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CIRCULATION U.rcst of any p*P« ™ CEntcm ° anJ Easex Countie* 1L Hi'; NO. 22 >'\» WEATHER iWr and colder today. Strong shifting winds, West or Northwest, Sunday, fair. J 'LATTSBXJRGH, N. Y., SAOT8PA]F, JANUARY 26, W& [EW YORK PLANS BIG FETE FOR RESCUERS First Photo Of Ship Rescue fcroes 0 f s. S. America, Who Helped Save Crew of Italian Liner Florida, Face Heavy Ordeal in Ex> tensive Welcome— They Seek Quiet Landing But City Refu^s Request— Captain's Wife Beset by Reporter and Inquiries— Many Included in ^lir ade tfDINAIR IfSEAPLANES Jense Stacks Enemy from Sky [LEXINGTON IS USED NEW'YORK, Jan. 25 (tJP) — Captain George Fr>d and his men of the liner Arne) ca, who rescued 32 men from the asking. Italan freighter Florida at the height of a hurricane Wednesday, were •ail- ing: straight into another great .storm tonight, a storm of welcome which only New Yolk can jive its .—• • (heroes. Clopf Tfl War G3llie ' ^ nrl U ea - from the Harlem, to th* ' ,ee 'Battery by. the happy <endmg the men of the S. £3. America wrote, on the story of the Florida and the storm, official and unofficial New! York prepared to bring to port in the best ticker tape and bead? band style the handful of men who were responsible for the rescue. . , Captain Fried notified the Unit- cd State* line that he would reach ' Ambrose light at 1 p. m., Satur- day, which c means he will be Met by the city tug Macon in the bay shortly afterwards,' The America is expected to dock at Hoboken about 4 p. m, and then the skipper and his men Wilt be transferred to the Macom lor the trip to the Battery. The parade will fce formed at the Battery and. Its destination wiU be im City HsJi .**!*• deep canyon of Broadway- «nd' tie; crowds. leader of tne M$jrm% wetec-slur committee. [rier Saratoga Launches [Spectacular Counter Attack LBOA. C. Z.. Jan. C6. (DP) — Ede»P*rate a'.tl..••«* mimic sea |e in defense « -t the Panama [ *hich is being waged by the Irican fl p et '400 miles from here, I turned into a battle of the air hen a swarm of defending four \enemy\ • Tthf nes attacked fcesWps. s iirplane earner Uxmgton of Mue\ or Atlantic Geet, which pending the canal sent out her j against the \black\, or Pac-* ^ ^ _ ^ *et, which is attacking on th* ««>.<»|lto jfcygt 'jjfr • ** poife* cwi«'. \ s ^RH^^'** t *llte\aWbtt«n- ' to act gators raced down on Aw «*J*t t'b'ack\ ships and vert *Cv» onlyJften tie \Mack\ air,, QUjfer Saratoga dispatetted l#f pknes to make a spefct- p w'Bcter attack. Despite the •t lh^ \hint\ planes finally [hopeful tonig.'-.t that their *ac-j fw a tri«mp|ial return. rould be successful in stating _< „. _. ' ' Th * men New York wants to see include the master of the America and Chief Officer Manning, who led the eight men out to rescue the crew of the Elorida in a tiny life- boat. «C iSTM—iHes -on i*e aa* <hr*rt«$U> -city Bait., M no doubt ttgs attfalne at the America's heroes t» resold to the plane. They ha** iBsai repeatedly to be per- mitted tfelgsft quietly Jwt tbe city Am«*o*t fined grounded ship, Pan- Passengers from th* liner Prestdeat GarfteM. A a view of the President OsrSeli on tck. «nfil Monday midnight [ iccoriing t o the rules of the there will be reinforcements in? from tbo East coast. ie \blues\ have maintained con- ith. two separate groups of at- is, although the defense ifleet lumbered, 75 to 90 ships. The ie earners have become* the of the fighting because the is within reach of the daring i\ aviators who might fly over plunge t.h<\r planes down on the sacnfic'Pi: themselves but Lk;lg; t 1 :* i ar,.-»l with bombs, :e Army land forces have in- ;ed thi'r vigJance because of .danger a- I ;.tnU communica- v.th v-c t\rt has TSecn work- Ep'.foa:i'y T<-!ephon© and radio pur:-At.-r. lave been malntaia- W th. i.rl frees have even fxpsi ar 1 d.-r^ded enemy radio [HROPOLOGIST WANTS EXAMINE HEADS OF STATE LEGISLATORS \vv; j ln.L. r . Pitt 1 .- 'T.)rrf> - legislators :.iprs yester- - MacDonald, ••Winston, is t \ ; - ir cranl- \. T'l.-d OP- * famous *l.»i-Donald Then there is the chief radio op-^ lerator, Kelson Smith, who worked for forty lionrs to locate th*i sink- ing Florida, lay radio bearings, and did it Mrs, .Fried, who has been driven to distraction i n the last two days by telephone calls, visitors and: reporters at her home here, lias ' reiterated her husband's dislike for ceremony, but to noi avail. Mrs. Anna M. Manning, who is sure that her son Henry, who ex- erted his strength during the rescue from the, lifeboat, is not interested in. cheering. Salvatore JBracco, storekeeper on the America, went out in the life- boat because he could speak li 1- ian and he shouted instructions to the Florida's crew. In 1S2S he won a hero when the President Koose- vclt rescued the crew of the Ijgrna- zlo FJorio. The other men to bo honored in- clude, Junior Engineer, W. J. Clark; Boatswain Mate A. Wilson? Master at arms \ r » Waleck; Quar- termaster W. Trettin and able sea- man F. KeHam and S. J. Hargrin. . ,,,„.. Isl * short roar yesterday af- 'tiM^Mi -aXter years of silence and rt» jwiM i enried and feU around a; ' ' ';? libie At which sat -two- .Boy •Ath UkVWbdM imaginations ' and tniMbraMd them into jo-celfbre six shooter's upon no <front room ot a peace- the open boyish •of Jon» Reynolds and •, in the latter*f *-lN» B«4M ap4 smoke and Into fir* Imaginations an hour, bad carried the into A Western gambling gambled two men whose hard and whose blood John and Hyatt badgered a good old round tenna not trust each other fclfr-trlfisTcd hombrts, s*sT«m tae table were two pistols. At Mtot* bands was a .21 calibre rusted and* old- M the JO oalibre horse- the Waggoner lad's band. ' old shooting irons had awaUintfashouse tb« sbaence of his ¥••) Boy Scouts got into- 'WHSsfS f^sj^sjss?^ .SMBSV ^dsj. ^-\n^-; bat frblch was \ '\ -J PRIOE THREE C'RNTS WHIPPlNd POST IS $U|IGESTE& AGAIN BY MISSI$SIPPIAN JBt'FFERSON crTT, Mo., Jan. 25 (TJP^Bevlval of the whipping post as an aid to prohibition enforce- ment was. proposed in a bill lntro- ducied In the Missouri House today by Representative J. <3. Putnato, a farmer serving his first term in the Legislature. The .bill provides that * peraon convicted of a mtadeameanor wotdd be punished ^.by,not less than seven nor more than twenty lashes on the bare back. JBvery cit^, town or village would be authorized to establish a whip- ping post. . *Tbe bootjeggera will stoi> operat- ing If they know the Iftather Js go- ing to be laid to their backs,\ Put- nam said. , He States . , - . i Coast Guard Expert Says That One Hundred Rum- Runners Should Escape Bather Than to Injure an Innocent Man—Claims Men Have Right to Cripple Suspected Car—Hanson Case Held Up by Argument Over Release and Re-commitment of Christner Fails to Measure Up to Scratch . TAKES FIBSf ROUNDS The Boston Sailor Boy Now Faces Stribling Bout In MADISOJf SQUARE GARDEN, Jan. 25. (Special) — Jack Sharkey, the Boston sailor boy, came through With Hying; colors tonight, winning his ten round fight with K. \ O. Christner bere by a referee's deci- sion after,the fight had gone the lim^t without th« looked for knock- out punch by eltfter man. KLMIRA, Jan. 25, (UP> — The right of coast guardsmen to use \necessary force' 4 in overhauling rum runners does not extend so far as to permit shooting automobiles, rieut. Clifford D. Seak, first assist- ant chief of the Coast Guard Intel- ligence bureau, testified today. Seak was the first major witness for the defense in the trial of Glenn Jennings, surfman, and Frank It. Beck, boatswain, of the Coast Guard charged with second degree mail, slaughter as the outgrowth of the fatal shooting of Jacob J). Hanson, prominent citizen of Niagara Falls, last May.< •' The trial of Beck and Jennings is expected to have a ntr-reachlng ef- | feet in defining how far Federal agents may go fin the use of fire- arms whUe enforcing the prohibi- tion law. Beak was Qualified by the de- as an expert on Coast Gnard law and regulations! He comes from tht Coast Guard headquarters at Wasbiagton, I>. C. He was on the witness stand much of the day, but two questions contained the im- portant part of hta testimony. Richard H. Templeton, United States attorney for the Western section of New Toi*. asked Mm, \If the defendant, Jennings, shot into the automobile to cripple it, was he entirely within b'« right* in performing; bis duty?* The witness replied that be was. Then Raymond A Knowlea, district attorney prosecuting the case, later asked him, \Under the facts of the Regular Bill Carries Sum 0* $25%CKXW00 \ THE GOVERNOR HAS CDLtt Cancels Definitely Plan To Address\Victoryf Dinner vitf Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Denied Action Festive Atmosphere Sur- rounds House at Doom IS HELD FOR MURDER Voluntarily Surrendered In Famous Rothstein - l;. .'..velt ^md a viators BLAMES MILLERAND FOR TROUBLES OF ALSACE-LORRAINE •-•»r. .-••i live Xieoil TifaO s way: r Itxxi an v.NiU- - -l-itors ' rr<.my •v nM KEW YORK, Jan. 25, (Ul?) — The Arnold Rothstein murder case entered tlje courts a«s»in today when George McMawus, the only man so far arrested tor the murder which caused a new police administration, sought release from the Tombs pri- son on a writ of habeas corpus. McMamis was awarded a lopsided victory. Ho did not get released but Supreme Court Justice Aaron Levy ordered the district attorney's office to bring: McMaaus to trial within sixty das^s or the defendant would be released on bail. Jjunes I?, C Murray, McManus' attorney, pleaded for tlio writ on the grounds that McManus had vol- untarily surrendered, but had been ; in the Tombs prison since X>ecem- \ ber 3, and that the district attor- ', nev's offi;e had failed to expedite '. Hx& trial, Assistant District Attorney Fercl- ( inand Peeora pleaded that McManus i HOTELS \ ARE CROWDED Many Guests Arrive—Some Are Relatives of Family la in the oil days!- exclaimed Hy- att, snatobiag the horie-plstol. By the time the smoke bad cleared away, John, who lived next door, was dead with a butfet in his head. ^X forgot about JV\ Hyatt aald When asked why he left the bullet the weapon. The police amid the shooting waa accidental. ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE HOOVER IN QUERY PARIS, Jan. 25.—Opening: the de- , bate in the Chamber oit Deputies on ' tlie problem of the war-redeemed r provinces of Alsace ,and Lorraine ! ha<X dis *PPeared *&>* the shootingr ! yesterday. Deputy Grnmbacb, an \ of to>Q*ltto. on November % and \—' - , -' Hyman opponent of autonomy, assayed to j,^* ™* °\ * te && ^' ' Gillie BOORJf, Holland, Jan. 25, (UP)— A rather impressive, festival ap- : pcarance is presented by the forme* German Kaiser's residence in pre- paration for his birthday Sunday, probably the brightest week in. Wil- helm's otherwise dull life in. exile. Almost all of Ms visitors and friendly messages have been con- centrated on this week, which will he climaxed Sunday when \bis fam- i ll y meets at an intimate dinner party on the former monarch's seventieth birthday. A number of members of the former German chief staff have been, among the quests at Doom In the last three days. Hotels are crowded and the form- er Kaiser has loaned furniture to outfit some of the poorly furnished hotel rooms where his friends are quartered, Th© outstanding event of the celebration is his new book, \My NEW TORK* Jan, 25, (XXP)—The Anti-Saloon league will be \very glad\ to aid President-elect Her- bert Hoover in, his plan tor the forthcoming investigation of the prohibition problem, according to S. Scott McBride, national superin- tendent. \The League will not be satisfied to sit idly by waiting for Mr. Hoov- er to accomplish the gigantic task alone,\ McBride said in an inter- view recently. \We shall be very glad to rive our views on any mea- sure he may contemplate and help In every way possible.\ ALRAKT, Jan. 15, — Governor Roosevelt yesterday announced that the first executive budget bill i n tho history of the State would go be- fore the Legislature at Its session on Monday evening. I t It understood that the footing of; the State's ex* pens* biH for the next fiscal yeas; will be, lit round numbers, *2St,«M^ see. or about »a«,ooo,©oo lit excess of the budget for the current business ! year of toe State. The Governor. w*o has been con-, fined to the Executive Mansion fo# a week suffering from a cold, is im- proving and expects to return to'his desk at the Capitol on Monday. His eldest son, continues to improve «n<l by Sunday the danger point will bd It was stated. •EST/ The manner in which Sharkey won. follows out his- contention an- nounced before the fight that he in- tended to box the K. O. lad from the West- HOPE ABANDONED FOR GUIDE LOST ON PIECE OF ICE demonstrate that the whole present! \ uu \ e \ f ller ' wa * « o0l « of de j Ancestors,\ which was written as a men wanted for the Rothstein mur-, ( surprise for his wife and which de- trouble was in consequence of the policy inaugurated by former Presi- dent Alexandre Millerand immed- iuttly after the war, when he head- • d the. commission which adminls- itTMi Alsace-Lorraine at that time. der. COUNTERFEIT COINS j scribes the life 'J eras. I of the Hohensol- For the most part the former r-niiftin nniil*l CTATC Ealser recelVM few visitors except FOUND DOWN OlAltlfor the Protestant pastor of the ___________ j Dutch village. PETOSKEY, Mich., Jan. 35 (UP) -A fierce blizzard which, struck Lake Michigan today halted the search conducted by th© Coastguard and State police for Louis Sweet, a fisherman and guide who was blown out into Lake Michigan on an ice field yesterday. The storm smashed the ice along the Northeast section of the lake and itwaa not-believed that Sweet could survive his three days of is- olation on the floes. SALVATION ARMY HEAD'S CASE IS DELAYED AGAIN ICE KILLS TWO V HAMMOND, Ind., • v*• f'y t!ie same spot where a few ui\s £<£'> Edward Iindbloom sjip^ l>'l . n -Pie ley pavement, struck 1 •* I.»JJ and \was instantly killed, J' ! >i ft. w.z frlly esterday and frac- SCHEXECTADy, Jan. 25, <UP)— . Counterfeit fifty-cent pieces dated} 1318 and 1020 have made their ap- J Jan. \5.—On ; pearance here in some quantity. Federal agents declare the bogus coin Is of poor make, the lettering- and milling being sufficient evid- ence of their false character. The coins are compounded of aluminum '•jr.•! in fi,ull, dying soon after, land metallic alloys. The distribu- T!. !•. >n the pavement has not tion is local, according to Secret BUFFALO GROWS IN 1928 i> >ri >i iuoved. Service operatives. BUFFALO, Jan. 25, (UP)—Buf- falo added twenty new industries during J928 to its already imposing number, according to a report is- sued by the Chamber of Commerce. The city's payroll was enlarged by several millions during the period, the report said, ..—»-— LOISTDON, Jan, 25 (UP) The court hearing on General W. Bram- well Booth's injunction to prevent the Salvation Army High Council from deposing him was postponed today until after Tuesday. It was the second postponement made to give the Council's attor- neys more time to prepare their arguments showing why the injunc- tion, should not be extended,. were picking the probable winner. The vaunted right hand of Christ- ner, who hails from an Akron rub- ber factory and was once called Myers Wilson Christner, failed to make Its appearance tonight and proved to be only a dream of the boys who like to stir up a little doubt as to the probable winner for the sake of drawing the curious in- to the arena. The winner over the well known Knuts Hanson failed to show the stuff which his press agents claim- ed for him and Jack Dempsey is now free to go ahead in his work; in connection with the Sharkey-; Stribling set-to next month in the Sunny South. Once again Sailor Jack proved that he is able t o box with anybody in the 'business and seemed to have It O. covered at all times. The first few rounds might be called Christner's but beyond that the fight went to Sharkey. Both boys did a great deal of talking previous to the meeting but apparently neither got steamed up enough to want to knock the block off the other or at least if they Wanted to they didn't. . *m> BUYS GAS STATIONS Hanson case, If Jennings bad not been able to^atop the calr bar shoot- ! would he hare been justified bv •^*J5_5__ tjM( ^ i ^ W Hanson?* „.. _. _ U^_,,,j W _ Mi _H» J — lassiflnur *kfi%ras to have been held att Pongakeepate on Saturday evening, with Governor Roosevelt as tha guest of. bpnor and principal speak-t er» had been •caUed off after It had been learned that the Governo? could not attend. Mr. Itoosevelt^ bowever, expects to be able to keeji his engagement to address the up- State editors at Syracuse late next Owing to the illness of* youngf Koosevelt and the absence of Gover-c nor Roosevelt from the Capitol, tha conferences of the Governor with* the Republican leaders of the Legis- lature which were to have been hejd this week have been deferred. Tha Governor said that the yprobably would be held some time during tha coming fortnight, most likely week after next. The Governor continues to feel fairly optimistic regarding: tha outcome in view perhaps, of the conciliatory spirit that has been, displayed by the Republican chiefs in their approach to a number of legislative topics which during the terms of his predecessor had given rise t o sharp dissensions. During his absence from the capitol Governor Roosevelt has given close study to a. number of legislative matters that 'will coma up during the present session of th* Legislature. Out 1W gility inen e«J*p» than, one innocent: man be injured. No be was not justified.*' . In length? subsequent questions Soak's unde -standing of the law and regulation.»>%as brought out to be that the coast guardsmen were Jus^ •titled i n firing into Hanson's auto- mobile so as to cripple ik Tbey could puncture the tires, or disable the engine but they were, not justi- fied in firing at Hanson, either to injure him or to kill him. ! More than an. hour of today's session of the trial was taken up with arguments before Judge John R. Hazel, presiding, regarding his action yesterday in reinstating the indietment against Beck after dis- missing it Templeton, for the defense, argu- ed that Beck had been once In ieopardy and pointed to the consti- tutional provision against a man being called to answer more than once for the same offense. Judge Hazel, however, was stern Christner entered the ring the. . . . „»^^ underdog, tho betting men making in ^ s stand, .ruling that in this case Sharkey a -4 to 1 favorite when they JustMcation for tl30 shooting i s the defense plea, that the burden of i proof rests upon Beck and that argument of double jeopardy does not apply. Lieut Seak was still on the wit- ness stand when court recessed un- til tomorrow. It will probably be the middle of next week before the case goes to the jury. SARTWELL MURDERER NOT GUILTY BECAUSE OF INSANITY—COURT PROVIDENCE, K. X, Jan. 25, (UP)—-Frank Weeden, escaped maniac charged with the murder ox Dr. Ransom H. Sartwell, of the State Insane Asylum, was found not guilty in court today by reason of insanity. Weeden was ordered committed-! to life imprisonment in the insane division of the State prison. BACHA SAKAO'S CASTE MAY PROVE DOWNFALL IN AFGHAN TROUBLE SENATOR HARRIS WOULD BREAK UP BIG NEWS CHAINS NEW YORK, Jan, 25, (UP) — Standard. Oil company of JCew York has acquired sixty-seven filling sta- tions from independent owners in greater New York, Westchester and Long Island in addition, t o 27 filling stations with motor equipment in Providence, R. L -^- ' • — WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, (UP)— Senator William J. Harris would break up the newspaper chain busi- ness. His plan is to deny such papers the second class mailing pri- vileges. \I think that the chain newspaper, with owners hundreds of miles away, is a menace,\ he said. \I would stop the tendency.\ PESHAWAR, India, Jan. 25, — (UP)—The shaky position of Bacha Sakao, new bandit leader of Af- ghanistan, \was attributed today to the discovery that he is a n€w Pajic, or a member of the laboring: class, rather than a Pathan. Tho latter class is the aristocracy o£ Afghanistan. The Pajics are a subject race in Afghanistan, mad«> up of clerks, toilers of the soil and laborers. Bacha Sakao, who assumed th<* crown as Hababullah Khan Gavi, is the son of a water carrier. Pajics are descendants of the early Kussian tribesmen in Afghan- istan and a mixture of Russians and Arabs. It was reported tLat the position: of the new ruler was growing gra\ e and that General Naider Khan, prominent Afghanistan leader, was enroute from Moscow to Kandahar i n Southern Afghanistan to aid Amanullah, former ruler, in a cam- paign to regain his throne. iff! *-„•..' ---I , i H I i : I ; \5 I |i M
