Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1928 — Page 1

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MARKS SAIL TO CONQUER SANDINOARMY “ Thousand on Ship, More to Follow for Campaign in Nicaragua. m* - ■ . CALLS TASK DIFFICULT Masses Are Back of Revolt Leader, Declaration of Washington Envoy. *>v t iiited Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—One . thousand United States Marines were on the water today, headea for Nicaragua to help their comrades already at the scene destroy the rebellion of Gen. Augustino Candino. The hindmost of the reinforcements—four companies sailfpg from Hampton Roads, Va. —are expected . to reach Nicaragua within eight days, bringing the Marine forces in the Central American republic to around 2,400. The Hampton Roads contingent, bearing four three-inch mountain guns to dislodge Sandino, were held back by fog in Chesapeake Bay ana remained on the United States 'steamship Oglala overnight for early sailing this morning. ‘ \ Task Called Difficult Meanwhile, Dr. Alejandro Cesar, Nicaraguan minister here, warned that the Marines face a task more difficult than at first believed. Sandino, the man they hope to conquer, is more than the “bandit chief” described by United States department officials, according to Cesar. The rebel general, Cesar said, has the undercover backing of a “substantial element” of Liberal , partisans in Nicaragua. “The members of the Liberal party seem to be playing double in regard to the American intervention in Nicaragua,” Cesar said. “While Liberal leaders like General Moncada, under shadow ,pf the American guns at Managua praise the intervention, Liberal leaders outside of Managua openly praise and encourage the' movement of General . Sandino against the American forces. Masses Aid Sandino “It seems that the Liberal masses in Nicaragua must bo assisting Santiino, as it would be difficult to explain otherwise the extent and gravity of his movement. “While General Sandino commits many acts of banditry, his movement is political and has the support < of numerous Liberals, otherwise, he could not operate so daringly * *’ effectively.” Sfimson Analyzes Clash (Copyright, 1928, by United Press.) NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—An analysis of the Nicaraguan situation was made today for the United Press by Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary of War, recently appointed Governor-General of the Philippines, and probably tho outstanding authority on Nicaraguan affairs. Stimson set forth: , 1. For a century the United States has protected the independence of Central American republics, not only against Europe, but sometimes even against themselves. 2. The present occupation of Nicaragua by United States Marines is at the request of the Nicaraguan government for supervision of their 1928 elections. ‘ 3. Augustino Sandino, the Nicaraguan rebel leader, against whose forces United States Marines now are fighting, is a bandit, according to Stimson, not a patriot. 4. Our Panama Canal interests require that Central American governments shall be adequate to protect the rights of foreigners and thus avoid danger of foreign intervention. ENTERS REALTY RAC& David I. Coulter Is Independent Candidate for Director. . Nomination of David I. Coulter as an independent candidate for the vacancy on the board of directors of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, created by the resignation of Frank L, Moore, was announced today. Coulter was nominated by F. C. Cash, E. Kirk McKinney, Robert Allison, Charles O. Grinslade and Paul I. McCord. He will oppose I. Watt Pugh and Boyd W. Templeton, nominated by a special nominating , committee headed by L. H. Lewis, at the election Feb. 2. BOOZE SOLD BY WOMAN \ v ________________ Convicted and Sentenced to Jail for * Thirty Days. Mrs. Florence Dixon, 35, of 3015 N. Meridian St., was sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined SIOO by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell today on her plea of guilty to Federal liquor violation. She is alleged to have sold liquor to Federal dry agents. She told the court she haul been in , the city only three weeks when she was arrested, coming her from Xansajk

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Billy Sunday in Witch-Burning Class, Declares Ben Lindsey

BY ARTHUR F. DEGREVE United Press Staff Correspondent DENVER, Jan. 10.—Billy Sunday still lives In the sixteenth century and still is chasing devils, Ben B. Lindsey, famous Juvenile Court authority

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“Like others who rush into print on companionate marriage, the trouble with Billy is that he doesn't even try to find out what companionate marriage is. "If he did he would know that it is present legal marriage with illegal use of birth control and illegal divorce by mutual consent.

SPECIAL JUDGE CAN NOT SERVE Davidson Declines Jackson Trial Assignment. Defense and State attorneys will meet in Criminal Court again at 9 a. m. Wednesday to pick another special judge for the trial of Governor Ed Jackson and his co-de-fendants on conspiracy to bribe charges. Thomas E. Davidson of Greensburg, former State Bar Association president, informed Criminal Judge James A. Collins by telephone today that he will be unable to serve because of his health. Davidson was chosen Monday afternoon, when Oscar H. Montgomery stepped off the bench as special judge on motion of the defense. Judge Collins submitted the names of Davidson, Judge Benjamin F. Carr of Monticello, and Ira C. Batman, Bloomington, former Appellate Court judge. The State struck off Judge Carr and the defense former Judge Batman. Attorneys agreed to go on with the trial Fab. 7 if that date is agreeable ta the-new special judge. Jackson and Robert I. Marsh, his former law partner, and George V. Coffin, Marion County Repuolican chairman, are charged with offering Warren T. McCray, when he was Governor. SIO,OOO and immunity from conviction in Indiana courts if he would name a man of their choice as Marion County prosecutor. AVIATORS ARE OVERDUE New Zealand Fliers Lost on Trip From Australia. ' "WELLINGTON, New Zealand. Jan. 10.—The two New Zealand aviators, attempting a flight from Richmond, Australia to Wellington, were eight hours overdue today and it was feared they had Ijeen forced to land in some isolated area. . The whereabouts of the plane Is unknown. The airmen, Capt. George Hood and Lieut. J. R. Moncrieff, had planned to land at the Trentham race course here. PROMOTIONS EXPECTED Four Fire Lieutenancies to Be Filled by Board. Promotion of four firemen to lieutenants in accordance with provisions of the 1928 budget was expected to be ordered this afternoon by the safety board. It was reported that Raymond Welch, James A. Warrenberg and E. J. McGinnis, Democrats, will be promoted to three ol the vacancies." The other to be filled by promotion of a chauffeur. FILM STAR IS INJURED f Ben Lyon Crashes in Plane Owned by Reginald Denny. Ben United Press SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Jan. 10. —Ben Lyon, motion picture actor, was slightly injured Monday when an airplane owned by Reginald Denny, movie star, crashed here. Vernon Wood and Pilot James Mattern, with Lyon in the plane, also were injured.

CHURCH JARS KILLER Hammer Slayer Repentant as She Waits Trial. Rv United Press PAINESVILLE, Ohio, Jan. IQ.— Velma West, pretty 21-year-old city girl who confessed to the slaying of her husband wtih a claw hammer, wants to join the church and can’t. • Her desire to become a member of the Methodist Church at Perry, which her slain husband attended, wa3 revealed today as the county grand jury began the second day of its investigation of the crime. The Rev. E. P. Wykoff, who was to have received Mrs. West as a church member before the murder of Edward West, prominent Perry nurseryman, said today he had no objections to baptizing the girl, but could not admit her into his church, ai leash at this time.

and exponent of companionate marriage, said here today. “He would be burning witches and heretics if he had his way,” Lindsey asserted, In answering the charge of the famous evangelist that companionate marriage was: “barnyard marriage.” “Billy Sunday says companionate marriage is the rottenest thing ever promulgated,” Lindsey continued.

Concert at 6 0 By United Press NAPLES. Italy, Jan. 10.— Glause Attili, 6, left for New York today to embark, on a career as a concert pianist. She will give a series of concerts in the United States. The girl specialized in selections from Tannhauser and the compositions of Beethoven. Beniamino Gigli, noted tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, is said to be the girl’s sponsor here.

RECOVER SIPE STOLEN FUNDS All but $8,103 of $143,000 Paid to County. All but $8,103 of the $143,622, which Richard Sipe embezzled while county clerk in 1918, has been recovered, John Robbins, receiver for Sipe, stated in his final report to Superior Judge James M. Leathers today. Sipe, caught with the shortage, admitted it and served a prison term, gaining his freedom several years ago. The receiver collected SIOO,OOO from Sipes bondsmen and realized $35,519 through sale of Sipe’s property. , The funds were stolen, bit by bit. from various funds under control of Sipe, the bulk being from the judgment fund. Many persons who had won damage suits in county courts could not collect for years and then only part of the amount tjie defendants had paid in because Sipe had taken the money which was to have been paid to them. HEARD WOMAN’S CRIES Two Students’ Report Cause Police Search at I. U. Cave. By Times tipcctal BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 10.— Police have made an Investigation at the Indiana University cave west of the city after two students reported they had heard a woman screaming in the cavern. A woman’s footprints were noticed at the entrance of the cave by both the students and officers. The main entrance to the cave is closed in winter but it can be entered at another point. No reports of persons missing have been received by police. FLAY SHOALS PROJECT C. of C. Group Renews Opposition to United States Operation. • Bn United Press -WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—A special committee appointed by the United States Chamber of Commerce to study the Boulder Dam project recommended today that the chamber renew its opposition to having the Government “enter ths power business.” The committee, headed by Joseph H. Defrees of Chicago, advocated placing in the hands of private firms, rather than the Government, any power generated at the dam project.

SCARFACE AL CAPONE PAYS VISIT TO MIAMI Gangster Overlord Can Stay as Long as Conduct Is Right, F.u United Press MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 10.—Scarface A1 Capone, the rugged Chicago gang leader, has come to Florida for a brief respite from the blazing beer wars of his native city. Surrounded by a bodyguard of nine fellow Chicago Sicilians, Capone has registered at a downtown hotel. His lush tropical environment is in striking contrast to the bleak \ bullet-chipped Hawthorne hotel In Cicero, the Chicago suburb where he makes his headquarters. Police Chief Leslie Quigg says that as long as Capone behaves himself right he may remain in Miami. As much as one false move with a machine gun, however, and the millionaire gangster will be ordered out, the same as in Los Angeles. ' ,

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“Thus companionate marriage is the kind cf marriage being mostly performed in Christian churches. “The Christian Church forbids relations of the sexes ff"- other purposes than for procreation of

of the race. That is what they preach. But Billy Sunday knows, if he tells the truth, that church people do nbt obey that rule. “Birth control should be neither sinful nor illegal when kept within decent bounds. I challenge Billy Sunday to deny my charge that a majority of couples married In the churches are practicing birth control. “I challenge him to deny ' my charge that if these

Christian church married couples cannot get along together and want divorces that most of them get them by subterfuge, perjury or pollution. “Billy Sunday is preaching one thing while his church flock practices another.”

CHICA6O MAKES PARKING TABOO Stop Car, Taxi to Work Is Now Reality. Bjj C listed Press __ CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—Chicago today embarked on a drastic experiment designed to solve its troublesome traffic problem. Effective at 7 a. m. all parking was prohibited in an area nine blocks by ten, embracing the entire downtown business district. Hardship to motorists was expected by proponents of the plan to be more than balanced by speeded traffic due to relieved congestion. Many of the streets in the district are barely wide enough for cars to pass each other when car are lined along both curbs. The no-parking law is the most drastic action yet taken by Chicago traffic experts, and the result is watched with interest by experts of other cities. Similar plans have been considered elsewhere but seldom tried in major communities. Restricted parking will be permitted in the loop at night and on holidays. \ Taxicabs drivers were jubilant over the new law. They were confident shoppers and business men alike would park their cars outside the restricted district and taxi to their destinations. Merchants, on the other hand, feared the ban would cause shoppers to patronize suburban stores. AL’S WIFE RECOVERING Condition Excellent After Operation, Physicians Say. P,n United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, wife of the Governor, is recovering rapidly from her operation last Saturday for appendicitis, it was said today at St. Vincent’s Hospital. A bulletin Issued by physicians attending the executive’s wife today said: “Mrs. Smith's condition excellent. Everything most satisfactory.” HOLT AFTER CITY LOAN $600,000 Transaction Authorized at Council Meeting. City Controller Sterling R. Holt today negotiated a temporary loan of $600,000 authorized by city council Monday night at a special meeting. No other business was taken up. The meeting lasted four minutes. The loan was necessary to meet the city pay roll until tax money is received. THAW PERILS HIGHWAYS Warning Is Issued Against Heavy Hauling in State. For the first time in the memory of employes of the State Highway Department, a January thaw caused a warning against heavy hauling today. The thaw has softened southern Indiana stone and gravel roads. The department cautioned truck drivers to lighten loads and observe spring restrictions on hauling.

'BEGORRA, WE WILL’ ‘Who Won’t Parade?’ Asks Minority Hibernian Group. “There will be a St. Patrick’s day parade in Indianapolis,” says Dr. M. J. McGlnty, member of the Hibernians and vice president of the parade committee which resigned Sunday following an argument over the marching idea. “We will not let New York have the honor of having the only parade parade that day,” he said. And to back up the boast, the entire committee which resigned in a huff will meet tonight at 829 E. Washington St. to forward their plans for a public demonstration. The majority faction of the Hibernians plans to observe the day with a social hour of dancing, music and entertainment March 17 at Tomlinson Hall. J. J. Liddy is chairman ;of the minority faction.

LAST GUNS IN BALL GROUNDS FIGHT TO FIRE Club Owners Enter Hearing, Hinting They’ll Leave Indianapolis. PROPERTY OWNERS ARM Gary Offers Bid for Team as Final Move for Parl< Is Made. Officials of the Indianapolis baseball club this afternoon went Into a hearing before the city plan commission and city park board, determined that this was their last request for approval of a site for the proposed $500,000 ball grounds. Property owners in the*vicinity of the site across Thirty-Eighth St. from the State fairgrounds were equally determined to convince the boards that location of the ball park there would damage their residential section. Both sides were armed with petitions and re-inforced with lawyers. May Go to Gary Twice |he ball club has been defeated in efforts to get a location upon which to spend its half-million dollars for what is believes will be the civic betterment of Indianapolis. Now the club is getting a bit exasperated—so annoyed it appeared that there was some likelihood that the officials might pick up their balls and bats and go over in some one else’,s back yard to play. Gary, it was disclosed, has offered a site for a ball park if the Indianapolis American Association franchise is moved. Several other cities have made overtures, according to club officials. Mayor Favors Site But, the officials made it plain, they are not holding the possibility of moving the team from Indianapolis out as a club. They merely mentioined it as what they might eventually have to resort to, regretfully. James A. Perry, president of the club, disclosing that Gary had offered a site for a ball park, said he had not investigated it, but “If Indianapolis does not want to support the club, there is one thing to do—move out. We arc not holding this as a club over anyone’s head, though.” Mayor L. Ert Slack said he believed the Thirty-Eighth St. site the best in the city from the standpoint of utility and traffic. GROCERY IS - ENTERED Doors “Jimmied” on Store and Residence; Loss Small. Shortly after E. F. Steinhardt, grocer at 1601 W. Ohio St., closed his store Monday night and went to his home he received a telephone call from Don Proutman, 206 Minkner St., who passed the store and found the front door “Jimmied.” Steinhardt told police only a few groceries were taken. Joe Cannon, 1520 S. Meridian St., reported a burglar at his home late Monday. A rear door was “jimmied” and a suit of clothes valued at S4O taken. WHITE HOUSE MAID DIES Personal Aid to Wives of Three United States Presidents. B<y United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Miss Katherine Wynne, 52, personal maid to the wives of three presidents at the White House, diod late Monday. She had been ill with pneumonia. Electrocuted in Adjusting Radio Bu United Press KANSAS CITY, Kan., Jan. 10.— Y. C. Henry. 25, was electrocuted last night while making adjustments on an amateur radio station in his home here. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m..,... 33 10 a. m 40 7a. m 33 11 a. m 42 Ba. m 33 12 (noon) .. 44 9 a. m 35 1 p. m 47

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FIND GIANTS’ SKELETONS IN STATE GRAVEL PIT Men Are Believed to Hate Lived in Pre-Historic Era. The skeletons of two gigantic men, believed to have been of a pre-his-toric era, were found In a gravel pit near Greenwood Monday, it was announced here today. Dr. W. H. Logan, State geologist, took charge of the skeletons and will study their formation, in search of clews to their origin. One skeleton had crumbled, but the other was complete and perfectly preserved. Each was about seven feet tall. The shin bones were said to be as long as the legs of an ordinary man. They had been burled twenty feet deep in the gravel pit. Pat Spicer was in charge of a State highway department crew that made the discovery while digging iu the pik

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As the Warden Sees It

Here is Warden Lawes’ viewpoint on capital punishment, as disclosed in a letter signed by him: “Briefly, my views on capital punishment are entirely impersonal, and have, therefore, undergone no change as a result of the Snyder-Gray case. It furnishes further proof of my contention that Capital punishment is not an effective deterrent of murder. If executed, these people will be forgotten in a short time, but if they spent the whole of their natural lives in prison their fate would serve as an example for a number of years, or until their dying day.’V

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Warden at Sing Sing, in charge of arrangements for executing Ruth , Snyder and Henry Judd Gray.

DEATH IN CHAIR HIT AS HORRIBLE CRIME Sing Sing Warden, Who Will Officiate at Snyder-Gray Electrocution, Voices Strong Opposition to Capital Punishment; Called No Deterrent. Lewis E. Lawes. warden of Sin* Sin* prison, has officiated at more than 100 electrocutions since he took charge of the prison in 1920. When Lawes came to Sin* Sin* he was an advocate of capital punishment. He frankly admits, however, that witnessing this great numoer ot executions has made him a militant opponent of the death penalty. The Snyder-Gray ease has not caused him to change his opinion that capital punishment does not edter crime, and his views are outlined in two articles, the first of which appears herewith. BY LEWIS E. LAWES Warden of Sing Sing Prison. OSSINING, N. Y., Jan 10.—The most horrible crime than can be con. mitted is the killing of a human being, and. likewise, the most horrible punishment that can be imposed is the killing of a human being; the first, the community could not prevent; the second is accomplished with premeditation and deliberation. Most of us who take sides on the question of capital punishment do so instinctively. We form and opinion early in life, and we cling to it, never-obliging ourselves to re-examine our reasons for our belief. Why is there so much interest in capital punishment at present? It is due to the awakening of the public to danger in the growing murder rate. I used to believe strongly in the sound necessity of capital punishment. Now, I do not. j

Some weeks after assuming the office of warden of Sing Sing prison. I was directed by name and official title to kill a designated human being. True the man was a convicted murderer, but, nevertheless, he was a human being. It was my duty to determine the day, in fact, the exact hour and minute death should occur. This grewsome task caused me to seek all obtainable facts relating to capital punishment, not only in America, but in all civilized countries of Europe. Used as Deterrent I found that the fundamental theory of punishment is that it is used for deterrence, for retribution and reformation. Reformation, obviously, cannot be attributed to the use of the death penalty. The argument that capital punishment is necessary as a process of elimination is faulty; it is unscientific in its application. The idea of punishment of any type solely as retribution Is gradually disappearing. The death penalty has been tried before on a colossal scale, judged and found wanting. Life Term Greater Penalty There is no room for sentimentality in dealing with the subject of capital punishment, but death fades into insignificance when compared with life imprisonment. To spend each night in jail, day after day, year after year, gazing

727,000 BOY'FORDS Half Million Are for Delivery at Earliest Moment. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—Retail orders for 727,000 have been booked by Henry Ford since the new model came out of the factory, Edsel Ford revealed here. Considering the fact that Model A is only five,weeks old, the sales performance was said to be without precedent. Os the 727,000, more than 570,000 are for delivery at the earliest possible moment, with each order secured by a cash deposit or $25 ormore; 100,000 are secured by deposits of less than $25, and 90.000 are being bought on the Ford $5-a-week installment savings plan.

at the bars and longing for freedom, is indeed expiation. Executions, like war, brutalize men{ the more that takes place, the greater the number there is to executed The man about to die becomes a hero. The executed man passes quickly from the mind, while the criminal in life imprisonment remains as a living symbol of the awful consequences of an awful act. 10,000 Homicides in Year The United States is a nation that leads the world in scientific progress, that boasts achievement - in the adjustment of industrial relations, in dealing with complex social and welfare problems, yet hangs its head in shame at ten thousand homicidal deaths each year. In the face of this, why do we cling blindly to capital punishment? Why do States which have the most legal executions also have the greatest number of homicides in proportion to population? Why, do those States where lynchings are most frequent also have the greatest number of ders? Seems Spur to Crime What explanation is there of the fact that several counties in New York State had no murder convictions for a number of years, yet when the first conviction for murder occurred with the subsequent execution of the murderer at Sing Sing, it immediately was followed by a number of murders? I ask that others !a,sk themselves these questions and answer them without prejudice. I find thar, those who have given real study to the subject usually favor the abolition of the death penalty. (Copyright. 1928, NEA Service, Inc.) MISsTnG GIRLS SOUGHT Start From ShelbyviUe, Fail to Arrive Home. Police have been asked to find Miss Helen Barrett, 19, of 822 S. East St., whose mother she had not returned home since leaving for ShelbyviUe with another girl and a man Sunday night. A telephone call from ShelbyviUe Monday morning informed the mother they were leaving for home. Later the man called and said they would not be home until Wednesday, the mother told police. I. L. Colburn, Detroit, wired police here to watch for his daughter Katherine, 15, who ran away from home with Marjorie Townsend, also 15. They left word that they intended to come here.

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‘SAVE me; is RUTH SNYDER PLEA TO AIDS ‘Do All in Your Power to Win Stay,’ Says Letter to Lawyers. FINAL FIGHT PLANNED Habeas Corpus Writ Will Be Asked in Federal Court Thursday. By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW was made today to stay the execution of Ruth Snyder and • Henry Judd Gray, and the time set for their death was only sixty hours away. At Sing Sing prison, thirty-one miles up the Hudson, preparations for electrocuting them went steadily ahead. Mrs. Snyder was not resigned to die, While Gray awaited death calmly. The* woman seemed unwilling to admit the fact that death impended and was buoyed up by the belief that her lawyers, in some way, would find a means of getting a stay. Her hope was based mainly on the promise of Joseph Lonardo, one of her attorneys, that he would apply for a writ of habeas corpus in Federal Court Wednesday. Lonardo, with Edgar Hazleton, chief counsel, and Dana Wallace, another associate, expected to call on Mrs. Snyder this afternoon. She had written to Lonardo last night, sending the letter through her brother, Andrew Brown. She asked Lonardo to do all in his power to save her. No Word From Smith Lonardo planned to have Mrs. Snyder sign a petition to be presented to Federal Court Thursday asking for,a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that her rights under the Federal Constitution had been violated when she was made to stand joint trial with Gray and convicted partly on the testimony of an accomplice. The ordinary procedure would be for the Federal judge to set the next hearing day, which in this case is Friday, for argument on granting the writ. Counsel then would ask the Governor for a .stay until the Federal procedure could be completed. No word came from Governor Smith of when he would announce his decision on the apeal for clemency in behalf of Mrs. Snyder and Gray. Both prisoners slept well last night. Gray continued studying his Bible today, while Mrs. Snyder read letters expressing sympathy and cheer. Asks for Black Dress Mrs. Snyder will remain In her present cell about sixty yards or so from the death chamber until led to execution. Gray will be taken to another cell on Thursday just outside the door of the death chamber. Although Mrs. Snyder asked her mother for a black silk dress and lingerie, she probably will die in the regulation blue prison uniform with a short skirt to permit easy fastening of the electrode to one leg The stocking on that leg will be slit. Gray will wear the usual prison uniform, minus one sock and with the trousers leg slit. Warden Lawes and prison physicians denied the prisoners will be given any sedatives or drugs before they are led into the death chamber. Head May Not Be Shaved PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10. Ruth Snyder's head may not be shaved for her electrocution in Sing Sing prison Thursday night, as is customary for a person who goes to the electric chair, Robert G. Elliott, official executioner, said today in an interview here. Elliott was the executioner at Rockview penitentiary, Bellefonte, Pa., Tuesday of (Raymond Winter and William Meyers, murderers. “I have told officials at Sing Sing that they may shave a little patch out of Ruth Snyder’s hair at the base of the skull,” Elliott said. “I also told them they didn’t even need to do that, because I can part her hair and fold it under the cap. I don’t like to see the natural looks of a person spoiled when friends and relatives want to claim the body. “I have never officiated at the execution of a woman, and naturally I am not anxious to do so, but I do not feel great hesitancy about Ruth’s case, because it is my duty and I would not shrink.” Rebuff Salvation Army By United rress LONG ISLAND CITY, Jan. 10.— Adjutant Agnes McKernan of the - Salvation Army, seeking to carry religious consolation to Mrs. Ruth Snyder, met a rebuff today in applying for an order admitting 'her to the prison. Supreme Court justice Townsend Scudder, trial judge in the Snyder-Gray case, refused to sign the order. Supreme Court Justice Strong told the adjutant he was “very-busy” and suggested she see Scudder again.