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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1928)
PERMANENCY The 'w' Oregon SUtes uus's neruii dallv utr. WEATHER Fair ud warm today Lw hamidity; North wind.'. Man. trmprrat.re Saturday 7ti bntion for the week, Sep tember 9 to 10, wm 0347 copies. Mia. 43; River -2.1. lio Favor Saays Us; No Fear Shdl Awe" 1 Ttmm k Tin States- sSSSSBaJ H, Marc as. 131 0 H . SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR HflfllFR (1IIITQ r IIUU1LII gUIIU - -- - DESK TO BEGIN j- -HIS CAMPAIGN Active Phase of Presidential ' Of unve ueis unaer way This Week Republican Nominee Invades Smith's Stronghold to Make Speech WASHINGTON. Sept. (AP) Herbert HooTer closed hi desk today to don his battle armor and plunge into t- active fight for the presidency. 'Turning his back upon weeks of preparation and study, he pre pared to invade enemy territory to deliver at Newark, Monday, a stroke on the very fringe of the home state of his democratic op ponent. As the republican nominee launches his drive in the east. Governor Smith, will be speeding westward in an effort to rouse the republican states of the middle west in his own favor. The old and the new will inter mingle strangely when Hoover speaks at Newark. Surrounding the nominee will be the ballyhoo, "torchlight jtnd banner of an older political day. Before him will be a microphone to carry his voice in an ultra-modern way over an extensive radio hook-up into all sections of the country. Two Sections Heard Prom Before setting forth from his campaign headquarters, Mr. Hoo ver received today fresh views on the political situation in two wide ly separated states of New York and North Dakota from Senator Capper, who has been in New York, and Senator Nye who told of conditions in the western state. In addition. Hoover talked over conditions generally with speaker Nicholas Longworth and with Theodore Roosevelt, Hanford Mac nider and other former service men with whom he had luncheon at the home of Assistant Attorney General Donovan. Senator Capper had an optimis tic report for his chief, bnt Sen ator Nye declared that there, was much feeling against the repub licans in his state because of the party's failure to give the wheat farmers relief through the Mc-Nary-Haugeja bill. Nye felt, how ever, that with judicious handling the ruffled feelings might be smoothed down sufficiently before election time so thatMhe state would be found in the Hoover parade of electoral votes. Business Men Quit Smith Senator Capper told the nom inee that business men with whom he had talked in New York had told him that although they had been consistent supporters of Gov ernor Smith in his campaigns for the governorship, they would not rote for him for president. The Kansas senator believed that enough of such voters were in hand to cut down Smith's ma jority In New York city so that the upstate republican majority would swing New York for Hoover and Curtis. The trip of the candidate to Newark will carry him through a dozen towns in northern New Jer sey. Arriving at Newark early in lbs afternoon he will make an automobile tour of the Oranges and Montclair. IQ the afternoon a call will bo paid. on Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Edison at their home at Menlo Park, where Mr.' and Mrs. Hoover will spend the night. Social Affair Planned A reception has been planned at Newark late in the afternoon after which the nominee will be taken to the first regiment armory where at 9 o'clock eastern day light saving time, he will begin his speech. S Tuesday morning. Hoover will be driven to the Newark municipal airport to inspect the field. Later he will visit Jersey City, Hoboken, and Weehawken. returning to Jvewark to be the luncheon guest of Senator Walter E. Edge, In the afternoon he will take another automobile trip through Prince ton and Elizabeth to Trenton where his party will board train for Washington. Soveit Russia To Sane Economic Basis MOSCOW. Sept. 15. (AP) An urgent need of capital from abroad has compelled Soviet Rus sia to take - one more step back toward the economic system of other lands, abandoned here - by the revolution of 1917. Such is the lntrnrratinn manv J- observers have placed on the an l noancement last night that the policy oi granting concessions to foreigners In industry, agriculture and commerce Is to be broadened fn order to encourage the greatest possible investment of external capital. - r Some even predict that the So i.tiet will take further steps to I , encourage foreign capital. Some TjHhese, mostly friends of the new '-xovernment, say that last night's f-s : welcome" to capitalists was not WX in their view so much a sign that ;f .. the Soviet rulers have failed in ( their economic endeavors as that V, they hare succeeded at least toi Found Guilty 151 !'' -v I 1 .3. Batcher Boy' of Los Anseles who Saturday was convicted of the murder in that city of Mrs. M Tr ue L,. Melius, comely society wom an. Judge Forced to Pass Death Sentence Upon Con victed Murderer LOS ANGELES. Sept. 15. CAP). Although formal sentence will not be passed until 2 p. m next Tuesday. Leo "Pat" Kelley 29-year-old butcher boy convicted of murder in the first degree for the slaying ol his middle-aged so ciety matron sweetheart, knew this afternoon that his life may end on the gallows. When the seven men and five women, who formed the jury and cast the grim lot against the youthful meat-cutter, returned verdict of first degree murder and made no recommendation for leniency, they bound Superior Judge Fletcher Bowron, under California 'law, to sentence Kelley to hang. In approximately one hour of deliberation the Jury reached its verdict. On the first ballot all agreed that the butcher boy prin- cinal in a five rear clandestine love affair with Mrs. Myrtle Mel lus was guilty of killing her. On ly two of the 12 voted for leniency on the second ballot, and br the fourth ballot the death verdict was unanimous, discovery of vot ing slips in the jury room disclos ed. "I am surprised: I didn't ex nect them to bring in a verdict like that," Kelley declared, as he forced a smile on his ashen iace. Mrs. Josenhine Kelley. the con victed man's mother, collapsed in her chair when the foreman read the verdict, and had to be half carried from the court room by at tendants. 1 IPPE1L FOR FUNDS Appeal for financial aid for the thousands of persons left without homes in Porto Rico and other isl ands in the West Indies following the recent hurricane, has been re ceived by Justice George Rossman of the Oregon supreme court from the San Francisco headquarters of the American Red Cross There is no regularly constituted Red Cross organization in Salem, but the appeal is being made public. and arrangements have been made to have contributions received and forwarded by William Walton at the Ladd and Bush bank. "West Indies hurricane has de stroyed thousands of homes in Porto Rico and other Islands, also devastating crops," the telegram from the Red Cross states. "Im mediate need for food, shelter. medical supplies and emergency relief. Red Cross is taking charge at request of President Coolidge. Need for large funds imperative. BUTCHER BOlfTO GO TO GALLOWS DBS MB the Trained staff now on way to island." Returning the point where Industry needs ex pansion. It cannot expand with out capital and the announcement of Mat night is admission by So viet Russia that she needs that from abroad. - Russia industries need forHheir exploitation technical advice and help as well as money. Conse quently the bringing of foreign engineers into the country also is to be made easier. Concessions In the future are to open more fields than. In the past and probably will be granted for longer Jerms than has been customary since the ad option of the new economise policy and abandonment of militant com munism in 1S21. ! . The United States, which Is sec ond to Germany In the number of its P loreign concessions, is - the country to which the soviet gov ernment loks for a large Dart of the capital which la expected to flow into Russia. i REWARD IS PUT UP Bf FRANTIC TALI FATHER Frank Ranieri Abandons Plan to Get Son Back With out Assistance Police Raid Roadhouse Few Hours After Kidnapers Escape With Boy CHICAGO. Sept. 15. (AP). With police pursuing a fruitless search and his own efforts to res cue a kidnaped son proving, equal ly futile, A. Frank Ranieri today abandoned his lone game and of fered a reward to anyone who would bring home his 10-year-old boy, Billy. For nearly a week the Italian father had hidden the secret of the kidnaping and for three days more he had resisted every at tempt of police to trail the boy. Allotted Time Passes "In 24 hours I'll get my boy back; if you keep out of it," he pleaded yesterday but today the 24 hours had passed. The police had raided a resort" where they said the youngster had been held and still Ranieri was without word from the band that had demanded 160,000 for Billy's return. Today, with wavering faith In his own ability to negotiate his boy's release. Ranieri went into conference with Police Captain James E. Doherty and offered 12,000 reward for the rescue. The reward would be increased to 25,000 during the night if rela tives could add to the fund. Escape Close One Three detective squads sped out to a roadhouse near Elgin last night on a Up that the missing child was there. They came back empty handed but Deputy Police Commissioner John Stege express ed satisfaction that the hiding place was found. He was certain the kidnapers had left there for Chicago only a short time before the raiders arrived. Charges of kidnaping were lodged against Salvator Maatroi annL god-father of Billy Ranieri. and Renaldo Schledo, and -their bonds were set at f 25,000 after Mastrolanni admitted .to s police that he and Ranieri had been to gether daily aince the kidnaping under orders from the band who held the boy. FMII INJURED IN TRAFFIC CRASH J. B. Sheldon 69, who lives In Sa lem at the State hotel, suffered fractures of both legs and also lacerations and bruises in an ac cident at Brunk:s Corner, four miles west of Salem, Saturday af ternoon about 6:15 o'clock. Sheldon was directing traffic around repair work which was under way on the highway, An automobile driven by Albert McBee of Dallas, freshman foot ball candidate at Willamette uni versity, came up and when Shel don flagged him to slow down and turn out, McBee applied the brakes and the car skidded side- wise in the freshly laid oil, and struck the elderly man, knocking him down. The driver was said to lhave, been blinded . by the sun so wax ne aia not see u xiagman. The injured man was taken to the Salem general hospital in Gol- den's ambulance. He was report ed early this morning to be resting easily. Veteran of War Gets "Dog Tag" After 10 Years WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 5 (AP) When Lieutenant Walter E. Baker, of the 108th field artil lery, lost his "dog tag" In France ten years ago, he probably didn't dream that the state department would get It back for him. The little metal identification disc with which Baker, as well as all other American soldiers, were equipped, has been found in a load of old metal In the war zone; turned over to the American Con sul at Lille, forwarded to the state department here; turned over to the war department, and sent to Baker at Bridgeville, Pa., his last known address. Freshmen Grade High This Year Prof. E. C. Richards of the English department of Willamette university announced Saturday night that the freshmen had done better, as a group. In the entrance examination than have classes for several years past, 'The class in English 1 A is considerably larger than the class of last year, and the number required- to take review English Is : substantially smaller. Freshmen entering from Salem high school made a better record in the test than has been made by Salem aggregation in several years. A Urge percentage of the 1A division is made up of Salem graduates. Salem, Oregon, Sunday What, . . . They think of- College Athletics and Their Influence on Student Life. ITH the opening of the college year in Oregon and throughout the na tion, dally columns of news space are devoted by papers to the discussion of football. Later on will come other college ath letics. Of late years there has appeared a tendency, apparent ly growing, to criticise the col leges for the important place accorded by them to athletic competitions. With the idea of learning how Salem residents feel about thisj the New Oregon Statesman Saturday put the question to a number of resi dents of this city. This is how they view it: J. H. WARD, deputy county clerk, said: "I think college ath letics, especially football, are interesting and all that. But at the same time I do not believe they should be over-emphasised. When they get into the practice of going out and scouring the country for material, offering men Jobs on the side as an in ducement, it seems to me they are carrying it too far. Athletic teams' should consist only of men who, of their own accord, choose to go to the particular college In which they are enroll ed. I also believe the man who goes to college primarily to play on the athletic field rather than Co study, has no place in col lege. How' would I have these ideas put Into practice? Oh, I don't pretend to know that." BTJRRELL M. MITClfELL. senior at Oregon Agricultural college, said: "College athletics seem to be about the only thing that gives the colleges much, ad vertising now. We hear of many eastern schools only through their athletic teams and it is probably the same there about our western institutions. The college athlete is usually not much better off after the four years of sport as he usually quits training and goes back soon. JOHN J. ROTTLE proprietor of a shoe store on State street," said: "If the body la strong, .the v mind will le equally sound and capable. It follows that bodily development should go hand in hand wkh mental development." PROF. E. C. RICHARDS, of Willamette University, said; "I think college athletics should go far enough for a healty cul tivation of the physique and if one Intends to became an ath letic instructor one should ma jor in that subject. I think col (Turn to page 2, please) SMITH WILL BEGIN IB OF 1ST ALBANY. N. Y. Sept, 15. (AP) Priming himself physical ly for the two-weeks campaign tour through the west and north west he will start out on tomorrow night. Governor Smith dismissed official and political care from his mind today, played some golf and did considerable resting. The nominee of-the democrats remained away from his office at the capttol, having cleared his desk of all pressing business, and took it easy in the circle of his family and a few close friends. After a late breakfast, the gov ernor, toggedout for a round of golf, held his dally conference with newspapermen in the recep tion room at the executive man sion, as he awaited the arrival from New York of two members of a foursome his son, "young Al." as he refers to him, and his bosom friend WiUIam H. Todd. The ship builder. Todd and "Young Al." who is 27 and a practicing atorney in New York, came up the Hudson on the "Saelmo." a yacht on which Todd rears ago drove rivets and later, after making a iortune bought for his own use. Hoover Is Lauded As Accomplished Man For Position SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Sept 15 (AP) W. L. Harding, former governor of Iowa, in a speech here tonight: lauded Herbert Hoover as the "most accomplished' man for the presidency, and declared the republican "nominee the logical man for the nation's Jeader and the best fitted to bring relief to agriculture and solve other 'prob lems. Dupont Daughter Marries Poor Man -WILMINGTON, Del.. Sept 15. (AP) Fulfilling a family tradi tion that, none of the- DuPont daughters marry great wealth. Miss Esther D. DuPont today be came the bride of Campbell Weir, West Point graduate and a former employe in the Du Pont offices. : If r - - - . : : wcnwy, oepicmoer io, isza TWRNTY PAfiES PPTrF. itivp rrvrrc DOUBT IS CAST MURDER STORY Officers Pick Flaws in Ac count of "Northcott Murder Ranch" Portion of Human Skull and Hair Are Nevertheless Found on Place LOS ANGELES. Sept 15. (AP) Officials tonight began to express doubts as to the veracity of the story of the Northcott mur der ranch crimes, as told to them by 15-year-old San ford Clark. The boy, who was brought to juvenile court from Pomona chicken ranch by Geo. Cyrus Northcott, accused Mrs. Northcott and her 21-year. old son Stuart of kidnaping, tor turing ana wiling with an four boys. . Young Clark declared the mur dered boys were Louis and Nelson Wlnslow, who disappeared from their Pomona homes; Walter Col lins, who disappeared from Glen- dale last spring, and an unidenti fied Mexleasayouth. Clark said he was forced to help kill one of the Wlnslow boys, and also aid In burying the. bodies in shallow graves filled with lime to dispose of them. Discrepancy Found Tonight N., II. Wlnslow of Po mona, father of two of the al leged victims of the asserted de generate, young Northcott, stated to .investigators he believed posi tively that reports made to him of his two sons having been appre hended In Texas were true. Another doubt on young Clark's tale was cast by juvenije author. Itiea and the police who asserted their belief that Walter Collins. whom Clark said was also a victim of Northcott. was the boy who now Is' at his .mother's home la Glendale. Young Collins was lo cated In the midwest several weeks i ago and returned to his mother, who declared: "That Is not my son." The mother. Mrs. Christine Collins, who yesterday was missing from her home, to night was located in the psycho pathic ward of the county hosnl- tal,,where she is under observation ior Tnener xronoies. ' v Bones May Not be Human Bones which investigators to day oug up on the Northcott ranch, and many of which had been burned,, were declared by sheriff's Chief Deputy Ben De Crevecoeur and other officials as likely to be bones of chickens and other butchered animals as- of hu mans. One bone, they said, might have been part of a human skull, out they were not positive. Boys' clothing found on the Northcott property, which officials earlier described as. Darts of Bov Scouts' uniform similar to those worn by the Wlnslow boys when they disappeared, tonight was de clared not to hare been connected with any of the asserted victims. The clothing included a rareed blue and yellow sweater, a gray coax, a pair of trousers, and two otner coats. Clark's story of the Collins boy being one of the murder victims was attacked by the police as well as by physicians and juvenile au- t non ties. Young Collins was questioned tonight by an officer of the police juvenile bureau, who tTurn to page 2, please) Parking Measure Before Council Monday Night Permitting parking In alleys for unioamng merchandise Is the pur pose of the only, new ordinance on file for original consideration by the city council Monday night It Is a companion measure to that Introduced two weeks before seek ing to permit pargdng of motor reatcies on certain bridges. The council will open bids on sieo.eeo worth of sewer bonds Monaay night A petition asking that ! Columbia street east to Broadway be designated as a through street, has been filed, with the signatures of 77 residents near Columbia and Liberty streets, which is declared to be a dangerous corner. "Y" Conference Planned Today Outlining plans for the coming year will be the chief business at the setting-up conference of the Salem Y M. C. A. at the Wallace farm this afternoon. Lester Ad ams of the -northwest council and Harry W. Stone, general secretary of the Portland Y. M. C. A. will give short talks. "Mexico", will be the subject of a talk by Mr. Stone at the bonfire. The confer ence will adjourn at 2:30 o'clock. Store Manager Is Transferred 8TAYTON; Ora..- Sept. It. (Special.) Mr. and J Mrs. Roy Kemp; who have . conducted tho 20th Century store here for the past Year or more, have been transferred to Portland, where they will -have, charge of a store. Ted McDermott of Portland will have Charge of the 20th Century store here and wll occupy-the. J. W. Day residence, ."j r j J I m Brings Home Secretary of State Frank B. y v6 xj --v . axe I i f 1 wuJkj m ifltBah- anti-war treaty recently signed by 15 leading powers in Paris, posed for a picture with Mrs. Kellogg aboard the Leviathan. REPUBLICANS RALLYMONDAY 'recinct Chairmen to Hold Meeting on Call of Chairman Perry Marking the opening of the re publican campaign in all parts of Marion county, a meeting of all precinct chairmen will be held in the courthouse here Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, according to an announcement sent out Saturday by J. C. Perry, chairman of the county republican central commit tee. In addition to a general discus sion of the political situation, dis tribution of campaign eupplies wll be one of the principal pur poses of this meeting. Xnterest . Incrcasesji..-.5-.,., The people of Marion county are now showing great interest In the coming election, as if evidenc ed by the number visiting tne county republican headquarters at room 210 Masonic building. The interest is also being manifested in a material way, the number of contributions to the campaign fund increasing daily, reports Newell Williams, chairman of the county central committee. Present efforts of the republi can organization are being direct ed principally along the line of urging, all voters, regardless of party or preference, to register. The registration books close Oc tober 6, and 'persons who have not registered at that time will not be permitted to rote, as the state law forbids the swearing in of voters on election day. The republican county officers received a letter last week from a woman who says ahe has "waited ten years for the opportunity", to vote for Hoover, but who moved from Washington to Oregon in June, and is therefore not entitled to rote In this state. She asked if any way exists whereby she may be permitted to vote in Wash ington. The party officers have informed her that the only way in which she can vote is to return to Washington. Double Murder Suspected When Pair Found Dead DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 15. (AP). The bodies of Burr Hart, wealthy Detroit contractor and apartment house owner.' and his wife, were found at midnight to ngiht in their apartment here. Both had been shot to death. First reports were that Hart had shot and killed bis wife and then had ended his own life but noliee said following a hurried In vestigation that it may have been a double murder. Sande Second In His Final Race NEW YORK, Sept 15 (Spe cial) Earle Sande, riding his last race at Belmont Park today, brought Joseph E.. WIdener's "Chance Shot" under the wire a nose behind Mrs. Payne Whitney's "Jolly Roger," In the grand na tional steeplechase. Sande rode a gallant race and received warm congratulations from Mr. Wldener In addition to cheers from the throngs In the stands. Sande, "the world's greatest jockey," Is to re tire as a rider, but will continue on the turf as an owner and trainer. Hookup Planned For Mr. Hoover WASHINQTON. Sept v 15 ( AP) .Thirty-one radio , stations ! are to participate in the hookup ararnged to broadcast Herbert Hoover's speech in Newark Mon day night The program is to be- tla at 7:30 p. m. eastern standard 'ime. Hoover Is scheduled to be gin speaking at I p. m. .. . Peace Treaty KeUosx. back from Pari wfUi Oia Old Relic of Year 1910 Used By Flying Ace To Thrill Crowds MINES FIELD. Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 15. (AP) To close a day of spectacular flying, each moment of which was filled with a new thrill for the record crowd which attended the seventh day of the national air races here. Col. jChrales A. Lindbergh stunted over the field in the 1910 Curtis Push er model plane. The relic of experimental days in aviation was revived by Al Wil son, movie stunt flier, and has been a feature of the meet, but previously has been flown only by Wilson.- Col. Lindbergh already had glv. en an unequalled exhibition of "trick" flying, alone and as the substitute for Lieut. J. J. Wil- LINDBERGRDOES TRICKS IN PLANE Hams, leader of the crack nny'near which the storm center was trio of air acrobats known as the expected to pass tomorrow morn- "three musketeers," who received fatal injuries in a crash here Mon. day. Amelia Earhart, famed woman nilot. soloed in her famous Brit ish plane, and Art Goebel, Dole flight winner as well as the first to finish the New York to Los Angeles non-stop race in spite of a forced landing, participated in tne Detroit news air transport trophy race, tne ieature oi tne u noon's racing program. Another brilliant display of craft aloft came, when for the first time during the meet, all 36 of the army planes attending pass ed over the field In formation. Kmll nnrain. the fourth of the nine pilots entered Iff the unwon non-stop transcontinental classic to arrive here,-set his plane aown before the reviewing stand at 3 p. m. Chamber to Open Membership Push At Monday Lunch The membership campaign now being started will be the topie for discussion at Monday s luncneon of the Salem chamber of com merce. T. B. Kay, state treasurer, will speak briefly on this subject and general discussion will be in vited. The present membership drive, the first conducted by the local chamber in three years. Is headed by three teams; W. M. Hamilton and B. E. Sisson. Otto Hillman and Edward Schunke, and J. N. Cham bers and Dr. Henry E. Morris. In connection with the program of obtaining new members, Mon day has been designated 'as "guest day" at the chamber luncheon. Shocked Neighbors View Frightful Double Killing ST. HELENS, Ore., Sept 15. (AP) William Dalton, 45, longshoreman, today according to a neighbor who witnessed part of the tragedy, shot and killed Mrs. James Roblnette, 7, and then kill ed himself. Dalton and the-woman had been living together in a house in North 8C Helena. - -The bark of a pistol and screams of a -woman startled neighbors shortly after five o'clock this af ternoon. They saw Mrs. Roblnette run into' the street., Dalton pur suing her: with ; a smoking gun. The wounded woman staggered in to the kitchen of a neighbor and cnea: "I am dying!" Dalton : then appeared in the doorway and as the neighbor. Mrs. McDonald, sought to stop him. at tempted to shoot her also, but bis - . & JLi VJwJl X O STORM SWEEPS UER OAHAB Terrific Hurricane Makes Wide Path of Death and Destruction Effect of Gale Felt Atena Coast of Florida, Re ports Indicate Harncane Damage Depicted Briefly BY ASSOCTATXD KXSS SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, - Seventy per cent of the homes and 40 pT rent ef business building believ ed destroyed. PONCE, Porto Rico. Ten dead; TOO homeless. Kxtensive damage, HUM A CO, Porto Rico. Thirty dead; widespread damage, NASSAU Shipping ordered to' Anchorage faU ing barometer forecast storm. ST. CROIX. Virgin Is lands Hundreds home loss. SAN SALVADOR Stiff northeast gale blow ing. TURKS ISLAND, Brit ish West Indies Two ' schooner damaged, or reported loet with all hands. PUERXA PLATA, San Domingo Freighter Lil lian driven ashore. MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 15. (AP) The tropical hurricane was spreading deeply into the Baha. mas tonight, San Salvador, ap proximately 75 miles east of the reported center of the storm, re porting a wind velocity of 110 miles an hour. San Salvador, also known as Watling island, made no report of barometer readings, but Cat Is land, In the direct path of the hur ricane as charted by the weather, bureau, messaged that the baro meter registered 29.10 and that hurricane winds were blowing. Barometer Low Nassau, the Bahaman capital. ing at 10:30 o'clock had a baro meter reading of 59.54 witb a 50 mile wind. The Miami barometer register ed 29.74 at 11:30 o'clock tonight. The normal Is 29.93. Richard W. Gray, government meteorologist here, at 11:30 o' clock tonight said there was no Indication that dangerous winds will occur in the Miami area. Red Cross to Aid ' WASHINGTON. Sept. 15. (AP) With its task growing hourly as additional appeals for aid were sent in from the storm- swept West Indies, the American Red Cross today issued an appeal to the American people for funds, and set aside $50,000- of Its own money for relief and! rehabilita tion. V The mobilization of resources was determined at a conference between President Coolidge. who is also president of the Red Cross, and John Barton Payne, chairman of the organisation. Messages from chapters in Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands added to the serious complexion of the catas trophe as, pictured yesterday by the Chancellor of the University of Porto Rico in the first word re ceived from the stricken island. Work Get Under Way The naval commander, Gilmer 'K left Charleston early this after, noon for Porto Rico carrying Hen ry M. Baker, national disaster re lief director and four associate. Relief work has already been started there, Manuel Mendia. acting chairman of the island chapter, cabled national head quarters but it is "impossible as yet to obtain data of extent ei disaster." News of the disaster continued meager. The Red Cross was la (Turn to page 2, please) gun Jammed and he retreated ou- side. Apparently intoxicated, he un steadily beat the gun against the house to loosen the jam. As Mrs. McDonald fled by a front door to summon help, she heard the gwa v bark twice. When help arrived. 1 twa seen that Dalton had fired aaothet bul let Into the body of Mrs. Robln ette and then shot himself. Both lay dead on the floor. Three bul let wounds ' were found In the ' woman's -body; one in her side, one in her back and. another in her arm. . ? ''"-"I ' ,. Dalton had lived in St Helena . -n-a-iM mwA ft ait sSdndhA MA- ' 1VI. WTCH enaa mm W . r arated from his wife. Mrs. Robin- ette raised a family here. . Her . husband is dead and the children scattered. . , ... . . CAUSING HAVOC