The Journal News from Hamilton, Ohio • Page 29

FRIDAY, DEC. 14,1928. THE HAMILTON DAILY NEWS Pull Associated Press Reports CALHOUN FIRES DENIAL HAMILTON IS HOTBED' OF CRIME 4 Russell Schwab Wins Sales Award FISH AND GAME ASS'S SCORNS STAG PARTIES Invite the Ladies Again for Annual Banquet Next Wednesday It Feels to be a King," may IKS the theme of part of the talk of Ike Meyers, Akron, here Wednesday i He i. scheduled to be one of the chief at the annunl banquet of the Butler County Fish and Game Protective association. Meyers is president of the I.enguc of Ohio Sportsmen with which the local or- ganisation is affiliated.

Meyers advises that he has been ill with the same affliction suffered by King George of England. In a letter 10 Ray Warnrtorf, secretary of the county association, Meyers elaborates on this theme and announces belief he will have recovered in time for the berc. Definite wofd of acceptance had not been received Friday from Myers Y. Cooper, governor-elect, who has been asked to speak. He be represented here by Judge Yoat- man, Cincinnati.

The banquet will be at th B. P. temple, and the ladies arc invited. "No more stag parties," was the edict of officers. The program will include discussion of a proposal for a State Conservation Commission.

All Butler county sportsmen, the association contends, should be affiliated with the association or the loca chapter of the lzaak-Walton League which is also backing this measure. Aaron Eggleston is chairman of the local committee on banquet ar range menls. This committee ii working assiduously on plans, whicl include dainty favors for the women who attend the feast. His i Announced As a Stove Co. Convention Closes; Medals Given Senator Miller Chosen Chairman of Agriculture Committee; on 4 Others Kussell Schwab, Hamilton man, who has served the Kslate Htovc Co.

in New York Stale for the past several years, was named manager of the new southern branch at Atlanta, at a banquet closing the annual Kstatc Siovc Co. district sales managers' convention held at Hotel Anthony Wayne Thursday He was awarded a gold medal for first prize in securing the largest number of new llentrola accounts during the past year. Mr. Schwab ill take up his new duties in Atlan- i Second prize for new Hcatrola ac- junts was awarded to L. K.

Wilson, 1 Maine, and third prize went to honms Hurley, of Western Mas- ichiifetts. Select list of "million dollar club embers, composed of district salcs- lan who have reported tola! sales in xcess of a million dollars, was aufr- isnted by the addition of Frank raper, who passed that mark dur- ng the past year. George Arndt, of Chicago, and H. L. Stolz, of Colum- are the only other members of he club.

Other district sales managers who jassed their ntiotns during the past follow: W. E. Owens, of New ilexico: Paul Coyle, of North Caro- ina; Lee Allen, of Kansas; L. Shafor, of Montana; W. E.

Anderson, of Wisconsin; N. J. Griffiths A .7. Broderick. C.

J. Mitchell anc' C. H. Jagger, all of New York Citv Awards were made by Wayne C. Calhoun, local sales manager.

R. P. Price, city manager; Mayor H. Burke, John Noilan, prcsiden the Hamilton Community Chest and John E. North-way, secretary the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce were guests.

Price and Mayor Burki made short addresses. State Senator J. Lowry Miller, of the district in which Butler county is included, is chairman of the committee on. agricultural and drew places on four committees when the Ohio senate had completed its organization by the selection of standing committees Thursday, it was announced, today. Miller is on the fol- wing committees: highways mid utomotivc, institution, public, works HURT IN CRASH Ligaments of Ankle Torn Wilmington--Wife Bruised Hamilton friends of Dr.

Jesse Swank, district superintendent the Dayton M. E. district, and Mr Swank, of Dayton, have learned the were severely injured Wcdnesda evening in an automobile accident' near Wilmington. In a collision with another car their machine was overturned and wrecked. Dr.

Swank suffered torn ligaments in one ankle while Mrs. Swank escaped with minor hurts. Dr. and Mrs. Swank had attended the funeral of Rev.

J. D. Darling, a retired Methodist minister, at Marion, and had accompanied the body to Manchester where interment was made. Kn route to Dayton, when near Cuba, a village north of Wilmington, their car was struck by another machine, being overturned an wrecked. Dr.

and Mrs. Swank were taken to Wilmington where their hurts were treated and where they spent the night, returning to their home in Dayton. Exaggerated reports of the accident were received in Hamilton Thursday which gave much distress to the many Methodist friends of Pr. and Swank in this city. Dr.

A. J. Kestle, pastor of the i M. K. church, was able to get into telephone communication with Dr.

Swank at his home in Dayton and from him received an autiu-i- tic account of the accident and the injuries suffered by the victims. ANNEXATION PLAN AT TRENTON LOSES AFTER PROTESTS Petition to annex property to th corporation of Trenton was by the county commissioners whe the public hearing was held at th court house Friday. On the hearing it developed tha notices had not been posted on th property sought to be annexed, though the annexation had been vcrtised as required by law. A number of protests were registered and in face of the protests and the failure to post, it was agreed to dismiss the petition. The property sought to be annexed abuts the road leading through Trenton to the east and adjoins the power station in the east end of the village.

Paul A. Baden is the village and state buildings and taxation. The task of naming the committees was intrusted to the committee on committees chosen by Senator Allen G. Aigler, of Sandusky county, designated president pro tern, carrying with it the duties of Republican flood leader. He was given this authority at a Republican caucus December 1 and the appointment of committees was completed in record time.

Severed From Twin, Thrives REYNOLDS NAMED ADJ. GENERAL COLUMBUS, Dec. 14--(AP) Col. Arthur W. Reynolds, Columbus, chief of staff ot the 37th division, will be adjutant general in Governor- elect Myers Y.

Cooper's cabinet. Official announcement of Reynold's selection was made today by Mr. Cooper. HAD PISTOLS IN HIS AUTO Frank Chillious, Displaying Odd License Tags, At- tractiag Police Police will question Frank ihillious, 27, colored, 927 Monument avenue before he is arraigned in Viunicipal court on two charges fol- owing his arrest Thursday night. Two loaded pistols arc said by po- ice to have been found lying on the back seat of the automobile he drove.

The car bore license plates with different numbers. The front license ag had been issued to Elda Brucks and the rear license tag had been ssued to Milton Gregory, of Monument avenue and Wood street. Attention to the car was brought to the officers by the odd license plates. They searched the car and arrested Chillious on charges of carrying concealed weapons and operating an automobile with impropui license tags. Says City is Freer of Criminals Than Ever in History Man Slain and Burned Near Venice Proves To Be Witness In Double Murder Case-Defiance of Law Stirs Court Meta Marie Keller, 10 months, "Siamese" baby severed from her twin at birth, who has been pronounced physically perfect in Marseilles, III.

The infants were joined at the lower part of the abdomen, so that the same blood stream ran through both bodies. POOR PRE-HOLIDAY MAILING COSTLY TO P. 0. PATRONS ADMITS KILLING DAYTON WOMAN DAYTON, Dec. 14--(AP) Fern Garwood, 33.

Pyrmont, today confessed to the slaying of Miss Anna Keough, 08, who was beaten to deatn in her home on the night of 30. Robbery was the motive for the killing Garwood stated in his signed confession to police, in which he implicated James McDonald, 48, home at large, who though under arrest Has not confessed his part in the crime. SCIENClFoF TRUTH CLUB TO MEET In addition to the normal receipts of undeliverable mail at the Dead Letter Office--the month of January invariably brings in an extra lot of about four million dead letters that contain Chris'mas cards and greetings. This enormous increase of undeliverable matter is of course ja-imarUy due to incorrect and incomplete addresses, but would still be preventable in spite of incorrect addresses if the Benders would only place their return address on the envelopes. The loss sustained each year by the mailing public is enormous, amounting to not less than $325.000 cash outlay, to say nothing of the disappointment of hundreds of thousands of persons who fail to receive the anticipated greetings, leading in many cases no doubt to misunderstandings and estrangements, since in the absence of a return address on the envelope the letter cannot be returned and the mailer is therefore unaware that his message was never received.

Thousands of these are found to contain gifts of money when opened In the Dead Letter Office, very few contain information to make it possible to return them to the senders. If patrons of the ir.ail could bo persuaded to put their return ad- resses on the covers of these let- ers, not only they but also the postal ervice would be saved much trouble nd annoyance. ESCAPE DEATH AT CROSSING Roy Hord and Companion Leaps As Train Nears Crossing Despite tradition, the "thirteenth 1 was not an unlucky day for Charles Wilson, 43, salesman, Mason, 0., and Roy Html, 32, salesman, Winchester, Ohio. Hord is a former Hamiltonian, having been in the real estate business here. Wilson and Hord leaped to safety from their automobile shortly after dawn, ThurFflay, when it struck demolished by a fast Baltimore Ohio passenger train at Miami Grocc crossing, four miles south of Loveland, Ohio.

On their way to Cincinnati to Irans-act business, Wilson and Hord had driven since before daylight. At the crossing their motor stalled. Wilson, at the glanched up and saw thn engine thundering south, about thirty yards away. he cried. Both men jumped.

The engine completely demolished the automobile. Both men were OUT OF 1AIL FOR CHRISTMAS Elmer Cox Obtains Bail of $25,000 --Coroner's Plea Recalled STORE OWNERS HEAR AUTHOR OF TEPOLOG' Bertha P. Betz, director of the School of Absolute Truth, of Cincin nati, will address the Science of 'i ruth club at its regular meeting tonight at eight o'clock at the of Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.

Tubbs 1117 North street. Her subject will he. "Life more abundant for you." The public is invited. MILLVILLE UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH Rev. B.

Dittmyer, pastor Sunday school 9:30 a. Edwarc Dclker, superintendent, preaching nei-vires at 10:30 a. m. Christian En deivor, 7 p. m.

leaders, Sam Wynn wd Charles Hawk. Topic: "God'; CliriitmM Gift to the Christmas exercises will be hell P. J. Molloy, olog who broadcasts a feature, ''I'epolog" over Cincinnati radio stations, was the chief speaker at the regular meeting of "Home Owned Stores" held Thursday Many retail grocers signed into the organization last night. It is planned to admit other home owned stores soon.

Elmer Cox, of Middletotvn, provided bond in common pleas court Friday and was released, in accordance with a recommendation of Coroner Edward Cook that the man be admitted to bond so that he could spend the Christmas holidays with his family. He is held on a first degree murder charge. Charge against Cox is that lie killed William J. Lucas, whom he believed responsible for the murder of his father, J. T.

Cox. The elder Cox was found mortally wounded, after he had bcon lured to the municipal swimming pool at Middletown on a note asking him to do some repair work to which the name of L. A. Waldner, Middletown city manager, hac been forged. Cox, according to testimony at the inquest, met Lucas on the streets of Middlelown and when one pistol failed to discharge, shot him with the other.

On the bond are Sam B. Faulkner i i a T. Centner, J. D. Taylor N.

L. Kgelston, J. W. Halsey, Shelby Egelston, M. T.

Holt, Drue Fultz, Grant Gentry, Walter Egel Eton and Miles D. Lindley. Lucas was under indictment fo the murder of the elder Cox at th time he was shot and was out bond at the lime. FIVE-YEAR TERM FOR ARTHUR NEAL Entry sentencing Arthur Neal to five years in the Ohio penitentiary was approved in common pleas court Friday by Judge E. J.

Kautz. Neal was convicted of burglary but the jury recommended mercy. COLLEGE CORNER Miss Gertrude Gilmore of Ccdar- ville will spend the week-end with ner parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.

M. Mr. Arthur Orr spent Tuesday in Richmond with his aunt, Mrs. Nina Campbell. Mrs.

S. Gilmore and Mrs. Bcnj. Hyde were guests of Mrs. M.

C. Orr, Tuesday. Mrs. Stevens, living on the Clode Wright farm, was taken to City hospital at Cincinnati, Friday, for treatment. Arrangements are being made to take the seven children the Preble county children's home.

Mrs. Edith Bake and daughter Gertrude and Mrs. Geo. Gilmore were in Richmond, Tuesday. We make a correction for the arti cle of Clifford Smith, as he returned home from the hospital.

His mothe: informs us that Clifford had hia coa and hat on when he arrived home Sanford of Cottage Grove i ipendiriK a week with her daughter JOHN PABST ESTATE Th eostate of John Pabst, of llam- Hon. is appraised at $11,188.63, in he inventory filed in probate court Friday shows. Of this amount $6,000 in real estate and in ersonal property. HAMPTON LITTLE BETTER Charles Hampton, 42, colored, New Miami, Friday remained in serious condition at Mercy hospital, where Ke is suffering WITNESS MISSING; TRIALS POSTPONED Ernest McPherson, whose trial a charge of assault with intent rob was scheduled for Friday Judge E. J.

Kautz's court, was re leased on his own recognizance. Th state had failed lo locato, Joe Tyree the prosecuting witness. Tyrcc di not appear before the grand jury. Grant Darker WHS nimed in th same indictment was also to be trin today. The case agninst Kcrtal Ncnl, third man in the indictmen had to go over because of the illncs of his attorney, J.

Ii. Connaughto A A BUANNON ESTATE The estate of Anna Brannon, Hamilton, is estimated at i personal property and $3,000 in re; estate, by Cora Damm, who filed ni plication in probnte court Friday to be named executrix. FLU CLOSES REILY SCHOOL Nurses Discover 33 Pupils There Are 111-4-H Trip Winner Sick Flu situation at Ileily school became so alarming Thursday that classes were dismissed and children who had reported being ill at school, were Uken to their homes in auto- County nurses who made a visit to ie school reported finding 33 sick n'ldren, 14 of whom had tempera- ires of over 101 and were attending chool. All members of the Stitzel family -ere reported ill. The Stitzel girl ad been one of the 4-H club dele- ates to the International Livestock low at Chicago and was ill upon er return home.

Officials were endeavoring to find ut whether the epidemic could be raced to its source. In the Oxford public schools, -where no county health nurses also visited. principal reported that 15 or 20 hildren were out of school with the lu and that the janitor had been aken ill while at work and was com- jeled to go to his home. No cases were reported at Collins- ille. The epidemic in Hanover town- hip is reported as abating and the hildren returning to school.

There ire no cases in Liberty township. At Catholic high school where 26 absentees had been renorted, six losilivc cases of diphtheria were 'ound by Dr. C. J. Bnlilridsrc, icalth commissioner, and the public leallh nurses.

Four were among the 25 who were out and two were -of students still attending schools. The diphtheria is of the nasal variety, Dr. Baldridjre said, and likely to be missed unless swabs of both the throat and nose are taken, C. A. Burke, sanitary officer, quarantined five of the cases Charges made by Robert Taft, prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county, that law enforcement is lax in Hamilton was reputed Friday by John C.

Calhoun, Hamilton police chief. Chief Calhoun issued a statement from his office criticising Prosecutor Taft for making the statement without first "taking the trouble to investigate pur records at the police station." "1 feel," said the chief, "that Mr. Taft must have been misquoted." Chief Calhoun declares that Hamilton is freer of crime and criminals than ut any time in its his'ory and that Hamilton police showed coopcra tion with Hamilton county authorities in rounding up suspects in the Peter Dumelc murder at College Hill early this year. Prosecutor Taft issued his statement in connection with the reign of terror raging in Cincinnati by racketeers in which several prominent men are reported to have been forced to forfeit money under torture, climaxed with the finding of a body near Venice believed to be that of a star witness in the Rodney Ford murder trial in Cincinnati. Chief Calhoun said: "It is with much surprise and regret that I read the statement that made by Prosecutor Taft of Hamilton county in reference to lack of law enforcement in the city of Hamilton and I am sure that he must have nade the statement without any in- at all.

"As chief of police I claim that the. ity of Hamilton is freer from crime and. criminals than at any time in its listory if Mr. Taft had taken the rouble to investigate our records at he police station I am sure ho would not have made such a statement, which would tend to advertise Hamilton in such a way that criminals may think they arc welcome in the city. "However, 1 wish to say that we are and have been making short work of the class of undesirables and the same will be done with any other of the class who may think they can move into this city.

'I might also add that Mr. a failed to say in his statement thatib was through the efforts and cooperation of the Hamilton police department with his special investigator, Joseph Schaefer, that the College Hill murder was cleared up and that other valuable information given to Hamilton county authorities no doubt helped to clear up some of the other crimes." Prosecutor Taft admitted Thursday night the situation in Cincinnati is serious. He said he considered the main part of the trouble is law enforcement in Hamilton and Newport, Ky. "Crooks staying in these cities come to Cincinnati in periodic visits," ho said. "Some of them never return, especially in the case of a murder." No Reflection In Hamilton of Reign of Terror Affecting Queen City Hamilton has had no recent reflection of reign of terror which has gripped Cincinnati during the past few weeks, climaxed by the finding of a charred body in the abandoned barbecue stand nearf Venice.

Evidence in the Peter Dumele murder at North College Hill pointed to Jack Parker, of Hamilton, dead bootlegger and alleged gunman; John "Todd" Messner, of Hamilton, charged with shooting to kill two motorcycle policemen; Breck Lutes, of Middlctown, another alleged member of the ring; Robert Zwick, of Norwood, also a ring member. On May 16, the bullet ridden body of Parker was found near Lebanon after he Is said by authorities to have been "taken for a ride." Police of Hamilton and Middletown and county authorities united in surrounding, a camp near Wooilsdnle and captured Messner. He was emerging from the camp with two girls and another man at 3 a. when they drove into a trap laid by authorities along a lane leading to the camp. Messner was turned over to Hamilton county where he was indicted for first degree murder in the shooting of Dumele.

Lutes was arrested in Hamilton after he had been in Mercy HospiUl here for three weeks suffering pistol wounds in an "accident." Zwick haa not been located. Ford was caught on Freeman avenue, Cincinnati, by Detective Joe Schael who came upon him one night. The missing automobile of Andres was found early Thursday night in Covington. Police there not knowing it was the car sought, took it to head quarters where it rested until II p. when the police, reading the license number, discovered it was the car sought.

Thorough search of the car disclosed no blood stains or evidences of ord i Jin- i Star Witness In Rodney Ford Trial Stabbed and Shot before Burning CINCINNATI, Dec. 14-Out of the ashes of a barbecue stand that formerly stood along the West Miami River road, between Venice and New Baltimore, a savage story of gang vengeance began to take form yesterday as county detectives linked the finding of a man's charred body in the ruins with the disappearance of the state's chief witness on the eve of a first-degree murder trial; They believe that the body, burned beyond identification by ordinary means, is that of Tlobert Andres, 28, Fifty Visitors Attracted to M.K. Home Mission Rally in Lindenwald Members of Butler county Methodist churches held the annual rally of the Women's Home Missionary society, Thursday, in the Lindenwald M. E. Church.

Fifty visitors, including representatives of the Hamilton and Middletown churches, attended the two sessions. The program was presented by officers of the Dayton district W. H. M. S.

Mrs. Stanley Wiant, Hamilton, conducted the devotions at the opening of the morning session; Mrs. A. J. Kestle, Hamilton, was in charge of the devotional service at the afternoon session.

Mr.s, E. Bice, president of the Dayton district W. H. M. presided.

In the course of the morn'ng and afternoon reports on the state of the society's work were given by Mrs. E. Street, Xenia, children's deportment secretary, Mrs. Greenwood, Dayton, district treasurer, Miss Edna Locke Dayton, district corresponding- pec- retary, Mrs. George Hudson, Dayton Three Cities of Hamilton Strive for Best Record in Rotary Contest An international Rotary attendance contest with Hamilton, Bermuda, and Hamilton, New Zealand is scheduled for the Hamilton Rotary club, it was announced the regular meeting of the organization Thursday noon at Hotel Anthony Wayne.

The contest will be held during the Dr. J. W. Wilce, retiring head football coach at Ohio State University, will speak nt the regular meeting of the club next Thursday noon. It will one of his final addresses in Ohio before he leaves for his new field of endeavors, as yet unannounced, Ohio State Alumni, and members High School football teams have been invited to attend the meeting.

Dr. Harrison C. Dale, head of the Business School at Miami University, Oxford, gave an interesting and instructive address on busineih Thursday afternoon. Ho told his hearers of the development of business traits during the I supply secretary, and Mrs. James Kelly, Middletown, young people's secretary.

The church auditorium, newly redecorated, was made more beautiful by a great number of cut flowers. At the close of the rally these were sent to Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Swank at Dayton, sympathy evidences of the kindtv of their Butler county friends for them for the injuries suffered by them in an automobile accident near Wilmington. At noon a luncheon was served by of the M.

K. church. Mrs. Fred Snivcly, county president, being assisted by Mrs. Thos.

Warr, president of the Lindenwald W. H. M. S. A delightful feature of the afternoon session was the singing of Geneva and Jeannette Augspurger.

They gave two numbers that were much enjoyed. An offering was taken with which eight young people of Butler county churches were made life members of the society. An invitation wns given to hold the 1029 county rail in Middletown. railroad employee, of 2350 Strnl- foi'd avenue upon whose testimony Prosecutor Taft and Assistants Walter K. Sibbald and John H.

Oliii- pinger expected 'to send Rodney Ford of OM West Eighth street to the electric clmir. Ford was indicted as a member of a gang of five men. who shot and killed Peter Dumele, Marshal ot North College Hill, during a poolroom robbery in the village last April 8, and the selection of jury for liis trial started in Criminal Court Wednesday. Shot And Stabbed An autopsy completed lalo yesterday by Dr. D.

C. Hnndley, former Coroner, disclosed that there were three stab wounds and one gunshot wound in the scorched body. The man had been stabbed through the heart, through the right kidney and through the spleen, apparently with (Continued on Page 12) "WHALEN OFFERED N.Y. JOB NEW YORK, Dec. 14--(AP) A declaration by political oponents thnt public opinion would not be satisfied by making police Commissioner Warren the "scapegoat" of the Rothstein investigation confronted a Walker today.

Warren sent his resignation to the mayor yesterday. The mayor has tendered the post to Gov. Whalen, general manager ot the Wanatnnker stores and chairman of the mayor's reception committee, who, however, has not yet announced whether he would accept it. LADIES' SOCIAL CIRCLE OF REFORMED CHURCH MOTHER ASKS CUSTODY OF THREE CHII.DRK? Temporay custody of their three children, Catherine, Dorothy and Jane, is sought in a motion filed in common pleas court Friday hy Mar- jrarct Ward, who is suing Howard Ward for divorce. The motion is act for hearing Saturday morning.

BEN HUB ARRANGES FOR ELECTION TONIGHT Ben Hurs will meet tonight in the Ben Hur hall, opposite the courthouse. There will be election of a box iodil and general ffood The Ladies' Socinl Circle of the First Reformed church had a very enjoyable meeting at the home of Mrs. H. E. Smith, Thursday atlei'- noon.

Mrs. Dillon chairman of the chocolate committee and Mrs. Ehrhardt who has the vanilla in charge reported favorable results. Members were urged to give liberally to the Orphans' Homo in Fo Wayne, at the White Gifts Ser vi'B to held Sunday, Dec. 16.

It was decided to send flowers to nil members over 70 years of age, and $10 was donated to nn afflicted minister In Oregon. After the business session served a hot lunch to lrt 1 Ir 7.