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VOL. XXVI NO. 261 THE ESC AN ABA DAILY PRESS I A ssociated riss It asi irf iws i rviu 1 ESC AN A HA. MICHIGAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26. 1935 KARRIS 9 itfr i nins ia fading ewspaper SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS TRAIL MICHIGAN DEMO REBELS MAKE GAINS IN PARTY CAUCUS BREAK DOWN RULE ON RELIEF MEASURE BY CECIL B.

DICKSON (Associated Press Staff Writer) Washington. Jan. 22 Victorious in partially breaking down the projected rule procedure on lie relief program, house Democratic insurgents tonight prepared to try to curb to morrow the broad power granted President Roosevelt in legislation providing the fund. Although they compromised with the revolters at a party caucus, Democratic leaders, rt claimed a victory in an agreement to preserving in a lump-sum the appropria tton. to he distributed by the president at his discretion.

It was only after Speaker Byrns told the secret caucus late today that President Roosevelt had assured him that lie (Mr. Roosevelt) and not Secretary Ickes. PWA ad ministrafor. would allocate the fund that the compromise on pro was reached. it was agreed that three sections of the relief hill, granting President Roosevelt vast powers, would be thrown open to amendment on the floor.

Cold Gripping Most of U. Deaths Mount The search for William above, Philadelphia night lift character, came to a tragic end yesterday when his body, heavily weighted, was recovered from a hallow creek where members of the Tri State gang, recently captured, confess'd they threw the bod v. 190 to as it Insurgents Pleased The Democrats then voted 42 to support tin rul will modified tomorrow through amendments to offered Its man I i of rules committee. Thirty nine Democrats declined to he bound the caucus rule, however, and 10 Republicans and Progressives also against it. Other pba of tin measure iov pc to anno tin those which would give president power to; Abolish, consolidate, or redistribute any governmental agency Create new government Delegate powers give him.

Guarantee loans to needy individuals. Exercise right of eminent domain over personal and real property. Prescribe rules, the violation of whi- would make an offender a telon and subject to a penalty of -two years in jail and a $5.000 The leaders of insurgents claimed they had won we were fighting for because under the modified rule, it is virtually an open rule." With Republicans united in a fight against broad power gated president in the measure, and with many in their own rank and file disgruntled, the Democratic chiefs railed the caucus late today to bind their majority to sup porr the proposition. The caucus step was taken when word was received by Speaker Byrns and Chairman Buchanan (D-Tex) of the house appropriations committee that Roosevelt was dissatisfied over the failure to ge the measure to a vote today. The chief executive called both to the White House for an explanation.

After conference Byrns aid be assured the president rules committee would approve the procedure today. In fact, this had been done while the White House meeting was underway. However, the "gag" rule was approved only after insurgent group had been assured that the appropriations committee would submit certain amendments to the re lief measure. BODY GF WEISS Gang: Member Identifies Muddy Corpse Taken From Stream VV A II LAKE MICHIGAN: Strong northwest winds with snow Wed Desday. Advisory storm warning p.

m. LOWER MICHIGAN: Snow and colder Wednesday with severe cold wave at night; Thursday partly cloudy. I'PPER MICHIGAN: Snow and much colder Wednesday; Thursday partly cloudy with slowly rising temperature. At Ixnr IaM 7 M. lit Hours ESCAVUU Philadelphia, Jan.

22. In a Flint, iron-weighted bundle, drag Fed tip from muddy bottom of Neshaminy creek, authorities to day found the end of a month hunt the bullet marked body of William WeLs, reputed kidnap victim of the notorious in blankets bound with wire, body of nightlife character, from outside his suburban home las' Octoher, was brought up wit I grappling ropes from tliec shallov Dream just northeast of Phila dolphin. An hour later, art in Farre ll member of the gang blamed fot the killing, hesitantly identifies the mud-covered corpsv as that the reputedly wealthy suburban Re, whose abduction Duffleel authorities for more than two months before they trailed the Robert Mais mob to -arth. Will I ace Bill Weiss." lie muttered, when Police Superintendent Joseph A. Lestrango questioned him.

standing on the small iron bridg under which the body dynamit was discovered after two days of grappling in snow, rain, fog and tloating cakes. Finding of the body, and the capture last week in New York of convicted killers, Mais and Walter Legenza, and the of their winds up the activities of the gang through the Philadelphia area Farrell and the other two taken in New York Marie er, "girl friend" of Mais, and Edwin i Bones) Gale, fugitive from a Georgia chain brought down to Philadelphia yesterday. Charges in connection with the Weiss slaying and with th band's activities probably will be brought against them. Mais and Legenza. meantime, were taken to Richmond, night, there to fulfill the death penalty for the murder of a hank truck driver placed against before they shot their way out of prison several months ago.

Chalked against the gang by authorities. in addition to the Weiss abduction and slaying, are two payroll robberies in Philadelphia and reputed plots to kidnap several other persons. (By The Associated Deaths and damages mounted Tuesday as the cold wave spread through most of the nation. Fugs, floods, sleet, rain, snow, REILLY cold, land slides and gales were1 reported while the human toll of latest rampage passed the! G5 mark. Freezing weather extended across deep south from Plot ida to California.

Thousands of jcattle froze to death in Texas and others succumbed to exposhre in! northern Louisiana. Vegetable crops in the Rio Grande district, damaged by the most in two years The mercury at Brownsville, one of southernmost in the States, shrunk to 20. Some Arkansas and Louisiana uveas were burdened with eight to ten inches of snow, A storm New Orleans enabled many youngsters to hurl their first snow Dalis. A light snow fell at Pensacola, Fla. Alabama and Georgia prepared itch the thermometer tall to lk degrees to the accompaniment of rain and snow.

Growing fruits and vci in Florida. Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas suffered nip. St cejims Swollen Swollen streams menaced many portions of Dixie, Washed-out bridges and ice sheathed roads made travel impossible or dangerous in the Memphis sector. Air traffic came to a standstill there. Trains ran far behind schedule.

The monetary loss was high. The west and mid-continent enjoyed some relief from hitter weather but forecasters warned a new cold invasion was descending upon the northwest and would continue across nur-t of the central Wednesday. The frigid blast pushed into the i eastern states and down the At- jlantic seaboard, bringing rain and mow as it progressed. New Yorkers ware advised of an PLASTER CASI OF FOOTPRIN AIDS DEFENSE i John J. of Menominee Chosen To Succeed Stack With Legislators State Capitol By The Associatori Michigan Bar remove un ica i from the profession nresontation to 1- gi-la- SCORES AT TRIAL WITH BIG SURPRISE Lansing.

Jan I oli J. O'Hara, for 2 ittoruey in Menomimi I best no Repaid: 2 years an and one of cans in the (Continued on Page 39MB IS FOUND i Six Sticks of Dynamite Attached to Fuse Located IVY JOHN (Associated Press Staff Writer) Flemington, N. Jan. 22 witnesses against Bruno Richard Hauptmann Dim near the scene of Lind bergh ha by kidnaping today ,1 sought to trace the kidnap ladder to his hands. It was a day of swiftly moving testimony, but not enough to stop a sudden defense attempt to cast doubt on Identification of Haupt matin as ransom taker.

In an unexpected coup, Edward .1. Reilly, chief of Hnuptipanu' counsel, brought out that a cast was made of a footprint found in the Bronx cemetery where the $50,000 ransom Chang hands. Not a hit perturbed hv the objections of Attorney General David Wihoitz, Reilly then moved to reports on the cut and the word of the own witnc-s it was not foot print Ladder Is Evidence He let it he known also that he wants a phonograph record the record that Federal Agent Thomas Sisk said had been made of Dr. John F. Condon's imitation of the ransom voice.

Condon has testified that ransom taker of St cemetery, was H'aupt- ninnn. Hoping to close their to! morrow, prosecutors late today began the tedious task of the wood tli it allogedlj went into the ladder's making from the lumber mill to the Hauptmann attic. They finally got the ladder the evidence over defense oh lions, along with a chisel ante the accused man's .1 tool chest. prosecutinn says the broken. Honed ladder was ihe in- -tru that killed Col harles A Lindbergh's first horn son; that Hauptmann, carrying the baby, fell from it when it splintered as he descended from the Hopewell nurserv; that the baby was killed upper peninsula, today was appointed auditor general of iii by Frank D.

Fitzgerald. O'Hara, who never before has irnld a state posi although he did serve as city and prosecuting at torney in his home city, was amed to (ill the vacancy caused by death ol John K. Stack, last week. The new appointee will hold office, subject to confirmation by the 11 1 until December 2 1, 19 3 fi will take oath of office immediately he aid. and as his first step said would offer Hus.

I Hartman, of Houghton, the po sit ion us deputy auditor general appointment throws the balance of power thi state ad ministrative hoard into Repubii can hands, with three Democrats four Republicans now on that body. Able Davyrr The new state official has practiced law in Menominee since hi- graduation in 1908 from ihe Do uoit College of Law He was an unsuccessful candidate for congressman from the Eleventh district in 1930 and again in 1 924. when lie was beaten by Rep. Bren liss Brown by a comparatively narrow margin His race gained him a commanding among upper peninsula Republicans. O'Hara is known by bis follow townsmen as a wit.

an able trial lawyer, an active worker for political party and a civic leader II is brother, Daniel J. O'Hara, of Iron Mountain, served as assistant attorney general under Raul Voorhies during the Brucker ad ministration and is now in motor vehicle division of the secretary of state's office. His brother- in-law, Wilfred F. Doyle, of Ale nominee, served as a state senator rom Thirteenth district in ,1 93 2 and 1934. The appointee is a son of the.

late Charles for 40 a sawyer and timber cruiser for lumber companies in this vicinity. O'Hara was born August II, 1SS5. in Stiles, was educated in public schools of Marinette. program members ready for ure The senat Frederick a "in of com mission. nor Fit zc ore missionin' of pnldb Olander.

to the operation of sii tlie state. Governor Fitzgei J. i auditor gjneral to John Stack. Jr. meat was confirmed ate.

confirmed Mger, of the liquor old Mrs. dt. as trol ked com- safety, Oscar stops to stop machines in PUBLIC ENEMY HEADED NORTH IN PENINSULA? STOLEN CAR FOUND NEAR MONROE TUESDAY ti.i Mi by appointed appoint- the sen- SLOT MACHINES JOHN J. il TOY BACHS UP ATWOOD CLAIM Says Wilson Appointed At Unlawful Convention Lansing, Jan. 22.

Two nu remained in jail today mi perjury charge arising out of their testimony in in vostig.ufion of December's legi-la- as Attorney on ral Harry S. Toy fought hack in the supreme court against efforts of Guy Wilson, Democratic candidate. to oust Orville Atwood, as secretary of state Thomas R. Craig, a recount worker, arrested last Thursday on perjury charges only to revise his testimony Monday, remained in the lugli mi county jail at Mason. T.

Ibmmett McKenzie. Detroit newspaper publisher and recount Fitzgerald Tells Olander to Lead Drive on Gambling BY GILBERT T. SI1ILSON (Associated Staff Writer) Lansing, Jan. 2 2 Governor Fitzgerald late Tuesday! ordered statewide prohibition of slot machines. He directed Oscar R.

Olander.1 commissioner of public safety to enforce the law which prohibits the operation of gambling de-; vices. The governor action followed a recent warning issued jointly Dy him and Mummy Harry Toy that unless local forcing enforce ami gambling statutes state will act. Since that warning notorious gambling places in Macomb I county have closed and slot ma! cliInes have been removed in cer tain localities. The I instruction to Olander was a blanket order to up rest of the state." Rumors have state circles that said to be highly their operators, by those claiming ilea! Influence, dared he wants red tie working Dot nit worker, his way esterday below Kansas City Los Angeles Marquette Mempliis Miami Minneapolis New New York St. Sait Lako Frisco Soo, Mich.

The Pas Washington. 8 Battieford Boston 4 1 0 Cincinnati 11 Cleveland 20 Cochrane Denver 3 fi 1 4 Duluth------ Evansville 8 (Jr. Rapids 10 Green Bay 1 Jacksonville 4 King Boris Acts To Assume Reins Of Power Again Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 2 2 Premier Kimon Guoorguirff, Bui- dictator for less than nine months, resigned today as: King Boris moved suddenly and swiftly to take the of pow- er into his own hands. In what foreign observers den I rribed as an i to regain of the regime, Boris accepted the 4 8 of the entire Gueorgub-ff cabinet A section of the Bulgarian ar 12 my emerged at the top of Bul- 72 Karla's political whirlpool as the king appointed General Petk '10 Zlajeff, minister of war, premier.

Zlatcff placed three officers 24 his hastily formed cabinet. 24 1 Reports from abroad said king had struck at a secret group 2 which sought to undermine the 14 monarchy and that an army offi 4 4 who was leader of the in this section had been arre ted 'There was no confirmation of 38i this report at the palace. Cleveland, Jan. 22 A possible attempt to blow tip Cleveland's tallest office building, the 55-story Terminal tower, was discovered late today when a bomb containing six sticks of attached to a partly burned fuse, was found on sixth floor of structure. Thousands of workers were in building at time, unaware how close they may have been to a potential catastrophe.

Although doubt was expressed that the bomb was large enough to have wrecked the entire structure, Lloyd Trunk, a police ballistics said it easily could have demolished all the offices on one floor, and possibly others. Anonymous alls An anonymous telephone call to police headquarters from a man who said that look a like a bomb is In a box on sixth floor of Terminal building" sent police to Several hours later, while police were investigating secretly, an anonymous telephone call to i newspaper office from a man gave the public its first inkling of occtirrence. Police tonight said believed tin anonymous caller eith er had placed the dynamite or knew who put it in the box, at the end a ad end cori i dor. Immediately after dyna mite was found, squads police raced to the tower and began i minute search of every floor in the chance other explosive might be discovered. a police tlgatlon was launched in an attempt to who placed bomb in a tire hose cabinet where it was found.

Ralph A. Sharp, vice president of the Cleveland Terminal Build ing said crank made the bomb and it there He mentioned that a number of charwomen inployed in the tower have on strike for several weeks, but added was confident this, only labor trouble, had uu connection with ttie humh. ESCAPE IVJI RV Marquette, Jan 22 Three passengers on a Northland Line bus escaped Iniury today when the vehicle collided with a city street plow. According to police, Thomas Bennett, of ishpem ing. driver of bn- lo-t control of It as it skidded and truck the plow as it turned onto the i borough fa re (Continued on Page Two) Hart Denies He Sought Wealthy Bride For Zog Washington, Jan.

2 of the season's -1 polled today when Hart, former denied had acted "2 One tories was Charles C. to Albania, e- a te in an atoonpt to find an A mm an bride 1 year in- mut ic King with Zog, the nly bachelor sovereign sought 1 assistance Vienna dispa: In lid In finding an with beauty, anility and a annual income. Hart w.i imported to have -tirveyed field nd then to have given Zog a 11 Yankee dollar A formei i 11 Hart said in a stati nt tho Albanian ruler Fad made such i request of him at had no urvoy of the manm market herp, and that In had taken a list nt mat riagoalt to the king. at holies In Saar Fighting Paganism and of Law through school. Attorney O'Hara lias been prominent in fraternal work.

is a member ot tlm Knights of Columbus. Elks and Rotary club is a past state deputy of the K. C. ladge. O'Hara wife, the former Helen of died la Aagu lie ha wo sons and two Michael Lansing; Jack, a -enior in Me- nominci high Helen Nancy and M.u Fib mi, alt high school -tadmit- PERKINS BACKS SECURITY PLAN Reasonable Start, Says Madam Secretary at Hearing was in city jail invi i ignt ion linmghout A warrant wa- mud to.

rging him with perjury i tomorrow it onti laine I hat i he pi sent abounded in slot machines, profitable controlled to have poli- Fltzgerald tumbling stopped 15 V. A Washincto nd Cologne, Germa -Fifty thousand ami the Ruhr's people gathered snow today to Imip Catholic church's against Dr. Alfred pagan nt The thousands wh jam their way inB famous cathedral st in the snow to loud speakers ers as.Hail«*d dermlne church, he divinity of t. I- Mur pit Honored At 22 r. class in driving launch the 11 -1.

drive Ho ho could not to outside ten through i urch to un lint faith in M.SDAi Pi li. 22 inodishly garbed ii i Frances Perkim -i I hat adminis plan -tart" toward lini: agnin-t tlie "major if nini' program to nd an committee cabinet member might he built for a and authorit on the NY) for ti nance Farcii ell Dinner Manila, Jan. bout 1,000 Filipino a i i-i 5 uns tended dlnn-r 1 Hull of Geiuoal Fi pliy to- nig lit on the 1 part ure for Washington di-, ith Ron toward Philippine In his addi Murphv urg- the Filljiino- tie fut ure ith i .1 to -1 a about ii w.i-tungton, one week in Deti dt and return 1 Ma li ila In mont assu red black, today ti tration vided a safegnai hazards ol Explain house wa tlte first extep upon the bill a- She has made i cial security pn after anotlmt subject. ti reviewed p- mlin members of com in it tic. that provide a humr i Mb to reasonubb fake too big pi The tary 11 g'lmini-tratloii the uneniplovm- would put a I r' i'illion aecretury of hich to -ta hi ii, on Edw in rector ot et up 1 Roosevelt, said reserve fund built was he comtnitti proposal-- i i i 1 Sei etai pm (t ont 1: 111 1 here to the nig lit clu and in mornli Toy 1 Mi.

and not the om which met in a "joint con-' vent Ion" la year ii authority to determine the for sicretarv of in filing an answer to WiLon' petition for warranto pro endings. The attorney general in-i-tcd that Wilson had no right to file an of sm li a without Ids con! W'tit. Eli! fill no ni hut "It would I manifestly unlawful and unjust and i-ontrai to li on titillino for an outgoing lature rather than the incoming I i body to which person is to a office in event of a contest I term I nation of i board Toy proto- "The officia call of lie i governor of this wa- it bout const it ut ini I tory authority. From tlie -aid outgoing iegi-lutu) appears Hie senate and tin in joint vent uit bout the aut! orit -oint i i The od ed joint convntioii was ni lem1 by virtue of an unlawful and un a de- of state Mated, nit going at ord it so may be hint of suspicion. oopernt The communication to Olander stated stat- of relative to gambling "seem to chiefly their violation." Olander said local enforcement officers will notified immediately, and the state police will be employed, to that the gambling laws are enforced.

if necessary governor can order state police to entirely local agencies deemed inefficient or glertful in halting gambling. In most im-tances, however, tin work will be done through cooperation with sheriffs and police. Clan dor there will lie very few cases where help will be refused by local agencies. No was able to estimate of slot machines in the -tatc. although in past two years they have spread out immensely.

In many sections machines been operated in gasoline station corner and even candy i Pont Inued on Page Feb. 2 Selected Execution Date For Two Gangsters Detroit, Jan. 22 r-p, Throwing a wide network along the in teruational boundary. Ontario provincial police joined tonight in a maneuver to run down fast-fleeing public enemy So. 1.

Alvin Karpis. The trail of Karpis and his quick-shootinn companion, Harry GampbeR, lost near Philadelphia after they had shot t.h**ir way from a police trap in Atlantic City Sunday, was believed picked up again today with the finding of a car near Monroe. Mich w-hich had been taken from an Allentown, physician. Belief that Karpis and Campbell were making a desperate dash to cross the boundary and perhaps hiding in tlie vicinity of Montreal, former home and birthplace, led Michigan state police to seek aid of Windsor officers in closing the trap about them. Ileailcd for Peninsula? So hurriedly did the pair who abducted Dr.

H. H. Hunsicker at Allentown and then released him after a wild 24-hour ride, aban don his car near a resort section of Erie shore line, that the motor still was running when a rural mail carrier came on it. Dell Clark, the carrier, said he saw one man leave the machine and walk in the direction of Monroe. Little wa.

attached to the find, however, until state police had it the Pennsylvania license and Dr. instrument bags fti tlie tonneau. With identity of the car established, department of justice agents joined state police and Monroe officers In a search of resort cottages along and Canadian took up the vigil frm Windsor to Amherst- river, to the fug from crossing over to Can adian territory. Officers directing the search were proceeding on that the pair might be making for the old Dillineer haunts of upper peninsula in an effort to throw off the chase. Karpis anti Campbell, survivors of gang accused of kid nailing Edward Bremer, St.

Paul banker, for $200.000 ransom, were flushed from hiding in lantic City Sunday soon aftei Fred Barker, alleged partner Karpis in the kidnaping, and hi- mother tad been shot to by federal agents in a six-hour siege. Shooting mad chase trail of their bullet abandoned their way ciear in a through the city, the pair was lost until riddled car was found near Quakertown. Pa Again department of justlee ag- nts eluded. The due carne from Akron. Ohio, Alien- town.

physleian fnund up with bis ow doihing in a rural grange hall. AUhough saUl h- was noi to get a look fliem," appeared that bis captors ili fieetng )'uh Continued Page Ten) of so ter i tonight, was li ()' They does not nt panu- but it i. 1 a man ad an pat ila men tary move the lieu tenant governor and -aker of tli house. From otti ii it manifestly th joint wa- and no lit." Toy and two is istauts who have been wc on recount -tiv ition Capizzi and Cl were in droit not reveal the their visit but it were checking wliat gallon will committee hi work The, ita last night. Toy said was stili ted whether will tor i nd jury inv 1 igation, Horner Is Opposed To Seaway Treaty that fl inquiry ords Tilly was his king I.

A. did of tiy- sen it cl', ta trd allow rw a who tig tit tin would st ers. York back I Virgin I no Their cl la-t )dob delayed iUidimond upon hdl murdi-r of a truck, wti i lust Jan. 2: and Rohe it ions tor Mai its fix li. Virginia In the Headlines From Washington trt-stat arrested al agents, the death house in penitentiary from ever lets escar set and Novemlier an escajte from city jail, were conviction for K.

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