Zanesville Signal, The (Newspaper) - April 26, 1937, Zanesville, Ohio J Prints the News THE ZANESVILLE SIGNAL VOL NO 306 MONDAY APRIL 1937 THREE CENTS OHIO CASE SENT BACK REPORT SHOWS SHORTAGES IN CITY Fox and Mick Cited For Deficits In tery Funds of were found in accounts of City of in a lengthy report filed with the state bureau of accounting today by r Examiner John H copies of which have been distributed to city FranK U former director of Greenwood la responsible for 71 of this the re- port reveals The audit covers the period from March 1935 to June 1936 In all city accounts save the cemetery and thia covers the period from March 1935 to Sept 1936 The examiner said Fox and M R a cemetery had collect ed the money from the sale of lots without turning it in Fes also was held liable for an additional collected but which he later made restitution Concerning made by the examiner col- and deposit of cemetery charges when made by M were so made as to preclude any dis- claimer of knowledge therefore or evasion or responsibility therefore by Frank L Fox director of Greenwood Findings for and re- also were made against Fox and R H a cemetery for overpaid compensation The examiner also reported that the Law Library association had been overpaid by and asked return of amount to the city Other minor items n the shortage were found to be to duplication of payments on invoices and have since been When it was apparent that there discrepancies in the Greenwood cemetery Fox was relieved of duties there Later charges of embezzlement were and when found guilty in common pleas court here last he was ed to a term in the Ohio tiary Concerning other city departments investigated during the audit the ex- were profuse In their praise of the efficiency and accuracy found William E former city and Cecil W in- were highly praised for their The report stated City Auditor Henry Stemm and his Miss Mary Snider impartial and watchful of city's interests In all transactions and that everything had been found legal and up to the ex- acting standards of state system of accounting Miss Bess Byrne commended for her accuracy in the handling of municipal court affairs and the ords there were set forth as a model for other similar offices in the state Council records were found properly kept and filed Mayor Wetherald WRS commended for the cooperation he gave the ex- in delving into the city's financial and was highly com- for the aid and assistance Denhardt Unworried at Murder Trial Two daughters of Mrs verna Garr Taylor are pictured at outside the courtroom of New where they testified ther mother had no reason to commit suicide as claimed by Brig Gen Henry H left charged with murdering socially prominent Mrs his indicated no as the courtroom picture was snapped The two daughters arc Mrs Allen H- and Fiances Taylor Between them is Dr E S Garr COMPROMISE ON Laundry Truck Driver Now COURT LOOMING In Forefront of Murder Case Four Justices Appears Best Plan Now Open For Contro ersy April tors who declined to be quoted by name said today an administration spokesman had ing the supreme court dispute by authorising four new but had turned down suggestions for only There also was R possibility Uic ment or on the evr of the senate Judiciary com- first closed session to voting on the The ure would permit appointment of six new justices if members over 70 do not retire A possible supreme court decision today on the unemployment ance provisions of the social security act and on validity of supplementary siate observers might have some effect before tomorrow's com- session Arguments were heard April 8 and 0 There were no signs of an court would f announce at noon whether it would pass on old age Commonwealth Carefully Guards Young Man Who Drove Widow Home From Business House out the pension provisions the act before ed affairs at Greenwood cemetery Arrest Couple On fj Charges of Forgery for the summer Opponents Indicated they April identifying themselves as Mr and frs Joe W Bush of Canton were un- anest here today as officials necked up on forgery charges on in six Ohio towns Police Chief Gail Sesler said the r cashed a check for at a sat and then tried to tried cash one for like amount at a said Canton when in- icd of the raided the Bush at Canton and found 600 alt for 40 Staler said each checks bore the forged of an Insurance company and that had printed on a press found In the said forgery charges against couple were on file in New Sandusky and Ravenna planned to confer today with cutor Robert Hastings on rr charges should te filed t the pair or whether be turned over to one of ier towns ih gave his age as and Mrs as 24 Guilty Pleas to With Strike Conn April H president of In federal court today to a of a federal law a strike at the with Rand waa Pearl head of ft New York who also entered innocent indictment charged Rand and th sending some 57 men York to to in- peaceful picketing and conduct cf the strike of Signs Guffey April today the marking a mpi stabilize the j i through fling alone would fight all modifications in order to lores a test on the as it stands The opposition strategy will be to seek Hist to split the presidents into two separating the supreme court issue from to speed up judicial processes Senator van said he would ask for an early vote Check-ups of committee members present attitudes indicated that not more than nine were prepared now to vote to report the favorably If the committee should split ly along these there would be a 9 to 9 sending the to the senate without recommendations Some members said there was little with the present lineup in the for a favorable report on any court legislation unless the president step in with a promise acceptable to a majority of 18 Thia was regarded as however New April Chester youthful laundry today stepped into the forefront In the trial of Brig Gen Henry H Denhardt who Is charged with k 111 In g pre Mrs Verna Darr Taylor The driver of a truck lor the laundry operated by the year-old widow was Injected into the trial by the defense Tho Special cutor J Ballard Clark has in- the joung to talk with and efforts to locate him have been futile witnesses have testified J frequently drove Mrs Taylor home from her a lew blocks dis- tant Tho commonwealth carefully guarded the young man and even the people of La where he have Joined to prevent men from seeing the young man Tho introduced the name into the testimony early last week but since has not referred to him Adding further to an- other special Wirt Saturday denied the state waa inter- ested in Woolfolk but the next day Clark said on my tions stayed in Wirt Turner's aJl day State experts featured today s court room activities They were called by the commonwealth to back up con- tentions the on the general's overcoat were blood A new angle entered the case over the week-end when the state Congressional Party Weathers Bad Storm April con- gressional party returning from a tour cf the Virginia peninsula ed if somewhat day after riding out what marines said sue of the worst spring storms in Chesapeake bay history Some members of the party ed minor injuries Many were ill ship of a carrying Vice dent Garner and nearly a hundred senators and camo in on schedule but the flood tide and winds delayed It an hour and a half in docking Debarkation Anally began about 7.30 a in and who had gone through the storm less disturbed than was one of the first to go ashore The ship ran into the full force of the gale almost immediately after leaving Old Point where for two days the and their families made ters while touring the peninsula mated John T of the police would give a practical demonstration of the paraffins test to the Jury Tests made of both the and Mrs Taylor's hands by the policeman and according to his Tailor's test was negative while that of the general was JUDGES GATHER IN OUSTER SUIT O April 28 Judge P presiding at a Ecioto-Sandusky court Scaring on a petition to oust ruled today to bar all arguments respecting the of the directorate Tho Conservancy seeking removal of the charged that the districts first board was forced to resign and that the present directors were cd for political The court docs not care to hear argument as to why these directors were said Judge Duncan as lie opened the hearing with hts 16 fellow judges of the district The court appointed them and MOVEMENT FOR PREVENTING OF MAJOR STRIKES President Intervenes In Threatened Railway Walkout Washington April President Intervened today to prevent a strike of 000 railroad and shipping em- ployes In the New York metro- area He appointed an emergency board of three to try to work out a settlement Queenly Queen they have functioned We are inter- d in hearing only why they should or should not be A motion by directors to strike out most of th t matter contained In the association's petition W S counsel for the read their answer which a general denial The answer government moved today to that the district had entered a con- Contemplated Strike of Busmen Quite Annoying April ran Pa April The tion of Thomas C former Cleveland prelate of the Roman Catholic church who has been ill for mere a reported a threatened strike by 030 busmen which might bring a major transportation while the city Is Jammed with coronation crowds Officials of the ministry ol labor's conciliation department scheduled conferences with members of the traffic and transport board and representatives of the Transport and General Workers union They at least to get the busmen to agree to a truce until ter King George Is crowned May 12 The government feared that if busmen adhered to their announced of quitting work at mid- night Friday the dispute might spread to the city's streetcar and subway workers fee contract with the Reese Engineering company of but denied It was for the purpose of obtaining exemption from supervision by the United States army engineers construction of dams and voirs contemplated by district Mud and Only Output of Explosion Mo Wells tossed a match to the ground near the mouth of a pipe leading to an underground gasoline un- used for 17 years Mud and pebbles bubbled from the pipe Then the a few feet exploded Wells Is well He hurt The Associated Peace negotiations were under way today to end labor disputes in two widely separated cities Personal intervention by President Roosevelt waa expected to prevent a threatened walkout of railway clerks and freight handlers of metro- New York A fight between rival workers unions balked efforts of the national mediation board in Washington to effect a settlement A truce agreed upon by both each wanting to represent the will expire at noon day The president's ob- take place be- fore a walkout becomes effective At Governor Frank was scheduled to meet representatives of striking Stockton cannery workers and the Cannery Workers un- ion in the hope of ending a old involving men Dudley union and J Paul fit representing tho were to confer with the governor at a morning session The Richmond assembly plant of the Ford Motor company was to resume operations today after be- ing tied up by a short sit-down strike which closed the plant Friday The settled in- union charges of tion against members of the United Automobile Workers and refusal by the plant management to meet with shop stewards Following a conference with Ford Ed A W vice understanding has been cd as to the relationship of the ance committee to the management and has been accepted by both Questions regarding union tion went unanswered Whether men would work on the Parker dam at Ariz depended on orders from eral authorities at Washington It is understood the C I O de- manding a day wage Increases and the right of workers to bargain col- Shoe plants In Iston and Me resumed op- today Sixty-four thousand workers in 19 factories went to their Jobs through cordons of meted National Guardsmen while toward final settlement of the general strike progressed At General Motors their answered the call of whistles early today and trooped back to their benches ey haa won pay raises and shorter hours in an agreement ed Friday Strikers even asserted they had gained company recognition of their the United bile of although the accord specified It was between of Canada the employes of the company at The men Mid women quit April 8 Ohio River Rising and Flood Fears Increase O April Swollen by steady rains over the the Ohio river waa rising toward flood stage in the valley at tho rate of half a foot an hour day E M Ellis At dam No 8 said the was expected to rush over its banks in here day about 3 a m at 33 and dieted night inches today The river at 9 a m had passed the mark and was rising ly under the pressure of Beaver Beaver river and other tributaries The stage will exceed 35 feet here at noon Warnings were issued to houseboat owners and lowland dwell era at Smith's Jethro and near here and W day by lock officials A queen who looks the part Is lovely Ellen pictured here as she donned the diadem and royal robes designed for her reign over Kentucky Derby parade and ball before the annual turt classic at ville May 8 WINDSOR WINS Publishers Com- Agree to Take Volume Out of Circulation of crest of 43 Tuesday The precipitation was two April Duke of Windsor uon from his of self-exile today a right to have a British book about him taken out of circulation publishers of It was not only took the volume from English bookshops but wrote the duke a note of apology That upon the demand of the former who legal action unless amends were made by today The action by the publishers came on the of tomorrow's ex- of the six tion necessary to make the divorce of Wallis Simpson final under English law Six months ago in the ancient town of the can fiancee of the Duke of Windsor obtained a preliminary divorce decree from Ernest Aldrich and started tho momentous which were climaxed by Edward s tion in December Her within the next two will take the necessary legal steps to make the decree final Then Mrs Simpson will be completely free to marry the in after the coronation fanfare for King George VI has died down for the it was learned to day read passages of i at only recent h He was for some of the phrases accused him of ruddling and while he was on the throne Geoffrey wrote the book Immediately Edward instructed his London A G to take vigorous action Allen issued a ultimatum to the William an tion by today unless the book were withdrawn and an apology Issued White Edward and Mrs presumably made their wedding brother who the Ohio Supreme Court Order For Refunds Reversed By High Tribunal State Must Institute Further to Determine Value of Property April court sent back to Ohio today for further proceedings tion brought by the Ohio Bell Tele- phone company in protest against an by the state public utilities commission directing it to refund to Its for to 1932 inclusive Justice cardozo delivered the ion of the court which reversed a de- by the Ohio supreme court proving action Cardozo said it would first be essary for the state courts to tute further proceedings to determ- ine value of the physical commission contended that the amount of tbe refund constituted excess earnings it fixed as fair rates of return per cent for 1925 to 1929 six and one-half per cent for 1930 and 1931 and five and one-half pet cent for 1932 and 1933 Under the valuation of the Intrastate portion of company's property was fixed at of 1925 Later valuations were de- termined annually by applying a price trend percentage to the value for tho preceding year and adding the net additions Ohio Bell contended the method of fixing the valuation no weight to reproduction cost and was on secret which the company was allowed to amine or New rates for the beginning April were issued by the com- mission last Jan 29 It said they resented reduction of ed of approximately per year and that Ohio Bell had con- sented to the cut The supreme court also declared unconstitutional In 1871 Georgia law prohibiting insurrection against the tinder which Angelo Cincinnati negro Communist sentenced to an IB to 20 years penitentiary term Justice Roberts delivered the 5 to 4 decision holding that the law lates the guarantees of liberty em- bodied in the 14th Justice Roberts asserted In con- his opinion as construed and amounts merely to a drag net George succeeded Edward celebrated his 14th wedding sary with Queen Elisabeth There a quiet family luncheon at Windsor Union Carpenters Build Home In Day's Time Port April of speed AJI a courtesy to Mrs Bryan widow of a fellow union the carpenters union built her a house in a day's time Construction was begun at 8 a and finished by Forty carpenters did the work Squeeze Plays Aimed to Push Through Legislation April 26 assembly girded to en- ter late today the throes of ing and squeeze play Incident of bills before ad- Sine die adjournment was set for May 10 These tactics to flare open tonight following tho return of legislators from a end recess nil bought evidence of them was recn last when thr from its judiciary com- a to reduce the life of de- from 5 to 2 yeans TVs had the t the commuter to report It out for consideration One of the most intent lights of the session Is anticipated In the ate oTer the biennial state budget approved by the houce at The new group of the upper chamber Is demanding a reduction and plans to offer a substitute biil to carry out tts de- In addition to thr proposed COO saving in state operation the plan of the ncy group contemplates additional of approximately in Ilcjuor highways and other Activities not Included in general expanse budget total budget for all including earmarked according to Sen Horace W Baggott one of the group Ls To finance expend l he said there would be total of Baggott the new group's budget would finance all state activities And provide In addition sufficient funds for relief There have been rumors that the ex en if It withstands the as- sault of the new may get into a play with the of parochial and private school These unverified reports were that parochial school may attempt to block of any budget until house has had opportunity to vote on the parochial school The house education committee voted indefinite postponement of the to provide a state subsidy of 500000 a year for pri- vate thus barring the ure from coming to a vote in the The senate had the Legislative leaders also anticipated the Income tax group may against senate on in effort to force tWh upper chamber to act on the in- come tax which the approved Such attempts In previous failed to force the senate to icW DEBATE FEDERAL EDUCATION April catea cf federal aid for education In- tho today an placing wholly In the hands of states the determination of methods for expending any funds lotted to them The on which the house cation committee will resume ings would appropriate the first year to help the states finance their increasing the amount an- until a maximum of 000 was reached Senator Pat Harrison of sippi and Representative Cher of urged approval on the ground the measure would assure equal tional opportunities in all sections of the country Both rejected the idea that the plan would lead mately to federal control of the schools The question of how the states which may enmesh anyone agitates for a change of If a jury can be persuaded that ought to foreseen would have some effect on UM future conduct of others reasonably ard of guilt is prescribed 80 and indeterminate are the boundaries thus set to the freedom of speech and assembly that the law necessarily lates the of liberty em- bodied in the 14th decision reversed a ruling toy the Georgia supreme court upholding statute which waa passed reconstruction TELLS POLICE OF GUN SLAYINGS Domestic Trouble Leads to Three Deaths add Then to Suicide April 36 domestic trouble authorities held caused John Owens to go berserk and kill his law and brother-in-law with a gun before taking his own life tor poison in the room of a woman who claimed to have loved him Benjamin B near death from wounds Inflicted yesterday by who spared only his f- year-old Janet he turned the White home into ft shambles the sobbing child toW shot mama and ma Owens victims were his Mrs and Chester Btr son Harry 17 a believed minor bullet wounds when Owens fired on White after him through a nearby yard Owens body found hours later In room of a year-old waitress acting Chief Hay Brown identified A note beside the body here at five till 10 morning Be sure mother baby Tell them all good luck I Jove you you think don't take Just try loved him and ho loved Brown quoted the waitress never had any and seemed to be getting along all right with his wire 1 can't understand why he would do anything Miss Kirker claimed she had not seen Owens after the but Brown said the waitress ft taxi cab driver lo notify police body was in her room The officer said Miss Kirker told might administer the proposed fund in connection with agitation in some areas to Include parochial chools in public school tions Such legislation was tabled by the Ohio legislature last week The contains neither a provision to aid parochial nor one to exclude them Some of the measure called for cations to state educa tlon menta for expenditure under existing state school laws They suggested It would permit aid for parochial and public schools alike If such financing was provided by state laws Kills Wife and Attempts To Take Own Life Aprit shot and killed tonight and her Uno E a was seriously wounded Lieut John Whitman of the homU said Hepola killed his wife and attempted to kill himself His condition was critical Lieut Whitman said Hepola had just been released from the ward of receiving hospital where he was placed after ing his wife previously Hepola had been a policeman ten years and was cited seven times for bravery Predict River Crest Marietta April engineers predicted today that the Ohio and would reach a crest of 30 six feet under flood by At 10 today the at 30 having fallen ly but a expected to start during the Rainfall in the upper WM M light him she had Owens about been seven woman released after ing Brown wrote in formal report on the trouble plus drinking on the port of He motive WAS In light of able Sheriff Earl Brandel said and neighbors asserted there had been no evidence ol previous in Owens domestic affairs Police showed Saturday night He left the room White where ily had been living since Ohio river at 6 a and ob- his shotgun from a friend The bartender killed wife and her mother at range M vending into their heads The brother-in-law slain in his bed Working In White rushed Into the hearing the blasts Owens followed f his father-in-law when he ran for help He shot White In the their investigation had been drinking Rain OHIO Occasional rain tonii not m turf CHy T m tin Atlanta Clear Boston 44 Clear Buffalo 44 Cloudy 48 Col ambus 40 Clear A8 Clear Paso Kansas City Log Angeles Miami KPW Orleans 42 rith 44 O for 54 Hours a Rain haa fallen tin and Ohio valley to UM with from New Pi and North wm
