MEDiFOftD Mail Tribune
The Weather
PrciUrtUm Fulr and uonu.
Maximum yesterday
Minimum UxLuy
Weather Year Ago
Minimum ;.. 54
It
i
XaJlr Twenty-third Year
W)y Fifty -with w
MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY. APRIL 7, l.L'S.
Xo. 16.
4
0
Tod
ay niLDUK
By Arthur Brisbane
Bomb No. 64
Twins, No. 5
Vivid Youth, Dull Age
Educating Trotzky
(Copyright, 1927, by New York
Evening Journal, Inc.)
A brick building, owned by
n Dcinorrutic politii'iil worker,
was blown up by n small bomb
in CliiL-ajjo yesterday. That
was bomb outrage No. 61 in
Chicago within the last six
montli.s. They did not count
the bombing of a Chinese lauu-
Senator Uorah has given up
l:is plan to make the old Rcpub-
licau elephant a gootl girl, by j ,iorBC,i Herbert Hoover as the re
raving back $100,000 COntrib- Publican party's presidential can-
c i rv i ' dldatc. He made the Ktatement
uted by Sir. bmclair. Only j u,,on his nrriviii here to speak bc-
$7000 was sent to the fund, j tore the chamber of commerce.
"This is the first time I've given
Prosperous Republicans seem . endorsement, but I'm going to
to nnve leuu nliont the elenhant's : say more about It later when I
reputation than Mr.
Boruh
hoped they would.
Claire AVinzer, wife of a poor
miner, has added a fifth pair
of twins to Germany's popula
tion, two healthy boys weigh
ing 15 pounds. Five pairs of
twins is a record. -The kaiser
would have done something
about it. A republic is more
cold blooded.
In youth impressions ore viv
id, and last into old age. There
fore, the manuscript of "Alice
in Wonderland" sells for $75,
259, a record price, more than
would have been paid for the
manuscript of Dante's ''In
ferno" or of Voltaire's "Za
dig," each word worth a thou
sand "Alice in Wonderland"
manuscripts.
Years dull imagination. M'il
. lious that remember "Robinson
Crusoe," "Swiss Family Rob
inson," "Gulliver's Travels"
vividly have a faint impression
of more important books read
later.
H
One dispatch said Trotzky
was shot by an Armenian "red"
of a shade lighter or darker
than Trotzky's. Another dis
pach says Trolzky was not shot.
In.any case, Trotzky, depriv
ed of all power, is banished by
the government that he and Le
i.in put on its feet.
Ho knows that, like repub
lics, communist organizations
are ungrateful.
Despite moaning by frieuds
of "oppressed peoples," a Brit
ish army will be kept in Kgypt
to stop nonsense that might in
terfere with the Suez canal.
Britain is practical. Uncle
Sam's treaty with Nicaragua
authorizes him to build, for the
benefit of the entire world, a
sea level canal from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific. He should
not allow any interfering with
that, no matter how the sonti-
'lnentalists rage.
Two million girls work for n
living in this country 2,000.
000 ton many. American eirls
should be married, producing
pood children for the next gen
eration. Schopenhauer, in his "Stud
ies in Pessimism," referring to
women's harshness in dealing
with an erring sister, says all
women arc in a conspiracy to
make each man support some
woman for life, and won't for
give any woman that interferes
with that conspiracy.
Something has happened to
that conspiracy in modern
times. It should be renewed.
I)r. Georges Lahorskr treats can
cer cells by exposing affected parts
to an oscillating electric current.
This disintegrates the cancer cells,
replacing them with new, tincon-
tamfnated cells.
Cancer In the early stages Is not
(Continued on Fw 'our)
nun nun
: endorses jfr m&..
HOOVER m-:a 'Mm
I i w s 1 1 .I'll i
Secretary of Navy Third! Sl'tMT W U
Cabinet Official to An- MtM fi Mrm'
nounce His Preference ''flfewk JiZ Xj'.iA-f ' U .
for President -Hoover-'1 . , - fl - L lyrf
Lowden Debate in Con- ; ' j-i p"fj x " A
aress Starts Fireworks, ""-''H'. - 'r- uvJl" ;V ,
OMAHA, Neb., Apr. 7. (P) I
Curtis II. Wilbur, secretary of the j
navy, said here today thnt ho
lireparo a
statement,'
tary mild.
WASHINGTON, April 7 (P)
Secretary Wilbur Is the third mem
ber of President Coolidge'a cabinet ;
iih f w i !J q J
candidacy of Herbert Hoover, bee-
reiarj n oni oi me inienor ueoi i-
ment and Postmaster General New-
are the others who have lined up
definitely for the commerce secre
tary. In addition. Secretary Jardine of
the agricultural department is re
garded as a Hoover supporter, al
though ho has withheld definite
commlttement because, it is under
stood, Kansas republicans are sup
porting Senator Curtis as a "favor
ite sou." Jardine is from Kansas.
Thus far there has bpen only
speculation as to where Secretary
Mellon will cast his lot. Both he
and Secretary Davis of the labor
department will be delegates at j
large from Pennsylvania and ft is I
regarded as certain that he will be j
a "bl factor in determining where
If not all. the 79 instructed dele
gates go in the balloting.
CHAULKSTOX, W. Va., Apr. 7.
HP) A new angle was given tho
race for "West Virginia's 19 dele
gates to the republican national
convention with the filing today
by Houston G. Young, of a certifi
cate of candidacy as a delegate-at-
lai'Ke pledged to support Secretary
of Commerce Hoover for the presi
dential nomination.
Young, a former secf-etnry of
state and candidate for the re
publican nomination foi governor
four years agb. entered the con-
teHt as a Hoover supporter tho day
following the announcement by
United States Senator Guy D. Goff
of West Virginia, of his candidacy
for tho popular choice In West
Virginia for the presidential nom
ination.
w siiiivnTnv m- 7 lTi
w AMH.Mi i u.. Apt . t. "if
Two house republicans from the
nH ..-hi i,oiii lie k inson of
Iowa and Newton of Mlnnesotn
mmmol lnrt.iv 111 n dchiilc nn lia-
per as to whether I-owden or lloov- -Mall Tribune-Virgin, station, dur
er would be the stronger nominee I ins Iho church servlco hour. The
for president. i reception will talto place at tho
It revolved uround Governor A1-! grandstand at tho local fair
fred Smith of New York, who Is ' grounds, jf hen Commander Bpaf
nnl ahead in the race for the demo- ford will be welcomed officially
era' ic nomination, nnd the nosslble
l.nrwl nc-rt Yni-nmlior in Ihn f n rm .
ing regions. ' K- I-uve nd other local and state
In a formal statement Dickinson i officers and members,
assumed that Smith would be thej A large delegation of legion
democratic standard-bearer and de-! naires from- the varioua section
elared that the renublicaim to win 1 ot the state arrived In Medford
In November must turn to Dowden.
Coming back in another state
ment, Newton Insisted the wise nnd
only course for his party Is to nom
inate Hoover. He contended the
commerce secretary not only has
strencth In the Industrial cast but
In the farming wnst. banquet will Htart promptly at
The Iowan used figures to sup-! 6:30 o'clock.'
port his predlc'lon that Smith I That there is state-wide Interest
would win at the polls ftL'.-iint ; in the American Legion state con
Hoover, hut would lose' If pitied J vent'on to be held in Medford In
airnlnst the farmer IllinoiB l-ov- : Aiiciirt was the statement of
ernor.
Wt'h 2G6 electoral votes needed
for election, Dickinson figured that
atralnst th" commerce secretary
Smith would pile up 3-7 votes.
Hoover 204 ; auainst Dowden. he
cave the New York uovcrnor only
20fl ciectoriil votes, Lowden
As the Iowan put it on paper.
Lnwden would carry 1 1 western '
state-, where the farm vote H n i
fact or. that would be lost to the
republicans of Hoover were nom
inated. He declined to concede n
state to Hoover thnt he did not
place In Lowdcn's column.
Kit finer for Txmden,
The 1 1 states at stake In the
Dickinson table Illinois. Indiana.
Maryland. Minpouri. Montana. Ne
brasK, Nevada, North Dakota.
Oklahoma. South Dakota and Wis
consin have an aggregate of 118
electoral votes.
He assumed that FmPh would
carry New York. New Jersey. Mas
sachusetts. Connecticut and Ithode
Island, and said that Lowden could
low them and still win.
"From the trend of the present
day. said Dickinson, "It must be
assumed that Governor A I Smith
will be the democrat 1c o noon en t .
Anyone heretofore skeptical about
Smith's nomination med hut ex -
I amine the eauciia return from a
(Continued on Page Eight)
SLEET TIES UP OHIO TRAFFIC AND
Ik' 1s sw, vra' - - Jv.
Hnnri. ulnar uinrme nittttnar nff
able damage. Above photos show
w-re8 n many places the tangled
xorwalk. Ohio; below, the Klyria-O
ging poles. In some Instances towns
TO
ETHE
SIREN
ANN N
PLANE ARRIVAL! IOWA CONTESTjSWANSON WIN
t
Whistles Will Blow Tomor-iNew
row An Hour Before U. SJ
Legion Commander Ar
rives in Medford by Air
i
From Reno.
Final plana :ur tho reccptiun
of K. E. tiputford, national com
mander ot the American Legion.! DKH MOINKS. Iowa. April ".
who will arrive here tomorrow j W) Htiturns received from sixteen
by planu from his homo In Kono, counties in Iowa ut two o'clock to
Nev., were rounded out ttl a meet-1 day indicated that ten had in
Ing of local U'Bionnairos and state i Htruelod county lelcKullunn to tne
ofllcei s at Hotel Medford this ', democratic state convention favor
noon. The national commander j"'''" lo 'be presidential nomination
is duo In Medford shortly after ' Uovcrnor Al Smith of New
noon, and one hour before bis i "r
arrival hero tho public will be One county convention Instr.lct
,..ifin,l r hi. r,ln v, tho "d Us deleBatUin Ur h. T. .Mere-
, . t ri i- .. tt 'dith. two counties failed to Instruct
' hlowinu of fro sirens throughout;
, to " delegates; two conventions were
, Mcmorn. postponed to April H becnuse of
I Further a nnounccments of the I' ' ....
i arrival of the dlstlnBulshed visitor
will bo made over K.MKD,
the!
by Local Commander
Horace,
I I tl'Omle.V, State lOmmflnOPr 060.
! today to help with the prepara-
Hon for welcoming the visitor.
Tomorrow night Commander
Spaftord will be given a banquet
at Hotel Medford, attended by n
large number
! members and
of local and state
their friends. The
j Commander Dove, p r I n c i p a 1
spe.iker at. today's meeting. Com-
mander I.ove predicted that Med-
ford would have the largest con
ivention over held In the state.
I JACK UKMPNKV M.AVKS
I IOK IIOIT WITH DOC!
LOS ANGKLKS. April
.lack Dempsey, one time king of
all the heavyweights, and still
something of a royal personage I persons, two adults und six chll
where fighter are mentioned, put'dten, ull membeis of the family of
on his traveling clothes today for Hons Jackson, farmer, either burn-
a trip to New York where he will
neajec his former manager, Jack
Kearns, In legal battle.
The impending court battle,
scheduled for April 11. Is based on
charge by Kearns that Dempsey
was yet under contract wlfti him
when he fought Gene Tunney ut
Philadelphia.
2 Itargp IlcMtictl
fO.V KHANCISCO. April 7. (A)
The tug Oneonta. one and one-half
days from Seattle, nrrlved here
last night with two waterlogged
barges in tow.
The tug encountered a 6 5 -mil
gale along the coast, nnd was
obliged to radio for assistance
lwnf n "tf r"P Blanco. The tug
; wea ' oul "p" '"m nr4?
Sea
help, and ainiftted the Oneonta
with her tow. The latter waa near
ly out of fuel on arrival here.
- 18 m-w. ivx,. M
tnlatfi - iinh nrwl tnlunlinna enmm llllli'ntlon In nnrl )n-t rt.ln ill. I nonulilnF. I
poles dragged to the ground by the
masses of poles and wires blocked
bcrlin road: right, a section of the
were cut off from outside communication lor several days. I
AL SMITH IS
VICTORIOUS IN
York Governor Wins.
10 Out of 16 County Con-j
ventions Only One for
Meredith Two Fail to
i
Endorse Anyone, Two(
Others Postponed. j
weather conditions, and ono conn
If Mf.lL-1 nnmari lu-n untu nf
;,y . ' .
tiu-ii m iiv muiiT i.i-iivviiiiun in
structed, respectively for Bmlth
and Meredith.
DKH MOIM5S, Iowa. April 7
Ifl'l Delegates, who on April 20 will
decide whether Iowa's 26 votes In
the democratic national convention
shall be cast for Governor Al
Smith of New York or Kdwln T.
Meredith of Des Moines, for
the
li..
presidential nomination, were
Ing selected today in
democratic
conventions In 97 of Iowa's DSf
counties.
With 43 delegates to the state
convention already pledged to
Smith, 35 from Scott county and
eight from Pocahontas, the re
maining conventions were to name
12S9 delegates.
Contests between Smith and
Meredith factions in Polk ( Ues
Moines) and Woodbury (Sioux
City) counties, held the center of
Interest with two sets of delegates
named In each from nearly all pre
cincts. FAMILY OF EIGHT
PERISH IN FIREil
i - -
CISCO. Texas. April 7 JPi Kljcht
ed to death nr wen- shiln before
their country home was destroyed
by fire Inst night.
Sheriff Hart of- Kastlund county
atrt Night Chief
( "Ikco, who were
It. L. WHson of!
called to the
scene, said the condition of tho
bodies of two of the children
caused1 them to think they had
been slain before the fire started.
A. r. (Irfien, umlertiiker. to
whuKC etaliliKhinenl the hodl-i
ivfre taken. Mild the Iw.dlei, were
burned wo badly It w:m difficult to
determine what inlltht have rauvril
the denth '
2 JUrr Drowned
I'DUTI.AM), Ore., Ap11 7. W
I'laylmr on a raft In a pond In
Mock" bottom, on the outakirtn of
Port!a0' eterday. Dwayne Hay
Cochran. II. and Oayne Hlfthop,
12 wore dGuned. .
ISOLATES TOWNS
weight of the Ice which coated their
tho highways. To, left a road near
road near Wakeman, lined with sac-1
BII.LT
mm
TO RESIGN IFp
Chicago's Mayor Makes
CiUl Anr.n-,1 In Drimopw
I nj(JL,ui in i i iihoi j
( . ,i White's wallet. He had thrown it
UnpreCCOentetl llu-ie when ho became HUspfclouH
! after being told to drive out Can
COmCS tO yon "UHtI to the Vista avenue
' bridge by two young men whom
Battle
Campaign
Close
Deposed Senator
Wants Vindication
CHICAGO, April 7. (P) Chicago
voters today gave their ears a rest
and attempted to get their bear
ings in the political storm which
has raged hero for several weeks
while candidates of two opposing
republican factions sought nomi
nation in the state-wldu primary
elections next Tuesday,
Lending candidatCH on both the
Lowden -Pencen and Thompson
Small slatOH delivered virtually the
last word ns tho active campaign
closed in Chicago.
Secretary of Statu Kmmerson,
who opposes Governor Small seek
ing renomlnation for a third term,
has left Chicago and was ached
uled to make addresses in Cham
paign and Urbuna today.
Krank, I. Smith appealed to
voters In Cicero to "stand by and
htand tin for republicanism." He
'"aid: "When I refused to resfgn as
' senator, I knew I was Inviting
I personal grief. Hut I wanted to
be fair to the people that honored
me.
Mayor Thompson "'Iterated hl8ln the prnltl.nt)uryi Orriocrs at
statement that he would "serious
ly consider resigning, If Swanson Is
elected." He referred lo Judge
John A. Swanson, candidate for
state's ultorney on the opposition
ticket. It was JudKO Swanson's
home that was bombed recently in j
what he declared was an attempt j
to assassinate hfm. Swanson Is j
opposed in the primaries by State's 1
Attorney Crowe, co-lender with t
Thompson. Interest In the contest j
for this office, probably eclipses I
that in the contest for governor i
and Inlted States senate nonilnu- j
tions In Chicago. j
'
HINT -
THANKS, Mil.
The several hundred chil
dren who drew cartoons of
Macule und Jlgs In the
! contest, all of whom were
1 admitted fre to the liialto
j theater Saturday afternoon,
where they were royally en-
tertalned by the picture,
! Maggie nod Jlggs, through
th,f courtesy of
Hunt company,
tho Geo. A.
desire
to
thnnk the c o m pan y, Mr.
Mendenhall and the other
employes of the theater for
the afternoon's entertaln-
ment.
!
,
' Strainer llullel
! HA.V FH ANCI8CO. April 7. W)
DiMinled thirty mile rrmn San
l-'ranclacn. the Mr('ot nilck Lumber
Mteamer Walllnaford ent a wire.
en reoiiet for help thl morninic
Two In went out to tow the
venKel Into port.
Weather and ea were calm and
no danger waa anticipated.
PORTLAND
HAS
OF CRIME
-
One Man Held Up Twice by
I
Rose Citv Yecias Four!
Safes Blown Taxi Driver
Robbed V i c e Scandal
Revives a$ Witnesses Are
Caught in Seattle.
VOllTI-AND, Ore., April 7. W
One man held up twice In the
same night by robbers, and safes
of four business houses cmcketl
thin was part of the record on tho
police tab this morning..
Vic Chiiritensen, dancing master
at Christensen'H academy, reported
that he was held up first at li u. in.
by two youths in a light coupe
which forced his enr to a curb on
the eust side. One of tho robbers
held a gun to hts ribs while the
other relieved him of $t in cur
rency; $5 silver, a billfold and
Jewelry worth 12000.
On his way to the police station,
to report this robbery, he was
uf 1 1 m mrl iio.k- thn 1 1 n ! H mii a
bridge by two men In a coach,
Mnrugetl because ho already had
been robbed, onu of the pair
struck him on the forehead, in-
j dieting a wound. Chrlstcnsen
then resumed his way to Hie sta-
j lion where ho reported both rob
I beries.
j Safes were entered at ttio Unl
i verslty Drug company, tho Lom
bard Lumber company, tho Ht.
ns Ice ami Cual company and
Clover land creamery,
ollce believe thene robberies
committed by tho same gang
which Thursday night cracked
Sj safes at the Met "ready Lumltor
j company and the Kmery Chevrolet
1 agt'ury, obtaining approximately
.7i'U In cash and checks.
I liny White, Hud 'fop cab driver,
I wan held up and rubbed ut I'J In
j;;;;;;''":
' w,lH 1,lU-' 1 ull,ul 1V lwo Patrolmen.
Dehind
fix front seat reposed
j10 mul vkvii u''-
POUTUNI), Ore., April 7. P)
Max Horhgnief, vlco cane witness
who disappeared the day following
the returning of an Indictment by
tho t'lackamas county grand Jury
against Clarence Itrazell, Is in cus
today ami will bo returned to
Portland late today.
With him, also In custody, Is
Myron 1 ioag, another vice case
witness. They were taken Into I "" street, aieu us may ue ney
eustody by Hums operatives at an I tJ1,"!,r,y' ........ ...
expensive hotel In Seattle. ! "'"hllc Utilities: Alloys or other
Hoair was a witness for tho state
at the recent trial of Itrazoll, when
tho latter was convicted of a crlmo
Involving boys.
When JJiitzell was indicted In
Clackamas county on a charge
similar to that upon which he was
convicted In Multnomah county,
Hochgiaef, who was being hold in
bonds as a witness in Multnomah
county, disappeared suddenly, leav
ing a note for his mother to tho
effect that he was going away.
Bruzell's attorneys. Into yester
day presented their plea for a new
trial without argument.
Judge Walker said ho would
render u decision Monday.
In the event thero is a reversal j
of the Judgment hore, upon which
Oregon City said their case would
be pressed.
SOUTH POLE AIR
PLANE ON JEST
TRIP TO
1 will have the same name through-
WINNIPEG, Man., April 7. (VP) put th'dr lomtth. Where the words
The trl-motored airplane In which "street" and "avenue" are used,
Commander Klchard Pyrd will at- J those extending northerly and
tempt a flight over the South Pole southerly will be "avenues" and
late this year, left Winnipeg today I those extending easterly and wont
for Detroit. Mich., with a stop atierly will be "streets." otherwise
St. Paul. Tho big machine, which I they may be designated as "roads'
has Just been put through a scries j ways, drlvos, lanes, courts, etc."
r tests under winter conditions In Minimum Requirements: Tho
the extreme northern areas ot above shall bo held to be the mln
Manltoba, wiih to land at St, Pautjfmum requirements for tho stlbdl
lonluht and resume Us Journey to- j vision of land within six miles
morrow. from the city limits at any given
The piano will ho piloted by tlmo. and any suhdlvldor, Individ'
Kluyd Ht'iini'M und Mflrnt Halchmi.
V, noted alrmnn, who wtil accompany
4jltyrl on hln Anlurctlc expedition.
tlon.
The aviators expreaaed (treat at-
Infactlon wlllt tho reaults of the
northern experiment. They de -
clared that tlio piano had been put
thrniiKh tho rwmt trylnn expert-
ments under condition which
mlKlit be expected In the South
l I'nla reKlotiH.
Mellon Arrive Iteriniiila. I iva drowned In the f'ulumhin river
If A M llrrt.V. llermuda, Apr. 7.1 Into yeter,lay when ho nnd hla
iA'l Andrew W, Mellon. American : brother fell from a raft on which
secretary of the treaaury, ha ar-'they had been playing. Thcbroth
rtved In llermudtt for an Kiiaterjer, Kenneth, s yenr old, waa re
vucation. uiitati'd by Kalama firemen.
j Texas ZJu, a wenty
Cars of k
rom
Owen-Ork
Firm
The Owen-Oregon company
yesterday rerelved an order
from the state highway com
mission of Texaa for '20 car
loads of fir timber, to be used
in highway construction in
that state, according to Jus.
M. Owen, general manager of
the local plant. The
order
was unsolicited and, therefore.
shipment win be made t once.
l ho state or Texas went a
to un.i timber.
being on the fringe of the
yellow pine producing dis-
tricts. The specllications of
the highway contracts called 4
1 for tho use of Oregon fir. !
I !
CITY PLANNING
SUB-DJULES
All Sub-Divisions Within 6
Miles of City Limits Must
Be Approved by Commis
sion Details of Pro
cedure Outlined.
Quoting tho state law (SoctloiiH
Xo. 3 KG 8 and No. 38C0, Oregon
Laws) providing that all subdivi
sions, pints, streets, etc., within
six miles of tho city limits of the
nearest town or cltv shall be ap
proved by the city planning com
mission, where such exists, or In
other cases by tho proper munici
pal officer, the Medford city plan
ning commission, in conformity
with the above, has compiled tho
following rules for the guidance of
those contemplating tho subdivi
sion of land:
Preliminary Plat: ltefnre any
engineering work Is done a pre
liminary sketch showing the pro
posed layout should be submitted
to tho planning commission for
their tentative approval, and a copy
of the same filed with the minutes.
Major Street Plan: All subdivi
sions must conform to the major
plan of streets as laid out by the
planning commission. Subdivisions
ad joining or including existing
county roads or streets whliih do
not conform to tho required width
or alignment as laid out In the ma
jor plan of streets will bo required
to dedicate such proportionate ad
1 pniviaion ior Keeping pinmc uun
ties off the streets should be pro
vided. Alleys should bo not less
than 20 feet In width.
Topography: On rolling or hilly
ground streets should conform to
the contour of tho ground rather
than he laid out straight; however,
tho terminus of such streets must
conform to the established plan or
to other streets already existing.
Streets laid out through wooded
tracts may also bo curved to pre
serve trees that would otherwise
be destroyed, subject to the ap
proval of the undersigned.
Ut Widths: Itesidence lots shall
not he less than 00 feet in width,
and business lots not less than 25
feet In width.
Street Names and House Num
I boring: In subdivisions adjoining
'the city limits all houses shall he
I numbered in conformity with the
I city system. Tho city superintend
lent's office will furnish the correct
numbers upon application, whether
the street In question Is within the
city limits or otherwise. Subdivld
ors and Individuals, In such subdi
visions where the house number
ing does not conform, should take
Immediate steps to obtain the cor
i rect numbers.
Htrnnt 'Names: Street names
should bo chosen which will not
conflict with those already exist
I lng, provided that major streets
j uftl or corporation liivinK out
ntrpotN, nllpyn, lots or mocks, or
I parcclH of land which do not enn-
form to tlieao requirement will not
he taken Into I he city until audi
requirements are compiled with,
1 nor will they lie allowed street or
; road Improvements by either the
city or country.
i
Kalnnia Hoy Drmvi.cl
( niAinir.vi, an .April I.
uVi Knhcrt Miller 10. of Kalnnia.
Ill
GIVES OUT
mm
IB
AND A D
Quick Work by Chicago
Police Releases Wealthy
Chicago Man Held for
$100,000 Ransorn and
Brings Criminals to Jus
tice Gany Broken UP.
CHICAGO, III., April 7. CPV
Thomas Gaynor, wealthy automo
bile, dealer, held for HuO.OpO ran
som by a band of kidnapers, was
rescued, apparently unharmed, and
tour of his captors were arrested
and Jailed here today, M ichael
Hughes, commissioner of police, an
nounced. Hughes said he had the informa-
tlon from William E. O'Connor,
deputy commissioner, who led five
city detective squads to the kid-
unpors rendezvous. Hughes would
nut say where the capture waa
made nor name the kidnapers.
Gaynor is the fourth Chicago kidJ
naping victim within a year. The
most recent was Milton Held, rac
ing handbook operator. He return
ed last week after friends had paid
$15,000 ransom.
The police said the kldnaiers
were part of a gang which operated
as far east as New York. Their
ransom monoy has approached
$500,000 In three years, the police
said.
CHICAGO, III., April 7. (JP)
Three men wore reported seized at
a kidnapers' lair In Wisconsin to
day by ChlcaRo detective squads
searching for Thomas Gaynor, 60,
wealthy automobile dealer who was
roH)rti'd held for '100,000 ransom.
Michael Hushes, police commis
sioner, left home suddenly today
after receipt ot a telephone call
from Wisconsin and nothing had
been heard from him since then.
Agents of the kidnapers yester
day Rpproached James McCormlck,
business partner of Gaynor, and--demanded
$100,000 ransom. After
dickering the men said they would
accept $10,000. McCormlck, after
getting the money, met the men at .
his place of business but detectives
wore concealed about the place
nnd the money was marked. When
McCormlck oi'fored the bank note
the men became suspicious and
would not take them. They drove
away, followed by detectives who,
after trailing them several miles,
arrested them, fearing that further
pursuit might result in the men's
oscape.
It was after long hours of ques
tioning of theso two that Deputy
Commissioner O'Connor and the
detectives, accompanied by the two
men whom they had arrested, mada
their sudden departure from head
quarters. EX-MHEAD
SAYS HIS CHILD
HAS BEEN 'RAPED'
PITTSItURO. April 7. (VP) In an
affidavit filed In federal court here .
today, William J. Simmons, former
head of the Ku Klux Klnn, alleged
that an attempt had been made to
ussassinate him while he was chief
ot the order. The affidavit was
filed In behulf of five former
members of the Klnn who seek a
receivership for tho order in
Pennsylvania. In a counter-suit,
the Klan asks that the five be
enjoined from Interfering with It.
Simmons chawed that an at
tempt to kill him had been made
by Phil Kox who he described as
publicity agent for Hiram W.
Uvnns, Imperial wizard.
Kxplalntng his resignation from
tho Klan, Simmons said ho could
not renmln in the order and
"thereby endorse" what he termed
"wholesale plundering and misap
plication and maladministration."
1 "Flicurattvely speaking, my child
the Klnn had hctn kidnaped, raped
and ruvlKhed," he vaid.
"From all retlablo Information
that came to nie," he continued,
"my life was for several months
In Jeopardy und I had every reason
to believe that my life was Im
periled and that such Imperiling
was Instigated by persons connect
ed with the Kvuns administra
tion." Simmons chawed that Evans
overthrew him an Imperial wlsard
by virtue of a conspiracy to which
l. V. Stephenson, now nerving a
life term In Indiana for murder,
was attached. ;
The counter suits were filed In
federal court here Monday.
4 .
Schooner Is Rescued.
SAX PKAMUSCO, April 7. (TP)
Tho McCormlck lumber schooner
Walllngford, which asked for help
last night while en route to San
Pedro from San Francisco, was
brought back to San Francisco thin
afternoon by tugs. The Walllng
ford lost Its rudder.