Portsmouth Times (Newspaper) - June 17, 1931, Portsmouth, Ohio Thursday rr in extreme and er- west portions HOME EDITION 1852 VOL 38 NO 74 Called PORTSMOUTH OHIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 17 1931 36 PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS Today Cheer Says Babson Some Speeches And Plans Long Sermon New Car Coming Von will be to hear that W liabson who told us in pci that we were just stepping ou bi downward bound now trade is on the upgrade He thai we have seeu of our troubles mid that u ity is coming greater thau ended in the autumn of HOOVER'S TOUR AIDS PARTY IN NEXT CAMPAIGN Politicians Look Al age As Spreading Of Republicanism MANY FRIENDS MADE Hoover Dedicates Harding Tomb president agrees that ile prediction and Wall cheering up a little hope renewed prosperity dues it may come with a rush Lill experience f Hoover's speech in on Monday began bis for presumably he taid about plans for the ii increase in next JO years was well as anybody that at present is -ix or million people n ui work now rather than the that will be boru there seems to be no for six million idle unU the next best thing is to and carefully for come yet would plan to fyr the not arrived I and thousands of new city thousands of factories b lo be followed by plans of railroads add uf wiles of highways and install a grow per cent the President will plan d I ur part of that work now would gladly move from lu new and better :'..rn- As for the new colleges for this i ii would be if built now to work ilir appears to be with the many and 1 presume Idea is an infection from of the five-year plan which Russia is r herself from 10 years of and as readers of history it is to bet self from 500 years of and misery Misery did not Russia with tlic arrival of 11 It existed under Ivan the and those that preceded followed ilii sermon record has Washington D C o The D of i a President Strengthens Self By Frank Statements In Marion Speech BY RAYMOND CLAPPER United Press Staff Correspondent TRAIN to field 111 June if to draw from a Republican party shrine inspiration for the battle Just ahead resident Hoover set this day to spend in surroundings for- ever identified with Abraham Lincoln and to dedicate the remodeled tomb of the great emancipator The pilgrimage was regarded by some as of the public acceptance of facts for it lowed closely the address at an In- chicken dinner where lie made Ills most binding declaration of he basic Republican protect interested in the petty ries of parly politics during his long years abroad Mr Hoover returned to United States to embark on a cal career barely a decade amid some ns to Ills political tions After public speculation tinned some time it was announced in 1920 tlint he was a of progressive leanings and unsuccessful in obtaining the presidential Domination then Mr Hoover taken into Hie Hording cabinet against the opposition of some old line Republicans around and more in response to de- mands from business men ami liberal minded loaders Had Many Even In when be was seeking the presidential tion his Republicanism was assailed by some Republicans among the most vociferous being Gov L of Illinois his host for today who was then work ins for the nomination for former Governor Frank O den of Illinois So today arm in arm President Hoover and Governor with bygones ns dead as last year's hoped to spur on lican sentiment In a work which Decent political statistics pear to indicate is worthy of strong hearts and hands for Illinois last full elected a senator James Hamilton Lewis by a majority memorial Associated Press shows President Hoover a wreath on tho fi torn dedication services at Marion O Calvin assisted in tile services Harding RAILROADS ASK FOR INCREASED Petition Of All Roads Sub- mitted To Interstate Commerce WOULD YIELD MILLIONS Claim Change Necessary To Gain Fair Return On Investment Fly The Tune of the United Stales today pre- sented lo the interstate commerce commission their for a in per cent increase in freight rated ns n of meeting the emergency caused by the decline In revenues Last Thursday the executives of eastern western and southern ronds meeting in New York city finally de- to request the blanket Increase designed to annually OOd tu cross Income As evidence of their desire for without undue delny the car U.S ENDS RULE OF AL CAPONE Dynasty Of Underworld Leader Overthrown After Years Of Hard Labor By Government Prohibition And Special Income Tax Agents SCARFACE PLEADS GUILTY FOR FIRST TIME Attorneys Advise Him Not To Attempt To Refute Huge Pile Of Evidence Amassed Diligent Task Of eminent Almost Completed In War BY Associated Press Staff Writer CHICAGO June groups of men working methodically ly pouring over bank records following beer trucks mill clutching at straws accomplished what all lie gangs in Chicago the Capone dynasty Hack of government's victory msuiiis-t sensational spite Ilio surrender oC the lender Alphonse is u story ot the attention to detail colorless work of many Notables Gather To Pay Honor DEFENDANTS IN The story of the men who got the evidence Al pleaded To The Memory Of Lincoln Reconstructed Tomb Of Gieat Emancipator In Springfield Illinois President Hoover Only Speaker On Program little over V2 hours The Or A F Futterer 00 years fuelled a sermon hours long Monday the Kcv rutterer lived on juice nothing else whereas ate mutton chops and took his sermon D Lasker has established investigation the -t because of their vitamin enormously to energy that Chrysler the man has spent ready to invade the a four cylinder car v time it Hikes courage u a new automobile out courage been one of Mr 1 of drouth comes from and Canada is a K may increase tlie value o r already stored away and farm board get a price for i i help unfortunate farmers 1 King Worshippers Lynch Man On Church Beam News Service CITY June today lynched nn for j M address from church of n to a re- was si rung t a i women and part in the lynching priest and several i wore by tht Temperatures m U a m I Continued On Three ASK PROBING OF JUDICIAL COUNCIL Claim Association Of Jurists Accepted Contributions Unlawfully Ity The COLUMBUS 0 June tion calling for an investigation of the judicial council of Ohio nn of jurists and barristers which Is now conducting a survey of judicial administration in Ohio was before the house of representatives today The resolution introduced by Hep K K Kins Vint on county charged the council of which Chief Justice C T Marshall of the state supreme court is ttc directing has been accepting and soliciting contributions from persons and firms who have litigation before the court propriety of this situation King asked for the ment of a committee of five to in- the activities of the council and other nancies joined with It in the study of judicial administration said the council was allowed in 1021 and despite a section of law limiting its disbursements to a year and that it is now a substantial appropriation According to KInc funds were for survey in which it is now Tho resolution provides thai the in committee shall file a By K Staff Correspondent 111 June World notables foreign diplomats governors of several slates stale ex- and members of the Illinois state joined with dent Herbert here today in tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln The Occasion was the of the tomb in Oak cemetery The ceremonies which Mr Hoover delivered the speech with the exception of an in- address by L of Illinois marked UIL completion of a program tn make the tomb one of the world's outstanding shrines for advocates of liberty i The tomb has been closed lo the public for months while workmen carried out provisions set out by the Illinois stale legislature which to beautify it Outwardly In general outward appearance there is little change In the ment since it was dedicated by dent U S Grant in except that it has been given an air of newness and a terrace bus been created it the entrance to the tomb where a bronze head of Lincoln by has been placed on a ite pedestal The greatest change is in the in- architectural skill under the direction of State Architect Hammond former president of the American Institute of Architects IMS combined to fabricate a rotunda con- and the sarcophagus chamber One of the main features of galleries is nine Lincoln of depicting Lincoln at stages of bis career All are handiwork of internationally famous sculptors At each of the four corners of the central unit there is one of these about three feet high resting on a pedestal in a niche Diagonally across from each of these is a statuette in a similar niche Work of These si at net I es represent tho work of Daniel C French Fred Torrey Leonard le Lorado Taft Weinman and the late gustus Saint Saint is of Ids famous standing Lincoln at the en- trance to Lincoln Park lu Chicago One of French's is a bronze of the original model for his statue In tlic national Lincoln SCHOOL FIGHT FILE DEMURRER County Board Takes Action Against Injunction ed Elected Group EVIDENCE SUBMITTED On NEW ANGLE GIVEN IN Evidence Shows That Beau- ty Frequently Used ing Potions The NKW YOKK lime that Starr was a constant user of sleeping gave a new OHIO VETERANS Parade Before First dent Since William McKinley Uy Tlie COLUMBUS 0 June marched In review before President Hoover Ohio's Civil veterans attending the Grand Army of the public reunion turned their attention today to the election of officers and the of next year's meeting place D Adams Cincinnati was ed to succeed W A land as state commander Cincinnati was for the next incut President Hoover was the first chief executive to review an Ohio U A H parade since thj veterans before William Only about half tf the 300 veterans here for the renr ion look part In yesterday's parade The others en- and bent with nue on from scats near the stand or rode in automobiles Hearing Held Tuesday On Plea For Writ Of damns Injunction Defendants In the injunction suit of the duly elected school bnard against the county board of education filed a demurrer to the petition in common pleas court The suit Involves tl last attempt o fine county hoard ami E 0 Cowen county school superintendent to oust the elected hoard by ing u new school dis- trict by incorporating a section of Vernon district within the district Evidence in a suit filed by J Hudson to enjoin the school hoard from awarding a contract to build ti to J Loren Hobinson was submitted to Judge K McCurdy In common pleas court Tuesday afternoon Arguments will be submitted the court in brief When ousted from office by the county board on a Saturday the elected hoard filed an suit In common pleas conn the following Monday Indue K McCurdy granted he elected board a orary Injunction restoring the elected board to power and ousting the McCowen board The demurrer filed Wednesday Is the first action of connly board taken against the injunction suit Tilt demurrer merely said that tho petition does not state facts sufficient In constitute a for action In a supposing tlie de- murrer counsel for the county board several sections of law and sums recommended Unit the sion's Investigation of their tion be of a limited character for Iho purpose of whether the new schedules should bo allowed to effective without the day suspension usually ordered when rale revisions are made If this procedure Is followed it is unofficially pointed out It will probably he early autumn tho necessary can be completed and n decision reached Howls Face Tho brief asserting that the roads were confronted with nn emergency threatening impairment of their financial resources and their capacity to assure flic public ance of efficient nnd adequate said Increased revenues would yield a yearly railway net opera tint Income lo less than four per cent on the value of their property Thn fair return prescribed iy law is per cent but during iie first four months of this year application said tlie return had lo an annual hasls of -.24 per cent for the class one carriers In rather than attempt to refute thai pile of evidence In a single word repeated two he paid eloquent to those dence gathers Their work resulted In charges that he evaded taxes on a six-year Income of and that he and US others conspired against tho prohibition law at least times One group of men behind Iho dence has been dubbed the It consists of eight young prohibition agents headed by old Eliot Ness They gained their name because licer money could not buy hem off Their activities have lu for high praise since the conspiracy Indictment Director Woodcock nt ington has promised an and report to commend them SIGN CONTRACT FOR SURVEY OF PROPOSED CANAL Cleveland Finn Will Make Report On Prospective Tonnage WILL HURRY WORK Men Will Be Put To Work It was per cent Earnings Continued On Page Fifteen ELIMINATED One Measure An- other Dies In Hands Of Committee Ily Thn June house taxation committee today Ml one and failed lo give cient votes to report out another de- signed to lux chain stores in Ohio The committee killed the measure of Fred Myers H of Toledo which wan modeled after tho Indiana law recently held constitutional by United States supreme conrl The was killed after it hid failed In ob- tain sufficient votis for a dation lo the bouse ruder the Myers sliding of taxation was provided starting at a year for single si ores and ing a maximum f for each store over by Not The oilier group responsible for he two income tax indictments Imd he less spectacular or ferreting out the sources ol gangland incomes Agents of the Intelligence nit of the revenue bureau illil its work A delinquent Income tas return fil- ed by iu started their of gang finance and touched oft the fuse that lilow most of the ers Halph older of the chief nnd a In the mi n delayed statement In showing that lie wed the for Uie years 1023 nnd He hen filed saying ho did not have Unit mini hut could compromise with the government by payment of 1.000 The Intelligence null was to Investigate Agents found that At Various Places Along Route was made here Wednesday that Service Inc of had been awarded a contract to make n complete aspect I the investigation ropy of its report with the Justices of the supreme court and the Ohio Slate Har Association I I H I I I I I I I II I II III A M 71 i iw Clear TJ Ml -U Tn i Partly ins 1 mil I is LOW 1 ss i Finally Done To TIlp HILLS Calif June glad to see Mr Hoover and Mr Coolidge finally after years of go out and cate the Harding Too bad they waited till Ohio looked politically doubtful and the odd thing about it is that they both owe presidency to this man's If In- bad lived one would have retired as an member and the other as just another cv vice president They ought to have been just standing for it lo be ished in order to do their part for there was certainly nothing to be Ashamed of in being there Harding was the most human of any of our lute presidents There was more of the real every day man In him If he had u weakness It was in trusting his friends and the man that don't do that then there is something the matter with him shin nuff by friendship is not a memorial to leave Yours Will Rogers her dentil District Attorney N and Stanley girl's to abandon the ler theory William ii druggist f West Orange N 1 said Starr often purchased from id in No prescription is necessary in Now Jersey The formerly lived In West Airs under Jet tier New York city has Joiind a trace of sleeping in Miss Stanley K admitted had a sleeping ly but claimed It nothing for Winston and Jark desires from them mation as to movements on -I tlie day before her Her body was found in the water off Long 1.0112 Island f- Tot Attacked By Rooster Attacked by an infuriated rooner three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs lip of HMO Cherry suffered three long deep on the legs and had a row from serious injury Tuesday The child was Inu in I be yard in rear of her when attacked by the fowl Mrs who the screams of her daughter beat roofer with a hoe company The lil 11 of Charles Severe Earthquake Hits Tokyo Japan The TOKYO June severe hit Tokyo Ht o'clock night causing tens of thousands nt to run Inti streets and gardens The shook down household ornaments but so far as he learned there no damage On TAVO SLIGHT INCREASE Eight Million Dollars Added To Billion Dollar Loss In Treasury lly The June linii dollar federal deficit over today early nf the second in- come tax The deficit nt as with on the preceding The I be close of that tiirly tabulations brought the second ter Income tax lo First day's In the first were n June A Inventor received HII honorary of duclor of laws at the Mount college A rluss of Sit lustus D of providing a tax of JUT store on of from to five stores and for chains exceeding five to receive sufficient votes for ii It ably will not considered further during the present session the com- Indicated each store In stores failed BANDITS1 VICTIM DIES OF WOUNDS Murder Charge To Be Filed Against Bowman Gang At Wounds suffered when iu a Klin battle with bandits nt port Monday afternoon resulted In the death of Louis 10 who Hod Wednesday morning In a nati hospital was shot In the leu by a bullet from an army rifle when he to n posse The bone was splintered Sheriff John Xcu nnd lohn Houston first degree der charges will he filed against Howard nnd Cornell three after bank robbery In a running gun fight Howard lias called a grand jury tn the had assets far in excess of Ills offer Hint on the day he submitted the of- fer had on in one Chicago federal leaped in- to n search for further assets of Iho recalcitrant found them worth Capone wus tried convicted and to three years In prison Iu working up to the Ci case agents found gangland to he u complex thing con- other lending gangsters was uncovered The curd to take iu many of these acters The city 11 nd the nation found prosecution for income tax violation to be their most effective weapon tlie Html Al was more nny nf the He dealt almost en- tirely In currency His were I lift of various under- the rarely taking form In He kept no records no bank executed no notes held no stock openly had no real estate In bis name cry of his many was an ex- tremely difficult task iu Itself Twenty-five men in the Chicago office assisted hy from other states spent much of their time for Ho months before United District Attorney K A son who had won every gangster in- come tax case said IIP lo go This was only the ment U was prepared Iri prove of his actual were left to press and public The muss of evidence so great that Capone after conferences with Ills attorneys that to have lasted three days decided for flip first time his life Miy guilty trial survey showing the flow ami perspective of foreign nage that nmy hauled over tho bargu canal wus awarded nt a meeting of the Great Lakes nnd held the Noll House In Columbus day It will he complete in every and will be used to the of n canal route from Portsmouth lo the Great Lakes No has been elected for this canal anil this latest survey will be taken to convince en- It Is a more feasible and would handle a greater amount tonnage than any other route proposed While work will begin at this end a group of other men will start from Great Lakes this being perfected to complete the in the quickest possible lime H J Curtis bend of the Curfis Service Inc was in Washington Wednesday and conferred with the board of army engineers relative to the new survey which includes all points between Portsmouth and A Fisher vice president ot the Service inc was ill I'uilsmoiith Wednesday anil held JL conference with Vaughn A Ort Thirteen Boys And Here Is Another Ot Those Interesting And Educational Coloring Contests Prizes Are Offered f nc other will eo tu Times e you are boys ami Full will be as tin oner B by you recall the to how the picture Is lo IIP colored or Kirl In the on which 1 i i i 1.1 i i i i Here color contest The Portsmouth Times conducted a few years At that time tl birds that nil boys nnd girls know so well were Iho subjects of the contest Now The Times Is to con- duct another this time of all the popular will be printed for hoys and girls of Portsmouth and vicinity to color The contest will Sunday in The Titans This picture will be of a mole And with the will story of the mole by Col Pol A general of zoo nre sonic SO of these to be colored and by the time the contest lo nn end every youngster In the Portsmouth district will know ill about animals Prizes will be given each week of coloring sets Onu will go to tlic Portsmouth New nr boy or girl who sends In tho best colored outride of the city who sends in the bent specimen The following rules must be lowed In tbi contest muM not be more than years old With their colored drawing they submit nume address nge and school All work must he done by the themselves All drawing must fent to the Color Contest The Is At Hie conclusion of I he contest five prizes of beautiful and complete outfits will be awarded Hit hoyh and Kirls whoso work IB ing the contest Iu Thursday's editions of Tbe Portsmouth Times hoys nnd girls will learn where they may fee col- ored the In tlie contest Watch for Thursday's Times FALL HAS LITTLE HOPE FOR MERCY Statements Made By dent Indicate He Will Not Intervene Ily WASHINGTON lunc i Full apparently bad no hope for today UK 11 result if the remarks of President Hoover In dedicating tbe Memorial at Marion Ohio The former secretary of the inter nr in Harding cabinet In referred to Mr Hoover praised Ci Harding nnd denounced those who him Vail at El physical examination to whether he is able to serve a yew In prison for his conviction of receiving a bribe from L wealthy oil mart tn the ing of government oil lands He alnn fined His efforts to 1 tvp his conviction not aside failed when the supreme court refused to review his Continued On Fifteen IS Acquitted Of Stolen Property Despite Admissions A 111 common pleas court lifter acquitted George fin of receiving and concealing state charged sold wuv stolen by Wiley Negro from Virginia ply Co pleaded guilty to Hie t lu-fl and was sent t prison showed that Diamond through nnd procured lo the said admitted selling tbe but claimed he did not know they wen stolen The case IB very unusual in that fact tlint nnd Wilson charged with aiding and abetting to receive and conceal the were by the At their trial the court sniff t IK to prosecute and when the principal not Wilson nnd were Indicted and case ignored hy the grand jury which resulted in u conflict between Continued On rage Fifteen LET US SEND The Times TO YOU WHILE VACATION Phone 2900
