The Washington Post
April 6, 1926

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‘ ] April | HOME-OWNING DESIRE rises high this time of year. | | Realty ads in The Post rise to | meet it more than half way. The Washington Post. aw a Weather—Mostly colder today, followed by rain to- | | night or tomorrow; slowly | | temperature tomorrow. Temperature yesterday—High- | | est, 69; lowest, 34. cloudy and |; al NO. 18, wi ENTERED AS SECOND-CLA8S MATTER POSTOFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. O, WASHINGTON: TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1926.—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Me COPYRIGHT. 1426, BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. TWO CENTS. — -——_——_ (POs T.SCRIPTS teeta ROTHWELL BROWN A single word, says Racine, can betray a great design. Let us employ as few as possible. Gerald Chapman makes his last escape from jail. In. most States they use a gallows but up in Con- necticut it seems they hang a crook on general principles. * . s =. + Here’s a short one—the fashion- able spring skirt in Paris is going up. * 7 oJ ° Apropos of the Lausanne pact with Turkey it appears that under the Constitution treaties are not ratified “by and with the advice and consent” of the board of bishops of the Episcopal Church. If Lieut. Commander Byrd had waited until today for the seven- teenth anniversary of the discovery of the North Pole’ by Rear Admiral Peary he might have saved himself a long trip, but maybe he doepn't | think Peary oigered it e‘ther. We'd like te des the explorer a friendly tip—if in doubt take your proofs to Copenhagen. It looks as though the Senate, in settling the Brookhart case, has about decided to give Senator Cum- mins another term. e o o © Forty-eight thousand kids _ roll papa’s breakfast all over the White House back yard and have a glorious time, but the first-aid-to- the-injured tent so thoughtfully set up wasn’t a success at all— “All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, put Humpty Dumpty gether again.” 2 oO . Police are trying to solve -the puzzle of a woman’s leg found in lake Ontario. This is the first time since these new-fangled short skirts came in that a mystery has been made of one. “Stand and deliver!” The old- fashioned highwayman on a horse who used to hold up the western stage now has an Oklahoma succes- sor who uses a motorcycle to rob the interstate bus. We move for- ward! to- Can't Red Grange is going into the movies as soon as the inventors per- fect a camera fast enough to snap him going around the end for a touchdown. sit edi: - = * os Miss Jessie Bonstelle has a good deal of nerve to go way out to Michigan to blame New York's epi- demic of sex plays on the long-suf- _ fering big butter and egg man of the West. “Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean” — If Jack had used his pull with the politicians to get a law passed to prevent everybody from eating fat his wife would have got a divorce in time, which is by way of calling attention to the fact that the Senate committee takes the lid off the great national question. o e * 2 Well,;“here are the Jim Stillmans im London studying psychoanalysis in éte relation to a busted romance. eo ¢© es ® We gather from the remarks of Vice Chairman Dennis that the trouble with the Tariff Commission fe that ecome of the members of it know more about the tariff than they do about dirt farming. The difficulty about establishing a Council of National Defense like we had during the war is that all the dollar-a-year men are now work- {ng for a living. . iitenescctine ~ndtaea of Mexico —#is put forward as the successor to Calles, according to reports from Tabasco. Hot stuff! = e . a Whittemore proves he’s no kin to Jesse James and Bob Dalton by trembling in court like a schoolboy yin front of the birch. The modern gunman deprived of his gun is a coward and makes up in cruelty what he lacks in nerve. . * o a The Russian nobility at ,their congress in Paris discuss plans for overturning the Soviet government and finally decide to uot Ivan do it. 7 It is ehuainend that the proposal to put a bottle of licker in the cor- nerstone of the Press Club building was unanimously voted down. oe * € * Mr. H. L. Mencken, getting him- self carefully pinched in Boston, : eeevins called attention to the fact that there’s a warm story in the number, we expect—as doubtless he does—to see the Mercur-; go up. “When Greek meets Giech’— ’ well, it looks as though Dictator _Pangalos had won the presidential pene of war. : There’ s a new nee ee situation fin China which looks to us exactly ‘Bke a laundry ticket. | ay a ” » .- Mlinois mule shoots a horse with a ’ ifte. Most of ’em go well heeled. a i ANDREWS ASOERTS DRY OTAFF UNABLE TD MEET DEMANDS Tells Senate Inquirers U. S. Should Center on Stopping Supplies. LOCAL ENFORCEMENT BY STATES IS URGED Will Resume the Stand Today. Bruce and Edge Assail Volstead Act. By ALBERT W. FOX Advocates of modification of the prohibition law opened their case yesterday at the opening day of the wet and dry battle before the Means subcommittee of the Senate judici- ary committee. After 2 hours and 40 minutes of testimony a truce was called until 10 o’clock today, with Lincoln’ C. Andrews, prohibition di- rector, on the stand. The features of the initial hear- ing, apart from the incidents which added zest to the proceedings, were the following: Senator Bruce presented an open- ing argument, which was later char- acterized by Senator Reed of Mis- souri, as the best presentation of the case against prohibition ever made since the Volstead act became law. Senator Edge followed with an appeal for modification within con- stitutional limits which would per- mit light wines and beer. Prohibition Director Andrews said proper enforcement was not possible with the material at his command and declared that no pro- greas toward real enforcement can be expected from merely arresting distributors or bootlggers. Would Center on Sources “I feel perfectly confident,’ Gen- eral Andrews said, “that we will never get anywhere in arresting dis- tributors. The brother or uncle of the man arrested takes it right up.’’ -- This point made by Gen. Andrews was in support of his theory that the Federal government should con- centrate its enforcement activities in trying to dry up the source of liquor supplies and breaking up the organized traffic in illicit liquor. To the States would be left the burden of handling local enforcement, ac- cording to this policy. “In that way I feel we would win the approval of the whole com- munity,” he said. Gen. Andrews was called by the antiprohibitionists as their first government witness. But Senator Means, chairman of the subcommit- tee, hastened to state for the record that Mr. Andrews must not be regarded as taking sides one way or the other, but was simply appearing before the committee to give facts. Photographers Delay Opening The prohibition director proved a good witness. At times he hesi- tated about giving direct answers to embarrassing questions asked by Julian Codman, Massachusetts lawyer, who represents the Ameri- can Federation of Labor and other organizations and is _ assisting Senators Edge, Edwards and Bruce in presenting their case. But, on the whole, Mr. Andrews spoke with a degree of frankness which im- pressed all the committee members. He was singularly at ease and ap- parently endeavored to be helpful to both 4dides in supplying informa- tion. There was some délay in getting the hearings started, owing to the crowd which clamoured for places in the relatively small room, 224 in the Senate Office building, and ow- ing to the preliminaries which in- volved motion pictures of individual stars in the investigation, close-ups tion. Cameras were everywhere, it seemed, but unoccupied chairs were scarce, and for some time there was standing room . only. Women, young and old, were in evidence. Gen. Andrews was spied in a seat in the front row and was ¢alled up to the committee table to pose in the pictures. Then Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Antisaloon league, was called up for his share in the publicity. It was 20 minutes past 10 before Senator Bruce, the first witness, began his testimony. The senator from Maryland stood several feet away from the table and read from a prepared manu- script. Senator Means, chairman, sat in the middle of the group of five subcommittee members, with Senators Harreld and Reed, of Mis- souri, on his right and Senators Walsh and Goff on his left. There 1 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 10, COLUMN 3.) and pictures of the committee in ac- 48,105 Children and Adults At White House Egg-Rolling Coolidges Witness Easter Festival Participated in by Record-breaking Crowd—100 in “Lost Battalion.” Band Concert Closes Brilliant Day. Under a sky that alternately smiled and frowned, 48,105 chil- dren and grownups swarmed onto the White House grounds yesterday for the annual egg-rolling festival. This was the greatest crowd on record. Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, attired in an all-white costume and flanked by her two white collies, passed the greater part of the day watching and smiling upon the myriads of children. The President appeared for a brief period in the luncheon hour, and passed the remainder of the day at his desk. More than 100 children became separated from their parents in the course of the day. They were mar- shaled into a “‘lost battalion’? near the south portico and held there un- til their parents claimed them. When the number of lost children | began to multiply, Mrs. Coolidge | had a table brought out to the porch. Girl scouts placed the tem- porary foundlings on the table so that their parents might see them. The first-aid tent in the grounds was another evidence of Mrs. Cool- idge’s thoughtfulness. She ar- ranged for this several days ago. The only patients received were a half-dozen children who had fallen and skinned their knees on the gravel paths. Dr. Alec A. Preece, Mrs. Zellie Pritchard and Miss Vir- ginia Strothers, of Emergency hos- pital, treated them. Thirty truckloads of broken eggs, papers and other refuse were car- ried away from the White House grounds following the egg rolling. The refuse was gathered by a force of 560 men under the direction of Will Reeves, the White House flor- ist. grounds when the _ gates day wore on, the skies became dot- ted with clouds and there was a threat of rain in the air. The chil- dren had their traditional luck, however, for when the Marine band burst into the “Star-Spangled Ban- ner’’ at 6 o'clock, the sun was again on the job and the instru- ments of the musicians glinted from its rays. From 9 o’clock until 3 o’clock, Se period in which only children nd adults accompanied by chil- lei were admitted to the grounds, more than 38,000 flled through the gates. Sergt. Clarence Dalrymple had stationed policemen at the gates to count them as they passed. At 3 o’clock the grounds were thrown open to the public, and ap- proximately 10,000 entered. Not all of the boys who went to the grounds were there to roll Easter eggs. They may have car- ried eggs, but this was for effect. The youngsters made their annual pocket money by hiring themselves (CONTINUED ON PAGE 24, COLUMN 2) COMMITTEE KILLS PLAN TO EXTEND GAR PERMITS Charge Made That Resolution Seeks to Prevent Collection of $100,000 Due City. ELDRIDGE IS ASSAILED Because of criticism by. District officials the House District commit- tee yesterday killed resolutions to extend the time for the issuance of new automobile permits. It had been passed by the Senate. Representatives Gibson, of Ver- mont, and Blanton, of Texas, de- clared that the sole purpose of the resolution was to keep from collect- ing the $100,000 which the reissu- ance would bring. “The traffic director has been faced by this situation for 10 months,” said Mr. Gibson. “Neither he nor the District commissioners have done one single thing in the 10 months since the traffic bill was passed to prepare for reissuing per- mits in accordance with the law. “They have absolutely set up their will against the will of Con- gress. They are seeking to cut off $100,000 of revenue despite the fact that there is no municipality in the nation so badly in need of revenue for traffic control pur- poses.”’ : There was a renewal of the dis- cussion of how much motorists are taxed in other States, Mr. Gibson asserting that the American Auto- mobile association was influencing the traffic director to keep local motorists from paying any more than they had to. ; “The purposes of this rosolution is purely selfish,” said Mr. Blanton. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 5.) WIVES FALL FROM CAR AS HUSBANDS DRIVE ON 2 Injured Women Not Missed for Mile; Men Held on Liquor Charges. Turning Broad and’ Washington streets, Falls Church, Va., yester- day at a rapid pace, John Sugett, the driver, of Vienna, Va., and John P. Cogan, of 1104 Fourth street northeast, did not notice that their wives had fallen from the rear of their truck until they had gone about a mile. The men turned the truck and returned to the scene where they found their wives being cared for by Traffic Policeman Amos Rust. Mrs. Sugett had dislocated her shoulder and Mrs. Cogan was seri- ously injured about the hips. Rust took the women to the office of Dr. C. A. Ransom, who recommended that they be taken to a hospital. They refused to go. The two men were arrested and taken before Justice of the Peace J. T. Moling, who held Sugett in $500 bond for the grand jury on a charge of driving while intoxicated ay fined Cogan $22 on a charge of toxication. No charges were placed against the women, NEW GHINESE COALITION TO DRIVE OUT INVADERS President Tsao Kun to Be Restored; Influence of | Chang Will End. | ELECTION IS ORDERED (Special Cable Dispatch:)*-- Peking, April 56.—Important political developments tonight en- tirely change the civil war situa- tion. According to well-authenticated information, a coalition has been formed between the Kouminchun (national army) of Gen. Feng Yu- Hsiang, Gen. Wu Pie Fu, Yen Hai- Shan, governor of Shansi province, and Sun Chuang-Fang, governor of Kinagso province, for the destruc- tion of the Chihli and Shantung armies now besieging Peking. the conference held at are: First, Gen. Feng Yu-Hsiang’s re- tirement is to become permanent; second, the restoration of Tsao- Kun to the presidency; third, the restoration of the Nanking provin- cial constitution; fourth, the gov- erning cabinet will operate until an election under the Nanking consti- tution. Under this agreement, Sun Chu- an-Fang will strike Shantung prov- ince from the south, Gen. Wu Pei- Fu and Yen Hsi-Shan will drive against the Chihli army from the west, and the kuominchun will at- tack from the north, Under these circumstances, Gen. Chang Tso-lin is expected to withdraw to Man- churia. A kuominchun airplane flew low over Peking just before dusk today in an effort to assure the residents that further air raids will be com- batted. Already a besieging force has begun a movement toward Shantung because of the pressure there. The fourth successive bombing raid by airplanes attached to the army of Chang Tso-lin took place this forenoon in an attempt to reach Arbor day celebrants, includ- ing officials who were planting trees in the temple of agriculture, this being the annual spring holiday. Six of the bombs dropped were hits, including one which struck a the- ater half a mile south of the lega- tion wall, (Copyright, 1926, by the (hicago Tribune) House Passes Bill | To Increase Pension Paotingfu (By Associated Press. ) A bill to authorize an annual in- crease of $18,555,000 in pensions for Spanish-American war veterans was passed today by the House, and sent to the Senate. The vote was unanimous. Under the measure which also would provide increased rates for veterans of the Boxer rebellion, it is estimated tliat pensions of 114.- 724 would be increased $11 each a month and $3,300,000 additional j would be paid 21,983 widows and 14,000 children. 7 BILL BEING DRAWN TO RELIEVE FENNING OF GUARDIANOHIPS Kindred Drafts Measure Creating Office to Handle Work. BLANTON HOLDS OFF A brilliant sun was bathing the were | thrown open at 9 o’clock. As the The. terms reported agreed to at. ACTION ON INQUIRY Declares Commissioner Has Received $109,000 for Caring for Insane. Converging forces are moving in Congress to separate Frederick A. Fenning’s District commissioner- ship from his practice as guardian of insane patients. Coupled with assurances yester- day that the Houst District commit- tee is going to force the issue by an investigation of its own if propon- ents of a separate investigation are not soon successful, it became known that Representative Kin- dred, of New York, is preparing a measure to establish a public guard- jan here. This bill would receive the sup- port of the District committee as well as the House veterans com- mittee, and in view of the fact that Washington is one of the few juris- dictions lacking such an office, its passage, in the opinion of its spon- sors, would be assured. The bill might provide that all war veterans’ cases now in the hands of professional guardians be transferred to the public guardian. Should this feature not be covered by legislation, those behind the bill declare that public opinion would demand such a change. Fee Would Be Charged. Representative Hammer, of North Carolina, has joined with Mr. Kin- dred in the preparation of the Dill, while Chairman Zihiman, of the House District committee, and ‘others are interested in such a measure, Dr. Kindred, before he came to Congress, was recognized as an |} eminent physician in his State and an expert in mental diseases. He is a close friend of Dr. W. A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeths hospital, and has been the superin- tendent’s defender in Congress. Under the provisions of the bill and in line with the practice in cities which have a public guardian, a small prescribed fee would be charged. The public guardian would be paid a stipulated salary and the fees accruing to his office would go into the general revenues, Both Representative Gibson, of Vermont, and Representative Mc- Leod, of Michigan, had resolutions ready yesterday to submit to the District committee calling for an investigation, and the committee was in the mood to adopt either one of them. Representative Reid, of Illinois, again brought the mat- ter to the committee’s attention. Representative Blanton, of Tex- as, urged, however, that the com- mittee defer action for a time, as- serting that there would be devel- opments aplenty after he had pre- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 56, COLUMN 65.) 22 Believed Drowned After Ship Founders (Special Cable Dispatch.) Sydney, April 5.—The steamer Dorrigo, 175 tons, traveling from Sydney to Thursday island, with timber, flour and other cargo, foundered in the heavvy seas 14 miles southeast of Double island, south of Maryborough, Queensland. Capt. Gray and his son, the only survivors, were rescued from a raft after being adrift 34 hours. They were picked up by the steamer Moruya. The remaining 22 members of the crew are missing and there is little hope for their rescue. The captain reported he saw some of them adrift on a raft and others clinging to a capsized lifeboat in the angry sea. (Copyright, 1926, by the Chicago Tribune.) 32 Dead, 612 Homes Are Burned in Egypt } Cairo, Egypt, April 5 (By A. P.). Thirty-two persons are dead and 4,000 homeless from a fire which ranged in the Tantah ‘district from Saturday noon until Sunday morn- ing. The fire destroyed 612 dwell- ings. The recurrence of village fi causing concern. The govern is sending instructions to all local authorities on preventive measures. BROOKHART VICTORY POREGAST Ad 6.0.P REGULARS HELP HIM Administration’s Swing Toward Senator Is Shown on Floor. BINGHAM AND REED MAY ARGUE HIS CASE Fear of Losing Control in Next Congress Said to Prompt Republicans. Debate on the Brookhart-Steck contest, involving the seat of the junior senator from Iowa, had not progressed far in the Senate yes- terday before rumors of a change of heart on the part of stanch administration senators toward Sen- ator Smith W. Brookhart became widespread at the Capitol. The prediction was made freely in many quarters that Senator Brookhart’s right to the seat he has been occupying since March 4, 1926. would be established beyond question by the vote of the Sen- ate, notwithstanding the adverse report of the Senate judiciary com- mittee, which voted 10 to 1 to un- seat him, and the heretofore hostile attitude of regular Republicans who resented his desertion of the Coolidge-Dawes ticket in 1924. The rumors were strengthened by the performance of more than one administration senator during the first day’s debate on the con- test. In the first place, Senator Ernst, of Kentucky, chairman of the Senate privileges and elections com- mitee, subsided immediately after presenting the majority report, and surrendered the actual leadership of the committee fight to Senator Caraway (Democrat), of Arkansas. Butler Questions Caraway. Senator Ernst sat on the Demo- cratic side of the chamber, near the seat of Senator Caraway, and alongside the clerk of the commit- tee, who had charge of the exhibits in the case, but he took no part in the Gebate. Not a Republican member of the committee who signed the majority report dis- played any eagerness to come to Senator Caraway’s aid, even when he was bombarded with questions from both sides of the chamber. Furtherniore, questions pro- pounded by Senator Butler, of Massachusetts, chairman of the Re- publican national committee and the accredited administration spokesman in the Senate, and Sen- ator Bingham, of Connecticut, in- dicated they were not altogether satisfied with the manner in which the committee disposed of the dis- puted ballots in the care. It was reported that Senators Bingham and Reed, of Pennsyl- vania, staunch Republican mem- bers; intended to make speches in behalf of Senator Brookhart, and that Republican regulars like Sen- ators Curtis, of Kansas, the ma- jority floor leader, and Moses, of New Hampshire, were scanning the minority report closely to see if they could not resolve their doubts in favor of the senator whose seat is in jeopardy. The sudden change in the sit- uation is attributed to political ex- pediency, although recent votes of Senator Brookhart have helped to restore him to the favor of his Republican colleagues who ostra- cized him from their ranks after his espousal of the La Follette cause in 1924, Regular on Occasions. Republican senators never lose sight of the fact that the outlook for continuation of their control of the Senate in the next Congres is not encouraging. If they vote to seat Daniel F. Steck, the Demo- cratic contestant for Senator Brookhart’s seat, a change of seven seats in the senatorial elec- tions this year will give the Demo- crats a majority in the next Senate. Regardless of Senator Brook- hart’s alleged radical views on cer- tain questions, they apparently have confidence that he will vote with the regular Republicans when the time comes to organize the next Senate. A situation may arise wherein one vote will decide the issue, as it did in 1919. Recently, Senator Brook- hart’s votes on questions involving party regularity have been as regu- lar as any on the Republican side. Moreover, the seating of Senator Brookhart will remove a dangerous opponent of Senator Albert B. Cum- mins, senior senator from Iowa, and a regular, from the senatorial pri- baton election in Iowa this year. These and other reasons are said to have produced a more friendly (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 8.) Index to Today's Issue. Pages. 1—Sees Failure of Dry Staff. 48,105 at White House Fete. To Name Public Guardian. Brookhart Victory Forecast. Gerald Chapman Is Hanged. 2—Church Officers Elected. Shy at Retirement Bill. 3—Byrd and Party Off for North. Girl, 11, Bewilders Town. 4—-To Confer on Philippines. 5—Chapman Makes Last Appeal. 6—Editorials. 7-8—Soclety. 8—Theatrical Reviews. §—Heenan Girl May Be Ward. 10—Ask for Leaders by Radio. 11—Magazine Page. 12—-Weather and Vital Statistics. 18—Nurse Missing, Found, Arrested 14-15-16-21—Financial. 17-18-19—Sports. 20—Radio and Comics. 22—The Three Musketeers. 22-23——Classified Advertisements. 24—-The News in Pictures. Much Old Street Paving Here. 2 Steam Boiler Men Arrested. 7-YEAR-OLO BOY DROWNS IN WELL AT ALEXANDRIA Father, Jumping in Shallow Water, Kicks Body of His Son. MISSING ONLY HALF HOUR Charles Thomas, 7 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Thomas, of Alexandria, Va., was drowned late yesterday afternoon in a shallow, open well on the grounds of the Emerson Pump & Valve Co. at the head of King street, a short distance from his home on Mer- chant street. The child’s body was discovered at 4:60 o’clock by his father, who had begun a search for him a half hour after he left .home to play. The boy had been home only a few min- utes from rolling Easter eggs with his mother. Discovering the boy’s hat beside the well, the father jumped into the five feet of water and felt the body with his feet. He carried the boy to Alexandria hospital in a passing automobile. Efforts by Dr. Llewelyn Powell, of the hospital, to revive the boy were fruitless. He worked an hour wth pulmotor and other aids. The boy probably was dead when his father, found him, Dr. Powell said. Across the street from the uncoy- ered well where the boy drowned is the Alexandria municipal play- ground. Snyder Nomination Confirmed by Senate The nomination of Edgar C. Sny- der to succeed himself as United States marshal here was confirmed by the Senate yesterday. His name was submitted to the Senate a few days ago. There was no opposition, either before committee or in the Senate. No action has yet been taken on the nomination of Maj. Peyton Gor- don, United States. attorney, although his name was submitted s0me time before that of the mar- shal. Maj. Gordon's name is still before committee aud indications point to a favorable report. Dewey Quits Race For Pinchot’s Post Harrisburg, Pa., April 5 (By A. P.).—Philip H. Dewey; of Gaines, master of the Pennsylvania State Grange, today withdrew as a candl- date for the Republican nomination as governor in the May primary. Five candidates remain. MITCHELL OBTAINS GEN. HINDS’ ROOMS Mistaken ret Former Superior, He Is Given Reservation and Retains It. Fort Worth, Tex., April 5 (By A. P.).—William Mitchell, former as- sistant chief of the army air service, today won a victory over Maj. Gen. Ernest Hinds, who filed the charges. which resulted in Mitchell's recent. suspension, when Gen. Hinds with- drew from a suite of rooms reserved for him and left the ‘‘stormy petrel’”’ in possession. Mitchell, wno arrived yesterday to lecture here, was mistaken by the hotel clerk for Gen. Hinds and was installed in the reserved suite. When the commanding general of the Eighth corps came in this morn- ing to inspect the R. O. T. C., he was escorted to his rooms, where Mitch- ell was at breakfast. The former brothers-in-arms, greeted each other cordially, after which Gen. Hinds withdrew, ex- plaining that there had been a mis- rance of the fact that he was enjoy- warden, take, but leaving Mitchell in igno-| second jerk. ~ |CHAPMVAN HANGED AD VAST THRONGS QURROUND PRISON Bandit Like a Wounded Animal at Bay in the Death Chamber. NEW NOOSE DEVICE IS USED FIRST TIME Execution Carried Out in Few Minutes After His Third Reprieve Expires. Weathersfield Prison, Conn., Tuesday, April 6 (By A. P.).— Gerald Chapman, notorious robber, who waged a bitter fight until the end to escape the noose for the murder of a New Britain police- man, died on Connecticut’s new hanging machine early today. The machine was sprung at 12:04 o’clock and Chapman was officlally pronounced dead at 13:13 a. m. Calm and unmoved to the end, Chapman, whose real name was George Chartres, the son of a re- spectable family, walked quietly to his place in the blue chalk circle on the floor where the noose was adjusted. A few moments later his life which had encompassed some of the most sensational crimes of the past decade was ended. No Crucifix Displayed. He died without the consolation of resting his last glance on a crud- fix. Father Michael P. Barry, the spiritual adviser of his last weeks on earth, accompanied the notorious bandit to his death after passing the last four hours alone with him in the death cell. Father Barry did not explain why he did not carry a crucifix, according to custom. The witnesses took their seats shortly before Chapman entered the death chamber, but the medical examiner and prison physician moved over to the corner and stood beside the warden. There was a moment’s delay only when the door of the chamber across the hall opened as Chapman, with a guard on either side, came out, followed by Father Barry and other guards. Glances at Witnesses. The priest walked to the side ef the room, Chapman uttered no sound. He looked quickly around. His eyes swept first the group in the warden’s corner, then the wit- ness on the benches and finally rested on the right-hand corner, where the enclosure for the hang- the hanging windlass is hidden. Those glances were piercing. They suggested those of a wounded ani- mal at bay. It was but an instant, for the noose which was looped upon the wall behind him, and which he could not have seen, was taken down by a guard. Just as the black cap was drawn over his head from be- hind, shutting out the bright lights of the room and the faces of those in front of him, his legs were strapped. Almost the same instant the guards stepped back and the harsh rasp of the plunger was heard simultaneous with the whirr of the hanging machine. Chapman's body was whisked up- ward as the slack rope became taut. ) Guards Steady Body. A guard on either side seized the legs and steadied the body until fr became almost motionless. Deputy Warden Starr nodded toward thé windlass closet and inch by inch the body was lowered until the feet were near the floor. The two guards held the body perfectly still, each grasping a wrist. The room was in absolute silence for a minute and then the tension was broken by a cough by one of the witnesses. Then there was thw faint sound of pencils scratching on paper as the witnesses from the press made notes. There was an exchange of nods between officers and guards and two of the latter removed the traps from the dead man’s legs and arms. The deputy warden looked at the warden. The prison phys- iclan walked to the body and opened Chapman’s shirt. The stethescope was applied by the physician, who listened several minutes for signs of heart action, then, turning, he nodded to the medical examiner, who came for- ward and, taking his own stethe- scope from his pocket, affixed {t and listened for a moment. Then he indicated that the man was dead and so whispered to the deputy Death was official seven. minutes and five seconds after the The door opposite the death ing rooms reserved for his one-time | Chamber was opened and two superior. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 4) , - ¢ 4 » . ‘ - i) * oO ; oie S's i yee a 7 ¥y ©* nis , Peo ee 4 has oO - Se .) a " x Se