Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER. (7', 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and probably tomorrow; not much change in temperature; mod- erate southwest winds. Temperatures— Highest, 81, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 53, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-2. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 33,408. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. e WASHINGTON, D. C, LEAGUE SANCTIONS BODY VOTES ITALIAN BOYCOTT; BRITISH Full Committee Must Act on Proposal. MUTUAL HELP IS APPROVED| Effective Date Will Be Determined October 31. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, October 19.—The League of Nations' sanction committee of 18 nations today approved the British proposa: for a “buy nothing from Italy” boycott and & mutual assistance project for League states which are hit by repercussions of the sanctions. The two proposals will go before the plenary committee of 52 nations for final approval later today. ‘The boycott was discussed point by point by the smaller committee, and only Switzerland made reservations. Even this nation, however, did not abstain when the measure as a whole was approved. & Date to Be Fixed October 31. The committee decided that on October 31 the larger ®lenary Com- mittee of all League states except Italy and Ethiopia should decide the exact date on which League nations would begin simultaneous enforcement of the boycott. A member of the committee said that while Switzerland pointed out some difficulties and made a slight reservation, it might almest be said that the boycott proposal ‘“‘went tkrough like a streak of lightning.” Upon the proposal of the French delegation the following resolution was adopted for submission to the committee of 52: “The Co-ordination Committee (Committee of 52) requests the com- mittee of 18 to continue its session in order to follow execution of proposals already submitted to governments and to put such new proposals as it may think advisable to make before the co-ordination or the governments represented thereon. Subcommittees Provided For. “To this end, it shall appoint such subcommittees, technical or other, as it may deem fit among its own mem- bers or from those of the Co-ordina- tion Committee.” The committee of 18 meets again at 3:30 p.m. today (9:30 am. Eastern standard time) to discuss an embargo on exports of key products to lialy and also a mutual assistant proposal, designed to benefit nations hard hit by participation in the economic boy- cott of Italy. The Plenary Committee of 52 was expected to meet at 6 p.m. (noon Eastern standard time) to approve formally the buy-nothing boycott and also the key products ban and the mutual assistance proposals it the latter met with approval of the com- mittee of 18. STOCKS SWEPT UP IN BUYING WAVE Easing of War Tension Brings| Rise of $1 to More Than $3 a Share at New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 19.—Share prices lifted sharply in the New York Stock Exchange today in response to Telaxation of war tension in Europe. Although Wall Street had been fa- vorably impressed by domestic busi- ness news this week, nervousness over war developments had tended to put & damper on the stock market the past few days. Many leading iSsues rose $1 to more than $3 a share in active buying, sev- eral to new recovery highs. J. I Case was a high fiyer, up more than $6 to a new top above $93. ‘Westinghouse Electric advanced nearly 84 to close to $88. Chrysler rose more than $3 to a new high above $83 and Generat Motors jumped $150 to a new top at $50. United States Steel, American Tele- phone, Bethlehem, Union Pacific and | International Harvester all rose $1 or more. e ASKS ASSAULT ARREST Bheehy Seeks Action Against Gardiner in Fight, Vincent A. Sheehy, one of the prin- cipals in the fistic flare-up in District Supreme Court Thursday between counsel in the Nixon divorce trial, appeared at Police Court. today and asked for an assault warrant for the arrest of W. Gwynn Gardiner, former District Commissioner. After a hurried consultation be- tween Assistant United States Attor- ney David A. Hart and with the chief assistant United States attorney, David A. Pine, action was deferred until Tuesday, when an informal hear- ing will be held at 1:30 p.m. in Hart's Police Court office. PR TR ST SLAYER ELECTROCUTED MICHIGAN CITY, Ind,, October 19 (P —Richard Chapman, | FLEET TO De Bono Proclaims Slavery Abolished In Captured Areas By the Associated Press. ROME, October 19.—A proc- lamation issued by Gen. Emilio de Bono, commander in chief of the Fascist forces in East Africa, at Italian Army headquarters on the northern front, said today slavery was abolished and all slaves freed in Ethiopian terri- tory conquered by the Italians. An official communique an- nouncing the liberation, said: “De Bono communicated that there is mothing of note on the Somaliland and Eritrean fron- tiers. “De Bono has issu decree to abolish slavery in the zones occupied by the Italians, ordering liberation of slaves.” MONTION FLOW TOSELASSES AD War Materials Arriving as Ethiopians Mass for Combat. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) ADDIS ABABA, October 19.—War materials, released from other coun- tries by the League of Nations' lifting of the arms embargo, flowed into Ethi- opia today as government officlals dis- closed that Emperor Haile Selassie's armies were concentrating for combat against the invading Italian forces. The arms shipments now entering were ordered by the Emperor before the embargo became operative. Nat- urally, the government will not dis- close how large the quantities are which it is receiving nor the precise points to which they are being shipped. Arms of Modern Type. 1t is known, however, that the arms are of the most modern type. They include American machine guns and Belgian and Czechoslovakian rifies and cartridges. Other less modern but still highly effective equipment is fitering "in across Ethiopia’s borders from many secret sources. Foreign observers stationed here were in agreement that Italy will have no easy task if her armies at- tempt to launch an offensive against Ethiopia’s mounttain strongholds which are guarded with forests of implac- able warriors armed with mortars, machine guns and rifles. Meanwhile, Italian air raids were reported continuing. The government asserted that a child was killed at Ambaalaje, Tigre Province, on the northern front, and that the popula- tion there was furious. Selassie Shuns Gas Use. Emperor Haile Selassie said the Ethiopian Army would not use gas on the ground that thousands of -inno- cent women and children must in- evn’.nbly be killed if its use were gen- eral. Dr. Robert William Hockman of Wheaton, I, medical missionary, reached Addis Ababa from Ogaden today and said he had handled more than 150 cases of gas poisoning. He added that scurvy, however, was claiming more victims than the fight- ing itself and appealed to the Em- peror to rush all available lemons, oranges and other scurvy antidotes to Ogaden. “Italy has no idea of our strat- | egy,” the government announced, “and therefore its present bewildering indecision enables the Ethiopians to carry on effectively their ulterior ma- neuvers.” Ethiopian authorities anticipated a definite advantage over Italy on the northern front today in their first major battle, apparently developing about Makale. Ras Seyoum, Ethiopien commander in the north, was reported massing his forces for a determined stand. Attack Begun from Air. The Italians were said officially to have attacked Makale from the air as a prelude to a new advance Authorities said Italiar capture of Makale, about 60 miles southeast of Aduwa, would prove most difficult. They pointed out that the town is situated on a hill sloping to the north and could be defended easily by only a few snipers. A more optimistic attitude than had been evidenced hitherto by govern- ment officials was now shown. ‘They believed the impregnable po- sition taken up by Ras Seyoum’s fol- lowers, against the low-lying posts of (See WAR, Page 4.) AUTOMOBILE WORKERS’ EARNINGS ARE BOOSTED Pay and Employment Gains Are Found in Survey of Car + Makers’ Association. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 19.—Automo- chair of the State prison here at 12:11 | workers ' a.m. (Central standard time) today |1935-m for the slaying of Henry Nolte, Airs- worth farmer, on New Year eve, 1 chair Nolte because the farmer had wronged his boyhood sweetheart. He told other v"lhnllllo. STAY Understanding Reached With France. PEACE SUCCESS STILL LACKING Geneva Terms and Duce’s Demands Unreconciled. (Copyright 1935, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, October 19.—Great Brit- | ain intends to maintain her battle tive sources said today, despite an eas- ing of the Italo-Britis tension and a definite understanding with France. The British government was rep- resented as feeling that Premier Laval of France has definitely removed any | misunderstanding _which previously | existed between Great Britain and | France. These authorities said, however, | that since no progress yet had been | made toward the settlement of the main issue—the Italo-Ethiopian War —the Mediterranean fleet would have to remain at its present bases al- though it was possible that a few | ships might later be removed from Gibraltar as a conciliatory gesture. No Progress Toward Peace. It was stated in informed quarters | that the diplomatic conversations now !all designed to clear up side issues iand that there had been no progress toward peace oetween Italy and | Ethiopia. | So far as the British government is aware, it was stated, there still remains a great gap between Premier Mussolini’s demands in Ethiopia and terms which would be acceptable to the League of Nations. It was authoritatively stated that Sir Eric Drummond, the British Am- i bassador to Rome, was undertaking to | remove a feeling in Italy that Great | Britain contemplated miftary action against Italy and that he also was aying to impress on I Duce that British warships were in the Mediter- ranean only for precautionary reasons. The question of “trading” the re- moval of Italian troops from Libya for British naval reductions in the Mediterranean had not entered into his conversations, it was stated. Authoritative sources said Sir Eric bluntly told Il Duce that Great Britain was acting at Geneva only in response to her conceptions of what was re- quired of her as a signator of the | League Covenant and that the sug- gestions of British hostility to Italy were wholly without foundation. Note Held Favorable. These sources said a note from La- val answering a British query as to the Prench governmeat’s attitude in the present international crisis would not be made public, but that it is to be regarded as favorable. These same authorities said that the present conversations which the British Ambassador to Rome, Sir Eric Drummond, was undertaking with Premier Mussolini, were designed sole- ly to clear up dangerous misunder- standings with that Mediterranean power, These. misunderstandings, it was specified, regarded Grea: Britain's in- tentions concerning the Italo-Ethio- pian war. Informed quarters said that as a result it was to be hoped that the tension “artificially created outside Geneva” would be relaxed. A joint Anglo-Italian communique on the subject was expected to be published later today. European Situation Calmed. Great Britain, working through dip- lomatic channels to Rome and Paris, succeeded in calming the serious Euro- pean situation arising from the Italo- Ethiopian War, but nevertheless an- nounced reorganization of its army high command. Gen. Sir Cyril John Deverell, 61, general officer commanding the east- ern command since 1933, was ap- pointed chief of the imperial general staff in succession to Field Marshal (See LONDON, Page 4.) SCOTLAND IS LASHED BY 100-MILE GALE At Least One Dead and Five Hurt—Winds Damage Shipping. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 19.—A gale, rac- ing as high as 100 miles an hour in some sections of Scotland, swepi the British Isles early today, disrupting shipping and causing at least one death at Glasgow, Scotland. Five others were injured at Glasgow by falling debris. The Anchor liner Transylvania. due to leave Glasgow for New York at 2 | in progress in Rome and in Paris were | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Star Q, 5 A RS e fleet in the Mediterranean, authorita- | Seventeen motion picture film dis- | | tribution agencies which do business !in the District of Columbia and five | | nearby States today joined The Star | Safety Council in its campaign to| | reduce the street and highway traffic | menace, which is costing the United | | States a heavier toll in slain than all | the wars in its history. | Under the active leu!ershlp of H.| A. Weinberger, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Distributing Corp., 1009 New Jersey | | avenue, the enroliment of more than | 400 officials and employes of the 1‘1| local film distributing agencies is be- | ing undertaken in co-operation with ‘The Star Council. Virtually all of the local representa- tives of the film distributing agencies The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. | NOW UNCLE, DONT LET €M GET You INTo WAR WHILE I'M GONE 2y VE /flé&g % Vadl Star’s Traffic Safety Drive Joined by 17 Movie Agencies More Than 400 Officials and Employes in Five States Besides D. C. Co-operate Under Lead of Weinberger. are motor vehicle operators and ml}\y of them drive thousands of miles each month in Washington and its vi- cinity. All of the larger motion picture theaters in Washington already have been enrolled in the safety campaign and most of them not only have en- rolled all theater officials and em- ployes, but are providing pledge cards and windshield stickers for their pa- Through the medium of “trailers” shown on the screens of the local theaters, the safety campaign and the need for eternal vigilance on the part of every motorist and pedes- trian has been called to the attention of every member of the audiences in (S8ee SAFETY, Page 3. RIOT BREAKS 0UT ATA.F. L. SESSION Lewis and Hutcheson Come to Blows in Industrial Union Row. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., October 19. —A brief riot in the American Feder- ation of Labor convention today was quickly quelled by disinterested parties to the dispute. It started when John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine Workers and chief of the industrial union faction in the federation, and William Hutche- son, president of the Carpenters’ Union and one of the craft union faction leaders, got into a fist fight. Hundreds of delegates from h faction swarmed around the ‘m- promptu ringside, pushing, shoving and_shouting. While Willlam Green, the federa- tion president, banged his gavel for order, friends of each of the two main combatants succeeded in sepa- rating them. Hutcheson Leaves Hall. Hutcheson was finally led from the hall, his face bleeding. Lewis stayed at the convention. Hutcheson told reporters that Lewis swung the first blow. Both are hefty men. Each appears to ‘weigh upwards of 200 pounds. ‘The riot was the climax so fat of the bitter personal feeling developing out of the scrap between craft and industrial unionists over how mass production industry employes should be organized. ‘The industrial unionists were soundly trounced in the test vote on this principle Wednesday night, but they have continued to seek their goal by [ Y*% asking the convention to give unre- stricted industrial union charters to specific industries. It was out of a fight of this kind (See LABOR, Page 2.) CREW ABANDONS SHIP AFTER REQUESTING AID Vardulia, Which Figured in Res- cue of 22 Danish Sailors, Re- ports Dangerous List. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 19.—Lloyd's re- ported the British steamer Vardulia sent & wireless message today saying “Now abandoning ship” soon after asking for immediate assistance be- cause of a dangerous list. The vessel was about 420 miles northwest of the Hebrides, an island. group northwest of Scotland. She carried a crew of about 40 and no passengers. ‘The Vardulia three years ago saved 22 Danish seamen from the steamer TALNADGE SEEN TIGHTENING OLD Governor Hints He Will Take Over Handling of State’s Finances. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, October 19.—Gov. Eu- gene Talmadge's financial dictatorship of Georgia may become complete on January 1. The Governor said today the State constitution gives him authority to operate the government’s business, since the 1935 Legislature failed to enact an appropriations bill for the next two years. This year Georgia's affairs are being financed under expenditures approved by the 1933 General Assembly, but after December 31—unless there is a special session—the Governor says full control of spending will pass into his hands. Appropriations Cut. ‘The present appropriations 3ill makes it mandatory that the Governor pare down appropriations fo come within actual revenue. Most depart- ments are operating on 80 per cent of the anticipated revenue. Opponents have charged the Gov- ernor’s friends in the lower House sought to exempt appropriations for schools from the provision giving the Governor authority to reduce the sum allotted to that department, which led to a deadlock over the measure, re- sulting in failure to pass. Silent on Methods. The Governor, an outspoken critic of the Roosevelt administration, did not divulge the methods by which he would operate the government next T, Reports have expressed the view that Talmadge—who once took over the highway funds in the treasury, ousted the Highway Board and the Public Service Commission by use of the militia—could use troops to take charge of the treasurer's office and control it without fear of the courts, Santa’s Reindeer Come From North To Aid Yule Spirit Harbingers of Christmas Are Shipped to De- partment Stores. By the Associated Press. $112000 SPEEDS SECURITY PLANS {Board Gets Relief Cash. New Appointments Are Expected Soon. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Appointment of several key officials of the Social Security Administration | will be made very soon, as allotment of an emergency fund of $112,610 | opens the way for a real start on the | program. _ The allotment, yesterday by Controller General Mc- Cerl, comes from relief funds and technically is being made to the La- bor Department. The two most important positions to be filled at once are those of ex- ecutive director and general counsel. In preliminary work, which the board has been attempting during past weeks without funds, many of the duties that will fall to these two offi- cials have been handled by Merrill G. Murray, associate consultant of the Committee on Economic Security and Thomas Elliott, assistant solicitor of the Labor Department. In addition to the filling of the two posts, the board will name a number | of stenographers, secretaries and minor assistants. For the past few weeks all work has been carried on by work- ers borrowed from other agencies. Most of these, however, will remain with the new administration. Two Have Taken Oaths. As for the board itself, Chairman already have taken their oaths of of- fice and Arthur J. Altmeyer, now | pected to take his immediately. Most pressing duties of the board during the coming few months will be examination of State plans for to dependent children, and of State laws for unemployment compensation. All these come directly under admin- istration of the board and are to be effectuated by a system of Federal grants in supplement to State funds. In the case of the three first men- tioned, these Federal allotments prob- ably will start with the first quarter of 1936, thus necessitating a review of State programs before that date. Up to the present, however, no State plans officially have been submitted for review, although many requests for information and advice are pend- ing before the Federal administration. Old-Age Plan May Be Delayed. For unemployment compensation, the law provides for Federal alloca- tions to States for administrative pur- Ppoges only, with a tax allowance being granted in States where approved pro- grams exist, ‘The Federal old-age insurance plan does not become operative until 1942, and although considerable preliminary avork will be necessary it may be post- poned until after January, 1936, when the Social Security Administration ex- pects its own appropriation from Con- gress. Other sections of the program are to be handled by the Children’s Bureau and the Public Health Service, which will not share in the emergency allocation. Their preliminary work is being accomplished by regular staffs of these agencies or through drawing on their regular appropriations. None of the $112,610 will be re- allocated to individual States for any purpose, but will be used exclusively for payment of salaries and obliga- tions of the Federal board during the next two months. STEAMER AND TANKER COLLIDE IN PACIFIC Swedish Vessel, but Slightly Damaged, Is Proceeding to San Pedro. ¥ MONTANA CAPITAL ROCKED BY QUAKE; DAMAGE MILLION Two Killed, Many Hurt in Climax to Week of Tremors. CITIZENS FLEE HOMES; approved | John G. Winant and Vincent M. Miles | Assistant Secretary of Labor, is ex- | old-age assistance, 2id to the blind and | BUILDINGS ARE TOPPLED () Means Associated Press. Yesterday’s Circulation, 129,540 Some Returns Not Yet Received. TWO CENTS. INDETHENT NS WLSON WSS T0 AL DELNERY {Marie McKeever Aided Mais and Legenza, Charge to Follow Slaying Case. INVESTIGATORS FEARFUL SHE WILL BE KILLED School Walls Crash, Glass Breaks. Troops Ordered to Stand By in Crisis. By the Associated Press. HELENA, Mont, October 19.—A still trembling earth crust that caused two deaths and injured at least 14 persons kept apprehensive residents of this area eyeing doorways today. Though there had been no repiti- tion of the severe shock at 9:47 o'clock last night, the earth rumbled and shook at intervals throughout the rest of the night and early morning. A fairly heavy tremor about 4 am. brought nervous householders again to the street, but its duration was brief and additional damage light. Heavy Rolling Felt. Again, soon ‘after 8:35 am. the region felt a heavy rolling followed by lighter tremors. The severe overnight shock, sixtieth | of the sequence, tore at the mountain- | ous Continental Divide and spread | into three States—Montana, Idaho and Washington, and one Canadian province, Alberta. The vibrations gripped this city of 12,000 with such intensity that Oscar Baarson, city engineer, estimated the damage might run as high as $1,000,- 000. Other estimates were several hundred thousand dollars lower. Col. E. H. Williams, commander of | the 163rd Infantry, Montana National | Guard, ordered members of the Helena | company to be prepared for service, but martial law was not declared. | Brick Buildings Fall. As the quake swayed Helena for about 12 seconds, the brick facing on | many buildings peeled, crashed into | the streets and was scattered. The standard time. The front wall of an unoccupied structure fell and killed David Harris, | colored. The building stood on South | Main street, an historic traffic artery | which follows Last Chance Guich, scene of glamorous mining adventures of yesteryear. The second fatality was recorded today when Charles Siggeling of Ap- pieton, Wis., a transient, died of in- Jjuries he received in the collapse of a roof at the transient camp. Among the injured were Julia Pat- ton, student at St. Vincent Academy, Qit by flying bricks; Marie Kirwin, stenographer, hit by falling debris; A. B. Jackson, twisted back when caught under falling porch; Dorothy Korch, East Helena, broken leg; Maj. Sol. Peterson, United States property and disbursing officer, severe head | face, caught in collapse of floor at National Guard Armory; Mrs. Lyman | Sperry, badly injured, legs, and Mrs. | Dona Sorrick, fractured arm. City in Darkness. The entire city was thrown into and power facilities. A new half-million dollar high school, which went into use this Fall, suffered severely. A chimney was knocked down and brick fell from the walls. - Two floors caved in at the Na- tional Biscuit Co. factory. The roof of the Stale arsenal fell and damaged trucks and National Guard motor vehicles. A large part of the coping on the Algeéria Shrine Temple, perhaps the city’s outstanding structure from an architectural standpoint, was torn away, but the spire, about 400 feet tall, was unscathed. | After the walls of the high school | auditorium collapsed, flames flared briefly in the chemicals of the labora- tory section. Another fire developed in a private home where gas fittings were torn loose by the constant grind- ing of the earth. A city grown sleepless after seven nights of shock ran into the open. The screams of children were heard with the crash of crumpled plate glass. Downtown confusion was more in- tense. From the theaters poured the early audience. Ushers stood guard and, though some persons fainted from fright, none was badly hurt. Hayden Simpson, once a trombonist for Sousa and Whiteman, brought his horn into action on Main street in a medley of march tunes. Hotel oc- cupants, standing in night attire, marched back inside. Almost the entire western half of the State felt the shifting of the earth’s substructure. Reports of quaking which resulted in negligible damage came from Bozeman, Butte, Billings, Missoula, Shelby and a half dozen other smaller cities extending from Yellowstone National Park north to near the Canadian border. Minor tremors occurred at Spokane and Walla Walla, Wash,, and Lewis- ton, Boise and Moscow, Idaho. Dr. Francis Thomson, president of Montana School of Mines, said the earth tremors probably were caused by slipping masses of rock along a fractured zone deep in the earth. Rooster Kills Self Fighting Reflection In Owner’s New Car Special Dispatch to The Star. g : a‘ 1 E ik M ILE iif shock began at 9:47 p.m., Mountain | lacerations, badly injured nose and | darkness by the paralyzing of light | | Guards Posted at Hiding Place to Help Insure Story to Grand Jury. BY JOHN H. CLINE. The secret indictment against Ma- | rie McKeever, key witness in the murder of Allen B. Wilson, involves her in the Richmond jail delivery of Robert Mais and Walter Lagenza, it was learned today. | Formerly the sweetheart of Mais, she is charged with being an acces- |sory after the fact in housebreaking. | The housebreaking, however, was the sensational escape from the Virginia | prison of the two gangsters, who ruth- lessly shot down a guard with guns smuggled in to them by friends on the outside. | Miss McKeever, it is charged, aided them in eluding police after their |escape, and it is believed they were | hidden for a while in the Washington apartment of John (Slim) Dunn, named as the trigger man in the murder of Wilson. Later the two fugitives were recaptured and exe= cuted. The woman, her inderworld career at an inglorious end and in fear of her life, is hiding under heavy guard in Philadelphia, timorously awaiting the day when she must come forward and testify against the gunmen who murdered Wilson, a newspaper route agent, when they mistook him for Edward (Mickey) local gambler. Fear She Will Be Slain. Investigators assigned to the Wilson { case make no secret of the fact that their greatest worry now is that Miss McKeever will be killed before she can | tell her story to a jury. She is in double jeopardy, first for having | talked in the Wilson case and, sec- | ondly, because of what she is supe posed to know of the jail delivery. The probabilities are that she will | never be brought to trial on the in- | dictment. If she lives to give her | testimony in the murder case, it is believed, the authorities will then re- lease her—to spend the rest of her | days hiding from the ever-present threat of a sudden burst of gunfire from friends of the gunmen she has (been instrumental in bringing to | sustice. | Lieut. Floyd Truscott and Detective Sergt. Earl Hartman, members of the special Wilson squad, had not re= turned to Washington today, and it was believed they may be in Phila= delphia with Miss McKeever, making final preparations for her appearance: before the Montgomery County grand Jury. Lieut. John Fowler, the third mem- | ber of the squad and the Police De-~ partment’s ballistics expert, has not left the city and it was believed he is devoting his time to efforts to lo- | cate and identify the .32-caliber pistol from which the bullet that killed Wil« son was fired. Think Weapon Found. The newspaper agent was struck in | the arm and his automobile was rid- | dled with shotgun slugs, but he was killed by a pistol bullet fired through the back of his neck. It was several days ago that police knew where the gun was, but it is not known whether they have actually recovered it. How- | ever, the fact that Fowler has been | working behind locked doors at police | quarters was interpreted in some | quarters as indicating he has the weapon and is preparing photographic evidence to prove the fatal bullet was fired from it. Another woman who may testify in the case is McDonald's wife. She is reported to have seen two of the gunmen running toward their car after the killing. She told police she was awakened by the shots when Wilson was waylaid in front of their home in Takoma Park and ran to a window in time to witness the escape. It was believed she may be able par- tially to identify one of the men. Besides Dunn, who is serving time in Alcatraz on a robbery charge, police are holding William Cleary, Dewey Jenkins and Albert S. Sutton in connection with the case. A fifth suspect, Claude Bailey, was killed by a guard during an attempt to ese cape from Lorton reformatory several ‘weeks ago. (Picture on Page A-4.) S i DUCE’S SON FIRED UPON Vittorio Shows Bullet Holes in Plane Wings. ROME, October 19 (#).—Vittorio Mussolini can point to Ethiopian bule let holes in the wings of his plane, like those the ship of his brother Bruno received a few days ago. Vittorio, son of Premier Mussolini, received his “baptism of fire,” Italian press dispatches said today, in another flight over Ethiopian territory. Sharp« shooters struck his plane, but he re- turned uninjured. Readers’ Guide McDonald, 3 n Wayside -A-5 p‘t\llfly'm-.--_fl-u