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Evening star., 1935-12-15
.L|GGETT Staying
!: !. !: WITNESS MISSING
Police Fear Assassination
by Gang-SaW Murder
and Called Officers.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
& - MINNEAPOLIS December 14-The
Tribune tonight said a mysterious Key
witness in the machine-gun Staying
of Publisher Walter Liggett was miss
ing and investigators feared for his
safety.
The witness, a man who, the Tr1-
hune said. was believed to have oh-
tanned a good look at the assassinS as
he stood in the alley near the scene OF
the Staying, has vanished along with
a woman he frequently visited in an
apartment nearby, authorities said.
without identifying the man. tn
Vestigators said they have learned he
stood in the alley as the assassin's car
slowly moved past him, the Tribune
said. He narrowly escaped being run
down, managing to dodge into an
apartment house doorway.
Investigators said they we're con-
vinced members of the assassm's gang
would attempt to kill the man unless
law enforcement authorities could
reach him first and place him In
hiding.
Witness Called Police.
Discovery of this new witness m the
case came through William Hartman,
carefaker of an apartment near that
occupied by the Liggett family.
Hartman said the missing man, be-
leved to have Intentionally disap-
peared to prevent being drawn into
the case, rushed into his office imme-
diately after the shooting and tele-
phoned police, then left.
State officials who refused to take
"no" for an answer today challenged
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings
either to approve Federal inquiry of
the Liggett assassination or disclose
the evidence on which he indicted
the regulations" of the Twin Cities.
Their first appeal for Federal
handling of the case rejected yester-
day by Cummings, Gov. Floyd B
Olson and States Attorney General
H. H. Peterson today renewed their
request and expressed conviction a
Government inquiry will disclose
aN4OldI4OIl VI GCOCA al Ad"'
Obligation Of U. S. Seen.
Cummings. more than a year ago
branded the Twin Cities poison spots
of crime" The Minnesota officials
advised Cummings, this created ar
obligation upon you to honor our re-
quests for the use Of Department oi
aJustice operatives.
E I'VE are sure you will agree that
the limitation of the jurisdiction con-
ferred upon the Department of JUS
stice by acts of Congress" the tele-
gram concluded, does not restrain
you from investigating matter IT
-order to determine whether or moi
a Federal law has been violated"
simultaneously Chief OF Police
Frank Forestal said he probably
would accept the offer of William
fSchlaeger, chief deputy coroner Of
Chicago, to compare photographs Of
the machine gun bullets which killed
Liggett with pictures of bullets fired
from similar weapons figuring ir
crimes there.
. Isadore CKid Cann) Blumenfeld
4icuor salesman, identified, according
to police, by Mrs. Liggett as her hus-
bands slayer, retained Thoma;
McMeekin as his counsel to obtain
release from custody. McMeekin was
one of defense counsel in the Touhy
gangs trial for the Hamm kidnapping
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Prefers Jan to Legion.

BERLIN.-Fritz Gneikow, a 23-year-
old German, prefers a German prison
to the French Foreign Legion.
He returned here recently to serve
a jail sentence Of a year and three
months from which he fled three years
ago. He was sentenced for stealing
a bicycle.
Gneikow tried to escape the legion
four times. but each time he was
caught. On the fifth try he was sue
cessful.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
JUSTICE Of A.AA.
DEFENDEDBY j. s.
Enrichment of Small Class
at Expense of Many De.
MED in High Court.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Government defended the
A. A. A. amendments yesterday as
barring the possible unjust enrich
ment Of a small class Of private cfti-
zens at the expense of a vastly larger
class"
It's brief, fled with the Supreme
Court prior to oral arguments on the
laws constitutionahty tomorrow in a
case brought by Louisiana rice millers,
identified the smaller group as proc
essors Of agricultural commodities,
and the larger class as producers
and consumers.
The Government also gave statistics
which it said strongly indicate" rice
processing taxes were actually in
part taken out of the producer and in
part passed On to the consumer"
The amended act provides that proc
essors, before they can recover any
money in the event the levies are held
invalid, must prove the amount had
not been collected from others.
bRfef Attacks Il. v. =.
Another brief was filed yesterday in
connection with arguments Thursday
on validity of the Tennessee Valley
act. The Chemical Bank and Trust
Co. of New York, trustee on two
mortgages Of the Alabama Power Co.,
urged that the legislation be declared
invalid.
It contended the contract for sale Of
Alabama Power Co. transmission lines
to T. v. A. was for a sum "equiva-
lent to approximately so per cent of
the bare replacement value and the
transfer was in furtherance of an
objective which meant disfntegration
of the mortgaged property, and was
in furtherance of an Illegal program. +"
The eight Louisiana rice millers are
seeking permanent injunction
against processing taxes assessed un-
der the amended farm act. The court
recently granted temporary inJunc-
ton pending final settlement of the
dispute.
HoOSae Case Heard.
Last Monday and Tuesday the court
heard the pros and cons of the original
farm act discussed in q case brought
by the Hoosac Mills Corp. Of MasSa-
chusetts. Receivers for this firm at
tackled taxes imposed before the act
was amended last August in q congress
siOnal attempt to meet any objection
that there had been improper delega-
ton Of power m the original legis-
lation.
Both the District Court and the Cir
cult Court of Appeals at New Orleans
refused the rice miIlers temporary in
functions on the ground that the mill
ers should first pay taxes and then
bring suits to recover the money. They
held the court had no jurisdiction to
grant fnjunctive relief.
Much Of the Governments oriet
consisted of repetition Of arguments
advanced IN the Hoosac Mills case that
the legislation was intended to pro-
mote the general welfare and consti-
tuted q valid exercise by Congress Of
its taxing and fiscal powers"
Evening star., 1935-12-15
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PfeSS-
DENVER, December i4-After a
funeral in bar room, pallbearers
downed glasses of strong whisky today
over the casket of George Deibel, &C.
centric rag picker.
Thus they fulfilled his last wish.
The toast was raised in the historic
old bar room Of the Windsor Hotel
once owned by the late H A w. Tabor.
Colorado silver king.
Deibel. 90. and a bachelor, request
ed that his funeral be held in the room
frequented many years ago by some OF
Denver's most prominent families.
He instructed Bishop Frank Rice Of
the Liberal Church to serve the pail
bearers liquor Of strong alcoholic
content" The toast was drunk to the
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Fleeing Prisoners Captured

OKLAHOMA CITY, December IA
R.-Two of the i've youthful prison
ers who broke from the El Reno Fed
eraI Refornnatory Thursday night were
CAPTURED today after . spectacular
chase. They were Jimmie Lee Burns.
ls. under an 1s-months' sentence for
car theft, and Roy Henry Lowery, 20,
under Q two-year sentence for counter
feitfng.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Anemia Victim Dies

BOONVILLE, Mo-. December IA
GP.-George Frisbie. 81. city collector
of Versailles. Mo-, who underwent
100 blood transfusions and several
major operations during the past four
years, died in hospital here today.
Frishte was Q victim Of anemia.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Sobriety VS.. Shakespeare.

IONDON-Quotations from Shake
speare may indicate whether a mo-
torist is man of learning. but they
have nothing to do with the ques-
ticn of a motorists sobriety.
This was the definite opinion Of a
police surgeon in a Police Court case.
The motorists own physician ap-
Piled the test.
He asked where the quotation: "Is
this a dagger see before me?" was
from.
Macbeth" answered the motoriSt
Correctly.
The police surgeon admitted he
probably could not have answered the
question hinlself-but the notorist
is to be tried BY jury just the same.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
CLIPPER REACHES GUAM
Airmai1 Liner Completes Lap,
Aided by Tail Winds.

GUAM. December Is Sunday NI
(via Pan American Airways commu-
nications) The Pan American Air
ways Philippine Clipper alighted here
at 3:13 pm. today (12:l3 am. Eastern
standard time).
The trans-Pacifc airmaif liner,
aided by brisk tail winds, covered the
1,596 miles in hours So minutes.
After days stopover the Philip
pine Clipper viii head for Manila.
terminus Of the s.O00-n1ile scheduled
route from Alameda, Gait. The final
Ian is l,700 miles.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
NEW SPANISH PREMIER
WAGES WAR ON CRIME
Initiates His Appointment by
Declaration That Gangsters and
Terrorists Must Be Wiped Out.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID. December 14-Msnuel
Portela VaIladares initiated his ap-
pointment as premier today by an.
nouncing a war without quarter"
against gangsters and terrorists-
Portela, former minister Of the
interior, took over the premiership
through appointment by President
AIcala Zamora after Spain had been
without a government for six days.
In a brief statement at the simple
ceremony, PorteIa said: "Gangsterism
and terrorism must be eliminated and
viii be eliminated. War without quar-
ter viii be waged against all such
menaces to law and order.
"a nationwide cleanup campaign
VIII be launched Immediately to pave
ths way for orderly and honest elec-
tons"
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Danzig Paper Suspended.

FREE CITY OF DANZIG. Decem-
Der II 0P.-The Catholic Centrist
newspaper, Danziger Volkszeitung,
was suspended today for four months.
The suspension was ordered "for
continuous insults to the Danzag gov
ernment and for holding UP govern
raent measures to contempt"
Evening star., 1935-12-15
1S ChiIdren--Then Triplets.

BUCHAREST-After having given
birth to 13 children, all of whom are
alive. 41-year-old Mrs. Anna Schut
presented her husband, o factory
worker, with triplets.
All are boys. Their average weight
was about 5, pounds and they were
given the names Of Ferdinand, Carol
and Mihai, in honor of the royal fam
iI1
Evening star., 1935-12-15
First Illness at hos Fatal.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland-His
first illness in his lifetime Of 103 years
proved fatal to James Walker Of NAL
inmore, County Donegal.
Whisky and tea, he was fond of
saying. kept him free from Illness.
He died longing for the good old
days"
Everything was cheaper and bet
ter" he declared. The whisky was
better and the tea was better Even
the bread was better. The people have
changed too, and changed for the
worse"
Evening star., 1935-12-15
ALLIES Of GALES
OUSTEDBY SENATE
Five Expelled as Return of
"Iron Man" Threatens
Cardenas Regime.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
PtntGTco Elias Gales became a
prophet Ufthout honor in his oErH
country, tGhich he had dominated
for II years, last June, Uhen he
cldshed nth President CdrdendS
ouer economic policy and left MeE-
leo, "IeGpiag all responsibility for
public affairs to those t0ho hare it
in their hands" Gales 1Uas q leader
in the radical group which oUer-
thretD Dictator Didz in 1910. He
tUdS elected President in 1924 as the
Labor party'S candidate. He t0ith-
dreu in 1928 in tduor Of Portes Gil,
but remained the real po10eT. Hotp-
euer, his policies became more con-
serpdtiDe as time weut on and the
neu rGdicaIisna iTked him.
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, December 14-Fivt
Senators who were prominent factors
IN the political machine of former
President Piutarco Elias Gales were
ousted from the Senate today, one
day after the return OF, the one-time
iron man from Los Angeles after
six months Of voluntary exile.
In an atmosphere of increasing
political tension. the five were ex-
PEELED on charges of "SeditiOus and
rehellious maneuvers." The motion
for their ousting was rushed through
secret session and no details of the
charges we're made public.
The five Senators were consigned
to the Federal attorney general for
trial.
Tapia Appeals to Courts.
Gen. Jose Maria Tapia, former di-
rector Of public welfare and q clos'
fried Of Gales, applied to the fed
eral courts tonight for an injunction
to guarantee his personal safety.
Tspia asserted he feared for hi
life" and declared that President Car
denas called him to the nationa
palace yesterday and ''unconstitu
tionally and illegally" invited him Il
leave Mexico Immediately.
What action, If any, Gales may b
planning to regain the political dom
nation he exercised for more thar
eight years could not be learned. hu
President Cardenas was assured thi
support of q majority Of labor organ
izationS.
Government officials continued tt
ignore the return of Gales, who lef
the country last June after objectinl
to Cardenas' economic policies as to-
radical.
Labor Rift Looms.
Representative Of school teacher
and several other organizations ap
pealed to Cardenas to supply then
arms to aid the government "in com
batting any political move Gales ant
his followers may attempt"
Forty-six labor organizations joine'
in petitioning the government to expe
Gales.
On the other hand, the powerful
regional Confederation of Worker
and Peasants apparently is benin
Gales
It's leader, Luis Morones, arrive
with Gales from Los Angeles by air
plane yesterday. Coincidentally, tn
confederation staged 3 series Q
strikes in various cities. protestin
against a communissic campaign be
ing carried on by workers groups lei
by LOmbar1o Toledano.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
SECRECY IN NAVAL
PARLEY RkSU.S.
American Delegates Hope to
Avert Breakdown on
Ratio Rocks.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, December IA. The
shadow Of secret diplomatic maneuvers
fell tonight across the week-old naval
conference, struggling to extricate
itself from the complications of jap
anese parity demands
Uncertainty hinged on two develop
ments. both originating with the jap
anese.
Some observers expressed the fear
that the conference might be turned
into a super secret session, coupled
with the launching Of separate talks.
They said this might steer the con-
ference on the rocks Of hi-lateral con-
versations, which wrecked preliminary
negotiations last year.
Americans Perturbed.
The Americans we're uneasy at this
trend from the open round table dis
cusSions. which they feel are vital to
avoid the playing Oh of one nation
against the other.
Great Britain's delegation hastened
to clear up the status of its private
talk last night with the japanese
and said it was purely supplementary
to the conference itself Such talks
among the various delegations are
continuing from time to time.
Nevertheless. the feeling remained
among observers that the japanese
are trying to drive q wedge between
the Americans and the British in their
opposition to Tokio's equality pro-
poSal.
This seemed TO be borne out by
Toxic dispatches limiting that equality
in Japan's demands is equality with
the United States.
Another Secret Meeting.
No formal session of the confer
ence was held today. Instead Of a
general session Monday, secret meet
ing will be held, attended only by dele
gates.
This development resulted from jap
anese requests, made on the grounds
that general sessions are cumbersome
and unsatisfactory. The American
delegation is spending the week end
in the country.
Japan opened the conference by
firmly demanding the scrapping Of the
5-5-3 ratio and equality with Amer
lea and Britain. The conference Is
seeking to agree on a treaty to re-
place the Washington and London
paets, which end next year.
Bootlegging Hit.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Centenarians To Be Honored.

PARIS.-France is making plans to
honor all citizens of the republic who
have passed their Tooth birthday.
The name of every French centen-
arian, man or woman, is being sought
by the National Association for the
Help Of the Aged, whose work is ofi-
cially recognized by the government
The centenarians are to receive the
homage of the nation at great cele-
bration, during which the oldest citi-
zen of the republic will be proclaimed
Dean of France"
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Fast Calculator.

BOGNOR REGIS, England.-At the
age of 81, Alfred Phillips is regarded
as one of the fastest calculators in
the world.
Without the use of pencil and pa
per he multiplies sums of English
money by millions in less than 10
seconds per calculation
In recent tests he correctly multi
piled such sums as G6 8s 434d by q
million in eight seconds fiat. His
secret, he explains, is to transmit the
shillings and pence into a decimal
of pound.
Years ago, while a school boy, he
was told by his teacher he would
never be any good at arithmetic.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
500 FOR CHRISTMAS

Chicago Offers Sum Tor FrooI
Traffic Ticket Is "Fixable."
CHICAGO, December Il CP1.-It's
worth $1O0-a lot Of Christmas spend
ing money-to any one who can prove
a traffic ticket Is "fixable" In Chicago.
Authorities, driving for safety and
the sunfixable" traffic ticket, felt they
had succeeded so wen that George
Fleming of Mayor Kelly's Civic Com
mittee announced today the $l0o
would be paid any one who could
show an automobile law tnfraction
could be fixed"
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Fruit Trees Ronn1.

BERLIN.-A move to harness cupid
to the applicant Of increased fruit
production in Germany has been
started by the community council Of
Nieder- -Florstadt, In Hessia. An orci-
nance makes it obligatory for newly
married couple to plant at least one
fruit tree in honor of the wedding.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Blind Stenographer. IS. Dies,

BELFAST, Northern Ireland.-Satd
to be the worlds oldest stenographer,
Maria Wakefield died here at the age
of S5. She had been blind since IS.
An inmate Of the Belfast home for
the blind, she typed most of the let
tiers for the institution and was an
acknowledged speed artist.
It was her boast that she was faster
with the keys than most. ,stenogra-
pliers because she never found occa.
sion to stop during her work to use
lipstick or powder pun.
Evening star., 1935-12-15
LANDSLIDES BLOCK ROAD
Mexico City-Laredo Highway
Opening Again Delayed.

Open1ng AGAIN DeIayeu.
MEXICO CITY, December IA [P.-
Opening Of the Mexico City-Laredo
Highway, scheduled for tomorrow,
again has been postponed because of
frequent landslides in the mountains
In San Luis PotoSi and Hidalgo.
The department Of communications
advised tourists they would be al
lowed to pass through the parts under
construction eff they have urgent ne
cessity Of doing So"
Evening star., 1935-12-15
Trivial Things
That Make
a World
Newsreels Reveal Eng
lands Optimism.
Speedy at 81.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON-British news-reel audi
ences are getting vocal.
Formerly, controversial subjects met
with the traditional English stony
silence.
But now they are reacting with
hoots, Kisses, eheerS-and even, IN
scattered instances, uncorking that
an-expressive American dissonance
known as the razzberry.
Here are specimens noted:
President Roosevelt: Polite hand
clapping.
Prime Minister Baldwin: Cheers.
Prince of Wales: Vigorous applause.
Mussolini: Prolonged Kisses and
boos.
Hitler: Silence formerly booedD.
Halle Selassie: Brief but hearty
cheers.
Ramsay Macdonald: Laughter.
Stain: Mild applause.
Jail Not a Hotel.
BILBAO, Spain.-To Jose SARDINIA
Cabal, vagrant, jail seems best as
surance against cold and hunger dur
ing the Winter months.
His request to be locked up refused,
Jose broke a shop window, was happy
when he got three-month sentence.
Then a forgotten lottery ticket brought
what to him was small fortune and
he sought his release, offering to pay
for the window.
This is not hotel" the judge told
him. You will have to wait until
Spring to enjoy your good fortune. 81
Evening star., 1935-12-15

Bootlegging Hit.
British Malaga has = war on boot
Logging.
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VINO With CAPT. AL WILLIAMS
Ny Chief OF Air Service
-

day be an architect-and they look
just about as unimportant.
Yes-the cares and worries OF
daily life seem to leave you as you
look down on the earth from the
heavens.
Certainly there are thrills and
plenty Of excitement in fiying-if
you go looking for it.
Why, you can find pulse-quicken-
ing danger in racing automobiles or
motorboats-or jumping fences on
horseback; but not in straightaway
flying such as will fall to your lot
If you ride in air transports.
OF course, if your life work is de-
voted TO aviation you'll find all the
excitement you want in experiment
tai work-fight-te testing new air
planes-in high speed research. Yes.
sir You'll find out what it's all
about to be in real trouble and on
your own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-02

HARDLY a dsy passes without
i i some individual. awe peering
from his wide eyes. asking me the
al-inclusive question How does
1t feel 10 fly in an airplane?' And
each individual. almost without ex-
Cepuon. seems disappointed when I
tell Of the pleasure Of hying-of the
romance OF looking down on the
earth-of the grandeur of the pano-
rama Of horizons 40 miles away!
For they seem TO expect blood
curdling stories-hair-raising thrills
steel nerves cheating the grim
reaper, and oh! what a mistakel
And here at my home in Garden
City as I am jotting down these
few thoughts the roar overhead of
Roosevelt Field planes mingle with
the soft music coming to me via
radio. The glorious harmonies Of
Lohengrin-that beautiful opera
But just as no music. however love
"; no description of a sunrise, or
of moonlight on the water, can do
fun justice to the subject. neither
can any arrangements of printed
words do more than hint at the
beauty and grandeur Of this planet
when viewed through the portals
made possible by aviation
Mighty rivers that could drown
the population of our largest cities
look like thin silver ribbons; noun
tains that rise thousands of feet
look like toy blocks placed in some
sort OF casual order oy the hands
Of 4 promising child who may some
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

10000 men being thrown out Of
work at the peak of the production
season.
The executive committee Of
United Automobile Workers Union
local called the strike when reports
were received that men still we're
at work within the plant. Fisher
Body officials said the only persons
in the plant we're clerical workers.
uperintendents, foremen and few
men in the shipping department.
In Toledo, where the present
widespread controversy began when
union employees walked out of the
Chevrolet transmission assembly
plant, labor leaders awaited out
come of conferences between Ed
ward P. McGrady, Assistant Sec
rotary of Labor. and union leaders
and company officials in Detroit.
Shutting down of General Motors
plants through closures or strikes
spread to GAINESVILLE, Wis, Kansas
City and Atlanta last night. Chew
rolet and Fisher Body plants in
each city were shut down by the
company because of lack of trans
missions caused by the Toledo
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-02

walkout. The Toledo plant makes
all gear boxes for Chevrolet auto
mobiles.
Meanwhile, union workers in the
huge General Motors plants in
Michigan were being urged to joir
the strike. Union officials at Flint
announced that the Buick local OF
the A. F. of L. will 60 on strike
Monday unless the Toledo walkout
is settled.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-02
5000 WORKERS
GO ON STRIKE
AT CLEVELAND
Fisher Body Plant Closed;
Total Now Out in Auto
Dispute Is 10000.

By United Press
CLEVE1 ND, May 2.-Union en-
ployes at Fisher Body Co. here went
on strike today, despite the fact
that the huge plant, employing 5000,
had been closed for two days.
The walkout added further COM
plications to the controversy be-
tween organized labor and General
Motors Corp. which has resulted in