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‘NO REGRET OVER SLAYINGS,’ SAYS ‘BLUEBEARD’ CONFESSION
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MRS. GASTON AND MISS BRAGGIOTT
MRS. WILLIAM GASTON, the former Rosamond
Pinchot, and Miss Gloria Braggictt, New York debutante,
plav leap frog on the beach at Castle Harbour, Bermuda.
HELPCONGRESS,
HOOVER PEER
Reconstruction and the termi
nation of the period of economic
stress depends upon the ability
of Congress to balance the bud
get, President Hoover warned the
nation late yesterday in a state
ment asking the people to “sup
port and not obstruct’’ the mem
bers of Congress now considering
the various means to balance the
budget.
A balanced budget, he pointed
out, is the “keystone of re
covery.” Further Government
economy was promised by the
Chief Executive. He expressed
confidence that Congress would
eliminate unnecessary activities.
He estimated the deficit for the
next fiscal year at $1,250,000,000,
in addition to the $2,500,000,000 ex
perienced in the past two years.
These deficiencies, he pointed
out, are “almost wholly due to
decrease in tax receipts.”
Reduction of expenses and in
creases in taxation, he observed,
are the only remedies left to the
Government to balance the bud
get, '
PITTS' ESTATE
ATTACHED -
MIAMI. March 26.—The stock
holders of the F. H. Smith Com
pany have filed suit in District
Court here against G. Bryan
Pitts to recover his Palm Beach
estate, personal properties, se
curities and bank income, valued
at $500,000.
Pitts is alleged to have em
bezzfed millions in cash and se
curities between 1918 and 1930,
using much of this money to buy
jewels, real estate, furniture, au
tomobiles and securities.
Internal revenue collectors
seized a $4,000 bank account, in
an effort to enforce collection
as ieopardy assessments of ad
ditional income taxes against
Pitts.
A bank account in a Palm
Beach bank, in the name of Mrs.
Gladys T. Pitts, of Washington.
Mrs. Pitts, Peter H. Miller, as
internal revenue collector, and
H. O. Hart, of Palm Beach are
named co-defendents. The court
is asked to enjoin the Internal
Revenue Bureau from releasing
property to Mrs. Pitts, to decree
property as belonging to plain
tiff, to require Pitts to reveal
any hidden assests, and to re
quire Hart to show what interest
he has in the property here,
Fitts is now serving a long 14-
year term fox embezzlment.
MASSIE TRIAL
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HONOLULU, T. H„ March 26
(I.N.S.)—Trial of Mrs. Grace
Fortescue, Lieut. Thomas H. Mas
sie and two naval enlisted men,
charged with the "honor slaying”
of Joseph Kahahawai, one of five
natives accused of criminally at
tacking Mrs. Thalia Massie, today
was tentatively set for April 4 at
the request of Clarence Darrow,
criminal attorney.
The trial was postponed from
March 28 by Territorial Circuit
Court Judge Charles Davis.
Darrow said he might need an
extra week after April 4 to pre
pare.
A preliminary panel of 26
veniremen drawn from prospec
tive jury service included 12 Cau
casion names. The others were
Orientals including nine Chinese,
four Hawaiians amj one Japanese.
The veniremen were summoned to
court Monday for examination.
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Women Lead Rebel Demonstration In Erin Tomorrow
WARDEN BARES
CONFESSION OF
‘BLUEBEARD’
Powers Expresses No Re
morse for Killings in
Mystery Note
MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va.,
March 26 (1.N.5.). —Harry F.
Powers. Quiet Dell Bluebeard,
spoke from beyond the gal
lows-arm today in a posthu
mous confession to the mass
murders of Mrs. Dorothy
Presslcr Lemke, Mrs. Asia
Eicher ami the latter's three
young children.
In the presence of newspaper
men whom he had summoned to
his office. Warden A. C. Scrog
gins revealed the self-damning
contents of a “mystery” note,
scrawled by “Slaughterhouse
Harry” a short time before he
walked to the scaffold with pro
testations of innocence fresh on
his lips.
Verifies His Guilt
The note was a succinct veri
fication of a previous admission
of guilt, in the murder for which
Powers paid the death penalty—
the love-racket slaying of Mrs.
Lemke, credulous divorcee, and
strangulation of the Park Ridge
Widow and her three children, all
of whom had been lured to
Powers' murder garage, at Quiet
Dell.
Between the lines of the
bizarre note could be read the
psychopathic introspection of
Powers, as he studied his strange
emotional quirks which led him
into as strange emotional prac
tices.
Powers’ last note follows:
“This is to certify that I’
have given to my medical ad
visor (Dr. H. J. Haynes, who
recently announced Powers had
made a full confession in a
first-person life story) a true
and full written account of m.v
life and that I have described
all my deeds, whether good or
bad, in full, and that they are
true as described.
FELT NO REMORSE
‘‘At no time during the com
mitment, or after the commit
ment, of any of my deeds have
I felt any regret or remorse.
"On the other hand, I have
had a feeling of well-being.
"I know I am not legally in
sane, but I know I am not nor
mal. Usually I am kind and af
fectionate, but at times I have
an overpowering urge. At these
times I have neither fear nor
sympathy.
“I am not this way because I
want to be. I must have been
born this way.”
He concluded the note with
the simple statement:
“I have told the truth.”
“HARRY F. POWERS.”
In making the note public,
Warden Scroggins handed the
newspaper men a statement shelv
ing all responsibility in connec
tion with the last document
penned by Powers. This state
ment read:
"Xhc appended statement for
post-mortem release is made
public through my agency. I
accept no responsibility other
than that of transmissal.”
GUARDING WRECKAGE TO PREVENT LOOTING
POLICE CIRCULAR ON KIDNAPING SUSPECT SOUGHT HERE
POLICE DEPARTMENT * *2
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POLICE TODAY ARE searching for Harry Fleischer,
notorious Detroit gangster, who is believed to be in
Washington with one of his henchmen, a woman and
BANKHEAD CASE
IN DEADLOCK
Dividing strictly on party lines,
the Senate Committee on Privi
leges and Elections appeared dead
locked today over the contest
filed against Senator Bankhead
<D.) of Alabama by his prede
cessor, former Senator Heflin.
A poll of the committee in
dicated a vote of 8 to 8. with
one Senator absent, on the ques
tion of ousting Bankhead by de
claring the Alabama election of
1930 “no contest.” This would
not seat Heflin, but would put
Bankhead out of the Senate if
approved by that body.
The absent Senator was Blaine.
Republican insurgent from Wis
consin. who announced he would
not vote on the issue.
of homes wrecked by the tornado which swept through
several gouihezn states.
The National Daily
% POLICE CIRCULAR ON HARRY FLEISCHER
Jobless Cleric
Is Jailed for
Selling Beer
CINCINNATI, Ohio, March
26 (I.N.S.).—A former Detroit
pastor who turned to beer
selling when he couldn’t find a
church today was faced with
a jail term to serve out a SIOO
- levied against him by
Judge W. B. Alexander.
Although his real name was
Rawson, he became “Jerry
Monahan” when he started his
speakeasy, the former minister
said. Rawson is 35.
ESSARY TO SPEAK
J. Fred Essary, correspondent
here, of the Baltimore Sun, will
speak at the Bond Club lunch,
next Wednesday, at the Carlton
hotel.
SATURDAY—MARCH 26—1932
a baby, possibly the. Lindbergh child. This circular
was sent out by Detroit police who want Fleischer on
i a murder charge.
BANK CRY HELD
'BIC OF WIND'
The outcry of bankers against
the Glass bill, designed to re
strict banks from indulging in
stock speculation, was described
today as a “bag of wind” by Sen
ator Bulkley (D.(, of Ohio. He
said:
“I am very much impressed
by the utter futility of the
criticism of the leading bank
ers, who have testified in op
position to the bill. They are
afraid we will restrict them in
speculation ”
The bankers, however, are
adamant in their contention the
bill is highly deflationary, and
would nullify'the benefits of the
National Credit Corporation and
Reconstruction Finance Corpo
ration.
They assert the provision em
powering the Federal Reserve
Board to limit at its discretion
the amount of collateral loans
a member bank may make is
"dictatorial,” and likely to force
many banks to withdraw from
the Federal Reserve System.
GATTYS SPEED
ID CAPITAL
CHICAGO, March 26 (1.N.5.).
Mrs. Harold Gatty, wife of the
aviator, who, with Wiley Post,
flew around the world in eight
days, declared here today she
will rest easier when she and her
three sons are safely in Wash
ington.
Alarmed by kidnaping threats,
Mrs. Gatty left her California
apartment to join her husband in
Washington, where he is an avia
tion research engineer for the
Government. She said:
“When I saw suspicious look
ing men hanging around our
apartment at Santa Monica, I
decided it was time to pack
up.”
Capt. Arthur Dunbar
Gets New Navy Post
Capt. Arthur W. Dunbar of the
Navy Medical Corps yesterday
was transferred from the Naval
Retirement Board to the post of
inspector of medical department
activities at headquarters.
CONGRESS MH
SIT IN SOMMER
The rebellious Seventy-second
Congress, contemptuous of its
I leadership and split into snarling
| factions, faced an uncertain fu
! ture today as its helpless leaders
I strove to find means of complying
with President Hoover’s insistent
demand that the budget be bal
anced.
Not in many years has Capitol
Hill witnessed such an over
whelming rout of the leaders as
during this week. The Demo
crats are nominally in control
I of the House, but they can’t con
; trol it. The Republicans are
■ nominally in control of the
I Senate, but they can’t control it.
The result of this chaos may
vers' well be that Congress will
sit in Washington most of the
summer, with time out only for
I the political conventions, which
j are now only a matter of 10
l weeks away.
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MAJ. GRANVILLE FORTESCUE
FULLY recovered from ill
ness, Ma. or Granville Fortescue
plans to join his wife in Hawaii
where she is being held in con
nection with the slaying of a
young Hawaiian.
STRIFE FEARED
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Mary McSwiney and “Irish
Joan of Arc” to Head
Assemblages
DUBLIN, March 26 (1.N.5.).
Women will take a leading
role in the nation-wide demon
strations planned for tomorrow
to commemorate the Easter
week revolution of 1916, in
which hundreds were killed
and in which Great Britain
executed 16 Republicans.
The current dispute with Eng
land over the oath of allegiance
to the crown is being linked
everywhere with the planned
celebrations, which public officials
openly admit probably will result
in serious trouble.
Cumann Na Mban, an organiza
tion of women Republicans, has
been equally active with the Irish
Republican army in stirring the
public to aid in breaking the oath
of allegiance. Free State citizens
are called out to the scheduled
parades, meetings and demonstra
tion? with an anti-English plea
linked with the 1916 proclamation
of the republic.
Mary McSwiney. sister of the
Lord Mayor of Cork, who died on
a patriotic hunger strike, and
Gonne Mcßride, known as “the
Irish Joan of Arc,” will lead
demonstrations tomorrow. Hun
dreds of other women will head
meetings.
President Eamonn de Valera’s
reply to the British note on the
oath of allegiance is “now in
preparation,” according to a gov
ernment statement. It was not
expected to be made public before
next week, at which time the text
of the British note also probably
will be published.
No Compromise on Oath,
Avows De Valera
LONDON. March 26 (1.N.5.),
On the eve of nation-wide demon
strations in Ireland to commemo
rate the Easter-week revolution
of 1916, flat announcement came
from President Eamonn de Valera
of the Irish Free State execu
tive council today that there can
be “no compromise” on abolition
of the oath of allegiance to King
George.
Rumors reached London that
the New Free State president
was prepared to arbitrate the
chief issue by which he gained
his recent victory at the polls,
but he spiked them personally
and emphatically in a telephone
interview with the London Eve
ning Star from Dublin. He said:
“You can take it as certain
that there is no truth whatever
in the suggestion of a com
promise.”
Ireland does not fear economic
warfare with England, De Valera
declared in an interview published
in the News-Chronicle today.
IRISH POSITION
CLARIFIED
Asserting that the position of
the Irish Free State with respect
to payment of land annuities to
Great Britain has been misunder
stood. Minister Michael Mac White
issued a statement today denying
his government has “repudiated”
any contractual obligation to
Great Britain. He said:
“There is on question of the
repudiation of a debt or any
contractual obligation.
"The British secretary for do
minions (J. H. Thomas) has
stated that the Irish Free State
‘was bound by the most formal
and explicit undertaking’ to pay
the annuities to Britain. Mr.
Thomas did not specify the
undertaking to which he al
luded. The Irish government is
not aware of any such under
taking;
“An act of the British legis
lature in 1920 expressly sur
rendered the annuities to Ire
land and expressly imposed upon
Great Britain alone the obliga
tion to meet the dividends and
the general service of the land
stock debt.”
“That was British law when
the Anglo-Irish treaty was
signed. There is no mention of
the annuities in the treaty of
1921. and there was no sugges
tion at the time that the treaty
was signed that the existing
law in regard to them should
be abrogated.”
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The dramatic group of the
B'nai Isrial Congregation will
present three one-act plays at the
Jewish Community Center, Mon
day night. The first play will
start at 8:15 p. m. The plays are,
“His Children.” “A Wedding” and
“Dreamy, Kid.”
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