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Yesterday's Total Circulation 9584 The Greatent "Kid Strip" of'the Every Dmy In the '1'lniet International News Serice United Press Service I A WEATHEp tonlfjit amd Saturday ceded In exit portion tonight, not much change in trmptCA- ture. Jiun today 7:33. Sun rises tomorrow VOL. No. 127.

"The Paper That Goes Home" FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1930. TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. Mysterious Killer Shoots Third Admiral Byrd And Party Received By President Hoover South Pole Hero Expresses Desire To Re turn To the Antarctic Continent When He Reaches Washington. (By the United Washington, June 20--Rear Admiral Richard Byrd intimated a desire to return to the Antarcti continent when he came here today to receive from President Hoover a special gold medal of the Na tional Geographic his South Polar explor ations. Discussing his expedition after arrival from New York with his Antarctic party, Byrd said much re mained to be clone in the South Polar area.

He suggested it eventually would be accessary to establish weather stations there and perhaps airports to pro vide an aerial shortcut between the Old World and the New. Asked whether he planned to return to Antarctica, Byrd said he was unable to discuss his plans now. But the Admiral was insistent upon the importance of further development of the Antarctic. He lated geological work among the most important, explaining are minerals of value the scarcely explored regions. "We didn't get a chance to scratch the suiface and there is much yet to do down there," Byrd said discussing his expedition.

"Once you get the Antarctic bug, it is hard to get it out of your system. Byrd said he had claimed for the United States a vast area lying in the Ross Quadrant east of the Ross Sea beyond a small Brit- claim known as King Edward VH. Land. The west shore of the Ross Sea is all claimed by thi British inland from 200 to 501 miles. The climax of Byrd's day-time schedule here today was when he received the congratulations President Hoover at the Whiti House.

He arrived at the While Housi shortly before 12:30 p. m. to re ceive a round of cheers fronv a crowd of nearly 2,000 people. Work was suspended in the executive offices and clerks gathered in the lobby. At his entrance they applauded.

After a few minutes with Mr Hoover the Byrd party went to s6uth grounds of the White House, where they were photo graphed with the President. Byrd Visits Tomb of Floyd Bennett (By United Press) Washington, June 20. In the midst of clamorous popular acclaim and the plaudits of officialdom, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd has found time to honor the memory of a friend and trusted assistant on previous expeditions. Byrd planned to visit Arlington Cemetery late today to place a wreatruon the tomb of Floyd Bennett who, but for a trick of fortune, would be standing beside his chief tonight when President Hoover hands him the National Geographic Society's special gold medal.

Lying also in the cemetery are the bodies of Admirals Peary and Wilkes, the former the discoverer of the North Pole and the latter an explorer Antaictica. Foi their graves, too, Byrd has wreaths. tine of the great sorrows ot Byrd's life was the death of Floyd Bennett who was buried here one blustery wel day two years ago after an illness Induced by his efforts to rescue the crew of the trans-Atlantic airplane, Bremen, which was stranded in the north. Byrd depended upon Bennett next to himself and had assigned his companion many arduous tasks to be performed on the Antarctic journey. But death intervened before the expedition started.

BANDIT KILLS POLICEMAN New York, June N. --A pistol duel from speeding cabs, between a patrolman and a bandit, today resulted in the death of the patrolman, Patrick Mitchell. The bandit was taken in a dying condition to a hospital. He identified himself as George Harris, 32, of 163 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. WILL ROGERS 9 New York, June 20---Just a breakfast with the Morrows and the Lindberghs.

They are all feeling mighty fine over that election. He made a pretty fair race'without using Lindy at all. Jf he had used him those other poor fellows wouldn't have even carried their own wives' vote. He is anxious to get to Mexico now, and is leaving in a few days. If I was his oponent in November I would get a one way ticket to Siberia.

See where the Senate voted to investigate the rates in the tariff. That's holding an autopsy on the body. Yours, APPEAL FOLLOWS SPEECH (By the United Press) Washington, June 20--Secretary of State Stimson's latest appeal in behalf of the London treaty is being distributed over the country by mail today as a follow-up to Senator David A. Reed's radio speech broadcast last night. Stimson's appeal was broadcast June 12 and now is being mailed in pamphlet form by a corps of 20 state department employes to clubs and similar organizations whose support is considered desirable in the impending senate debate.

Reed spoke in reply to Senator Johnson, and challenged Johnson's estimate of the treaty. The Fennsylvanian expressed confidence "common sense will prevail and the treaty will bo ratified." Reed departed from his prepared speech to answer Johnson's references to the "bravery" of admirals who dared criticize the treaty. "As a matter of fact every one of them, every officer, has been given.the utmost freedom to say what he pleased, or to write and publish what he pleased, for or against the treaty, and it is ridiculous to talk of their being bludgeoned into silence," Reed said. Summarizing what he considered the advantages of the treaty. Reed said It: 1.

Removes naval competition between the three signatories. 2. Provides a seven year battleship holiday and thus saves American taxpayers an outlay.of 000,000 for replacements. 3. Guarantees the signatories against attack in their home waters.

4. Demonstrates none of the three plans war on either of the others, 5. Promotes International friendship. HOW BROADWAY HAILED HEROES Resembling the Antarctic snows from which they had returned was this white storm of ticker-tape and confetti which greeted Rear Admiral Byrd and his party of explorers as they paraded up Broadway to receive New York's tiim- ultous welcome. Admiral Bytd and Grovcr Whaleu, chairman of the mayor's welcoming committee, are in the first car.

Note the paper- littered pavement anil the dense crowds that packed the and the balconies of buildings. It ivns Broadway's third nnd biggest welcome to Byrd, the trans-Atlan- tic flyer and conqueror of both poles. As Byrd Passed Cheering Crowds NEA Nexv York Bureau Hello, 1 Here's an unusual close-up view of Rear Admiral Richard 3B. Byrd, showing him acknowledging with a wave of his cap the cheers of the thousands who filled the sidewalks and skyscraper windows to hail him upon his arrival in New York. With the hero explorer is Grover Whalen, chairman of the mayor's welcoming committee.

JVO DEFINITE DATE FOR ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS NOW (By United Presi) Washington, June adjournment plans were unsettled today as the usual closing business accumulated in the senate and house leaders held the whip hand. Plans for quitting Saturday have been abondoned along with iroposals for adjourning next Vednesday. No Definite date will be set until the house groups are assured that the senate has passed all the legislation they desire. This may require a week, or a month. The situation has been further by the informal agreement reached by many senators to in session here until presi- lent Hoover signs or vetoes the' orthcoming Increase in World IVar Veterans' These icnators want congress to have an ipportunity to pass it over his in case he declines to sign It, Next in the senate will come the tVorld War pension bill, against which chairman Smoot of the finance committee and the A.

E. F. eader, senator Reed, aro onductlng a serious fight, They jelieve the bill inequitable for the ame reasons Mr. Hoover recently tated when he vetoed the Spanish War Veterans pension Increase- hat It gives goveriment allow- to men who may have co'j-1 traded diseases of all kinds in civil life. A strong majority seem to be ready to pass the bill but it is generally believed Mr.

Hoover's veto cannot be avoided. There is, however, confidence that the measure can be passed by a two-thirds vote after a veto. add further complications, a senate filibuster is threatening the Boulder Dam construtcion appropriation in the deficiency appropriation bill, scheduled for passage today in the house. Al Bidwell Is In Again (By tht United Press) Buffalo, N. June C.

Bidwell, editor of the Reversible Shirt, a periodical, and head of the Money Talks Club, reposed in the city lockup again today, For the.second time in two months, he was Imprisoned on charges of assault preferred by his wife. Mrs. Bidwell listed the following as weapons used by her husband in his latest attack: Four balls of twine, two palls of water and a screw driver. Hailstones Cause Losses Near Albany (By United Press) Albany, June caused by a series of severe hailstorms which struck Albany district communities yesterday was estimated today at nearly $100,000. Beginning at Hurstville, South of Albany, the storms swept northward and released all of their fury over a 5-mile radius at Glens Falls.

The stones, unusually large, caused considerable damage to fruit trees and crops there. The storms failed to strike Albany, but touched the Albany airport, four miles fronl Albany; moved to Watervliet, Troy and upstate communities and then struck Glens Falls. In some sections of Troy the sldewalki were covered with hail four and five niches deep. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED Berlin, June Paul von Hinden'ourg today accepted the resignation of Fi- nannce Mlnistei Moldenhauer and designated Chancellor Heinrlch l.ruening provisionally to assume the portfolio. Minister of finance Hermann IIoepker-Aschoff of the Stale of Prussia, has been prominently mentioned- for the post as has minister of economics Hermann Robert Dietrich.

Brooklyn Insurance Man, Putting Up His Automobile, Is Shot By Maniac Gunman BOBBY JONES MacDonald Smith Is Second and Leo Diegel Third Assailant Is Stranger To Morris Horwitz, Who Is In a Critical Condition From Bullet In Stomach. United Press Staff Correspondent Hoylake, June 20-Bobby Jones won, and American golfers finished one-two- three in the British Open Championship today. The Atlantan gained the title for the third time with an aggregate of 291 for his 72 holes over the historic Royal Liverpool course. Two strokes behind Bobby, tied for second place, came MacDonald Smith and Leo Diegel, American professionals. The homebreds who carried the hopes of British golf fans were beaten as badly as usual, Archie Compston going; completely to pieces after a brave effort which got him a record-breaking 68 for his third round.

While a stiff breeze from the sea whipped over the courbe, taking its toll of everyone's shot Including plenty of Bobby Jones' own, the championship came to a finish fashion. Bobby had weakened towards 'the end, and took a 75 for his fourth round. This left Compston, Diegel and others splendid opportunities to overtake and pass the Atlantan, but one by one they cracked and left the championship to Bobby. MacDonald Smith, with a 71, one under par, came from behind at the finish but couldn't quite catch Jones. Only a small crowd assembled at the clubhouse to watch Jones receive tne cup.

Mac Smith, in the fourth round, played some of the steadiest and soundest golf of the His 71 in that round resulted from his deadly iron shots. Especially, when shooting into the wind on the last four holes, did Mac score well with his irons. "It's no disgrace to meet defeat at the hands of Bobby Jones," Smith said. "My round of 77 was my real downfall. However, there are other championships coming." Planes Seek Honeymooners In Wilderness Vanderhoof, Airplanes manned by Northwest Mounted police veterans of the Arctic today soared over the Dawson Territory wilderness north of here in search of Mr.

and Mrs. William H. Albee. Carmel, honeymormers who were believed to have perished in an isolated area from cold or starvation. Ignoring warnings of trappers, the youthful pair trfkkcd out over an unexplored path toward Alaska where they planned to pass the winter befoie sailing next spring for Siberia.

Carmel-By-The-Sea, June 2 0 I I --Dispatches received here today from Vanderhoof, indicated that William II. Albee. 23, and his bride, Ruth, 20, Carmel arti.sans. had perished in the sub- Arclic will's. POLICEMAN KILLS DETROIT BANDIT Detroit, June bandit was shot and killed and another was beaten into unconsciousness here today when Patrolman John Laird caught them in the act of holding up a station attendant.

Police say that the two men had staged three robberies within a hour and a half. The dead man was Oley McLean, 30; who has a police record. George Hummell, 23, was beaten Into insensibility when he tried to escape. SIR THOMAS UPTON ILL Soulhgate, Middlesex, England, June Thomas Lipton, famous British sportsman, was confined to his home today by a severe cold. His physicians forbade him to journey to Bangor to attend today's Royal Ulster Yacht Club Regatta.

Sir Thomas' Shamrock has been preparing for the America's Cup races. "MANIAC MURDERS" SUSPECT ARRESTED IN PHILADELPHIA (By the United Press) Philadelphia, Penn-, June 20--Joseph Clarke, 34-year- old escaped inmate of Ihc Creedmore, N. Hospital for the Insane, was arrested here today and, after a brief hearing, ordered sent to New York as a suspect in the "maniac murders" of Queens, Long Island. He was traced through a special delivery letter received last night by John Moszynski, brother of Joseh Moszynski, the first man murdered by the Queens madman, and through an earlier letter which had been by F. M.

Clarke, Queens Village, Long Island. Clarke mumbled of a "blonde nurse" such as had been mentioned in the correspondence which the maniac carried on with the public through a New York newspaper, after two killings had occurred in secluded parts of Queens. Among his effects were found papers mentioning almost a score of prominent persons, a notable proportion of them blonde movie actresses. The special delivery letter to John in tone was much the same as some of the maniac's communications. It said that he was "next on the list" and ordered him to leate the papers" in the lavatory of the Hroad Street Station of the Pennsylvania Station in Philadelphia or "death will follow." By DAVID P.

SENTNER International, NeWa Service Staff Correspondent. New York, June 20--The massacre murderer has struck again from the dark--apparently. For the third time within a week, a man was shot in an automobile, with no sensible motive discernible. Morris Horwitz, 50-year-old insurance man, was the third victim. He was in a critical condition today in the hospital with a bullet in his stomach.

The two previous victims were killed outright. Perhaps Horwitz might have met a similar fate only the second bullet from the gun of his attacker went wild. His assailant escaped. Horwitz was putting up his car for the night outside his Brooklyn home, his wife was silting on tlie porch. Ben Horwitz, his son, who is a young lawyer, was sitting at a window.

As Horwitz assumed his position behind the driving wheel, a hatless slightly-built man suddenly appeared out of the darkness. "Get going," commanded the mnn. The Horwitz home is far removed from the Long Island vicinity where the madman killer has committed his first and second murders. So Horwitz, for the moment, did not think of the mystery insane one whose grim activities have caused a fear hysteria to sweep the city. Horwitz though' it was someone joking.

"I don't know how to drive a car." said Horwitz, lightly. The stranger reached inside the PROTECTS SISTER, SHOOTS STEPFATHER Chicago, June 20-- (INS)-- Elmer Rogers, 17-year-old High school boy, was held in technical custody today, after having shot and probably fatally wounded his stepfather, Earl Felton, who, the youth told police, had cursed and abused the boy's 15-year-old sister. Angered at the way his sister was being treated, the youth said he seized a gun belonging to his stepfather and fired six shots at Felton. One took effect just below the heart. Baseball Weather (By the United Press) NATIONAL.

New Yoik at Pittsburgh, cloudy. Brooklyn at Cincinnati, clear. Philadelphia at St. Louis, cloudy AMERICAN. Detroit at New York, clear.

St. Louis at Boston, clear. Cleveland at Philadelphia, clear. Chicago at Washington, clear, INTERNATIONAL. Buffalo at Jersey City, clear.

Toronto at Newark, clear. Roeihentcr at Reading clear. Montreal at Baltimore will be played in dottle header Sunday, June 22, left door of the automobile and swung a revolver suddenly dowa on the head of Horwitz. Then he fired into the slumped body of the Insurance broker. One bullet hit Horwitz in the shoulder and ranged down through into stomach.

The 'second bullet went wild. At the sound of the shots. Mrs. Horwitz, on the porch, pcrcamed and fainted. Her husband had been chatting with her from his place in the machine only a few moments before.

The would-be asbassin ran east on Carroll Stieet to Brooklyn Avenue and disappeared up an alley. Al and Leon Zalb, brothers and neighbors of Honvitz, pursued the fleeing man their automobile. They lost him and then returned and took Hoinitz to the hospital. tWithm a few minutes, 300 policemen had formed a cordon around the scene and a house to house search for the attacker followed. Two .45 calibre cartridge shells were found.

The massacie maniac had used smaller calibre bullets in his Long Island slayings. Horwitz told detectives today from his hospital bed that his as- failant looked "wild-eyed as if be were crazy." He said he was about five feet, four inches tall, weighed 130 pounds was blonde and wore a dark suit but no hat. Horwitz has another son, George, ten-year-old, who was asleep in his bedroom on an upper story at the time his father was shot. Ruth, 14, a daughter, was away from home. Honvitz said that he had no enemies that he knew of and was not acquainted with either Joseph Mozynski or Noel Sowley, the two men who were murdered at different times while automobiles with girls lonely Long Island roads.

Both girls, Catherine May and Betty Ring, were taken to various police stations to view a number of suspects arrested In the gigantic manhunt reaching an intense today. Lieut. Joseph Smith, ace detective of the police department, conferred with Police Commissioner Joseph Mulrooney Immediately after the latest shooting and then left hurriedly for an unknown assignment. Smith was the detective who tiailed Judd Gray, one 6f the principals In the famous Gray-Suydcr murder, and finally arrested him upstate..

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