Marshfield News-Herald from Marshfield, Wisconsin • 1

ONE HAS SAID THAI HAPPINESS IS A HABIT. IP IT IS, HEBE'S HOPING THAT YOU MAY ACQUIRE THE HABIT. IMSHFIELD MAUD T0LU1IE 12, NUMBER 158 ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASES WIRE MEWS SERVICE MARSHFIELD, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1932 8 PAGES SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS rCn TIIZ MAN WHO GOES UP AC UN ST ANOTHER B1AN8 GAME BOON DISCOVEES THAT IT ISN'T A CAME OF CHANCE. News-He Uuu vy. Lra rim II 11 ic Wedding Features In POWER LIT KCBOTt MotPtns EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS IS BUREAU REQUEST DEtlBElTEOil; FIUPHLE1 Fair Tonight 1 00 WORKERS fi rail Ferry Transporting Men HUE 3 DAYS Hill Most Efficient- Day's Run Was Made Aug.

31 at Generating Plant PRODUCE 15,000 K. W. H. The most efficient single day's run in the history of the Marsh-field Water, Light and Power company was made on Wednesday, Aug. 31, Superintendent George Marvin reports in his monthly report to the city council.

Mr. Marvin reports that the high run was accomplished under a combination of favorable circum stances which occurs but infre quently. He points out that especially favorable runs were made throughout last month and that the first week's run of September has been exceptionally high from an efficiency point of view. On Aug. 31 the plant generated 15,000 kilowatt hours, and the peak load for the day was 1,206 horse power.

To generate this amount of electricity, 28,162 pounds of coal were used, an average of 1.877 pound of coal per kilowatt hour. Tne report also shows that 11.292 pounds of water were evaporated per pound of coal. Well No. 6 Completed Mr. Marvin states that 26.200 more kilowatt hours were generated in August man in July, and 800 more in August, 1932, than in August, 1931.

The entire month of August was one of high efficiency in plant operation. It is also reported that well No. 6 has been completed and was put into operation during August. The latest type or pumping machinery has been installed and is furnishing a good supply of water which tests have showed to be entirely free of bacteria and perfectly safe. uusa cw BUD-SiaUOO.

The new well is situated in the upper area, near wells No. and 5, and will help to lighten the burden of those two wells. The three supplies form a single unit of the waterworks system and keep a 352,000 gallon reservoir near the nower plant filled at all times. Another activity of the utilitv the past month has been the comnietion of a new substation and fence at the plant. The substation is designed to Detter conditions at the plant itself to lessen somewhat the danger of a major shutdown at the plant.

tne substation Is a vast lmnrnw. ment over the apparatus in use prior to the present time. A fence has been erected to prevent Intruders from entering the station and endangering equipment or their own lives. Texas Rangers Will Probe Deaths of Millionaire Rancher's Sons San Tex, Sept. 9 fP) The deaths of two young sons of a millionaire ranchman, which a jus tice of the peace pronounced acci dental, will be probed by Texas rangers.

Arthur Morton, 15, was found dead yesterday inside a stone build ing, which he and his brother Harry, 14, used as sleeping quarters, on the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunter Morton of San Antonio. Harry, fatally wounded, lay about 25 yards from the house. A.

M. Ramsay, justice of the peace, returned a verdict of accidental death, saying he believed the boys were shot in a struggle for posses sion of the pistol. SETS ro BOYS KILLED FIGHTING FOR 61 Closing of Is Admiral Now Another member of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's family has achieved high distinction.

He's former Capt. Emory S. Land (above), who has been appointed chief of the U. S. Navy's bureau of construc tion and repair, and elevated to the rank of Rear Admiral.

IEUT HEW ITILSjPT. 15 Postpone Preliminary Ques tioning of 3 Suspects in Wilson Death portage, Sept. 9 JP) Prelimin ary examination of William (Red) Covelli, Frank Cosentino and Frank Infusino, the three Kenosha men charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Robert A. Wilson, Kenosha real estate, man, was postponed until 9 a. Sept.

15 by Justice Frank Bruner today, on motion of District Attorney Ross Bennett of Columbia count. Portage. Sept. 9 (JFi DUtrict Attorney Ross Bennett announced he would ask adjournment of the preliminary hearing for William Covelli, Frank Cosentino and Frank Infusino when the three Kenosha county men are' brought before Justice Frank Gruner here today on first degree murder charges. After working almost constantly for the last week to prepare the state's case against the trio accused of participating to the slaying of Robert A.

Wilson, Kenosha real estate dealer, the district attorney said recent developments indicate that important evidence will be forthcoming soon. ueanng At 19:00 A. M. The hearing was set tentatively for 10:00 a. m.

today when the prisoners were arraigned a week ago. The outstanding events in the case have occurred since then, however, on which the prosecutor was ex pected to base his plea for postponement. Josephine Ross, described by authorities as the sweetheart of Frank Tylius, who reputedly confessed complicity in the slaying before he hanged himself in the Wisconsin Dells Jail, was arrested at Tylius funeral in Kenosha. She was brought to Portage and is closely guarded at a private residence. Authorities announced it has been determined that the woman's handwriting Is identical with that on one of two notes, through which the conspirators allegedly hoped to collect more than $40,000 from Wilson's estate after he was slain Aug.

24 on a farm near Lodi, Wis. Authorities declined to say whether she has made a statement that she had any xnowieage oi tne plot. Identify Dominlck Meanwhile. Mrs. Linda Gas trow.

farmer's wife living near Lodi, and her son, Harold, identified Victor Dominlck of Racine, from pic- cures as one oi two men who obtained a drink of water at their farm on the day Wilson was slain. When Dominlck refused to waive extradition from Sacramento, Calif, where he was arrested, Sheriff Alfred E. Gilbert left by airplane for the west coast to get him. The sheriff, accompanied by Harold Gastrow, was scheduled to arrive in Sacramento today. Gilbert hoped to obtain custody of Dominlck on the basis of the' youth's Identification.

Authorities said Tylius named Dominlck as one of the conspirators, but the insisted he was in California when Wilson was slain. POLICEMEN ARE FREED BY JURY SECOND TIME Mlneola, N. Sept. 9 The prosecution's second attempt to pin the "third degree" killing of Hyman Stark, young robbery suspect, on a deputy police chief and two detectives ended in defeat today. The defendants, Deputy Chief Frank J.

Tappen and Detectives Leslie Pearsall and Harry Zander, sat white-faced as the jury filed In. For long minutes after the foreman said, "not guilty they remained mo tlonless, unsmiling. Then they went out, surrounded by a con gratulating crowd of friends. 14. Livestock Parade Yesterday Was Largest in History of Exposition Sunny weather greeted the -final day of the thirtieth annual Central Wisconsin State Fair, completing the total of five perfect fair days and thus demonstrating the willingness of the weather man to cooperate with the fair officials In their tussle with the depression which has held the fair attendance down slightly below that of normal years.

Tonight the fair closes with a public wedding on the platform in front of the grandstand. Municipal Judge M. E. Adler will perform the ceremony which, will unite in marriage a young man and woman from this vicinity. The names of the couple have not been announc ed, nor will they be until the time of the ceremony.

A special license has been secured at Wisconsin Rap ids and everything is in readiness for the ceremony. Preceding the wedding, the Ernie Young revue wlIT be seen for the last time, and all of the free acts will give their final performances of the 1932 fair. Fair officials pre dict that grandstand' admission prices will not be increased for the show tonight. Livestock Parade Featnres The outstanding feature of yesterday's program was the livestock parade which preceded the custom ary afternoon horse races. Reflecting the unusual number of livestock exhibits entered at the fair this year, the parade was pronounced the largest in the history of the exposition by veteran showmen and officials.

Approximately 500 head of blooded cattle and horses, handled by as many people, took part in the procession as it marched past the grandstand and back to barns, yet a large proportion of the animals at the fair remained in the barns. Ray Williams, secretary of the fair association, led the parade, driving the prize -winning team of Morgan driving horses owned by William Kurth, Neillsville, followed by a string of purebred animals from the barns of Ed Mews, Charles Hubing, Mike Gau, Clarence Baum-er, Leo Hantke, Ervin Viergut and Victor Chris tianson. 300 Club Calves Following the horses came more than 300 4-H club calves, led by their exhibitors and representing the Nasonville, Auburndale, Richfield, North Marshfleld, West Marshfield, Pearl, Cleveland Junior. Hansen, and Children's Choice clubs. Bringing up the latter part of the procession were the purebred Hol-steins of Clifford Albrecht, George Kieffer, E.

A. Brehm, H. A. Brace, Wleland Brothers, and a Green county herd exhibited by Theodore Bayrhofer, Baltez Hoesly, and Henry Burcalow, Monroe; the Guernseys of Blum Brothers, W. R.

Burhopp and Son, A. P. Bean and Son, Klemm Brothers, Charles Roberts, Fred Hustedt and Einor Hansen; the Brown Swiss herd of W. A. Drollinger and the Ayrshlres of Ernest Vine and M.

G. Stone. Horse Fulling Today Names of the clubs and herds were announced through the microphone amplifying system as they passed in, review before the grandstand. Of principal interest In livestock circles today is the annual hor.cp- pulling contest which was scheduled to begin before the grandstand at one o'clock this afternoon, when teamsters and farmers of the Marshfield vicinity will test the drawing power of their animals by means of the dynamometer constructed for the purpose by the Wisconsin college of agriculture. CASE ISJIS Dorothy Millette, Named in Bern's Will, Disappears From Boat San Francisco, Sept.

9 VPi Dor othy Millette, possibly the other woman, prominently named In the Paul Bern disappeared Tuesday night from a river steamer between here and Sacramento, leaving her luggage in her cabin, police were told today by F. J. Oliva, Oakland ticket agent for the river lines. Whether this was the same "Dor othy Millette' named In the will of the dead motion picture executive as "my wife, Dorothy could not be definitely ascertained, but Oliva said the woman's ticket was signed with that name before she boarded the steamer. The register of the Plaza hotel here showed the signature of Millette, raw xork among registrations for May 4, the hotel stating she left Sept.

6, the day after Bern's suicide In Beverly Hills. The river steamer made one stop en route to Sacramento. Steamer line officials said they found no trace of Miss Millette on arrivel at Sacramento Wednesday morning, Sept. 7. RUN OVER BY OWN CAR Portage, Sept.

9 (F William H. Gray, 70, was klUed here yesterday when his automobile, which he was cranking, slipped off a set of jacks, land ran over him. 1.W If SUICIDE Chicago, Sept. 9 The American Farm Bureau Federation today asked governors of Iowa and South Dakota to consider requesting the call of a special session of congress to raise prices of farm products and to delay foreclosures of farm property. The telegraphic appeal of the federation's directors, signed by Pres ldent Edward A.

O'Neal, vent to Governor Dan Turner of Iowa and Governor Warren E. Green of South Dakota at Sioux City, Iowa, where they were to confer on the problems raised by the Farmers' Holiday movement in Iowa. Larson Confesses Taking Over Gives Details Ccihton, Sept. 9 (P) Confessing he had stolen $3,600 in bonds and $1,700 in currency from the bank of Cashton. Harold Larson, 26, a bookkeeper In the bank, was in jail at Sparta today awaiting sentence.

Larson said the theft was made on Aug. 21, a Sunday, when he went to the bank on the pretext of sweeping the floor. The currency was found in bags in his father's garage and the bonds in his safety deposit box at the bank. Sheriff William C. Albrecht recovered the loot yesterday.

Several days before the robbery, Larson said, he drilled four holes in the vault and filled them with soap to avoid detection. On the following Sunday he took the bonds and currency from safety deposit boxes and the vault and tampered with the window at the rear to give the appearance of a robbery. Authorities obtained their first clew several days later when the drill was found where Larson had thrown it in shrubbery on a neighbor's lawn. White Larson was conferring with District Attorney William M. Gleiss, who had summoned him on "business," deputies searched the Larson premises and found the currency.

Larson was bound and gagged and left In front of the vault of the Farmers' Exchange bank at Cashton last year when the bank was robbed of $5,600. When the Exchange bank was later consolidated with the bank of Cashton, Larson was employed. At the Sparta jail, Larson was able to eat but little and complained "he had never been so sick in his life." He wept bitterly when the theft was exposed. OCT. 9 TO 15 WILL BE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Madison, Sept.

9 (JPy The fire loss in Wisconsin was more than $10,000,000 in 1931, while in the entire nation it was $464,000,000, the Wisconsin Industrial Commission pointed out today in urging observance of Oct. 9 to 15 as fire prevention week. "The president of the United States will proclaim this period as fire prevention week, not as a mere commemoration of the Chicago fire which destroyed much property, and cost 200 human lives but as a prac tical campaign to save life and pro perty and a beginning of 52 weeks of fire prevention work and thought" the commission said. rillLIP ADLER DEAD Milwaukee, Sept. 9 (ff) Philip Adler, 30, widely known in Milwau kee's social and commercial circles, died at his home this morning.

He was vice president of the McCallum, Adler Clayton and Nash company. ed back alter nosing out of shelter ed harbors. A 60-mile wind piled scores of pleasure craft on the beaches of Massachusetts south shore, and Cape Ccd and shell fishermen lost thousands of dollars as scallops were thrown up on the beaches and lobster cars were torn from their moorings to be broke in the surf. The storm was at its worst ashore along Cape Cod. Tides there reach ed record heights and the wind reached a velocity that old Cape fishermen haven experienced for a score of years.

Beach cottages were in danger of being swept away in many towns. From the high seas, the Canadl an national steamship Prince Henry, bound from Bermuda to Boston, wirelessed she was hove-to oft Cape Hatteras in a 90-mile wind but that she was in no danger. the gale was subsiding along the Massachusetts coast. It was passing swiftly out to sea to the northeastward and shipping in Boston harbor, anchored dt the quarantine station during the night, awaited the hauling down of storm signals before putting out. HER STEALS liUOIS Governors or Representatives From Midwestern States Meet in Iowa.

PREPARE TOR PARADE BY A. D. STEFFERUD Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 9 With their hopes high for finding some way out for farmers, middle-western governors or their representatives began their conference on farm relief proposals this morning. The conferees Individually avoided disclosing before the parley their points of view concerning the plans to be brought up, but unanimously expressed the belief that something of permanent value would come of their deliberations.

This morning's preliminary meeting was closed to the public. The conferees implied, however, that routine matters would be considered and the plan of attack on the farm problem would be outlined. Olson Present Present for the initial session were Ira Mitchell of Oklahoma, personal representative of Governor Murray of Governors Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota; George Shafer of North Dakota: Dan Turner of Iowa, and Gov. Warren E- Green of 8.

T. S. Allen of Lincoln represented Governor Bryan of Nebraska, and I. T. Oydroyd of Cheyenne, represented Wyoming.

Earl H. Hanefeld of Columbus was Ohio's delegate, is. K. Kennedy of Kankagee, 111., represented Governor Emm er son. Governor Turner conferred this morning with Sioux City politicians.

Others conferred among themselves about individual plans to be presented. Representatives of farm and marketing organizations were numerous. They said they had proposals to present. Turner refused to express an opinion on the matter, saying that he preferred to await expressions of the stands of the other conferees. It was indicated, however, that his interests lay in matters on which he has previously expressed his point of view, Including the equalization, fee proposal.

Prepare For Parade While the governors were meeting, hundreds of members of the farmers holiday association in this and nearby states were congregating for a parade. It was the association's strike for higher farm prices that led to the state executives' deliberations. Governor Olson declared to newspapermen before ine session that he was interested in the development of cooperative marketing. He added that the none-selling campaign was characterized by the conservatism of the communities in which it had been most pronounced, and the willingness to cooperate farmers groups showed. Dell Willis, of Tolna.

N. a leader in the movement to hold wheat for $1, a bushel, was present He said he would present his plan to governors and Indicated that he would seek its extension. Brandt at Meeting John Brandt of Litchfield, a worker in a imperative creamery movement, accompanied Governor Olson. John Bosch of Atwater, a leader in the holiday movement, conferred with the officials. Mllo Reno, president of the National Farmers Holiday association, was expected to attend.

Almost as many suggestions for solving the farmers' ills were ready for presentation to the governors as there were delegates and lobbyists. Woodbury county, Iowa, members of the Holiday association drew up a seven point program which asked, among other things, that farm mortgage holders be prevented from dispossessing tenants of chattels or of their farms through appointment of receivers, that the rent collected on land be no greater than a fair share of the value of crops and that farm mortgage holders be compelled "to accept as interests on loans an amount equal in purchasing power to the purchasing power of the interest money at the time the loan is made." MARATHON FARMERS TO MEET SEPT. 13 Holiday Association Plans to be Discussed Marathon county farmers who are in sympathy with the National Farm Holiday association, will meet at the fair grounds in Wausau at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 13, to organize and elect county offi cers, it was announced here today. The meeting is open to all farm ers who wish to attend.

Prominent speakers will address the gathering. MUSIC FESTIVAL AT VESPER NEXT MONDAY Tesper, Sept. 9 A music festival by a D-plece band from Wisconsin Rapids and the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps will be held at the park here Monday evening. Sept. 12, beginning at 8 p.

m. Candidates for county office wEl be allowed an opportunity to speak for three minutes at the festival. The public is invited to attend. RAILROAD MEN TO RECEIVE CUT IN PAY IN FEBRUARY Chicago, Sept. 9 (P) A committee of railway executives recommended today that notice be served upon all classes of railway employes that a 20 per cent reduction in the basic rates of pay will be made effective next Feb.

1. 3 KILLED If! PLIE CRASH Fourth Member in Ship Saved by Tightening His Life Belt El Tex, Sept. 9 (JP) Tightening of his safety belt saved George A. Davidson's life while his three companions on an airplane trip were burned to death when the ship struck the side of a mountain. Pilot W.

J. (Bryant) Robblns of the American Airways, his co-pilot, Francis W. Brlggs, and Victor Ell-man of St. Louis, a passenger as was Davidson, were killed. The plane, wrecked yesterday morning, was found early today by two other American Airways pilots, Ira McCon-aughty and Victor Miller.

Davidson, who lives in Richmond, was burned on his hands and face but suffered no serious injuries. The searchers found him' about two miles from the plane. He had stopped to build a fire because he could not find his way well in the darkness and needed warmth against the chill air of the Guadalupe mountains where the ship crashed. The mountains are about 75 miles east of 1 Paso. He said he was nervous as Rob blns tried to pilot the plane over the Gaudalupe chain in foggy weather.

As a precaution, he tightened his safety belt. When the plane hit the mountainside, the other three were thrown forward and probably stunned. Davidson's belt kept him in his seat and left him able to leap from the plane an Instant before it took fire. Almost in a moment, the other men were burned to death before his eyes. Unable to help them, he remained near tne plane a wnue ana men started to try to make his way out of the mountains.

Robblns was a cousin of Reg. L. Robblns, who won fame in 1929 as an endurance flier. COIESSU HELPS POLICE AT a Woman Names Three Persons in Connection With Presti Murder Madison, Sept. 9 yp) A certified copy of a warrant charging Joe Gelosi, former Madison resident, with being an accessory to the murder of Andrew Presti, Madison, was on its way to Elmlra, N.

today where Gelosi has been detained by police. Issuance of the warrant followed an investigation of the murder of Presti, who was "taken for a ride" and whose body was dumped from an automobile near Rockford, July 5. M's Sandrear Livingston, 21, Milwaukee, gave information which led to the arrest, police said. The young woman, police here said, confessed? that she was an occupant of the car in which Presti was slain. She named Frank Maio and Charlie Maw, both of Cicero, I1L, and a man known only as "the boss" in the course of her confes sion.

Gelosi's child was killed and he was wounded several years ago in a mysterious shooting. Police here held to the theory that the" Presti slaying had some connection with the death of the baby. Extradition papers were being prepared today for the return of Gelosi to Madison. The police are still seeklnz Maio and Maw. Miss Livingston has expressed no desire to leave the Dane county jail where she has been lodged for six weeks, police said.

MILWAUKEE THEATRE IS DAMAGED BY BOMBERS Milwaukee, Sept. 9 JPh-A black powder bomb early today exploded In the lobby of the Milwaukee tne- ater, on North Teutonla avenue, and caused damage estimated at fioo. Witnesses said a man about 23 ran from the lobby and sped away in a small coupe just before the blast. Ralph Spille, assistant manager of the theater, tola police, that the theater employed an operator who belongs to an independent union. Blows up in East River Near Hell Gate 24 BODIES RECOVERED New York, Sept.

9 An old wooden steamboat exploded in the East river near Hell gate today and 165 iron workers on their way to hiillrl nrlcsm folia rn iclans were hurled into the air. many dead tiu vutuuuY ku Liie rest uiiurea. .11 AW. A 1 1 Twenty-four- bodies were brought during the morning to the ferry house where 23 years ago the vic tims of the Slocum disaster, ui which mora than 1.000 rtlprf mrrrm laid. The pnntrnrtlniT mimunv which employed the men reported the number of known dead at tho ferry house and in hospitals was 37.

Scores were missing and It was -feared by police on the scene thst the final death list might well reach 100. Among those unreported, but considered dead by his associates. was Harry Hires, of Mattewan, the boat's engineer, who was In the engine room when the boiler exploded and the craft torn apart. The boat that blew up was the a 92-footer built 44 years ago and always owned by the Forsythe Transportation company. Alexander Forsythe, the captain, was critically injured in the explosion and his father, George Forsythe, suffered serious injuries.

Priests came to the ferry house and, kneeling among the rows of dead, administered last rites. Police Commissioner Edward P. Mulrooney and Bronx district Attorney Charles McLaughlin were early on the scene and directed the rescue work. Saved By Tardiness One Ted Maureau, wsa saved by tardiness. He arrived at the dock just a minute too lap-to make the ferry and was standing watching it when it exploded, no helped in the rescue of his fellow workers.

Captain Joseph Rogers of the Mu nicipal forry Greenwich Village, gave a graphic account of the ex- "I heard a blast and saw tho boat blown to smithereens, he said. "When the clouds of smoke and steam had cleared away we could see the passengers struggling in the water over a large area. Our ferryboat was in its slip at East 134th street at the time, just two blocks from the pier where the Ob servation had backed out into tho water. We lowered our lifeboats and cruised about among the wreckage. We picked up four bodies and 10 injured persons.

Other people were putting out in small boats and they also up bodies and tne injured." Same Dock Commissioner Mulrooney com mented that It was at this same ferry dock in 1904 he arrested th captain of the excursion steamer General Slocum, which sank in Hell Gate with a loss of 1,021 Uvea All witnesses of the explosion of the Observation were taken to nearby police stations for questioning. Among them was Alexander For sythe, captain and co-owner of the ferry. "The boilers exploded," he repeated over and over, and that was the only explanation he had to offer. When the explosion occurred two bodies were tossed 60 feet into the air and landed on the roof of a building near the waterfront. Today was the workers' regular weciuy pay any ana many naa reported tor duty early.

One diver was asked for from the city department of docks and two more were requested from the Brooklyn navy yard. They were Immediately dispatched. 1C5 Aboard Ferry More than three hours after the explosion police said investigation Indicated there were 165 men on the Observation. The number of dead was still listed at 37 at that time. The Observation was at one time in sight seeing service, carrying tourists around Manhattan island.

It sank at its pier at Kearney, N. about a year ago, but was raised and recommlssioned. Its last Inspection by the United States Steamboat Inspection service of the department of commerce was last April and at that time it was marked K. for one year. The Inspection included life preservers, boiler and hulL The Alexander avenue station reported to police headquarters that Forsythe, who was under detention in Lincoln hospital, had died of his injuries.

PHILIP WEISS DEAD Milwaukee, Sept. 9 W5) Philip J. Weiss, 65. funeral director, died today after a brief illness. He was past president of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors and Embalmers association.

The Weather WISCONSIN Probably local showers or thunderstorms tonight or Saturday except fair tonight in east portion; slightly warmer tonight, except in northwest and extreme southeast; cooler Saturday In west portion. TEMPERATURES for 24 hour period ending at nocn today, 78; minimum for the same period, 42. Wife and Friends Believe Ardent Dry Leader Met With Foul Play HOOVER IS CONCERNED Chicago, Sept. 9 (Fj Col. Raymond Robins, missing prohibition and peace leader," was" seen in Chlcago yesterday by a friend who knew him during his former residence here, the Dally News said today.

The unnamed friend, reading of the mysterious disappearance of the New Yorker, volunteered the information at the newspaper ol-fice that he had passed Robins yesterday afternoon at the corner of State and Adams streets in the loop. He professed, to be certain of the identity. Robins, however, seemed preoccupied and he did not interrupt him in the loop crowds to speak to him. The News Informer said he thought CoL Robins might be here on some secret mission. Washington, Sept.

9 VP) Anxie ty over the whereabouts of Colonel Raymond Robins, prominent prohibitionist whose disappearance was disclosed by his failure to keep a White House appointment Tuesday, was heightened today by President Hoover's concern and fears of vio lence expressed by Mrs. Robins. Her statement in Maine that Ro bins may have been kidnapped or killed by "Florida bootleggers" spurred official inquiries in both New York, where Robins was last seen Saturday, and In Washington. Capital police, however, had no indication of his arrival here. Dr.

Fred B. Smith, a New York friend of the missing man, who also was a noted social economist, talked with the White House after Mrs, Robins' statement and report ed the president was "quite worried." Personally, however. Smith said he felt Mrs. Robins "may be over anxious." She had told of many threats on her husband's life for his active work in behalf of consti tutional prohibition and against liquor violators. Lone wolf "Colonel Robins is a lone wolf," Smith said.

"When he wants to learn something, to dig up some thing, it occasionally happens that he will go off without telling any one and he goes it alone until he finds what he wants. "Threats against his life never faze him. He just laughs at them." "But," he added: "of it does seem unusual that he should break an engagement with the president." Robins was last seen at the Ci ty club in New York at a' time fixed by employes at between 4:50 and 5:00 p. m. on Saturday.

He had checked out, leaving the Dodge hotel In Washington as a forwarding address. This hotel, however, said Robins had made no reservation and had not been there. His bag gage was located today In the Ci ty club check room. Robins' unexplained absence wa3 first made known at the White House by Walter Newton, one ol the president's secretaries. He said: "Robins has been a warm per sonal friend of mine for 20 years and is a personal friend of the president.

Last Friday I talked with him by telephone in New York and when I found he was coming to the capital on Tuesday, I made an en gagement for him to talk with Mr. Hoover. Did Not Appear "He did not appear on Tuesday or communicate with us. Yesterday I became concerned. We have been able to find no trace of him and do not knew where he fci." Only a few minutes later, Mrs.

Robins telephoned the Associated Press here from Southwest Harbor, Maine, where she is visiting her sister, Miss Mary Dreler. She ex pressed fear that her husband had been killed by Florida bootleggers in connection with bootleggers In New York. Mrs. Robins cited numerous threatening letters from anoymous sources. As late as August 6 and 7, she said Colonel Robins had been threatened over the telephone by unknown persons who predicted serious consequences if his prohi bition effoits were not halted.

In Florida, chief source of the threats mentioned by Mrs. Robins, s. D. coogier, president of the First National bank at Brooksville said Colonel Robins had been expected to arrive yesterday or today but had not. Robins has a Brooksville home and Is chairman of the bank's board.

-When Robins' disappearance became public. It was learned that federal agents already had been in vestlgating the case quietly. Chief W. H. Moran of the secret service, though, would say only that "cer tain inquiries" had been requested and made "without result." "This concludes our part of the matter unless we are requested to Severe Storms Reported Off New England's Coast (By the Associated Press) The white light between two red warning of heavy gales at sea-burned brightly through the night along a gale-swept coast.

Storm warnings were up from Cape Hatteras to Eastpoint. Me and shipping sought snug' harbors as 90-mile winds thundered across the high seas. Coastal communities suffered many thousands of dollars damage as winds of lesser velocity beat along the eastern shore line before passing out at sea. The winds were born of a tropical disturbance whose center struck the northern portion of Abaco island of the Bahamas group on Monday. Communications with Abaco have been out since, and government officials feared there may have been loss of life on the island.

A government tender, carrying doctors, nurses and medical supplies, left Nassau, Bahamas, last night for the island community. The edges of the storm struck the New England coast yesterday and during the night coastal shipping was held in port. Excursion boats along the Massachusetts coast turn (CONTINUED ON FAGS TWOl.