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WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WITH SLOWLY RISING TEMPERATURE VOLUME 2—NUMBER 91 11. S. JUDGE RITTER IMPEACHED BY MAR OF A SINGLE VOTE IN SENATE TRI Bandits Snatch $58,000 in Train Holdup In Jersey EXPRESS CAR CLERKS MENACED W H SAWED OFF SI UN NUTLEY, N. J., April 17 (TP).— Erie Railroad officials just announced that loss in today’s train robbery will total $58,000. The money, all in cash, was stolen when seven men jumped aboard the express car while the train was stopped at Nutley’s Walnut street sta tion. . , , Menacing express clerks with sawed off shotguns, the gang forced the bag gage master to turn over the keys to the train’s strongbox. The bandits scooped up the cash and made their escape in a waiting car. A three-state alarm is out for the fugitives. COLLE6E FACULTY LEAVE FOR MACON MISS ENNIS ON PROGRAM TO ADDRESS G. E. A. CONVENTION The entire faculty of the Armstrong Junior College, with the exception of two professors, are leaving today to attend the convention of the Geor gia Education Association In Macon, which opened this mArning and closes Saturday evening. One of the teachers. Miss Frances Ennis, will be on the program, of the convention. She is scheduled to lead, the discussion group of the Hpme Economics Association Saturday morn ing. Mis* Ennis is secretary of the association. Those going from Armstrong are E. A. Lowe, president, J. Thomas As kew, dean, Miss Margaret Fortson, professor of English: Miss Margaret Spencer, music supervisor, Mrs. Dor othy Horton Miller, librarian; Reuben Holland, professor of French; F. M. Hawes, professor of chemistry, and Miss Ennis. Members of the public school sys tem left this morning for Macon. Two principals, M. M. Phillips of the Sen ior High School, and J. W. Griffith of Richard Arnold Junior High, are among the delegates, the rest, with the exception of Ormond 8.. Strong, superintendent, and Mrs. R. Willis Heard, assistant superintendent, be ing teachers. Thirty-six substitutes wore provided by the Boad of Edu cation to take the places of absent teachers in the class rooms today and tomorrow. BANK CASHIER HALTS ROBBERS GLOUCESTER, N. J,, April 17 (TP). —A bank cashier braved bandit bullets and routed four holdup men today by releasing a flood of tear gas. The scene of the holdup attempt was the Gloucester branch of a Cam den bank. The four holdup men in vaded the place after kidnapping the real estate oficer of the Camden bank. The realty expert, Alford Rung, of Haddonsfield, was seized by the ban dit quartet as he was inspecting a house at Collingswood, N. J. He told police the four bandits forced him to drive them to Gloucester in his own car and enter the branch bank with them. Six customers and half a dozen employes were in the bank when the thugs whipped out gun* and yelled a ‘hands up” command. Cashier John Carrigan, ignored the command and dropped to his knees. Two of the bandits fired at Carrigan but he threw himself on the button which released a cloud of tear gas The bandits fled in Rung’s car leaving the bank official behind. DR. DYE A VISITOR Dr. Alexander V. Dye, who will ar rive in Savannah tonight et 8:25 and remain here until l:o’clock tomorrow ifternoon, wil Ireoelve friends and rlsitors after 11. o’clock tomorrow at lie De Soto Hotel, it was announced today by Joseph G. Stovall, manager if the co-operative office of the Bu reau of Foreign and Domestic Com nerce. Dr. Dye is director of the Bu reau of Foreign and Domestic Com merce of the United States Depart ment of Commerce in Washington. | Call 6183 - 7448 To Start Your SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES Delivery Today Savannah Daily Times Chemical Wizard MBS W -CT Mm'' Dr. John Gamble Kirkwood, only 28 years o‘d* has been awarded the SI,OOO Langmuir prize offered an nually by Cornell University. Dr. Kirkwood is declared to have out done the world’s best minds in solving long-standing problems in molecular chemistry. (Central Press) ITALIAN AIRMEN SKY WRITING IN ETHIOPIAN SIEGE PAINT t GRIM WARNING TO Terrorize addis ABABA NATIVES ADDIS ABABA, April 17 (TP) — Two Italian bombing plones went sky-writing over the Ethiopian cap ital today. They pointed a grim warning for all the terrorized in habitants to see. The two ships flung out bombs containing colored smoke. The shells burst into plumes of red, green and Yelloy smoke. Together they made up the Italian tri-color. At first natives thought the smoke was mustard gas. They ran for dug. outs, while the troops peppered the air raiders with machine gun fire. Both planes wheeled off after they had written the Italian flag in smoke as a symbol of domination. The planes headed east for Dessye, 150 miles away, to the new Italian headquarters. The flight of the bombers is be lieved to be the prelude to the final Italian push. The Fascist command er, Marshal Badoglia, . said today that the forces at Dessye were steadily being strengthened. Italy’s armies in the south likewise were reported to be advancing on a broad front. LONGS WIDOW WINS THANKS OF FARMERS CLAIM HER STAND ON NEW DEAL POLICIES HAS AIDED STATE BATON ROUGE, April 17 (TP) -—Louisiana farmers spoke their thanks today to Senator Rose Mc- Connell Long, widow of “Kingfish” Huey. Mrs. Long, the farmers say, has restored their state to a place in the Union. The Long administration was bit terly opposed to the Roosevelt ad. ministration. The widow of Huey Long who succeeded her husband in the United States Senate, has done much pouring of oil on the raging political waters. Governor James Noe has display ed a telegram from Mrs. Long which said; “I have reached a working agreement with the Farm Credit Administration. Farm loans should soon be ready for Louisiana farm ers for the first time.” REAL ESTATE BROKER, MISSING ELEVEN DAYS, NABBED AS EMBEZZLER CHICAGO, April 17 (TP)—A real estate broker, William Koepke, is held by the state’s attorney today accused of embezzling SIOO,OOO of , his clients’ funds. In preliminary questioning. Koep ke is said to have admitted the em bezzlement, but Insisted the amount was only $50,000. State’s Attorney’s assistants declare they may Invite Uncle Sam into the case because Koepke is reported to had withheld $20,000 of a loan he obtained for a client from the Home Owners Loan Corporation Koepke was discovered last night, after an eleven day search. INDICT STRICKLAND FOR FATAL STABBING OF MRS. SiKES HERE THIRTEEN TRUE BILLS BROUGHT BY GRAND JURY A grand jury indictment for mur. der was returned against Lester L. Strickland today for the fatal stab bing of Mrs. W. J. Sikes on a party March 1. Strickland will face a Superior Court trial jury on Tuesday, May 5. Solicitor General Samuel A. Cann charged Strickland stabbed the wo man to death for no apparent rea son when she came in and sat in his lap. They were on a party to gether at a Jones street address. In a speical session today the March term county grand jury re turned thirteen true bills of indict ■ ment in criminal cases and refus. ed to indict three defendants. Clarence Heyward was Indicted on a murderous assautl charge for an alleged attack upon Dick Robin son with a pistol. Thomas Hall was presented by the grand jurors on a charge of in voluntary manslaughter for the fatal injury of H. C. Dukes in an autoombile accident on March 21. S. J. Williams was presented for allegedly forging a ten dollar check against the Liberty Bank and Trust Company account of the Strachan Shipping Company. Albert Middelton was indicted for an alleged assault with intent to rob Miss Myrtle English. Seven indictment for burglary were returned. They were against: Robert Harris, Charlton Christie. Roy Geiger, Charite Coleman, Ab raham Miller, George Gray, Wilson Brannen alias W. B. Freddie. Mor ris Wilson was indicted for larceny of an automobile. The grand jury refused to indict Gus Evans on a charge of invol untary manslaughter for the auto, mobile death of Elijah Shaw. Other no bills were returned in the cases of Ernest Clark, charged with stealing an automobile, and Nathaniel Gray, charged with lar ceny after trust. * DECIDE ONB.C. COACH MONDAY SEVERAL APPLICANTS VIE FOR THOMSON S JOB Whether or not Benedictine School will renew Coach Robbie Thomson’s contract or sign up another coach wil be decided at an executive com mittee meeting of the Benedictine As sociation Monday. Coach Thomson’s contract expires shortly and there are several appli cants for his job, Including some Benedictine graduates. Denny Leon ard, who has been prominent in Mi ami university athletics since gradu ating rom B. C., is known to be an applicant. Leonard is a possibility for the U. S. Olympic boxing team. Charlie Traynor, one time Benedic tine football star, now at Spring Hill Academy in Alabama, is al* known to be an applicant for the job. An other man seeking the job is Olin Hus, who once starred on the Univer sity of Georgia football team. PREPARE ASK U. S. AID FOR ROADS County Commissioners today were preparing to ask Federal aid in build ing and repairing Farm-tx>Market of roads in Chatham County. In a two hour session this afternoon the com missioners discussed sonditions of ex isting Chatham County roads and adjourned without reaching a defin ite decision on what steps will be taken to obtain Savannah aid. Elton Wright’s appointment to the chief cledkship of the tax receiver’s office by county tax receiver T. M. Hoynes was confirmed, by the com missioners. BREAKSHER ARM, SUES LANDLORD CLAIMS WINDOW SHE FELL FROM WAS “ROTTEN” Rosalie Gallovltch is today seeking $5,000 damagse from the owners of her residence because she fell out the window and broke her arm while cry. Ing for protection from a burg lar. Attorney Manuel Kronstadt filed her suit against Thomas C. Wylly Ellis, owners of the building at 529 West Oglethorpe Avenue. The tenant charged when she leaned out the win dow to scream for succor the window gave way, because it was rotten. She fell and broke her arm, she o|aims SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1936 A Killer Plays “Gloomy Sunday” . - .! Alfred Volckmann, 20-year-old church fiddler, is shown in his cell at Catskill, N. Y., after adjournment of court trying him for the murder of 9-year-old Helen Glenn, minister’s daughter. Volckmann’s favorite! melody is “gloomy Sunday,” Uie weird Hungarian melody that ia said to s have inspired scores of suicides. (Central Press). ' Divorced Wife Os Lin, Son China’s President, Given A Property Settlement In Ohio COLUMBUS, April 17 (TP)— The divorced wife of James Lin was given a property settlement today by her oriental husband. Lin is the fos ter son of the President of China. Last year, while he wu attending the Ohla State university t he dropped into a Oclumbus five and ten cent store to make a purchase and lost his wallet. Later, a pretty little clerk by the name of Viola Brown, returned the pocketbook to Lin.’ Romance blossomed. It wasn’t long before Lin and Miss Brown were stand- THREE WOMEN HURT IN AUTO CRASH LOCAL PLANT EMPLOYES VICTIMS OF COLLISION ON HIGHWAY Three women were in Savannah hospitals this afternoon with vary ing Injuries following an auto ac cident at Lathrop Avenue and the Louisville road about noon today. The trio was employed at the bag ging plant of Mente and Company and were being taken there by E. L. Parker, 512 Tattnall street, driv er of one of the cars which figure ed in the accident. Parker was but slightly hurt and did’ not require hospital attention. Misses Mildred and Laura Bennett were taken to Warren Candler Hos. pital. The nature of their injuries was not available early this after noon but it was known Miss Mild red Bennett’s hurts were serious while Miss Laura Bennett suffered but minor injuries. Miss Marie Cook, 302 West Hall street, the third passenger was taken to Tel fair Hospital. She was badly hurt about the head and shoulders. Police Officer C. R. Johnson in vestigated the case. He reported Parker drove into a pole of the Savannah Electric and Power com pany, turning over his machine in swerving to avoid collision with another car. The driver of this other car did not stop, police said. Parker was going west on the Louisville road. The other driver was coming east and turned north at the Lathrop avenue intersection, crossing in front of Parker’s car, Officer Johnson rexported. TRYING RESCUB THREE MEN ENTOMBED SINCE SUNDAY NOVA SCOTIA MOOSE RIVER, Nov* Beotia. April 17 (TP)—More rescue ejuipment and miners will be flown fre m Teran to to day to aid in the resciwfof three men trapped 141 feet earth. Ing before a minister and reciting the fateful werds: “I do.” Developments came thick and fast. Lin’s father frowned on the marriage and ordered his sen home. Then it was learned that Lin already had a Chinese, wife in Shanghai. The bride was left sobbing in -a rented room while Lin. scurried for China to face his father’s wrath. Lawyens did the rest. In return for an uncontented divorce from Lin, the Chinese Student’s wife was given a sizeable amount of'money. STUDENTS ON AN EDUCATIONAL TOUR INSPECT COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTS HERE Nearly one hundred sudents from the counties surrounding Chatham became familiar,with the commer cial and industrial life of Savannah, when they spent the day here today on an educational tour under the direction Charles J. Richards. This is the fifth year that Mr. Richards has sponsored the visit to Savannah of high school sen iors from smaller South Georgia towns. In the five years, he has brought 4000 students here, the pur pose of the trips being to give the young people a practical glimpse into the activities they have been studying in theory and to familiarize them with Savannah and its history. The schools represented are Sylvania High School, Bryan Coun ty High School and Millen High School. Twelve members of the Parent-Teacher Associations of the three schools and three principles also made the trip. EXCUSE GRUNWALD FROM ANSWERING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS WASHINGTON, April 17 (TP) The Senate lobby investigating com mittee today excused Kurt Grunwald, organizer of the Farmer’s Independ ence Council, fr:m further questioning. Grunwald yesterday balked the com mittee by refusing to answer several questions put to him. The committee receded to consider contempt charges against him. Grunwald had stead fastly refused to name persons whom he had visited in western states in a campaign against Triple-A activi ties. Ssnator Black tald the refractory witness today that he was excused and could go an< get his expenses. i WOMAN IN RED PINS LAST HOPE IN ONE OF SEX FRANCES PERKINS ONLY ONE WHO CAN HALT DEPORTATION CHICAGO, April 17 (TP)—The “woman in red” of the John Dillin ger case, Mrs. Anna Sage, pinned her last hope of escaping deportation upon another woman today. The only- person who can void the court ordar for Anna s depct ation is Secre taryof Labor Frances Perkins. Mrs. Sage fought a losing battle in the courts which decreed that sne was an undesirable alien and must return to her native land of Roil mania. Anna insists that she was promised immunity whoa she tipped off “G-men” on the whereabouts of John Dillinger the night he was slain. Mrs. Sage plans to make a person al appeal to the labor seoreatxy, Per kins. who has final jurisdiction on imigration matters. D. A. R. CONGRESS OPENS ON MONDAY NUMBER OF DELEGATES FROM SAVANNAH ATTENDING WASHINGTON, April 17 (TP)— Officials of the Daughters of the opens on Monday, the delegates will day that both President and Mrs. Rosevelt will play a big pert in their Monday. The chief executive of th® nation wil open the congress with an ad dress to the 3.500 delegatee. Later in the week —Thursday afternoon—the delegates will be guests at a White House reception given by Mrs. Rooxe- • veil. Although the congress formally opens on’Mondap. the delegates will gather in the D A R's Memorial Continental hall to pay homage to members of the order who died dur ing the past year. , Those from Savannah attending the congress are: Mrs. John W. Daniel, ( Mrs. Luther A. DeLoach, Mrs. George U. Beach and Mrs. Harold I. Tuthlll. NEGRO DENIES KILLING 1 TEXAS POLICEMAN AS j HE WALKS LAST MILE ] | : MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., April 1711 (TP) —With a plea of innocence on ; ■ his lips, a Texas negro named Gas- 1 ton Slaughter was electrocuted this ( morning for the murder of a police- ’ man. The negro spent more than a year in death row at Indiana’s state pri son. The State Supreme Court " granted three stays of execution. Until just before his death, Slaughter refused the hearty meal traditionally given condemned men. Thon, on a few minute® notice, he got fried chicken, mashed potatoes and ice cream. Then he marched to the chair. PRISON POPULATION IN ATLANTA GOES UP ATLANTA, April 17 (TP)—Eith er crime is on the increase, or “G” men are more efficient —if the population at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary means anything. On March 1, there were 551 more inmates behind the cold grey walls than there were a year ago. This jrear the government has a total of 2,755 guests on its Atlanta list. BROUN FINED AFTER HE LOSES APPEAL IN STRIKE ROW ARREST MILWAUKEE. Wis., April 17 (TP) The New York newsman and column ist, Heywood Broun, has lost his bat tle to escape a $lO fine. Broun, the president of the Amer ican Newspaper Guild, was convicted of interfering with a policeman dur ing a newspaper strike demonstration. He must pay the $lO fine or go to jail. Two striking newsmen, who ap peared with Broun, were fined |5 each. The demonstrators appealed a previous conviction and demanded a jury trial. The jury sustained the first verdict. NOON MARKETS NEW YORK, April 17 (TP).—The stock market coasted along today without much change in prices. Motors, oils, and rails worked on the upside. Steel* eased off. Price changes among the utilities were in significant. The bond market was mixed and narrow. Wheat was strong with an advance of two cents a bushel. Cotton was . steady. Published every* excepting Saturc Five cents per 6 Sundays; Delivered your home fifteen cel” per week. Chcnt Arctic Death WSSe.' C ~ K .. ' ■ vtMMi POLICE CALL DEATH OF GIRL SUICIDE ENDED OWN LIFE WITH FATHER’S GUN PROBE VERDICT ABINGTON,; Pa.> April 17 (TP) —The mysterious death of 13-year 'old Nancy Haines was called “Sul. cide.” ,by. police today. At first,,the fatal shooting of the daughter of wealthy Joseph Haines was believed to have been murder. Hanies ’is President of the Haines Hosiery Mill at Philadelphia. Nancy was fbund~shot to' death in her father’s room. He was in Philadel phia. His pistol had been used to inflict the wound. Police Chief Patrick McKee told newsmen: “Tljere seems to be no doubt this is a case of suicide.” STIITcONFUGf 0M GAHNOH CASE NEW DEALERS AND FOES DIFFER ON WPA OFFI CIAL OUSTER WASHINGTON, April 17 (TP).— New Dealers and administration crit ics took their usual conflicting stands tday on the dismissal of the WPA ad miiustrator for the state of Washing ton. •-' - WPA administrator Hopkins order ed Washington State Administrator Gannon to quit on charge* of collect ing funds for political purposes. New Dealers sap Gannon’s dismis sal proves that the Administration is doing everything possible to keep politic? out of the WPA. Anti-New Dealers, however, charged that Gan- i non’s dismissal was a smoke screen. They said Hopkins doesn’t dare inves tigate conditions, in Pensylvania. West Virginia and Maine, according to the Rspubllcan forces, politics plays a more important part in the WPA of those three states than in Washing ton state. COLORADO STATE COPS SCAN HIGHWAYS FOR ACCUSED MURDERER DENVER, Col., April 17 (TP) State police are watching Colorado highways today for Amos Hay. hurst, accused of killing Joseph Bartillo Hayhurst’s divorced wife witnessed the death. According to Mrs. Hayhurst, Bar tillo approached her former hus band and they began talking. Then, she’ said, Hayhurst whipped out a pistol and shot Bartillo. Mrs. Hay- > hurst said her husband beat her > severely and then disappeared in an automobile. i ! COMPOSER NEAR DEATH ROME. April 17 (TP)—The distin guished Italian composer. Ottorino i Respighi, is near death today. The 56-year-old musician is suffering from i heart disease. He has been in a i I coma for weeks. Physicians said to- I day that Respighi i* vnking rapidly. TRANSRADIhf- BACHMAN ARRh AT LAST MINI TO CAST BAL FLORIDA JURIST GE;: ’ MAKING IMPROPE APPOINTMENT WASHINGTON, April 17 ' . / Federal Judge Halstead Hit Florida was impeached today United States senate. The hni ment was voted on the seventh c Ritter had been acquitted on the vious six charges. The impeaclun margin was a single vote-cast v Senator of Tennessee. Th .. final count was 56 “guilty” and 28 , “not guilty”—providing th? two-thirds vote necessary for impeachment. All of the senators in the chamber had voted op the seventh count when Senator Bachman came in. The vote was 55 to 28 —one less than the two thirds vote to impeach. Bachman bast his vote to impeach— and Ritter was convicted. • 7he impeachment count which cost the judge his position charged Ritter wiih making an improper appointment of a special master in chancery. The faulty appointment was alleged to have been made in the Florida Pow er Compfir y s suit against the city of Miami. The count also accused rat ter of misconduct in connection with a case involving the Trust Company of Florida. Senator Austin of Vermont raised a point of order, claiming that Sena tor Bachman’s vote was not valid, as the Tennessee sene tor had not voted on previous ballots. The decision was in doubt for some time. After a lengthy aucuulon Austin’s protest was over-ruled and the im peachment was declared valid - . Judge Ritter escaped impeachment by a snigle vote in the first ballot polled. The vote on that count which accused Ritter of accepting $4,500 from his former law partner, was 55 “guil ty’ to 29 “not guilty.” A majority vote on all of the other five counts favored impeachment but the vote was far below the two-thirds necessary for Impeachment. Immediately after the final decision was made on the seventh ballot. Sen ator Ashurt, chairman of the senate judicial committee was presented with orders removing Judge Ritter from office. MURDER PROBERS ON MYSTERY TRIP BELIEVE GRAND JURY CARRYING INQUIRY TO SING SING BROOKLYN, N. Y., April 17 (TP, The special grand jury investigating the Samuel Drukman murder case left its chambers for a mysterious trip to day. General opinion is that the jurors headed for Sing Sing prison to talk with htree men convicted of the Drukman murder. The trio, Meyer and Harry Luckman and Fred Hui, drew 25-pear prison sentences for the crime. The grand jury is probing reports tht bribes were offered police and prosecution officials by persons who wanted the Drukman case smothered. Today’s grand jury excursion is one of the first of its kind in New York’s legal history. According *o reports the jurors paid the travelling expen ses out of their own pockets. CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT BAND HOME AFTER VISIT TO CHARLESTON FETE The fire department band return ed to Savannah yesterday after a visit to Charleston where the mus icians took part in the opening celebration of the annual Azaelea Festival of the Carolina city. Ths party aws headed by Assistant Fir* Chief A. J Tosach. Because of the Savannah River bridge being closed during the flood ing of the stream the band mad* its bus trip byway of Augusta. Th* local musicians marched in th* parade in Charleston Wednesday Chief Tosach said the turn-out wai a colorful affair due to a large ex. tent to th© numerous expensiv* and beautiful floats which depicted historic scenes. The band members were guests at a dance in the ev ening. RECK STANDS TRIAL MURDER NEXT MONTH CHICAGO. 111, April 17 (TP)- Nineteen-year-old Emil Reck wil stand trial on May 4 for the mur der of Dr. Silber Peacock. Emil and three companion have confessed to a string of at least 50 crimes. Three murders are said , to be involved in their careers. , Reck’s companions all pleaded i guilty to Dr. Peacock’s murder, i Reck souted. "Not Guilty ’. His - three companions are expected I* be state’s witnesses against him*