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VOLUME 2—NUMBER 112
INSURGENT ARMY MARCHES ON ITALIANS
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Small Countries May Desert League
DAGAT’S LEGIONS
GATHER TO OUST
THE CONQUERORS
NEPHEW LATE EMPEROR
MENELIK ASSEMBLES
120,000 WARRIORS
JERUSALEM, May 10 (TP).
Reports reached Jerusalem
today that a large Insurgent
Ethiopian army is marching on
Addis Ababa to dispute the oc
cupatioi of Italian troops.
The report said that the
nephew of the late Emperor Me
nelik, 11, had assembled 120,000
swarthy warriors to march on
the Ethiopian capital. The
nephew is Dagat Taye—who
always has been a relentless foe
of the defeated Emperor Selas
sie. Ever since Selassie seized
the Ethiopian throne the
nephew of old Menelik had
claimed that he was the right
ful heir to the throne.
Taye’s uncle, the famous Menelik,
lea the Ethiopian forces who slaugh
tered the Italian army at Adowa in
1896. Taye reportedly has decided to
make a supreme effort to seize the
throne for himself.
His army is said to be forming in
the mountains in southwestern Ethio
pia. where the Italian conquered have
not penetrated.
Tayes march on Addis Ababa would
be resisted by 30,000 troops, who are
now stationed in the capital. This
Italian force would be supported by’
the southern army of Genial Osa- -
zianl, who is almost ready to join
the northern army. Unofficial reports
at Addis Ababa said that General
Graziani reached the French control
led railroad today. It was said that
he occupied Dire Dawa on the line
after struggling over the quagmire
roads during the night.
Both armies in Ethiopia, menaced
by the insurgent forc:s of Taye, now
report only opposition from scattered
brigands.
However, said Munch, if it proves
impossible to get really concrete re
sults from the Gen va organization,
it will be desirable to consider form
ing a new league. Munch said that
the consulting nations hadn’t come to
any decisive conclusions. They In
tended to wait and see what France
and Great Britain propose at the
opening of the League Counit’s session
Monday.
British Foreign Secretary Eden fie vi
to Parts today to join the French
representative on the trip to Geneva.
Officials understand that poor health
will prevent Foreign Minister Flan
din from attending the League Coun
cil meeting. The minister of state,
Paul Boncour. probably will be his
substitute. Boncour has favored firm
jnague action against Italy.
On all sides In Europe is the feel
ing that the league is in the balance.
Statesman await Monday's council ses
sion with grave expectations.
TALLINN, Estonia, May 10 (TP)-
Three Baltic nations agreed today that
the League of Nations’ covenant needs
revision. They are Lithuania, Estonia
and Latvia.
Representatives of the three coun
tries Issued a statement which said
that the League might wel give guar
antees of security to different parts
of Europe. The Baltic Entente is
willing to take part in this collective
action the delegates said.
The representatives of the Baltic
countries believe the League is still
the best instrument of peace despite
its failure to hal the war in Ethio
pia. '
GENEVA, May 9 (TP).—The Scan
dinavian countries and Holland
agreed at a private meeting today to
withhold a decision on the question
of extending further penalties against
Italy. . ,
The so-called neutral powers of
Sweden. Norway, Denmark, Finland,
and Hqlland had threatened to bolt
the League of Nations unless Italy
were punished for her war on Ethi >
pia.
The nations decided to withhold a
judgment on the crisis until they
learn what France and Great Britain
intend to do at the League council
meeting Monday. The Scandinavian
countries were represented in today’s
meeting by their foreign ministers.
This evening delegate.; of Switzer
land and Spain are holding a suni
,ar conference.
DILLINGER LAWYER
BEGINS TERM TODAY
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kans.
May 9 (TP) —The lawyer for the late
John Dll’inger, Louis Piquett, is ex
pected at the Fort Leavenworth Fed
eral Penitentiary today to serve a
tw° year sentence.
Piquett was convicted on charges
of aiding the Dll'lnger confederate,
Homer Van Meter, in his flight from
justice. A federal judge ordered him
to pay a $lO 000 fine and serve two
years in prison.
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as he was rushed to the federal court building in St. Paul after his capture at Toledo, Ohio, today.
He was seized at Toledo by a squad of federal agents headed by J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and taken by airplane to St. Paul where he will be tried with
his former leader, Alvin Karpis, who was captured in New Oriels last week, for his part in the
Bremer kidnaping. —Central Press Photo.
MAHAN TAKEN TO ISLAND JAIL
TO BEGIN SERVING 60-YEAR TERM; ‘
MAY BESENT TO ALCATRAZ LATER
SUPREME COURT GIVES GENE
KEY TO STATE FUNDS- RULE
DANIEL APPOINTMENT LEGAL
(Special to The Times) I
ATLANTA, May 10.—The State Su
preme Court, in a 5 to 1 decision
yesterday upheld Governor Talmadge?
financial dic-tatorshop of Georgia rul
ing the chief executive had the right
to suspend State Treasurer George B.
Hamilton and appoint J. B. Daniel in
his place until the next meeting of
the legislature.
The decision was handed down on
an appeal from the Fulton Superior
Court where Atlanta and Marietta
banks had sought a legal ruling on
whether they should pay out some
$2,500,000 in state deposdst to Daniel
The high court today said they were
justified in honoring Daniel’s war
rants and would be fully protected.
The lower court, which held Dan
iel should have filed an interpleader
asserting his right to office, was re
vers.d. The decision of the Supreme
Court was that Daniel held office le
gally and need not interplead.
The high tribunal also held a suit
against the Talmadge war:
action against the state whicn could
not be sued without its consent.
It was expected this would throw
out other suits aimed at the T?J
madge dictatorship.
Judge Gordon Knox, of Hazlehurst
cast the only diss ntlng vote.
Other judges who decided the case
were. Supreme Court Justices Marcur
W. Beck, presiding; John B. Hutche
son and Superior Court Judges Es
chol Graham, of Mcßae, who wrote
the majority opinion; M. D. Dicker
son, Douglas, and John Rourke, Jr.
Savannah. The court was a specia
tribunal appointed by Governor Tal
madge, due to disqualification of four
Supreme Court justices because the:
owned stock in the banks.
It was expected the decision woulc
release nearly $17,500,000 in federal
road money which has been tied up
since the controversy started.
Governor Talmadge was jubilant
over the decision as he left for his
farm in Telfair County.
“This will have the effect of end
ing all litigation and leaving us free
to administer state funds.'- he sad.,
“Th° Supreme Court has recognizee
the right of the governor to suspend
the state treasurer for cause.”
Hamilton, asked if he had any com
ment to make, replied: “I’ll have noth
to say until I've seen the decision,
I studied it thoroughly and consulted
with my attorneys.”
Although G. B. Carreker, appointed
bv Talmadge as comptroller general,
to replace William B. Harrison, whom
the chief executive ousted, was not
involved in the suit, bi was believed
the decision would have the same
effect on him as Daniel.
In the original suit fikd in Fulton
Superior Court, the banks sought to
force Daniel to file an interpleader,
setting forth his right to office. In
a majority opinion, Judges E. E.
Pomeroy and Vir'.yn Moore held that
the interpleader should have been
filed and that the banks were justi
fied in withholding funds. Judge John
D. Humphries, dissenting in the origi
nal suit, held the state could not be
sued without its permission.
The high court today held the lower
court should have sustained a demur
rer by Daniels attorney to the original
action.
RITES TOMORROW
FLORIDA SOLON
SENATOR PARK TRAMMELL
TO RE BURIED AT
LAKELAND
WASHINGTON, May 9 (TP).—Fu
neral services for the late Senator '
Park Trammell of Florida will be held
at Lakeland, Fla., on Monday after
noon. Senator Trammell died sud
denly last night in Washington?
The Navy department today paid
high tribute to the man who was
known as the "champion of the
Navy.” Acting Secretary of the
Navy, Admiral Standley, appointed
Captain Zogbaum, commandant of
the Pensacola naval air station, to
represent the department at the fu
neral.
Standley also declared: “Senator
Trammel was a great patriot and a
great friend of the Navy. All true
advocates of adequate national de
fense will mourn his passing.” Stand
ley said that passage of the $529,-
300,000 navy appropriations bill in the
senate yesterday was a tribute to
Trammell's years of public life.
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1936
TACOMA, Wash., May 9 (TP)—
William Mahan began tonight the
first hours ox his 60-year prison term
for the kidnaping of nine-year-old
George Weyerhauser.
Mahan was hurried aboard a boat
for the short journey to McNeil Is
land Prison as soon as a federal judge
had pronounced sentence. The kid
naper pleaded guilty t° two counts
of the indictment, based on last sum
mers abduction of the little lumber
heir. Hahan received a 60-year term
on each count. The sentences run
concurrently.
"G”-men found in Mahans posses
sion some $20,000 of the $200,000
in bills paid to ransom the youngster.
The. fugtive was arrested in San
Francisco last Thursday. Scarcely 48
hours elapsed between his arrest and
his arrival at the federal prison on
an is’antl in Puget Sound.
Deparment of Justice agents say
Mahan may soon join his partner in
the kidnaping at Alcatraz Island, in
San Francisco Bay. The partner is
Harmon Waley, who is serving a
45-year term for the crime.
COKER JAILED
McALESTER, Okla., May 9 (TP)—
The paroled convict, Sam Coker, who
was arrested in Toledo in “G” men
raids which led to t>3 capture °f
Harry Campbell, is back in Oklahoma
Penitentiary tonight.
Coker was serving a 30-year bank
roobery sentence. He fel’ in with the
Karpis-Campbeil gang of criminals
after his parole. Now he must com
plete his sentence as a parole vio
lator.
MISSING GEORGIA
LAWYER LOCATED
ROME, Ga., May 9 (TP).—Jack
Rogers, a Rome attorney, is no long
er listed as missrng today—but the
mystery of his aosence xemains.
Rogers' iarndy rec 2*.ven a postcard
worry. The card was postmarked
Chattanooga. The card, however,
contained no explanation of his mys
terious disappearance.
His mother died after his disap
pearance Monday and up to the time
the card was received federal, state
and county as well as local police
were looking for him.
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Alvin Karpis, Public Eucmy No. 1, who was seized by fed
eral agents in New Orleans last week. is. shown behind the bars
of the Ramsey county jail in St. Paul, fFnhT/wKere'Tie will be
held until he goes to trial for his part in the kidnaping of Hamm
and Bremer. —Central Press Photo.
MAHAN IS CAPTURED
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William Mahan, the scar-faced ex-convict accused of en
gineerjig the $200,000 George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping, was
seized by federal agents in San Francisco, Cal., yesterday (May
7th), and sped by plane to the abduction scene at Tacoma, Wash.
This photo transmitted from San Francisco to Chicago over long
distance telephone lines shows Mahan, Weyerhaeuser kifmping
suspect (handcuffed, center), with G-men captors after his quiet
1 capture Friday.
—Central Press Sound Photo.
WOMAN FOUND DEAD
CHICAGO, May 10 (TP).—A 55-
year-old gift shop manager, Mrs. Lil
ian Guild, was found dead today in
her room in the Young Women's
Christian Association building. Police
say she had been fatally beaten. Mrs.
Guild was a native of Attlesboro
Mass. Her sister, Mrs. Blanche Bloom
owned the gift shop she man.’g.d in
a leading Chicago hotel. Mrs. Bloom
‘is now visiting in Attleboro.
HARVARD STADIUM BLAZES
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. May 10. (TP).
—Fire swept the right wing of ths
Harvard stadium this afternoon while
the second annual heptagonal tracl
and field meet was in progress. The
athletic competitions wore haltec
while the fire was brought under
control. Chief damage was done tc
the press box, located high in the sta
dium, overlooking the entire field.
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SCANDINAVIA MAY JOIN OTHER
. SMALLER POWERS IN MOVE TO
FORM NEW PROTECTIVE GROUP
GENEVA, May 10 (TP).-A hint that a powerful group of
small countries is cbnsidering a substitute for the League of Na
tions was throw out tonight after secret meetings.
The first meeting was held by Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Finland and Holland. Then Spain arid Switzerland joined the
group. The spokesman for the diplomats, Danish Foreign Min
ister Minch, said afterwards that they still have hopes for the
present league. They feel that the league’s failure to protect
Ethiopia shouldn’t keep the nations from building collective se
curity on a firmer foundation. :
UNBELIEVERS! I
BALTIMORE, May 9 (TP).—
Annie Woodland and her husband
are being: held in SI,OOO bail each
in Baltimore because police re
fused to believe the was “just
learning: her Psalms.”
Bhe 32-yera-cld negress had a
Bible in her hands when police
questioned her. She closed it
quickly. They asked her what she
was doing;. She said she was
“just learning: her Psalms.”
Police say they found slips of
paper with numbers written on
them in the Bible They asked
the woman to explain. Again, she
said the slips were just to help
her learn her Psalms. ....! .
A judge failed to see the con
nection between the slips of paper
and the Psalms. He ordered the
woman and her. husband held on
lottery charges.
DOTSON CAPTURES
NEGRO SOUGHT IN
FLORIDA MURDER
HUNTED FOR EIGHT YEARS
AS KILLER OF HIS
BROTHER-IN-LAW
Policeman William L. Dotson may
gain promotion to a ssrgeahcy for his
latest piece of outstanding police
work, the capture, of a negro murderer
long wanted in Florida.
C. J. Jefferson, alias George Suth
erland, ,1s in jail, and police say they
have his confession of killing his
brother-in-law with a shotgun at Hil
liard, Fla., eight years ago. Officer
Dotson. trailed the negro for several
days, and arrested him Friday.
Officer Dotson recognized Jefferson
from old descriptions. He trailed, him
for several days. Friday he donned
plain .clothes and went to ths junk
company where the negro war work
ing, on the pretense of making a
purchase. Jefferson was taken with
out a. struggle. • o
Dotson, a motorcycle patrolman,
may be promoted to the sergeancy of
th? motorcycle squad. That place has
been op?n since the late Frank God
bolt was transferred to the county
police fore?. That was more than a
decade ago.
Police circles have recently been re
viving the demand for a sergeant to
supervise the motorcycle squad. Dot
son is the most likely choice, because
he is .one of the outstanding men in
the department, and at the same
time a motorcycle man. Dotson has
won national recognition for his as
tuteness and courage.
STATE WINS POINT
IN FLOGGING CASE
FORMER POLICE CHIEF’S
STATEMENT RULED AS
EVIDENCE
BARTOW, Fla., May 9 (TP).—The
state won an important admission to
day in the flogging and mob violence
trial at Bartow.
Over a strong protest from the de
sense, the statement made by former
Chief of Police R. G. Tittsworth, ex
onerating the policemen from any
participation in the floggings, was
ruled admissable as evidence.
Tittsworth, as well as six of his
former patrolmen, is on trial for im
plication in the floggings of three la
bor organizers, one of whom lost his
life. Tittsworth is charged with
knowing of the guilt of the former
policemen and yet protecting them
by the issuance of the official state
ment exonerating them of any con
nection with the floggings.
A Tampa policeman, N. H. Whit
worth, testified earlier today that on
orders from his Sergeant, C. A.
Brown, he had swapped badges with
ex-Patrolman John Bridges following
the floggings. Both Brown and
Bridges are among those on trial.
The swapping of the badges-in order
to confuse investigation was substan
tiated by the Tampa badge custodian,
William Kemp, and another police
man.
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ROME, May 9 (TP)—Premier Mus
solini announced tonight that Italy
has annexed the conquered kingdom
of Ethiopia
The dictator told 40,000,000 hush
ed Italian subjects that King Victor
Emanuel is now Emperor of Ethiopia.
The conqueror of Emperor Haile Se
lassie, Marshal Pietro Badoglio, is to
be viceroy of the East African posses
sion?. Badogl-io once had anti-Fascist
leanings. It was he who told Roman
authorities that if they’d give him
three battalions of regular army sol
diers he would halt Mussolini’s mareto
oh Rome and sweep the Fascists into
Ji oblivion. •'
Diplomats had predicted that Mus
solini would annex Ethiopia tonight
to fulfill his whole program of con
quest before the meeting of the
League of Nations council Monday.
The Fascist grand council met later
to ratify the dictator's decisions
Mussolini’s words eased the fever
of. suspense which has agitated all
Italy since the fall of Addis Aoaba.
The premier spoke froia -tlie-balaoj-iy
of his palace to a square jammed with
200,000 eager. Fascists. The radio
carried his words to the rest of the
nation and even across the seas to
America.
As war minister, Mussolini had or
dered 600,000 soldiers of the home
garrisons throughout Italy to hold
maneuvers in field uniforms. The
populace joined in the demonstration
with wild enthusiasm. Flags waved,
bands played, -men and girls danced
and cheered. Tomorrow the king
emperor will receive Mussolini and
his cabinet. The king earlier today
promoted General Graziani to the
rank of marshal for his victories in
southern Ethiopia
The scene around Mussolini’s pal
ace reached the heights of epic drama
when the dictator cried out tonight
into a veritable sea of people.
“Ethiopia,”, he said, “is now under
the entire sovereignty of Italy.”
The throng was galvanized into
hysterical cheering that re-echoes
: through the ancient citv.
Haile Appeals
JERUSALEM, May 9 (TP).—Em
peror Haile Selassie appealed to the
world today to see that Ethiopia is
justly treated by the League of ifn
lions.
The defeated ruler sold— “We a..k
that justice be done to protect i
weak nation against a stronger mi
tlon.”
The appeal was made in Selassie's
first interview since he fie-’ before
the Italian invaders of his kingdom.
The emperor said he felt that tie
League of Nations could not let Ethio
pia down. He pointed out that Ethio
pia as a member of the League is en
titled, to protection from Italy whom
the League itself had branded as nn
aggressor.
• The emperor issued his statement
at a Jerusalem hotel where he ;s
making his temporary home.
EAST COAST HIT
BY HEAT WAVE
NEW YORK, May 9 (TP).—Sum
mer weather let down on the Eastern
seaboard today with a vengeance,
sending the mercury into the uppar
eighties. The sweltering temperatures
also extended deep into the mid-We:t.
New York's weather experts say to
day's normal temperature should »e
58 degrees. But the mercury shot up
to =67. The weather forecasters expect
howers tonight, with fair skies and
cooler temperatures tomorrow. - V
Erratic weather is reported through- *
out the nation. There was
Colorado, a tornado injured nlnq
sons in Oklahoma. Rains fell Aver
scattered sections of the southwest's
'dust bowl” and were welcomed r with
thanksgiving by farmers. \
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