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10 NEWS SECTION THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1939 LAFITTE DEEDS Recalled By Plan To Build Aerial Bases Near New Orleans. Pirate Actually Racketeer No. 1-Once Represented By Federal Attorney. BY TOM SANCTION. New Orleans, July 15 (AP) Word down from Washington the contemplated establishment of swampy piles of military masonry Gulf aerial bases that would put Uncle Sam's mighty bombers over New Orleans in less than two hours, brought recollections to residents here of a time when it was necessary to call upon the noted brigand, Jean Lafitte, to save the city.

Although New Orleans is the second largest port in the United States, its defenses have changed little since the British forced haughty General Jackson to make deal with Lafitte's lusty crew to beat off the English attack. In 1815, the British sailed through Lake Pontchartrain to the edge of the city without the loss of a man. But little was gained from this lesson. During the World War, the only harbor defenses were two 80 miles down the river, which were overhauled hastily and manned with a few guns and others dating from Civil War days, struck up as camouflage. The forts of St.

Philip and Jackson, deserted since Admiral Farragut ran between them on a stormy night in the early years of the Civil War, now are not even good picnic grounds. Antiaircraft defenses here are nonexistent. IN JACKSON'S DAY. Even in Jackson's day, the port was unprepared. The crusty General, with Lafitte, saved New Orleans from behind a breastwork of cotton bales.

When that battle was fought, a peace in the War of 1812 already had been concluded at Ghent, two weeks before. But a number of military historians that it have a defeat expressed of the ns opinion was British at New Orleans which made this particular treaty stick a and which saved the entire valley of the Mississippi for the United States. The story tellers have made a great romantic pirate of Lafitte; the records of his day reveal him rather as the forerunner of the bigshot bootleggers and a pioneer of American rackets. He and older but less talented brother, Pierre, came here from France in 1809, in the restless tides of immigration set going by the protracted, wars as of blacksmiths. the continent.

Smuggling had prevailed for years in Louisiana. The Lafittes decided to turn a few dollars at it. So they entered the trade as front men, taking orders from thriving local merchants and delivering the bootlegged materials for the smugglers. After a time they decided that the contraband industry needed organization. They proceeded to take it over.

BASE OF OPERATIONS. They set up a base of operations dred miles below on along the Bay of Barataria, a hunthe coast. The place afforded fine anchorage and it was defended from the Gulf by the narrow, windswept island of Grand Terre. A lacework of lakes and bayous, excellent for hiding and escape, gave access to New Orleans. The mob became known as the Baratarians.

Good citizens, when buying the bootlegged goods, whispered to one another of blood-chillof the Lafittes, many of these tales ing piracy. In modern legend have come to be taken as fact. But impartial historical sources tell another version. Actually, the Baratarians operated as privateers under a letter of marque from the Republic of Cartagena, which was then in revolt from Spain, and they did not sport the Jolly Roger of piracy. On the sea, they had full rights, under the great system of international courtesies, to capture the ships of Spain.

Legally, they could not bring these prizes into Louisiana because Spain was then at peace with the United tSates, So they smuggled them in. Many historical sources indicate that the Lafittes did not even sail with their raiders. Rather they were the brains of the mob. They made and maintained the necessary commercial contacts with wealthy parish planters and New Orleans merchants. PUBLIC ENEMY NO.

1. Nevertheless, by 1812, Jean Lafitte bade established himself as public enemy No. 1 here. He was the only "pirate" mentioned by name in a proclamation of Governor Claiborne attacking the smuggling industry and the people who patronized it. The Governor on this occasion was taking notice of the shooting of a revenue agent.

The men had seized a shipment of Barataria merchandise, and the Lafittes, it appeared, wanted it back. This was one of the rare occasions when Jean Lafitte used his weapons. Actually, he disliked Violence, with because whom it he scared did off business. the A journalist of the day once reported that in the middle of a shooting scrape with government men Jean called out above the rifle fire: "I desire you to know that I am adverse to such strifes, but at the same time you must distinctly understand that I prefer losing my life rather than my goods." Legal proceedings against the Lafittes were never effective. In one case the brothers employed as A Federal counsel he skilled John but R.

underpaid Grymes, and the even more distinguished Edward Livingston. Livingston had arrived a few years before from New York and had written a criminal code for Louisiana, a work still admired by scholars. Not long afterward the fortunes of war presented Lafitte with a rare opportunity. The British were moving up for the Battle of New Orleans and sought his aid in their planned attack on New Orleans. They offered him a Captaincy in His Majesty's navy with command of a his men, and lands and pardons for the lot in event of a victory.

There also subtle threat that refusal would be met with upon the inevitable Britannic arms and prosecutions a warship sailed up and justice. down the gulf awaiting an answer, Lafitte reported the offer to Louisiana authorities and at the same time volunteered the services of his men in the American Army. General Jackson, then at Mobile, dispatched a sulphuric refusal, But when he arrived at New Orleans he changed his mind. For his forces were small and the city weak in natural defenses. Accounts of the battle attribute victory in large theastmerican the deeds of the "pirates," especially to the gunof Dominique You and Rene Beluche.

At any rate, Jackson made highly favorable mention of the Lafitte gang's services: "The General cannot avoid giving his warm appreciation to the manner in which those gentlemen have uniformly conducted themselves while under his REVERSAL OF OPINION. A few weeks before, he had referred to these "gentlemen" as "pirates and hellish banditti." By official proclamation, President Madison forgave them their Baratarian trespasses. After the war, Gentleman Jean rode the crest of public favor, for a while. respectability was one thing, and a good-paying racket another. The Louisiana with Wile haditadvergad Lafitte knew he could no longer operate from Barataria.

Taking as many of the old boys as would come, he sailed to the Island of Galveston, which was without a garrison, and took it over. Texas then was Spanish. Lafitte called his settlement Campeachy. There the scum of the earth assembled. Thieves, outlaws, slatterns, gamblers -they festered to his headquarters and brawled for shares in its "take." Lafitte still dealt with the merchants who came to buy his goods.

His mob, sailing now under the flag of Venezuela, kept the warehouses supplied with Spanish a side deal, kept secret from his men, Lafitte sold cargo to Senor Fatio, the Spanish Consul at New Orleans, what information he could gather concerning the movements of rebellious groups in Texas. His men made raids into Louisiana, stealing Negroes from one plantation for sale to another. One of these bands was followed back to Galveston by an American warship. The commander demanded their surrender. Lafitte protested his personal innocence and his disapproval of the raid.

As a more convincing gesture, he hanged the leader and surrendered the party. At last, the settlement was blown down by a hurricane. Lafitte came secretly to New Orleans to borrow money on his remaining assets, slaves who had survived the storm, and returned to rebuild. But both the settlement and his prestige, thriving with evil health before the storm had fallen into a final wasting. Fights and mutinies broke out.

Prizes became scarce as merchant ships avoided the area. Finally, the mob in 1821 plundered an American vessel. The U. S. S.

Enterprise appeared off Galveston and its Commander, Lieutenant Kearny, demanded the town be abandoned. Lafitte asked for two to evacuate and the request was granted. When the time was up he sailed away. The departure was done with a finality that gave his career a last domantic flicker. Lafitte disappeared forever.

SHOOTING Follows Cafe Brawl Over Woman, Police Say-Klotter Avenue Man Wounded -Youth Is Held. Claude Bull, 21 years old, 811 West Liberty Street, was held yesterday in connection with the serious shooting of Wilburn Hill. 31, 522 Klotter Avenue, in front of the West Liberty Street address. Sergeant Albert Millward and Patrolmen Paul Wuellner and Joseph Wehberg said the shooting was the aftermath of a quarrel between Bull and Hill over Hill's sister-in-law, Mrs. Isabelle Tucker, 31, widow, 1523 Linn Street, in a Central Avenue cafe.

A disorderly conduct charge was filed against Mrs. Tucker. Bull was held for investigation. Bull, a native of Southern Kentucky, was beaten severely on the head and face. He told police he received the injuries in the battle in the cafe, but insisted that Hill was not in the fight.

Hill, who denied the police account that he and Bull quarreled over Mrs. Tucker, said Bull shot him without cause. Bull, who, police said, was too intoxicated to give a clear story, said Hill followed him home, threatening him. Police said they learned from Mrs. Tucker that Bull went into his home for his revolver, then returned to the sidewalk and fired one shot, which hit Hill in the abdomen.

Hill was taken to General Hospital. FAMED ARCHITECT DIES. New York, July 15-(AP)-Frank J. Helmle, 70 years old, retired architect who designed the George Washington Masonic Memorial at Alexandria, the Bush Terminal here, and other structures in the United States and Europe, died today at his summer home in Port Washington, Long Island. He also had a home in Sarasota, Fla.

FILM PAIR WED. Virginia City, July 15-(AP) -Manda Duff, 25 years old, film actress, was married today to Philip Dunne, 31, a screen writer. Miss Duff is the of Dr. H. S.

Duff of Barbara, Calif. daughter, Dunne's father was Peter Finley Dunne, author of "Mr. Dooley." Friendlier Place! Washington, July 15-(AP)The Chamber of Commerce of the United States noted a sign today that businessmen are regaining their former standing on Capitol Hill. In its biweekly business review, the chamber said congressional committees were according "courteous treatment" rather generally now to businessmen-witnesses "in sharp contrast with intimidating tactics employed in earlier sessions by some committee members." "This happy development," it added, "perhaps indicates change in attitude in Congress toward business. "Also, it shows an honest desire on the part of many of our national lawmakers to get the advice and counsel of practical businessmen on legislative issues." MRS.

ALICE L. WOLFE. Widow Of Walnut Hills Jeweler To Be Buried Today. Services for Mrs. Alice Linn Wolff, widow of William Wolff, Civil War veteran and Walnut Hills jeweler, will be held today at the residence of her -randdaughter, Mrs.

E. W. Wabnitz, Cary Avenue, College Hill. Burial will be in Spring Grove. Mrs.

Wolff, who was 92 years old, died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital after an illness of one week. Born in Germany, she was brought to this country at the age of 3 by her parents. After their marriage in Ripley, Ohio, in 1867, she and her husband moved to Walnut Hills, where Mr. Wolff opened a jewelry store on McMillan Street. They lived there for 40 years.

Mrs. Wolf is survived by three daughters, Mrs. R. F. Armstrong, Mrs.

Anna M. Jacobs, and Mrs. Harry Howes, 13 grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. MRS. BEATRICE JOHNSON.

Wife Of Bond Hill Physician To Be Buried Tomorrow. Services for Mrs. Beatrice Jane Johnson, wife of Dr. Ivan -S. C.

Johnson, 1139 Cheyenne Drive, Bond Hill, who died of pneumonia Friday at Holmes Hospital, will be held afternoon at the Hodapp home, Carthage. tomorrow, Burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Park. Mrs. Johnson, who was 35 years old, had been a patient at the hospital five days. She was active in Eastern Star and Girl Scout circles.

Members of the Eastern Star will hold services at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the funeral home. Besides husband, a daughter, Patricia Jane; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shepley, Leesburg, Ohio; a brother, William Shepley, Dayton, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Opal Chitty, Bowersville, Ohio, survive her.

MRS. EMMA HOPE. Wife Of Former Democratic Leader To Be Buried Tuesday. Mrs. Emma Hope, wife of John J.

Hope, formerly prominent in local Democratic politics, and mother of John J. Hope, credit manager of the Crosley Corporation, died yesterday at her resi4292 Colerain Avenue. Mrs. who was 69 years old, had dence, been ill more than two years. Her husband was Councilman of the old Seventeenth present Twenty-second Ward, during the mayorship of Gustav Tafel.

At that time Mrs. Hope's brother, Charles Roth, was County Treasurer. John Hope, is with the sales department of the Crosley Distributing Corporation. A native of Cincinnati, Mrs. Hope for the greater part of her life was a resident of the West End.

She and her husband celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last October 19. She was a member of St. Patrick Church, Cumminsville. Surviving her besides her husband and son, is a daughter, Mrs. Harry Obersberg.

The will lie in state to morrow night at the Busse and Borgmann funeral home, Central Parkway and Clifton Hills Lane. Burial will be Tuesday in St. Joseph's New Cemetery. ANGUS M'NEILL. Death Takes Newspaper Cartoonist, Former Cincinnatian, Angus McNeill, former Cincinnati Times-Star cartoonist, died yesterday in a Chicago hospital.

He was 78 years old. Mr. McNeill lived in Cincinnati from 1901 to 1903. In that time he worked with James A. Whiteford.

now an artist on The Enquirer advertising staff. At various times he worked also in Louisville, New Orleans, and New York City. For the last 20 years he was a resident of Chicago. DICTATOR GIVEN WATCH By Moose Lodge At Annual Outing-Late Judge Honored. United States Commissioner William P.

Hohmann, Dictator of cinnati Lodge of Moose, received a gold watch last night members of the lodge at their thirtieth annual outing at Coney Island. The presentation was made by Judge William P. Handley, toastmaster. Approximately 500 persons attended the dinner. A period of silence was observed by the diners in memory of the late Judge William H.

Lueders, one of the first dictators of the lodge. Among the speakers were Mayor James G. Stewart and Isaac Feld. members of the Supreme Council of Moose, who announced that a membership campaign would be launched to form a class to be initiated during the state convention in September. The class will bear the name of Senator Robert A.

Taft, a life member, GUARDSMAN Is Cut And Bruised As Automobile Sideswipes Parked Machine. Private Riding On Running Board Of Friend's Car--City Officials Shaken Up Slightly. William Debruler, 21 years old, 1409 Main Street, suffered cuts and bruises last night when a friend's automobile on whose running board he was riding a parked machine. The youth, a private in the Ohio National Guard, had accepted a ride with the friend to the Freeman Avenue Armory. He was released after treatment at St.

Mary Hospital. City Manager C. O. Sherrill and Safety Director Harry Wernke were given a slight jolt yesterday when Wernke's automobile was hit in the rear by another car at Seventh and Race Streets. Wernke, who was driving, was waiting for a traffic light when a car in there rear bumped him.

The cars not damaged. Wernke and Sherrill were on the way to Coney Island for the municipal outing. RECEIVES SKULL HURT. Arnold Stein, 24, 815 Rockdale Avenue, suffered a possible skull fracture when he was knocked down by an automobile driven by Jack Barrie, 625 Rockdale Avenue, at Rockdale Avenue and Reading. Road.

Police said Stein was hit when he stepped from a loading platform. Miss Ruthie Gibberson, 44, 835 Hutchins Avenue, was treated at General Hospital for scalp cuts which, police, said, she received at Reading and McGregor Avenue by an automobile driven by Harold Gould, 836 East Ridgeway Avenue. Hit by an automobile driven, by Harry Hill, 129 West Third Street, Newport, at Pearl Street and Broadway, Otis Boone, 56, 212 Broadway, suffered a bruised left hip. THREE ARE INJURED. Three persons were injured early yesterday when an automobile driven by James Ford, 45, printer, 145 West Sixth Street, hit in the rear by another machine, was thrown against a light pole in the center of the intersection of McMillan Street and Victory Parkway.

Ford suffered a. rib fracture and his knee. Miss Bertha Blackerby, 42, 1511 Dixmont Avenue, a right leg fracture a and cuts, and Miss Mae McCartin, 39, same address, fractures of the right wrist and arm, They were riding with Ford. All were taken to Bethesda Hospital. Police said Ford's car was hit in the rear by a machine driven by Albert Bonnlander, 36, 1429 Bowman Avenue, who was cited for reckless driving.

Floretta Zellers, 27, Negro, Burlington, was cut and bruised when an automobile in which she was riding was wrecked against a tree on Bellevue Avenue, near Piedmont Street. She told police driver abandoned the car after the accident. CITY BRIEFS Boy Grabs Purse -A ten-year-old Negro boy grabbed a purse containing from the hand of Mrs. Mary Koebel, 1016 Underwood Avenue, last night at Sixth and Race Streets, she told police. Grocery Is Looted Climbing through a transom, burglars early yesterday looted Harig Brothers Grocery, 101 Winkler Street, of 51 cartons of cigarettes, two boxes of chewing gum, box of cigars.

The loot was valued at $71. Thief Takes 45 Chickens -Fortyfive chickens valued at $41 were stolen from a pen at the home of Henry Redemier, 2139 North Bend Road, early yesterday. Two Women Robbed -Two boys snatched her purse, valued at $5 and containing $4.50, Anna Hulsemann, 1021 Kreis Lane, told police last night. She said the theft took place at St. Lawrence Avenue near Rosemont Avenue.

A young Negro snatched her purse, containing $2.50 and a ring valued at $2.50, at Central Parkway and 1 Oliver Street, Pauline Carney, 1042 Evans Street, reported. Attempt to Rob Home Returning home early last night, John Suder, Box 80, Sidney Road, Western Hills, found that an attempt had been made to enter his residence by forcing a rear kitchen window. Neighbors told Deputy Sheriff John Schulte and Patrolman Clifford Jacobs, Cheviot, that they had seen a Negro on the premises shortly before the Suder family returned. Opera Star To Fly To Cincinnati Today For Husband's Debut When Frank Chapman makes his Cincinnati operatic debut at the Zoo tonight in "Lucia Di Lammermour" will be one his well-wishers in the audience who enjoys international operatic fame. That well-wisher will be none other than his wife, Gladys Swarthout, of the Metropolitan Opera.

Association received word Officials of the Summer Opera night that Miss Swarthout would arrive by airplane by 7:30 o'clock tonight to lend her moral support to her husband's first appearance at the Zoo Opera pavilion. Chapman, a baritone, will be heard in the role of Sir Henry Ashton in "Lucia." This will bel his first appearance in Cincinnati since he sang the lead in a Princeton Triangle, show here in 1922. Nearly his operalic career has been served in Europe. He is better known in this country for his concert and radio work. Miss Swarthout will make her own Zoo Opera debut in the title role of "Carmen" on July 25.

In the first week of August she will appear with James Melton in "Mignon." The attendance at the concluding performance of "Aida" last night was announced as 2.256. The all- time attendance record had been set the night before, when Rose Tentoni and Melton were starred in "Traviata." Socks Picket After Soaking Him With Garden Hose Lincoln, R. July 15 -(AP)Congressman Charles F. Risk, Republican, Rhode Island, exchanged blows tonight with a "picket" who was marching in front of his home in protest against Risk's vote on the Federal Relief Act. The "picket," arrested on an attack charge, was listed by police as Paul Pencook, 42 years old, of Woonsocket.

Ernest Gignac, State Representative, Republican, Woonsocket, who had been parading in front of the Providence home of Senator Peter G. Gerry earlier in the day, said he saw the Congressman turn a garden hose on Pencook. Gignac said Pencook hit Risk with a sandwich man's board he was wearing and the fight started. Risk denied turning the hose on the pickets "intentionally," explaining he was watering his lawn. "Maybe this fellow got wet, I don't know," he said.

"Suddenly a man who had been parading up and down ran over onto my lawn swung at me. "I hit him a good clout. I protected myself from the blow he aimed at me with my right elbow, and I hit him on the jaw with my left fist." Today was the third day protests have been staged in front of Risk's home. FTP Workers Kept In WPA Employment Until September 30 Washington, July 15 (AP). Workers on Works Projects Administration theater projects got a sixty-day extension of employment today, Recalling a previous order for complete liquidation of the theater projects by July 31, Colonel F.

C. Harrington, WPA Commissioner. instructed that project workers be carried on the rolls through September 30. He said, however, many of the workers would have to be dismissed August 31 under the new relief act's requirement that those employed 18 consecutive months be given a thirty-day furlough. Harrington said he recalled his previous order after receiving 85- surances from Representative C.

A. Woodrum, Democrat, Virginia, it was the intent of Congress that theater employees be carried on the rolls until October 1. Woodrum was Chairman of a House Appropriations Subcommittee which handled the relief bill. A committee from Actors Equity Association called on him yesterday. The extension of employment does not apply to administrative and supervisory employees of the theater employees are on the rolls, must be dismissed by July 31.

Hence no activities will be carried on during the last two months that, theater emplofees are on the rolls, Harrington said. Every effort will be made, however, to transfer them to other projects, he added. Harrington estimated the extension of employment would cost $850,000. Religious Persecution Theme For Baptist World Congress Atlanta, July 15-(AP)-A Bap-1 tist affirmation that religious persecution is a "crime against God and man" was quoted today as an indication of the approach the sixth Baptist World Congress may take on the question of religious intolerance. Dr.

Louie, D. Newton, Atlanta Chairman Arrangements, forecast an attendance of 50,000 from 60 nations for the Congress beginning next Saturday and said it would be the "largest and most significant" religious meeting of 1939. "Its purpose," he added, "will be to promote the Christian spirit throughout the world. The principles of freedom of worship, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press will be emphasized." A3 a charactertistic exposition of Baptist Newton cited following statement of the late Dr. E.

Y. Mullins of Louisville, Ky, officially adopted at the Baptist Congress in Berlin in 1934. "The government which cutes men for religious beliefs commits a crime against God and man. POWER SHOW Aimed At Hitler, Tip As Britain, France "Practice" For War. Mass Flight, Proposed Fleet Move Ape Last Summer's Nazi Act, Report.

BY RALPH W. BARNES. (Copyright, 1939, New York Tribune, Inc.) London, July 15-Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, and his aids have learned something from Chancellor Adolf Hitler, and they are putting it into practice. During the "dangerous weeks" of this summer they are indulging in a formidable display of force to attain their end, just as last summer the Fuehrer did to attain his. Hitler's purpose a year ago was to secure the Sudeten territory of Czecho-Slovakia without fighting for it.

He succeeded. The purpose of the British statesmen is to deter Hitler--and Premier Benito Mussolini attempts at further aggression, which they are thought to be planning. This week has brought significent developments in the program of Britain, along with France, to appear ready for a fight, in the hope that an appearance of readiness will serve to forestall the fight. Tuesday 120-odd British bombers nosed southward in an unparalleled sham bombing raid over France. Everyone of the planes returned to its home base without mishap.

Apart from other factors, this air expedition, which be followed by others, was intended to show the Fuehrer the newly gained prowess of British military aviation. In case of war, it was made clear. Germany instead of France would be the objective of the bombers. FLEET TO MANEUVER. Thursday Mr.

Chamberlain announced that 12,000 naval reservists would man about 60 warships of the reserve fleet, which would be put into commission to participate in war games in August and September, probably in the North Sea. In effect the project is a partial test mobilization of the fleet. The army and the air forces are to participate with the fleet in warlike maneuvers on a scale never before attempted by this country. Friday detachments from the crack British Guards Brigade led for the first time the customary military procession on the Champs Elyssees in Paris in celebration of the French national holiday. Viscount Gort, Chief of the British Imperial General Staff, took the salute at the review, along with General Gustave Marie Gamelin, commander of all the French fighting forces.

These novel features of the were intended to display to Germany Anglo-French solidarity as allies. Today the first of Britain's new conscripts, or began assembling depots to undertake their six months' training. The present ocntingent of more than 20,000 men is to be followed by another of about the same size in September. DEFENSE COST UPPED. The week also brought an indication of the huge scale of Britain's defense, efforts in general.

Thursday Sir' John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in the House of Commons that the revised estimate of the country's war preparedness bill for the current year was £730,000,000, a figure 82 per cent more than that of last year. Last summer Hitler bolstered his display of force by summoning to the colors large masses of army reserves. Today Britain following a similar policy, but apart from calling up a substantial share of the reserves of a small but highly trained regular army, this country is summoning into field in rotation the bulk of units of the territorial army, the equivalent here for the National Guard in the United States. During August and September, considered the crucial months, a land force of 750,000 men more probably will be under arms. Hitler's campaign of a year ago has been described often as a gigantic game of bluff, in which saber rattling played an important role.

There were three factors in the game. The first of these was the actual display of force as manifest in the calling up of reserves. The second involved boasts of Germany's military strength. Hitler and his aides exaggerated greatly. HOW MUCH BLUFF? The third factor the show of determination to fight for the annexation of the Sudetenland if it could not be obtained otherwise.

There is much difference of opinion as to how much bluff was involved in the bold front which Hitler displayed. Since the "peace at Munich" the majority view has been that the Fuehrer would not have resorted to arms if Britain France made it crystal clear -which they, failed to do that rather than let the Fuehrer take the Sudetenland, they would back Czecho-Slovakia with their armed might. It is possible that Hitler would have found some means of modifying his stand if London Paris had taken a bold stand at the beginning of the controversy, and maintained it, but as the dictator's demands mounted in the face of the display of Anglo-French weakness, it became progressively more difficult for him to turn back. True, none, with the possible exception of two or three, persons in Hitler's immediate entourage, can he would have if Britain's make claim to certainty, as to what and France's backs had stiffened in the last days of September. Most serious observers in Berlin at the time held to the view that possibly the Fuehrer would have stuck to his guns with the inevitable issue of a European war.

Clearly, Britain's policy, together with that of France is now directed toward leaving no doubt in the, That's The Ticket! Sheridan, July 15- (AP)- -John Phillips, assistant movie show manager, thinks he may have discovered a surefire formula for ridding municipalities of dandelions in hurry. He advertised he would give one free theater ticket to every child who dug 10 pounds of dandelions from Sheridan lawns. The day after the offer appeared in newspapers a dandelion pile began to grow in the street in front of Phillips's box-office and it didn't stop until it reached five tons. The success was so astonishing civic organizations took up the plan, sponsoring "dandelion shows a ticket in exchange for 10 pounds of dandelions." And Sheridan has visions of being a dandelion-free city. Fuehrer's mind from the outset as to what the consequence would be if he were to move again, unless it were against 8 country such as Hungary, which already is within orbit and does not enjoy an Anglo-French guaranty.

Both London and Paris are employing every means to show that they would fight. A declaration made Monday by Chamberlain in the House of Commons was intended to show that even if Danzig leaders were to proclaim the union of the Free City with the Reich, without any overt move on the part of the Reich, Britain, backed by France, would support Poland with arms in any step she might take to restore the status quo of Danzig. And this warning was only one of many which have been issued from London and Paris. Yet doubt persists as to whether Hitler is being convinced. In some that if had not been for the quarters, it is true, the view is held Anglo-French stand, Danzig would already be within the fold of the Reich.

Now considering the Free City too dangerous to tackle, the Fuehrer, these quarters suggest, has decided to turn his attention elsewhere for the present, perhaps to Hungary. On the other hand, it is conceded that he may be playing on the nerves of London and Paris, as he did last summer, with the intention of pulling off the final Danzig coup in late August or in September. Two developments to date have caused serious concern among British and French statesmen as they press their efforts to convince the Fuehrer that further aggression will not pay: First, the slow progress of the negotiations to bring Soviet Russia into full collaboration in the "peace front," and second, the failure of the Congress of the United States to respond to the efforts of President Roosevelt to secure a relaxation of the embargo of American war supplies to belligerents. A two-fold certainty of full AngloFrench-Soviet collaboration from the outset in case of a new aggression, and of unlimited American supplies to the former allies in case of war, might be sufficient, it is thought, here, to cause Hitler to refrain from attempting further adventures. INN HOSTESS Arrested As Fugitive From Indiana--Cincinnati Woman Is Traced By Fingerprints After Court Dismissal.

A woman registered as Grace Price, alias Freida Hinds, 45 years old, 24 West Fourteenth Street, who, police said, escaped from the Indiana Reformatory at Indianapolis eight years ago, was' arrested yesterday by Lieutenant Clem Merz and Detectives Carl Blanken and Benjamin Schaefer, Cincinnati officers, and Marshal Frank Niehaus of North College Hill. The woman was found in Sundale Inn, Sundale Avenue and Hamilton Pike, North College Hill, where the officers said she was hostess. Last week the Price woman was arrested by the vice squad, but was dismissed in Municipal Court. Later Detective Chief Emmett D. Kirgan received information from Washington that her fingerprints identified her as Frieda Willis, who was sentenced to a -to-ten-year term in the Indiana reformatory on a forgery charge.

She escaped after serving three months. The inn where she was arrested formerly was known as the Pelican Club. On Easter morning, April 18, 1928, Marshal Peter Dumele was shot to death when he tried to stop a holdup of a dice game in the place. The slaying, subsequent investigation and trials of the alleged gunmen, received much publicity. Rodney Ford, one of the robbers, was executed in the electric chair and two others, Breck Lutes and John (Toddy) Messner, were sentenced 'to' Iffe terms for Dumele's murder.

Later Robert Zwick, tried for the murder of a witness against Ford, was sentenced to life. FIRE DAMAGE $200 When Family Leaves Without Disconnecting Electric Iron. An electric iron caused $200 damage night at the home of Russell Folzer, 7000 Cambridge Avenue, Madison Place, county police reported. Smoke in the dwelling was detected by a newspaper carrrier, Earl Black, 6205 Madison Road, who summoned Duncan Clark, 6931 Cambridge Avenue. Clark broke a panel from front door and extinguished the blaze.

The iron, left connected in the family's absence, burned the board, a rug, and ironing, through the floor when Clark arrived. Firemen were not called, LONG ILLNESS Is Fatal To Judge. M. 0. Burns Served As Butler Prosecutor And City Solicitor- Of.

Founders Of Hamilton Eagles, K. Of C. Lodges. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER. Hamilton, Ohio, July 15-In failing health since last September, M.

O. Burns, 72 years old, Butler County Common Pleas Judge, died this afternoon at his home, 917 Virginia Avenue. A native of Hamilton, Judge Burns was a practicing attorney here for more than 50 years and served the city as City Solicitor and the county as Prosecuting Attorney before being elected to the Common Pleas bench in November, 1936. He began his judgeship February 9, 1937. Active in fraternal organizations, he was one of the founders of Hamilton Eagles Lodge, and its President.

His activity in the fraternity led to his selection in 1926 as Grand Worthy President of the national lodge. He was one of the drafters of the old age pension legislation sponsored by the lodge and later enacted into law by the Ohio General Assembly. GRAND KNIGHT OF K. OF C. Judge Burns also was cne of the founders and a Grand Knight of Father Butler Council of Knights of Columbus.

He was instrumental in the organization of the Catholic Knights of Ohio and was a Past President of the Hamilton Chapter Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. He also was a member of Hamilton Elks Lodge. He was active in Democratic party affairs in the county and state and was a Past President of the Butler County Bar Association. Judge Burns was educated in Hamilton parochial schools and in 1886 was graduated from Notre Dame University.

He entered the Cincinnati School and was graduated 1888. Shortly after Law, being admitted to the bar he returned to Hamilton and entered law practice. ELECTED CITY SOLICITOR. When still in his twenties he was elected City Solicitor and served two terms from 1891 to 1893. Turning his attention to county offices, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney in 1910 and gained the distinction of being the only person to be named to that office for three consecutive terms.

After his third term, he retired to private practice until 1936, when he was elected Common Pleas Judge. Illness forced him from the bench last September. Judge Burns was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Judge Burns was born in Hamilton April 26, 1867, the son of Patrick and Rose Minor Burns.

He married Emma L. Metzner, Hamilton, June 15, 1893. He is survived by his widow, three sisters, Mrs. Anne Hogan, Detroit, and Mrs. Agnes Hellebush and Mrs.

Catherine Tully, Hamilton, and three grandchildren, Justine, Michaela, and Edwin Apfeld. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body was taken to the Wagner funeral home. Funeral services for Judge Burns will be conducted Tuesday at 9:30 o'clock at the residence and at 10 at St. Mary's Church: Burial will be in St.

Mary's Cemetery. LEAGUE TO PAY HONOR TO OLDEST BAUVEREINS Fifty-three building associations of Cincinnati and Hamilton County that have been established for 50 years or longer are to be honored at the fifty-third annual outing and dinner of the Hamilton County League of Building Associations at Coney Island Thursday. Herbert E. Fahrenbruck is Chairman for the affair. Former Judge George F.

Eyrich, Executive Committee Chairman, will make an address paying tribute to the organizations for long service to the community. Fred A. Frietsch, League President, will be toastmaster. The following are to be honored: Accommodation Loan and Building Company, Anderson Ferry Building and Loan Company, Addison Building and Loan pany, Business Men's Federal Savings and Loan Association, Baltimore Avenue Loan and Building Company, Cleves-North Bend Building and Loan Company, Cabinet Loan and Building Company, Columbia Building and Loan Association Company, Delta Loan Association Company, Enterprise Building Association Company, East Walnut Hills Loan Company, Exposition Building and Loan Company. Eagle Savings and Loan Association, Fischmann Loan and Building Company, Findlay Loan and Building Company No.

3, Foundation Building and Loan Company, Finance Loai and Savings Company, Germania Building Association No. 3. dale Building and Loan Association Company, Garfield No. 2 Loan and Building Company, Gloria Loan and Building Company, Hanover Building Association ComHomestead Savings and Loan Company, Irish Building and Loan Company, June Building Savings and Loan Company. Lion No.

1 Loan and Building Company, Lincoln Building Association No. 1, Lincoln Building Association, Mercantile Building and Loan Company, Mount Washington Loan, Building, and Deposit, Norwood Building and Loan Company, Nonpareil Building Association Company, Northwestern Building and Loan Company, Ohio Mechanics Building and Loan Company, Odeon Building Association Company, Oakley Building and Loan Company, Price Hill Eagle Loan and Building Company No. 1, Provident Loan Company, Progress Building and Loan Company, Quickwithdrawal Building Association Company, Riverside Building Association and Loan Company, Republican Loan Building Company, Ringgold Building Loan Company, Seventh Ward Loan and Building Company, Supreme Loan and Building Company Sampson Savings and Loan Association Company, Company, Twenty-third Tannery Ward Building Building Association Company, Unity Loan and Building Company, Valley Central Building and Loan Company, Vine Street Cable Loan and Building Company, Victoria Savings and Loan Association, Workingmen's Building and Savings Company. "While we have no sympathy with atheism, or agnosticism or materialism, we stand for the freedom of the atheist, agnostic and materialist in his religious or irreligious convictions. "So also the Jew and the Catholic are entitled to protection in the ercise of their religious liberty." Approximately a third of more than 12,000,000 baptists in the world are Negroes, most of them living in the Southern states.

All will be represented at the congress and Dr. Newton said a "most cordial and complete, example of racial cooperation has been set in arrangements for the gathering. "The Central Committee on Arrangements," he explained, "is composed of 15 persons, eight of whom are Negroes and seven white. All sub-committees are composed of joint chairmen, one white and one Negro. Three of the five welcoming speakers of the first session will be Negroes.

One of these, Dr. L. K. Williams of Chicago, will preside over the congress when Dr. George W.

Truett of Dallas Texas, delivers his presidential address, OPERA STAR OF 90S DIES. Kingston, N. July 15-(AP)-. Mrs. Auguste Seidl-Kraus, 85 years old, Metropolitan Opera star of the 90's, and widow of the widely known conductor, Anton Seidl, died today at Orthmann's Sanitarium.

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