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FASCISTS CAPTURE
DESSYE, GATEWAY
TO VITAL AREA OF
ETHIOPHMAIN
Attainment of Objective
Opens Heart of Nation to
Invaders—Addis Ababa Is
Available by Good Road.
FORMER HEADQUARTERS
OF EMPEROR OCCUPIED
Collapse of Defense in North Is
Seen as Eritreans Complete
Swift Advance—Italian Group
Reaches Geneva Without In
structions From Mussolini.
BACKGROUND—
Anxious to establish a stronger
position in Ethiopia before "resum
ing peace negotiations at Geneva,
as well as to push nearer Addis
Ababa before the new rainy season
sets in, Italy has accelerated its
African invasion in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, European powers are
split over Afussolini’s war of con
guest, Britain fearing danger to her
interests in Africa, while France
hopes to retain Italy's support for
possible action against Germany.
(Copyright. 1936. by the Associated Press.)
ROME, April 15.—Italy’s ad
vancing northern army achieved
Its major immediate objective by
the capture of Dessye today, the
government announced officially.
The occupation opened the heart
of Ethiopia to the conquering
Fascist forces.
1 Marshal Pietro Badoglio. command
er in chief of the Italian armies in
East Africa, reporting the occupation
of the former field headquarters of
Emperor Haile Selassie, said in a
communique:
"Our troops entered Dessye this
morning."
From that point, 140 miles directly
south of the former northern front
lines at Amba Alaji and 170 miles
northeast of Addis Ababa, a good au
tomobile road runs into Ethiopia’s
capital.
"The days of the Ethiopian empire
are numbered,” commented the corre
spondent of the Stefani (Italian)
News Aeencv.
Shoa Section Now Open.
This correspondent, reporting from
Asmara, Eritrea, said the Shoa sec
tion of Ethiopia, backbone of Haile
Selassie’s domain, now lay open to
occupation by the Italian troops.
Reports from Asmara, Eritrea,
stated the capture of Dessye with
out opposition was regarded by Italian
authorities as exemplifying the com
plete collapse of Emperor Haile Selas
sie's defenses in the north.
Dessye has been the base of the
Emperor's northern operations and
was the scene of the bombing raid
which many foreigners witnessed at
first hand last Winter.
Dessye now may become the site
of peace negotiations.
The capture was made by the
Eritrean Army Corps, which was
prominent in the pursuit of Haile
Selassie’s troops following the Italian
victory at Lake Ashangi.
Their advance from Quoram, which
was occupied April 5, was steady and
swift.
Nearly Captured Emperor.
With airplanes constantly bombing
the scattered remnants of the Ethio
pian Army, the Eritrean soldiers
reached Alomata, 9 miles south of
Quoram, on April 6, when the Galla
tribesmen were reported to have nar
rowly missed capturing the Emperor
himself.
Supplied with food, ammunition and
water by air transport, the Eritreans
used mules and camels to increase
their speed as the country leveled
away Into luxurious rolling lands far
easier to travel than the cruel, bleak
mountains north of Ashangi.
An April 12 they marched through
Lisbo, where large supplies of am
munition and material had been
abandoned by the Ethiopians in their
flight.
During the last two days the main
body has pressed into Dessye follow
ing the arrival there at least three
days ago of its advanced guards.
The Italians were reported to have
received a hearty welcome from the
natives and the large Moslem popula
tion.
Dessye Is in the section of the
Gallas, long reputed to be the natural
enemies of the Ethiopian ruling
classes.
FASCISTS REACH GENEVA.
Arrive at Peace Parley Without In
structions From II Duce.
GENEVA, April 15 OP).—An Italian
spokesman said today the Fascist dele
gation to a League of Nations confer
ence on peace in East Africa had ar
rived without instructions from Pre
mier Mussolini on settlement of the
Jtalo-Ethiopian War.
The spokesman said the delegation
had come to the conciliation session
under the supervision of the League
Committee of 13 to agree upon the
procedure for starting peace negotia
tions.
The Fascist conferees, headed by
Baron Pompeo Alois!, Mussolini’s rep
resentative at Geneva, arrived at 4
p.m. to enter the discussions after Pre
mier Mussolini’s stand as liberator of
Ethiopian slaves had injected fresh
uncertainties into the League negotia
tions.
Some League sources expressed fear
that Mussolini would seek to press
the advantage of his double role as
liberator and Invader, to refuse to
yield any of the territory his troops
have conquered.
til Duce might adopt the attitude,
ese sources said, that it would be a
rbarous disregard of the League’s
Ik (See ETHIOPIA, Page 5.)
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Allied General Staffs Meet
To Prepare Plans of Defense
Britain, France and Belgium Send
Officers to London Parley to Map
- Action if War Comes.
BACKGROUND—
Hitler's dramatic remilitarization
of Rhineland March 7 in defiance
of post-war treaties sent four other
signatories of Locarno pact to Lon
don parleys. There England, France,
Belgium and Italy reached an ac
cord. Under this agreement pres
ent general staff meeting of Eng
land, France and Belgium is
called. Italy’s envoys agreed to
join, but due to sanctions being
applied from other powers because
of Italo-Ethiopian War, Rome gov
ernment refused to ratify accord.
(Copyright. 1D36, by the Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 15.—Officers of the
British, French and Belgian Army
general staffs gathered in London to
day to start drafting plans for defen
sive co-operation in the event of
European war.
The beginning of the tri-power gen
eral staff conferences, arising from
Germany’s remilitarization of the
Rhineland, coincided with preliminary
Italo-Ethiopian negotiations at Geneva,
under the auspices of the League of
Nations, for East African peace.
The British, French and Belgian
officers decided to undertake Im
mediately their consultations on
practical measures to insure security
against any unprovoked aggression, de
spite the absence of Italy, fourth re
maining Locarno power, from the con
ference table.
Conversations Secret.
The conversations were likely to be
conducted with the strictest secrecy,
but the British public had been as
sured repeatedly by Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin’s government that no
new political commitments could arise
from the military negotiations.
The first meeting was called for
11:30 a.m. (6:30 a.m., Eastern standard
time) at the British admiralty.
As the generals and admirals as
sembled for their first formal meet
ing, guns boomed from Hyde Park
and troops marched on the nearby
mall, fvhere Britain's diplomats were
walking in the funeral procession for
German Ambassador Leopold von
Hoesch.
The Ambassador, who bore much of
the anxiety in the critical days im
mediately after Hitler’s Rhineland |
(See~BRiTISH, Page 6.)
SENATE DEBATES
Public Excluded in Final
Stages of Impeachment
Hearing on Judge.
By the Associated Press.
After hearing eight days of testi
mony and counsel arguments, the
Senate locked its doors today at 12:08
p.m. and began deliberations on seven
House impeachment charges against
Fderal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of the
southern district of Florida.
No one could say how long the secret
session would last. Debate in the last
impeachment trial in 1933 required
more than two hours.
The doors were to be opened on
conclusion of the deliberations and
seven separate ballots taken in open
session. A two-thirds majority on any
article would be necessary to con
vict. A guilty verdict on any count
means automatic removal from office.
Ritter, 65-year-old native of In
diana. who practiced law for 30 years
in Denver before going to Florida in
1925, where he received his appoint
ment to the bench four years later
from President Coolidge, was charged
with:
Granting excessive receivership fees
to A. L. Rankin, a former law partner,
in the Whitehall Hotel case; conniving
with Rankin and others to bring the
suit, unlawfully accepting $4,500 of the
fees from Rankin, practicing law on
two occasions after going on the '
bench, two violations of the income I
tax laws and bringing his court into |
“scandal and disrepute.”
Bare quorum rresent.
A bare quorum answered the roll call
before deliberations began.
Ritter and his two attorneys, Frank
P. Walsh of New York and Washing
ton and Carl T. Hoffman of Miami,
were present during the quorum call, j
but were excluded with the press and j
spectators on motion of Chairman
Ashurst of the Judiciary Committee.
Judge Ritter’s trial by the House
before the Senate as jury was com
pleted yesterday and the case given to
the Senate, but the latter body was
holding only a 2-hour session and de
ferred its verdict.
Urging an “almost unanimous” de
cision upholding the House indict
ments as a warning to the judiciary
that its integrity must not be ques
tioned, Representative Sumners of
Texas closed for the prosecution with
a statement that he had “no doubt”
the Senate would find Ritter guilty.
"Integrity of Senate.”
“If I doubted that, I would doubt
the integrity of the Senate, if I may
say that in all candor,” the Texan de
clared.
Walsh, chief defense attorney, spoke
before the Texan. In tones just as
vociferous, he expressed confidence in
the integrity and honesty of his client.
“You can send this man forth to
suffer worse than any description of
damnation ever published,” he as
serted. “But if you do that, after a
careful consideration of the evidence,
you will be sending out of this court
room the most greatly wronged and
completely innocent man who ever had
to face a high court.”
YOUTH FATALLY SHOT
SHIPPENSBURG, Pav April 15 OP).
—The body of Reese Himes Blair, 16
year-old high school sophomore, was
found near the garage of his home, a
bullet wound in the head. A new
pistol lay beside the body.
His grandfather, George Himes,
banker, told officials last night Reese
did not own a pistol and he knew of
no reason for the boy to kill himself.
Dr. E. A. Haegele, coroner, said the
bullet was -fired at close range into
Blair’s right temple.
SENATE TO START
TAX BIEL HEARINGS
President Understands Ac
tion Will Be Expedited When
House Gets Measure.
By the Associated Press.
Closely watching progress of the
tax program, President Roosevelt said
today he understood the Senate
Finance Committee would begin hear
ings as soon as the measure gets
before the House in order to expedite
action.
The President said he planned no
particular conferences on the tax bill,
but that he is discussing its progress
with congressional leaders.
He said he understood Senator Har
rison, Democrat, of Mississippi, chair
man of the Finance Committee,
planned to call his committee for
consideration of the legislation as
quickly as a bill is drafted finally by
the House Ways and Means Commit
tee.
The $799,000,000 tax plan as now
shaping would revamp the corporate
tax system by basing levies on per
centages of undistributed earnings.
There also would be a windfall tax.
The Ways and Means Committee re
fused to include processing taxes sug
gested by Mr. Roosevelt.
RELIEF MOVEllALTS
UNREST ATTIA JUANA
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Street Patrols Ended as Needy (
Get Rations From Gov
ernment.
By the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 15.—Pood
and the assurance of prompt relief ;
action by the national government j
helped dispel unrest today among the
8,000 inhabitants of Tia Juana, Mex
ican border town.
Twelve hundred soldiers, who kept
the city under virtual martial law
yesterday, discontinued street patrols
today, but were ready at their bar
racks in case of an emergency.
Unemployed laborers, who voiced
threats at a mass meeting Monday
night to sever ties with Mexico and
set up an independent state in the
northern district of Lower California,
received government* rations.
On the American side of the border,
Gen. Piutarco Elias Calles, exiled for
mer President, denied any connection
with Tia Juana’s unrest. Gen. Jose
Maria Tapia, former Governor of
Lower California, was believed en
route here for a conference with
Calles after banishment from Mexico
yesterday.
LUMBERJACKS STRIKE
OROFINO, Idaho, April 15 UP).—
Striking lumberjacks provided a mo
tion picture company with some color
today but at the possible expense of
regular meals. .
The strikers blocked a road leading
to the company’s location camp yes
terday and refused to permit food
trucks to proceed. Sheriff Joel Wilson
said he was Informed there had been
no disorder.
Sixty lumberjacks left their jobs,
demanding $5 a day, an increase of
$1.80.
Record Shark Is Caught.
LOS ANGELES, April 15 C4>).—Mrs.
Zane Grey, wife of the novelist, said
today she had received a cable from
her husband reporting the catch of a
1,036-pound man-eating shark, which
he claimed was the largest ever taken
with rod and reel.
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BIG THREAT BY
BLACK TO TEXAN
Constitution Group Head
Warned He Will Be Haled
Into Senate.
CONFESSES CIRCULATING
MRS. ROOSEVELT PHOTO
Muse Tells Lobby Committee He
Collaborated in Distributing
Pictures in State.
BY REX COLLIER.
Angered by what he termed “un
necessary quips” by Vance Muse, man
ager of the Southern Committee to
Uphold the Constitution, Chairman
Black of the Senate Lobby Commit
tee today threatened to bring Muse
before the Senate.
“That would be an honor,” the bel
ligerent 6-foot witness from Houston,
Tex., shot back. “Do you mean be
fore the bar of the Senate?”
“I mean that when we ask you a
question we want an answer. We want
to treat you courteously and we ex
pect courtesy in return," declared
Black.
“That will be an innovation,” Muse
broke in.
"It you want to go before the Sen
ate—and evidently you have come here
with that intention—maybe we’ll grant
your desire.”
Declines to Answer.
Muse, standing at the witness table
because, he said, he wished to do
honor to the Senate, declined re
peatedly to answer any questions
about his connection with the Order
of American Patriots.
“I absolutely refuse to answer any
question as to any fraternal affiliations
in the Ku Klux Klan. the Masons, the
Knights of Columbus or any other
fraternal orders.” Muse asserted.
Black questioned Muse about pic
tures he had circulated in Texas of
Mrs. Roosevelt attending a meeting at
Howard University.
“You force me to tell you about that
picture against my wishes,” Muse said.
“It hurts me as a Southern gentleman
Interested in white supremacy to have
to tell you about that picture, but I’ll
do it.
“That was a photograph of Mrs
Roosevelt being escorted on each side
by a Neero.”
“Those circulars with the pictures
on It were circulated all over Texas.
Yes. sir, I collaborated in that, per
sonally.” said Muse, defiantly.
He said a charge was being made
for the circulars.
Black sought to show a connection
between the Committee to Uphold the
Constitution, the Order of American
Patriots and the Election Managers’
Association, all of Houston.
Muse Not Subpoenaed.
Muse had not been subpoenaed, but
was called to the stand when the com
mittee was advised by John H. Kirby,
chairman of the Committee to Uphold
the Constitution, that Muse had finan
cial records of the group.
“May I stand?” Muse asked as he
reached the committee table. "I
think I should stand in the presence
of the Senate. I don't want to make
a speech.”
Black said the witness might stand.
At this point Senator Minton, Demo
crat, of Indiana, asked Muse if they
had not known each other in Fort
Worth, Tex., some years ago.
“Yes, sir,” Muse said, “we pulled salt
pork together at the Swift packing
house."
“That’s right,” Minton said, as he
joined in the general laughter.
“Mr. Chairman. Senator Minton and
I were down in Florida during the last
days of the boom, and he told me then
he was going back to Indiana and be
come either Governor or Senator.
“That's why I am standing.”
Again there was a burst of laughter.
Shortly thereafter the laughter was
forgotten as the committee chairman
became embroiled in a heated dispute
with Muse over his testimony.
Direct Answers Avoided.
Black tangled with Muse as soon as
the chairman started asking Muse
about his affiliation with various or
ganizations campaigning against the
New Deal.
Avoiding direct answers to queries
about his previous connections with
the American Taxpayers’ League, Muse
was cautioned by Black: “All we
want from you is the truth a«d no
quips.”
"I never lied in my life,” snapped
Muse, leaning forward with flushed
face. “Not even to my wife.”
“Just stop that, Mr. Muse!” ordered
Black.
“Why stop?” asked Muse, tartly.
It was at this point Black warned
Muse he would be taken before the
Senate unless he conducted himself
(See LOBBY, Page A-4.)
TREASURE SHIP
GROUNDS IN GALE
Ranpura Was on Way Back to
Orient With London Art
Exhibit Specimen!.
By the Associated Press.
GIBRALTAR. April 15.—A gale
which drove the treasure ship S. S.
Ranpura aground In the Bay of Gi
braltar persisted today and tugs were
unable to approach the vessel for an
attempt to free It at high tide.
The Ranpura, carrying valuable
Chinese art specimens back to the
Orient from a recent London exhibit,
went aground yesterday.
The vessel was driven deeper ashore
last night, despite the efforts of three
tugs to pull it off and a second at
tempt at high tide today failed again
in the unabated gale.
Informed shipping quarters heard a
report that the liner Barrapool was
ordered by radio to come to Gibraltar,
relieve the Ranpura of its cargo of
Chinese treasure and proceed on to
Shanghai. The report was not im
mediately confirmed officially._
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RAIL FARE DELAY
MEETS OPPOSITION
Association of Railroad and
Utilities Commissioners
Against Eastern Plan.
By the Associated Press.
Vigorous opposition to a move by
Eastern railroads to postpone the
June 2 effective date of an Interstate
■ Commerce Commission order reduc
I ing passenger fares was expressed
today by the National Association of
Railroad and Utilities Commissioncis.
| In an answer to the petition of
Eastern roads for an 18-month delay
j in applying the reduced rates, the
association criticized a plan by the
railroads to institute their own ‘•ex
perimental” fares for 18 months.
Also urging the I. C. C. to enforce
its rate-slash order was Chairman
Wheeler Qf the Senate Interstate
; Commerce Committee. He contended
lower fares would increase traffic.
The I. C. C. ordered basic coach
fares reduced from 3.6 to 3 cents
i a mile. Chief effect of the order
would fall on Eastern roads, because
low fares already are In effect In the
West and South.
Success Depends on Mass.
Postponement of the commission
rates and substitution of a 2.5-cent
coach rate was asked by all major
eastern carriers except Baltimore &
Ohio.
"The success of the fare-reduction
plan,” the association answer said,
■'depends upon its appeal to the mass.
“Unless it operates to bring back to
the railroad thcee to whom the cost
is a determining factor in choosing
their method of travel the fare
reduction plan cannot succeed.”
Saying "the appeal must be to
coach riders." the answer added that
"a coach fare of 2.5 cents will not
sufficiently appeal to them to make
the new plan a success.”
"Upon all the evidence,” it con
tinued, "the commission has found
that a two-cent coach fare will be
more productive than any higher
fare.”
In its order the commission pre
scribed a rate of three cents a mile
in Pullmans. The eastern roads an
nounced that this rate would be ac
cepted.
Wheeler said he was informed the
roads recently had a meeting at New
York with a view to gettting the
I. C. C. to back down on its order.
Wheeler’s Plea.
“I hope the commission will not
back down,” wheeler said. “It stood
five to four with reference to the re
duction order and if some one of the
five changed it probably would re
verse the decision.
"Wherever the railroads have re
duced their fares they have increased
their traffic. While in some instances
I understand it has not increased
their net revenue, as business picks
up it is bound to increase revenue.
“The people want to travel. They
would rather travel on trains than
busses and would rather ship freight
by rail than by truck, but prohibitive
rates have made it impossible.
“It Is to the credit of the Baltimore
& Ohio that it was willing to accept
the proposal. That road is showing
the right attitude and proper spirit.”
The commission is expected to de
cide this week whether to stand pat
on its order.
CHINESE FEAR VISIT
OF JAPANESE FLEET
Arrival at Amoy Expected to Co
incide With Fukien Inde
pendence Declaration*
By the Associated Press.
HONGKONG, April 15.—Informed
Chinese sources tonight linked a re
port that 70 Japanese warships would
visit Amoy about May 5 with their
fears that Fukien Province would de
clare Itself an independent state.
These sources predicted that the
declaration of independence would be
made May 5. to coincide with the ar
rival In the Fukien seaport of the Jap
anese fleet with its 30,000 men.
Alarm in Chinese circles for the
situation in Fukien Province has in
creased because of the continuous im
portation of illicit arms and the influx
of persons from the Japanese Island
of Formosa.
About 100,000 Formosans have been
reported in the Fukien cities of Amoy.
Changchow and Chuanchow.
Oen. Chang Fak-Wei sent delegates
to Canton to ask for the military co
operation of the Canton government, if
necessary. _ ,
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Stefansson Finds
Man Can Survive
Diet of Meat Alone
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Explorer Says Unmixed
Fare Is Lighter
Than Pies.
By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, April 15.—Can man
live on meat alone? Certainly, says
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the polar ex
plorer who has tried it.
> Here to address the American
Chemical Society, Stefansson said he
never had studied the chemistry of
diet, “but I learned about meat from
necessity.”
It's a lighter diet than mince pie
or plum pudding, he contends, speak
ing from five years' experience with
an all-meat fare in the Arctic re
gions.
Returning to civilization without
scurvy, rickets or any additional tooth
decay he hadn't known before quit
ting mixed diets, he volunteered to
stay with the lean and the fat an
other year and found he liked it in
December as he did in May.
BILL MEETS DELAY
Byrns Rules 218 Names Are
Needed to Force Vote
in House.
By the Associated Press.
The drive to force a House vote on
the Frazier-Lemke farm debt refi
nancing bill received a setback today
when Speaker Byrns, in a lengthy
written decision, ruled that 218 names
arc required on a petition to force a
House vote.
Backers of the measure to refinance
farm (indebtedness by issuing $3,000,
000.000 in new currency contended
only 215 signatures were needed to
take the legislation from the Rules
Committee and bring it before the
House.
The Frazier-Lemke petition was de
scribed by members as carrying 214
signatures as the session started today,
with Representative Lemke, Republi
can of North Dakota, co-author of the
measure, holding three additional
names in reserve.
The Speaker’s ruling was requested
by Representative Boileau, Progressive,
of Wisconsin. He argued that while
218 was a majority of a full House
membership of 435, vacancies should
be taken into account in determining
how many names should go on a dis
charge petition.
In both House and Senate. Boileau
said, a quorum always has been a ma
jority of the “elected sworn, living
members who have not resigned."
Asserting at the outset that he real
ized the importance of his decision.
Speaker Byrns said: “In the Interest
of proper and orderly parliamentary
procedure, it should be definitely
known and stated in advance how
many signatures are required.”
He added that otherwise the total
might be changed without the House
knowing it because of deaths or resig
nations not reported promptly.
McGrath to Address Firemen.
John G. McGrath, former president
of the Park View Citizens’ Association,
will address the firemen’s Association
of the District of Columbia at 8
o’clock tonight in Pythian Temple.
“Crank” Letters Received
Since Crime Are Scru
tinized Closely.
Bv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 15.—Despite con
tinued efforts of detectives to trace a
meager collection of clues to the slayer
of Mrs. Nancy Evans Titterton. officials
said today progress in solving the
baffling mystery was at a virtual im
passe.
"We are no further in this case than
we were Friday night,” said Assistant
District Attorney William F. O’Rourke.
"We have no suspect and have no good
leads.”
The detectives, however, still are
hopeful of finding the man who as
saulted the attractive 34-year-old
woman and chocked her to death at
her Beekm&n Place apartment last
Friday.
Definitely classifying him as a per
son with a diseased mind, they sought
possible clues to his identity today in
a thorough examination the numerous
“crank” letters received since the
crime.
Acting Lieut. Martin S. Owens said
the number of such communications
had mounted daily, and that each was
being carefully checked.
Efforts to trace the ownership of a
short piece of cord which the officers
said was used to bind Mrs. Titterton’s
wrists, turned to Philadelphia. Police
there said they had been requested to
make a check at the Schlicter Jute
Cordage Co.
The cord was found beside the nearly
nude body of Mrs. Titterton in the
bathtub of the apartment.
The victim, a short story writer and
wife of a National Broadcasting Co.
executive, was alive when her assailant
placed her in the tub. Dr. Alexander
j O. Gettler, chief city toxicologist, said.
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CHILD ACTOR FAILS
TO SEE HIS MOTHER
Mrs. Bartholomew Threatens Suit
to Force Freddie From
Seclusion.
Bf the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, April 15.—A cus
tody contest over Freddie Bartholo
mew assumed warmer proportions
today with the boy actor’s mother
threatening suit to force him out of
seclusion.
Grandparents of the $l,000-a-week
star, mentioned In a reported agree
ment to distribute his earnings, were
on a west-bound train. After arriving
in New York from England yesterday
a week behind Mrs. Lillian Mae Bar
tholomew, the mother, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Robert Bartholomew board
ed a train for Hollywood, saying
merely they were on a “holiday” and
hoped to see their grandson.
Rebuffed in the first attempt to
arrange a meeting between the boy
and his mother, her attorney, Leonard
J. Meyberg, warned: "We do not wish
to appear in the light of seeking trou
ble, but, unless the boy is produced,
we will go to court.”
Meyberg reported his representa
tives were turned away from Freddie's
Beverly Hills home by servants, who
said the child and his aunt, Miss
Myllicent Bartholomew, had "gone
away.”
COL. KNOX LEADS
ILLINOIS PRIMARY
BY 80,409 AS BORAH
GETS HEAVY VOTE
Chicago Publisher’s Ballot
331,993, Against 251,584
for Idahoan, With 5,241 of
7,426 Precincts In.
PORTION OF DELEGATES
EXPECTED FOR SENATOR
Personal Tribute to Him Is Seen,
in Great Support, Although De
feat Is ApJIarent — Horner
Keeps Edge Over Bundesen.
Democrat Poll Nearly 1,500,000
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Col. Frank P. Knox, Chicago
publisher, led Senator William E.
Borah of Idaho in the Illinois
presidential preference primary
for the Republican nomination
by 80,409, in the returns this
afternoon from 5,241 out of a to
tal of 7,426 voting precincts.
The vote stood Knox, 331,993;
Borah, 251,584, according to the Asso
ciated Press. Borah was stronger than
the Chicagoan in 101 downstate coun
ties. Knox ran 79,000 votes ahead of
Borah in Chicago, however.
Win or lose, the run made by Sen
ator Borah in Illinois, where he had
the Republican State organization
against him, is remarkable and a
tribute to him personally. If in tha
final returns, Borah stands close to
Knox, Borah's influence and prestige
will have been increased.
Primary Not Binding.
Victory for Col. Knox should as
! sure him the great majority of
Illinois' 57 delegates in the Republic
an National Convention. The Illinois
presidential preference primary is not
i binding on the delegates, but merely
I advisory, under the law. It is pos
• sible delegates from some sections
of the State which favored Borah ia
the balloting may cast their conven
tion votes for the Idaho Senator.
Defeat for Knox would have been
regarded as disastrous and as elim
inating him from future serious con
sideration for the Republican nomi
j nation. Knox and his friends have
; worked tor weeks in Illinois in ths
| primary campaign. Senator Baroh
i made two trips to Illinois, one last
week when he campaigned down
; State. The Idaho Senator's chief
‘ support came from down State, al
j though he polled a considerable vote
I also in Cook County (Chicago).
Chari G. Bachmann, former Repre
sentative from West Virginia, head of
■ the Borah-for-President Committee,
with headquarters here, said that ha
considered the vote cast for Borah In
Illinois a "great personal triumph” for
the Idaho Senator.
ricuau duaic lur duiuo.
1 "Senator Borah had to run against
the Republican organization and
against a large expenditure of money
i to defeat him,” said Bachmann. He
; predicted that Borah would have a
share of the delegates elected in the
primary yesterday. Illinois has 25
congressional districts. Two delegates
to the Republican National Commit
tee are elected from each of 24 of
these districts and one from the re
maining district, the eighth. Bach
mann said that 122 candidates had
been entered for these 49 delegate
seats in the convention.
Thirty-nine Borah delegate candi
dates were entered in 18 districts. In
Cook County Borah delegates wera
entered in only 6 of the 10 districts.
It is Bachmann's belief that a num
ber of the Borah candidates will have
been found successful In territory
friendly to Borah.
Democratic leaders here were much
encouraged, they said, by the large
number of votes polled for President
Roosevelt in the presidential prefer
ential primaries in both Illinois and
Nebraska. They declared that the
vote in these States gave every evi
dence of popularity of the President
in the Middle West and that It Indi
cated he would carry both these States
next November.
In the bitter contest between Gov,
Henry Homer and Dr. Herman N.
Bundesen for the Democratic guber
natorial nomination, Homer had th«
edge in returns from 5,063 precincts.
The vote stood: Horner, 529.043;
Bundesen. 517,472. Homer was mak
ing big strides in the down State vote
and was expected to increase his mar
gin of victory when all returns are in.
Roosevelt Alone in Field.
President Roosevelt had the field to
himself In the Democratic presidential
preference primary, which rolled up
nearly 1,500.000 votes. His vote in some
of the Cook County precincts gave him
a big lead over the combined Knox and
Borab vote. Cook County, however, is
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Youthful Male Quadruplets
To Launch Base Ball Careers
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DJ I.U6 AfiAUUMbCQ XTCS*.
BEAUMONT, Tex., April 15.—The
world’s only male quadruplets, A. B, C
and D Perrlcone, 6>/2 years old, will
launch their base ball careers at the
Texas League park here tomorrow.
A batting and throwing exhibition
in front of the stands will give this
potential “million dollar infield’’ its
first test before a critical crowd.
The fun-loving lads will be watched
closely from the time of their initial
appearance until they show definitely
whether they have what it takes to
make good ball players.
Particularly will they be watched in
the lair of the world's champion 1
Detroit Tigers, who have first call on
the Beaumont graduates. Officials of
the Detroit club have no doubts about
till drawing power of an inner cordon
consisting of quadruplets.
Rube Stuart, owner of the Exporters,
is the sponsor of the Itallan-American
youngsters. He know3 that the chances
of all four making good are about one
in a million, but he doesn't want to
let that one slip through his fingers.
It was Stuart who gave each a ball
and bat for Christmas. Since then
they have been "working out” on a
small diamond in the yard of their
home, although little Bernard, or B,
hasn’t become excited over prospective
sports f •»
k
Games of Chance Are Banned
At Fraternal and Church Fetes
A ban on games of chance at fra
ternal and church carnivals, which in
the past have yielded many thousands
of dollars annually, was announced
today by the office of the United States
attorney.
In future the witi-fwnbung laws,
which never have been applied strict
ly to benefit affairs, will be enforced
regardless of the purpose for which
funds to be raised are intended- Al
though of the opinion that many con
tests and games conducted at festivals
constituted technical violations of ths
law, officials have refrained from in
terfering because of their nature.
It was explained that complaints
have been received regarding raffles
conducted, by three fraternal organiza
tions and that prosecuting officials
were left no alternative out to oruei
them stopped.
Forced to act In these three cases,
it was felt that no partiality should
be shown and that all raffles and other
gambling games which play a large
part in many church and fraternal
festivals also should be prohibited.
In each of the raffles already called
off the prize was an automobile. Ar
rangements now are being made to
return money received In payment for
chances.
Prosecuting officials explained that
they wished to put churches and other
organizations on notice of the new ban
so it will not be necessary to make any
arrests.
Raffles and wheels of chance usually
are the most lucrative features of the
series of church carnivals held here
•very summer. -—
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