Sandusky Register (Newspaper) - December 6, 1931, Sandusky, Ohio ASSOCIATED PRESS S B B V 1 O B The Sandusky Register Do Your Shopping Early And In Sandusky g Oldest Business 182 2-More Than A Century In Your 10 9. NO. 2 9 1. DECEMBER 6, 1931 P R I fl E CENTS DAILY IV 1 U XLi CENTS SUNDAY W. Theater Is Courtroom For Monday W. Dec. 5 -Ir an opera within a block of was born and on a stage where George once F. will go on trial for his life 45-year-old Lothario of the Ridge hills is under Indictment lor murdering two women and three children In an elaborately with subterranean li chambers at Quiet will tried only the slaying of Mrs. trained he is accused of luring from her home on a pretext of j inK and taking her big ranch View Death Scene today poked through the dark where the five as the opera house equipped the of its history with the Huge Don Juan as the principal twelve jurors as the critics and hundreds of townspeople as the a stage once trod by celebrated a liench was being for Judge John C. were being built for the jurors who will be selected from a oi 7a farmers and business Tables were put In boxes for Twelve hundred seats In the pit were dusted off for tile Powers eat smiling In a as he read newspaper accounts of tlie He showed no when told Prosecutor AViU C. would demand that he be conducted a nationwide love correspondence dozens of Itas argued his attorney a plea of Confession he once a brief he now actual were committed by two suitors of the two and Mrs. Aata Buick Park 111., J. ICd defense has Charles Rogers and Cecil men and as but W. B. tonight said he had found no trace of although the search to He he had up the are on the list o but none is an which has led to the supposition a plea of Insanity will not be A letter Powers Is alleged to have sent his wife after his advising her to testify at his is to he one of the Important pieces of Colored Man Says He Wrote Ashland Extortion Notes Dec. 6 W-A purported solution of the blackmail plot against Mrs. T. W. of a prominent Ashland was offered today by the of James 23, that he wrote the threatening letters which Mrs. Miller received several weeks authorities doubted the colored man's story and said they found several discrepancies in It. The letters received by Mrs. which threatened the kidnaping of her 8, led to the arrest of Dr. Ira R. Mansfield Although he denied any connection with the the case was to go to the present session of the grand Action of the grand jury was deferred today confession was made at a police station here where he had been halted enroute to the state penitentiary to begin a 10-year sentence for a filling station Newsome formerly lived In RECEPTION MONDAY NIGHT OPENS GRANGE MEET SLAYER TO GO ON TRIAL SOVIETS WRECK FAMED CHURCH TO BUILD PALACE Ashtabula Man House of Worship Felled By Valued Art Collection Dec. 5 - The Cathedral of tiie one of Russia's proudest was blasted Into a heap of ruins today to mahe way for the palace of the of the great stone which has been going on for was completed by dynamiting that continued well after lights were used that the workmen might see what they were It was a difficult for the walls of Moscow's largest house of had a capacity of 10,000- and it was to use small because of the close proximity of Resembled Shelling nightfall only two of the five domes left standing over the the whole which previously had been stripped of priceless art looked as if it felt the fury of wartime siege Work on the palace of the a is scheduled to start the first of the The wrecking of the which met the fate of hundreds of other churches as a result of the Bolshevik was carried on behind a 20-foot board fence lining three aides of the park on which it was the But it was plainly from the other side of the Moscow the fourth boundary of the All traffic within an area of several blocks was suspended throughout the Tramcar schedules were disrupted and motor cars were required to take long - ' Judge s Drive Dec. 5 of a old quarrel Was blamed by police tonight for the deaths tonight of Mr. and Mrs. of this Coroner C. C Webster said Winters apparently Kis wife and then committed and Mrs. had been separated for some Mrs. Winters visited her husband on and left her three fit a store while she went riding with him in his A short time the bodies of the couple were found in the A revolver was on tho Funeral services will be held Mrs. Winters probably wilT be In a cemetery The husband will be buried In AITO Dec. 5 Running Curtis 6, killed instantly when he was struck by the automobile of Martin of near - and with Id north and west portion rain to Snow and LOWER - Moderate ruin or the last 24 hours snow and rains have occurred in the Jake the upper valley and New Temperatures fallen In the Atlantic states - - region while and the lower they have risen lake over the northern plain and western LOCAL 34; on same date last 46;,lowest temperature 32; on same date last 37-precipitation on same date S a. m. 66, noon 82: sup rises 7:42-sun sets 5:03. W tlon p. Si 36 30 10-.12 36 16 4 0 22 62 52 6 0 66 o 40 0 0 0 Miles 34 16 68 34 4 44 36^ 0 St 58 44 4 S. 18 2 10 60 46 8 St. S. 50 40 13 34 24 8 ME. 39! 0 Against Gangs Dec. 5 than 140 men had been seized tonight and one gun skirmish between the police and gangsters fought as Judge continued his drive to smash the notorious gang of west side Seven of those under all alleged members of the were said to have been linked with the band affairs Judge Borrelli personally The war take away the of the was ordered by Judge three days He announced he had the of the gang In disguise and learned of organized thieving a gambler of notorious was one of those seized during the He requested a jury WORKER GHT Dec. 6 Ohio river was dragged today for the body of John 38, of missing Government employe working on a dam above COUNTRY'S LAWMAKERS ASSEMBLED Members 01 C o n See Session Filled With Dec. 5 - A divided against itself and encircled by will its sessions Monday under a 2nslon keyed to the restlessness of troubled A program of tax and bank reforms at Its will be the goal of legislative politics and prohibition will provide the for ceasing party majorities will make every forward step a tedious process of and Unless somersaulting fortunes the Democrats will organize the House and the Republicans the but by margins so delicate as to real control in either The choice of John Garner of Texas as the first Democratic speaker since Champ Clark still was dependent tonight on the almost unanimous turnout of his party Gamer Virtually In the reelection of George H. Moses of New Hampshire as president pro tempore hinged on an effort to placate the rebellious western insurgents whom he once called of the wild The House must make its decision at for It cannot function without a A final roundup tonight gave promise that one of the 219. Democrats will be present At least one of the 214 Republicans whose candidate is Bertrand Snell of New Is certain to be J. Will 111 In has been forbidden by his doctors to come to Into power with Garner will go a full slate of Democratic agreed upon unanimously today at a cheering party Henry T. of survivor of a field of a half dozen original will become the floor and after a dozen years of Republican control that branch of Congress which originates the laws controlling Treasury pass over to the Senate Won't Hurry The being a continuing can take Its time about The dispute over probably will be put off until on Page 12, Col. 2) 'the says LOCAL urged to attend reception for Grange members Monday night and at which Governor White will Dr. MacElwee sees Sandusky as port of ocean boats with completion of St. Lawrence Building projects liere and in counties will materialize In coming Sandusky still has distinction of being leading fresh water fishing port. GENERAL New sharply opens Monday facing session of slayer to go on trial in West Virginia theater Red-haired girl bandit and male companions elude sheriff after bank Lowell famous speed dies in crash while seeking new record at SPORTS - victorious over Washington invited to play California in Tournament of SPORTS Big Seven teams will start season this ' Norwalk fan recalls how rivalry between Sandusky and Bank close season with and elect JOHN McSWEENEY DR. W. Hunting Victim Dec. 5 38. was killed today his shotgun discharged as he fell from a of HIGHWAY REVEALED Dec. 5 state will improve 650 miles of highway in 1932, the highway department announced The work will Include 300 miles of new SPEED RECORD DEATH Lowell Famous Burns When Plane Dives at Detroit Dec. 5 the record he has persistently sought during the lost month almost within his R. R. crashed to his death at the this afternoon while traveling at an estimated speed of 300 miles an Bayles was only 75 feet above streaking over the 1.8 mile course a yellow as one observer described when the plane started to dived in a short arc and struck the landing on its The motor broke loose from the plane and rolled 500 feet across railway Into The plane burst as It In his was found seVeral feet from the a column of smoke rising from his He apparently had been killed Three Theories Held Three theories of the possible cause of the tragedy were One was that Bayles may been overcome by monoxide gas In the closed one that the ship caught fire in the air and another that the three previous attempts Bayles had together with other unofficial may have weakened a An air speed Indicator tube which was attached to one of the wings was found on the course 500 feet from the point where the plane This gave rise to the theory a wing may have broken Bayles was trying to better the world land plane mark of 27S.4 miles an hour made by Warrant Officer Bonnet of 31, was a native of He learned to fly in in 1923. He won International repute when he captured the air trophy race at Cleveland last beating some of the world's best known Pilot Breaks Record On Cuban Hop N. Dec. 5 New Jersey's own speedster of the tore out of the south Into a deepening twilight late today a few minutes behind tJie Havana to New York record of Capt. still a bit ahead of flying time for a round trip to the Cuban The performance of the N. J. pilot waij made possible by the southbound mark he established on a hop to Havana last On the basis of all Reichers eclipsed round trp flying 31 Elden Reveals Plan For Huge Airships Dec. 5 Plans for construction of airplanes rivaling the German for travel were announced today by John A. former commander of the Ohio American STORMY LITERARY DEAD Wouldn't a home of your be the ideal Christmas present for the Keep your eye on the Keal Estate Columns of the Register and for excellent Dec. 5 today quieted the leonine roar and stopped the virile pen of one of the unique modern poets of the English speaking Vachel Lindsay is dead at the age of 52 ' He died the city of his at 1 o'clock this morning from a clogging of the coronary Tonight his body lay In the Lindsay homestead where he wrote the poetry that made him famous and In expressing his he wrote of Springfield remade In Golden Book of exponent of the art of the motion art Y. M. C. and his interests were varied jind Time alone will determine the manence of his place In literature but no book of modem poetry had neglected Ten years ago his particularly Booth Enters precipitated volent fanned later by his Fe and Much of Lindsay's characteristic poetry his peculiar rendition and rich and powerful qualities of his He regarded himself as a and read his in a chant that he called He opposed gny attempt to put his verse to saying it was music in Because so much of his Important verse depended upon his continuation of Its popularity has been questioned and recently Columbia where he put ou Page 12, Col. 3) Taber Are Speakers At Public Gathering First Business Session Set For Tuesday And Continue Until Registration For Delegates Will Be Started Registration of more than 2,000 delegates and visitors expected here for the 58th Ohio Grange gin at Hotel Rieger this Both Sandusky and county residents are in. an effort to make it the most enjoyable and successful convention both from an entertainment and business standpoint in the whole history of the Sandusky's welcome will be given at a public reception to be held at the Junior High school Monday Grange sessions will begin Tuesday The Granges have for weeks to provide J. TABER H. These men wUl play a prominent part in the State Grange convention which will be held here on Wednesday and convention opens Monday night when gather at the Junior High School to welcome Grange delegates and Judge Savord will preside at the reception and and Mr. National Grange Master Tuesday evening Dr. president of Ohio State toill speak at the Junior Mr. Director of Welfare for the State of is scheduled to address the Grange Girl Male Aides Elude Sheriff After Bank Job 0., Dec. 3 red haired girl bandit and two male who today held up the Bettsville Banking Company at Bettsville and escaped with had been traced tonight to a lonely farmhouse in western Sheriff George with a party of reached the close at the heels of theri only to find it Inquiries about the Sheriff Burkett revealed the trio had departed shortly before arrival of the The search throughout that section was carried on but without success Sheriff Burkett said he had received information that led him tq believe the hand was from northwest Ohio and had its headquarters somewhere west of The blond of hair and pretty of walked Into the bank G. O. P. Leaders Drop Fight On Bankhead Seat Dec. & doors were swinging open tonight for Senator Bankhead of as Republican leaders virtually abandoned to challenge right to take the oath of Republican announced that probably no move would be made to prevent him from taking his seat found they could not get a report through the elections committee by that He probably will be pending disposition of the contest against his The was not Chairman Hastings of the sub-committee which had been considering the contest brought by former Senator J. Thomas may submit an informal report on a move against the Alabaman would be markets at a glance YORK Stocks rails and utilities Bonds rails and Curb utilities firm Foreign Canadian dollar at new 103.1 Cotton trade Sugar Cuban Coffee Europen Wheat strong cash foreign buying of bullish weather smaller contract - Cattle Hogs this morning backed by the guns of the two Simply she aroused no suspicion in the minds of the two bank employes until sho handed H. W. the a note a it Paper money was Davidson and were kept covered by two men who followed the girl while the money was handed to The employes then were ordered to Ho on the floor and the bandit trio fled to their License plates on the police were Issued to a Findlay automobile dealer who is now visiting In The robbed of about a JAPS THREATEN REPORT Dec. 6-(Sunday)- Rengo dispatch from said there was unconfirmed report from a Chinese source at that General Hon commander In had final notice on Chang to withdraw his Chinese troops west of There was no confirmation of such an ultimatum at Japanese war dispatch said the deposed governor of Manchuria had been warned to withdraw his troops on the ground that of Chinese east of signified an aggressive against the The dispatch appeared to have been censored and several sentences was taken here as an indication that It had been referred to military headquarters for approval before it was forwarded to for the delegates and One of the features will be a Rose Drill put oh by 13 girls from the various which will be used in connection with the conferring of the Sixth Rose Drill is a courtesy to the Those forming the drill arc the Eloise Marion and Evelyn a 1 of Milan Arlo and Marie Graves of SAYS SANDUSKY WOULD BE PORT TO BOATS Dr. MacElwee Hears Congress Will Soon Have Treaty For St. Lawrence Shipping at present plying up and down the Atlantic is not only of the proper size for navigation of the Great but Is already looking forward to a completion of the St. Lawrence the idea of cruising these inland seas every summer cruises from eastern and Atlantic ports into great and delightful summer Dr. Roy 8. MacElwee Is authority for this He has recently been in communication with some of the great lines and they are evincing a decided In the idea of linking up fresh-water cruises with their salt-water The passenger and freight ships Of the coast lines are fine modern At the present time their season is fall and winter with southern travel from the northern The opening of the Great Lakes waterway would bring entirely new into the world of It would reverse the traffic that is now the heaviest and bring the south up Into cool and sparking waters In Dr. MacElwee is confident that when the waterways project la this will be one of the first Innovations that will He arrived In Sandusky Saturday on his way back east from the conference held week ia participated in by governors of eleven where he was one of the principal speakers on the He states that reliable information comes to him that the U. S. Congress within three weeks will have before treaty with Canada over the construction of the St. waterways and has will be speedily Only about 20 miles of canals and locks are necessary to complete the whole navigation problem and which would make a port of call for ocean Helen Holzhauser of Mary Musette Drummond and Georgia Traut Perkins Grange and Mclntyre of Huron Grange 4\ Mrs. Zella Bragg of Ije the pianist for the Juvenile Grange 4^ Huron Juvenile Grange No. 438 confer the Juvenile degree at the Knights of Pythian Hair Wednesday at 3 p. and all Fourth Degree members become honorary members at meeting by the Initiation Many have already expressed their desire to take the gree In order to see the on the The Juveniles had their final practice at the K. of P. Hall morning under the direction i Mrsi C. E. Swanbeck of their James Ruth Beatty of Public Welcome Local residents will welcome the delegates and visitors at public reception Monday night In the Junior High School building starting at 7 Sessions of the Grange which begin Tuesday will not be open to the The only meeting which the public may attend Is the reception Monday night and It Is not a Grange meeting but Is * by local citizens show their appreciation and It of Governor George Loula J. master of the National Walter F. of the State Grange and E. H. Savord of the common court will be the principal Ackley's the Sandusky High School the dusky and the High choral will be on the Big Fund Cleveland To Lose Republican Meet Dec. 5 opportunity to play host to the Republican National convention next year appeared dwindling for Cleveland today with announcement by the Chamber of Commerce that the guarantee had not been No of the amount raised was but It said by the committee In charge that most likely sources of funds had been canvassed with adequate Reason for the lack of enthusiasm is the belief among business men that the Republican party will be in accord on its nominations and adjourn the convention In short GOAL THE Dec. 5 Workers in relief drive tonight had raised exceeding by the campaign UNUSUAL MALADY BOY'S FLESH TO HARDEN 5 im 10, of Slab near was taken to a Cincinnati hospital today from an physicians said may be The son of and Mrs. Hartzel has been imder treatment by local physicians a swelling and of the noticed In his spread to other parts of his The physicians said they were unable to the They believe a entering the body in may have caused the - The parasite which causes looks like an eel when a It been to appear in the blood when the patient sleeps and disappear entirely If he remains o The disease Is tropical and sub In some Instances It causes or great swelling of the according to medical The parasite Is a nematode similar to that causing liver luke in Medical authorities also believe Is inoculated by the of the but nematode parasites also ara able to penetrate the The disease Is related to which a man months ago at the City Hospital at first said he had caught while a missionary In His story was later Juvenile Grange was the solo parts Were sung Ruth Dorothy and Arf Instrumental Was furnished by Dorothy Alcher Raymond The marching candidates were Betty Richard and Raymond The Huron Juvenile Grange was organized last March with a charter membership of 23. Since that time it has more than In in addition to its honorary Meet Lasts The meeting here will last fpt three Wednesday The reports of the various committees will be heard and Including the Fifth and conferred upon a class of expected to exceed 000. Rieger will be have been set aside both at the and Sloane House for guests abd more than 1,000 in i homes in the city have been listed and inspected for their Registration which will begin at- 6 p. m. today will be in charge of girls supplied by the Chamber of While some delegates will begin arriving today the bulk is ' not expected before -i of the the organization of the i will form a welcoming Signs pointing the way to ' have been posted on Routes 3, 4, 12, 13 and 101, beginning 10 miles and at designated on Into the The signs bear the In many local stores havd i on Page Col. 1) MANSFIELD SEEKS RELIEF FUND IN SPECIAL Dec. 5 | special unemployment winter relief fund will be sought three-day drive to begin H. head ot Mansfield community chest Announced The money will be used j for relief purposes In an attempt lessen the heavy upon community fund May but which has been found quate to meet the Brown said a survey showed 4,347 family pendents who are in of WEATHER 0.. Dec. S Weather outlook la tto week of rains In south and Id north at week and from to or and
