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‘POLITICS,’ RETORTS O’NEILL TO STOCK PROBE ACCUSATION State Securities Official Denies Negligence in Alleged Bucket Shop Case; Charges His Predecessor Was Firm’s Counsel. LOSS REPORT EXCESSIVE, HE SAYS Prosecutor Promises Thouough Inquiry in City; Asks Ullman Administrator for Pertinent Information. Personal animosity, coupled with a “desperate political situation,” was blamed today by William P. O’Neill, state securities commissioner, as responsible for attacks on hishandling of Mann & Cos., an alleged “bucket shop” here. Mr. O'Neill accused his critics and T. M. Overley, head of the Better Business Buieau, of “grossly exaggerating the losses sustained by customers of Mann & Cos.” The secuirties head charged that Mark Rhoads, his predecessor, under a Republican administration, acted as at-

torney for Mann & Cos., in j March, 1934, after leaving the state post. Mr. Rhoads served in the securi- j ties commission under Governor j Harry G. Leslie. He is a member of [ the lirm of Rhoads. Dare Ac Ruth-| rrford, with offices in Circle Tower . building. Klioads Out of City Robert J. Rutherford, member of the firm, admitted that his firm had served as attorney for Mann Ac Cos. in settlements with customers before the securities commission. He said he aid not know whether Mr. Rhoads, who is out of the city, went personally before the commission. Prosecutor Herbert Wilson said today that a general probe of all investment house operations would be started in Indianapolis. He requested names of the personnel of Mann & Cos. from the estates administrator, Louis R. Markun, as well as a list of the methods of operation of all brokerage firms in the city from Mr. Overicy. Grand jury inquiry will follow receipt of information of violations of j the blue sky” law, he said. Overicy Gets Opinion Mr. Overley requested a legal view of the state securities act from the firm of Matson. Ross, McCord Ac Clifford, attorneys. The lawyers declared the state securities commissioner had “broad powers.” Mr. 0"Ncill had contended, it is said, that he could not act on complaints from out of state. In substance the opinion read. •’The legislature has vested the securities commission and its administrative agent, the securities commissioner, with broad powers, both to redress and to prevent the fraudulent sale of securities in this state, and to revoke the license cf any duller or agent whenever, from any source, it learns either of violation of the Indiana law by the deal- . er or agent, or of the bad repute of the dealer or agent established : by acts committed elsewhere." ■ The orderly processes of our in-! vest lg a non of the company will not be interfered with by the personal animosity of Mr. Overley toward the commissioner,” Mr. O'Neill's statement read. Says Losses Exagerated Mr. Overlev had charged that because of “grass negligance” cus- j tomers of the company throughout ; Indiana had suffered losses in investments that might run as high as $250,000. “The exigencies of the desperate political situation seems to have enlisted the state organ of the opposite political party in this investigation,” charged Mr. O'Neill. “The commissioner intends to proceed in his efforts to find out what became of the assets that Ullman i Milton Ullman. deceased (Turn to Page Three) WOMAN BADLY HURT BY HIT-RUN MOTORIST Victim Goes to Hospital With Fracture of Wrist. Mrs. Sadie Barramore, 4-1. of 430 Massachusetts avenue, suffered a broken left wrist and other injuries yesterday afternoon when she was struck by a hit-and-run motorist on Madison avenue near the Long- i acre pool. Mrs. Barramore was struck as | she was crossing Madison avenue toward the pool after alighting from a bus. A passmg motorist brought her into the city and called police. They took her to city hospital. Hourly Temperatures 6a. ni. ... 67 10 a. m 84 7 a. m. ... 88 11 a. m 86 8 a. m ”7 12 moon).. 87 9 a. m ... 82 1 p. m 86 Times Index Page. Bndge 4 Broun 7 Church Services 9 Classified - 10 Comics . 11 Crossword Puzzle 4 Curious World 11 Editorial 6 Financial - 12 Hickman —Theaters 2 Peeler 7 Radio 9 Serial Story 11 Sport* 8. 9 State Mews 3 Vital Statistics ..' 12 Womans Pages 4. &

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VOLUME 46—NUMBER 73

JAIL BREAKER CAPTURED HERE Roy Weaver Behind Bars Again Today; Pal Not Yet Found. Roy Weaver, 31, Paragon, one of two prisoners who slugged their way out of the Monroe county jail at Bloomington July 30, was behind the bars again today. He was captured by Indianapolis detectives shortly after negotiating the sale of a stolen automobile. Weaver's companion in the escape, Marvin Roache, 27. has not been found. They were being held at the Bloomington jail on robbery charges, having been identified as participants in the holdup of the general store at Elletsville. Weaver drew an empty revolver and pulled the trigger when he was approached by detectives last night. He was subdued with maces. Police said he sold the stolen automobile yesterday, accepting $lO as a down payment. He was en route to complete the deal when arrested. He will be turned over to Monroe county authorities again, Fred Simon, chief of detectives, indicated. SAMUEL MESSING DIES ATCITY HOME Body of Investment Man Found by Wife. * Samuel M. Messing, 56. of 5427 North Delaware street, was found dead in the basement of hi*~ home this morning. Relatives said the death was due to a heart ailment. Private funeral services will be held Monday at the Flanner and Buchanan mortuary, with burial in the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation cemetery. The body was found by Mrs. Messing, the widow, when she went to the basement to investigate her husband's absence. Mrs. Messing was prostrated by shock. Deputy Coroner John Wyttenbach, who investigated. could not be reached for a verdict. Mr. Messing, employed by the Investors' Syndicate, is survived by the widow, and two sons. Gordon and Harold. CINCINNATI •GERMANS’ TO FIGHT HITLERISM Citizens of Fatherland Origin Denounce Nazis. By L nited press CINCINNATI. 0.. Aug. 4 —A large group of Cincinnatians of German extraction, embarrassed by pro-Nazi activities of several German societies here, have organized as “the friends of the truth” to combat Hitlerism in America “The majority of Cincinnatians of German origin have long resented that they are being identified with the pro-Nazi activities of a loudvoiced minority." said August Hammelberg in announcing formation of the new society.

Scoop! Only Exclusive Pictures of Quintuplets! By special arrangement with the official Canadian guardians of the world’s most famous babies. The Times and NEA Service have secured exclusive distribution rights for the United States on all newspictures of the Dionne quintuplets, now—and for many months to come. . .No other pictures of the babies can be taken during this period. These are the first pictures of the babies taken since June 2 and will appear exclusively in The Times Tuesday. Close-ups of each and all the babies. The five incubators. Intimate pictures taken in the backwoods nursery, now converted into one of the world's most modern baby wards. Feeding. Weighing. The daily bath in oil. no soap-and-water being allowed to touch the tender skins. New pictures of the parents, nurses, doctor, and government guardians. Every step in the daily lives of these worldfamous infants photographed to give you the Veal picture-story of the Five Little Dionnes—and how they grew! Watch for this exclusive and distinctive photo feature Tuesday, in The Times. . It s the greatest picture scoop in history.

JACK SEES BABY GIRL, WEEPS FOR JOY

S--. i". * 9 ' |||||§ HP <Wmk, I yip * ■ ”^ r : '***^, v Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dempsey £j/ United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Jack Dempsey, the Manassa mauler whose “killer instinct” was a prize ring tradition, wept for joy today at the sight of his new-born daughter. The infant was born to his wife, the former Hannah Williams, stage star. After a night of fearful waiting, a morning of ecstatic jubilation, Dempsey tip-toed into a room at Polyclinic hospital for his first peek at his child. When he came out his eyes were red, filled with tears. “She’s beautiful,” he said softly, “Beautiful. A little angel sent down from heaven.”

Coy Den ies *Wh itewash ’ in Prison Break Report Prober Replies to Criticism for Failure to Mention Warden in Document Assailing Guards. (Editorial on page 6) An indignant denial was entered today by Wayne Coy, undersecretary to Governor Paul V. McNutt, to widespread suggestions that his voluminous report on last Saturday’s prison break at Michigan City constituted a “whitewash” of Warden Louis E. Kunkel.

Warden Kunkel, head of the prison, from which five men escaped Saturday to climax a series of breaks over the past year, escaped all censure in the report, though lesser officials were castigated severely and suggestions for structural changes at the prison were made. “My report U’as not a whitewash of any one,” protested Mr. Coy. “In fact, in my opinion, it was an indictment against any one up there." The report was made public yesterday at Michigan City following a several days’ investigation of conditions at the prison. It laid the blame for the prison break on alleged negligence on the part of Captain W. C. Griswold and guards William Netzel, Harry Parker, N. E. Burns and B. C. Ferguson. Two of these men, Griswold and Netzel, already have been dismissed. Suggestions that discipline be stricter for Doth prisoners and guards were coupled with those that structural improvements to prison building be made. The five prisoners who escaped last Saturday fled from the prison hospital. In his report, Mr. Coy charged Captain Griswold with failing to assign officers to guard the outer wall after a report the prisoners were attempting to escape. Tip Received, Is Report Netzel, who was on guard duty in the hospital, was charged with failing to report finding a skeleton key, prior to the escape. The report accused Parker of failing to notify guards on the wall of the break and Burns of not having notified superior officers when lie heard footsteps of the five escaping prisoners on the hospital roof. Ferguson had received a tip that the escape was to be attempted at least two weeks before it took place, and failed to notify other authorities. it was charged. The escape was rehearsed July 7 during a baseball game, Mr. Coy said he learned. Accompanying Mr. Coy’s report was a statement from Governor McNutt attributing the escape primarily to alleged failure or negligence of old employes and lack of proper equipment. Governor Makes Statement “Conditions at the state prison, as revealed by the reports of the American Prison Association and other investigating bodies, have not been satisfactory for several years.” the report said. “The two deplorable deliveries during recent months were due primarily to negligence of old employes and the lack of proper equipment.” Continuing, the Governor commented: “Management of the state's penal institutions has been a matter of deepest concern. The advice of the nations leading experts has been sought. Their recommendations, as well as those set out by Mr. Coy, will be followed as soon as funds are available. “Changes in personnel will be made when and where indicated.”

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1934

KNEE INJURED, HOLMES ASKS $15,000 DAMAGES Suit Is Filed Against Railways by Attorney. Ira M. Holmes, attorney, 3306 Ruckle street, today filed suit for $15,000 against the Indianapolis Railways and Peoples Motor Coach Companies for injuries alleged to have been received when a Riverside bus struck his automobile, parked on Delaware street just north of St. Joseph street. Mr. Holmes said his right knee was injured.

Hand of Dead Hindenburg May Check Hitler Power

Reichswehr, Remembering Old Field Marshal’s Farewell, Will Remain Loyal to Late Leader’s Ideals. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Though Adolf Hitler’s power in Germany today is absolute, coming events and the dead hand of Hindenburg may yet snatch it from him.

Hitler’s blood-purge of June 30 threatens to lose him the loyalty of his personal army, the 2,500,000 Storm Troops. Today, as president-chancellor, Der Fuehrer and all highest, his mainstay is the reichswehr —the standing army. And the heartstrings of that army are tuned to Hindenburg’s, not Hitler’s. It would be a tremendous mistake to overlook or under-estimate the old field marshal's farewell to his troops and to the German people when he unbuckled his sword and laid down his pen for the last time. “Comrades of the Germany army,” he said in his army farewell, ‘‘once proud and mighty German army! Like Siegfried, stricken down by the treacherous spear of savage Hagan, our weary front collapsed. “For the time being a flood of wild political passions and sounding speeches has overwhelmed the ancient structure of our state, and apparently destroyed all our sacred traditions. “Hope in Young Germany” “Yet this flood will subside again. “Then from the tempestuous imperial house —to which the hopes of our father clung in days of yore, and on which the future of our fatherland was confidently set by our own efforts nearly half a century ago. “Then, and then only, will the blood of all those who fell believing in the greatness of Germany have been poured out not in vain. “In that hope I lay down my pen and firmly build on you—young Germany!” Germany's present standing army is the concentrated essence of the old. It is small, but it is the most perfectly trained force in the world. Every private in ranks is said to be perfectly capable of commanding a company or a regiment. That army, by training and by tradition in the end is far more likely to take its commands from Hindenburg in the shadowy halls of Valhalla than from Hitler in his headquarters at Berlin—unless that is. Hitler quickly develops a type of statesmanship which as yet, he has failed to show. Sentiments Are Tradition Von Hindenburg quoted Field Marshal von Boven, Prussian war minister of 1811. to describe his feelings during the trying times in Germany following the war. “I am not in any way ignorant of the dangers of our situation," he said, “but where we have no alternative but subjection or honor, religion gives me the strength to do everything which right and duty demand. •‘Man can never see with certainty

DYNAMITE FOUND IN PATH OF ROOSEVELT TRAIN; GUARD STAYS AT SPOT UNTIL SPECIAL PASSES

Dillinger Paid SIO,OOO to Effect Crown Point Jail Break, Lutz Declares Wooden Gun Used in Escapade Is in Indianapolis in Hands of Outlaw’s Brother-in-Law, Aging Father Admits; Gift From Desperado. BY BASIL GALLAGHER Time# Staff Writer. (Copyright, 1934. by The Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos. All Rights Reserved.) That famous “wooden pistol” with which John Dillinger “toy-gunned” his way out of the Crown Point jail has been discovered. The “weapon” which created ironic laughter throughout the nation when the Hoosier desperado herded attaches in the “strongest jail in Indiana” into a cell, and made his getaway in Sheriff Lillian Holley’s car last March 3, is right here in

'GAG' PAPERS ON SHOOTING Minneapolis Editors ‘Requested Not to Print Photos of Gunner. By United Press MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 4.—Minneapolis newspapers were “requested” today by provost officers enforcing martial law not to publish photographs of a nonunion truck driver who shot and wounded seriously two union drivers’ union pickets tnis morning. Although Adjutant-General Ellard A. Walsh was given broad powers to suppress “defamatory” news stories in the proclamation of martial law issued nine days ago he said that he had no intention of issuing any “orders’ 1 to newspapers.

che end of the task to which he has set his hand, but he who lives only ior duty from inmost conviction has a shield about him which gives him peace in every situation in life, come what may. “It is not the ravings of excited fanaticism, but the expression of a religious feeling, when I think those who taught me long ago to love my king and fatherland as the most sacred possessions on earth.” Sentiments like these have bsen drummed into Germany’s standing army for fifteen years. They are as much a part of it as the clock-like precision of its goose step. Hitler may change the form of the oath of loyalty the army must take, and make it swear fealty to him. But it knows no personal politics, foreign military observers in Berlin insist, and will likely refuse so to be used. LINEMAN HURT BY HIGH TENSION WIRE Mishap Nearly Costs Life of Victim. Accidentally touching a high tension wire while on a ladder to paint a street railway guy wire pole, Howard Hudson, 32, of 252 South Oakland avenue, narrowly escaped death today. Mr. Hudson was working near light company wires ana the back of his neck touched one of rhe wires. He was knocked away, being saved from falling twenty-five feet to the ground when his leg caught in rungs of the ladder. He was removed, unconscious, from the ladder by fellow workmen. He became conscious before arriving at city hospital and was able to leave there two hours later. NAZI REVOLT LEADER SUFFERS PARALYSIS Stroke Believed Due to Shock of Suicide Attempt. By United Press VIENNA, Aug. 4. Dr. Anton Rintelen, held under guard in hospital as a suspected leader of the recent Nazi revolt, suffered today from paralysis of the left leg. Rintelen, who was minister to Italy, shot himself after his arrest here as a Nazi conspirator. It was believed the stroke was due to spinal nerve shock caused by the bullet*

Indianapolis. John Wilson Dillinger, aged father of the slain outlaw, admitted to The Times today that “Johnnie gave the wooden gun to Fred Hancock (his brother-in-law) as a keepsake.” Pictures of Dillinger holding the wooden pistol in one hand and a sub-machine gun under his arm were taken at the family reunion April 8 at the Dillinger homestead in Mooresville, The Times learned today. Refusing newspapermen permission to see • the “weapon” or take pictures of it, Mr. Dillinger Sr., back on the farm for a few days before going to Chicago to play the “big time” in vaudeville, admitted that snapshots had been taken of John at the reunion. About Seven Inches Long The 70-year-old farmer described the wooden pistol as being about seven inches long, with a short handle and looking “pretty much like the real thing.” He admitted seeing it on April 8. “I can't let you see it now,” said the aging man,” because I’m writing a book about John and we want the picture of that wooden gun exclusive.” From all accounts it was a merry party which Dillinger and his sweetheart, Evelyn Frechette, enjoyed. Dillinger, it was learned, clowned with the toy gun and his more formidable weapons, while the federal agents were conducting their halfmillion dollar search for him. Phillip Lutz Jr., attorney-general, told The Times today that the Crown Point investigation still is open. The attorney-general said that investigators from his office have been working on the case steadily since Dillinger’s escape. SIO.OOO for Escape? Mr. Lutz told The Times that Edward Barce, his assistant, “practically has proven” that Dillinger paid SIO,OOO to gain his freedom from the jail. Mr. Lutz said that the name of the man suspected of receiving the SIO,OOO has been mentioned frequently in connection with the case. “The trouble in the investigation,” said Mr. Lutz, “is that we are dealing with convicts who are the only ones with any knowledge of the alleged graft. They won’t tell the true story to us, but they have told it to others who have relayed the information to my office.” Dillinger, according to investigators, used his personality to good advantage in disarming his jailers. For weeks he had laughed and joked with guards until they came to regard him as ‘much overrated' as a killer. Sam Cahoon, turnkey of the Crown Point jail, supplied the shoe blacking with which Dillinger paint(Turn to Page Three) Negro Mob Lynches Suspect By United Press SHREVEPORT, La.. Aug. 4.—Negroes, resentful of the actions of another Negro toward a girl of their own race, lynched Grafton Page near Behtany late yestreday. He was beaten to death.

Albert Lieber, Wife Sued for $250,000 Love Balm Alienation of Affections Action Is Filed by Son-in*Law, William B. Gray. Albert Lieber, vice-president of the Indiana Hotel Company, operating the Claypool hotel, and his wife, Mrs. Meda Lieber, were named defendants today in a $250,000 alienation of affection suit filed in federal court by William B. Gray, Chicago, their son-in-law.

Mr. Gray declares in the suit that he was married to Miss Alberta Lieber in December, 1929, and that they lived together until ' June 2, 1934. At that time, Mr. and Mrs. Lieber enticed Mrs. Gray and her 3-year-old child. Louise Alberta, from their Chicago home, and persuaded Mrs. Gray to abandon her husband, the suit alleges. Because of the mental stress the plaintiff contends he has suffered and because of the great humilation that the desertion is alleged to have brought him, Mr. Gray asks $250,000. Mr. Lieber is critically ill and, at the bedside of dec husband, Mrs. A •'

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Explosive Is Removed From Tracks by; Spokane Officers; Stretch Is Watched Until President Moves on Safely. SIX DEPUTIES PLACED IN SECTION Danger Is Minimized by Sheriff; ‘Usual’* Precautions to Be Taken Along Rest of Route, Is Word. By Cm it at Press SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 4.—Six deputy sheriffs guarded a stretch of railroad track where a box of dynamite had been found four days ago until the special train bearing President Roosevelt and his party passed safely over it at 1 a. m. (Pacific standard time) today. Four days ago a signalman reported to Sheriff G. G. Miles that he had seen two men leave a box containing eight sticks of dynamite and caps along the tracks two and onehalf miles south of here.

NEW ORLEANS CLASHLOOMS Troops and Police Face One Another Across 30Foot Street. By United Press NEW ORLEANS La. Aug. 4. State troops wearing steel helmets and gas masks defended the registrar of voters’ office for Senator Huey P. Long today in defiance of a court order. City officials alarmed at the new antics of militiamen rushed 100 special policemen to the city hall to defend it. They were armed with pistols. The hostile armies faced each other across thirty-foot Lafayette street. The city’s legal advisers convened to debate how they might jail Senator Long and Adjutant-General Ray Fleming troop commander for contempt of civil district court. Newspapers charged that registrars under troop protection were harassing anti-Long persons who came to register for the Sept. 11 congressional primary. The TimesPicayune alleged many were being denied the right to vote, their registration cards torn up because of such trivial errors as failure to dot an “i” or cross a “t.” ARREST EXPECTED IN CALLAHAN MURDER Secret Indictment Returned for Suspect in Case. A secret indictment, by the Marion county grand jury, revealed yesterday, against the alleged murderer of Bert Callahan, wealthy realty dealer, today was expected to result in an early arrest. It is believed that the man sought was with Callahan at his home the night of the slaying. It is believed that he was picked up by Callahan on North Illinois street. Robbery, it is believed, caused the alleged slaying. Mr. Callahan was slain April 6 at his home at 1636 North Illinois street. WARMER WEEK-END IS FORECAST FOR CITY Hot Spell to Be Relieved by Showers Tomorrow. A warm week-end, possibly relieved somewhat by showers tomorrow, was promised Indianapolis today by the federal weether bureau. With the temperature 82 at 9 a. m., after a rise of fifteen degrees in three hours, the official forecast called for a “warmer” week-end with general cloudiness.

Meda Lieber, said her daughter now is in their home at Traders Point. “From the time they were married, he has done nothing r o support her,” Mrs. Lieber said. VVe have helped them throughout the four years of their married life. “My son-in-law has done nothing.” she said. "He does not work, as far as I know’.” Fear that shock might result in her husband's death caused Mrs. Lieber to request that little be said of the matter. Mr. Lieber has been ill a year. A physician was at the home today when Mrs. Lieber was informed by The Times of the federal court suit.

HOME EDITION PRICE TYVO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Sheriff Miles said he rushed two deputies to the place. They removed the explosive immediately. It could not have blown up the train even had the train passed the spot while the explosive was planted. Sheriff Miles said. Sheriff Miles kept two deputies posted at the place from the time the dynamite was found until last night." Several hours before the presidential train was scheduled to pass en route from Bonneville, Ore., to Ephrata, Wash., the sheriff augmented the guard with four other deputies. Shortly after midnight the presidential train, preceded by the usual “scout” train, roared across the guarded tracks. “Usual precautions” will be taken over the remainder of the route Mr. Roosevelt travels, officers said. EXCAVATORS FIND RUINS OF‘OLDEST’CHURCH First Christian Institution Believed Under St. John Latcran. By United Press ROME, Aug. 4.—Ruins of what is believed to have been the first Christian church, as well as the first residence of the popes, were unearthed today by papal archeologists. The find was made during excavations under St. John Lateran, “the Cathedral of the Pope,” which, itself, according to tradition, was started in the year 324 by Emperor Constantine the First. OIL WELL BURSTS INTO MASS OF FLAMES Blows Out When Drill Goes Into High-Pressure Sand. By United Press DICKENSON, Tex., Aug. 4.—The Humble Oil and Refining Company'3 Maceo Stewart wildcat oil test burst into a raging mass of flame today. The well blew out when the drill unexpectedly penetrated a highpressure gas sand at a depth of 7,790 feet. MRS. DALL IN CAPITAL; BANS DIVORCE TALK Keeps Silent Also On Children'll Visit With Father. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali returned to the White House today, her Nevada divorce papers in her pocket book. She refused to answer questions about her divorce from Curtis B. Dali or the visit her two children, “Sistie” and “Buzzie,” are .laving with their father in Chicago ELEPHANT REMEMBERS, KILLS HIS TORMENTOR Picks From Crowd Man Who Fed Him Lime as Joke. By United Press MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4.—Months ago Pedro Garcia, peon circus worker, put some lime in the water of a huge circus elephant as a joke. Yesterday Garcia visited the circus. As he passed the elephant in a crowd, it reached out with its trunk, seized him, hurled him to the ground, trampled him three times. He died in a hospital. AGED COUPLE MURDERED Escaped Maniac Su pected of Brutal Farm Slayings. By United Press WALSENBURG, Colo., Aug. 4 George School, escaped lunatic, described by authorities as “likely to do anything,” was sought today in connection with the fiendish murder at their farm home near here of Will S. Evans, 71, and his wife. Flora, 65. 3 DIE IN RAIL WRECK Crack Coast Train Runs Into Open Switch. By United Press OAKLAND, Cal.. Aug.. 4 —Fatalities in the w reck of the ’Tehachapi,” fast Southern Pacific passenger train, reached three today with the death of A. M. Schlittler, 42, fireman on the train. The train roared through an open switch, overturned.