Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1937, Page 3

MADRD BATTALION S ANNIHILATED Spanish Insurgents Report That Madrid Counter-0f- fensive Has Collapsed. By the Associated Press. AVILA, Spain, February 26.—The insurgent command asserted today the general government offensive on the Madrid front had collapsed after an entire battalion of Madrid militiamen had been annihilated with machine guns and hand grenades. ‘The number of soldiers caught in the wholesale slaughter was not estimated but insurgen‘ officers said the bat- talions usually number between 600 and 1,000 Concentrate Near Bridge. The government battalion was re- ported to have attacked an insurgent concentration near the Segovia bridge over the Manzanares PFiver on the western edge of the city in a desperate attempt, the insurgents said, to break up siege lines. But, as they thrust against the in- surgent barricades, repeated blasts of machine gun fire and hand grenades mowed them to the ground. The bridge is at *he southeastern eorner of Casa de Campo Park which s bordered on the south by the Ex- tremadura road. The attack and smashing defeat occurred late yester- day, the insurgents re irted. Assault Repulsed. Dispatches fror the front reporting @ collapse of the government offensive said the only fighiing today saw the repulse of a goveinment assault on Carabanchel Bajo, a few miles south- west of the capital. An entire group of 60 militiamen participating i the attack, the re- port said, ran toward the insurgent trenches with their arms raised over their heads in token of surrender. More than 150 others were Killed, insurgents said. BATTLE SPREADS TO SEWERS. Hand-to-Hand Struggle for Possession of Oviedo Continues. BAYONNE, Franco-Spanish Fron- tier, February 26 (#).—The hand-to- hand struggle for possession of Oviedo, “Pearl of the Asturias,” spread into the ancient sewers of the devastated city today, government commanders reported. Blasted out of their strongholds above ground, including the heavily fortified Vega arms factory, the rem- nants of the insurgent garrison were reported to have barricaded them- selves in sewers in the Santo Domingo section. Insurgent advices, however, declared wave after wave of attacking militia- men had been beaten back and the government forces finally were with- | drawing from the dynamite-ripped | city. The insurgent reports admitted, however, that the garrison had in- trenched itself in underground posi- tions. Both besieged and besiegers were said to be nearly exhausted after nearly a week of flerce fighting. Grimy fingers tiring at triggers and bloodshot eyes weary at gunsights brought a comparative lull in the din of battle. Bilbao dispatches said government troops had reached Central American Square and that houses were being fortified in preparation for fresh thrusts to drive the insurgents from | cover. The Vega Arms Factory, one of the strongest insurgent positions in the northwestern Spanish city, fell after two days of struggle, said a Gijon re- port yesterday. Capture of the factory was accom- panied by renewed aerial bombard- ment and dynamite - throwing by *“dinamiteros” from the Asturian mine- lands. A squadron of bi-motored planes swept over the already nearly ruined city, hurling fresh explosives at insurgent positions. The “diramiteros,” ducking the spatter of machine guns, crept close to houses in the Zabaleda Eguilaz sector and hurled their sputtering bundles of dynamite through the win- dows. The houses burst like toy bal- loons. F POUND—Dog. large. brown. similar to col- lie wearing brass-studded tan harness. Phone_Georgla_7304. POCKETBOOK . in_Petworth vic, Call Randolph 1 after 7:30 p.m.. or I.)l;%!r:q olB‘.‘O‘ Branch 3343, between 9 LOST. BOSTON BULL TERRIER. male. with har- ness. Answers to name “Skippy." Liberal reward Ctiy, Md. _Greenwo BRACELET, vellow gold. 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At the Westchester County Court House the belief was expressed that Vandenbush entered his plea of inno- cent in an effort to delay extradition to New Jersey to face an indictment charging the kidnaping of State Trooper William A. Turnbull last No- vember 11. Jail-breaker, kidnaper and bank rob- ber, the 29-year-old Green Bay, Wis., gunman was hauled out of the rumble seat of a cheap coupe at North Castle, N. Y., late yesterday, a bare 22 min- utes after he and a confederate had looted a bank of $17,600. His fight was gone. “All right,” he grumbled a short time later in the Bedford Hills police station as he eyed on the wall a cir- | cular bearing his picture, “I might as well tell you now as later. “I'm Vandenbush.” Faces Life Sentence. Today he faced a life sentence in prison. A companion in the hold- up, Joseph Stuzza, also 29, and & third man, George Rera, 27, who drove their car, faced similar troubles. Three country policemen, who fig- ured the driver of the coupe looked & mite suspicious, ignominiously cur- tailed for the squint-eyed, thick-lipped Vandenbush & career in crime which began 19 years ago. They did not know the importance of their catch until later. They were looking only for bandits who had robbed the Northern Westchester Bank of Katonah, 5 miles away, & few min- utes before. Partner of another desperado, Harry Brunette—with whom, Federal agents said he admitted, he kidnaped William A. Turnbill, New Jersey State trooper, last November 11—Vandenburg and Stuzza held up the bank with conven- tional technique. Clad in overalls, faces greasy, they drove a half dozen persons at pistol point into a vault, scooped up the money and raced for an automobile at the curb. A short way out of town the three apparently switched to & second car, the coupe, Stuzza and Vandenbush crawling into the baggage compartment. Road Is Barricaded. ‘Warned by a general alarm, Police- men Hendricks, John A. Hergenhan and William Orman had set up a bar- ricade at North Castle. They had stopped several automobiles for ques- tioning when Rera chugged into view. “Brush salesman. Going to New York,” said Rera shortly, but Hendricks thought that sounded evasive. The officer plodded to the rear of the car and whipped open the rumble seat. Two muzzles popped out. Hendricks banged the lid shut. He yelled. His fellow officers came on the run. “Drop those guns!” they called. Metal thudded on the floor of the car. Vandenbush and Stuzsa wormed out, hands high. Rera sat transfixed. Indicted for Kidnaping. Indicted for the Turnbull kidnaping, for which Brunette is serving a life term. Vandenbush also is want- ed for bank robberies in Sey- mour, Ripon and Monroe, Wis. Brunette was captured in a spec- tacular raid by Federal agents under their chief, J. Edgar Hoover, last December 15 in a Manhattan hideout. ‘Vandenbush, who escaped with Brun- ette from a London, Ohio, prison farm last July, said he had been liv- ing in Brooklyn since then. ‘The bank loot, in & brown shopping bag, was recovered. District Attorney Walter Ferris said —4t | the indictments for the bank robbery PILES! Relieve torturing lles with seethis J PILEFOR, Rellors tarmne ane pore kTN Ing of Blind, onds Tonds to reduce healing. Exses pain to comfortable_while at cause, got PILE- results. At Poopl would be sought today, notwithstand- ing a move by Federal agents to bring Vandenbush to trial for the Turnbull kidnaping. “Just & country cop,” sneered Van- denbush at Patrolman Hendricks, of the North Castle town police force. ‘That cut, considering the circum- stances. “They could have filled me full of lead,” retorted Hendricks to every one assembled. Farnsworth (Continued From First Page.) to the injury of the United States, and to the benefit of another nation. “The allegations charge not a con- apiracy to perform a single act, but & continued course of disloyal conduct to your country to its detriment. This was such a plot as is abhorrent to every good citizen. The very thought of it should be beyond the contempla- tion of an American. “This was a continuous and per- sistent plot, cleverly carried on by you and emissaries of a foreign coun- try, masquerading under diplomatic guise, and hiding behind diplomatic immunity. “Through deception, stealth, thievery and imposition on your friends in the naval service, you succeeded in ob- taining confidential information and delivering it to these emissaries for money. “If we had been at war, your acts would have been fr son, and punish- able by the severest penalty. It seems to me that the duty rests upon the court in a case of this sort to impose such a sentence as will be a deterrent to others, so that others, tempted, as you have been, to sell out their ecun- try, will consider your condemnation and degradation before doing so.” Whether Farnsworth may appeal was a matter of conjecture today, since no notation to that effect was made following sentence. However, last Monday, after overruling a mo- tion by Farnsworth to withdraw his plea of nolo contendere and plead not guilty, Justice Proctor said he would note Famnsworth’s exceptions to his ruling, so as to protect the accused man’s right of appeal. Replaced Counsel. Filing of the motion in arrested judgment yesterday was the first in- dication that Farnsworth had em- ployed counsel to replace William E. Leahy and William Hughes, jr., whom he discharged in open court Mon- day, stating that he and his attor- neys were unable to agree on certain phases of his case. Both Leahy and Hughes were put on the witness stand and questioned by Justice Proctor as to whether they had attempted to coerce Farnsworth or had requested him to plead nolo contendere. Each vigorously denied the implication of the question. Jus- tice Proctor then said he would re- fuse to allow Farnsworth to change his plea. The Japanese with whom Farns- worth was alleged to have conspired were Comdr. Yosiyuki Itimiya and Lieut, Comdr. Okira Yamaki. Both since have returned to their native land. Also pending is another indictment which charges that Farnsworth com- municated and attempted to com- municate to the Japanese government information concerning & confidential Navy publication, “The Service of In- formation and Security.” No effort has been made to bring this true bill to trial. Farnsworth’s nolo contendere plea came as & surprise. The Government, expecting the case to go to trial, had subpoenaed 57 witnesses. Many of the witnesses were brought to Washington at considerable expense from distant sections of the country. A few of them were naval officers serving with the Atlantic and Pacific Battle Fleets and were at sea when called to Washing- at 14th & Pennsyivanla Ave. Entrance Food specialties by famous Wil- . lard ohet o o o Dopular prices. WILLARD HOTEL B 4 Only the skeleton of the new Clinical Hospital in University City, Madrid, re: being taken a shell was exploding behind the small building in middle foreground. Note the debris strewn over the ground and stacked against the buildings. Crandall (Continued Prom First Page.) chose the same method of suicide as | Reginald W. Geare, architect of the Knickerbocker, who was found as- phyxiated in his home here on Au- gust 20, 1927. At the peak of his meteoric career Crandall was reputed to be worth $6,000,000. At the time of his death, he still owned a palatial house at 4530 Sixteenth street, which cost him $340,~ 000 to build. His wife and several other relatives came from this home to the gas-filled apartment this morn- ing to identify his body. The second note, unaddressed, told of precautions Crandall had taken against an explosion from the gas “if notified. Reporters Handed Note. When reporters, sent to investigate a police report of a “gas suicide” at | the Parkside, arrived at the scene, they were handed a white envelope by Capt. Harvey Callahan, commander of first precinet. Inside, written in pen and ink, was the following note: “To the Newspaper Boys: “Please don't be too hard on me, | boys, not for my sake, but for those I am leaving behind me. “You don't have to look for the | cause of me taking my life. I'll tell you I have not committed any crime. Have no love affairs. Not insane.| Have very good health. No. None of | these are the reasons. | “Only it is I'm despondent and miss my theater, oh, so much. “I have tried to get back in the game, but no luck. Boy, I never did | any harm to anyone in my life and | I don't rate headlines. So just a few | lines on an inside page. What do you | say, boys? “Kind regards, (Signed.) “H. M. C” At the bottom of the page, the note was marked “over.” Nursed Idea Six Months. On the other side there was & “P. 8" It read: “I just thought as I got Here, I think I have read some place that he who takes his life is a coward. Oh, yes. Well, I have had this very room for, I guess, six months now, and I have not been able to do it yet and maybe I may lose my nerve yet as it is only 12:30 am. now and I am counting on turning on the old gas at 3 a.m,, because no one is on this floor after that. “And I do want to make a good job of it. I don’t want to be a would-be. “So, boys, if you think it don't take nerve, just try it some time. Ha, ha “Good-by, boys. “(Signed) H. M. C” The second note read: “If anything happens to me to- anything happens to me tonight,” and | asked that one of his daughters be | e . night, and I am going to try to make something happen, please notify (name of daughter, deleted by police). “P. S§.—1I turned out the light in the icebox because I don’t want to blow up any one upstairs. I am going to turn on the gas at 3 am., and if I am not found by 5 a.m. don’t have the gas squad and others here. It will just cause a scene. “It is now 2:45 am,, and I am still myself, and I hope to go through with it. H. M. CRANDALL." The tragedy was discovered when an occupant of a nearby apartment detected gas and called police. Po- lice, breaking into the room when their knocks brought no response, found Crandall's body in a chair, with the head resting on a table. The | apartment consisted of living room, kitchen and bath. Among relatives first to arrive in response to a police summons were John J. Payette, son-in-law of Cran- dall and general manager of Warner Bros. Theaters in this area, and Leroy Sherman, another son-in-law. Daughters View Body. Others who viewed the body prior to its removal to the morgue Wwere }the widow and two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Sherman and Mrs. Dorothy Payette. Another daughter, Mrs. Olga Burch, wife of Dr. William T. Burch, lives at Bellhaven, Va. Deputy Coroner Richard M. Rosen- berg pronounced Crandall dead and later issued a certificate of suicide. Il Juck had dogged Crandall’s heels almost continuously since the Knick- erbocker collapse. He was forced to defend himself in 70 suits filed against him and the Knickerbocker Theater Co. Denying personal responsibility for the deaths and injuries in that crash, Crandall pointed out he was not connected with the concern dur- ing construction of the theater, but became associated with it only after it had been passed and accepted by District inspectors. The roof of the theater, heavily burdened with a record snow, dropped to the orchestra floor in the midst of a performance, killing and maiming many prominent citizens. More than 100 were injured, in addition to the fatalities. Geare and four others connected with the construction of the building were indicted for manslaughter through “negligence,” but the District Following his retirement from the theater business eight years ago, Cran- ROOF EXPERTS Have us repair any leaks in roof. It will save you man: u lars! Al lone by experi- = 3831 Ga. Ave. COL.0567 mains after weeks of bombing. As this photo was Did you ever eat a delicious pie made with Thompson’s rich creamy Cottage Cheese? This wholesome nourishing food also makes wonderful Lenten salads in combination with finely chopped chives, diced onions, peppers, sliced tomatoes, or with pineapple and other fruits. Lent is the time to increase your order for Extra Dairy Products. Check list below and leave note in empty bottle. 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Re- cently he had sought to sell his Six- teenth street home to the Turkish government as an embassy, but the deal fell through. Later he had planned to rent the house. The residence contains one of the best private libraries in Washington. ! Developing a love for books, he had | designated a friend to collect rare | editions for him. Crandall had entertained many of the producers, directors and stars of | Hollywood and the theater industry in his home. One of his last “comeback” attempts ‘was during the Chicago Exposition two years ago, when he contracted to show BOY AND MAN HURT IN CAR ACCIDENTS Lad Ran in Auto’s Path, Police Told—Another Machine Hits Pole and Turns Over. A 10-year-old boy and a man were seriously hurt in traffic accidents re- ported to police during the last 24 hours. ‘The boy—Xenophon Chiringa, 913 I street—is in Garfleld Hospital with what is believed to be a fractured skull, suffered when struck by an automo- bile last night at Eleventh and K streets. 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