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THE ADVERTISER-JOURNAL C O M P L E T E D A Y R E P O R T O F T H E A S S O C I A T E D P R E S S AUBURN, N: 'V. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9. 1929 TODAY’S NEWS- TODAY In tlie Evening Paper the Newi I f • Complete Up to 4 P. M, PRICE THREE CENTS ,g is la t iv e D e c k s Reared For In v e s ti- ition of Regim e o f jvernor .Tohnson .emoval Sought on [ncompetency C h a rg e Bahrain City. Jan- O.—^ — Lcgls- ie'decks were cleared here today I investigation o£ the admlnistra- [ of'Gov. Henry Johnson, target for L ttan a year ot bitter opposition lanti-adminlstratlon forces who ■ sought liis removal on charges ^competency. L governor’s forces were com- |ir routed and legislators seeking T bring about his' impeachment L quick control of tlie House or- katlon yesterday in the' in itial ses- Lof tbe 12tl) bienfilal Legislature. I - mlmlnlstratlon forces already I rained control of tho Senate, hrshallng tboir forces w ith dis- £ Johnson’s -opponents formed a ftion of Republicans and 10 in- jeSt Democrats to take control .of IHouse, and dictate the personnel committee on committees which _i choose all House groups, iuclud- |an investigating committee to ln- into tbe conduct of state offi- le action was regarded in some Hers as equivalent to impeachment feedings against the governor nnd fctigatlon of other stnte officers : conduct has been the swiject of kl?m. 11027 the Legislature convened it^- I to impeach the governor. He 1 Rational Guardsmen to keep the iitnrs from the Capitol. Govern- lohn'on maintained the House had Jenstitutional right to convene it- [ind the Supreme Court upheld Kemor Johnson’s employment of JO. 0. Hammonds as his confl- lil Kcretary, although .there i.s l/itutory provision for such nn p.uvwail the basis of one of the Parses preferred against..him, iu i . ~ i ^ K ‘ Hammonds, the subject1 o f bit- fcttacks,, still holds the position'. Iliw charge was, based on liis em inent as a special state agent of 1 Alvarado, then under conviction prglaty and now serving a term po penitentiary. Tfl HOMES SEARCHED FOR SUSPICIOUS DOCUMENTS. PUNS King Alexander, Proclaiming Vir tual Dictatorship, Orders Police to Conduct Search — Censor ship on All Letters Announced H FUIS OF li AIRPLANE SATISFACTORY J \ Jnn- fl-W 3)— 1xh® hi ™ne evc,r bu,lt in t fals ■ill, a -0-passenger c-nbin plane of ili (^ DS‘1'uct,on’ tcdny had vin tner. tbeories of Its 34-year-old Kplane made four test flights yes- nfto? one carrying 15 passengers. L Ba « 1’ 'vcok of tests 11 ls on ami e macllll'e to Wash- hothen to San Francisco. who n ?Der i Vlncent J - Burgen- who trtanned the crnft to m inim ize [cet wlrfii « f,uf !“Se- The body is side br lts Uv0- m otors Aged tllc 110SG arKl ful1^ reim iilf como,lr the fuselage K ™ V\.? als'n ls wing sec- n alrlolfrwitie \ SUal tlrnj= u n it ln* itles. cniibldernblo liftin g WSuiofwUlofi;lnnp *** n- and pm L ’ ''“l'man, New he cabin in c?nstructlon. . '■shed, Ineimn ls Iuxuriously hen «nd , nmnln« 'vntei. 12 i s f t r 1 fe,,vlcc>- There ;„the windows an i 0’t <-halrs bn' » eS- The walls V r .. 0 ce n tc r nd Proof to W , cabin are aust. lpsspn the din of the A S Q U E S T IO N M A R K ’S C R E W C A M E B A C K T O E A R T H Vienna, Ja n . 9.— (S5)—Search was ■being made today in the homes ot leaders' of the Croatiau opposition in Zagreb, Jugo-Slavia, for suspicious documents ancl plans. The Croatian split w ith the Belgrade 'government 'culminated in a deadlock which caused K ing Alexander to proclaim a virtual dictatorship on Sunday. The dictatorship ordered the police to enter the home of Deputies Pornar and Pavlitch, leaders respectively of the Jugo-Slav Peasant Party and the Croatian N a tio n a l Party, ns well as the residences of the Croatian leaders. Advices received in Vienna’.! from Zagreb said the new military governor had announced a censorship of all let ters. All m a il w ill be opened, but if harmless it w ill be rescaled aud de livered. The Vienna Stunde said the Jugo slavian m inister of interior lmd pro hibited dancing and carnival celebra tions throughout the country. A special- edition of the Belgrade newspaper Vreme (The Times i an nounced th a t new military government would remain in oflice for a long time, or until all tho contemplated wide spread reforms are effected. ‘ A ll the present major lows w ill be redrafted and practically nn nil holy new state w ill be created. Thousands of unnecessary government employqs w ill be dismissed without pensions. The savings thus made wll he nppliea to the salaries of civil servants to raise their positions above graft nnd corruption. DELIBERATIONS OF Sunbury-onrThames, England, Jan. 9.— (JP)— The reform par-y In the 'Sal vation Arm y was believed In some quarters today to have scored an in itial trium p h in the election .\'f Com- missione'r H a y of New Zealand as president of the H igh Ccouncll meet ing here. .Commissioner Hay was un derstood to favor fa r reaching reforms in the management of the army. These changes, together with the re moval of Gen. W illiam Bramwell Booth as commander-ln-chlsf, were the m a jor proposals put forward hy the reform element, which Is headed by Evangeline Booth, commander of the arm y ln the U n ited States. The fact th a t Commissioner H a y comes from a remote section of the territory, w o u ld insure, it was thought, that he would be less in volved in the personal side of the is sues which the council must face. Little hope w a s held thnt the couu- cil would Teach a quick decision re garding the iltness of General Boorn to continue In command. Tho seri ousness w ith which the councillors were facing the tank before them was evidenced by the fact that they put in practically cijrht steady hours of work on the first day of their meet ing. The first meeting lasted until C p. m.. w ith necessary intervals ror luneli and tea. and was devoted prin cipally to starting the machinery of the council, w h ich never before hna met. An official communique on the de liberations w a s issued from interna tional headquarters In London. Aside from this they were shrouded In deepest secrecy. The original rigid restrictions were tightened ev*n more because of a suppose.! leakage from the session. A ll members of the coun cil hove bound themselves to secrecy w ith a Blblo oath, and not even their fnrlos srefc •tnrT’frfs'Wnto ‘hc-j.ro- ifli. .■ ______ j ' i a i S nR ^ n- 9-W c s tem ! $ l wi,h coiiw ?r snow to- rp? warmer in northeast Thursday n,:' exfrenie >ve;t • wider Thursday »-Ulw 'varn'w ; , \ southerly' ' „ - ? * • increas- (\VafTEr ^ URES cr epl- Thermometer) 1929 1928 •l\ni'mun) •• 30 33 s 2 ! 'I5'\' t«iav r •■>,• 18 7*:23 S * John Coolidge, Now Major, Will Attend State Ball Hartford, Conn., Jan. 9—uP)— M a j. J o i n Coolidge tonight will escort his fiancee, Miss Florence Trumbull, to the ball in honor of her father's Inaugura tion as governor. M ajor Coolidge will wear his new uniform . Appointjnent of the president’s son ns a m ajor on the staff of Gov. John II. Trum b u ll was made possible by the General Assembly agreeing to amend the m ilitary law of the state to permit the nam ing of a staff oflicer to repre sent the citizens military training camps. Young Coolidge, who i.s employed^ at the New I-Iaven offices of the New York, New Haven and Hartford R a il road, hns attended several of the citi zens m ilitary camps during his sum mer vacations a t Amherst College. Envoy to London . London. Jan . 9.— (/P)--.Ufred Sze. Chinese m inister to Washington, 1 as ,_*<'on named envov to I*, mdon It wnr* crated today ho would leave the United Slates w ith in a few weeks. WAIT HOURS 1 0 RLE PAST BIER OF TEX RICKARD More Than 500 In Line al Dawn at Door jof Madison Square Gar- den to Pay Respects—Funeral j Services This Afternoon For Fa mous Promoter Central Press telephoto of the army endurance plane, Question Mark, and its crew, surrounded by the trowds on alighting at Los Angeles, Cal., after 150 hours 40 minutes and 15 seconds in the air— a new world’s record for endurance flight. The aerial adventurers were able to spend seven days and nights in the clouds by refueling their big plane while in the air. DRINK HEALTH OF HOST, THEN T Eleven Bullets From Automatic Pistols Dill Into Chicago Gang ster— Killing Is Sequel, But to What Police Have Not Deter mined Chicago, Jan. 9— (JP)—At Pnsqna.'iuo Lolordo’s house late vesterdny three smiling men raised glasses to drink the. health of their host; then ;hey shot him dead. Eleven bullets from nutonvitlc pistols drilled into him. When he fell, In the fingers of his right hand still was clutched the stem of his wine glass. The bowl 'h’ad'bi?tn Vsliattorhil’ Dy bullets. Loiordo’s assassination wos a sequel as are a ll Chicago gang and Mann slayings; but whether it was u sequel to the murder of Tony Lombardo last fall, to blackhand operations rf recent months, or to some unexplained gang hatred, police were not prepared to say. They were looking, however, for Joe Aiello, oldest o f >seven brothers whose participation In gang violence has come ur\der police scrutiny several times In the past. John Htege, deputy police commissioner, said he had u witness who identified Aiello as one of tho three men in the room when Lolordo was slain. Detectives were still nt the Lolordo flat, questioning Lolordo’s £;rief-dis- tracted widow, w h e n another gang shooting left Kocco Maggro severely wounded In his parked automobile. Mnggio, once convicted of murder, wiki shot In the head by men who fired shotguns from their automobile as it sped by Magglo’s home. The guns that removed \’ony Lom bardo from gang power four mourns ago In a downfitowri street shooting, echoed in the Lolordo .flat yesterday, for It was Lolordo’s brother, Joe. who walked at Lom b ardo’s side when that lender among Itn lian s fell. Police believed the two assassina tions were connected, but In what manner they could not say There was even one report that .Toe r/)lcrclo was In the room when ais brother was shot, and that he was wounded.- His wife refuted this, saying he had been out of town several duys. Pasqualino J/ilordo, who wns 46 years old, wns described to police as the uncrowned hut powerful successor to Tony Lombardo In tl- • nIViiIrs of the fjiio n e Slclliano. His widow snln dealer anci tnat sue v/.ry. -.VjVvfuV- of any other activities In which he may have heen engaged. Rocco Mnggio, shot in approved gun man fashion several hours after the Lolordo killing, was convicted a few years ago of the murder of Frank Lamacchio, one of the first Chicago gang victims ever “fikan for a rule.\ The testlmonv wns that Magglo held Lamacchio while nnother man shot him. Magglo was sentenced to lire imprisonment, but wns granted a new trial which hae never been herd. Air Line to West Indies Inaugurated F o u r M a il - Passen g e r P la n e s L e a v e M iam i, F la ., F o r H a v a n a — A r r a y o f D istin g u ish ed Person s on B o a rd M iam i, Jan. 0— (/P)— America's first air line to the West Indies, linking five nations w ith this country, was In augurated today with the departure of four mall-passenger planes for Havana, Porto Rico and the Bahamas. They bore'an-'array of distinguished passengers, Including Postmaster Gen eral H a r r y S. New, W illiam P Mc Cracken, assistant secretary of com merce for aviation, aud Miss Amelia Earhart. trans-Atlantic filer. Preceded by -ceremonies which in cluded playing of the American, Cuban Porto Rican. Dominican and British national airs, the first ship took off for H a v a n a at 8:07 a. m. It carried 15 sacks of mall and four passengers, among whom were McCracken and Miss K a rbari. A second Havana plane, carrying more m a ll and ono passenger got away 1C minutes later Tho postmnster general himself loaded the mail on the Porto Rico plane then climbed aboard. He In tended to disembark at Havana, tho first stop, and return here by piano during the afternoon. The fourth plnne winged aw ay for LVassnu. Bahnmns nt 0 -Oo. Multlmotored nmphiblan planes, radio equipped, were used In starting service over the 1,410-mile Pan-Ameri can route. D a lly service will be m a intained be tween M iam i nnd Havana, a distance of 261 miles. Railings w ill be three times wpeklv to the other points, in cluding Nassau Plans nre being made to extend the route 'ater to Panama via H a v a n a nnd the Central American republics. PARLEY STRIKES STUMBLING BLOCK New York, .inn. 0 —(tf1)-More than TiOO persons were In line when the doors nf Madison Squ ire Garden were opened today to permit the public to filed past thebody of Tex Itk kard lying in state. Several hundred, mostly men hut including a few women, nnd been waiting since the dnwn. Soon after the doors >vere opened the crowd-lmd grown until It was es timated al H.fXOO nnd tbe utmost ef forts ot' police, mounted end on foot, were needed to keep the throngs in an orderly line. The crowd was steadily growing and mounted men nt the entrance were kept on the nlert to prevent a mass movement on the doors. Under the floodlights which usually Illuminate the Garden’s boxing ring, the dead promoter lay in his casket. Almost directly opposite wns his own private box, sombre in black draper ies. At ench side of the casket stood huge palms. Behind were massed hundreds of floral tributes. After relntives and close friends of the promoter had been given their hour or two nlone with their dead yes terday. the doors of the sports palace were thrown open to thc general pub lic. tn three hours, some 15,000 men, women and children passed by the bier to pay their last respects. In single file that cosmopolitan cross-section of , i n j * n « * | New York citizenry filed Into tho Gar- A m e n c a n an d C a n a d ian D e le g a te s den, slowly passed the lmif-opened at Odds Over Proposal to Re- 1 ™*kot, anil proceeded Into the streets fuse Clearance Papers to Ships! It. wns n solemn orderly throng thnt. sang a silent requiem for thc dead. M eet at W h ite House to Discuss Problem s of Presen t and N e x t Ad- m inis t r a t i o n— R e quests P o u r In F o r Seats a t In a u g u ra l Bound For United States With Liquor DOUBTS VALUE OF \DRIVES” FOR Ottawa. Ont., Jan. 9— (/P)— Am e ri can and Canadian delegates to the antl-smuggllng conference wero at odds today over the proposal -to refuse clearance papers to ships bound for tho United States with liquor. Rear Admlrnl Frederick C. Billard, head of the United States coast guard, ln his opening statement at the con vening of the conference snld the American delegates were of the opin ion that refusal of clearance on ship ments of prohibited or restricted mer chandise would be of great assistance in curbing liquor smuggling from Can ada to the United States. The Canadian staO .ient declared thnt such restriction would meet With administrative difficulties and tend to drive the export of liquor under cover nnd* difuse It over wider border areas. Billard cited treaties w ith otner countries under which clearance rs denied liquor cargoes consigned to the United States. Concerning the operation of the United States-Cnnndlan nntl-smug- gllng treaty of 15)24. Billard said tlie pact hnd failed to stop smuggling, fie- splte the full discharge of treaty obligations by tho Canadian govern ment. \To Illustrnte the ineffectiveness of tbe present smuggling treaty,\ B H n r fl snld. “I need no more thnn quote your nfllolnl export flsnres. D u r ing the flpcal year ended Mnrch 31, 11)20. tlio first yenr the treatv hecnm? effecttve, tbe totnl value of whNVy declared foi export to the United Stares was $12.- 572 011 During the flscnl year ended March 31. 192S. the value of such ship ments wns 51R.3S0.070.” T At 1> o'clock the doors of the arena wero closed nnd more thnn a hundred special police gunrds loft the building nnd two attendants at the Garden took up their all-night, vigil beside the body of their one time chieftain. The doors remained closed until 10 o'clock today when the general pub lic again wns admitted. The doors remained open from thnt hour until the funeral services nt 2 o’clock. Rev. Dr. George Cnleb Moor, nnstor of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, conducted the services. The genernl public wns ndmltted to seats on tho mezzanine floor and In tho nrenn. Washington, Jan. 9— (^--President elect Hoover cnlled at the White House today for a second discussion with President Coolidge of the various problems fuclng the present and next administrations. Hoover has spent two days develop ing tho views of Congressional leaders ns to an extra session of Congress for farm relief aud other subjects and it wns assumed that these matters formed the chief basis of his conver sation with thc chief executive. Before going to the 'White House tbe next president had a long conference with Senator Brookhart of Iowa, a | Republican independent who was one of his chief campaigners In the corn belt nnd who fnvors tho calling of an extra session early In the spring. It wns announced that Hoover would have luncheon with Secretary Kellogg. Besides informing the secre tary of state of tlte m a jor details of his trip to South America, It was ex pected that Hoover would discuss for eign affnlrs In general and Latin Americans relations in particular. Hoover left the W h ite House after 25 minutes. Now that the program for the in auguration has been fixed, requests for seats on tho platform are beginning to big ' poor In. The Chamber of Commerce of Palo Alto, California, the home city of the president-elect, has asked for a block of 150 tickets and has arranged for a special train to transport Palo Alto’s* lending citizens to Washington at in auguration time. Another request for a sizeable num ber of seats hns come from the British government through the embassy her'1 for the use of n detachment of Aus- trnllnn naval cadets which will he In the capital on March.»4. c. KILLED WHILE IT Orlando, Fla., Jnn. 9.—(.,P)— Ynn C McCrory, son nnd sole heir to the m il lions of John C. McCrory, chain store operator, wns accidentally killed by one oi' bis closest friends during a deer hunt yesterday. Rnymer F Mngulre. Orlnndo attor ney nnd a relative by mnrrlnge, shot the 32-yenr-old vice president, of tlie Mcl'rorv chnin while the two wo-re traveling horseback through the 10 ,- 000 non* McCrory estate in Orunge County. Officers reportel tlie shooting wns clenrlj necldental And It wns nn nounced no Inquest will be held Mc Crory was shot In tho hnok. nnd died of hemorrhage of ihe lungs before iriedical aid could be obtained Yoni!.' McCror.vV father ls the own er of 200 stores in the United States. The son wns first vlre president of tho MWrory corporation Maguire wns formerly states nttor nev for the 17th judicial district of Florldn. n former president of the Or lando Chnmber of Commerce m d president of the University of Florida FALLS ON STAIRS AWAY FROM FIRE Syracuse. Jnn. 9.— — Awakened by the cry of his 14-months-old daugh ter, Ambrose L. McNamara carriel from his burning home Ills mother, 70, and led his wife w ith their daugh ter and his sister-in-law to safety early today. Tho elderly Mrs. McNamara Is ln a serious condition at a neighbor’s homo. Several of her ribs were frac tured when her son fell downstairs while carrying her out nnd she In haled smoke. E BEATS BRITISH TO Experiences Earthquake Constantinople,. Jan. 9.— UP)—Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, mother of the trans-Atlantic flier, experienced her first earthquake when a violent shock accompanied by a terrifying subter ranean roar occurred at Angora Inst night during a reception at the Amer ican embassy in her honor. No loss of life or damage to property was re ported Mrs. Lindbergh has been .teaching chemistry at the American College. Name County Judge Albany, Jan. 9.— (*P)— j Governor Roosevelt today nominated as county judge of Allegany Guy <> flinmnn of Angel'ca H lnm a n If nppro-ed hy the Senate, will succeed Bernard 13. Ackerman, resigned. W ashington, Jan. 9— — The value of “drives” for now Industries by chambers of commerce and other busi ness organizations in some cases was questioned today by Secretary of Commerce Whiting iu un address be fore ofticers and directors of the Na tional Association of Commercial Sec retaries. The meeting was also at tended by Chamber of Commerce sec retaries and district offlce representa tives of the Department of Commerce. Secretary W hiting said he did not wish to be misunderstood in the mat ter but declared that not every com munity was nble to meet the special ized requirements of industry and that there were cases where new fac tories m ight conceivably be a jarring or disruptive force. He said he believed that in many cases a chamber of commerce or oth er business organization m ight moro judiciously devote its efforts - to in creasing efficiency nnd profits of in dustries already in thc community. King Boris to W e d ? Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 0— >[JF)— Tcumor that K ing Boris w ill m a r r y Princess Giovanna of Italy have been revived In Sofia and it Is now thought possible that the engagement in-iy be en- nounced formally soon after January j 30, the 35th birthday of the Ling. New York, Jnn. 9.— (JP) - T he body ot Benjam in N. Duke, tobacco m a g nate who died yesterdaj, w ill he started south on a sped.il train late today for burial *n the family mausoleum at Durhnm, V «’ Moro than 100 per^m-i ln< 1 'ding members of the family, friend* i.nd business associates, wilt acc unpnn.v tho body on a train of six or seven Pullman cars. Mr. Duke wns the last survi dug member of the Duke family, uhlcli built up one of the largest American fortunes of the Nineteenth fVntury from a small tobacco factor\ in Durham. Estimates of the Duke f o r t u n e varied widely, ranging from SoO. 1100,000 to $ 200 , 000 , 000 , but it is known that he gave aw a y the bulk of It in philan thropy during Ills lifetime. Although he never permitted his benefactions to be made public, It is estimated his father, Washington Duke, his brotliev James B. Duke and himself gave away more than $90,000,000. Mr. Duke, who was <o jears old, ls survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah Pearson Angler Duke, and his d.nugn Alumni Associnti-iii. FIVE KILLED IN TEST FLIGHT OF E \Nilnt iiaphncl, Frnnce. Jnn M jstiry today surrounded pluma- of a French naval plnne during n test flight which carried five men tu their dentils. Tho mnehlne, a large nil metnl tri- motor senplnne. wns being subjected to trials hy Lieutenant Companion chief •c-ter \f the nnv.v air depot lie w n s iie-nmpnnlod by Lieutenant Itefiuin and three meelinnlcs. The senplnne was flying nt a height Havnnn, Jnn- 9- (JF)— Weighing anchor a few hours after their arrival from New \ork, the liners President, iloosevelt nntl Cnroiil,';. <- were , • s,v, ud ui capture the tourist trade. Tbe President Roosevelt wns in port only four hours before starting back The t’nronia. which required six and a half hours more thnn the President Roosevelt to make the voyage from Vow York, was under way again three and one hull’ hours after her arrival Cnptnin llo'tsaek of the Cunard liner Cnronia said he was not inter ested In the speed made by the vessel, ithat he had a regular schedule to I maintain and had received no orders j to compere In n race witli tho Presi- , dent Roixeveit 0 - -(JP) i On the other hand, officials of the the Ward line, to which the United States Shipping Board assigned the President Roosevelt to meet competition on the Cunard line, expressed pleasure at the nerformnnce of the American vessel. The\ said her run to Havana assured thnt thev could keen their promise of n fa s t sall'ng e- »rv Snturdav from New York Both vctcp's are scheduled to dock at New York on Friday and sad acrnln the follow ins: day The rrpsldenr Roosevelt in the lnsf ter, Mrs. A. J. Drexel Biddle, .Tr. who ........... by his death presumably will fiecomr machine m s found 15 feet below- tin one of the wealthiest women in the enrfneo The rescuer1- were ■■n1' :ibl<- world, being already the possessor m i to rccmor Ihe hod> of Lieutenant a fortune. j Requin of 300 feet four miles off the coast i when suddenly It wns seen to p l u n g e 12 hours of her run attained a speed headlong Into the sen. sending up an |<>f 20 knots which .bled . — .o *et a immense column of wntor j record for the trip from New W k Launches dashed to the rescue T h e , Both vessels on their trip to ITnvnnn • ■ • nionrhe '1 P'rotirh » s*orm of h t i't'f’ np 'o T Ti-itt'->s .'•> S u n d n v « ), 0 \ t'-c T’ n s:de’it Uei'SevHt pnssed the O o rom n .
