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TWO CENTS.
WORK-RELIEF BILL
LIMIT TO ONE YEAR
SOUGHT BY G. 0. P.
Senate Republicans Agree
on Change in $4,880,·
000,000 Measure.
SUPPORT IS REPORTED
FOR PREVAILING WAGE
Conference Is Divided on Adams
Amendments to Reduce Sum
by $2,000,000,000.
By the Associated Press.
Senate Republicans at a party con
ference today agreed to fight for an
amendment to limit the administration
$4,880,000,000 relief bill to one year in
•tead of two.
Senator McNary of. Oregon, the mi
nority leader, also announced an
"overpowering majority" appeared to
favor the McCarran prevailing wage
amendment.
He said the Republicans were about
evenly divided on the Adams amend
ment to slice S2.000.000,000 off the ap
propriation, that they seemed to favor
the Metcalf proposal to give prefer
ence to war veterans in the relief
iet-up and also the Hayden amend
ment to require uniform wages and
hours on public roads projects and
similar State projects.
May Seek 10 Billion*.
It was said Senator La Follettee,
Republican, of Wisconsin would seek
to Increase the works fund to prob
ably eight or ten billions.
Às the bill now reads, the money
Would be available until June 30.
1937. The Republican plan would
limit it to June 30. 1936.
Meanwhile the bipartisan bloc hoped
to have the Senate order the Appropri
ations Committee to slice the measure
into its component parts—$4,000,000.
000 for public works and $880,000,000
for relief—and report the latter to
the Senate.
The idea, they said, is to pass the
$880,000,000 quickly so relief needs
can be met, but to take plenty of time
on the public works part, which con
tains discretionary powers for the
President.
S 100.000.000 for February.
Relief Administrator Harry L. Hop
kins, who places the total number now
receiving relief from the Federal Gov
ernment at 20.000.000. said he didn't
know where relief money was going
to come from after $100.000.000 al
loted for February was exhausted. This
money, he said, would be all gone
about the 19th or 20th of the month.
In passing, Hopkins approved yes
terday of Mayor Fiorello H. La
Guardia's proposal for a $1.000.000.000
work program in New York City. He
Indorsed it In "principle," saying it
was "in accord with what the President
and Congress are trying to do."
An attack on the American Federa
tion of Labor proposal to pay relief
workers "prevailing wages" instead of
"security wages" of about $50 a month
was made today by the Government
Competition Committee of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers.
"For the Government to pay more
than a relief wage for work relief will
unnecessarily burden the public with
taxation deferring true recovery." said
the committee, which is headed by
Ray E. Wantz of Rockford, 111.
Can't Spend Indefinitely.
"The Government." it said, "cannot
keep up the expenditure of billions of
dollars indefinitely."
The bonus group, which includes
tome Easterners heretofore opposed to
cash payment, argued that if $4.880.
000.000 was to be spent it would be
better to use some of it to pay the
certificates and relieve the Govern
ment of an obligation which will come
due in a few years anyway.
President Roosevelt meanwhile had
named Robert E. Wood, president of
Bears, Roebuck Co., to head a com
mittee of business men to advise him
on how best to spend the $4,000,000,000
work fund.
CUBAN CAPITAL SHAKEN
BY SERIES OF BOMBINGS
Little Damage Is Reported, How
ever, as Result of Explosion
of 50 Petards.
By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, February 15.—A series of
petty bombings started before mid
night in Havana and continued until
early morning.
More than 50 small bombs or petards
exploded with loud reports, but there
was little damage and no casualties
were reported.
One petard exploded near the home
of an American, Frank Steinhart, sr.,
president of the· street railway com
pany, and another near the American
owned department store. La Moda
Americana.
Most of the petards were tossed from
moving automobiles and from roof
tops.
Museum, in World Qiiipu Hunt,
Fimls One Within Own Doors
Βτ the Assocltted Press.
CHICAGO. February 15.—For 10
years the Field Museum had a quipu
and never knew it. They searched all
over the world for one, and where
«lid they find it?
Why. in an old work basket among
ume weaving material they had
owned for a decade.
Just to pile thrill on thrill, there
is a possibility, mind you, that this
quipu may have belonged to a sorcerer.
Qulpus which belonged to laymen are
•carce enough, Heaven knows.
A quipu. Director Simms explained
today, is what the accountants and
business men of ancient Peru used in
stead of adding machines. A quipu
\l a cord, from which dangle a num
ber of other cords, knotted to stand
for ones, tens and thousands.
Few museums have anything more j
than a fragment, and the top for the
world in having quipus is probably
two, Simms said.
"An expedition might spend months
working in Peru." said Simms ex
ultantly, "without finding a trace of
one."
The knotted cords were used, it
was explained, in counting popula
tion. armies, sheep or anything else
which needed counting. This quipu
fairly walked in to the Field Museum.
It was hidden in an assortment of
museum materials purchased 10 years
ago from the Chicago Historical
Society.
Because the basket jvhere this one
was found came from a grave Simms
and Thompson think it was a sor
cerer's, and If it was, it may have
what they called "astrological signifi
cance." Both seemed' to feel that
would make it a quipu among qulpue.
V. S. Fears Consumer Prolests
As Food Prices Still Rise
Α. A, A. Officials Believe Public Will
Stand No Further Increases and That
Reduction Plans Are Jeopardized.
By the Associated Presj.
Fear that rising food prices may
turn the American housewife against
the Agriculture Adjustment Admin
isyation and its crop reduction pro
grams was expressed today by some
A. A. A. officials. x
With new crops four months away,
they said, retail prices are just be
ginning to feel the full effect of last
year's drought and curtailed farm
acreage.
Bureau of Labor statistics showed
increases in the cost of food ranging
from 44 per cent for butter to less
than 1 per cent for wheat cereals.
Only potatoes, onions, cabbage and
bananas showed decreases.
Average retail figures for the country,
compared with a year ago. showed
these increases: Milk. 4.5 per cent;
cheese. 10; beef, 17.5: pork chops, 34.2;
lard. 70 5: mutton, 18 3: poultry, 16 3;
eggs, 23 4; white bread. 5.1; flour.
8.5; canned corn. 16.4; canned peas,
22 5; peaches. 10.9.
A. A. A. officials said they believed
the public will stand no further in
creases without vigorous protests.
The possibility of a further rise In
retail beef prices was suggested, mean
while, by the fact the Government
purchased and slaughtered millions of
head of cattle to keep them from
starving In the drought area.
It was recalled that Secretary Wal
lace anticipated some consumer criti
cism of his crop restriction plans last
Summer by asserting that supplies
would not be up to normal, but that
shifts in diet would meet the situa
ton.
In another quarter of the Capital
the increased prices for agricultural
products were praised today as an
aid to exports of industrial products.
Oscar Johnson. Mississippi lawyer
(Continued on Page 6, Coluftin 2.)
Fee to Aid Gulf Industries
on Navy Contract Dis
cussed at Probe.
By the Associated Press.
Evidence that a $475,000 fee was
offered Α. Ρ Homer. Washington ma
rine architect, to aid Gulf Industries
of Pensacola in obtaining naval con
tracts was given today to the Senate
Munitions Committee.
At the same time it received what
some members considered were intima
tions that the Navy Department had
advance information of allocation of
ship contracts by P. W. A. to compet
ing private yards.
Taking the stand after the commit
tee had waited two weeks for him be
cause of a high blood pressure condi
tion. Homer testified the offer made to
him, allegedly on behalf of Laurence
R, Wilder, head of the Gulf Industries
, Co.. had not been accepted.
He also presented further testimony
' regarding the activities of Axel P.
Gravem. Washington attorney. Pre
! vious testimony about Gravem has
been ordered certified to District At
j torney Leslie C. Garnett for inquiry j
as to whether possible perjury is in
! voiveu.
Data on Allotments.
A letter written by Homer to W. S.
Newell, president of the Bath Iron '
Works of Bath. Me., carried what ,
some committee members considered '
evidence the Navy Department knew
I weeks in advanre of publie works
fund allotments for shipbuilding.
Homer commented in the letter
I dated May 25. 1933. that "Jerry
Land." whom he identified as Rear
Admiral Emory S. Land of the Navy :
"feels as you do that when the big
program comes through several of
the destroyers will perhaps fit you
better."
Homer declared he was not "pos
itive" in his recollections of Gravem ;
as the one who offered him $475,000 '
on behalf of Wilder, but under com
mittee questioning said he "believed j
it was."
"Surely you were not ofTered fees
of $475,000 so often that you could not
recall who made them." said Senator
Clark, Democrat, of Missouri.
"It is my recollection it was
Gravem," Homer replied. "He was
one who was always waving millions
around very carelessly."
Recalls Talk About Split.
Homer told the committee he re
called talking to its members in De
cember about a "split" he had dis
i cussed with Gravem of a proposed
Wilder fee of $250.000.
Previously Gravem had denied hav
ing any such discussions with Homer,
(Continued on Page 5. Column 4.)
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STRIKE GUARD ENLARGED
IN IMPERIAL VALLEY
Efforts Made to Prevent Fresh
Outbreaks in Fruit and Vege
table Belt.
By the Associated Press.
EL CENTRO. Calif.. February 15.—
Fifty additional deputy sheriffs were
on duty today to prevent fresh out
breaks in the strike of vegetable-pack
| ing workers in the Imperial Valley.
Shippers and packers, alarmed over
! possible danger to the season vege
table and fruit crops, asked for armed
escorts for workers who remained on
the job and new recruits brought in
when 1,500 employes walked out Mon
day, demanding union recognition and
increased wages.
Twenty-six persons. Including four
women, were booked at the county
jail here yesterday after two lettuce
trucks were overturned and stones
I hurled at a packing shed in Heber.
Naval Officer Admits Offer
ing Services to Plane
Company.
By the Associated Press.
To a Naval Court of Inquiry
Comdr. Ralph D. Weyerbacher. naval
aircraft procurement officer, acknowl
edged today that he and another of
ficer had offered their services as
technical advisors to the Cairns De
velopment Co. and Cairns Airplane
Co. of Naugatuck. Conn.
In a brief he said he made the offer
for himself and Lieut. C. Β Harper,
now retired, in a letter to J. L. Liver
more. Wall Street operator, who then
was backing the inventions of Ed
mund Β Cairns.
The Court of Inquiry, meeting at
the Washington Navy Yard, is mak
ing an investigation at the behest of
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee.
Letter Written in May. 1SS0.
Weyerbacher said he wrote the let
ter In May, 1930, when he was com
mander of the naval aircraft factory
at Philadelphia.
He insisted he had "no conscious
ness of having committed any un
ethical, much less illegal, act."
Before making a detailed offer,
Weyerbacher said he had secured a
ruling from the Navy judge advocate
general that it was permissible for
htm to serve as advisor to a private
concern if it did not Interfere with
his Navy duties.
The ruling, he added, was trans
mitted through Ernest Lee Jahncke,
then Assistant Secretary.
Capt. W. W. Wensinger of the Ma
rine Corps, acting as prosecutor for
the court, contended that although
Weyerbacher "may have thought his
activities were within the law" as long
as the Cairns companies were not
bidding for Government contracts,
the result was such as to bring "sus
picion" and "discredit" upon the
Navy.
Designs Were Rejected.
Weyerbacher said that after his
transfer to duty as a procurement offi
cer, the Navy had rejected some of
Cairns' designs. He added that he
had told Cairns the Navy was not
interested in the commercial planes
the latter was designing.
He insisted, however, that he had
nothing to do with the rejection, and
denied Cairns" assertion before a House
committee that he had brought about
the rejection because the offer of his
services was refused.
His duties, Weyerbacher said, re
quired that he inquire into the testi
mony of Cairns, but he denied using
"unauthorized" methods. He admit
ted having reproached Cairns for his
statement, but said he did not know
then It was before the House com
mittee.
In his brief, Weyerbacher said
Cairns was "irrational" and that he
had the "obsession" that he was being
"persecuted."
He attributed Cairns' statement to
the rejection of some of his designs
by the Army Air Corps, adding that
ι Continued on Page 8. Column 2.)
Reserve Figures
Show Increase
Again department store
sales in Washington made an
appreciable increase, 12.9%
for January over the same
month of a year ago. Once
more this increase was the
largest for any city in the
fifth Federal Reserve district,
in which Washington is lo
cated.
Yesterday's Advertising
(Local Display.)
Lines.
The Evening Star 63,870
2d Newspaper.... 22,632
3d Newspaper. ... 19,328
4th Newspaper..;.: 8,107
5tH Newspaper. ... 7,954
Total ( Newspaper» ) 58,021
The thorough coverage and
the steady increase of its cir
culation make The Star the
first advertising choice of
Washington merchants who
are sharing in this increased
volume of retail sales.
LOKG WINS FARLEY
INQUIRY DEMAND;
ICKES DATA ASKED
Senate Approves Modified
Resolution to Review
Investigations.
JAMES STEWART & CO.
CONTRACTS INCLUDED
"Thanks for the Information,"
Says P. W. A. Chief When
Told of Action.
ι By the Associated Press
At the request of Senator Long.
Democrat, of Louisiana the Senate ιο
ί day asked Secretary Ickes to furnish
' all reports of Interior Department in
vestigators referring to Postmaster
General Farley.
"I will turn over anything we have
as soon as I get formal notification
from the Senate." Ickes said when in
formed of the action
Senator Robinson. Democratic leader,
agreed to approval of the resolution
calling for the data after Long had
consented to a modification.
As originally drawn, the resolution
called for all reports gathered by
Louis Glavis, Ickes' chief investigator,
in connection wtih the public building
program.
Robinson protested this data would
be too voluminous.
Farley Only Conrerned.
As approved, the resolution re
quests Ickes to furnish all Glavis'
reports "which afTect. mention or re
port on James A Farley, or any con
cern with which said Farley has been
or is now identified."
It also asked for reports deaUng
with contracts to James Stewart ic
Co.. on supplies furnished to that
company by the General Builders'
Supply Corp.
Long has charged the Stewart
Co. was given preference in public
works contracts and obtained sup
plies from the other company, which
I he said was headed by Farley's
. brother-in-law.
j In a brief speech today, Long cited
! the law on disposition of postage
I stamps and read a House address
I about Farley giving unperforated and
ungummed stamps to friends.
He said if those claims were true
Farley had given away first-run
stamps with a "souvenir value" of
$80,000.
Failed in Former Efforts.
Slashing at Farley for the third
straight clay. Long yesterday had been
unsuccessful in his efforts to have
the Senate direct Ick<» to make avail
able information which Long said
the Secretary had concerning the
postal chief.
When Senator Clark. Democrat, of
Missouri, objected. Long moved to sus
pend the Senate rules and then talked
for the rest of the day before with
drawing the motion.
He repeated the charges listed in
the "whereases" of his original reso
; lutlon and asserted Farley had vio
lated "three Federal statutes and pos
1 sibly a fourth" in retaining an in
terest in a building supply company
furnishing materials to firms having
Government contracts and in seeking
donations from Government employes
to wipe out the Democratic party
deficit.
Political Support Alleged.
! He said he could bring witnesses
from West Virginia and perhaps from
the Senate itself to support his charge
that Farley used an application for
a Reconstruction Finance Corp. loan
from the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
last Fall as the basis for seeking sup
i port from an official of that road for
Clem Shaver, candidate against Rush
D. Holt for the Senate.
I Senator Clark asked Long if he had
read a denial of that charge from
fohn J. Cornwell. former West Virginia
Governor and general counsel of the
Baltimore & Ohio. Long said he had
not. but could furnish witnesses and
"some of 'em ain't so far from where
the Senator is sittln'."
"Will you be more explicit?" Clark
asked.
"No." Long replied, "on advice of
counsel I refuse to answer."
Trie· to Recall Cicero.
Laughter followed this exchange
and was repeated when the Louisi
anan snapped his fingers In the mid
dle of a sentence trying to remember
something that Cicero said.
He finally recalled and asserted :
"Cicero said about Cataline. "Does he
live? Yea. more, he walks in the
Senate.' In the case of Farley:
Does he live? He supplants the United
States Senate. He's the eyes, ears,
and if there's a heart left, the heart
of the Democratic party."
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BOAT DEBRIS FOUND
Wreckage of Sponger Lost In
1933 Found on Sea Bottom.
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., February
15 (JF).—Charred wreckage of the
sponge boat Xios, last seen In No
vember, 1933, and bones and diving
helmets of at least two of the missing
crew of five, have been found In 36
I feet of water 12 miles off Cedar Keys,
according to word received here today
from the sponge-fishing colony at
Tarpon Springs.
"Montana
Rides Again"
By Evan Evans
A RAPID-FIRE ROMANCE
COMBINED WITH ADVEN
TURE IN THE COUN
TRY BELOW THE
RIO GRANDE.
I
Begins on Page C-4 of
Todays Star
'UN-AMERICANISM'
LAWS REQUESTED
House Committee Advances
I
Six-Point Program in
Probe Report.
By the Associated Press.
Legislation to protect the United
States from foreign "propaganda'·
and revolutionary activity was recom
mended to Congress today by a House
committee which spent more than a
year investigating "un-American" ac
tivities.
In its unanimous report to the
House, the committee, headed by Rep
resentative McCormack, Democrat, of
Massachusetts, charged in effect that
j Soviet Russia has violated its pledge
against harboring groups which advo
cate the overthrow of this Govern
ment.
It reported that tons of Nazi propa
ganda have been smuggled into this
country and complimented "20-odd
million Americans of German birth
or descent" for resisting efforts "to
bring them Into the Nazi program."
Summary of proposals.
These recommendations for legis
lation were made:
1. That all publicity, propaganda or
public relations agents of foreign
! governments, foreign political parties
or foreign commercial firms be re
quired to register with the Secretary
of State.
2. That the Secretary of State be
empowered to shorten or end the stay
in this country of a temporarily ad
mitted foreigner if he disseminates
propaganda or engages in "political"
work.
3. That the United States negotiate
treaties with other nations for the
deportation of undesirable aliens to
their native lands.
4 That it be made unlawful to
advise soldiers, sailors or Reserves to
disobey their laws or regulations.
5. That United States attorneys be
empowered to prosecute persons who
refuse to testify before congressional
committees.
6. That it be made unlawful "to
advocate changes in a manner that
incites to the overthrow or destruc
tion. by force and violence, of the
Government of the United States"
or any State.
Mexican Consul Cited.
The committee reported it had "re
cently received evidence which justi
fies an inquiry into reporta showing
interference by a consul of the Mex
ican government assigned to San
Bernardino, Calif., with the religious
practices and religious freedom of
some of our people."
"This evidence has been submitted
to the State Department and assur
ances have been given that an im
mediate inqury will be made," the
committee said.
In the 15,000-word. 24-page report,
the Investigators repeated some of
the testimony obtained in hearings
throughout the country, and presented
separate summaries dealing with
Naziism. Fascism. Communism, the
"Silver Shirts"—which they said were
patterned after the storm troops of
Germany—and other organizations.
The committee said Nazis used "all
kinds of efforts and influence, short
of force and violence." to "consoli
date persons of German birth and
descent" in this country "into one
group, subject to dictation from
abroad."
Hitler Held Up to Youth.
At "youth Summer camps" In dif
ferent localities, the report asserted,
children were taught to recognize
Chancellor Hitler of Germany as their
leader.
But the report added that the com
mittee's disclosure in open hearings
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BRITAIN HELPING CHINA
DRIVE PIRATES OFF SEA
Two War Vessels Enlisted After
S. S. Tungchow Raid Hen·
aced Children.
Br the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 15.—British and
Chinese authorities have begun a co
operative campaign to sweep pirates
from China's waters, it was officially
announced here today.
Intensive effort to clear the seas is
the result of the recent pirate capture
of the S. S. Tungshow, when mission
school children were terrified for three
days.
It was revealed the plan of action
was outlined at a conference between
Canton officials and British consular
authorltes.
Two British war vessels are co-oper
ating in the campaign.
Nazis, Under Guise
Of Mourners, Caught
Drilling in Austria
By the Associated Press.
VIENNA. February 15.—Police
believed today they had solved
the mystery of the sudden pop
ularity for funeral rites in Lower
Austria.
After raids near St. Poelten,
police explained the funerals were
a clever Nazi plan to circumvent
decrees against illegal gatherings.
Members of secret Nari groups,
they said, were summoned by
their leaders to shed a few mock
tears while they got in a bit of
drill on their way to the burial
grounds.
Large quantities of propa
ganda materials were seized.
A. B. C. BOARD BUS
LATE DRINKING
Would Ban Practice of Plac
ing Orders on Table to
Last After Hours.
The Commissioners moved today to
tighten the control over the sale of
liquor, approving an amendment
which would make it illegal for a
patron of an "on-sale" place to drink
alcoholic beverages after the time
limit has been reached for sale.
The recommendation was made by
the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
which reported that it was a wide
spread practice for customers of on
sale places to buy orders of drinks
just before closing time on sales and
then consume these drinks at their
leisure.
Sale after 2 a m are now forbidden
for week days with exception of
Saturdays when the deadline is 12
midnight to conform with the Sun
day law.
Amendment to Be Prepared.
Corporation Counsel E. Barrett
Prettyman was directed by the Com
missioners to prepare the proposed
amendment to cover this point, and
this is to be sent to Congie&s for
consideration.
The Commissioners also approved
several other recommendations for
strengthening liquor sale control.
One of these calls for a stepup In
the penalties for persons found guilty
of intoxication In public places. The
maximum penalty now is a fine of
$100 or a jail sentence of 30 days, rr
both. On motion by the Α. Β C.
Board, the Commissioners propose
that this be the penalty for the first
offense and that the maximum be a
fine of $200 or Jail sentence of 60
days, or both: and that for the third
offense, the maximum fine be $500 or
a maximum of six months In jail, or
both.
The A. B. C. Board would be given
power to suspend licenses for viola
tion of the liquor rules or law under
another proposed amendment ap
proved by the Commissioners. The
board now has power only to revoke a
permit or to take a case to Police
Court for a fine, and Police Court offi
cials were reported to be unwilling to
continue to co-operate by acting on
fines for violations.
There would be no appeal from a
decision to suspend a license for 30
days or less, the action of the board
on any question of fact to be final and
conclusive. In cases where the sus
pension Is for more than 30 days the
license holder would have an appeal
to the Commissioners. A provision of
this amendment is that the notice of
suspension must be posted prominently
on the premises of the license holder
Explains Stand.
To Justify the suspension plan.
Chairman George W. Offutt of the A.
B. C. Board said: "In some cases the
penalty of revocation is too severe.
In order to take care of these cases
the board has been obliged to enlist
the good offices of the Police Court
to levy fines which have been pro
posed'by the board. The Police Court
has indicated its unwillingness to
further co-operate with us, and it is
absolutely essential, in order to pro
duce the rule of conduct which the
board Insists upon from each of Its
licensees, to have this additional
authority."
The Commissioners approved an
other proposed amendment which
would identify champagne as being
"any effervescent wine."
Supreme Court Meets.
The Supreme Court met at noon to
day without announcing any action in
the gold cases. The sessions today
will be the last the court will hold this
week.
»
GOTHAM GANGSTER
SOUGHT IN CAPITAL
Hunted for Questioning in
Use of Mails to Defraud
Numbers Gamblers.
Dodging police Investigators who
might question him and members of
his gang regarding the use of the
United States mails to defraud local
gamblers with a new racket which
would "break the bank" in the num
bers game, a New York racketeer and
his henchmen are believed to be in
Washington muscling in on gambling
operations here.
This was indicated today when in
vestigation proved the Wall street ad
dress given local numbers game players
in a yellow circular letter was ficti
i tious. A promoter who fitted the de
scription given police, however, was
known to have operated from the Wall
I street address in New York, which is
a vacant warehouse, but he cleared
out shortly after his henchmen went
to work on the new racket last Tues
day night ^nd came to Washington.
Circulars Distributed Here.
Hundreds of circular letters, sup- I
posedly sent to a "few reliable
ι eamblers." were distributed here
Tuesday night, promising that if S5
were wired the promoter at his New
York address, "positive winners" j
would be wired gamblers by operatives '
of the racketeer, who would "control
the racing mutuel machines twice a
month." manipulating them so his ι
number would come out two and a
i half hours before the first race was
run at various major race tracks
Leslie C. Garnett. United States at
torney for the District, immediately j
put Lieut. George Little's special vice
squad to work on rounding up any
suspects in the racket, but no arrests
were made. Further investigation
! showed the gangster had left New |
York Tuesday night, leaving a Wash
ington address where messages were
to be forwarded.
Those who fell for the ruse wired $5
to the promoter in New York, but the |
money bounced back to the sender
with the terse notation, "Ficticious
address, unclaimed."
Messages Must Be Prepaid.
Although telegraph companies will
forward messages, no money sent over
the wire will be relayed unless prepaid
j by the sender. Overlooking this, the
I New York promoter was defeated by j
j his own ignorance in overlooking
minor details.
Employes of a cafe next to the
vacant warehouse in the first block
of Wall street. New York, said the
upper offices of the warehouse were
vacated Tuesday nights Until that
time, however, the unnamed gangster
had been receiving telegrams and
"special dispatches" containing large
sums of money at various offices in
the vicinity of that address.
A message to New York was sent
by the leader of the racketeers from
! a Washington telegraph office in the
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HAUPTMANN AIDE
REPORT DENIED ON
EVE OF DEATH CELL
TRIP TOMORROW
Lawyers Work on Bid for
Writ of Errors to be Sub
mitted for Hauptmann.
Trip to Trenton Planned.
DEATH WARRANT SEEN
IN SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Bronx District Attorney Says All
Evidence in His Possession
Pointed to Prisoner as Alone
in Crime—Public Funds Plea
Made.
By th« Associated Presj.
FLEMINGTON. Ν J. February
15 —Bruno Richard Hauptmann. con
victed murdered of Baby Charles A.
Lindbergh. Jr., will go to the death
house of the State prison some time
tomorrow. His attorneys worked to
day on an application for a writ of
error which they may submit next
Monday.
A published report that Federal
authorities had evidence of an ac
complice was denied in Washington
by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the De
partment of Justice's Division of In
vestigation.
The district attorney of the Bronx,
where Hauptmann was indicted for
extortion, said all the evidence was
to the effect that Hauptmann was
alone in the crime.
Reilly Upholds Theory.
Edward J. Reilly, Hauptmann's de
fense chief, said he hadn't heard
the police had ever worked on an
accomplice angle, and added that
eventually the police might find truth
in his own theory that the kidnaping
and murder was the work of a gang
of at least four persons.
Sheriff John H. Curtiss of Hunter
don County said he planned to re
move the condemned man some time
after daylight tomorrow under a
guard consisting of himself and four
or five deputies and a detail of State
troopers.
As he detailed this plan briefly he
exhibited Hauptmann's death war
rant, signed by Justice Thomas W.
Trenchard. Prosecutor Anthony M.
Hauck and Court Clerk C. Lloyd Fell.
Tomorrow Definitely.
"We are going to take him down
tomorrow. That's definite," said
Curtiss.
Pressed by newsmen for some defi
nite information as what time
Hauptmann would start on the 20
odd-mile journey, he said:
"It won't be before daylight."·
The sheriff said he. together with
four or five of his deputies and an
unspecified number of State police,
would accompany the manacled
prisoner on the trip.
"I plan to get In touch with Col.
iH. Norman Schwarzkopf some time
today to arrange the final details of
the State police escort which will ac
company us."
The sheriff said the State police de
tachment tomorrow would be under
the command of Lieut. Allen Smith,
the slight officer who has had charge
of Hauptmann's State police guard
ever since the alien carpenter was
brought here from the Bronx four
months ago.
Details Withheld.
The sheriff was noncommital when
pressed for further details of Haupt
mann's removal.
"X am not going to tell you too
much. You will see us when we go."
To a question whether a prison
van would be used for the transfer.
Sheriff Curtiss replied: "We'll use
our own cars," referring to county
automobiles.
They will be closed cars, he said,
and "there will not be too many car»
in the procession."
The sheriff stated that he would
ride in the same car with Haupt
mann. and added: "I have the death
warrant here signed by the Judge, the
prosecutor and the court clerk."
He produced the slightly soiled sin
gle sheet of paper, on which was
typewritten Hauptmann's name and
with the various dates filled in in ink.
It bore the signatures of Supreme
Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard,
who presided throughout the trial;
Anthony M. Hauck, prosecutor of the
pleas of Hunterdon County, and C.
Lloyd Fell, the court clerk.
The sheriff refused to permit th·
warrant to be copied.
Silent on Arms.
The sheriff was asked whether the
transfer procession would be heavily
armed, and whether machine guns
and shotguns would be carried by the
guards. He replied that such matter»
depended on State police plans.
Inquiries were made whether Mrs.
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I
Hauptmann Keeps Fortitude
\ On Eve of Removal to Death Cell
By the Associated Press.
FLEMINGTON, N. J., February 15.
—Bruno Hauptraann's fortitude amazed
his guards as the time drew nigh (or
his transfer to the death house.
His outburst of weeping Immediately
after being sentenced for the Lind
bergh baby slaying passed, and his
features again became the emotion
less mask so noticeable during the
trial. He was once more yie stoical
carpenter.
"He has obviously been shaken by
the outcome of the trial," said one of
his guardians. "He shows remarkable
control."
Hauptmann became quieter. He
read hardly at all, rested on his cot
more frequently, but still devoted con
siderable time to restless pacing of
the 30-foot bullpen outside his cell.
Despite the harrowing experience of
hearing the death penalty imposed, he
was not averse to talking about his
impending appeal with his counsel and
to talking for the first time yesterday
to newspaper men In his cell.
Sheriff John H. Curtiss. changing
his mind, permitted Hauptmann's wife,
Anna, to visit him yesterday. Orders
were Issued that the infant son, Mann
fried, should not be taken again to
his father.
With Hauptmann In the State
prison at Trenton, the sheriff pointed
out, arrangements can be made for
visits by "his wife and child.
Pood failed to interest the con
demned man as much as before his
conviction. He ate virtually nothing
yesterday until «uppertime. Then b·
had three beef sandwiches, an orange,
a cup of coffee and some cookie*.
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