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1 9 2 9 VOL. 43, NO. 129 COLLEGE CORNER MERCHANT POLICEMAN SLAIN A A A. A. At Ai THREATENED'lN KIDNAP PLOT TORTURE, DEATH FORYOUNGEST NOTESAYS Guard 15-Year- OldGirl FAMILYKPARTS For Summer Place In Maine When Threats -Are Received Plane Leaves Dayton, To Refuel, Bomb N.

Y. Ainuclnlcil 'Boston, May 31. The Boston -Post in a copyrighted story today say's Dwight Morrow, ambassador to- Mexico and father-of Anno Morrow, fiancee ol Colonel Charles' A. Keen subject a extortion plot. The money, the Post assorts, was penalty 'of torture and death of his youngest daughter, 15-year-old Constance Morrow, a student at Milton academy.

Tlio newspaper says it'has learned that the receipt by tho girl of 'two threatening letters-was directly for last Saturday's secret flight by Lindbergh and members tho family from the Morrow borne at' Bnglewood, N. to their summer place at North Haven, Me. It was also responsible for the tlc- ioctivo guard whch has sinco stood vigil over tho. island'retreat of the Morrows in Maine and for tho. impersonation of Constance by another girl ut the Milton academy while Constance- was being spirited away to join the airplane flight.

Plotters Tail To Show. Tho Post declares it has that when Miss Morrow received the letter she showed it to Iho school authorities. Her family was notified mid a guard assigned to her. When (he second demand was made it gave detailed inslriictons how and where tho money was to be placed and named last afternoon as tho time. At this juncture, Mr.

Morrow's former partners in tho firm of J. Morgan and Company wero appealed to and tho -services fed- cral operatives wero enlisted, but although Miss Morrow's impersonator adhered strictly to tho inslrue. lions no one appeared to claim the package. In the meantime, Ihe Post asserts, tho quick trip to Maine was planned nml Miss Morrow's arrival in New York was timed for Colonel Lindbergh's hopofE. Tho aviator did not uso his regular field in a further attempt to throw tho would-be kidnapers off the trail.

Wright Field, Dayton, 0., May 21 tho renewaljfof war fare in tho United States army air-ground mamievcrs at noon today a standard bombing plane, loaded with 2,200 pounds and seven hours supply oE gasolino awaited favorable weather for the take-off on a. non-stop refueling flight and an air raid on New Yoik Odas at the big-ship will fly Now'York and return, "without .1 stop, iE.evcryt/hingj goes as plann It on'gasoline from a fuoiing plane at Washington, on'O cnrouto' to York and once on th'o -return: trip to Wright Field Dependent upon the weather anil wind conditions the departure of the.bombpr.-was scheduled for- anytime between noon and 2 in today. From this time of departure until'return the eraft will have travelled 1300 miles-at an average speed of about 95 miles an hour. The important feature of the fueling mission, army officiate 11 charge of Iho maneuvers said, wi! bo Iho demonstration that the cruising range of the ship, which 1 only about seven hours, unless i lands for gas will-have been mor than re-doubled through two re fueling contacts; In Ibng distans non-stop" flights'it has hcrclolor been necessary to encroach upon lh mual load casacily of tho airenu in order lo carry sufficient gasohu load. Endurance Hop Still Continues Tort Worth, May 21 monoplane Fort Worth, with it two-man crew, today droned lir-r lessly along on its third day in tl air in an attempt 'to beat the fueling endurance fight record tho army plane Question Mark.

Casualty SUE TUNNEY STRE TO FOR $500,000 HEART BALM New York Woman Alleges Breach Of Promise roke Marriage Pact, Suit To Be.Filed In Bridgeport Will Say RISING BUT DISASTER IS AVERTED Breaks In Southern Flood District Checked leclal To Tile Join-Hill. Columbus, .0., mrns and scratches about the face, jieutenant A. F. Bolter, above, es- death by jumping with hii parachute when his plane collided with another during army man euvors over Columbus, .0. Lieuten ant Edward Li Meadow, pilot of th other plane, was killed.

Second Victim Of "War" Killed Yellow Springs, 0., May 21. on a. flight of friendly grecl ing -between rival airmen iu th United States army air and groun war game in Ohio, Second Lieu Florin. W. Shade today was the sc ond victim oC the maneuvers.

was killed in a plane crash near hci laic yesterday. Second Lieut. Ki ward Meadow lost his life in a co lision with another plane Satimla EMERGEJWCREWS Hurry To Impending Danger; Only One Spot Dam- aged Badly Head Law Enforcement Commission Foreign Debt Decisions Will Be TO BE ERECTED BY GIN, CONGREGATION Or DAVID I.AWPI3NCB losn MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE MEETS Members oE the Y. W. C.

A. mem- b'ership-committee who have been canvassing for May' expirations oE membership had luncheon toilny Tuesday and made reports for their teams. Those who attended were: Alcs- tlniues K. S. MaiVndorf, Stanley Kinder, Augusta Stephan, Roland Davis, John Reeler, H.

A. Harbit, B. Shuler, Albert Bess, D. R. Raker, Elmer Shipley, Tom Xollers, Harry Thompson, Fred Hammerks Grace Boyd, Paul Crawford, John Dick, A.

W. Hcmiebergor, Vaul Shuler, Robert Kemp and Tom Hood and M'ss Margaret Ziliox. MARKET CLOSINGS HAMILTON CLOSINGS (By Carr Millinfe Oo.) Wheat CHICAGO CLOSINGS Chicago, May 21. May, $1.03 1-3; July $1-05 1-2; $1.09 1-4; 1-8. orn 84 7-Sc; July S7 1-Sc S3 Me; S3 1-Sc.

Oats--May, 46V, July 44 3-3a Sept-, 52 5-Sc; 44 3-4c. Washington, May 21. Cancellation oE war debts having been found impracticable and contrary to American public opinion at the moment, a formula has been which, liko Dawcs phin itself, transfers to re generations actual decision oE problem. President Iloo- U.vld VCr's willingUCSS to cut down the a a a lo the United Stales from Germany under the Dawcs. plan represent no reduction in indebtedness spreads the to- lal a longci period.

This is unquestionably going to bo up proved by-congress and means a i the Stales i be held up lo criticism as having blocked a settlement of the reparations problem by an uncompromising attitude. For several weeks tho Europeai powers who themselves have heel willing lo make sacrifices have wondered at tho supposed indifference of the United Stales to the process culling down a a payments Mr. Hoover has taken the situatiot boldly in hand by asking approvn in advance from' congressional lead crs for a modification which in dol lars represents no cut but whiclH principal is of far reaching signifi cance. Long Period Agreement It menus that if the. annual pay mcnts can be spread for German; they can also be spread for France Anil this is vital because the Frenc debt to tho United States for wa supplies comes due during 1929 an it be necessary to refund th debt and make an agreement over lengthy period.

It may eonccivabl mean the revision of Ihc Mellon Berengcr agreement. Indeed, it not impossible that the flexibiiil which President Hoover has ind catcd on behalf of tho United Slat (Continued on 8.) New Haven, May 21. Announcement was made here to- ay that papers in a suit for alleged reach of promise marriage with 1500,000 claimed damages, brought Mrs. Kathcrino-King Fogarty, 0, of New City, againsl 'amcs J. (Gene) Tunney, retiree; icavywcight boxing champion, had jcen sent to Bridgeport to, be en- icred'in the Superior Civil court ol pairfield county.

The papers were scut by a deMutj sheriff for filing this morning, am i member oE the -law firm of Field Durant and Lcvcre went to court arrange details entry of the suit. Home Attached The papers had not been filed at noon. It was stated nt Iho office of Colonel Lewis L. Field, who signed Ihe writ as commissioner of Iho Superior court, that tho delay was due to details of garnishccing all banks at 1 Slamford and Greenwich in which there was a possibility ihat Tunney had a bank account. It was stated that attachment had been entered in Stamford for country home and which is assessed for $14,000.

Mrs. 1'ogarly formerly lived in Fort Worlh, where she secured a divorce. Colonel Field said sho is not now in Connecticut, but elimsii to say where sho was staying. He said that at the present time there would be no further information about case other than contained in the papers which woulil 10 on file 'in the Superior court nt Bridgeport. jRising streams and now hrea tening many sections of the valley sent emergency crews scurrying to scenes oE im- jcnding danger but disaster ippcarcd to have been averted 'save one ins'tance.

As is haibits of the floods esterday's only reported break oc curred at a point where danger, was Hoover Chooses Group To Pro be Enforcement expected, directing While engineer forces at thre A. P. Editors Of Ohio At Meeting places near Kenuctt, tho SI Francis bounded through nnothe weakened, bit oMevco and overflowed some 50,000 acres. Today th overflow had forked and was.a'J vnneing through the countryside i The. three othi points were being-guarded and ei gincers in charge hoped tho brco had believed Ihe pressure sufficient! lo avert another crevasse.

Breaks Oheckod. At Mounds Landing, whci break in 11)27 soiil. the flood hat spring across somo the richest lands and loard and' government engineer supervising forces which grc lonrly in numbers. Sloughs in the Mississippi riv( evco there had 'been chocked su Iciently lo give engineers hope tin break would be averted. A Hint President.

Hoover scind tho regulation forbidding sta iunvicls lo work on government pr cc Icvcc-s are federal-built-lad brought no reply save the information thai tho request must come to Washinglon through the district engineer, Major John C. 11. of Vicksburg. Near Natchez, a private levee showed signs ot weakening. Thi-cn lo four hundred persons had i.ikcn their possessions and livestock to higher ground.

Cinciunali, 0., May an Vote, members oE tho id First Presbyterian church last night lo construct, a vcnly-two slory church, store and fflco building oil Ihe, silo oE the resent 'building at 142 Hast Fourth reel. One hundred and six members ero present, nincly-two voted for 10 project, thirteen against it, ami no member did not vote. EldrklSfl Hannaford, architect ibmilted plans for Iho building lowing pictures, and sketches, pi olh tho interior and exterior. The irst two stories of the buildin, -ill be occupied by stores. Tho tho floors, inclusiv -ill bo occupied by offices.

The hiirch auditorium will occupy inctccnlh floor oE the Sunday school rooms will occupy he eighteenth floor, with church Dfficcs and clnbrooms on tho twcu- and twcnty-Eirst floors. Tho building will cost when fin- $2,500,000 and tho lot has a valuation oE $.1,300,000. Horton Smith Shatters Mark St. Cloud, France, May 21 two scores of CO, Horton Smith, Joplin, shattered all records for the St. Cloud Country club course and ran away from the field in the first day's plan for the French professional golf championship.

Smith's 06.in the morning, five under par, was duplicated in tho FINAL TALCONER ESTATE Cyrus J. Fitton filed a first and i a account the estalc of Klla C. Falconer in prob.ito court, Tuesday, listing receipts and expenditures at $550. Portsmouth, 0., May 21 Kdilors oE newspapers wilh Associ- ilcd Press membership Ihroughoul state were hero today for Ihc an- i slnle meeting of the Associated Press Editors ot'Ohio. The program calls for general discussion oE business of the association Kit-hard Cull, of Dayton Dally News, president the stale organ izalion, presided.

The eiljloi'S wcro guests a E. Taylor, publisher of the and Sun at luncheon and dinner. The Ohio association represents Ihc stale group of tho Associated Press, a mutual co-operative organization oE newspapers throughout Norlh and South America, Hawaii, Alaska and Porto Rico. SHOT TO DEATH IN ALLEY WAY BY PROWLER Seen Running Away After Sound Of Gun Wickersham Is Chairman, Newton D. Baker Rank-.

ing Member Washington, May 21. Hoover today invited the eleven members of his new appointed law enforcement commission to meet ''with him' at the White House for lunch- con May 28. JAMES WEST Aiani'liilci! Writer 'Washington, May 20. Eleven prominent Americans, ten lawyers and woman educator, chosen by President Hoover to be members of his national law enforcement commission, will gather around u'conl'ercnce table here i week to lay plans for investigating and a i to find the remedy for 'lawlessness in the United States, George Wickcralinm, of New York City, attorney general in the Taft administration and president of tlio American law i i will I at the head tho table as a i with another Conner cab- et officer, Newton B. Bilker, of Icvelanil, war secretary in the SPIKE REPORT OF FEDERAL AGENT MURDERED HERE The Journal found unfounded today the 1 report that the man, found slain in an alley between Heaton and Buckeye streets near Sixth, had been seen in Hamilton wearing the badge of aa Federal officer.

The man who had been seen hero wearing the badge was not Gco. Murphy, according to statement of a barber who was taken to the Cahill morgue to sec the slain man, WEHR ESTATE IS VALUED AT $18,869 The estate of Christian G. Wchr Hamilton, was appraised at $1.8, SOD.5S in probate court, Tuesday The were Chnrlcs Kchm W. C. Heeler and R.

Bcclcr. I A Seek $3,000,000 For Denison University Cleveland, 0., May campaign to raiso $3,000,000 for Denison University at Qranville, 0., was announced at the annual meeting of tho Ohio Baptist convention by Dr. Avcry A. Shaw, speaking before the Ohio Baptist Education society. Farm Relief Conference Again Breaks Up Washington, May farm relief conference cojn- mittee broke up -again today without reaching an agreement after House conferees flatly declined to.ask tho House to vote directly on the disputed export debenture plan.

Dynamite Blast Kills Three In South Dakota Sioux Falls, S. May dynamite explosion killed three men and seriously injured three others today. They wero working in a Wisconsin Granite company quarry here. Pope To Make Official'Exit From Vatican May 39 Rome May today said Pope Pius would make his first official exit from the Vatican on May 30, the feast of Corpus Christi, to participate in a profession and mass at Str-Petcrs The paper said the decision was reached last night and preparations were discussed early today by Vatican officials. REVISIONS IN RAILROAD RATES SEENBrOECISION Test Ruling In Supreme Cou Hailed As Great Victory By Railways Washington; Stay 31-- -Railroads throughout the country won their administration, sitting nt his ght as ranking member oE the immission.

Begin Work Shortly Tim others will bo three federal idgrs, William S. Kenyon, oE own! i i a J. Gnibli, oE Ala, nml Paul J. McC'ormick, of four eminent attorneys, oscoo Pound oE Iho Harvard Law chool; Henry W. Anderson, Kich- lonrl, and M.

Leniauu Neu- pre.siilcnt oE the ouisiana Bnr Association; nml 'Yank ,1. Lncsch, vico president of Chicago Crime commission; a ornier K. Maelvin- Washinglon slnle, nml one (lucator, Miss Ada L. Comslock, resident oE Kndclitl'e College, Cambridge, The commission is expected to get ila work i i a short i and onccdedly has before it the mosl tnpendou.s a i of a i i body in history of the conn try. Since congress has -provided no tho commissioners must servo vilhoiit pay, at least at Iho a i i expenses will have lo be akcn care of out of the While itou.se contingent i congress can npproprialc the necessary money.

This probably i bo done at the present special session on Ihc ground oE nn emergency situation requiring action. greatest victory in the United States supremo court Monday when Unit tribunal overturned''Iho Interstate Commerce- commission's method of valuing carriers for rate-making and other regulatory purposes. In awarding a sweeping- decision to Iho St. Louis and'O'Pnllon railroad, which brought the test Iho high court held that the commission had failed lo follow the mandate oE congress to take into consideration Ihe cost oE reproducing railroads under current prices. The decision is believed by government attorneys to open Ihe door for an upward revision in railroad rates.

i Justice James C. McHeynoldsrcad the majority opmion of the court, to which Justices Louis D. Brandcis, Oliver W. Hohnes and Harlnu I 1 Slcmo dissented. Justice Pierce Butler did not participate.

Thus tho verdict was five lo three. Mellon Denies He Resign Washington, May '21 cognizance ot i reports a ho was a lo retire from office, Secretary Mellon today issued a. slatcnicnt. denying Ihe accuracy Ihe reports. Accord Reached At Debt Parley Paris, a 2 expert oE tho creditor nations were report ed in French i i a circles to day to have "reached an accord ii principle" on the question oE th reparation annuities among them selves for .1 number of smal points in the language to be used i i report on tho matter.

INDIANAJJFFICERS 'robe Shooting Which Oc-' curred Just Across State Line. From Ohio Ileclnl To The 1 Juurunl. College -Corner, May traces of tie slayers of Merchant Patrolman Charles Lawrence had" been uncovered here at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Private detectives were here late this morning and took up the trail, assisting Union County, officers. It was learned here this afternoon that two men were, seen: running away, after the fatal shot had been heard at mid- night.

College Corner, May Charles Lawrence, 43, College Corner merchant policeman, was found shot to death' in an alley-way" icre, early Tuesday morning. A bullet from' .45 calibre 1 revolver had punctured the man's right lung. Tho sound of a shot, heard at midnight, and the sight of a man-, i down tho a W. railroad tracks, were the only incidents which were followed up today by authorities of Union County, in whoso territory the crime -was committed, in tho hope of finding a solution to the mystery. Gun Near Body Lawrence's lifeless body was Wayne Moore, hardware merchant, shortly before 0 a.

m. The body-was slumped against the north wall oE College Corner's movie house. Moore told authorities that tlio watchman's left hand 1 clutched a flash light mid that tho dead man's'gun, which had not been fired, was found lying on Iho ground several feet away. Tho shooling look' placo in Indiana, just across Ihc Ohio. Stnlo' line.

The death bullet which entered Lawrence's body, near the right lung came out near the shoulder and was' omul in 'the street a short distance rom where (ho-murder victim lay; Authorities are preserving the inllct in hopes a it may provo against Iho slayer should he killer ever be apprehended. Several Heard Shots i Ellison and Coroner E. R. 3eard, oE Union at noon today were iinablo, to a rne on who Ihe slayer might be. The authorities learned that Postmaster Mr.

and Mrs. M. J. Mooro who live near the spot where tho occurred heard the lone shot about midnight. Tho officers also discovered that Slacey Bone, garago keeper, who heard the shot and looked out, saw tho supposed killer dashing down Ihe.

railroad tracks. No investigation oE tho nocturnal happenings was made at the time and Lawrence's death remained undiscovered until Mooro stumbled across the body. Sco Robbery Attempt Early Tuesday morning, Sheriff (Continued on Page 8'. MRS, COMPTON Funeral services for Mrs. A a Compton, wife of W.

H. Compion, president of the Monroe National bank, were- conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the homo of her dfi'ightor, Mrs. Elmer Cur- rycr, residing one mile of Mid- (iletown. Itev. S.

A. Livingstone, pastor oc the, JIoi. Pn -bylcrii i ciiur 'i. of fieiated in Iho service which was marked by solemnity. Interment made in Monroe cemetery.

Bearers of the poll were A i Smith, Ralph Unliinson, Howard Null, William Atit'rane, Senator J. Miller, and Frank W. Compton Lindy Spends Anniversary Of Non-Slop Paris Flight Teaching Anne How To Fly North Haven, May 21. --Tho second anniversary of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's New York-Paris non-stop flight found him apparently intent on further flying lessons for his fiancee, Miss Anno Morrow.

Possibility that tho Colonel would celebrate- such an event anywhere but aloft appeared remote to residents of this i i island which has sheltered Lindbergh and members of the family of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow sinco their rivaF by plane 1'ist Saturday. It was not i yesterday, how- over, I hat tho Colonel ventured in to tho air from the seclusion of tn Morrow estate, with Miss Morrow )csido him in the big six passenger amphibian, he took off from the recently cleared runway near the iiouso and cruised over Camden and along tho Maine coast for nearly a half But it wes the unusual action tho plane, as it taxied down tho runway before the- take-off, tilled observers to believe that tho Colonel himself was not at the controls. The craft tho field several times before it finally -hot "Jrc and straight for the hop- off. The- opinion was In MorrW had just completed ground lesson..