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The   Only    Sunday    .V' ' ppnper Covering   the   Wyotn •       Vr.lley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER  15, 1933
Entered   st    WIIUcs-Barre.   Pa.. As   Second   Class   Mall   Mutter
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FEVER AGAIN NATIONS ASSAIL
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UNION MEN FOR PEACE
Regulars In United Mine Workers Seek Changes To Put Down Dissension
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URGENT, THEY SAY
Offer Plans To Suppress Growth Of Insurgency Within   Old-Line   Ranks
A SURPRISE TURN
Resignation or removal of the present executive board of District One, United Mine Workers ot Amerlc;i, and appointment by Inter¬ national I'reHident John Jj. Lewis of % commission to investigate Inter¬ necine strife in union ranks here, was advocated last night by Local Union No, 16l6 of Plains Township.
Charles KaozlnskI, president of the local, and Joseph T. Koman, secretary, last night stated they had received instructions from their
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Turkeys To Gain So Will Farmer
Washlnston, Oct. 14 —UP — More than 16,000,000 turkeys get an extra week of life and farm- era on additional ?1,000,000 be¬ cause ot President Roosevelt's decision not to move Thanksgiv- InB Day up a week, Agriculture Department experts said today. Thoy based their flBurcs ot $1,000,000 as the amount turkey growers would stand to lose If Thanksgiving wero moved up a week, as various merchant groups havq. urged. Producers last November obtained slightly more than 11 centa a i)ound tor their turkeys. Turkeys, the week liefore marketed for Thank.sgiv- Ing, usually gain about halt a pound, agricultural olflclals said. They estimated this year's "turkey crop" at 16,000,000 or 2,000,000 less than a year ago.
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LUZERNE WOMAN SENIIOHOSPITAL WITH STAB lUNO
Alleged Assailant Is Named As Police Take Victim Of    Neighbors'    Quarrel
WILL RECOVER
A   I.uzerne   woman   was   stabbed
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forward a suitable communication to Ixviiti, embodying a resolution favoring the resignation or removal ot Diatrlct President John J. Boy¬ lan and his executive board and the appointment ot an Investigating commission.
Action Of Local Union No. 1616 is the first offlclal move of this nature made since Luzerne and Lacka¬ wanna counties were thrown into turmoil through activities ot the Anthracite Miners ot Pennsylvania, organized by Thomas Maloney ot Wllkes-Barre Townahip, expelled unionist, and Rlnaldo CappellinI, former UlatrUt Ono president. Be¬ cause ot the fact that members of local 1616 are In good standing In the United Mine Workers and aro not afflliated with the dual union, their proposal carries unu.sual sig- rifican^-e.
The request that International President Lewis step into the local situation came at the approach ot a climax In tho regional mine sit¬ uation. Refused recognition by Hudson Coal Conipany, t;icn Alden Coal Conipany, T*enn-Anlhrai'lle Mining i:!ompany and other main lino anHirnrite producing concerns, the A. M. of P. will launch a move this week to bring about a general strike of all companies where the union Is not accorded recognltloi^ Would   End   Disorders
Campaigns of this nature have resulted in violence, bloodshed end great iirnperty daniago In sections wh*re the dual Unionists have open¬ ed picketing ncllvKies. More than a score of dynamitlngs have ociurred in the Lackawanna county whilo Inst week a sliooting occurred at Hudson in Plains Township.
rieneral strikes will bo urged this week at meetings of general griev¬ ance enmniitlecs of (ilen Alden. Le¬ high Valley and PHIston companies.
T!io letter, forwarded by Local Union ICIO which is made up of employes of Prospect and Henry collieries ot Lehigh Valley Coal Company, to International Presl- Contlnued  on  page  12,   .Section   1)
neighbor. The alleged assailant was captured by police and he Is being held to await the result of the  woman's  Injury.
The victim Is Mrs. Anna Lov- rlnyk. She Is 50 years old and re¬ sides at 417  Union  street, Luzerne.
The man held by police is John Zltes, 483 Vaughn street, Luzerne.
The knife u.sed by the alleged as¬ sailant was sunk Into the woman's back to a depth of four inches. The wound is located near the left shoulder blade. She lost eonslder¬ able blood and was very weak upon admission to Nesbitt Memorial hos¬ pital. She was taken to the insti¬ tution   by   Luzerne   police.
The exact motive for the slabbing could not be established at an early hour this morning. Autiiorlties re¬ port that a disturbance occured between the couple after which the stabbing  occured.
Nesbitt hospital authoiilies re¬ ported at Ihree oclock this morn¬ ing liiat Uie victim was suffering considerably from the elTects of shock. They expressed the belief that sho W'ill  recovei".
SHELO IN GUILT
Embezzlement Of A Million Proved Upon Blue-Blood Of  Finance  In  Chicago
WRECKED BUSINESS
Took Funds Of Insurance Company In Vain Fight To  Save   Hotel   Project
FREED UNDER BOND
SILK WORKERS PLAN KIRBY PARK MEETING
silk workers of the valley arc in¬ vited to utten<l a mass meeting tills iifteriuion at :; oclock In Kirby J'ark, wher<' leaders o£ tlie regional strike movi'ment will deliver addresses. Speakers will Include Josepli Brooks of the American Federation ot Silk Workers, Fred Hall, president of the I'ennsylvanla Federation of Textile Workers, John Kllas of Patterson, N. J., and William Co\e of Hazleton. Charles Baer will be chairnian of the meeting.
Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the   national   strike  committee  was held at Allentown    with    delegate from     thirty-one     districts     repre sented.
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WORKERS IN CLASH ON STREET OF CITY
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I'lghting between employes ot Hudson Coal Company collieries In Plains Township und city outskirts, "tended into the residential section ¦•re last night when a group of mlno workers clashed on Butler "treet between North Pennsylvania •venue and North Main street. One "' them, Nicholas Latzman, ID, of 198 B^rst street, Hud.son, was badly Ji^aten and required treatment at l-eneral hospital for injuries of tlie "Kilt shoulder. No arrests were made. When a squad ot city police wrivcd at the battle ground in re- •Ponse to a flock of phone culls irom residents ot tho vicinity, the "t'nt Was
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residents   of   the
vicinity, a group ot pickets, said to be members of the Anthracite aiiners o£ Pennsylvania, were walk¬ ing along the street when an auto¬ mobile approached, occupied by employes ot the Hudson Coal Com¬ pany w > havo refused to Join the strike • illed by the new union. Jeers of the pickets were answered by a swift attack from tho workera, according to spectators, and In a few moments .i fierce fight was be¬ ing waged on the street. After the two groups had their fill of combat Ihey separated and tho principals disappeared. Latzman later appear¬ ed at General hospital for treat¬ ment.
Chicago,   Oct.    14. UP—Krnest
J. Stevens, scion of a family listed in the blue-book of Chicago linance, toniglit was found guilty of em¬ bezzling Ifl.'^00,000 in money ot the defunct Illinois Life Insurance Coiti- pany, in a vain eftort to jsavo the tottering finances of Stevens Hotel, world's largest. Stevens was found guilty by a jury In criminal court shortly before 8:30 p. m., after about  six  hours  ot  deliberation.
The one-time millionaire Is liable to a sentence of one to ten years on each of the two counts contained In the Indictment. Stevens, a short stocky man, heard the reading ot the jury's verdict without emotion. His attorneys Immediately entered a motion for a new trial, which will be  argued  November  4.
The verdict came at the end ot several weeks of involved testimony tracing the financial transactions and Interrelations ot the hotel cor¬ poration and the insurance firm, each entirely controlled by the Stevens family.
Met Sudden Crisis The charge is based on an ad¬ vance of in.surance company funds to bolster the hotel whicii faced a linancittl crisis due to the depres¬ sion.
After the Jury's verdict was read. .Stevens reached for his hat and walked slowly from Judge Michael Feinberg's court room. Ho smiled at reporters and asked liis attorney what tlie next legal move would bo. He was freed on the same bond ot |:;,'!,000 which had previously been in effect.
The Stevens ca.se was a direct outgrowth ot the deepening effects of  the  economic  depression.
The Stevens family had ri.sen to financial and social power with the growth ot Ciiicago. James W. .Stevens, elderly father of Krnest, was credited with founding the for¬ tune which his sons, Krnest and Raymond (and W., who took his own life last Winter) lncrca.sed many-fold.
All three were indicted as a re¬ sult of revelations ot their financial oijeratlons in the nionius preceding the crash ot the Illinois Lite Insur¬ ance Company, last Fall.
Controlled Company The life Insurunco company was the tlrst Interest of the family. It had policies ot $1 CD,OOD,000 In effect and was so organized that the family with an Investment at near¬ ly $30,000,000 had sole control of Its  policies.
Expansion in the boom era ot the '20's wrecked the family fortunes. Krnest Stevens branched into tho hotel business. La Salle Hotel, one ot the larger Chicago Loop hotels, was acquired. Then eame plans for Stevens Hotel—to the world's larg¬ est. It was completed on a mag¬ nificent Michigan boulevard prop- rety just as the panic of "29 broke. Funds of the Insurance company had been invested in the $22,000,000 hotel project. Tho piiicklng ot the financial bubble revealed the city with moio hotels than it needed. Stevens hotel had lean patronage In Its million dollar structure. More funds were needed to protect the in¬ vestment and new advances eame from the still flourishing life Insur¬ ance firm.
Fall Under Burden Finally the burden became too much. Stevens and La Salle hotels went Into receivership. Quick¬ ly followed the collapse of the In¬ surance firm and the revelation that the bulk ot Its funds were invested In the hotels. Auditors saJd little Continued on jiuije  12,  Section 1) j
The first dynamiting within city limits since the start of ot mine strike agitation at Hud¬ son Coal Company collieries here and in Plains township, occurr¬ ed at 3:20 oclock this morning. An explosive charge, planted under the front porch of the home of Ray Blerbach In the rear ot 250 Kidder street, dam¬ aged the outside and Interior ot the dwelling. Blerbach and his family were not at home when tha blast went off, neighbors saying they had evidently been threatened that the outrage would occur.
Blerbach Is an employee of the Hudson Coal Company at one ot the mines where the Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania havo called a strike.
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Little Hope Of Reductions In Armaments Of War With   Germany   Defiant
DAVIS SPEAKS
Punishment Fixed At Life Term And Then He Is Set Free Under A Parole
MUST NOT SIN AGAIN
Tlireal ot lite imprisonment. If he ever again is convicted ot a felony, was hung over the head ot Patsy P'errarra, 25, ot Pittston, yesterday when he pleaded guilty to a series ot holdup and burglary charges be¬ fore Judge John S. Fine.
Ferrarra, said by police to be the last ot a bandit gang whose alleged depredations included many sensa¬ tional holdups and one murder, was sentenced by Judge Fine to serve from 32 to 64 years in Jail, and then was given his parole. The sentence nnd parole, according to city police, were given by Judge Fine In cham¬ bers yesterday morning.
Ferrarra pleaded guilty to four holdup charges and a jail breaking offense, city detectives said last night. In addition to the charges to which he pleaded guilty wero eleven allegations in which State Police appeared as pro.sccutor.s. The principal holdup charge to which Ferrarra pleaded guilty was the Acheson Bakery job on December 6, 1930, in wiiich $1,400 was stolen after a sensational coup in front ot the bakery office on South Main street.
Served  Time
Various factors entered into the court's leniency with Ferrara, iio- iice said last niglit. It was stated tliat prior to tlie holdups to which ho pleaded guilty yesterday, Fer¬ rarra served eighteen months in the Luzerne count.v prison and only recently completed a two and one- half year term in New Jersey for his part in tho holdup of a bank me.'-'.scnger. In addition, Ferrarra Is .said to iiave given iiolicc inl'orma- tit.ni, ^vliiie a New .lerse.v prisoner, tliat aided ill clinching tho prose¬ cution of Ray Sciiutt, one of the four youths tried for the murder of Al Jannetti, sports promoter, in the Hughes hotel on Division street, Hanover Township, several years ago. Schutt, it was recalled iast niglit, was tlie only one of the four Jannetti killers who won an ac¬ quittal, tile other three, Clement Savage, Philip Cavan, both ot Wllkes-Barre, and "Dutch" Leonard ot Hazleton, being convicted and sentenced  to  lite  imprisonment.
The Commonwealth then concen¬ trated on securing enough burglary convictions against Schutt to get a sentence equivalent to life Imprison¬ ment und information secured from Ferrarra enabled the prosecution to convict Schutt on enough counts to guarantee him spending the rest of his life In prison.
Saved By Parole Wlien Ferrarra coniiilcted his term in New Jersey, a detainer brought him back here ta face the Acheson holdup charge and other crimes he allegedly committed. He eventually secured ball and has been free since then. Police took him to court yesterday and the lengthy sentence and parole were ordered  by Judge Fine.
On each ot the charges, Ferrarra waa sentenced to serve eight to ui-';teon years, the sentences to run concurrently,   bringing  the  total  to
to  64   years.     The  prl: on  break
Ambassador To Geneva Is Opposed To The Hitler Proposal    For    Equality
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Washington, Oct. 14—UP—Secre- tWy pt State Hull today viewed Germany's withdrawal from the World Disarmament Conference as a grave action liijlJi.iJtaS.4J»«,vialK5eat International movement to reduce the world's soldiers and guns. The grey-haired statesman, his voice lllled with pathos, declared that the United States received Germany's decision  with  deep  regret.
Yet, Hull, ever idealistic, implied that the struggle toward disarma¬ ment must continue, no matter what happens to the current con¬ ference. The alternative, he de¬ clared,  causes  him  to  shudder.
Other officials saw little hope that the statesmen at Geneva could write a disarmament treaty with¬ out Germany.
F'rance is the key State in tho disarmament puzzle. And France has refused to sacrllice a single soldier or gun unless Germany binds itself to observe the arma¬ ment sections ot tho Versailles Treaty for the  next four years.
Germany's withdrawal from tho League ot Nations, it was believed here, means the approacliing impo¬ tence ot the body which an Ameri¬ can President, Woodrow Wilson, founded. Japan already has re¬ signed. The United «tates and Russia never belonged. Thus, only Great Britain, France and Italy will be left of the great powers around Ihe  table at Geneva.
Washington Worried Not since tlie slirriiig days ot the World War lias there been more dramatic activity witiiin tlie grey walls ot the State Deparlnu-nt. Hull, arriving early at his office, read United Press reports from Berlin, Geneva and London. The .Secretary summoned Under-Secre¬ tary Phillips and J. I'ierrepont Moffat, chief disarmament expert. Soon, florid-faced Dr. Hans Lutlier, German Ambassador, ar¬ rived. He called on assistant secre¬ taries Caffery and Moore, but said his mission was unrelated to the crisis.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt, at the White House across the street from,the State Department was  Informed.
Two-score nev,spapei*men—twice the normal number—met Hull later. With grave and sombre ervpres- slon and speaking from notes, he said the United States had worked whole-heartedly tor months to pre¬ vent such a crisis. The reported action ot Germany, ho said, slows down, impedes and even halts the disarmament movement. Hence the United States deeply regrets it.
The United States, he added, has worked with one objective in view —the promotion of real disarma¬ ment. It viewed the demand of Germany for an immediate increase in sinews ot war as opposed to this eftort.
Defense Moves Up To America
Spartanburg, S. C, Oct. 14— UP—The disarmament program is frustrated and America must arm. Rep. John J. McSwain, chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, said today after reading dispatches ot Ger¬ many's wltlidrawal from the League of Nations.
"America must arm with planes," he said. "We should have an air force at least halt as big as the combined air squadrons of Kurope." McSwain .said that Germany's action 'has sounded the death knell ot the disarmament conference. Neither Kngland nor France will Join in a program of di.sarmament un¬ less both Germany and I'aly also Join. Italy will not join unless Germany joins, so the plan has been frustrated. America wants peace, but she also wants safety."
UPSET OF POWERS FOLLOWS HITLERS DEMAND FOR ARMS
Disarmament Conference In Turmoil And Abandonment Is Expected As Result Of Withdrawal Of Nazi Republic From Effort To End Quarrel That Caused War
REPUDIATION STIRS RESENTMENT
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GERMANY ATTACKED
Davis Opposes Hitler Geneva, Oct. 14.—UP—Ambassa¬ dor Norman H. Davis, chief U. S. delegate to the dlsarament confer¬ ence, today strenuously opposed im¬ mediate rearmament ot Germany. Davis, apparently referring to France, declared he was convinced that the "heavily armed powers" were willing to reduce their arma¬ ments after the propot:etl peiiod of armament supervision had elapsed. The American's sp;.'ech was deliv¬ ered after that ot Sir John Simon, British  Foreign  Minister,  who held
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London, Oct. 14.—UP—Germany's dramatic withdrawal from the League ot Nations and the arms conference created grave concern throughout Kurope tonight and brouglit expressions of alarm from newspapers and statesmen In var¬ ious nations, notably France and Au.stria.
The conservative Sunday Times in London, usually echoing the gov- ernment views, will say that Ger¬ many made one ot the worst blun¬ ders of history.
"Yesterday some people sympa¬ thized with Germany's claim for an approach to armament equality with tile rest ot tiio world," The Times will say. "This morning none sympathizes  with   her."
Osservatoro Romano, official or¬ gan of the Holy See at Vatican City, said:
"Germany's withdrawal from the League caused the greatest con¬ cern. That concern must certainly spread to tho entire world which will ask itself what the most likely con.seqnen^es of such action must be, not only for Ihe League ot Nations and the disarmament con- fei-ence but fur Kurope and the en¬ tire world."
Some  Sympathizer* Foreign Minister Do Graeft of the Netherlands  .said:
"Germany's decision Is an ex¬ tremely serious one for the League. The dIscUH.slon ot the Jewish ques¬ tion, however, cannot have con¬ tributed to Germany's feeling o( isolation, for her attitude on this question  Is  correct."
A government spokesman In Vienna, outlining Austria's reaction, said Austria's general attitude as well as her faith in the League ot Nations remains the same.
Georgo Bernard Shaw: "It Is pretty well Inevitable and the only sensible thing for Germany to do. a.s there is nothing to be expected from tho League: nothing except something very like an organization for the continued task of keeping Germany down."
The .Sunday Observer ot London: —"It on Monday the full disarm¬ ament conference meets. It will have to decide between two tactical al¬ ternatives; that ot hotdlng a con¬ vention without German participa¬ tion or abandonment ot the entire project. The practical result will be the same in either ease." French Opinion Le Temps at Paris, generally rec¬ ognized as expre;islng the French government opinion, said; "Ger¬ many having failed in her maneu¬ vers and intrigues to break up the Anglo-Fr.anco-American alignment, now plays her trump card, plunging Kurope Into a grave political crisis nnd dealing a terrible blow to the League of Nations which has ac¬ corded her so many concessions. By so diing, Germany sacrifices every¬ thing to lier blind hate."
I'arls-Solr said: "Franco's posi¬ tion at Geneva has undoubtedly been strengthened by the brutal n>w.s of German.v's withdrawal."
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Berlin, Oct. 14—UP—A defiant German government today severed ail connection with the League ot Nations and the organized world ef¬ forts for peace. In a succession of fiery proclamation Germany called upon her people to stand fast for their rights to equality among European nations.
Deeming the nation "dishonored" by refusal of France, Great Britain and the United Statea to permit Immediate rearmament, the Nazi government ot Chancellor Adolf Hitler renounced its membership In the association of nations and with¬ drew from the arms conference. The action carried explosive consequenc¬ es and grave fear for Europe's future into every chancellory of the Old World.
In a stunning decree by President Paul Von Hlndenburg. the aged, military hern who i.s figurehead ot the German State, and in subse¬ quent declarations by the fiery Hit¬ ler, the dormant and submissive Reichstag was offici.illy dissolved. Tho Nazi leaders will go to the people in a new election on Novem¬ ber 12, asking for a vote of confi¬ dence and announcing they will stand or fall on the Issue of intense nationalism they have thus raised. Peace  Bud   Nipped
The repudiation of Geneva as a i Instrument for world iieace came at a dramatic moment—on the eve ot a pronouncement by Sir John Simon, Britain's Foreign Minister, wiiich had been intended as a conciliatory motion toward the unyielding Reich.
The German decision, formulated by Chancellor Hitler in an Intimate session with his Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin Von Neurath, and his Minister of Defense, General Werner Von Biomberg, was given as a smashing response to tho an- ticiiiated speecli of the British dele¬ gate to the arms conference, Arthur Henderson.
Hitler had recalled his emissary. Neurath, from Geneva at a moment when it appeared that his preten¬ tions to equality had been beaten down by the adamant position of France  and  Great  Britain.
For two days tlie Chancellor and hia P'oreign Minister held closed conferences In the tense atmospliere ot the Berlin Foreign Office. Ad¬ vance copies of the Henderson spee"li were given into the hands of the remaining delegats at fJeneva and telephoned to Berlin. The Berlin chancellory was also Informed ot the softer influence of tlie expected statement from Sir Jolin Simon, Britain's  representative.
The Henderson declaration was the deciding factor. Hitler dei-ided to foreswear the League and all its works, and tn isolate Germany from the rest ot tho world In Us peace efforta.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler, summon¬ ing the greatest display of oratory at his command, tonight appealed to the German iieople to stand by his Nazi government  in  its determina¬
tion  to win for the Reich equality with the rest ot Kurope.
Appeals To Germany
In a declaration broadcast In a clear, ringing voice, ths Chancellor accused Germany's enemies of be¬ traying the promise held forth by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States, In hla historic "four- teen points".
In contrast to Germany's "Vionest attempt to heal tho wounds ot war," he pictured a repressive ring ot continental nations, determined for¬ ever to keep hatreds aflame and to prevent the recovery of the fallen nation.
Tho economic crisis, he declared, arose from a general unrest which affected tiio victors a."? greatly as tho vanquished. He warned that "tho {;ocial structure of tho world must collapse If the economic struc¬ ture collapses."
"In the name of the wlioIe Ger¬ man People," tlie Clianceilor pro- elaimd, "I declare that we do not desire to carry on hostilities and the sacrifice required by them is out ot proportion to any possible gain.
"We do not want to conquer for¬ eign populations at the sacrifice ot our own blood. We demand only our rights to the Saar—and after that no territorial conflict with France. (The rich Saar conl basin was lost by Germany after the war. It is under Lea.rjue mtindatc.)
"It would bo absurd to destroy a million lives to make a slight cor¬ rection ot the frontier. Daladier (Premier ot France) asks why Ger¬ many demands arms. That is an error. Germany Is not asking for arms, but equality. Wo are ready to forego all arms it the otliers do, but we are unwilling to accept a second-rate status uiidor these liumlliating   conditions."
Allies In Turmoil
Geneva. Oct. 1! -UP—Germany's renunciation of tho League of Nations and tiio disarmament con¬ ference created a wave of resent¬ ment tonight which may end only witli the complete wrecking ot the conference and tlie dismantling ot tlio  League  itself.
An international conference of statesmen- Artliur Henderson and Sir John Simon of Great Britain, JDseph Paui-BoncDur of France. Norman Davis of the United Stales — wlil determine tomorrow whether Hitler's withdrawal has left any¬ thing worth salvaging from the two-year effort for world harmony.
A decision whether tlie conference will continue, seeking .i "partial" arms <*onvontion, or whetiier it will be given a painless death and quick biiil.il, probably will be made within  'J4  hours.
France   Makes   Threat
Ot the national delegations in Geneva which were siiocked by Ger¬ many's dramatic decision, none was ao incensed as the French. Imme¬ diately they set in train a series of Continued  on  page 12,   Section  1)
TWO LYNCHING MOBS TURNED FROM CRIME
Thlbodaux, La., Oct. 14.—UP— Armed with a rifle. Sheriff Thomas Stark defied a mob of 75 men and prevented a threatened lynching of a Negro prisoner here. The Negro, charged with murdering an ice dealer, was brought here from Houma to prevent threatened vio¬ lence there. When a crowd began to gather about tho jail here, the sherlft took his rifle and went to meet them. He opened the jail yard gate and dared tho crowd to enter.
"You will have to kill mo to get in here," he tod th^M. Two ("cpif.c•¦ atood behind tii" sli :,';. T'o r:\ob iiesitaied and soon UlaperccJ.
New  Orleans,   Ijj.,  Oct.  14—UP— A  near-lyr - ling was  revealed  here
Negro, applied at a hospital for treatment for rope burns on the neck. He said a mob at Labadle- ville tied a rope around his neck and swung him off il brid,^e whe ¦& tlie body of another lynched Negio was already hanging. He was c it dov,n after two members ot the mob interceded.
Freddie Moore, Negro, was found h::nBlngfrom the Labadicville bridge Thursday morning. He hud con- Ccssed to murdering a white girl, and a mob of several iiundrcd men E.crir.cd the Jail at Nr.poleon vllle and look him away. Thibodeaux i; '1 ho v.is In the vie nlty of Moore's lynuching and that mem¬ bers ot the mob caught him and »e. cused him ot having auBci  tcl u<l%
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