The Alamance gleaner
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VOL. LVIII. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1932. NO. 5.
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News Review of Current
Events the World Over
Japan, Having Saved Face by Victory, May Make Peace
With China?Lindbergh Baby Kidnaped
for $50,000 Ransom.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD *
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PROSPECTS for cessation of hos
tilities In China and for ultimate
peace wer? somewhat enhanced the
middle of the week, for Japan had
"saved face." Her
rorces in the suang
hal area strongly re
inforced and under
the supreme command
of Gen. Voshinorl Shi- j
rukawa. former minis
ter of war. another
tremendous effort to
drive hack the Chi- j
nese army was start
ed and after many
hours of fierce fight
ing, was reported to
have succeeded. Gen.
T?il Ttnir.cfil'a
Q?n. Shira
kawa
teenth roule army which had been so
bravely resisting the invaders, broke
and fled northwestward and westward
from the Chapei-Kiangwan line, and
the Japanese having accomplished
their immediate object, their military
and naval authorities ordered the ces
sation of operations and submitted
terms for a truce pending the holding
of an International conference on the
Shanghai situation.
It was apparent that the Japanese
were determined to win a big victory
before the meetingpf the League of
Nations assembly on^Thursdny. Hav
ing accomplished this object, they were
In better position to make or accept
peace plans. Earlier in the week con
versations In tleneva and aboard the
flagship of British Admiral Sir How
ard Kelly at Shanghai hod led to hopes
that there would be an immediate ces
sation of fighting. But the Japanese
still insisted on the withdrawal of the
Chinese forces before moving their
own, aud this China refused. In Ge
neva the council of the league adopted
a proposal of Joseph Paul-Boncour for
a conference of all the powers directly
Interested, In Shanghai, and the Jap
anese government nccepted this plan.
Sir John Simon, British delegate, an
nounced "that the United States would
adhere to this proposal. The council
made the conference contingent upon
a truce, and the fact that the severest
fighting of the war followed immedi
ately served to confuse the situation
and to make observers in Shanghai
skeptical of results.
I'lspntcnes irom Tokyo quoted war
Minister Arakl aa declaring: "Kven if
diplomatic negotiations arc opened, we
cannot withdraw onr forces immedi
ately. It is impossible to do so In
dealing with China's nndiscipllned
and treacherous military forces. We
can only withdraw our troops after
witnessing ourselves that the Chinese
forces have been withdrawn definitely
to a certain designated point. We can
keep onr promise, but there is no guar
antee that the Chinese will keep,
theirs."
Notwithstanding the arguments and
pleas of certain university presidents
and many pacifists, the United States
government will not countenance a
boycott of Japan, which would be In
effect a war measure. Great Britain
also Is opposed to such an economic
blockade, and therefore It was predict
ed that this drastic step would not be
voted by the league assembly. The
entailer nations were expected to fa
vor the boycott, but It could be side
tracked by the British.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS T.I.VD
bergh. Jr., the twenty-months-old
?on of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh, was kidnaped Tuesday evening
from the nursery on the second floor
of his parents' home at Hopewell, N.
J. The police forces of New Jersey,
New York. Pennsylvania and other
eastern states were busy on the case
within an hour and. with the aid of
countless airmen, began an Intensive
search for the infant and the rash
miscreants who had stolen him. In
dications were that the crime was
committed by a man and a woman
? nd that the kidnapers had tied In an
automobile.
The criminals left a note demand
ing the payment of LVXUOrt ransom
and threatening the baby with death
If this were refused. Colonel and Mrs.
Lindbergh were of course ready to
pay anything possible to get back
their child and the authorities aided
thero in facilitating negotiations. At
this writing It is reported that the re
turn of the baby Is expected soon.
The kidnaping shocked the nation and
the Lindberghs had the warm sym
pathy of the entire population of the
country and the active aid of every
one who could In anyway be of help
to them. ,
D EPHESENTATIVE CHAItI.ES R.
Crisp of Georgia, acting chair
man of the louse ways an<! means
committee, and his subcommittee for
? hn * '<
urai ling VI me
new tax bill complet
ed their work and re
ported the measure to
the full committee,
after which It was of
fered to the house for
passage. Mr. Crisp
announced that the
bill assured a bal
anced budget by the i
end of the next fiscal
year provided current '
/Estimates were not
upset.
C. R. Crisp
The measure Is expected to provide
approximately $1,100,000,000 addition
al revenue annually through new or
Increased taxes. The principle fea
ture Is the general manufacturers'
sale tax, which, by the Inclusion of
a tax on gasoline sales, should pro
duce $625,000,000 annually. Increases
In Income, Inheritance and estate
taxes will bring about $250,000,000.
The remaining $225,000,000. or there
abouts, will be raised by excise taxes.
ECONOMY went by the board when
the bouse passed the emergency
road construct Ion bill which appropri
ates $132,500,000 for federal aid to the
states in road building. Supported as
a means of relief to the unemployed,
the measure passed by a Tote of 205 to
109, only 1? Democrats being recorded
In opposition. Most of the money Is
to be allotted to the states by the sec
retary of agriculture under the pro
visions of the federal highway act.
The federal government, according to
the terras of the measure, is to be re
imbursed over a period of ten years,
commencing In 1938 by making deduc
tions from regular apportionments to
be made later under the highway act,
Secretary of Agriculture Hyde se
verely criticized the bill, asserting It
would provide Jobs for only about 35,
000 men and would endanger stable
development of the future federal aid
program. It was predicted the meas
ure, If It passed the senate, would be
vetoed by the President.
QUARRELING over credit for leg
islative achievements, the Hoover
supporters and the Democratic lead
ers have quite ruptured the bi-partisan
alliance for the eco
nomic relief of the
country, auch ns It
was. Speaker Garner
assailed the Presi
dent, was in turn at
tacked by Senator
Moses of New Hamp
shire, and the Demo
crats who hope to see
Mr. Garner nominated
for President leaped
to his defense. Chief
ef the latter was Sen
ator Tom Connally ot
Sen. Connelly
Texa% in a nery speecn ne taniuast
ed tin? administration for extravagance
and lauded ttie Democrats for econ
omy.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa Inter
jected a question and brought on liini
self lids withering retort:
"The senator from Iowa Is a Repub
licnn lifname only. He Is just as hit
ter an antagonist of the present ad
ministration as any Democrat dare lie.
Yet he Is afraid of anything that hap
pens to bear the Democratic label "
DAY by day Al Smith Is becoming
more than a receptive candidate
I for the Democratic nomination. He
has given written permission to his
friends to enter him In the Massa
chusetts primary. Smith carried that
state In 1028 and Is so popular there
that it will be the scene of the real
Smith-Roosevelt fight.
One former Democratic senator who
seeks to take advantage of this pos
sibly Democratic year to regain his
old seat Is Daniel F. Stock of Iowa.
In announcing Ids candidacy he out
lined views on national Issues, adro^
eating tariff revision, a referendum on
prohibition and adequate farm relief
legislation. Steck was the Democratic
nominee In 1924 and was seated by
the senate after an election contest
with Smith W. Brookhart. He was
defeated In 1930 by Senator L. J.
Dickinson.
MaJ. Gen. Smedley D Butler an
nounced that he Is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for United
States senator from Pennsylvania
against Senator James J. Davis. Gen
era! Butler said be would run oo a
bone-dry platform and would have the
full support of Gov. Gilford Pinchot.
PBBSIDENT UOOVER in a special
message to congress asked for leg
(station that would speed up federal
criminal court justice, eliminate flaws
In the national bankruptcy Vact and
strengthen prohibition enforcement in
the District of Columbia. The Presi
dent's proposals Included:
1. Legislation permitting the United
States Supreme court to prescribe uni
form rules of practice and procedure
in criminal cases for all proceedings
after verdicts in the district courts
and for the Circuit Court of Appeals,
so as to shorten the time between con
viction of prisoners and their Incar
ceration in federal penitentiaries.
2. Laws permitting an accused per
Bon to waive the requirement of In
dictment by grand Jury when the ac
cused admits Ids guilt.
3. Legislation making valid all
grand Jury Indictments where at least
twelve eligible Jurors vote for Indict
ment, regardless of whether ineligible
jurors voted.
4. Passing of legislation limiting the
time for making motions to quash In
dictments because, of disqualifications
of Jurors.
5. Legislation enabling the attorney
general to forego prosecution of chil
dren In the federal courts and to re
turn them to state authorities to be
dealt with by Juvenile courts and other
state agencies.
6. Legislation supplementing the pro
hibition law for the District of Colum
bia.
7. Amendment of the bankruptcy
laws to give debtors protection of the
courts In certain cases, to remove cum
bersome sections of the bankruptcy
laws, to require examination of every
bankrupt by a responsible official and
numerous other reforms.
8. Legislation creating additional
judgshlps and federal court personnel
to relieve congestion.
LEGISLATION to authorize a com
plete Investigation of the stock ex
changes Is favored by the senate bank
ing committee and a subcommittee
headed by Senator Walcott of Connec
ticut has been appointed to prepare
It. It wns the consensus of the com
mittee. Chairman Norbeck said, that
all phases of stock market speculation
should be Inquired Into. The activi
ties of the long interests as well as
the short Interests will be Investi
gated. he said, but It Is probable that
the bears will receive first attention.
With only five votes In opposition
the senate passed the Norrls anti-in
junction bill for which organized la
bor has been crying for several years.
It sharply limits the cases In which
federal Injunctions may Issue In labor
disputes; provides that a person
charged with Indirect contempt of a
federal court shall have right of ap
peal, and outlaws the "yellow dog"
contract ? that Is, any agreement
whereby workers promise not to join
a labor union during the term of their
employment.
There Is no longer any doubt about
getting a test rote on prohibition In
the house. The petition to bring the
Beck-Llnthicum bill for state liquor
control to the floor has received the
necessary 145 signatures, the final
name being that of J. J. Mansfield of
Texas, a cripple who made his way
to the clerk's desk In his wheel chair
and affixed his signature as the wets
cheered. The test will not come be
fore March 14.
REVOLT has broken out In Finland.
The rebels are members of the
Lapun party, or Fascists, and they
have gathered In large numbers, well
armed, threatening
civil war If rresi<lenl
Pelir Evlnd Svlnhuf
vud docs not oust nil
Communists and So
cialists from his cab
inet The president's
reply was the decree
ing of a Dew safety
law that gives him ex
treme military powers
to meet the crisis. It j
permits the suppres
?ion of newspapers
found guilty of aglta
tlon. dissolving of all
President
Svinhufvud
ueinonstrations, searcn 01 nonies, ex
aminatlon of all persons out of doort
and hlndisnce of armed Individual)
moving from place to place, with otli
er gteps considered necessary to pre
aerve order.
TLe army and civil guards proved
loyal to the government and went t
out to meet the revolutionaries, and
the president decided the lenders nt
the I-apua party should he arrested j
if possible. The disturbance was main
ly In southern Finland, centering at
Mantsala.
Great Britain s era of free
trade, which had lasted for 8." i
years, came to an end with the en- [
actment of the new tariff law and Ite
approval by the crown. The final j
hours saw numerous ships rushing t<r
all the ports of the United Kingdom,
trying to get their cargoes to land
before the customs duties became ef
fective. I
'? t- v lll't t'"hy1 i |
KIDNAPING OF LINDBERGH
BABY STIRS WHOLE WORLD
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No Crime in Modern History Has Aroused
Such Universal Indignation?Tops
Long List of Abductions.
No crime lo recent history no
aroused the entire American public
as the kidnaping of the young son
of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh.
Little Charles Augustus, Jr, Is the
nation's baby. He Is a national char
acter and has been since the day be
was born. Bis sbdacllon was a das
tardly crime resented by every red
blooded American, grown-ups and chil
dren alike.
Every parent grieved with the
stricken father and mother. They
knew the anguish they endured. They
could feel the heart throbs and the
Immeasurable grief. They could re
alize what the finding of that empty
crib meant to I be grief-stricken par
ents. They knew the darkness tbat
settled over Colonel and ilrs. Lind
bergh as they viewed the dirty foot
tracks left by the vlllians, and the lad
der on tbe lawn outside the window,
that told so vividly the fate that bad
befallen their young son. It Is one
great American heart that grieved
with those grlef-strlcken parents.
A little delicate child, only twenty
months of age, had been dragged from
the affectionate embrace of bis par
ents, from tbe tender care with which
be bad been surrounded, and spirited
away Into the foul hands of the most
detestlble type of criminals. There was
no more touching Incident of the whole
dastardly affair than the pathetic ap
peal of the mother to the kidnapers to
feed her sick baby properly. It was
addressed by Mrs. Lindbergh to the
kidnapers of her son and broadcast
through the press of the nation. In
tt she said:
"To the kidnaper of the Lindbergh
baby:
"Here Is a heartbroken appeal di
rect from the mother of the child yon
stole.
"The baby has been sick and Us re
covery may depend on the treatment
It gets from you. Tou must be espe
cially careful about the diet.
"Mrs. Lindbergh Issued to the press
today the strict diet she has been fol
lowing since the baby fell 111. She did
this In the hope you might read this
story and that there was some spark
of humanity even in the heart of a
baby thief.
"Here Is the diet, accompanied by
the fervent prayer of a grieving
mother:
"One quart of milk during the day.
"Three tablesimons of cooked cereal
morning and night.
"One yolk of egg dally.
"One baked potato or rice once a
day.
"Two tablespoons of stewed fruit
dally.
"Half a cup of orange Juice on wak
ing.
"?alf a cup of prune Juice after
the afternoon nap.
"And fourteen drops of medicine
called vlosterol during the day.
"That's all, kidnaper of the Lind
bergh baby. That's what the baby's
mother wants you to give the boy.
Follow her request and you may In
some small part redeem yourself In
the eyes of a contemptuous world."
The fathers of the nation In spirit
tramped with Colonel Lindbergh the
woods about the large estate, search
ing wltb him for clews that would
lead to the recovery of the stolen
child. In spirit they repented his
prayers and his curses. To the moth
ers of the nation the abduction was a
real, a personal tragedy. Not one of
them bnt felt with Anne Morrow Lind
bergh the devastating blow that had
been struck American motherhood,
not one of them but suffered the keen
est of all agonies?fear for the safety
and life of the child she had borne,
and aot one of tbem but said In her
heart "What If It bad been MT
babyr
It Is no exaggeration to say that
100,000,000 Americans Immedlstely
formed themselves Into a searching
party. In spirit If not In body, with
the sole purpose of restoring the Lind
bergh baby In safety as soon as possi
ble to his mother's arms From the
highest to the most lowly, news of
the Lindbergh kidnaping was Hie all
Important topic.
It Is not often that a President of
the United States puts from his mind
even for a little while momentous af
fairs of state because of concern over
what has happened to some Individ
ual. But that Is exactly what hap
pened In this case. Herbert Hoover,
la the midst of pondering over the
solution of pressing national and In
ternational problems, forgot for the
moment that be was Chief Executive
of a nation and remembered only that
he was an American father. So he
gave orders that be was to be kept
Mpped ? U** utMt d*Tslop men ts
Id the rate do nmtter at whet hour
of the night the news should arrive
it the White House.
What was true of the President
was true of other high government of
ficials, both state and natlODuL The
first activity in trying to run to earth
the criminals was, of course, on the
part of local police near the Lind
bergh home In New Jersey.
Through the agency of the teletype
the alarm reached the police of New
York, Newark, Jersey City. Elizabeth,
Camden, and Philadelphia within a
few minutes of the receipt of the flrat
newt at Trenton. All of them quickly
awung Into action, as did the New
York and Pennsylvania state police.
Orders were flashed to every pre
cinct by the police telegraph system
to be on the alert for suspicious cars,
while the new police radio station
WPEG flashed wurd to the short wave
station of the patrolling detective cars
to join In the watch.
Similar steps, though on a smaller
scale, were being repeated simultane
ously In every city for many miles
around the Lindbergh home. Posses
of motorcycle and bandit squad police
men from Philadelphia, Pa, and New
Jersey state troopers, clamped down
a heavy guard on every bridge over
the Delaware river.
But the circle of activity soon wid
ened beyond state borders. Within a
few hours the news reached Wash
ington, the full co-operation of the
federal government In hunting down
the kidnapers was ottered to the New
Jersey state authorities. Attorney
General William D. Mitchell hurried
to the White House for a conference
with President Hoover and Immedi
ately afterwards the Department of
Justice announced that every agency
of the department would co-operate
to the utmost with the state authori
ties. , .
following a second conference be
tween tbe President and Ma attorney
general, It was announced that the
government bad placed Its prohibition
enforcement officers as well as all of
the other department of justice agents
on the case. All agents In the eastern
section of the country, acting under
direct orders from tbe President,
transmitted through the justice de
partment's bureaus of investigation In
New York and Philadelphia, were In
structed to be on the lookout for
suspicious characters. Between these
two offices the states of New York,
Pennsylvania, Delawawe, New Jersey
and Connecticut, were Immediately
covered with a network of Investiga
tion by the most skillful sleuths In
the service of the United Stales.
Although kidnaping Is a state rath
er than a federal offense, the United
States government officials had Justi
fication for entering the case becanee
ef tbe possibility that the kidnapers
might have violated aome other fed
eral statute. But one Immediate re
sult of this abduction was to cause
a widespread demand for speeding
action on bllla then before congress
making kidnaping a federal offense.
One of them by Senator itoscoe C.
Patterson of Missouri makes the
transportation of a kidnaped person
across a state boundary an offense
punishable by death. Another by
Representative John J. Cochran of
Missouri makes kidnaping a federal
offense If state boundaries are crossed
and still a third bill makes use of
the malls In kidnaping cases a federal
crime punishable by a maximum of
20 years Imprisonment Not only was
legislation to curb this crime the chief
topic In the national legislative hall,
but state legislatures began taking
measures to increase the state pen
alties for abduction.
But more striking than the Immedi
ate action taken by the constituted
authorities of the law for dealing
with the criminals who had stolen
away the Lindbergh baby wna the
Instantaneous reaction of private In
dividuals everywhere to the crime. It
la doubtfnl If ever before In the bis
-tory of America have so" many mil
lions of her citizens felt the personal
obligation to aid In a gigantic man
bunt?In spirit tf not In reality.
Aviators, who bad been buddies of
tbe famous (lying colooel. Immediately
placed themselves and their planes
st hla disposal to aid In tbe search.
Thousands of amateur detectives were
busily engaged In watching for "clews"
whlcb might aid the authorities In
catching the malefactors. In New
York the clergy of three religious de
nomlnstlons joined In broadcasting a
prayer for the safe and speedy re
turn of the IJndbergh baby?a prayer
which found an echo In the hearts of
millions.
Nor was tbe excitement pvac the
case confined to the border* ot the
United Stotc*. In Tar-ofT China, the
kidnaping was told In big headline*
alongside the new* of the Chinese
defeat on the Chapel-Woosung bat
tlefront The French press, to which
Colonel Lindbergh has been ? hero
since his conquest of the Atlantic In
1928, wa* filled with the story of the
-crime. German; forgot for s moment
Its heated political atmosphere aris
ing from the presidential election cam
paign and wa* swept by a wave of
sympathy for the parents of the lost
baby. All Berlin newspapers pub
lished the kidnaping on their front
pages, along with numerous photo
graph*, an extraordinary occurrence
In that country, where political Is
sues Invariably occupy all available
front-page space, even when an elec
tion campaign I* not In progress.
England's anxiety over the fate of
the little boy was nearly as keen ns
America's. The news of the abduc
tion caused a sensation In Mexico
where the baby's grandfather, the late
Dwlght Morrow, had been ambassadur
from the United States. A stream of
telegrams was sent to the Lindberghs
from their many friends In Mexico.
President Ortls Rublo, Foreign Sec
retary Manuel C. Tellex and J. Reu
ben Clark, who succeeded the Hate
Senator Dwlght Morrow as ambassa
dor, asked to be kept closely Informed
of any developments In the search
for the kidnapers.
The abduction was brought home
to Mexicans all the more vividly be
cause of the fact that It had occurred
on the third anniversary uf Colonel
Lindbergh's arrival In tbe Mexican
capital on the visit before his last
trip to Mexico, In tbe days when he
was courting Anne Morrow In tbe
romantic atmosphere of Cuernavaca.
Just as tbe news of the kidnaping
of the Lindbergh baby circled the
globe within s few honrs after It had
occurred, so had the news of the birth
of this baby been an Item of world
wide Interest. Cbarles Augustus Lind
bergh, Jr? was born June 22. 1030,
which also was the anniversary of the
birth of his mother, the former Anne
Morrow, daughter of tbe late Senator
Dwlgbt W. Morrow of New Jersey.
She was twenty-four years old the
day her son was born. The baby was
horn In the Morrow home In New Jer
sey, In which his parents were mar
ried May 27, 1929.
The first "official" announcement of
the baby's arrival came from the late
ambassador, who, an hour after the
child was born, told a friend. "I'm
a grandfather, and It's a boy I But
don't you tell any one."
Ills secret could not long be kept
however, for many friends bad been
aware of the preparations made at
the Morrow home.
One whole wing bad been turned
Into bospltal-llke quarters, and two
nurses from a New Xork registry,
with Miss Marie Cummins, the Mor
row family nurse, were In attend
ance to aid doctors.
And so, within a few moments aft
er Ambassador Morrow had Informed
his friend, the news was given to the
world through press associations.
In Lindbergh's usual taciturn fash
ion, only the mere fact that his son
and heir had arrived was announced.
But from more talkative attendants
these Important facts came on that
first day:
1 -t- - a A AnA_K.I#
tie weigneu wrtru nnu uutmin
poundi. Mil bnlr was blond <Dd curly,
lie looked "Juit like hie father."
In the four days Interval between
June 22 and the day the birth certifi
cate waa filed member! of the Morrow
and Lindbergh family participated In
an amicable dlacnaslon as to what the
Infant would be named.
That queatlon was settled when the
birth certificate disclosed be was to be
"Junior." And It was understood to
have been Mrs. Undberg's choice all
aloDg. It was reported, too, that Llnd
bergb had favored calling his sod after
his father-In law, but that for the first
time since he hopped the Atlantic three
years before be was turned back from
his goal.
During his first few months of life, J
when bis parents were making occa- 1
slonal short Jaunts by airplane It fre
quently was reported that Charles Jr.
waa to accompany them. They did not
take the lcfaDt on any of these trips,
however, though the reports were so
persistent that they gave rise to the
Impression that Charles Jr. would be
brought up from earliest youth with
the Idea of making an aviator out of
blm.
So widely was this conviction held
that bis reticent father declared In an
Interview, which was printed In Octo
ber, 1030, In the Pictorial Review, that
Charles Jr.'s future was In his own
hands.
"Our son," Colonel Lindbergh was
quoted as saying, "has hardly reached
the age to have bis future determined
for him. and. In any case. It Is a ques
tion that he can decide for himself
when the time comes.
"Personally. I do not want him to
be anything or do anything that he
himself has no taste or aptitude for.
I believe thai everybody should have
complete freedom In the choice of his
Ufa's work." _ -.
S Bridegroom Unable ?
? to Recognize Bride 6
5 Heytesbury, England.?If tba 5
2 prospective bridegroom ever be- 2
o comes able again to recognize ?
2 bis brlde-tojbe, the Emma White- 2
O Joseph Monnlngton wedding will O
cJ go ahead as planned. g
g The clergyman, choir, rela- g
o tires of the bride and the bride 8
g herself, daughter of the village g
O blacksmith, all were waiting at 5
g the church when a messenger 2
o arrived with theliews that%Ion- o
? nlngton suddenly had lost his 2
JS memory.
X The worried parents of Mtsa X
g White hastened with their g
o daughter to her fiance's home. ?
g Monnlngton was unable to rec- g
CI ognlze her. The bride's father 5
g said the wedding would he held g
5 when Monnlngton regained his 6
4 health. g
SAYS WAR CHAPLAIN
TALKS FROM GRAVE
Asks Burial in National Ceme
tery, Woman Averi.
Concord, N. fl.?The body of the
late beloved Chaplain Lyman Rollins,
"Fighting Parson" of the Tweoty
stxth division of the American Expe
ditionary Forces, will not be removed
from Its present grave In Blossom Bill
cemetery, which has now become one
of the hallowed shrines of this little
Yankee city.
Notwithstanding that Miss Esther
Moe Bare, former war worker and
executrix of the Rollins estate, is, as
she relates. In spiritual communica
tion with the late ehaplaln of the Yan
kee division, who has sent her a mes
sage from beyond the grave to have
his body moved to the National ceme
tery at Arlington, Va., the plea will
fall on deaf, though not unfeeling
ears.
The late chaplain, who died a year
ago last July, Indirectly from wounds
received while serving In France, has
repeatedly conveyed messages to her
since his death. In a code prepared
shortly before he died, and shown only
to her, declares Miss Barr. On sev
eral occasions he has talked to her,
she says. In the presence of a number
of close friends, including a well
known Presbyterian clergyman of
Bardford, N. H.
Shortly before his death, and while
he was still perfectly rational. Miss
Bare farther asserts. Chaplain Rollins
disclosed to her that he had been In
spiritual communication on a number
of occasions with various veterans of
the World war who bad been killed
In action overseas or had died of
wounds.
It was these latter communications,
according to Miss Bare, that led Chap
lain Rollins to devise the secret code
shortly before he died and promise to
make every effort to contact with her
from the spiritual world If that were
possible.
Kill* Teacher; Jumps
to Death From Window
New Tort.?Miss Yvonne Douche,
thirty-two, who taught French In the
Finch school, was shot and killed In
her apartment In Claremont avenue
by her sweetheart, Mauro Falllsl, who
then ended his own life by jumping
from a window.
Miss Bouche, who came to this
country about five years ago, shared
her apartment with the Misses Lena
and Klsle Gilbert, sisters. They were
awakened shortly before midnight by
the sonnd of loud voices In Miss
Bouche's bedroom, followed by a
burst of shots.
The Misses Gilbert were unable to
advance any explanation other than
that obviously there had been a lov
ers' quarrel. Two notes, both writ
ten In Italian, were found In Falllsi's
pocket, but the police declined to re
veal their contents.
Add* Insult to Injury
When He Breaks Prison
Berlin. ? Berlin's underworld Is
chuckling over the news that has re
cently come from Melnlngen. In
Thuringla. that August Weber, known
as Slippery Gust, not only broke out
of the Jail here but also took the
prison cast) box. cigars that belonged
to the warden, all the prison keys,
and other objects of less value.
Gust was known to be especially
dangerous, so the Jail authorities In
the little town of Melnlngen took what
they thought to be tremendous pre
cautions. but. for the sake of econ
omy, there was nobody appointed to
watch Gust at night.
He bt^ike up his bed, used the Iron
leg to smash down a wall, made him
self a key oot of the handles of his
waste bucket, opened the door to the
warden's room and escaped, lie has
not bean seen since.