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Evening star., 1934-02-03
NEW T0UHY TRIAL
T0BEFEBRUARY IS
Alleged Kidnaper of Factor
Voices Regret at Jury's
Failure to Agree.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO. February 3-The guilt
or innocence of Roger Touhy and his
two associates, alleged kid1apers of
John Factor. the speculator. re-
manned undetermined Today due to
the failure OF the jury that tried
them to reach an agreement. They
are to be tried again beginning Feb
ruary 13
Hopelessly deadlocked after more
than 25 hours of deliberation. the
jury was discharged last night by
Judge Michael Feinberg. with the
jurors final ballot reported eight to
four in favor of conviction
I'm sorry they didn't bring in a
verdict" said Touhy 1T would have
been a verdict of not guilty"
The other defendants, Albert Kator
and Gustav Schaefer, expressed
similar opinions.
Judge Asks Jury Poll.
Late Yesterday. when it was appar-
ent that the jury was sharply divid-
ed. Judge Feinberg sent a message
to the Jury asking it how it stood
regarding each of the three defend
ants. The answer came back: Eight
to four" 1t was presumed that the
jury favored conviction by that vote.
Visibly disappointed. Factor said. I
did my best"
States Attorney Thomas ]. Court
ney said he would try to obtain the
permission of the British government
for Factor to remain here to testify
again Factor has been ordered ex-
tradited to England to stand trial on
charges Of receiving S7.000.000, to-
gether with several aides. knowing it
to have been obtained fraudulently.
The trial lasted II days and was
marked at the beginning with diff
culties in jury selection Two persons
were sworn in as jurymen only to be
locked up on perjury charges after
the State disclosed they had not an
swered truthfully questions put to
them
Factor Describes Plight.
Highlights OF the trial came when
Factor, wanted in England on charges
of bilkering British investors of some
s7,OOO,0OO in allegedly fraudulent
STOCK dealS. COld graphic story OIL
torture from the stand and pointed
out the defendants as his abductorS.
Factor was abducted last July as he
and party of friends started Chi
cagoward from a suburban road house.
He was held prisoner for II days, he
asserted, in the basement Of house
Negotiations for ransom payment were
plInctuated by threats of death and
actual torture.
Factor asserted that $4,000 was
paid to secure his release and that
attempts were made to collect addi-
tional ransom after his freedom.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
G. N. HITCHCOCK
SUCCUMBS AT "A
Former Nebraska Senator
Was Leader in Fight for
Versailles Treaty.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Gilbert M Hitchcock. Omaha news
paper publisher who represented
Nebraska for nearly two decades in
Congress. died early today from heart
disease at his new home here. He
was "a.
Mr.. Hitchcock was publisher Of the
Omaha World Herald and was an in
ternatlonal figure from the days of his
unsuccessful fight for ratification Of
the Versailles treaty as chairman Of
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee in the Wilson administration.
Hitchcock was in the Senate until
1923, serving two terms there after
being thrice elected to the House
18 years of service in all. Only re-
Gently he declined to be a candidate
for the Federal Reserve Board. say
ing he would not be active in politics
again. He was an unsuccessful can
didate for the Senate in 1928.
Father Was Senator.
Born in Omaha in September, 1889
Hitchcock had senatorial tradition,
as his father. Phineas W. Hitchcock,
ineton at the time. He studied law
but left the profession to become a
newspaper publisher, helping establish
the Omaha Evening World and later
purchasing the Omaha Morning
Herald.
Mrs. Hitchcock was at the bedside
this morning when the publisher died
Also present were Mrs. Henry Doorly
his daughter; Gilbert Doorly. Mrs.
Richard Young. grandchild. and
Mrs. Denman KountZ, sister of Mrs.
Hitchcock He had only recently es-
tablished a residence here. Funeral
plans will be completed today.
Postmaster General Farley said:
American journalism and American
craftsmanship have both suffered
grave loss in the demise of Gilbert M.
Hitchcock.
His party will never forget the
magnificent service he rendered dur
ing his long tenure in the House of
Representatives and the United States
atty to his ideals was typified by his
newspapers and the splendid balance
he displayed as a legislator deserves
the country'S gratitude. He was
great Democrat and a great Ameri-
can"
1t was in 1898 that Mr.. Hitchcock
began to develop as political figure
in Nebraska. That year he was de-
feated for Representative in Congress
by David H. Mercer by 800 votes.
Four years later he had the satisfac-
ton of turning the tables on his VIC
tor and began his service in the
Fifty eighth Congress March 4. 1908.
He was the only Democrat elected
to the House from Nebraska.
Defeated in 1904.
Defeated in the Roosevelt landslide
of 1904, Mr.. Hitchcock was returned
to the House in 1906, again as the
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1934-02-03
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ORDERS
SPEEDY TRIAL FOR SANKEY'S

at Chicago. have indicated they would
plead guilty, thus obviating necessity
for jury trial. Mrs. Sankey was
acquitted in Denver some months ago
of being a principal in the kidnapping,
but she will be tried again on charge
of conspiring with her husband, Al
corn and others to kidnap Boettcher.
The Government feels confident Of its
ability to convict all three on con-
spiracy charges.
The Sankey's also are wanted at St.
Paul, Mimi, for the kidnapping OF
Haskell Bohn, son of the refrigerator
manufacturer, but the Department OF
Justice will not surrender them to the
State of Minnesota for trial in the
Bohn case until the South Dakota
charges have been disposed of.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
D. c. LIQUOR BOARD
SWORN N|NTO0FF|CE
Offutt Announces Blanks
Distribution to Start
on Tuesday.

Members of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board were sworn in at a
brief ceremony today in the Office of
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen.
The oath was administered by Dan
missioners, to George w. Offutt.
chairman. named for a term of four
years; Mrs. William Beverly Mason
for term of three years and Isaac
Cans for a term of two years.
Chairman Offutt announced dis
tribution of application blanks to
prospective liquor dealers would not
be started until Tuesday. He said
the reason for the delay was TO give
the board an opportunity to establish
administrative machinery for ham
ding the applications when they are
returned to the board.
Those who have written to the
Commissioners for application blanks
will receive them by mail and others
may obtain the blanks Tuesday from
agents of the board located in the
District Building. The board will be
quartered in tour rooms on the Sec
ond floor of the District Building
off the west corridor. formerly occu-
pied by the superintendent of in
surance, which was moved yesterday
to the Ford Building. John Marshall
place and Pennsylvania avenue. The
Control Board has space in the Dis
trict Building, but as yet no Office
furniture. This, however, has been
ordered
The applica tions. when properly
filed out. and attached to the surety
bond, duplicate receipt of the pay
ment of the license fee, and a photo
graph of the front of the premises for
which license is asked, must be re-
turned to the board by mail Offutt
has announced the board will consider
the applications in the order in
which they are received by mail
When the board has checked a
group Of the first applications to be
Evening star., 1934-02-03
CUBAN ELECTRIC
PLANTS RETURNED
President Signs Decree
Turning Ownership Back
to Americans.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HAVANA February 3-President
Carlos Mendieta signed a decree re-
turning the Cuban Electric Co. prop
critics to its American ownership to-
day.
The cabinet met at am to con-
slider the question of the electric COM
pany and conferred with company
representatives. The guard of SOL
diers around the properties was in
creased following employees threats OF
a strike.
Meanwhile, grave labor difficulties
rapidly approached crisis with bomb
explosions and a threat by President
Mendieta to use the army If neces-
sary to effect a settlement
Despite stringent efforts to prevent
disorders during the night and early
today, one bomb damaged the Palace
Hotel and another a warehouse Of
the Westinghouse Electric Co. Still
another bomb let go without any i'll
effects other than to add to the gen.
eral disturbance in San Lazaro street.
The bombing climaXed a night in
which the President admitted that a
serious problem" had been created
for my government which might
contribute toward its fall"
In the face Of threatening opposi-
ton from employees who objected to
new general manager appointed by
the company to meet workers de-
mands for a Cuban executive, the
President said:
Il have 100000 men behind me
ready to stifle any attempt to destroy
the nations sovereignty"
Rafael Giraud. present administra-
tor of the company, and leader of the
employees, could not be reached after
a meeting which the workers told
Mendieta they objected to the naming
of Federico Porro Orfila. However,
numerous employees said they would
strike If soldiers were used.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
Stock l orices Rise on Basis
Of Cold Shipments to u. S.
Many Issues Reach New Highs for
Period Since September, 1881.
Cotton Also Turns Strong.

Trading in stocks was very active
sales approximating 100000 shares
the busiest Saturday since the July
boom
Merchandising. automobile, amuse-
mcnt and rail equipment shares were
particularly strong and many stocks
pushed to new highs since Septem-
Der. 1881 Leaders finished around
their highs.
Cotton also turned strong. finishing
with net gains of so to 95 cents a bale.
Some of the final Stock Exchange
prices were:
New York Central s43.12. up 81 81:
General Motors, SAL so, up so cents;
Loew's, s3O87, up S212; Montgomery
Ward S3287, up SITS; American
Telephone, s12O. unchanged; United
States Steel, $5775, up $l.37; Chrysler
$50, up 81 cents; American Rolling
Mill. s26 up sl37; Kresge, S2l.87
up So; Baldwin Locomotive. SIS. up
sl25; American Locomotive, $35 81
up s275.
Evening star., 1934-02-03

The Department of Justice has in
structed United States Attorney Olaf
Eidem at Sioux Falls. S. OAK, to
speed the prosecution of Mr.. and
Mrs Verne Sankey and Gordon Al
corn on a Federal charge of kid
naping Charles Boettcher, I'd, at Den
yer. Colo. year ago.
The prosecutor was instructed to
give the kidnapping trial precedence
over all other pending cases and in
dications today were that the trio
will answer in court within a week
or so.
The Sankey's and Alcorn face life
sentences in the event of conviction
on charges of violating the so-called
Lindbergh law. Sankey and Alcorn,
captured recently by justice agents
Evening star., 1934-02-03
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, February 3.-Stocks
rallied 81 to So or more a share to-
day as reports from Europe indicated
heavy shipments of gold to America.
At the same time the new dollar
performed erratically in foreign ex-
change markets. dropping more than
6 cents in terms of sterling at one
time and then recovering some of the
loss. French francs also moved up
and dipped with sterling. Around
the noon hour the pound was quoted
at 81 SO, up cents. and the franc
at 63l cents, showed a gain of .08
of cent.
Bonds again exhibited strength and
grains showed an upward tendency
wheat recovering more than l cent
DLShel Cotton again improved
and other commodities We're fairly
steady. Bonds maintained their for
ward push. secondary issues leading
the movement.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
TWENTY TERRORISTS
SENTENCED IN JAPAN
Premier's Assassin Gets Lighter
Term Than Leader of 1882
Campaign.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TOXIC. February 3.-The last par
ticipants in terroristic attempt in
1882 to overthrow the civilian gov
ernment of Japan were sentenced
IN Toxic District Court today to
prison terms ranging from 3l2 years
to life.
The terroristic campaign was cli-
NAKED by the assassination of Pre-
mier Inukai. May 16. 1892
The defense in most cases at
tempted to show the participants
were patriots who feared the gov
ernment's foreign policy was toe
lenient.
Kozaburo Tachibana, leader of the
Love of the Homeland School" in
Ibaraki prefecture, from which many
of Japan's direct-action patriots have
come. was given life-a sentence
more severe than that decreed for
Inukais slayers Many of those SEN
fenced today, 20 in all, were his stu
dents.
Hidezo Toyama, charged with
having supplied the pistols used to
kill the premier, received years.
Previously. IL naval cadets had
been sentenced
Evening star., 1934-02-03
FOUR AMERICANS MUST
QUIT BALEARIC ISLANDS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, February 3.-Ambassador
Claude G. Bowers of the United
States was informed semi officially
today that the four Americans held
in Jail at Palma, Mallorca, will be
freed on the condition that they leave
the Balearic Islands.
The Americans, Mr.. and Mrs. Clin-
ton B. Lockwood of West Springfield,
Mass: Roger F. Mead of New York,
and Edmund A. Blodgett of Stamford,
Conn, were jailed for assaulting a
civil guard.
The sixth section Of the Supreme
Court has recommended pardon to
the full court. which was expected to
make its decision soon.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
"Other Wife" Wills
Bigan,ist's Widow
$1,000 Per Year
Death Disclosed Dual
Identity and Led to
Fast Friendship.
By the Associated Press.

EN lNt hSNOCldlpu rIcSS.
PHILADELPHIA, February 3.-Mrs.
Jeanette Patterson Wallace is to get
the $1,000 yearly income bequeathed
to her by her late husbands "other
wife" Mrs. Eta Mellier of New
Haven. Conn.
Both women were married more
than 20 years to the same man One
knew him as Harold D. Wallace. the
other as A. A Mellier Not until his
death did they learn of each others
existence, and then they became close
friends
Assurance that Mrs Wallace would
receive Mrs. Mellier's legacy-and
that Ter son. Jack Wallace. would get
a $4,000 trust fund-came with the
appointment of administrators by the
register of wills. disallowing the con-
test filed by Mrs. Merhad H. Wilkin-
son. 100-year-old resident of Overlea,
Md.
Mrs. Mellier's estate Is variously
estimated between 100000 and $780,
900. with the largest part going to
Temple University Hospital.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
FORMER CROWN PRINCE
STARTS SOCIAL FURORE
Escorts Wife of French Ambas-
sador to Dinner as Step Toward
Improving Amity.

By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February Berlin So
ciety buzzed with excitement today
when it became known that at a
dinner last night former Crown Prince
Frederick Wilhelm conducted Nine.
Andre Francois wife Of the
French Ambassador. to the table.
It was a dinner given by the former
Crown Prince and Crown Princess in
honor of a committee in charge of
the latter's charity organization. the
"Cecilienhilfe
Frederick Wilhelms action was
seen as evidence of the former i'm
perial family's desire to help in gen.
eral efforts directed toward improv-
ing Franco German relations.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
SYRACUSE DOCTOR DIES

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, February
8 R,.-Dr. David Lisle Conway, 81,
prominent Syracuse. N. Y. physician,
died at his North Shore Winter home
here last night after several weeks
illness.
DR.. Conway was a member of the
staff OF st. Joseph's Hospital in Syra-
cuse and a founder of the Peoples
Hospital of that city.
Survivors include Mrs. Conway, also
physician; son, David Conway. jr.,
Syracuse, and a daughter in school
here.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
CABINET is SETTLING
OVER STAVISKY LIST
Three-Hour Paris Session Fails
to Produce Names of Guilty
Officials.
By the Associated Fress.

BY bne ASsOCldteu kIcSs.
PARIS. February 3.-The ghost Of
the self-slain Handsome Alex" Sta
visky stalked among the members of
the French cabinet today and brought
discord into q three-hour meeting.
The ministers were seeking the
names of persons responsible for COL
lapse of Stavisky's Bayonne municipal
pawnshop to present to Parliament as
a peace offering from the government.
Officially, all was serene, but Dep
uties reported serious dissensions
arose on the subject Of Stavisky's
O,000, 900 operation, thereby under
mining a cabinet which already is In
a precarious position. despite the fact
that it has been in office less than q
week.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
Bandits Kill Trainman.

SALTILLO, Mexico. February 6 up.
The fireman Of local passenger
train was shot and killed yesterday
by bandits who attempted a daylight
holdup near CarneroS. Disregardins
a storm of bullets the engineer opened
the throttle and kept the bandits
from boarding tn train.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
GIRL COASTER Is HURT
WHEN SLED HITS POLE
13-Year-Old Knocked Unconscious
When Accident Occurs in
Rock Creek Park.

Martha White. 13, 1912 Cathedral
avenue, was knocked unconscious and
is believed to have suffered broken
leg when a sled on which she was
coasting in Rock Greek Park collided
with an electric light pole shortly
before noon today.
The accident occurred on the road
leading into the park from Calvert
street, alongside the Shoreham Hotel
Another girl on the sled with her was
thrown into the snow but was unhurt.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
COLD SWEEPS FRANCE
Quake at Tarbes Drives Hun
dreds. Shivering, Into Streets.

dreds, Shivering, Into Streets.
PARIS, February 3 R.-A cold
wave swept most of France TODAY
after two days of wind and snow
storms.
Temperatures were below the freez-
ing mark everywhere and from the
Rhine to the sea thermometers reg
istered to 10 degrees above zero
Fahrenheit.
A slight earthquake at Tarbes at
1:50 am. caused no damage, but
drove shivering hundreds into the
streets.
Evening star., 1934-02-03

Continued on Page 2, Column A.
Evening star., 1934-02-03

Continued on Page 2. Column g.
Evening star., 1934-02-03
WEATHER.

Co. Weather Bureau Forecasto
Fair and continued cold, with lowest
temperature about IA degrees; tomorrow
fair with rising temperature. Temperatures
Highest, %. at 3:45 pm yesterday;
lowest. l3. at 8 80 am. today.
Full report on page 3.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-12
CORPORATION OF NORTH
CAROLINA, TRUSTEE:
.112 W. Washington Street, .uy..
High Point, North Carolina.
-Wed-4t.
NOTICE OF SALE. OF LAND
IJNDRP DEED OF TRUST

Under and by virtue of the au-
thority and power of sale con-
executed by the Imperial Mort
tanned in a certain. deed of trust
gage Company, a corporation or
panized and existing under the
laws of the State of North Caro-
lima, to Insured Mortgage Bond
Corporation of North Carolina,
trustee, dated the 1st day of April,
1881, and recorded in book 1870,
at page 169, in the office OF the
Register of Deeds for Henderson
County, North Carolina. default
having been, made in the payment
of the Indebtedness secured by
said deed of trust, and at the re-
quest and demand of the holder
of the note therein secured for
the sale Of the propertv conveyed
in said deed of trust, the under
si2ned trustee will offer for sale
and sell to the highest bidder for
cash. at the Courthouse door at
Hendersonville, Henderson Coun5
ty, North Carolina, on the 22nd
day of September, 1884, at II 100
o'clock 4 NJ, the following de-
scr;bed property located in the
City of Hendersonyille, County OF
Henderson,, North, Carolina, to-
wit: g.,
BEGINNING at a stake on the
south side of Sixth. Avenue West,
which said stake stands north IT
degrees west 218 feet, measured
along said margin of said avenue
from the point where the same
intersects with the west margin
of Buncombe Street, running
thence with the said margin OF
said avenue, north II degrees
west 90 feet to a stake; thence
south 8 degrees west 200 feet to
a stake; thence south 81 degrees
east so feet to a stake; thence
north 4 degrees 80 minutes east
2SO feet to the point of BEGIN
MING. .-..,
This 18th day of August, 1884.
INSURED MORTGAGE BOND
CORPORATION OF NORTH
CAROLINA, TRUSTEE.
112 w. Washington Street, ..
High Point, North Carolina.
S-22-Wed-4t.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-12
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEED OF TRUST

Under and by virtue Of the au-
thority and power of sale con-
tanned in a certain deed Of trust
by the Imperial Mortgage. Com
pany, a. corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the
State of North Carolina, to In
sured Mortgage Bond Corporation
of North Carolina. trustee, dated
the 1st day of October, 1881, and
recorded in book 1870, at page 154,
in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Henderson County,
North Carolina, default having
been made in the payment of the
indebtedness secured by said deed
of trust, and at the request and
demand of the holder of the note
therein secured for the, sale of the
property conveyed in said deed of
trust, the undersigned. trustee will
offer for sale and sell, to the high
est bidder for cash, at the Court
house door at Hendersonville,
Henderson County, North Caro-
lima, on the 22nd day of Septem-
Der, 1884, at HOO o'clock A. NJ,
the following described. property
located in the City of Henderson
vile, County of Henderson, North
Carolina, to-wit:
BEGINNING at the. point
where the northern margin of
Maiden Lane intersects with the
western margin of Regal Street
as shown by the plat hereinafter
referred to, and running thence
with the western margin of Regal
Street north so degrees so min
utes east so feet to stake;
thence north 80 degrees 80 min
utes west lit feet to- a stake in
the eastern margin of, "a 1O-foot
alley; thence with said margin of
said alley south so degrees so
minutes west so feet to a stake in
the northern, margin of Maiden.
Lane; thence with said margin of
Maiden Lane south 80 degrees 80
minutes east 1T feet to the be-
ginning; being parts of lots num-
bers Forty-seven (471, Forty
eight (48) and Forty-nine (49)
of the Mount Royal subdivision
as shown by plat thereof, which
is duly recorded in plat book No.
l, at page 81, of the Records of
Plats for Henderson County,
North Carolina.
This 18th day of August, 1884.
INSURED MORTGAGE BOND
CORPORATION OF NORTH
CAROLINA, TRUSTEE.
lip w. Washington Street,
High Point, North Carolina.
o.. ...., 49,. .. S-22-Wed-4t.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-12
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
UNDER DEED OF TRUST

Under and by virtue of the au-
thority and power of sale con-
tanned in a certain deed of trust
executed by the Imperial Mort
gage Company, a corporation or
ganized and existing. under the
laws. of the State of North Caro-
lima, to Insured. Mortgage Bond
Corporation of North Carolina.
trustee, dated, the 18th day of
March, 1880, and recorded in
book 100, at page 164, in the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds for
Henderson County, North Caro-
lima, default having been made
in the payment of the indebted
ness secured by said deed of trust,
and at the request and demand of
the holder of the note therein Sc
cured for the sale of the property
conveyed in said deed of trust, the
undersigned trustee will offer for
sale and sell to the highest bidder
for cash, at the Courthouse door
at Hendersonville, Henderson
County, North Carolina, on the
22nd day of September, 1884, at
100 o'clock. A M, the following
described property located in the
City of Hendersonville, County of
Henderson, North Carolina, to-
wit: 90. e.,
BEGINNING at the point. where
the west margin of Grab Creek
Street interseGts with the north
ern margin of a fifteen ,(15l foot
alley, and running thence with the
western margin, of Crab Creek
Street, north 2 degrees east 100
feet to a stake, the southeast cor
ner of a lot of land conveyed by
]. H. Hines, to J. l.. Hines; thence
with the line, of said lot north rs
degrees. 06 minutes west 1868
feet to a stake in the east margin
of a fifteen (15) foot alley;
thence with said margin, of said
alley south IL. degrees so min,
'utes west 100 feet to a, stake in.
the. northern, margin of the alley
first above mentioned: thence with
same, south rs degrees so minutes
east 219 feet to the point of
BEGINNING. .r.,,.,.., - ~
This 18th day of, August, 1884.
INSURED, MORTGAGE BOND
CORPORATION OF. NORTH
e CAROLINA, TRUSTEE.
1l2 w. Washington Street. ~.
High Point, North Carolina 4 :