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BUTLER BLAST STIRS WRATH OF MUSSOLINI Marine Firebrand Is Called by Navy Chief to Give Explanation. UNTRUE, SAYS - ENVOY Charge in Speech at Club That il Duce Ran Down Child Is Denounced. By L nited Brets WASHINGTON. Jan. 27.—MajorGeneral Smeclley D. Butler, U. S. M. C., has been called upon by the navy department to explain statements alegedly made by him in a speech at Philadelphia last week, said by Italian Ambassador De Martino to have been derogatory to Premier Mussolini of Italy. Butler was not at his post at the Quantico marine barracks, of which he is commandant, today and ifcwas believed probable that he was en route to Washington to make a personal explanation. Ambassador De Martino made his protest to the state department last week. He said that he was informed that Butler, speaking before a luncheon of the Contemporary Club of Philadelphia, had made several statements reflecting upon Mussolini, chief among them being: "That a friend of Butler’s motored through Italy with Mussolini. The premier drove his car at rates of speed bordering seventy miles an hour and was reckless frequently. Child's Life “Nothing” ‘ On one occasion the car struck a child. The premier paid little heed, remarking that the life of one child was nothing compared to the life of the state. That Mussolini was “one of those embryo fellows who are waiting to start another war.” That “mad dogs” are “about to break loose in Europe.” The state department immediately called upon the navy to determine the truth of De Martino’s charges. Secretary of the Navy Adams referred the request to Major-General Ben Fuller, commandant of the marine corps, who forwarded Butler a request for an explanation. Rules of the navy department require that officers on active duty refrain from comment publicly upon any controversial matter. Many of their speeches are written in advance and submitted for approval, although the regulations do not always require such practice. Remarks Called Untrue Officers at the navy department today followed the case with extreme interest, but said they had no direct information whatever. They said that the explanation officially would have to move through the same channels as did the request for it. Ambassador De Martino, discussing the incident with the United Press today, termed Butler’s purported remarks as “untrue and slanderous allegations.” He said he had learned that Mussolini never was accompanied by any American on any motor trip around Italy, such as Butler allegedly described. Embassy officials would not confirm reports that the protest was made on the express orders of Mussolini or of others in authority at Rome. It was understood in Washington: however, that Mussolini himself is cognizant of the supposed remarks of Butler and is incensed greatly. Butler Not Commenting Friends of Butler were in touch with him today and reported that he was not commenting on the indent in any way until he makes fns reply to the navy department. These friends explained that Butler made his reference to Mussolini in the course of discussing the relationship of state and the individual. His purpose, they said, was to show that different peoples had different views concerning the importance of the state as compared with the importance of human life. FIREMEN TO GIVE DANCE Food. Clothing for Poor to Be Fee Charged for Admission. Dance for poor relief will be staged at 8:30 Wednesday at Carr’s hall, 5436 East Washington street, by firemen of Engine House 25. Persons attending the dance will give clothing and food for admission. British Court Bans Sunday Movies LONDON. Jan. 27.—The court of appeal today pronounced Sunday motion pictures illegal in Britain, probably affecting thousands of theaters recently involved in a controversy over revival of ancient Sunday laws.

Wins a Coat Police Sergeant Leo Troutman won anew overcoat in municipal court four today, when Mrs. Nellie Oakes. 32, of 561 Lord avenue, sister of a city policeman, and wife of a city fireman, appeared on charges of blind tiger, vagrancy and resisting an officer. When arreted after a raid on the home of another brother Jan. 17, Mrs. Oakes is said to have ripped Sergeant Troutman's overcoat to pieces. Blind tiger and vagrancy charges were dismissed and she was fined $lO on the resistance count, after paying Troutman $33.50 for the coat.

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Freedom Found Cr uel by Convict Bandmaster By United Press

S'AN QUENTIN STATE PRISON, Cal., Jan. 27.—A note of sadness crept into San Quentin’s grey-clad prison band today with the “homecoming” of Demasus Garcia Gallur, former prison band master and nationally known

composer. For fourteen years, while serving sentence for murder, Gallur wielded a convict’s baton and wrote the stirring marches that sent his fame far beyond guardstudded walls. Then eighteen months ago he was paroled. Now he is back again, by his own wish, among the comrades he loved, amidst the surroundings that he said made him use-

less in a fast-changing society. The Cblorful and rotund music master attempted to pick up his old trails in the studios of Hollywood, but he was not successful.

SIDETRACK MODEL DRY LAW DEBATE

LOST AVIATOR IS SAFE Brophy at Hunghsai, Sayo Reports on Chinese Flight. SHANGHAI, Jan. 27.—Dispatches received here today said that G. W. Brophy, aviator, who had been missing, was safe at Hunghsai. Brophy was on a lap of his proposed flight from Shanghai to Manila when he disappeared. TWO METHODIST CHURCHES UNITE Hall Place, Fifty-First St. Congregations Merge. Merger of the Hall place and Fifty-first Street M. E. churches, with abandonment of the Hall place property, Feb. 8, was announced today by Bishop Edgar Blake of the Indianapolis area of Methodist Episcopal churches. Congregation of the Hall place church will transfer to the church at Fifty-first and Central avenue. The Rev. Wilbur D. Grose, pastor of the Fifty-first street church, will be in charge, with the Rev. M. H. Reynolds of the Hall place church, as assistant for the remainder of the conference year. Mr. Reynolds will be appointed to another church next year. Abandonment of the church at Sixteenth street and Hall place, which is nearly fifty years old, resulted from the change in population centers and the widening of Sixteenth street, which cawed cutting off.part of the chum, auditorium. Funds received from the city in damages to the church property will be placed in a trust fund for the Fifty-first street church to be used for' future expansion, BOOZE GANG CHIEF~HELD Leader of Rum-Running Syndicate Will Fight Extradition. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 27.—James A. Courtney, alias “Conrad,” reputed to have made and lost more than a million dollars through his alleged leadership of a Canadian-American rum running clique within the last decade, will fight extradition to Cleveland, where he is said to be wanted for jumping a bail bond.

SENATE TAKES STEP TO TIGHTEN BANKING LAWS

Committee Report on Capitalization and Making Embezzling More Serious Offense Adopted.

Screws were turned in the Indiana senate today to tighten banking restrictions in the state when a committee report was accepted to permit the state banking department to require banks to maintain 10 per cent of capitalization in relation to deposits and making embezzlement a more serious offense. The senate bill providing that capitalization of banks must be at least 10 per cent of deposit liability was called down on second reading by Senator Winfield Miller (Rep., Marion), who introduced the bill with the backing of the Indiana Bankers’ Association and Luther F. Symons, state banking commissioner. Miller talked in favor of passage of the measure, as did Senator C. Oliver Holmes (Rep., Lake), who is president of a bank recently closed in Lake county and past president of the Indiana Bankers’ Association. “Two hundred banks have closed in Indiana since we were here at the last session,” Holmes declared. ”We are not worrying about the banker now, but about re-establish-ing public confidence in banks.” Senator Glenn R. Slenker (Rep., Carroll, Clinton and White) sought to amend the measure on the grounds that it will handicap small banks. But the bill passed to third reading by a vote of 24 to 17. The bill increasing embezzlement penalties was introduced by Senator Herbert V. Tormohlen (Rep., Jay and Randolph >. It provides that persons fcund guilt* of embezzlement shall be

BROKEN, .ill and penniless he applied a short while ago to be allowed to return to San Quentin, his “home” and there spend the remaining days of his life. The request was granted by Warden James Holohan on “humanitarian

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greatly loved by the inmates despite his loathing of “jazz.” A native of Spain, now 51, he was convicted of killing August Hotchkiss in Fruitvale, Cal., in 1917, during a quarrel!

U. S. Senate Turns From Prohibition; Health Chief Quizzed on Relief. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—The senate today sidetracked its prohibition dispute in favor of considering the war department appropriation bill despite protests of several dry senators that the action was tantamount to killing the Howell bill for drastic enforcement in the District of Columbia. A great deal of distress exists throughout the country calling for relief, Surgeon-General Hugh S Cumming of the public health service told the house appropriations committee. Schools Compromise Fails He said malnutrition among children and an increase of pellagra and typhoid fever follow in the wake of the drought in the south. Asked directly as to* whether the $25,000,000 for the Red Cross in the Interior department bill was needed, Cumming replied: “I don’t know about that $25,000,000. But somebody probably is going to have to spend that amount before this thing is over. We can’t tell, of course, how long this situation will last.” Senate and house conferees met unavailingly in an effort to obtain a compromise on Muscle Shoals legislation, but the senate group rejected the house proposal to report formal disagreement and thus obtain a vote in both houses. Discuss Russian Imports Legislation to bar Russian goods produced by forced or indentured labor strongly was advocated by farm, labor and lumber interests at a hearing before the house ways and means committee. Strongest support of the three bills now pending was offered by the American Federation of Labor through its legislative representative, Edward F. McGrady. McGrady charged that the Russian government itself was a well defined plan to export large quantities of goods, particularly to the United States, and to dump goods all over the world. British Princess Taken 111 LONDON, Jan. 27. —Princess Beatrice, aunt of King George, developed acute bronchitis today. The princess, who is 74, fractured her left forearm at Kensington palace Saturday when she slipped and fell.

sentenced to from two to thirty years, but that one year be given for each 81,000 embezzled. A tc*’! of fifteen new bills were introduced in the senate, making it one of the largest days in the matter of bill introduction.

YOUTH USES AX TO KILL HIS 16-YEAR-OLD WIFE

By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Jan. 27.—Jealousy and the apparent wish to save his 16-year-old wife from the suffering of child-birth was believed today to have caused Lawrence Johnson, 22, to slay his girl-wife with an ax at their home here Monday night. Johnson, upon questioning at police headquarters this morning said: “Is she dead? I’m glad. I’ve prayed for u week for God to show me the way and that is what He told me to do." The entire family—the mother, Mrs. Anna Watts, and six small children, ranging in ages from 6 to 12 years—were downstairs dancing and listening to a phonograph, when Johnson killed his wife by striking her on the head with an ax. He then left the body lying on a bed and joined the group in the front room. Richard Carson, 26. Boston, and William Shaw, 27, New York, who nave been at the home since

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grounds.” But it will be a long while before Gallur can assume his old dictatorship over “his orchestra” here. There will b e many months in the hospital, physicians said, to rebuild a body and mind ravaged by the “misery of freedom.” In the old days Gallur was noted for the despotism with which he ruled the convict orchestra. He was

QUIZ BY GRAND JURY, THREAT TD M’INTOSH Ogden Sounds Challenge | When Commissioner Fails to Appear at Office. ACTION ON WEDNESDAY Democratic Caucus Will Act Tonight on Utility Check Scandal. Threat of a grand jury investigation w T as today’s development in the $3,000 public service commission check scandal, involving “promotional expenses” of the Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company. The threat came from AttorneyGeneral James M. Ogden upon the failure again today of Calvin F. McIntosh, public service commissioner, to show up at the attorney-general’s office. The target of Ogden’s inquiry, McIntosh vigorously has denied any knowledge of the much-discussed $3,000 utilities check. Given Until Wednesday “Since Mclntosh has not reappeared I will give him until Wednesday to do so, and if he does not, I’ll take steps to lay the whole matter before the proper authorities,” Ogden declared at noon. Whether such authorities will be the Marion or Jackson county grand jury, Ogden failed to disclose. The attorney-general said the promise of a return visit to his office was made when Mclntosh, with his brother, Freal Mclntosh, and personal attorney, Clyde Jones, a former Democratic public service commissioner, called on him Saturday to discuss the investigation. The return, Ogden said, was promised for “early this week.” Mclntosh disclaims any such promise. Caucus Planned Tonight In caucus at 7 tonight, Democratic members of the house of representatives will decide whether to condone introduction on the floor of the house a motion prepared by Edward E. Eikenbary (Dem., Wabash), calling for a legislative investigation of the check scandal. This would empower the investigating committee appointed by Speaker- Walter Myers to call the attorney-general or any other witnesses before it, compel their attendance and give their testimony under oath. Report of its findings and recommendations is to be made back to the house by the committee, which under the Eikenbary motion is to be composed of two Republicans and one Democrat. Governor Harry G. Leslie, who visited Ogden for two hours Monday and sought to dele*, further action in the case, is reported to have assured attorney-general McIntosh will not be reappointed when his term expires May 1. NOMINEE IS APPROVED Senate Group Votes Favorably on Ohio Revenue Post Choice, By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. The senate finance committee voted unanimously today to report favorably the nomination of David Burnett of Ohio to be collector of internal revenue succeeding Robert H. Lucas, who now is executive director of the Republican national committee. DU PONT WILL IS RLED Huge Estate Goes to Wife, Children of Former Senator. By United Press WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 27. General T. Coleman Du Pont, former United States senator, left his estate of more than $100,000,00v to his widow, Mrs. Alice Du Pont, and their children, it was revealed with filing of the will for probate here. INSULL GROUP FLAYED Free Spending to Influence Vote in Maine Is Charged. By United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 27.—Money was spenc like water by the Insull utility interests in an effort to influence recent Maine elections, Professor Jerome Davis, Yale university, told a union ministers meeting.

their arrival in the city to search for work, had been entertaining the children with dances, and the mother started upstairs for bedclothing on which they were to sleep. Johnson dashed up the steps ahead of his mother-in-law. He noticed his wife still groaning and struck her several more times with the ax. As he was placing a cover ever the body the mother entered the room. The mother saw the body stretched out on the bed and Johnson’s blood-spattered clothes and called police. The young couple, married ten months ago, moved here with the girl’s mother and brother and sisters, from La Porte, Ind., several months ago. The girl’s father is estranged from his wife. Johnson has been unable to find employment in Terre Haute and the family has been supported by Mrs. Watts and her eldest daughter, whe were employed at the Goodwill coffee shop, making day each. -

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CAPTOR OF RUM BOAT ACCUSED Coast Guard Captain Drunk, Crew Says. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—Charges that the commander of the coast guard cutter 145 was intoxicated when he boarded the Josephine K., were made to the United Press today by members of the crew of the Nova Scotian schooner which was captured off shore with a cargo of liquor. While officials were assembling today at the Staten island coast guard base for a hearing on the case, word was received from Newport, R. 1., of the capture by coast guards there of another alleged rum runner—the third to be taken into custody in four days off the north Atlantic coast. The charges of intoxication against coast guardsmen here were made by Wesley Anderson, flr:k mate of the Josephine K., whose captain, William Cluett, was wounded mortally by one of the one-pound shells fired by the CG-145. His story differed in almost every respect from the version given by the coast guardsmen, and for the first time the purported name of the boatswain who commanded the CG--145 was mentioned. Anderson showed a receipt which he said was given to him by the boatswain. It was signed “K. Schmidt,” and acknowledged that the coast guard had removed the sextant and the barometer from the Josephine K.

TRIAL TO OPEN SOON Choice of Jury for Girl’s Murder Hearing Near. Selection of a jury to try Miss Dorothy Jacob for the murder of her lover, Robert Morrison, last August, probably will be completed this afternoon, and opening arguments may be finished before criminal court adjourns. A second venire of fifty talesmen was summoned today. Special Judge James D. Ermston adjourned the trial early Monday afternoon when the first venire of fifty was exhausted because many of the prospective jurors said they had formed opinions as to the guilt or innocence of the pretty 22-year-old waitress.

French Leave By Bcripps-Hoxcard Newspaper Alliance HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Jan. 27. —Fifi D’Orsay’s unexplained absence from her work at the Fox studios since last Saturto her temperament by man - v wh ° pretended to '% Hp :: f* know, was --jy i|§ explained toHi ' lf| day when i<: ' WJp was learned French • screen star o fyr Pllgl was making * "- A an involun- % . tarv trip to * \ Cris t o b a 1, ' X' : C. Z. pjfj Miss D’Orsay boarded the Dutch steamer Drechtdyk at San Pedro to say farewell to a friend, and failed to hear the “all ashore” signal. When she came on deck the craft was several miles past the breakwater and headed for Europe. The craft could not turn back and the actress will not leave the ship until it touches Cristobal on Feb. 4, she told studio officials in a radio message.

Army Officer’s Wife Is Victor in Court Clash Over Joseph Farb. A quick journey almost a fifth of the way across the globe is only incidental to the joy of regaining custody of two children from whom she had been separated five months, Mrs. Esther Anderson, formerly of Indianapolis, told the world today. In superior court two Monday afternoon Mrs. waged a legal battle against Joseph Farb, her former husband, and was “duly: rewarded,” she says, for a hurried trip from Honolulu with the beaming faces of Barbara Farb, 18 months, and Joseph Farb, 3, her children, a goal. Judge Joseph R. Williams believed mother love is stronger yet than the petty accusations that Mrs. Anderson “was not a fit person to care for the children,” and returned them to her with but one restriction—she must not take them out of Marion county. Married Army Officer Wife of Morris D. Anderson, United States army officer stationed at Honolulu, the woman was divorced last June in Indianapolis from Farb. Although Farb sued for the decree, Mrs. Anderson obtained the divorce on a cross-complaint with the stipulation that Farb was to parent the children. Last September, Mrs. Anderson married the army officer who was called immediately to duty on the Pacific island. Farb, meanwhile, placed the two children in aji Indianapolis home. In Honolulu, Mrs. Anderson testified, she became ill and was advised by a physician to return to her children. With her husband, she arrived in Indianapolis a week ago, “broke but happy,” she said. Charges Father Sold Booze In a suit brought by Arthur Dinsrnore, her attorney, Mrs. Anderson asked not only custody of the children, but asked that Farb be cited for contempt of court for failure to pay her weekly allowance under the decree. She charged he was a bootlegger, unfit to parent her children, and that he twice was convicted for the offense. But Farb was reluctant to return Barbara and Joseph to their mother. He countercharged Mrs. Anderson proved herself a “brutal” mother, testifying that on several occasions she had abandoned the children. He accused his former wife of being a narcotic addict. Farb Ordered to Pay The wrangling of attorneys at Monday’s hearing apparently meant nothing to Barbara and Joseph Jr. Alternately they chose to sit beside “mama” at one table and “daddy” at another. Upholding Mrs. Anderson's petition, Judge Williams ordered Farb to pay his former wife $8 a week, giving him absolute right to see the children at all times. Mrs. Anderson indicated her husband may be successful in an effort to be reassigned to the Ft. Benjamin Harrison army post. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 34 10 a. m 41 7a. m 34 11 a. m 44 Ba. m 35 12 (noon).. 46 9a. m 36 Ip. m 48

BROAD RIPPLE HIGH FIRE PERIL PROBE IS ORDERED

A committee to investigate conditions at Broad Ripple high school, branded the “most hazardous in the school system,” will be appointed by Paul C. Stetson,' superintendent of schools, within a few days, he said today. Stetson was appointed by the school board as chairman of the committee to submit a “comprehensive report” on the high school to the board. Recently it was disclosed many neglected fire hazards, endangering the lives of pupils exist at the school. U

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POLICE BRUTALITY CHARGED BY WIFE MURDER SUSPECT IN JUDGE WETTER’S COURT Alva Phillips, Indicted for Killing of Mate, Declares Detectives Kicked and Beat Him in Jail Cell. VIGOROUS DENIAL VOICED BY SIMON Officers Declare Allegations Are ‘Bunk’; Morris, Safety Board Member, Wants to Be- the Law; Charges of extreme brutality in their efforts to wring a confession from him in hours of grilling were made against Indianapolis detectives today by Alva Phillips, 53, gravel company official, of 1337 South Meridian street, murder suspect. Phillips is under indictment for the first degree murder of his wife, Mrs. Mary Jane Phillips, 64. She was found dead, her head crushed, on the kitchen floor of her home last week. Verbal accusations of brutality were fired at the detectives by Phillips late Monday, when he testified before Municipal Judge Faul C. Wetter.

The murder suspect told the court he had been beaten, kicked, and had his hair pulled by nine detectives, who cursed him through a day and night of questioning. Petition of Phillips for an allowance to pay attorneys will be heard in probate court this afternoon at 3 by Judge Smiley N. Chambers. The petition set out the charges

EXTRA By United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 27. Congressman Harry E. Rowbottom, Republican, first Indiana district, was arrested here today by Deputy United States Marshal James B. Spicklman, o na charge of accepting a bribe, and immediately released on SIO,OOO bond. Sworn statements by two mail carriers of Rockport, Ind., that they paid Rowbottom $750 to obtain appointments, were paid by Spicklman to be in his i>ossession. The carriers are Gresham Ayer and his son, Walter. Rowbottom was arrested on a street in Evansville. His bond was furnished by Mansom Richert, sand and gravel man.

NOBILE RESCUE FLIER INJURED Einar-Paal Lundborg Near Death After Crash. By United Press STOCKHOLM. Jan. 27.—The famous Swedish flier, Captain Einar Paal Lundborg, was seriously injured today when his airplane crashed. Lundborg suffered a brain concussion, several broken ribs and breaks in both arms. Lundborg thrilled the world in 1928 when he flew far over the Arctic ice fields and located the stranded party of General Umberto Nobile, the Italian explorer whose expedition had been ended by the wreck of the dirigible Italia while returning from the north pole. The Swedish flier took great risks in landing his plane on the ice floe and returning to safety with the injured Nobile, who later was widely criticised for being the first to leave the floe. Later the Swedish aviator returned to the ice floe to pick up another member of the party, but his plane was wrecked in landing and he was forced to remain on the ice until he in turn was rescued. Lundborg visited the United States in 1929. MERCURY' TUMBLE IS FORECAST FOR CITY Someone offended Miss January; perhaps they told her she’d have to vacate her present holdings in a week, but at any rate she’s going to snarl a bit before she goes. Springtime temperatures of the last four or five days probably will be wiped away tonight and Wednesday, as the mercury slides down below the 30-degree mark, and continues to fall Wednesday, the United States weather bureau . /recast today.

A survey by the Indiana inspection bureau, for insurance purposes, found an old building in use at Broad Ripple to be one of “the most dangerous in the school system.” This is a two-story structure known as East Hall and is used for classrooms. Groups of Broad Ripple school patrons are demanding the board not only correct housing conditions, but also place other needed facilities in the school. Stetson said the committee would make a “thorough investigation of needs at the school” and submit a report to the board within a week or so. i

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of police brutality that Phillips has made and sought $3,000 from the estate of Mrs. Phillips to retain attorneys in his case. In the statement to the court, it was asserted there “had been a will of Mrs. Phillips that has disappeared since the slaying, but the money was earned by Phillips and rightfully is his.” Reporters who accompanied Attorneys Ira M. Holmes and Fred Bonifield to the jail this morning were not permitted to see Phillips. Jail attaches said they “had orders” to keep newspaper men out. The saiety board did not take cognizance of Phillips’ charges during its session today. However, an considering traffic regulations, Donald S. Morris, board member, declared, “If we just assumed we were the law, and paid no attention to crazy rules, we’d get along better.” Holmes and Bonifield, defense attorneys, were in court with Phillips at the hearing when the grand jury’s indictment was filed against him, and he was served with a capias. Protection Is Asked Holmes asked Wetter to see that “Phillips gets protection from bodily harm from now on.” “Do you mean that this man has undergone punishment,” Wetter queried. “Exactly,” Holmes replied. “Is that true?" Wetter asked Phillips. “Yes,” Phillips answered. “Nine of them beat me. Then they’d kick me and they cursed me,” he continued. “They started Sunday, the day after I was arrested, and kept at me until late the next day. “At one time they made me remove my outer clothing and sit in that room with the windows wide open. They all had, on overcoats. They brought me a steak once and then made me sit up straight andI could not bend over. * Charges Beating. Kicking “In between times they kept beating and kicking me. They all pulled my hair. There was only one detective who didn’t do anything when he Was in there.” Phillips pointed to detective William Brickley as the man who had not “beaten or kicked me.” Brickley denied all the charges before Wetter, declaring detectives had been “kind enough to get him a beefsteak.” Although Phillips and Holmes said Phillips had a blackened eye, which the murder suspect said he received in the alleged beating, court attaches said his “eyes looked like they had dark circles around them.” Wetter, after hearing Phillips’ statement, told attorneys that in view of the indictment, Phillips now is “directly in the care of Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker.” Treated Kindly, Says Simons “However, I feel that no one is going to attempt to take advantage of Phillips,” Wetter added. Phillips was unable to name the alleged attackers, Wetter said. Detective Chief Fred Simon was vigorous in his denials of the charges made by Phillips. “Not a man put a hand on him,” Simon declared. “He was treated fairly. We even sent for good meals for him.” ' Other attaches of the courts and detective department labeled the charges “bunk.” Previous charges of brutal treatment in alleged attempts of -detec-I tives to wring a confession from a suspect in the shooting of two policemen were made less than a month ago. These also weie denied by the detectives and safety board.

Wee Weigh By United J'ress KANSAS CITY, Jan. 27. Mary Pickford, the actress, has gone Dr. Coue one better. She doesn’t repeat every day what she wants; she just says it once and that settles it. “I just think of what weight I want to be and if I decide on it strongly enough, that’s just what I weigh,” she told newspaper men while stopping here en route to Hollywood. As proof, Miss Pickford said that at the height of her screen career she weighed 118 pounds. “Now,” she added, with a ncte of finality and a trace of a smile. “I weigh 102.”