The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 1

FEESNO BEE THR REPUBLICAN NW LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY THE WEATHER Fair to-night and Thursday: continue Foreeait by United State Weather Bureau VOL 22 NO 3868 a FRESNO CAL WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 16 PAGES (TWO SECTIONS) Kn'end ai second-eliin matter (Per Can Dally la Bunder lie Oct lllh 1SJJ at Vicuna Ccbl iBy Carrier Dclivary lac Hoatbiyl FEDERAL PLANS MAY MEAN All CONTROL LAN APPROVED Lupe ter InHidingFromKidnapers Bulletttemains In For Three Days mm HELD FOR OF FOUR TO COVER UP THEFT Poison Dropped Into Grape Juice Ends Flight Of Family In Arkansas KNEW TOO SAYS CONFESSED SLAYER Rolph Sends Aide To Strike Zones As NRA Asks Action Governor Says He Will Be Mediator If Reardon Fails Sheriff Probes Toting Of Machine Gun Seizes Guard's Arms Wages To Be Raised At Merced Governor Jamea Holpli Jr acted to-day to settle strike among fruit pickers and other agricultural laborer at the Tagus Ranch Atwater Tuttle jnd in other parts of California The governor announced at Ln Angeles that he ha sent Timothy Reardon chairman of the state industrial welfare commission to the affected areas to investigate and to mediate the strikes Ready To Buy Up Billion In Stock As Stability Aid FINANCIAL STRUCTURE ON ITS Treasury Figures Show Only 2870 Institutions Under Restriction Records Involving Shot' In Embezzlement Case Cause Of Tragedy reducers Will Be At Helm In 0 New Move Toward Stabilization EDERAL OKEH ASKED FOR INDUSTRY PROGRAM ommittee Of Sixty Sets Up Machinery For 1933 Crop Operations Accepted In detail by mambera of committea of sixty at a ecial meeting laat night a marling agreement for California lalna will ha arnt by airmail to-iy to Waahinglon for conaidera-in by administrators of tha fad-al agricultural adjuatment act hi government will set a ten-day Tiod for hearing protacts from th growers and packers Tha agreement drafted by an ecutiva committee of growers aded by Ray Humphrey of Mara la made between tha Call rnla Raisin Stabilisation Co-eratlve a newly-formed organ! tion which will exerctas control er the slate's raisin crop all mmcrcial packet a and processor raiams and the secretary of ag-'Ultiira of tha United States Market Control Planned The agieement sets up plan which aach ralaln grower may II to any licenced packer that rt of hia 1933 raicin crop which all he determined aa "free ton ge" by tha co-operative the price this tonnage to agreed upon tween tha grower and tha pack- The amount of the crop to be neutered tonnage" and mtiolled tonnage" la left In the nda of tba executive of tb ctv rativt to be determined when final crop estimates era avail le It has been suggested that per cent of tha new crop be id a free tonnage and the reminder held by tha co-operative controlled tonnage The controlled tonnage will be Id from time to time to packer the market demand at prices lec than tha following estab-hed minimum: Thompaiei aeedlesa 4 cents a und Sultanas 36 cents a und and Muscats 3tt cents a und 5 Carry-Over Te lie Limited lei May 1st 1934 the compere 'will have the power to turn by-product channel any por- 11 PE VELEZ AND 4-YEAR-OLD NIECE JOAN DR VALLE VELEZ BAN JOBS Aug Marian Sclarrino 2 who carried a bullet imbedded In her head for three daya before aha or others knew It may lose sight of one eya ai a result Bhc was In bed to-day convalescing from a delicate operation by which the 22 caliber slug was removed She left play Saturday ran to her mother Mrs Samuel Sclarrino and said hit me" The mother caw a small bruise on the forehead and bandaged it Yesterday she suffered fur-ther pain and was taken to a physician who located the bullet imbedded In the skull between her nose and left eye NET 10 WISCONSIN Touhy Mobmen Escape From 300 Police Sought In Resort Region CHICAGO Aug A mobilised kidnap drive that began with the greatest man hunt in history extended to-day to the Southern Wisconsin hideaways of the Touhy gang and it subsidiary kidnaping syndicate Two score sharpshooters of the Chicago Police Department were rushed Into the territory with orders to corral gangsters and kid-napera against whom detective have been gathering evidence for weeks In Chicago a death threat to John Factor millionaire speculator was the answer to the attempt of 300 city state and federal officers to capture two desperadoes who were met by po-lice with a bogus ransom package in a wertern suburb yesterday The suspects escaped after a gun battle Police Tap Hires Protected by a heavy guard at his hotel Factor insisted ha had no part In tha police trap but that police had tapped his telephone wiiea and thus learned of tho ransom delivery plan Factor wax kidnaped several weeks ago and the money arranged to be delivered yesterday was part of tha ransom agreed upon Tha bogua parkas contained 3500 In marked money "Factor could tell ue the Identity of the kidnapers but he said Chief of Detectives William Srhoemaker blame him much He probably would be killed believed delivery trap were Wisconsin remit district Several kidnap victims including William Hamm Jr St Paul Brewer believed they were held captive in the region Roger Touhy (By T9 Tufted Press) Hthenk Ohio at- ability In bring about an early settlement blit in the event be wax mil successful ihe gnternor would act himsplf Ha amid he would decline to accept tha services of tha NRA or ganixation offered by Georg Creel NRA administrator In tho California district unless there was no other step the state could take Creel Suggests Mediators Creel suggested Dr Irving Reich ert Herbert Koster Andrew Furuseth all of San Francisco and Alfred Harrell of Bakersfield bo named as a mediating committee All are members of the federal-appointed national recovery board for California labor disturbances based rn complaints aa to hours and wages and having a direct bearing on the success of tha NRA drive are of importance to Creel said have no means of knowing whether working conditions 1 in Butte Merced and Tulare and i other fruit countiea are aa da scribed by affidavits with which this office Is flooded But it la our conviction the charges should The governor's action was tho chief development In tha strike situation to-day Others were: Following his action In selling ten guns found In tha possession of Tagus Ranch guards Sheriff Hill of Tulare County went to the ranch to-day to investigate -the use of a sub-machine gun which the declared had been carried by Ray Edwards farmer Tulare po-llice officer during the strike of the 700 ranch workers Hill was Informed on hia arrival that tba gun which figured prominently In the eviction of workers from tho ranch yesterday was no longer at Tagus Ha was unable to learn where the weapon now Is Patrick Chambers principal leader of the strikers waa fraa on resit bail of 3100 deposited by striking torney admitted to authorities today that he poisoned a man bia wife and their two children because tha man too An automobile with a dead man at tha wheel a dead women at his side and two dead children in the nimble seat crashed into a fence on the Little Rock-Malvern highway last night Shank jumped out end fled into the woods He waa captured soon afterward Tha dead wera Identified as Alvin Colley of Akron Ohio his wife and their two sons Clement 10 and Clyde 7 A third child 4 years aid waa not harmed Poison In Meat Miliar Halbert district attorney announced that Shank admitted placing poison in grape juice the motoring party bought at a roadside grocery to drink along the road Shank said he had engaged Colley to steal papers from the Akron prosecuting attorney which involved a Shank's firm was defending Colley fled to Hot Springs to hide and Rhank followed to devise some means of disposing of him Halbert said Rhank confessed Taken to the cold spring In Raline County wher tha party had eaten the lunch that purportedly resulted in death for four as they drank tha poisoned grape-juice Rhank had expressed a desire to end his own life Rheriff Tom Fisher of Malvern asked what some crystals were that appeared In tha containers out of which the grapejuice wa taken Rhank said he auppoeed they were grapejuice crystal and said he was willing to drink it Others however warned the sheriff not to let Rhank drink the fluid and Rhank asked if he wanted to commit suicide replied Rolph said he placed in Reardon's By RICHARD I RIDLEY (Copyright 1938 By the United Tree I WASHINGTON Aug Government ownership of a large part of the capital of the country'! hanking system appeared to-day to be a possible outcome of the administration's bank rehabilitation program If presant policies are carried to the limit the government eventually would own from 25 to 80 per cent of the outstanding hank stock atlmated now at approximately M000000000 Jesse H- Jones chairman of the government-owned Reconstruction Finance Corporation hae indicated the stands ready to buy up to 31000000000 worth of preferred stock to assist bank rear-nnixatlona and to help going institution expand their capital to meet Increasing business needs Operation Not Intended Government officials point out do not intend to go Into public ownership on banks but It la notable that government gradually le ob-uhetantial stock Interests commercial banks and ensuing hanking activities the emergency banking was empowered to an unlimited amount of preferred stcck In any banking lItutlon if it le In of fifhds for capital purchases either In con-screen wl(b the organisation nr 'reorganisation of auch association' Preferred stock purchase by the began In the Spring and tin to August 12tb a total of 379-255500 had been paid out or authorised for purchase of stock In eeventv-nin institution Among 'hese bank are the National City Bank of Cleveland National Bank of Kansas City South Carolina Nations! Bank American National Bank of Indianapolis and tha National Bank of Tulsa Now In the process of formation is a system of federal savings and 'osn associations half of whose capital up to 310Q000 will be supplied bv the fedeial government They will be mutual co-operetlve saving funds substantially ell of which funds will be loaned on ROOSEVELT CALLSMexican Convent STEEL MAGNATESiSanctnary Fromjgjj TO HIE lOSEAMuctionTkeai: that thev ictive many Under the ourrhase PraeirinntV HOLLYWOOD Aug rresiaeni Threats ot kidnaper Lupe Velex Mexican tress into vending her 4-yeamld niece to a Mexican convent for safe keeping Miss Velex revealed she had re-wiKmvnmv ceived four letter threatening ab- WASinMiTON Augia duetion of tha Child unlee she President Roosevelt took over the paId fjaOOO The letters were helm to-day In an effort to smooth stuffed in the mail box at her the dispute over a working code bp Nit not sent through the frightened Signs Confession Rhank allegedly bought some poison at Kenmore Ohio officers said and about half the poison remained in a box he had A signed statement by Rhank was given to the press by Herbert Akers chief of detectives who had questioned Shank for five hours following his arrest near where the tragedy occurred Akers said the statement read: am guilty of the murder of the four persona at Malvern by poison and I only ask that you officers recommend to the rourte that they grant me all the leniency possible The four bodies were taken to Uttio Rock for an autopsy Warned Parents The 4-vear-oid child who told policemen his name was was being cared for by Malvern police He eaid hie and papa drank some grape Juice after I told them to leave it alone because I saw Mr Rhank put something in it" Authorities said they understood the Colley had been star witnesses in a recent murder trial at Akron It waa learned from letters In Col-lev's pockets that ha had been using the alias of "Allen Rheriff Fisher aearched the for tha steel Industry whlla in other quarter of hi administra tion the pressure was tightened to draw tha oil coal and automobile industries in lina with tha blue as to how tha cnll) be paid The girl Joan Del Valle Velex om the actress adopted a year was returned to Mexico by jPr 'Mia Velex sister No The actress declined to Identify the convent to which she had been sent took this step to protect the child" she said I safe now and I don't have to worry about her I was frantic when I received workers to assure bis appearance before Justice A Charters to answer to a charge of dlaturoing th peace The charge waa filed by District Attorney Walter CL Haignt in connection with an asserted argument by Chambers after a truck of prospective workers bound for the Tagus ranch allegedly waa stopped by striker Families Find Lodging Tha 175 strikers ordered off tho ranch Including eight families evicted with their furniture and household goods found lodging witn friends last night and to-day wer tag I Myron Taylor chairman of the hoard of the United States Steel anti tM4d dltehnlni Corporation end Charles plemb-r JOth ISJL determine If chairman of tha Bethle-y surplus eaiat beyond an or- rtary merchandising carry-over timaled at 40000 Iona and then -product any co-operative ralslne maining on band beyond such Mchandislng carry-over thus minating any surplus from being rried ever into tha 1934 crop here were indications Roosevelt was prepared to speak strongly to FRANK FABIAN JR Suicide Seen As RAN FRANCISCO Aug With tear-reddened eyea bewilderment on his pale lace Frank Fahian Jr 21-year-old athlete yesterday was led into court to hear himself formally charged with the murder of his month-old love child The arraignment wa before Municipal Judge Sylvain Lazarus who' put further hearinga over until August 22nd the letters I had her mother take her bark to Mexico where aha is safe from harm in the convent I am going to leava her indefinitely" said the ha received no letters since the rhild left linings executive assistant to the!" purported threat were Lprtary of th treaaurv to-day erpP1 from Factor ransom in an hour If the kidnapers there was any danger of hie doing an" Fie To Wlaconeln Although police were secretive to the exact destination of the Wisconsin hunt It was indicated ithey believed the two men who in the Meanwhile however Coroner Tths ranch claimed 200 fruit pickers Leland will put Fahianwer picking peaches at Tagua to-threugh the formality of an in- day including 50 moved onto th uet which has been set for Fri-: property this morning He declared av morning eighty-five more were scheduled to the young defendant will be arrive lata to-day and 125 tomor called as the principal witness He row They were said by Merritt to nettle the difficulties William Gteen president of the Ameriran Federation of Labor who angrily protested yesterday that steel magnate had walked! out on a meeting bcau ha a prevent was willingly received to- 'ago day at the ronfetence of leaders Ini tha automobile Industry I Aa in tha case of steel Green I was designated by the labor ad-' vtsnry hoard to represent it at discussion of tha automobile coda on which hearing begin on Friday Secretary Silent Berrctary Perkins whose invitation brought the labor president to the steel gathering remained on assertion thati silent on Gree there She further Polir The ainre thre henchmen have been will be asked to repeat before the coroner's jury his confession lhat he slew his baby because it war deformed sr An ndvienry committee of eleven created to assist tha 1 dii errors the co-operative in administer-z the agreement The enmmit-e will consist of three packer i preientatlves two Sun-Maid owers on grower representing California Farm Bureau reflation ond five growers to be ctd by the directors from thair vn membership The eo-opei stive will be admin-Contlnued on Pag 4- Col 1) 'oseville Slayer Held ft peg 10 Answer tor HlirflCrj SACRAMENTO Aug 14-U- nv Mann 24 was held for trial! -1 superior' court for the murder of elcn Lee Sarramentn adventur-1 by Justice of the Teaca Byron collmV wwenr' 6 kidnaping scare month OF DEBTS IN 0 Amor iron Tinonriol Commie AmCrlC3n rlilSnCISI UOlYKRiS sion May Aid New Government In Survey Mrs Frank Fahian and her son had given permission through tba wept together when she greeted Ranch Company Los An-hlm In hi cell shortly before heiRal pffjPa for the California was taken to couit Highway Patrol officer to re- To and from the courtroom be tht Jnh t0 keep tha as accompanied hy addle Appearing In the Justice court ann displayed th same indlffer-t attitude which hai marked his tidurt sines his asserted confse-on of th slaying of the woman a deserted farmhouse near "Seville Oman vlinasseri 'shn walh ProP1'd code for the petro- i buaineas which has been doth 'J1! and numerous lion of headquarters men wer gathering for talks with officials Oil Report To-morrow Hugh Johnson recovery administrator during Ihe morning jsent word to repiessntativsa or tne oil industry that he would drlivsr I to them to-morrow hia rewriting views on FoV'rday-' he -reitsTrd would problem hia auicide what he had done among the him sorry hut fael that thing ia better waa the way he be the penalty to pay DEATH steel's attitude waa a challenge to tbs government K- Simpson deputy edmlnie- i turned attention for the moment lo NRA coal The new proposal rails for provision tihder which minimum pi ices could be established for crude petroleum and its products and maximum prices for gaaohne lubricating oil and other product when sold at retail with their ratio to each other to he recommended NRA officiate declined to comment but they disclosed the code would not in Itself set down the exact figures to be followed but Bv LAWRENCE HAAS Fnw hff paPNKnlr0 HAVANA Aug 14 Complete 'reconstruction of Cuba's finance 'involving 3140000000 in foreign debt principally held In lbs United States waa believed to be under consideration to-day by the new government A commission of American financial experts It wa understood probably would be asked to aid the government in studying Cuba's In debtedneaa and taxation problems Machado Sued Aa President Carlos Manuel de Ceepedee pleaded with hia supporter not to let the goal of a better Cuba be obscured by a scramble for patronage' or vengeful acta ranrh Working Raya Rtrlke Chief Chambers in a statement In sharp contrast to that of Merritt said ha had Information only seventeen men were at work on the ranch Canneries at Hanford and Ar-mona still were cl seed due to tha failure obtain peaches from the Tagus Ranch and thosa at Relma and Kingsburg wera operating at only part of their capacity due to the same cause Chambers announced that Ran Francisco attorney had volunteered hia services to contest tho Allen injunction and would arrive in Tulare this afternoon Meanwhile the committee of ten selected at Merced to represept strikers from the California Packing Corporation ranches at Atwater jand Tuttle wired nffieiala of tho corporation urging that the higher wage scale promised in a atate- Iment from Ran Francisco be made not less than the 30 cente per hour Aug and eight-hour day announced as 30 attractive the object of the strike found mysteriously Rheriff Hill's confiscation of fire-slain on the roof of a 'arms at the Tagus ranch followed shop adjoining shis discovery that tha bearer cm- by a ployed as guards at the ranch wer have been killed not police officiala and did not hav unknown with homi- permits to carry such weapons The gune and tha submachine testified that gun which the sheriff declared had held on suspi- jb-en carried hy Edwarda wera tn the case pleao- evidence as strikers were ordered friend to tn leave the ranch under the terms Miss Bendow- )of the temporary injunction VI igomea in their communities 1 banks operat- without restriction end only eleMI or oppraHna re xtrlcted basis These figures Include national banka and ststs member and non-member cf the federal serve system hut exclude mutual aaving Institutions The record is ax of the dose of 'business August 12th for member Institutions end as of July 24th for non-mem hera He's Rank Opener Cummings brought to Washington by Secretary Woodin and regaled with the unofficial title of "hank Mid that cn August 12th the' were 4961 national bank doing an unreal rlcled bank- Ing business with deposits of 314- 934145009 that 740 state member hank with deposits of 397419X7 000 and 9250 non-member having deposit of 35057594000 were operating on a full-tim basis on July 24th The deposits are aa of December 31 1932 a there hae been no assembled condition report of banks since that time The next such condition report based on the national bank call by the comptroller as of June 30th will be made In about two weeks Electric Storm Kills Forty In Jamaica Cities KINGSTON (Jamaica) Aug 16 (') Forty persons were killed in an electric storm which flooded Kingston and St Andrew last night causing damage estimated at 32000000 The storm lasted six hours Floods in Kingston streets wera aa deep as six feet and many dwellings were destroyed Tax Stamp Violate RACRAMENTO Aug Agreed that aales lax profiteering must atop membera cf the board of equalisation (till had not reached a final decision to-day on the method to be used in assuring proper collection! Member of the board favor the iasuanra of stamps or script in cent denominations but faced the possibility such a plan might be in violation of federal statutes prohibiting states from issuing I To Merchants The proposed efampa would be only insofar as merchants would accept them in lieu of cash In the payment of the 24per cent sales tax Meantime Roger Traynor sales tax administrator for the board announced several new interpretations of the tax law Bales of prison-made articles roadside and found remnants of the lunch said he found hits ibis belief that of meat and some crystals that poison" DISAPPEARED LAST MONTH AKRON (Ohio) Aug The family of Alvin Colley four members of whirh were poisoned near Malvern Ark disappeared rom their modest home her under mvsterious circumstances on July 27th police learned to-day Matk Rhank held as the slay-r of Colley his wife and'two children had been away from hia home here since last Raturdav I when ha left ostensibly for St Lottie his wife said Owners of the house wher the Colley familv lived said the mother and two of the hoys wera en entering an automobile In which a strange man and woman were seated on th night of July 27th Detective Lieutenant A Rob-arts said Colley recently had been questioned in connection with the burglarising of the office of Wayne County Prosecutor Robert Critch-field at Wooster Ohio several months ago Records which th prosecutor had intended to use against an alleged by were etolen from the office at that time A warrant had been issued fnr Colley but we never served because sheriffs deputies wera unable to locate him recently was understood Two davs after the theft of the records Shank appeared in court with tha defendant in the rase and pleaded the man guilty after Prosecutor Ci'itrhfield produced photo-ztstic copies of the stolen records The Colley family had moved here In June it was understood end Colley had worked in eeveral Akron factories since that time gurd wi kt -it be solved best by But regret for waa not apparently emotions that wracked I say horrible but I can't tha poor little off where she ia" expressed himself may I am ready anxious PENTHOUSE LAID KILLER BY LOR ANGELER Helen Bendowski beauty operator last Rundsy Pasadena florist Jienthouse was held ury to-day to a person cidal Mr Zelda Smith Harold Wolcott 83 cion of murder in ed with a patrolman aland by him alter ski was killed Mr Smith cafe she had gone Miedema patrolirn over florist shop They drinking sha said waa talking about preparing to continue th strike Merritt Jr manager of have been recruited in Fresno Vi--alia and Los Angeles and to include some Indiana end Negroes Merritt said Governor Rolph Ml lo act as guard at uis The guards surrounded the homes of ejriker ax copies of tha injunction were served In tha cases of the eight evicted families household belongings wera loaded on trucks and taken a distance down the Golden Rtste Highway where they were left at tha roadside Neither Rheriff Hill nor his deputies took any part In the serving of the eviction notice Hill also Henled that any of the guatde at the ranch were special deputies of bis He said only hia regular officers had heen at the ranch Hill declared a perusal of the rec- (Continued on Pag 1-B) Wallace Ford Recovers From Blood Poisoning HOLLYWOOD Aug Wallace Ford juvenile screen romedla was reported recovering to-day at his home from an Infected finger resulting from a manicure Blood poisoning developed and loss of hie arm wee reared fnr a time it was learned Th poisnn'ng checked how-aver and Ford-expected to return 'bo hi studio within weak charged with tha 3100000 Hamm kidnaping Gangsters reput Idly have hidden out in the resort section for years Automobile Deserted Efforta of 800 selected poesemen from city suburban and state's attorney's forces wilh wireless squad car directing and airplanes soaring over the scene went for naught yesterday aa the two members of a gang which sought a further 850000 ransom instalment from Factor careened away in a burst of gun fire Authorities had for their work a sedan abandoned by their quarries two men in detention who claimed they were hikers and six others seized in a saloon as a result of clues uncovered in the exciting bullet-punctured pursuit Police reports indicated Richard (Yuma) Philips known here aa an underworld go-between Vernon Miller one of tha notorious Harvey Bailey gang of Texaa Tommy Tniihv brother of Roger Touhy and George Kelly said by authorities tb be wanted in the Urarhe kidnaping case of Oklahoma were the parties for whom the trap waa laid Only two men were believed in the fleeing car however Guard Square Mile For a square mils about the stipulated spot officer threw their heavily armed line of hunters hidden by trees and thickets With a reported 3500 marked money from Factor and additional bogus bills a police detail disguised aa cab driver and passenger set off to the appointed place near Mannheim Road and Thirty-first Street a main highway to the city Tram tho west Under sealed orders the squads took position and an army airplane from Fort Sheridan and another piloted by an Continued on Page 4-A Col 6) Plan May Money Law products of institution etc ate not taxable Traynor said Printed pictures photostat copies X-ravs lithographs and photo en graving and films are subject lo the tax Developing of films and tinting of pictures was held a service and not taxable Services of oculist are not taxable but opticians must pay tba tax cn sales nr eyeglasses In the cases of an optometrist examination erv ires at not taxed but sales of classes Is subject to taxation Traynor ruled TOKENS KOTOS FJ IN A I -OS ANGELES Aug 35-Metal tokens issued by the state fni payment of the sales tax would used by customers and merchants untjer a suggestion sent by telegraph last night tn the state heard of equalization by a commutes representing Los Angeles retail power to recommend minimum and maximum prices with authority tc act if the industry failed to co-operate It la planned for President Roosevelt to designate a federal agency to administer the rod in co-operation with a committee from the industry to function as a co-ordinat-i-- nwt ry Indicated would enter a plea guilty by reason of Is inity" And No War Rogers Notes BEVERLY HILLS Ang 16 Editor Tho Bee Sir: 'Well just sitting ground here to-day and happened to have a day off and the West i playing the East polo in L'hi-eago Think of leaving here in the evening flying to xee the game and hark the next night Over Boulder Dam aboift Salt Lake at midnight ace the aun rise in Cheyenne breakfast in 2Tinalia lunch in Chicago All on a passenger line and by the way the old airplane came in pretty handy getting the ex-president out of Cuba There is nothing lhat will drive you to flying quicker than to have somebody after you If this NRA works out (and it certainly looks like it will) it will just show you you don't have to have war to make folks patriotic Tonrx WILL ROGERS ury Octavio Averhcff: former Secretary of Interior Octavio Zuhira-retta former Chief of Police Antonio Ainciart and former Mayor of Havana Joec Ixquierdo All are fugitives They were cherged wilh embex-Tlcmcnt of public funds fraud falsity swindling homicide asMisi-natlcn Injury and firing arms Te Ceapcdea designated hia treasury secretary Martincx Saena leader of the powerful ABC Revolution Society to act aa Liaison officer between the government and American Ambassador Sumner Welle to negotiate on all economic and financial pioblems Vega asserted in hi suit tha! President Machado and the others named had plotted the crimes he cited He cited as murder the massacre of August 7th when police fired on a gay crowd celebrating a false report of Machado's resignation Ugly chargea of graft and of big fortunes accumulated by Macha-dlstas were circulated Vega filed hia suit President De Cespedes issued a proclamation urging the cessation of the forcible aeixure of offirer in the provinces He asked the to stop taking justice Into their own hands and removing public officials department would be the federal (Continued on Page 4 -A Col 8) Folsom Convict Uses Iron Bar On Guard FOLftOM rrTSON Aug UP) McCann was in the orison hospital to-day with a broken nose and a deep wound over hia right eye result of an attack made upon him hy Convirt Eddie Garrison 24 wielding a piece of Iron bar The attack occurred while I he prisoners were merchfng into the prison dining room Garrison accused McCann of being responsible fnr hia lockup last Sunday McCann's wounds are not serious Warden Court Smith said Garrison evidently got the Iron In the prison quarry Garrison Is serving from five vars to life on a first degree burglary conviction In Los Angeles County roNsrrssoN- dies LOR ANGELES Aug Richard Didnt 26 son of Henri Didot French consul at Los Angeles died at a Covina hospital to-day of a wound whirh sheriff officers said waa aelf Inflicted employ said with btaynard to the penthouse Pasadena all had been and Wolcott Mias Bendowski said ha waa going tn retire" Mrs Smith said little while later it must have been five minutes I heard one shot said: your things Retting out of he ran upstairs where 1 beard him talking with Wolcott All 1 heard was Wolcott pleading with Miedema have got to stand bv jne got to stand by me' I heard Wolcott say to Miedema" Miedema came down and let her out alone she said Previously John Cason Pasadena policeman testified Wolcott had told him he waa having difficulty with Miss Bendowski was terribly Cason said told me: know my girl don't you? Well some guy made advances tn or that is what eh said But 1 don't-believe her' kept saying over and again 'What would case like 1 Gandhi Starts Fast May Call It Off By Night POONA IndiT)7Atte After the Mahatma Gandhi had announced at noon to-day that he waa starting a fast until death the government came forward with an offer which it was expected would impel him to abandon the plan The government wa willing to provide Ihe nationalist leader with facilities enabling him to continue under certain conditions hie campaign to better the atatiie of most lowly caste the untouchables Thus far the Mahatma has not actually missed any meal and it was expected that he would eat as usual this evening.