St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 18, 1926

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COMIC PAGE . FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 199¢ (Copyrign:. 1990 ‘BOLONIES ~~ rae Don T- S@®e@ WHAT WANTS TS Come ROUND BOTHERING GE FOR ANYWAY -. ONLY MET AIM ta) A CASUAL WAY= -* Lt BET HE'D 8 i AWFUL PEST I “q / || Tomorrow BS J HUGE WATER TANK wee] FALLS 3 FLOORS \ ee ~~ ray ¥ Fz met é ry & - + Bs - aa Pi = CUT IN ' Overtime. q By the Associated Press. | person was killed and possibly two, when a | through the roof of the T. H. Wun- 4 derle Candy Factory, at 118 to 132 | Pegg street, today. 4 ber of employes were buried in the q wreckage, but all but two, the po- ; fice said, were rescued. 3 jured and taken to hospitals. Marie » Hanimill, an employe, was taken - out dead. | and crashed through to the third ‘floor and then went down through ' the other floors, | more than 20 feet wide. f for the day, Y or before night. ‘that Many were buried under the | wreckage. Prompt action in get- ting out those caught prevented There were¢ a greater loss of life. many narrow escapes from death. - The crash » carried with it a number of high | tension wires. The wires dangled | in the street and held up the work » of the rescuers for about 10 min- | utes until the power was shut off. ». Robert Gauger, another employe, | Was imprisoned in the wreckage for ' some time and physicians adminis- ' tered hypodermic injections while | workmen cut away wreckage to re- » lease him. | 13 PERSONS HURT WHEN MOTOR BUS IS OVERTURNED 4 Fence Post Saves Vehicle From 40- Foot Drop—Two St. Louisans Among the Injured. j By the Associated Press. JOLIET, Ill., Dec. 18.—Twenty- ' one passengers narrowly escaped ' death today when a Chicago-St. | Louis motor bus left the road and | overturned five miles north of here. _ The bus was saved from a 40-foot | drop when it lodged on the em- f tankment against a fence post. | Thirteen passengers were in- ' jured, seven severely, and were | taken to the St. Joseph Hospital | hére. The accident occurred when | the bus swerved aside to avoid hit- | ting an automobile driven by Matt | Fracar, Lockport. |, Among the more severly injured % “Were Thomas Payne, 41 years old, » @nd Louis Boron, 27, St. Louis; H. 4 F. Farley and Gustav Wickman, | Kansas City; Walker Kennedy, Lake Mills Ia.; Marion Ice, Miami, | *3.; Emma Thomas, Geneva, | Switzerland, and L. L. Alexander, | Augusta, Me. Light of the passen- | Sers escaped injury. | _The bus was driven by Lucas | Webber, Chicago, who was badly . tt and bruised. | @nts said it was believed all would | Tecover.” RADIO. IN FINISH Enables Constituents to Ealt Long- ed Discourses. » BY the Associates Preas. : 18 LSINGFORS, Finland, Dec. State adio has put Finnish legts- “ TS in such close touch with the : ‘a that the latter can tell ora- | “Fs when to stop speaking. Broad- sage has just been installed in e Diet to enable the nation to ™ .°" to the wisdom of the legis- An important debate was , eheduled the first night the radio 3 Operated and the members 3 ly were anxious to make a > 8804 showing. | Re rural legislator entered into discourse on the subject of & @nd bacon. As the speech ®am on and on, one 3 fonstituents about 100 miles away i pteame very tired. He reached the — by long distance telephone 4 requested an official to : long-winded speaker if he did stop he would be defeated at The forthcoming election. d orator stopped. By the Associated Press , LONDON, Dec. 18.——T. P. O’Con- ig &s president of the Board of Censors, has notified the mo- Fa. Picture trade that representa- organiz :d knuckle fights will be prohib- of old fashioned "a in the future. Part iu a a of one of the walls Hospital attend- ‘ DIET of the speaker's tell UR BARE FIST FIGHT FILMS an old pal and had no connection with the lease which Fall after- ward gave Doheny. They weré convinced that responsibility on the Government’s side for making the lease was not Fall's alone, but was divided among several offi- cials, including the tken Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby. They were convinced that Presi- dent Harding knew the facts about the lease, and approved it. They were persuaded that Doheny acted from patriotic motives in seeking the lease. They were very favorably impressed with the testimopy and appearance of Doheny andMis wife on the witness stand. They were not influenced by Fall’s failure to testify They believed that. Fall and Doheny were men of high character, incapable of conspiring to. rob the Government. Ta short they atcepted virtually all of principal contentions ad- é vanced by the defense. Unaware of Civil Judgment. None of them was aware of the judgment which had been rendered in the civil suit, and some of them were much disturbed when ‘they learned afterward that they had gone contrary to-~it. None of them was aware that a similar charge was pending against Fall and Harry Sinclair as a result of the lease which Fall gave Sinclair on the Teapot Dome (Wyo.) naval reserve. and receipt of that knowledge did not reassure them. Tne delay in reaching a verdict resulted from two men standing out stubbornly for conviction. One of the two is a professional: man, and during the selection of the jury had shown tha’ his education was con- spicuously superior to that of the others. The other dissenter was a bank clerk who isstudying law. He finally was persuaded that suffi- cient doubt existed to justify a vote of acquittal whereupon the profes- sional man gave in rather than be the cause of a hung jury. The folly of the old game of try- ing to ‘‘figure the jury’ was never better demonstrated than in this case. Disclosure of the actual facts shows that most of the expert guesses were wrong. including those made by the defense counsel. Things which the lawyers deemed of vital importance hardly were considered by the jury. while points which attracted little attention out side the jury box made deep im- pressions inside it Nor were indi- vidual jurors “figured” any more accurately. The particular man whose expression gave the prose- cutors the most encouragement and the defense the most concern, voted and argued vehemently for acquit- tal from the outset. Oldest Juror, 44, Was Foreman. It was 2:50 p. m. (1:60 p. m. St. Louls tiine) whey the jury re- tired to de':beraie. As soon as the bailif* had locked them in they pulled their chairs a:oung table, and tighted pipes. cigarettes and cigars. Seme one said: “Well. boys, the first thing ts to elect a foreman. Who'll! we elect?” Two name were placed in nom- ination, and they decided to have a written ballot. The 'ips of pa- per were dropped in a hat Al- phonse E. Parker. owner of a news stand. 44 years old. and the oldest man on the jury. recetv« J ten votes to the other candidate's two, and Parker assumed direc- tion of the proceedings “TI don't believe it would be a ~“Oontinued on Page 2, Column 4 ' SNOW LIKELY TOMORROW, WITH RISING TEMPERATURE THE TEMPERATURES, 19 s ~~) DOs Wish 2 nd ® m. sts I r erday’s high, 38 (1:30 p. m.): low. :30 vb. m.) to O ¢ ne Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Cloudy tonight and _ to- morrow, probably with snew tomor- row, vising tem- perature; the lowest tonight will be about 25 degrees above zero. Missouri: Most- ‘ly cloudy, prob- A ably snow or rain, beginning late to- night or tomor- row: rising tem- perature. Illinois: Increas- ing cloudiness to- night. not so cold; tomorrow, cloudy, probably followed by snow or rain in the west portion and rain in the southeast portion Rising tem A BALK Is NOT THE BEST PLAY IN A BALL GAME perature Arkansas: row, partly cloudy, ature. Sunset, 4:41; 7:16. General Weather Conditions. The temperatures have fallen 8&8 to 20 degrees in the middle Missis- sippi and lower Ohio Valleys, and in the Lake region. The morning thefmometer readings were around 20 degrees at the mouth of the Ohio River. 16 degrees at the mouth of the Missouri River, and a: low as zero in the extreme up- per Mississippi Valley. There has been a slight rise in temperature in the Plain and Gulf states. Fair weather prevails over most of the territory east of the Rocky Moun- tains. West of the Rocky Moun- tains rains and snows have fallen in the last 24 hours. Tonight and tomor- rising temper- sunrise tomorrow, Next Week’s Weather Outlook. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday: Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys and tke Northern and Central Plains: Usual alternation in temperatures, but no severe cold indicated; occasional precipitation, especially in Upper Mississippi Valley. MOON TO PASS THROUGH THE EARTH'S PENUMBRA TONIGHT World to See Celestial Phenom- enon That Occurs Only Once in 400 Years. Special to the Post-Dispatch NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—The moon will stage a celestial phe- nomenon to which it treats the world only once in 400 years to- night and early tomorrow morn- ing. About 10 p. m. eastern time the colors of the moon will vary, as part of her face is in direct view of the sun’s rays. while the other part is darkened by our sphere At approximately 12:20 o’clock to- morrow morning the moon will be tangent to the shadow and so will take on a dark hue and its face vil] be ruddy brown, finally emerg- ing with its silvery golden face. This phenomenon,’ which is known as a negative eclipse, or lunar appulee, occurs when the moon passes through the earth's penumbra and just misses touching its shadow. In Tomorrow’s Sanday : Post-Dispatch , Threefold Tragedy of George Sterling’s [Afe—A classic poet who happened to be living in twentieth century San Francisco found life a burden and quietly killed himself The Old Absinthe House Closes —Andrew Jackson. Lafitte the Pirate. Beauregard. Mark Twain and many other notables partook of the hospitality of this most fa- mous of New Orleans hos- telries. Now the old place is being closed Duke of Devonshire tncorpor- ates Himecif — What the British peerage te dotng to fight the pauperizing effects of taxation that sometimes exceeds the value of the property taxed. Prime Minister to King Cétton —The story of a man who made himself the most widely known authority on cotton statistics tn the world. 150 Years Aco Tonicht—Wash- ington’s Darkest Hour—How the cause of liberty tn Am- erica was almost itost and how George Washinaton by a bold and ingenious strate. gic move turned the tide of war and secured hig fame for all time. | pe eens BOY; 6, KINAPED AND MURDERED B INSANE ASSAILANT Demented Man Leads Priests to Dying Lad in Riding Academy Loft, Then Escapes. VICTIM SUCCUMBS TO SKULL FRACTURE Disappearance of Child Had Been Reported to Chicago Police Beféte Crime Was Discovered. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Dec. 18. — Walter Schmith, 6 years old, died at a hos- pital early today of a fractured skull, following his kidnaping and an attack by a man believed by the police to be a mental defective. The youth was found uncon- scious in the loft of a riding acad- emy by the Rev. L. J. Sweeney and the Rev. C. J. McCarthy of St Vincent’s church, who were led to the place by an unidentified man who called at the church office and told the priests of the attack on the boy. At first they thought the man was demented, but he was insistent and the trio hastened to the loft where the youth was lying with a deep gash in his head. Father Sweeney raised the boy’s head and asked him his name, and finally he muttered “Walter.” At the same time Father McCarthy rushed to |jton. seize the man. who had jumped to a ladder leading from the loft, and escaped after slamming a door in his pursuer’s face, The priests then hurried the youth to a hospital, where he re- gained consciousness long enough to give his telephone number. They were unable to check the number, but in the meantime had reported the crime to the Rogers Park Police Station WwW -re it was found that Walter Schmith had been reported missing Neigh. Irs of the boy’s parents reported early last evening they had seen him walking down the street with a strange man. Fathers McCarthy ‘ana Sweeney said they were in their office when the stranz: of about 30 years old appeared, and speaking with an accent, gave them the details of the attack. “We were confident we had a madman to dea! with after his re- cital,” Father McCarthy said. “But when he repeated details, we de- cided to investigate.” CHARGES RECENT WASHINGTON BIOGRAPHER WITH 297 LIES Prof. Hart Terms Two New Works as “Sensation-Seeking Books by Ignorant Historians.” Hy the Associated Press. BOSTON, Dec. 18.—There are 297 false statements in one of two recent biographies of George Wash- ington, Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart eaid in an address at the Harvard Club last night. in which he se- verely criticised both books. The biographies are ‘“sensation-seeking books by ignorant historians,” he said, and asserted that the publish- ers “evidently think history is not a real thing unless it is risque.” Besides the misstatements, he said, there are 111 others which are extremel¢ doubtful and 165 iparagraphs, in the same . book. | which discuss a character which “has never before been discovered as the evil genius behind Washi-g¢- That is Sally Fairfax.” The second book was said by Prof. Hart to have been the work of a tyro who “thinks he has made new discoveries.” He declared the author “evidently thinks no one ever appreciated Washington until he came along.” Both authors are charged with being ignorant of American history until they began writing the biographies PRESIDENT AND HOUSE HONOR FATHER OF 28 Representative Upshaw Introduces Head of Large Family “With Pride.” Specia} to the Post-Dispatch. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Presi- dent Coolidge smiled and patted Leander C. Gentle of Atlanta on the back yesterday and said, “I am glad you called; good luck to you and al} your children.” Gentle, the father of 28 chil- dren, was introduced to the Presi- dent by Representative Upshaw of Georgia. Upshaw told his col- leagues in the * ouse about it. Gentile was in the gallery, and when Upshaw turned to him “with pride” he stood up and was ap- plauded. “It goes without saying, gentile- men,” said Upshaw, “that my honored friend in the gallery is bone-dry. and if any of you expect to be the father of 28 children you must be bone dry.” The wets led the applause. WOMAN DEPUTY CAPTURES 3 MEN WHO BROKE JAIL Wife of Florida Sheriff Tracks Escaped Prisoners Through Swamps of Everglades. By the Associated makin FORT MYERS, Fla. Dec. 18.— Mrs. W. B. Maynard, wife and Chief Deputy of the Collier County Sher- iff, after a day and night of track. ing three prisoners who tocked her ina cell and escaped from the county jail at Everglade Wednesday night. captured them among the keys of the lower West Coast yesterday and rattled grimly into the little town late In the aft- ernoon with the fugitives occupy- ing the rear seat of her official! automobile. Her ire aroused by her treatment at the hands of the prisoners, Mrs. Maynard, accompanied by u male deputy, started in pursuit when her husband, after a fruitless search returned on information that the three men had been seen near here. Retracing the Sheriff’s path through the swamps of the lower everglades, she reported that she thought She had the fugitives cor- nered on Cokolosekee Island. She closed in yesterday morn- ing to find that her quarry had eluded her through a wild tangle of tropical underbrush. Enlisting a guide, Mrs. Maynard pushed on combing the coast and keys in the vicinity until] she found the pris- oners. MOTHER, UNARMED, FIGHTS WOLF TO SAVE HER CHILDREN California Woman Badly Scratched, Brings Chair Down on Animal’s Back. the Asswciated Press. MODESTO, Cal., Dec. 18.—With her hands as her only weapons a mother battled for her life and the lives of her two smal! children when attacked by an animal she believes was a wolf at the door of her cabin at Camp Nine Stanislaus Thursday, said a dispatch to the Modesto News-Herald. After her clothes had been torn and her face and arms scratched by the animal’s teeth and claws. the mother, Mrs. Pete’ Honrado, succeeded in escaping from the beast and ran into the cabin Be- fore the animal had a chance to renew its attack, she. struck it across the back with a chair and it ran out the back door. She barred the doors and the beast returned, attempting to leap through the window. Her-cries. for help were answered by Charles Avery, a neighbor. whe rushed to the Honrado cabin with a gun. His first shot grazed the animal’s head, and it rolled déwn an em- bankment, only to regain its feet and charge Avery. A second shot struck the beast and it disappeared tn the underbrush. MAN SAVED BY FRIEND FROM TWELVE-STORY LEAP William Scheveling Had Plunged Through Window When Seized by a Foot and Dragged Back. Prompt action by a friend yes- terday saved the life of William Scheveling, 32 years old, of 2229 Madison street, when he attempt- ed to leap through a window on the twelfth floor of the Title Guar anty Building. The friend, Joseph Wishnach, of 2227 Madison street. seized Scheveling by a foot and dragged him back to safety after he had broken the glass with his hands and burled his body through Scheveling suffered lacerations of both wrists and was taken to the city ‘hospital. where he ts in the observation ward He said today his attempt to end his life ware due to despondency over the loss of two fingers of his iteft hand suf- fered while working in a planing mill several monthe ago. Following the accident. Re ar- ranged with his attorney, Harry Stone, to file suit for $35,00" against the mill. Yesterday. he said. he was waiting to see Stone in the law offices of Mark Eagi+« ton, 1201 Title Guaranty Building. when he was seized with an attack of despondency and determined to end his life. He is a veteran of the World War and its unmarried. Scheveling went willingly to th: hospita! tn ecnstody of police offi- cers yesterday. but after reaching the place became violent and tried to break away Several men were required to subdue him. FOOD PRICES UP | PER CENT By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—An in- crease of 1 per cent in retail food prices for the month ending Nov 15 aver the previous month was re- corded today in Labor Department statistics, but the level was still 3% per cent below that of November 1925. A price index of 161.6, taking th: 19138 price as 100. was recorded for last month. Fresh eggs with an tn crease of 13 per cent showed the highest price rise for the month while pork chops dropped 10 per cent. the largest decrease : Earth Tremors in Mediterranean. ROME, Dec. 18.—Seismographs throughout Southern Italy record- ed a series of minor earth tremors Wednesday and Thursday, cuimin ating In two fairly violent quakes yesterday. The disturbances ap- parentiy centered some distance away in the Mediterranean Sea, or Py | is the Balkans, as no damage has been reported in Italy. MUSSOLINI BLOCKS TO MAKE HIM ROBBERS EMPLOY RUSE, OBTAIN $500 FROM DRUG STORE $5 Bill Carr Street Druggist Sought: to Change Re- veals Location of Money to Negroes. $600 PAYROLL TAKEN FROM FRUIT COMPANY Armed Robber Confronts 7, Strikes Merchant and Bookkeeper With Pistol, Infleting Scalp Wounds. Two Negroes armed with re- volvers, held up Emi! Birenbaum in his drug store. 1800 Carr street. at 8 a. m. today and escaped with $500 after forcing the proprietor to lie on the floor. Entering the place, the Negroes made two small purchases, offering a $5 bill in payment. Birenbaum went to the cash register to get change. but although the register contained $100, he was unable to find the required pieces. “Wait a minute,” he said, get it back here.” He walked back of the prescription counter. The visitors followed him, and when he opened a drawer conutain- ing $400. they drew revolvers. They took the $400 and then forced him to lie on the floor while they looted the register in front and ran out of the building. Birenbaum explained he kept money in the store ow Saturdays to cash pay checks for employes of a shoe factory nearby., Armed Robber Gets $1000; Slugs Two Men. An armed robber held up seven men at the Scalzo-Gunn-Fiorita Fruit Co., 414 Wash street, at noon today, and escaped with a $500 payroll, another $500 ffom a cash register, and a diamond scarf pin taken from James M. Tenney, secretary. The robber ordered Tenney and five other men on the first floor to lie down, and they did. He struck Vincent Fiorita, vice president with his revolver, inflicting a scalp wound. After taking Tenney’s pin, he rifled the register and waiked upstairs to take the payroll money from Otha H. Kirchner, the book- keeper, who also was struck with the revolver. Then the robber walked downstairs and escape]. Fiorita’s wound was treated at City Hospital. “TH Two Robbers Get $88 From Three Filling Stat‘ons. Two men—one unarmed, the oth- er with two revolvers—held up three oil stations last night and ob- tained $88. Joseph Steinbeck, 16 years old son of the proprietor, was in charge of the station at 2237 Carr street when the robbers called at 7 o'clock. They put him on the floor and took $25. Half an hour later they held up James T. Harvey ir his station at 2429 North Garrison avenue and took $18. Forty-five minutes later they visited the sta- tion at Garrison and Cass avenues compelled the manager. Lawrence Ritchey. and his friend, Alber’ Fisher, to lie on the floor, and got away with $45. After pricing apples and oranges in a Kroger store at 2735 Gravois avenue at 6.55 p. m.. a man drew a revolver, held up the manager William Zeltman, and looted the cash register of a sum less than $100. Two Negroes entered the grocery at 109 North Ewing avenue, at 6:15 p. m., held up the proprietor, Louls Holtzman, and a clerk. Wil- liam Schultz and departed with $41. James A. Dunn was held up in his delicatessen at 6422 Etzel ave- nue, Weilston, at © p. m. by two well-dressed youths, each of whom had a revolver. They took $85 and checks for $45 from his hip pocket and the cash register. and drove away in a dilapidated Ford. A robber. armed with a revojver, entered a Kroger store at 4355 Del. mar boulevard about 7:40 a. m. to- day. held up Fred Reoechel, the manager, and escaped with $60. ‘SANTA CLAUS’ ROBS A BANK By the Associated Prem. POTTSVILLE, Ark., Dec.. 18.— Two masked men, one of them wearing a Santa Claus mask, robbed the Citizens’ Bank of Potts- ville today ef approximately $4200. They forced employes to hold up their hands, scooped up all cash in sight and fled tn an automobile. ‘ TARGET OF NEW GEN. PIETRO BADOGLIO. BILL INTRODUCED FOR TEN NEW CRUISERS Measure Offered After Visit of Congressmen .to White House. ~ By the Associated Press. WASHINGTON, penditures of $150,000,000 for 10 light scout cruisers would be au- thorized under a bill introduced fto- day by Chairman Butler of tbe House Naval Committee. . This amount would be exclusive of armor and armament. The measure was drafted by the chairman upon his return from a conference at the White House last night and the bill is represented by Rutior as being in harmony with the President’s financial program. The trend of the discussion at the White House, however, was rot disclosed, and Butler did not quote the President. The measure stiplates that the calling of a disarmament: confer- ence shall be considered sufficient rearorm to warrant delay in the bui'4ing program. Each of the new ships would be of 10,000 tons displacement, this being the maximum tonnage per- mitted under the Washington Arms Conference treaty. The text of the measure touching upon a possible arms confegence, which Chairman Butler said he alone was responsible for, reads: ‘That in. the event of an intorna- tional conference for the limitation of naval] armaments the President is hereby empowered, in his:discre- tion, to suspend in whole or in part any or ail construction authorized in this act.” No other limitation, either in time or otherwise, would be placed on the construction program. The visit of Chairman Butler to the White House last night fol- lowed recent action by the Naval Committee in sending a commnuni- cation to the President outlining its views on the condition of the Navy. He was accompanied by four other committee members, Repre- sentatives Coyle of Pennsylvania and Andrew of Massachusetts, Ro- publicans, and Vinson of Georgia and Drewry of Virginia, Democrats. The conference lasted about an hour. Butler declined to disc 19s what took place except to say ahat the proposed expenditure was ‘'n accord with the national defense program of the administration. RACE DEATH IN BLIZZARD Canadian Youths Reach Home But Hv the Associated Press WINNIPEG. Man. Dec. 18.— Boniface Death defeated two St. boys in a race across 90 miles of blizzard-swept prairie. it was learned here yesterday. when WiI- liam Tardiff, suffering from frost- bitten feet. was admitted to a hos- pital. With hie brother. Eugene, 17. young Tardiff traveled from a lum- ber camp to reach the bedside of a dying younger brother During their 84-hour trek across the prairie, the boys braved weather 36 degrees belogy tero and had very little rest and food They reached Winnipeg nearly exhausted, only to find that their. brother had died ae Cay ore Eugene ie the eld est of a family of 10 children, Dec. 18.—Ex- | GONSPIRATORS Gen. Pietro Badoglio Was Marked for Death Be- cause of Friendliness for Royal Family. FORMER SECRETARY OF PARTY A SUSPECT Some of Ringleaders Were Arrested, and Troops Were Held in Barracks to Meet Emergency. By JOHN LUCAS, A.Staff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch and New York World. Copyright 1926. by the Press und itzer Publishine Cos (New and Post-Dispatch VENTIMIGLIA, Italy, Dec. 18 (via Paris).—Premier Mussolini has nipped a new conspiracy—this time a plot by Fascists to depose the King. murder Gen. Pietro Ba- doglio, chief of staff, and proclaim Mussolinf Emperor. This fact, which comes exclu- sively to the correspondent of the patch, is being kept a secret. and even to those who know of it, the details are a mystery. Police learned of it Thursday. Mussolini immediately ordered troops held in barracks ready for any emergency and extra ammuni- tion was issued, not only in Rome, but as far away as Civitavecchia. Rome and the officers interpreted this to mean that immediate dan- ger was over. The plot was frustrated and some of the ringleaders were ar- rested. Police are seeking the men higher up. One of the sus- pects is Roberto Farinacci. former secretary-general. of the Fascist party. Badoglio was marked for death because his friendship for the roya] family would have caused the plotters. special! difficulty. Mussolini is furious, because he realizes the success of such a plot would ruin Italy’s credit abroad. This is the first plot against the King since the laws providing the death penalty for that offense. but it is considered unlikely that the plotters will be tried by the special tribunai set up for such cases. They are = Fascists and the tribunal was instituted for anti-Fascists. Clashes “uscisis, The conspiracy reflects the ex- traordinary conditio’: inside the Fascist party. Every Italian city, town and village is *he scene of the rivalry among the Fascist rul- ers. The prefects who represent civil authority are at loggerheads with the local party chiefs, who are unable to controi their own black rhirts. If there are not fights between extremists and moderates, there are battles over the spoils of offi .. When the Duce took over the ministry of the interior after the last attempt to assassinate him, he commanded all prefécts to enforce. the order to punish violence, but since th-n many prefects have been dismnissed because they strove to prevent violence against private citizens. The «refect of Turin, for in- stance, rushed to Rome to get as- surance of the dictator's support: then Turin Fascist chiefs rushed to Rome and had Mussolini dis- mis: him. ; The upper rankg of the Fascist hierarchy are no mure peaceful. Musso:.ni distrusta his own hench- men. Minister of Just: ¢ Reeco fears Fascist revenge »b: ‘ause he opposes vioience. Finance Minis- crisis, begs the Duce to let him re- sign. Minister of Communications Claro fears that Roberto Fartnac- cl, now Minister of Colonies, will seize his job. The King himeelf has offendea Giolitti, Oriando and other ex-Pre- miers. who leave him isolat.d. Cit- izens. catching giimpses of these feuds, fear that civil war ts threat- ened and place hope only in the army. Gen. Bado- lio, visited the Unites States in 1921 and itn September of that year was in St. ITouls. He was entertained at a banquet giv- en by local Itallane.gt Hotel Stat- ler A. Dec. 1%. - vidual Anti-Fasciet Itallare have appealing to the League of Nations for some action agatina«t the Fascist regime of Italy. Leag officials said today. ee - — ee >. New York World and Post-Dis-— ter Volpi. feariag ana economic — PLANNED 10 KILL ARMY LEADER | ~ e troops were al- p aa es : | — ] J * eee ih 7 ~ _" —— etend > 0 sail, Delile Mi erdenstete Ne lave ih ret ca AE A er ee i re Al ape I. 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