Evening Star Newspaper, September 22, 1936, Page 1

(D. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Tair, continued warm morrow; slightly variable winds. Tem- peratures—Highest, 86, yesterday; lowest, 66, af Closing New York Markets, Page 18 No. 33,747. Entered as sec INSURGENTS RUSH ONTOLEDO, SEEING MADRID AT MERCY Uruguay Breaks Relations Over Slayings—Strategic Bridge Bombed. GOVERNMENT TO RESIST BATTLE NEAR CAPITAL Lishon Reports Say Drive on Tor- rijos Has Begun—Last Tower of Alcazar Falls. BACKGROUND— Spanish revolution, which began in mid-July, has been moving toward showdown in battle jor possession ©of Madrid, the capital city. Rebels against the Socialist-Communist Te- gime, have been making gains in outlying provinces in recent weeks. Loyalist stronghold has been and still is Madrid. Military strategy seems to be rebel effort to move on capital from at least four sides. Latest devolpments have come from southern area, where important battles have been fought for pos- session of highway points. Rebels have been victorious in encounters %0 jar and have advanced to 45 miles from the capital. By the Assoclated Press. Insurgent armies, commanding the most important cross-roads in Spain, drove toward Toledo and their be- sieged comrades of the Alcazar today, deciaring Madrid virtually was at their | mercy as their Fascist bombers de- stroyed a railway bridge just northwest of Toledo. “Anything may happen now,” the Fascist high command said of the prospects of an early Madrid victory. Prom Maqueda, some 40 miles south- west of Madrid and 24 miles north- west of Toledo, the insurgents have ‘wide roads which lead to their goals. Conservative Fascists, pointing out the government was concentrating desperate defense forces on the Ma- queda-Madrid highway, said these un- trained militiamen must be reckoned | with, but believed, nevertheless, they would be beaten soon. Dispatches from the front, reaching | Lisbon late today, stated the insurgents already were pushing on to Torrijos, | more than & third of the way to ‘Toledo, following a carefully mapped campaign. Maqueda, these dispatches said, fell after “thousands” of government de- fenders had been killed. Uruguay Breaks Relations. From Montevideo came news Uru- guay, angered by the reported execu- tion of three sisters of a Uruguayan diplomat in Madrid, severed relations | with Spain. The diplomatic break was an- nounced following a cabinet meeting which considered dispatches describ- ing the alleged killing of Dolores, Con- suelo and Maria Aguiar, sisters of Montevideo's consul in the Spanish capital. The reported killings, government sources held, demonstrated the Madrid administration could not control the actions of its militia. Reports to the foreign ministry | stated the sisters were executed by | government militiamen. Their brother now is in Hendaye, France. The reports to Montevideo indicated the sisters disappeared eight days ago. Their fate was a mystery until yes- terday when, a Uruguyan official statement said, their bodies were found with those of other persons executed by the militia. Bridge Is Bombed. The Fascist bombers destroyed the | strategic railway bridge just north- | west of Toledo while a thousand fresh | troops were rushed to Torrijos, on the Maqueda Highway to stem the in- surgent advance. The Fascist planes made their dar- Ing raid on the bridge at Bargas, link- ing aHdrid with Estremadura, while government troops again were storm- ing the beleaguered Alcazar in Toledo. Riding in trucks and double-cdeck busses, the troops en route to Torrijos, approximately 15 miles north of To- ledo, took cover along the highway near Olias as the bombers swooped over the road. The bridge, known as the Puente de Guadarrama, carried the main tracks of the Madrid-Estremadura lines. It was demolished by the first of eight bombs which blasted the village, Villagers at Olias and Cabanas de la Sagra fled the towns, fearing a new raid. Despite the advance in the Madrid and Toledo vicinities, the insurgents admitted their march on Bilbao, on the Bay of Biscay, was being blocked by determined government resistance at Eibar. ¢ The government stand to defend Madrid, reported to be at Santa Cruz Del Retamas, would put the onrushing insurgents less than 40 miles from the capital. \ Fugitives from Madrid who crossed the French border said the capital was on war-edge as the insurgents swiftly forced its defenses back, and staged repeated air raids. They said street crowds militantly saised clenched fists and shouted “no pasaran” (they shall not pass), but officials were deeply concernied. Precautions, they reported, were being made against gas attacks and first-aid stations were maintaining constant vigil. Government sources in Madrid said the defense lines were being hastily bolstered with reinforcements of men and munitions from Toledo and bar- racks in the capital. Mallorca, the newspaper La Voz charged in Madrid, “has actually been made an Italian colony.” The besieged insurgents in the Alcazar at Toledo were driven underground under a steel hail of shell and bullet fire after government artillery had leveled the last standing tower of the . historic citadel. The Catalan war ministry announced (See SPAIN, Page A-13) tonight and to- at 3:30 pm. t 7 am. today. Full report on pege A-6. ond class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Doctors Join Mother’s Plea To Father to Save Baby’s Life By the Associated Press. HICAGO, September 22— While a 5-day-old baby, doomed to death by starva- tion unless an operation is | quickly performed, lay helpless today in a hospital, physicians joined the in- fant’s mother in a plea for the father to consent to the surgery. ‘The garage-mechanic father, Julian ‘Tafel, was reported in conference with a spiritual adviser as surgeons and the | Danish-American Hospital made prep- arations to rush the operation if Tafel cancels his decision that a “mercy death” is best for the infant. “I want him,” said Mrs. Eva Tafel, 122, mother of a normal 2%;-year-old daughter as well as of Julian, jr., whose colon was found to be mal- formed and unable to function. The physicians agreed the only hope of preventing starvation is to operate and install an artificial drain. Even with the operation, the baby many not live, Dr. Lewis K. Eastman, chief of the hospital's medical staff, | said. Mrs. Tafel expressed confidence her husband would change his opinion GOUNCIL PROPOSED FOR FARM RELIEF Roosevelt Hears O’Neal State Proposal for United Action in Aid. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, September 22.—Crea- tion of a Farm Council composed of Federal, State, county and farmer rep- resentatives to co-ordinate various ac- tivities of agricultural relief was pro- posed to President Roosevelt today by Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. He said Mr. Roosevelt favored the idea. O'Neal said he went over the plan at the Summer White House only in a “general” way. Secretary Wallace was present, but he said he was more of a “silent spectator.” @b ¢ Foen L 4 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1936—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. MRS. EVA TAFEL AND BABY JULIAN. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. that it would be “a sin to allow the poor child to live.” “I feel very much-better,” she said, “because I know everybody is trying to do something for my baby. I don't see how my husband can hold out any longer, and I'm confident that every- thing will work out all right.” Despite the mother’s first frantic plea that the baby be given a chance to live, Tafel had insisted: “Nature didn't want the baby to live, so let nature take its course.” Dr. Eastman this morning called in five doctors for consultation. Later he said: “We are going to talk this case over from every viewpoint and try to convince the father that it would not be right to allow the baby to die.” He said, however, his hands were tied without Tafel's acquiescence. “I cannot operate without father’s consent,” he pointed out. The boy was born Friday to Mrs. Tafel. Since first informed of the baby’s slim chance for life, Mrs. Tafel has urged undertaking the hazard of operation. “It would be a sin not to give him & chance to live,” she said. “There (See BABY, Page A-3.) Mrs. Ruth Rohde Breaks Her Leg Chasing Trailer the Tries to Board Car Rolling Downhill to Lake. O'Neal added several farm activities, such as soil conservation, farm credits and rural roads, could be co-ordinated to “make for economy and efficiency in carrying out these broad programs.” Insurance Not Topic. As the conference proceeded, offi- cials said the President’s proposal for a study of an “all risk” crop insur- ance plan for submission to Congress was not one of the subjects to be dis- cussed. Wallace was named Sunday as chairman of a committee of five to formulate a plan of crop insurance and storage reserves designed to keep prices on an even keel in_both good and bad crop years and to assure an ample flow of food crops to consumers. The President followed this yester- day with a letter to Senator Bank- head, Democrat, of Alabama and Chairman Jones, Democrat, of Texas of the House Agriculture Committee, requesting them to co-operate in pre- paring plans for meeting the farm tenancy problem through long-term Federal land purchase loans at low interest rates. Appoints Committee of 18. In a third move in as many days today Mr. Roosevelt took another step which has a bearing on the farm-aid question. He appointed a committee of 18, headed by Dr. Floyd Reeves, proressor of educatign at the University of Chicago, to explore the need for an “expanded program” of Federal aid for vocational education. After the Wallace-O'Neal confer- (See ROOSEVELT, Page A-2.) By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., —The divorce suit of Mrs. Edith J. Longo, 19, of West Medford, against her husband, Paul, who, she testified, used her pet goldfish for bait, con- tinued today in Middlesex Probate Court. ! “I had three goldfish,” she testified yesterday. “They were pets and I had ‘-mmelorudlozm. He took i MRS. RUTH BRYAN OWEN ROHDE. By tbe Associated Press. ‘WASHINGTON, Ind., September 22. —Mrs, Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, former Minister to Denmark, who is making a campaign tour for the re- election of President Roosevelt, suf- fered a broken left leg last night when she was thrown to the ground while trying to stop her auto trailer which had gone out of control on a hillside. Mrs. Rohde was attempting to bourd the car, which was Trolling swiftly down hill toward a lake above which it had been parked for the night. The emergency brake had been released while she and Capt. Boerge Rohde, an officer in the Danish Royal Guard, were in the trailer prefaring to retire for the night. ‘When the car and the trailer started moving both jumped to the ground and ran alongside the motor car, attempt- ing to board it and set the emergency brake. Its progress finally was stopped pital in an ambulance and when an (8ee ROHDE, Page A-2) Husband Uses Pet Goldfish For Bait, Wife Asks Divorce band had & 3 -“He beats himself, grits his teeth, goes “He ‘himself didn't | Haskell, | Star. Ralph West Robey, an economic LANDON ENVISIONS DEMAND T0 EXPEL RELIEF EXPLOITERS Addresses Missouri Crowds as He Goes to Speak at Des Moines. ADMINISTRATION PURGE FORECAST IN NOVEMBER Nominee Considers Revision in Schedule to Extend Drive in Wisconsin. By the Assoclated Press. ABOARD LANDON TRAIN “IN MISSOURI EN ROUTE TO DES MOINES, September 22.—Gov. Alf. M. Landon told Missouri crowds today that the Nation’s voters “demand that the political exploiters who are at- tempting to buy political support by swapping relief for votes shall them- selves be removed from the public pay roll.” ‘The Republican candidate for Pres- ident traveled across Eastern Missouri on his way to Des Moines for a major farm address tonight. “Our people * * *” he said, “want the needy unemployed among our cit- izens to have the helping hand of Gov- ernment extended to them until they can get real work again at the best of good wages. But they want the administration of relief to be made honest and effective. ~They want it purged of waste, incompetence and absurdity. And they demand that the poltical exploiters who are at- tempting to buy political support by swapping relief for votes shall them- selves be removed from the public pay roll. And if 1 know the American people that's one of the things they are going to attend to next November.” Farmers Learn Lesson, “As you know, I am on my way to Des Moines to discuss a truly na- tional question—the future of Amer- ican agriculture * * * “The American people in my judg- ment have at last learned through the hard school of experience a lesson that history could have taught. “The lesson is this: If we are to make America more and more a land of opportunity, if we are to keep her ‘the homestead of the free’ then we must restore the American farmer, his wife and his children, to their rightful place of economic equality in our national life.” Landon’s train stopped for more than 25 minutes in the Rock Island Railroad yards at Kansas City, de- parting from there at 10:38 am. (Central standard time). He halted again at nearby Excelsior Springs, Mo, for a back-platform appearance and scheduled two other stops in Missouri at Trenton and Princeton. The Kansas City stop put the train slightly behind schedule. Adviser Boards Train. Lacy Haynes, close friend and ad- viser to Landon, boarded the train at Kansas City. Landon emerged from his private car to pose for pictures and re-en- tered it for a chat with Henry J. editor of the Kansas City adviser, was with the Governor. The nominee was understood to be making a last-minute review of the speeches he will make on the tour, which will carry him for the first time into Minnesota and Wisconsin, home of the La Follette Progressive party. Landon had under consideration a revised schedule to forego fishing in Northern Wisconsin lakes, planned for Friday, in order to devote an addi- tional day to campaigning in that State. Will Visit 5 States. His “sunflower special” train left ‘Topeka at 8:31 am. (C. 8. T.) upon the seven-day swing that will take the candidate through five™ States— Missouri, Jowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. In three major speeches and two- score platform talks he will detail his plans for farm relief and social security and amplify his criticism of the reciprocal trade treaties. William R. Castle, former Under- secretary of State, who conferred with Landon yesterday, made the first leg of the trip from Topeka to Kansas City. ‘Three prepared speeches upon which the Kansas relied to win the support of farmers and stockmen in Missour], Towa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois, were in his pocket. The first, to be delivered in Des Moines, Towa, at 8:30 p.m. tonight over & National Broadcast chain, will dis- close in detail his views upon agricul- tural problems and their solution. Landon’s second major speech, at Minneapolis Thursday night, will amplify previous criticisms of the ad- ministration’s reciprocal tariff treaties. Under & proposed change in sched- ule, Landon would remain overnight in Minneapolis and push his campaign into Western Wisconsin Friday, can- celing plans for a day's fishing north- west of Eau Claire. The Governor, who has called for & “workable” plan of social security, will (See LANDON, Page A-2) Reade News Comment Features A-11 Radio ... -A-14-15-16 A-2 ‘Women’s Features --Q._B-lz Boy Missing After Watching Father Shoot Mother, Kill Self Police Search in Vain, Fearing He May Harm Himself. Screaming that he “didn’'t have a mother or father anymore,” a terror- stricken 6-year-old boy disappeared in Georgetown today after watching his father shoot his mother and then commit suicide, The father, James Harry Fling, 41, & former policeman, died in George- town Hospital several hours after the shooting. The mother, Mrs. Ada Fling, 32, was reported in a serious condition in the same hospital. When last seen, the boy, Jimmie, was running wildly down Thirtieth street, crying: “My father shot my mother—I haven't a father or mother anymore.” All available police cars were imme- diately sent out in search of the boy, and & lookout was broadcast for him. ‘The youngster was dressed in green wash trousers and a white shirt. Po- lice fear that.in his terror the child might Injure himself. ‘The search was concentrated in the Geomgetown area, police believing the boy too young to find his way to an- other section of the city. Jimmie lived with his father at 503 Sixth street northeast and was taken along by Fling this morning when he went to visit his estranged wife at SOCIAL SECURITY BUILDING IS URGED 500,000 Square Feet of Space Held Ultimate Need of Board. By the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y, September 22.—Ultimate construction in the Na- tional Capital of a new Federal build- ing approximating the size of the present Interior Department struc- ture—to house the ever-growing So- cial Security Board and its huge staff—was discussed today hy Presi- dent Roosevelt with board members. Chairman Jobhn G. Winant and Frank Dayne, a board member, went over the “space” situation with the Chief Executive at a conference in the Summer White House. It was said afterward that at pres- ent the board would require 200,000 square feet of space, but that when the records on thousands of individ- ual beneficiaries under old-age pen- sions and unemployment insurance begin to go out and come in the out- fit, which is expected to grow into one of the largest Federal agencies on record, probably would require 500,000 square feet. The Interior Department, near which a large annex is now being constructed, was said to have 650,000 square feet of space.* For the time being, officials said, the social security agency would be housed in two or three “temporary” quarters. Ultimately, it was added, it would have a building of its own on the theory this would be cheaper than to rent. In this connection, Winant was said to have proposed a structure in which heavy machinery could be placed. He explained that with improve- ment in card sorting and indexing machines it would be practicable to house his big staff in one building, whereas before recent inventions the cost of manual labor would have been 80 great as to make the present under- taking of keeping records on thou- sands of individuals almost impos- sible. CONDITION IMPROVED Mrs. Roosevelt Able to Leave Bed JAMES HARRY FLING. 1231 Thirtieth street, where the shoot- ing occurred. Mrs. Fling had been living at the Thirtieth street address since sep- arating from her husband, who lived at 503 Sixth street northeast. The shooting, police were told, climaxed a quarrel over custody of Jimmie and his 13-year-old brother. Fling went to his wife’s residence about 10 am., police said, taking “(See SHOOTING, Page A-2) FLEMING URGES REVISION OF TAXES Declares They Should Be Placed on “Sounder Basis” in Talk to Bankers. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 22.— Robert V. Fleming, presiden* of the American Bankers’ Association, said today that tax systems throughout the United States “should be placed on a sounder basis.” Fleming made the observation in his annual report prepared for presenta- tion at the first general session of the financiers’ general convention. He asserted in the prepared speech that he spoke in a non-partisan spirit and advocated tax revision with a view to stabilizing business. Fleming said & better understanding between the Federal Government and the States is needed. He proposed this understanding cover matters such as which types of taxation shall be levied by the respective governments, and a longer-range program to per- mit corporations to foresee and make plans for the taxes they are called upon to meet. Criticizing particularly the undis- tributed profits tax, Fleming said: “I fear the effects of a penalty tax on & wide or even imperative accumu- lation of current earnings.” Facing frankly the possibility there “may have been some tax avoidance” through unnecessary retention of cor- porate earnings, he argued for other and “wiser” corrective measures. He added: “Legislation which is aimed not only to raise revenue but to effect a secial change must be considered most care- (See BANKERS, Page A-5.) The only evening in Washington wit Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. aper the Yesterday’s Circulation, 134,922 (Some returns not vet received.) 3 ek UNION VETERANS TOURING CAPITAL G. A. R. Members Prepare for Grand Review at 10 A.M. Tomorrow, Leaving to the members of their allied organizations the business of conducting routine convention affairs, the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic today were taking a “day off” to swap reminiscences of mil- itary campaign battles, to do a bit of sightseeing in the Capital of the Na- tion they fought to preserve and, most important of all, to prepare them- selves for the greatest event of their seventieth national encampment, the grand review, scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow. Following a colorful ceremonial session last night in Constitution Hall, during which the veterans received the greetings and best wishes of President Roosevelt, the District government and the five allied organizations, the veterans today had the morning hours free except for a meeting of the Credentials Committee in the May- flower Hotel ‘This afternoon they will go by bus to Mount Vernon and Arlington Na- tional Cemetery. There will be a quiet “fathers’ and daughters’ ban- quet” for the Grand Army and the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War at 6 pm. today and the day will close with a reception in honor of Commander in Chief Oley Nelson and his staff at the Mayflower at 8:30, Allied Organizations Busy. It was to be & busy day, however, for the allied organizations, with committee meetings, business sessions and ceremonies scheduled in many parts of the city. Last night in Constitution Hall the veterans heard a message from the President read by Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, who acted as master of ceremonies. “On the occasion of your seventieth encampment,” the President said in (See G. A. R, Page A-5) e |RADICALS ARRESTED IN HAVANA PLOT Round-Up of Leftists Continues After Dynamiting of News- paper Office. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, September 22.—National police spread a dragnet deeper into Leftist territory today, rounding up scores of radicals for questioning in the dynamiting of & newspaper office Sunday. ‘The death toll from the explosion rose to five when Nazario Sotolongo, 35, a policeman, died from injuries re- ceived in the blast which also wrecked a Catholic church. Reliable sources estimated at least 150 persons were still in custody and as many more had been questioned and released. Late yesterday investigators ar- rested 30 Leftists belonging to the Spanish Republican party and held 18 members of the Cuban radical “committee for amnesty.” Documents seized at the committee’s headquarters were declared to advo- cate support of the Spanish popular front government, the Mexican popu- lar front, the Communist party and the International Labor Defense. Radium False Teeth Are Shown As Treatment of Mouth Cancer By the Associated Press. mouth cancer were being affected “every day” with the aid of the “teeth.” The only problem, he said, was to get the cases before they reached too advanced a stage. In discussing mouth cancer Dr. Cutler warned against an unusual form of irritation which he said some- times contributed to cancer formation in susceptible persons. A delicate electric meter developed in his laboratory had disclosed, he reported, Jhat infinitesimal electric currents were created in acid mouths For éxample, gold and amalgam, the two most common fllings, created a current. P Means Associated Press. . | at the convent buildings. . | today the band apparently believed TWO CENTS. RAIL AUDIT HEAD ADDS T0 DEFIANCE OF SENATE PROBE G. Eugene Ivey Refuses to Talk at Labor Espion- age Inquiry. MOVE MADE TO LEARN UNDERCOVER METHODS ‘Contact Man” Relates That He Posed as Insurance Agent and Reporter. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Professing to a poor memory, the Atlanta manager of the Railway Audit & Inspection Co. today added to that concern’s defiance of the Senate com- mittee investigating coercion and espionage in labor relations, as he refused flatly to answer when asked if he had destroyed subpoenaed docu- ments. Finally, he refused even to answer questions about any destruc- tion of documents on grounds it “might incriminate” him. The recalcitrant witness, G. Eu- gene Ivey, finally was excused teme porarily to allow the committee to hear how the detective companies go about their undercover industrial ac- tivities and engage their employe agents. William H. Gray, describing him- self as a “contact” man, explained this procedure. Gray said he usually identified himself as an insurance agent or & newspaper man in mak- ing his inquiries and seeking to add an employe to his staff, Questioned on Former Work. ‘With Gray and Ivey sitting together on the stand, Chairman La Follette then questioned the former on some work in a labor dispute of the Ten- nessee Public Service Co. Confronted with written evidence in his own hand, Gray admitted previous testimony in- correct to the effect he was working for a straight salary and received no commission for signing up undercover agents, Ivey was called back later and re- called in detail the circumstances of Gray's arrival at the Atlanta office about two years ago. He remembered these “distinctly,” he said. The first witness as the committee resumed its hearing this morning was Robert P. Wohlforth, secretary to the committee. He took the stand to in- troduce material on the corporate structure and fiscal set-up of the audit company and its several affiliates. Included in the evidence were in- come tax returns for the company and the Central Industrial Service Co., an affiliate. The parent concern reported increasing profits from 1932 to 1935, inclusive, the figure ranging steadily upward from $300,000 to $400,000. Much of the evidence, Wohlfortn reported, was reconstructed from waste paper discards. The income tax re- turns were obtained from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Individual Income Returns. Individual income returns for W. W. Grove, president, showed a range from about $10,000 in 1932 to more than $20,000 in 1935. Both the Railway Audit and Central Industrial Service contributed to this income. W. B. Grove, vice president, had an income from $4,820 to $9,400 in the four-year span. Ivey followed Wohlforth on the stand, appearing under subpoena. He said he had been with the company for four and a half years, serving as Atlanta manager. Admitting receipt of a first subpoena for records on August 12, Ivey testified he had no records in Atlanta, that they were all sent to Philadelphia headquarters. “Are you aware of the fact that documents covered by the subpoena were subsequently found in waste pa- per coming from your building?” asked Chairman La Follette. “So I am informed,” Ivey replied. For Ivey's information, La Follette then handed him a letter from L. D. Rice, secretary-treasurer of the com- pany, which had been recovered from the waste paper basket. Ivey said he “supposed” he must have received it, but declined to ad- mit it was in his possession when the subppena was served. A second letter, addressed to “700,” was then submitted. Ivey said “700” was the Atlanta of- (See LABOR, Page A-2) Y. W. C. A. WORKER’S SLAYER TRAPPED 225-Pound “Gorilla Man” Con- fesses Murder, Police Assert. Bv the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 22.— Police Chief George Sears said today Donald J. Hazell, 225-pound “gorilla man,” confessed he killed Ruth Muir, 48-year-old Riverside Y. W. C. A. sec. retary at La Jolla the night of Au- gust 31. Hazell, arrested September 4 during the inquest into the death of Miss Muir, was sent to the Cglifornia State institution for the insane after his capture. Sears said he was informed by Police Officer Ed Stotler and Deputy Sheriff ‘Walter Blue at Patton that Hazell had signed the confession. City Manager Robert Flack dis- closed the asserted confession and Sears immediately went into confer- ence with detectives who worked on the case, Coroner Chester Gunn and Autopsy Surgeon F. E. Toomey. e CONVENT IS STONED LYON, France, September 22 (#).— A band of men stoned a convent at Venissieux last night and fired shots Police said reports that Rightist followers of Col. Francols de la Rocquc held meetings there. 4 4