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“WAR QUARANTINE” Republican Would Limit President in Making Neu- trality Decisions. By the Associated Press. Neutrality legislation, made manda- tory on the President and which would put trade with belligerents on & “cash and carry” basis, 'was proposed yes- terday by Senator ‘Vandenberg, Re: publican, o Michigan. Offering it as the best means to *“insulate America against other peo- ple’s wars,” the Michigan Senator also urged inter- national accept- ance to the theory of “war qum:; tine” as et called | e the League of Nations theory of “war partnership.” Vandenberg is a mem- ber of the Senate Munitions and For- eign Relations Committees. Despite the Supreme Court’s decision last week opening the way for broad discretionary neutrality legislation, ‘Vandenberg said the law should be “as definite and as positive as pos- sible.” “It will not do to leave large neu- trality decisions to the discretion of the President,” he contended. “This is no reflection on the President. It is a reflection on the simple fact that the exercise of discretion after a war has started inevitably invites an un- neutral interpretation by any bellig- erent which is curtailed or offended by the decision.” ‘The Senator’s statement of his neu- trality views added to the growing volume of conflicting congressional sentiment on the problem. The Roose- velt administration is expected in some Capitol Hill quarters to ask for dis- cretionary legisiation. Partly Agrees With President. In his general attitude toward the subject, however, Vandenberg was in close agreement with some of Presi- dent Roosevelt’s expressed views. “Heretofore,” he said, “neutrality has consisted chiefly of a demand that our rights in profitable foreign trade should not be impaired by these wars. “The new conception subordinates trade to peace and proposes so far as possible to keep out of wars’ way. The old conception subordinated peace to trade. “The new conception may be tough on our cash registers. But it will be far easler on our sons.” Would Transfer Risks. “I prefer,” he sald, “a neutrality ‘which does not capitalizé the calami- ties of others; which stops all loans and credits and munitions to both belligerents in a given struggle, and ‘which puts all other trade with bellig- erents on a ‘cash and carry’ basis so that the risk is theirs and not ours.” ‘The Senator said he favored strengthening the neutrality law in respect to Americans traveling on belligerent ships. The present law provides that they must travel “at $heir own risk.” Contending that a citizen cannot separate himself “from the implica- tions of his citizenship,” Vandenberg said, that “except for a reasonable period of evacuation, he should be kept off the ships of belligerents by law"” SAITO NOT QUITTING Japanese Envoy Denies Reports He Intends to Resign. Hirosi Saito, Japanese Ambassador, said today there was “no truth what- ever” in Tokio newspaper reports that he intended to resign from his Wash- ington post. The Tokio newspaper Nichi Nichi said Sunday extensive changes in Japan’s diplomatic service were soon to be made and that Saito would resign. Northern Neck Church Parley. HEATHSVILLE, December 28 (Spe- eial) —The Northern Neck Pastors and Workers' Conference will be held at Fairport Baptist Church, of which Rev. T. M. Tombes is pastor, January 85, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Following m‘n;:h3 nln afternoon session will begin ot 1:30, Ford Patents Rear Engine Type for Car “Increased Rigidity’ Expected, Says Application Ford automobile users of the future imay benefit materially by the granting ©f patent No. 2,065,065, Approved on December 22 and an- nounced today, the patent mentioned gives to Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Co. of Dearborn, Mich., full rights on a new type of automobile construction, described in the patent application as a “novel rear engine and rear-wheel driven automobile.” In brief, the plan involves the plac- ing of the engine almost directly over the rear wheels and at right angles to the present motor line. Such an arrangement, the patent application states, should make for is no certainty it will be incorporated in cars placed on the market, EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED. Rear Drive Tests Underway Several Months at Ford Plant. DETROIT, December 28 (#).—The Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. VISITOR. ETER ROBBINS, & 70-year-old penniless farmhand, is Win- tering in Washington, spend- ing his days in the Public Li- brary and his nights in mission houses. Christmas day, the building being closed, he walked forth and back in front of the door from 9 am. to 1 pm. He says he feels quite at home in & library, having spent many years of his life there. Last Winter he spent the first half of the season in the library in Albany, N. Y, and the remainder in Wash- ington. Between his seat in Albany County and his place in Washington, he rather prefers his more northern abode, because “it has a larger assort- ment of out-of-town newspapers.” At the age of 27, he left a Maine farm to see the World Exposition in Chicago in 1897. “Made quite & study of it,” he said. “Traveled across the country six times since then. ‘Know the soul of the United States.’ These blue denim overalls I wear be- cause they show what kind of a man I am.” * ok ox % FRIEND? Some unidentified person in this town can do a nmeat turn for Mr. and Mrs. Dave Wahl. Mr. Wahl, who works at the De- partment of Justice, has many friends and makes it @ point to be quite up on them and their doings. He slipped the other day, however. His slip took the form of complete mystification over the signature on a card announcing the gift of @ popular magazine for Christmas. Neither he nor his wife can re- member the person. Nor can they stop thinking about it. Even if it is embarrassing to the gift giver and to the Wahls, it might be a good idea for the for- ‘mer to step right up and straighten out where they met. * x *x % ART. Tflml are, of course, certain pic- tures which no member of Con- gress would display in his office. Rep- resentative Jennings Randolph, Dem- ocrat, of West Virginia, received one the other day, which he threatens to give to the first caller. The photograph, sent to him by & large airline company, shows a very beautiful young woman about to go to sleep in one of its planes. It's artis- tic, in every sense of the word, but Randolph doesn’t believe it conforms to the stately standard of Capitol art. * % Xk ¥ INNOCENT. A RECORD may be something to strive for in many instances, but when defendants face a judge in Police Court they don’t care to even discuss records. Take the case of Lillie Wright who was charged with drunkenness. Lil- lie stanchly denied she had ever been arrested before. All the time, Judge Edward M. Curran was reading from a list of 27 convictions for one Virginia Nyles. “Have you ever been convicted un- der the name of Virginia Nyles?” the judge asked. “No, sir, my name is Lillie Wright.” “What was your name before that?” “Virginia Nyles.” “How long have you been mar- ried?” “Just & few weeks.” Here questions and answers were terminated as a 30-day sentence was imposed. % %k % SLEEPER. JUST to save the face of an op- erative of ours, we'll call the char- acter in this story Smith. Yes, even l'.hough his real name is John Cassady, . . It is Smith’s custom to sleep on the Cabin John car line in the early morning. A fellow employe coming to work on the same car at 6:30 o'clock the other morning saw Smith asleep as they rode toward town. Not knowing whether Smith was supposed to work that day, he let him sleep on ;.hen the car passed The Star Build- Once in the office, however, he checked with the city editor and found Smith was supposed to work. “Then you better call the Marines and have them wake him when the car reaches the Navy Yard,” said the fellow worker. He had no more than said it, how- ever, when Smith appeared. ‘Sure, I was asleep,” he explained. “I always sleep on the way down. I ride to Ninth and Pennsylvania ave- nue. I wake up there when my car crosses the Ninth street tracks with all those rattles and bangs.” [ it k 3 i i i ! Bt 43 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGION, D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1936. : IALSET ON FRE Officials Probe Theory Out- siders Started Fatal o Dl Bl DILLWYN, Va, December 28— Mayor Luther Gillam of Dillwyn said today that authorities were in- vestigating a theory that the locke up fire in which John E. Garrett, 58- year-old colored man, was burned to death early Christmas morning was started by someone outside the jail. “It is our opinion that the lock- up was set afire by some one who simply wished to get rid of it and who had no intention of taking Gar- rett’s life,” the town head said. “We have heard some rumors about that, but it is still very much a matter of supposition. I have taken it up with Commonwealth’s Attorney C. W. ‘Wood and Coroner J. E. Haynesworth.” Father of Nine. Garrett, the father of nine children, was placed in the small wooden lock- Up on Christmas eve by Town Sergt. P. W. Amiss, who sald Garrett's brother agreed it would be best to let the man sleep off intoxication. No charges were placed against him. Amiss then went home. At 3 am. Christmas, John Pendle- ton, who lived nearby, awakened to find the jall in flames. Garrett’s charred body was recovered later. The mayor today cited the follow- ing facts to bolster his presumption that some Christmas celebrant set fire to the lock-up: There was no fire, or stove,-in the building; the floor was of concrete; the interior was “clean as a pin”; Amiss searched Garrett carefully for matches and took all he thought the prisoner had. Death Held Accident. The sergeant did leave a cigar in the man's pockets and it has been presumed that the drunken prisoner tried to light this with & match Amiss overlooked, and thereby fired the lock-up. Gilliam, however, said Amiss “doubted if he missed” any matches In searching Garrett. The mayor sald he could not say what arrangements would be made to care for the man’s children, but assumed that relatives would aid them. Dr. Haynesworth ruled in his coroner's verdict that Garrett died accidentally. The “cremation alive” of the Buck- ingham man and of John Coates, the latter in the Colonial Beach Jaii some weeks ago, have pointed public atten- tion to the meeting of the General As- sembly’s Jail Survey Commission, to be held at Richmond January 11. “We won't be able to do anything until the next session of the Assem- bly,” said Chairman Vivian L. Page at Norfolk. “But with the assistance of the experts who have been loaned to us for the survey we hope to have & program which will eliminate these deplorable conditions.” Dr. Roy Flannagan, who investi- gated the fire in his capacity as jail inspector for the State Welfare Department, said the State has “abso- lutely no jurisdiction” over local lock- ups. “The only remedy for some of the fatal defects of the present jail sys- tem of Virginia is State control of the whole system,” he said. NOTABLES ATTEND More Than 2,000 Fill St. Bartholo- mew's Church and as Many More Wait Outside. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.—Prom- inent persons from all walks of life paid final tribute to Arthur Brisbane, noted journalist and editor, during funeral services held at St. Barthlo- mew’s Church on Park avenue today. More than 2,000 persons filled the fashionable structure, and as many more stood outside on Park svenue. At the request of the family a sim- ple Episcopalian service was conduct- ed by Rev. G. P. T. Sargent. There was no eulogy. The Episcopal burial service, consisting of the Twenty-third Psalm and a short commitment fol- lowed. A choir sang “Lead Kindly Light” and “Abide With Me,” Mr. Brisbane’s favorite hymns. A long cortege of limousines fol- lowed the hearse to Bellaire, N. J., ‘where burial was to be on the Bris- bane estate. . William Randolph Hearst headed the list of palibearers, who included Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Bernard Gimbel, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, ‘Walter Chrysler and Arthur Knudson. Other pallbearers included Julius Ochs Adler, Winthrop W. Aldrich, Vincent Astor, Senator W. Warren Barbour, Paul Block, Kent Cooper, John 8. Burke, S. 8. Carvalho, J. V. Connolly, W. T. Collins, who repre- sented William Green, president of the A. F. of L.; Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, Roy W. Howard, Judge Irving M. Lehman, Senator A. Harry Moore of New Jersey, Mrs. Eleanor M. Patterson, Edward V. Rickenbacker and Arthur Hays Sulzberger. Acting Postmaster Named. BY the Associated Press. at Amonate, Va. Abandoned Boy RITES FOR BRISBANE Left: Muriel Mattson, sister of Charles Mattson (Center), who was kidnaped last night from his home at Tacoma, Wash. Right: Mrs. W. W. Mattson, mother of the boy for whom a Nation-wide search is under way. JURY WILL PROBE FATAL AUTO CRASH Manslaughter Indictment to Be Sought Against Socially Prominent Attorney. By the Associated Press. WINCHESTER, Va., December 28.— A manslaughter indictment will be sought, it was learned today, against ‘Thomas G. Scully, socially prominent young lawyer under $10,000 bond in connection with the death of Frederick M. Affleck in an automobile crash early Saturday. Homer Hook was killed in the same crash, in which officers said the car driven by Scully drove into a group of men who were placing the body of Dewey Newlin, killed shortly before, in an ambulance. Scully’s bond under the warrant on which he was arrested for “feloniously killing and slaying” Affleck was set at $1,000 but raised to $10,000 last night. Frederick County authorities said the chief reason for the increase was that Scully desired to leave the State for a few days to keep professional en- gagements, Bond was made returnable January 2, when a special Circuit Court grand Jury will meet. Veterans of Foreign Wars will have charge of Affleck’s funeral this after- noon. The funeral for Hook will be held Tuesday, and the one for Newlin to- TWO STATES SEEK ASSAULT SUSPECT Virginia Woman Severely Beaten by Man Who Asked for Food. By the Associated Press. ABINGDON, Va., December 28.— Officers searched in two States today for a white man who beat Mrs. Dave Vance into unconsciousness in her home yesterday morning and fled. Mrs. Vance was alone when the man, whom she described later as being short, dark complexioned. ang wea: s heavy growth of beard, knocked at the rear door and asked for some- thing to eat. When she turned to get some food the man entered the kitchen and seized her, Mrs. Vance said. She battled the intruder from the kitchen to the front of the house, where the receiver was knocked from the tele- phone and Mrs. Frances Cunningham, Abingdon operator, was attracted by the screams. “I recognized her voice,” Mrs. Cun- ningham said, “and could hear her calling for help. I immediately called police headquarters. I also telephoned Mrs. A. A. McConnell, her next-door neighbor.” * A. A. McConnell said that when he and his wife entered the Vance home Mrs, Vance was lying unconscious on the floor. She had been severely beaten about the face and mouth, of- ficers said. A girl employed in the McConnell home said she saw & man run from the rear door and added that she recognized him as a peddier of Christ- mas wreaths in the peighborhood. Chief G. K. Patton of Abingdon headed a searching party in this area, while a posse of Sullivan County, Tenn., officers entered a mountain district in that county to investigate what they said was & possible clue. Strike of 1,200 Workers Ends. CHESTER, Pa., December 28 (#).— Uninterested Kidnaping (Continued From HrsL gllg.) as though he was under the influ- ence of either alcohol or narcotics. A member of the family said the letters on the kidnap note were nearly an inch high, the paper ordinary foolscap. Dr. Mattson gave officers full con- trol today in the search for his son. “I'll do anything the police say,” he asserted as he sat in a living room alcove while a detective took charge of the household. “I don't want to do anything that might hin- der them.” He shook his head from time to time, sweat glistening on his forehead. “I don't know why they picked my son,” he added. Were at Wedding Reception. Dr. Mattson and his wife were at- tending a wedding reception in the neighborhood when the lone kidnaper abducted Charles. Returning, they found police and reporters already on the scene. They had been called by Willlam. The doctor said Mrs. Mattson was suffering from shock. Muriel wept uncontrollably by her father's side. ‘William walked nervously through the house from room to room, still wear- ing the pajamas and bathrobe in which he was dressed when the ma- rauder appeared. Dr. Mattson, who played foot ball at the University of Washington in 1907-1909 under Coach Gil Dobie, now at Boston College, has a large prac- tice in Tacoma, but is known as one of the city’s most shy physicians. He seldom appears at public functions and spends most of his time on the landscaped five acres surrounding his home. ‘The Mattson home, in the center of a private five-acre park, is set at the brow of a steep incline which leads to & paved street and railroad tracks. Directly beyond is Puget Sound. The living room faces directly on the garden. The two girls told police | they saw the intruder dash down the terrace and believed they heard an automobile start on the road below. Near Weyerhacuser Home. ‘The Mattson home is only a few blocks from that of the grandfather of little George Weyerhaeuser, whose $200,000 ransom kidnaping in 1935 was the last one of major note. The lumber fortune heir was released un- harmed after the ransom was paid and his three kidnapers now are serv- ing long prison terms. Tacoma police and Department of Justice agents established a close guard on the Mattson house and threw & net of prowler cars around the city. Special telephone lines were installed in the home to facilitate possible negotiations. Boy Praised by Teacher. ?no of the boy's achool teachers said: “Charles, I think, would be able to keep his head in an emergency. He is unusually intelligent and is notable for his constant good humor.” The seizure of the Mattson boy marred what would have been in only five more days a record of no major kidnapings in 1936. One case has not been closed in the F. B. L files. Harry (Buddy) Browe, 20 months old, of Detroit, is still miss- ing. He was taken from his carriage last September 5 by & mysterious wom- an in blue. Federal investigators have expressed belief privately a Federal violation was not involved. OTHER KIDNAPINGS SOLVED. Abductor of Mattson Boy Matching Nerve Against Record. By the Associated Press. ‘The man who carried 10-year-old Charles Mattson from his Tacoma home last night, leaving a ransom de- mand, was matching his nerve against the records of some of America’s most famous kidnapings. ‘Three other famous victims were wrenched from their homes by kid- In Efforts to Learn His Name|z.:", By the Associated Press. SUPFOLK, Va, December 28— Cross-questioned by two nurses, & phy- siclan, the chief of police and & news- i REPORT SEES END OF BUSINESS LOSS| QUIETS CONVICTS Commerce Report Cites Closing of Gap in Aggre- gate Figure. By the Associated Press. Calling the development oie of “par- amount significance,” the Commerce Department said today that buxlneul and industry in the aggregate prob- | ably would be “out of the red” this year for the first time since 1929. | Estimating a national income of at least $60,000,000,000 this year, the de- partment said in its annual report that it “appears probable” that in-| come produced might equal income paid out. i ‘Whether industry as a whole oper- | ates at a profit or a loss is determined by the relationship between national | income produced and national income ‘ paid out. When the latter exceeds the | former, it means the total expendi- | tures of industry are more than the aggregate value of its products. | Narrowing Since 1932. At $53,587,000,000 last year, national | income paid out exceeded income pro- | duced by $628,000,000, causing indus- | try to borrow or draw on reserves to | make up this sum. | ‘The gap between the two types of income opened in 1930 and reached almost $9,000,000,000 in 1932, but has been narrowing since. | Reviewing economic conditions dur- ing the fiscal year ended July 1, the report cited “marked improvement.” It added: “Economic recovery broadened this year with acceleration of activity in the durable goods industries and in | construction lines, the further rise | in farm income, the increase in the | number of persons employed and the ! expansion of industrial pay rolls. | “The upward recovery was espe- cially noteworthy in the late months of the fiscal year.” Jobless Census Intentioned. Asserting an unemployment census is needed to give an accurate check of the jobless, the department said ‘the desirability of decreasing Federal expenditures to relieve unemployment and at the same time protecting those ‘who would be without work if Govern- ment assistance were withdrawn is recognized by all who are interested | in this subject.” The report described nine new trade agreements concluded during the last | fiscal year as “a major step toward the recovery of our foreign trade on a definite and equitable basis.” The department said American busi- ness had come to realize “the im- portance of the trade agreements pro- gram in restoring channels of trade| formerly closed or severely limited by official restrictions.” HURT IN TRIPLE CRASH Alexandria Boy in Warrenton Hospital With Fractured Skull. By the Associated Press. WARRENTON, Va., December 28.— Willie Rittenhouse, 11, of Alexandria, | was in a local hospital with a frac- | tured skull today as the result of a triple automobile collision near here. Five other passengers in the ma- chines were treated for minor injuries at the hospital and discharged. At least five other persons were in- jured in traffic accidents in and near Warrenton during the holiday week end. Tear Gas Accident Routs 15 Roomers And Fire Fighters Pifteen residents and several fire- men received an early morning tear gassing today when workmen clean- ing » vacated room accidentally set off & bomb in a, rooming house at 17233 G street. Several roomers fled to the street in their night clothes. Firemen of No. 23 Engine Company, wearing gas masks, entered the house and ventilated it by raising windows. William Friday, colored workman, was cleaning a vacated room when |the 2900 prisoners, ~—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. MILITARY DRILL Kentucky Warden Solves Idleness Problem With Competitive Units, By the Associated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky., December 28.— Jim Hammond knocked on wood yes- terday as he watched his “boys” snap through a smart military drill. Hammond is warden of Kentucky’s State prison here. His “boys”—some of them actually old men—are the 2,900 convicts to whom he is boss. Military training is the answer to Hammond’s success as head of Ken- tucky’s largest penal institution. When the former Kentucky American Legion commander took charge of the prison, less than a year ago, after a series of major disturbances, he soon found that enforced idleness was one of the biggest problems he had to solve. How to solve it was a real task. Industry Stilled. The law had practically stilled the prison industries by preventing the commercial use of prison-made goods. Only a few of the inmates were kept busy making equipment that could be used by the State. The others just looked about the prison grounds or sat in groups in the crowded cell houses. An {dle mind, recalled the warden, is the devil's workshop. And there | were plenty of idle minds and hands | in the prison. To make matters worse, crowded into quarters intended for only half that | number, had plenty of opportunity to exchange the fruits of their idle minds. So much time did the “boys” have to think things cut, that 'n the few weeks before Hammond took charge at the request of Gov. Chand- ler, two separate “breaks” and one murder were thought out within the prison walls. Horse Play Problem Solved. Hammond started drilling the pris- oners at intervals. At first the “boys” thought it so much horse play. Then Hammond put it on a competiiive basis, and squads of prisoners vied for the distinction of being the best- drilled in the prison. Every day they lined up in squads, with cheir leaders chosen on a merit basis, end stepped through their paces while the boss looked proudly on. Now it’s & part of the prison rou- tine. The prison band furnishes mili- tary music and the “boys” stand as rigidly at attention when the flag is raised each day as any trained Army unit. Claw Machines (Continued From Pirst Page.) 100-odd claw machines approximates $1,000,000. Because the jury trying the case was excused before the Christmas holidays until Tuesday, the court was unable to direct the verdict today. The case arose from a replevin suit by Mrs. Freda Boosalis, claw machine owner, for return of three machines seized by police April 10 from the Shoreham Pharmacy at Fifteenth and H streets. Shortly be- fore the machines were impounded, United States Attorney Garnett had ruled they were gambling devices and had directed police to seize them as “evil chattels.” Subsequently, the replevin suit was filed and two or three months later claw machine operators obtained a tempo injunction against police molestation pending trial of the Boosalis suit. That case was heard by a jury, but Justice Adkins, in directing a verdict for the Govern- ment, held that the evidence would permit only the one verdic:. Pin Ball Machines Hit. In another civil suit, Justice Daniel 'W. O'Donoghue ruled recently that pin ball machines which pay off in any manner are illegal. An appeal from that decision now is pending. Although the pin ball litigation was in the nature of an injunction suit, the principal issue was whether skill or chance predominated. Wilson rep- resented the Government in that case also. Threatened with police seizure after Justice O'Donoghue gave this decision, the bomb accidentally was set off. pin ball operators have removed their Night Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere i n the City Full Sports ° 3 Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, you'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service GRILLING TODAY West Virginia Police Seek to Link Suspect to Torch Slaying. By a Staft Correspondent ot The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md,, December 28— Lawrence Gingell, 20-year-old former golf caddy, who is said by police to have confessed participation in one murder, was to be questioned here to- day in the torch slaying of W. Earle Dollman, 34, near Sutton, W. Va., on ‘Thanksgiving day. Lieut. James Fillinger and Sergt. Joseph Horne of the West Virginia State police left Charleston last night and were due to arrive this morning to grill the Montgomery County youth. Gingell is held here for the killing of Elwood Matthews, elderly Maryland farmer. Meanwhile, police in Charleston are holding a man whose description they said tallied with that of William B. Reed, who is sought in connection with the Matthews and Dollman killings, but Lieut. Fillinger sald he doubted that the man is Reed. Police Chief W. A. Tully of Charles- ton said a pistol was taken from the man at the time of his arrest in a bus station. He added the man de- nied he was Reed and claimed he was from Wisconsin. War Joseph Kirby, 21, who is held in the Kanawha County, W. Va., Jail, allegedly told police last week that Gingell and Reed murdered Dollman, a Philadelphia salesman and former West Virginia athlete, who was killed and his automobile set afire with his body in it. Police said the youth also declared | Gingell and Reed likewise killed Matthews, Kirby was captured after being wounded in a gun battle that followed the abduction of a bank cashier. ‘While here to question Gingell, Lieut. Fillinger and Sergt. Horne are ex- pected to confer with State’s Attorney James H. Pugh in an attempt to de- termine which State shall be the first to bring Kirby and Gingell to trial. 400 ARE RECOVERING OF FOOD POISONING Ohio Officials Conduct Probe at 01d Soldiers and Sailors’ Home. Bs the Assoclated Press. SANDUSKY, Ohio, December 28.— Four hundred men who became sud- denly and violently ill Saturday after eating the evening meal at the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors’ Home recovered rapidly today as State and county au= thorities attempted to trace the food poisoning which affected them. Col. John Volka, commandant at the institution, which is maintained by the State for veterans of all wars, said that only 15 men remained in the hospital yesterday and they were | almost ready for release. Of the 400 stricken, 300 were veter- ans and 100 were trusties of the Ohio State Reformatory who work at the institution and its farms. All but a few of the men appeared at the rege ular dining room yesterday noon. Dr. F. M. Houghtaling, Erie County health commissioner, said the food served the men “will be tested for all kinds of poison,” but he added that the poisoning was “apparently of & bacterial nature.” He said it “ap- parently had been traced back to head cheese,” made of pork at onme of the institution's farms. Travel (Continued From First Page.) number of passengers carried and in dollar volume. One of the strongest proponents of the lower fares, which went into effect several months ago, the B. & O. was of the opinion that the new rates were responsible for the additional business. The Chesapeake & Ohio reported holiday trade ‘“very, very fine,” and similar reports came from the Penn= sylvania and the Atlantic Coast Line. All the roads are running virtually all their trains in extra sections. Busses also are coming in for their share of the increased travel, Grey- hound saying the movement was the best in its history, and Great Western reporting that quite a few schedules had been doubled. With the bulk of the Christmas crowd back at work today, the early part of the week was due to witness & recession from the pre-holiday peak, but another boom is looked for around Thursday, the eve of another three-day holiday period. Both air and highway travel have profited to a large extent by reason of the prevailing weather conditions, and throngs also have taken to the roads in their own cars. Fish Peddler Leaves $100,000. NEW YORK, December 28 (#)— The police said today that Christo- pher Hassett, 70, fish peddler, who died on Christmas eve after living for three years in a $2 a week room, left an estate of $1C0,000, most of it in cash. The police are seeking his relatives. Man Suspended By Feet at Cliff Is Found Dead Body W hich Dangled on Rope 24 Hours Is Recovered. BY the Assoclatec Press. GLENCOE, Argylishire, Scotland, December 28.—The body of William