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PRIOB 6c 12FA0B8 mp4m*m***f*r+m OGDENSBURG AROUSED OVER CITY HALL PLANS Four Killed In Plane Crashes, Two Girls Are Aviators In Air Derby Crash In Macon's Busy Section Girls On, First Flight fiuck Steele and Frauds Ashcraf t, Two Avia- tors Participating In the Southeastern Air Derby Were Killed—Two Girls Meet Death In First Plane Flight At Columbia, Georgia Seventeen Year OU School Girls Burned to Death, 8 Missing Fear The^ Are Drowned Owners of Ferry Company Say That Only Two Were Posi- tively Known As Dead. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Feb. 18. (UP)- At least eight persons are itADON, Ga., Vmfo \t — Two \ bomb may haVe set off the fnel In avitors |>ai th-lpatlng hi the southmid air unacco aw Id torday over the washing board. Muffin ait d»»i by \\H\V met ileiUAi t«MlH.v when tlti'tr plane eniHhetl hi the Imart «>f (he buniuoHH diBtrk't. Thry worn Duck SttM*l« and Frau cU AMtirrafr Tho dt-ad am Ruck Htoolf. vet- eran uirtiuui and ntuiit p«rform- tr of Khrcvcport, f*a., and an iu itrurior lit a Macon flyhig nchool, who was tit tl»« controlM, and p-ran cU Aahrr.in. n brother of au(»UM*r liiMtnirtor. whom* home WIIH aald to of the city <;iULS-KII«LKn IN FIRST PLANK PLIGHT nfMUHMHIA. K. C. Fob. 18.—Al- ma IIop«» and Mildred KogorH, 17- year-old (Columbia Kchool nirle, were burned to death today when the airplane in which they were making their flmt flight burHt into flamen af,ter cra«hing into a rail- road floodlight tower at tho edge d for i n the ferry boat San Fwuicisco Bay yos- n a bilge wave dashed ek of the ferry boat re than a score over- Icfalu of the city state > that the »Jght minslng must have | been drdiriiing although hope is I held out that they have been too rareleas to report. Owners of the Ferry Transporta- tion company said late this after- I noon that only two were definitely known dead. HOTDEBA^FEIN 8 Persons 4 Arrested When Catholic Seminary In Mexico City Was Baided by Federal Officers and Order- ed Closed. Taxpayers As Again On the To Decide n Plans MEXICO CITY. M»*teO, F¥b. 18. I —(UP) —Bight persons, including! four priests, were arrested today when a Catholic seminary was! raided by federal officers. The sem- : inary was ordered closed by orders I from the governor's office. All : pupila, numbering some 120, were released and permitted to go their way. ! The seminary is one of the most | prominent seats of learning in this section and one of the leading in- ! stitutions in Mexico. For New City H&i March 6 Taxpayers Are Said to Be In No Mood to Spend Additional $50,000 to $75,000—Senti- ment Changing from the Old Eyesore Hulk of What Was Once Fine Building—Rear Wall Caving In—Contractor W^rt Admits $3,000 Will Be Required to Straighten It- A Big Row May Be in the Making—Wert May Withdraw His Bid. have fn<eii in MIHHOIIH The aviutorH were tossing out the bombs HH a part of the air carni- val from an altitude of about 7,- 000 fe«t One of the missiles ap- peared to have Ktruck a wing of the plane and exploded premature- ly, iiiHtantly killing Hteele, who wan decapitated Minus a guiding hand at the con- trol, the craft went Into a tail spin while hundreds of persons be- low looked op in horror. Shouted words Don Diegcl, the pilot, escaped from the burning plane and was taken to a hospital here where it was said he was seriously Injured. The two girls were said to have been advised by Diegel and also by Dr. ('. A. Hunch, of Cheraw, one of the owners of the plane, not t o go up liecause of the unfavorable weather conditions Yielding to the pleading of the girls Diegel agreed to take them up for a short trip. They flew PAN-AMERICAN ! Sn0W Bl0tS ° Ut SigIIS CONGRESS! of Spring in Middle Wttrt No Relief Is romised Over Salvador's Delegate's Resolution to Prevent Any American Country Meddling In Affairs of Any Two Coun- tries — Resolution With- drawn. Cold Ware from the Northwest Cwnirts East- ward On Wings of General Snowstorm— of warning failed to clear |«ver a part of! Columbia and In th* thoroughfare entirely, one «MOI i making a drcls sack toward the being gr**Ml by a wing of the pUnc I starting point, preparatory to land- HAVANA, Cuba, Fe& Tfc^ftflp) -After ttrree hours of debate in which much cheering and hissing accompanied the addresses Salva- dor's delegate to the Pan-American convention withdraw to i s motion whereby it was proposed that the Jnat a* It huritmi to Ura atraet end i Um. they came over the Southern iaveiml others being .truck by railway freight yards at Andrews,, any Intervention of any American wreckng* hurled through tho air at Traffic on Subways in a dition. the impact There WMM no explosion in the alr;.l***e'* gas tank when It crash ed, lending hi the belief that the suburb A sudden gust of wind swept the plane against the tower and a wing crumpled The plane fell nose- firwt 0> the ground and caught fire. Prohibition Issue May Cause Oceans of Trouble In The Two Great Parties Sekiator Willis Starts Move to Write Bone Dry Plank in Republican Platform—Senator Walsh of Montana Being Advanced by Dry Democrats to Oppose Smith of New York. Hy HAUL, it. MALU'N Mttiiled PrcMH HUff CorreKpomloirtl WASHINGTON, fch IX HT'i Increasing evidencca nf poHHiWe lhaH come out for Hoover campaign trouble over the pronttoi <er 1H Senator Hon IHHUC wera displayed today ttj both ({\publican ami Democratic < 11 rli'H Senator Willla of Ohio has stsit ed a movement to write a bone dry plank In the Republican platform which wet men in the mav chase awa> \damp\ ItepubU (iin votes in the election. ' wrfte. Senator 1 Fdge. Republican, Kew Jersey wet, Is one of two Re- publican leaders in the senate who The oth- Jones of Washington, a strong dry. Some ot Hoover's friends tear he will alienate wets like lOdge if he consents to a Willis •dry plank. Willis ha.s charged that the pro-Hoover movement in Ohir results largely from Willis* chain party fear »t)ionship of the anti-saloon leagu* cause. With these difficulties at issue, Simultaneously Senator Mruce. Republican lenders fear they may Oeiiioerstie wet of Maryland, has have considerable trouble at the Iwgim action In Democrati<- ranlts' convention over the prohibition to hinder a«!>:uicerii\nt of Senator t»lank in the plaitl'orm. In f>etmicratic ranks, Smith and ! | country of meddling in the affairs ! of any two countries involved in a | discussion of their internal* af- i fairs.\ So much had been said and ar- gued in the morning session that when the union took its seat this afternoon it was greeted by a crowd by far the largest ever to jam and ! pack its way into the Palace. The withdrawal of the motion was a | disappointment to the curiosity I Meckel's. LOVERS OF ALE SEE 31,680 PINTS GO INTO RIVER BUFFALO, Feb. 18. (VV) - Thirsty Americans en route to Canada yesterday watched govern- ment agents as they poured .11.680 pints of O'Keef's ale from the peace bridge into the Niagara river, 100 feet below. The ale was seized early yester- ! day morning in a freight car The < load was consigned to a Buffalo I produce firm and was billed as ap- ples, j Resale values of tho liquor was . placed at $10,008. i NSW YORK, F«*h. 18,— (UP) — Snow and slush coated all streets In this metropolitan city today caus- ing untold hardship and a great ti#*i;> in traffic and- m*b*«y a*rv- ice. Many accidents were reported with the climax of the day being reached when ian angry throng of milling Kubwayites stormed the 14th St. subway stairway in their Demoralized Con- Geo. Remus Slayer Is Judged Sane Will Now Seek Release from Insane Asylum — Alienist Announces Judgment. efforts to get out and were repuls- j were forced to resort to forct in ed by just as angry a crowd at- j their efforts to repulse the crowd tempting to get in. A small fire j demanding freedom of the tunnel, caused by a third rail being im- ; New York was not the only city mersed in slush and water thereby ! to be hampered by the snow. Bos- developing a short started the stam-1 ton and other New England points pede. 'Women shrieked and men j reported extra heavy fall while cursed when they found their only j southern cities are experiencing an LIMA, Ohio, Feb. lS.—fUP'i — George Remus, former millionaire Cincinnati bootleg king, confined in the state JiospitaJ Jor. the crim- inally insane, is aane, DrTlivV L. Neville, one of the five alienists who recently examined Remus, said in a deposition here today. _.... ., - ,«r-i - * « I ft«»ns *» sebjednkd to appear in WKII Ms*? *#*«, J*»in a near U^ Cfmfi # *\\* ductor caused many trains to stall in the Bast river tube and on one train men and Women demanded that they be permitted to walk out of the tube to fresh air. Guards prevented them and in many cases other/ cottdttHlbr box Ignited com- pletely tieing up traffic for several boars besides filling, the tunnel Following nearly two years of squabbling, growing out of politi- cal Jealousies over the erection of a new city hall, which got the oppos- ing factions no where, and that too. at a cost of $12,000 or more the city council in special session Friday night decided to leave again to the taxpayers' decision the question as to whether the proposed new city hall is to be erected according to the Wilson plans. A resolution was adopted calling a special tax elec tion March 6 when four proposi- tions will be submitted. Never in local history has a pub- lic question undergone such radical changes in the views of the tax- payers as have been expressed to ward the Wilson plans during the past week. And this change in sentiment is due' Target/ to the faet~**m* order out of chaos. There are a numbar of OgtieDp- burg taxpayers who favor selling , the present site of the town hall ruinn and purchasing a leas expen- sive one. Some have even suggent- ed the razing of the city mark*** and the construction of a modern city hall building on the site. Another prominent Ogdensburg man said to an Advance represen- tative yesterday that the best thing the City could do would be to \wipe the Wilson plans off the map al- together and erect a modern up-to- date building.\ He pointed out the new Lincoln school building in the Fourth ward as an example of the kind of building which could be built at a* reasonable sum. There is no doubt whatever, but that the people have a better tin- on a writ of habeas corpus. It was believed the other alienists would concur with Dr. Neville, inasmuch as the five examined Remus simul- taneously. Dr. Neville's deposition was tak- en after the alienist notified au- thorities he had t o go to Florida and would be unable to attend the hearing Monday. The physician was not cross-examined and the dep- that it osition was filed. derslandiug of the whole situation. th *janrf it ir*1a*jHte UiasB JMMS. what it t ^! amount of the lowest bid for the v ni ^tuaiiy cott to erect the build- ^^ r \ work is more than the residue of I jnR wn|c|| {hey wert ^ old wculd ^ the original $176,000 and about $50.-, in the ne j gh borhood of $163,000 000 or $76,000 additional would be { Befo^ they get through wit* that * WPf!^ *./*H»J>»«*e the buMdtn$r 4 $i6a,04l> naming * to ^^ to <**, _ , and furnish it. ho ga , d | tt f,ooo. ' ^i- Months ago the claim was made by the committee of eleven that the new city hall could \v built according to the Wilson plans for $163,000. Now that the claim has not been borne out by the bids, it is thought that the taxpayers may not bo in a mood to (spend $50/»<MI additional to have the Wilson plan | put into effect in view of the fact developed several days ajro when a Rome avenue to fresh air blocked by the ! unusual cold wave. The weather ] mmte?/ 1 ^ & C,nclnnali jury ac incoming rush hour crowds. Many ! man promises no relief for New ., - - contractor was h«n Remus was committed to the asy-' to bid on th« minor accident^ and hurts were re-1 York as a gale from the northwest ported but nothing of a .serious na-! accompanied by below zero wcath- ture. er i s expected to hit the city tomor- At the Spring street station an-. row. him of the murder of his wife, Imogene. The verdict made his commitment to Lima tory. mauda- WORLD'S OLDEST STEAMBOAT MASTER; 98 YEARS OLD YESTERDAY Makes Plans For 86th Year of Service on Lake Chaimplain. BtTRMNtJTON, Vt.. Feh. It The world's oldest , active steamboat master, Captain Kli H. Rockwell, was celebrating his J»8th birthday | here today by; making plans fori vania League — Shamokin! re ? Hlre **- tm J,t ] to Bo Transfer- MOTOR DRIVER HITS 193 MILE GAIT ON SANDS the j captained the cejfsively the Adirondack and suc- Ohumplain and the DAYTON A BBAOH, Fin.. Feb. 18. (VV) -Captain Malcolm Camp- bell, British racing driver, sent his Napier \Blue Bird\ thundering over the Dayton-Ormond sands at lO.'f miles an hour in a test run Friday. His speed was approximately ten miles loss than the world record he was attempting to beat. Walsh of Montana as a dry Catho lie to oppose (Snvrtrtior Al Hmith M New York. The Wlllia move was started af- ter Senator Borah had circulated his prohibit Ion questionnaire among candidates for the Kcpuhli can presidential nomination Bo rati WHitlH to place the candidates on record as to the degree of dryness they will represent should they get the party nomination. Thus fat Willis. Curtis of Kansas and Her bert Hoover, the secretary of com- merce Willis answered with an announcement that he would de- mand a strong plank for prohibition enforcement Curtis said he was dry atld always hait been Hoover, generally known as a dry. In now framing a reply which I* ex period to la) made pub He next week Hoon W<>rail plans to Address sim- ilar MitcMtloua to l/owden of Illin- ois and Watnon of Indiana. Wets in the Republican ranks do not Intend to make a fight at the convention against a \mwler- utely dry\\ plank but they do notj-the daughter of Attorney and Mrs. | ducted by the senate want a plank mich as Willis would | Thomas tfpratt <»* this city. ! commerce committee. ! his H6th year |of service on i waters of l^ake Champlain. In addition to his record length i Vermont service, Rockwell has another ! In all his years he has never lost distinction, that of working for the | the life of a passenger and only oldest steamboalt company in exist -j once, back in 1876, has a boat under ence, the Lake; Champlain Trans-' his command been involved in a portatloi| comnajuy. mishap and that was a minor one. Hale ahd hearty, he gave his j cree^l: \I have always lived a clean life and have never been down and out. I have made It a point to pay 100 I cents on the dollar.\ He ,turted hta nnor ae a cabin , 8YnAeTOI!> 7^\„. __ (UP) _ boy aboard Ihe schooner Cynthia „ ' «. ' at SI. Johns, Que., under his eldest' SyracUse recently dropped from tne brother, J. C. Rockwell. At 17 ha contract for build in;; the new city hall and who wrote out his hid at $ir>f*.0<»0 after in- specting the building, but when in- formed that the new city hall was to be construc-ted on the Malls of the old town hall ruins, he refused to submit his bid claiming then that the rear wall of the .structure was caving in. At Friday night's meeting of the council it developed that the north wall is JO inches out of according to Contractor Will Join New York-Pennsyl-1 Wert ; \* »»w™t »»<MT. SYRACUSE TO* ENTER NEW B. B. LEAGUE e.-ist Franchise red. line atid John A. it would to remedy of another listed as a wet. Reed of Missouri, appear to have the upper \hand for the tlfne being at least. There have been reports for some time that many McAdoo tuipport- ers favored Wa(sh of Montana, a dry, to oppose Smith because then the Smith opposition could not In- placed on religious grounds. 'I don't intend to let the move- ment grow if I can help it,\ Bruce Borah has addressed < told the United Kess. \And I will do all I cati to pireveiit it \ A meeting of representatives of dry organixatioriH to consider the Question of dry planks In the pur- and unwaverlur -ties' platrorms af Kausas City and '\\ ---* — * Houston will be held here In about HO days. i GANGSTERS, DEFYING BIG BILL, SAY IT WITH BOMBS & Mmrfdpa! Judge's Home Is, no , l,,, I PI * wan injured. Wrecked and Two Other ° nlv a 8hort timH wrecKea ana jnvo inner ; Sharbaro . 8 home wa8 Places Are Bombed. MR AND MRS BUTLER TO VI8I ER | T 4> INVESTIGATION OF COAL RATES BY U. S. SENATE \WASHINGTON Feb. J8. (UP) A resolution calling for investi- gation of coal freight rates fixed by the interstate commerce com- | CHICAGO, F^b. 18. — (UP)-- j Another attack [was delivered hy ! gangsters last night at the Thomp- i son administration. ! Tho apartmenjt home of Munlcl- j pal Judge John A. Sbarbaro was | partially wrecked by a bomb explo- 1 sion. Judge Sbarbaro and his wife were thrown fr^m their beds, but after Judge bombed, a cigar Rtore owned by a friend of his was wrecked by another bomb. The rear end of the place, Louis Barsotti's smoke shop on the north side, was torn away by the explo- sion. A garage in another part of the city was wrecked at about the same hour by a bomb. Police declared the garage was a hangout for boot- leggers. International Baseball league has officially declared its intention of entering the New York-Pennsylva- nia league. A league vote approv- ed the application of Syracuse and as soon as a franchise can be ar- ranged they will be officially en- tered. It is understood that the Shamo- kin franchise will be transferred. Wheeler Slated For Place On Strike Com. WASHINGTON, Feb 18- (UP) —Senator Wheeler, of Montana, who conducted the Justice depart- ment investigation which resulted in resignation of former Attorney General Daugherty, is expected to, A , be named on the coal strike inves-! m f nt . for anyo,K \ hull of this defect. Therefore it i:;, that sc;i!imc;it appears to be growing in favor of having the council abandon consid- eration of the Wilson plans and adopting a new plan that would provide for razing of the ruined walls and erecting a city modern design. The whole trouble with the citv hall problem, according to the state- ment of one of Ogdr'ii^burg's lead ing citizens, has been, the injection of politics early in the discussion which terminated into bitterness between former Miyor West brook and the committee of eleven Neith- er faction would submit to the other and hence the bickerings, po- litical Jealousies and boys' play fol- lowed. ''In view of ^ subsequent events,\ this prominent Democrat said, \I believe former Mayor West- brook's actions were misunderstood and that he was working all the time for the good of the city rather than for his own political advance- who knows Mr. tigating sub-committee so that he ' Wp8tbrook w ° n realizes that he may conduct the Inquiry, the Unit- ' cloes not Kive a sna P for politics, ed Press learned today. Hls ideH - evidently, was t o build a Senator Couzens. Republican, ' city haI1 of n»«d<*rii design and one Michigan, is slated for chairman-' tmU °e d ensburg people would be ship of the sub-committee. ROPE Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Butler of Leviathan] Agrouncr li * Eased Off By Tide mission was introduced in the aen-! ate today by Senator Sackett, Re- publican, Kentucky. Sackett's resolution calls partl- illtlca will leave that city today for ' cular attention to the commission's SOUTHAMPTON, Kng., Feb. 18. New York city Trom whence they j lake cargo freight rate decision as, _ p reed frorn u j e gr j p 0 ' f a m nd will sail for a month's visit to a subject for Investigation, and | bank, the United States liner Le- iKuropean countries. Mrs. Butler is proposes that the inquiry be con-1 vJathan fs ©xpectjed to maintain her \ \ , - , \ — J L - interstate, 8chedule . ! The ship on .. :•:,-.•-.••• l.„ . - . • «•.: * . .. , . ' •.<;•• t '> u ' • > > i H i • . **.\ • .ih•• n.\. . • ! -> 1 ••-,,. mkm*-- which Commodore Harold A. Cunningham was mak- ing his first trip as master ran | aground on Bramble Bank, a soft j bar, when entering port. ! Three tugs tried futllely to pull her off. Finally the flood tide eased the vessel off and she dock- ed four hours late. Among the passengers was Ba- mon De Valera, Irish Republican leader. HERMON BEATS HEUVELTON MOUNTAIN-VALLEY LEAGUE IIRKMON, Feb. 18—The Heuvel- ton basketball team played here last night in a league game with Hermon, the game ending 25 to 18 in favor of the locals. The game was cloee until the final few min- utes of play. Tonight the Hermon and Lisbon teams play a league game here. proud of.\ Growing out of this misunder- standing, \the city,\ said this gen- i tie man, \has been placed in an iin- I enviable position nrtt only among j the sober minded people of Ogdens- | burg but has been made a loke of I throughout northern New York.\ j Evidently, in the minds of the ! people the time has come to end ! this silly quarreling and for sound \ and substantial business men to 1 take hold of the matter and bring Thus it can be seen that the sen- timent which clustered about the old town hall is fast disappearing. The two years the ruins have stood an eyesore and disgrace to this beautiful city, has resulted in new ideas being formed which have de- veloped in the great change of opin- ion for a modern, 20th century building in keeping with the city's progress and advancement. PROPOSITIONS TO BE SUB MITTED The propositions to be voted oil follow: ^ 1 Shall the city issue bonds iu a sum not to exceed $75,000 to be added to the present city hall build- ing fund of $153#>00 to build a city hall under the Wilson plans 2. Shall t^e $24,0X0 hereK f .re raised to purchase the site and sal- v.-ti-e of the old town hall be trans- ferred to a fund with which to pur- chase and install furnishings and equip.'nent in the city haU building.. ?, Shall the city issue bonds in the sum of $40,000 for finishing an auditorium in the city hall build- ing. 4 Shall the city issue bonds in the sum of $10,000 for purchasing and installing a tower clock and bell in the city hall building. HAMSDKLL ONLY OPPONENT The resolution was introduced by. Alderman Ralph Morissette. The vote was seven &> one. Alderman M. B ftamsdell voting against it Alderman Ramsdellj declared that in his opinion the amount asked was too high and might defeat the whole proposition. Alderman R H. * McRweu presented figures showing that a total of $236,662 would ho required to complete and furnish the proposed tjullding if const met- <d under the Wilson plans. Alder- man l^awrence Cuthbert also dis- agreed with Ramsdel). Alderman William Doe spoke In favor of let- ting the taxpayers decide the course the council should pursue. Alderman Ramsdell read a com- munication from John A Wert, low- bidder, which stated that he would accept the contract at the figtire he had submitted up until 10 o'clock .-! Saturday night. This means that Wert will withdraw»his bid, as the , special tax election will not be held until March 6. \. ELECTION ONLY RECOURSK In opening discussion on the c\tf hall matter, Mayor W. Allan Newell emphasized that the council could * not legally award the contract an the amount of the lowest bid was higher than the residue of the orlg-' inal $176,000 appropriation. He de- v clared there was only one thing left for the council to do and that (Continued on Page 3> j. jr ; J] # V)/ r <<? t o> ItSfilr
