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TWO CENTS.
FOUR-BILLION FUNG
IS FORECAST FOR
ROOSEVELFS NEW
EMPLOWM
Budget of $8,000,000,00c
for Coming Fiscal Year
Predicted by Those Close
to Administration.
CONFEREE SAYS A. A. A.
MODIFICATION ONE GOAL
Townsend Plan Seen as Threal
to More Conservative Program
for Age Pensions—$416,000,·
COO Nuisance Tax Continuatior
Considered Likely.
(Copyright, 19H5, by the Associated Press.'
President Roosevelt intends to ask
Congress, an authoritative source saic
today, to provide $4,000,000,000 loi
what he terms the "American Plan,'
to "quit this business of relief" anc
put 3,500,000 unemployed to work.
This, as outlined by persons promi·
nent on Capitol Hill, would be th<
work relief figure for the fiscal yeai
beginning next July 1, though it woulc
not all be spent if reviving busines;
absorbed enough of the jobless.
For ordinary Government running
expenditures in the year, it was indi
cated, about $4,000,000,000 more woulc
be required. Thus the budget woulc
ue huuuî ^σ,υυυ,υυυ,υυυ.
May Get Unused Funds.
President Roosevelt outlined to con
gressional leaders last night a plan tx
expend about $880.000,000 to tide thi
relief efforts over the transition periot
from the "dole" to "jobs-for-all." Thi:
sum is expected to come, at least ii
large part, from funds previously ap·
propriated.
"It is likely," said Senator Robinsor
of Arkansas. Democratic leader, aftei
the White House conference, "tha
funds for relief will be provided b:
joint resolution and that certain sum:
heretofore appropriated and which i
may be found not necessary to expenc
may be transferred to that purpose b;
aprropriate legislation."
In his first message to the Seventy
fourth Congress yesterday, the Presi
dent enumerated many tasks.
Among them were consolidation ol
Federal regulation over all forms ol
transportation, renewal and clarifica
tion of the N. R. Α., strengthening ol
crime detection and prevention, aboli
tion of "evil features" of utility hold
ing companies, improvement in form!
and methods of taxation and tapering
off of emergency credit activities.
Objectives Forecast.
Although there was no detailed an
nouncement of last night's discussion
one conferee who could not be quoted
by name listed these things as among
those the President is considering 01
definitely has decided to recommend:
1. Old age as well as unemploymenl
Insurance. For these, it was said, the
Federal Government may expect to
bear the initial burden, with contribu
tions providing the funds later. The
President was said to desire this pro
gram to become effective promptly,
It was said these forms of social se
curity and related matters may be
Incorporated in a single piece of legis
lation.
2. Continuation and modification ol
the agricultural adjustment act.
3. Authorization of a telephone
telegraph merger, with the Federal
Government possibly fixing rates foi
the monopoly.
4. Continuation of $*'16,000,000 in
emergency "nuisance" taxes.
5. Making permanent the present
$5,000 maximum insurance of bank
deposits under the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp.
Would Continue R. F. C.
β. Continuation of the lending au
thority of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp.
7. Enlargement of the resources ol
the Home Owners' Loan Corp.
Most of last night's conference was
devoted to discussion of the work pro
gram. President Roosevelt empha
sized, It was said, that the budget foi
ordinary expenditures would be bal
anced and reiterated that the spend
ing would not strain the Govern
ment credit.
In the discussion of old-age pen
sions, one conferee held that the
Townsend plan—which promises $20(
a month to each person over 60—
would be a threat. He said million!
had signed petitions for it.
Some House members, however, re
«lied that, with a. more rnn*ervativ<
pension plan, they believed thej
would block it.
President Roosevelt's hope, one lead
er asserted, was that In extending thi
Home Owners' Loan Corporation ai
addition of $500,000.000 in availabli
capital would suffice. Sentiment 01
the Hill, however, is considered stroni
for a billion dollars more.
"Dele" Would Taper Off.
As plans now stand, the "dole'
would taper off quickly, with the worl
relief program beginning in April am
taking over completely about next No
vember.
Besides aiming at employing 3,500,
000 workers, the Government Is seek
lng to return 1,500,000 "unemploy
ables" to the care of the States. Ac
cording to F. E. R. A. estimates, thes
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Crew of Disabled
Vessel Cowed to
Conserve Water
Expedition Heads Sub
due 15 Chinese With
Guns and Reach Port.
By the Associated Press.
MANILA. P. I., January 5.—A tale
of cowing 15 Chinese with guns In
order to preserve a dwindling water
I supply aboard a small motor vessel
drifting helplessly off the coast of
Borneo, was told here today by Law
rence T. K. Griswold of Qulncy, Mass.
With three other Americans of the
Griswold-Harkness scientific expedi
tion which he heads, Griswold drifted
for five days on the Celebes Sea in
the disabled motor vessel Paraoan
before reaching land.
When the motor broke down four
days before Christmas, the boat car
ried 26 persons. Including a Filipino
crew and 15 Chinese passengers.
"We had only 55 gallons of water,"
Griswold said, "so I rationed a single
cup per man the first day and a half
a cup thereafter.
"The 15 Chinese passengers aboard
armed themselves with axes and de
manded more water. But we cov.ed
them by means of our revolvers. They
were quiet after that."
Mtm
IN OIL TAX ROW
State Police Converge op
Baton Rouge as Workers
Plan Meeting.
By the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La., January 5.—
With Senator Huey P. Long wrath
fully defying the Standard Oil Co.,
state police were reported converging
on Baton Rouge today, a£ oil refinery
workers of Louisiana prepared to hold
1 a mass meeting to protest against a
! new tax on the industry.
Long said in New Orleans last night
ι that the Standard Oil Co., which was
reported to have discharged 1,000 men
yesterday because of the tax, "can go
to hell and stay there," unless "they
ι want to give Louisiana oil the proper
' treatment."
Plan Meeting Tonight,
Workers of the local plant, one of
; the largest refineries in the world,
invited refinery employes throughout
the State to be present at the mass
meeting tonight. Groups of employes
have also telegraphed President
Roosevelt, asking his aid. They
charged that Long's dictatorship in
the State is depriving them of their
constitutional rights.
The tax of 5 cents a barrel on the
refining of oil, which becomes effective
next Wednesday, was credited with
causing the Standard Oil Co. to an
nounce it would immediately begin
discharging employes and curtailing
operations.
Long Charges Swindle.
Long charged the company was dis
; charging workers to "swindle" them
of pensions before one of his laws,
which would prevent that, becomes
operative January 9. Under the law,
persons discharged just before their
' pension was due to start, would have
to be paid a pension in proportion to
the time they were employed.
"The Standard Oil Co. has been re
fining 100.000 barrels of oil a day,"
Long said. "Five thousand barrels
come from Louisiana and 95,000 from
foreign fields.
"Our people are crying and begging
for a chance to sell their own oil in
this State. If it wasn'i for thê Stand
ard Oil we'd be producing à great
deal of our own oil. because we have
a potential production equal to any
place.
Don't Want Men to Lose Jobs.
"We don't want to see 1,500 or 2,000
men lose their jobs in Baton Rouge,
but we don't want to have the Stand
ard Oil keeping 100,000 men in oil
fields out of their employment.
"If they got to leave this State—
unless we're gonna let 'em continue
what they're doing here—they can go
to hell and stay there.
"They will have no trouble reach
ing an agreement with me if they
want to give Louisiana oil the proper
treatment. They know what I'm talk
ing about. There ain't nobody afraid
of them."
Fire Sweeps Jamestown.
JAMESTOWN. Ν., Y., January 5
G45).—Fire did damage officially esti
mated at nearly $300,000 last night
to four buildings and half a dozen
stores in the main business section of
Jamestown.
IL DUCE AND H
OPEN FRIENDSHIP
.PAC! DISCUSSIONS
Confer Two Hours While
Experts of Both Nations
Hold Separate Session.
FRENCH MINISTER HAS
LUNCHEON WITH KING
Austrian Independence and Co
operation for Peace in Danube
Expected to Be Considered.
Br the Associated Press.
ROME. January 5.—Premier Musso
lini and Pierre Laval, foreign minister
of Prance, plunged today into the
negotiations they hope will promote
friendship between their countries and
bring assurance of peace to Europe.
Laval arrived at the Palazzo Venezia,
accompanied by Ambassador Charles
de Chambrun, and received the salute
of a Fascist guard drawn up before
the building.
Mussolini greeted the French emis
sary with outstretched hands and es
corted him to his office, where Laval
sat beside a desk piled high with
maps and documents bearing on Italo
French relations.
A tentative draft of the agreement
the statesmen expect to approve had
been prepared, but it was known that
several Important points remained to
be discussed.
Expert» Go Into Conference.
As Laval and H Duce began their
conversations, expected to continue
into Monday afternoon, three experts
who accompanied Laval on his mission
here went into conference with Italian
officials at the foreign office for dis
cussion and drafting of details of the
projected agreement.
The morning colloquy lasted two
to the Quirinal Palace for luncheon
with King Emmanuel.
During the historic visit, the first a
French foreign minister has paid
Rome since the World War, it was ex
pected the foundations would be laid
for a guarantee of Austria's inde
pendence, an agreement by which
Yugoslavia. Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Italy and Austria undertake to refrain
from interference in each other's in
ternal affairs, and the co-operation
of other European powers in preserv
ing peace in the Danublan Basin.
Colonial Policy Seen.
It also was considered likely that
consideration would be given to the
conflicting colonial ambitions of the
two nations in Africa.
The parley began amid expressions
of warm friendship between the rep
resentatives of the two nations, whose
policies in the past frequently have
been at odds.
An enthusiastic welcome was ac
corded the French emissary from the
time he crossed the Italian border
until he received II Duce's personal
greeting and an embrace in the
I French manner at the railway station
in Rome. Extraordinary precautions
were taken to protect the visitors.
SCHUSCHNIGG TO TRAVEL,
Austrian Chancellor Plans Visit to
Paris and London.
VIENNA, January 5 (JP).—Dr. Kurt
Schuschnlgg, the Austrian chancellor,
plans to become another of Europe's
traveling statesmen, it was reported
today in the Freie Press.
The chancellor, it was said, will
visit Paris and London upon the con
clusion of the Franco-Italian conver
sations in Rome, presumably in con
nection with the proposals for an in
ternational guarantee of Austria's
Independence.
OIL DEAL REPORTED
Tokio Paper Says Mexican Firm
to Sell Fields to Japan.
TOKIO, January 5 (JF).—'The news
paper Asahi said today "a certain oil
company in Mexico" has offered to
sell some of its fields to the Japan
Petroleum Co., the largest oil con
cern in Japan.
The newspaper said the propoeal
may prove of great importance in the
development of Japan's oil policy,
including the long-standing contro
versies with Anglo-American oil
companies.
Confirmation of the report could
not be obtained.
/
Mrs. Hauptmann Remains Near
Husband Despite Trial Recess
! By the Associated Press.
s FLEMINGTON, N. J., January 5.—
j Of the women principals In the
' Hauptmann trial, only Anna Haupt
mann, wife of the man accused of
the Lindbergh slaying, stayed on the
scene today.
For her and Miss Betty Cow. the
I nurse who put the Lindbergh baby
* into the crib from which he was
stolen, the ordeal of taking the wit
■ ness stand was still in prospect.
While Anne Lindbergh and Mrs.
* Elsie Whately, cook in the Lindberghs'
■ household, testified the dark-eyed
■ Scottish nurse and the pallid Mrs.
Hauptmann glanced at each other a
few times, but their eyes never met.
The two, whose testimony will be
an Important factor in Hauptmann's
trial for his life, saw each other for
the first time In the Hunterdon
County court room. Mrs. Haupt
mann's appraising eye noted Miss
Gow's trim figure, smartly waved
hair and neat brown ensemble.
That her husband called for her
at the bakery where she was working
and spent the evening at home will
be the testimony of the pale, big
framed woman who rite near the
defense table, her face deepiy lined.
She is Hauptmann'· chief alibi wit
ness.
From Miss Gow the court will hear
that she put the baby to bed, found
his crib vacant at 10 o'clock, and
* 4
later picked up the baby's thumb
guard—a. point the prosecution expects
to use In establishing the scene of the
slaying.
Mrs. Whately, widow of the Lind
burgh butler, was heard with close at
tention as she testified yesterday that
"Except for a very short interval," her
husband was in her presence the night
of March 1, when the baby vanished.
"How long were you and Betty out
of the sight and presence of your hus
band that night?" %sked Edward J.
Reilley, chief of defense counsel.
"From about 9 till 10 o'clock. Just
an hour," said the cook.
She described Miss Oow as "terribly
upset" when she found the baby was
tone, and that Mrs. Lindbergh. "As I
was going around with her said, 'Oh,
God.'"
Fingering her blue dress, she told
how she had given the baby orange
Juice, rubbed his chest with an oint
ment and prepared a "hot lemon
water" for Anne. The four women
jurors, who do their own housework
and care for children or grandchil
dren, watched her with interest as she
added:
"I was the housekeeper and my hus
band drove the car and waited on the
table and did everything that was
needed around the house."
Mrs. Hauptmann retired for the
week end recess In the trial to her
second-floor bedroom, two blocks from
her husband's Jail cell.
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THE GOBLTXS 'LL GET YOU IE YOU DONT LOOK OUT!
PLOT TO SMUGGLE
WIS RUED
Shipment in California Is
Reported Destined for
Mexican Revolt.
By the Associated Prêts.
LOS ANGELES, January 5.—A
plot to smuggle arms into Lower
California was disclosed by police here
today as Federal «gents and officers
throughout Southern California sought
to intercept five truckloads of arms,
machine guns and ammunition re
portedly intended for a revolutionary
plot in Old Mexico.
One suspect, whose name officers
refused to disclose, was held here.
The shipment of arms and ammuni
tion, which, it was discloeed. has teen
gathered guardedly In Los Angeles for
months, was reported to have started
toward the border late last night.
Police said the shipment was supposed
to contain 300 machine guns and sev
eral hundred rifles In addition to large
quantities of ammunition.
The Mexican Army was reported by
the sheriffs' office at El Centro to
have doubled its guard fclong the
border to prevent the shipment from
reaching the alleged plotters.
Sheriff George Campbell of Imperial
County had a large force of men on
the highways in an effort to inter
cept the shipment.
It was learned the alleged plot has
been fostered here by exiled residents
of Mexico.
SOUGHT IN IMPERIAL VALLEY.
Army Doubles Border Guard to Inter
cept Shipment.
EL CENTRO, Calif., January 5
(£>>.—Five truckloads of rifles, machine
guns and ammunition, reported to be
en route from Los Angeles to Lower
California for use in a revolutionary
movement, were sought today by Fed
eral agents and deputy sherifTs in
Imperial Valley.
Federal agents would not comment.
Sheriff George Campbell of Imperial
County was out of his office on patrol
duty.
The deputy in charge said reports
had been received that the five trucks
were heading toward the border and
all available officers had been pressed
into duty to Intercept the shipment.
At Mexicali, it was said, the Army
there had doubled its guard along
border routes to intercept the ship
ment.
FISHBOAT RAMMED,
SEVEN ARE MISSING
Five Members of Crew Saved
After Vessel Is Struck
by Steamer.
By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, January 5.—Seven mem
bers of the crew of the Cuban fishing
smack Julian Bengoecha were missing
and five were safe today after the
little vessel was rammed and sunk by
the steamship Seatrain Havana.
The Ashing craft, hit amidships,
broke in two and went down in a few
minutes. The five survivors were
dragged from the water by a boat crew
from the larger vessel.
Their companions, Including Capt.
Jesus Paz. apparently were drowned.
Besides Capt. Paz, a Spaniard, the
victims were Manuel Gelpl, Pedro
Acosta, Carlos Figueroa and Jesus
Bernai, Spaniards, and Paul Chaple
and Manuel Manjar, Cubans.
TROTSKY ACCUSES
REDS OF PRESSURE
Says Soviet Seeks Ouster From
France by Charges of
Plotting.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 5.—Leon Trotsky,
exiled Communist leader, hints in an
article published today that Soviet
authorities are attempting to obtain
his expulsion from Prance.
The article, printed in La Verlte, a
friendly Communist newspaper, as
serts charges by Joseph Stalin's sup
porters that he was involved in the
assassination of Sergei Kiroff are a
maneuver "to bring pressure to bear
In French authorities."
Recent reports that Moscow would
request Trotsky's extradition brought
a reply from French authorities that
they would not oust him.
I
SETON ASKS DIVORCE
—.. t
Naturalist Charges Incompatibil
ity in Hexican Suit.
EL PASO. Tex., January 5 (A3).—
Ernest Thompson Seton, naturalist
and authority on Indian lore, has filed
a suit for divorce in the Juarez Civil
Court against Grace Gallatin Seton,
charging incompatibility.
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HOPES ARE RAISED
D. C. Officials See Aid in
Roosevelt Work Relief
Program.
The administration's work relief
program, as outlined by President
Roosevelt in his annual message to
Congress, served today to revive hopes
of District officiais for development of
low-coet housing, planned some
months ago by Commissioner Georgt
E. Allen to provide work for the un
employed and decent living quarters
for the poor.
The President's work program is
identical with that proposed by Com
missioner Allen for the District—a
project that was blocked by Controller
General McCarl. who ruled the F. E.
R. A. act did not permit the spend
ing of Federal relief funds for pur
chase of land or construction of
houses.
When McCarl issued his ruling.
Commissioner Allen had plans drawn
for erection of a series of small row j
houses for families on the District re
lief list. In addition, he had a check
for $393.000 from the F. E. R. A. to
begin the work.
Rooaevelt Explains Idea.
Despite McCarl's ruling. District
officials, in view of Mr. Roosevelt's
latest pronouncement, believe the low
cost housing project can be carried
out with administration support.
The President did not discuss the
work relief program in detail in his
message, but to White House corre
spondents later, he explained his idea
is to provide jobs for those now on
relief rolls.
First, he is not going to turn the
contemplated work projects over to
contractors. The Federal and local
governments will carry on the work
/1a fka TKie nlan Hi.
signed primarily to reduce the cost
of the projects and make it possible
to distribute the jobs to thoee actually
in need.
With a renewed hope that Commis
sioner Allen's project will now go
through, Capt. Howard F. Clark, as
sistant engineer commissioner, said
preparation of. a proposed works pro
gram would be studied immediately.
It will be framed to provide steady
work for the 15,000 to 17,000 cases
which fall into the employable class.
5,000 Unemployable* Here.
Elwood Street, director of public
welfare in charge of the direct relief
operations, estimates there are ap
proximately 5.000 unemployable: in
Washington, who. under the Presi
dent's plan, would be taken off Fed
eral aid and cared for entirely out
of local resources. Altogether, the
22,000 cases on relief last month rep
resent from 75,000 to 80.000 in
dividuals, including minors.
Three other mejor points as to the
effects of the President's plan were
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LOS ANGELES STREETS
FLOODED BY RAINSTORM
Residents Advised to Leave Homes
in Sierra Madre Foothills
as Water Bises.
By the Associated Près».
LOS ANGELEâ. January 5.—A rain
fall that approached the proportion
of a cloudburst early today struck
Southern California. In the down
town area of Los Angeles, basements
of a number of business establish
ments were flooded and telephones
put out of order temporarily.
- In the foothill section of the Sierra
Madre Mountains, scene of the death
dealing and destructive flood of a
year ago New Year day. residents were
being warned to leave their homes.
The rain was reported heavy back in
the mountains.
Streets in Montrose and La Cres
cent*, the two foothill cities which
bore the brunt of last year'· floods,
were running rivers.
The foothill boulevard between La
Crescenta and Tujunga. which is the
main thoroughfare connecting the two
cities, was blocked with landslide*.
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Each Awaits Word to Take
Over President's New
Jobs Plan.
By the Associated Press.
The names of Harry L. Hopkins
and Harold L. Ickes figured most
prominently today in the talk about
a possible director of the most gi
gantic job of its kind ever under
taken by a government—the task of
providing work for 3 500.000 persons.
As President Roosevelt set his face
Sway from the "dole" toward an an
nounced jobs-for-all campaign, both
assistants were known to have plans
• 11 ready for starting the work at the
word "go." Speculation centered on
whether Hopkins, the relief admin
istrator. or Secretary Ickes. the public
works chief, would get the job, or
whether it might be given to a board
in which each would be prominent. .
Hopkins has said he has plans for
useful work that would put 4.000.000
unemployed in jobs two weeks after
he received the order to go ahead.
Such projects . include highway con
struction. elimination of grade cross
ings, rural electrification and housing.
All these were mentioned in the
President's message and in a report
of the National Resources Board
which suggested a $100.000.000 000
program that would extend over many
years.
Ickes. whose agency would be ab
sorbed in the new unit, also was ready
with plans. Saying he "didn't un
derstand anything about" being slated
to head the new agency, he added:
"We handled the other one, didn't
we?"
He also expressed an emphatic be
lief that Hopkins will "continue to use
his great abilities with the Govern
ment." Referring to the President's
preference for projects giving a maxi
mum amount of employment, Ickes
said soil erosion control, reforestation,
rural electrification and grade cross
ing work held highest rank.
One P. W. A. official estimated $2,
000.000,000 could be spent on low-cost
housing projects, but that it would
require about two years to get this in
full swing.
Among Ickes' public works aides the
belief was expressed that he would get
the new post. They said that in
spending $1.250.000,000 on construc
tion projects P. W. A. had perfected
an experienced engineering and legal
staif. They Indicated they would be
ready to absorb the jobless quickly.
Some officials indicated the wage scale
was Ukely to be lower than the mini
mum of 40 cents an hour which has
governed 3,000,000,000 man hours on
P. W. A. construction projects.
There have been protests against
the P. W. A. minimum and the 30
cent minimum on Federal work relief
projects which recently was abandoned
by Hopkins.
The President announced he desired
a scale above relief payments, but not
high enough to interfere with private
enterprises, and Ickes followed with
the remark that protests against the
40-cent wage had "some foundation."
Freed in Traffic Death.
SAHNIA, Ontario. January 5 C4>).—
John W. Rose of Flint, Mich., yester
day was acquitted of a charge of
criminal negligence in connection
with the death, on the Saria-London
highway Christmas eve, of William
Gagan, Sarnia township farmer.
DEFENSE WILL NAME
FOUR AS LINDBERGH
KIDNAPERS THURSDAY
Reilly Refuses to Reveal Iden
tity of Persons He Will
Accuse in Court.
HAUPTMANN WILL BE FIRST
WITNESS CALLED, LAWYER SAYS
Attack on Ransom Notes to Be Made.
Effort to Place Condon Near
Scene Announced.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 5.—Edward J. Reilly, chief defense attorney for
Bruno Richard Hauptmann. said today that next Thursday in Flemington,
N. J., court he would name four persons and Charge them with the Kidnaping
of the Lindbergh baby.
Reilly denied published reports that the defense would attempt to prove
that the body of the baby found was not that of the infant son of Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh.
The defense attorney declined to name the four persons he said had
engineered the abduction.
Asked if his client, Hauptmann. who is on trial for the murder of the
baby, would be one of the four he would name. Reilly replied: •'No.."
"I felt from the beginning that
Hauptmann was innocent or crime. '
Reilly said, then added: "Never mind
that."
Reilly declined to reply to the
question whether Betty Gow, nurse in
the Lindbergh home at the time of
kidnaping, would be implicated in hia
promised disclosure.
The defense attorney announced
Hauptmann would be the first defense
witness, and intimated that the de
fense would construct its case on three
groups of witnesses.
The first of these groups, he indi
cated. would be utilized to establish
a "complete alibi." the second would
be handwriting experts and the third
fingerprint experts.
Of those he said he would charge
with the kidnaping, Reilly asserted
flatly :
"There will be two women and
two or more men."
"Can you name them now?" he
was asked.
"I can't do that," he replied.
Reilly said that he bslieved testi
mony will be far enough advanced by
next Thursday to permit him to bring
EDWARD J. REILLY.
the names In through examination ana questioning.
He refused to disclose more along this line.
Questioned concerning the possibility of witnesses placing Dr. Condon
in Hopewell. N. J., at the time of the kidnaping, Reilly answered:
"We have no witnesses to prove that."
Yesterday, the defense announced its intention of doing this. Dr. Condon
(Dr. John F. "Jafsie" Condon), Bronx educator, was a self-appointed
emissary for Col. Lindbergh in his negotiations with the kidnapers.
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BOY AND GIRL FOUND
DEAD IN PARKED CAR
Indiana High School Pupils Be
lieved Victim? of Carbon
Monoxide Gas.
By the Associated Press.
RUSHVILLE. Ind., January 5.—The
bodies of Walter Dean Cameron. 16,
and Rosalind Dishinger, 17. both stu
dents at Rushville High School, were
found early today in an automobile
parked in a covered bridge on a side
j road northeast of this city. Authori
ties Mid a preliminary examination
j indicated the deaths of the boy and
girl were caused by carbon monoxide
gas.
They had been missing since yes
terday forenoon.
Friends of the boy and girl said
they had been keeping company for
j several months.
The bodies were found by Harold
; Hawk, a milk wagon driver. Authori
ties said they apparently had been
! dead several hours.
SAAR IS ALARMED
BY MASS MEETINGS
Sessions of Opposing Forces To
morrow May Bring Dis
turbances*/
By the Associated Press.
8AARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter
ritory, January 5.—The possibility
that opposing mass meetings planned
for tomorrow may result in disturb
ances aroused concern in some quar
ters today as the time for the Saar's
plebiscite draws near.
The meetings will be held by Hit
lerite supporters and by those who
favor the continued administration of
the territory by the League of Na
tions. The gatherings will be held
In the same community, and precau
tions will be taken to prevent the
opposing groups from becoming en
tangled with one another.
Questioned again concerning Miss
Gov, Reilly said he would quiz her
about her whole life when «he ls
placed on the witness stand.
"Of course, she was on more or
less friendly terms with one Red
Johnson who was around Englewood,"
Reilly said.
"Ls he (Johnson) a suspect?" he
was asked
"Well," Reilly replied, "he was ex
amined at the time of the crime.'1
"Do you want to see him?"
"No—not at all."
"Then how does the friendship im
plicate Betty Gow?"
Reilly declined to answer this query
and went on to say that Miss Gow
"showed no hysteria, crying or the
usual symptoms a woman would nor
mally show when a child to which
she was closely attached is stolen."
"She was cold," Reilly said.
Trying to Build Up Case.
Reilly said that he had not yet
learned much about Miss Gow's past
life, but that there was nothing de
rogatory in what information he al
ready had gathered.
"I am trying to build up a circum
stantial case that others close to the
baby perpetrated the crime," the at
torney declared.
"How do you feel about Haupt
mann," Reilly was asked.
"I think he'll get off," the attorney
retorted.
"I have felt from the very begin
ning there was more than one person
in this crime. Yet he is named exclu
sively in that indictment, which not
only charges he kidnaped the child
alone, but that he killed the child
alrtnp
"All the surrounding circumstances
indicate that Col. Lindbergh and his
wife were imposed upon by some «ne
In the household.
"Yesterday it was brought out in
the testimony that the baby was un
accustomed to strangers and that no
one had access to the child except
those connected with the household."
Reilly called Lindbergh "a perfect
witness for the defense " He added
that the evidence was such to indi- ι
1 rate that both Col. and Mrs. Lind
bergh would be recalled to the wit
ness stand.
Attack Ransom Notes.
The defense is mapping its plans
for an attack on the ransom notes,
it was learned today.
It also shaped its plans around the
announced intention to bring two wit
nesses into court to testify that
"Jafsie" was in the vicinity of the
Lindbergh home at Hopewell, N. J.,
on the day the baby was stolen from
its crib.
Reilly yesterday asked Mrs. Elsie
Whately, widow of the Lindbergh
butler, this question:
"Didn't your husband and you know
Dr. Condon In 1931 in New Rochelle?"
Mrs. Whately answered emphatic
ally "No, we did not."
Hints Future Course.
Reilly said, at the close of court,
his question was a "hint as to what
the future holds."
The defense has asserted the kid
naping was done, not by Hauptmann,
but by "five distinct persons" and
that the crime was planned in the
Lindbergh home unknown to the
family.
Reilly said he was eager to question
Betty Gow, who will take the stand
in Flemington Monday.
"Shell tell the truth, I'm sure." he
said, "and explain a great number of
things."
Reilly took advantage of the weele
end recess in the trial to call a con
ference of handwriting experts in hi·
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Alfonso, Infanta and Fianee
Fail to See Pope as Planned
By the Associated Press.
VATICAN CITY. January 5.—Great
mystery today surrounded the failure
of former King Alfonso of Spain, his
daughter, the Infanta Beatrix, and
her fiance, Prince Alessandro of Tor
lonla, to appear for an appointed au
dience with the Pope.
The audience was scheduled for last
night. A colorful royal reception had
been prepared for the visitors. No
ble, Swiss and Palatine Guards were
drawn up in resplendent array, while
Vatican attendants were in readiness.
All waited In vain, for the royal
party didn't appear.
Inquiries at the Vatican as to why
Alfonso, his daughter and her be
trothed had failed to show up brought
the response that It was "for very
private reasons," and prelates indi
cated they were forbidden to discuss
the matter at all.
Neither former King Alfonso nor
i
members of the Torlonia family could
be reached for comment, and a ru
mor grew that the engagement had
been broken. This, however, proved
unfounded, since preparations for the
wedding reception were being con
tinued today.
PLAN HONEYMOON IN U. S.
Newlywed» Expect to Visit Bride
groom's Mother.
PARIS, January 5 G4>).—The In
fanta Beatriz, daughter of the former
King of Spain, and Prince Alessan
dro of Torlonia are planning an Amer
ican honeymoon following their sched
uled marriage In Rome January 14.
After a visit to London the newly
weds expect to sail for New York, it
was revealed here today, to visit the
bridegroom's American mother, who
is the former Elsie Moore of Green
wich, Conn., and New York.
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