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EXPERTS RENEW FIGHT
ON BRUNO AS GIRL SAYS
HE SHADOWED CONDON
Note Evidence
Irresistible,
Two Say.
ACCUSED HELD
SEEN IN BRONX
Surprise Witness
Tells of Man Who
Watched Jafsie.
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FLEMINGTON. N. J.. January 14.—
A Bronx dress model today identified
Bruno Richard Hauptmann as a man
she saw shadowing Dr. John F. (Jaf
sie) Condon before he paid the $50,000
Lindbergh ransom.
A handwriting expert declared hand
writins evidence against the German
carpenter was "irresistible, unanswer
able and overwhelming." and a second
expert added the weight of his own
opinion to this testimony.
Miss Hildegarde Olga Alexander, the
dress model, said she saw Dr. Condon
on a night in March. 1932. in a tele
graph station and another man, be
hind him. obviously watching him.
"I say the man was Bruno Richard
Hauptmann!" she said.
Supports Condon's Story.
The girl was the second witness of
the day in Hauptmann's trial, in which
he is charged with the kidnaping and
murder of baby Charles A. Lindbergh,
jr. Her testimony was offered in sup
port of Dr. Condon's own story, in
which he said Hauptmann was the
mysterious "John" to whom he paid
the futile ransom for the baby.
The defense sought to break down
her identification. Edward J. Reilly,
chief of the defense staff, charging:
"I wanfcto prove that she was never
there."
Nevertheless, she left the stand still
insisting that Hauptmann was the
man she saw. She said she also saw
him on the street a few days after
the incident in the telegraph station.
Hauptmann turned red when she
«poke his name. Mrs. Anna Haupt
mann, wife of the accused man. paled.
Miss Alexander is 26 years old, chic.
She took the defense by surprise, re
vealing on redirect questioning that
rhe had been requested by the State
not to publicize her knowledge.
Eldridge W. Stein, second of the
State's battery pf handwriting experts,
had sufficient time before the noon
recess to declare it his opinion that
Hauptmann wrote every one of the
14 ransom notes received by Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh after his baby
was stolen on March 1, 1932.
The first expert. Albert S. Osborn,
6r., was on the stand early in the day's
session. He reiterated his opinion that
Hauptmann wrote the notes and an
swered the question of "why" with:
"Because the evidence is irresistible,
Unanswerable and overwhelming."
When he left the stand his cross
examination by Reilly was only partly
complete, the defense attorney reserv
ing the right to cross-question him
on writings of the dead Isador Fisch.
The State has promised to produce
these writings.
Reilly handed Osborn a card today
Which purported to have on It the
writing of Fisch. but which he did
not further identify, and questioned
him about alleged similarity of that
writing and the writing in the ransom
notes.
Osborn to Be Recalled.
Osborn said an "s" was similar,
but added the writing was "different."
He will be recalled by the defense
when the State produces the speci
mens it claims to have in its pos
session.
Fisch is alleged by Hauptmann to
be the man who gave him the Lind
bergh ransom money found in his
Bronx garage and the defense has
sought to connect him with the crime.
He was a German furrier, about
whom little was known. Some time
after the Lindbergh crime he went to
Germany and there died of tubercu
losis.
Earlier in the trial the defense bore
down on evidence that might tend
to link Fisch more closely, and ques
tioning of Dr. Condon on the "hollow
cough" of the "John" of the ransom
payment was emphasized.
Miss Alexander said she saw Haupt
mann watching Dr. Condon in a tele
graph office in the waiting room of
the Fordham Station of the New York
Central Railroad.
She fixed the time as sometime be
tween the time that she learned Dr.
Condon was the ransom intermediary
and the time it was announced the
money had been paid.
"Who else was in this station be
sides you and Dr. Condon?" A prose
cutor asked her.
"I saw a man looking et Dr. Con
don," she said.
She explained the man was 10 to
15 feet away, and said she saw him
again a few evenings later.
"Was there anybody else in that
•tatlon besides Dr. Condon and this
nan and yourself?"
"There may have been, but I didn't
notice any one particularly."
"Who was the man you saw In that
~~ (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.)
Osborn Testimony
on Handwriting
By the Associated Press.
FLEMINGTON. N. J., January 14 —
Bruno Richard Hauptmann today be
gan the third week of his fight to
escape the electric chair, with the
State calling handwriting experts for
further evidence that the Bronx ex
convict carpenter was the author of
the Lindbergh kidnaping ransom
notes.
Albert S. Osborn, the elderly, widely
known handwriting authority, was the
day's first witness. In his positive,
convincing voice the witness has al
ready told the Hauptmann murder
case jury that he is satisfied, after
studying both ransom notes and
specimens of the defendant's hand
writing, that Hauptmann penned the
kidnap letters.
It will require only another half
hour, prosecution attorneys estimate,
for Osborn to complete his cirect
examination. Cross-examination, how
ever. will probably be protracted.
Chief Defense Counsel Edward J.
Reilly has made no secret of the fact
he plans a hammering onslaught on
this phase of the State's case and
over the week end defense experts
have been at work in Trenton study
ing the handwriting exhibits to supply
Reilly with ammunition for a fiery
cross-examination.
Sheriff John H. Curtiss announced
regular court would be held tomor
row despite the fact that New Jersey
inaugurates its new Governor, Harold
G. Hoffman, on that day.
Faint Smile Seen
On Bruno's Face.
Hauptmann was brought into court
some 18 minutes before convening
time. There was a faint smile on his
lips as if he were secretly amused
over something, and there was a
small cut on his right cheek as if
he had been nicked by a razor in
shaving.
The crowd was noticeably smaller
than at any other day during the
trial, but there was still a small group
of hardy would-be spectators who as
sembled, hoping for admission.
Many of them were provided with
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AMELIA'S FLIGHT
TO D.C. DELAYED
Plane Ready for Hop—De
cision of Aviatrix Await
ed at Field.
(Wirephotos—Page 3J
By the Assocleted Press.
LOS ANGELES, January 14.—
Amelia Earhart Putnam held her air
minded public somewhat In the air
today as far as her immediate flying
plans were concerned.
America's "flrst lady" of the air,
weary from her Honolulu-to-Califor
nia fligtit and her leisurely jaunt down
the coastline from Oakland to Los
Angeles yesterday, made this much
known:
She was "tired" and wanted to sleep.
She wanted to take off for Wash
ington, D. C.
She directed her ocean-spanning
monoplane serviced.
That was the last heard of the
touseled-headed aviatrix late lest
night when she left the Union Air
Terminal at Burbank, forced because
of bad weather reports to cancel, for
the time being, at least, her trip to the
Nation's Capital.
Plane Ready.
Airport officials poured gasoline Into
the plane's tanks, serviced It com
pletely, and awaited a decision.
Repeated Inquiries from attaches at
the airport brought this laconic an
swer:
"No, we don't know where Miss Ear
hart is or what she plans. We are
just waiting."
The blonde Amelia cruised down to
Los Angeles from Oakland yesterday
in three hours and seven minutes,
hoping to find favorable weather con
ditions to continue by the southern
route on to Washington.
xiiHUira nanuicaps run.
Reports of a blizzard in the vicinity
of Flagstaff, Ariz., however, termi
nated this plan for the time being, and
whether she would take off today was
something to be decided later.
"I had my heart set on going to
Washington," Amelia sighed. She
tried to smile, and an effort It was.
She looked tired.
George Palmer Putnam, wealthy
husband of the flyer, who kissed her
good-by when she took off from Hon
olulu, was reported. hurrying to the
United States by boat to rejoin his
.wife, Mrs. Amy Otto Earhart, the
flyer's mother, lives at Toluca Lake,
near the airport.
Miss Earhart's departure from Oak
land was delayed when her ship,
loaded to capacity with gasoline,
bogged down in mud at the end of the
runway. A tractor pulled it out.
PLANE HITS SAND DUNE
Flyer and Passengers Shaken at
Florida Beach.
NEW SMYRNA, Fla„ January 14
(JP>.—In an effort to dodge an ap
proaching automobile as he glided in
for a landing, Frank Haines of De
troit crashed his plane, In which he
was flying pay passengers, into a sand
dune here, but all escaped serious in
jury. v
Haines' landing gear struck the
water at the beach edge and his plane
swerved into a large umbrella shed
in the dunes.
Haines stopped here en route to
Detroit after attending the Miami
air races. He planned to have his
propeller repaired today and continue
his journey.
Hauptmann Trial Messengers
Strike for Increase in Pay
By the Associated Press.
FLEMINGTON, N. J., January 14.—
The entire corps of telegraph mes
eenger boys, carrying newspaper copy
at the Hauptmann murder trial, struck
tor more pay today shortly before
court convened.
The spokesman for the group of 20
youngsters, Bartles Reasoner, was Im
mediately discharged by the company
employing him, but the others, un
daunted, won an agreement from the
wire managers to hold an arbitration
meeting this afternoon after court
adjourned.
JThe managers said "It will be ad
k
justed" and indicated that increased
pay would be provided.
The boys explained that they were
being paid $1 during the day for eight
hours' work and >1.50 for the same
period at night. One company, they
complained, was deducting 8 cents ft
day for the cost of uniforms.
The lads said they would decide
what increase they would request be
fore the meeting.
"After they've taken out the 8 cents
for our uniforms," said one of the boys,
"we make about 02 cents » day. Zt
fevt't Hffht "
Roosevelt Plans to Attack
Problem in Special Mes
sage This Week.
By the Associated Press.
Congress will come face to face with
its first major tasks this week, not
ably the problem of social security
which President Roosevelt plans to
attack in a special message expected
to go to Capitol Hill within two or
three days.
Deluged with demands for the
Townsend plan for $200 a month pen
sions to every one over 60, legislators
were looking forward particularly to
hearing the White House ideas on old
age security.
One report In congressional circle·—
unconfirmed at the White House—was
that a monthly pension ot >48 for
eligible old folk might be the admin
istration's answer to the drive for
the Townsend plan. Another belief,
voiced with equal assurance, was that
the figure would be $30. The pension
age and the other rules for eligibility
also were subjects for varying con
gressional forecasts.
The week will see two old contro
versies renewed on Wednesday, the
House Ways and Means Committee
will meet to decide how fast it «hall
handle the proposal to pay the $2,
100,000,000 soldier's bonus immedi
ately.
Mail Demand Heavy.
As far old-age pensions, veterans
on Capitol Hill say that never before
has the mail brought them such an
avalanche of demands as It is now
dumping into their offices on the
Townsend plan.
In view of this, some legislators
are known to be anxious about the
consequences of supporting the ad
ministration's much more conserva
tive plan. While the size of pensions
the administration will seek has not
been confirmed from official sources,
it is reported authoritatively that the
cost will be divided between the Fe
deral and State Governments, prob
ably on a 50-50 basis.
Outlines of the administration's
plan for unemployment insurance were
more definite, with indications it
would conform closely to the general
plan embodied in the Wagner-Lewis
bill of last session.
This proposed a Federal pay roll
tax to be paid by all employers of
more than 10 wage earners. From
this payment employers could deduct
whatever they paid to an approved
State Insurance fund.
Though the Wagner-Lewis bill called
for a 5 per cent tax, congressional
leaders understand the White House
may leave the exact figure to the de
termination of the legislators.
Three Points Outlined.
When Chairman Doughton, Demo
crat of North Carolina, calls his House
Ways and Means Committee to meet
in a round-table discussion of the
bonus Wednesday these points are ex
pected to be considered:
1. Whether long or short hearings,
or any hearings at all, should be held.
2. Whether the bill should be expe
dited.
3. Whether a short delay might
enable presidential supporters to win
approval for a compromise bill.
The Constitution requires that the
bonus bill originate in the House. Ad
ministration leaders there agree the
House would pass the Patman bill
calling for full and immediate pay
ment. They expect the Senate would
do likewise.
It is the contention of administra
tion forces, however, that enough
strength could be mustered in the
Senate to uphold a presidential veto.
To override a veto two-thirds are
required.
Democratic chiefs in the House ex
press hope also that they might win
over more than one-third. The
House would ballot first on overrid
ing a veto.
Some leaders hope that a compro
mise acceptable to the White House
and bonus advocates can be agreed
upon. More than a dozen different
ways of paying the bonus have been
proposed. However, none of the vet
erans' organizations has agreed to
compromise.
Missionary Murdered.
ROME, January 14 </P).—The
murder of Brother Eugene Frank,
native of Illinois, was confirmed today
in a cablegram from New Guinea to
the Divine Word Society. The mis
sionary was killed January 8 by East
ern New Guinea natives.
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PRESIDENT URGED
TO STAGGER HOURS
AS TRAFFIC BOON
Report Submitted Today
May Bring Order Chang
ing Schedules.
ROOSEVELT WILL INSIST
PRIVATE FIRMS ALSO ACT
Conference of Police Officials
Seeks Means of Tightening
Up Enforcement.
I
Along with his many other prob
I lems, President Roosevelt has assumed
the task of helping to solve Wash
ington's traffic troubles.
The possibility of staggering work
ing hours of Federal employes has
been suggested to him as a means
of lessening rush-hour traffic. As
Chief Executive, a decision on this
will have to be made by him.
Commissioner Hazen meanwhile has
called a conference of all police in
spectors and captains to meet at the
District Building tomorrow at 10 a.m.
to discuss means of tightening up on
traffic regulations. Corporation Coun
sel E. Barrett Prettvman at that time
will outline just what the police can
and cannot do to reduce the heavy
District traffic toll.
Others May Act Also.
Indications are that the President
will not put the Federal employes On
staggering hours unless the business
houses and offices oi Washington co
operate.
A report on the subject by William
A. Van Duzer. traffic director for the
District, was to be sent to the Presi
dent at 12:30 today. This report is ex
pected to serve as a basis upon which
the President will arrive at a conclu
sion.
It has been intimated that while he
probably would disapprove a plan
whereby only the Government would
adopt the plan, if the report convinces
him that a combination of the Gov
ernment and commercial houses and
offices of the District would help re
lieve the problem, he would agree to
the proposal.
Some weeks ago the matter of
Washington's traffic problem was
brought to the attention of the Presi
dent by Commissioner Hazen. The
latter, in appealing for assistance,
pointed out that staggering hours for
the Government, particularly in con
nection with those employed in the
neighborlîbod of Pennsylvania avenue
from Twelfth to Fifteenth street,
would be a great help.
The President was told that the
traffic Jams during the rush hours
are worse in that area, especially In
the vicinity of the triangles between
Thirteenth and Fifteenth streêt. In
answer to the President's inquiry
about private business concerns of the
District, Hazen requested Traffic Di
rector Van Duzer to make the neces
sary study.
Many Staggering Hours.
It Is understood the report \.ill in
clude the information that many of
the commercial houses of the District
have had staggered hours in effect
for some time and that there could
be no further improvement unless the
Government puts its thousands of
employes in the congested area on
staggered hours. It is known that
department store clerics do not go to
work until 9:15 in the morning and
that the bank staffs report at 8:30
in the morning and that many busi
ness houses open at 8 a.m. and others
at 9:30 a.m.
The possibility of ending or limit
ing the practice of jaywalking «111
be considered at the District Building :
meeting tomorrow. At present the I
District has no regulation against :
jaywalking. The only mention of it
in traffic regulations is that pedes- !
trians crossing streets at places other ,
than cross-walks shall yield the right j
of way to vehicles.
Hazen said today he is in favor ,
of some law requiring that pedestrians
obey traffic signals in the same man
ner that vehicular traffic is now
handled. He would fix a small pen
alty. possibly a $2 fine, for persons
crossing in the middle of the block,
and would empower policemen to
summon such persons into court with
out necessarily placing them under
arrest.
Would Educate Walkers.
The Commissioner also said he fa
vors launching an educational drive
to impress pedestrians that they are
taking their lives in their hands when
they cross the street in the middle of
a block. He cited statistics to show
that more jaywalkers figured in traf
fic accidents than pedestrians using
marked cross-walks.
The Commissioner expressed his
doubt that the regulation to impound
automobiles Improperly parked could
be enforced.
"There is some doubt," Hazen said,
"that if we had an impounding regu
lation we could enforce it. Further
more, we have neither equipment nor
facilities now for enforcing such a
law. As it stands at present I am op
posed to the proposal. I want to
know first whether such a law 1*
worth while."
Attending the meeting, in addition
to the police inspectors and captains,
will be Engineer Commissioner Dan I.
Sultan, who said he wants to get
better acquainted with the Police De
partment, and Trifflc Director Van
Duzer.
I
CALLES RÇSTS EASILY
AWAITING OPERATION
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, January 14.—Mex
ico's "iron man," Gen. Plutarco Elias
Calles, was resting easily today at
St. Vincent's Hospital, somewhat im
proved since flying here from Culiacan,
Sinaloa, last Thursday to undergo an
operation for a gal bladder ailment.
The former President of the south
ern republic was permitted short visits
with relatives and friends yesterday.
He spent some time walking about
the halls.
Gen. Calles' personal physician, Dr.
Verne C. Hunt, said his patient was
gaining strength rapidly and that the
operation "will not be performed until
the general is lo the best possible
condition."
TKÔse .
Billions «H
DOLLARS Ι
e_AHewfARtuojj
HIhiM OUL;
Young Offenders Given Choice
Of Jail or Auto Permit Recall
New Policy Announced as Youth Takes
90-Day Suspension of Right to
Drive; 95 Cases Listed.
Starting today, youthful traffic vio
lators arraigned before Judge Isaac
R. Hitt on serious charges will be
given a choice of serving β term
in jail or having their drivers' per
mits suspended.
Judge Hitt announced he would be
gin this practice at once and gave
the first ruling this morning in the
case of James A. Stoutenburgh, jr.,
18, of 2006 Columbia road. He gave
young Stoutenburgh his choice of
30 days in jail or having his permit
suspended for 90 days.
Stautenburgh. charged with speed
ing 55 miles an hour, accepted the
permit suspension and Judge Hitt
took his personal bond.
Traffic Court was crowded until
the 12:30 p.m. recess, with 85 per
sons listed for arraignment on 107
charges. Nine other persons were
locked up on Tarious traffic viola
tions. Forty-four case* listed were
for speeding, 30 for parking. 7 for
passing stop signs, 3 for passing red
lights and 2 for reckless driving.
On Saturday $791 was collected in
fines and forfeitures from persons ar
raigned in Traffic Court, according to
a statement today by the financial
clerk's office.
James C. Stonebreaker. 306 C street,
was fined $100 or sentenced to 60 days
in jail on a third offense speeding
charge. Motor Cycle Officer John E.
Fonda 11 told the court he had stopped
Stonebreaker only recently and warned
him about fast driving. His record
showed several similar convictions.
Charged with reckless driving.
Bradish Johnson, jr., 1616 Eighteenth
street, pleaded not guilty and de
manded a jury trial. He was released
on $500 bond.
James Chambers, colored, was fined
(Continued on Page 5. Column 6.)
4 CONVICTS FLEE
OKLAHOMA PRISON
Tunnel Way to Liberty—All
Were Members of Tu
berculosis Ward.
By the Associated Press.
McALESTER, Okla., January 14.—
Making their seeond break for free
dom, four convicts tunneled their way
out of the State Penitentiary here
early today. Three were reported to
have commandeered a taxicab, while
the other fled on foot.
All four were inmates of the prison
tuberculous ward and were members
of the party of seven which engi
neered a successful break from the
prison last September 27.
The men were Coney Coffey, serving
25 years for robbery; Charlie Points,
serving a life term for the death of
J. D. Gates, an Oklahoma City police
man, In 1930; Vern Brothers, 20 years
for robbery, and Earl Williams, 30
years for robbery in Pottawatomie
County.
Two of the convicts left the taxicab
at Holdenville, Okla. The third con
tinued to Shawnee.
The driver, Ossie Minyard, wa« re
leased unharmed at Shawnee.
GALE SWEEPS CITY;
COLD DUE TONIGHT
Minimum Temperature of 20 Is
Forecast for D. C. by
Weather Bureau.
High winds, with occasional gusts of
gale force, swept Washington today
as the Weather Bureau issued a warn
ing of colder weather, with a minimum
temperature of about 20 degrees for
tonight.
During the morning, according to
the instrumental recording of wind
velocity at the Weather Bureau, an
average wind force of 30 miles an hour
was registered, with much stronger
occasional gusts, one of which, at
11:05 a.m. reached 49 miles per hour.
It blew in a plate-glass window in
the Quality Liquor Co., southeast cor
ner of Fifteenth and G streets. As a
result, Adolph Brinker, 50, 1861 Cali
fornia street, was taken to a hospital
and examined, but was lound to have
suffered only slight cuts on the knee.
He was released after treatment.
Weather Bureau officials noted a
7-inch fall of snow at Redding, Calif.
There ware heavy snows reported in
the northern tier of Central States
also.
Μ00ΝΕΥ CASE DELAYED
Supreme Court Becesses Without
Action on Petition.
The Supreme Court recessed today
untU next Monday without acting on
the effort of Thomas J. Mooney to
obtain a review of conviction for com
plicity in the 1816 San Francisco Pre
paredness day parade bombing.
Action a week hence appeared prob
able. but it may be «till longer.
■V
■I GOLD VIEW
AWAITED BY BYRNS
Says It Will Back Congress
on Suspension of Clause.
New Laws Possible.
Br the AMOcUttd Press.
Speaker Byrne predicted today the
Supreme Court would hold constitu
tional the suspension of the gold
clause, but added that if it did not
Congress "could take care of at least
part of the situation by legislation."
The court is considering these
cases involving President Roosevelt'e
monetary policies after arguments last
week, in which Attorney General Cum
mings predicted "chaos" would follow
unless the Government's position was
upheld.
"I don't anticipate that it is going
to be held unconstitutional." Byrns
said at his press conference. "I know
it looks doubtful to some because of
some questions that have been asked,
and a few things of that sort, but
somehow I can't conceive of the court
deciding otherwise than that the act
was legal.
"Gold clause suspension means too
darn much to the country, and things
like that have got to be taken Into
consideration.
"But if the decision should be ad
verse, Congress could promptly enact
remedial legislation."
Asked what kind of legislation,
Byrns said he had not yet gone into
that, but when his reaction was re
quested on reports that some favored
enlarging the membership of the Su
preme Court, he added:
"I don't believe in enlarging the Su
preme Court to get a verdict. That
may be talked about, but it will never
get anywhere.
"If you ever start that sort of busi
ness, you set a precedent that would
be very harmful.
"I don't think the country would
stand for that. I know I wouldn't."
FREED OF INTEREST
Two Dutch Firms Win Gold Case
in Hague Court.
THE HAGUE. Netherlands, Janu
ary 14 (A*).—Two Netherlands oil
concern» today were freed from the
obligation of paying interest on the
gold value of their gold dollar bond
by the judgment of a Hague court.
The decision was given In a case
concerning the Royal Dutch Oil Co.
and the Batàafsche Petroleum Co.
An appeal to a still higher court is
possible.
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RETURN OF REICH
10 LEAGUE PUSHED
England Reported Ready to
Grant Arms Equality as
Price of Move.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 14.—The British
cabinet, meeting today, was under
stood to be discussing a tentative pro
posal that Germany be given equality
in armaments in return for a re-entry
into the League of Nations.
An authority stated that the cabinet
was of a unanimous opinion that the
time was ripe—provided the Saar
Basin Territory has voted to return
to Germany, and it is believed such is
the case—to press for Germany's re
turn to the League on the basis of
actual equality.
It was reported that Germany's co
operation in a treaty for arms limita
tion Is also one of the essentials m
the consideration of equality for Ger
many.
Sir John Simon, foreign secretary,
returned from Geneva Just before the
cabinet session. Before the ministers
gathered he had a private conference
with Prime Minister J. Ramsay Mac
Donald. In Geneva. Sir John talked
with Pierre Laval, French foreign
minister.
A move to Induce Germany to re
turn to the League, was understood to
be included in the cabinet discussion
regarding the development of a Euro
pean security pact.
FRITCH NAMED HEAD
OF D. Α. V. IN DISTRICT
William R. Bealle Elected Senior
Vice Commander—John J,
Crim, Junior.
Charles Edward Fritch of the Vet
erans' Administration was elected
commander of the District of Columbia
Department. Disabled American War
Veterans, at the annual convention
Saturday night at the Roosevelt Hotel.
Other officers elected were: William
R. Bealle. senior vice commander;
John J. Crim. junior vice commander,
and James J. Kehoe. treasurer.
SOVIET DOOMS TWO
FOR $500,000 FIRE
Three Other Sailors Get 10 Tears
for Burning' of Barge of
Alcohol.
G UFA, Bashkir Republic, U. S.
8. R.. January 14.—Two drunken
members of a steamer crew were sen
tenced to death today and three other
sailors were ordered Imprisoned for
10 years for causing the loss of 1,000,
000 rubles—about $500,000—to the
Soviet by the burning of a barge on
the Delaya River.
M. Panin, assistant to the captain
of the steamer which had a barge in
tow, is one of two who must die.
The barge was earning alcohol.
Panin and his gang imbibed part of
the cargo and somehow the barge
caught on fire.
U. S. Tourists Sought.
PARIS, January 14 VP).—Prominent
hotel Interests today launched a move
to provide American tourists with 20
francs for their dollar instead of the
present rate of 15.
PLEBISCITE VOTES
RUN HEAVILY FOR
REICH IN COUNTING
Observers Report Ratio Is
10 for Germany, 3 for
Status Quo.
RESULT ANNOUNCEMENT
TO BE MADE TOMORROW
98 Pet. of Eligible Voters Go to
Polls—Violation of Nazis'
Guaranties Charged.
Copyright, 1935. by the Associated Press.
SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter
ritory, January 14.—The Saar plebi
scite voting appeared to watchers from
the balcony of Wartburg Hall today
to be running 10 in favor of Germany
to three for retention of the status
quo as neutral tabulators began their
count of more than 500,000 ballots.
No votes for France were noticed.
The watchers were merely peering
down at the busy scene below and
were not permitted actual contact
with the counters.
This proportion of votes was main
tained in several important districts,
apparently, but the later counting may
change the ratio. It was generally
conceded, however, that the majority
of votes would favor the return of the
Saar Basin Territory to Germany.
The result is to be announced at
8 a m. (2 a m . E. S. T.) tomorrow.
The big doors of the Wartburg
Auditorium banged shut and were
padlocked, imprisoning 140 foreigners,
chosen for their neutrality, who are
charged with the historic task of
accurately tabulating the phenora
enaUy heavy vote of more than one
half million Saarlanders.
Outside the doors, heavily armed
troops stood on guard to assure that
there would be no interruption in the
counting. '
Tabulators Are Sealed In.
The vote counters were held on the
lower floor of the building. News
paper men and others holding tickets
to the upper floor and the balcony
may come and go as they wish, but
only through special entrances.
Until the count is completed, the
corps of foreign tabulators are staying
"hermetically sealed" against contact
with the outside world.
Correspondents and cameramen
with credentials entitling them to view
the counting were carefully searched
as they entered to forestall any pos
sible untoward incident.
British soldiers, wearing steel
helmet· and with bayonets fixed on
their rifles, guarded the doors through
which the chosen spectators were ad
mitted. Detectives, stationed Inside,
searched each person who went in.
Armed police were placed in groups
throughout the building.
Prom the press balcony sun arc
lights, such as are used in movie
studios, were trained on the tabu
lators, giving the whole scene the
appearance of a great drama.
Official Result Tomorrow.
Although the representatives of
the press could watch every move
of the tabulators below, they will
not get the official result until early
tomorrow, and, then only after listen
ing to the long, dizzy list of figures
read in two languages—French and
German. The totals will not be
issued until the separate results of
each voting district is made known.
The Saarlanders themselves wer·
invited to stay at home today while
the count is going on. but League of
Nations officials said they feared every
one would take tomorrow off to re
lease their pent-up emotions. The
Nasi trade unions ordered a holiday
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ANNULMENT IS ASKED
Mrs. Bertha Bookout Charges She
Was Scared Into Marriage.
Declaring she was frightened into
marrying Roy E. Bookout. 826 Four
teenth street, when he threatened to
drive his automobile over an embank
ment unless she agreed to become his
wife, Mrs. Bertha Laura Bookout,
Conard Apartments, today asked the
District Supreme Court to annul the
marriage.
Through Attorney Myer Pumps, the
wife says the ceremony was performed
at Elkton, Md., November 19,
WAGE RAISE GRANTED
Increase to Affect 1,500 Gotham
Subway Workers.
NEW YORK. January 14 (/P).—The
Interborough Rapid Transit Co. yes
terday announced a 5 per cent in
crease in the pay of all subway em
ployes making less than $4,000 a year
who were not included in the recent
wage agreement with the union.
The plan will affect about 1,500 men.
The agreement with the union, signed
in December, reduced the hours of
work for 14,000 employes from nine to
eight with no change in pay, or where
the men already were working only
eight hours daily, granted them * β
per cent Increase.
Byrd Party Discovers Coal
Within 200 Miles of Pole
Br the Associated Pre».
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica,
January 13, delayed (By Mackay
Radio).—Three members of the Byrd
expedition have returned from a
1,410-mile sledging trip which carried
them within 180 miles of the South
Pole.
It was the farthest South any man
has gone by that means of travel
since 1912. when Capt. Robert F.
Scott reached the Pole, only to perish
on the return trip.
The group, led by Qulnn A. Black
burn of Seattle, Wash., returned Fri
day. They had spent 88 days in the
field, having left Little America on
October 16.
Within aoo mlfce at the fipl· the*
found coal deposits and fossil remains
of trees which had grown trunks 12
to 18 Inches In diameter, ages-old
evidence of an epoch when the Ant
arctic had a mild climate.
With Blackburn were 6tuart Β
Paine. Durham, Ν. H., and Richard
Russell, Boston, Mass. Their faces
were peeling from frostbite in terrific
winds, with the temperature 40 and
50 degrees below zero.
At other times they were stripped
to the waist as they made their way
across the treacherous Ice. Dogs re
peatedly had to be rescued from
crevasses.
Although primarily a geological
party, their work was described M of
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