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fi MM NEW THE WEATHER: Mostly cloudy and colder tonight and Tuesday with local snows tonight and Tuesday HOME EDITION ASSOCIATED TRESS AND NEW YORK WORLD LEASED WIRE SERVICES VOL LXXVII No 269 12 PAGES SPRINGFIELD OHIO MONDAY JANUARY 12 1931 PRICE TWO CENTS MI7IU1 EMNGFI STATE OFFICIALS INDUCTED AT COLUMBUS RIGHTS WILL BE UPHELD NEW LEADER SAYS Idea of General Course of Ac-tion During Next Two Years Revealed in Address AVIATORS BELIEVED LOST ON OCEAN HOP Mrs Beryl Hart and Lieut MacLaren Missing on Bermuda-Azores trip UNHEARD FROM SINCE SATURDAY CROWDS WITNESS CEREMONIESON CAPITOL GROUNDS Streets Thronged by: Gay Thousands Hours Before Time Set For Reception Held In Hotel For Distinguished Guests 'CCCUMBUSl 0 JaiL 12 Yhitc nbw is governor of Ohio The reins of state government passedfrom the hands of TicpublicanV to Democrats immediately after noon today when Myers Cooper stepped aside and ML White assumed the duties of Ohio's chief executive Standing on the west facade of the state capital and surrounded by relatives neighbors and friends- Mr White the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Carrington Marshall of the Ohio supremo court to support the constitution of nation and state -Aa a guarantee that hto oath was LONE BANDIT ROBSJICKET AGENT OF $151 I Bold Highwayman Picks Big Four Depot for Scene of His Operations not a mere formality the new gov emor pledged to the assembled throng to maintain constitutional government and keep Inviolate Its guarantees to all cltlsens In hto Inaugural address Immediately following hto taking of the oath This pledge resounded throughout the state as thousands at their Cooper Uses 33 Words in Speech COLUMBUS Oh Jan 12Ti thirty-three words Gov Myers Cooper the retiring WILLIAM PiCKRCL DAYTON LIEUTENANT GOVCBNOQ Hope for Safety of Pair Dimmed Fast With the Passing of Hours IIORTA Island of Faysl Azores Jan The storm -swept Atlantic wu believed today to have claimed the lives of taro more transoceanic filers Hope for the safety of Mrs Beryl Hart 27 -year-old widow and Lieut William MacLaren who left Hamilton Bermuda at 11:15 a (EJ9T) Saturday for Horta In their monoplane Tradewlnd dimmed fast with the passing hours Anxious watchers' hen wen 1 gloomy as the hours passed with no word from the little white ship At 1 ul It seemed Impossible that the two filers could have weathered the storms which have been sweeping the islands Steamers passed and put Into Horta reporting no word of the flight One ship came In with a disabled steamer In tow reporting worst weather In yean" along the route It The aviators with a "pay load" which they hoped to take to Paris expected to negotiate the 2000 miles in about 21 hours This would have put them hen at 11:15 a yesterday (8:15 a ml They have not been seen or heard of since the take-off: They carried no radio -The 300 gallons of gasoline which their plane carried was believed to have been sufficient to keep them until 8 yesterday In this time they might have reached the western European or Moroccan coast but In view of a northeast gale poor visibility and other unfavorable weather conditions this was considered improbable If forced down at sea the plane probably would not have floated for mom than a few minutes Although It was equipped for a sea-landing the giant waves seen hereabouts the past three days would have crushed an even mom substantial ship -s" Authorities hen sent up rockets (Continued on Pago 2 Column A) MOTHER SEEKS ALIBI FOR LINGLE SUSPECT lays Son Was in Michigan When Reporter-Racketeer Met Death CHICAGO Jan An alibi for Leo Brothers St Louis gangster accused of slaying Alfred Llngle Tribune reporter was reported being sought by his mother Mrs CordlU Jessen while ties went forward with plans to In-' diet him today for murder Mrs Jessen said the hoped to establish that her son was In Mich- Igsn at the time Llngle was shot June 9 mm witnesses the prosecutors said hsd Identified Brothers as the man who slew Llngle They added their grand Jury presentation of evidence would be completed today And then would be no delay In getting an Indictment Defense attor-' neys on the other hand said they had found two witnesses to the killing who had asserted that Brothers did not resemble the slayer 1 A lone bandit held up Albert Logan 1342 Jefferson it Big Vbur ticket agent in the Big Four about 8 a Monday forc-'lng him to hand 9151 through the grilled window A revolver wu used a persuader- Logan told police he wu alone in the ticket office when a white man-ordered him to hand over all of hto money The agent gave him the money in the cash drawers and money boxes but did not open the safe As soon he obtained the cash the bandit walked rapidly to the west entrancq to the station climbed Into a taxicab and ordered the driver to take him to the and station police learned When they arrived the bandit paid hto unsuspecting chauffeur and boarded a tractlou car which left this dty for Toledo about 6:05 a Although he made no suspicious moves while In the taxi according to the driver police believe the bandit wu prepared 1 to draw hto weapon again If any outcry wu raised or If the driver became aus-pldous 5' Police have learned that a man answering the description of the bold-robber rode- the traction car at tout far Urbane where they lost trace of him The and ticket agent at Urbans believes the man got off the car there but one of the passengers says he to sure' the man remained on the car Other points along the line were notified and Big Four railroad police were on the lookout for the bandit at Toledo The car wu duer In Toledo at 10:30 a As soon possible after the hold- -up CapL Christian of the Big Four police sent two of hto detectives to Urbans by automobile to assist police of that dty In a search for the man-t': Springfield -police 1 soon learned that the man had boarded a traction car but were given the Information that he had taken a car headed for Dayton- By the time they had learned of the mistake It wu too late to give Urbans police the information before the car had reached that city INAUGURAL TALK SETS PRECEDENT IN OHIO More Expanded Outline of Program to be Given General Assembly Tuesday DAILY NEWS BUREAU 307 Bpahr Building Columbus Jan 12 For brevity and short space of time required for delivery the inaugural address of Gov George White given here at noon today established a pre cedent in Ohio Approximately but two thousand words were employed by the new executive In revealing to the cttl zenry a general idea of his course of action during the next two years Outstanding in his address to the assurance that taxes will not be Increased without a vote of the people that the righto of the people under the constitution will be maintained right of trial by Jury must be preserved and unlawful search and seizures will not be tolerated A more expanded nvealment of the governor's program of leglsla tlon to to be presented to the general assembly In Joint session at 1:45 Tuesday Gov White's inaugural address in fun was as follows: "My Fellow Citizens: we come to that cross-road In government established by the forefathers "Today we Induct Into office those chosen by the people to dlnct the various and manifold affairs of our state government for the ensuing biennium pride ourselves upon being a self -governed democracy but the full benefits of such a system of government can be attained only to the extent to which there to active participation by all citizens We have lamentably failed in our duties In that respect It may be proper therefore to attribute such defects as exist in our governmental processes largely to that spirit of Indifference upon the part of so large a body of our citizens due to the liberal home (Continued on Page 12 Column L) Father of 13 i Given Parble COLUMBUS Jan 12One of Gov Cooper's tost official acts was the signing of a commutation for Guy Never Champaign County prisoner In the penitentiary serving a sentence for stealing chickens-A feature of the idea made for executive clemency for Nevers was the number of children In the Champaign County Home needing him to provide far them It was asserted that he to the father of 12 children but when closer Inquiry was made it was learned that there are 13 Executive clemency was extended to IS others SENATE CONFIRMS THREE TO TARIFF BODY POSTS Fletcher Page and Coulter Approved Without Record Vote WASHINGTON Jan' The senate today confirmed without a record vote the nomination of Henry Fletcher of Pennsylvania as chairman of the reorganized tariff commission The nomination of Thomas Psge of Virginia as a Democratic member was confirmed next without opposition page to a former member of the Taft and Wilson tariff commissions John1' Lee Coulter Republican North Dakota then was confirmed without opposition- UNEMPLOYED ORGANIZED DUNCAN OklaM Jan (TV-Five hundred unemployed men today had organised "a working man's army" and demanded "an equitable distribution of wealth" Speakers at a meeting here yesterday de dared the organisation would be the nucleus of a national "army" to take over operation of Industries that had shut down GEOPGG WHITS MARIETTA GOVERNOR IAMB REPEAL OF DRY LAW PROPOSED Six Bills Aimed at Prohibition Are Introduced in Ohio State Senate COLUMBUS Jan (Tv-Six bills proposing repeal of statu tory prohibition hi Ohio were Introduced In the state senate today Resolutions proposing repeal of con stitutlonal prohibition were Introduced last week in bpth branches 1 The repeal bills were introduced by Senators Joseph Ackerman of Cleveland and William Hemer of Huron County Last week Ackerman Introduced a constitutional amendment providing lor repeal Two of the Ackerman bills and two Hemer Mils are virtual Identical providing for repeal of the Crabbe prohibition law and" the Miller enforcement code1 The other Ackerman Mil would repeal the Dow-Alkln tax law which Imposes 81000 tax on property where intoxicating liquors are sdd'foV--iFVi Both senators would retain so much of the Crabbe law as would (Continued on Page 18 Column 1) MILLERSTOWN MAN IS GIVEN PEN SENTENCE Ernest Verier Pleads Guilty at Ur-bans to Burglary Charge (Special to The Dally News) URBANA Jan One man was sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary and three others were placed on probation In common pleas court here today All were on felony charges by the grand Jury last week and pleaded guilty Saturday Ernst Verier Millers town was sentenced to three years In prison for the burglary of a smoke house' The three men put on probation each for a period of five years and the charges against them are: William McConnehca Urbana auto theft Cantril! Cloyd Ufbanaf auto theft: and Albert Miller St Pluto burglary of a smoke house TIRE PRICES SLASHED SEVEN TO 12 PER CENT General Seiberllng Goodrich Announce Reductiona: CLARENCE BLAN CHESTER -SECRETARY OF STATE MISSOURI NEGRO Ir LYNCHED BY MOB rV 1 Man Accused pi Assaulting Teacher Burned in School MARYVILLE Mom Jan T-Chained to the roof of the Garrett Rural School In which 'he' was alleged to have assaulted and murdered Miss Velma Colter 19-year-old teacher- Raymon Gunn: negro was burned to death by a mob which made a funeral pyre of the building today i Gunn wait marched- into the school house' and to the spot where the bruised body of the young teacher was discovered Those- of tho throng about himTwho were closest said the negro confessed hto guilt 1 He was then taken to the roof 'of (Continued on Page IB Column X) HARRY DAY-FREMONT TREASURER OF STATE mac OFFICIAL FAMILY TAKES OVER REINS Four Elective State Authorities v' Are Inducted vV COLUMBUS 0 Jan 12-CTv The members of Gov George White's official family and four elective state oflidato were inducted into office today coincident with the Inauguration of the new chief executive For Clarence Brown secretary of state and Attorney General Gilbert Bettman the day was mostly a repetition of the events of two years ago Brown especially has become accustomed to bclng lnsu-ffunttdi The other two elective officials srs newcomers in their office this year 1 They are: William Pick-rcl of Dayton lieutenant governor (ConUnued on Page IX Column XI gStuoat GILBERT BETTMAN CINCINNATI -ATTORNEY GENERAL sy BOOM SEEN IN AUTO INDUSTRY 75000 Recalled to Ford River Rouge Plant Thousands In Other Shops 1 j- DETROIT Jan Detroit to reawakening today Hie city of automobiles has been In a condition of Industrial hibernation for more than a year Factory wheels have turned only intermittently But the go-ahead signal has been given and the ever hopeful popula-tlon of this essentially youthful com' munlty believe that "things be different now" -The Detroit street railways- made preparations to transport thousands more workers to their Jobs' today than went to work last Monday Announcement was made that 75000 employes of the Ford River Rouge plant had been notified to begin Work today Another 32000 Ford workers were to report at other plants in the Detroit area Other automobile factories have Issued similar calls to their workers Dodge Hudson' Llnooln Buick Cadillac and Chrysler are 5 going (Continued on Page IX Column I) LAST-MINUTE PARDON FREES FORMER MAYOR s- Cooper Commutes Sentences' of IS Two Lifers In Group i-l 0 COLUMBUS Oh Jan 12 Alexander Moore former mayor of Athens and a Republican candidate fori the nomination as lieutenant governor 1 In 1928 was free today after serving 19 months In Ohio penitentiary Moore was admitted to the pent tentlary In May 1929 to serve 24 years for embezzling dty funds He 1 was granted a conditional pardon yesterday by Gov Cooper who retires from tehee today 'The governor also the cases of 17 other prisoners by commuting their sentences so they would be eligible 'for parole- These Included two lifers John-Q- Smith and Ralph Richardson sentenced from Summit County in May 1920 for the staling of a restaurant owner Their alleged accomplice In the crime escaped during the trial and has not been FACES BRIBERY CHARGE Akron "Com Sager KlngMs Up for siv Trial AKRON'- 0 Jan' UAl-The city council's investigation into underworld conditions brought Leo laser who formerly' styled himself as corn sugar king" Into municipal court today for arraignment on a charge of attempted bribery v- Iasar was arrested on the testimony of Police Sergeant 8teve Kovach who told the council's Investigating committee1 laser had left money at his home Chief of Police Frank Bora told the committee Iasar offered him "protection money at a hotel meeting A week from tomorrow laser to to go on trial In federal court at Cleveland on a charge of violating the na-tionar prohibition law's chief executive presented Oeorge White of Marietta with hto commission as governor of Ohio In the Inaugural ceremonies today Hie brief presentation was: "In accordance with custom of long standing aa retiring governor I present to you your commission as governor of Ohio In meeting the grave responsibilities of your office you have my best wishes" homes heard his solemn promise over three radio stations that broadcast the Inaugural ceremonies Mr Cooper the' retiring executive faded from the picture and became Just an honored citizen of Ohio as the new executive took up Ids administrative duties Mr Cooper's last official act was to hand tbe Incoming governor hto commission as he stood In place to receive the oath Mr Cooper withdrew Immediately' Just as the new governor took the oath of office the overcast skies gave way to a winter sunshine In contrast to the sub-zero weather of two years ago when Cooper was sworn la -v Governor White was given the nineteen gun salute by a battery of artillery: located on the capital grounds Just before he- was sworn la- "I Notwithstanding the new execu tive's wish for a simple Inaugural there was much of the' pompous display that has prevailed- at in due tlon of former governors into Office' Surrounding Governor White as he took the oath were hto five chll dren Mary and Charlotte and sons David George Jr and Robert Hto left hand rested on the family Bible presented to him by hto father and mother when he was 19 years old and a high school student at Titusville Pa Miss Mary the oldest daughter will be mistress of the ex ecutive mansloa '-The ceremonies Incident' to the Inauguration started for Mr White with a reception to distinguished guests at the Desbler-Walllck Hotel ljMi'elock -Among tho guests of former Governor James tCqx of 'Dayton presidential can' didate The executive was escorted to the hotel by a committee representing tho general assembly and a small group of officials and citizens Shortly before the Inaugural cere monies started Mr White and the official delegation was escorted to the capitol where- former Common Pleas Judge Charles Warner of Columbus honorary chairman of the lnauguarl committee made a short Introductory address Invocation was' offered by Rev Townsend of the First Presbyterian Church Marietta and the Democratic Glee Club of Columbus sang Following administration of the oath Mr White delivered hto abort Inaugural address which took about 15 mlnutes Benediction was! aid by Rev A Schilling of SLi Charles Borroraeo College Colum- bus The ceremonies were ended byj the playing of "Hall to the Chief" by the 112th Regiment Bandr Retiring from the ceremonial stand Gov White wu escorted to tho executive office which was banked high with 5 floral tributes from friends and civic organizations From the executive office the new governor then wu escorted to and civic left the entrance to position In military escort regiment Marietta i state-house thundering1 Janies W1I-O when Cox' i COLUMBUS Cl Jan? Highlights In the inaugural address delivered by Gov Oeorge White today follow: Under our system of government "again we are at the crossroad" V-T' j' We have failed to secure the full benefits of a self-governed democracy by the Indifference of many citizens In participation Defects In governmeqUproccsses are due largcly to indifference on the port of so large a body of our citizens Under home rule provlalmis of the constitution many cities have mode great strides In local wlf-govemmenL Others should emulate them j1- There to danger In the centralisation of government as warned repeatedly AKRON 0 Jan 1 2 Formal announcements of sweeping cuts In retail tire prices were made today by three of the largest Akron rubber companies General Tire and Rubber Co announced a reduction of 714 to 12 per cent (m all passenger cut- in 'track tire prices to leontemplated' iThe Goodrich Co revised Its tire price schedule to meet the reductions announced last week by competitive companies Remodeling the tsxatlon systcm of the state- ls task and by the We are cursed with too' many laws as is state and a nation There heeds to be a cessation of legislative overproduction 'iA kv- agree with the principle enunciated by that great president who bluntly stated that "public office to public trust" r-- -0: I The Immediate problems of government In Ohio are of tremendous Importance to the people of the state and the utmost cooperation to necessary to bring about their solution I pledge myself to that duty LAVA STREAM BRAVED Citizens of Java Tewa Trust In lloly -1 Mas Refuse to Leave Homes BATAVIA Java? Jam Trusting implicitly -in the ability of 1 a holy man -to stay an onrushlng -stream of lava residents of a small village at the foot of Mcrapt Javan volcano refused today to leave their homes -asv 'Authorities' fearful lest 'the vol- 1 cano which began a serious new eruption might overwhelm the town at any hour were considering forceful evacuation of the town -1 'V'leh' BITS Frora today's Classified ads 'Further Information may be had by turning to the Classified section bi- 1 REDUCE YOUR weight qulekly and easy at very low price Be-3 sin now i BROWN BAO Lott Bunday eve-nine on Urbans pike between McCrelght and Oton Bcbo 3 ROOMB-i-Privata bath and an-- trance Beet In city Furnace -heat Wanta place helper and companion 1M4 Dodse acreen truefc )n good condition -hr For Classified Information or Krvlce In helping you word your ad Just rail Main 2900 and uk for one of our Classified must not be shirked My pledge has been given that In any new siriem of taxation the burdens of the farmer and home owner shall not be Increased Roger Recites One-Act Play In Senate Flask Room (WH1 Rogers Special SJgj BeverlY hills caULJan? This Is a one-act play Place senate flask room Senator Lookahead "Boys I got another Idea to put the big boss Herbie on the Other? "Or eg What to Senator remember those three men weO Kd for his Power Commission the other "Ye "Well left make him take It back" One Amateur "But can we do that we would be going back on our own word Entin "Ha ha ha! Say with 1932 coming on us we can do anything cant weT Come on let's have one mom and we will go In and vote on It" Continued tomorrow Yours WILL ROGERS The Seiberllng Rubber Company announced slashes on all tires of the mail order grade but declares higher priced lines will be practically undisturbed -tef-v- '-k LIFE TERM IMPOSED tv Hamilton Man Denied New Trial by i' Hillsboro Judge HILLSBORO Jan Willard Brucks Hamilton convicted of tbe murder of William Hughes Hillsboro policeman was sentenced to life fmprlsonmentjt bard labor In Ohio penitentiary by Judge Craig McBride ben today The Judge denied motion of attorney for a new trial Asked before sentence was 'basted if he had anything to say Bracks replied: "I have been convicted of a crime of which I am innocent" the prisoner replied Unless taxation legislation to reasonable I shall recommend submission to the people In referendum There must be no encroachment upon the Inherent right of the people to a direct voice In government through the Initiative and referendum The burden of righting the wrong as a result of the neglect of the welfare of state wards rests upon the conscience of every man and woman in Ohio vcC' We ataiid'pledged Tb'ieconomy In 'expendlturtf Tor the admlnlriratlve cost of state government I shall ark for and expect to receive legislative cooperation 1 For me the solemn oath of office has a scope and meaning much broader than conveyed by a mere Interpretation of the words and phrases I expect to do my duty under the constitution and see to It that others In authority do likewise MICHIGAN LAWYER DIES 1 MUSKEQON Mich Jan tF) Bunker dean of the Muskegon bar died at hto home here yesterday at the age of IX He was a professor in the law department of University of Michigan from 1901 until 191X and wu active in the practice of law until four years ago THIEVES LOOT rOSTOFITCE GALUPOL1S 0 Jan Ui-Robbcrs entered the Bldwell post-office and Costrell store early yesterday for the second time in two weeks and escaped with an unan-lllsm nounced amount of loot The post- they appeared on the stand office lost 1500 In the first robbery was presented to the crowd the head of the military parade which followed He parade at the Broad sL the capitol and taking a stands watched the various and civic unite pass In review Leading the parade an oT honor wu Co A 188th OhkrNatlonal Guard from the home The crowd that packed the yard sounded a ovation for former Oov Cox and Lieutenant Governor Plckrel of Dayton COLUMBUS MAN SUICIDE COLUMBUS 0 Jan 1X-U-Thomas Evans 81 vice president and superintendent of the Citizens Wholesale Supply Co here shot himself to death at hto home here yesterday Relatives said hto health had been poor for a' year' MAYOR BACK AFbESK i CHICAGO Jan Pronouncing himself as feeling well Mayor William Hale Thompson was back In Chicago today after a sojourn In ML Clements Mich where he was treated lor relief from rheu-Imatizm I-- v1.