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THE WEATHER Fair. Light frost and cooler in the southeast portion tonight. Saturday increasing cloudiness and warmer. VOI ALVI. NO.

96. The Sidney Daily Netos SIDNEY, OHIO, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1938 PRICE SINGLE NEGRO SHOOTS WOMAN, 2 MEN Dr. Dafoe Demands Dionne Prove He Has Wasted Any Money Belonging To Quints Collapse of Building Is Fatal To 20 Roof Caves In Under Huge Load Of Rain Water. REPORT ALL DEAD TO BE NEGROES Soldiers Called To Keep Order With Many Relatives. Phenix City, April 22- Twenty persons lay dead today workmen dug into the wreckAS age filled basement of a twocafe building that colstory lapsed yesterday afternoon.

Those killed were negroes who made up all but a few of the 150 persons reported in the building when the roof caved in under a heavy load of rainwater. Among the thirty-eight injured were Mrs. L. B. Dunnavant and Mrs.

R. L. Dunnavant, both white waitresses. Another white man named Jones was also taken out alive. All were said to be in a serious condition.

One hundred soldiers were called to preserve order in the area of the distaster, hundreds of wild-eyed relatives fought to break through police lines. steel and" wood timbers hampered progress in the search and Chief Walter K. McAdory, head of the state highway patrol, said he feared the bodies of other victims may yet be found in the basement which was still choked with tons of brick and splintered. beams. FOUR-DAY ILLNESS ENDS IN PASSING 'Dean C.

Throckmorton, House Parliamentarian, Dies At Columbus Hospital. Columbus, April 22-A four-day illness had proved fatal today for Dean C. Throckmorton, 45, parliamentarian for the Ohio house of representatives. He died last night of meningitis. Throckmorton was serving his second term as a member of the State Democratic Central committee from the twelth congressional district.

He served as a member of the Columbus civil service from Feb. 1, 1932, to Feb. 1, 1938. Throckmorton was born in Chillicothe, Jan. 27, 1889.

Funeral services were expected, to ba held Sunday with burial at Chillicothe. The widow, Elizabeth, and a brother-in-law, Dr. Morton Jones, survive. SEPARATE BRIDE, 12, FROM HUSBAND Rehoboth Beach, April 22 -Twelve-year-old Almira Mae McChesney, was separated from her 37-year-old husband, Samuel, today by the law. The youngster, who had just cooked her first meal for her husband, was taken by state police to the detention home at Wilmington.

"Delaware will not tolerate child marriages," declared Judge Earle R. Wiley, of juvenile court. The girl was married April 13, and both she and her husband protested they loved each other as the state police interferred, in their romance. ROOSEVELT TO TAKE FISHING CRUISE Washington, April 22-President Roosevelt announced today' he hoped to be able to get away from Washington next Friday for a brief cruise aboard the new treaty cruiser Philadelphia. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ILLUSTRATED NEWS COPY THREE CENTS COLORED MATE PURSUES HEIRESS TIN SYLVIA LARARUS of Sylvia Lazarus, New York heiress, said she would be Relatives a sanatorium after clearing up the martial tangle in committed became involved on marrying William S.

Hart Stewart, to which she colored animal trainer. Meanwhile, charging his bride of two weeks had apartment. The girl's brother was a problem child since a nervous in and out of sanitoriums for the TRUCK AND AUTO IN COLLISION A Ford coupe driven by Wm. Patterson, of Detroit, crashed into a truck loaded with chickens driven by Robert Hamm, of Indianapolis, on North Dixie highFriday morning. The truck way and auto were both badly damaged but no one was injured.

PASSING OF WELL KNOWN RESIDENT Funeral Rites For John Henry Milhoff Arranged For Monday Afternoon, John Henry Millhoff, 77, died shortly after nine o'clock Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Martin Millhoff, 218 South Walnut avenue. He had been in failing health for the past four months and for the past few weeks his condition had been serious. Funeral arrangements have been made for two o'clock Monday afternoon at the Millhoff home and will be in charge of Captain Haupt of the Salvation Army. The late John Henry Millhoff was born on February 24, 1861, in Shelby county, the son of Andrew and Martha.

Millhoff, both deceased. His marriage with Miss Emma Wilson was solemnized on February 10, 1900, and she preceded him in death in 1916. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Lump, Fort Loramie; Mrs. Katie Rich, of near Fletcher; five brothers, James and Steve Millhoff, Dayton; George, William and Martin Millhoff, of Sidney.

106 PRISONERS ARE GRANTED PAROLES Four Women Among Those Who Are To Be Released On Parol. Columbus, April 22-The Ohio Board of Paroles granted four conditional releases and 106 paroles today to inmates of the London prison farm after hearing 205 cases. Four women were also granted releases. They include: Fred Bowers, Auglaize county, rape, to be released July 26. Filed Five Complaints Against Him Dafoe Claims Discharged Women Fomenting New Attack.

DIONNE CASHING IN ON TOURISTS Dionnes Now Get $300 Per Month From The Quints. the healtle of the quintuplets had been impaired to satisty Dr. Dafoe's determination to please tourists, that they had been forced to learn English before mastering French and that Dr. Dafoe had been guilty of wanton waste of the children's money to assure himself of an elaborate headquarters and management staff, and that Dr. Dafoe had alienated the children's affections for their parents.

Jacques demanded a government probe of the guardian's activities. Dr. Dafoe charged that two women are 1 behind the demands for a probe of his care of the quintuplets' health and the administration of their family affairs. He described them as a former teachand a former nurse at the Dafoe er hospital, both discharged. The doctor declared the children's parents have been misby outsiders anxious to guided in" 'on something that is "horn none of their business.

He revealed that the five babies, now nearly five years old, have $600,000 in the bank in their own names. He said: "Mr. Dionne is doing very well his store across the street with from the nursery. He is the one, and the only one, who benefits the tourists they say I am from much interested in. No charge so is made for tourists.

Dionne has done so well "Mr. that he has had six expensive automobiles in a year and a half. He trades his cars about once two months. He has a every beautiful car now." Dr. Dafoe revealed he had perto it that Mr.

and Mrs. sonally seen Dionne's income, from contracts signed in behalf of the children had been increased from $100 a month since the month to $300 a birth of the last Dionne baby only three weeks ago. Dafoe denied charges that Dr. and mother were not the father to see the famous five permitted babies, He declared the father and mother go daily to the hospital other children play with and the their famous sisters. Dafoe said that the five Dr.

when they are older, will children schools they. desire to atchoose Their religious training will tend. be the same training prescribed Roman Catholic church for by the Boston, April 22-Dr. Allan R. Dafoe, country doctor who presided at the birth' of the Dionne quintuplets, today in an exclusive telephone interview with International News Service and the Boston Evening American, openly challenged Oliva Dionne and his Henri St.

Jacques, of attorney, Ottawa, to prove charges that he is wasting the babies' money or alienating their affections. The venerable Callander, Ontario, physician, indicated by his tone that his patience was finally exhausted by his numerous disputes with the parents of the children. This is the first time he has openly criticized "Papa" Dionne. In a declaration containing five separate complaints against Dr. Datoe, Attorney Jacques charged communicants.

The its young of the children are Cathparents olic. NEW CARLISLE WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN Springfield, April 22-Mrs. Hattie Olds, 74 of New Carlisle was dead foday, killed when struck by a passenger train while walking to her home from a cemetery, STUDENTS ROUT LABOR PICKETS TIN Pupils of Mt. Morris high school Seven American Federation of Labor members who were picketing the high school at Mt. Morris, in protest against hiring of WPA workers: were routed by high school students when more than 1,000 of them, answering a mysterious fire drill summons, charged down on the pickets and forced them to flee.

Some of those involved in the affair are shown above. JAPAN INDEMNITY PAYMENT Tokyo, April 22-A check for full payment of the indemnity demanded by the United States for sinkit the gunboat Panay by Japanese airplanes was handed to the American embassy today, accordng to an official announcement. FUNERAL SERVICES SAT. AFTERNOON For Miss Wilma Dale Bird At The Dearth Funeral Home. Funeral services for Miss Wilma Dale Bird youngest daughter of O.

G. Bird, whose death occurred Thursday, will be held from the Dearth Funeral home Saturday afternoon at two o'clock. Friends wishing to view the remains may call at the funeral home anytime. Rev. R.

Wobus, of the St. Paul's Evangelical church, will conduct the rites. The death of Miss Bird followed an illness of many years, and she went to the Ohio hospital at Gallipolis, thinking her condition would improve, but it did improved only for a time. She leaves to mourn her death her father and a devoted stepmother, Mrs. Lavina Bird, two sisters, Mrs.

Bonnie Thiebeau, of Versailles; Mrs. LaDonna Nead, of Piqua; and a number of nieces and nephews. One sister, Mrs. Thelma Gahn, has passed away several years ago. Miss Bird was a devoted member of the Church of Christ, and throughout her long illness was comforted by her faith and hope.

PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO D. A. R. MEETING Washington, April matter what happens, the sovereignty of the United States shall never be President Roosevelt left this message with the 47th continental of the D. A.

R. today folcongress lowing his brief appearance before the 4,000 delegates late yesterday. He told the daughters that he and they were descended from "immigrants and and urged them to teach the youth of the country why their ancestors "threw off a Fascist Today the daughters resumed their business sessions and this afternoon will make their annual, pilgrimage to the tomb of the unknown soldier, in nearby Arlington national cemetery, and to the Washington home at Mount Vernon. CAPTURE HIM AFTER WILD AUTO CHASE STOLEN GUN USED IN HIS DEATH CALL Two White Men Slain In Apartment Bldg. Near City.

NEGRO MAID IS SHOT ON LAWN No Reasons Are Given For Wild Action; Admits Shootings. Cleveland, April 22. William G. Peters, 43 year old negro, to-, day shot and killed two white men and a colored girl in a wild shooting spree in two Cleveland suburbs and was captured by Cleveland heights police after a 70 mile an hour auto chase. The victims were: Hans Getslaff, 33, apartment house superintendent.

Michael Paser, 40, apartment fireman. Lily May Traylor, 20, a colored maid. The Traylor girl was the first victim of Peters' stolen .45 callber automatic. He drove to the home of Robert Dubois, in exclusive Shaker Heights, where the girl was employed as a maid. He called her out to his car, shot her and threw her on the lawn, police said.

Then, according to police, Peters drove to an apartment house in Cleveland Heights, a neighboring suburb, and shot Getslaff, the superintendent, and Paser. Peters' wife, mother of his 12 year old son, recently had been discharged as elevator operator at the apartment building, police said. Police quoted Peters as saying he was desirous revenge because of his wife's dismissal. Police could ascribe no motive for the, slaying of the girl, who, they said, had been seen with frequently. Peters readily admitted the shootings when taken to the Cleveland Heights police station, police said.

Although he was at times incoherent, police were unable to determine whether he was under the influence of a narcotic. After the" Getslaff and Paser shootings, Peters backed his car from the drive of the apartment building to be met by a police lieutenant, who fired one shot at him when he failed to stop. Restdents of the apartment called police when the first shot was heard and a police car came up as he drove off. Starting in pursuit, the police car, driven by Patrolman Herbert Anderson, followed Peters' automobile, a late model sedan, for a mile and a half before forcing it to the curb. Capt.

Philip Grotenrath jumped from the police car and subdued Peters at the point of a sawed-off shotgun. SALES TAX COLLECTION FOR PAST WEEK Columbus, 0., April 22-Sales tax collections of $679,916 for the week ended April 9, $200,000 less than for the corresponding week a year ago, were reported today by State Treasurer Clarence H. Knisley. Counties included Auglaize, $2,035, Champaign $1,522, Logan $2,503, Miami $5,123, Shelby $1,484. DR.

GLENN FRANK TO ADDRESS ROTARIANS Cleveland, April 22 Dr. Glenn Frank, chairman of the Republican party's committee and former president of the University of Wisconsin, was to address the convention of the 158th district of Rotary International here today. His address on "Unity and Service" was to low the business session, today. Probe Object Dr. Allan Dafoe Oliva Dionne, father of the quintuplets, has requested the Ottowa province for an official accounting of the expenditure of the quints' money Dr.

Allan R. Dafoe, their legal steward and medical attendant. BOYS' CHORUS OF HIGH SCHOOL HAS SUPERIOR RATING Contest Held At Columbus Today; Tie With Defiance High School. The Sidney high school boys chorus was given a "superior" ranking in the class division of the choral contest held at Ohio State university in Columbus, Friday, tieing with Defiance high school. They appeared in the high school band and choral festival being held at the university under the chairmanship of Professor Eugene J.

Weigel. The contest was held early Friday. A number of the members of the girl's chorus were in Columbus to compete in the mixed chorus contest, but they were not scheduled to appear until this evening. More than 6,000 musicians from all sections of the state were to participate in the contests. Fifty-two high school bands were to compete Saturday.

These bands number nearly 4,000 musicians. DRASTIC ACTION IS TAKEN BY RUMANIA Against Alleged Plot To Remove King Carol From The Throne. Bucharest, Rumania, April 22- Taking drastic action against an alleged plot to remove King Carol from the throne and establish a Fascist dictatorship, the Rumanian government today issued a decree ordering all units and subsidiaries of the outlawed iron guard organization to "remain dissolved indefinitely." All properties owned by the organization, which is said to have operated as a political party since it was the first outlawed, were seized. The decree, issued under the "personal dictatorship" regime of King Carol, revealed the iron guard had spies in all departments, including the Rumanian army general staff. It charged numerous political murders had been committed by members of the iron guard in recent months.

Issuance of the decree followed arrest of Corneliu Cordreanu, leader of the pro-Fascist, antisemitic iron guard, and hundreds of his followers for plotting against King Carol's government. CONDEMNED MEN SAVED FROM CHAIR IN LAST MINUTE Stewart swore out warrants been abducted from his Chicago quoted as saying she been breakdown at college and had been nine years. BELL TELEPHONE RATE CASE ENDS WITH SETTLEMENT Forty- Five Ohio Towns And Cities To Get Refund Of $7,500,000. subscribers in 45 Ohio towns 500,000, instead of the $11,800,000 originally ordered by the utilities commission in a decision upset by the U. S.

supreme court. Approval of the state utilities commission is necessary before the compromise can become etfective, but this was expected to be forthcoming soon. Columbus, April 22-End of the 14 year old statewide Ohio Bell Telephone rate case appeared to be definitely in sight today. The attorney general announced a. comprise by which the telephone company would refund to Until after further calculations the approximate amount of the refund in the various towns will not be known, the attorney general's office explained.

Refunds will cover the period from 1925 to 1933, the period during which the utilities commission found telephone rates excessive. CLAIM NEED FOR WAGE, HOUR BILL House Labor Committee Says Fast Action Necessary To Halt Wage Cuts. Washington, April 22 Declaring that "inevitable" wage cuts of a depression are already upon the nation, the house labor committee today asserted the need for enactment of the new compromise wage hours bill by this congress is "urgent." In a majority report on the measure, the committee pointed to the "alarmingly sharp decline. in business activity," and declared enactment of the legislation essential to forestall," a vicious spiral of deflation." "With that decline have come the inevitable wage cuts which the great mass of American business men so deplore, but are pow(erless to prevent," the report said. Generator Quits Running As The Guards Were Adjusting Straps.

Huntsville, Texas, April 22- Seated and being strapped into the electric chair, John W. Vaughn of San Antonio, a doomed murderer, was saved for a week today when the generator supplying the current broke down. Also snatched from death, was Johnnie Banks, negro, scheduled to be executed next. A third convict, Selanes Canedo, of San Antonio, sentenced to die today for having murdered a man, had been granted a 30-day reprieve late yesterday. Vaughn was making a long statement to the roomful of witnesses as guards were adjusting the straps.

The generator was running full speed, its whine mingling with Vaughn's words. Suddenly the hum of the machine dwindled and stopped. Vaughn paused in his statement. Warden Waid was advised the motor would not restart. A hurried telephone call was made to Governor James V.

Allred in Austin. He granted a stay of execution for a week for Vaughn and Banks. APPEALS COURT IS TO MAKE RULING As To Whether State Highway Director Can Discharge Assistant Division Engineers. Columbus, Ohio, April 22-The Franklin county appellate court today took under advisement 8 suit by Aaron W. Sherwood, Marietta, seeking to compel state highway Director John Jaster to restore him to his job as assistant division enginer.

Sherwood contended the director did not act in good faith in abolishing his position. The suit set forth Sherwood was appointed under civil service May 3, 1926, and the position abolished April 30, 1937. FIRE DEPT. CALLED TO O. B.

TAYLOR HOME The fire department was called to the O. B. Taylor home on South Ohio avenue at Clay street, shortly before two o'clock Friday afternoon, because of a small roof fire..