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WEATHER
Probable Showers Today, Fair
Tomorrow.
MARKETS
Stocks Steady in Dull Trading;
Wheat, Cotton Firm.
VOLUME 2—NUMBER 124
OFFICIALS MURDER
BRINGS TENSION IN
NORTHERN CHINA
ASSASSINS BULLET CUTS
DOWN GENERAL SIANG
IN TIENTSIN
TIENTSIN, May 23 (TP)—Tension
tripped north China tonight over the
assassination of a prominent Chinese
official in the Japanese quarters of
Tientsin.
An assassin’s bullet cut down
Wang Siang-Chew, who was in the
retinue of the Chinese War Lord
General Feng Yu-Siang. The murder
ed man was the secretary to a gen
eral on the war lord’s personal staff.
First reports said that two generals
had been murdered in the Japanese
concession of the city.
Chinese authorities suspected that
Siang-Chen had been done away with
by Japanese militarists. Strong meas
ures were taken by Chinese officials
to prevent friends of the murdered
man from taking any reprisals
against the Japanese. Such steps
they feared, would flare up in an
other dreaded “incident.”
MAN’S LEG BROKEN
WHEN RUN DOWN
BY TAXICAB HERE
POLICE CLAIM DRIVER UN
DER INFLUENCE OF LI
QUOR; FREED ON BOND
W. T. Jones, age about 55, and re
aiding at 123 West Gordon street was
confined to Warren A. Candler hos
pital last night with serious injuries
after he had been knocked down by
H. A. Tuten, age 29, of 137 1-2 Whit
aker street, a Yellow Cab driver, ac
cording to a police report made by
Police Officers F. A. Lange and C.
C. Carroll.
At the hospital it was stated Jones
had suffered a laceration of the scalp
and his left leg had been broken be
tween the ankle and the knee.
The pedestrian was walking across
Montgomery street at the Intersection
of Taylor street when he was hit by
the Yellow Oab being driven south
on Montgomery by Mr. Tuten, the
police report said. Police said Jones
was well under the influence of liquor
at the time and they reported a bot
tle of liquor dropped from the man’s
pocket and smashed on the pavement
after he was struck by the cab.
Tuten was taken to police head
quarters where he was held until
word, could be received from the hos
pital' as to the probable outcome of
the injuries of Jones. When it was
learned the man was not in a critical
condition bond was set at SSOO.
in spring firing.
JUNE BRIDE SEEKS AID
IN FIGHT AGAINST
MOSQUITOES
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., May 23
(TP) —A prospective June bride in
north Jersey was assured positively
today that she would have no mos
quitos as uninvited guests at her out
door wedding.
The bride-to-be said she was filled
with terror at the thought that the
airy hordes of the Skeeter state
might descend on her garden nup
tials. She finally wrote the New
Jersey agricultural experimental sta
tion for information on how to stun
or drive off the demons for four
hours during the wedding.
Dr. J. M. Ginsburg answered her
letter with the recommendation that
she spray her garden with a new in
secticide he had developed. The
doctor told the apprehensive girl—“J
hope your married life will be as free
of trouble as your wedding will be
free of mosquitos.’’
LOCAL MINISTER
TO ADDRESS CLASS
The Rev. Arthur Jackson, D. D.,
pastor of the First Baptist Church
has accepted an invitation to address
the graduating class of the Dublin
High School Sunday, May 31. The
Rev. Jackson will preach at the com
mencement exercises In the morning,
returning from Dublin in time to fill
his pulpit for the evening service.
The morning sermon will be de
livered by the Rev. H. J. Stokes of
Louisville, pastor of the Louisville
BapUst Church.
BRIDGE DEDICATED
QUINCY. Mass., May 23 (TP).—
The new $2,500,000 bridge which con
nects Quincy with the Massachu
setts south shore was dedicated by
Governor Curley this aftemono. The
structure Is now a part of one V the
most extensively traveled highways
in the Bay State.
The bridge is a massive structure
more than 2,100 feet in length, with
a draw of four leaves, each 144 feet
long. Thisd raw can be ooened or
dosed in 75 seconds and ,ln an emer
gency can be operated by hand.
TIMES WILL MAKE
DAILY DELIVERY TO
BEACH, FORT SCREVEN
Fort Screven and Savannah
Beach, beginning this morning,
will have a daily delivery service
of the Savannah Daily Times.
Carriers will speed with the Daily
Times from the, north end of the
island and Fort Screven to the gay
resort section every afternoon.
Subscribers who are moving to
tlie beach for the summer months
can have their papers delivered al
Tybce simply by telephoning 6183.
§ au aniial>B©ntlu(!limts
Wife Slayer?
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Samuel Whittaker
Facing murder charges for the
alleged hotel “fake holdup’’
slaying of his wife, Samuel
Whittaker, shown in court at
Los Angeles, is reported to have
commented, “It doesn’t matter
a great deal if they sentence
me to death. I’ve got heart dis
ease which will take me off be
fore they could hang me.”
Whittaker is an ex-organist.
Jams* Culver, a Kentucky
transient, faces the same
charges as Whittaker.
—Central Press.
AUTO ACCIDENTS
HERE INJURE TWO
MAN 65, HIT BY CAR, AN
OTHER VICTIM OF
TRUCK
Two persons were injured .in the
city in auto accidents yesterday.
James H. Thompson, age 65, of 934
Wheaton street, sustained slight in
juries when he was struck late this
anoruXug by au automobile being driv
en east on Wheaton street by F. C.
Edmunds of 704 East 49th street, a
police report said. The driver took the
injured man to a physician's office
and Mr. Thompson asked that no case
be made, the report said.
About the same time it was report
ed to police headquarters Ben Single
ton of Bradticket, S. C., was hit by
a truck on the east side of the Bay
street viaduct. A police report said
the driver of the truck, who was un
identified, ‘picked up the injured man
and continued on its way to South
Carolina. The machine bore a South
Carolina license tag.
WEATHER MAN STATES
WARM TEMPERATURE
IN CITY AREA SUNDAY
Good news for those planning week
end excursions wias handed out by
the weather prophet yesterday in the
shape of the official forecast which
read “fair tonight and Sunday with
moderate temperatures.”
The weather man predicted mod
erate easterly winds for today which
meant .breezes ranging in velocity
from about 12 to 15 miles an hour.
High winds in this area caused the
hoisting of small craft warnings Fri
day morning but the winds abated
and later in the day the warning
flag wias hauled down.
The minimum temperature yester
day was 64 degrees at 6:30 o’clock in
the morning but at mid-day the mer
cury had climbed to the 80 mark and
was still ascending. Similar tempera
tures, perhaps even a liyje warmer,
were looked for today.
“MADAME” GUILLOTINE
CLAIMS CHILD KILLER
SCHWERIN, Germany, May 23
(TP). —An aged German clock re
pairman was beheaded today for the
murder of 12 boys.
The condemned man was a hobo,
Adolf Seefeld. In suthem Germany
children knew the itinerant clock
man as “Uncle Tlck-tock.” Before
Seefeld walked to the chopping block
he confessed that he had killed 12
of his children admirers. He had
spent more than 20 years in mental
institutions and prisons.
"EARL OF PELHAM” GOES TO TOWER
ROBERT E. S. LEE, DOCILE WHEN GIVEN THREE-YEAR
PENITENTIARY TERM ON MAIL FRAUD CHARGES.
(Special To The Daily Times)
ATLANTA, Ga., May 23.—Devoid
of the flashy showmanship which had
marked his demeanor during the days
of his drawn out trial, Robert E. S.
Lee, the suave and over-courteous
“Earl of Pelham,’ was docile when
led from federal courtroom here Sat
urday to Fulton tower in custody of
United States marshals.
Lee was sentenced Saturday to
NEW GUFFEY ACT’S
FATE RESTS IN
HANDS OF LEWIS
MILITANT HEAD UNITED
MINE UNION CAN AS
SUAGE SPLIT
WASHINGTON, May 23 (TP).—
The fate of the new Guffey coal con
trol bill rests in the hands of John
L. Lewis—militant head of the
United Mine Workers Union—to
night.
The bill was introduced early this
week to replace the Guffey coal law
of last year which was declared un
constitutional by the supreme court.
The measure contains the price fix
ing clauses of the original act—but
deletes the labor provisions which
were the basis of the court s majority
opinion.
Since the new Guffey bill has been
introduced, the coal producers have
split among themselves as to the
merits of the bill. One group headed
by Walter Carter, West Virginia coal
producer, opposes any governmental
interference in the industry. A larg
er group favors the bill
But congressional leaders are stay
ing away from anything that has
the elements of a fight. They feel
that all controversial bills should be
scrapped in the interests of early ad
journment.
Lewis, however, who has been silent
on the new bill so far can change
the picture. If he comes out in fa
vor of the bill, congress, in all prob
ability will act on it. If he opposes
it or remains silent, leaders are in
clined to forget about the whole mat
ter.
BANK OFFICIAL
MAY ESCAPE J All
DETROIT MAN SEES HOPE
FREEDOM IN PLANNED
APPEAL
DETROIT. May 23 (TP) .—Herbert
R. Wilkin, former officer of the
Union Industrial Trust and Savings
Bank of Flint, Mich., was given hope
today of escape from a conviction on
a bank charge.
Wilkin was found guilty by a fed
eral jrry on charges of having made
false entries in the books f the Flint
bank. Judge Patrik T. Stone fined
him $5,000.
Wilkin’s attorney claimed that the
former banker “had no criminal in
tentions—when he made the entries.
Judge Stone agreed that it was evi
dent the banker “had made a tech
nical error,” and granted him 90
days to prepare an appeal.
The judge said that if 90 days
were not enough, he would be dis
posed to grant more time and that
he believed that an appeal would
free Wilkin of the “stigma” and re
sulting from the jury’s verdict.
In a similar case tried a year ago,
three officers of the First Nat |nal
Bank of Detroit were found not
guilty.
SIX ARE ARRESTED
AS BANK ROBBERS
HOLDUP SUSPECTS TAKEN
IN DETROIT; THREE
OTHERS SOUGHT
DETROIT, May 23 (TP)—Six per
sons were arrested today in connec
tion with the $64,000 Detroit bank
robbery on May 1.
Two men and four women are in
custody, and police are searching for
thre other men known to have been
in the holdup gang.
The men arrested are Ray McDowell
and Rudolph Brandt. Among the
women is Olive Evans, the mother of
one of the bandits still at large. Ten
dollars of the stolen money was found
in Mrs. Evans possession. Police de
clined to reveal the names of the
other three women held.
STEPHENSON ILL
FORMER KLAN HEAD HAS
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN;
IN HOSPITAL
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., May 23
(TP) —The former head of the Ku
Klux Klan in Indiana, D. C. Ste
phenson, was taken to the hospital
in the Indiana state prison today.
Physicians refused to disclose the
nature of Stephenson's ailment. Re
ports came from the prison that the
former klan official suffered a nerv
ous breakdown. it was said
that he had be®, injured in a dispute
with a fellow prisoner-
Stephenson is serving a life sen
tence on conviction of murder.
three years in the federal penitentiary
and his co-defendant, William A.
Smith, was sentenced to 18 months,
following their convictions by a fed
eral jury Friday on charges of mail
fraud.
Lee immediately filed a motion for
a new trial. The motion was made
returnable on July 25 before Judge
William H. Barrett in Augusta. While
Smith’s attorney filed notice of In
tention <o appeal the case.
SAVANNAH, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1936
$40,000! Who Wouldn’t Smile!
ML
Mrs. Valerie Huff Vose, 21-year-old former Albertina Rasch dancer, of
New York City (above), has been awarded $40,000 damages and annul
ment of her marriage to C. Redfield Vose, wealthy broker. Vose married
her after a Mexican divorce, which she contended was not legal in New
York. (Central Press)
PRINCIPALS IN SCHECHTER CASE
AGAINST THE NRA NOW BITTER
TOWARD BACKERS IN TRIAL
BROOKLYN, N. Y., May (TP)
Just one year ago next Wednesday
the Schechter brothers, who used to
sell poultry, were sitting on top of
the world. They had handed the
New Deal an awful wallop, and many
persons appreciated it. Today the
four brothers said they had nothing
to celebrate this year.
“Our business is gone,” they ex
plained. “A mortgage is to be fore
closed on our father’s home. Nobody
will help us.”
The Schechter brothers defeated
RAILROADS UNITE
FOR FARE FIGHT
court Attack planned
ON I. C. C. ORDER OF
LOWER RATES
WASHINGTON, May 23 (TP)—
More than a score of eastern railroads
united today in a court attack on the
lower fares ordered by the interstate
commerce commission.
The two-cents-a-mile basic rate for
coach fares and three cents for Pull
man fares is scheduled to go Into ef
fect on June 1. Today, 23 of the east
ern raLroads asked the federal court
to grant them a temporary injunction
preventing the I. C. C. from pJltmg
the rates into effect.
The old a’.te is 3.6 cents a mils
with a for Pullman fares.
Attorneys lor the 23 carriers at
tacked the rate reduction as uncon
stitutional and unreasonable. They
charegd that the commission's ciaim
that railroad business would benefit
by the reduction is only “only a sur
mise or prootu-sy.” ,
HIKE SHORTENS
mcfadden s bunion der-
BYISTS PASS THE HALF
WAY MARK
LITTLE PALLS, N. Y., May 23
(TP)—Bernard McFaddens bunion
derbyists passed the halfway mark to
lay in their 410 mile hike. Wondering
whether cracked wheat is all it’s
cracked up to be.
The group of health hikers have
covered just 290 miles, mostly on a
diet of cracked wheat and raisins.
Today the ankle wobblers were weigh
ed and measured. Out of 58 hikers
still on the march, 50 had lost a
grand total of 230 pounds, an average
of four an da half pounds each'. Four
of the hikers showed no change. The
dietary rebel of the expedition, Theo
dore Adler, gained two pounds, but
then, he eats three square meals a
day.
Mailman M. C. Borror, who is tak
ing a postman’s holiday, was the hero
of the expedition thus far. He has lost
nine pounds. The hikers are still
jealous of the bicycle of John Lyons.
Lyons is pedaling his way while the
rest pound the roads. Some mut
ineers are muttering darkly about
motorcycles.
WANTS TO LOSE JOB;
BURNS DOWN SHOP
BALTIMORE, May 23 (TP).—Po
lice say Ralph Pelowitz contested to
day that he tried to burn down his
father’s printing shp because he was
tired of his job.
They are holding the 22-year-old
Baltimorean on three charges of ar
son. According to the police, h? h 3
set fire to the printing shop e ;h
Saturday for the past three weeks
so he wouldn't have to work there.
.the NRA In the famous "sick chick
en" case before the supreme court.
Ip this fight, which cost them $20.-
' 000, they were backed by the Amer
ican Liberty League.
Since then every penny of the
Schechters’ savings of $20,000 went
into their wholesale poultry busi
ness. The business dwindled. Now
the house of their father, David
Schechter .is going under the ham
mer, and they are sad. One of them
; observed that “the Liberty League.
I which patted us so hard on the back
[ a year ago hasn’t helped us since.”
VESSELS TIED UP
BY LABOR STRIFF
DISPUTES OVER WAGES
AND DEMANDS HALTS
SHIPS’ SAILINGS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23 (TP)
Labor troubles have caused four ves
sels to be tied up today at docks in
San Francisco and San Pedro.
The waterfront employers’ associa
tion in San Francisco announced that
the steamer “Lewis Luckenbach” has
been tied up because the crew de
mands a guarantee of transportation
from ports where it may encounter
labor disputes.
The steamer “Jacob Luckenbach” is
held at San Pedro because its crew
from the gulf ports, is demanding
the wages paid to western seamen.
The American export freighters “ex
ilone” and “Excelsior” also are tied
up in San Pedro. The licensed per
sonnel of the freighters is from the
east coast and is demanding recogni
tion of the west coast union.
twoTarTkilled
IN BELGIAN RIOT
MEET DEATH IN SCUFFLE
OVER ISSUES AT POLLS
TODAY
ANTWERP. May 23 (TP).—Two
members of the Belgian Socialist par
ty were killed today in a scuffle with
Fascists over issues in tomorrow's
national election.
Two women belonging to the Fas
cist party were nailing up posters
when the Socialists came along and
began to heckle them. A crowd gath
ered around. Fists and brickbats
flew. When police broke up the riot,
the two Socialists were crumpled up
on the pavement.
Authorities termed the incident
the first serious trouble in any elec
tion campaign since the World war.
Tomorrow, a new chamber of depu
ties will be elected. The present
leading parties, the Socialists and
Catholics are expected to retain their
strength in the government.
HAILE SELASSIE SAILS
FOR HAVEN IN ENGLAND
HAIFA, Palestine. May 23 (TP)
Emp;ror Halle Selassie sailed for
Great Britain tonight aboard the
4,000-ton British cruiser Capetown.
The emperor will disembark at Gi
braltar and continue to London on
a liner. He is accompaniedby a party
of eight.
The overthrown monarch of Ethi
opia declined to say how long he
plans to remain in England.
NEW WTA HEAD NAMED
WASHINGTON, May 23 (TP).—
WPA Administrator Hopkins appoint
ed Don G. Abel of Chehalis, Wash.,
today as the new WPA director in
Washington state.
Abel succeeds George Gannon, who
was dismissed on charges of mixing
his government business affairs with
politics.
TOWNSEND’S STAND
BRINGS SPLIT IN
PROBERS’ RANKS
COMMITTEE COUNSEL DE
SIRE PUT DOCTOR UN
DER QUICK ARREST .
WASHINGTON, May 23 (TP)—
Dissension flared tonight in the ranks
of the Bell congressional committee.
The fight developed over the way the
committee has handled Dr. Town
send’s defiant walkout from a hear
ing last Thursday.
Transradio learned that committee
counsel James R. Sullivan was all
for immediate action. The minute the
doctor left the room, Sullivan de
manded that the committee take steps
to get the proper papers and arrest
the pension leader before he left
Washington.
Sullivan, it was further learned, an
ticipated that the doctor might re
fuse to answer questions or try to bolt
the committee. The youthful prosecu
tor told Transradio that he had pre
pared briefs covering all the legal
points in the case more than six
weeks ago. Thus, he added, when the
S2OO a month pension head left the
room he was ready for action. All he
had to do was reach in his brief case
for all the precedents.
Sullivan’s attitude, has been backed
up by several members of the com
mittee—chiefly Representative Hoff
man of Michigan. Two members, how
ever, are openly opposed to any ac
tion. They are the Townsendite rep
resentatives—Collins and Tolan of
California.
Candidacy Approved
RIO VISTA, Cal., May 23 (TP).—
Twelve hundred Townsendltes roared
their unanimous approval this after
noon of the candidacy of Sheridan
Downey as congressman from the
third California district. Downey is
opposed by the anti-Townsend man,
Representative Frank Buck.
The followers of Dr. Francis Town
send are seeking to sway the political
balance in the state were the famous
old age pension plan got its start.
The vote for Candidate Downey to
day was the second recent congres
sional endorsement of the Townsend
ites in the present campaign.
WANT COUGHLIN
MAN FOR SENATE
PRIEST’S SECRETARY IS
BOOMED TO DISPLACE
DETROIT, May 23 (TP).—Peti
tions are being circulated in Mich
igan tonight boosting Father Cough
lin’s secretary as a Democratic can
didate to the U. S. senate. Louis 8.,
Ward is secretary to the “radio
priest,” Father Charles E. Coughlin.
Ward was formerly an executive of
a Detroit advertising agency. He
has been active in Washington on
behalf of Father Covghlin for the
past several months.
About a year ago, it was rumored
that Father Coughlin tried to secure
Ward’s nomination to the Republican
candidacy for the senate. According
to reports. Coughlin wanted Ward to
displace Senator James Couzens.
Ward’s only comment on the
Democratic petition is—“l’ve seen
them, but I don’t know who is re
sponsible for their circulation.” Asked
if he would like to have the senato
rial post, Ward countered with the
question—“wouldn’t you?”
ACT DISSOLUTION
SOUGHT BY LABOR
WASHINGTON, May 23 (TP)
Railway labor organizations and many
railway companies are uniting to force
the natural death of the office of the
Federl Transportation Coordinator.
The office headed by Joseph East
man expires on June 16. Railroad
management objects to many phases
of the national coordinating act. Lead
ing rail executives threaten to hold
back payment of their assessments to
support the act if it is extended.
Labor strenuously opposes continua
tion of the federal authority which
may merge more railroad systems.
With the settlement of the recent
wage dismissal dispute, labor’s inter
est in the act has apparently ended.
DILL WANTS NEW TRIAL
MT. VERNON. Ihio, May 23 (TP)
—An attorney for former Senator
Clarence Dill and his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Grace Dill, filed a motion today
asking a new trial of the alienation
of affections suit which went against
them. A jury had held that they must
pay $5,000 heart balm to Margie Dill,
the former wife of Dill’s nephew. She
had charged that they alienated the
affections of her former husband.
BUSINESS IN NATION SHOWS GROWING
STRENGTH MAGAZINE INDEX REVEALS
NEW YORK, May 23 (TP).—Busi
ness showed growing strength in the
United States during the last week
in the face of political uncertainties,
occording to the index of the maga
zine, Business Week. Foreign busi
ness indicators were less steady.
The armament race is worrying
European nations, the mage fine
learned. English building picked up.
but the British were worried by the
prospect of devalved French cur
rency.
WORLD’S NAVAL CIRCLES STIRRED
BY NEWS THAT UNITED STATES
PLANS TO BUILD BIGGER NAVY
BLOODY BATTLE
CAUSED BY RAID
ON NAZI FORCES
AUSTRIAN POLICE STAGE
VIENNA CLEAN-UP
ON FOES
VIENNA, May 23 (TP)—Austrian
police are smashing down on secret
Nazi clubs tonight. Raid after raid is
being made to arrest persons who are
believed responsible for the attack on
the castle of Prince Von Starhemberg.
Two Nazis were killed in the as
sault on the Waxemberg castle of
Von Starhemberg, who is the former
leader of the Fatherland front army.
Supposedly, the Nazis attempted to
seize the stores of rifles, machine
guns, and bullets piled up in the ar
senal at the castle. The raiders climb
ed over the castle walls. Police and
Heimwehr guards were thickly posted
inside the grounds on advance inform
ation that the attack was coming.
Guns flashed between the two
forces. The Naziis broke and ran. One
of the attackers was instantly killed.
One died later in a hospital. Eight
were captured. It was reported that
the leader escaped over the nearby
border of Czechoslavakia. This even
ing Austrian authorities raided Nazi
headquarters in Linez and other upper
Austrian towns. They arrested eight
more Nazis accused of the march on
the Starhemberg castle.
LEAPSTODAY
j SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL
TO JUMP FROM PLANE
DESPITE COPS
NEW YORK, May 23 (TP)—Six
teen-year-old Winifred Bayer wants to
take up parachuting as a career, be
cause she thinks it’s “safe and sane.”
Tlyj authorities kept a watchful eye
on ‘'Winifred today, though, because
they think a high school girl should
stay on the ground.
Tomorrow, says Winifred, she’s go
-1 ing to make a 2.000-fdot parachute
1 jump regardless of the police. She
plans to leap out into space over
! Hicksville, Long Island, at 4 p.m. She
believes that ,if she lands on private
_ property the police can’t do a thing
about it. Her father, William Bayer,
has given her permission to make
’ the flight.
Two weeks ago Winifred was de
nied official permission to jump over
the Jamaica airport, and the girl
’ and her pilot were nearly killed when
she tried to jump anyway. Her para
; chute became tangled. The pilot
jerked Winifred into the cockpit. Her
: head hit the control stick and the
J plane dove 500 feet before It could
be controlled.
WATERWAYS PROJECT
i SUBJECT OF MEETING
HERE BY ENGINEERS
The deepening of the intracoastal
: waterway between Savannah and
1 Cape Fear will be the subject of
considerable study with the meeting
of the special waterway board tomor
row in Savannah. The proposal to
deepen ths line has been under care
ful study for several months, and it
is hoped that a favorable report will
be made by the members of the board
shortly.
Lieut. Col. Carswell Garlington, U.
’ S. district engineer in Savannah;
Capt. Frederick T. Bass of Charles
ton, and Maj. Ralph Millis of Wil
mington are the members of the
board.
A FREE THRILLER
WHEELING, W. Vg., May 23
(TP). —A circus parade was
turned into a riotous uproar to
day when four horses pulling the
lions cage ran away down the
main street of Wheeling.
The parade of Cole Brothers
and Clyde Beatty circus was go
ing along the main street when
suddenly the horses started run
ning top speed down a stepe hill.
Beatty’s lions clawing furiously
at the bars—threatening to crash
through the cage. Screaming, pan
ic stricken crowds rushed for
cover.
Just as the lions were about to
tear their way out of the cage the
cool headed driver saved the day
by bringing the run-away horses
under control.
The parade resumed but with a
few less onlookers.
In France business was slack,
while the nation waited to see what
the new Socialist government will do.
Soviet Russia is concerned largely
with producing more gold and build
ing more airplanes.
In the United States, retail trad? i
maintained a fair margin over a
year ago. The oil industry was nerv
ous because of Increased production
and higher prices, and a price war
was feared, the magazine said. The
automotive and lumber industries
showed substantial strength.
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SIGNATURE TO BE LAW
WASHINGTON, May 23 (TP)
Naval circles throughout the world
were stirred tonight by news that
Uncle Sam’s big navy program is go
ing ahead.
House and Senate conferees met to
day and agreed on fittal terms of the
navy appropriation bill. The measure
calls for more than half a billion dol
lars to spend on ships, airplanes and
naval equipment. Never in the history
of the nation has such a sum been set
aside, except in times of war.
The measure will go to the House
and Senate for acceptance of the con
ference report, then be sent to Pres
ident Roosevelt to be signed. It ]|>ro
vides for 12 destroyers, six submarines,
333 airplanes and for construction of
two huge battleships if a naval build
ing race develops.
The large appropriation is regarded
as an outcome of the breakdown of
naval limitation treaties and as a re
sult of the warlike graundswells which
are moving through the rorld. «
The largest peace-time nt.y approp- J
riation bill in history needed only the
President’s signature tonight to be
come law.
The half billion dollar bill author
izes the President to order construc
tion of two new battleships if other
parties to the London naval treaty
start a building race.
BURGLAR ROBS
SAVANNAH HOME
Clothing, silverware and an unde
termined amount of money was stol
en by a burglar who ransacked the
home of Irving Gottlieb, 25 East 33rd
street, in the absence of the family
last night. When members of the
household returned home shortly be
fore 11 o’clock they found the place
had been ransacked.
Investigation by City Detectives
Charles Kaminsky and W. H. Sapp
showed the man had effected an en
trance by removing a screen in a
back window. Information given po
lice was that the window itself was
unlocked. Men and women’s cloth
ing was removed as well as some sil
ver and money. Late last night a
check was being made to establish
the amount of the loot. Irving Gtotte •-
lieb is the owner of Gottlieb's Bakery
at 1601 Bull street.
IN TIGHT PLACE
DETECTIVE SERGT. ELLIS
HOWEVER SQUEEZES OUT
WITH EVIDENCE
There are times when Detectives
Sergt. T. H. Ellis is called upon to
take into custody a “tough customer”
and at the moment wishes he was a
much larger man- But last night the
sergeant was sorry that he didn’t
have the general proportions of a
midget.
It was because of a quantity of
liquor which Sergt. Ellis and Detec
tive S. W. Coursey siezed t. the home
of Caesar Green, 623 West Anderson
street, a negro. Detective Coursey
grabbed the prisoner and held -him.
Sergt. Ellis set forth to collect the
evidence. He crawled on his stomach
under Green’s house, which stood just
about 18 inches from the ground.
Puffing and blowing, the sergeant
made his way to the cache of two
ten-gallon kegs of liquor. He rolled
them out and then went majnfully
back to confiscate a hose, funnel and
a quantity of empty bottles.
Sergt. Ellis and Detectives Charles
Kaminsky and * '. H. Sapp also ar
rested Albert Lewis, negho, of 306
Lorch street on a dry charge yester
day. They said they found 77 gallons
of whisky in the man’s home at the
address given.
NEGRO MURDERED IN
FREE-FOR-ALL FIGHT
Willie Nelson, colored, was stabbed
to death last night in a free for all
fight at the home of Willie Grant in
Mutual Quarters, a negro settlement
in Millhaven.
As a result of the fight, Nelson is
dead, and Grant and his wife, Vir
ginia. are in the Georgia Infirmary.
Grant is seriously cut but his wife
is only slightly wounded.
DAMAGE SLIGHT
IN HOUSE FIRE
Slight damage was done to the ser
vants’ quarters, a frame structure in
the rear of the home of Miss Georgia
E. Wood, 102 West 36th street, by a
blaze of unknown origin yesterday
afternoon. An alarm from Box 126
brought out Fire Companies No. 5
and 6 at 4:31 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon. The fire was located between
the walls of the servant home. It
was quickly extinguished.
NABBED FOR SPEEDING
C. A. Fountain, a taxi driver, will
face Recorder H. Mercer Jordan in
police court Tuesday morning on the
charge of speeding at the rate of
40 miles an hour on Whitaker street
from Jones to Hall streets. Police
Officer S. G. Scott nabbed the
speeder at 11:50 o'clock Friday night.