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PIERPONT, FACING DEATH SENTENCE, TO ASK NEW TRIAL Makley Hearing- Is Delayed by Difficulty in Selecting Jury; Roth Charged With Slaying of Sheriff. SHOUSE WILL TAKE STAND AGAIN Prosecutor Botkin Reveals Two Threats on His Life in Letters Mailed From Indiana; Leach Also Menaced. BV BASIL GALLAGHER Tim<>. Staff Writer LIMA, 0.. March 14.—Harry Pierpont, terror mobster faring - a Heath sentence here, was expected to file a motion for anew trial this afternoon, it was reported. Tim convicted killer and purported real leader of the Dillinger terror mob probably will receive the death sentence tomorrow. If his new trial plea is denied, he is expected to appeal to the Ohio supreme court. Trial of Charles Makley, second of the terror mob to face court here for the murder of Sheriff Jess Sarber when the mob freed John Pillinger from the jail here, was being delayed by difficulty in selecting a jury.

By the noon recess, nine jurors, of which three were women, had Been selected. Prosecutor Ernest Botkin, who today revealed that he had received a second death threat letter, announced this afternoon that Edward Shou.se, another of the terror gang, whose testimony helped convict Pierpont last week, will be brought to Lima from the Indiana state prison again to testify against Makley. The trip probably will be made in the same armored rar in which the previous trip was made. The car was loaned by Mayor .lack Edwards. Marion. Inri. Rhouse is expected to repeat his testimony of la c t week, in which he branded Pierpont as the actual killer of Sheriff Barber, and named Makley and Russell Clark as his accomplices. (iant Attack Fears Relax The prosecutor today received a wooden pistol. On one side were the words. "1934 Dillinger model.” and on the other, "Crown Point Pistol Works.” During preliminaries to the trial. Makley, affable as usual, chatted with his sister frequently. He was dressed neatly, wearing a gray suit and greenish tie. While fear of an attackby Dillinger and a gang to tree Pierpont, Makley and Clark has relaxed somewhat. there has been no relaxation in precautions taken to guard against such an attack or a break bv the prisoners. A second letter threatening the life of Prosecutor Botkin was revealed today. I.etter Mailed at Xeweastle The letter, officials said, was signed by a Mrs Esther Mac Cherry of Newcastle, Iml.. heart of the district where the notorioius Dillinger gang operated. The letter threatened Mr. Botkin if he succeeded in obtaining a death sentence against Makley. such as was returned Sunday against Pietpont. Mrs. l.cna Pierpont. mother of Harry Pierpont. was in Newcastle last Monday, The Times learned today. She was reported also to have been in Brazil. Ind.. today. The first letter received by Mr. Botkin, mailed from Indianapolis, carried a death threat, to Botkin and to Captain Matt Leach of the Indiana state police, whose activities were a thorn in the side of the Dillinger gang. Crank. Says Botkin Prosecutor Botkin said he believed the letter the work of a crank, and Captain Leach, in acknowledging from Indianapolis the receipts of the threa-t here, scoffed at the idea that his life is in danger. However. General Harold M. Bush, in rharge of national guardsmen here, considered the letter, signed "J. D ■’ serious enough to turn over *o postal authorities for investigation. Counsel for Pierpont. Miss Jessie I evy and William Fogarty, both of Indianapolis, said thev would show that Makley was at h;s home in St. Mary's. 0.. when Sheriff Jesse L. Sarber was slain by a band of gunmen who liberated John Dillinger front the .tail here. OLD AGE PENSION BILL SUPPORTED IN HOUSE Labor Committee Reports Favorably on Measure. By l nited Pr< ** WASHINGTON. March 14.—The house labor committee reported favorably today the Connery old age pension bill which provides for federal financial assistance to states with old age pension systems. The measure carries an appropriation of $10,000,000 to start the federal aid program. Chairman William P. Connery Jr. <Dem.. Mass.), said he would press for early action. States are given until Jan. 1. 1939. to make their old age pension laws conform with provisions of the bill as to federal aid. which would be on the basis of $1 for every $2 spent by the states few assistance to the aged. * Bag Stolen From Car A bag containing articles valued at S3O was stolen from the parked automobile of Robert M. Collier, 912 East drive Woodruff Place, last mght, he reported to police.

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VETERAN FIGHT FLARES ANEW Leadership in Last Stand to Keep Insurgents in Line. By I mtirf Prt xx WASHINGTON, March 14. The veterans' compensation issue flared anew- in the house today with thp leadership making a last stand to keep insurgent Democrats in line and prevent another rebuke to the administration, similar to that on the soldier bonus issue. The house sped into heated debate over a resolution which would .send Ihe independent offices bill, with its senate attached veterans compensation increase amendments, to conference. Adoption of the resolution was sought by administration leaders in an effort to prevent immediate house action on the senate changes, which are backed by the veterans’ bloc. The senate amendments erased the major veterans savings of the economy act and provided for full restoration of the 15 per cent government pay cuts. They added $30,000,000 to the total of the bill as i originally passed by the house. Speaker Henry T. Rainey and Majority Leader Joseph W. Byrns predicted approval of thp resolution and indicated they had been assured of some Republican support. They were anxious to get the bill to conference in order to permit compromises on the veterans changes and pay cut amendments so the bill would dp acceptable to the President. Reiterates Opposition ft n I nitrtl Prrn* WASHINGTON, March 14. President Roosevelt today reaffirmed his opposition to the soldier bonus bill passed by the house. He said it would open the way to printing press inflation and unrestricted payments to other classes. The President has served notice he will veto the bonus if administration forces are unable to stop it in the senate. Mr. Roosevelt cited the danger of such measures by quoting from a financial expert that it opens the way to print money for running expenses of government. ANNE LINDBERGH TOPS WOMEN FLIERS VOTING Colonel's Wife Likely to Be Named International Air Queen. By I nitrrf Prrxx PARIS. March 14.—Mrs. Anne Lindbergh wa leading today >n a poll of the International League of aviators for world's champion airwoman of 1933 for the Atlantic circuit. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh is the likely American champion, but not world champion. The latter award may be shared by the French fliers Codos and Rossi. James A. Mollison s flying family is leading the British poll.

Greece Buys Railway Ticket for Insult, Orders Him to Leave Nation

By United Prct * ATHENS, Mach 14.—The foreign office today asked Samuel Insull, refugee Chicago utilities man, to leave the country on the Orient Express tomorrow. As the request was made, two women, the wife who left the stage to marry him thirty-four years ago and mysterious Mme. Zebra Coujoumdjoglou. were reported fighting over his fate—the wife urging him to return to the United States voluntarily to face trial for fraud. Mme. Coujoumdjoglou urging him to seek refuge elsewhere against evtradition charges. The government, however, anxious to be rid of Insull and *->mbarrassment in its relations with United States which has sought to extradite him. took action while the women argued. The foreign office obtained visas |

The Indianapolis Times Fair tonight and probably tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight 2ft to 32 degrees; warmer tomorrow.

Roosevelt Planning to Merge Whole U. S. Air Setup Under One Head

General ‘Billy’ Mitchell to Be Aviafion's ‘Czar,’ Is Report. ‘Copyright 1934. bv llnitod Prf.si WASHINGTON. March 14. President Roosevelt is contemplating early unification of virtually all government aviation operations, the United Press learned authoritatively today. The White House confirmed that a complete new aviation organization is beng worked out. The present division of aerial operations between half a dozen more branches of the government, nevtr has been efficient. Mr. Roosevelt feels. The army's tragic experience in flying the mail has emphasized these shortcomings. The senate postoffices committee, meantime, invited Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Clarence Chamberlin. Eddie Rickenbacker and BrigadierGeneral William Mitchell, former air corps chief, to testify on the new legislation for return of the mail to private contractors. General Mitchell. the United Press learned, is being considered as head of the new setup.

Chamberlin Accepts Colonel Lindbergh and Mr. Chamberlin. with Orville Wright, pioneer flier, have also been askd by George H. Dern, secretary of war. to sit. with an army board in studying air corps operations. Mr. Chamberlin has accepted the army invitation, but Mr. Wright wired Mr. Dern that ill health would prevent him from serving. No reply had been received from Colonel Lindbergh on either ihe senate or war department invitations. The army board inquiry, Mr. Roosevelt explained, was but one phase of a broad study looking toward revamping of the entire aviation structure. The president said none of the details of the new policy had been decided definitely and it was too early to determine whether control over government aviation would be vested in an individual or a board. Navy to Be Separate From reliable sources, the United Press learned, however, that the administration at present is inclined toward a unified and integrated system which would bring army aviation into much closer relations with commercial flying, over w'hich the commerce department exercises supervision. Coast guard and part of marine corps aviation also would be brought into this consolidation. Present plans would leave the navy air service separate, in contrast to most foreign organizations, which have separate army, navy and aviation ministries. In connection with discussion of General Mitchell to head the new setup, the White House said his conference with the President yesI terday was simply in line with Mr. Roosevelt s desire to obtain views i on the situation from every angle. The former air corps chief resigned from the army some years ago when he was court-martialed for criticising high army generals. Foulois on Trip The army has flown no air mail since Sunday when the President, following the death of ten pilots, ordered it to go on a safety first, basis. The postoffice department, has outlined nine routes on which | it hopes to resume service soon. Air corps officers said the delay was due to necessity for redistribuj tion of personnel and equipment. Major-General Benjamin D. Foulois. present chief of the air corps, left Washington on an inspection trip over eastern routes. It was indicated the mail would be grounded until he returns here. LABOR, BOARD HEARS AUTO WORKERS’ CASE Showdown on Company Union Question Is Expected. By T'nitrrf Prrgx WASHINGTON, March 14.—A showdown on the company union question in plants of Buick, Hudson and Fisher Body Companies is expected today when the national labor board hears complaints by workers in those plants of discrimination and refusal to bargain collectively. A strike for increased wages' and union recognition by members of the United Automobile Workers’ Union. American Federation of Labor affiliate. was threatened last week, but averted by the labor board's action in summoning both management and labor to today's hearing. Reports Theft of Clothes Clothes valued at $164 was stolen from the home of Mary Harrold. 1459 North Delaware street, Apt. 2. yesterday, she told police.

I from the necessary Balkan countries on Insulls American identity card ; and bought him a ticket at government expense. The Orient express connects Paris and Constantinople via France. Switzerland. Austria. Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, with connecting lines shunting off through Europe. George Pappas, general director of the foreign office, told the United Press: ‘ We have obtained visas on Insulls American identity card for all Balkan and other neighboring countries except Turkey, which refused one. and Italy. Belgium. Czechoslovakia and Switzerland, whose visas were not required to facilitate his departure. "We went so far as to pay for a first-class ticket on the Orient Express. The railway ticket officer has been ordered to hand Insull his

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SENATE VOTES DOWN TREATY Administration Fails to Get Two-thirds Needed for Ratification. Bp ( nitrrf Prrxx WASHINGTON. March 14. —The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence deep waterway treaty between the United States and Canada was defeated in the senate today when administration leaders failed to obtain the two-thirds majority necessary for j ratification. Thp vote was 46 for ratification and 42 against. Proponents of the i treaty were thirteen votes short of the two-thirds majority required for ratification. The result was President Roosevelt's first ma jor defeat at the hands of congress. The treaty came to a vote after two months of debate. Failure to obtain votes necessary for ratification did not constitute outright rejection of the treaty. But it was agreed that farther negotiations between the United States and Canada would be necessary before this plan for making inland ports available to ocean-going steamers could become ! an actuality. Shortly before the senate rejected treaty, the President indicated , he intended to send it back to the j senate later for another attempt at i ratification. Mr. Roosevelt remains convinced of the economic advantages of the waterway and believes Canada will undertake it alone if this countrydoes not join with her in doing it Such a course, he feels, might deprive this country of many advantages.

HOOSIER WOMAN, 72. ATTACKED BV NEGRO Confessed Assailant Spirited Away to Avoid Mob. By In itrrf Prrxx NEWCASTLE, Ind.. March 14. A Negro CWA worker who confessed criminally assaulting a 72-year-old woman here was transferred to the Delaware county jail at Muncie today to prevent possible mob violence. * The suspect, John Taylor, 33. confessed after being identified by Mrs. Laura Davis, Prosecutor Eugene H. Yergin said. Taylor was taken from jail here and rushed to Muncie before news of his confession was made public. Mr. Yergin said the attack occurred March 4. The Negro entered the home of the aged woman, who lives alone, carried her forcibly upstairs and threatened when he left to kill her and burn down the house if she told police. Taylor w’as held several days before he confessed. Mr. Yergin said. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 26 10 a. m 26 7 a. m 25 11 a. m 29 Ba. m 24 12 (noon).. 30 9 a. m 25 1 p. m 34

American identity card—which he refused to accept yesterday—and ask him to leave tomorrow. “Insull is now in bed and he pretends he is absolutely unable to move. If he continues that attitude we shall consider the best means to expel him.’’ Thus far the moment the Insull case was :n characteristic state. Insull could hop off his train in Yugoslavia or Bulgaria, or he could branch off to Albania, assuming he had visas as the government indicated. He could branch off on the eastern end to Hungary or Rumania, and through Rumania try to get into Russia—or, getting off in Bulgaria, he might try to get back into Greece at its eastern end Austria was not mentioned by the government, so apparently he could try his luck there and thence in Germany.

DILLINGER NOT IN lOWA RAID, LEACH'S VIEW State Police Head Scoffs at Reports Outlaw Acted as Guard. BUSY HIDING, HE SAYS Indiana Outlaw Is Linked With $52,000 Holdup by Witnesses. Captain Matt Leach today scoffed at reports that John Dillinger was the desperado who held up and robbed the Mason City da.) bank of $52,000 yesterday in a daring daylight raid. Dillinger, notorious Indiana outlaw. was reported today to have been identified by eyywitnesses as one of two machine gunners who acted as outside guards and shot- down a bystander during the holdup. “That's silly—Dillinger acting as ‘outside guard'.’’ said Captain Leach. “If John Dillinger were in that gang, he'd be leading it and be inside the bank directing operations —not standing outside on guard.” “Dillinger's too busy hiding himself,” added Captain Leach, who is an authority on the methods of the nation's public enemy number one. “He wants to keep out of the limelight for awhile. Besides, there wasn't enough money for John in that Mason City job after he had split up with seven confederates. “The Indiana bad man never traveled with any gang of seven men in handling a bank job. He confined his ‘staff’ to a few trusted accomplices in order that the individual loot might be larger. Escape is much easier for the Dillinger mob with only a few- involved ip the operations.” Bystander Is Wounded By I nitrrf Prrxx MASON CITY. Ia„ March 14. John Dillinger, notorious outlaw, today was believed to be the machine gunner who shot down a bystander during a $52,000 holdup of the First National bank. Eyewitnesses of the holdup yesterday selected pictures of the desperado as one of two machine gunners who acted as outside guards while five confederates looted the bank. J. W. Wallace of the sheriff's office asked Chicago police for Dillinger’s fingerprints. He would not reveal how the prints would be used. Police guarded the names of persons making identifications of the arch-outlaw. J. H. * Buchanan, a police officer, however, said that he believed one machine gunner was Dillinger. School Official Wounded Mr. Buchanan was among a group of police and vigilantes which was prevented from firing upon the raiders by the placing of hostages to cover the bandits’ retreat from the bank. The wounding of R. H. James, secretary of the Mason city school board, occurred during the firing of a burst from Dillinger's machine gun. Mr. Buchanan believed. The gunfire started when the bandits inside the bank discovered Tom Walters, bank guard, perched in a bullet -proof cage above the heads of the fifty employes and customers. One of the bandits spattered Walters’ cage with bullets but none entered the inclosure Walters released tear gas into the bank. He was unable to fire at the raiders for fear of hitting some of the bank patrons. Several Hostages Taken The shooting inside the bank was the signal for the bandits’ lookouts to open fire above the heads of *he crowd. James was wounded during this firing. Despite the tear gas and alarms the bandits succeeded in obtaining loot estimated at $52,000. They forced employes and patrons of the bank to surround them and took several on the running-board of their automobile as hostages. These persons were released a few- miles from the city. The bandits’ automobile was found near Hanford several hours later. It was believed that fingerprints might have been found in this automobile. County authorities believed that two more automobiles were used in the holdup.

VILLAGE THREATENED - BY MOUNTAIN OF MUD oO.OOft-Ton Section of Hill Moving on French Town. By I nited Preim NICE. France. March 14.—Inhabitants of the farming village of Roquebilliere hastily evacuated their homes today when a moving mountain of mud threatened to engulf them. The village was almost destroyed in 1926 by the same occurrence. Heavy rains have caused crevasses in Belvidere hill among the Alps foothills. A 50.000-ton section of mountain is sliding at a few inches an hour. Times Index Page Auto News 15 Bridge 19 Broun H Classified 17-18 Comics 19 Crossword Puzzle 19 Curious World 19 Editorial 12 Financial 14 Hickman—Theaters H Life of Our Lord If Pegler fl Radio f3 Sports 16-17 State News * 4 Talburt Cartoon 12 I Woman s Pages 6-7

PASSAGE OF WAGNER BILL IS ADVOCATED BY MISS PERKINS

By Lnited Prrxx WASHINGTON, March 14. Enactment of the Wagner bill to elim nate “employer dominated" unions was urged before a senate committee today by Frances Perkins. secretary of labor, as vital to the development of industrial democracy. At the same time Senator Robert F. Wagner (Dem., N. Y.), author of the bill and chairman of the national labor board, declared that failure to pass the bill at the present session “will certainly jeopardize the whole recovery program.”

MRS. REYNOLDS UNDER ARREST Wrestler's Wife Is Charged With Murder Following Double Slaying. By I ii it erf Prrxx CINCINNATI, March 14. —Mrs. Alice Martin Reynolds, wife of Jack Reynolds, welterweight wrestling champion, was arrested today in connection with the double slaying Sunday morning in a local case which she formerly owned. Mrs. Reynolds was charged with murder. She was arrested as she left the inquest held by Coroner M. Scott Kearns into the deaths of Philip Citron and James (Jimmie Meyers. Citron, reputed handbook operator, died within an nour after the shooting. Meyers, politician and case owner, died from bullet wounds at a hospital last night. Ownership of a .22-caliber automatic pistol, found in the case after the mysterious exchange of shots, became the focal point of police investigation today. An autopsy on Meyer's body indicated he w-as killed with a .22caliber bullet. The other victim w'as slain with a .32-caliber .slug, an autopsy showed. Mrs. Reynolds was arrested on the basis of the story t.old police by witnesses to the shooting, w'ho declared she was seen with a gun in her hand at. one time curing the excitement w'hich accompanied the gunfire. Thp argument wdiich preceded the shooting, witnesses said, centered around a religious controversy.

JAPAN PUTS 0, K, ON GIANT BUDGET National Defense Appropriation Largest Ever. By t nitrrf Prrxx TOKIO. March 14.—The house of peers of the- imperial Japanese diet today approved unconditionally the $612,000,000 government budget, including the largest peacetime appropriations ever made for national defense. The low’er house of the diet had given similar approval last month to the budget submitted by Premier Saito and his ministers. Under the allocations in the budget bill, the army would receive approximately $130,000,000 and the navy $140,000,000 for the fiscal year Nazis Ban Spy Films By ( niters Prrxx BERLIN, Marrh 14.—'The ministry of propaganda prohibited newspapers and movies today from publishing or showing stories about spies, of which there have been many lately.

Two More Kidnapers Are Convicted; Prison Awaits

Manny Strewl Found Guilty of Kidnaping O'Connell; Banghart Faces 99-Year Term. By l nited Press Two more kidnapers were under conviction today, awaitin? sentences that will mean life in prison.

Manny Strewl. ex-convict, was convicted in Albany, N. Y., of kidnaping John J. O'Connell Jr., heir to the O'Connell political empire, whose abduction aroused the nation last year. He faces a mandatory sentence of fifty years. Basil Banghart, member of- the Toughv gang, was convicted of taking part in the kidnaping of John . lake the Barber) Factor, in Chicago. The jury set ninety-nine years imprisonment as penalty. Strewl Is Convicted By t n ited Pre*> ALBANY, N. Y.. March 14.—Manny Strewl. Albany police cnaracter, will be sentenced Friday to fifty years imprisonment for kidnaping John J. O'Connell Jr., member of the O'Connell family that wields a powerful influence in New York state Democratic politics. Strewl was convicted by a jury last night. He received the verdict calmly. His aged mother wept softly. While the jury was deliberating. she was urged to go home. "Oh. no,” she said, “I am used to waiting for juries.” Strewl has served two terms in the Atlanta federal penitentiary. Young O'Connell was seized July 7, 1933. A note from the abductors instructed his family to name a list of persons from which they could select an intermediary. The first list was unsatisfactory and Strewl's name was included in the second. He was selected by the abductors and his negotiations resulted in O'Connell's release twenty-one days

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FIRE RAGES ON U. S. WARSHIP; ALL ARE SAVED U. S. S. Gunboat Fulton, Burning Fiercely, Is Left Off Hong Kong and Crew Taken Aboard British Craft. VESSEL TOTAL LOSS, IS REPORT Asiatic Fleet Commander Wirelesses Washington That Boat Is Probably Totally Destroyed. i By l nitrrf rrrfx LONDON, March 14.—The British admiralty was ad- | vised today that aii members of the crew of the V. S. S. j Gunboat Fulton, abandoned in flames off Hon? Kon?, had been rescued. A message from the senior naval commander at Hon? Kong, timed 11:40 p. m. said: “U. S. S. Fulton caught fire 22.18 north, 114.41 east. H. M. S. Wishart and two merchant ships proceeded to her

MERCURY RISE DUE TOMORROW Cold Snap Only Temporary, Is Forecast: Slight Snowfall Noted. The “weather man” today appealed to be striving to uphold the reputation of the groundhog as a weather forecaster. Brer Groundhog saw his shadow Feb. 2. groundhog day." indicating “six more weeks of winter. The six weeks will be up Fridat. With temperatures mounting into the sixties yesterday, and scheduled to rise again tomorrow and probably Friday, despite a temporary setback last, night, backbone of winter today appeared to have been broken. . Next Wednesday, March 21. is the official date for the start, of spring. J. H. Armington. local meterorologist, today forecast temperature tonight would not drop below' 28 to 30 degrees, and rising temperature tomorrow. The mercury dropped to 24 at 8 a. m. today, a fall of 20 degrees in the last twenty-four hours. The drop was general throughout the state, as result of a cold wave from the northwest. However, today temperatures from the Dakotas to Canada are from 10 to 20 degrees higher, indicating a return of warm weather. Mr. Armington said. FEDERAL INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS TRIPLED Three-Fold Increase Over Last Year Reported hv Treasury, By I nitrrf Prrxx WASHINGTON. March 14. —A three-foid increase in income, tax collections so far this month was reported by the treasury today, with only two days of grace .for income taxpayers to file returns. Spurred by the, treasury's vigorous tax collection drive, federal income tax collections in the first twelve days of March rose to $33,073,277 from $10,377,626 in the corresponding period of last year.

after he was kidnaped for a $40,000 ransom. The state not only charged that Strewl was one of the kidnapers, but maintained he wrote a number of the ransom notes. O'Connell identified him as one of the men he saw in the New York apartment wheje he was being held. The defense maintained that Strewl was being "railroaded” through the political influence of the O'Connell family. Faces 99*Year Term By L nited Prezn CHICAGO. March 14. Basil Banghart, ace machine gunner of the Terrible Touhys, today awaited only the formal pronouncing of sentence oefore joining Roger Touhy, his gang leader, and two companions in the state penitentiary for the kidnaping of John Factor, wealthy speculator. Banghart was found guilty of kidnaping* iast night by a criminal court jury on its first bailot Like Touhy, Gus Schaefer and Albert Kator, his sentence was set at nine-ty-nine years. Judge Walter P. Stefens will pronounce sentence Friday. Banghart was identified as the “cruel” guard who after taking part last July 1 in Factor's abduction, threatened the one-time Habited street b°rber with death and kicked him in the abdomen. Banghart also was identified as the gangster who sought to collect a second $50,000 ransom from Factor after the first ransom of $70,000 had been paid.

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assistance.” Another message added that, the destroyer Whitshed. had also been sent to aid the Fulton, and that the latest reports indicated the American gunboat had been abandoned and “is burning fiercely.” The entire crew were rescued. Washington Gets Report Bit I Hill'll Prtxx WASHINGTON. March 14. Rear Admiral Fran*. B. Upham commander of the United Slates Asiatic fleet, wirelessed the navy department. today that the gunooat Fulton was totally destroyed by the fire which forced its abandonment near Hong Kong. Upham relayed advices from the British ships Wishart and Bufferfield. which said they believed they had picked up all of the Fulton's officers and crews. The. messages added that the gunboat was "burning furiously” and probably was a, total loss. No other details were given in Upham’s first report. Abandoned by Crew By L nited Pram HONG KONG. China. March 14. The U. S. S. gunboat Fulton, afire, was abandoned by its crew in Bias bay today. Os those aboard, 108 were rescued, Ic was believed some were missing. The Fulton is of 1.160 tons displacement and was built in 1914. Bias Bay, off Hong Kong, is a. notorious nest of Chinese pirates, and has been in their hands for years. It is frequently raided by British naval vessels. The British destroyer Wishart rescued sixty of the Fulton's crew. The coastal steamer Tsinan rescued forty-eight, but all the boats in which the crew abandoned ship have not yet been accounted for. The weather is foggy. The Fulton was built by the New London Ship Company. It is 226 feet long, with a thirty-five-foot beam. It is armed with two threeinch guns. It has a normal complement of 212 men. Carries 200 Men Bn I nited Pram WASHINGTON. March 14. -The gunboat U. S. S. Fulton reported abaindoned afire off Hong Kong carries a crew of 182 enlisted men and twelve officers, the navy department saiti today. The navy department radio station had received no word about the disaster from the Asiatic fleet to which the Fulton was assigned. It had been on duty in the south China patrol in the vicinity of Hong Kong for some time. The ship was commanded by Commander H. D. McHenry. It was 226 feet long, had a thirty-five-foot beam and an eleven-foot draft. It had 1.160 tons displacement. Its principal armament consisted of two three-inch anti-aircraft guns.

WHITE HOUSE FAVORS DRASTIC TAX CHANGE Administraiton Favors Grand Jury Action Where Amounts Are Disputed f:,i I „iU<l Print WASHINGTON. March 14.-A -weeping change in incomp tax administration, in which federal grand juries would receive all cases where questions arise as to whether the government was receiving its just dues, was revealed at the White House today. The administration is through with allowing any individual or officials to pass on a tax question when doubt exists as to the motive in returns, obviously incorrect, it was pointed out. 100 KILLED IN BLAST Dynamite Explosion Takes Heavy Toll at San Salvador. Hy l nitid Preaa NEW YORK. March 14 One hundred persons were oeneved killed at La Libertad, San Salvador, by a dynamite explosion, the All America Cable Company reported today. Y. M. C. A. Lecture Announced “Personal Religion and Group Life” will be the subject of an address by the Rev. F. A. Pfleiderer before the Young Men's Discussion Club of the central Y. M. C. A. tonight. A fellowship supper will be served at 6:20.