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ROOSEVELT RISKS
BLAME OR PRAISE
Aides See Desire to Take
Front Trench Action on
Relief Program.
TIME OF DISTRIBUTION
FOCAL POINT IN PLANS
Brakes Seen Necessary If Cash Is
to Last Beyond 1936 Cam
paign Season.
BY EARNEST K. LINDLEY.
‘Copyright. 193n.>
President Roosevelt has Informed
hi* closest associates In the Gov
ernment that he intends to take the
actual, as well as the implied, respon
sibility for the execution of the $4,
000.000.000 works program. He has
made it plain to them that his pre
viously announced intention to sit
as chairman of the Allotment Com
mittee for the Works Committee was
not merely a device to smooth over
rivalries in his administration or to
appease Representatives and Senators
who did not want to place the money
in the hands of Harold L. Ickes, pub
lic works administrator.
The primary significance of the
President's decision is* political, in tne
view of his chief aides. Its effect
will be to put him out where he will
be the main target if the program
fails to function properly. In a broad
sense, of course, the President musi
accept responsibility for everything
that his administration does. But. as
a matter of fact, the general public
realizes that no President can be fully
aware of everything that goes on in
his administration, that he must dele
gate responsibility.
Popularity staves Off Attacks.
The personal popularity of Mr.
Roosevelt has served to shield him
from direct attack from the political
opposition to a greater extent than
was the fortune of some of his prede
cessors. Thus. Gen. Hugh S. John
son took the main punishment for
the N. R. A.; Henry A. Wallace. Sec
retary of Agriculture, is taking the
brunt of the attacks on the A. A. A.:
James A. Farley has taken the blame
for various political decisions, and
Other members of the administration,
have been the main targets of the
opposition to various other New Deal
policies.
But now. as his associates see it,
the President is getting ready to put
himself out in front in the handling
of the huge work-relief appropriation.
While the actual administration of
the program will be in several hands,
the President will pass on every allot
ment, according to his announced
plans. The protective line of whip
ping boys between him and the public
will be cleared away. In the words of
one of his lieutenants, Mr. Roosevelt
is prepared to "stand or fall" on the
' successful administration of this fund,
out of which he has promised to create
direct employment for 3.500.000 able
bodied unemployed on the relief rolls.
The President's decision was made
over the protests of most of his advis
ers. They have urged him against
taking an unnecessary risk, holding
that if all goes well, he will get the
credit anyway, while if anything goes
wrong it will be convenient to let as
much of the criticism as possible be
absorbed by his lieutenants. They
have argued, also, that he should not
add any more burdens to his dally
work
Plans Not Revealed.
The President has not yet com
pletely revealed his plans for handling
the money to his close associates, ac
cording to people who should know.
There is still a considerable amount
of hauling and pulling for position
among the men who expect to have
some of the administrative responsi
bility. When the President has his
plan completely worked out, he ex
pects to announce it himself, possibly
at a special press conference compar
able to his annual reviews of the
budget for the Washington corre
spondents.
Under direction from the White j
House, Harry L. Hopkins. Federal
emergency relief administrator, Ickes
and other officials are clearing the
way for the new program.
Mr. Hopkins intends to have the
aged and miscellaneous unemploy -
Bbles back on the hands of State and
local governments by Midsummer.
This in accordance with the plan
outlined by the President in his an
nual message to Congress. Apart
from farmers in the drought areas
and farmers who are being rehabili
tated with the aid of small loans in
non-drought areas, there are only
about 3.500.000 physically and men
tally capable heads of families on the
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U.S. MAN IS FOUND
SLAIN IN MEXICO
Consul Asks Thorough Probe of
Killing—Outlaw Band
Is Blamed.
Mr the Associated Presi.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., April 20.—
The bullet-riddled body of Raymond
S. Bengson. 27-year-old American
geologist, was found early today in
the brushland southwest of Mata
moros. Mexico. He apparently was
killed by an outlaw band In a robbery.
United States Consul Herndon Go
forth asked Matamoros civil and mili
tary authorities to make a thorough
investigation.
Bengson had about 800 pesos with
him and was on his way to the camp
of the Titania Oil Co., Standard Oil
subsidiary, when he was killed. He
was alone.
Bengson was a native of Colorado,
where his mother lives, and came here
last August with his wife and young
daughter from McAllen, Tex.
Several weeks ago three armed men
stopped him on the highway south
west of Matamoros, but let him go
wj^hout harming him.
Byrd Discoveries Are Hailed
As Greatest in Last Century
Planes Enabled Wide Exploration of
Antarctic, Chief Pilot Reveals,
Telling of Dangers.
BY RUSSELL OWEN.
NEW YORK, April 20—The most complete season of exploration in the
Antarctic since the days of Scott Is described by Harold June, who was the
chief pilot and in charge of transportation for the latest expedition of Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd. June has just returned to the United States from
New Zealand to take part in winding up the affairs of the expedition. The
two ships carrying most of the crew are now on the Pacific nearing Panama.
A map that June has brought with him to show the work of the expedi
tion makes it evident that, despite*
difficulties, much more was accom
plished this time than on Admiral
Byrd's former trip South. The pos
sibility of land was eliminated from
the tce-covered sea north of Marie
Byrd Land, the coast line was de
lineated for about 300 miles to the
east of the Edsel Ford Range, the
Queen Maud Mountains were extended
far to the east until they blended
into a plateau and this plateau was
traced at a height of 4.000 feet from
the coast to the Queen Maud Range.
This final accomplishment makes it
certain that there is no channel be
tween the Ross and Weddell Seas, and
that the Arctic continent is a single
land mass.
The area explored, most of which
was new territory even to Byrd and
his men. who had been there before, |
is so large that it is about equal to
the exploration of all other expedi
tions of the Ross Sea sector of the
continent. This was made possible,
of course, by the use of planes, which
were flown, ever, in bad weather, much
more than they were on the former
expedition.
When the area explored at sea Is
added to that on ice or land, the re
sults of the expedition are more far
reaching. so far as geographical work
is concerned, than those of any ex
pedition since that of Ross about 100
years ago.
The work was the logical result of
the discoveries of Admiral Byrd on
his first southern trip and, as it was
planned by him in its broad outlines,
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POWERS UNMOVED
BY CURT NAZI N01E
Hitler’s Rebuke to League
Nations Expected—Tone
Held Mild.
By the Associated Press.
Europe yesterday refused to get ex
cited about Adolf Hitler's curt birth
day note, sent to 14 powers repre
sented on the League of Nations
Council, rejecting the Council's cen
sure of Germany's rearmament.
Rome was surprised only at the
sharpness of the note, although of
ficials said something of the sort had
been expected. British opinion was
summed up In the comment: "Nothing
to get excited about." Frenchmen
termed it "essentially platonic.”
No power, it appeared, planned an
immediate reply to the Hitler com
munication, even though advices in
dicated he would await their answer
before listing his specific objections to
the League resolution.
Approved in Germany.
BERLIN.—Germany's fervent cele
bration of der Fuehrer's 46th birth
day provoked almost universal ex
pression of approval of his military
program, which gained impetus as
Storm Troops and veterans' associa
tions presented him 41 new airplanes.
ROME.—Afternoon newspapers
gave the German note scant display,
carrying no editorial comment. Italy,
meanwhile, started what officials called
the "biggest annuel recruiting of avi
ators held in the world" as the air
ministry began receiving applications
for 1.300 posts as pilots and 4.750 as
specialist mechanics.
PARIS—The government was de
scribed as believing no further action
necessary in connection with the Ger
man note, which political circles re
garded as reiteration of the Reich’s
decision to destroy the Versailles
treaty.
Received in London.
LONDON.—While most, government
officials were away from the city on
Easter holidays, the note was com
municated to them from the foreign
office.
_ COPENHAGEN —The note sent to
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CURLEY IS DEFIED
BY EDITOR AT QUIZ
Newspaper Executive Risks Jail
to Protect Confidential
Informant.
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. April 20.—A Boston news
paper editor who declined to disclose
the source of a news story was threat
ened tonight by Gov. James M. Cur
ley with jail over Easter, but after
consideration, the Governor deferred
action on contempt proceedings until
Monday.
The newspaper man was William G.
Gavin, city editor of the Boston Trav
eler, who earlier had been given an
hour by the Governor to reveal who
supplied him Information on which
an articlr* in today’s Traveler was
based.
On advice of counsel, Gavin de
clined to name the source. The
Governor and his Executive Council
then set 1 p.m. Monday as the time
at which the editor and his counsel
should appear for a hearing.
The Traveler report, based on in
formation Gavin said had been given
him personally and in confidence, said
Councilor Edmund Cote, Republican,
of Pall River would vote to oust Eu
gene C. Hultman as chairman of the
Metropolitan Commission. The coun
cil and the Governor have been sit
ting in a Judicial capacity at ouster
proceedings brought by the Governor
against Hultman.
Curley, Cote and other members of
the council were incensed over the
report.
STRIKE SABOTAGE FAILS
DANVILLE, 111., April 20 OP).—Ten
sion in the Central Illinois utility
strike area increased today when spe
cial guards reported the discovery of
six sticks of dynamite above the Texas
Panhandle pipe line bringing natural
gas into this city.
County officials were told an at
tached fuse had burned out several
inches from the dynamite.
Employes of the Illinois Power A
Light Corp. have been on strike here
jjnce April I. ^ >
REPORT ASSAILED
Richberg Charges Institution
With Playing Politics in
Releasing Data.
By the Associated Press.
Donald R. Richberg yesterday
charged the Brookings Institution with
playing politics In publishing an un
favorable report on N. R. A. just when
the Senate Finance Committee con
cluded hearings on new recovery
legislation.
Any one reading the report of this
institution for research and study,
the N. R. A. chief said, would see
‘ that it has been designed as political
propaganda in order to influence con
gressional action in support of the pet
theories of a few reactionary econo
mists."
Terming the Brookings statement
"another pied piper for the front
pages, dressed in academic robes but
piping a tune that will lead us to
destruction." Richberg said:
"The publication of this intemper
ate. emotional document in aid of a
political attack upon the N. R. A.
and the timing even of advance
publicity apparently in an effort to
‘blanket' Gen. Johnson’s testimony <to
the Finance Committee and favorable
to N R. A.» are actions quite unworthy
of an institution assuming the char
acter of scientific impartiality."
Richberg to be Called.
Coincident with Richberg’s six-page
attack on the institution was Senate
Finance Committee study in closed
session of the findings of expert in
vestigators into thousands of N. R. A.
complaints. Afterward Senator Clark
Democrat of Missouri, an N. R. A.
foe. said Richberg would be called
before the group to submit an opinion
he was reported to have written re
garding N. R. A.’s jurisdiction over
intrastate commerce.
Another N. R. A. senatorial critic.
Nye of North Dakota, told a radio au
dience the anti-trust laws must be re
stored. He demanded that if N. R. A.
was to be reformed, the reforms should
be written into the law and not left
to Administration. Referring to Gen.
Johnson's statement that the baby
should be scrubbed up, rather than
thrown down the drain pipe, Nye said:
"As a friend of the alleged purpose
of N. R. A. but as an enemy of the
accomplishments of selfishness under
its months of actual operation, I can
but say that there is not in existence
a drain pipe of sufficient size to carry
away the unfair things which N. R. A.
has permitted, that the so-called
N. R. A. baby is going to require many
scrubbings in a legislative way before
it is presentable again, and that there
is going to be but little reform after
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TENANT UNION CHIEF
FEARED KIDNAPED
Justice Agents Asked to Locate
Organizer Missing Since
Thursday.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 20. — Clarence
Senior, national secretary of the So
cialist party, said tonight he had
asked the Department of Justice to
investigate the disappearance of E.
B. McKinney, 60. of Marked Tree,
Ark., vice president of the Southern
Tenant Farmers’ Union, in the belief
the missing man had been kidnaped.
Senior said McKinney, colored, left
Memphis, Term., Thursday by bus to
attend a conference in Chicago Fri
day, but did not arrive here.
D. M. Ladd, acting agent in charge
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
here, said he was unable to comment
on Senior's report.
McKinney, the Socialist secretary
said, had been active in organizing
the “share-croppers,” or tenant farm
ers, of Northeastern Arkansas, and had
been threatened with harm by groups
opposed to such organization.
Hi-Jackets Kill Driver.
HARVEY, N. Dak., April 20 UP).—
Don Leismeister, reputed bootlegger,
was shot and killed today for a cargo
of 100 gallons of alcohol, according to
the story told police by F. H. Stock
man, a witness. Stockman said two
men who had arranged to meet Leis
meister killed him as he delivered the
• I
REGIONAL PARLEYS
OF G. 0. P. LEADERS
Plan Agreed Upon at Lunch
eon to William Allen
White at Capitol.
FLETCHER SEES REVIVAL
OF INTEREST IN PARTY
Senator Vandenberg Advises
Against Early Discussion of
Presidential Candidates.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Rrpublican regional conferences, to
stimulate party activity and to lay the
groundwork for the national campaign
next year, were heartily indorsed by
leading Republicans from the East
and West at a luncheon given yester
day at the Capitol in honor of the
Rrpublican sage and veteran editor,
William Allen White of Kansas.
The roster of guests at the lunch
eon, which wa:, given by Representa
tives U. S. Guyer and Clifford R.
Hope of Kansas, included several Re
publicans who have been prominently
mentioned as "presidential possibili
ties," the rhairman of the Republican
National Committee. Henry P. Fletcher
of Pennsylvania: former Vice Presi
dent Charles Curtis of Kansas, the
chairman of the Repub’ican Congres
sional Committee, Representative
Chester C. Bolton of Ohio, and Gov.
Harry W. Nice of Maryland. Among
the presidential possibilities were Sen
ator Arthur H Vandenberg of Michi
gan, Senator Charles L. MrNary of
Oregon. Republican leader of the Sen
ate: Senator William E. Borah of
Idaho. Senator L. J. Dickinson of
Iowa and Representative Betrand H.
Snell of New York, minority leader of
the House.
Agree on Major Points.
There was general agreement that
there should be no early commitments
to candidates for the presidential
nomination and that the writing of
the Republican platform of 1936 also
should be delayed until next year.
The idea expressed was that the plat
form should be written In the light
of the conditions confronting the
country next year and what the
Democratic administration doea or
does not do.
mi. Tviiiuc. wane uuuiiniiii|$ icspuu
libility for the origin of the proposed
Midwest Regional Republican Con
ference slated for May, gave his ideas
of what the conference should seek
to accomplish. He strongly urged
party unity and that young Republic
ans should play a prominent part in
the deliberations. He even went so far
as to suggest that the conference
might be confined to Republicans un
der 50 years of age.
New England Represented.
New England was represented at
the luncheon by Joseph W. Martin,
Representative from Massachusetts,
and Ralph O. Brewster, Representa
tive from Maine. New England, by the
way. is to hold the first Republican
regional conference in Boston the end
of April.
Chairman Fletcher welcomed the
idea of the regional conferences. He
said that the idea had not come from
"headquarters,’’ but had come from
the "grass roots." a sign of revival of
party interest. Mr. Fletcher said that
the national committee would place
anything it has at the disposal of the
conferences.
Senator Dickinson, speaking in a
militant vein, declared that it was
“never too early to challenge a wrong,”
that it was time to call a spade a
spade, and that 90 per cent of the
time should be taken up pointing out
the fallacies of the New Deal.
“We must assure the country,” he
said, “that those things which are
being done under the New Deal will
be changed. The contest of tomor
row will be between State economy
and Federal socialism."
Middle Ground Urged.
Representative Snell said that he
was willing to go “two-thirds of the
way" on any program that the Re
publicans can get together on.
"We can’t elect a conservative or
a radical Republican national ticket
next year," said Mr. Snell. “We will
have_to get Into the middle of the
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PACT DELAY EXPLAINED
France Insists Russia Give Pledge
to Halt Propaganda.
GENEVA. April 20 C4>).—Soviet Rus
sia’s refusal to give an "air-tight"
pledge no Communist propaganda
would be circulated in France, said re
ports current In Geneva today, was
one of the things delaying an agree
ment on a Franco-Russian pact of
mutual assistance.
Maxim Lltvinoff. Soviet commissar
for foreign affairs, who had been ex
pected to go to Paris, stole off mys
teriously from Geneva yesterday by
automobile and is supposed to have
taken a train at Basle for Moscow.
Easter Eggs.
ran ATTRACTS
Sunrise Services to Mark
Joyful Festival of
Resurrection.
In a fragrant setting of Easter lilies
and cherry blossoms. Washington to
day welcomed some 100,000 visitors to
its joyful festival of the Resurrection. :
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
planned to lead the Nation to Its
Easter church services by attending
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, Eight
eenth between P and Q streets, at 11
o'clock. Rev. C. Ernest Smith will
deliver the sermon.
Mrs. Roosevelt also indicated her
intention of attending the sunrise
service at Arlington National Ceme
tery. where thousands of Washing
tonians each year celebrate the Resur
rection of Christ. These services, be
ginning at 7:30 a.m., are under au
spices of the grand commandery of
the Knights Templar of the District
of Columbia and members of the order
from nearby States.
White House Decorated.
The Roosevelts make much of
Easter, as they do of Christmas, and
from the White House gardens gifts
of stately lilies have been sent this
year to an Intimate circle of friends.
Decorations of lilies and syrlnga in
the formal downstairs rooms symbolize
the spirit of the day. The Easter fam
ily party includes Mrs. Hall Roosevelt
of Detroit, sister-in-law of Mrs.
Roosevelt, and her small daughters.
Amy and Diana, two young Roosevelts
who have never seen a White House
Easter egg rolling, but who will stay
over tomorrow to witness that annual
fete. ,
The traditional sunrise service at
Walter Reed Hospital was also to be
held at 7:30 o'clock. All of the local
churches have arranged special pro
grams of music and many will hold
sunrise services and early f»«t,ival
masses, some beginning as eatly as
6 a.m.
Monastery Expects 50.000.
At. least 50.000 visitors are expected
at the Franciscan Monastery in
Brookland. where nearly that many
guests were entertained yesterday.
Twenty pilgrimages from other cities
are expected. Masses are at 6, 7,
7:30 and 8 o'clock, with a solemn
high mass of the resurrection at 9
o’clock. This will be celebrated by
Father Bertrand.
In Washington Cathedral, Bishop
James E. Freeman will deliver the ser
mons at the festival service of holy
communion at 11 a.m., and the fea- I
tiva! evensong service at 4 o'clock.
Special Easter music will be rendered
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D. C.-NEW YORK BUS HIT
Driver Hurt, 34 Passengers
Shaken in Collision.
PHILADELPHIA. April 20 (A*).—
The driver of a Washington-New York
bus was seriously hurt and 34 pas
sengers were shaken today In a col
lision with a truck in nearby Upper
Darby. The bus came to a halt at
the curb less than 10 feet from the
Upper Darby Munclpal Building.
Joseph Boyd. 34, the driver, col
lapsed before he could leave his seat
at the wheel. Arthur Emery, the
truck driver, escaped injury by jump- !
lng. Police held him for an investi
gation. I
Roosevelts Slip
Off for Ride Alone
In Balmy W eather
Presidential Pair Coes in
Small Car, With Guard
in Rumble Seat.
By the Associated Press.
With Mrs. Roosevelt as chauffeur.
President Roosevelt slipped away from
the White House late yesterday for
an automobile ride through the
Capital's balmy Spring weather.
The presidential couple rode in Mrs.
Roosevelt's small blue roadster. In
the rumble seat sat Gus Gennerich,
the President's personal attendant.
Another car full of Secret Service men
trailed behind.
Throughout most of the day, Mr.
Roosevelt Jenied himself to callers
and worked uninterruptedly on an ac
cumulation of mall and special re
ports. He remained away from the
executive office for the week end and
devoted himself almost exclusively to
private business which piles up during
even the quietest White House week.
Edgar B. Smith Killed by
Alleged Hit-Run Car
Downtown.
(Picture on Page A-1./
A few hours after an alleged hit
and-run accident which cost the life
of Edgar B. Smith. 67-year-old re
tired stock broker, a taxicab driver was
arrested last night and held for in
vestigation In connection with the
fatality.
The cab driver is Mickey M. Har
rison, 29. of 3008 Thirteenth street,
who walked into the Traffic Bureau
about 4 hours after the accident and
said he understood he was being
sought.
Earlier, the night driver of the cab,
identified by witnesses as the one
which struck Smith at Eleventh street
and New York avenue about 4 p.m..
was apprehended, but was released
when he explained he had taken the
machine from his company's garage
more than half an hour after the
accident.
Harrison, police were told, had
turned the cab in at the garage at
First and M streets northeast about
20 minutes after the accident.
A look-out was broadcast for the
cab after witnesses furnished police
with a description and license num
bers of the car and said it failed to
stop after the accident.
Smith, who was formerly connected
with E. P. Murphy Co. and lived at
330 Peabody street, died in George
Washington University Hospital about
8:30 p.m. of a fractured skull. He
was taken to the hospital by Archie
P. Fletcher, 2802 Rhode Island ave
nue northeast.
Mrs. Virginia Smith, a teacher at
Roosevelt High School, was not
located for several hours after her I
husband was Injured. She was
notified too late to reach the hospi
tal before he died.
It was the thirty-sixth traffic
fatality since January 1 in the District.
ARABS SEE ITALIAN AID
Leader Confirms Rumor* of Agree
ment With II Duce.
JERUSALEM, April 20 (Palcor
Agency).—HaJ Amin El Husseini,
grand mufti of Jerusalem, assured Sir
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, high com
missioner of Palestine, today there was
truth in the publication Thursday of
a letter quoting Benito Mussolini as
saying he would guarantee the Arabs
national independence in the event of
a new world war.
An Arab newspaper published the
letter, allegedly confirming an agree
ment among Arab leaders to conduct
pro-Italian propaganda among Arabs
in Palestine and Syria.
Earth Shock Cause! Panic.
LISBON, Portugal, April 19 (delayed
by censor) C4>).—A series of violent
earth shocks lasting Intermittently
about an hour and 30 minutes caused
panic in the vicinity about Oporto to
night.
Residents hastily left their dwellings
as the quakes began. No damage or
injuries were reported
4.
i
Senator Calls on Press to
Defend Constitutional
Rights of People.
The press of the Nation was called
on last night by Senator Borah. Re
publican. of Idaho, to protect the
people against Governmental en
croachment on their constitutional
rights.
In a general criticism of the trend
of the New Deal, he told the Ameri
can Society of Newspaper Editors at
its Willard Hotel banquet that his
wrath was stirred "to find men in re
sponsible positions bringing forward
again the shameless betrayal of free
speech found in the old alien and
sedition laws."
Borah termed as a "dangerous ex
periment” and "exploded theory” the
effort to “control opinions and belief
by laws."
Declares Public Holds Key.
“This trend away from constitu
tional methods can never be arrested
in any other way than by aroused
and well-sustained public opinion." he
said. "In other words, it is distinctly
the people's fight. There is little to
be expected from political parties.
They are prone to subordinate every
thing to party success or to party ex
pediency. The history of the two lead
ing political parties during the last
30 years gives little evidence of any
serious differences as to the most
pronounced tendencies in matters of
Government * • •
"The practice which has grown up
of authorizing departments to make
rules and regulations, the violation of
which constitutes a crime, is one of
the most objectionable practices with
which the citizen has to contend. This
practice has been denounced by both
parties when out of power and adopt
ed and extended by both parties when
in power. There is scarcely any
(scheme imaginable more calculated to
instill fear and confusion in the mind
of the ordinary person and to finally
undermine all freedom of action than
to subject him to countless rules and
regulations by numberless depart
ments, or bureaus, the violation of
which burdens his property or re
strains him of his liberty. It is a
species of tyranny that is foreign to
every concept of constitutional Gov
ernment.
Sees Peril in Bills.
Senator Borah reminded his hear
ers that in recent months "a deluge
of bills” has been introduced in State
Legislatures and Congress, some of
which "enter the domain of opinions
and beliefs and would seek to restrain
or control such opinions and beliefs
by punitive measures.”
He termed such measures “a dan
gerous experiment” and "at war with
the first principles of democracy."
and held they meant "spies and provo
cateurs" and revived the spirit of the
old alien and sedition laws.
He defended the great body of the
American people from the idea that
they are carried away with "strange
isms.” He denied they are ready for
"communism or fascism.”
The Senator summed up his re
marks, In urging the press to be on
guard for the righta of the American
people, as follows:
“The Constitution is the rule which
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TWO MORE DIONNE
BABIES ARE SICK
Yvonne Alone of Quintuplet*
“Take* Air” on Veranda
Free From Cold*.
By the Associated Press.
CALLANDER, Ontario, April 20.—
The sick ward at the Dafoe Hospital
today held four young patients, two
more of the Dione quintuplets, An
nette and Cecile, joining Emllie and
Marie, suffering with slight head
colds. Yvonne “took the air" on the
veranda alone.
Marie became ill yesterday. Like
Annette and Cecile, her temperature
hovers around 100 degrees. Emilies
temperature was normal and she was
well on the way to complete re
covery.
Dr. A. R. Defoe, physician to the
children, said there was still no cause
for alarm, adding that the head cold
was "running its course.”
Marie and Emllie showed weight
gains today while the newcomers to
the sick list, Cecils^nd Annette, lost.
Bug in Eye Halts Non-Stop
Flight of Amelia Earhart
By the.AMoeUUd Pres*.
MEXICO. D. F.. April 20 —Bugs get
in your eye, Amelia Earhart found to
her sorrow today, and spoil non-stop
flights from Los Angeles to Mexico.
A tiny Insect so blinded her, the
famed conqueror of two oceans said
as she arrived here today 13>/2 hours
after talcing off from the California
city, that she could not read her
maps and had to land 60 miles short
of her goal to get her bearings.
A cow pasture at Nopala. State of
Hidalgo, provided an emergency land
ing field. There she found she was
100 miles off her course. She removed
the bug, fixed her eye, got her bear
ings and hopped off again for Mexico
where 10,000 persons cheered as she
landed.
Miss Earhart herself was disap
pointed at what she described as her
^unsuccessful” i,700-mllc flj^ht. In
tended to increase good will between
Mexico and the United States.
As soon as she sees something of
Mexico, she said shortly after landing
at 1:27 pjn. local time (2:27 E. S. T.),
"I will try to do a better job of flying
non-stop to New York.” She also
said she hopes to attempt the Los
Angeles-Mexico flight again.
Wildly applauded at her arrival by
the largest crowd at the airport since
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived In
1927. Miss Earhart said the forced
landing delayed her at least half an
hour. She averaged about 140 miles
an hour.
The chief feature of the trip for
her. Miss Earhart said, was the
stolidity of Mexican cows, which re
fused to move when she circled the
field at Nopala. The cows in Ireland,
she commented, were much more
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GRAND JURY PROBE
IN LYDDANE CASE
ORDERED BY JUDGE
Wife and Former Gambler
Held in $10,000 Bond
After Hearing.
WOMAN MUST FACE
COURT AGAIN TOMORROW
Accused of Conspiracy to Slay
Mrs. Beall. Who Named Her
in Divorce Suit.
BY W. H. SHIPPEN, .?R..
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md . April 20—Mrs.
Anne Lyddane and an alleged confed
erate were held under *10.000 bonds
each for the grand jury late today
following a prolonged hearing on
charges that they participated in a
fantastic plot upon .the life of her
husband. Pranris Lyddane.
Mrs. Lyddane. 32-vear-old seeretarv
to the president of a leading bank
here, and member of a pioneer Mont
gomery County family, was ordered
held by Judge Daniel A. Delashmu't
along with John Martin Boland. 42.
described as a former Washington
gambler.
Another Hearing Monday.
Boland was described by Mrs. Lyd
dane's accusers as the man who was
to have hired an assassin to do away
with Lyddane during a faked hold-up.
After the arguments, the court said:
‘‘My holding these two defendants
for the grand jury will in no way
prejudice their case. Prom this evi
dence I am firmly convinced that they
should be held for the grand jury, and
I so order.”
State's Attorney James H Pugh of
Montgomery County obtained a sever
ance in hearing the charges against
M.-s. Lyddane and on Monday at 1
o’clock she will appear again before
Judge Delashmutt on charges that
she conspired with John H. Carnell,
Rockville bartender and lormer Wash
ington bootlegger, and Edwin J. Davis
to assassinate Mrs. Arthur Beall, of
Damestown. Mrs. Beall named Mrs.
Lyddane as corespondent in a divorce
suit aeainst her husband: a suit thAt.
was withdrawn.
The accused woman's husband.
Francis Lyddane, took the stand as a
defease witness late today and told
the court that he had not lived as
''man and wife" with Mrs. Lyddane
for more than a year and no longer
loved her because he knew she was
"going about with another fellow.”
Back's Wife Testimony.
Lyddane. however, corroborated his
wife's earlier testimony that she told
him she paid $200 to two men, un
known to her, after they had threat
ened to kidnap him. Mrs. Lyddane
explained to the court she was being
blackmailed by Carnell, who knew
about “Arthur Beall and me." and that
she had faked the kidnap story to
spare her husband's feelings.
Perhaps the calmest woman In the
packed court room today, Mrs.
Lyddane repeated her story to the
court in a level, low pitched voice. She
was smartly dressed in a black suit, a
tiny black Spring hat and white gloves.
The accused woman said Carnell
and a man she did not know came
to her apartment in December to
talk over a “business deal.” but that
she refused to talk to them.
Carnell. she explained, had been
threatening her and extorting small
sums of money, no larger than $6 at
a time, because he knew about her
affair with Beall.
Later, Mrs. Lyddane testified, she
received two telephone calls from
a man she did not know, demanding
money. The first time, she explained,
she did not have any money, and the
second time she agreed to pay the
following day.
The demand was for $200 and Mrs.
Lyddane said she overdrew her ac
count and borrowed $25 to make up
the amount.
On leaving the bank at the lun-h
hour, she said, she saw two men. one
standing beside an automobile bear- -
ing Ohio tags and the other seated
behind the wheel. Mrs. Lyddane said
she handed over the money to them.
She explained sjte later told her
husband and he dlfered to seport to
the State's attorney's office. She said
she told her husband: "I spent $200
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SECOND EXTRADITION TRY
FOR INSULL IS UNKNOWN
Canadian Government Declares
No Application Received
From Washington.
By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA April 20.—The Canadian
government has received no applica
tion from Washington for a second
extradition of Martin Insull to stand
trial on charges arising from the col
lapse of the Insull utilities companies.
Insull, who retained his British na
tionality all the years he lived in
Chicago, was extradited from Canada
some months ago, but was acquitted on
embezzlement charges. In March he
was deported to Canada as an "un
desirable alien” and is living quietly
In Orillia, Ontario.
Officials of the Justice Department
said it would be an "extreme novelty"
if Washington sought Insull's second
extradition, especially In view of the
deportation.
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