Oshkosh Daily Northwestern (Newspaper) - January 13, 1931, Oshkosh, Wisconsin ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS The Northwestern SIXTY-THIRD YEAR Phone 8000 Family HOME EDITION OSHKOSH TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 13 1931 Phone 8000 PRICE TWO CENTS HOOVER ASKS FOR Denver Heiress of 13 Lonesome Takes Night Out Bleeding Feet Put an End to Wanderings in Suburb Where Chauffeur Finds Her and Has Her Cared for in Servants Quarters By William H Bailey United Press Staff Correspondent Humphreys 13 one of Denver's richest girls and described by her mother as a ly little girl in a decided on a night out last night She it and before she was restored to her mother's arms today one of the most exciting searches for her supposed kidnapers Denver ever had seen Alice was tucked in bed by her parents Mr and Mrs Ira Boyd Humphreys when they left for a party shortly before 11 p m Alice decided she too should go out for the night She put on her hiking outfit con- sisting of overalls a sport shirt a light weight brown jacket and ing oxfords She failed to put on her stockings and therein lies the story Alice wrote her mother a note ad- vising her not to worry Then she downstairs carefully ing awakening her grandmother the widow of the late Col- A E Humphreys oil multimillionaire and the staff of servants RINGS DOORBELLS She started out ringing doorbells along fashionable Seventh avenue The night was cold but Alice's its were high and she wandered far before her shoes rubbed blisters on her stockingless feet spirits lowered as the blisters raised Finally her feet began to bleed and she became confused and dazed she was unable to lind her way home Alice wandered to the estate of Thomas Hoel Lawrence in clair a suburb which she recognized as being the home of Jack rence also 13 and a friend of hers THREE CHILDREN PERISH IN BAY WHEN ICE BREAKS Superior dren Doris Murray 16 her brother James 14 and Claire 14 drowned when they crashed through the ice on Allouez Bay here The children were skating just ahead Of Mrs Cecil Murray mother of the two dead children when the ice gave way The mother made futile efforts to save the trio It was then 1 a m While roaming around the grounds she encountered William Beckwith the Lawrence chauffeur who thought she was a runaway from a nearby orphanage with took Alice to the servants Continued on Page 4 AL SMITH DECLARES G 0 P COMMITTEE OWES HIM APOLOGY E Smith Democratic presidential candidate in 1928 has written Senator ner Democrat New York saying the Republican national committee owed him an apology for ting Robert H Lucas to distribute copies of a wet cartoon a false statement Lucas executive director of the national committee has testified before the senate campaign funds committee that he personally paid for the cartoons and had them dis- in Nebraska against ator Norris Republican ent and in other states against Democratic senatorial candidates Former Governor Smith's letter was read before the Nye committee today on suggestion of Senator Wagner a member of the tee been following the mony before the Nye committee con- the cartoon entitled Al idea of Smith wrote The text of it has been laid before me I find that the whole cartoon hinges on the ing To my mind the Democratic party will soon be in control and will make this a happy as well as a prosperous nation The Democratic party is always looking lor the common good and opposing oppressive laws and sumptuary This statement which purports to come from me as of Aug 21 was never issued by me At that time In August the Joel Parker association of Newark N J was holding an annual reunion and dinner I re- fused the invitation to attend the dinner but on Aug 19 some over- enthusiastic admirer of mine sent a telegram to the association and signed my name to it My first knowledge of it was when I saw the newspaper headlines quoting me JOHN PHILIP SOUSA TO BE OPERATED ON Progressives Expected to Re- elect Perry to Speakership in Assembly While the Senate Hope of Conservatives is More Promising lican control of the state senate was indicated this afternoon when ators Peter J Smith Eau Claire whose position was not known and Eugene Clifford Juneau elected as a Democrat attended the sive caucus preliminary to the ing of the legislature tomorrow Their votes are expected to mine the organization of the upper house whi Progressives have a clear majority in the assembly late this afternoon and tonight were the last preliminaries to be faced by lators before convening Wisconsin legislature here row noon The Progressives were scheduled to meet during the afternoon to select their choices for speaker of the assembly president pro tern of the senate and other legislative of- fices Conservatives announced they would meet this evening Holding a clear cut majority in the assembly Progressives are ex- to reelect Charles B Perry Wauwatosa as speaker tives can scarcely to make a bid for the speakership but tions are that they will support one of their group rather than vote with the opposing faction MORE EVENLY DRAWN In the senate where battle lines are more evenly drawn Sen Walter H Hunt River Falls will probably be picked by Progressives as their choice for president pro tern ator Hunt presided at Republican state platform convention here last fall Conservatives believe they have an excellent chance to retain control of the senate and the outcome of the upper T LAST PHOTO OF OCEAN FLYERS house's organization indicate Baltimore Philip Sousa band leader who has been in the Johns Hopkins hospital here since Saturday under tion today in preparation for an op- on his left shoulder The march king for years has suffered from a congenital dislocation of his shoulder and the operation by Dr Dean Lewis surgical chief of the hospital is planned to overcome the ailment The operation will be formed later tbk Gov Philip La strength in the legislature C E Schafer chief clerk of the assembly has no formidable tion for reelection but in the at O G Munson Viroqua bent will find opposition from Robert Cobban Madison and Oscar Olson Monroe both of whom are affiliated with the Progressive tion The post of in the assembly apparently lies be- tween Col Charles F Moulton who served during the past two sessions and former Assemblyman G Chippewa Falls and Charles R Garey Edgerton the ter two Progressives C A Leicht New Lisbon former senator who professes Progressive support and Emil Hartman with Conservative backing will fight for the office of sergeant-at-arms of the senate MANY OLD FACES GONE Many old time legislators will be absent when the legislature con- venes The 1930 elections swept 49 new faces into the assembly and disposed of eight senators to fect one of the most extensive changes in personnel in years Two assemblymen in the last William H Edwards Sussex and Philip E Nelson to the senate Organization of the two houses is expected to be completed to mit Governor La Follette to deliver his message to the legislature Thursday Vote 353 to 4 is the Measure of Support After the Various Steps of Between Measures to be Reconciled Outlook layed drought loan appropriation reached the conference stage in congress today a after ident Hoover appealed to the people for a relief fund Democratic efforts to open the question of food loans to farmers to general discussion and a vote in the house were defeated by 215 to 143 This issue has delayed the 000 measure for more than a week The next step was committing the to conference on the senate's amendment which would provide with which farmers of the drought area would be to purchase food for themselves and their families Both ans and Democrats joined finally on a vote to disagree to that nent Differences between the ate and house measures now will be The president's appeal was bodied in a formal proclamation ailing on the public to build up the relief fund for distribution through he Red Cross The president said that unless the fund is provided many will lack the of life He expressed confidence there would be a prompt and generous response de- mands on Red Cross funds have been greater in the last four weeks than thoy were in the previous four months Here the last photo of Mrs Beryl Hart noted woman flyer and her flying companion Lieut standing on the pontoon of their plane at Hamilton Bermuda before on their transatlantic They are believed to have been lost in storm enroute to the Azores DEMAND BY DEMOCRATS The house vote was preceded by a demand for Democratic ranks that the membership be permitted to ex- press itself on the senate ment Democratic Leader Garner said his colleagues were anxious to get the measure into conference but also wanted an opportunity to vote on the food loan provision Representatives LaGuardia Re- lowa Supreme Court Reverses Decision DCS Moines Iowa supreme court today reversed the conviction of George Huckins mer cigar store and baseball club owner at Cedar Rapids on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses from Emil Huckins was convicted by a jury in the Linn county district court last March as the result of the tion by himself and of a mysterious financial venture which investors testified paid dividends of 26 and 52 percent FATHER'S APPEAL PENDING The father Elmer S Huckins of to the supreme j court has not been passed upon The case was remanded lor re- trial The younger Huckins had been sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary Levsen a former major league publican New York and Sabath I convicted last Democrat Illinois objected Hls in its entirety asserting it discriminatory Sabath said there was 10 times as much in the cities as on the farms LaGuardia criticized the Red Cross appeal on the ground the entire amount was intended to be spent in rural states After the way cleared for a con- ference tho New York tive proposed that the house con- be instructed to agree to an amendment to provide that the 000.000 food loan fund be made available for distribution in all tions of the country The house vote to send the sure to conference 353 to 4 baseball pitcher now operating a creamery at Springville la ed witli The two first came in- to the spotlight more than a year ago when stories of fabulous dends they were alleged to have paid investors were printed throughout the country LEGAL ENTANGLEMENTS In December 1929 the case be- came in legal AIR TRAIL BLAZING PLANNED BY COMPANY L E Gale company of Shanghai American importers of aircraft have an- plans for a solo airplane flight between China and the Philippine islands to pave the way for permanent aerial com- A biplane with a 110 horsepower motor probably will be used for the Immediately LaGuardia moved to i At that instruct the conferees to concur in ter of Cedar Rapids filed suit the senate amendments providing for food distribution with an amendment eliminating all tions as to classes occupation or residence of persons entitled to re- the food provided for in said senate amendment RULES AGAINST LAGUARDIA Chairman Snell of the rules com- made a point of order against the LaGuardia motion on the ground that the gentleman is trying to do by indirection what he would not be allowed to do by direction under the rules ing the with operating a gigantic scheme to defraud He asked return of he invested with them Another suit for was filed by William Speas manager of the Cedar Rapids baseball club of the Mississippi Valley league He sought return of that sum on behalf of himself Charles younger Huckins cigar store partner and Fred Dubuque Baseball club owner Information furnished by Speas Speaker Longworth ruled the land Roys lor caused County Attorney Guardia amendment was not in or I Carl to file true in- i formation against both George and The provisions in this apply Elmer Huckins charging they ob- to various areas in the United States and my amendment is in said LaGuardia He cited numerous authorities to sustain his point Representative McClintic crat Oklahoma moved the house conferees be instructed to concur in the senate amendment At the demand of Representative Parks Democrat Arkansas a roll call on this question was begun at 2 p m It requires about 30 minutes to call the roll PLEADS FOR DIPHTHERIA IMMUNIZATION GIVING HISTORIES OF 80 CASES plea for from diphtheria of all dren over 9 months of age was made by the communicable disease bureau of the state board of health today The bureau reported that in 69 of 80 fatal cases recently studied no toxin antitoxin had ever been ad- ministered for immunization while in 67 cases the use of antitoxin as money under false pretenses CONGRESSMAN SAYS COOL HEAO OP DAVIS PREVENTS BLOODSHED New story of an American congressman who posed as a Panamanian and marched with mob that unseated President Arosemena in the recent revolution was on record today Returning from Panama yesterday with a congressional party headed by Senator Roscoe C Patterson of Missouri Representative Robert H Clancy of Detroit said he saw the president and his wife pushed into the street on Jan 2 12 hours after he had been presented at the ace I took off my hat and Mr Clancy said ruffled my hair to look like a Panama peon and marched in the center of the to the president's palace and the only American citizen a treatment was three days late In who saw revolution through three eases the doses were i The wild men among the Sentence to Long Term in Prison Vacated contention of Guy that the trial court which sentenced him to from 20 to 30 years in prison was in error was accepted by the state court today and his sentence was vacated Convicted of a charge of assault with intent to rob or murder rugini sentenced July 23 1930 by Municipal Judge Calvin Stewart He was accused ol being accessory before the fact in the felonious assault and robbery of J G eler attorneys brought the case to the supreme court on a writ of error contending that neither of the two counts set forth any cause of action and that the state failed to prove assault failed to prove that an assault was made with a weapon and failed to prove that he was armed The same contention was held by Jasper Luitze Chicago who was sentenced for the same crime with The supreme court also accepted the arguments of his at- According to the state's attorney at the trial and conspired to rob the jewelry store brought Finny 20 and Alfred Schulz 20 from Chicago to commit the robbery the tor said ROPE AND REVOLVER Although and Schulz committed the robbery was accused of placing a revolver and rope in the automobile used during the commission of the crime and thus became an accessory Schulz and were sentenced to a term of four to six years in the state reformatory Attorneys for and contended that their clients were erroneously sentenced for using a dangerous weapon because the gun used in the holdup was empty The supreme court ruled that this contention was correct and that the judge should have sentenced the defendants on the count charging them with aiding and abetting in the commission of the robbery We are constrained to the court said that since Schultz was not armed with a dangerous weapon as defined by the decisions of this court it was in error to sentence the defendants to an indeterminate term of 20 to 30 years The judgment and sentence of the municipal court of county the supreme court decision said in conclusion is hereby and set aside The warden of the Wisconsin state prison is hereby War Department Directs Level of Winnebago be Restored to 21 Inches Above Crest of Menasha Dam in Interest of Navigation Sanitation Effective immediately for the summer season of 1331 the level of Lake Winnebago will be restored to 21 U inches above the crest of the Menasha dam The change in the lake level has been ordered by the war department of the United States in the interest of navigation and also for tation and health In the lower Fox river valley The war department's new ing chanses the maximum level from 15 im lies above the of the Menasha dam increasing that level by slightly more than six inches The level has been in fect on the lake for seven years That agreement became effective in March It was secured mainly through the efforts of the Association for the Relief of High Water an organization which has fought all efforts to restore a er lake level In a communication addressed to the Appleton chamber of commerce I H Payne assistant secretary of the war department CALLS RETURN ADVISABLE Experience during live last seven years in which the lake has been regulated under a maximum tation of 15 inches above the of the Menasha dam indicates that a return of the old limit of 21 i indies is advisable in the interest of navigation It also appears that sanitation and health would be improved by the return to the limit Instructions arc accordingly be- ing issued restoring the old tion of 21 indies above the crest of the dam The effort to secure restoration of the higher lake level ed several months ago by an of mayors city engineers and other city of 1 trials of the along the lower Fox river from through to DC pure The initial petition was tiled at Washington D C by the city of Kaukauna OTHERS SUBMIT PETITIONS Other cit.ie.s submitting petitions Com- Little Chute Appleton and were Wrightstown Kimberly In the resolutions it was pointed out that last summer cities of the lower Fox river valley were al by a bad odor arising from the as the result of low TO INCREASE GAS TAX OFFERED TO MINNESOTA SOLONS St Paul to in- crease tho stale tax on gasoline to 4 cents a uallon was introduced in the house of representatives of the legislature last night The present tax is 3 cents In 1930 the tax produced for the state highway fund It WHS estimated an tional annually would be received with another tax E Mitchell Chairman of National City of New York Optimistic in His Annual Message to Stockholders York In his first public statement concerning ness conditions in a year Charles E Mitchell chairman of the tional City bank said today that unquestionably this country ing forward In bis annual message to holders said 19110 a year of debt paying on a great scale which necessarily means curtailment of pure liases and a check upon Bui it also that when this policy run its new and on PaRC 4 FAIR AND COLD Sun Rises Sun Day's Sets Length Day Jan 13 By Associated Press and colder night Wednesday fair and ued cold Lake to possibly strong northwest wind snow flurries tonight and possibly Wednesday Summer homes along the river route it was declared had to be abandoned because of the stench Several cities including ton were unsuccessful in efforts to obtain satisfactory drinking water from the river In spite of all esses of filtering the water re- a repulsive and unpleasant taste it noted It was emphasized in the petitions that such conditions due to low wa- ter menaced the health of residents alone the river The Association lor the Relief of High Water which ters at Oshkosh lias opposed all efforts restore a higher lake level BLAMK POWER INTERESTS The association has claimed that the water power interests of the Fox river valley are behind the movement to raise the lake level and have worked on that program for selfish mercenary reasons Back in 1923 the lake level was asked as a safeguard for riparian land owners who have sustained due to the high water levels According to leaders of the relief association the lower water level has protected the riparian land owners adequately The petitions to Washington D C sent by the cities ol the lower Fox valley emphasized conditions of the summer of 1930 which was a season of unusual drought REPORTER IN JAIL DUE TO CONTEMPT Sweetwater Tex George Parks newspaper reporter son of a Baptist minister and a former star athlete at university was in Jail here today on a contempt sustained buying power will appear in all markets Gradually the new conditions will make themselves felt A new state of mind also will be developed more sane and con- than that which ruled in the boom period This altitude of mind i likely to be reflected in the bond and curity markets even before lie in- recovery perceptibly un- der way AS MUV AS Mr asserted that while at the moment there is little lor a prediction ol a speedy re- covery judging by past experience It would seem that the volume of business has fallen low as it is likely to go that replacements may be expected at least to maintain the present level and that as in- take the measure of tions with which they have to deal a revival of activity will gradually The of his statement ing on the business situation related to the cause and a compari- son with pa.M which led Mm to assert that the business tion is ready to function more promptly and with greater cy than after any other major LIQUIDITY MAINTAINED Discussing the National City Mr Mitchell said the net earnings of which had previously been announced were less than a year ago but the difference could be more than accounted for by the lower interest rates In such times those through which we have been passing a high decree of liquidity has been con- of than large far more importance earnings and at con- stant sacrifice of interest rate liquidity has Keen maintained at a degree than recent years lie said PROBLEM OF THAT OCCUR IN CHURCHES Mexico itan police today had a problem of church robberies on their hands One of the boldest of recent ups was perpetuated Sunday by two bandits who staved for hours pan apparently praying Fund to be Used for Relief of Sufferers Necessary Owing to Exceptional Demand on Resources of Organization During Past Four Weeks Washington D Hoover today called on the people to contribute a minimum of 000.000 for the relief of drought ferers ft was in a formal proclamation I am sure that the American ple will respond to the Red Cross appeal both promptly and he said The demands on the disaster funds of the Red Cross Mr ver said have been far greater in the last four weeks than during the previous four months This brought about the necessity for a material increase in resources BURDEN IS DOUBLE In some parts of the stricken areas the chief executive said small communities have been affected both by the drought and general business depression The Rod Cross has been called on to take care of sufferers in these communities as well as in purely rural sections The additional asked combined with what of the set aside by the Red Cross some time ago appears to President Hoover to be sufficient to meet the demands Unless the is raised Mr Hoover said many persons in the country will lack necessities of life PROCLAMATION TEST The president's proclamation To my fellow must be a very material increase in the resources of the American Red Cross to enable it to bear the den which it has undertaken in the drought area and smaller com- over 21 states during this winter Within the last 10 clays the Red Cross has liad to increase the rate of expenditures to an amount er than during the entire preceding four months The American Red Cross is the nation's sole agency for relief in Mich a crisis It is meeting the de- mand and must continue to do so during the remainder of the winter The disaster reserve of the Red Cross which was pledged to this emergency last August is not cient to meet the increased demands CONTRIBUTION IMPERATIVE It is imperative in the view of the experienced directors of the Red Cross that a minimum of at least be contributed to carry the relief program to completion The familiarity of this situation due to months of press reports of Its progress should not blind us to the Tact that it is an acute emergency nor dull our active sympathies vard our fellow countrymen who are in actual want and in many cases will lack the bare necessities of they arc provided for As president of the United States and as president of the American Red I therefore appeal to our people to contribute promptly and most generously In order that the suffering of thousands of our fellow countrymen may be ed I am doing so with the supreme confidence that in the face of this great humanitarian need your re- sponse will be immediate Signed Herbert Hoover LIGHTED BUOY TO MARK LONG POINT SOUTH OF OSHKOSH Northwestern Washington Bureau lighted buoy will be placed at Long point on Lake Winnebago to aid navigation in avoiding the reef there as a result of Rep Michael K Reilly's work with the bureau of lighthouses of Commerce Representative Reilly called the situation at this place pointing citation District Judge Fritz R Smith ordered Parks imprisoned for When the sacristan went to lock out that boats run upon the reef that up he informed them it was barges the numerous launches to go whereup the men attacked on the lake and those participating bound and gagged him and the annual regatta arc hampered locking the church door proceeded the reef is not properly to loot the church of all the marked to aid navigation ables they could carry away The priest found the unfortunate sacristan several hours later but apparently too late to pick up the trail of the thieves Six small churches in the vicinity of the cap- ital have been rifled similarly the past few days GIRL LANDS UPPERCUT ON JAW OF THE HOLDUP point is nine miles north of Fond du Lac on the west side of the lake The buoy will be placed afc an early date the bureau promised tie congressman 400 GO ON PAYROLL and in eight cases the im- to kill the colder flight which will begin here Jan history of the patients and Mrs Arosemena with all Daily 17 It will proceed to Canton 800 was not ascertained In 14 cases the the ministers of the cabinet Had Time miles south for refueling and then j await favorable weather for the 650 mile trip over the Pacific to nila G W Brophy of Los Angeles manager of the aviation division of company pill was too far advanced at time the American troops taken part In 7 a m of discovery to permit use of anti- toxin as treatment Exactly 34 of the victims were un- der 6 years of age the bureau re- ported and 23 others were between tbe aces oC 6 and the affair on the side of the Pan- government every official would have been murdered our minister Roy Davis kept a cool head and the danger was t 1 p m Temperature in 25 Grand Rapids less than 400 men will be placed on the I payroll of the De Motor company M h 1 the date of for- i mnl opening it WPS announced here to a jury indictment Ruby 27 wa halted by Norman De Vaux president Smith said he had warned way to grocery by two of npw Upper Michigan Snow tonight three days for writing an article for and possibly Wednesday morning i The Reporter Calif publication of the information youths onr of worn pressed a IT- A identified with Cloudy i pending arrest ol the person in- against her Miss Potter cars Snow From Observatory Sunday 8 p m to Monday 8 p m 32 mini- mum 21 Precipitation 04 wind dieted Mil lard Cope publisher of The Sweetwater Reporter moved a cot into the cell for Parks use vided him a typewriter and laed him stepped and landed a on Mr De Vaux said will start work thc armed one's jaw He fell and as she continued to pummel him his companion fled The victim ran away when Miss Potter went to summon about March 1 duction is to be stepped up M idly as possible with an output of 200 cars per day as the goal
