Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1935, Page 2

LCEETTSATNG HTHESS WS Polwe Fear Assassinatien “ by Gang—Saw Murder and Called Offieers. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, December 14—The Tribune tonight said a mysterious key witness in the machine-gun slaying of Pubiisher Walter Liggett was miss- ng and investigators feared for his | safety. The witness, a man who, the Tri- | bune said, was believed to have ob- tained a good look at the assassins as he stood in the alley near the scene of the slaying, has vanished along with a woman he frequently visited in an epartment nearby, authorities said. Without identifying the man. in- westigators said they have learned he stood in the alley as the assassin's car slowly moved past him, the Tribune said. He narrowly eseaped being run | down, managing to dodge into an epartment house doorway. Investigators said they were com- | vinced members of the assassin’s gang | would attempt to kill the man unless | law enforcement authorities could | reach him first and place him in hiding. Trivial Things That Make a World Newsreels Reveal Eng- land’s Optimism. Speedy at 91. By the Associated Press. LONDON.—British news-reel audi- ences are getting vecal. Formerly, controversial subjects met with the traditional English stony Here are specimens noted: President Roosevelt: Polite hand- clapping. Prime Minister Baldwin: Cheers. Prince of Wales: Vigorous applause. Mussolini: Prolonged hisses and Hitler: Silence (formerly booed). Haile Selassic: Brief but hearty cheers. Ramsay MacDonald: Laughter. Stalin: Mild applause. Jail Not a Hotel. BILBAO, Spain—To Jose Sardina Cabal, vagrant, jail seems best as- Witness Called Polfce. Discovery of this new witness in the | case came through Willlam Hartman, | surance against cold and hunger dur- ing the Winter months. His request to be locked up refused, caretaker of an apartment near that | Jose broke a shop window, was happy occupied by the Liggett family. [wben he got a three-month sentence. | Hartman said the missing man, be- | Then a forgotten lottery ticket brought | lieved to have intentionally disap- | what to him was a small fortune and | peared to prevent being drawn into | he sought his release, offering to pay the case, rushed into his office imme- | for the window. | diately after the shooting and tele-| “This is not a hotel,” the judge told | phoned police, then left. \mm. “You will have to wait until State officials who refused to take | Spring to enjoy your good fortunme.” *no” for an answer today challenged | Attorney General Homer S. Cummings either to approve Federal inquiry of the Liggett assassination or disclose the evidence on which he “indicted the reputations” of the Twin Cities. Their first appeal for Pederal handling of the case rejected yester- day by Cummings, Gov. Floyd B. Olson and State’s Attorney General H. H. Peterson today renewed their request and expressed conviction a Government inquiry “will disclose a | violation of Federal law.” Qbiigatien of U. S. Seen. to the French Foreign Legion. Cummings, more than a vear ago,| He returned here recently to serve ‘branded the Twin Cities “poison spots | a jail sentence of a year and three of crime.” The Minnesota officials months from which he fled three years Prefers Jail to Legion. BERLIN.—Fritz Gneikow, a 23-year- old German, prefers a German prison | . ~ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 15, 1935—PART ONE. PERKINS FPONT SECURTYOUTLAED Labor Head Urges Workers and Management Co-operate. By the Associated Press. of profits in industry, Mrs. Perkins told the New York County Lawyers’ Aswociation that “good and steady wages for workers and fair prices for the produce of farmers” were neces- sary for a “sound” prosperity. Berry Pestpones Meeting. In Washington, meanwhile, George the first meeting of his new Industrial Couneil, scheduled orig- inally to meet “within a few days* after last Monday’s turbulent laber- industry conference. The time for the meeting would be set sometime next week, it was said at Berry’s office. The Capital also was informed that Miss Perkins had invited representa- tives from 26 leading national organ- izations to meet there Tuesday to discuss how State labor standards could be fmproved. Such subjects as minimum wages, maximum hours and child labor will be discussed. The seven-point program for “mod- ern social security” outlined by Miss Perkins: “(1) Regularity and stabilization of | industry so that there may be regu- larity of employment and prevention of unemployment. Profits Depend on Sales. *(2) Wage payments and rates on | the highest possible levels cemsistent | with keeping prices and financial sta- | bility of the industry in a heakhy | condition. The greater the earnings that go to wage earners, the larger the purchasing market created. Prof- its and dividends of all industry de- advised Cummings, “this created an | oblization upon you to homer our re- ‘quests for the use of Department of ce operatives * “We are sure you will agree that ‘the limitation of the jurisdiction con- ferred upon the Department of Jus- | tice by acts of Congress,” the tele- | gram concluded, “does not restrain syou from investigating a matter in lorder to determine whether or not ® Federal law has been violated.” Simultaneously Chief of Police IPrank Forestal said he probably would accept the offer of William *Schiaeger, chief deputy coroner of Chicago, to compare photographs of the machine gun bullets which killed Liggett with pictures of bullets fired from similar weapons fguring crimes there. Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld, Yiquor salesman, identified, according to police, by Mrs. Liggett as her hus- band’s slayer, . retained Thomas McMeekin as his counsel to obtain release from custody. McMeekin was one of defense counsel in the Tauhy gang’s trial for the Hamm kidnaping. NUDE BODY THOUGHT SECOND COMER WIFE, Discovery in Oklahoma Made by Farmer and Son While Clearing Gully. By the Associated Press. EDMOND, Okla., December 16.— Officers believed another puzale in | the tangled skein of Chester Comer’s mad career was solved tonight with ago. { four caught. cessful. He was sentenced for stealing bicycle. Gneikow tried to escape the legion times, but each time he was On the fifth try he was sue- pend on the sales of each. “(3) Hours short encugh to pre- | serve the human values of the work- ers and also by giving leisure to pro- vide the desire and opportunity to buy the products of facteries and farms, amusement industries and transpor- tation. Fast Calculator. Hlon s Tt BOGNOWRLEGHS Rngland A% e ||S s;c:al c;i‘ioum::nm‘ds in- age of 91, Alfred Phillips is re‘g"rt‘led‘"n‘my 10 ke cmiiaralies "ol as one of the fastest calculators in the world. | Without the use of pencil and pa- | per he multiplies sums of English | money by millions in less than 10 | seconds per calculation. In recent tests he correctly multi- | plied such sums as £6 85 4%d by a million in eight seconds flat. secret, he explains, is to transmit the | shillings and pence into a decimal of a pound. Years ago, while a school boy, he | was told by his teacher he would | never be any good at arithmetic. | | Sobriety vs. Shakespeare. | LONDON.—Quotations from Shake- speare may indicate whether a mo- | torist is a man of learning, but they | have nothing to do with the ques- | tion of a motorist’s sobriety. . This was the definite opinion of & police surgeon in a Police Court case. The motorist’s own physician ap- plied the test. He asked where the quotation: “Is this a dagger I see before me?” was from. “Macbeth,” (correctly). answered the motorist probably could not have answered the question himsel!—but the motorist is to be tried by a jury just the same. His | inter-relationship between wages, prof- | | its, dividends and community weifare. | *(5) Expansion of industry in the | direction of human needs and stable | profits rather than hit or miss ex- | tension for quick misleading returns. *(6) Civilized relations between em- | ployers and their workers and a gen- | uine bargaining on eanditions of work. | This can exist effectively only when there is adequate organization of labor | and where employers accept that sit- uation, frankly and willicgly seeking | by ‘orderly and systematic dealing to- gether to secure the work relationships that make a steady and profitable in- dustry for both workers and owners. Security Bill Covers Ground. “(7). A systematic method of pro- | viding individuals with income against predictable loss of earning power such | @s old age, unemployment, depe: | en families by death or disability of wage earners. The soclal security bill covers this ground.” Miss. Perkins cited a number of economic gains she said the Nation has made under the present adminis- tration—the yeturn of 5,000,000 jobless | to industry, 4 56 per cent gain indus- The police surgeon admitted he | trial production (March, 1933, to Sep- | against processing taxes j tember, 1935), and the start of a re- | vival in the heavy goods industries. Wiliam R, Castle, former Under- Prayer in Shadow of the Spinx HAUPTMRANN WAITS FOR BREAK IN CASE Condemned Man Calm When Told He Must Die in January. By the Associates Press. TRENTON, N. J, December 14— Bruno Richard Hauptmann, convieted murderer of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby, learned today that the week of January 13 has been set for his death in the electric chair. With grave politeness, he thanked the prison guard who brought him the news, and reiferated his conviction that “something will happen so I won't 80 to the chair.” A short time laier he received a visit from his spiritual adviser, Rev. John Matthiesen of Trenton, who found him cool and composed. Informing Hauptmann of the new death date was apparently a task no one desired. C. Lioyd Fisher, his chief counsel, was so upset yesterday om learning Justice Thomas W. Trench- ard had fixed a new date that he de- clined to tell the condemned man. Col. Mark O. Kimberling, principal keeper at State Prison, then said he would notify Hauptmann. . He changed his mind later and delegated one of the guards to carry the message. Optimism Steadfast. Hauptmann had slept late, as he frequently does, and had finished b 3 An unusual view showing an Arab guide at prayer in fromt of the famous Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, near Cario.—Wide World Photo. breakfasting when the guard came to his death house cell with the news. Kimberling spoke later of Haupt- mann’s optimism in the shadow of the electric chair and of his “feeling he'll JUSTIGEOF A ALA DEFENDEDBY .. Enrichment of Small Class at Expense of Many De- nied in High Court. By the Associated Press. The Government defended the A. A. A. amendments yesterday as barring the possible “unjust enrich- ment of a small class of private citi- zens at the expense of a vastly larger class.” Its brief, filed with the Supreme Court prior to oral arguments on the law’s comstitutionality tomorrow in a case brought by Louisiana rice millers, identified the smaller group as proc- | essors of agrieultural cqmmodities, |and the larger class as ‘“producers and consumers.” The Government also gave statistics | which it said “strongly indicate” rice processing taxes “were actually in part taken out of the produeer and in part passed on to the consurver.” The amended act provides that proe- | essors, before they can recover any money In the event the levies are held invalid, must prove the amount had not been collected from others. Brief Attacks T. V. A. Another brief was filed yesterday in connection with arguments Thursday on validity of the Tennessee Valley act. The Chemical Bank and Trust Co. of New York, trustee on two mortgages of the Alabama Power Co., invalid. It contended the contract for sale of Alabama Power Co. transmission lines to T. V. A. was for a sum “equiva- lent to approximately 60 per cent of the bare replacement value and the transfer was in furtherance of an objective which meant disintegration of the mortgaged property, and was in furtherance of an illegal program.” ‘The eight Louisiana rice millers are seeking a permanent injunction assessed un- der the amended farm act. recently granted a temporary injunc- Pallbearers Down Whisky At Bar Room Funeral Rites | By the Assoclated Press. | tune of *It's Springtime in the Rock- . DEZN“VBR, Dtb::unber 14—After a ies” one of Deibel's favorites, uneral in a room, pallbearers y " over the casket of George Deibel, #c- | Bishop Rice said the business netted centric rag picker. him a “comfortable amount.” ‘Thus they fulfilled his last wish. The toast was raised in the historic | Deibel, an amateur mathematiciaa, old bar room of the Windsor Hotel— | asked for an “adding machine service.” once owned by the late H. A. W. Tabor, | The ritual consisted of each mourner Colorado silver king. punching a number on an adding ma- Deibel, 90, and a bachelor, request- | chine near” the casket. The total was | ed that his funeral be heid in the room | Supposed to Tepresent & “message 1o | frequented many years ago by some of | the High Celestial Mathematician” to Denver's most prominent families. admit Deibel to Paradise. He instructed Bishop Frank Rice of the Liberal Church to serve the pall- bearers “liquor of strong alcoholic content.” The toast was drunk to the ‘The Bishop said Deibel was the thir- teenth member to join the church 13 years ago—and he died on Friday | the 13th, SECREY INNAVAL NENIGITS WAV PARLEYRYSL. . l Avert Breakdown on REPORTEDINSOUTH | American Delegates Hope to Nine Cases Are Treated in| get out of it.” The principal warden did not believe the optimism resulted from the secret nocturnal visit Gov. Harold G. Hoffman paid to Haupt- mann in the death house two months a ALLIES OF GALLES OUSTED BY SENATE iFive Expelled as Return of “Iron Man” Threatens Cardenas Regime. | BACKGROUND— | Pintarco Eligs Calles became a | prophet without homor in his own country, which he had dominated for 11 years, last Junme, when he clashed with President Cardenas over economic policy and left Mez- ico, “leaving all responsibility for public affairs to those who have it in their hands.” Calles was a leader in the radical group which over- threw Dictator Diaz im 1910. He was elected President in 1924 as the Labor party’s candidate. He with- drew in 1928 in javor of Portes Gil, but remained the real power. How- ever, his policies became more con- | guilt.” servative as time went on and the | A 3 | “I am not interested in establish- new radicalism irked him. ing Hauptmann's innocence, but in | By the Assoctated Press. seeing that New Jersey can render 00 December 14 —Five | Justice without any suspicion of error,” MEXICO CITY, % he said. T e | Vague on Conference. R OTMET | The Governor defended his action in 8O. | "“He had that optimism even before | the Governor saw him. He has said | several times to me that he doesn' expect to go to the chair. He feels | something is going to break,” Kim- berling said. Gov. Hoffman's name was brought back into the forefromt of the Haupte mann developments by the report he had promised the comvicted man he would not die in the chair. Edward J. McNamara, a death-house inmate, was quoted by the New York Evening | Post as telling of the promise to & | friend who visited him. Claims Promise Made. The visitor had remarked Haupt- | mann was certain to be executed, the paper said, and McNamara answered, | “You're wrong there. Gov. Hoffman was in here a short time ago to see Bruno and gave him his word he | would not die in the electric chair for the crime.” Interviewed in New York today Gov. Hoffman said a searching inquiry into the case was warranted “if only to remove all question of doubt as to his | urged that the legislation be dechred\ Ratio Roeks. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, December = 14.— The | shadow of secret diplomatic maneuvers | With an entire county under strict | Single County in Ok- lahoma. | By the Assoctated Press. HOBART, Okla, December 14— President Plutarco EMas COalles were ousted from the Senate today, one day after the return of the one-time “fron man” from Los Angeles after | six months of voluntary exile. In an atmosphere of increasing| fell tonight across the week-old naval | quarantine, health suthorities worked | political tension, the five were ex- | conference, stzuggling to extricate | tonight to halt an outbreak of menin- | pelled on charges of “seditious and | itself from anese parity demands. Uncertainty hinged on two develop- ments, both originating with the Jap- anese. Some observers expiessed the fear that the conference might be turned mnto a “super-secret’ session, coupled with the launching of separate talks. They said this might steer the con- | ference on the rocks of bi-lateral con- | versations, which wrecked preliminary | negotiations last year. | Americans Perturbed. | cussions, which they feel are vital to | avoid the playing off of one nation | sgainst the other. | and possibly several more. Records of Dr. J. L. Adams, Kiowa County health officer, showed:. one death, that of 5-year-old Edgar A. Studdard, definitely ascribed to men- | to the Federal attorney general for | ingitis. “There have been nine other deaths recently that may have been from tne disease,” he said. “However, N0 post- rector of public welfare and a ciose | examinations were made. frieq of Calles, applied to the fed- | mortem Hence we can suspect only from the illnesses of those who came in contact with the dead that any or all of the | Nine ilinesses in the eounty of 29,630 population definitely were diagnosed as the complications of Jap- | gitis that has caused one known death | rebellions maneuvers” The motion | | for their ousting was rushed through 2 secret session and no details of the charges were made public. | The five Senators were consigned triak Tapia Appeals to Courts. Gen. Jose Maria Tapia, former di- eral courts tonight for an injunction to guarantee his personal safety. Tapia asserted he “feared for his | The Americans were uneasy at this | nine deaths may have been caused " ared Presi 3 i comnt | trend from the open round table dis- | by it.” e | denas him to the npational palace yesterday and “unconstitu- tionally and illegally” invited him to opening reconsideration of Haupt- mann's case. He would not, however, disclose the nature of his comversa- tion with Heuptmann and refused to answer a direct question as to whether he indicated he would grant a reprieve. The Governor alone can save no one from the chair. Clemency must come from the Court of Pardons, and the Governor is only one of its eight members. For clemency Hauptmann would have to obtain five of its eight votes, the Governor among them. Another minor flurry in the day's events was the published report that Joseph Schaz, extradicted here from Dallas, Tex., on & six-year-old rob- bery charge, was in reality a “secret witness” in the Hauptmann-Lindbergh case. The prosecutor’s office ridiculed the reports. The next move in the fight to save Hauptmann will be discussed Monday when his attorneys confer. They have said they will ask the Court of Par- dons to commute Hauptmann's sen- tence to one of life imprisonment. | Centenarians to Be Henored. discovery of the nude, flame-seared PARIS.—France is making plans to body of a young woman identified ten- tion pending final settlement of the secretary of State, and William L.| 3 | president of the American Bar Association, were among the other meningitis cases . Adams tonight. Great Britain's delegation hastened | mm,...'.?.?& definitely diag- to clear up the status of its private | nosed were being treated for menin- | tatively as his seeond wife. The father of Lucille Stevens Comer | was en route here from Maysville, | Okla., to view the body—found by a | farmer and his son while clearing | underbrush from a roadside gully. When Chester Comer died in an | Oklahoma City hospital three weeks | ago, muttering “bodies—piles of bod- | ies,” authorities believed he took with | him the key to the disappearance of five persons. | The bullet-torn, decomposed body of Ray Evans, Shawnee, Okla., attorney, was unearthed by dogs from a shallow grave near Lindsay, Okla., early this week. Evans' disappearance Novem- ber 19, while on a motor trip to see a client precipitated the search for Comer, a gun-flashing hitch-hiker. Earlier the body of a young woman found in Wyandotte County, Kans., more than a year ago had been identi- fied definitely as that of Comer’s first bride. : Claud Tyler and Bill Ridge, Okla- . homa County evidence men, said the | body found nesr here today fits tr~ general description of Comer’s second | wife. She has been missing since August. LANDSLIDES BLOCK ROAD| City-Laredo Highway Opening Again Delayed. MEXICO CITY, December 14 (#).— Opening of the Mexico City-Laredo Highway, scheduled for tomorrow, again has been postponed. because of frequent landslides in the mountains in San Luis Potost and Hidalgo. The department of communications advised tourists they would be al- lowed to pass through the parts under construction “if they have urgent ne- cessity of doing so.” Mexico Flying Boat at Natal RIO DE JANEIRO, December 14 () —The Lieutenanty de Vaisseau Paris, Prance's greatest flying boat, landed at Natal toady after a flight across the South Atlantie. Dakar yesterday, but had to turn honor all citizens of the republic | | i wm‘spetkers at the lawyers' annual have passed their 100th birthday. The name of every French centen- | arian, man or woman, is being sought by the National Association for the Help of the Aged, whose work is offi- cially recognized by the government. The centenarians are-to reeeive the homage of the nation at a great cele- bration, during which the oldest eiti- zen of the republic will be proclaimed 13 Children—~Then Triplets. BUCHAREST—After having given alive, worker, with triplets. All are boys. Their average weight was about 5 pounds and they given the names of Ferdinand, Carol gdumai.mhomrdmerwflun- First Iliness at 103 Fatal. BELFAST, Northern Ireland—His first illness in his lifetime of 103 years proved fatal to James Walker of Mal- inmore, County Donegal. Whisky and tea, he was fond of . kept him free from fllness. He died longing for the “good ol days.” “Everything was cheaper and bet- the-bread was better. The people have changed too, and changed for the worse.” Fruit Trees Boom. BERLIN.—A move to harness cupid to the applecart of increased fruit production in after an hour in the alr be motor trouble. dinfer, Castle criticized the neutrality birth to 13 children, all of whom are | 41-year-old Mrs. Anna Schut; 2 presented her husband, & factory | adopted by the last Congress. | Ransom urged the lawyers to “re- | sist every step toward regimentation.” | 'FISH SEES BORAH STRONGLY BACKED “Plenty of New York Friends and Delegates if He Seeks G. 0. P. Honor,” He Declares. By the Associatédd Press. NEW YORK, December 14.—Repre- Scoffing at a prediction by Melvin Eaton, Republican State chairman, that - New York delegates at the fG. O. P. convention will support a business man, Fish said: | ator Borah he is (and the ald and reaction- |aries * * ¢, “I do not know whether Senater | Borah will be a candidate ot not. He | will make known his decision lmenmtvuwt.hm' | be is a candidate he will of friends and delegates York City and Upstate.” Pish added that if Borah s candidate “He will be inated and elected.” declared, Borah would return eontrol of the House of Representatives to the Republicans. Fish spoke at the Flatbush Repub- lican Club, Brooklyn. CLIPPER REACHES GUAM Airmail Liner Completes Lap, Aided by Tail Winds. | chusetts. Receivers for this firm at- | tacked taxes imposed before the act ‘was amended last August in a congres- sional attempt to meet any that there had been improper delega- tion of power i the original legis- Iation. cuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans i b i ;1 4 i ] 4 COLORADO SENATOR SPEAKS salient features of the hank- continuing from time to time. Nevertheless, the feeling remained | among observers that the Japanese immwdmelwed.ebflmn | the Americans and the British in their | opposition to Tokio’s equality pro- posal | _This seemed to be borne out by | Tokio dispatches hinting that equality |in Japsn’s demands is equality with | the United States. Another Secret Meeting. No formal session of the confer- ence was held today. Instead of a general session Monday, a secret meet- ing will be held, attended only by dele- gates. | This development resulted from Jap- | anese requests, made on the grounds | that general sessions are cumbersome and unsatisfactory. The American delegation is spendirig the week end in the country. Japan opened the conference by firmly demanding the scrapping of the 8—5—3 ratio and equality with Amer- ica and Britain. The conference is secking to agree on a treaty to re- place the Washington and London pacts, which end next year. Bootlegging Hit. British Malaya has a war on boot- legging. Adams to Discuss Bank Law IN FORUM TOMORROW NIGHT. Last Monday and Tuesday the court | talk last night with the Japanese g Three others | cised more than h!lrdt.hemndea-nlmm-l:“-“u“.ww,‘uh‘m""fl“’» were being ination he exer for .“‘lnmm_dm-u-wt to the conference itseif. Such talks | by the Hoosac Mills Corp. of Massa- | gmeng the various delegations afe | studied. Busimess men, workers and farmers accepted the quarantine quietly. Mer- | chants who had advertised heavily, expecting this week end to be one of | Government officials continued to| the biggest of the Christmas season, | regretted the wholesale shutdown. | strict observance of the quarantine. Travel on main highways was not halted, but all public assemblages were | banned and grocery and drug stoves | were directed to serve only by deliv- ery—and then with extreme caution. 'CABINET ASSUMES GZECH PRESIDENCY Powers Taken Over Until Elec- tion of Man te Succeed Thomas G. Masaryk. By the Associated Press. PRAHA, Czechoslovakia December 14—Thomas G. Masaryk, the “Little Father” of Czechoslovakia, retired to- day to “wrestle with the angel of death” in private life. The Czech national hero, whose chief bitterness in life is the fact that his 85 years no longer permit him his favorite sport of wrestling, resigned from the post of President, which he had held since the forma- tion of the Czechosiovak Republic in 1918. Pending the election of a new pres- ident—probably December 18—the presidential powers have been trans- ferred to the entire cabinet. As sym- bol of this fact, the presidential flag has been run up in front of the pre- $100 FOR CHRISTMAS had succeeded so well that George of Mayor Kelly's Civic Com- announced today the $100 pflmvmmflm sutomobile law infraction Jeave Mexico immediately. ‘What action, if any, Calles may be | | planning to regain the political dom- SCHAZ REPORT DENIED. Prisoner Identified as Man Parker Had | eight years could not be learned, but Mentioned. | President Cardenas was assured the ‘Kmdlmnmydhborm- | izations. ignore the return of Calles, who left | the country last June after objecting They were quick, however, to urge | to Cardenas’ economic policies as too | radical. | Labor Rift Looms. | Representatives of school teachers | and several other organizations ap- arms to aid the government “in com- bating any political move Calles and his followers may attempt.” Forty-six labor organizations joined in petitioning the government to expel Calles. On the other hand, the powerful regional Confederation of Workers and Peasants apparently is behind Calles. Tis leader, Luis Morones, arrived with Calles from Los Angeles by air- plane yesterday. Coincidentally, the confederation staged & series of strikes in various cities, protesting against & communistic be- ing carried on by workers’ groups led by Lombardo Toledano. {RUSSIAN HOUSEWIVES HELD AS SPECULATORS Accused of Reselling Goods Bought at State Store «Bargain Counters.” By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December 14.—Police raided an apartment building tonight and arrested all the housewives in it on a charge of speculation. The eight wives were accused of purchasing goods from state stores and reselling them at higher prices to persons who were too pressed for time to take part in bargain counter rushes. Eighteen hundred yards of dress cloth, 50 shawls and a lafge supply of boots, shoes and galoshes were found in the apartments. The chairman and secretary of the newspaper, Danziger Volksseitung, was suspended today for four months. The suspension was ordered “for continuous insults to the Dansig gov- ernment and for holding up govern- ment measures to contempt.” Y ¢ | pealed to Cardenas to supply them | AKRON, Ohio, December 14 (#).— James Di Louie, Trenton, N. J., police lieutenant, and James Kirkham, chief of the county detective department at Trenton, said here today a prisoner in their custody is not being returned to New Jersey in relation to the Lind- bergh case. The Jersey officers stopped here to visit an Akron officer. They have as their prisoner Joseph Schaz, and said he is wanted on a robbery charge. The officers said they would leave by train tonight for Trenton. Di Louie said he and Kirkham had worked with Ellis Parker, Burlington County, N. J., detective, during the Lindbergh investigation, but had not worked with him recently. He said he did not know if Parker knew of the apprehension of Schaz, but said Parker knew of a hunt for a James Capizzi, and declared the prisoner identified himself as James Capizzi. Di Louie said “about six months ago Parker asked me if we were look- ing for Capizzi. I told him we were Jooking for him on an old robbery charge. He said he believed he could tell me where to look for him, some- where in Texas. He didn't give us any more information, though, and | we learned from our own sources where to look.” Asked if Parker had intimated he was interested in Capizzi in connece tion with the Lindbergh case, Di Louie said “no.” NEW SPANISH PREMIER WAGES WAR ON CRIME Initiates His Appointment by Declaration:That Gangsters and Terrorists Must Be Wiped Out. By the Associated Press. MADRID, December 14—Manuel | Portela Valladares initiated his ap- pointment as premier foday by an- “war without quarter” | | through appointment by President Alcala Zamora after Spain had been without & government for six days. In & brief statement at the simple ceremony, Portela sald: “Gangsterism and terrorism must be eliminated and will be eliminated. War without quar- ter will be waged against all such menaces to law and order, “A mation-wide clean-up campaign will be launched immediately to pave the way for orderly and honest elec- tions.” » 2