The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 08, 1936, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
Karpis Captured
In New Orleans
New Orleans, May 1.?Alvln Karpis,
current No. 1 bud man. surrendered
before guns of a squad of officers led
by J. Kdgar Hoover, chief of the federal
bureau of investigation here tonight.
A few hours later, the man who
had succeeded John Dii linger aa the
country's most wanted criminal, was
placed aboard an airplane heavily
guarded and manacled and taken from
the city with the destination unannounced.
Without the firing of u shot, Karpis
was arrested with Fred Hunter, 37,
a suspect In the $34,000 Oarretsville
(Ohio) mall robbery, and a woman
known ouly as "Kuth" us they emerged
from a pretentious apartment
building in the 3300 block of Canal
street about < half a mile from the
center of the business district.
Hoover announced the capture with
the simple statement: "We've cap
tured Alvin Karpis, generally known
as public enemy No. 1?but not to
us."
'l iken lie added, '"Hiey were taken
without tlie llring of a shot. Karpis
never had a chance. There were too
many guns on him."
Karpis Is under indictment for the
$100,000 kidnaping of William A.
H&intn, Jr., wealthy St. Paul brewer,
June 10, 1933, and the $200,000 kidnaping
of Kdward G. llremor, St.
Paul banker, January 17, 1934.
He is also wanted on u charge of
inurdor in connection with the slaying
of Sheriff C. R. Kelley at West
Plains, Mo., December 19, 1931.
The throe year hunt from coast
to coast and beyond for Karpis was
as extensive as that for DUlinger,
who was shot down in Chicago.
He was the last of the original
Karpls-Harker gang. Seven of that
band of bank robbers and kidnapers
are dead aud the rest have been captured.
Within the last two weeks, the
justice department had placed a $5,000
price upon Karpis' head., and added
a $2,500 price for Information leading
to the capture of his pal, Harry
Campbell.
Four days ago, the postal inspection
service followed the justice department's
lea/l aud added a $2,000
reward for Karpis, bringing his price
to $7,000 and $2,000 more for Campbell.
Campbell escaped the raid today.
Hoover said the bureau of investigation
had known Karpis had been in
and out of New Orleans tho last several
months. He came here several
days ago to direct tho hunt.
Hoover, smiling Hlightly, announced
the capture in the bureau office in
the poBtoffice building here about
an hour after the raid, saying. "I've
got something interesting to tell you "
Hoover would not say how many
took part in the capture but there
were reported to havo been 15 or 20.
"They wore in an apartment on the
first floor of tho building and were
leaving the house to enter an automobile
when the agents surrounded
them," Hoover said.
"The agents called upou them to
surrender uiwi they were taken without
Hie llring of a shot."
Shackles were placed on the hands
and feet (if Karpis and the shackles
then bound together. He and tho
others were taken to tho postoffice
building. Karpis and Hunter, likewise
bound, were curried by agents.
Karpis lived at the apartment with
the woman, who was about 21 years
old, pretty, rod-haired and dressed in
white. Hunter had visited them nightly.
neighbors said.
Neighbors described Karpis as a
mild, pleasant man with a slight impediment
in bis speech and Interested
in fishing.
John Campbell, janitor of tho building.
said he had known Karpis as "Mr.
Ollara." He said the woman bad
posed us "O'llara's" wife and that
(hey were the only two of tho arrested
persons living in the house.
Tho third person. Campbell said,
"came over every night and talked
with them."
1 he capture was effected so smoothly
and quietly that witnesses scarcely
knew what was happening. When
the three had loft tho bouse, witnesses
said, the agents closed in about
thoni and commanded surrender. They
made no move and were quickly hurried
away
Campbell was burning trash bosido
the building.
I happened to look up and 1 saw
Mr. O'Hara (Karpls).standing between
two bushes near the curb botweeu
me and the corner. Ho was without
his hat and his hands were tied with
black cord.
"Thore was a man on each side of
him. One had a machine gun and the
other a revolver. 1 walked over toward
where ho was and sonoone said,
/Octback there!'"
"O'Hara" (Karpls) was the first person
arrested, the janitor said.
Hoover said Karpls was armed but
he was noncommittal about details
of the raid.
"How long Iwis the net been laid
for Karpls?" ho was asked.
"For the past two years."
"Hut how long In New Orleans?"
"Ob. we've known he's been In and
out of New Orleans for the past two
months and have been on his" trail."
"How many men participated In the
capture?"
"We never give out figures."
"Did he offer any resistance?"
"He never had a chance. There
were too many guns on him. We got
him sitting in tho automobile."
"Was Karpls armed?"
"Yes, he had a gun."
Karpls, wearing a straw hat, shirt
and trousers, but no coat, was led
out of the bureau's office in tho postoffice
building.
Hunter, Hoover said, was not so
well known as Karpls but added that
"ho is wanted for a postoffice robbery
November 2, I93.r?, at Oarretsville,
Ohio, in which $34,000 was taken.
Karpis was also connected with that
robbery."
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FORMER CHARLESTON
MAN MAY OET REWARD
(From News and Courier)
Wulter Lyle, former Charlestonlap,
whose quick thinking contributed
much toward the capture of Hruno
Richard llauptmuun an the Lindbergh
baby kldnuper, In one of the men to
apply for u share In the $26,000 reward
offered In the cage.
The New Jersey court of chancery
1h aole arbiter In awarding of the fortune
offered to the persons who would
bring the kidnaper to Justice. Official
already have ruled that "G** men
und New York and New Jersey policemen
will not be eligible for any ahare
of the money.
Lyle, who waa employed here for
fifteen months in 1917-1918 by ^the
Charleston Drug Company, waa manager
of a Bronx filling station. On
September 16, 1934, a stranger drove
up, ordered five gallons of gasoline
ami paid with u $10 gold certificate.
Remembering that President Roosevelt
hud called in all gold certificates,
Lyle remarked:
"You don't see many of these uny
more."
The man, soon to be identified as
liuuptmann, replied, "I have only a
few more left."
Lyle took down the car'a license
number on the note and turned it over
to police. Hauptmann was arrested,
Lyle received a day off, a $100 check
from the big boas and a promotion,
not to mention a virtual "protective
custody" from New York police who
had to hold off feminine admirers
seeking the autograph of the then
thirty-four-year old war veteran.
Lyie is the nephew of Mrs. K. LeFar,
of 210 Calhoun street. Ho is
married and has a daughter eight
years old.
Two others are basing their claims
on identification! of the gold certificate.
They are Walter R. String, a
New York bank teller, and John Lyons,
attendant at the filling station
of which Lyle was manager.
New Deal Cost Is
Compared To War
Syracuse, April 30.?Mrs. Blair
Banister, ussistant troasurer of the
United States, told a regional conference
of Democratic women today that
the debt the Roosevelt administration
had Incurred by Its recovery measures
was "leHH than half of this country's
World War debt."
Lauding the New Doal, sho said:
"The debt which this country Incurred
through tho World War waa
twenty-two billion dollars. The debt
which President Roosevelt has Incurred
In rescuing the American people
from economic chaos Is only ten
billions.
"The twenty-two billions wore spent
for destruction. The ton billions
were spent for construction."
Mrs. Banister is a sister of Seuator
Carter Gla&s (L>., Va.).
Claims Ethiopia By I
Right of Conquest
Homo, May 6.?Premier Benito I
Mussolini announced to the world tonlgbt
that Italy'M war with Ethiopia
in over. |
While the people ?ri gaged in a|
mammoth tent mobilization and stag-1
ed wild celebrations, H l>Uc:e proclaimed
that Mamhal Pietro Jiadog
IIo'b troopM entered stricken, pillaged
Addis Ababa at 4 p. m. today. j
Badogllo telegraphed, U Duce said: I
"At the head of our victorious]
troops I entered Addla Ababa." I
Mussolini, whose speech was broad -1
cast throughout the nation, shouted:
"Kthopla Is Italian territory. j
"I announce to the Italian people!
and to the world that peace has been
re-established."
Speaking from the balcony of the!
Palazza Venezla overlooking Venozla J
square', he said: [
"Slack Shirts of the revolution, men I
und women of Italy and all Italian
friends among the seas and moun-1
tains, hark ye." j
"We are ready to defend our smashing
victories with the Bamo intrepid
decision with which we obtained
them," he thundered.
"In 30 centuries of history Italy
has lived many memorable days but!
today is the supreme day."
II Duce reviews the war. |
"It is with pride that after seven
months of bitter difficulties we are
able to pronounce this gr^at word,
'Peace* ", he said. I
"Hut I must add that it Is our peace
?Roman peace. With the population
of Ethiopia peace is an established
fact. Ethiopia is Italian by the fact j
that It has been occupied by our sol-1
diers, by rfght and because it is to I
receive the civilization of Rome." I
His was the first official announce-1
men-t of the fall of 4-ddls Ababa.
When whistles and sirens mingled I
with the pealing of bells at 5:45 p. m. I
the populace knew there was a test
mobllzation on. Hut the government I
had forbidden newspapers to publish j
accounts of events in East Africa until
after II Duco's speech.
liadoglio had reported to Mussolini |
that IiIh troops were welcomed every- j
where on the march from Dessye to
Addis Ababa. Even people of the
province of Shoa, backbone of Am- j
hara influence in Ethiopia, submitted
to Italiun military commanders and
presented gifts. |
Italian troops were delayed in entering
Addis Ababa because of the |
difficulty of moving motor transport)
over roads dynamited by retreating
Ethiopian forces. Askaris arrived far)
in advance of Italian nationals hut!
Hadoglio postponed occupation of the)
city because Mussolini had insisted
white troops must have the honor of
being the first to enter.
Mussolini was cheered to the echo
whenever he spoke of peace.
But crowds booed and Jeered at
mention of the fugitive Emperor Haile
Selassio. j
"The multiple races of Ethiopia and
of the Conquering Dion of Judah (loud
boos) have demonstrated clearly that
they wish to work in peace under the
Italian (lag. On October 2, the day
hostilities began. I promised that all
would be done to avoid the African
conflict from becoming a European I
war." 11 Duce said.
"I have kept my word. i
"War in Europe would be the ruin
of western civilization. Thousands of
soldiers and thousands of Hluck
Shirts have accomplished such a deed
of bravery as to command the admiration
of the entire world."
The test mobllzation which coincided
with Mussolini's speech ended
at 8:15 p. in. It had started at 5:45
p. m.
Throngs cheered deliriously whenever
Mussolini mentioned the troops
in East Africa.
"I express gratitude to the fighting
Hlack Shirts and 100.000 workers in
East Africa." ho said. "Ethiopian
leaders and races count no longer and
no strength in the world can make I
them count for anything. I
"We foel that we Interpret the will
of African fighters and those who
have faller\ and whose memory for
generations will remain In our hearts.
This Is a great day for the Italian
people and the Black* Shirts who
braved the economic siego of the
Eeague of Nations and who entitled
us to live in this groat hour.
Hlack Shirts of the revolution and
men ajid women of Italy: One lap
of our Journey has been reached. Lot
us continue to march in peace and
moot the problems of tomororw with
the same taith, the same courage and
the same determination. Viva Italy!
May this greeting reach the lighters
in Africa who have boon waiting for
it."
Before Mussoluii spoke the official
broadcasters' announced that today's
mobjj/.at ion represented "the biggest
gathering of Italians in history,"
Reports from various Italian cities
and hamlets st^tod that almost the
emire population of itaiy was
li^ In the country's central square
listening at open air loud speakers to
II Duces speech.
In Rome the crowd cheered so load
t
and long that II Duce was forced to
make seven appearances happy and
flushed.
TIN AND IT8 U8E8
United 8t?tea Largest Uaer and The
Smallest Producer of Metal.
The United States government hue
placed an embargo on the exportation
of a product of which this country
producen practically none?tin. The
embargo la aimed at the exportation
of tin in ita scrap form?old tin cane
and the like.
"Most of the atatea have at least
email deposits of tin; but none of
them has a suftlcleut quautltly to
mine profitably, in spite of the fact
that American manufacturers use
more than half of the World's output
of about i 17,000 log tons," says a bulletin
from the Washington, D. C.
headquarters of the National Geogra*
phic Society.
The .first and largest deposit of
the metal in this country was unearthed
In Southern California about
the time of the famous gold rush.
Fortunes were Invested in the diggings
that were periodically worked
for a half century, but they were
ultimately deserted with great financial
loss. In 1934, deposits In the
Black Hills of South Dakota gave up
the largest tin in that year, in the
United States- about 250 pounds. The
only other American owned deposits
worked, those In Alaska, produced
about eight long tons.
Tin has had a long career?longer
than many of the metals in popular
use today, continues the bulletin. It
was known to the ancients and played
an important part in enlarging the
map of the world. For tin, Mediterranean
mariners braved the open, unknown
Atlantic three thousand years
ago. The Phoenicians sailed through
the "Pillars of Hercules," now the
Strait of Gibraltar, and thence to
Cornwall, England, to obtain the metal
which they used In bronze castings.
Until the latter part of the last century,
Corwall remained the chief
source of tin. Then it surrendered
first place to the Federated Malay
States from which nearly one-third of
the world's tin supply now comes.
Chinese arp largely responsible for
the development of the Malay deposits.
While Malays were satisfied eking
out a day-t(j-day existence, catching
a few fish and growing a little
rice, shrewd Chinese who migrated
there bravbd fever Infested swamps
and Jungles, and opened tin mines.
The palatial homes of Chinese tin
"barons" in Malay towns attest what
the metal has done for them.
The metal was later found in Netherland,
India and then in Bolivia,
which, producing slightly less than
one-fifth of the world's output, ranks
seqpml to the Malay States. Nearly
all the remainder comes from China,
Siam, India, Nigeria, Austria, the Congo,
South Africa and Alaska.
The word "tin" has come to be almost
synonymous with "cheap." This
is perhaps due^tewthe misnaming of
the "tin" can, which is really made
of sheet steel with a thin coating of
tin. It Is the sheet steel in the tin J
can that is cheap, while the small a- 1
mount of tin?about one-sixtieth part
?is the can's most high-priced ingre- *
dient. The price of a pure tin can, 1
with tin at nearly 50 cents a pound, (
would be prohibitive for the uses i
which the containers are ordinarily put.
'
Tin plays an important part In the }
life of modern man. Pure tin is used 1
in the manufacture of collapsible
tubes for toothpastes and shaving 1
cream. It is not sufficiently hard and '
tough for many other purposes, so it '
is alloyed with other metals. 1
Bronze is an alloy of tin and cop- '
per. 1
The largest consumers of tin are
the manufacturers of tin plate. In a 1
recent year 1.500,000 long tons of tin i
plate were produced in the United
States. Out of this tin plate, several '
billion tin cans were made, besides 1
other tin plate products. *
j
Returns Prisoner To Columbia I
Monday Sheriff E. N. Gibson and I
Bill Bethea carried J. V. Bair to Co- i
lumbia where he will be incarcerat- '
ed in the State penitentiary until the ]
convening of the next term of criminal
court in Marlboro county.
Bair, arrested several months ago
for his allodged attempt to steal the
automobiles of E. T. and T. C. Crosland,
escaped from the county jail
here Jnnuary 12. I^ast week he was
arrested In Columbia and returned
here.
Ho was placed in a cell on second
floor and hero he bad removed some
of the sewerage fixtures and intended
to escape Friday^ Shackles were
placed on him and the next morning
one end of these was loosed, showing
his intentions.?Bennettsvillo Herald.
A tornado which lilt northern Iowa,
killed one woman and injured 25 or
more persons and then swept over
tnto Minnesota and injured 20 or
more in that state Thursday
A Washington dispatch says that a
drive is to be made to enlist 30,000 to
35,000 recruits for the CCC, to bring
its strength tip to 86tl,000:
FARM QUID! FOR MAY
Clemuon, May 2.?To guide buay
farmer* in essential farm activities in
May, extension socialists makq. these
suggestions:
Agronomy?Do not ruin a good
stand of cotton by chopping it all out.
lajirve two or three stalks every 8
to 12 Inches. For a profitable investment
make a side application of nitrogen
to cotton soon after chopping,
l'lan to put all grain stubble land into
soybeans, cowpeas, or velvet beans
for soil-conserving and soil-building
crops.
Horticulture?Sow . tomatoes for
July transplanting. Sow cabbage and
collard about May 15 for August transplanting.
Mulch tomatoes heavily with
straw or leaves to hold moisture and
prolong fruiting. Do not cultivate
beans while the foliage is wet. Apply
nitrate of soda to garden cropB if not
growing well. Do not cut young asparagus
too closely; fertilize and manure
the bed after cutting season.
Agricultural Engineering?Sharpen
harrow disks for cutting it} COVer
crops. Use weeder, spike-tooth harrow,
or rotary hoe to break crusts
formed over young seedlings. Equip
the two-hoBe cultivator with disk hillera
or small sweeps for early cultivations.
Keep working parts of machines
greased or oiled as this is
cheaper than repairs. Order repairs
and recondition all machinery for the
grain havest. Povide screens for
dwellings, milk houses, etc.
Insects and Diseases?Spray fruit
trees for curculio, codling moth, and
diseases. Spray pecans with Bordeaux
to control scab. Band apple trees for
codling moth by May 15. Control Irish
potato and tomato diseases and insects
with Bordeaux-lead arsenate
spray.. To avoid serious budworm
and southern cornstalks borer injury,
plant corn in lower South Carolina
about May 5; middle South Carolln
May 10; upper South Carolina May
20. Arrange to poison the boll weevil
early. Get ready to fight the screw
worm.
Dairying?Plan for two tons of soybeans
or peavine hay for each mature
cow and one ton for each yearling.
If a silo is to be filled this fall have
ample corn or cane. Plant Biloxi soybeans
in row with corn. Where cane
Is used, plant Biloxi soybeans in separate
field to run in silo with cane.
Plant enough extra corn to Bupply
eight bushels of corn-and-cob meal per
now this winter. Sow one-half acre
of Pearl millet for each cow for soiling
or grazing purposes in July and
August. Do not graze permanent pas-'
lures too closely. Clean out the barns
ind premises to save manure and destroy
breeding places for flies.
Animal Husbandry?Breed sows for
all litters. Have all weanling pigs
iouble treated for hog cholera. See
hat the spring pigs are on territory
aot infested with internal parasites.
Peed lambs in a creep. Use oats
rather than corn for the workstock.
Treat navels of new born animals
with pine tar to prevent screw worm
nfestation.
Poultry?Clean and disinfect the
arooder houses each week. Cull all
weak, alow growing pullets and sell
is broilers. Cull the non-laying hens
ind soli. Do not keep boarding hens.
Remove males from laying flock when
incubation season is over. Produce
nfertile eggs. Provide shade for growng
chicks.
DO YOU KNOW THAT I
About 140 different by product# w 9
made from llveetock. H
Americana spend between $s,om. ^1
000,000 and $8,000,000,000 annually u
foreign and domestic lotteriea, num.
bers games, etc.
Ninety per cent of the people In th?
United States live in one-family hous- I
Disinfection of the water suppU^
of American cities with chlorine ha?
reduced the annual death rate from I
typhoid fever from 25 to four pej j
100,000 population. ;
The human heart beats 72 times a I
minute, 104,000 times a day and M- 1
000,000 times a year.
Elk I^ake in Oregon Is a mile above |
sea level.
Nearly 9,000,00(T persons are now ]
seeking Jobs through government em- ]
ployment agencies. .1
The human body contains only five
quarts of blood. j
The new British ijper Queen Mary I
is really two ships, one inside the ]
other.. with a space of six feet f* I
tween the inner and outer hulls. |
Kissing is taboo in Tibet. Perhapi
that is best because few TibeUni 1
wash from the day they are born to
the day they die.?The Pathfinder. I
ODD ACCIDENT8 I
Johnny Kusak's mother told hltt
not to bounce on tlie bed but the I
four-year-old did It anyway. He I
bounced right through the window onto
a Michigan city street. But he IB
wasn't hurt because the bed was on 1
the first floor.
Two motorists, Fred Melanoon of
New Hampshire hnd Richard Price of
Massachusetts, were approaching I
each other in the suburbs of a New ]
England town. "Hey, your car is on fl
fire," they shouted simultaneously.
Sure enough, both cars were.
Recent Connecticut floods gave a I
convicted murderer a lucky break I
when waters rose so high in tbe Jail 1
yard It was impossible to erect a gal- I
lows. A short reprieve was granted.
Robert Antonoff of Iowa received I
the scare of his life last winter. Near
ing the brow of a hill he met a speed- I
lag car. Its driver slammed on the j
brakes, the car skidded up the aide I
of a 26-foot snow bank, made a complete
loop and landed on all four I
wheels without spilling the occupant!, j
Unable to stop, Antonoff drove safely I
beneath the looping car.?The Path- J
finder.
HELPFUL HINT8 j
Vegetable stains can be removed I
from the hands by rubbing them with I
a slice of raw potato.
Hot vinegar will remove stains from
mica windows on stoves. i
Stick a small piece of bread on the
end of the paring knife blade who* 1
peeling or slicing onions and the tea" I
will be fewer.
Never throw water on blazing op|
or grease?it only spreads the flamet J
Use sand, earth, flour or a heavy Nt I
Lemon juice in many Instances wffl
take the place of vinegar In I
dressings, etc. 1
To keep patent leather shoes
handbags from cracking rub themo^J
oaslonally with a cloth dtpp?$ r
glycerine.?The Pathfinder.
Five bandits robbed a branch hf"? 1
In Detroit and got away with
<
FREE!
After the terrible strain on your batteries this
winter, have them tested, with the most modern batItery
tester ever made.
AT THE
RED STAR SERVICE STATION
1 1111 11 ?W?jM
Newberry College Summer Session!*
JUNE 16?JULY 25, 1936
TEACHERS: Courses approved for certification credit In Prinu I B
! Intermediate and High School; grades. ' |!
| COLIjEQB STUD HINTS: Courses for degree credit and to enable I
i students to make up work.
: Newberry offers the services of a well-trained faculty, a congeal I
? atmoephere, comfortable dormitory accomodating, excellent table I I
i fare, recreational features. Total expenaea for the six week* J
Including tuition, room and board, only $42.00.
For catalog write !
JAME^^ONARD^retidCTt^^^N^Wry, 3, c I
Cotton Seed Meal
25 and 50 Pound Bags
For the convenience of our customers we are now
putting out Cotton Seed Meal in paper bags of 25 and
50 pounds each.
? Phages are CLEAN, CONVENIENT T<L
HANDLE and very durable.
We recommend this size for* use in fertilizing lawns
and ilowers ,or vegetables.
If you want a small quantity, ask your dealer for the
small size package. Many stores are stocking up 011
these attractive and convenient packages.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company
Camden, South Carolina
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