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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 a “cash
and carry" basis,
was proposed yes
terday by Senator
Vandenberg, Re
publican, of
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 quaran
tipe” “ OPP°*™ V.ndenber,
to what he called
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 legislation.
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 easier on our sons.”
Would Transfer Risks.
"I prefer,” he said, "a neutrality
which does not capitalize 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 carry1 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
.their 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
oft the ships of belligerents by law.”
SAITO NOT QUITTING
Japanese Envoy Denies Reports
He Intends to Resign.
Hirosi Saito, Japanese Ambassador,
•aid 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 Nichl
said Sunday extensive changes In
Japan’s diplomatic service were soon
to be made and that Saito would resign.
Northern Neck Church Parley.
HEATHS VILLE, December 28 (Spe
cial).—The Northern Neck Pastors
and Workers’ Conference will be held
at Falrport Baptist Church, of which
Rev. T. M. Tombes is pastor, January
8, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Following
lunch an afternoon session will begin
at 1:30.
Ford Patents
Rear Engine
Type for Car
“Increased Rigidity”
Expected, Says
Application
Ford automobile users of the future
may benefit materially by the granting
Of 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
gear-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
•increased rigidity” and "improved
riding qualities.”
At Dearborn, it was said the new
type is entirely experimental and there
Is no certainty it will be incorporated
in cars placed on the market
EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED.
Rear Drive Tceta Underway Several
Months at Ford Plant.
DETROIT, December 3§ iff).—Hie
granting of a patent for an automobile
design for mounting the engine in
the rear called attention today to sev
eral months of experimental work by
the Pord Motor Co. and other major
automobile manufacturers on ears so
constructed.
The Ford Motor Co. at Dearborn
made no immediate comment on the
patent granted to Henry Ford.
William B. Stout of the Stout Motor
Car Oorp., Dearborn, said the first
automobiles had the motors mounted
In the rear, and "now we are coming
back to It" He predicted a pooling of
many patents In the event real pro
duction of rear-engine can is under
taken.
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
VISITOR.
ETER ROBBINS, a 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 a.m. to 1
pm. He says he feels quite at home
In a 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 a
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.”
▼ T T T
FRIENDT
Some unidentified person in this
town can do a neat turn for Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Wahl.
Mr. Wahl, who works at the De
partment of Justice, has many
friends and makes it a 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 a
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.
* * * *
ART.
'T'HERE are, of course, certain pic
A 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.
B®r'
vWMoT
e*v>/
The photograph, sent to him b; a
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.
dr * di A
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 a few weeks."
Here questions and answers were
terminated as a 30-day sentence was
imposed.
* * * a
SLEEPER.
JUST to save the face of an op
” eratlve of ours, we’ll call the char
acter In this story Smith. Yes, even
though his real name la John Cassady,
Jr.
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 8:30
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
when the car passed The Star Build
ing.
Once in the office, however, he
cheeked 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.”
CAVOHT.
CHE was blond, willowy and ultra
■ attractive. He was dark, slen
der and apparently hungry. They
sat, content to hold hands and say
pretty things over an elaborate
luncheon in an upstairs hide-away
on B street. It seemed like love.
Then a silent - footed waiter
tapped him on the shoulder and he
left the dining room. Voices in the
hall, just outside the door. A
man’s voice promising:
"I’ll be out in about floe min
utes."
Then he returned and he reached
the table—leaking the hand he had .
held. It was diplomatically held
under the table.
“It was only my sister," he at
tempted an explanation. There
teas no response. The hand stayed
under the table. He called for and
paid the check. He was slightly
delayed in getting his coat and hat.
He arrived downstairs in time to
see a pair of twinkling heels dis
appear into a cab. Then hi
shrugged and walked at down the
‘siroat.
JAILSETON FIRE
Officials Probe Theory Out
siders Started Fatal
Dillwyn Blaze.
By the Associated Press.
DILLWYN, Va„ December 28
Mayor Luther Gilliam of Dillwyn
•aid today that authorities were in
vestigating a theory that the lock
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 said 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 a.m. Christmas. John Pendle
ton, who lived nearby, awakened to
And the jail in flames. Garrett'a
charred body was recovered later.
The mayor today cited the follow
ing facts to bolster his presumption
that some Christmas celebrant set Are
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”;
Ami» 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 a match Amiss
overlooked, and thereby fired the
lock-up.
Gilliam, however, said Amiss "doubted
if he missed" any matches in searching
Garrett.
The mayor said 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
a 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," be said.
NOTABLES ATTEND
RITES FOR BRISBANE
More Than 2,000 Fill St. Bartholo
mew'* Church and a* Many
More Wait Outside.
F.y the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 28.—Prom
inent persons from aU walks of Ufe
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 avenue.
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 Bellalre, N. J.,
where burial was to be on the Bris
bane estate. *
William Randolph Hearst headed
the list of pallbearers, who Included
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Bernard
Gimbel, Mayor Florello H. LaGuardla,
Walter Chrysler and Arthur Knudson.
Other pallbearers included Julius
Ochs Adler, Wlnthrop W. Aldrich,
Vincent Astor, Senator W. Warren
Barbour, Paul Block, Kent Cooper,
John S. Burke, S. S. 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 Fostmaiter Mamed.
By the Associated Press.
Acting Postmaster General W. W.
Howes announced today appointment
of Ella Lambert as acting postmaster
at Amonate, Va.
Victim and Relatives in Tacoma Kidnaping
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. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
Manslaughter Indictment to
Be Sought Against Socially
Prominent Attorney.
By tht Associated Pres*.
WINCHESTER, Va„ December 28 —
A manslaughter Indictment will be
sought. It was learned today, against
Thomas O. 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
day.
TWO STATES SEEK
ASSAULTSUSPECT
Virginia Woman Severely Beaten
by Man Who Asked for
Food.
B> the Assoelited Pres*.
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. aiyi wearing
a 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 (or 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 a man run from
the rear door and added that she
recognized him as a peddler of Christ
mas wreaths in the neighborhood.
Chief O. 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 a possible clue.
Strike of 1,200 Workers Ends.
CHESTER, Pa., December 28 UP).—
Employes of the Sun Shipbuilding Co.
returned to their Jobs today, termi
nating a strike of three weeks during
which 1,200 men refused to work.
Hu strikers agreed last week to
return to work after the company
said it would begin negotiations with
union officials on wages and working
conditions after January 1.
Abandoned Boy Uninterested
In Efforts to Learn His Name
By the Associated Free*.
SUFFOLK, Va., December 28.—
Cross-questioned by two nurses, a phy
sician, the chief of police and a news
paper reporter, a blond-haired, blue
eyed (the right one cocked) boy of
about two and a half yean sat in a
hospital crib here today munching
crackers and shaking a toy merry-go
round. He was entirely unconcerned
with the effort to establish his Iden
tity.
The tot, clothed in a light green
snow suit, walked into the Broad street
home of Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Rawls last
night, close on the heels of a young
Win maHwy ft Fall.
Out on the porch the physician later
found a black week end bag packed
with clean clothing for the boy and
a note, printed on ruled paper, read
ing: “Please take can of me. I
haven’t any one. Just all alone in
this world. Xm so attaid. Please J
take Ba*
A
Whoever left the boy made a bad
choice in homes, Dr. Rawls commented
today.
“We have eight children, five girls
and three boys. That’s quite enough,"
be added with emphasis.
The child was turned over to the
Suffolk Welfare Department and sent
to Dr. Rawls’ hospital for care.
He ate a hearty breakfast this morn
ing. talked to the nurses and played
with toys brought in from nearby
homes. But he falls to show interest
In names. Dangling a bunch of keys
before him and asking his name, draws
the response "ear keys.” At,other
times he mutters words which have
been interpreted as Tom, Dick, Harry
and Henry.
Dr. Rawls ordered a let-up on the
entertainment of the tot when it was
discovered he was running a fever
of degrees.
Police had only the postmark "An
Md.“ on the black bag, and
d laundry mark as clues.
Kidnaping
(Continued From First Page )
u 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 seene. They had been called
by William.
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 live 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 a paved street and railroad tracks.
Directly beyond la Puget Bound. 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 Weyerhaeuser 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 a net of prowler cars around
the city. Special telephone lines were
Installed In the home to facilitate
possible negotiations.
Boy Praised by Teacher.
One of the boy's school 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 19S6.
One case has not been closed In the
P. B. I. flies. Harry (Buddy) Browe,
20 months old, of Detroit, is still miss
ing. He was taken from his carriage
last September 5 by a mysterious worn*
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 kidnaping*.
Three other famous victims were
wrenched from their homes by kid
napers, and in each case, according to
Government records, the abductors
were caught and punished.
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was taken
from his cot in the home of his
famous aviator parents at Hopewell,
N. J. Although the child was dead
when found, $50,000 had been paid,
fruitlessly, for his return. Bruno
Richard Hauptmann was electrocuted.
Stoll Kidnaping Solved.
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr„ was
charged with invading the bed room
of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll’s Louisville
borne, where she had been 111, and
carrying her off. The family paid
$50,000 for her return, but Robinson,
captured last Spring, got a long prison
sentence.
A gang broke up a bridge game in
an Oklahoma City home to kidnap
Charles F. Urschel, oil man. Hie
price for bis return was $200,000, but
16 persons went to JaiL
Little George Weyerhaeuser, victim
of the last major kidnaping and
neighbor of last night’s victim, was
seised in the Spring of 1935 as he
walked home from school for lunch
at noon. The ransom was $200,000,
and three persons are serving long
sentences for the crime.
The Karpis-Barfcer gang seised *d
wkm Bremer tod William A.
both prominent 8t. Paul butlnem men,
on the streets of tbs city. They col
lected $200,000 for Bremer’s return,
$1004)00 for Hamm. But the gang
was completely broken, and Alvin
Karpis and several others went to Jail,
while Kate "Ms" Barker sad others
am tens G msw bnllsts.
ia
REPORT SEES END
Commerce Report Cites
Closing of Gap in Aggre
gate Figure.
By the Associated Press.
Calling the development one of "par
amount significance," the Commerce
Department said today that business
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.
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 Intent ion ed.
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.”
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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
Fifteen residents and several fire
men received an early morning tear
gassing today when workmen clean*
lng a vacated room accidentally set
off a bomb in a, rooming house at
1723 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 bomb accidentally was set off.
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 l*w 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 idle 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,
the 2.900 prisoners, 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 out, that in the
few weeks before Hammond took
i charge at the request of Gov. Chand
ler. two separate “breaks” and one
murder were thought out within the
prison walls.
Hone 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 competitive
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 their
leaders chosen on a merit basis, end
stepped through their paces while the
boss looked proudly on.
Now it's a part of the prison rou
i tine. The prison band furnishes mili
I tary music and the "boys” stand
■ as rigidly at attention when the flag
; is raised each day as any trailed
i Army unit.
Claw Machines
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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 Shore ham 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
temporary 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 verdict.
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 ODonoghue gave this decision,
pin ball operators have removed their
machines from the District.
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GINGELL FACES
West Virginia Police Seek to
Link Suspect to Torch
Slaying.
By a Stall Correspondent ol 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 Sent.
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 said 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
Old Soldiers and Sailors'
Home.
By the Associated 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 reg
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 a
bacterial nature.” He said it “ap
parently had been traced back to
head cheese.” made of pork at one
of the institution's farms.
Travel
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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 fewr 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
a 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.
Pish Peddler Leaves $100,000.
NEW YORK. December 28 OP).—
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 $100,000, most of
it in cash. The police are seeking hit
relatives.
Man Suspended
By Feet at Cliff
Is Found Dead
Body Which Dangled
on Rope 24 Hours
Is Recovered.
hr the Attoeltter Press.
GLENCOE, Argyllshire, Scotland,
December 28.—The body of William
Christie, which had dangled head
down from a rope near the peak of a
3,000-foot mountain for more than 24
hours, was recovered today by five
mountain climbers.
When the body was brought to the
foot of the mountain Just at nightfall
doctors said the man probably had
been killed instantly when he fell
The mountain climbers risked their
lives in repeated attempts to reach
the body of the 25-year-old climber.
Christie slipped in the snow and
disappeared in a gully yesterday. He
was gone some time before com
panions discovered him.
Unable to aid him before darkness
fell, the others summoned sid. Urgent
calls were sent to expert mountalncera
In Edinburgh and Glasgow, 100 mils*
away.
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