The Mercury from Pottstown, Pennsylvania • Page 3

WHITE HOUSE DINNER DREAM COMES TRUE WASHINGTON, June 3 iU.R)— Mrs. Pattie Willis lifelong dine at the White come true. The 80-year-old Nicholasville, woman who recently wrote to Mrs. Roosevelt about her ambition, was among the guests at an informal White House dinner last night and she had luncheon with Mrs. Roosevelt today.

Complete Wire Reports of UNITED PRESS, Ihr Greatest World-Wide News Service WIRE NEWS WIRE NEWS 46 KILLED IN COAL MINE BLAST NAGASAKI, Japan, June 3 explosion wrecked the interior of the Asaura coal mine near here today, causing death and injury to a large force of early morning workers. Reports said 46 miners were killed and 50 seriously injured. The blast rocked the countryside, Phone 2263 POTTSTOWN, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 193 3 PAGE THREE World in a NUTSHELL United STATE COLLEGE Four trustees of Pennsylvania State college were re-elected for nrw terms to represent county agricultural and JAMES MATTERN OFF ON FLIGHT AROUND WORLD Oil Plant Explosion lakes Heavy Life, Property Toll for Pilot Says Just Before Take- Off at New York -----WEATHER IS FAVORABLE Second Hop Across Atlantic to Resemble Eagle lege board. They were John Benedict, Waynesboro; Frank Willits, Ward; Chester Tyson, Gardners, and Ernest Poole, Reading. SCRANTON Terms of the agreement between the Scranton Spring Brook Water company and its Lackawanna county consumers are to be submitted to the public service commission for approval, it was reported here today.

It was understood ottered lowered rates to the consumers who began the rate fight five years ago. The agreement did not affect Luzerne county consumers who bad participated in the joint rate protest. PHILADELPHIA More than tern 1700 central city barbers returned! to work today after a conference Mattern lies Over between their leaders and the Central City Master association. The men went on strike Monday. WASHINGTON Carloadings of revenue freight for the week ended May 27 totalled 541,309 cars, an increase of 9691 cars above the preceding week, the American Railway association reported today, NICE, France Prince Nicholas Karageorgevitch, cousin of King Alexander of Jugoslavia, committed suicide at his hotel late last night holder and Oklahoma colonel, took by taking morphine.

The prince, 0fT in his airplane of Russian artist, married the Amen- at 5:21 a. m. today on a can Mrs. Dorothy Snyder Cocheran solo flight around the world" at Paris in 1927. She was reported But there was no sign, that to to be in New York with her Mattern, Army trained veteran of POITIERS France, Gaston many flights, he was risking his Hulin, undersecretary of state for life.

For weeks he has been recon- FLOYD BENNET AIRPORT. New YORK, June 3 (U.R)—James Mat- trans-Atlantic speed record Newfoundland Coast ST. June 3 (UR) Mattern, en route to Europe on a solo flight around the world, passed over the Newfoundland coast today. Mattern was flying low and fast and his plane was distinctly seen in the clear sky. He had a 20-mile northwest wind behind him and the weather forecast was favorable.

MORGAN GETS 25 PERCENT OF EARNINGS Prince and ife Closely Guarded Secret Leaks Out Through U. S. Senate Probe An aerial view of the Richfield smoke rising from the burning persons are known dead, 12 are missing and scores of others se- Oil company plant at Long Beach, structures after the terrific explosion riously jnjUrC(j Many houses sur- showing great clouds of dense of one of the big gas tanks. Seven rounding the plant were destroyed. war and direct aid of Premier Edouard Daladier, was expelled from the bar today on a charge 30 years old.

The expulsion followed months of bitter quarreling which extended to the Chamber of Denuties, where Daladier stoutly defended his lieutenant against attacks. The charge on which the expulsion was based concerned an accusation of extortion. PHILADELPHIA A radium worth $300,000 was purchased by the American Oncologic, Tumor and Cancer hospital, officials of the institution said today. The radium in the will weigh four grams, about one-sixth of an ounce, which in addition to the 16 grams owned by various Philadelphia institutions will bring the city to the forefront in the treatment of cancer and tumors, physicians declared. LONDON A rate war forecast as one of the fiercest in the history of transatlantic shipping seemed imminent today unless German steamship lines discontinue their acceptance of special checks in payment of fares.

The checks issued in Germany, are said to give passengers on German liners, by special arrangement, a 15 percent discount on rates. PHILADELPHIA O'Neill, four-months-old, was in a critical condition in the Misericordia hospital today. The child was injured when a can of vegetables toppled from a pile near the door of a store as his mother wheeled him to the street. LONDON Still unable because of a slight rheumatic attack to wear comfortably the tight uniform of colonel-in-chief of the guards, King George today was forced to let the Prince of Wales take the salute in the ceremony of trooping the color that marked the 68th birthday. Oil Field Ruins Searched For Bodies; 7 Known Dead COLLEGE OFFICIAL HELD FOB MUR DER By LYLE C.

WILSON (Copyright, 3 933. for The Mercury) WASHINGTON, June 3 (U.R)—J. Pierpont Morgan, one of 20 members of the banking partnership Which bears his namp. ots rpypalrri today as the possessor of a 25 percent interest in the firm's profits, share in the profits and his responsibility for liabilities of I Morgan and company have been I among Wall Street's most closely guarded secrets. Three years after the death of the elder Morgan, the new partnership was organized in 1916.

The younger Morgan put up 50 percent of the capital in the new firm He was assigned a 25 percent share of the earnings, the United Press was formed. The figure has fluctuated slightly from time to time. Information Deleted This information was deleted Thursday when the articles of partnership were made public by the Senate committee in charge of the investigation of Morgan and company, but the uncensored allocation of interest among the 20 partners was available to Senators. All other allocations of interest PINCHOT HALTS S. C.

INQUIRY BY BILL VETO Governor Convinced Committee Had Intention of Conducting Real HARRISBURG, June 3 (U.B>—Veto of its $100,000 appropriation and of authorization legislation halted today plans of the McClure Senate committee to resume hearings on June 13 in of the Public Service commission. Gov. Gifford veto message on the McClure bill providing for the inquiry reflected his quarrel with Dr. Clyde King, commission chairman, and the opposition to executive efforts to discharge King. The Governor said he was convinced the committee had intention to conduct a real and any expenditure of funds by the group would be squandering public money.

He claimed every member of the investigating body had supported a Senate resolution which advocated delay in acting on executive appointments to the commission until the inquiry into the regulatory branch had been completed. and resolution was a fraud and prince Wiineim 26 son of the a sham- It is well known that there former Crown Prince Fredrich are no charges pending against any of my appointees to the commission ditioning and testing his 600-horse power Lockhead plane and checking the instruments, the best obtainable, on which he depends. It is painted to resemble somewhat an American eagle, with wavy stripes to represent feathers. It has no radio. Awaiting Favorable Weather For days now, Mattern had been awaiting favorable weather.

Late! last night he telephoned Dr. James Kimball, the famous meteorologist1 of the weather bureau, who has given the signal to so many trans-Atlantic flyers. never know where land, but shooting for Mattern told a friend just before he got in the plane. He was expected to skirt the Newfoundland coast, and fly over northern Ireland. Ireland, England and France were possible alternative landing points.

Flying fields of all three nations will be ready for him. Favorable Weather Kimball told the Texas aviator that a start this morning would give him clear skies and a favorable tail wind across the Atlantic. Mattern at once telephoned the field from his Coney Island hotel that he would take off soon after dawn. At 3 a. m.

the plane was taken to the runway and 400 gallons of gasoline were placed in its tanks. Mattern was awakened at his hotel. He arrived at the field at 4:20, to be greeted by a small crowd including Maj. J. Nelson Kelly, of the Mitchel field nearby, and George Tilyou, who advised him.

Mattern had with him a few personal belongings and a little additional equipment. He had a good look at the runway. His plane has every pound of weight it would stand. Fearing the 3800 LONG BEACH, June 3 (U.R) sumcd that a valve from a pressure A smoking, blackened ten blocks i tank l)lcvv A few workmen ran to aid those already in the absorption plant for all knew that it was important to shut off valves. It was too late.

square section of Signal Hill, one of the richest oil fields, was searched for bodies today as authorities sought the toll of the explosion and fire that turned the district into a holocaust late yesterday. The known dead stood at seven Contrast of Emotional Temperaments Caused Crime under 20 percent the United Wilhelm, who today defied his fam- Ui 7 "nformeS Some nf them wishes by marrying Dorothea and that the von Salvati, member of a commoner to do wuh the confirmation or Italian family residing in Germany. I rejection of the commissioners serv- Press was informed. Some of them are said to be as low as one percent. There are 20 partners.

Data on the division of profits was suppressed by the Senate committee after long argument by John W. Davis, Morgan counsel. Less urgent pleas were made for suppres- sion of other information, but in today, but more than 12 persons was heard in Hollywood and Pasa- still were missing and some officialsi dena, almost 20 miles away. It PALO ALTO, June 3 (U.R>- Sheets of casing head Stanford university minor poneral the committee refused to highly volatile, went flying through official, whose romance became a withhold facts, the air and then came a terrific campus xegend, calmly awaited ar-: Names Involved Lists of men to whom Morgan inf i i U' and company sold stocks at less than market prices revealed an end- blast. The concussion was so great it complaint against David awu wcie uuaouig oumt uim.mo i scries of big names.

Men now expected the total death list might! broke windows in San Pedro, seven Lamson was signed by Sheriff Wil- in bUc offi including reach 20 I miles distant, liam who laid the asserted rotarv of Treasury William H. iniiiroH intaiirrii 40 most, of 1 Ten Tanks Aflame crime, to a sharp contrast of emo- tirn(Vun r.mirt PRINCE WILHELM WEDS COMMONER Woodin. Supreme Court Justice i barrels of oil were Lamson listened the warrant corporatlon, were revealed as re- pools in the immediate! was read him in county jail, where cj of Mn There rot nfiro rlpr- ilO nan hppn hf'lri an he had been held an "unofficial Prank W. Stearns confidant of ft m- and a simple church service i.e*,Y: Calvin Coolidge during the latter's W. C.

secretary was found in th Presidential years, was on a long bathtub of their home on the uni- jjst of individuals who borrowed versity campus Memorial Day. The 30-year-old Salesmanager of from Morgan and company. Norman H. Davis, now a roving ambas- The injured totalled 40, mast of. a whom were expected to recover.

I Sheets of flame flared in all ai- Property damage was placed in rections. Within a few seconds ten excess of $1,000,000 and some of the Richfield storage tanks, each estimates set it as high as holding 1000 000. I aflame. Oil The higher figure included dam- district were set afire as were der age to a score of homes, adjacent! ricks and office buildings, to the field. Some were demolished, A score of houses on the fnnge of The homeless were cared for by I the oil field were demolished, appropriation of $25,000 from the Homes were badly damaged within Red Cross established to aid vie- a mile area.

times of the major earthquake that Only the fastest response and shook this section March 10, just 12 quickest action by firemen from all weeks aeo. i adjacent cities prevented the spread Blast Followed By Fire of flames that might even have The blast, followed immediately i swept the entire field, bv fire, came in the middle of a i The force of the quiet afternoon while Signal Hill was told tersely by M. D. Glover was pouring out its daily quota of who was injured, but not seriously oil He was working on a derrick a half A few seconds before 2 p. mile from the explosion.

I cottage of the Lamsons. The wife financial kingdom dominated by (6 p. Pottstown time) there was 1 was blown right up against me 0f the former President designed Morgan and company a slight detonation at the abiftrp- engine room he said. Id the home of the young couple tion plant of the Richfield Oil a been going yet if I hadn hit it.j whose marriage five years ago cli company in the southwest section The wall fell in on me and I got ing under appointments from the Governor said. can be expected from a which would sultify it- 1 self by subscribing to a falsehood respecting its The investigation of the commission began in August, 1932, i 1 i Pinchot's sensational A i- 0 eharges against the.late W.

D. B. Son of Former Crown Prince Ainey, then commission chairman. Dpfipc Family William Rial, Westmoreland, headed the first committee, which was given $100,000 for its work. A wrwM mm 'court injunction declared the ap- BONN, Germany, June 3 (U.R) propriatlJon ulegal after about t.

OUOV1VC prince Wilhelm of Russia, eldest $53,000 had been spent in counsel tional temperaments culminating in Qwen Roberts, Sen. W. G. McAdoo, son of the former crown prince, de- fees, accountants services and other angCr the Wlf6'S I iD Calif.) and Harvey Couch, di- fied his family today by marrying expenses. Of the money spent, only rector of the Reconstruction Finance soivaH $10 000 had been paid out and the remainder is due.

Dorothea von Salvati. a commoner. was a civil wedding at 10 Inquiry Lapses The inquiry lapsed until it was at 1 p. m. re-organized during the 1933 session Prince Wilhelm, second heir to! with Sen.

J. McClure, Delaware, as the German throne if it is revived, I chairman. Resignation of O. K. wore the uniform of the Steel Hel- Eaton, Pittsburgh, as counsel, met organization of which he is a rupted the work.

Franklin S. Edthe Stanford U.ii\eisity Press Sciid I saclor in Europe, was a borrower. member. monds, Philadelphia, was made nothing, but his attorney, Arthur Morgan's participation in the prof- Witnesses to the ceremony were counsel and was prepared to re- M. Free, voiced indignant protests its and losses of his firm is of the brother, a well known: sume hearings on June 13.

and charges of police special interest in connection with equestrian, and Count Blumenthal, Free said he would subpena a num- degree of his power over the friend of the Prince and a lead- ber of prominent character wit- famous group of private bankers: inf? member of the Steel Helmet or nesses, including Mrs. Herbert The published articles of co-part-1 Stahlhelm organization. on San Juan nership revealed Morgan to be an tl shadows the small vine-clad almost absolute of the DIPLOMATS TO DISCUSS PEACE PLAN of the field. Those who knew' what caused that minor blast did not live to tell what happened, but it was pre- maxed a campus romance. burned a bit.

Another oil worker being pHYSICiANS REPORT a block away and being blown, clear over a fence." $500 CUT FROM PAY INTERNATIONAL C. OF C. HITS NEWS MONOPOLIES TENNIS STAR IS SAFE; C. H. K.

CURTIS WEAKER VIENNA. June 3 foot runway would not be natlonal chamber of Commerce to- HARRISBURG. June 3 fU.R>—Gov- ernor Pinchot today signed the otirr --------r Holmes bill cutting $500 from the a PHILADELPHIA, June 3 (U.R) pay of legislators, and vetoed the WAS REPORTED IVIibSiNG Cyrus H. K. Curtis, millionaire Reed bill which would have newspaper and magazine publisher, I duced the pay but $300.

hire 3 (U.R) Mystery to- The present compensation of law- over of Francis b.v at his home. makers for a regular session is $3000. 1 1 The 83-year-old publisher was in All members of the house and half Meantime McClure had introduced the bill authorizing continuance of the investigation and providing $100,000, part of which was intended for the piist expenditure. The executive veto of the McClure measure left the committee without the means of reimbursing Eaton. Edmonds and others for their services.

Committee reaction to the Pinchot veto was not obtainable immediately, nor were there any plans for meeting the expenses incurred to the point of the veto. PARIS, June 3 (U.R) A three. cornered conference of American, OF LEGISLATORS French and British diplomatists is i expected to be held here Thursday on disarmament and the serious disagreements that have arisen over i ten year peace treaty proposed by UNIONS WIN VICTORY Benito Mussolini of Italy. Norman H. Davis, chief United States delegate to the Geneva disarmament conference, will be the main American conferee.

long enough, officials removed the adopted unanimously a resolu- X. Shields, giant New York tennis fonpA onvp an additional 12001.. ended when the I. ONE KILLED, TWO HURT WHEN CAR OVERTURNS HAMMONTON, N. June 3 (UrR) McQuad, 39, Philadelphia, was killed when an automobile in which he was riding overturned near here today.

Two other Philadelphians were injured, Robert C. Reynolds, 29, of 352 Wolf street, and William E. Pfeffer, 29, of 1819 West Ontario street. They were taken to West Jersey Homeopathic hospital, Camden. HOUSE IN REVOLT OVER CUTS fence to give an additional 1200 feet in which if he failed to take off.

he could brake the wheels. To remind him that this might be difficult, an ambulance a year, but his condition now is said to be tion designed to prevent the estab-j Player lpnrnpri frnm uuw is saw io oe lishment of monopolies news and United Press learned from mends Members of the familv prohibit the restriction of news 1 at hThTme ioday a frommiccinn the President Ha.ding, inesnipis. transmission. The resolution, of vital import- from Kings county hospital stood ance in the free exchange of un, biased news, also struck at the pre- Ive got a good tail uind i ferential treatment now accorded half a dozen oranges, and by vari0U.s continental governments said the smiling Mattern. 1 3 to their own official news agencies or associations allied with them.

Its passage was urged because of the need for in- Speaker Admits High Feeling Among Representatives WASHINGTON. June 3 (U.R) Speaker of the House Rainey said today his chamber was much in over reduced veterans' appropriations as the Senate and that a majority actually favored the Senate action of adding $170,000,000 to ex-service payments. The independent offices appropriation bill, carrying the added funds for veterans, may come up for action in the House today, but there was some disposition to postpone consideration until word was received concerning President attitude. Rainey said he would undoubtedly consult with the White House before taking a definite attitude on whether his chamber should concur in the Senate veterans amendment. House is as much in revolt as the Senate over this veterans Speaker frankly admitted.

they do not accept the Senate amendment I believe they vould favor some other proposal for iestricting the veterans when he climbed aboard at 5:18. Mattern shook hands silently with Kelly and Tilyou, adjusted his hel- and met, tested the throttle a couple ot for contributln(, dlrectly (0 the prc. times, and Wets off. qprvAtion of rjpRco and advancement The plane rose gallantly in good on and ad.an. time and climbed rapidly into gray haze, off on its first stage to Berlin and its second flight of the POPE PROTESTS TO SPAIN Atlantic.

On the first, it estab- ROME, June 3 (U.R)—Pope Pius XI lished a speed record of ten hours today issued an encyclical, protest- of the senate who come up for election next year will receive $2500 for the 1935 and future regular sessions. The reduced pay scale does not due in New York next Friday, held llUle for his re" affect senators who were elected for Meantime it was learned Shields 1 four-year terms in 1932. had several attacks of appendicitis 1 which were painful but which did not make an operation imminently necessary. Concern was felt when Shields, after his elimination Wednesday from the French tournament at Auteuil, did not return to the Roland Garros stadium. Calls at the apartment where he had been staying brought the information he had left, leaving behind some of his clothing and money.

CONVICT CONFESSES BANDITS LOOT TWO BANKS ANO ESCAPE OVER SWEATSHOPS PHILADELPHIA. June 3 (U.R) Minor victories were reported today Davis can speak officially only on in the strike of workers in the wash- disarmament, for the Mussolini abie suit industry against sweatshop treaty affects only Great Britain, France, Italy and Germany. ROBOT PILOT HELPS HAWKS SET NEW MARK conditions. of the plants have signed agreements with the Gilbert J. Kraus, counsel for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, said, we expect that addi- tional firms will follow their lead.

NEW YORK. June 3 (U.R)—A ro- all the agreements signed so bot pilot at the controls helped far, the workers have received sub- Lieut. Comdr. Frank M. Hawks setlstantial Increases in wages and the a new non-stop trans-continental! maximum of 44 hours per week has air speed record of 13 hours, 26 min- been 1 utes, when he swooped down at The agreement also contains a Floyd Bennett Field shortly before 1 provision for a $10 a week minimum Walter H.

McGee May Face Posse Engages in Gun Battle midnight. wage. Death Penalty With Robbers II ASUR AL A WASHINGTON, June 3 (U.Pj- -The (Picture On Page Five) CULLOM, 111., June 3 (U.P) A KANSAS CITY, June 3 U.R) bandit gang took over this town 50 minutes for the water jump. ing against the new Spanish laws treasury net balance for June 1 was H. McGee, former Oregon tempoiaiily today, robbed two banks Mattern swung out over the sea, forbidding the Roman Catholic $362,770,209.53.

Expenditures tnat then back over the field before he church to engage in teaching or in- day were $4,872,016.15. Custom retook off due east to disappear at dustry and technically nationalizing ceipts for that day were $3,331,5:25. 1 its property. 015.35. Around I lie orld Plane and Us Pilot and escaped after fighting a gun battle with a posse of vigilantes.

Two citizens were wounded. The bandits attacked both the I First National bank and the Farm- State bank simultaneously and I were just the holdups when th0 alarm spread and the cltl-I ----------t0 i zens vigilante committee organized a posse that engaged the bandits i convict, today confessed participation in the kidnaping of Miss Mary McElroy, daughter of Judge H. F. McElroy, city manager of Kansas City, for $30,000 ransom. confession was made just special session abduction.

Indictments were to be sought; under the drastic kidnaping statute passed after the seizure and murder of the Lindbergh baby. Meanwhile. authorities at Jackson county prepared to file charges and seek rhe death penalty under state statutes. William L. Vandevender, United States district attorney, explained that any indictments turned bv qqcttv £ri a vn the federal grand jury would be rnfcl IT DUl rLUTU kept on file pending outcome of TAIJMTC OKLAHOMA POLICE the trial in state courts: If any ruLlUL in a gun battle reminiscent of old western days with citizens firing from second story windows and from behind telephone poles, while the bandits made their escape, in a car.

firing as they drove. The amount of loot obtained by the robbers was estimated variously at from $2500 to $6500. Around the World plane, painted 'and its pilot, James Mattern, who ing. The first sheduled stop is at to resamhto tiie American EagleJ took ofi from New York tins Berlin, Germany penalty less than death is imposed, --------------the federal charges then will be WEWOKA, June 3 (U.P^ pressed, it was said. Charles (Pretty Floyd.

Okla- confession was made phantom bank bandit, orally to Thomas J. Higgins, chief peared at a dance hall west of here of detectives. efcrly today. It implicated three others, He threatened three peace officers McGee, his brother, Clarence Click with submachine guns and fied with and Clarence Stevens. vo companions.

Police Chief J. Click was arrested in Kansas Robertson reported. Pursuing the City, at the same time that automobile in which the suspects Walter McGee and four others were drove away, officers arrested two taken into custody Texas, yesterday. at Amarillo, women. One of them, Robertson said, was the wife of the desperado, ANNOUNCEMENT In accord with my policy of adopting and using for my benefit the latest and best methods available, 1 now have the pleasure of offering you the latest in Therapy, Dr.

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