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Evening star., 1936-04-11
PROBE BOMBING
OF U. S. CONSULATE
Explosions During Good Friday
Service Spread Apprehension
in Santiago.
BY the Associated Press.


BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Cuba. April 1.-Two
powerful bomb explosions, one in the
doorway of the American Consulate.
spread apprehension through Santiago
today after a day-long Good Friday
service IN which Provisional President
Jose A. Barnet participated.
The first bomb caused slight dam
age at the American Consulate last
night, the main door of the building
bearing the brunt of the explosion.
The second bomb burst in the home
Of Postmaster Pelayo Recio. No casu-
alties were reported.
The bombing of the consulate was
the second in little more than a year,
the previous incident also having
caused little damage. The Bank of
Nova Scotia, in the same building as
the consulate. was not affected by last
nights attack.
Provisional President Barnet, hold
ing Office until the Inauguration of
PreSident-elect Miguel Mariana Gomez
May 20, came to Santiago yesterday
to join 10000 persons in Good Fri
day services.
Extra police and soldiers were on
guard throughout the city, in connec-
tion with his visit, but the bombers
made their attacks despite the in
creased vigilance.
Police, soon after the explosions, ar
rcctad tho rho ,f ~ a
which they said was being driven
through the streets without lights and
at an excessive rate of speed.
Three passengers leaped from the
car at the approach of the police and
escaped. Authorities said the auto
mobile was stolen from garage, but
| whether it had any connection with
the bombings was not Immediately
disclosed.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
3 Killed in Clipper Accident;
Jose IturG Among g 20 Hurt
Brasil Plane Sinks After
Crash in Trinidad
Take.Of.
Small Boat in Path OF
Giant Air Liner Causes
Collision.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, April 1.-THE 49,
ton airliner Brazilian Clipper sank to-
day after collision with fishing boat
In the harb0r Of Port-of-Spain, Trini-
dad, drowning two passengers and
the steward, and injuring possibly a
score others, including Jose 1turbi,
world famous pianist.
Radio messages to Pan-American
Airways' divisional headquarters here
reported others of the 18 passengers
and seven crewmen were rescued from
the partially submerged queen of the
South American skyways.
The dead:
E. Roman Martinez, 50, export man
ager of Eagle Pencil Co., New York:
passenger.
Eric r. Brogh of London, England
passenger.
Amadeo Lopez, dining steward. OF
Miami, Fla.
Swerves to Miss Launch.
The big airliner overturned as Pilot
Wallace Culbertson of Miami swerveo
in a vain attempt to avoid striking a
small launch directly in the path dur
ing the dawn take-off.
The planes left pontoon struck the
launch, plunging the Brazilian Clipper
over into the water. A crash" boat
from the Pan-American seadrome i'm
mediately put out and picked up the
| survivors.
II was in almost the same spot where
the Brazilian Clipper was damaged
last December, when a gust of WING
nosed the plane over during landing
Besides Capt. Culbertson and Stew
(See CLIPPER, Page l2)
Evening star., 1936-04-11
SEVEN ARE RESCUED
IN CRASH OF SHIPS
Yacht Rammed by Steamer Off
Avalon, Calif.-0ne Taken
to Hollywood Hospital.

sy the Associate. Press.
AVALON, Calf, April 11.-Seven
persons were rescued at sea last night
when the steamship Catalina rammed
the $4,000 yacht Arbutus miles
out from Avalon.
The big steamer, bound for the
mainland in heavy fog, struck the
76-foot cruiser squarely amidship.
Walter Leeds. a guest with his wife
Of the yachts owner, Leroy Edwards,
prominent Los Angeles attorney, was
knocked unconscious, his head cut, by
the crash.
As the damaged vessel slid free of
the Catalina's prov, gunwales already
awash, Capt. Otto Behrens of the
Arbutus and crew of three launched
q lifeboat. The Edwards party rowed
to the steamers side and were taken
aboard.
An ambulance rushed Leeds to a
Hollywood hospital after the Catalina
docked.
A Coast Guard patrol boat arrived
In time to save the Arbutus from
sinking and towed 1t into Avalon Bay.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
CUTTER SHIFTS HUNT
FOR PILOT AND BRIDE
Alaska Lighthouse Keeper Re-
ports Seeing Plane Flying
Close In"
BY the Associated Press.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, April Ii
The search for two honeymooning
flyers, Pilot Albert AlmoSlino OF
Seattle and his bride, turned north
of here today with the Coast Guard
cutter Alert prowling the rugged.
indented shoreline of Revillagigedo
channel.
A report from the lighthouse keeper
at Three Points that he sighted
Almoslino's pontoon-equipped plane
flying close in" Sunday afternoon
swung the hunt away from Northern
British Columbia waters.
The cutter Cyane, northbound from
Seattle, was ordered 10 search Lowe
Inlet on Granville channel in British
Columbia.
With the Almoslinos seven days
overdue on a flight here from Seattle,
Coast Guardsmen became convinced
they lost their way in storm Sunday
afternoon and either crashed or
landed.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
"ARM|NG"
FOR LABOR WAR
Steel Worker TestifieS Be.
fore Senators on Ohio
Conditions.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
j. P. Harris, Portsmouth, Ohio. steel
worker, testified before a Senate COM
mittee today that the Wheeling Steel
Corp. was "arming" to meet possible
labor trouble.
He took the stand after JOHN M
Carmody of the Labor Relation Board
told of "rumors" that "the Ford COM
pany is shot through with labor spies.
Harris said the arming included
recent purchases of "a pistols. sup
plies of gas and night sticks, together
with an increase of the company po-
lice force
He was testifying before the Senate
Labor Subcommittee which is holding
hearings on industrial labor condi-
tions. Harris said first news Of tht
"arming" came to him lin the latter
part Of July, 1885"
Doubling Police Force.
At that time, he said, he received
word from an employe in an outlying
plant of the company that the man
agement was doubling the police force
aud getting deputizations where pos
sible for their police to carry arms or
duty.
The mayor of Portsmouth, he said
refused to deputize the company po-
lice in the city.
But they won't stop with one re
quest" Harris asserted. They vii
keep on trying and if the city council
men don't repeal the ordinance OF
which the mayor based his refusal the,
will be told they will lose their Jobs.
knowledge Not First Hand.
Carmody emphasized he had no first
hand knowledge of whether spies wer
employed in the Ford factories a
Detroit. but gained his information
while investigating other labor matter
in that automobile center.
DETROIT. April II R.-The charg
that automobile factories here main
tanned labor espionage systems wa
made on several occasions at hearing
conducted by the Presidents Auto
mobile Labor Board two years ago.
While the rumor of "spies" in tn
Ford Motor Co. has been circulate
frequently in labor circles here, n
charges involving the Ford Co. eve
were taken up by the Labor Bcarc
which was headed by DR.. Leo Wolmal
Evening star., 1936-04-11
POLICE SEEK CLUE
TO STRANGLER Of
NEW YORK WRITER
Authoress Was Assaulted
by Her Murderer,
Autopsy Shows.
FOUNTAIN PEN FOUND
TO BE VICTIMS OWN
Fingerprints Are Sought on Sash
Used to Throttle Wife of
Radio Official.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 1l.-An autopsy
established today that Mrs. Nancy
Evans Titterton, writer and wife of
broadcasting company executive,
was criminally assaulted before she
was strangled with her pajamas in
the bathtub of her East River apart
ment.
DR.. Thomas Gonzales, assistant
medical examiner, made the an
nouncement as the sole potential clue
to the slayer-a fountain pen-was
cast aside by police.
Assistant Chief Inspector John A.
Lyons said the pen, found on Mrs.
Titterton's bed, was established def
nitely as the woman's own property.
Lewis Titterton, National Broad
casting Co. executive and English
born husband of the victim had been
unable to identify it, and police at first
by the slayer.
A sash made from her pajamas,
knotted double around her neck. was
treated with silver nitrate solution
in an effort to find the slayer's finger
prints.
No Clean Fingerprints Found.
After working throughout the night
and morning following the discovery
of the body late yesterday, detectives
failed to find any clear fingerprints in
the apartment on fashionable Beck
man place. along the East River in
midtown Manhattan.
1 William O'Rourke, assistant district
attorney in charge of the investigation
said traces of footprints had been
noticed in the bed room. Like the
f1ngerprints. however. they were
smudged.
THE investigation apparently is al
standstill pending the laboratory
examinations" said O'Rourke.
ORourke and Is aides questioned a
(See Staying, Page 3D.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
ROBINSON ANNOUNCES
RACE FOR REELECTION
Arkansas Senator Opposed by
Three Others in Primaries
August 10.

Ey the Associated treSS.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, April IL
Senator Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas
today gave formal notice of his in
tention to seek reelection to the
Senate by filing his party pledge with
the State Democratic Committe, and
the corrupt practices pledge required
by Arkansas statute with the Secre-
tary of State.
Both papers were received by mail
from Washington, entering him in
the August 10 primary.
Three others previously had an
nounced for the Democratic leaders
Senate seat. Rosser Venable, Little
Rock; Thornesberry A. Gray, Bates
vile, and Cleveland Holland, Fort
Smith.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
By the Associated Press.

BROOKvILLE, Pa, April 11.-A
posse of 100 men, called out by a
screaming fire siren, blocked roads
and railway lines today in a search
for the killer of Katherine Bracken,
45-year-old telegrapher, in her rail-
road signal tower.
The woman, on duty alone last
night, was beaten and slashed to
death in the Brookville tower of the
Pittsburgh-Shawm Railroad, her
body dragged down the tracks and
thrown over a 12-foot bank.
Her skull was fractured, her right
arm was badly cut and her clothing
was in tatters.
Coroner Gilbert Hulme of Jefferson
County said Miss Bracken had been
criminally assaulted, and asked for
an autopsy.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
Easter Music
Pages B-8 and 9

Umbrellas and raincoats should be
kept in readiness by early Easter
paraders tomorrow, but the prospects
for a sunny afternoon seemed good
today as the Capital prepared for
an elaborate display of finery.
The forecaster predicted possible
showers during the forenoon tomor-
row, but said the skies will clear and
temperatures will rise later in the
day. The mercury is expected to
reach the high sos.
While those inclined TO show of
Evening star., 1936-04-11
CHINA REVIEWS PROTEST

NANKING, April IL R.-The Chi
nese foreign Office sent q second pro-
test to Moscow today against the
mutual assistance pact recently signed
between the Soviet Union and the
Mongolian National Republic.
The protest repeated the former
stand Of the Chinese government and
contended the treaty disregards the
1924 Russo Chinese treaty recognizing
Chinese sovereignty over Outer Nom
golia.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
LINER FACES BOYCOTT
Santa Rosa Work Barred by Cali
fornia Tnn pShoremen

Santa Rosa w ork Barred py CaAl-
fornia Longshoremen.
SAN PEDRO, Calf. April II R.-
A longshoremen's boycott, placed IN
effect by the Maritime Federation OF
the Pacific, faces the liner Santa
Rosa on arrival here Monday to dis
charge 1,500-ton cargo.
The Grace liner was declared unfair
to organized labor at meeting OF
the federation's Southern California
District Council, which considered the
replacement of several men in the
deck crew at New York recently.
The men, members of the Sailors
Union of the Pacific, struck for a
West Coast wage scale and were re-
placed by members of the Interna-
tional Seamen's Union, which recently
ousted the Sailors Union as radical" !"
Evening star., 1936-04-11
THOMAS S|DWELL,
EDUCATOR, DIES
Founder of Friends School
Remained Its Leader Until
Last Illness.

Thomas w. Sidwell. founder and
principal of Sidwells' Friends School,
died at his home. 1901 Wisconsin ave-
nue., at l am. today.
Mr.. Sidwell had been seriously I'll
for several weeks. more than three
weeks in Emergency Hospital He
would have been II years old or
May Is.
Funeral services for Mr.. Sidwell will
be held in the Friends Meeting House
at 2lll Florida avenue, at 3 pm. Mon
day. Interment will be made in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Fifty-three years ago Mr.. Sidwell
founded Friends School. During all
the time he remained its directing
head. From a small beginning IN the
old Friends Meeting House, at 1911
street, Friends School became leading
educational institution in the Nations
Capital, with thousands of graduates
Was Friend and Adviser.
As head of the school Mr.. Sidwell
made it his business as we'll as his
pleasure to become friend and ad-
wiser of the hundreds of boys and
girls who attended. Included in the
long list were the children of Presi-
dents, foreign Ambassadors and
members of the cabinet and Congress
as well as leaders in the professional
and business life of the city.
Mr.. Sidwell founded Friends School
as a co-educational, non-sectarian in
stitution, pledged to "stress simplicity,
sincerity and friendliness in its ac-
tivities and relations" From its small
beginnings, it grew until its en-
rollment was more than 300. New
buildings in street were constructed
Evening star., 1936-04-11
DEBS TO BOW TO EDWARD
British King to Hold Garden Re
ceptions July 81 and 22.

LONDON. April II (R.-No royal
courts, at which fluttering debutantes
are presented, will be held this year,
but King Edward instead will hold
two garden receptions at Buckingham
Palace July 81 and %. It is understood
the debutantes will pass before King
Edward and make their bows Just as
they would at royal court.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WILKES BARRE, Pa, April Ii
Six suspects, questioned all night in
the "Easter-gift" bombings which
killed one man and manned four
other persons, were released by post
office investigators today.
Among those questioned was for
mer miner in whose home police said
they found a cigar box similar to the
ones in which the Good Friday bombs
were mailed.
At Philadelphia, Chief Postal In
spector John w. Johnston said his
men and State investigators uncov-
cred very important" clues, including
fingerprints found on the death-deal-
ing packages.
Cemetery Sexton Marked.
Detectives said they were con-
vinced Michael Gallagher, cemetery
sexton, who was killed by bomb, hao
been marked for death. Some in
vestigatorS took the view last night
! the explosive was meant for another
Gallagher who was involved in sew
| eral mine union disputes.
They pointed out that Gallagher
land Thomas Maloney, one of the -four
injured, had been close friends and
/ that in mine disturbances Gallagher
8had appeared as witness against per-
4sons accused of dynamiting and had
reported thefts of explosive from the
8cemetery.
Mine War Figures.
IL State police and local authorities,
however, stressed the fact that most
of the victims of the Good Friday
tragedy were figures in mine wars
which kept this region in turmoil for
several years.
A judge, a former sheriff. the UNI
pire for the Anthracite Cancellation
Board and a mine superintendent
were on the death list. For this rea-
son Gov. George H. Earle and Attor-
ney General Charles J. Margiotti, also
factors in the coal mediation, were
put on their guard.
The rectory OF st. Mary's Catholic
Church, home of the venerable Msgr.
j. j. Curran, nationally known for
twoscore years as a champion of
miners, burst into flames in the midst
of the bomb turmoil. Police and in
surance investigators said that while
there was only remote" possibility
the rectory was set afire by bomb,
they would continue their investiga-
tion.
Six bombs were mailed from down.
town Wilkes-Barre Thursday night. A
service station attendant reported see
ing several men slouching in an auto
mobile. One got out and mailed some
thing. The car sped away.
Luzerne County authorities also
pointed to the fact that one of the
(See RI,AST pace oN
Evening star., 1936-04-11

tcopyright. 1885. by the Associated eress.D
GENEVA. April 11-Great Britain!
diplomats won breathing spell ir
negotiations for European peace today
avoiding a complete collapse OF con-
ciliation in the twofold crises after the
nations clashed almost to the break
ing point.
Serious and dangerous disagreement!
among the great powers still dom
mated the peace, however, as the
statesmen who had been conferrine
in the League of Nations center dur.
ing the week returned to their home:
for the Easter holiday.
Bitter differences persisted between
Britain and France, not only over hov
to hasten a settlement Of the Italo
Ethiopian conflict. but also over th'
fundamentals of Europe's attitude TO-
ward Germany's remilitarization of tn,
Rhineland.
Britain, in a conference of the Lo
carno powers which lasted until nea,
midnight, nevertheless, won from botl
France and Belgium acceptance of tn
view that conciliation with German,
had not failed and that a new effor
should be made.
Next Meeting in May.
The Locarno nations representative
decided to await the May meeting o
the League Council for their mex
session, while Britain approached tn
Nazi Reich again for a settlement.
The Leagues Cancellation Commit
tee of Is kept its hands on the Italo
Ethiopian conflict, but was in ad
journment until next Thursday
Britain having yielded in its Garlic
demand that the committee remain il
session until decision was reached
Salvador de Madariaga Of Spain
chairman of the committee, decided Il
attempt to open peace talks between
Italy and Ethiopia Tuesday. with tn
Sanctions Committee Of Is hoverinl
ICao HENEuA po0e SI
Evening star., 1936-04-11
SIX GIFT" BOMB
SUSPECTS FAIL
T0CLEAR TRAGEDY
Postal inspectors Release
Men in WiIkes-Barre
Explosions.
FINGERPRINTS FOUND
ON DEADLY PACKAGE
Cemetery Sexton Who Was Killed
Said to Have Testified Against
Accused Dynamiters.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
In 1881 two postal employees at
Easton, Pa, 1Uere killed by bomb
mailed in connection Uith the an
thracite miners controversy. A
cigar bor tUaS used in construction
OF the bomb. Trouble in. the coal
district had been smouldering many
years.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
.FOUR.STORY PLUNGE
AT HOSPITAL FATAL

Had QnQeFBOue Vp6IdIIUu HC
Baltimore Institution.
BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 1l.-Mrs. Cath
crime Wright, Sc. was dead today. vic
tim of four-floor plunge from hos
pital here.
Mrs. Wright, Baltimorean. either
fell or jumped from a bath room on
the fourth floor late last night. She
had been a patient for "a days and had
undergone an operation.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
EDEN FORESTALLS
PARLEY COLLAPSE
Powers, Far From Agreed
on Cancellation, Postpone
Showdown on Rhine.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Mussolinfs inudsion OF Ethiopia
had already caused one European
crisis, Uhen Hitler, realizing his op-
portunity. struck boldly to regain
pre-war prestige for Germany by
reoccupying the Rhineland.
France, her Notifications 'front.'
ing Germany uirtually impreg-
ndble, now fears refortifcation by
the Reich, and summoned con-
ference OF the Locdrno poWers to
map policy OF defense and Gen.
sure.
Britain continues to inUite Hit
Ter to agree to an air force linlitd-
ton pact, but Der Fuehrer insists
this is impossible in Uieto OF the
Franco-Soviet mutual assistance
pact.
Evening star., 1936-04-11
OAR. TO HEAR PRESIDENT 7
Roosevelt Accepts Invitation to
Speak Here April 90.

President Roosevelt today accepted
an invitation to speak before the an
nual convention Of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution assembling
here on Monday, April 20.
Evening star., 1936-04-11

(See SIDWELL, Page l2.)
Evening star., 1936-04-11

(See ALLIANCE, Page 12.)
Evening star., 1936-04-11

(See BLAST, Page 2.)
Evening star., 1936-04-11
WEATHER.

10. 3. WeHIHef buItHu TUTtCuStI
Showers tonight and possibly tomorrow
morning, followed by fair; minimum tenn
perature tonight about 48 degrees. Tenn
peratures-Highest, SO, at noon today;
lowest, "A, at 5:45 am. today.
Full report on page Ala.
Evening star., 1936-04-11

(See GENEVA. Page So
Evening star., 1936-04-11

(See SLAYING. Page 81
Evening star., 1936-12-17

Assistant District Attorney Eugene j
Finnegan made what he acknowledged
to be a "slip OF the tongue" by re-
ferring to another indictment &C.
cusing Krone Of engineering similar
extortion plot against young Smith.
The court held that Finnegan's
mention OF another Indictment was
pre- judicial" to the defendants and
would prevent them from getting
a fair trial"
Finnegan was undecided about mov-
ing for another trial later.
On the stand at the time was Miss
Catherine Pavlick, comely blond
who had told of accompanying young
Smith to a hotel one night in may
1898, and of receiving money subse-
quently from Krone.
The State had hoped to show
through the testimony of Miss Paw
lick and Smith the methods employed
by the defendants, whose alleged VIC
tim in the present indictment was
Samuel C. Stampleman, president OF
the Gillette Safety Razor Co. The
girl in the Stampleman case. Helen
Conboy, has exonerated Stampleman
of any misconduct with her.
Smiths estranged wife, Mrs. Betty
Smith of Syracuse, N. Y, was among
the spectators.
The trial had been under way since
December 7,
Evening star., 1936-12-17
M|STR|AL HALTS
SMITH TESTIMONY
"Slip of Tongue Brings
Ruling in Trial of Two for
EXt0rti0n.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. December 17.-Dec-
laration of a mistrial in the case OF
two men charged with extortion yes
terday averted the scheduled ap-
pearance of Alfred E. Smith, jr, as
q prosecution witness.
The former Governors son was
waiting in an ante-room when General
Sessions Judge owen W. Bohan halted
the trial of A. Henry Ross. Brooklyn
lawyer, and Max D. Krone, private
detective. who were accused of ''ob-
tanning $4,000 from a Boston business
executive under threats of linking
his name with that of young
stenographer.
Judge Bohan granted a defense
motion to discharge the jury after
Evening star., 1936-12-17
FEET 3 INCHES LONG
Custom Of Binding Still Persists
in China.

HANKow, Hupen Province, China
P.-"Lily" feet three inches long.
beautifully tapered but painfully
crippled, are still q curse of China
despite 80 years Of crusading against
them.
In Hankow, the Chicago" Of China,
90 per cent of all women over 30 still
have bound feet. Farther back In the
hills the custom Of "beautifying" the
feet is unchanged since the days of
the empire.
Evening star., 1936-12-17

The long tailed tit individually
gathers more than 1000 feathers to
build its nest.
Evening star., 1936-12-17

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porous farmer at Cape Charles this
year
Mrs. Thomas was so severely IN
jured that she is still patient in a
hospital at Nassawaddox.
Revealing some of his evidence for
the first time after DR.. Hege's death,
Prosecutor Landlord said he had
proof that the wedding present"
bomb was mailed at the post office
in South Richmond.
Furthermore, he said, the State
had evidence that DR.. Hege pur-
chased dynamite and that he .'had
access to lead pipe and fuses" need
ed for making such a bomb. Parti-
cles of lead piping were found at the
explosion scene and they were taken
by surgeons from the side of Mrs.
Thomas.