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Sport News of Ogdensburg and C>t. Lawrence county is printed tours ahead of the down state papers. Sport fans always p.'efer the Republican-Journal. Weather Light snow \today. Thursday 1 'cloudy and oplder with possibly snow flur- ries. . Republican Ertabusned '830 Journal Established t«»- - OGDENSBURG, .N.-Y, WEDNESDAY DEC. .19, 1928. 3CENTS SOUTH AMERICAN BOW MEDIATION SEEN House Places Its Stamp Of Approval On Boulder Dam Bill Bolivia and Paraguay Both Agreeable; Meet Proposed For Today KELLOGG PACT SENATE, 14-2 Two Democrats Cast Votes Against Treaty-^—Cruiser Bill Likely to Get First Attention ' WASHINGTON,- Dec. 18—(AP)— The Kellogg \treaty to renounce war was ordered reported to the senate today by- its foreign rela- tions committee after two.weeks of consideration. The vote was 14 • to 2. The Democrats, Keed of Missou- - xl,\ and Bayard of Delaware, cast • votes .against the pact while two Republicans, Moses of New Hamp- shire, and McLean of Connecticut, > merely voted \present.\ Borah polled the' committee after an agreement was reached whereby the \interpretative\ resolution of Senator Moses would :ne sent, along; to the senate with th» treaty .but \without recommendation\ by the • committee. \Senator Borah, who had led the • fight for the pact, was supported by • six other Republicans, six Demo- crats and Senator Shipstead, Farm- ers-Labor. He will present, the treaty senate <at an- early fcfc aaltt^aikl Enrollment of Troops Goes on However-*—Pan-Amer- ican Conference Takes Up Problem at Once ASUNCION, Paraguay, Dec. 18- (AP)—Enrollment of troops goe's on despite, the acceptance by botn Paraguay and Bolivia of the good offices-of the Pan-American confer- ence in settlement of their dispute over the territory of the Gran Ghaco. . * • Conception has enrolled fiva thousand- volunteers for immed- iate service. A battalion of stud- ents has been formed here under the command of Major General Casal. Four thousand Paraguay- ans who have been working-in Ar- gentina .have come forward for military service. Operated on King y night that It-could be put ahead of the naval cruiser bill, which, awaits its: place., before the. senate * upon, dispbsltioh of •pending Business. While given an overwhelming vote in'committee the treaty still faced a fight by thos^e who wpuld have Its ratification' accompanied by the interpretative resolution of Senator Moses. This resolution proposes a four-Boint declaration of American' rights. H 1& KNAPP FREED OF 11 NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—(AP)— Eleven forgery and grand larceny Indictments against Mrs. Florence Kiiapp, former secretary of state, were dismissed today by Supreme Court Justicei Callaghan in Brook- lyn. Though\ the indictments were found in Albany, action to dis- miss was bought in Brooklyn to accommodate Justice Callaghan. Special Prosecutor Medalie said Mrs. Knapp had withdrawn* her appeal, that she had served 30 days in jail, that she was still ill> and that the state had' no desire to prosecute her further. Mrs. Knapp was indicted for forgery and grand larceny in con- nection with the 19?5: state cen- sus. - WASHHINGTON, Dec. () —With Bolivia and Paraguay ag- reeable to mediation of their dis- pute by the Pan-American confer- enc.o on arbitration, that gathering today set its machinery in motion looking to a settlement of the con- troversy which for over a week has threatened war in South Am- erica. A meeting of the conference's special committee to conciliate the Paraguayan-Bolivian tangle was proposed for tomorrow, as soon as the text of the notes by Bolivia and Paraguay, accepting the\ conference's offer of goal of- fices could lie brought beforeit. At \ttiat meeting proposal}, will be dlK ct»sM\*tor-concrete nwasiir.es v to investigate tha controversy and rec- oncile the; disputants,; LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 18—(AP) —The' foreign office tonight offic- ially informed President Briand of the council pf ; the league of nat- ions of Bolivia's acceptance of the •good \offices of the Pah-American conference and reiterated her in- tention to conform with internat- ional obligations. The note read \I have the honor to inform your excellency that in accord with the lofty suggestions from the league council the Boliv- ian; government has- accepted the good offices offered by the confer- ence for conciliation and arbitra- tion meeting in. Washington. OPIUM VALUED AT FIVE MILLION TAKEN AT DOCK NEW YORK, Dec. 18—(AP)— One ton of narcotics, valued by federal authorities at $5,000,000, were seized tonight by special agents of the treasury department at a Hudson river pier. The seizure was described b'y United States Attorney Tuttle as the largest of its kind on record. MOSES RESIGNS SECRETARYSHIP ON JANUARY 1 NEW YORK, Dec. 18—(AP)— Robert Moses today sent a letter to Governor-Elect Franklin D. Roose- velt announcing his intention to re- sign the office of secretary of state after January 1 to allow the gov- ernor-elect to appoint a man of his own selection.. Six If *jctments Af >&etiirned In Election Probe CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 18—(AP) —Attorney General Edward C. Tur- ner's, special grand jury struck out at alleged fraud in the August primary election in Cleveland and Quyahoga county for the third time late today an<J returned secret u> dictments against -six more elec- tion officials. As in its last previous report, the jury placed charges of ballot box stuffing, stolen ballots, improper Ntlies and other irregularities in V 56 indictments returned against person* today. Test Pilot Sets New Record With 417 Barrel Rolls ST. LOUIS. Dec. 18—(AP)—A new world's record for continuous barrel-rolling in an airplane was established at Lambert-St. Louis field this afternoon when Dale \Red\ Jackson, test pilot, made 417 rolls in a Curtis Robin, airplane. The previous record was 283 rolls. In a barrel roll an airplane rolls wing end over wing end, in a corkscrew manner, while maintain- ing its speed forward. Whalen Unable To Raise Six Cents For Tax NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—(AP) —It costs six cents to become polio commissioner of the city of New York—and neither Gro- ver A. Whalen. nor any of the grpup of his millionaire friendn who watched him take the oath could produce the change today. The six cents was the charge Eor filing the oath. The new commissioner went down into his pockets when Patrick Ho* gan, confidential aide to the mayor, asked for it. He didn't have the change. One of his friends finally produced a nick- el and Charles F. Kerrigan, the mayor's assistant, came through with the penny. Sir Hugh Eigby, honorary sur- geon to King 1 George of England t surgeon of his majesty's homo* hold, and surgeon-in-ordinary to the Prince of Wales, is tha roan, who performed the delicate itera- tions on King George doring hit illness. He is one of themost ex- perienced surgeons in Great Brit- ain. ' B1LLYRAN1ERI TELLS JURY OF HIS KIDNAPING Says ''Skinny Man* and Fat - - Guj** -Abdtteted Him as He Takes Stand Wearing First Long Pants CHICAGO, Dec. 18—(AP)—Silly Ranieri, 10 years old, proudly wear- ing his first Jong pants, climbed in- to the.witness stand in criminal court today and calmly told a jury how he was held captive for 13 days by kidnapers and identified* tw6 of the three defendants on trial for their lives as those who held him prisoner. The' lad, sitting; on the edge of the biff chair where he appeared a diminutive figure, ' twiddled ' his thumbs as he recited the story ot his abduction last September t» by \a skinny man and a fat guy\ and ot the later events that resulted in his release 13 days later when, the kidnapers became panic strick- en. He Identified Andrew Cappellano as the owner of the farm near Bourbonnais, 111., where he was held captive, and his son, Tony, 16, as the Doy -who guarded him tKere Angelo PetittI, the third defendant, he did not mention, but his father, A. Frank Danlerl, told, of negotiat- ing with. Petitti for payment of $60,000 ransom which the kidnap- ers demanded. Billy appeared unafraid despite the fact that Qle Scully, his fath- er's cousin, and one of the princi- pal state witnesses, had been shot to death last night in what the prosecution described as efforts by tre Mafia to instill fear into the hearts of prosecution and state witnesses. While Billy was testifying coun- ty, s£ate and city authorities were hunting for the three men who in- vaded an Italian, clubroom, killed Scully and beat several companions with baseball bats so serio'usly that one or more of them may die. Mine Operators Decide To Defer Adopting Policy WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—(AP) —Representatives of southern coal mine operators who met here to- day to consider a prospective re- newal ot the contest over lake car-* go coal rates decided to defer the adption ^of their future policy un- til the railroads concerned have agreed upon their course of action. Stern of S-4 Remains On Bottom As Pontoon Lifts Bow to Surface ABOARD TJ. S. S. FALCON, OFF BLOCK ISLAND, R. I., by \way of Block Island-Coast Guard Radio /Station, Dec?\ 18.—(AB)-<-The »ub- marine S-4, sunk in\a crash off Provincetovra, Mass., a year ago, •with the loss of 40 lives and de- liberately sent 1,o the bottom with- out a crew yesterday for ft test of new lifting hooks, tonight was par- tially raised from the .water, Sow flrst, its stern remained on, the bot- tom after, pontoons, by Its side, and other air salvage connections hud been pumped dry. The bow loomed out of the water at an angle of about 30 degrees and a strong wind in Great Salt pond, off Block Island, where Lone Island sound reaches the sen, car- ried the hull against the. eide of the submarine rescue ship Falcon, from which the. raising operation* was being directed. No damage re- sulted. . • \ The submarine tender Chewink, which had been standing by M an observation ship, came tlonplde to pull the hull of the submersible away from the Falcon. Two hug* pontoons had been attached to the new lifting hook. These had been pumped dry as were the engine room and all ball- ast tanks, by the flooding of which the vessel was sunk in 55 feet of water, Observers on the Falcon were unable to see the bridge of the vessel \ffhlcli was believed to have been dashed in \between the two pontoons. The upper part of the bridge had been protected by temporary -wooden structure. . Naval salvage experts were un- able' to explain the failure of the submarine to straighten out al- though soma suggested an after compartment may have sprung a leak. Others suggested that huge chains, each link ot which weighs 90 pounds and which were distrib- uted for ballast In the forward and 'after compartments of the vesse when, its machinery waB removed, may have been piled up, throwing their weight in a confused heap iu, a stern compartment Still another theory \was that tha etem was held fast in a muddy .bottom. , . . DEATHS MOUNT FROM FLU; NEW CASESFOUND 403,185 III inCoimtry Witk at 379, Commerce Depart- . ment Reports WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.--(AP) —The number of deaths from in- fluenza as well as the number of new cases of the disease were shown to have Increased • during 1 the last week in statistics compiled by the census bureau of the depart- ment of commerce, and in reports received.today by the public health service. The commerce department an- nounced that dispatches from more than 55 cities showed 379 deaths .from influenza during'»the week ending December 15, as compared with 234 deaths from the same cause in these some cit- ies and 23 others during the week ending December 8. An Increase In the death rate of the country also was shown oy the depart- ments figures. The mortality for last week was 15.2 per hundred thousand population, compared with 12.7 for the corresponding week of last year. At the same time the public health service in reports from its officers In 20 states and New \York city estimated, upon the basis of information furnislied, that there were at least 403,185 new cases of influenza. Bite Of Cat Causes Death Of Veteran LOOKPOET, N. Y., Dea 18— (AP)-Matthew O'Connor, 85, survived a gunshot wound in the Civil war to die today from blood poisoning caused by the bit* of 'a household 'cat a few day* ago. ' • ; * Balloon Races Scheduled For St. Louis, Mo. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—(AP) —Tho National Aeronautical asso- ciation's contest committee today announced that St Louii, Mo., had been selected for the holding of the Gordon Bennett international balloon races next October 1. The association also announced that-the national balloon races, to determine American entrants for the international event, would be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 4 next. M PASSES DAY QUIETLY, REPORT SAYS Good News Comes From Bedside of English Mon- arch as Improvement Is Continued After Re- lapse LONDON. Dec. IS—(AT 1 )—Good news came from King George's bedside tonight. It was all the more welcome to British hearts af- ter the disappointment caused by the Monday night announcement. The bulletin, timed 8:10 p. m. said: \The king lias passed a quiet day and the .progress noted this morning has continued.\ 1 The • morning announcement from the doctors told of a slight improvement overnight, despite the fact that the king bad gone through, several disturbed hours. Thus to- night's report was cheering in two positive respects and it strength- ened the optimism which the morn- ing announcement had aroused. $7,000 Payroll Is Stolen From Company Truck BOSTON, Dec. 18.—(AP)—A box containing a payroll of $7,- 000 was stolen from a Boston Elevated Railway company trunk during the noon hour rush In the downtown area here today. Ansel Baker., 27, ot Roxbury, and a man whose Identity the po- lice withheld, were in custody to- night as suspicious persons. Wadsworth Urges More Cruisers In New York Speech NEW YORK, Dec. 18—(AP)— More and better American cruis- ers were advocated by former Un- ited States Senator James W. Wadsworth, jr., speaking tonfgat at the navy dinner conference gl<?- en bv the National Security Leag- ue. Grand Canyon Searched By Plane and Boat For Couple Overdue 2 Weeks NEEDLES, Calif., Dec. 18—(AP) —Aerial, boat and walking parties today searched the Grand canyon of the Colorado between here and Grand Canyon, Ariz,, for,a clue to the fate of .Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hyde, who set out more than a month ago in an attempt to run the rapids of the river in a home made scow. The adventurous Hanson, Idaho, couple last were seen at Bright An- gel trail in the heart of the turbu- lent Grand canyon November 188 after winding a difficult course from Green River, Utah, They should have traversed the remain- ing 200 miles ot the isolated water xoute to Needles two weeks ago. Two army observation planes sent out from. Marchfleld, River- Bide, Calif,, where directed to search the Tlver ihrdUEh the desert from hero to Las VPgas. Nevada, re- main at the Las Vegas mail alr- porfc tonight and swing out above tho canyon tomorrow, At Grand canyon, Robert C. Francy, Jack JJfarbln and P. P. Pa- praw, assistant superintendent of the national park made up the crew of a small boat which was launched to follow (lie HydeB down the stream. CONGRESSLAYS BILL AT DOOR 0F.PRES1DENT Ten Year Battle Ends for Time When Legislation Is Sent to Cooilidge for Ratification By D. HAROLD OLIVER Associated Press Staff- Writer \WASHINGTON C!., Dec. 18. —(AP)—Congress laid on the doorstep of the White House ono of the most battle-worn legisla- tive products ot a decade when tho house put its stamp of approv- al on the bill popularly known as Boulder Dam. In less than two hours given over to final analysis of the mea- sure by its proponents and a few parting shots by Its oM foes, the senate amendments to the bill, passed last session by the house, were adopted and the long contro versy ended, for the time being at least. The revised measure, calling for a ?16S,000,000 flood control, irrl gation and power project on the Colorado\ river, was passed by a roll call vote of* 166 llo 122, but not until after Its chiejf sponsor, Representative Swing, Republican, Oaiifornia had been given the scare ot his life by a standing vote showing the motion toi agree to the amendments to havie- Ween bea- ten 77 to 71. Party lines were thoroughly shat- tered on the final vote,, which .sav- ed the measure further torture in conference and sent it to President Colidge for his approval or rejec- tion. ' ' Th TpttWJeatfs in favo of the revised bill as against, Sevenfy nine Be- publicans were joined by 85 demo- crats, the lone socialist-, memoer, Berger, of Wisconsin, and a farm- er-labor member, Carss, of Minne 1 - sota, in favoring adoption, while 43 Democrats lined up With 79 Re- publicans in opposition,. ARRESTS FOLLOW RESCUE OF MAN LOST IN DESERT \WINK Tex., Dec. 18.—(AP)— Half a dozen men are in jail and more arrests are expected as the result ot the rescue toflay of P. C. (Denver Blackie) Buroham, Wink cafe proprietor, who claims he was lost three days on the isand wastes of Wlnkler county after being kid- naped, bound and deserted by rum runners. Burcham was found by Deuty Sheriff \Winkler Wfalt\ Wood, who spent two days and one night in the saddle, dismounting only six times, during the man hunt which started when Burchaml's plight be- came known. CELTIC MAY BE LEFT TO FATE ON ROCK LEDGE LONDON, Dec. IS.—<AP)—The White Star liner Celtllc may be abandoned to the rocks and sea which hold her fast near the en- trance to the harbor of Cobh, Irish Free State. Superintendent Bart- ett of the \White Star 1 line report- ed to his office after a thorough inspection today that; salvage is mpracticable hecause of the diffi- culty of reaching- thei damage to the hull and that further expense would be unjustifiable. He advis- ed, however, the continued removal of the vessel's cargo. Junius Morgan Made Director Of U. S. Steel NEW YORK,. Dec. 18.—(Ap)— Juuius S. Morgan, soli of J. pier- pont Morgan, was' elected to the board of directors oi! the \United tes Steel corporation today, re- presenting the third generation of the famous family of international bankers to become actively Asso- ciated in the management oE this corporation, the world's -d producer of Iron and steel. Wets In House Claim Drys Did Not Dare To Enforce Dry Act House Approves Billion Dollar Treasury Bill Af- ter Most-^Heated kb of Session \WASHINGTON Dec. 18.—(AP) —Congressional action on the pill- ion dollar treasury-poBt office sup- pjy bill was completed in the house today after the senate- proposal to increase by $257,000,000 the pro- hibition enforcement fund had been finally cast into tha discard. This action came with approval of the conference report on the mea- sure which now goes to the presi- dent. The most heated debate of the house this session was precipitated by the discussion, but the confer-! ence report's approval came with- out the formality of a record vote. It served only to get the views of a dozen members into the Congress- ional Record The debate, however, brought from the wets, the, challenge that the drys did not dare tp enforce prohibition upon their constituents and revived upon, the f Ipor some of the contentions that were fought out in the recent elections. When the discussion approached at times the limits of debate fixed' •by the house rules, -Speaker Long- worth admonished the members to watch their utterances. This came duting a speech, of Chairman Wood'- of the house ap- propriations sub-committee in charge of the measure. In defend' Ing the action, of the. conferee*, he dle afetffitj j approval of the prohibition jaw*. BOOTLEGS SERVE ON WASHINGTON JURIES-CHARGE WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.-*(AP) •—Charges that oootleggers have ,peen known to serve on juries In li- quor trials in \Washington and that the courts here '\lean backward to help the bootleggers\ were made today before'the congression- al sub-committee investigating pro- hibition enforcement In the city. The allegations were made by T. B. Jarvls, secretary of the Citi- zens' Service association, who de- clared that under prevailing con- ditions'the hest class of citizens are excused from jury service. \I was told recently,\ said Mr, Jarvis, \that four men who served on a jury here in a bootleg trial had themselves been convicted of bootlegging.\ Hollywood Pays Last Tribute To Theodore Roberts HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 18.— (AP)—The Kleig lights dimmed their brilliance in. Hollywood today, hurned to a dull red glow and flick- ered out while 2000 men and wo- men from the studio corners, foot- lights and screen trouped to a temple to give Theodore Roberts Ms last \audience.\ The \grand old man\ of motion pictures was buried after nearly half a century of life on the stage and screen. AIR TRANSPORT HEAD DJES AFTER OPERATION SALT LAKBTCITY, Utah, Dec. IS—(AP)—Edward Hubbard of, Seattle, vice president of Boenimj Air Transport, Inc., (died here to-1 night following an operation, I WILL ROGERS Exclusive Dispatch To The Journal NEW YORK, Dec. 18,—The best informed'man in America^ wrote me this today in* letter, so I get paid for it. Mr.. Bris- bane says, \Will the Prince obeyed order? in not taking a plane. The King is a link to the. past, and must stick to' the past, The aeroplane> ife a link to,, the future.- He still drives- to Parlia- ment in a carriage. Once the Suty of every Britisher was to obey the King. Now it's the Ring's* business to obey the prime min- ister who represents every Bri- tisher and improvement.\ J don'fr care how right you are, Arthur and I don't .care how. careful Premier Baldwin -was; I still claim he should have ,flew, or Clown (whatever it is in 'English) and I bet the Prince will tell you so, too, Yours, •WILL. • (Copyright; 192S.) - REBELS CAUSE AFGHANISTAN Reports Confused Because of Uncertain Telegraphic Communiea 11 o n — No Foreign Aspect Indicated LONDON, Dec* 18.—(AP)—Re- ports of the situation In rebellious Afghanistan were confused and conflicting today hecause of uncer- tain telegraphic and radio com- munications. There, has been no indication of-r any-anti-foreign as- pect in the. disorders. It appeared that there had been two separate rebel movements. One, opposing the westernization decrees of King Amitnullah, was purely religious and supposed to be under the leadership of Badcha Saiiuau in • the Jallalabad region. Delhi advice? told'Of a rebellion within the -capital of Katful, which may have had an anti-dynastic motive as well as that of resisting recent ^novations; The Afghan legation announced receipt of a dispatch from Kabul atsertlnK ithat'*ebflls Jead by Bad- Saijuau had 'reached and at- tt&SMi' woiild indicate,*\ close connection pfttween the two m6*ements. It was not Clearly established whe- ther the'king remains in his palace or whether, as\ some reports assert, he has been driven with his queen to. refuge in a fort ENDS TROUBLE PARIS, Dec. 18.—(AT)~That the Pan-American conference at Washington may successfully me- diate the Bolivian-Paraguayan dis- pute and that the le.ague of na- tions may not. be obliged to inter- vene was both the \outlook and hope in Paris \tonight. Foreign Minister Briand, presi- dent of .the league Council, spent the biggest part of the day grap- pling with the South American dispute, - > M. Briand spught to learn exact- ly what was being done toy the Pan-American, conference anjl by Argentina with a view to determin- ing the practicability of coordin- ating their efforts with those of the league and, of having all these mediating influences cooperate in- stead of losing time In separate ef- forts. SECOND FATAL SHOOTING IN FRANKFORT, FRANKFORT, Ky., Dec. 18—(A P)—The second fatal traingle shooting here, in four days resuih-. ed today In the death of' Victor Locker, 45, father of three child- ren, and the critical wounding of Clarence C. Crittenden, 42, ' tlie father of-ten. Locker, a city truck, driver, -was Shot down in a gun,\ battle with Crittenden, a railroad worker, Whom lie found in his home. . Late Friday . 'night,. Camiphell Marshall; retired farmer, shot and ' killed, Deputy-Sheriff *Ora Dennis, When, he. found him with Mrs. Mar- shall in a parked car. Mrs. Marsh- all was wounded. . ^ Bootblack Who Killed Student To Die In Chair CHICAGO, Dec. 18-^(AP) id Shanks, youngy negro bootblack, who beat Mfes Jennie Meta Con- stance, Nor.thwester-n *> university student, ever the head with an ix- ,on bar and then robbed her, today was sentenced tp die in the elec- tric chair in the Cook county jail on-Feth- 15.
