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PAGE TWO SAN BERNARDINO DAILY SUN. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1933 Accused Kidnapers' Trial To Open Today in Guarded Courtroom 10 ASK FULL Officers Determined No Avenue Of Escape to Be Allowed When 12 Face Court (Bv AoclRtr1 OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 17. In a eurprlse meva to thwart any attempt at delivery of Harvey Bailey and. Albert Batet, key defendant! In the Charles F.

Ur-echel kidnaping trial, Bailey and Bates were spirited tonight to Isolated cells in the Federal building tower, where the trial will begin tomorrow. OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. IT. In a carefully guarded Federal courtroom, Harvey Bailey, smug southwestern badman, goes to trial with 11 other accused conspirators here tomorrow for the nine-day kidnaping that cost Charles F.

Urschcl 1200,000. Beset for days by rumors- of possible attempts at delivery, prosecutors were determined to allow no avenue for escape and to give no quarter in seeking maximum penalties of life imprisonment. Only last night District Attorney Herbert K. Hyde flatly turned down an attorney's offer for the surrender of George (Machine Gun) Kelly, who has escaped a nationwide manhunt in the case, conditioned on the release of Mr. and Mrs.

R. G. (Boss) Shannon and their son, Armon, relatives of Mrs. Kelly, who also is wanted on the kidnaping Indictment. TOLD BUT LITTLE Urschel, prodded from a sun-porch bridge game at the point of machine guns last July 22 and taken to the Paradise, Texas, farm where the Shannons and Bailey later were caught, has told but little of his fearsome experience.

He was kept in a dark shack, blind-folded and bound, until anxious business associates, directed by his wife, paid over the small fortune in ransvrj in a Kansas City hotel. Mrs. Urschel, too widow of Tom Slick, "king of wildcatters," who was Urschel's closest friend is to star In a witness role. The prosecutors are generalled by Joseph B. Keenan.

special assistant attorney general in charge of kidnaping prosecutions. ALIBI EXPECTED Bailev. who broke from Kansas prison Memorial day and from the Mnt.r 4f.ll Via Tt'ftm a V- rested for the kidnanins. is expect ed to present an alibi. So is Albert Bates, who the Government says accompanied Kelly in the actual kidnaping.

Fabrication of the kidnaping plot itself is laid to Bailey. The Shannons say they were the victims of circumstance, forced under threats to guard Urschel at their Paradise farm. Seven St. Paul and Minneapolis men, brought into the case when Federal operatives Started tracing marked ransom currency, contend they knew nothing of its origin. Tropical Storm Damage Is Huge from Page One) in years in North Carolina was backed, up toda by his estimate of $1,000,000 damage here.

Efforts of persons to penetrate the storm area were handicapped by trees and poles across highways wnicn were uncicr wr.ter in some places. Throughout the day Morehead City was a city of desolation, after winds had hurled heavy limbs and other objects through the darkened streets. Streets were blocked with laigc pieces of roofing, and the city in complete turmoil all Saturday night. Business buildings even in the heart or me town naa several inches of water in them, both from the high tides and torrential rains. -t- Newspaper Freedom End Seen by Schall tPv Af-forloted Press) WASHINGTON.

Sent. 17. Sena tor Schall. Minnesota Republican-, predicted in a formal statenent to-dav that "After Jan. 1 we shall wit- the l-ajcUonf all news-'-t'hat attempt to' criticize the controlling our national politi-'niinistratiori." orship power over all news Schall said, would re-with the national recovery ad-tistrator, Hugh S.

Johnson. the provisions of the Schall 6aid. "the withdraw its blue ergle publication it desires, and advertisers have been forced members of this it racket, tney win Be Tfhdraw their advertis- I publication losing its i "akes Noted mm i I er. how Sin in aermany VnlN Pr) Sept. 17.

Pi-of. Max warded as Germany's irgeon, died last Hurricanes Raze Coast Towns Life alonpr the Atlantic coast is hazardous these days with a fresh hurricane due practically every week. The upper picture shows Cuban destruction while the lower photo shows a recent storm's effect along the Maryland coast line. a ft imii. v.

uv'w. ma la-is NAZIS STIR UP (By Associated Press) GFvAZ, Austria, Sept 17. A demonstration staged here by Vice-Chancellor Franz Winkler to open a "national corporative front" movement developed into a riot to- day when nazis Invaded the gath- ering and exploded smoke bombs to emphasize their repudiation of Winkler's program. The disturbers raised their voices to "Deutschland Ueber Alles" patriotic anthem of imperial uer- many. The whole city was thrown Into uproar by ringing of fire alarms and an unexplained mobilization of all postoffice trucks in front of the police station.

The latter move was Dnnarantlv tat'lcaH In atinn by the police. Mounted men eventually restored order, making about 100 arrests. Twenty persons were injured. An Associated Press representative was arrested for making pictures of the riots, but later was released. The vice-chancellor then replied to the nazi gesture in a ke3-note speech in which he attacked Hit-lerism along with the fascist heim-wehr.

The denunciation of the heimwehr was expected, even though this organization, or "home jruard," forms part of Chancellor Encclbert Dollfuss' strongest sup- p0rt. Until today Winkler's standpoint had been regarded as a possible rallying point for absorption of the more moderate nazi element into a legal movement, the nazi party having been outlawed by Chancellor Dollfuss in his fight to maintain Austria' Independence from Ger many. The national corporative front of the vice-chanrellnr ntflnrlE trir- npsrc. with Germany as well as freedom from anti-Germanic influence. The Winkler movement was at- tacked at a meeting of the fascist heimwehr of the Tyrol at Kufstein hv Richard steirile it.

M- demand that the -v anti-fascist eie ment be ousted from the Austrian government. i i I to jof of F. is the be ffl Sourdough Selected As Champion Liar (By LOS ANGELES, Sept, 17. The official title of "grand liar-in-chief" the International Sourdough as- socianon, Alaskan gold rush min- was hestnu'pd nn Kl iff Mitchell, of Westwood, near here. after a "prevarication luncheon." Tall tales were told, mo.itlv about cold It gets in Alaska, and all exaggerated, to say the least.

I After it was all over. Jack Rob- arts, newly elected presUent of the association, holding its annual re-1 union here, deeded that Mitchell "took the cake." Mitchell said it became so cold um iii c.lL NEWS AND VIEWS (Continued from Page One) that, based on the coal code, "the American Federation of Labor Is going to organize the unorganized. It it not going to be stopped in its energetic and sweeping campaign to bring workers into unions throughout the nation." Which clashes somewhat with the statements of Administrator Hugh S. Johnson, suggesting that the national admin- lustration is interested in finding work for both union and non-union workers regardless. IAlso, with this long-disputed coal al code out of the way, the news i 0j tne morning has it that General! 'no nad muc to do with the repeal Johnson may turn his attention to of Prohibition, as advocating that price control in retail trade plans, iharl Mluor sales be only by the which might get closer to the great body of the public than anything else that he could take up.

17 The R. F. C. continues its efforts to Induce more liberal bank lend- jing, the latest suggestion being that fflAls0- tne crusaders are will advance $150,000,000 to help' inS that taxes on hard liquor be refinance farm mortgages. This is minimized, to keep prices to con-i be used to take over farm mort-l8Umers down s0 as nt to make gagos held by either open or closed bootlegging profitable.

It is even banks, speeding up the liquidation suggested that "the state should fix the latter, and improving the ta low enough to discourage II- i ux licit Kfllen. nntlnur tham In Biuun oi panna mat are open ana, operating. Chairman Jesse Jones, opinion." Eut among other the R. F. says the program things, that theory loses sight of the "will do much to restore the normal fact tnat yuth are today likely to flow of cash and credit, which has be customers, even for "hard liquor," been handicapped through laclt orand with the manufacture of normal banking facilities." This whisky legalized, it will be a prob- follows the announcement of the R.l C.

a few days ago that It would make $1,000,000,000 available for; loans to banks and trust and mort-- 6sc iiicuuiiig ror tne weelt ntijng sept. 16 is NRA employers, but while the at 48)053i which js more than attractive, not over 5 per cent to doube the corresponding week of borrower, the money will xhat.s a gtraw in the breeze loaned for over six months, and business shies at obligations which must be met within the specified time limit. T. Illlnols' "cognizing that the re- peal of the eighteenth amend- ment is onlv a matter of davs. and likely to be accomplished not later: one time that the air turned liquid just he and his dogs were within 200 feet of his cabin.

Two of the dogs drowned, he said, but he managed to get the others into the cabin with frantic cries of "Mush, mush!" There, he and the dogs "holed up" for the winter. Next spring, as the thaw started, he opened the door, letting the dogs out "And durned if I didn't have to chase those dogs 50 mile down the river," he said, "before I could catch them. Those 'mush' orders I yelled during the winter had frozen and then thawed out, and the dags heard them aa they came outside." than Nov. has a commission at work seeking to evolve a liquor con trol law that will be a model for the rest of the nation. As was agreed to by the California legislature last winter, the Illinois students of the situation are convinced the legislation must forbid the sale of "hard liquor" In saloons, and that consumption must be prevented at the place of sale.

Yet we are wondering whether that bit of prohibition will not be swept into the scrap heap, along with the rest of the legislation that was planned to stop the sale of alcoholic liquors of all kinds. The news of the morning Juotes officials of the crusaders, bottle' but th trnl the times uSget to us that "hard liquor" will be legally sold by the drink, and if not legally, then it is likely to be thus sold any way, lem 10 eeP lne a'e or it out of the the bootlegger, 5 2 5 Estimated automobile production i CL-q- CIL IsnwUC (Jf I TeC by Stream GARDNERVILLE, Sept. 17. A man in the Carson river shot down a fish in a tree today. But it was simpler than it an- Peari 10 De; uuiiniiy neii, ui was Iisn- lng In the river with the water up to his waistline.

His catch was on the riverbank. A hawk swooped down, snatched up one of the fish and perched on a nearby tree with the fish In its mouth. Herzog waded to the bank, grabbed his shotgun, and from trhe river, brought dnwn the hawk and a four pound San Francisco Man Heads Boost Group 'Bv Tii i Press) SAN FRANCISCO. Sent. 17.

Bert W. Levlt, San Francisco, has been elected president of the Call-I fornla state junior chamber of com merce. Twenty-one chambers were represented at the annual convention here. Other officers chosen included vice-presidents Emery Stone, Berkeley; Harlan Loud, Pasadena; and Ed Laval, Fresno. DAMAGE FROM wis io nun INTO MILLIONS Hurricane Moves Northeastward Leaving Death, Wreckage In Its Three-Day Path (Continued from Page One) south of Scotland lightship, off the Jersey coast.

It was expected In Charleston Tuesday. The Ward line received a report from its liner Morro Castle, unreported for 24 hours, that it, too, was off Scotland lightship and was proceeding cautiously In heavy seas. It was expected in New York tomorrow with 140 passengers aboard. It sailed from Havana Wedrnsday. The storm was reported today about 150 miles cast of Atlantic-City, moving northeastward.

It still was attended by heavy gales over a considerable area said th Washington weather bureau nnd by winds of hurricane force over a small area. warnings new from the Maine coast to Jersey and shipping was cautioned as far south as Atlantic City. MINOR DAMAGE Morehead City and New Bern. N. apparently bore the brunt of i the storm.

Norfolk thanks to a low tide suffered only minor damage. Authorities estimated the damage at New Bern at more than $1,000,000. Some observers said the wind reached 100 miles an hour at New Bern. It piled debris in the streets, whipped the Neuse river bridge to pieces and tore docks away. Trees and poles were tangled across highways.

New Bern was In darkness all last night. Low lying fishing villages In the Virginia cape country suffered from high water, but Norfolk escaped severe damage when the wind suddenly changed its course and missed the city. The Jersey coast also escaped great damage. Now York had been warned that high winds were due. but it was clearer and warmer at the appointed hour.

The sun shone for the first time in several days. RESCUE SELVES Four men who had been trapped In a flooded mine at Wilkcsbarre, rescued themselves, although a fifth died Saturday. Another Raphael Sweeney still was in the mine, with rescuers expressing little hope of saving him. The hurricane that struck Tam-plco, Mexico, Friday killed more than 39, latest reports said. A dam in the Santiago river at San Luis PotosI burst, drowning at least 31.

MEXICO, D. Sept. war department reports from the storm battered area of coastal and central Mexico tonijjht accounted for 39 dead and 136 injured in the wake of the hurricane which struck Tampico Friday. While previous reports had said more than 100 were killed, official figures accounted for 31 persons drowned and 100 injured by the collapse of a dam at San Luis Potosi, and eight killed and 36 injured at lamplco. THOUSANDS HOMELESS The war department said between 2,500 and 3.000 were homeless at Tampico and extensive damage was done along the entire coast.

Troops were caring for injured both at Tampico and San Luis, where several hundred were without shelter. Other reports from the Tampico area had accounted for more deaths than showed by the war department figures. La Pentilla, a suburb of Tampico, through which the river Panuco passes, was completely submerged by floods, water rising more than three feet in 700 houses and stores. Many buildings were smashed Irreparably by the wind. Twenty-eight passengers and members of the crew of the vessel El Golfo, a mail steamer en route to Tuxpan from Tampico, were reported rescued as the vessel sank.

Dispatches described horrible scenes in which some of those rescued attempted to commit suicide by shooting themselves. LAUNCH CRASHES Several skiffs attempted to cross the Panuco river at the height of the storm and eish't persons were drowned. The fishing launch Cecilia crashed on the rocks in high seas and three were drowned. A launch en route to Tampico was swamped within sight of the customs house. Four passengers and three of the crew were drowned.

Two tugboats sank, drowning anchored in port four. Life-saving crews reported dragging from Lake Carpintcro, near the River Tcmesi, 15 bodies. Tampico was isolated, all communications being interrupted, no planes alighting and no railroad facilities available. At San Luis Potosi the water poured into a low section of the city, trapping men, women and children in their homes. Others fled in panic to higher ground.

Refugees were being cared for in the municipal building and in a theater. The number of homeless In the path of the storm could not be estimated today, but last night had reached a reported total of several thousand. Property were reported to run into the millions of dollars. The banana crop at Tuxpan, south of Tampico, was reported totally destroyed at a loss of $2,000,000. Coal Code's To President (Continued from Page One) ing them Informed of the meaning of the individual employer's obligations under it." Lest the declaration of "friendly aid" should be construed as soft ness, Johnson attached to the regulations the warning that "if an em ployer wilfully persists In non-compliance with the agreement after being fully informed of his obligations, he is no longer entitled to the blue eagle and the Federal Government will take it away." As a cheering note In the recovery campaign's progress, the na tional labor board reported It had settled 19 labor disputes in the last three weeks, Involving nearly 400 firms.

Senator Wagner, New York Democrat, the chairman, added: "Most of these cases were of strikes, a number of them of considerable duration. Other Interventions of the board were successful in preventing strikes. Altogether, we estimate that about 200,000 employes have been returned to work or kept from striking, since the President established the board on Aug. 5, either by direct action of the national board or by local action modeled on the board's types of settlement. LASTING AGREEMENTS "The list does not Include pending cases which may yet come Into the column of definite settlements.

The high proportion of what we believe will prove to be lasting agreements is especially gratifying. It is an encouraging record for the board in a difficult period." Another phase of the labor outlook was presented by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement summing up what would come before the federation's convention, opening here Oct. 2. "We shall have some important revelations to make to the convention," Green said. "Our executive council has just adjourned after having been in session 10 days, preparing its annual report.

We have gone over the entire situation, both as to organization of workers and the operation of the national Industrial recovery act. "I want to make it clear, as our council's report will make It clear, that the American Federation of Labor Is going to organize the unorganized. It is not going to be LABOR FUR ES (Continued from Page One) ported mainly by students and en listed men of the Cuban army, intended to accede to demands from Grau San Martin who issued a state ment demanding that order be Immediately restored In the Interior. "We want things' done rirht in the shortest possible time," he said. "Therefore it Is necessary to clear all obstacles In the way of a government for the good of Cuba and her sovereignty, which nobody will be permitted to hurt.

We demand order now." In face of this order, the situation in Oriente province became increasingly critical. At Manzanillo a general strike was declared, effective at 6 a. m. tomorrow. American companies were being boycotted and communists took part in a demonstration last night supporting strikes at two large sugar mills.

One of these was the Baguanos mill, where the manager and other officials were held prisoner, supposedly until they agree to demands of workers. The other was the Mabay mill. Manzanillo's mayor, Rirardo Munln, was forced to resign, soldiers taking over the municipal government. Authoritative reports reaching the capital today outlined the general situation at other points as follows: Santiago Woolworlh's five and 10-ccnt stores were closed as a result of strikes; communists were threatening to appropriate American mills and banks; all American women were concentrated at Rente, a small town across the bay; a mob of striking domestic servants attempted to visit the exclusive Vista Alegre section to get cooperation of servants there, but were turned back by police and soldiers. Christo, near Santiago The situation remained tense at American-owned manganese mines.

A 1 1 1 1 a Lahor manifestations planned; police removed a red flag from atop the city hall; generally quiet. CI gos-More than 700 strikers led by radical agitators besieged the nearby Soledad sugar mill and threatened to cut off power, water and communications. Matanzas Increasing unrest; soldiers installed 10 mnrhlne guns arnnnd their barracks and distributed 50 rifles to hlirh school students ranging in age from 10 to 18 years. Santa Clara and Sanctl Spiritus in Santa Clara province were reported quiet. At Havana another anti-American demonstration was planned.

Revolutionary women were the sponsors. Yesterday 8,000 Cubans paraded Havana's Malecon shouting "down with Sumner Welles" vand 'Mown with American The anti-Anic-'cin part of the demonstration apparently was lnclden-i tal to a tribute paid to ftlexlco and other Latin American countries. Presentation Is Delayed stopped in Its energetic and sweeping campaign to bring workers Into unions throughout the nation. "It ia going to continue to be, as it has been for more than half a century, the recognized, all-embracing spokesman for American labor. That means there is no room In the United States for any other labor movement." The price control question now up for decision finds a stack of briefs on the desk of Donald Rich-berg, NRA counsel, for and against the provisions In the retail code for maintaining minimum prices at 10 per cent above the wholesale cost, Because of the wrangling over the coal code, neither Rlchberg nor Johnson has been able to give the price issue the attention they wished.

Since this is an urgent code, both must now study the price probjem, along with consideration of getting the hundreds of thousands of stores not members of trade associations Into agencies that can exercise trade 'tlce control. Joh erjr h' s. -earchlng for a "crack-association man," work on this task -ada organizer to 'ping all unor-into assocla-encies. be ganlzfe tlons or STEAc The coal t. CES just 'ors, after 7 last nig.

after a day of si that ironed out dcu in the charter. President Roosevelt to sign the code tomorrow, would make it effective two hence, or Oct. 2. Several important hearings ou codes are due for the coming week, with the broadcasting Industry up Wednesday, along with agricultural Implements, while tomorrow is the opening day of public sessions on the commercial printing, publishing-printing and printing Industry trade plan. Can manufacturers come in on Wednesday, and on Friday the NRA starts hearings on the newspaper code submitted by the American Newspaper Publishers association.

Office equipment manufacturers open hearings Thursday, along with periodical publishers. (Continued from Page One) testimony perhaps aided materially in the conviction of the defendant, said "it was a question of justice, and justice must be done." "Because of the background I had during several months of watching impending disaster in the home of our loved friends, Dave and Allene Lamson, the shock of yesterday's verdict was nothing compared to the facing of facts three months ago when I was forced to admit that the accident theory was untenable." "Hard as it is to ace, I agree with Mr. Lindsay (the prosecutor) that it was a question of justice and justice must be done." The prosecution, In a three weeks long murder trial here, charged that Lamson was unhappy in his home life and contended that his frequent trips to Sacramento, the state capital, were motivated by a desire to visit Mrs. Sara Kelley, a divorcee there. On these trips, testimony revealed, he bought her flowers, was seen at breakfast, luncheons and dinners with her, and at times was in her apartment.

Other prosecution witnesses testified Lamson had attempted to obtain employment for his wife away from the university campus, where she was employed as a Y. W. C. A. secretary, and had said but three weeks before her death that his mate was unhappy and wanted a separation, "and I don't care much when It happens." Then the state charged Lamson, because of an asserted coolness on the part of his attractive 28-year-old wife, seized her by the hair and crushed her skull with four blows from a 10-inch length of iron pipe, which deputy sheriffs said they found In a bonfire Lamson had been tending on the morning of Memorial day.

The jury disregarded the defense claim that Mrs. Lamson slipped in her bathtub and struck her head. Much of the elaborate theory presented by the criminologist, Hein-rlch, to support an accident claim, was not permitted to be introduced in the testimony, because of prosecution objections. Four members of the jury said that "the preponderance of prose cution evidence nppincu ki n. uc- resulted in the verdict.

Only three ballots were taken during the four hours and 55 minutes they deliberated. The first two ballots, said G. P. Peterson, the foreman, were 11 to one for conviction. (By United Press) SAN JOSE, Sept.

17. Frank C. Thorpe, Lamar, Mo, brother of the slain Allene Lamson, will seek to adopt her 2-year-old daughter, Allene Genevieve, he said today. Thorpe said he would start court action tomorrow. If granted custody of the baby be will take her to AM 'ill! mum.

STEEL OUTPUT LAGS, BUYING DIE CLIMBS Payroll Increase During Last Month Reported and Gain In Jobs Disclosed By CLAUDE A. JAGGER (Associated Press Financial Editor) NEW YORK, Sept. con-sumer spending expanding In gratifying degree, the past week saw more Intensive efforts to push heavy Industry Into the process of recovery. Steel production and several related lines continued to lag, as they have for the past several weeks, while automobile production took a new spurt, and mercantile review reported further widening of the re-tall buying movement which showed such pronounced progress in August. The basis of the Improvement in retail trade was manifest In the department of labor's statistics indicating an Increase In payrolls In August of 11 per cent, and a gain In Jobs of 6 per cent.

COSTS INCREASE This was regarded as clear evidence of the enlargement of purchasing power in part at least through the benign Influence of the blue eagle, since these gains occurred In a month In which Indices Industrial production showed 'rate recession. The annalist production for August Hly calculated In July, whe- ache' i fac. crt' ployn dustriek begun a continuance ment by endea life into the hea lines. has ire the fnovc-instill new anufacturlng It is the production of capital goods such as manufacturing equipment, buildings and heavy machinerywhich Is lagging, and the drive to bring It into line Is crn-centratlng on expansion of credit. STILL HESITANT The financier and the promoter who at the beginning of business recovery are usually seeking to raise capital for new enterprises, remain hesitant.

They complain about the restrictive effect of the Federal securities act, Increased manufacturing costs, and uncertainty over the value of the dollar. However, the Federal reserve system's credit expansion program has piled up excess member bank reserves of some $700,000,000. which is earning the banks no Interest, and the Reconstruction Finance corporation is offering banks in credit, and urging them to make use of it. Former Officer Confesses Plot To Kidnap Coors DENVER, Sept. 17 A former United States prohibition agent has confessed to a plot to kidnap Adolph Coors, wealthy Denver brewer, police announced.

A complete confession of the entire plot was made by Paul Robert Lane, former prohibition agent In Colorado, who was arrested in Kansas City recently In connection with an automobile theft ring, Police Chief Albert T. Clark said. Two other former Federal dry agents are being sought, Chief Clark said. One of them was Clyde C'llbertson. Names of the others were being withheld.

The entire plot was known to Coors and he cooperated with the Denver police, being perfectly willing to be kidnaped if the police would only stay on the job and catch the abductors. Civil War Veterans Recall Days of '63 (By Associated Prcsn) ST. PAUL, Sept. 17 The roar of battle and rattle of musketry are a thing of the past for a couple of Phil Sheridan's cavalrymen but they galloped back In memory to the days of '63. Col.

Russell C. Martin, Los Angeles, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Col. Samuel Patterson Town, Philadelphia, past commander-in-chief, rode again down the famous Winchester pike when they met prior to the opening of the sixty-seventh national encampment here today. Colonel Town, now 87 years old, recalled how he signed up for service in the Civil war but did not realize until later "that I was getting into the cavalry." Colonel Martin rode off to the war with the first Vermont cavalry. His first commanding officer was Gen.

George A. Custer, who later lost his life on the Little Big Horn in his historical battle with the Sioux. Lamar, to be raised as a sister to his 8-year-old daughter, he said. "It's not right that (lie Lamson family should have her," Thorpe said. "If they raise her, she will go through life as the girl whose father murdered her mother.

If I raise her, she will have my name, She will be raised fur away from all this. By the time she grows up people will have forgotten thla tragedy." i.