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THE BRUNSWICK
VOLUME XXXI. NO. 226.
FOUR LOSE LIVES
Steamer (irecian Goes Down
Wlien It Collides With Chat*
tanooga in Fog Off Block
Island.
SAVANNAH VESSEL
RESCUES SAILORS
Bodies of Two Men are Recov¬
ered By Coast Guard Boat
Which Rushed to Scene of
Accident.
New London, Conn., May 27.
The steamers Grecian and
nooga collided in fog off Block Is
land today, the Grecian sinking
a loss of four lives.
The Chattanooga, a Savannah Line
vessel, rescued the remaining ,'12 mem¬
bers of the Grecian’s crew and dur¬
ing the morning the bodies of two
of the four men lost were recovered
by one of the coast guard craft rush¬
ed to the scene at first report of the
accident.
The Chattanooga, which left New
.4 York for Boston last night, proceeded
for Boston with the rescued after re¬
porting that her own passengers and
crew were uninjured.
The Grevian left Boston last night
for Norfolk.
The bodies recovered are believed
to be those of E. L. Forrest, of Ports¬
mouth, Va., second assistant engineer;
and Charles Crowley, of Providence,
R. I., steward.
An overturned life boat was found
by coast guard vessels searching for
the other bodies among the debris.
The recovered bodies were brought
to New London late this afternoon
by the coast guard patrol boat CG-
405.
Officials said the^-ollision occurred
five miles south of Southeast Light,
Block Island.
New York, May 27. (/I 1 )—The small
Steamer Grecian, rolling down from
Boston to Norfolk with a crew of 35
a cargo of general freight and no
passengers, collided with the City of
Chattanooga of the Savannah line, in
dense fog and dangerous seas off
Block Island early today and went to
the bottom.
Four members of her crew were
missing as dawn found eight coast
guard cutters darting about through
(he high seas seeking them. Some of
those who were rescued were injured,
as indicated by a radio call for a sur¬
geon by the City of Chattanooga.
The story of the collision was told
graphically in radio messages picked
up here by the Radio Marine Corpor¬
ation. The first, from the City of
Chattanooga, said:
“At, about 1:50 (eastern standard
time) we struck the steamer Grecian
and she sank in a few minutes off
Block Island. We anchored. Crew
and passengers (of the City of Chat¬
tanooga) all rigjit.”
Block Island is about ten miles off
the Rhode Island coast. The collis¬
ion occurred about five miles in a
northerly direction, from the island.
A few minutes later the City of
Chattanooga radioed:
“We are blowing three blasts at in¬
tervals and searching for members of
the crew not yet rescued with lights
and boats.”
She gave her position as latitude
41.05, longitude 71.31 west.
At 3:33 a. m. the steamer Ontario
asked the City of Chattanooga if she
needed any assistance. The City of
Chattanooga replied:
“We do not need any assistance.
The master of the Grecian is safe
aboard the City of Chattanooga. The
damage to our ship is unknown but
considered slight. Four members of
Grecian’s crew still unaccounted for.
The United States cutter Upshur has
arrived and is assisting in the search
for the missing men.”
Shortly afterward the City of
Chattanooga radioed:
“To all ships in the vicinity of
Block Island: Please watch for sur¬
vivors.”
Then the City of Chattanooga ra¬
dioed the Upshur:
“Have you a doctor aboard?”
The Upshur, one of the crack craft
of the coast guard, replied that she
had.
It could not be determined immed¬
iately who was injured or how ser¬
iously, as the steamer’s radio was be¬
ing kept open for communication in
connection with the search for sur¬
vivors.
The Grecian was a steel screw
Steamer of 2,827 net tons, built in
1900 and operated by the Merchant
and Miners Transportation Company
between Boston, Baltimore and
southern ports. She left Boston last
night. much
The City of Chattanooga is a
newer craft, having been built in
1923. She runs on the Savannah
line between Savannah, New York
and Boston. She left New York last
night, Boston-bound. She is a craft
ol' 4,343 net tons.
Headed to Boston
_ Boston, May 27. UP )—'The steam¬
ship Chattanooga was reported by
FOURTEEN PACES
Heiress Engaged
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Engagement of Edith I)u Pont,
mington, Del., heiress, has been
nounced. Her fiance is Richard
Kiegel, of Philadelphia.
Three Vacancies
In State Court
Will Be Filled
Atlanta, May 27. (A 1 )—-Governor
Richard B. Russell, Jr.’s
of Justice Reason Chestnutt Bell of
the appellate court to the supreme
court shared interest today with
gubernatorial campaign.
The elevation of Justice Bell leaves
three places on the appellate bench
he voted upon in the November gen¬
eral election instead of two since his
successor will serve only until that
time. Judge I. H. Suton, of Clarkes
viile, has been tendered the appellate
seat.
Justice Bell, succeeding the late
Justice James K. Hines, will have to
go before the people in September
if he desires to continue on the su¬
preme court bench but this did not
change the political situation for the
term of Justice Hines was expiring
anyway along with that of Justice
Warner.
The terms of Justice O. H. B. Blood
worth and Justice Alexander W.
Sephens of the appellate court also
are expiring and they must come up
for reelection subject to the Demo¬
cratic primary in September.
OF ESTRANGED WIFE
ALFRED C. READ DECLARES IT
WAS RECONCILIATION AND
NOT KIDNAPING
Placeville, Calif., May 27. (XP)—
Reconciliation—not abduction — was
the explanation given today by Al¬
fred C. Read, Jr., for bringing his es¬
tranged wife, Mrs. Marian Y. Read,
here from Oakland.
In the Eldorado county jail, the
broker, whose young and attractive
wife has sued Claire Windsor, actress,
for alienation of affections and Read
for divorce, denied he abducted his
wife at the point of a gun.
In a nearby hotel, Mrs. Read rest¬
ed before returning to her parents’
home in Oakland. She insisted her
husband “kidnaped” her and declar¬
ed he was aided by friends.
Mrs. Read vanished from _ in front
of the Oakland home of J. W. Deck¬
er, an automobile salesman, Wednes¬
day night. She drove into PlaoerviUe
yesterday in aq automobile she told
authorities was used by her husband
in “carrying her off.” She said she
escaped from Read and a man com¬
panion, Stewart Trumbauer, as they
slept by the mountain roadside.
Trumbauer also is in jail.
The two men were arrested by
Sheriff Charles F. Wood at the re¬
quest of Oakland authorities. He
found the men, weary and footsore,
walking towards Placerville.
Sheriff Wood said Read was carry¬
ing a pistol and admitted forcing his
wife to accompany him.
“He said he thought if he could get
her up here away from everything,”
Sheriff Wood added, “he could talk
her out of divorcing him.”
Mrs. Read told officers her hus¬
band tried “his sales talk” on her in
an attempt to persuade hev to drop
a $100,000 alienation suit against
Miss Windsor and her divorce suit, in
which she named the actress as cor¬
respondent. She declared she would
do neither, and would swear to a kid¬
naping charge on her return to Oak¬
land. Authorities doubted that such
a charge against a husband would be
sustained.
PLANS OCEAN HOP
Dallas, Texas, May 27.
Bromley, flying a monoplane
ed by a Diesel motor, left Dallas
fore dawn today on a planned
hop test flight in preparation for
transpacific jump—Seattle to
—for a prize of $30,000. His
as announced here, were for a
stop journey to New York, a
stop flight from New York to
Angeles, and a non-stop jump
Los Angeles to.Seattle.
BRUNSWICK, CA., FRIDAY, MAY 27. 1932.
PARIS DEBATE
IDENTICAL D R Y
Responsible Leaders of Repub¬
licans and Democrats Can¬
vassing Possibility of Adopt¬
ing Plank
CONFERENCES HELD
TO DISCUSS PLANS
'Senators Reed and Robinson
Concur in Proposition
| Uniting Parties on
j Policies.
- Washington,
May 27. UP)
jsible | Democrats leaders of canvassing the Republicans the and
are
i hility of both parties uniting on iden
! tioal prohibition platform declarations,
! Two conferences have been held,
| one in New York and another
but the movement admittedly has
gotten very far. It is unsatisfactory
to the militant wets and drys of both
parties.
Senator Reed, of Pennsylvania, high
in Republican councils, endorsed the
proposal. Senator Robinson, of Ark¬
ansas, the Democratic leader, also
concurred in the proposition.
Senator Dill, of Washington, a
Democratic prohibitionist and prom¬
inent in the campaign for Governor
Roosevelt, of New York, for the pres¬
idential nomination, advocated it as
a means of fighting the 1932 campaign
on the economic issue.
In 1852 the Whigs and the Demo
crats tried the same proposition on
slavery. Identical declarations
adopted then by the two parties on
that burning controversy. Eight
years later the Civil War began.
Leaders of both sides in the pro¬
hibition contest have said, “All right,
if you accept our proposal.”
“I should like to see the prohibition
question lifted out ol' partisanship,”
said Robinson, “but frankly T don’t
see how it can be done.”
“I hope it can be done,” said Reed.
I think it would be fortunate if we
could meet the serious economic is¬
sues without the prohibition problem
at stake.”
Whether President Hoover or any
of the Democratic presidential candi¬
dates have been aporoached or taken
a part in the prohibition elimination
conferences is not. known.
WOMAN IS FREED
IN SLAYING CASE
Waycross, Ga., May 27. {/?)—The
charge of murder against Mrs. Fern
DeVeve, who gave her home as Cin¬
cinnati, Ohio, and Latonia, Ky., has
been assigned to the dead docket of
Ware county superior court and Mrs.
PeVere is free after being in jail ten
months.
She was jointly indicted with her
husband William C. DeVere and An¬
drew Norman Parsons for the slay¬
ing of County Officer J. Hamilton
Johnson in July, 1931. Her husband
was convicted of voluntary man¬
slaughter and sentenced to nineteen
to twenty years in the penitentiary
at his trial some time ago. Parsons
was convicted and sentenced to five
years imprisonment at this term of
the court.
The officer had arrested the De
Veres and Parsons on a charge of
running liquor. En route to jail
Johnson, standing on a running
board, was jammed against a rail¬
way underpass and thrown to his
death. The state contended DeVere
and Parsons were fighting with
Johnson and their act in throwing
him to his death was murder. Mrs.
DeVere was seated between her hus¬
band and Parsons.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
NEPOTISM STARTED
Atlanta, May 27. (/P)—Chairman
James L. Wells of the city council fi¬
nance committee announced today he
will start a campaign against nepo¬
tism in city departments when the
committee meets tonight.
A tentative budget prepared for
council recommends economies of
$248,000, part of it in personnel re¬
ductions.
Wells said that, “as far as possible I
am going to insist that those persons
eliminated be the ones who are not
entirely dependent on their jobs’ for
a living. There are many instanees
in which husbands and wives both
work for the city, and others where
several members of the same family
are in the municipal employ. These
should be eliminated before any other
cuts are considered.”
BANK IS ROBBED
Scranton, Ark., May 27. UP )—Four
men robbed the Logan County Bank
of an estimated $600 to $700 at noon
today and escaped in an automobile
toward the southeast. The robbery
was the third to occur in the western
part of the state in two days arid the
fourth bank robbery in Arkansas iri
three days.
'SENATE FOREGOES
Usual Decoration Day Observ¬
ance Will Be Abandoned to
Speed Conclusion on Finan¬
cial Bills
BITTER CONTEST
IS FACING BODY
Sales Tax Formally Laid Be
fore Weary Legislators By:
Senator Walsh at Opening of,
Session.
Uy FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
ly Washington, driving through May 27. the (/P)— Dogged-j bill,
revenue
senate leaders today determined to
forego the usual Decoration Day holi-j
day on Monday to speed the condu-j
of the budget balancing legislu
tion.
The sales tax a general levy form-1 of
1.75 percent on all sales—was
ally laid before (he weary legislators! thej
by Senator Walsh (I)., Mass.), at
outset of today’s session, and a bitter i
contest impends. ra'.e|
Going ahead with the remaining
schedules, the senate restored a 10 ■(
percent tax on furs, adding $15,000,
000 to the measure which is still
about $50,000,000 short of its budget
balancing goal.
By the overwhelming vote of 72 to
3, it also concurred in the finance
committee’s decision to strike from
the house bill a provision all iwing
of estates for purposes of
fixing the inheritance tax.
The house proposal would have per¬
mitted revaluation of those estates
whose owners died just, prior to the
start of present economic conditions
in order to permit an allowance for
depreciated values.
Although advocates of the sales
levy claimed a bare majority, this
was sharply disputed by the opposi¬
tion. A showdown is not expected
before Monday.
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SLAYERS ARE GIVEN THEIR RE¬
LEASE FROM PRISON BEFORE
EXPIRATION OF TERMS
Atlanta, May 27. [IP )-—Clemency
was extended to two slayers today by
Governor Russell.
He granted a parole to Alfred Pat¬
rick, convicted in February, 1920, of
voluntary manslaughter for the slay¬
ing of Robert C. Green near Colum¬
bus. Green was killed in an argument
during an outing given by an organ¬
ization of railroad men.
Patrick was sentenced to serve five
to ten years, of which he has served
more than three with a good record.
Clemency was recommended by !he
trial jury, the sheriff of Muscogee
county, the warden of the Talbot coun¬
ty chain gang on which he has been
serving, a number of county officials,
and several hundred citizens. Patrick
denied there was any malice in the
slaying and said he was a “victim of
circumstances.”
Bertha Perrin, negro man, convict¬
ed in Richmond superior court in Mav,
1923, of murder for the slaying of his
wife, and given a life sentence, was
granted a parole Clemency was rec¬
ommended by the solicitor, the warden
of the Coweta county chain gang, and
more than a hundred citizens. Gov¬
ernor Russell said the man had a
good record in prison and the record
of the case disclosed there was “con¬
siderable provocation.”
Probation was granted R. H.
Maples, convicted in Lowndes superior
court in May, 1931, of cheating and
swindling. He was given a 12 months
sentence and three other sentences
of four months or $59 each. He has
served the 12 months. Prison offi¬
cials at Milledgeville said he had ren¬
dered valuable service as a physician
there.
HAWLEY MEASURE
IS VOTED DOWN
Washington, May 27. IIP )—The
Hawley bill for an upward adjust¬
ment in tariff rates against nations
with depreciated money was rejected
today by the house ways and means
committee by a 16 to 9 vote.
Acting Chairman Crisp did not
make public the individual votes of
the members hut said party lines
were split on the ballot.
The treasury department declined
to make any recommendation regard¬
ing the Hawley hill hut John L.
O’Brien, chairman of the tariff com¬
mission, vehemently opposed it at
a hearing last week.
INJURIES FATAL
Griffin, Ga., May 27. UP) —Clar¬
ence Collins, 27, whose neck was
broken in an automobile accident two
weeks ago, died here today. His wife
suffered a broken arm and lacerations
i in the wreck.
FOURTEEN PAGES
Dapper Mayor Under Fire
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Mayor Jimmie Walker is on the grill before the llofstadter commit¬
tee in New York and lias been exchanging caustic remarks with Samuel
Sealiury, attorney for the committee.
BY BANK BOBBERS!
Bookkeeper is Sliol By Trio and
Bullel From Pursuer's Gun
Finis Life of One of Bandit
Gang.
Morris, Okla., May 27. UP) -The
body of one of throe men who robbed
the First State Bank here today of
$700 and kidnaped Miss Claire Agger,
bookkeeper, was found two miles from
Coalton, Okla., shortly after the young
woman was found seriously wounded
near the robbers’ abandoned automo
bile.
The girl was taken to an Ocmnlg •“
hospital. Her lower jaw had been
shot away and there was a wound in
her shoulder.
Miss Aggas recovered consciousness
long enough to tell officers she was
shot by one of the bandits.
Immediately after the robbery,
while Miss Aggas and one of the
bandits were standing beside the rob¬
bers’ automobile, Forrest Bralley,
merchant, opened fire from an up¬
stairs window near the bank. The
robber near the girl slumped to the
ground and his companions tosseil him
into the ear.
Miss Aggas was held on the lap of
one of the outlaws in the front seat
of the automobile. I. X. Thompson,
town marshal, opened fire on the ear
as it sped eastward out of town.
Near Grayson, Okla., the robbers
transferred to another automobile and
left Miss Aggas, bleeding but still
conscious, by the roadisdc.
The name of Charles (Pretty Boy)
Floyd was mentioned by officers,
some of whom believed the long-hunt¬
ed outlaw was one of the bandits.
BELL APPOINTED
TO STATE COURT
Atlanta, Ga., May 27. UP) Judge
Reason Chestnut Bell of the second
division of the court of appeals has
been elevated to the Georgia supreme
court bench to succeed Justice James
K. Hines who died last week.
The appointment- was announced
late yesterday by Governor Richard
B. Russell, Jr., who said he had ten¬
dered Justice Bell’s Heat on the ap¬
pelate bench to Superior Court Judge
I. H. Sutton of Clarkesville. A third
appointment would be entailed by
Judge Sutton’s elevation.
Both appointments announced by
the governor yesterday are until the
genera) elections in November.
Justice Boll, in a statement pledg¬
ing “the most faithful and efficient
service of which I may be capable”
in his new capacity, disclosed the su¬
preme court seat first had been ten¬
dered to Justice W. Frank Jenkins,
presiding judge of the court of ap
peals, who declined if because he b
recovering from a recent, illness.
BURGOO KING ENTERED
New York, May 27. UP)- E. R.
Bradley’: Burgoo King, winner of the
Kentucky derby and Preakness, and
six other three year olds today were
named for the $25,000 Withers mile
at Belmont I’aik tomorrow.
NOT TO BROADCAST RACE
Indianapolis, May 27. UP) —T. E,
Myers, general manager of the Iri
dianapoli motor speedway, announc¬
ed today th-t the 500-mile automo¬
bile race n» <t Monday will not, he
broadcast. „
M 10 HELP
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Colonel Impresses Intention of j
Doing His Bit in Prosecuting
Man Who Used Hoax to Ob¬
tain Money.
Hopewell, N, J., May 27, (/Pi Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh is ready to take
a personal hand in the prosecution of
John H. Curtis for the hoax in which
Curl,is has confessed.
lie has expressed to Prosecutor
Anthony Hauck, who will have charge
of the prosecution of Curtis, “inter¬
mediary” in the famous kidnaping
ease, his willingness to take the wit¬
ness stand if Curtis is inflicted.
Just what action has been taken
by the Hunterdon county grand jury
has not been officially announced. It
is generally understood that the Nor¬
folk boat builder has been indicted
for obstructing justice.
The specific charge was that of in¬
terfering with justice by giving false
clues while the hunt for the Lindbergh
baby, then believed to be alive, was
on.
He confessed It; giving Lindbergh
false hopes of recovering the hahy
in the hope of receiving money later
by selling his story to newspapers.
Prosecutor llauek, confident that to¬
morrow would bring official announce¬
ment of an indictment against the
Norfolk, Va., man, has set, the ten¬
tative date for trial as June 13.
If there is a trial, he will call, lie
sides Col. Lindbergh, the two inter¬
mediaries who worked with Curtis
Rev. Dean Dobson Peacock and Ad¬
miral <!uy II. Bun-age.
Meanwhile, Curtis’ attorneys me
busy with what they have announced
as “important new disclosures” they
hope will serve to prevent; their client
from being sent to prison for the
trickery to which he was confessed.
Condon In Seclusion
Rocket, Mass., May 27. Following
an unexplained trip taken last night
from the camp of Waller C, Goodwin,
where he has been since Monday, Dr.
J. E. Condon, prominent figure in the
Lindbergh ease, went into seclusion
today and denied himself to newspa¬
permen. Neither lie nor his host,
Goodwin, would comment upon the
trip of last night, beyond Goodwin’s
word that its bearing upon the Lind¬
bergh case was unemployment. It is
the present expectation that Condon
will remain at the camp over Memo¬
rial Day.
NOTED SCIENTIST
IS KILLED TODAY
Pasadena, Calif., May 27. UP)
Leonard Thompson fro Ireland, la rid noted
scientist of Harvard University and
famed in the scientific world as the
co-inventor of the coloring process for
motion pictures, was killed today in
a I all over a 250-foot, dill on Mount;
Wilson, 6,000-foot peak.
EVE URGED TO RUN
Tifton, Ga., May 27. HP)—The Tif
ton Gazette says Judge Raleigh Eve
of the Tifton circuit i being strongly
urged to enter the race for the un¬
expired term of Judge R. Bell in
the sate court of appeals. Judge Bell
was appointed - yesterday as a .justice
of the state supreme court, succeed¬
ing the late Justice J. K. Hines.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
OFFICIAL TAKES
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Park Commissioner Walter Her»
rick Tells Inquisitors About
Handling Deal For New York's
Mayor j
DENIED
CHARGE ON .'STAND
of Inter-State! Stock
Brings Out Eirst Evidence
Against Dapper Jimmy” in
Investigation.
New York. May 27. t/P) Pa rk Com¬
Walter R. Herrick 'testified
the llofstadter legislative coni
today that in the fall of 1926
bought 300 shares of Inl.v-r-Stalu
Company stock and ; paid for
with $39,000 which wast sent to
from the city hall by either Mayor
J. Walker or his secretary,
Edward Stanton.
Mayor Walker while on the stand
and Wednesday domed ho
ever own, "directly or indirect¬
any Inter-State stock. Tine mayoi*
a block of the stock had been
aside for him when the company
organized, and that he 0:ild sev¬
of his friends, including '.Herrick,
might buy some of it, Hut that;
had never bought, any of it himself.
Ilerriek said today that, whether
$39,000 came to him front thw
or Stanton, there was no doubt
his mind that the purchase was
for Mayor Walker, tie said
delivered the stock to Stanton, with)
understanding it was to go to tho
Herrick testified that somethin)
he asked the mayor if he still
the stock, lie said the mayor re
"No. I put, it up for eollaterfil on
loan, and it's all gone.”
Walker denied on the stand yes
lie had ever had any such con¬
versation with Herrick.
"Either my recollection is wrung - ,
or the mayor's is wrong,” Herrick
testified today. I dont know which.”
ENTERING PARTIES
REPUBLICANS ESPECIALLY UN¬
EASY REGARDING THEIR
PROHIBITION STAND t
Washington, May 27. HP)- Tho
worries of the Repub¬
overshadowed for so long by
the more spectacular tribulations of
the Democrats, have taken a front
once more in national politics.
Writing a prohibition (dank accept¬
alike to Republican wets and
Republican drys has proved harder
many expected. Campaign
funds remain almost non-existent- A
fully-qualified campaign manager
is lacking. Senator Borah lias
not even to attend the June
14 Chicago convention. On top of if
all, a powerful group of stalwarts in
are complaining bitterly
that they have been left out of party
All of these things have added ma¬
terially to the natural irritations of
time of great political stress, fn a
large measure they have diverted at¬
tention during the present week from
the continuing Democratic strife over
the presidential nomination.
This does not mean that the Dem¬
problem has grown anv
It is moving along for con¬
vention solution jihout as everybody
The week saw Franklin D.
Roosevelt capture the Delaware del¬
egation of 0, and he stands to add 20
more tomorrow from Utah and Color¬
ado. On the basis of the Roosevelt
that will make a total of 599,
or 21 more than a convention major¬
ity. Speaker John N. Garner was
given Texas, bringing his total to 90,
and Alfred E. Smith received formal
pledge of New Jersey’s 32, making
him 94.
FEDERAL COURTS
TO TAKE RECESS
Savannah, May 26. UP)- The de¬
partment of justice has suggested the
suspension of federal court sessions
here until after the beginning of the
fiscal year July 1 because of an
exhausted jury and witness fund, it
was learned today from a reliable
source in court circles.
Although federal court officials
not comment it is understood
t j-io suggestion to suspend court came
from the department of justice in re¬
ply to finery as to whether there would
be funds to carry on.
PLUNGES TO DEATH
Montgomery, Ala., May 27. (IP)—
Plunging more than 100 feet from the
seventh floor of a downtown hotel to
the pavement, E. C. Taylor, 61, for¬
mer manager of the Gay Teague Ho¬
tel, was killed here today. Taylor haii
been in ill health since his retirement^
from active hotel work in 1921). _J