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STREET Stock and Curb Closing Price it it it it it THE WEATHER B. Wfitkff Barcaa OCCASIONAL HAINS WITH KLOWLT UMNO TRMPFKATI HE TONIGHT AND TOMOBHOW Tptrtan 4S Vfr At (rrllT rl.dT.. St Me mi 1 jtmr, Daily KAGLE 94th YEAR No. 329 ENTERED AT TH8 BROOKLYN POUT. OPFICC AS 2D CLA88 MAIL MATTER NEW YORK CITY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1934 30 PAGES THREE CENTS rr JV mi tow PASS -ii jE Police Hunt Nazi Joan of Arc Swings Saar Voters to Hitlerism EX-SALVATIONIST LINKED IN DEATH OF THREE GIRLS Mayor Finds 44 Votes for Relief Plan Protested Measure Will Go to Estimate Board Tomorrow Morning Lehrenkrauss Report France Will Yield Saar Slayer of Priest Plans Unwritten Law Appeal Friend Sure Man Found Slain With Woman in Penn Hills Is From Coast and That Chil-dren in Mystery Are His -All Hitchhikers 4 Girl Countess Is Leader in Campaign Against France Residents Won to German bide by Violence and Trickery Second article of a series on the Saar, which may become the Tinder Box of Europe when residents by plebiscite decide next Jan.

13 whether to be ruled by Germany or remain under the League of A'a. tions rule. Romulus, famous Rome cor' respondent, sent by The Eagle to the Saar, hat made an exhaustive, critical study of the forces at work influencing the Saar tote. By ROMULUS Staff Correspondent of The Eagle Saarbrucken. Nov.

27 Hitlerite sympathizers tryhig to swing the iron-clad Saar Vallev hark nt.n the iist of German territories are led in tneir propaganda activities by a woman frequently referred to as the Joan oi Arc oi tne saar. She Is the voune and nrer.r.v countess Vera von Roedern, great-granddauehter of the. late Freihprr Carl Ferdinand von Stumm, the coal known as the "un crowned king of Saarabia," and a tt tit. ff Marina and Her Duke In Greek Ritual Drill 4 Service Held for First Tnnce of Wales Takes Part-Princess Naugthy as Child, Governess' Book Reveals London. Nov.

27 (JP) The rit.nai 'at Church was observed in Buckingham Palace for the first time 1 ki.i j. in injury loaay wnen rnncess Marina of Greece and the Duke of Kent rehearsed the marriage ceremony in which Aide Cleared Of Conspiracy Charge of Fraud Plot Against J. J. Fradkin Dismissed by Court The conspiracy indictment against James J. Fradkin in connection with the collapse of the house of J.

Lehrenkrauss Sons was dismissed today by County Judge Alonzo G. McLaughlin. Fradkin, who lives at 114 108th Forest Hillls, was general man' ager in charge of sales of the Lelv renkrauss Corporation, a subsidiary of J. Lehrenkrauss fc Sons, from February, 1933, until shortly before the collapse a year ago. Charged With Plot The indictment charged him with conspiring with Julius Lehren krauss, now serving a five-year sen tence in Sing Sing, and other mem bers of the firm in the sale of worth less stocks and mortgages.

Today's dismissal followed a mo tion by former Assistant District Attorney Thomas Cradock Hughes, counsel for Fradkin, who maintained that the grand jury minutes did not contain enough evidence to Justify the indictment. Manipulations Secret Mr. Hughes pointed out that the manipulations of Julius Lehrenkrauss were kept a strict secret from Fradkin and that as soon as the latter found out the real situation he promptly resigned and severed all connections with the corporation. Mr. Fradkin and Julius Lehren krauss and four other officers of the defunct J.

Lehrenkrauss Cc Sons' organization are still under indictment in Brooklyn Federal Court, The charge there is conspiracy to defraud the public in the sale through the mails of the preferred stock of Lehrenkrauss Corporation. Mr. Fradkin was allegedly In charge of that sale. Trial is scheduled for Jan. 2.

Untermyer Heads Anti-Nazi Council London, Nov. 27 W) Samuel Un termyer of New York today was elected president of "The World Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council to Champion Human Rights" and London was established as the headquarters of the council preparatory to a boycott on German goods. Before his election, Untermyer threatened to withdraw when Roumanian Jewish delegates, stating they feared police reprisals at home, held out against Joining the conference which, they said, they thought would ally them with Communistic organizations in the United States. Untermyer indignantly retored the American organizations, especially the American Federation of Labor, were not communistic. Treasury Advertises New Postoffice Bids Washington, Nov.

27 UP) Bids on construction of a new Flatbush postoffice station In Brooklyn were advertised today by the Treasury to be opened here on Dec. 21. The new Flatbush Post Office will be located on the north side of Church between Bedford and Flatbush Aves. it Is the first post-office building to be- erected under the new building program of the Public Works Administration. Hunger Striker Quits On20thWeddingFete Brldgcton, N.

Nov. 27 William H. O'Donnell, on a hunger strike in the Jail since Nov. 14, said he would cndhls fast today. After his wife and son visited him in thet infirmary, in observance of the twentieth anniversary of their wedding, he ordered a meal.

ROMANOFF ARRESTED Lisbon, Nov. 27 UP) A man who called himself Prince Alexander Romanoff of the Russian Imperial family and who said he had lived for many years in Chicago was arrested today because he was without documents. Captain As Bonds Vanish David M. Johnston, Head of Mortgage Firm, Linked to $7,000 Loss Capt. David M.

Johnston, adjutant of the 106th Infantry Regi ment, is being sought by police, District Attorney Geoghan revealed following the disappearance of $7,000, the porceeds of a consignment of Home Owners Loan Corporation bonds, handled by Good Kent, attorneys, of 44 Court St. A complaint against Johnston was made a week ago to Mr. Geoghan by F. Campbell Good, son of the late William H. Good, prominent attorney, clubman and philanthropist.

The firm's loss is cohered by insurance. Heads Company Johnston is president of Estates Service, also with offices at 44 Court St. Good Kent have been attorneys for the firm, which delt In mortgages. Mr. Good said Johnston had had dealings with hte Good family for several years and had enjoyed the friendship and confidence of the late William H.

Good. Accountants are examining the books of the firm and Johnston's own records of other transactions. Neighbors In the vicinity of the Johnston home at 1826 W. 10th St. say Johnston, his wife and their 6-year-old son have not been at the house in ten days or more.

Attended Memorial Rites On Nov. 11 Johnston attended the annual Armistice Day memorial service for the World War dead in the 106th Regiment Armory at Bedford and Atlantic Aves. under regimental rules, he was Continued on Page 13 Berle to Probe Police Fund Deutsch Musters Votes Enough to Defeat Bloc Against Pension Quiz Enough power was mustered by the City Administration today to defeat a bloc of police officials who had opposed the efforts of Bernard S. Deutsch, president of the Board of Aldermen, to investigate investments of the Police Relief Fund. Meeting in the office of Mayor LaGuardia in City Hall, the trustees of the fund.

Including mem-bets of the administration and the heads of police organizations, the act of the board of trustees of Sept. 6 last, appointing former State Senator Alvah Burlingame to inquire into the finances of the fund, was rescinded. City Chamberlain A. A. BBerle Jr.

was substituted for Mr. Burlingame as its agent in the matter. Mr. Berle will serve without pay. At the September meeting, Mr.

Deutsch charged that $1,000,000 In Liberty bonds, held by the trustees when Grover A. Whalen was commissioner, were sold and mortgage bonds and certificates were bought which later became virtually worthless. Brazil Takes Action Over Chaco Attack Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 27 Brazil ordered a squadron of 11 naval planes to the Chaco frontier today after a Brazilian steamer was fired upon on -the Paraguay River. An official communique said Bolivian airplanes attacked the vessel.

King Startles Sofia, Wheels Baby's Pram Sofia, Nov. 27 (fl) King Boris, who likes nothinir beHer than tn pilot a locomotive, startled the popu lace Kciay Dy.wnecung a baby carriage through the streets of the capital. Tn the carriage rode his two-year-old daughter, Princess Marie Louise. PATIENTS SAVED IN FIRE St. Marvs.

Nov. 27 lP) Fortv patients were safely removed today after fire broke out in the Andrew Kaul Memorial Hospital and swept the third and fourth floors of the institution. FLOOR COLLAPSE INJURES 11 Philadelphia, Nov. 27 UP) Twenty-five persons, members of a wedding party, were thrown into the cellar and 11 were slightly injured when the floors crashed at the home of Samuel Dl Lullo. Mr.

and Mrs. Carmen Dl Maio postponed their wedding trip. BAN RELIGIOUS' GARB Istanbul, Turkey. Nov. 27 UP) The wearing of religious garb except in services was banned to all creeds by the government today.

The order affects Catholic orthodox Armenian priests, Mohammedans and Rabbis, fr 1 Joseph Lieb Steinmetz as Court today. Student Who Killed Girl Bride and Cleric Collapses at Lineup and Cries on Arraignment Joseph Lelb Steinmetz will rely on the "unwritten law," his attorney, Meyer Machlis, indicated today, to free him when he is brought to trial for the double killing yesterday of his 17-year-old bride, Ruth, and the Rev. Joseph J. Leonard, Catholic priest. The 22-year-old theological stu dent, of Jewish parentage and upbringing, who began the study for the Presbyterian ministry in California a few years ago, was in tears Saarbruecken, Saar Territory, Nov.

27 (P) An agreement between Chancellor Hitler and the French Foreign Office, whereby France virtually yields the Saar to Germany, was reported today by informed quarters. France would not press for a victory in the Saar plebiscite and would drop talk of sending troops into the rich region, these sources said, and in return would be paid by Germany as soon as possible for the Saar mines. The reported agreement, which has not been confirmed, would practically assure a Nazi victory In the Jan. 13 plebiscite, a source of increasing tension in Europe. close friend of the late Emperor William I.

The countess, who but recently entered upon her 21st year, seems to have inherited much of her ances tor's ambition and executive ability. Passionate ollower She is a passionate follower of the "Fuehrer." She was introduced to Hitler by ex-Chancellor von Papen, whose country seat of Wallerfangen, near Saarlouis, has always been a rendezvous of wealth and society of the Saar. Von Papen is distantly Continued on Page 7 Time in Buckingham- tney will participate Thurs day The Dractiee servic was nArfnrm. ed before King George and Queen Mary and the bridesmaids in the private chapel of the palace. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of York became the followers of the younger brother, for part of the elaborate and Intricate ceremony gives them the task, as Kent's supporters, to walk behind the bridal couple and pass around a table three times.

Mrs. Bingham In Red Mrs. Robert W. Bingham, wife of tne united States Ambassador, is the only American woman attending the wedding Thursday of the Duke of Kent and the Princess Marina of Greece who has chosen red as the Continued on Page 2 Berlin Police Prevent U. S.

Embassy Thelt Berlin, Nov. 27 UP) Police announced today that there would be no burglary of the United States Embassy tonight. They revealed that they had nabbed Gerhard Brueske, who confessed he planned to visit the American Embassy tonight. 200,000 Ask to Join Fr. Coughlin Party Detroit, Nov.

27 The Rev. Father Charles E. Coughlin said at a press conference today that "well over 200,000" applications for membership in his National Union for Social Justice had been received, with "many thousands" of letters still unopened. Results first; 6U Stephens, second; Can't Mayor LaGuardia appeared this afternoon before the Board of AN dermen and took full responsibility for the four-point tax pro-cram designed to meet the relief needs. He told the Aldermen: won't pass the buck to you.

I'll take the responsibility. I can't be led." Indications were that the Aldermen would overwhelmingly pass the Mayor's bills and pass the buck right back to the Mayor. The Mayor told the Aldermen that he would be willing to have the Lower House raise the projected 3 percent tax on utilities. He added that the tax should not be passed nn to consumers. Despite wide opposition led by the larger department stores, the 2 percent municipal retail sales tax, designed to raise $40,000,000 for relief, was assured of being rushed through the Board of Aldermen this afternoon.

In the face of the merchants' contention that the tax would drive much of New York's retail trade to neighboring communities, Mayor LaGuardia mustered 44 votes in the board for the sales tax; an increase to 3 percent from the existing 1 percent tax- on gross earnings of public utilities, and a 1 to 2 percent Inheritance tax. It was reported also that the board would vote to continue the city income tax of 15 percent of the amount paid In Federal income tax. It had been suggested that this tax, sponsored by Brooklyn Alderman Walter Hart, be repealed if the sales tax were adopted. Before Estimate Board Tomorrow The utility tax is expected to produce $13,000,000, the inheritance tax $3,000,000 and the Income tax thereby making up the required for relief. The tax measures will go to the Board of Estimate tomorrow morning at a special meeting.

A public hearing, at which objections may be registered by citizens, will be held in the afternoon. Though many Democraatic votes were required to assure passage of the tax bill, Alderman Timothy J. Sullivan, Democratic leader of the board, denied that Tammany or any Democratic county, leader had consulted the bankers as to their wishes on tax matters. "If there was any pressure brought by bankers," he said, "it must have been directed toward the Continued on Page 2 Sales Chip Off Stocks Slightly Realizing sales chipped, fractions to about a point off leading stock Issues in moderately active trading today. Utilities and Industrials were the main losers.

Railroad issues showed firm reslstence to selling and, on the average, scored minor gains. Consolidated Gas lost about a point of yesterday's gain and American Telephone eased about as much. New York Central, Southern Pacific, Pennsylvania Railroad anr, others in this category were tfp fractionally. Bonds were firm and slight were made in most divisions oi the list. Grains were stronger.

At a late hour wheat showed gains of three-quarters to 1 cent a bushel. Corn was up 14 to 24 cents. Cotton lost most of its earlier gains. Foreign exchange markets were quiet. Sterling was $4.98 off while French francs ruled unchanged at 6.594.

(Stock Table on Page 24) In Today's Eagle Amuirmentl lS-lt Art Arthur 9 Coalcfl Bridie I ChtlllflMl Ad 17-2S Dth Notice IS Dr. Braar Financial Flnanelal Guild Newi 11 Iiwt and Found, Personal! MotIh JS-1S Novel Radio in Xeal Eitate IS Ship Newl Socletr 11 Snorts 20-21 Thealora 1S-1S fveman'l Fact 1 Carlisle, Nov. 27 (JFy Police seeking the identity of three little girls found mysteriously dead in a lonely nearby wood last Saturday studied a cross continent angle today on the strength of the story of Larry Carney, a Philadelphia man, who says he once lived in San Francisco. Today Carney identified a photograph of a man found dead at Duncansville as that of Horace Hughes, about 37, of San Francisco, a former Salvation Army officer, who had three children whose ages he said, correspond with those of the mystery girls. Sure Man Is Hughes "That's him! That's Horace Hughes," exclaimed Carney when he saw the picture.

A woman was found dead alongside the man at Duncansville the same day the children were found and police have intensely studied the theory that there is a definite link between the two. Duncansville Is 100 miles west over the mountains from Carlisle, in the general direction of Pittsburgh. Carney said he met Hughes, whom he knew six years ago, on a Philadelphia street Monday of last week. Hughes told him, said Carney, that he had hitch-hiked to Philadelphia from the Pacific Coast with his "intended wife," about 21, and his three daughters by a former marriage. The children, he said, were Geraldine, about 15; Dorothy, about 12, and a third, about 8, whose name Carney does not know.

The San Francisco trail was the clue most Intensely followed by police who have been baffled for three days by a collapse of scores of "hot" clues. A truck with California license plates, reported to have stood in a Carlisle garage for a week, proved of no value as a clue after a studied investigation. Cult Mark Scouted Another theory that a mark on the forehead of one of the children was a "brand" made by some cult was dismissed by Lt. A. J.

Hudock of the State police, who said it probably was a suture taken by a doctor in closing a wound. Met Hughes in 1928 "Six years "ago," Carney said, "I was discharged from the army in California and went to a room in a house at either 824 or 826 Garey San Francisco, with another Continued on Page Tailor Stranded By 2 Giant Thugs Morris Altman, 54, East Side tailor, was strangled at noon today by two giant Negroes in the robbery of his shop at 162 Bleecker St. The men bound him with a heavy rope and one of them pulled his necktie tight. Then they Jammed him into a two-by-two closet in the rear of his shop, where he was found 45 minutes later by police and his wife, Yetta. Attempted artificial respiration failed to revive him.

One of the suspects was captured by Detective Gaetano Graga-liana of the 5th St. station with a flying tackle. The man identified himself as Frank Gordon, 22, and gave as his address a Bowery flophouse. His companion is said to come from Brooklyn. Gordon was captured with two sacks of clothes and $82 and a watch and fountain pen, identified as Altaian's.

On the Inside Weakness of the New Deal revealed by Paul inside news; Page 15. i Sea Power and what it costs in peacetime, by Guv Hickolc; Page 15. Casey Stengel discusses trade situation with Tommy Holmes; Page 20. 4 Associated Press Photo. he was arraigned in Homicide when he was arraigned in the Manhattan Homicide Court.

Through the attorney, he pleaded not guilty, and was held without ball for a hearing Tuesday. He had lapsed Into unconsciousness when, an hour earlier, detectives had brought him to police headquarters for the morning lineup, and had to be carried out without the usual questioning. He still loved his young wife, always did, he said. Overnight, he seemed to have aged ten years, said Detective Eugene Rehman, who signed the short affidavit on which Steinmetz was arraigned. Following the arraignment, Mr.

Machlis told a score or so of newspapermen: "There is no jury in the world Continued on Page 3 conference at his home to mourn their relative. In the midst of the pre-funeral ceremonies Harry answered a knock on the door and in walked Wassily Kotar, very much alive. "You're a ghost," Harry said. "I am not," maintained Wassily. and he proceeded to tell the assembled mourners how much he was hurt by the prematurencss of the whole affair.

flu 4i Hold Accountant In $15,000 Theft Delmar c. Manco. 34. nf a rvvnn Place, Forest Hills, Is under arrest today, charged with embezzlement of $15,000 from his employer, the Columbia Concerts nornoration. a subsidiary of the Columbia Broadcasting System.

Manco, a $00-a-week accountant, Is accused specifically of converting to his own use $1,500 due Elizabeth Rethberg, Metropolitan Opera soprano who is a star of the Columbia network. He. resigned a few days ago after baing employed by Columbia Concerts Corporation for five years. A checkun of his accounts It is alleged, revealed the $15,000 shortage. Ex-Vice Cop Gets Suspended Sentence James J.

Oliinlivnn 43 fnrmer Vice snuad natrnlmnn u-hn nlearirri guilty on Nov. 15 to conspiracy, was given a suspended sentence in Gen eral sessions by Judge John J. Freschi on recommendation of Thomas Dewey, former United States Attorney, who wrot9 that OuinllvAn filrpflrlv hnri 2R months in Atlanta Ppnlt.ent.lnrv in connection with the indictment. CHOSEN CLASS LEADER New London. Conn Nnv.

27 (JP1 Miss Katherine Walbridge of Ba- Dyion, ii. i was elected president of the freshman class at Connecticut College last night, Bowie Walks in on His Own Funeral Parley, Denying lie's a Ghost FIRST RACE Six furlongs. Off, 1:17. Time, 1:15 3-5. 1 Bellator, 118 (A.

Robertson) 5.90 3.10 3.00 2 Double Sweep, 118 (O'Malley) 3.80 3.40 3 xFlower Time, 105 (Burrill) 5.00 ALS ORAN Evening Chimes, Nature's Dream, xLittle Brother, White Cloud, Quick Wit, Appear, Toastmaster, xDonee, Early Porter. SECOND RACE Six furlongs. Off, 1:4414. Time, 1:14 3-5. 1 Some Good, 110 (Fallon) 40.000 14.40 8.90 2 Smooth Crossing, 118 (R.

Merrltt) 11.10 5.30 3 Fred Almy, 111 (O'Malley)i 8.20 AL SORAN Corrymecla, Rustic Cuba, xAccolade, xProbono, xLine of Fire. Broadsword, Our David. xField. THIRD RACE Six furlongs. Off, 2:18.

Time, 1 Ross, 114 (Meade) i 11.00 6.30 3.60 2 Alwintour, 108 (Robnrtson) 7.80 4.90 3 Scotch Queen, 103 (C. Rcid) 3.40 ALSO RAN Master Time, xPrince Pettie, xAbercromble, xDixle Princess, By Surprise, Good Aim, Egeon, Bull Market, Chortle. xField. body of a man found dead in a vacant apartment at 156 Ludlow Manhattan, and known only in the neighborhood as Wassie, was identined yesterday by Harry Kotar of 255 E. Houston St.

as his brother Wassily, a waiter of 232 S. 2d Williamsburg. Harry arranged to have the body removed from the Bellevue Hospital morgue and called the family Into 20 YEARS FOR SLAYING George Stanulov, 25, of 594 Chestnut today was sentenced by County Judge Thomas Downs, in Long Island City, to serve 20 years in Sing Sing. He was convicted Nov. 22 of first-degree manslaughter In the killing of Domlnlck Tavano, who was Btabbed to death with a screwdriver on May 6 last.

i FOURTH RACE Band Wagon, Remember, third..