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The Washington times., 1931-02-04
Deposits Gain
Billion in Sd Quarter

The current quarterly compila-
ton of statements of all New
York banks by the New York
Clearing House reveals that there
was a gain Of close to $1,000, ,OOO,.
900 in deposits during the period
September % to December 81,
1880. Compared with December
81, 1929. however, drop OF about
$7OO, ,OO0, 900 is reported.
Aggregate deposits Of the ll6
national and State banks and
trust companies listed by the
Clearing House in it's December
81 figures total $10,S02,S12,80
The total Of 121 banks on Sep
tember "a was $9,347,923,500. On
December 81, 1929, 1875 banks
showed aggregate deposits OF
$11 ,OO6, ,579. 300,
The Washington times., 1931-02-04
Wall Street
Hears:

The buying of WOrthingtOn
Pump (WPU was due more to
short covering than to expecta-
ton that the common stock
would be placed on a dividend
basis.
That a considerable amount
Of scale buying has been COM
ing Best & Co. (BST).
That Goodrich (GG) had an
$S,OOO,OOO loss in 1880 and its
preferred dividend is none too
safe.
That General Electric (GL)
is an attractive trading pur-
chase.
That Ohio Oil (OHO) direc-
tors will cut the quarterly divi-
dent to 25 cents q share on
Wednesday. 9
The Washington times., 1931-02-04
r. G. SteUart Urges
Trust LdU ReDe1L

R. G. Stewart, president of the
Pan-American Petro leum and
Transport Company, today recon-
mended the repeal or modifica-
tion of the antitrust laws so as
to allow large oil producers and
importers to get together and
voluntarily work out a solution
to the problems facing them.
1--WE have two obsolete laws
on our statute books" he told
the Senate Commerce Com
mittee. 81 refer to the Sherman
and the Clayton antitrust laws.
The time has come when oil
companies should be allowed to
sit around a table and discuss
their problems without fear Of
being sent to JAIL"
The Washington times., 1931-02-04

all times, according to his friends
can be depended upon to give
that added push that makes for
success in a campaign. At the
same time, according to his
intimates, the banker attempts
to hold himself in the back
ground.
The president of the institu-
ton has long been known for
the charity work which he has
been interested in. He has
shown great enterprise and at all
times has devoted the same
energy to it that he devoted to
his bank.
In financial circles, Mr.. Thom
is known as a "cagey" banker.
Friends declare that he always
has the interests of the bank at
The Washington times., 1931-02-04
LOCAL BANKERS
" A 7 c H QUIZ
BY SENATORS
Financial Experts Hope TeSti-
mony Will Aid in Ending Re-
currance of Past Depression

Washington bankers are keenly
watching the testimony of lead
ing financial men before the Sen
ate committee investigating the
system of American banking. 1t
is the belief of experts that the
results of the probe will prove OF
great value to those connected
with the banking profession.
According to certain leading
bankers this investigation is ex-
pected to show means whereby
bankers may be able to get away
from certain bad practices which
have from time to time cropped
up. They believe that the opin'
ions of the financial men Will
hear great weight with the Sena-
tors comprising the committee,
due to their long years of expert
ence in dealing with the finances
of the public.
Special Committee Formed
The special committee, before
whom the bankers are teStltylng'
was formed following the crash
of securities values last year and
the subsequent depression. Mem
bers of the committee are eX,
pected to discover, with the ala
of bankers, some means OF pre-
venting a repitition of the near
calamity.
1t is not anticipated that there
will be any great change in exist
ing banking laws, but that minor
changes ,ray be made which Will
strengthen the positions CT bank
ing houses throughout the couh-
try.
Banking in America has come
down through the years on very
sound basis, according . leading
financiers. However. Ghere nave
been certain mistakes tne,J nave
been made from time 20 time
that have proven bad in certain
sections of the country. 1t is
hoped that something can be
drawn from the testimony OF the
experts before the Senate com
n1ittee to aid in Strengthening out
the entire system of American
banking and place it on a still
Eounder footing.
Follow Others Example
BY taking advantage Of the
experiences of many of these men
other bankers are expected to be
able to avoid the pitfalls which
confront financial organizations.
The report of the committee is
expected to be vital for bankers
enc local men eagerly watch the
proceedings and speculate On the
outcome of the hearings.
Appointment of members of the
publicity and press committee Of
the 1881 annual convention of the
District of Columbia Bankers AS
sociation has been announced by
General Chairman Frederick P. H.
Siddons, as follows:
C. H. Jacobson, National Metro
politan Bank, chairman; T. Hun
ton Leith, Security Savings and
Commercial Bank. vice chairman;
Eliot H. Thomson, of the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company;
H. T. Bisselle, of Riggs National
Bank; Richard Harton, of The
Washington Herald; Jack E.
Nevin. jy, of The Washington
Times; Edward C. Stone, of the
Evening Star. and Thomas NJ. Ca
hill, of the Washington Post.
The Washington times., 1931-02-04
National Bank Tax
Hearing Started

A hearing on proposal to per
NIT State taxation of national
banks is being held by the House
Banking and Currency Committee.
Representatives of the American
Bankers Association, State Tax
Commissioners and others are ex-
pected to appear. The hearing
has been called by the committee
because of the argument pre-
sented by the Mutual Savings
Banks and Building and Loan AS
sociations that they should not
be considered competitors of
other banks for tax purposes.
The Washington times., 1931-02-04
ScheGffer Pen Wins
Riqht to Bar JObber

CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-The w. A.
Scheaffer Pen Company was up
held in it's contention that it
need not sell to a jobber who
would not maintain the adver-
tised price Of its products, by a
jury in the Federal Court pre-
sided over by Judge Julian Mack.
The Scheaffer Company was
the defendant in 12-year-old suit
charging the violation Clayton
antitrust laws brought by the
Sidney Morris Company.
The Washington times., 1931-02-04

Corcoran Thorn, president of
the American Security and Trust
Company, is one of the few lead
ing bankers in Washington that,
while showing great enterprise
in civic, affairs, apparently does
not take an extra active part.
Mr.. Thorn, a hard working
executive of one of the larger
financial institutions in the city,
is member of many civic
organizations in the city and at
The Washington times., 1931-02-04
DEPOSIT BANKS
CHANGE URGED
BY YOUNG.
Reparation Plan Sponsor Is
Witness Before Senators at
Hearing on Banking Laws

A proposal to charter all so,
called deposit banks under Federal
control as national banks, as dis
tinguished from savings banks
was made today by owen D
Young, Of New York, author OF
the German reparation plan, be-
fore the Glass Senate Banking sub
committee today.
Young declared the existing sit
uation is so serious that Federal
control should be effected by a
constitutional amendment If there
is not sufficient authority to do
it. He said:
eve have seen thousands Of
bank failures, and it is a great
reflection on the American peO-
pie if they can't get protection
against this condition. If It Is
finally decided the Federal Gov
ernment hasn't the authority
to correct this, I see no way ex-
cept through amendment to the
Constitution. We should try
the first step and If it is not
effective the second. For the
country cannot go on like this"
Young, who is chairman of the
board of the General Electric Co.,
told the committee all commercial
deposit banking should be carried
under one law and examination of
their books and their control un,
der one authority.
He added:
Their reserves should be mo-
bilized in the Federal Reserve
system"
Banks Are Weakened
BY such action, he added, a
sound banking system could be
evolved where definite RESPONSE
bility could be fixed. He depre'
Gated the tendency to liberalize
banking laws and. to weaken their
administration, and added:
"In such cases the argument
is always made that it is de-
SirabIe to liberalize the law so
as to enable banks to be a
greater service to borrowers.
"The first question regarding
banks doing a demand deposit
business should be the safety of
the deposits and the ability of
the bank to return them to
depOsitOrS instantly on request,
unless they be time deposits.
No thought of service to bOr-
rOwerS should be permitted to
impair the safety and security
of depOSitOrS. Banks of de-
post are, after all, primarily
custOdians of liquid funds.
Only such use Of such funds
should be permitted as may be
consistent with the interest of
the depOSitOrs.
Safety Is Advocated
Except for the currency in
our pockets, our banks Of de-
posit hold the liquid capital Of
the people of the United States.
The transfer of this capital
from one Of us to another,
promptly and safely, should be
facilitated. That means, how
ever, that every bank of de-
post is truly engaged in a ma
tionaI business. Its sOundneSS
and safety is of concern to our
people everywhere. Our busl-
ness of deposit banks is not
local in character; it is, and
should be, national. There
fore, in my judgment, it should
be governed by the national
law"
He said loans by corporations
to the stock market and to con
Germs unrelated to their business
should bn rornhihitnd nv law
The Washington times., 1931-02-04
Thom Sho1us Enterprise
AS D. 6. Banker

heart and does his best to prove
the victor in a business deal in
which his institution is affected.
AS proof Of his ability, his
friends cite the small number Of
deals that Mr.. Thorn and his
institution have lost.
The Washington times., 1931-02-04
Neisner Bros. Sales
ShOW RiQ Gain

NeiSner Bros. Co. today re-
ported sales for January of
$1,035,063 against $8l9,446 in
January, 1880, an increase Of 1858
per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-02-04

Miles of pleasure await nO-car owners
through the purchase of a good used
car many attractive buys are
listed In tOdRy's Classifiedl Ads.
La gaceta., 1931-02-10
LA ASAMBLEA DE ANoCHE
EN- Ell C1RCULO CUBANO

Confoaie anunciamos en- la
edici6n lie aver, anoche tuvo e.
fecto ell acto de toma de possession
de Ia nueva Directiva que ha de
regir los destinos de tan flore-
ciente Institution, durante ell Pc
riodo de 1931-33. La junta Sc ce-
lebro dentro del mayor orden y
entusiasmo. Gran n1mero de aso-
ciados tuvieron ell placer de pre-
senciarla, satisfaciendo asi un
vivo deseo. La mayor parte de
las lunetas del elegante salon tea
tro de la susodicha socied&d Sc
hallaban ocupadas. Oc,bando
TODD ell escenario, Sc en- kontra.
ban los nuevos directiyI Us, con,
juntamente con los que cesaron.
tras una larga y dificil labor.
Cuando ell reloj marcaba las
$3.50 fue alberto ell acto, por e
Presidente saliente. En- su dis.
curse que fue breve, felicit6 a
la nueva Directiva, deseandole
los mayores aciertos en- ell ira
La gaceta., 1931-02-10

Menciono este he ahora
porque es cast SECURE que en- eS
tos dias ell gobierno sOcialista,'
digo, el gobierno que una vez
Sc sg1bnia socialista, Sc va a
SEM un tanto aeazapado pr
los insultos de los capitalists.
Todo capitalista es a menudo
un alma de Dios que cuandS
quiere insultar a alguien 10 ha-
ce llamandole socialista. Els por
este por 10 que los capitalistae
lie hacen a Mr.. Snowden la 80
tesca e inmerecida honra de Ia
mario socialista. Ell pr%esupuesto
naturalmente que tiene que ser
causa de insultos para los que
10 hacen, va que Sc piensa de los
altos fnpuestos que la genie tie1
ne que pagan. La historic NJ
habla de buen nnmero de d.
puestos injustos; a sus inv9 no
res la genie les llam6 tinGnos,
La gaceta., 1931-02-10

Secci61 de Recre0
Pres: Armando Dorta; Vice :
Augusta Garcia; Vocales: Car
La gaceta., 1931-02-10
UNION DE E-sCOGEDORES
Citaci6n

Sc cita por este medic a los es-
cogedores para la junta general
extraordinaria, que tendra lugar
ell microbes II del corriente a las
8, en- ell Centre Obreo.
Ell Secretario.
La gaceta., 1931-02-10
Comite de Glosa del Comite de
Auxilios del Centre Obrero

Por este medic sc avisa a to-
do ell que tenga cuentas que CO.
brar al Comite De Auxilios de
tabaqueros y despalilladoras pa
ra que las presenter en- ell Gen.
tro Obrero hoy Martes o ma
mana microbes, de Z y media a
8 y media de la noche, las cua-
les. deberan ser entregadas en-
la oficina de la Agrupaci6n Be.
nefica y Cultural a la comisi6n
nombrada por este comite.
Hacemos saber que pasado es
tie plazo, toda deuda quedara
! l~iquidada.
La COmisi6n de GlOsa
La gaceta., 1931-02-10
r. p
LTMPIA CIENTIFICAMENT,
LA SANGRE Y LA TONTFICA
ANADJENDOLE FUERZA Y
PRODUCTENDO CARNE
SOLIDA v MUSCUIO

SOAADA 4 M
Uurante 40 amos P. P. P. he
dajo alivio q miles de perso
las que han sufrido de debili
dad, dolores, erupciones de la
piel, granos Y perdida de Pc
so. Estak molestias han tenido
origen en- la pobreza y debili,
dad de Ia sanQre.
p. P. P. renueva los cor.
pdsculos rojos Y hace la sangre
RIGA Y pura. Luando este Sc
obtiene desaparece ell sufri
miento, regresan las fuerzas y
ell sistema recupera 81 condl-
ci6n saludahle.
Dele que I~ devuelva 81 sa-
Iud.
listed no arriesga TN centa-
70 en- usar P. r. P. Su boti-
carlo tiene instruccionea para
devolverle su dinero 81 no que
da satisfecho dsepu&s de usar
la primera botella. Tai es Ia fe
que tenemos en- P. P. P.
lConsentir& listed en- seguir
sufriendo. sinti&ndCse d&bil.
cuando ruede gozar de buena
salud, fuerza Y felicidadf
C6mprelo hoy.
La gaceta., 1931-02-10
Ell TEMPO

Nublados Y frfo. Claro y vie1
tos del norte.
Maxima temperature aver,
68 grades; minima, so.
Marea alta a las $50 a. m. y
$3.50 p. M; marea baja a las
1855 a. m. y / :33 p. m.
La gaceta., 1931-02-10
ROBINSON PIDE Sc hPRUE
BE UN CREDTT0DE
$50, 900, 900

Wash, Fe., 10.-La apro-
baci6n del prestamo para los
campesinos afectados por la Sc
qufa fue pedida aver, vigorosa-
mente por ell senador dem6cra-
ia Robinson, con La seguridad
por parte del presidente Hoo
La gaceta., 1931-02-10
DEFUNCIONES

Muri6 aver de repente en- su
domicilio, avenidas Central GAIA
ell Sr. Luis Bono, ST., de AZ a.
nos. LIE sobreviven su esposa,
Sra. Antoniette Bono; un hijo,
Luis, y dos hijas, Josefina y
Ana.
Sus padres residen en- Greens
burg, Pa.
La gaceta., 1931-02-10

bajo a realizar por ell bien CO
nun. Termin6 ofreciendole su
cooperation y la de todos sus
companefos para ell mejor exito
de sus gestiones. Al hacer entire
ga de la presidential al DR.. Jose
s. Franco, una popular orques-
ia ejecut6 ell himno nacional. A
continuation, Ell DR.. Franco pro
nunci6 un elocuente discurso,
-ributandosele nutridos aplau-
sos. Una vez mas di6 las gra-
Ecias por haber sido exaltado a
Ia Presidencia del Circulo Gu
bano~ En- nombre de la Directi-
va y ANel suyo propio, expres6
III agra& eimiento al Sr. Val
d6s y a cuantos, por boca del pri
nero lie ofrecieron tan gentil-
r9ente SUI concurso. Concluy6 su
nagnifica pieza oatoria hacien
10 calidos votos POI la prospe-
dad Y engrandecimiento del
'irculo.
Siendo las 10 de la noche, los
luevos Directivos sc traslada-
ron al salon de sesiones con ell
,bjetivo de designar Tesorero,
iecretario General Y Vice Sc
cretario, asi como tambien los
Tue han de presidir y nutrir las
Sccciones respectivas.
He aquf los nombramientos:
Para Tesorero: Victoriano
Manteiga; Secretario: J. Fuen-
tes Rosas;. Vice: Perfecto Ro-
drfguez.
Secci6n de Intereses
Pres: Manuel Diaz Herman
dCz; Vice: Proceso San Mar
tin; Vocales: Francisco Rodr1-
guez, Otilio Hernandez, Cruz
Sifonte, Francisco Fernandez e
Inocencio Alvarez.
Secci6n de instruction
Pres: Tiburcio V. Gil; Vice
Alberto Alvarez; Vocales: Fee
liz Pierola, Angel Suarez, Jai
me Fernandez, Conrado Lima y
Manuel Sanchez.
H =
La gaceta., 1931-02-10

pues lie sera muy
ejemploA en- sus deba-
'tes con los comNnistas. ST ocu-
rren unos cuantos gritos de esa
1aturaleza ell gobierno laboris-
ia p6dra reconquista ell res
paldo de muchos socialists de
buena fe. La dnica genie que
permanecera a seran los
socialists mehte intelec-
tuales; y Ell particular los
socalistas sSeteranOs que re
cuerdan los dias lejanos cuando
la palabra socialismo significa-
ba algo. Ell ejemplo tipico de
lestos es, por ~sulpuesto, Mr.. Ber-
nard Shaw. Este senior escribi6
recientemente un artfculo en- la
Week-end RevteW que produjo
la ira de varios peri6dicos Sos
tenedores del gobierno. Me pa
rece que sc cual es la sentencia
que cause ell enojo de los 60
bernistas. Estoy SECURE que es
la Erase en- que George Bernard
Shaw dice que ell gobierno no sc
patreve a "nacionalizar una So
la industrial.
Por este hay que ,repetir la
verdad real Y olivia que yo he
repetido muchas veces, o sea, q.
ell socialismo muri6 antes de la
Gran Guerra. La s6lida Y sim
cera intenci6n DE muchos hon.
bres inteligentes de construir
I'm Estado simplificado a la par
que centralizado, en- ell que Ia
propiedad privada Sc convirtie.
Sc en- propiedad p1blica, culmi.
no en- los dfa de los Ensayos Fa-
bianos. De entonces para AGA a
teoria principle a desintegrar-
Sc en- parte quiza debido a los
humildes esfuerzos de los pri-
meros distributistas; pero So
bre TODD por causa del titanico
terrorismo de los Monopolios.
La gaceta., 1931-02-10
Secci6n de T'entro
COmisi6n de CGntina

Pres: Juan Quesada; Vice
Marselino Beira; Vocales: M.
G. Garcia, E. Garcia y Gerar-
de Morales.
La gaceta., 1931-02-10

los Cardoso, Frank Ramirez,
Gustavo Guerra, Alfredo Z r.
tie Y Carlos Pierola.
Secci6n AtletitdW
Pres: Andres Garcia Nice
Ramon Lopez; VocalesNoss
Menendez, Willie A. Rolf Jus
tavo Hernandez, JesdH 40
sa y Carlos Barba. Ny
Secci6m de Aa1li9P
Pes: Francisco Medina; vi
ce: Juan Velasco; Vocales: An
gelo Ciccarello, Angel Santana,
Frank P. Encinosa, Sergio A
mezaga Y A. Faret.
! Secci6n de Propaganda
Pres: FrancMco F. de la
Nuez. Vice: Marcos Lopez; Vo-
Gales; Eladio Mezquida, Ramon
Mercedes, GuiIlermo Temes, Ra-
mon Rodrigo y Manuel Toca.
-. Secci6m de BeneficenciG
Pres: Ernesto Serrano; vi
ce: Evelio Pedrero; Vocales
Jose Delgado, Armando Beiro,
Fernando Menendez, Pedro
Diaz y Juan Lima Cruz.
Secci6W de TeatrO
Pres: Ramon Fernandez; vi
ce: Paul Pizze; Vocales: Roge-
lilo Santirzo, Marine Rodriguez,
Avenilo Castro, Charles Correo
y Antero Santiesteban.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22
EVIDENCE OF EXISTENCE OF
 PREHISTORIC VILLAGES ON
 KODIAK LSEttSKYS- HRDLICKA A

SEATTLE.-Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, ef Smithsonian Institute, ,awho has sdevot- ed number of years to search of Alaska for evidence of the supposed trek of Asiatics across Alaska itlsan- cient times, announced updn his ar rival here from the ,North7 tuis'week that his Investigations at, Kodiak Is- land have beer. productive>o of evidence of the existence Of prehistoric will lages on the island.
 The doctor believes the villages were among the oldest znn the North American continent, proving his the ory that the drift of the human race into North and South America was through Alaska from Asia He be- lieves the early settlements hourishe6 and died and were reoccupied many times before the Russians came.
 The doctor will return to Kodiak next year to resume his studies there.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22
Lindber8hs
 Near Tokyo
CON PRESENT ZAP THEY MUST AVOIIEEI.YNG., OVER FORTI-
 FEED AREAS.

GNEMURD, .4Japan, Aug. 22-On [ the. last leg lofc.their;hight from New xYorkAs Colonel. sand Mrs. Charles A.
 Lindberghastapted for kasumlglura ... Airporty near Toklo, at 8:21 a. m. to- day. The Lindberghs were expected < to make tthe 1653 miles flight to Ka- sumigiaiura in about seven hours. :" Their coursealay, nearly all the way, .. over the Pacific ocean. Upon request e of the :Japanese Communications De- partment that they avoid flying over fortified areas, they were expected to skirt athe eastern coast of Hokkaido :;island, Du which Nemuro is located, {. andsDf Hondo, main island of Japan, cantil approaching the Kasumigiura .slanding- field.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22
Thousands of
 : Flood Victims
VISITED BY ONE OF WORST TEXTBOOKS SINCE
 YEAR 1905.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 22.+One of the worst typhoons since 1905 struck Shanghai today, flooding a portion of the city and causing anxiety for the safety of many thousands of flood sufferers cIinging to water-surround- ed hills. of interior China. No word had come for several hours after nightfall from the stricken area of
 Hankow, Wu Chang and Hanyang Boo, 900 miles up the Yangtse river, where several thousands persons per- ished withiu the past fortnight
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22
Britain Has
 New Cabinet
NEW GOVERNMENT OF TEN IN, .nIVIDUALS TAKES sDVER
 POWER.

LONDON, Aug. :21.-Great Brit aims new government of individuals took over power tonight ard plunged into the tasek of pulling the nation through it's financial crisis. The new cabinet, composed of only ten mem bers, was presented by Prime. Min ister Ramsay Macdonald to King George this afternoon and received the approval of the throne. Tomor- row the members MacDonald's old Labor government will turn over their seals of office, ana the new na- tional government, headed by Mae Donald and participated in by Labor ties, Liberals and Conservatives, 'wi1f hold its first meeting
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22
RECORD RUN OF SALMON
 ON SOUTHEASTERN COAST

GETCHIKAN.--E seine boats, which arrived here yesterday with full loads of salmon, found that the run of pinks had filled all the traps and that the floors of canneries were Overofiwing with cheap fish. Seiners, therefore, were unable to sell their catches.
 The run took sudden squirt Tues day, and all of the twelve canneries operating here are now far ahead of last years pack. The price at present runs from 70 to 85 cents, and 1t Us expected that it will reach a dollar later.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22
PACIFIC HIGHWAY PLANS
 UP TO CANADA -AJoW

VICTORIA, K. aG-Represe4tat tives of the United States, appointed D to investigate. the feasibility of the pro posed International highway, are ready to proceed with. their examins tions and will get. busy just. as sacn as the Canadians are prepared to act.
 This is the substance of a state ment made here today by Ernest Walker Sawyer, American highway commissioner, who is here cenferring with Premier Tolne and other Cana dian officials.
The Kusko times., 1931-08-22
THREE FIENDISH MURDERS,
 SLAYERS OF i YOUTHS, GET
 SWIFT JUSTICE IN MICHIG AN

ANN ARBOR, Michigan courts have established a record for swift justice in the apprehension, conviction and imprisonment of the three men who were responsible for the fendish murder of four young people on a lonely country road near here Tuesday night. Within six hours after the murderers had confessed their guilt they had been sentenced to life imprisonment and were placed in solitary confinement at Jackson prison. Tn confession was obtained when the landlord of one of the mur- derers gave gave the police a gun which was identified as the one used to do the killing.
 The prisoners are: Fred Smith, an ex-convict; Frank Oliver, 19-year- old painter; David Blackstone, itin- erant negro. When it became known that the trio had confessed, angry citizens gathered and made four un- successful attempts to take the pris- oners from the officers, with the in tention of lynching them. The first attempt was made at Ypsilanti, soon after the men had admitted their guilt; another attempt was made af- ter the murderers had been ihaought here; a third when they were taken into court for sentence, and the last when they were being taken to Jack son fo imprisonment The fourth at tempt was almost successful Hun dreds surrounded the police squad and made a frenzied effort to drag the men from tn eofficers. The cloth ing of the prisoners was torn, faces were scratched and they were pulled and struck with fists and sticks. The police found it necessary to use tear gas to protect the men in their cus- today.
 It was revealed in the confessions that the victims, two girls agd two boys, had been held up by the trio of bandits and then shot, after which the fends set fire to the automobile in an effort to destroy evidence of the crime, just as the police had suspect ed when the charred bodies were found. The negro confessed that he had attacked one of the girls