solution, it would be difficult for anyone to swallow a sufficient quantity to cause death. of Two Stores In Capital to Get Yule Bonus ' Nearly 5000 employes of two of ‘Washington's large department stores ‘will receive tangible evidence of xe- turning prosperity as Christmas pres- ents from their employers, it was learned today. For the first time in three years, Woodward & Lothrop and the S. Kann Sons Co. will present a cash “ponus” to their workers. This will be the first time since 1931 the stores have adopted such a policy, although for many years prior to that date cash bonuses at Christmas time were custom. = regular 5 This year, however, the amounts to be received will be smaller than in the past. Instead of being based upon the earnings of the individual employes, the gifts will be graduated according to length of service, those employed for more than 10 years re- ceiving the maximum. Woodward & Lothrop now has the largest number of employes in the history of the store, with approxi- mately 3,300 persons on the pay roll. Kann's likewise have reached a in this respect, with approx- imately 1,500 persons employed at present. At least two other stores announced they have not yet decided whether they would remember their employes with cash at Christmas time, but of- ficials of both said they plan to “do something” for their workers, 80N | GEORGE C. HAAS. District Commissioners for a substan- tial increase in the Federal payments toward support of the District of Co- lumbia for the fiscal year 1936 has been presented directly to the Bureau of the Budget. The District of Co- lumbia estimates have gone to Con- gress and prelimina eatings are (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) CONSTANT GAMIN ARRESTS ADVISED Crime Experts Say Police Can Harass Operators and Tire Them Out. (Nate: Acceding to a recent re= quest by United States Attorney Garnett, The Star, the Post, the Times, the Herald and the city's four broadcasting stations are re- fusing to gid the numbers racket by dissemination of the race total numbers with which the game here is conducted. Publication or broad- casting of such totals is of no in- terest outside the numbers racket.) Although the numbers racket as operated in Washington and the East has not spread to the West Coast, comparable petty gambling games in that section have been the basis for more serious types of lawlessness. Three Californians attending the crime conference here offered this warning in commenting on the spread of the numbers game in this city. Chief W. G. Walker of the State Narcotics Bureau of California, a leader in the comstant fight being waged against smuggling of Oriental drugs into West Coast ports, described the tie-up often found between gambling, dope running and dope consumption. Side Rackets Seen. “The dope crowd, both users and sellers, will stop at nothing in the way of criminality. And because most of the trading is done on the streets, ig dark corners and up alleys, the sellers often have a side racket they can work at the same time, We never ran across the numbers game you have here, but there are several kinds of lottery schemes worked out that way on a small change basis. “It would be easy for your num- bers runners to ease into the dope selling trade and carry it on while disposing of their numbers slips. And if you think the numbers game among school children is dangerous, just let the dope racket get a start. My ad- vice is to jump on anything of this kind, and don't do it gently.” Referring to the means of combat- ting these lotteries which resembles the numbers game, Chief of Police William J. Quinn of San Francisco advised “continuous arrests.” “We do everything we can to make it tough for these fellows. Even when we lose cases or get only light fines, we keep after them, arrest the same ones often, tire them out, worry them. It may resemble an endurance test between the law and the lawless, but we can last longer than they can.” Tightened laws have helped blot out this kind of racketeering in Cali- fornia, Earl Warren, district attorney at Oakland, said. California Laws Sirict. “I have specialized in hitting at the so-called petty rackets and we succeeded in strengthening California laws so that possession of any gambl- ing paraphernalia is sufficient for ar- rest and conviction. In addition, we make owners of premises on which such paraphernalia is found liable to the consequences. This makes it hard for the gambling crowd to hire or lease quarters.” Across the country, in Rhode Island, the numbers game is well known and is being fought vigorously. Superintendent of State Police Ed- ward J. Kelly, former Providence chief, said: “The numbers game has been worked around Rhode Island for some time, but when prohibition went out and race tracks came in we found it becoming more widespread than ever. In the old days the racket in our (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) SHIP SPEEDS TO PORT WITH FIRE IN HOLD Coast Guard Cutters Rush to Aid Freighter Less Than 100 Miles Off Florida. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., December 13 .—The freighter Pan-Atlantic, carrying general cargo from Mobile, Ala., to Eastern ~. this port today with a fire in her hold. ‘Two Coast Guard vessels went to her aid, the patrol boat Vigilant ex- pecting to reach her at 7 am., and the cutter Yamacraw, three hours later. ‘The freighter, less than 100 miles MOST CRIMINALS ESCAPE JUSTICE, CONFERENCE TOLD Prof. Thorsten Sellin Says 75 Per-Cent of Felons Never Caught, U. S. NARCOTICS CHIEF WARNS OF DRUG PERIL Declares More Than Half of Users Nabbed in Raids Have Crime Records. Painting a dark picture of crime in this country before the Attorney Gen- eral's conference on crime, Prof. Thorsten Sellin of the University of Pennsylvania declared today thgt in three-fourths of the approximately 1,300,000 major crimes committed in 1933 no one was brought to justice. In addition to the major crimes, he said, there were 15,000,000 minor of- fenses brought to attention of police of the Nation. Prof. Sellin cited these figures to emphasize the serious need for an intensive national study of crime statistics, with a view to diag- nosing the problem of lawlessness and adopting remedial measures. In introducing Prof. Sellin, Chair- man Sumners of the House Judiciary Committee asserted that John Dil- linger had “put a mustard plaster on the~back of a lethargic public.” He promised aid of Congress in carrying out plaps for an intensified drive to rid the country of its “public en- emies.” Drug Traffic Assailed. Harry J. Anslinger, commissioner of narcotics, declared the drug traffic is one of the most sordid factors which must be dealt with in the suppression of crime. Referring to the recent widespread |nid.s by the Treasury Department, which netted 790 violators of the nar- cotic laws, Anslinger pointed out that many of those arrested were desperate criminals of the recidivist type. One man had a record of 90 previous ar- rests by city police, the charges rang- ing from misdemeanors to murder. Of 4,000 persons arrested for nar- cotic violations, the commissioner de- clared, 58 per cent had previous crimi- nal records. Anslinger urged greater care on the part of courts in exercising probation powers with respect to nar- cotic addicts. He said that during the ‘past two years more than 30 per cent of the drug users placed on probation violated the provisions of their pro- ‘Warns of Marfhuna Crase. The narcotic unit chief sounded a warning against the increasing popu- larity among drug addicts of mari- huna, also known as hashish, a drug widely used in the Near East. Be- cause there is practically no interstate commerce in this vicious drug, he said, the Federal Government is helpless in controlling its sale. Marihuna is grown in many States, and if it is to be banned, Anslinger explained, the States and cities must act against it. Anslinger remarked that the word hashish is derived from the Arabic for “assassin,” which he said “aptly describes its powers.” The drug quickly reduces its victim from a feel- ing of courage to fear and insanity. The commissioner pledged the full- est co-operation of the Federal Gov- ernment in the movement by law en- forcement agencies to solve the drug evil, but said the Federal Government is restricted by law to detection and elimination of major sources of sup- plies. ‘Wider development of the police constabularies was recommended to the conference today by Capt. Donald Leonard of the Michigan State Police. Capt. Leonard outlined operations of his organization which has made an outstanding record in law enforce- ment. Praises State Police. “Unquestionably the State police,” he said, “have earned an enviable place in our police structure. Trends indicate a growing need for their service in States where they are al- ready functioning, and a demand for their establishment in other States. As the police arm of the State, it cannot now be dispensed with, gnd any scheme of future police reor- ganization will have to take into con- sideration the State police as a unit in and of itself.” Additional commendation on the work of State police was voiced by Henry Toll of Denver, director of the American Legislators’ Association. He called on Legislatures of the various States to take action in this con- nection. ‘William Draper Lewis, director of the American Law Institute, Phila- delphia, said that the institute is planning preparation of a code of criminal lJaw. He expressed the hope that the Attorney General's confer- ence would meet from time to time (anflnued on Page 5, Column 4.) PICKETERS WEAR ROPES AROUND NECK 55 Colored Persons Urge Anti- Lynching Discussion at Crime Conference. turned toward | YouRE CRAZY, MEPHISTO! 1 DONT WANT To BE YOUNG AGAIN! NEW DEAL OF AN OLD STORY! HAUPTMANN PLEA GRANTED BY JUDGE State Must Tell Defense Theories of Cause of Baby’s Death. By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J., December 13. —~Supreme Court Justice Thomas W.| Trenchard today denied 11 defense requests for particulars on the mur- der indictment against Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmanpn, Lindbergh kidnap- slaying suspect, but directed the State to fulfill the defense demand for the prosecution theory on how young Charles A. Lindbergh, jr, met his death. In an hour-long hearing in the presence of the defendant Haupt- mann, the justice told the State that five days after the service of a de- fense request it must supply all the information it can “with reasonable certainty” give on its theory of the cause of the child’s death. ‘The “court State to speclfy whether it would proceed against Hauptmann on the theory that he with premeditation, or whether it would contend that the baby was killed in the commission of a felony. He likewise refused a request to have the prosecution state whether it would proceed against Hauptmann as & criminal who perpetrated the crime single handed, or as the mem- ber of a gang. Notes Impounding Denied. The defense met further reversal in its efforts to have Trenchard order the ransom notes from the kidnaper to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh im- pounded. State experts have said that the notes were written by Hauptmann. In refusing this request Trenchard said he thought that Attorney General David T. Wilentz, chief of the State's forces in the Hauptmann case, would on application grant defense attorneys | permission to examine the notes as much as necessary. Defense requests for information whether the State contended all the ransom notes were written in the same hand, and by Hauptmann, were held by Trenchard to “call for evi- dence, and that the State is not re- quired to give. Ruling on Time of Death. Requests as to where and when the infant died brought from Trenchard the following ruling: d “I think (they) are-Probably dis- posed of upon this ground. The in- dictment charges that on the 1st day of March, 1932, at the township of East Amwell, in the county of Hun- terdon, the defendant killed and mur- dered Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., and that I think sufficiently tells where m when Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., OYSTER FISHERMEN AND BOATS SEIZED Six Fined $54.60 Each and Eight Others Taken to Virginia Courts. By the Assoclated Press. LEONARDTOWN, Md, December 13—Six Marylanders were fined $54.60 each, gnd eight Virginians were turned over to Virginia authorities for trial today after two Maryland State Conservation Commission patrol boats rounded up 13 oyster boats during the night on the Potomac River off Swanns Point. The Marylanders pleaded guilty to having small oysters in their posses- sion when arraigned before Magistrate James Lathan at Bushwood Wharf early today. They were brought to Leonardtown to arrange for payment of their fines. The Maryland men identified them- selves as Edgar Ledmun, A. D. Hed- Hilda Fairbanks Garlic and Onions Overcome Cooks; Doctors Amazed Chili Seasoning Proves Too Much for Two Persons Here. ‘The lowly onion and its stronger brother, garlic, were the subjects to- day of clinical research at Casualty Hospital after two persons were re- ported overcome by their fumes yes- terday. Those overcome, a part owner and cook in & Mexican chili manuf uring plant at 1335 B street north- east, were brought to the hospital un- conscious. Hospital attendants said they were suffering from a form aof asphyxia apparently brought on by strong fumes of the garlic and onion with which they were s the chili. The part owner, Samuel Funch, jr., 30, of 149 Thirteenth street north- east was treated and sent home, but the cook, Bessie Edwards, colored, 1535 A street southeast, was kept in the hospital overnight for observation. Members of the hospital staff ex- interest in the possible effect of fumes and began tests today to determine exactly how serious might be the effect of prolonged in- halation. Neither police ror physicians have ever before had a case similar to those of yesterday. WILLIAMS® DETAILS NEWN.R. A, SET-UP Chairman of Industrial Board Says Price-Fixing May Be Abolished. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 13.—Clay ‘Williams; chairman of the Industrial Recovery Board, predicted today that price-fixing would be eliminated from the new N. R. A. Sketching for a business luncheon meeting his ideas on whgt the new N. R. A. would be, Willlams foresaw that it would continye: 1. Minimum wages and maximum hours. 2. The ban on child labor. 3. The collective bargaining guar- antee. 4. Provisions against certain un- fair trade practices. Eliminate Price Fixing Need. Full compliance with wage and hour provisions, Williams said, would largely eliminate the need for price- fixing. “I am not unaware of the impor- tance in which some groups still hold the provisions of their codes that were designed, inserted and insisted upon as necessary to their chance of pros- perity,” he explained. “And yet, I raise before you the question whether the problem of com- pliance with wage provisions and the problem of price maintenance pro- visions are in fact two separate prob- lems requiring two separate answers or whether on the other hand the two problems are not so closely inter- related that the answer to the first automatically solves the second for most industries and businesses to as great an extent as it can ever be solved in any other way.” Practice Declared Impossible, He said that “in many instances the enforcement of price-fixing pro- visions with fairness to all concerned has been found to be all but im- possible.” The exact form of the new N. R. A. act, Williams said, “is not so im- portant.” “The important thing is that pub- lic opinion in this country has moved definitely forward to where it is demanding of business that At ac- cept a greater measure of social re- sponsibility than it has ever borne spoke before a gathering of the American Arbitration Association, the Chamber of clation of New York. Drexel, Sr., No Better. NEW YORK, December 13 (P).— BANKHEAD QUITS RACE FOR SPEAKER Enters Floor Leader Con- test, Virtually Conceding Victory for Byrns. By the Associated Press. Representative Bankhead of Ala- bama today withdrew from the speak- ership contest but announced his can- didacy for the House Democratic floor leadership. The withdrawal led the elevation of Representative Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee to the speakership to be taken all the more for granted on Capitol Hill. Bankhead was last of the foremost candidates to withdraw. Represent- atives Crosser of Ohio and Green of Florida remain in the race. Because of the developments, spec- ulation was confined to the floor lead- ership chances. All Are Confident. " Each “ofthe M}t dosen of fiore candidates, one of whom will be elect- ed leader at a Democratic caucus January 2, has expressed confidence as to his own ability to win. In addition to Bankhead, others seeking the office or mentioned for it were Representatives McCormack of Massachusetts, Rankin of Missis- sippi, Mead and O'Connor of New York, Arnold and Sahath of Illinois. Seeing the Byrns bandwagon roll swiftly along, Representative Rayburn of Texas withdrew from the speaker- ship contest last night. Rayburg, in withdrawing, said: “I am no longer a candidate for er. There are no alibis. Under the circumstances, I cannot be elected.” The latest State to go for Byrns is West Virginia, whose Democratic dele- gation made its decision last night. The Illinois delegation is slated to go on record for him tonight in Chi- cago. “I'm in,” Byrns has said, “I have more than enough votes to win.” Mead Seeks Backing. McCormack announced his candi- dacy for the leadership yesterday, while Mead was in New York seeking the support of the Tammany chief- tains. O'Conpor claimed more votes than any other leadership candidate. JAN. 1 PAY RETURN FAVORED BY BULOW Senate Civil Service Committee Head Joins Others in Ad- vocating Increase. ‘The movement to restore the re- maining 5 per cent of the Govern- ment pay cut op January 1 won the support today of Senator Bulow, Dem- ocrat, of South Dakota, chairman of the Senate Civil Service Commit- tee. “I think the basic salaries should be restored and I will support such & proposal,” Senator Bulow said. Leading advocates of the pay res- toration move have not decided defi- nitely whether the proposal will be made as a separate bill or as an amendment to one of the early ap- propriation bills. A study of the par- liamentary situation will determine the answer. Amonz other returning members who have already advocated doing away with the remainder of the pay cut are Senators Borah, Republican, of Idaho, and McCarran. Democrat, of Nevada. BELL HAD VISION OF ELECTRI CHAIR, NURSE TELLS JURY Mrs. Jones Describes Talk With Fredericksburg Man Following Arrest. TESTIFIES TO DISCOVERY OF ‘CONFESSION’ LETTER Declares She Found Note From Richmond Woman While Searching for Poison. BULLETIN. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. cember 13.—Testimony ward C. Bell had paid $705 by check on an automobile purchased by Mrs. M. E. McMu'lin of Richmond was given this afternoon by W. F. Byrnum. Richmond automobile dealer. It was Mrs. McMullin whose “confession” letter to the de- fendant had been described in court earlier in the day by Mrs. Viola Jones. The testimony was designed to prove Bell's affections were, no longer vested in his wife. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Decem- ber 13.—Testimony that Edward C. Bell, following his arrest on charges of poisoning and attempting to poison his invalid wife, told her nurse “you have sent me to the electric chair,” was given at hjs trial here today. Mrs. Viola Jones, nurse to Mrs. Madge Bell, testified that Bell ques- tioned her after his arrest and asked her if it were true she had kept some of the medicines under lock and key and had left other bottles out as traps. The witness said she replied that she had and that she had given sam- ples to the city sergeant. She said Bell then exclaimed. “You have sent me to the electric chair.” Tells of “Confession” Note. A “confession” letter from a Rich- mond woman to the 60-year-old de- fendant was described by Mrs. Jones after she testified she had thwarted persistent efforts of the former Baptist deacon to poison his wife. Mrs. Jones, who said she became convinced last July that Bell was plotting to destroy his wife, said she looked in Bell's coat pocket and found the letter signed by a Rich~ Jonés testified the letter asked “for- giveness” for some unknown offense and sdid the offense was committed because of her financial condition. Was Looking for Poison. The nurse explained she found the letter while searching for poison in Bell's pockets. At this time, she testi- fied, Bell's pocket, in addition to the letter, contained an envelope of powder which she believed was poison. She |turned it over to authorities for analysis. ‘When Bell’s trial on charges of six poison attempts un the life of his wife opened three days ago, the prosecution announced it would present evidence to show Bell's affections no longer were vested in his wife. Mrs. Jones, who had attended Mrs. Bell on various occasions for the last 22 years, testified she suspected a poison plot last August. She said she then procured s duplicate set of the medicine and beef extracts in- tended for the invalid and placed them under lock and key. She administered these to Mrs. Bell and took pos- session of the other medicines, which she believed Bell had poisoned. Mrs. Jones told the court she re- turned the letter to Bell's pocket, but could remember almost the whole of it. Finds Extract Bottle. A strange angle was injected into the case at noon today when a news photographer found a meat extract bottle of the type used in evidence concealed in an ante-room at the court house. The photographer, A. C. Chinn of The Star, reported the find to the prosecuting attorney. The bottle was manufactured by the same company which turned out other containers which were found filled with poison. The court room was crowded this morning to capacity as on previous days of the trial before Judge Fred- erick Coleman. The jury was com- posed wholly of men, while the specta- tors were mostly women. Only five witnesses have been heard so far. The prosecution expects to call at least a dozen more witnesses and the defense will summon at least six more. Indications today were that the trial " (Continued an Page 3, Column 4) DROWN IN CREEK Bodies of Three Missing Children Found in Hull, Quebec. HULL, Quebec, December 13 (#).— The bodies of three children, missing from their homes for 24 hours, were found today in Brewery Creek. The dead were Pauline Pilon, Jean, 5, and Roger Gravelle, 4. First Moated City of Mayans Found by Carnegie Scientists BY THOMAS R. HENRY. to the ancient city. Walking in bottom of the moat, now dry, it expedition 50 minutes make the circuit of the city. At one gmntfllled'm:nmnmme e At another of the newly discovered ancient cities, was found a Maya