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91. MARION, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18, 1929. TH 2 BURKE ROBBED PERU BANK Gigantic Combination In Steel Industry Announced PERU SURE MAN KILLER IS Grundy Takes Seat In Senate Associated Press Photo After three hours of harsh discussion over his right to a seat In the United States senate, Joseph R. Grundy (right) of Pennsylvania advanced to the rostrum and took the oath of office. He Is shown with Senator David A.
Reed Pennsylvania before entering the senate chamber. Fliers Emerge from Jungles and Anxious World Assured, Plane Is Wrecked and Both Men Shaken Up Rio Janeiro, Dec. 17-(AP)-Two Spain, in 36 hours without a stop, today of Brazil to reassure an anxious Major Tadeo Larre-Borges, who had hoped to reach Montevideo, capital of his native land of Uruguay was the first to reach a village connected by telegraph with the outside world. He gave assurance that although be and his companion Lieutenant Leon Challe, French aviator, had been stunned by the wreck of their plane in a forced landing last night nether was serlously Tojured: He told how after successfully pp. gotiating more than half of their projected route, including the whole of the hazardous overwater route, they had reached South American shores in darkness.
And were unable to orient themselves. Failing to pick up even the lights of towns that might guide them to A haven the fliers circled inland, weary from the strain and with dwindling fuel supply, and picked the first clearing to bring their Breguet Sesquiplane to earth. Lawyer Claims Soldier Slayer Mentally Weak Muncie, Dec. After hearing a number of witnesses do. tail the suposed circumstances surrounding the killing of Mr.
and Mr5 George F. Heath, wealthy farm conple clubbed to death in their home south of the city the night of Dec. 10. the Delaware county grand jury adjourned late today, instructing Joe I. Davis to prepare indictments charging first degree against James Wood.
Ken. tuckian, who has confessed to the double slaying. Wood is held in the county jail here. Samuel A. Wood, of Albany.
father of the confessed killed, Ar. companied by J. A. Flowers, an atCont. on Page 2 SEVEN COLUMN If I Was Mayor if 1 was Mayor I would end my tenure of office with the same determination to keep Marion one of the best cities in the middlewest as I began it with.
'There is often times tendency to, grow lax after the first half' of the adminis. tration has been completed. would keep that tion to succeed. to the end Instilled In the minds and hearts of the various and responsible throughout the entire term. George M.
"Pete" Kleder, Insurance. 557. Adv 45 WEATHER IN MARION SNOW AND MUCH COLDER PAPER THREE CENTS STEEL PLANTS HAVE PLANNED GIANT MERGER Cleveland, 0., Dec. 17 (AP). $350,000,000 merger of' steel companics was approved by the directors of steel companies here today and will be submitted to stockholders later.
The companies in the merger are the Republic Iron and Steel company, Youngstown; the Central Alloy Steel company of Canton and Massillon, Ohio; the Donner Steel company, Buffalo and the Bourne is company, expected that T. Cleveland. M. Girdler, formerly president of the Jones Laughlin Steel corporation, will be chairman of the board of the New Company and that E. T.
McCleary, Steel Company, will be president. F. J. chairman of the board of the Central Alloy Steel corporation, will he president of the Republic Research Company which A ill have charge of all reasearch and Metallurgical work of the corporation. Other leading executives of the merged Companies are.
B. F. Fairless and J. N. Schlendork of Central Alloy; B.
Gilbert and W. N. Neckof the Republic; W. P. With, of and R.
S. Hall of Bourne Fuller. These men, together with R. J. Wysor, formerly general manager of Jones Laughlin, will constitute the entire Active staff of the now company.
Name of Company It was announced the name of the new company will probably be the Republic Steel Company. There will also be included a new corporation known as the Republic resarch corporation. Insthumental in the consolidation were the Oliffs Corporation, controlling the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company, and Continental Shares, Inc, one of the largest investment companies in -the country. These interests are understood to be the -largest holders-of-steel stocks in world. Cooperating in the unand ore, interests of Pickands, Mathdertaking were a the powerful steel er and Company, the M.
A. Hanna and Otis and Company, all of Cleveland. Chiefly instrumental in the deal was Cyrus S. Eaton of Otis and company, one of the leading financiers in this region. This company with an ingot capacity of 4,900,000 tons will be the third largest steel company in the United States, the United States Steel Corporation having an ingot capacity of 24.541,000 and Bethlehem Steel, 8,190,000.
Has Muncie Plant The Republic Iron Steel compal, with ingot capacity or 000 tons has plants at Youngstown and Warre, Ohlo, Birminghom, Muncle, and Moline, Ill. It has as its subsidiary steel and tubes which has plants at Cleveland and Elyria, Hartford. Hamthe Union Drawn Steel Company, ilton, and 1 Brooklyn, N. and which has plants at Bearer Falls, Detroit, and Milwaukee Wis. Centrol Alloy, with ingot capacity of 1,5432,000 tons, has plants at Canton and Massillon, It specialities in stainless and other alloy steels.
It has as Its subsidiary the Interstate Iron Steel Company of Chicago. Interstate's production is 396,000. Donner Steel, which was merged last week with the Witherow steel company of Pittsburgh, has ap lant at Buffalo. The Donner ingot production Is 570,000. Trumbull Cliff Furnace, owned by Republica and Cleveland Cliffs has a plant at Warren.
Mayor Walker Is Well Paid New York, Dec. 17 (P)-James J. Walker on January 1, when be begins his second term as mayor of New York, undoubtedly will become highest salaried city ofcial in the United States. On recommendation of the board of estimate, the board of aldermen today increased his pay from $25 to $40,000 a year. When his raise goes Into effect, he will be getting -more money than the governor of New state.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, the highest paid governor in United States, gets 000 and the use and upkeep of the executive mansion in Albany, 23 BODIES ARE RECOVERED AND 3 MEN RESCUED McAlester, Dec. 17 With realization that death must have taken most of the 62 miners imprisoned today by an explosion in the Old Towa Coal Company's mine. in North McAlester, hopelessness fell tonight on the efforts of rescue workers recruited from mines in McAlester district. Hopes, raised by the rescue alive late today of three men from their deep prison, fell with the assertion of rescuers that presence of after.
damp in tho lower levels virtually precluded the possibility of any other victims surviving. Twenty-threc bodies had been brought to the surface. Nino were found in the east entry 'of the fifth level, where the three surviving men were found. The others were recov. ered from the lower levels, unlike those taken from the upper part of the mine, were charred and mutilated by the explosion.
Miller D. lay. chief state mine arrived here from Okla: Homa Chry Tate today and ately entered the mine for all investigation to learn if possible the cause of the disaster. Joe Ponsella, 8 Mexican miner, one of the three to be taken alive from the fifth level, sald be bad no recollection except a sensation of sinking. He beard no explosion, be said, and saw no flashes.
There was little demonstration from relatives 'of unfortunate mep, crowded against the rope riers thrown up about the mine entrance. An atmosphere of stoicism, bred from the hazardous nature of the miners' work, preyelled, among the dependents disaster. Red Cross workers and volunteers from the McAlester post of the American Legion assisted a camp of National Guardsmen in keeping order. 11 Rescue Teams. Eleven rescue teams of ten men entered the mine in turns.
Each team would work in the gas-laden subterranean atmosphere as long as Cont. on Page 2 FIVE COLUMN Charge Lawyer Failed Client Indianapolis, Dec. cause he failed to appear to defend his client, T. Ernest Maholm, Indianapolis attorney, was cited for contempt of cour by Judge James A. Collins in Criminal court today.
The Judge said Maholm would be sentenced tomorrow. Judge Colling dismissed tho Jury la the case of Andrew Judt, trial for second degree murder, on motion of Alvah J. Rucker, appointed by the court to defend Judt after Maholm failed to appear. A new trial was ordered but no date was set. Maholm can he sentenced to Jail not.
to exceed six months and fined from $1 to $500 on the contempt charge The attorney said tonight that he had not. intended to defend Judt in the trial. Lincoln Chair Sold New York, Dec. 17 (A') The old black walnut rocking chair to which President Abrabam Lincoln sat when he WAR shot by Jobn Wilkes Booth in Ford's theater. Washing.
ton, April 14, 1865. was sold at auction tonight for. $2,400. The purchaser was I. Sack, a dealer of New York and Boston.
I One Million Is Total of Lone Bandit Detrolt, Dec. totaling. almost $1,000,000 and slay. at least. twelve men are charged to Frederick R.
Burke, St. Joseph, gunman, and memberg of his gang Inspector Henry J. Garvin, of the police crime and bomb squad, said tonight. are wanted include the following: for which Burke and his henchmen Kidnaping ransoms in Detroit during a period of eight years, $220,000. Jobn Kay jewelry robbery in Detroit, 1924, $6.000.
Railways holdup, St. Louis $38,000. Mail truck holdup, Toledo, 0., $200,000. Bank robbery, Cadillac, $60,000. Farmers and Merchants.
Bank robbery, Jefferson, $352,000. Valentine's Day massacres, Chicago, seven men slain. Miraflores apartment killings, Detroit, two men slain. Patrolman slain during mail truck holdup, Toledo. Patrolman slain in Louisville, A Stay of Karl ly, St.
Joseph, Mich. Numerous robberies in Chicago now being checked by police there. Hi-Jacker Is Killed After a Gun Battle. Greencastle, Dec. 17.
-One of two men who attempted to hi-jack an Indianapolis automobile laden with sugar alcohol, WAS killed in a running gun battle with rum runners near Bainbridge tonight. The body tossed from the automobile by a companion, was identifed as that of William Kempe, 28, of Indianapolis. Authorities immediately started search of the surrounding county for the rum runners, seen to climb from their automobile after it overturned during the fight. The Identincation card in the overturned car bore the name of Morris Daris, 2208 Park avenue, Indianapolis, and the license number was 67-802. Motorists near the scene of tbe shooting sald the automobile carrying the hijackers passed the rum laden car and opened Are.
The windshield of the automobile WAS riddled with bullets. A large quaptity of ammunition found in the overturned automobile indicated the rum runners may have been expectlog the attack. Authorities were speculating as to the possibility that the liquor 10- volved in the fight may have been obtained near here, since the rum running automobile had been parked in A local garage for two days. Says Bad Booze Cause of Death Springfield, Dec. 17-(P)- Alleging that the defendant sold her husband illicitly manufactured quor that eventually caused the busband's deatb, Mra, Georgianna Hebert, of Holyoke, was awarded damages of $6,700 bere today in United States district court.
The action WAS for $25,000 damage against Joseph Guertio, also of Holyoke. The suit was regarded 'bere as 8 I case. City Council Holds Last Session, Brimacombe Happy Over Civic Hall Four members of the city council, their swan song as officials of the meeting of the city council, which was James H. McConnell administration. Retiring members of the council are Bert G.
Moore, Dr. B. C. Brimacombe, Raymond Riley and Loy McKevitt. Mayor McConnell and City Clerk Lewis E.
Tukey will also retire the frat of the year. Speeches of friendship and Ing of bands, along with congratulations and good wishes for the Ing admicistration. expressed the feeling of the retiring officials. am proud to see that we bave retained the civic hall for 8 city" the DeW members of the council as well 88 the continuing members, that they will not be forced to spend four years do this building," declared Dr. B.
C. Brima combe, champion of the r4 Lost In Stocks Chicagd, Dec. McCasiio, 47, Insurance broker, drowned bimself in the lake at Calvary cemetery, police said today after investigating circumstances of his death. Mrs. James Jackson, a daughter, told, police her father bad lost heavily In the recent stock market drop.
He disappeared from bis. bome last night. Beer King Is. Hotly Scored by U. S.
Report: Fort Wayne, Dec. 17 fAP)The plea of Joba P. Floros, alleged liquor baron of this city and county for a reduction of his $13,000 bond was denied by judge, Thomas W. Slick in federal court here this afternoon. Floros, who was arrested a month ago in connection with the two largest stills ever uncovered in Ala aids, Harry Lamont and Frauk Eades were brought before the by habeas corpus proceeding.
Judge Slick not only refused to e- duce the bonds but scored the testimony of Floros and Eades as "rank perjury." Judge Slick served notice on Floros' attorney to take a change of venue from him if the' alleged liquor baron is indicted. Record Very Bad. have known reputation' of Floros as a bootlegger for long time and it is bad," the judge said. demurrer fled by the government in answer to the motion 10 quash the liquor conspiracy indictment against George Blemer, restaurant proprietor and prominent In local sporting circles, will be acted upon tomorov: by Judge Slick. Blemer's attorney claims be can introduce as witnesses members of the grand jury which indicted Biemor, and that they would testify that the indictment was returned at the request of deputy district attorney George L.
Rulison who, the attorney contends, said he would connect Blemer with the conspiracy case later. Radio Speaker Assaulted and Arrest Sought Chicago, Dec. 17-Officials of the W. B. B.
M. air theater tonight announced they would swear out 8 warrant for the arrest of William B. Fleckensteln, a member of the Chicago Bears, professional football team, charge af assaulting Pat Flanagan, station radio announcer, the Arthur Shires George Trafton boxing match at White City night. Fleckenstein, a former Univeralty of Iowa gridiron star. is alleged to have blackened Flanagan's eye and broken his nose when the announcer asked him to move away from the microphone so that his profanity would not go out over the air.
Flanagan said the football player, who was cheering his teammate, Trafton, grew so excited that he leaned over his shoulder and cursed vilely. "I asked him polltely to more away and tried to stop his profanity from getting out," Flanagan said, "but be struck me several times." Flanagan was under the care' of physician tonight. HOOSIER U.S. SENATOR ASKS FOR POSITION Washington, Dec. 17 (P)-OrganIzation difficulties.
are in sight for the Republicans In the Senate when they, meet after the Christmas recess to reform the committees. The Republican independents who are opposing the. Republican tarif measure have advanced Senator La Follette, of Wisconsin, for the vacancy on the finance committee on which the group now has no representation. Senator Goff, of West Virginia, wbo outranks the Wisconsla senator sligbtly in seniority, recently bas died for this post, Chairman McNary of the committee on committees has ruled that tbe vacancies on the major committees will be filled according to seniority of the Another contest is on for the racancy on the foreign relations committee. Senator Robinson, of Indiana, an anti world court map, is the ranking candidate for this position.
There have been rumors that one favorable to the court assigned to this committee but there are rumors also that if this is attempted a fight will be carried to the floor by Robinson's friends. Corn Borer Is Fast Spreading In This State Washington, Dec. 17 (AP)--A Tevision of the European corn borer quarantine, regulations department of announced agriculture will place 650 townships in nine states within the regulated area. The townships were distributed as follows: Connecticut, 38: Masadchusetts, 30; Maine, 111: Now Hampshire, 30; Vermont, 102; Ohio, 195; West Virginia, 20; and Indiana 110. Veterans Urged to Act at Once G.
G. Miller. service officer of the Marion Legion, Tuesday night called attention to the fact that January 1, is the last date on which soldiers can file adjusted compensation claims. Every soldier is entitled to $1.25 for each day of foreign service, or If not abroad, $1 a.day for every day of home service, during the World war. He receives a certificate which is paid out In twenty years, or at.
once, to his family, in the evnet of death. With accumulated Interest the amount becomes considerable. Mr. Miller said if soldlers will call Legion headquarters. In the event they have not field their claims, he will be glad to help them.
HELEN WILLS TO WED San Francisco, Dec. 17 (A) -Mias Helen Wills, champion of all the women tennis players, will be married within A few days 10 erick S. Moody, young San Francisco broker, her mother, Mrs. ('. A.
Wills of Berkeley said today. Mira. Wills, wife of a Berkeley physician, said the exact time and place of the would be announced next Thursday, and that until then nothing definite could be sald regarding plans. She said, however, it would be very 8000. Former Hoosier Elected to Lead the Indiana Anti-Saloon League Indianapolis, Dec.
17-(A)-Samuel who now is engaged in prohibition superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon vacant by the recent death of Dr. alcoholic beverages. Bearing the endorsement of Dr. F. Scott McBride, of Washington, D.
superintendect of the Anti-Saloon elected of America, McNaugbt. was unanimously. Dr. C. H.
Winders, Indianapolis, who also was placed in nomination for the post, withdrew promptly after McNaught's name was. offered and moved that he be elected unanimously. The action occurred at the league's annual meeting. Word Trom De: Modes, where McNaught, as superintendent of the Iowa Anti- Saloon League, makes his residence, was that the prohibition worker said be would have to think the matter over care HEADED GANG Peru, Dec. 17.
(AP.) Fred R. Burke, slayer of a St. Joseph, policeman, and a suspect in the St. Valentine's day massacre in Chicago of seven Bugs Moran gangsters, has been identified as the leader of a robber gang that held up the First National bank of Peru two months ago and escaped with $93,000 in currency and securities. The name of a local resident, who established the identification through a photograph today was withbeld.
lie said he watched the activities of the gang from an office and that there was no possible chance was mistaken in identity of Burke. The Witness said he watched the bandit for three minutes as Burke sat behind the wheel of waiting automobile while his pals held up the institution. Eight men participated in the boldup of the bank on Oct. 18. While the In progress, 8 bank alarm.
When police, a few blocks away, called the bank to And It there was any trouble, one of the robbers forced an employe to tell them there was no robbery. Richard A. Ewdards, president of the. bank, was notified today that allother suspect, larry Cook, 24, had been arrested at Mishawaka, Cook's picture will be sent here for possible identification. A part of the securities stolen have been recovered, being offered for sale by a reputable eastern Arm and at Paul, brokerage Arm.
No trace was found of the Cont. on Page 2 ONE COLUMN States Burke Worst Outlaw Now at Large Detroit, Dec. Burke, St. Joseph, whole- the "kidnaping racket" and staged the only machine-gun murders ever committed here, Inspector Henry J. Garvin, of the police crime and bomb squad.
sald, tonight. Burke, with four gunmen panions, heads "the most desperate band of outlaws in the country today," according to Garvin, not one of the gang, he belleves, ever will be captured alive. Total loot from the Burke gang's kidnapings, robberies aid slayings is placed at well over $1,000,000 by Garvio, more than $200.000 of which, he said, was taken from Detroit gamblers and rum runners, "shake. down" for ransom in the past Ave years. Garvin charged the Miraflores apartment machine-gun killings, in which two men were mowed down by machine-gun Are, from a darkened apartment, to Burke and.
bis henchmen. The murders, he said. were in revenge for the killing of Johnnie Reed, a pal of Burke. Isaac Riesfeld and Joe Bloom, named by Garvio as the killers of Reed, met daetb at the bands of Burke and bis men early in the morning of March 28, 1927. after they had been lured to the Miratlores apartments.
Got a Rich Haul, Garvin listed kidnapings and ranfom8 totaling $200,000 which he said were attributed to Burke. Others, be said, never were reported to police. Among the known ransom sums were listed the $50,000 paid. gambling by house operator Johnny $40,000 Ryan, 00 by Charles T. (Doc) Brady, $40,000 Moyer (Fish) Bloomfeld, $25,000 by Ruby Matthews, and others.
Members of Burke's gang, Garvin said, were Ray (Crane Neck) Nugent, of Hamilton, Raymond McGinnis, alias Shocker, St. Louls; Gus Winkler, St. Louis, and Bob New. berry, St. Louts.
The latter now fugitive from Detroit, having jumped $10,000 bail of a robbery charge. Cont. on Page 2 SIX COLUMN MILLER GOES BACK Indianapolis, Dec. -Cbarles F. Miller, ousted ac superintendent of Indianapolis city schools a week reinstated at a meeting tomorrow of the same board which ousted him.
Members of the 1ng action of the board of school commissioners tbey would rescind their action in outing Miller and appointing Donald Dushane, superintendent of Bartholomew county schools. Dushane -refused the appointment, 1.14 A men, who had flown from Serille, emerged from the tropical forests world as to their safety. Ground Was Soft The ground was soft and the plane overturned smashed. The Major crawled out and released his panion. A short later natives reached them and guided LarreBorges to the little town of Santo Antonio Do Salto near the northword eastern of coast their of plight Brazil.
was As 6000 recelved 88 physicians and onicials hurried to the spot. Santo Antonio is remote and inaccegsible, and it was some time before a coherent account of the landing could be obtalned. Lieutenant Challe was reported to be cut over one eye and sererly bruised. Major Larre-Borges, said that he and his comrade had struggled against head winds most of the way across the South Atlantie. They gave up their attempt.
to Cont. on Page 2 FOUR COLUMN Anaconda Will Expand, Copper Wire Is Added The announcement that complete copper wire will be made at the Anaconda. Wire and ('abla Company plant for 'the first time shortly after the first of the year when the new plant is completed in the old Velio building, was made Tuesday by H. Don Keresey, president of the eral manager. ganization, and J.
F. Auten, Mr. Keresey. who located in New York, arrived in Starion Tuesday morning and made a complete inspection of the local plant, including the construction work, where the wire-drawing equipment is being installed. He left late in the afternoon to return to NeW York.
Mr. Auten announced to the Leader-Tribune Tuesday night that Mr. Kersey was very enthuslastic over the prospect of the local plant, both from a production and an expansion standpoint. Mr. Keresey stated that Cont.
on Page 2 TWO COLUMN DAWES WILL RETIRE Chicago, Dec. 17-(P)-Retire ment of Charles G. Dawes, United States ambassador to Great Britain, as chairman of the board Central Trust Company of Illinois, of the press of other duties. was announced by the bank's board of directors today. AmbassadorDawes was named honorary chairman.
Joseph E. Otis, who bas been president, was advanced to the board chairmanship and Philip Clarke was elected president. I P. McNaught, a former Hoosler work in Iowa, today was elected league to take the place made E. S.
Shumaker, militant enemy of fully before accepting or rejecting the Indiana election. Indiana AntiSaloon League leaders. said, how. ever, that they were confident he would resign to take the new post. Complete Harmony.
Complete barmony reigned throughout the meeting, according to Bishop H. I. Fout, Indianapolis, president of the league. Along with other officials of the league, he asked that the public be informed that there was Do dissension within the ranks over that it was reaching outside the state for 8 new leader. Some reports had It that a rift bad developed over the matCont.
on Page 1 COLUMN 1 the mayor and city clerk sang group Tuesday bight at the regular the final meeting under the Mayor movement for the remodeling 'of the civic ball Into a city building. "I am happy to say that the new council will remodel the civic, ball into a city building, putting through the movement where we fell down, and that they will bave a fine new bullding in which to hold their meetings," he concluded. Extends Best Wishes. "I' bare been bere eight years but this 1s the last time I will sit in a meeting of the council. I am sorry that I am not able to continue.
but since it is all over. wistrto express my friendship for every one here wish to extend best wishes to the new administration," Cont. on Page 8 TWO COLUMN 5... 3..
