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GOTHAM PROBE IS VOTED BY LEGISLATURE Republicans in Senate Win Bitter Struggle for New York Inquiry. AN ‘OUT’ FOR ROOSEVELT Governor Can Win Tammany Hall by Not Acting Against Walker. Hi> United Press ALBANY, N. Y., March 24.—The New York state legislature today decreed a top-to-bottom investigation of all angles of the New York city government. Without waiting for further action on the negligence and misfeasance charges brought to attempt the removal of Mayor James J. Walker, Republicans in the state capital Monday night started a drive for a city-wide inquiry that was crowned' with success a few hours before dawn. Three hours after the senate voted for the resolution, 26 to 24, the assembly ratified the upper house’s action, the vote being 76 to 70. Both votes were along strictly party lines, Democrats solidly op-) posing the resolution. Victory After Long Fight Tire Republican victory came after long, accumulated demands from civic and church organizations of the nation’s largest city. Authorization for the legislative Investigation, which had been hung up by the opposition of the two Westchester county Republican senators. Seabury C. Mastick and Walter M. Westall, was accomplished within a few hours after Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt had sent Mayor Walker copies of the charges against him with an invitation that he reply to them. The Hofstadter-Story resolution, which Westchester Republican oppostion had stalled the senate for weeks, was scrapped and anew proposal which bears the name of Senator John Knight, Republican president pro tern of the senate, was substituted. Milder in Form The. Knight resolution, milder in many respects than the original proposal, contains no specific direction requiring the investigators to delve into Tammy hall activities in New York, though it is bro~d enough to permit an inquiry into all departments of government in the metropolis. The language of the new resolution is such as to stress constructive aspects of the inquiry rather than prosecutions for wrongdoing. Friends of Governor Roosevelt saw in the Republican action an opportunity for the Governor to do one of two things. He either could gain Tammany Hall’s friendship by ruling eventually that, since the legislature had ordered the investigation, there is no longer need for him to carry out an investigation of the charges against Mayor Walker, or step in and beat the Republican investigation by ordering one by a commissioner of his own choice. Not to Be Swayed From sources close to the Governor, word came today that he does not intend to>be swayed one way or another by the action of the Republican majority in the legislature. This may mean that the Governor will go into the charges against Mayor Walker through a commissioner of his own appointment. However, 'e more generally supported beilef in administration circles Is that the Governor, who long has insisted that any general investigation of the New York City government should be made by the legislature, will content himself with permitting that branch of the government to go into the whole question of corruption in New York City. In this connection, it was pointed out the Governor had a conference Sunday night with Judge Samuel Seabury. who has consented to be counsel to the legislative investigating committee. Any credit that, may arise from the legislative investigation partly can be claimed by Roosevelt on the ground that he approved an appropriation of $250,000 for the investigation before the legislature authorized it. WIL KINS'SU BM A RIN E CHRISTENED WITH ICE Nautilus to Make Long, Under Sea Journey to North Pole. By United Press NEW YORK, March 24.—The submarine Nautilus in which Sir Hubert Wilkins plans to go to the north pole this summer, was christened with ice today at the Brooklyn navy yard by Lady Wilkins, wife of the explorer. Jean Jules Verne, grandson of the author, was a guest at the ceremony. Lady Wilkins pulled a ribbon which turned a silver bucket upside down and spread ice on the bow. NAB DESERTING MOTHER Police Hold Hammond (Ind.) Woman in Baby Abandonment. CHICAGO. March 24.—Mrs. Stella Lutkowski Bruek, 23, Hammond (Ind.) waitress, was arrested in Hammond and returned to Chicago today on charges of abandoning a 2-weeks-old infant found last Thursday in the Michigan hotel. The woman told police she brought her baby to Chicago and deserted it because her husband had left her and she was unable to work and care for the child at the same time

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First Complete Story of Viking Disaster Is Told as Survivors Reach Port Varick Frissell and Arthur Penrod, American Explorers, Probably Were Blown to Bits When 120 Tons of Powder Exploded, Destroying 1 Sealing Ship Off Newfoundland Coast. BY JOHN T. MEANEY United Press Staff Correspondent (CcravriKht. 1931. by United Press), ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, March 24. —The tragic story of the sealing steamer Viking, blown apart by the terrific detonation of 120 tons of powder in the icy wastes off Newfoundland, was told in full today for the first time when the rescue ship Sagona reached here with twenty-nine mutilated survivors. The Prospero, with more than ninety other survivors, is expected here later today. It was revealed that Varick Frissell, New York explorer, and Arthur E. Penrod, his companion, probably were blown to pieces with the ship. It was charged by the suffering survivors that the deadly cargo of powder was handled with extreme carelessness, unguarded, spilled on the floor, and exposed to the hazards of lights and men smoking.

It was revealed that even at 1 the moment of the disaster, . Frissell, concerned at the danger of the exposed powder, was lettering a sign, “POWDER—DANGER,” to place on the door of the magazine. Henry J. Sargent, Boston, the American survivor of Frissell’s expedition to make motion pictures of the seal hunters at work, told how he was sitting in the cabin with Frissell and Penrod w r hen the explosion occurred. “I never saw either of them again,” Sargent said sadly. The Bostonian had a miraculous escape, and was less seriously injured than many of the others. It was a dramatic tale of suffering and heroism in the cruel ice of the north that the survivors brought back. They told how they were concluding an informal Sunday evening prayer and hymn service, when, as the words of “Nearer, My God to Thee” faded away, the terrific blast tore out the aft part of the ship and left them to scramble to the open ice. The story of the ensuing struggle of the injured and scantily-clad men to reach Horse island, some six miles away from the grinding ice floes and treacherous open leads, was one of marvelous endurance and self-sacrifice.

Bravery Is Lauded

The injured men were aided by their comrades to withstand the suffering on the ice floes after they scrambled off the burning ship, many of them half clothed. Some of the men in the midship hold were reading from the Bible when the blast occurred. The passage they read was “Let not your heart be troubled; if you believe in God, believe also in Me.” W. G. Johnson, master of the watch, talked freely of the conditions to which he attributes the explosion. Nurse Berrigan, who was aboard the Sagona when the first survivors were picked up, praised Johnson's heroism in saving the lives of Alfred King, radio operator, and Fred Best, with whom he remained in a dory from Sunday night until they were rescued by the Sagona, Wednesday. Johnson realized that it would be fatal for the men to attempt to make any progress through the ice floes in their frail boat and encouraged them to wait it out. They would have been carried into the open sea if they had attempted to reach safety by themselves.

Charge Carelessness

“The ship was blown up by the explosion of the powder magazine,” Johnson said. “There is not the least doubt of that. The wonder Is that it was not blown up before. “It was criminal carelessness on the part of those responsible for the powder and the magazine. A few hours before the explosion I had warned the boatswain against the danger of the powder in 25-pound sheet iron kegs. 120 tons of it thrown carelessly into the magazine. “Members of the crew had free access to the powder room. I saw kegs broken and powder leaking out. “A hundred of the ship’s ice flags were strewn about, some under and some over the powder kegs. “Men with lighted pipes were moving carelessly about. Oil stoves were burning close by, and lamps were lighted.” “I am ready to make a statement on oath to that effect.”

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Partly cloudy and somewhat colder tonight with lowest temperature near freezing; Wednesday, fair. ”

Boy Stowaway Dies in Blast By United Press ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, March 24.—Survivors today told here how a 12-year-old stowaway, Edwin Cronin, reared in the sealing country and filled with the irresistable desire of youth for adventure, hid himself on the Viking and perished in the explosion that tore the ship apart. The lad hid in a harness case on the quarter deck. Two hours after the Viking had nosed into the rough seas en route to White bay, a wheelsman,' James Coady, heard a tapping inside the case and opened the lid. Cronin popped up, seasick but not discouraged. Coady carried the lad into the crew quarters, where he was placed in a bunk. Later the boy was transferred to the firearms quarters and given a temporary bunking place.

Nicholas Roache, Johnson’s shipmate, stood by listening. “Every word he says is true,” Roache said. “It is a wonder that we escaped for so long. The kegs were dented and the powder was leaking out on the floor. Where a spark from a pipe or cigaret would do the job.” James Coady, another of the Viking crew, added his testimony to that of his mates. “That is correct,” he said. “I saw it myself and was not surprised when the tail was blown out of the old boat.” Relating the events immediately preceding the disaster, Johnson said: “We were about a mile inside the outer edge of the ice and were about turning down for the night. Only the watch was on deck. Nearly all were below. Some already were in their berths. “It being Sunday night, several of the sealers joined in prayer with the Catholic chaps who were saying the rosary. When the Catholic boys were through the Protestant fellows sang hymns.

Dense Smoke Clouds

“Then, in the silence that followed the hymns, John Wheeler, master watch, said, just before going on deck: “Come on boys. Let’s all join in singing ‘Nearer My God to Thee.’ “We all did. Then Old John went on deck, never again to be seen, for ten minutes later came that awful blast. “I was forward when she blew up. The men were tossed clear out of their berths. The ship rolled like a log. All was darkness. Fumes from the powder followed smoke that choked us. Flashes of fire from aft made us realize what had happened. “We all made for the booby hatch companionway, through which only one man can go at a time. Some of the more easily excited men scrambled fiercely for the cramped exit. But most of them stood back coolly till the rush was over. “I was the last to go on deck. The ship was aflame aft then, and the bunkers were afire, sending dense coal smoke all around us We could see nothing, although men’s voices came from every direction. “I jumped over the port side to the ice and got some distance from the ship. Soon afterward. I returned to see if any had been left behind. I saw some men lying on the ice. “I found the captain, who had been on the bridge when the explosion occurred, had fallen through the open deck to the cabin floor,

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injuring his leg and head. He crawled out on deck, and tumbled over the side to the ice, where he was picked up and hauled to safety. “Other injured got into dories which we launched from the main deck of the ship, which now was burning fiercely. No one knew who was saved and who was lost. “We moved from the vicinity of the burning ship and there divided up into groups to start for shore. “The disabled were put into dories and the uninjured hauled them over the ice floes. It was terrible work and we did not make a half mile an hour. After resting, we started again at daybreak. Some broke from their groups and made for the island themselves. “And so we continued during the whole day Monday and Tuesday Hungry and thirsty, we made a fire and melted ice which we gave to the injured to drink. We gave them a few pieces of bread some had saved. “It was the same through Tuesday night, when we finally met some men who had come from shore to guide us to safety.” Roach, discussing the chances of escape for the men in the Viking’s aft, said: “They had no more chance than a snowball in hell.”

Many Heroic Acts

“Most of them were killed where they stood or sat,” he said. “All in the vicinit of the magazine were blown to pieces. Those above it were killed, crushed beneath foundering timbers. Roache then gave his version of the scenes in the cabin at the time of the explosion. “The scene in the hold when the lights went out was terrible," he said. “Men screamed as they groped their way to’ the hatch. They climbed over each other’s backs—but all got out on the main deck and forepeak safely. Not a man forward the engine room was saved in my opinion, and not one aft escaped uninjured. Most of them were either killed or drowned.” Many acts of bravery and unselfishness were recorded after the explosion. Some of the men were undressed at the time and did not have time to get their clothes. More fortunate comrades shared .clothing with them. The cold was intense, but luckily there was no snow or rain. “Several men fell through the ice and were drenched,” Roache said. “They were forced to wear their wet clothing until they were rescued. “The force of the explosion tore the clothing off some of the men. The firemen escaped only in their underclothing and, suffered terribly until some of their mates shared clothing with them.

Heat Unbearable

“Survivors picked up some blankets that- were strewn in the midst of the wreckage. Also some of them got some pieces of hard bread and a few loaves. Johnson and I had only a small piece of bread and one orange from Monday morning to Wednesday noon. “The m.-n’s faces were blackened with smoxe from the bunkers before they could get clear of the ship. Some were scorched. The heat was almost unbearable. The flames from the explosion shot to the sky.” Johnson said that the explosion was not only heard on Horse island, but made the entire island tremble. “The whole 120 tons of powder went off.” he said. “That old ship was frozen solid, and only such an explosion could shake her.”

MERCURY ON SLIDE Drop to Near Freezing by Tonight Predicted. Drop from the high temperatures of spring to near freezing tonight was forecast today by the weather bureau. The mercury rose to 58 Monday afternoon and stood at 49 at 9 a. m. today. ■ The drop in temperature was to be general throughout the state with the possibility of rain in the northern section. * Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 47 10 a. m 48 7a. m 49 li a. m 45 Ba. m—.. 50 12 (noon).. 44 9a . m 49 Ip, jn 44

BOOZE CHARGE FILED AGAINST OIL FIRM HEAD Lincoln Refining Cos. Chief Faces Accusation of ‘Blind Tiger.’ APARTMENT IS RAIDED Police Say Twenty Pints of Liquor Were Found in Home. Warrant for the arrest of H. B. Carpenter, 1209 North Illinois street, Apartment 21, president of the Lincoln Oil Refining Company, on a charge of operating a blind tiger, was held today by police, who awaited Carpenter’s return to Indianapolis. The police booze squad, headed by Sergeant John Eisenhut, raided the apartment Friday night while Carpenter and his family were out of the city and said they found more than twenty pints of whisky, gin and wine. According to officers on the raiding squad, the “John Doe” search warrant, originally obtained, was sworn out after patrolman Wayne Bear had received indirect complaints concerning alleged “parties” at the apartment. Privacy Right Involved Action of the police along this line again raised the question of privacy of homes against employment of the Wright bone dry law as an instrument of vengeance by neighbors. Eisenhut and members of his squad obtained a pass key to the apartment Friday night from Mrs. Geneva Day, building manager, and rifled the refrigerator, where they said they found part of the liquor. They picked a lock on a closet in which police said they found the remaining amount, Mrs. Day said. Following the raid, Eisenhut stated that patrolman Bear of his squad received the information and obtained the warrant from Municipal Judge Paul C. Wetter twenty-four hours before the raid. Eisenhut said federal agents had no hand in the matter. Federal authorities also declared they were not involved. Several Complaints Alleged However, Bear said that he had had several complaints about the building, but never had received information concerning the exact apartment, until he was passed a complaint by federal agents. He said federal authorities declared a former resident had named the apartment. Under the blind tiger charge, five allegations are leveled at Carpenter. These are manufacture, possession, sale and transporting intoxicating liquors and maintaining a nuisance. The state, when the trial is held, will elect on which of the counts Carpenter will be tried. Bear, in his statement to Tha Times, indicated that the case would be taken over by federal authorities. Now Out of City Mrs. Day said Carpenter and his family often leave the city for several days on business trips. Carpenter’s home is in Findlay, O. He had been out of the city eight days at the time of the raid. Mrs. Day said. Carpenter recently was host for a dinner party attended by Governor Harry G. Leslie and city officials, commemorating first operation of the company’s air beacon atop the Merchants Bank building. WATCHMAN SLUGGED Thieves Break Into Store, Get Three Pistols. Beating the night watchman into insensibility, thugs who broke into the Em-Roe Sporting Goods store, 211 West Washington street, early today took three new pistols and escaped. Elmer Callahan, 70, of 311 West New York street, the watchman, saw the first man break the front door glass and enter the store. He covered him with a gun and started for the door, when a blow from behind knocked him out Police believe a second man entered and slugged Callahan with a golf club, which was missing from its rack near the scene of the scuffle. FIND STUDENT NURSE SLAIN AT ROADSIDE Police Seek State Representative’s Son for Questioning. By United Press TIVERTON, R. I„ March 24. Apparently slain and thrown from an automobile, the body of Miss Mary E. Russell, 22. of Portsmouth, j student nurse at Truesdale hos- j pital in Fall River, Mass., was dis- | covered in some bushes by a road- ; side here today. Authorities later broadcast a scription of Eliot Hathaway, 28, son of State Representative Louis E. Hathaway of Fall River. They said they understood young Hathaway had gone motoring with the dead girl Monday night and that they wanted to question him. SEEK SHELTER HOUSE Civic Leagues to Ask for Building in Dearborn Park. Petition for the erection of a shelter house in Dearborn park will be offered by representatives of the East Thirty-Eighth Street Civic League and the Brightwood Civic League to the park board at 2 p. m. Thursday in cicy hall ' J*.. 4 .

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Deb Goes Into Movies

Until a few days ago Loretta Sayers was a society debutante of the Larchmont (N. Y.) colony—a junior leaguer and member of several swanky clubs. But now she’s packing for Hollywood, first of the “new faces” to be put under contract by Columbia scouts who were ordered to search for pretty girls who could carry society roles in an authentic manner. Miss Sayers has had neither stage nor movie experience, but when she showed up for screen and voice tests they asked her to sign on the dotted line.

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State Promises to Offer Witnesses to Murder of Jake Lingle. BY WILLIAM E. HALLBERG United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, March 24.—Proof by the testimony of seven persons that Leo V. Brothers killed Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune police reporter, was promised today by C. Way l and Brooks, assistant state's attorney, in his opening sttement to the jury trying Brothers. Tyrell V. Krum, Brothers’ attorney, followed Brooks with the defense opening statement charging that the state’s tetsimony is “a frameup arranged with funds provided by the Tribune, through purchased testimony.” Brooks and Krum made their opening statements while pacing before a huge artist’s drawing of the Illinois Centrl subway under Michigan avenue in which Lingle was shot down from behind last June 9. The map was placed at an angle visible to the jury and courtroom. Shows No Emotion Brothers, attired in a doublebreasted blue suit, sat with his attorneys, his chin cupped in his left hand—the hand the state charges fired the shot that killed Lingle. Although he was hearing the first complete revelation of the state’s case, Brothers showed no emotion. “Lingle was twenty-five feet beyond the beginning of the subway’s rise to the Illinois Central station platform when a single pistol shot struck him in the back and center of the head, paralyzing his brain. He died so quickly that his jaw locked on a cigar he was smoking and he pitched to the floor still holding a racing form. “Behind Lingle and the murderer were Clark (Red) Applegate, a Kentucky racing enthusiast, and his wife. They knew Lingle, but were not aware that he was in the tunnel. _“Mr. and Mrs. Applegate were a few feet behind the reporter at the crash of the bullet and saw a young man turn, run past and drop a gun. Saw Cop in Chase “Mrs. Applegate cried: ‘Somebody get that man.’ Her husband followed him out of the tunnel, then stopped and watched him cross the street. He saw a police officer take up the chase, then went on to the races. “Mrs. Applegate has been extremely nervous since that time and may not be able to testify. Her husband will tell you the man he saw was Leo Brothers.” Brooks then went on to identify other witnesses. At one point, he

‘FREE’ CIGARS BARRED FOR COPS BY KINNEY

Tony's bananas and the corner druggist's cigars must repress their tendency vo stray into pockets of policemen, Police Chler Jerry E. Kinney ordered today, answering

complaints of merchants that business is so bad they can not afford the time-honored tribute to the blue coats. Addressed to Detective Chief Fred Simon and Police .Captains John-

turned, pointed at Brothers and named him. The defendant stared back without flinching. Brooks picked up a pointer as he began naming the seven key witnesses, and used it to trace on the map their knowledge of Lingle’s murder. He did not name one w r ho actually saw the slayer fire the single bullet that struck Lingle. The courtroom was strangely quiet while Brooks in calm, even tones proceeded with his presentation. When he concluded without reference to the death penalty, there was hardly a stir. EXECTOSTAY IS DUE TODAY Supreme Court to Rule for Doomed Man. Stay of execution for Frank Scott, South Bend Negro, sentenced to die in the electric chair at the Indiana state prison Thursday at midnight for murder, is expected to be granted by the supreme court late today. Spurred on by assurance that they can save Scott’s life, at least for a time, and see that his murder conviction is reviewed by the supreme court, Scott’s attorneys here were rushing the procedure to obtain reprieve. They are R. L. Bailey and R. L. Brockenburr, Negro attorneys, with offices at 46 North Pennsylvania street. Following conferences Monday afternoon with Chief Justice David A, Myers of the supreme court, Secretary L. O. Chasev in the office of Governor Harry G. Leslie and Bert Walker, deputy attorney-gen-eral, Bailey left for South Bend. Today he expects to serve notice of appeal on the St. Joseph county prosecutor, return here, file appeal with the supreme court and obtain the stay. Scott was sentenced for the murder of Isham Hampton, Negro, whom, he claims, stole his wife’s affections. It was the first death sentence in St. Joseph county in forty years. Appeal was not filed at once, as Scott had no funds and was defended by the pauper attorney. Seldom in Indiana is the death penalty inflicted without an appeal to the supreme court. Safe Broken, No Loot Taken Thieves who entered the Brightwood Lumber Company, 2121 North Dearborn street, early today, scattered contents of a safe through the office, but failed to obtain any loot, police were told.

son, Mullin, Petit and McMurtry, his order was: “Several complaints have been made to me in regard to officers visiting business places and demanding they be given merchandise. “Especially is this report made in regard to cigars, cigarets, and tobacco. Some of these business men say they are not making enough money to pay their rent, and are only staying in business h< ping that times will improve. “Restaurant owners, owners of meat markets and poultry houses also make complaint that officers •are demanding free meals, meat and poultry. Instruct your men that if this practice is not stopped at once, I shall prefer charges against them with the board of public safety.” v

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I. U. CAMPUS IN UPROAR ON DRINKING QUIZ One Fraternity House Is Likely to Be Closed. Say Reports. ANOTHER MISSING GIRL Sought After Dispute With Dean; Hint Co-Eds Are Facing Expulsion. BY CARLOS LANE Times Staff Correspondent BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 24. —lnvestigation by student and school leaders into alleged drinking parties said to have been held recently at Indiana university fraternity houses, today had the campus in an uproar while students awaited the action of the board oi’ student affairs. Students frankly admitted they had reliable reports that at least one fraternity house will be closed by the board and school authorities. It also was reported that several coeds, members of prominent sororities, had been expelled, and that other expulsions might follow. Seek Another Missing Co-ed School authorities, it is known, opened a probe of the alleged drunken brawls more than ten days ago following several dances at which, it was reported, co-eds and fraternity members engaged in festivities that led to severe criticism. Deliberation? of the student board were under way as police sought Miss Lillian Bornoff, 18, of Indiana Harbor, who has been missing since she left Bloomington Monday night. Relatives informed police the girl had not returned to her home. Miss Bornoff left the schoel after a dispute with Miss Agnes E. Wells, dean of women. The co-ed is said to have told friends she would “ stay at the university nor would she return to her home. Asked to Leave School The student affairs committee Monday requested Miss Bornoff to withdraw from the university not later than April 2, it was learned from offices of the institution. The girl’s father was informed of the action by university authorities, i Student affairs committee officials i would not divulge the reason for the request. She is said to have boarded an In- | dianapolis-bound bus at 7 p. m. Monday. Her parents have been informed that their daughter left I the school and have become worried j over her nonappearance. Officials .Are Silent The report of Miss Bomoffs absence led to the second search in a week for a missing co-ed. Last Wednesday Miss Ann Pollock of Oak Park, 111., returned to the campus after four days’ mysterious absence. ; She was expelled from school. Officials of the school could not be reached before noon for a statement in connection with the reports as to the outcome of the investigation. At this time, students said they had not heard what charges were pending before the board that would ! lead to the expected action. PRIEST, CONVICTED OF DRUNK DRIVING. FINED Thirty Days Sentence to Penal Farm Is Suspended. By Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., March 24 The Rev. John J. Flinn. 32, Catholic priest from Jeffersonville, arrested here following an automobile accident was fined SSO and costs for | driving while intoxicated, $25 and costs for reckless driving and $lO and costs, amounting to S4O, for intoxication, and given a thirty-day suspended sentence to the state penal farm. His driver’s license was revoked for one year. ■ The priest was driving north on U. S. Road 31 when his car struck a car owned by Milford Williams of Indianapolis, causing both cars to go into a fence. The priest was placed in the county jail and later was arraigned in circuit court. BISHOP PICKETED BY DISMISSED MINISTER Dr. White Demands Church Trial for Upholding “Marriage.” By United Press NEW YORK. March 24.—Attired in clerical robes and bearing about his neck a sign “bishop, I ask you for justice,” the Rev. Eliot White today resumed the picketing of Bishop William T. Manning which he started yesterday afternoon, Bishop Manning maintained seclusion. White was dismissed from Grace Protestant Episcopal church some weeks ago because of his advocacy of companionate marriage. He seeks an ecclesiastical trial. KIRKLAND RULING NEAR Expect Decision Late Today on Plea sys New Trial By United Press VALPARAISO, Ind., March 24. New trial for Virgil Kirkland, 20, former Gary high school pupil convicted on a charge of killing Arlene Draves was expected to be decided upon late today. John Thiel, Gary, one of Kirkland's attorneys, spent the entire forenoon in pointing out that the evidence presented at the trial did not warrant the life sentence given the defendant.