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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A.M. SUNDAY
THE WEATHER
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The Only Sunday Newspaper Covering the Wyoming Valley
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1935
Entered st Wilkes Bnrre, Pa. As Hecond Class Mall Ustter
PRICE TEN CENTS
SENATOR LONG USES HIS ARMY;
CRUSHES LOUISIANA OPPONENTS
lESISFOR -CnHEIl
Act May Permit Teachers To Be Retired At Age 55
Local Legislatora Prepare BUI to Reduce Limit Seven
Years and Create Positions; Huge
Fund Available
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Attorney   Gordon   Mason   of   this
elty and William Roan Larltsvllle, members of the House of Itepre¬ sentatives, admitted last night to a
Tha   interest   on   the   Investment
In municipal securities is over $4,- 000,000 a year. Those interested In the proposed  bill point out with a
indnv Independent   «<>°d «»eal  ot logic  that the age of
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Wilentz Has A 'Thousand Questions' Which Haupt¬ mann Cannot Give Answer
DAZED ON STAND
Prosecution Will Go Thor¬ oughly Into Mysterious Deals With Isidor Fisch
DRAMATICS COMING
(Copyright, 1935, By United Press)
Flemlngton, N. J., Jan. 2C—UP— The prosecutors who are trying to send llruno Richard Hauptmann to the electric chair for the murder of Cliarles A. Lindbergh Jr., said tonight that he wili crack within a week.
The defense, in contrast. Insisted the Bronx carpenter was cool, calm and confident.
The deputy sheriffs and state po¬ lice who guard lilm, and Warden Harry McCrea who is responsible for his safe custody, said he was "the same Bruno Hauptmann who cams   to   us   last  October."
II* smokes cigarets Incessantly and paces hla cell, sunk in thought. He throws himself on his cot, once in a while, and appears to sleep.
But there Is not, and never has heen, a tremor In hla muscles, nor any Indication that he would break under tha terrific strain—guilty or innocent—that he la now under¬ going.
There are two Hauptmanns In this case—three. If you count the dun-blonde wife who still insists her husband ia Innocent—and the dif¬ ference between them  Is marked.
One Is the cold, calculating man who sat through direct examination and related his life story before sympathetic  eyes.
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The other Is the machine-fiunner who was gassed in the World War, who embarked on a career ot burg¬ lary and highway robbery when he was 19, and who dislikes the police with an undying hatred.
When Hauptmann talks with his attorneys, or with his wife, he Is a plausible, almost kindly man, with soft eyes and a not unpleasant voles. When he Is attacked by Attorney Oeneral David T. Wilentz his antlre bearing and appearance (hange. He would like to leap from the witnesa chair and throttle his Inquisitors. He would like to throw off all restraint and take matters Into his own powerful hands.
The prosecution. In Its prediction that Haviptmann will bring the drama to the most crashing climax possible—a   completo   crackup   and
that they were gathering preparation for a bill to be pre¬ sented shortly In the legislature changing the age ot retirement for school teachers and school em¬ ployees. The proposed new bill will fix the retirement for teachers at the age of 65 Instead of 70 and op¬ tional retirement at BB instead of 62. as at present.
Representative Roan, In discuss¬ ing the bill said, "There Is a sur¬ plus ot teachers so great that there Is talk of curtailing the activities of normal schools. There is also discouragement written In the faces of so many young men and women anxious to secure pos'tlons in the various school districts of the state and something should be done to help  them."
The school employees' retirement fund have $102,075,808.53 safely In¬ vested in I'ennsylvania municipal bonds as well as a splendid cash balance. This tremendous Invest¬ ment represents a part of the sal¬ aries of thousands of teachers and school employees throughout the atate.
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duced without in the least impair¬ ing tho fund. The reduction In the number of years for retirement will also provide more years of leisure, as well as opportunities of getting away from the fixed hours of the class rooms.
Affects Many  Hsr*
Such a bill will affect a number of teachers in Luzerne county. At the present time, the teaching pro- pession is the only one under pen¬ sion supervision in which members work at an average of 40 years betore being retired. Judges are entitled to 50 percent of their sal¬ aries after serving for 20 years.
A majority of educators, when Interviewed last night by the Sun¬ day Independent, saw no objection to the proposed bill ot the Luzerne county legislators. In fact, they favored It, with the exception that some who thought that no age re¬ tirement should be placed on men and women holding positions ot supervising principle. In support ot this statement they urged that such persons are Invaluable to the schools of the state.
THINKS HE WILL Gl NEW TRIAL
Convicted Slayer Believes He Was Unfairly Treated In Luzerne County Court
CITES FOUR REASONS
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NTO HUGE PWA
Malnlalnins a sphinx-like reluc¬ tance fo falk about his plight since a Jury In criminal court decreed that he must die in the electric chair, Bobby Kdwards, convicted killer of Freda McKechnle of Kdwardsvllle, unfolded his sentiments yesterday at the county prl.son for the first time since he wus locked up after the body of hi.s sweetheart was found in Harvey's  Lake  List  July.
"I waa given an unfair trial," he said while speaking to a close asso¬ ciate. Bobby feels the testimony given by the prison physician and the \v.arden aided In large measure toward his conviction. contendlnR they both Indicated <.n the .stand he made statements equivalent to a con¬ fession.
The youth, although expected to be found In dejected spirits yesterday, manifested warm enthusia.sm In the argument   to   be  presented     by    his
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Only Serious Charge Of Program Brings First Jury Since Teapot Dome
CONTRACTORS' PLOT
Four County Representatives To Join Caucus Aimed At Fee-Sniggling Squires
CITIZENS APPROVE
Write Sunday Independent Providing New Evidence That   They   Are   'Bled'
FEW EXCEPTIONS
Bandits Make $150,000 Haul In Gems In Exclusive Miami Hotel
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rushed to find Dr. "Blake nnd Andrews liberating Mrs. Bell and Content.
Mrs. Hell was not certain whether all the Jewelry stolen was fully in¬ sured.
I'our   pearl   necklaces,   one   pear
shaped    diamond   rint,'.    one   SQUiire
diamond   bracelet,   and   a   a^pphlre
and diamond  bracelet were stolen.
Trailed By Robbers
"I am aure that the robbers have been trailing me for several days In preparation for the holdup." she said. "They gained entrance to the suite by telephoning the maid and saying they were sending up flo«er.'<.
"Once tho men threatened to tear my finger oft In getting the ring, but otherwise they treated Mr. Content and me very nice. I ot¬ tered no resistance and surrendered my Jewels."
Mrs. Bell, about SO, Is the wife of a New 'Vork stock broker who is rcp(uted to be III. Her New York home was at tho Pierre Hotel. Dr, lilake   Is   a   dentist   In   New   York
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rued herself In the bathroom. The 1 „tock hrol.ers. Dr. Blake and An- rrcam abruptly terminated a tea I drews live on Park avenue In New *»«• In a nearby salon and guests ' i'ork^
Miami, Fla., Jan. 26.—UP—Two bandits entered a hotel suite here tonight and robbed four New York guests ot Jewelry said to be valued at JIBO.OOO.
Those robbed were Mrs. J. K. Hell, Harry Content, Dr, llowanl lilake, and George H. Andrews, all said to be from  New York,
The robbers apparently followed the quartet to the fashlonablo Miami Biltmore Hotel from Hiaica race track, where they attended the sfternoon meeting,
Mrs, Bell and Content were trussed up and part ot Mrs. Bell's personal Jewelry valued at $3G0,0UO was seized. The bandits then took Content's watch and chain and 'ome coins.
Scream   Ends  Dance
Dr. Blake and Andrews had Just "tepped into another room of the •Jite when the robbers entered.
Pre-dlnner cocktails had Just Wen poured.
One bandit pointed a gun at Mrs. "•".    whose    maid     shrieked     and
Washington, Jan. 26.—UP—Fed¬ eral Investigation of a huge PWA scandal, described as the first serious graft allegation of the $3,300,000,000 program, was launched tonight.
Details of the affair were closely guarded. It was learned, however, that It Involved charges ot de¬ frauding the government In connec¬ tion with a $4,000,000 Texas Public Works canal  project.
U. S. District Attorney Leslie C. Garnett summoned the flrst special District of Columla grand Jury since Teapot Dome days to examine evidence uncovered by agents of PWA Administrator Harold L. Ickes.
Garnett ordered the Jury to con¬ vene February  6.
He broadly intimated eight or ten officials were Involved, Including persons connected with Federal PWA headquarters here. Ickes did not deny this, explaining only that tho Jury session was called on evidence compiled by his own in¬ vestigators.
Special   Federal   Jury
Seriousness ot the cliarges were indicated from the fact that, only once In the last ten years a special federal Jury has been summoned here. Then, the government un¬ covered the infamous Fall-Doheny oil scandal.
Garnett and Ickes closely guarded
"All men are born equally free and Independent, and have certain Inherent and Indefeasible rights, among which nre those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protect¬ ing property and reputation and pursuing their own happiness."
Thia is Section 1 ot the Constitu¬ tion ot the Commonwealth of Penn¬ sylvania placed before the people and adopted at an election hold December 16, 1873. Part ot this section dealing with the rights of citizens has been flagrantly violated by the minor Judiciary, comprising squires and constables ot Luzerne county. In their mad desire for fees from innocent and guilty.
The .Sunday Independent for the past four Sund.ays has been expos¬ ing the vicious fee system in con¬ nection with the minor Judiciary hy which thousands of citizens have been victimized. It Is also a system In whlrh millions ot dollars have been taken from the taxpayers of Luzerne county through the medium ot the county treasurer's office for court costs. Nor does It take In consideration the large number of Innocent persons that have been held under ball for court on evi¬ dence   that   no   Jury    In   the   lard
Went Down To
Sea In Ships!
Blliabeth. N. J Jan. »«—UI>— Calvin Gramm, 21, had a life¬ long ambbltion to follow the sea.
Four weeks ago he got his first Job aboard a boat He sailed from New York on the Ward liner Havana, but never com¬ pleted the trip, for the Havana piled up on a coral reef north of  the  Bahamas.
Thursday, Young Gramm went to see again In the Ward liner Mohawk,
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'Ed¬ gar H. Gramm, identified his bodv in the Bellevue Morgue, «ffi>i|i»«BS«;aiHPMpsM»»»iii»i< ¦ i m ¦  i ii
Waterbury, Conn,, Jan, 26—UP —The flrst Information Mr, and Mrs. Patrick J. Fitzgerald re¬ ceived concerning their son. Christopher, 32, who disappeared nine yeara ago, was a newspaper account ot his death aboard the S. S. Mohawk.
He left home In 1926 without explanation and had been sought by his family and Insurance In¬ vestigators. He was a seaman on the ill-fated liner. A brother left for New York to claim the body.
ROOSEVELT ALONE WILL ADMINISTER WORK RELIEF FUND
Bill Will Be Presented To Deny Clearance Papers To All Vessels Of Company
INQUIRY CONTINUES
President Uses Announce¬ ment To Head Off Revolt By Senate On Relief Plans
TO NAME ADVISORS
Washington, Jan. 26—UP—Presi¬ dent Koosevelt tonight moved to head oft a threatening Senate at¬ tack on his $1,850,000,000 Works Re¬ lict measure by announcing he alone would  administer the  huge fund.
The Pre.sldent's action was believ¬ ed designed to meet criticism already directed at the measure In the House and to strengthen admlnl.stratlon forces In the effort to whip It through without   revl.slon  in   the   Senate.
Advisory Board To Aid
While retaining ultimate control of Ihe vast program, the I'resident in¬ dicated that he probably would name
Commander Of Talisman Insists Mohawk Disre¬ garded All Offers Of Help
SEARCHING FOR BODIES
would sustain. In many Instances | an advisory board ot high officials these cases wero Ignored by the:'" lid him In allocating fur.ils and grand   Jury   or   else   killed   In   the   directing  work.
office of the district attorney. This miscarriage of Justice did not In the least prevent the payment of costs from the pockets of those who were the victims through the medium of general tn.xatlon.
Public Aroused
Since the publication of these articles, the Sunday Independent has received hundreds ot letters dealing with the travesty ot Justice under the  minor Judiciary.
Here Is part of a typical letter dealing with tho abuses from a citi¬ zen of the West Side. "I was taken before a squire ten miles from my home and charged with posse.ssing a dog accused of killing tour pigeons belonging to a neighbor. I asked for proof that my dog was responsible. There was no evidence to show that my dog killed the pigeons with the exception of the sworn testimony of the man who owned the birds. In my testiinony I told the squire that if my dog was responsible I would be glad to pay for the pifceons. The squire looked at me for a moment and, without blinking an eye, said, "Two dollars for each pigeon, $10 fine and $4.50 costs, making a total ot $22.50.' I told the squire this was an outrage and in the next ten minutes I was on my way to the county    jail.      The    next    day    my
their    evidence,    refusing    even    to   brother   aecured    an    attorney    and
divulge the project about which charges were made. It was under¬ stood, however, that Investigators had turned up a contractors plot to construct the canal In a round¬ about manner so they would receive more   money.
I'WA project lists showed only two major ship channels flnanced with federal money in Taxes. One was in Cameron county, giving a government loan and grant of $2,694,000. PWA also made an out¬ right grant of $200,000 for a chan¬ nel  at Corpus  Chrlstl,
"We have turned over all evidence to the district attorney tor presenta¬ tion to tho Jury, and cannot divulge any of the details now," Ickes said. "The PWA Department of Investi¬ gation, on my instructions, investi¬ gated the tacts and gave them to prosecuting aulhurltles with the request that proper action be taken."
went before one ot the judges, who liberated me. The attorney cost me fifty dollars, but the squire Is still waiting for his $22.50."
Letter after letter concerning abuses In connection with the minor Judiciary could be published. They are so Impressive, that one would wonder whether the writers were living under an autocracy, or demo¬ cracy.
Solons Admit Abuses
In view of these conditions, a Sunday Independent reporter last night "was able to Interview four member.i ot the Luzerne counly representation in the House of Representatives at Harrisburg in regards to the reform or the aboli¬ tion of the minor Judiciary. All admitted that abuses existed and would discuss the question at a caucus of the delegathm to be held nt the Harrlsburger Hotel, Tues¬ dav,  at  Harrlsburg.
No bill, however, will be present-
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It was learned from high congres¬ sional sources that this group was expected to Include Relief .Adminis¬ trator Harry L. Hopkins, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes nnd Admiral C. .1. Peoples, head ot Treas¬ ury procurement.
Whether other administrative offi¬ cers would be Included was uncer¬ tain.
A distinct change ot front waa Indicated among Administration leaders after the President's an¬ nouncement. A week ago a num¬ ber were known to liave been ready to join forces with Republicans in fighting any move to glvo direction ot the program to Ickes.
This Incipient revolt has been effectively stamped out. It was in¬ dicated. Administration leaders sliowed every evidence ot willing¬ ness to go along with tho President despite the tact Ickes was Included as one ot the advisory grouo.
The indication waa that the fund would be spent through various government channels und that no single person outside the I'resldent would have control of more than a percentage ot the money and pro¬ jects which will be Instituted.
The advisory group, it was ex¬ plained, would study the whole broad relief nnd recovery programs and make recommendations that would have to receive the final ap¬ proval of the Pre.sident.
Prepare to   Use   Money
Mr. Roosevelt went ahead rapidly with plans for putting the money to work as soon ns he obtains It. Over the week-end he was sched¬ uled to look over various project reports and recommendations. He actually :.e,;a,-. w, rk <'i". the relief program tills afternoon after dis¬ posing of routine  business.
The I»resldent's action came as Senate Republicans organized for a broadside attack on Iho relief bill. They agreed to demand full and open hearings before the Senate appro- prlatiomi committee on the bill.
Minority I^cadera Charles 1.. Mc- Nary and Sen. Daniel O. Hastings, R., Del., cast some doult on the I're.sldent's aniiounrement that he alone   would   administer    the     fund.
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New Tork, Jan. 26—UP—The body ot a woman, tentatively Identified from papers In her clothes as Mrs. David F. Brucker ot Mansfield, Ohio, listed as missing In the Mohawk disaster, was brought here tonight by the Coast Guard cutter Champ- lain, The body was found In the sea on: Sea Girt. N. J.
New York, Jan. 26—UP—Sinking of the Ward Liner Moh.awk with a loss ot 46 lives may result in a congressional investigation, It ap¬ peared tonight as the Steamboat Inspection Service investigated the third maritime disaster among Ward  Line  boats  In  six months.
Rep. Samuel DIcksteIn, D. N. Y.. said he would Introduce a resolu¬ tion in the House Monday designed to deny clearance to any Ward Lino vessel until the company can satisfy the government that "it is flt to send ships to se.a without jeopard¬ izing the Uvea ot passengers."
Dickstein, chairnian ot the House Immigration Committee, was an in¬ terested listener aa the steamboat board of Inquiry heard Captain Ed¬ mund Wang ot the freighter Talis¬ man, which sank the Mohawk In a collision off the New Jersey coast, testify that Captain Joseph K. Wood, master ot the Mohawk, re¬ jected his offer to lower lifeboats. Captain Wood was not at the hearing to defend himself. He went down with his boat.
Swerved T« Crash In terse sentences the ma.ster of the Talisman told how the Mohawk, outbound, passed on the port side of thn Talisman, then suddenly swerv¬ ed across the Talisman's bow. The Talisman's engines were reversed, to no avail. The freighter ripped a huge ga.sh in the Mohawk's side and remained fast.
Wang said he shouted to Capt. Wood through his megaphone, ask¬ ing whether he .should lower life¬ boats or whelher he wanted to keei> the ships locked until the extent ot the damage wns determined. Hi.s repeated requefts went unanswered, he said, and he onlered the Talisman a.stern   and   pulled   away.
The Mohawk sank 40 mlnute.s later with 117 of her crew and pas¬ sengers safely in lifeboats. Theae were rescued. Thn sea today wa.s still giving up bodies of the 46 who perished. Some bodies may never be recovered. Several seamen were known to have been killed outri;vht when the Talisman knifed the liner. Start of the inquiry wa-s prefaced by a statement of Joseiih Weaver, chlet of the II. S. Bureau ot Naviga¬ tion. He sail "a thorough and uti- .sparlng" Investigation, which may develop legislation for greater secur¬ ity on the .seas, would be conducted. Steering tiear Snapped "There Is going to be a compre¬ hensive Inve.stigation to determine what caused this wreck and who waa responsible,"   he  said.
Preliminary Investigation Indicated the Mohawk's steering apparatus snapped, throwing h*r rudder out of control, a.s she passed the Talisman "I understand." said Weaver, "that this boat hnd been laid up for some time and was making her first trip. I am going <'.} call 'he last man who worked on the hteer- Ing gear and go into that phase thoroughly."
Weaver said high olllclals of the Ward Line may be called. Three months ago the line's Morro Castle burned with a loss of 134 lives. Less than a month ago the Havana, an-
TROOPERS FIRE GAS AT CROWD WATCHING 'WAR'
'Kingfish' Rides Triumphantly
After 'Rebellion* Is Put Down;
ants !Spy In Kanks Ut Enemy;
Claims Plot To Assassinate Him
Had Been Frustrated By Militia
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
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FIGHT KINGFISH Details of formation cf the Square Dsals>-s and other ssorst societies in Louisiana to unseat Husy Long are given in special •tory en  Page A-8.
New Orleans, Jan. 26—UP—Appar¬ ently convinced that the situation was under control, Senator Huey Long returned from Baton Rouge tonight and announced he w,-is pre¬ paring to leave  for Waahington.
The Klngtl.sh refused to say when or how he would leave the city.
"They plotted to kill me once." he said, "and I ain't saying nothing now,"
It was reported that Ixing, sur¬ rounded by his bodyguard, called a "council of war" at his downtown hotel quarters. Followers frora New Orleans and nearby parishes were closeted with him Immediately after his arrival.
Long ITses His Army
Baton Rouge, I>a„ Jan. 20—UP— Sen. Huey P. Ixmg, the lyoulslana Klngfl.sh, had to call on state troops three times today to crush rebellion against his dictatorship—but tonight he held the state capital under mar¬ tial law and three leaders ot tho "Square Deal" faction, sworn to root him from power, were under lock and key.
It waa by all odds one of the best days In Senator Long's political "opera   boufte"   career.      The   final
Huey Is Quick
To Gag Press
Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 26—UP —Martial law clamped its heavy hand on the newspapers of the capital tonight, as General Louis F. Guerre, commander of Na¬ tional Guard troops here, in¬ voked censorslilp of the press in   his   flrst  military   order.
"No publication, either by newspapers, liandbill, pamphlet or otherwise, reflecting In any way upon the State or its officers, or tending to influence the public mind against the State or Its offlcers, and no article reflecting in any way upon the work of military authorities, will be per¬ mitted,"   the   order   said.
"Come on, you Long dogs," yelled another.
The soldiers replied with a volley of tear gas bombs. The crowd- now a mob—retreated. A second volley completed the rout. They scurried off, rubbing smarting eyes.
When the last ot them had disap¬ peared, the guardsmen clambered back in the trucks and rumbled back to headquarters to report the day's final success for the King- fish.
One  Man  Wounded
There was one casually. Gcorga LessI,    ot    the    Tanglii.ahoa   Parisli
touch   came   when   his   state   troops,
fired a volley of tear gas bombs at ' •'""'^^*'    •"">¦•    ''^'"^    wounded    with
.some 150 citizens assembled at Baton
RoURe airport. They had come lo watch the KingfLsh's soldiers squelch armed resistance hy the ".'Jquare Dealers" to martial law. An hour after the national guardsmen had put down the "bloodless revolution" at the airiiort. slate troops rushed a crowd as.sembled there and put them to rout with a gust of tear gas.
\\'illiln the last 12 hours Senator Long  accomplished   these   things:
He routed—with the aid of his National liu.ird—u group of Square Deal "rebels" who captured his courthouse.
Ho then exposed a "plot" to way¬ lay him on the liighway and assass¬ inate hun  with  a  bomb.
Uses Special Court
He had the whole iJaton Rougo area bound under nuuiiui law. pro¬ claimed   l.y   (lovernor   ti.   K.   Allen.
He denounced the "Kquare Deal¬ ers," his ino.si relentless enemies, before a special court arranged for the exiiosure of leaders the "con¬ spiracy "  to  murder lilm.
He (via his slate trooiis) flushed a squad of armed Square IJealers out of the treetops ut the airport Held, where they hud gone in defi¬ ance of martial law, to drill for future   campaigns   against   Long.
And linally—and perhaps the most interesting in view of possible developnients—his troops dispersed a spontaneous gathering which clustered ni'ar the uirporl to dis¬ cu.ss these historic events. . The ciiizens were engaged in talking about lluey's adventures when two carloads of millllameii thundered up the road and ordered them   to   "break   il   up."
"To Hell with Long." shouted some   one.
buckshot during the gun display at the airport. He was taken to a hospital In a scrlovs conditoii. Ha said after the trooiis drew up in battle formation against the Square Dealers, an airplane circled over- ' head and Square Dealers thought it would drop bombs on them.
"I retreated through the wooda and an automobile filled with arm¬ ed men in civilian clothes cut off my retreat from behind. There was a shot and I fell. I don't know wiio did the shooting," he said. He Is 3C, married and the father of three  children.
Another unidentified man waa beaten In a general fist fight near the airport. He was placed under arrest by troops w ho rushed In and broke up the fights. Blood stream¬ ed from a gash in his head. Th« battlers defied the troops with hoota and cat calls.
After the armed men had beea forced to lay down their guns, troops reported they found tlire« automobile loads of ammunition and 125 guns hidden in the woods behind the airport.
Whole State Excited A report of the "bloodless revolt" against the declaration of martial law. hot on the heels of Long's ex¬ posure of a "plot" to assasslnata him, had the whole State tingling with excitement
AVhat looked early today as if "Huey has got his army out again" —in tho words of a pedestrian^ turned out to be the most serioua show the Kingfish has put on In months. Long, red-faced and ex- (Continued   on   p.ige   11,   Section   1)
taken 25 Uvea, damaged property to the extent of $5,000,000 und brought suffering  to  25,000  refugees.
Flood   (•ondltlons   were   allevlatde other Ward liner, went on a net off   in the upper parts ot the cold-water
Homes Of 5,000 Put In Danger As Mississippi Flood Roars South
Marks, Ml«s., Jan. 20.—UP—The here, at Sledge and In Arkansas aad perreiinial tragedy ot this low delta | West Tennessee where the water* section     wa.s     eiiacud     tonigiit     as    receded  lapidli.
roaring flood waters pusliing soulh- I The North Mississlpiii Flood Con- ward, endangered the homes of 5.0UU trol Association asked the federal additional  citizens. ! government    for   funds   to   supple-
Already    the    flood    waters    had   ment Hed Cross relief work.
The flood scene had shifted to the Panola-Qullman county basin, where 6.000 homes were endanger¬ ed.      The    Quitman    county   court-
Klorlda.    All hands were rescued.
Capt. Wang, In his story, to'd the Inquiry Board, In response to per¬ sistent questions,  that "the captain
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river but the relentless, ley waters moved south below here to bring dangers to new areas.
Clear   weather   and   rising   lemp- eialurcs   greatly   aided   icliel   wui'k
Iiouse here was a center for refugees, who filled almost every room In the building. Public build¬ ings were turned Into relief sta¬ tions. Marks, a village of 1200 citi¬ zens, was a virtual island.