Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1936 Edition 02 — Page 3

MAY 2, 1936.

UNEMPLOYED UNION LEADER URGES BOYCOTT OF POLLS; FINLY GRAY FACES PROBLEM

Official Advises Jobless to Aid in Forming Third Party. Timex Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 2.—Merrill Jackson, Workers Alliance of Indiana secretarytreasurer, today recommended that members of the unemployed union boycott the polls Tuesday. Mr. Jackson addressed delegates to the union state convention in session at the Central Labor Temple here. The organization claims 50,000 Indiana members. The WPA administration in Indiana will not discriminate against workers for belonging or not belonging to the union, Wayne Coy, State WPA Administrator, said in a message read to the delegates. Mr. Coy was unable to appear at the meeting. Urges Farmer-Labor Party yrging independent political action for the jobless, Mr. Jackson recommended that the convention go on record as advocating the formation of a Farmer-Labor Party. Referring to the primaries, he said, "I suggest that wherever passible pickets be placed in front of the polling places with such slogans as ‘The old parties are unfair to the organized unemployed—boycott the primaries’.” Mass action among locals of the union ‘‘for an adequate appropriation to continue the works program and against any more layoffs,” was suggested by Mr. Jackson. Suggests March to City "If we fail to convince the politicians,” the secretary said, ‘‘of our refusal to submit to further cuts in our living standard, I recommend that the incoming executive board and your officers be instructed to plan for a huge march on the state capitol." “For many years,” he said, "the unemployed have been the victims of the tweedledee and tweedledum of our political system—the Republican and Democratic parties. It has watched the two old parties use relief and the WPA as political footballs. The unemployed are ‘fed up’ with the old parties and want to aid in the formation of anew party.. Mr. Coy said in part: "I have followed with interest the attempts of the workers on WPA to organize. It was an uphill business. The Works Progress Administration of Indiana has in no way hindered such organizing, neither has it lent Its assistance. Privilege of Citizens "To organize Is the privilege of any American citizen. To decline to join such organized groups likewise is the privilege of any American citizen. This administration therefore will refuse to discriminate against any person on the grounds that he either belongs to an organized group or that he does not belong to such a group.” Mr. Coy said he was opposed to the dole and that a strike of WPA workers “gives pleasure only to those in this country who would gladly see the WPA program fail." A vote on Mr. Jackson’s report is expected this afternoon. PUTS NATION'S IDLE AT ONLY 3 MILLION York Sun Disputes Green’s Figures. By United Press NEW YORK, May 2.—The New York Sun in a survey published today estimated the total of unemployed in all industries, trades, transportation and mining at 3,085,000, a figure far below the estimates of the American Federation of Labor. The survey was based on reports from 3000 companies. From these reports the estimates were worked out on the basis of census figures and percentages which The Sun said "have held good since 1890.” The Sun denounced as "preposterous” the recent statement of President William Green of the A. F. of L. that 12.184.000 persons are without normal work. It called on Mr. Green to make public exact figures on employment in all trades affiliated with the federation. Change Collection Schedule Beginning Monday, garbage and ash collections in the city are to go on summer schedules, Wilbur Winship, assistant superintendent of the city sanitation plant has announced. Garbage is to be collected -■twice a week while ashes are to be collected every two weeks. ' OFFICIAL WEATHER __ United States Weather Bureau Sun'l** I Sunset 6:46 maPRATURE —May 2. 1933 7 a. 49 1 p. m l —Today—(l a. m 66 10 a. m 63 7 a. m 67 11 a. m 67 t a. n 69 *2 (Noon) .... 67 9 a. m 66 , p. m .. 71 BAROMETER 7a. ra 29.90 Ip. m .'... 29.91 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... .42 Total preclptatlon since Jan. 1 10.97 Deficiency since Jan. 1 255 WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp Amarillo. Teg Cloudy 30.06 54 Bismarck. N. D Clear 30.16 40 Boston Clear 30.12 66 Chicago Cloudy 29 84 62 Cincinnati PtCldv 29 98 70 Denver .. PtCldy 30.16 46 Dodge City. Kas PtCidy 30 20 48 Helena. Mont PtCldy 30.02 40 Jacksonville. Fla. PtCldy 30.08 72 Kansas Ctiy, Mo Clear 30 10 52 Little Rock. Ark. ... Cloudy 30 00 70 Los Angeles Clear 29.94 58 Miami. Fla Clear 21 98 72 Minneapolis Cloudy 39.02 36 Mobile. Ala Clear 30 12 66 New Orleans Clear ?0.10 72 Etr X2 rk ~4., Fn**l ‘lO 18 58 Oku. City. Okla Cloudy 30.08 58 Ouiah*. Neb Cloudy Ju.ld 0 Pittsburgh Cloudy Jooo Portland. Ore. Cloudy 29 84 56 Ban Antonio. Tex Cloudy 29.96 68 Ban Francisco Rain 29 98 56 1-amßaVul 22 !! t* t WAjJUlkfftOlL ’Ol oa So

Wants to Vote in State Without Meeting His Constituents. BY DANIEL KIDNEY Times StafT Writer WASHINGTON, May 2. Rep. Finly H. Gray has a bad case of postoffice jitters. Asa result he is plotting sly maneuver whereby he can slip into Connersville and vote in the primary e.ection Tuesday without his constituents in Union. City and Muncie hearing about it. The long-haired Tenth District Representative admits that these are two towns he waits to avoid just now. In each he has given women temporary appointments as acting postmaster and the fight is on among the men for the permanent job. Ten took the examination for the Union City postmastership, but only two have been certified for appointment. Wants to Avoid Them They are Bert Woodbury and Orvah Hindsley. So any day now Mr. Gray expects either the Woodbury boosters or the Hindsley supporters to descend on him here. Hut he would like to avoid them on nis trip home. He is afraid that if he gets into that controversy, combired with a five-faction fight for the permanent postmastership at Muncie, he will not have time even to vote. “Just say this for me,” Mr. Gray advised, "I will return to Indiana and vote, if legislation here permits, but I am coming back on the first train.” Neither Senator Frederick VanNuys nor Senator Sherman Minton will return to the state to vote. The Senators and their wives have mailed absent voter ballots. Crowe Follows Example This route also is being taken by Rep. Eugene B. Crowe of the Ninth District, who has been returning on week-ends to look after his campaign for renomination. Congressmen returning to vote include: William T. Schulte, Samuel B. Pettengill, James I. Farley, Glenn Griswold, Mrs. Virginia E. Jenckes, Arthur H. Greenwood, John W. Boehne Jr., William H. Larrabee and Louis Ludlow, Democrats. Charles A. Halleck, Republican.

WILLIAMS FINDS NATIVESJMORBID Reason: If Brevity Wins Derby May Become Darby, He Says. (Continued From Page One) in the presence of a Hard Boot you had better be quick on the draw. A mere smile when you say the word is not likely to do much good. One-Man Campaign For the past several years Mr. Joe E. Widener, the glossy Easterner, who owns Brevity, has been conducting a vigorous one-man campaign to change the pronunciation of Derby to Darby. He even went so far as to import the current replica of the original Lord Derby from London who in a formal statement notified the Hard Boots that really, after all and Pip, Pip, Old Top, Darby is the word, don’t you know. The Hard Boots remained singularly unimpressed, much to Mr. Widener's chagrin, and when his Lordship had finished they gave vent to a series of short snorts, which when translated into Blue Grass English meant the equivalent of “Sez you!” and “Nertz!" It was very embarrassing all around and stressed anew the futility of the missionary’s life. Still undaunted, Mr Widener inaugurated his own Derby, or rather Darby, in Florida, but his efforts to educate the heather Crackers were correspondingly disastrous with the result he finally decided to discontinue the race altogether, explaining, “There is only one Darby, the Kentucky Darby.” Academic Discussion Never having won the Kentucky classic up to now, Mr. Widener has not been in a position to give his crusade the note of authority it needs. Which is to say he has been able to discuss the subject only from an academic point of view. If Brevity wins, Mr. Widener will be ipso facto the nation's spokesman for the Derby, or Darby, for at least 12 months, and the mere thought of this possibility has practically desolated the Hard Boots. It should be noted that no other form of human life is burdened with such a tremendous capacity for desolation as the Kentucky Hard Boot, especially when the chilling tremors are provoked by a bleak Derby outlook. In such a mood he becomes a cross between a Tolstoy character and a man who has just missed a five-horse parlay by a nose. The knowledge that Mr. Widener can put more tone and color into the word Darby than any other living American, plus the fact that it is his favorite word, doesn’t do anything to help the situation either. The punishment people submit to in order to see a large sports event, particularly the Derby, becomes increasingly mystifying. They travel long distances, pay excessive prices for hotel accommodations, food, cab service and the incidental pleasure offerings. They tre jostled in the streets, manhandl'd at the track, some do not even get close enough to see the running of the race. Why Do They Do It? When it is over they wait hours far transportation back to town, or they walk, as thousands are forced to do every year. And naturally only a small percentage can have the compensatory comfort of being on the winning horse. Year after year you hear the anguished cry, “I wouldn't go through this again for a million bucks." But always the same crowd is back with thousands of added starters.

Buried Alive 10 Days * * U m M M Story of First Hours Told

The Moose River rescue squad uses a diamond drill to make first contact with the entombed men.

Three men ere marooned in a collapsed mine. One Is fat and 50; one 30, thin, high-strung; one tough-fibred, a miner. How do these men face the catastrophe of being buried alive? Dr. D. E. Roberston, one of the survivors of the Moose River mine entombment writes the second installment of his tense narrative today. BY DR. D. E. ROBERTSON JJALIFAX, N. S.—Having missed death in the first unexpected move, we found that the period of most intense excitement had passed. We were still living, capable of rational thought and action. I was more than satisfied with the quality of the twomen with whom I was marooned. They had themselves well in hand, and although tense and quiet, did not lose grip on themselves. From them I was able to reap a large store of confidence. Magill asked me how long it took a man to starve to death. I told him there would be do difficulty in going two or three weeks without food, but that starvation would not be a factor in this. Other questions of a similar nature were asked me, having to do with the medical end of such situations. We agreed that we would have to establish ourselves in a definite place, and that we must do this while our lights still lasted. We counted on the lantern for some 18 hours, and on the miner's lamp for some shorter period. We immediately hit upon a plan of building a fire in order to warm and dry ourselves. It was very cold. The absolute temperature was not low—l fancy somewhere in the 50s—but under the circumstances it seemed very cold. u u WE shivered freely, through fear and nervousness as well as cold. I suggested that this was a physiological reaction and that we should not try to restrain these shivers but to give them full rein, and in this way stimulate circulation and warm ourselves. We searched for wood that was burnable, and we found a small box made of thin, soft wood which had been 3 ed for carrying dynamite. Just a little to the south of the landing stage we pulled a big piece of fallen rock into a circular position. It was about three yards in diameter. On this Alf, who had a knife, began to make splinters. While he was engaged in this a large piece of rock fell from the hanging wall and barely missed his head. I got a thrill when I saw the calm manner in which he pushed it out of his way. We moved our burning stone to a position under some timbering, which protected us against any more falling rock. We got the fire started by using the miner’s lamp. By means of incessant blowing, with our faces close down to the fire, we were able to get the fire alight and produce smoke. We then realized that the smoke was typical wood smoke and that it would in all probability seep through the crevices of the rock and let the people on the surface, by recoognizing its character, realize that we were still living and had built a fire. * * * MAGILL and Alf wanted to smoke, but found that their cigarets were sodden and their matches in like condition. We kept our fire going a matter of 16 hours, but it was only by dint of continuous blowing by one or two that it was kept alight at all. It was during this time, 1 think, that we all first complained of numbness in the feet, which I recognized as the beginning of “trench foot,” particularly in my case, as my shoes were not tight. I suspected that Alf’s boots were laced too tightly. Magill took the opportunity of changing his socks, or at least taking them off and trying to

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warm and dry them. During, the hours we had this fire we were able to warm stones and pass them out. A man could take one and use it where he felt it would do him most good. We discussed way and means of the method of rescue. Magill and Alf, but Magill particularly, were apprehensive of the flooding of the mine. The water was at the 370-foot level at the time of the collapse. With the great increase in the amount of water we thought was coming into the mine, we considered it might not be long before the water rose to a point where we would be driven from our present level. nan nPHAT left us one of two places to which we might go. If rescue were to come directly down the shaft, we would be wise to stay in the shaft, retreating upward if we were driven by the water. If rescue came through one of the stopes to the east, then we would be better off in the stope. However, because cf the tremendous cavern below it seemed imposible for the water to come up to cur level. We felt confident our fire had given a smoke signal which would be recognized. Tapping on the broken pipes had not brought any response. We had found in the mine something that was of the utmost importance. That was a large granite cup, and close to our fire stone we had a pipe delivering a fine stream of clear water. After we had been in the mine for 12 hours (Magill and Alf had their wrist watches), it seemed to us we could hear blasting. It sounded a long distance off, but it gave us hope that an attempt was being made to deliver us. ana A LMOST immediately after lighting our fire, Magill and I became nauseated. We began to vomit. Periods of vomiting were followed by almost continuous hiccoughing. Early I urged my companions to dring large quanties of water, warning them that if they did not they would quickly weaken themselves. Alf apparently had a fine digestive system, which was not easily upset. After 18 hours our fire had gone; the lanterns were out. We cleaned the fire off the stone and lay on it for warmth. We curled up as close as we could get and lay in this fashion first on one side and then on the other. At intervals we would doze, and almost continuously Magill and I retched and hiccoughed. I made them get up at intervals and stand on their feet, in the hope that they would stamp some circulation into their limbs, and in this way preserve vitality. It got increasingly difficult to stand, on account of the loss of sensation in the feet. a a a THE indigestion from which Magill and I suffered was very distressing. Our throats were sore. If one took a large amount of water it would give comfort of a degree for 20 or 30 minutes, following which the whole content of the stomach would again reach a high degree of acidity. To begin to do anything required a certain amount of preparation. We would have to warn each other that one of us wanted to move. The flashlight would have to be gotten ready. We watched each other very closely, fearing that the one moving in the dark might inadvertently fall through one of the openings. The blasting continued. We could hear automatic hammers or drills running, and they sounded like machine-guns in the far distance. About the third night they seemed to be pointing right in our direction. Then for 12 hours there was steady drilling, and afterward about 16 to 30 shots were fired. Some rocks were dislodged and fell down the shaft. We took this as a good sign, and I think it was at about this stage that we began to realize that a serious endeavor was being made on the surface, and that there was a chance of our being rescued. (World Copyright, 1936, by the Red Cross of Caned*. Distributed by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

TWO ACCIDENT VICTIMS DEAD; TOLLNOW 50 Youth Killed When Hurled From Auto as It Strikes Tree. (Continued From Page One) of Washington, was driver of the car. Andrew Steen, 64, of 2610 South-eastern-av, who was struck by an automobile at Rural and New Yorksts last night, today was in a critical condition at City Hospital. The accident occurred during a heavy rain. The driver of the car, Benjamin Banayote, 23, of 237 S. La Salll-st, was arrested on charges of failure to have a driver’s license, failure to display a certificate of title and improper license plates. Bruised and Cut Leonard Boles, 17, of Cumberland, received lacerations and bruises last night when the automobile he was driving was in collision with a car driven by Frank T. North, 17, of 611 N. LaSalle-st, at 9000 E. Washing-ton-st. Boles was treated by a neighborhood doctor. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mertz of Chicago were injured early today while on their way to the Kentucky Derby. Mr. Mertz told deputy sheriffs he failed to see the blockade on State Road 52 just north of Flackville, and when he applied the brakes his car turned on its side. They were taken to Methodist Hospital. Two Negroes were injured seriously early today when a car containing four persons and driven by John Primus, 21, of 1054 N. Traubav, left the road and turned qver at 70th-st and State Road 29. John Primus, 49, of 943 N. Belmont-av, uncle of the driver, and Clifford Nelson, 23, of 1061 N. Belmont-av, were the most seriously injured. The younger Primus and William Johnson, 28, of 2703 N. Capitol-av, only were bruised. LEGION CHIEFS OPENSESSION Fourth Annual Roundup Here Tomorrow to Feature Annual Parley. Meeting of the subcommittee on Amercisanism today signalized opening of the annual sessions of the American Legion’s national executive committee at national headquarters, 777 N. Meridian-st. The fourth annual aerial membership roundup at Municipal Airport, committee meetings and the aerial roundup dinner in the Antlers are part of tomorrow’s program. Airplanes from all sections of the country are expected to begin arriving at the airport at noon •'tomorrow with Legion membership cards. Leading the military section is to be Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover, chief of staff, Army Air Corps. The commercial air lines are to be represented by David E. Grant, New York, foreign counsel of Pan American Airways. Ray Murphy, Legion national commander, Gen. Westover, Mr. Grant and Dudley Steele, Los Angeles, Legion aeronautics chairman, are to be among the speakers at the dinner at 7 tomorrow night in the Antlers. The national executive committee is to convene Monday, and Monday night Commander Murphy is to preside at a dinner in the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The meetings are to continue through Wednesday. MUSIC 'PROGRAM HEAVY Marching Events Held Over Until Today Due to Rain. By United Press FRANKFORT, Ind., May 2.—A heavy program faced participants in the annual contests of the Indiana School Band and Orchestra Association today. The marching contests were postponed yesterday because of rain and were crowded into today’s program which included band and orchestra competition in all divisions.

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Karpis Taken to St: Paul; 2 Nabbed in Rivers’ Case

Former Convicts Are Arrested Today; One to Face Accessory Charge. (Continued From Page One) ’ r tentiary, and that Northern was paroled Nov. 27, 1935, after serving part of a 10-to-20-year term for robbery of a filling station here. Meanwhile, police in a dozen Midwestern cities searched to round up remnants of the Alfred Brady, alias A1 Barton gang. Hope to Learn Story By questioning alleged gang members held in Indianapolis and Chicago, they think a complete story of crime and terrorism is to be pieced together. George Whitley, alias Carl Hart, 38, of 4724 W. Washington-st, and Harry Tibbetts, 1437 Silver-av, were captured late yesterday Alfred Brady, the 'man police believe it the gang leader, has been charged With the slaying. He has a dozen aliases. His case has been continued in Municipal Court until May 12. Local Couple Held Also held here are Mr. and Mrs. Chester Hart, owners of a garage at 3927 W. Washington-st, which police claim was used as a gang headquarters, and Mrs. Margaret Larson, alias Barry, 23-year-old girl arrested in a Chicago hotel with Brady. Held in Chicago are Jack Becker and William Giftman, described by detectives as jewelry "fences.” At least three others are being hunted. They are Lee Jackson and James Williams, who police believe were with Brady when Sergt. Rivers was shot at a South Side physician’s office Monday night, and Elmer Martin. Martin, officers thinks, was wounded in a hold-up of a Lima, (O.) jewelry store. Another gunman may have been wounded during the battle in front of Dr. E. E. Rose’s home, 2153 Barth-av. Three of the desperadoes went to Dr. Rose originally to seek treatment for a wounded confederate, police said. Whitley and Tibbetts, arrested in two raids yesterday afternoon, are believed to be accessories in the case. Immediately following the gun battle in which the policeman was slain, three members of the gang, including Brady, fled to Whitley’s home, according to Capt. Matt Leach of state police, who questioned the two new suspects. Went to Whitley Home, Report They remained there until 4 Tuesday morning, Capt. Leach quoted Whitley as sajfing, and then Whitley took them in an automobile to the Hart home, 27 S. Lyndhurst-dr. Whitley said he knew Brady as Barton, but never had met the other two. A statement attributed to Whitley by Capt. Leach, accused Brady of killing Sergt. Rivers. This statement conflicted with one city detectives said they received from Hart. They quoted the garage owner as saying the bandits were not certain who had fired the shots. Denies Knowledge of Robbery Whitley denied any knowledge of the $15,900 jewel robbery at Lima, but Capt. Leach said he had been a partner of Brady’s in a bootlegging enterprise. Whitley was arrested In Tibbitts’ home on Silver-av. Tibbitts later was picked up at the Marmon Industrial Center, 1200 Kentucky-av, where he is employed as a machinest, but police have not determined whether he Has any connection with the case. Both men were reslated at city police headquarters today on vagrancy charges and are being held under high bond. While detectives were questioning Brady at headquarters yesterday, the Rivers funeral profession passed through a lane of 150 uniformed officers standing in front 7ft the building. Rivers Burial Held Sergt. Rivers was buried In Washington Park. Services were held in Shirley Brothers Chapel. Although detectives thought Brady would tell them where Martin was hiding, the desperado maintained he did not know. At first it was thought the wounded hoodlum still was in Indianapolis. This theory had been abandoned today.

Gangster, Shackled Heavily, Rushed There From New Orleans. (Continued From Page One) partment’s newest coup in its war cn kidnapers and interstate gangsters. Karpis. Public Enemy No. 1 on the G-men's list fer over a year, had a S7OOO reward on his head. "Karpis was arrested at 3343 Canal-st, New Orleans, where he was living with Fred Hunter and a woman posing as Mrs. Hunter,” Hoover said. "Hunter also was taken into custody and is being held at New Orleans. We have not decided whether he will be charged in connection with a postal robbery at Garrettsville, last year, or as a harborer of Karpis. Karpis was living at his apartment.” Hoover said that Karpis had been in the South and Southwest for several months. “He was spending most of his time hunting and fishing,” Hoover said. "He was fishing a great deal in Florida and along the gulf." Karpis had undergone a crude plastic surgery operation. Hoover disclosed. There was a deep scar under his left ear and lobes of his ears had been cut. His fingerprints had been mutilated. Operation Was Crude, Useless "The operation,” Hoover said, “was performed by Dr. Joseph Moran, former member of the gang now believed dead. But it was a crude job and did not in the least alter Karpis’ features.” When arrested. Hoover said, Harris had a rifle in his automobile and three .45 calibre revolvers in his apartment. Neither he nor Hunter had a weapon on their person. The capture was made as Karpis and Hunter came out of their first floo rapartment, Hoover said. They left unexpectedly while agents were waiting for them after surrounding the house. They entered a car and were driving away when a car in which Hoover and others riding drew alongside, forced Karpis’ car to the curb and commanded him to halt. Made No Resistance “He offered no resistance whatsoever,” Hoover said. "He was so nervous he could scarcely talk. His hands were shaking like a leaf and his knees shook as if he had palsy.” Hoover emphasized that "This was the man who said he never would be taken alive.” Hoover said Karpis Is charged with three or four mail robberies. He had SBO in his wallet when arrested but Hoover declined to say whether it was ransom money. Inasmuch as the capture was made by Federal agents, the SSOOO recently offered for Karpis’ arrest will not be paid. Hoover said that the department had "definite information” for several days prior to the capture that Karpis was in New Orleans. He himself had been there “two or three days,” he said. Several Points to Be Checked Hoover believed the capture virtually brought to a close the department’s pursuit of the perpetrators, but he said there are “numerous points yet to be solved in connection with both.” New Orleans police knew nothing of the trap. Excited neighbors telephoned them when it was sprung. They were indignant that the Federal men had invaded their bailiwick without even a “by-yoilr-leave.” Karpis began his career as a petty thief, and was initiated into the big time criminal world in 1931, after his escape from the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing, by the Barkers —Arthur and Fred. He soon became joint leader of the mob and with it is alleged to have participated in the kidnapings of Mr. Edward G. Bremer, a wealthy St. Paul banker, and Hamm. Arthur Barker and his mother, Kate, were killed by G-men in Florida in January, 1935. Karpis had been in their hideout a few hours before the raid, and fled to Atlantic City, where an unsuccessful trap was set for him several weeks later. Doc Barker was captured meanwhile, was convicted with a number of associates of the Bremer kidnaping, and now is serving a life term.

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HAILE FLEEING AS RIOTS FLARE IN ADDISABABA Foreigners Take Refuge in Fortified Compound of the British. (Continued From Page One) landslide was holding up the main body, he reported, many mile* farther back. Barton wired the foreign office that he would stand fast until tht Italians came. Await Word of Americans There was no word specifically of Cornelius Van H. Engert, American minister, and his staff of four American Navy wireless experts, missionaries, business men and two newspaper correspondents Ben Ames and James Bohrbaugh, United Press staff correspondent*. Other American press correspondents are of various nationalities. Foreign Secretary Eden left for Leamington to keep an engagement to speak tonight—a speech which may be one of international moment. It was made known that British information was that Emperor Haile Selassie did not abdicate before he fled. The British government will continue to regard him as the head of the state, at least so long as he is on Ethiopian soil. Haile Issues Statement The Emperor told United Press correspondent Ames yesterday: "I am quitting Addis Ababa, but that is not significant. I shall establish anew seat of government and shall be in communication with the outside world. I shall never enter direct negotiations with the Italians for peace—only through the League of Nations. Ethiopia is not suing for peace. I will never surrender —Jamais!” The British legation compound is a short distance out of the capital on its eastern side. Since the war started, the British government has been strengthening it. The sikhs rushed there from India all are picked fighting men of the army. They have put many miles of barbed wire entanglements round and round the walled compound. Thousands of sand bags were sent to the legation from Egypt and the Sudan and filled to provide additional protection against fire from outside. Family Believed With Him British information Indicated that the Emperor was accompanied not only by Queen Mennen and the little Duke of Harar, his second and favorite son, and the Emperor’s daughters, but by Asfa Wosen, the Crown Prince. If the Crown Prince accompanied him, this would smash Italian hopes that, often regarded as estranged from the Emperor, he might submit and be a puppet under an Italian overlordship. It was rumored that the chieftain Ras Kassa, the Emperor’s son-in-law, and Blattan Getta Herouy, the foreign minister, were on the royal special train. British authorities will regard the emperor’s reign as terminated in fact, if not legally, if he crosses the frontier into French Somaliland. Britons expect that it will take the Italians many months to pacify Ethiopia, but* organized defense, they believe, has collapsed. HANDSOME MAN SOUGHT IN SLAYING OF MOTHER Chattanooga Theater Official’s Wife Dies After Beating. By United Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 2. —A thick-set, "handsome young man” about 25 was sought today for the brutal slaying of attractive, 23-year-old Mrs. T. Y. McConnell, wife of a theater manager here. Police were told by two women neighbors of the victim that a man answering that description attempted to enter their homes on the afternoon Mrs. McConnell was killed. Mrs. McConnell, mother of 22-month-old twin baby girls, was found brutally beaten in her fashionable apartment home Wednesday. She died yesterday.