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BÏ JAPANESE STAR
Jiro Satoh Merely Lets Amer
ican Beat Himself in Wim
bledon Match.
WIMBLEDON, England, June 2»
UPi-—H. W. (Bunny) Austin of Eng
land defeated Frank Shields of the
United States, 6—1. 9—7, 5—7, 6—1,
In the quarter-flnals of the all-Eng
land tennis tournament today, leav
ing only Ellsworth Vines, jr., to
carry on for the Invaders in the
semi-finals.
By the Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON. England. June 28.—
Sidney Wood, jr., youthful American
defender of the British tennis cham
pionship. was eliminated today in the
ouarter-finals by Jiro Satoh of Japan, ι
The scores were 7—5. 7—5. 2—6, 6—4.
Wood's defeat followed a decisive vic
tory for Ellsworth Vines, jr.. the United
States singles champion, in another
quarter-final match, over Enrique ι
Maier, Spanish title holder, 6—2, 6—3,
f. 9
Satoh let Wood beat himself by the I
letter's attempted forcing tactics. Wood '
became wilder as he tried to speed up
his shots and. except in the third set, j
■was generally at a disadvantage in ι
the exchanges. The Japanese showed
splendid control off either hand. He i
passed Wood repeatedly with beauti
fully placed drivas down the alleys.
Makes Many Errors.
Wood's errors ranged all the way
from double faults to loss of his racquet I
in one terrific lunge at the ball. The
racquet hit the turf court and took
cut a large divot.
Helen Jacobs and Elizabeth Ryan
advanced in the women's doubles by
defeating the English pair, Miss N.
Trentham and Mrs. R. M. Turnbull,
6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
In the mixed doubles, Mrs. Anna
Harper of San Francisco and Ian Col
lins of England defeated Miss V. H.
Montgomery and G. R. Sherrell of Eng
land. 7—5. 6—3.
The American mixed doubles pair,
Sarah Palfrey and Gregory Mangin, lost
in straight sets, 6—4, 6—4. to the
British combination of Kathleen Stam
mers and E. D. Andrews.
Jack Crawford. Australian ace, rose
to brilliant heights to defeat Fred Perry,
English D.avis Cup star, in the quarter
finals, 7—5. 8—6. 2—6. 8—6. Crawford
thus won the right to play Vines in
the semi-finals.
It will be their second meeting. Vines
defeated Crawford in the Davis Cup
matches at Philadelphia.
Vines and Mrs. Moody Win.
Vines and Helen Wills Moody, in the |
mixed doubles, defeated J. H. Knot-1
tenbelt and Miss R. Couquerque of Hoi- j
land, 6—2, 6—4.
Betty Nuthall. English girl, and Dr.
P. B. Spence of South Africa won from j
A. Merlin and Mile. Roeambert of j
France, 7—5, 3—6, 6—2.
Playing the last of the quarter-final I
matches, H. W. < Bunny) Austin, young I
English player, took the first set from
Frank Shields, lanky American, 6—1.
Shields lost six straight games after
taking the first. He rallied somewhat
in the second set, but still could not
match Austin's game, dropping the set. j
0—7.
Two Helens May Meet.
There still is at least an even chance ,
that the British women's tennis singles
championship final will be an all
Amerlcan affair.
Mrs. Moody and Miss Jacobs had
reached the semi-finals in opposite
halves of the draw along with
Mary Heeley. little Irish player, and
Mme. Rene Mathieu of France.
If Miss Jaccbs can upset Mme.
Mathieu in her next match and Mrs.
Moody wins, as expected, over Miss
Heeley, the two Americans will fight it
out for the title.
TWO 60 ON TRIAL
IN STORE SLAYING
Colored Men Face Murder Charges
in Connection With Shooting
of Capital Grocer.
George E. Herndon and Marvin Pear
son. both colored, went on trial today j
in Criminal Division 1 before Justice
James M. Proctor and a jury to answer
en indictment charging first-degree
murder in connection with the fatal
shooting of Anton Ruppert at his groc
ery store, 1900 Eleventh street, on Feb
ruary 20 last.
A third man, who is said to have
fired the shot which killed the grocer, 1
has not been apprehended.
Ruppert had turned his back to get
some canned goods ordered when he
was shot. His son was serving as a
clerk in the store, but the bandits cov
ered him with the pistol and prevented
him from going to his father's assist- '
ance.
Assistant United States Attorney 1
Irvin Goldstein is conducting the prose
cution. while Attorney Denny Hughes
appears for Herndon and Mr. and Mrs
F Robinson Maddox are representing
Pearson.
SENATE KEEPS CUT
FOR FARM BOARD
The Senate yesterday snood firm on '
the $400,000 cut in Farm Board funds, ι
voting 33 to 12 against reconsidering ·
Its action of last week in holding the :
board to $600.000 for the coming year
Instead of $1,000,000 voted by the
House.
Chairman Stone of the board has
told the Senate that such a slash will j
force dismissal of from 150 to 175 work- 1
ers—half his force—and cause compul
sory payless furloughs for the rest.
The motion to give the million was
sponsored by Senator Nye, Republican,
of North Dakota, and the vote came
after hot debate, in which the board
was attacked and defended.
The Farm Board item in the inde
pendent offices appropriations bill now
goes to conference with the House, and
on the action of the conferees depends ι
its fate.
In the debate, Reed of Pennsylvania, |
fi η administration Senator, charged the ,
board with having poured $500,000,000 i
of Federal funds "down some rat
hole."
The renomination of C. Β Denman
of Missouri as a member of the Farm
Board was approved by the Senate.
COWLES IS CONFIRMED
Senate Acts as Hoover Decides Not
to Name President.
♦ Gardner Cowles, sr., of Iowa, was
confirmed today by the Senate as a di
rector of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, succeeding Charles G.
Dawes.
The action came after Senator Wat
son, the Republican leader had told
the Senate he was authorized to state
that President Hcover dofs not intend
naming the president of the corpo
ration.
Senator Robinson, the Democratic
leader, had shown a disposition to hold
up the Cowles nomination because of
reports the W.iite House proposed to
anpoint a president. He contended
(here is no-authority for that.
7^ .
Lindbergh Leaving Trial
TESTIFIED IN BABY HOAX CASE.
COL. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH, photographed in his automobile as he
was leaving the Flemlngton. N. J.. Court House yesterday after testifying
In the trial of John Hughes Curtis. Norfolk shipbuilder, charged with
hoaxing the authorities in the Lindbergh case. —A. P. Photo.
LINDY SAYS CURTIS
HAMPERED EFFORTS
Colonel Testifies Hoaxer's
Story Practically Ended
Work With "Jafsie."
^Continued From First Page.}
ing that Curtis told him he had in
formation that the kidnaping was ar
ranged by a member of the Lindbergh
household and that he thought that
person was a girl.
Two Servants Present.
He told of a long series of journeys
with Curtis in efforts to make contact
with the kidnapers, all of wihch were
futile.
And then he testified Curtis told him
the kidnapers had disclosed to him that
a member of the flyer's own household
was implicated.
Among spectators in the court room
who heard this testimony were two
woman members of the Lindbergh do
mestic staff, Betty Gow, the baby's
nurse, and Mr. and Mrs Ollie Wheat
ley, the housekeeper. All were at the
Lindbergh home in Hopewell when the
baby v;as stolen. They were questioned
at the time by the police. And all
were completely exonerated of any im
plication.
Curtis came smiling Into court. Pre
ceded by his 11-year-old daughter, he
walked briskly in from the jail next
d-.or and waved to friends among the
spectators.
On his way to the defense table he
passed directly by Col. Lindbergh, wait
ing at the prosecution table to continue
his testimony regarding the chase Cur
tis led him in vain efforts to secure re
turn of his son. The two men did not
exchange a glance.
Col. Lindbergh resumed the stand as
soon as court was called to order by
Judge Adam O. Robbins.
Under prosecution questioning Col.
Lindbergh told of Curti6' description to
him of the schooner on which the de
fendant told him the kidnapers were
holding the baby for ransom. He then
mentioned a visit to New York City
he made with Curtis on April 20.
"We went to 2 East Seventy-sixth
street," he said. "Mr. Curtis left for
a time and returned with a chart of
the Block Island area. The chart was
marked where the kidnap boat could
be met. It was at that time I began
to feel definitely that Mr. Curtis was
in contact with the persons who had
my son."
Lindbergh said Curtis told him the
kidnap craft had been off the Jersey
Coast, that it was a black Gloucester
fisherman, and that it had a tempo
rary '■abin aft: He was even told of
what speed the boat was capable and
what type engine it had.
The witness r&id that on the day
he was shown the chart h? started for
Block Island to meet the schooner.
With Curtis and B-uce he drove to
Stonington, Conn., where they arranged
for a small boat in which they went
to the appointed spot. The kidnap
boat was not there.
After cruising around for three hours
and questioning occupants of other
boats Col. Lindbergh said they returned
to a New York Hotel where in his
presence Curtis telephoned a woman he
called Hilda who told him her husband,
known as "Dyn" or "Dynamite," was
"on location." Hilda and Dyn were
both mentioned by Curtis as members
of the kidnap band.
Boarded Yacht Marcon.
Going to Norfolk from New York,
Lindbergh said, he boarded the yacht
Marcon with Lieut. George N. Richards,
U. S. N., who had been flying Curtis
around on his trips, and Rear Admiral
Burragfc, who had vouched for Curtis
to Lindbergh. Just as they went aboard,
intending to try to meet the kidnap
boat "on location" Curtis announced
he had been informed the schooner
had moved to a point 20 miles east of
Chesapeake Light.
"We arrived on location before day
break on the 23d of April," Col. Lind
bergh testified. "We did not see the
boat Mr. Curtis described. We returned
to Norfolk."
Other trips followed. Col Lindbergh
said, but they were all futile, although
the Navy co-operated, some days Navy
flyers covering 7,000 square miles in
their search.
After returning to New York Lind
bergh said Curtis told him he had been
in touch with Hilda and sh? had
quoted "Dyn" as saying there was too
much Coast Guard activity and he
wanted the contact made by plane.
Tells of Dean's "Contact."
Back to Norfolk they went and there
Curtis told of Dean H. Dobson-Peacock,
another of his Virginia sponsors, having
visited him in New York with a mes
sage from the kidnapers. Curtis said
th; dean was taken to the eighth floor
of a New York hotel, which he found
occupied by gangsters who threatened
him and told hir the only course to
follow was to contact "John" on shore.
John was said to be the man to whom
Dr. Condon had paid a futi'e $50,000
ransom in behalf of Col. Lindbergh. It
was intimated John was ready to sell
the babv to the highest bidder.
Lindfcergh then told of various fur
ther trips to sea from the Virginia
coast, on all of which Curtis accom
panied him. All were in vain.
The wild goose chase continued until
on May 3, when still there wis no
contact
"Mr. Curtis said he could not un
derstand it," Col. Lindbergh testified.
"He said there could be no doubt that
he had contacted the kidnapers."
Story of Kidnaping.
Curtis' story of the kidnaping, as he
told Lindbergh he learned it from the
kidnapers themselves, was as follows
according to Lindbergh's testimony:
j The kidnaping was staged by two
men. John and another known as Eric
or Nils, who came from Newark. After
conferring with the unnamed member
of the Lindbergh household they chlo- j
roiormed the baby, taking him from the
house through the pantry door down
stairs. A green sedan was parked a
few hundred yards from the house and
the baby was taken away in that, under
care of a nurse called Gretchen. With
the baby lying in an improvised cradle
in the car the kidnapers drove to Cape
May, N. J., where they boarded the
j schooner
Lindbergh said Curtis told him that
Gretchen wrote all the ransom notes.
Shortly before he put out on the
boat Cachalot on May 9 in a new
effort to contact the kidnapers, Lind
bergh continued. Curtis told him of
meeting "Hilda." one of the alleged
kidnap band, in a New York railroad
station.
"Knew Too Much."
"I feel I know too much for my
' own good about the people I'm dealing
with,'' Col. Lindbergh quoted Curtis as
telling him on that occasion.
Col Lindbergh said that on numerous
occasions wh?n Curtis told him of con
tacts with th? kidnapers and instruc
■ tions they gave him. both Bruce and
Lieut. George Richards, U. S. N., were
present.
In telling of Curtis' remarks about
a member of the Lindbergh household
being implicated in the kidnaping. Col.
Lindbergh expressed entire faith in his
servants.
"We have only three servants and
have absolute fath in them," he
testified
The third member of the Lindbergh j
household staff is Wh?atley. husband of
the housekeeper. He is the butler.
Explains Contact Failure.
Prcsecutor Anthony Hauck asked j
Lindbergh what explanation Curtis gave j
when efforts to make contact with the ι
kidnapers repeatedly failed.
"He said Hilda explained her husband
was in a difficult position, but would
try to make contact," Lindbergh re
plied. "Mr. Curtis sajd he told her
—using his words—if they were 'gin
piggling' me to say so and get out."
At last Col. Lindbergh came to the
point in his story where he had to tell
of the discovery of the baby's death.
He had himself well in hand and spoke
in a steady voice.
"On May 12," he said. "Mr. Bruce
told me that my son's body had been
found."
l'Did you identify the body?" the
i prosecutor asked.
! "Yes."
"How?"
"By the clothes and the feet."
Col. Lindbergh said that when the
babv was found dead Curtis told him h?
would do everything possible to bring
the kidnapers to justice.
Curtis Was "Afraid."
On May 13, he said, Curtis repeated
substantially all his story of negotia
tions with the kidnapers. The 13th is
the first of five days mentioned in the
indictment on which Curtis is alleged
to have given false information. Curtis
told his story that day, Lindbergh said,
in the presence of State police and a
Federal operative.
Col. Lindbergh said that while he
was making the last effort to reach the
kidnapers before it was learned the baby
was dead he was not accompanied on
the boat Cachalot by Curtis.
"Mr. Curtis was ashore from the 10th
to 12th of May,' he said. "He said he
had gone to Cape May, where Hilda's
sister, Inez was operating the kidnapers' ι
radio station. He said he was extremely
afraid."
The prosecution completed its direct
examination of Col. Lindbergh at 11:05
a.m., Eastern standard time, and cross
examination was immediately begun.
Before being turned over to the de
fense Col. Lindbergh testified that after
the baby's body was found he promised
Curtis to do everything he could to give
Curtis a chance to back up his story.
Then on May 16 Curtis made the con
fession that all his negotiations had
been a hoax, a confession he has since
repudiated.
"He/said he had hoped to sell his
story to a newspaper," Col. Lindbergh
said, "but he could not give reasons for
everything he did. He was embarrassed
when he made the statement."
Lloyd Fisher conducted the cross
examination of Col. Lindbergh. He
asked if Lindbergh required the pres
ence of State police on his various
trips while he was seeking return of
the baby.
"It is not for me to run the State
police," Col. Lindbergh replied.
He said Curtis had asked for no
money beyond requesting that $25,000
be deposited in a bank as "earnest
money."
Thought Curtis Misled.
Col. Lindbergh said he was not im
pressed when Curtis first approached
him about his alleged negotiations with
the kidnapers.
"I listened to his story and told him
I thought he was being misled." he 1
testified, "but we wanted to keep alii
dears open."
He later b;came convinced Curtis
was in touch with the kidnapers when
Curtis told him of having seen in their
possession some cf the ransom money
paid for Lindbergh by Dr. John F.
Condon.
"Colonel, did you ever make a com- !
plaint against Mr. Curtis?" Fisher !
asked. :
"I signed no complaint," Lindbergh
replied.
The witness said although it was
some time before he took any interest ι
in Curtis' statements he considered
'rom the first that Dr. Condon was (
in tcuch with the kidnapers because
he had actual proof.
Believed in Condon.
"I have always believed," he said,
"that Dr. Condon had been in con
tact with the kidnapers or their repre
sentatives."
Ke said h? had received about a '
hundred thousand letters and could nat
recall one telling him that Gaston Β
Means had been about his place.
Means has been sentenced to 15 years
imprisonment for obtaining $104,000
I from Mrs. Edward McLean of Wash
! ington under false pretenses of being
able to obtain return of the baby.
Col. Lindbergh smiled when Fisher
asked him if he had Invited Curtis to
' his home as a guest.
"I don't know what you mean." he
I said. "He came there while I was
away. He used a bed in the northeast
corner ol the house. Usually a police
officer was with him. I understood he
was there voluntarily to aid the police."
When court adjourned for the noon
I recess. Col. Lindbergh retired to the
i grand jury room with the Wheatley·
and Betty Gow lor luncb.
SENATE MAY SHIFT
VIEW ON ECONOMY
Recalling of Conference Re
port Paves Way to Re
consider Rejection.
(Continued From First Page.l
clared he heartily approved thç action
taken in delaying the reappointment of
conferees during the absence of Rep
resentative McDuffie of Alabama, who
is in Chicago and will not return until
later in the week.
"With the utmost deference to the
gentleman from Missouri," Byrns said,
"no man has done more work on this
bill than Mr. McDuffie. It would have
been a great mistake to appoint a new
conference committee in his absence.
Mr. McDuffie is better fitted to repre- !
sent the views of the House in confer
ence than any other man in this body."
La Guardia immediately took issue.
"This is not a House of personalities,
but a House governed by rules." he de
clared. He protested açain that the
House should have been given an op
portunity to iron out the differences in
a new conference.
Mr. Byrns replied that what the
House had done in this instance was
simply to do the courteous thing in re
turning the papers as the Senate re
quested.
Fear Death of Bill.
The Senate's surprising move yester
day was motivated by reports that
Speaker Garner proposed to delay the
appointment of House conferees until
the return of Representative McDuffie
from the Convention—a situation that
probably would have prevented final
enactment by Friday, the beginning of
the new fiscal year and the effective
date of the measure.
May Ask Reconsideration.
Action was taken on a motion of
Senator Jones of Washington, chair
man of the Conference Committee, re
questing the House to return the bill.
Jones still has a motion pending to re
consider the vote by which the Senate
rejected the conference report. The
ultimate fate of the bill may be de
termined when he presses for action
on this motion.
The vote to recall the conference re
port. was considered a test of Senate
sentiment, and indicates rather con
clusively that it would rather yield to
the House, than have enactment of the
bill delayed beyond July 1.
After the vote was taken. Senator
Jones presented a rather pessimistic
picture to the Senate of what will hap
pen if passage of the bill is post
poned much longer, and indicated he
wanted to get the conference report
back from the House so the Senate
could accept it, avoid any further de
lay and make additional action un
necessary.
Must Act by Thursday.
"What is the situation that confronts
the Senate," asked Senator Jones. "We
must have our appropriation bills passed
by Thursday evening or else the finan
cial and business affairs of the Gov
ernment will be in chaos.
"That is the situation which con
fronts us. We have a provision in the
economy bill that applies to all appro
priation bills If we are not going to
pas:; the economy bill then we must
recall the appropriation bills upon
which we have acted and incorporate
a provision in each one of them with
reference to employes, and all that sort
of thing. In other words, the situation
which confronts us now is that unless
we get the economy bill through in
ample time to let the appropriation bills
go through by Thursday night, then
the business of the United States Gov
ernment will be In a chaotic condition.
If Senators want to do that, if Senators
want that condition to come about, I
have no complaint., but I feel that I
am discharging my responsibility in
bringing the situation to the attention
of the Senate.
"Of course, I expected this discus
sion to come up tomorrow when the
proposal comes before the Senate as to
whether or not the Senate will recon
sider the vote bv which we rejected the
conference report. If the Senate re
jects the conference report, as it has
a right to do, then, of course, we will
do the best we can. I expect the dis
cussion that will take place tomorrow
to bring the situation squarely before
the Senate. Then, of course, we shall
be in a position where every Senator
can discharge his responsibility."
Bingham Denounces Action.
Senator Bingham of Connecticut, a
member of the original bipartisan
Economy Committee, was bitter in his
denunciation of the action of the Sen
ate in recalling the conference report.
"The Senate," he said, "has just in
dulged in a very curious procedure."
Senator Bingham further declared
that during debate on the economy bill
it became apparent there were three or
four provisions which did not meet the
views of the Senate.
"In the first place," he said, "there
was the provision that savings from
the so-called furlough plan would not
result in the employment of employes
who would otherwise be discharged, but
that the manner in which the controller
would interpret the bill would lead to
the employment of all employes who
could be employed under the amount
of anv given appropriation as passed by
the Senate, and that then those em
ployes would have to take a furlough or
be subject to an 8.3 per cent cut.
Laments Democrats' Absence.
"Ancther reason was that many of
us believed the section requiring the
discharge or compulsory furloughing
for a long period of time of persons
living with husband or wife, bcth hus
band and wife being employed by the
Government, was a cruel measure, work
ing unnecessary hardships, and would
not save one single dollar for the
Treasury—was not, In truth, an econ
omy measure at all, but was changing
a Government policy—and that ought
to go back to conference."
Senator Bingham also lamented the
fact that a number of Democrats who
opposed adoption cf the report had
gone to the Chicago convention.
Garner Is Adamant.
Speaker Garner today expressed the
hope that the Senate would agree to
the report on the economy bill so the
bill would become law before the end
of the fiscal year.
In the event the Senate should send
the economy bill back to conference
today. Speaker Garner said he stood
squarely on his statement that the
House would reappoint its same con
ferees "if It has to stay here 'til
August."
"The House has much confidence in
its conferees and at the present time
it is my intention to reappoint the
same ones if necessary," Mr. Garner
said.
"The He use voted by a majority of
five to one to adopt the conference re
port. In view of this overwhelming
confidence in its conferees I see no
reason to name new ones."
Hold Government Would Lose.
Mr. Garner pointed out that failure
of the economy bill to be enacted be
fore July 1 would result in losses to the
Government. Representative McDuffie
of Alabama, chairman of the House
conferees, before leaving the Capitol
last week for Chicago said the loss in
that event would total S3O.OOO a day.
Mr. Garner expected the House would
return the papers on the economy bill
to the Senate in accordance with the
resolution adopted by that body last
night. He reminded, however, that un
der the House rules unanimous consent
would be required to do this. He did
not anticipate that the request of the
Senate would be refused.
The Speaker was urgent that all m»
EX4ÏÏ0RNEY HELD I
Mrs. McLean Identifies Nor
man T. Whitaker as "The
Fox" in Kidnaping.
(Continued From First Page.)
Means in the fraud case. Several ether
Government witnesses also verified the |
identification, but their names were
withheld.
A warrant charging Whitaker with
violation of section 37 of tne Criminal j
Code, the conspiracy clause, was issued
secretly by United States Commissioner
Turnage last Saturday at the request of
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover.
The warrant was taken to New York
by Federal agents and used as a basis
for issuance there of a fugitive warrant.
The conspiracy claus- provides for a
fine of $10,000. or a sentence of two
years or both, upon conviction Means
was sentenced to 15 years on the fraud
charges.
Arraigned before Commissioner
O'Neill, in New York, on a charge of
conspiracy to commit grand larceny,
Whitaker expressed astonishment when
the commissioner set bail at $100,000.
"Why, I've read that $50,000 bail was
all Means was asked to put up," Whit
aker said.
"I understand that you're not able to
put up $50,000," replied the commis
sioner.
Whitaker admitted he was unable to
provide bend, and said it made no dif
ference to him whether $50,000. S100 -
000 or $200,000 was the amount ordere.i.
He said he might decide before 2 n.m
tomorrow, the time set for a hearing
to waive removal proceedings and go to !
Washington.
Disbarred By Office.
Whltaker gave his age as 42 years
and his occupation as "patents and
trademarks." At the Patent Office to
day it was said he is not registered as
an authorized practitioner before that
office, having been disbarred in 1925.
At that time he was serving time in
Leavenworth Penitentiary.
"The Fox" slunk in and out of the
Means negotiations at frequent inter
vals and amid gr?at mystery. Desig
nated by Means «s "No. 19" under the
fantastic signal code devised by the se'f
styled kidnaping "intermediary," "The
Fox" appeared at Mrs. McLean's home
at Aiken in a meeting designed to re
sult in delivery of the Lindbergh baby
to Mrs. McLean. He didn't produce the
child ε s promised, but told a colorful
story of having been followed from
Washington by four automobiles hear
ing machine guns. H? expressed fear
of being spied upon and, Mrs. McLean
testified, exercised great care not to
touch anything in the rcom, although
he was wearing g oves that could have
left no fingerprints. He is said to have .
searched every room in the McLean [
cottage before opening the conversation. :
Said He Held Baby.
Mrs McLean said "The Fox" told of
having held the Lindbergh baby in his :
arms and said it was in good health i
and would be returned to her at El Pano. |
Tex. She was shewn a street at both
ends of which, "The Fox" asserted, were
stationed machine guns that would be
turned loose on her if she "double- ;
crossed" him.
Later Mrs. McLean journeyed to El j
Paso as directed, but again failed to re
ceive the baby. "The Fox" explained to
her there that complications had arisen
that, prevented immediate return of the
child.
Apparently the Lindbergh child was
dead during the time of these nego
tiations
Justice agents first struck the trail
of Whitaker during Investigations of
the meetings at El Paso and Aiken. He
was under definite suspicion before
Means went to trial. Recently the net
of evidence became stronger and
Whitaker, located in Brooklyn, was '
placed under surveillance. He was
living at the Brooklyn home of his wife
and father-in-law.
Taken to New York police headquar- |
ters last night. Whitaker was question- ;
ed by Federal agents and New York
police.
Dénie» Getting Money.
"How much of the $104,000 did you
get?" he was asked by Assistant Chief i
John J. Sullivan, according to the As
sociated Press.
"I got none of It, but I wish I had,"
he replied.
"Were you double-crossed?"
Whitaker smiled for an answer.
"How long have you known Means?" ,
"I never admitted knowing MeariE." j
he said. "I don't care to make a state- ;
ment. I want a la>vyer."
"But you are a lawyer," the inspector !
said.
"I was a lawyer, but I was disbarred,"
Whitaker replied.
Whitaker said he "worked on inven-,
tion. patents and trademarks" and
when prersed for particulars explained
he was at work on a method to sound
proof the Interior of automobiles.
Urged to "make a clean breast" of his
connection with Means and the Lind
bergh case, the prisoner said he would
as soon as he got a lawyer.
Means, when apprised'at the (ail to
day of the arrest of Whitaker. .«aid he
did not krow him and had no further |
comment to make.
May Face Another Charfe.
It is understood that whan Whitaker
is returned here he may have an addi
tional fraud charge placed against him
as an outgrowth of his alleged effort
to obtain $15,000 from Mrs. McLean on
the ground the kidnaoers had been
duped bv Lindbergh in the $50,000 ran
som deal with Dr. John F. Condon, oth
erwise known as "Jafsie."
According to Mrs. McLean, "The Fox"
expressed keen resentment over the fact
Lindbergh had rendered $49,000 of the
money useless by recording the serial
numbers of the bill. She was advised
that the gang had dispoeed of $1,000
before the hunt for the bills was in
stituted.
"The Fox," it was related, told Mrs.
McLean he would not return the baby ]
until the "hot money" had been re
deemed, and said he would accept
$35,000 for that purpose.
Mrs. McLean had made arrangements
to pawn some of her jewels to raise the
additional sum, when her attorneys
learned for the first time of her nego
tiations with Means. The case then
was turned over to the Department of
Justice for Investigation.
$5.000 RUGS HUNTED
AFTER STORE ROBBERY
Police were engaged in a search to
day for 25 Persian rugs, valued at a
total of $3,000, which «were stolen from
the store of Armen Nazarian, 1200
block Connecticut avenue, last week
end. Authorities of other cities also
have been asked to be on the lookout
for the goods.
The robbery was effected sometime
between the close of business Saturday
and Sunday night, when discovery of
a broken glass door panel led to an
investigation, revealing the theft.
Mr. Nazarian said the rugs were part
of his retail stock and were not the
property of customers, as stated through
a typographical error in The Star yes
terday^
maining appropriation bills now in con
ference be speedily enacted before the
end of the fiscal year. The House, he
said, could easily do all this and ad
journ Saturday if the Senate would
speed up action on the supply bills.
The conferees on the independent of
fices bill and the Navy bill will ngree
before night, he believjj.
Arrested as "The Fox"
NORMAN 1VHITAKER.
SENATE PASSES
ni BILL
Rail Item in Independent
Offices Measure Hit by La
Follette and Couzens.
By the Associated Press.
The $982,000.000 Independent offices
appropriation bill was passed late yes
terday by the Senate and sent to con
ference with the House.
Debate over the railroad valuation
Item became warm In the Senate as La
Follette, Republican, of Wisconsin,
charged that the committee's reduction
was an attempt to "repeal the recap
ture clause of the transportation law."
He addea it might become necessary
for the Government to take over the
railroads.
Chairman Couzens of the Interstate
Commerce Committee also opposed the
reduction and predicted that many of
the loans by the Reconstruction Corpor
ation to the railroads would not be re
paid.
Couzens said the cut had been insti
gated by the railroads and charged
they were employing ' lobbying methods"
to "wreck" the revaluation system of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Senator Johnson, Republican, of Cali
fornia. called the cut "infinitely worse
than reprehensible" and pointed to a
possible loss to the taxpayers of $360,
000.000.
Chairman Smoot of the subcommittee
which handled the bill, quickly resented
the suggestion that railroads had in
fluenced the reduction.
"This criticism is altogeth?r uncalled
for," he said. "No railroad man had
anything to do with it. No railroad
man even speke to any member of the
committee that I know of."
HEARST SUGGESTS
THIRD PARTY MOVE
Publisher Says Time May Be Ripe
to Form Progressive Dem
ocratic Body
By the Associated Près».
NEW YORK. June 28 —William Ran
dolph Hearst, publisher, in response to
a question asked bv the Brooklyn Eagle,
today said that "this might be an ideal
time to sturt the Progressive-Demo
cratic party."
The question was: "Would you sup
port Roosevelt, Baker or Ritchie, if
nominated?"
Hearst made the following reply:
"I will support any genuine Demo
crat, but I will not support any candi
date of Wall Street and the interna
tional bankers, nominated to perpetu
ate the Hoover policies and make the
Interests of the United States Subservi
ent to the interests of foreign countries.
"If the public wants the Hoover poli
cies. they should elect Hoover.
"If they do not want Hoover policies
they should have an opportunity to
protest them even if a new party has to
be started to give them that opportu
nity. This might be an idea! time to
start the Progressive-Democratic party,
with leaders who have at this critical
time enough intelligence to be progres
sive, enough courage to be democratic
and enough patriotism to be devotedly
American."
CHICAGOAN IS ESCORTED
FROM HARLAN COUNTY
Observer at Trials in Kentucky
Mine Fields Warned Not
to Return.
By the Associated Press.
HARLAN. K*·.. June 28—Sheriff J
H Blair said today he had been in
formed Aron GUmartin of Chicago,
representative of the General Defence
Committee, was escorted out of Har
lan County last night and warned not
to return.
Gilmartin's escort was comprised of
several men who drove up to a spot
where he was making a speech to about
200 persons at Evarts and at the point
of guns forced him to accompany them
Sheriff Blair said he had no knowl- 1
edge as to who formed the party. Evarts |
was the scene a year ago of a labor
battle in which four men were slain.
Oilmartin was here as an observer of
the trials which are nov in progress |
as a result of the Evarts battle.
·
WOMAN POISON VICTIM
May A. Bowers, 27, Dies Six Days !
After Being Found.
May A. Bowers. 27. of the 2000 block j
of I street died last night in Emer-1
gency Hospital, where she had beeirj
taken after she is said to have swal
lowed poison six days ago.
She was found at her residence June j
22 by a roommate, who notlfleô au- 1
thorities.
Church Merger Approved.
AKRON. Ohio, June 28 (Λ»ι.—A reso
lution approving merger of the Re- !
formsd and Evangelical Churches was
passed unanimously yesterday by the
Triennial convention cf the Reformed
Church in the United States. The
Evangelical Synod of North America
meets this Fall to consider the merger
proposal. · ν 1
EVANS CONVICTED
IN FUNDS 1HEF1
Former Officer of Union Found
Guilty of Embezzling
$32.000.
'From the 5 30 Edition of Yesterday's Star )
A District Supreme Court jury re
turned a verdict of guilty late today in
the case oi Dave Evans, former secre
tary-treasurer of the International Un
ion of Operating Engineers, who has
been on trial for the past week before
Justice James M. Proctor on a indict
ment charging the embezzlement of
$32.000 of the funds of the union.
He was remanded for sentence, prob
ably Friday.
The alleged defalcation is said to
have taken place bstween September,
1929, and March. 1931. Evans was
arrested in Chicago and gave bond for
his appearance for trial.
United States Attorney Le) A. Rover
introduced the testimony of a number
of bookmakers, who declared Evans,
during the 18 months covered by the
indictment, had placed bets on the re
sult of horse races totaling $1200,000 and
had sustained losses of $30,000.
The defense admitted the diversion
of the funds of the union, but claimed
they had teen turred over to Arthur
M. Huddell, deceased president of the
organization, for use in a labor diffi
culty In Cleveland. Union men from
Detroit and Chicago testified they had
heard Huddell admit receiving certain
moneys from Evans.
BOLLING FIELD BILL
IS PASSED BY HOUSE
$714,420 McSwain Measure Pro
vides for Acquisition of Land to
Extend Army Air Ease.
(From the 5:39 Edition of Yesterday's Star )
The House late today passed the Mc
Swain bill, reported from the Milita: y
Affairs Committee, which authorizes
additional appropriations to acquire re
maining tracts of land for the further
development of Boiling FielJ.
It Increases the original appropria
tion of $666.030 to $714,420, which in
cludes $42,000 for the acquisition of
the remaining nine tracts of land ad
joining the field, in lieu of the ad
ministration building, which is not to
be constructed this year.
Another sum of $16,791 is for the
balance due on two parcels of land, for
which judgment in condemnation pro
ceedings has been entered against the
Government, together with a sufHcient
amount to pay whatever interest charges
there may be.
A CORRECTION
In an item appearing in The St^r
yesterday about the suicide at Sandy
Spring, Md., of Cyrus D. Thomas. Mrs
Tumb'eson. wife of Dr. C. C Tumbleson,
was quoted as having said that she gave
Thomas a bottle of home brew, which
he drank.
Mrs. Tumbleson said today that she
did not teli any one that she gave the
man home brew, but that she did give
the man a bottle of near beer.
The Star regrets the error and is glad
to make this correction.
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BAND CONCERTS.
By the United States Soldiers' Home
Band this evening at the bandstand at
5:30 o'clock; John Zimmermann. band
master; Anton Pointner, assistant.
March, "Central Park" Goldman
Overture. "Im Hochland" (In the
Highlands) Gade
Entr'acte, "Berceusc," "Prelude,"
Jaernefelt
Scenes from the opera "Madam? But
terfly" ( requested ) Puccini
Patrol—"Jungle Drums" Ketelfcey
Waltz Popular. "Down the River of
Golden Dr:ams" Shilkret
Finale. "Choral" Chambers
"The Star Spangled Banner."
By the United States Navy Band this
evening at the District War Memorial
at 7:30 o'clock; Charles Benter, ieader;
Alexander Morris, assistant.
March. "The Southerner" . . Alexander
Fantasia, "Cavalleria Rusticana."
Mascagni
Solo for clarinet. "Selected."
Musician Charles Brendler.
Overture, "The Bartered Bride".Smetana
"Three Inca Dances".. . Valderamma
Excerpts from "The Three Mus
keteers." Friml
Rhapsody. "Irish" Drumm i
"Entrance of the Gu.sts into the Wart
burg," from "Tannhauser".. Wagner
Grand march. "Pomp and Circum
stance" Elgar
"Anchors Aweigh."
"Star Spangled Banner."
By the United States Army Band this
evening at the Walter Reed General
Hospital at 6:30 o'clock; William Stan
nard, leader; Thomas Darcy, second I
leader.
March, "From Tropic to Tropic."
Alexander
Overture "Flying Artillery".Bergenholz
Fox trot, "When Lights Are Soft and !
Low" Freed-Tinturin !
Selection from "The Daughter of the
Regiment" Donizetti
Jewish dance. "Baruch Habo". Friedsell
(From the opera "Gabriel.")
Fox trot, "When Work Is Through."
Sherman
Waltz, "Besos Y Pesos" Martinez
March. "The Shriners' Parade".De Luca
"The SUt Spangled Banner."
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ROOSEVELT TRYING
TO MEND ERRORS
Shift on Two-Thirds P'^e
Regarded as Effort to
Retrieve Losses.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
CHICAGO. June 28—Gov. Roosevelt
Is struggling hard to keep the tactical
blunders that his forces have made here
from losing him the nomination.
Turning right-about face, James A.
Farley. Roosevelt manager, and J.
Bruce Kremer. chairman of the Rules
Committee, appeared before an informai
session of that committee today and
announced the decision to abandon the
overnight proposal for a suspension of
the two-thirds rule after the sixth
ballot. At the same time the idea of
nominating a candidate first and adopt
ing a platform afterward was with
drawn fcv the Roosevelt management.
It means that this convention will
require a two-thirds vote after all for
President and Vice President. But th<>
Rocsevelt forces are paying the penalty
for their mistakes. Inroads are being
made into their delegations.
Almost anything can happen, and the
talk of alternate candidates, like Baker.
Ritchie and Byrd grows as the Roose
velt management flounders in its
The platform debate may cause
further schisms. The Smith forces are
pressing for Immediate modification of
the Volstead act in addition to the re
peal of the eighteenth amendment. The
Roosevelt forces are incited to stand
for repeal all right, but they have not
yet decided what to do about the Vol
stead act change, which would perm.t
light wines and beer. An act of Con
gress making such a change would re
quire a presidential signature, hence the
attitude of the prohibition candidate for
President becomes pertinent.
Two blunders have been made which
even some of the veteran politicians in
the Roosevelt ranks recognize as pos
sibly costing their favorite the nomina
tion.
Leaders' Flans Uncertain.
One is the failure of the New York
Governor to retreat the whole distance
when he onnounced yesterday his aban
donment of the two-thirds rule fight.
The other is the Roosevelt effort to
have the presidential candidate nom
inated before the platform can be de
bated and adopted.
Then there came another change,
when J. Bruce Kremer of Montana,
Roosevelt manager on the Rules Com
mittee, announced the majority report
would be withdrawn. James A. Parley,
the Roosevelt general, said coincidently
that he believed that the nomination
should be by a two-thirds vote.
The anti-Rocsevelt forces were happy
this morning. They sensed victory in
their effort to bloc kthe nomination.
They had nothing last week with which
to beat Roosevelt. Over the week-end
they were despondent. They grabbed
the two-thirds issue eagerly and by
noon Monday enough Roosevelt delega
tions had deserted to make sure a de
feat for the proposed majority nominat
ing rule. Then came the Governor's
surrender. The anti-Roosevelt men
were dismayed. It looked at first like a
complete retreat and the feeling was
that the Roosevelt army would be re
formed and would go ahead.
Sign of. Weakness Seen.
But Monday night another change
occurred. The Roosevelt leaders, stuns
by stories that they had been bjiten
in the informal caucuses on the two
thirds rule, tried to save som:thing
from the wreckage. They went back to
the idea of suspending the two-thirds
rule, but after the sixth ballot. This
was hailed immediately as a sign of
weakness, for it meant the Roose-. elt
mathematicians could not figure on a
sure two-thirds and would not get the
nomination on the first ballot, as Man
ager Parley had been boasting they
would. The enemy saw this weakness
end hammered away at it. Roosevelt
managers stuok to their proposition and
by their control of the Rules Committee
brought forth a recommendation to
suspend the two-thirds rule after the
sixth ballot.
Irrespective of this issue, there will
be a contest on the rule relating to the ,
crder of business. The anti-Roose* elt
! groups are opposed to the idea of mfik
i ing a nomination and then adopting a
platform. They say this procedure -
places the delegates in an awkward po
sition and prevents free debate.
This gives the opponents of Roose
velt a real issue on principle. Shall
one man dictate to a party convention?
Shall h: boss the show? In other years
the party has made the platform, and
the candidate has betn given the choice
of running on it or rejecting the nomi
I nation. The party is the political or
I gan.zaticn, not the candidate.
Big Guns May Boom.
Seme of the big guns in the oratori
cal line-up are getting ready for the
fray. John W. Davis. Senator Carter
Glass and perhaps even Senator Har
rison of Mississippi will be seen on the
rostrum in the debate that is to ensue.
Debate will consume all of today and
possibly a part of Wednesday before
the nominating speeches can get under
[ way
i Already the talk of alternates to
Roosevelt is growing hourly. Gov.
Ritchie. Newton Baker and former Gov.
Byrd of Virginia are the three whose
; names are most often heard. Second
choice sentiment for Ritchie and Baker
Is widespread. A ticket like "Baker and
. Ritchie" is mentioned as is "Baker and
1 Byre'.··
But be/ore the dark horses can be
brought in, the defeat of Roosevelt has
to happen. The New York delegates
are bitter agilnst their own Governor.
They will vote, 64 to 30, against the
Roosevelt choice for permanent chair
man. namely, Senator Walsh of Mon
tana. and will support Jouett Shouse.
Former Gov. Smith made an indirect
attack on Roosevelt in his speech be
fore the New York delegation on Mon
day night. The fur is flying. And the
battle will be intensely bitter when it
gets going. The private conversation of
the anti-Roosevelt forces indicates this
without a doubt.
MEXICANS FLEE HOMES
ON VOLCANO'S SLOPES
Gov. Gomez Orders All Persons to
Quit Area Near Long-Dead
Crater as Quakes Continue.
By the Associated Press.
TOLUCA. Mexico. June 28.—Gov.
Filiberto Gomez today ordered all per
sons living on the upper slopes of the
Volcano Xinantecatl to evacuate as the
result of volcanic activity in the long
dormant crater on the high mountain.
A scientific expedition, which started
for the crater yesterday, was ordered to
turn back because of increasing signa
of eruption.
The volcano's activity was linked nere
with recurring earthquakes that have
shaken Mexico for a month. Thirty
three minor shocks were recorded by
instruments in Mexico City yesterday.
Dispatches from Colima said recur
ring shocks last night drove persona
from homes.
SANDINO REBELS SLAIN
MANAGUA, Nicaragua. June 28 (Λ>).
—Virgi! Hays, serving as a lieutenant
of the Nicaraguan National Guard, re
ported today that his patrol had killed
five insurgents and captured a quan
tity of ammunition in an engagement
near San Juan yesterday.
Lieut Hays, whose home is in En
glewood, Calif., received a slight
machete wound in the ta et. - -