ESTABLISHED 1920 P 'ummtr lJIithigan 1Iait MEMBER OF TH ASSOCIA1TED PRESS VOL. XI, NO. 22. FOUR PAGES ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1931 WEATHER Generally Fair PRICE FIVE CENTS BOOTLEGGER KILLS TWO FEDERAL DRY AGENTS IN INDIANA Former Convict, Trapped on Ft. Wayne Road, Shoots Way to Temporary Freedom. TAKEN 4 HOURS LATER No Gun-Play Required by Police in Affecting Arrest on Fort Wayne Street. FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 23.-(IP) -Four hours after he shot and killed two federal prohibition agents to escape a trap they laid for him, George Adams, reputed Fort Wayne bootlegger and former convict, was captured by local po- lice early today. Cornered on a road at the south edge of the city with a load of liquor the agents had ordered Wed-; nesday night, Adams shot and kill-; ed at close range John J. Wilson, 40, of Rockwell City, Ia., ranking special agent in the Indianapolis prohibition enforcement office. Wil- son was said by his companions to be unarmed. Then, wounded in the neck and cheek by shots from the gun of Walter M. Gilbert, 33, special agent from Cincinnati, Adams returned the fire and Gilbert fell, fatally wounded. He died an hour later in a Fort Wayne hospital. Agents Dive fr Caer. A special federal prohibition in- former, C. E. Green of Portland, .nd., and another special agent, Oliver Gettle of Indianapolis, who1 said Adams "seemed to go crazy," dove for cover to escape the fire from Adams' gun. Both were cut by barbed wire fencing in a culvert into which they dropped. Adams made his escape and a wide search was organized. LocalI police, tipped off by federal agents, captured him without, a shot being fired early today as he drove up to the home here of Frank V. Kenier-{ ski. He was placed in Allen Coun- ty jail. Lloyd Krouse to whose home 121 miles south of here Adams drove1 after the shooting, was -held as a material witness. Krouse bandaged Adams' neck and then drove himS where they were taken into cus-t tody.t Investigation Ordered. 1 Maj. Howard Long, deputy pro-t hibition administrator for northern Indiana, arrived today to open anE official investigation of the shoot-r ing. Arival of Oliver M. Loomis, federal district attorney for north- ern Indiana, was awaited beforer Adams will be given a hearing be-e fore United States Commissionerg William D. Remmel. Adams was released from the federal penitentiary at Leaven- i worth, Kan., last January. He wast sentenced by Judge Thomas W. i Slick at South Bend, Ind., Oct. 7,s 1929, after pleading guilty to threev federal liquor law charges.e Green, the informer who helpedo set the trap for Adams, was treatedc at a hospital, and then telephoned officers at Portland, asking a guard be stationed at his home to protect members of his family from possi-a ble attacks. Portland records re- t vealed he had been convicted on7 21 counts of liquor law violation, F and had served the sentences con-s currently.t Green and Agent Gilbert spent) an hour at Adams' home early7 Wednesday night, arranging for I purchase of a load of liquor. They- designated the meeting place, near Stellhorn bridge on the lower Huntington road a mile south of here. When Adams drove up agents closed in, Adams drew a re- volver, and the shooting began. League to Inaugurate Weekly Dances Tonight Beginning tonight, a regular Fri- day night dance will be held in the ballroom of the League building for both faculty and student mem- bers of the University. Treasurer's receipts must be presented by one of a couple to secure tickets of ad- mission.. Man, on Way to Vist W[ife's Aunt, Confuses depot, Police Station CHICAGO, July 23.-(/P)-The af- ternoon siesta of Sgt. John Maloy Wednesday afternoon was abruptly interrupted by the appearance at the South State St. police station of an elderly man, his wife, and a suitcase. "Is this the station?" he asked the sergeant. Assured that it was, the stranger saw to it that his wife was seated on a bench and that his suitcase was .properly placed, whereupon he began to stride up and down. "it must be about time," he said to the sergeant finally. "Yes," replied the sergeant, "it must be about time allright, but about time for what." "About time for the tran to start." "Train?" "asked the sergeant. "We have no train here." "But you said this was the de-r pot," argued the stranger. "I have to take a train to Strong City Junc-, tion to visit my wife's aunt." A great light dawned on the sergeant. He sumoned officers and spoke to them in this manner: "Take this fellow to a station where he can get a train to visit his wife's aunt. And don't bother, me any more.", CHINESE INISTE~R ESCAPES__BOMB INGt T.V. Soong, Director of Fimnce, Narrowly Averts Death cas Secretary Is Hurt.a SHANGHAI, July 23.-(RP)-Twok bombs and a fusillade of bullets di-X rected at T. V. Soong, finance min-f ister and vice president of the Na-o tionalist government, missed theire mark here today but fatally in-o jured Soong's secretary, Tang Yu-J Loh. Six other Chinese were injured,c some of them apparently by Soong'sf bodyguard in answering the fire of the unidentified assassins.t The attack was launched just af-a ter Soong and his party arrived byt train from Nanking. The bombsc failed to explode when thrown, butx one of the later was discharged5 when picked up by a soldier. Hev was possibly fatally wounded. A2 Cantonese student was arrested later in connection with the inci- dent. Tang Yu-Loh was 32 years old and was married recently. He for- merly was a student at Both Har-c vard and Yale universities.i Soong, a pillar of the much-har-V rassed Nationalist government, wasv entering an automobile when theo group attacked. Two bullets struckf Tang Yu-Loh, who was near Soong.a The shots threw a large crowdt into an uproar. The density of the throng prevented police from fir-i ng at the assassins. Officers fired t several volleys into the air in ab vain attempt to halt them. They escaped in the confusion. Tangs was rushed to a hospital, where he died. Doctor Is .Surrendered. SHANGHAI, July 23.-(JP)-An authoritative dispatch from Peiping' today said Chinese authorities at1 Tsinanfu had surrendered Dr. Francis F. Tucker, American mis- sionary held for fatally shooting a Chinese employe of a mission hos- t pital, to the American consul atr Tsinanfu on instructions from ther Nationalist government.t l American Leaguef Boston 13, Chicago 4.t New York 7, Detroit 6 (13 innings) t St. Louis 6, Washington 4. Athletics 5, Cleveland 2.r National League1 Pittsburgh 17, Brooklyn 6.r Boston 6, Chicago 3. New York 4, Cincinnati 2 (10 in-1 nings). Phillies, St. Louis, rain. MICHIGAN JAILS MORE CRIMINALS, W O O D _ M A IN T A IN S e H .. H g e S ai i s State Has Highest Statistics for Number of Men in Priso, He Says. CAPACITIES OVERTAXED Professor of Criminology Cites Recent Developments in Crime Treatment. "Michigan sends more men to prison than any comparable state in the Union," said Professor Ar- thur E. Wood of the department of sociology speaking at the Natural Science auditorium yesterday on the subject "Recent Developments in the Control of Crime." "For every 100,000 of the population in 1920 only 19.9 men were in jail, the pro- portion rose to 69.2 in 1926 and in 1927 it went up to 78.2, a profound increase in less than two decades," he said. "Accumulation of reliable body of facts concerning the criminal and his background and the en- trance of scientifically trained men in the field of penology are the two bright spots in the recent develop- ments in the control of crime," he said. "Statistics and their interpre- tation lie at the base of public con- trol of crime as they do in the Pub- lic Health field," he stated. Study Statistics. Statistics on prison population, number of arrests, of convictions and the offenses known to the po-. lice are basic in the study of crime besides increased knowledge about probation, parole and prosecutions, Professor Wood went on. The ef- f e c t of prohibition legislation on prison population may be judg- ed from the fact that 49 per cent1 of men held in federal prisons on June 30, 1930, were liquor law vio- lators and 67 per cent of those heldj in State and County prisons of the country were held for the same of- fense, he explained. "'Prisons and reformatories of the States are full to overflowing and the normal capacity is over- taxed," Professor Wood said and cited four typical examples. One prison designed to accommodate 582 had 1157 inmates; another. with a normal capacity of 1500 had 2408, a third with room for 1500 held 2373; and a fourth, normally intended to hold 2,100, held 3488 on the days the reports were made. Two Typical Areas. Two types of crime areas are dis- covered by a study of the geograph- ical incidence of crime, Professor Wood explained, areas of transition where the effect of community dis- organization are apparent and the family life has broken down, the area of isolation which has more1 than its share of crime.- "Inmproved housing, stable fam- ily life, lower cost of homes, and1 the stabilizing of employment would be approach to a solution of crime; in the areas of transition," Profes- sor Wood said. HEAT IWAVE MOVES SLOWLYEASTWARD1 KANSAS CITY, July 23.-(IP)-- The old king heat sent tempera-; tures rocketing above the centuryc mark again today from the rocky mountain states southeastward in-c to Oklahoma. In Kansas, where a maximum of 111 degrees was reached .yesterday, freak storms accompanied high temperatures today. Hot wind coaxed the mercury to the one hundred mark at 5 a.m., today at Emporia, Kansas, while a few miles distant a tornado whirled through the sky but did not come to earth. Thunderstorms which produced no rain visited southern Kansas; one of them launched a bolt of lightning which fired a 55,000-bar- rel oil tank at Humbolt. Temperatures were only slightly lower in more than a score of Kan- sas cities, which reported marks ranging from 100 to 111 yesterday. SEEK TO CH ARGE DRY PATROILMAN Wayne County Prosecutor Says Border Guard's Bullet Wounded Excursionist. GUN EXPERTS REPORT Steamer Passengers Maintain Rum Runners Did Not Return Fire. DETROIT, July 23.-(IP)-The Wayne county prosecutor's office tonight was gathering evidence on which to base possible charges against a United States customs border patrolman whose gun was said by police today to have wound- ed an excursionist on the Detroit river Tuesday night. At the same time, William G. Comb, an assistant United States attorney said transfer of the case to federal courts would be demand- ed if Clarence E. Fish, the inspec- tor accused of the shooting, is bound over to Wayne county circuit court for trial. Ballistics experts reported today the shot which struck Arthur Gaj- eski, a passenger on the excursion steamer St. Clair, was fired from a pistol turned over to authorities yesterday by Inspector Fish. Fish and his partner in the pat- rol boat, Walter Weslowski, report- ed to their superior officer after the skirmish of Tuesday night 'that they had exchanged shots with a fleeing rumrunner but that all of the 31 shots they fired were direct- ed away from the steamer St. Clair, which carried 1000 members of a church young people's society. The prosecutor's office today questioned numerous passengers on the steamer, and said that there was virtual agreement that the cus- toms officers' fire was not returned from the rumrunning craft. Hoover Hails Results as Important Sign of Recovery. DISARMAMENT IS NEXT MAJOR STEP WASHINGTON, July 23.-/(P)- Led by President Hoover, the Amer- ican capital tonight hailed the re- sults of the London ministers' con- ference at a foundation for Ger- many's economic stability. Secretary Stimson reported fully by both transatlantic telephone and cable the results of the conference. Acting Secretary Castle of the State department, who talked with the Secretary after the adjourn- ment of the conference, laid the re- port before the chief executive. In a formal statement, Mr. Hoov- er characterized the conference's. work as a contribution to the' world's economic recovery.' Sound Foundation Laid. He said the conference had laid a "sound foundation fr the estab- lishment of stability in Germany," the major banking and credit problems of which had been solved through assurancesofco-operative banking action. The combined effort of the planE for one year's moratorium on gov-1 ernmental debts supplemented by, the accomplishments at London, he said, should enable Germany to overcome temporary difficulties and restore credit.I Disarmament Supported. 1 The conclusion of the London meeting left disarmament as the next important diplomatic problem before the Hoover administration.1 The forthcoming general disarma- ment conference at Geneva has re- ceived the whole-hearted supportt of the American government. President Hover twice in the past month has linked the burdens, of heavy armament with world- wide depression. STATE EDUCATORSi CLOSE CONFERENCE Dean Edmonson, Profesors Kyte,f Hubbard and Davis Speak Before Teachers. In a statement to The Daily last night, Dean Edward H. Kraus of the Sumer Session said of the grad- uate conferences in education7 brought to a close here yesterday,j "I feel that the conferences have1 been very successful. They have furnished a means for the Univer-E sity and the School of Education to keep in touch with the men and women educators in the state., Their response to the program of-~ fered has been very satisfactory." Yesterday more than one hun- dred alumni attended the meetings which were held throughout the dayj in the Union. Speakers on the pro- gram included Prof George C. Kyte, Prof. F. W. Hubbard, Prof. C. O. Davis and Dean James B. Edmon- son of the School of Education. ' This is the second year the con- ferences have been held. Present indications are that they will be1 made a permanent feature of theE Summer Session, according to an announcement made by Prof. Thomas A. Diamond, who has been' in charge of arrangements. Dean Edmonson, who made the closing remarks of today's session,' said, "We must realize that a too careful selection of teachers can- not be made for the work of edu- cating our futures citizens." He also pointed out that the education of the average teacher entering his profession for the first time, has; just begun. "Superintendents should take this fact into consider- ation when welcoming new addi- tions to their staff," he said. Steps Taken to Revive World Confidence in Situation. THREE MONTHS' CREDIT GRANTED Bruening, Curtius Not Enthusiastic About Arrangements. LONDON, July 23.--(P)-- The seven-power international confer- ence ended today after taking tem- porary measures to revive world confidnce in Germany's financial and economic future. As it was forecast, the palliatives were confined to a three months' extension of the $100,000,000 loan from the central banks of the world powers, to concerted measures in all countries to maintain existing credit in Germany, and to' recom- mendations dealing with Germany's future needs. Interdependence Stressed. The final plenary session of the conference ended with solicitous farewells which stressed the inter- dependence of nations and welcom- ed the participation of the United States through Secretaries Stimson and Mellon. In a formal statement expressing his satisfaction with the results of the conference, Secretary Stimson pointed out that the governments of all accredited countriesnHave agreed to use their influence and leadership in allaying the panic which was causing withdrawal of German credit. Germans Unenthusiastic. Only at the headquarters of the German delegation was there a lack of enthusiasm. While admitting that their government has secured a breathing spell in its internation- al financial relations, Chancellor Bruening and Foreign Minister Curtius are still risking their polit- ical positon, according to the in- formed German view, unless they take back with them to Berlin some tangible assurance of new credits. The American, French and British delegations were agreed to- night that the London meeting had accomplished its purpose as far as checking Germany's rush toward a financial panic is concerned. Secretary Stimson described the meeting as a fitting sequel to Presi- dent Hoover's reparations holiday, announced June 20. Secretary Mel- Ion emphasized that lack of con- fidence in Germany is not justified by Germany's internal economic situation, which, he said, is inher- ently strong. French Satisfied. The French expressed themselves as eminently satisfied with the meeting, because it leaves them in much the same position they have held heretofore regarding exten- sion of new credit to Germany, ei- ther on a short r long term basis.- Tomorrow m o r n in g Europe's "barnstorming statesmen" will leave London for their home capitals; Secretary Stimson will go with the German delegation to Berlin. Sec- retary Mellon will return to his Riv- iera holiday, while during the week- end Prime Minister MacDonald and Foreign Secretary Henderson of Great Britain will pay their delay- ed week-end visit to Berlin, return- ing the Germans' recent visit. As far as new credits for Ger- many are concerned, all the Lon- don meeting did was to "note with interest" the joint guarantees re- cently pledged by hundreds of Ger- man industrial concerns. Upon these great concerns, Gernany, by a recent emeergency decree, could have asked for credit amounting to $500,000,000 and the German view is that unless 'some such deal is consummated the Bruening regime will be in danger of cll.an., CERNY'S CREDIT EXTENDED BY SEVEN-POWER CONERHENCE AS PRLEY ICOMES TO CLOSE Further Mark Disorders in Seville Approaching Change in Government. (See Page 3, Col. 1) SEVILLE, July 23.-(AP)-Artillery surrounded a tavern frequented by communists in the suburbs of Ma- carena and reduced it to wreckage with 22 rounds of rapid fire today in the government's efforts to put down syndicalist disorders. Soldiers tonight manned machine guns and artillery units, ready for instant use should the disorders which to- day cost five lives be repeated. Dwellers in the tavern's neigh- borhood, all outside the danger zone during the bombardment, were searched for arms. Authorities said the tavern, a Mecca for com- munists, contained a store of arms which was destroyed. The fatalities today occurred at Alccala, in De Guadaira, and in Se- ville. Here civil guards and troops killed four members of a mob who attempted to rescue prisoners. One person was killed at De Guadaira. In the town of Brenes strikers attacked a mercantile center, de- stroyed furniture and fittings, and cut telephone lines. Leaflets of clandestine origin, calling for continuance of strikes, were distributed in Seville. Lindberghs Prepare for Vacation Flight NEW YORK, July 23.-(AP)-Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh plan to start next week on a vaca- tion flight to the orient. Several more instruments are to be installed in his monoplane, which has been converted into a seaplane by the attachment of pon- toons. A day or two before they take off the Lindberghs will fly to Wash- ington for a final conference with state department officials, who are arranging the necessary papers for their flights to foreign lands.