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Kidnap Gang Frees Victim South Bend Resident Released; Wife I Collapses. South Ind. (AP) Howard A. Woolverton, 52, sought; throughout northern Indiana and Illinois for 23 hours after being kidnaped, returned alone to his home here at 11:35 o'clock Wed-: nesday night without, he said, having met the demand of his abduc-: tors for $50,000 ransom. A bit incoherent, and highly nervous from his experience, Wool-; verton was placed under the care of a physician.

Speaking for the family, G. A. Farabaugh, an attorney, said Woolverton would resume his daily routine after a day or two of rest. Exhausted From Long Ride. Exhausted from many hours of 1 riding about blindfolded In an auto- mobile, under constant guard, i Woolverton after being let- out at the outskirts of Michigan City, boarded a train and came to South Bend 36 miles away, without being recognized.

Alighting from the train in the uptown district here, he hailed a taxicab while newsboys attempted to sell him papers telling of his continued absence. He proceeded home immediately. His cheery greeting choked off suddenly when he learned that his wife, Florence, had collapsed. Thought Death Was Ncur. Woolverton said he was really frightened only once, and that was at the beginning of the ride Wednesday night which ended with his release.

"We are going to take you for a ride," he said one of the men told him. Accepting the slang interpretation of the expression a death said he thought the desperadoes were about to carry out their threats to kill him if $50,000 was not turned over to them at 8 o'clock Wednesday night. Given Final Warning. Woolverton was foced to wear his overcoat throughout hia absence. Upon being turned loose at the outskirts of Michigan City and told to go home, ho was given the following warning: "We are going to take this blindfold off your eyes.

Don't look around or turn when we leave. If THE MUSCATINE JOURNAL AND NEWS-TRIBUNE Older Than the State of Iowa ESTABLISHED 1840 NO. 24 MUSCATINE, IOWA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1932 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Japanese Occupy Shanghai HOWAKD A. WOOLVERTON' you do, we will kill you on ths spot." The kidnaping occurred at 11 o'clock Tuesday night near the home of the Woolverton's. The men forced the couple to accompany them to the edge of the city, where Mrs.

Woolverton was released, after being given instructions for delivering the" ransom. Howard to Face Charges Feb. 3 Oregon Street Controversy to Be Aired Before Judge H. D. Worst.

Charges againsn Q. T. Howard, 1005 Oregon street, of erecting a structure in a restricted residential district without permission of the city council were continued until 10 a. m. Feb.

3, in the court of H. D. Horst, police judge, this morning. Howard was called before the court upon information filed by Mark Taylor, chief of police, at the instance of C. H.

Fishburn, city attorney, late Wednesday afternoon. The matter was before the city council at a special meeting Tuesday night, at which time Attorney Fishburn was to proceed against Howard. A gasoline curb pump is at the basis of the controversy. Residents of the community object to it, and in appearances before the council, were successful in obtaining passage of an ordinance, creating a restricted area in the block involved. Denver Kidnap Case Is Believed Solved Denver.

(AP) jfolice believe identification of dead man as one member c.f the extortion gang which kidnaped Benjamin P. Bower and the arrest of tsvo other men has brought the abduction case near complete solution. Bower was freed last Sunday without payment of the ransom demanded. Albert T. Clark, chief of police, said Joseph Clinton Riley, ex-convict who committed suicide Wednesday rather than surrender to a raiding squad of officers, was the ring leader.

MRS. H. A. WOOLVERTON Four Causes for U-Boat Mishap Seen (Copyrighted 1932, by the Associated Press) New Failure to close an important valve of the seaplane tank when the British submarine M-2 started to submerge may have been the cause of the submersible's disappearance. Submarine Crew Lost, British Fear Search for Sunken U-Boat Shifted By Navy.

London (AP) Strange lights, followed 10 minutes liter bv two explosions like barks of a bi" gun in the channel off Portland Tuesday evening, were reported to the admiralty today, by the master of the Danish schooner Crown. The admiralty said neither the lights nor the explosions could be accounted for but that the search flotilla. In shifting the scene of its activity was taking the strange happenings into account. Portland, Fng. (AP) Virtually the entire flotilla of the British navy which was searching for the British submarine M-2 which sank in the British channel Tuesday was moved to a new location today eight miles away from the spot previously searched.

May Have Searched Wrong Place. Although hope lor rescue of the three score members the suD- marine's crew was almost entirely given up because the time limit of the supply of oxygen in the ship was practically expired, the shift was made because of the tragic possibility that the search of the last two days may have been conducted at the wrong place. The new search was begun at the spot where Captain Howard of tha coastwise Steamer Tynesid- er said Wednesday night he saw the submarine go down, although he did not know at the time the tragic significance of its disappearance beneath tne surface the sea. Th captain continued on to Gravelines, France, and was rushed from there this morning: to the location he named. Supply Nears End.

Some naval experts believed that the official of the air supply for this type of craft, or- ginally fixed at 48 hours, might be extended to 56 under favorable circumstances. In any eyent, the limit would expire sometime between 10:30 a. m. and 6:30 p. m.

(4:30 a. m. and 12:30 a. m. Central Time) today.

Diving operations on the ori- spot continued also, as an effort was made to determine the character of the two objects touched by the sweeps as they dragged the floor or Dead Man's bay Wednesday. Girl's Slayer Held Insane Cincinnati Charles- Bischoff, eccentric cobbler and confessed Kidnaper-slayer of 6- year-old Marian McLean, was declared insane today by three court-appointed alienists. Judge C. S. Bell previously announced would send Bischoff to Lima State hospital for criminal insane if alienists found him of unsound mind.

The alienists studied Bischoff case for 10 davs. Star in Real Loves, Heartbreaks Mellon Impeachment Sent to Committee The impeachment charges brought against Secretary Mellon by Representative Patman (democrat of Texas) today were referred to a house judiciary sub-committee for detailed study. Chairman Sumners announced if this action after a closed session These were two of four possible 1 OI AUNT HET BY ROBERT QUILLtX "Henry loves his wife, alright. It makes him mad when she wears the kind o' evenin' dress he admires on other women." (CopyrlsKt, 1K1. Publishers Syndl eatc.) explanations offered today by Commander Edward Ellsberg, of the United States navy, who received the distinguished service medal for his work in raising the American S-4 and S-51.

Slay Be Stuck. The other explanations were that the submarine ms-V be stuck in soft mud on the bottom of the channel after an unintentional dive, and that she may have been rammed. These he considers improbable, "The long period which has elapsed since the M-2 vanished, however leads to the inference that all 62 men on board are dead." he added. An important valve left open caused the near disaster of the American S-5 nine years ago, i Ellsberg said. One Sailor Forgot.

i "One of the sailors forgot to; close the valves, the bow compartment was flooded and she sank in 180 feet of water," he related. "The men were on the bottom for a day and a half. Finally they succeeded in pumping enough water out of the stern to send the committee. "This sub-committee," Stunner said, "will study the arguments made before the committee, segregate them and direct the attention of the full committee to the pertinent sections for its consideration." Keota School Man Fatally Injured Keota, la. W.

C. Koser, superintendent of schools here for 11 years until he resigned last summer, died today in Dixon, 111., from injuries received in an automobile accident. (Continued On Page 11, Col. Weather Gangster's Bullet Kills Frankie Pope Chicago (AP) A bullet supposedly from a pistol of gangland rivals has found "North Side Frankie" Pope, the former newsboy who reputedly has made millions in gambling. He was shot in the back Wednesday night.

Rail Labor to Accept Cut, Belief Chicago CAP) Agreement by railway labor upon a 10 per cent' voluntary wage reduction was augured today in a resolution adopted by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, last of the 20 union groups to vote. The trainmen agreed to rejoin the brother organizations in "seeking the best settlement possible," but specified that the railroads must promise not to attempt another wage reduction for a full year after the termination of the contemplated year's reduction. The resolution was to be presented to the labor executives committee at 3 p. m. when the union leaders have reached an accord.

They will summon the rail- 1 way presidents to another joint conference. Reports have been persistent about headquarters that the brotherhoods would ask for concessions before replying to the ten per cent wage cut proposal. There has been talk, too, of an attempt to compromise at less than 10 per cent, but Chairman David B. Robertson of the labor executives committee, and Daniel Willard, spokesman for presidents' committee of nine, asserted a compromise figure had not been discussed. Robertson a discussion could not come until the unions had all reported their decision.

New Move of Invaders Starts Fight U. British and French Marines Stationed. Many Seek Loans From New Board ApplicationH to Reconstruction Corporation Pouring Into Treasury. Washington (AP) The nomination of Charles G. Dawes to head the reconstruction corporation was confirmed today by the senate.

Washington Applications for loans from the reconstruction corporation accumulated today at the treasury, and examination of their merits began. While preparations to get credits to work were under way, President Hoover again consulted with Under-Secretary Mills of the treasurer and Senator Walcott (R. Connecticut) on financial legislation. The senator later gave his view- that the reconstruction agency is functioning, has yet to although confirm the senate Charles G. Dawes, Jesse H.

Joness and Harvey C. Couch to be directors. He predicted senate action on one or more of the names by nightfall. Applications to Remain Secret. Apolications to share in the $2,000,000,000 fund which will be advanced to encourage business are not to be made public.

Nor will information be given out when loans are approved. Walcott expects the corporation to function on a decentralized basis, with branches in various sections and bank examiners available to evaluate securities which cannot readily be brought to Washington for examination as loan making foundations. The white house meeting, and conferences at the treasury also, sought an understanding for speeding remaining points of the emergency economic program on Capitol hill. Hurley Against Consolidation. Secretary Hurley said today that (Continued On Page 11, Col.

3.) Lucille Williams Constance Bennett Estelle Taylor, above, and Zasu Pitts. Love and tragedy In Hollywood's land of make-believe have turned to reality for these famous movie stars. A three-year-old romance culminated in announcement of the wedding of Lucille Williams, actress, and John H. Harris, wealthy Pittsburgh, theater owner. Movieland is still talking about the marital break between Estelle Taylor and Jack Dempsey.

And now Estelle is in the news again, this time as the result of an automobile accident which sent her to the hospital with an injured vertebra in her neck. Zasu Pitts, comedienne, seldom talks about her own affairs, and no millions of fans were surprised when she sued Thomas S. Gallery for divorce, charging desertion. Constance Bennett maintained her reputation as one of Hollywood's best dressed women when she took a recent holiday in the mountains with her new hucband, the Marquis de la Falaise. And doesn't she look stunning? Welfare Group Hears Rabbi and Chooses Seven Directors High School Blast Heard Over City Visions of a bombing flashed through the miinds of Muscatine residents early Wednesday night as the result of a resounding boom, which echoed over the city.

However, no bombing was the case, the heavy concussion resulting from an experiment with liquid air being performed by F. J. Prochaska, Junior college science instructor, before the Junior college Science club in a.small lecture room at the high school. The liquid air expands rapidly. A small quantity was poured out of a container for an experiment before some 30 pupils, and it ex- so rapidly that it pushed the windows out of the classroom.

No one was injured, although some 18 panes of glass were shattered. Damage will be small. It is being repaired today. A run was made by the fire department on the strength of the concussion, after the high school janitor had notified the police department of the accident. Police in.

turn notified the fire department, but because of a misunderstanding of the janitor's information, sent the' firemen to Jefferson school. Chief Brown visited the high school to inspect the damage. The concussion happened at a crucial moment during rehearsal of a mystery play by the junior class in an adjoining room. Although the effect of mystery was somewhat increased, the players were startled and rehearsal was called off. Reports were that no one remembered the lines.

Honolulu Grand Jury "Coerced" Into Indicting Americans, Charge Lefkowitz Tells Aims of Social Service Work. Six directors to serve for three year terms and one for a two year term were elected, annual reports were approved and Rabbi Aaron H. Lefkowitz, Davenport, discussed social service when the Muscatine Welfare association held its annual meeting Wednesday night at the Y. W. C.

A. A dinner which the meeting, was served to 60. A. J. Magnue presided.

Directors elected for three year terms are: A. J. -Magnus, Robert L. Roach, E. C.

Link, Mrs. Ralph Reuling, Dr. J. T. Martin and Elmer Steinmetz.

Frank J. Howe was elected for a two year term, to succeed William Schwab, resigned. Organization of the board of 18 directors and election of officers of the association will be held at the February board meeting. Tells of Social Goals. To prevent distress, to rehabilitate families and to improve society are the chief aims of social service work, Rabbi Lefkowitz declared in his address before the association.

"Your work is to maintain the self-respect of the individual and the family, to raise their prestige and make them again part of the community," he said. Social service and religion are closely allied, and just as man's idea of religions has changed must his idea of social service come to the new and scientific methods of administering it, the speaker declared. Warns Against Street Alms. "We have come to realize that (Continued On Page 12. Col.

3.) tonight and Friday; probably local snows. I Colder tonight; much colder Fri i dav unsettled 10-1 tron night and Friday, some rain or snow, except rain in treme south; colder Friday. River Stages. I Dubuque 4.6. fall "0.1.

no change. 3.2. fall O.C. 1 St. Lows 11.3.

rise 0.3. Honolulu (AP) Mrs. Granville Fortescue, of New York and V. ashington, and her three naval co-defendants will be arraigned in circuit court here Friday on an indictment charging second degree murder for the lynching of Joseph Kahahawai, Hawaiian. Attorneys for the society ma- Lieut.

Thomas H. Massie. her son-in-law, and.E. J. Lord, and A.

6. enlisted men, seek to quash the Indictment on the contention the grand jury was "coerced" by Circuit Judge A- M. Cristy. This, up Friday. Defense Attorney Winn also indicated he would seek release on bond of Mrs.

Fortescue and Lieut. Massie, who with the two others are confined to the U. S. S. Alton at Pearl Harbor, naval base.

Kahahawai was one of the five youths arrested last September for criminally assaulting Mrs. Massie. A trial jury waa divided evenly on the question of their guilt. They were awaiting retrial when. Kahahawai was slain.

The other four, fearing for their lives, went to jail too. will be taken! they had been out on Wednesday decided to risk reap- Montgomery pearing, so left the city prison. They will be tried again. The advisability of transferring to naval courts the trial of the three naval men accused with Mrs. Fortescue was discussed Wednesday.

But beyond the fact that this possibility was considered, Barry S. Ulrich, special prosecutor, would reveal nothing. He 'did not indicate whether both naval and civil authorities were involved in the discussion. Official circles also suggested possibility of congress enacting special legislation under which the case could be transferred to a United States district court on the mainland. i All Invited to Boxing Meet Finals Tonight Finals in the amateur boxing tournament being staged here for the benefit of the unemployed-will be held in the Jefferson school gymnasium tonight, starting at 7:30.

The bouts are sponsored by the Elks, the American Legion and The Journal, and officials of all three organizations today made it plain that they are offering clean entertainment which the whole family can enjoy Women are especially invited for the finals tonight Every cent of the net proceeds will be given to charity U. S. Action on Oriental War Delayed Washington (AP) Definite action by the United States in the Shanghai situation was delayed today pending replies by Japan Tokyo (AP) Three more were ordered to prepare to proceed to Shanghai by the government today. The arrival of these would bring the total number of Japanese vessels before the city to 40. Harbin, Chinese raced past the resident of the Japanese consul-general In an automobile late Thursday night and spattered the building with machine gun bullets, killing a Chinese policeman on guard there.

Shanghai (Friday) (AP) New and heavy fighting broke out in the Chinese quarter early this morning as the Chinese hurried up reinforcements three hours after 2,000 Japanese marines had marched Into the city. The Chinese moved in two armored trains with troops In considerable numbers who went Into action immediately against a Japanese advance which had pressed through the native section, driving the defensive force before It New Fighting. The heaviest fighting was at the very edge of the International settlement where United marines and other foreign detachments were on patrol. Japanese Armed to Teeth. Edging along the settlement boundaries, the Japanese tried to advance through these volunteer defense lines, but they were refused passage.

It was just at midnight when the first Japanese who had been camped for aoma Mine outside the of Hongkcw and Chapel, crowded into motor and pushed Into Chinese territory. They were armed to the teeth and carried machine guna as.well as and grenades. CMneae Defender. Plww4 IB. Expertly, though this campaign had been carefully laid out in advance, they moved along the Chinese boundaries, dropping a strong detachment at the entrance of evtry street leading into the Chapei area.

Then at a signal and Great Britain separate them on diplomatic overtures the problem. The United States has asked Japan for an expression of its intentions in the increasingly delicate situation. Meanwhile Secretary Stimeon was discussing with the British government measures which might be taken. Britain Reluctant. The indications in diplomatic circles were that Great Britain is not anxious to become Involved actively.

The United States has asked Great Britain for an expression of how London feels the problem could best be dealt with. In the discussions between the two powers they are seeking to determine how far each is prepared to go to protect its interests. Described as "Emergency." Reports to the state department from American Consul Genera! Edwin S. Cunningham, at Shanghai, referred to the state of "emergency" and an apparent at(Continued On Page 12, Col- 2.) WILL ROGERS (Continued On Page 12, Col. 6.) Dill Would Deny Arms to Orient Senator Introduces BUI to Forbid of WetvpoM to China.

Washington (AP) A proposal making It unlawful for any one in the United States to ship arms and ammunition to China and Japan was introduced in the senate today by Senator Dill. "War between Japan and China grows increasingly alarming to the peace loving people of the world," the Washington democrat told the senate in offering hia Mil. "While no considerable of arms are now going forth to the orient," he said, "should the carnage Increase these countries must Import large "I introduce this resolution so this government shaJl thereby declare to the world that we sbai- refuse to furnish fuel for thU flame." Dill said the slate department could not stop arms under present law The bil a penalty of not more than $10,000 fine, a sentence of not more than two years In prison or both. Dill said that from Shankhai this morning "make passage of resolution even more important." Paris Got a real flying partner. Mrs.

Rogers, who Joined me In London and flew over here afternoon, is another Frank Hawks. We come in a big four motored passenger plane, a bar, hot meals, two stewards, and everything. Say, our American disarmament band la lost somewhere on the high seas. Well, no matter how late they are they will get here before anybody What's this I hear about my two beat democratic friends, Jet-ale and Harvey Conch, going to be allowed to distribute tome government money? This can go on record as being my application for some. Yours, IMZ.

POOR PA BY CLAUDE CALLAM "Uncle Henry thought he away with that young girl be married, but he looks so meek now that I guess he knows It was her runnin' away with him an' money." 1331, Publtebtn csu.) Sjndl.