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' ITALY WILL BROOK
NO INTERFERENCE
BY LEAGUE ABOUT
TERMS FOR PEACE
Demands Right to Conduct
Direct Negotiations With
Ethiopia, Finding Commit
tee Terms “Impossible ”
ADAMANT POSITION
IS BLOW TO GENEVA
Mussolini Claims to Fear Fascist
Armies Would Be Harassed by
Armed Forces Over Which
Haile Selassie Would Have No
Control.
BACKGROUND—
Italy's war of conquest in Ethi
opia, lagging for months when it
was first undertaken, has moved
swiftly since Marshal Pietro Bad
oglio was ordered to the front to
take charge. Preceded usually by
a hail of aerial bombs, Italian
troops have captured important key
positions and the fall of Dessye yes
terday, observers believe, has open
ed a clear road to Addis Ababa,
» Ethiopian capital, and the end of
the war.
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GENEVA, April 16.—Italy was
described by an authoritative
source today as demanding the
right to conduct direct negotia
tions with Ethiopia for peace,
without any interference by the
League of Nations.
According to this source, in intimate
contact with the League, the Italian
government demands that direct nego
tiations for the eventual establishment
of a military armistice be conducted
as between victor and vanquished.
Such an armistice, it was said, might
be followed by a peace conference at
•ome neutral point, such as Lausanne.
It was reported here that the
Ethiopian delegation told the com
mittee of 13 it is “absolutely impos
sible’’ to accept the preliminary peace
terms offered by the Italians,
It was stated that Premier Musso
, lini asked that Italian security, in
case he begins negotiations for an
armistice, be guaranteed.
Fears Guerilla Warfare.
Italy was said to claim that her
armies in Ethiopia might be harassed
by armed Ethiopian bands over which
Emperor Haile Selassie would have no
control.
The Italian attitude was described,
In other words, as being that Italy
could cease hostilities, but that she
had no assurance the Ethiopians would
stop fighting.
Premier Mussolini's proposals were
summarized as follows by a League
f authority:
1. A military armistice to be nego
tiated with Ethiopia directly between
the general staffs of the Italian and
Ethiopian armies.
2. A peace conference outside Geneva,
preferably Lausanne.
3. Direct negotiations at this con
ference between Italy and Ethiopia,
with the League participating merely
through observers who would report
the results and would keep the League
Informed.
4. Guarantees that during the arm
istice negotiations as well as during
the projected peace conference armed
Ethiopian bands outside the control
of Emperor Haile Selassie would not
be able to harass the Italian armies
with guerrilla warfare.
Great Britain and France, who were
co-signatories with Italy of the Ethio
pian treaty of 1906, would be invited
to send delegates to the projected
peace conference.
, This treaty, which laid down zones
of influence in Ethopia, gave France
the right to build the railroad from
Djibouti to Addis Ababa. It recog
nized British influence over the Tana
Lake region and gave Italy a zone
of Influence and the right to link up
Eritrea and Italian Somaliland
through Ethiopia.
Demands Create Dismay.
The guarantees that Mussolini's
armies would not be attacked during
the armistice and peace negotiations
could, it was stated by Italians,
largely be achieved by League mem
bers ceasing to furnish arms and am
munition to Ethiopia.
Mussolini's reported demands cre
ated dismay in League circles, for, if
(See ETHIOPIA, Page 5.)
NEW WEYERHAEUSER
CLUE IS REPORTED
V
Paper Says $1,000 of Ransom
Passed, Spurring Search
for William Dainard.
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16.—The
Examiner said today it had learned
from an authoritative source nearly
$1,000 of the $200,000 ransom paid for
the release of George Weyerhaeuser
had been passed recently in Seattle.
The newspaper said Department of
Justice agents were rushed to the Pa
v ciflc Northwest in a hunt for William
Dainard, alias William Mahan, ac
cused as the leader of the gang which
kidnaped the 9-year-old lumber heir
from a street in Tacoma, Wash., a
year ago.
Serial numbers of the bills were so
skillfully changed, the story said, that
the alterations escaped detection until
the money reached the Federal Re
serve Bank branch in Seattle.
About $90,000 of the ransom was re
covered with the capture near Salt
Lake City of Harmon Waley, now
serving a 47-year sentence at Alcatraz
prison for his part in the crime. His
- wife, under 20-year sentence, is in
the Women’s Detention Farm at
Milan, Mich.
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Leopold’s Children Menaced
Kidnap Threat for $132,000 Is Charged
to Ex-Convict.
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The children of King Leopold of Belgium, threatened with
kidnaping. Left to right: Prince Albert, Princess Josephine
Charlotte and Crown Prince Baudoin. Inset: King Leopold.
—A. P. Photos,
By the Associated Press.
RUSSELS, April 16 —A threat
to kidnap the motherless chil
dren of King Leopold of the
Belgians was disclosed today
with the arrest at Liege, Eastern Bel
gium, of a 31-year-old former convict,
Nicholas Elsen.
Police of the City of Liege said the
arrested man confessed to writing let
ters to the King, threatening to abduct
the royal children, whose mother.
Queen Astrid. was killed in an auto
mobile accident, unless money were
left in woods near the border city.
Police said they lay in wait twice
in the woods, in an attempt to capture
the author of the letters, but that he
failed to appear. He was finally traced
through a reference in one letter to the
fact that he was a former convict.
Police said Elsen signed his letters
“Gangster" and demanded 2,000,000
francs—about $132,000. He was re
leased from prison last year after
serving six years for theft.
King Leopold's children, closely
guarded in recent weeks during the
investigation of the threats, left for a
seaside holiday soon after Elsen was
arrested.
King Leopold also was leaving Brus
sels incognito today to go to Switzer
land. It was believed the monarch
would go later to Italy to visit his
sister, now Crown Princess Marie Jose
of Italy, who is at present inspecting
Red Cross work in East Africa.
King Leopold of the Belgians has
three small children. Their mother.
Queen Astrid, died in an automobile
accident near Lucerne, Switzerland,
last August 29 when her daughter,
Josephine Charlotte, was 7 years old:
her son Baudoin, 3, and Albert, 14
months old.
Fears Loss of League Sup
port in Face of Italy’s
Defiance.
BACKGROUND—
Disturbed by Germany’s growing
military might, France demanded
aid from old allies, principally Brit
ain, but was rebuffed. Torn be
tween Italy and England, over Ethi
opian war, France "straddled," then
saw “ring of steel" around the
Reich disintegrate. Passing of
"status quo" policy threatens
League's life, resulting in feverish
European arming.
(Copyright. 1936. by the Associated Press.)
PARIS, April 16.—France took care
ful stock of Its own military strength
and hastened to increase it today,
fearing that the entire system of col
lective security, built up under the
League of Nations since the World
War, might collapse.
Virtually all French sources antici
pated that a final showdown on sanc
tions • at Geneva not only would
demonstrate that the League was im
potent in the face of Italy’s defiance,
but also would create a new peril—
British abandonment of France
against Germany.
Maj. Gen. Marie Gustave Gamelin,
chief of the army general staff, started
a tour of inspection of France's
northern and eastern defenses. He
spent the day in Strasbourg and will
leave tomorrow to study fortifications
at Colmar and Multouse.
France’s Geneva representatives, in
formed sources said, would attempt to
head off the latter course, which they
said Britain might adopt on the
grounds that France was to blame for
failure to block Italy's campaign in
Ethiopia by stronger support of
sanctions.
French diplomats, these sources
asserted, would try to convince the
British that sanctions against Italy,
regardless of their success or failure,
set a precedent for dealing with vio
lations of international law and called
for some punishment of Germany.
Most informed sources, however, ex
pressed scant optimism for effective
British support of France in its cam
paign against Germany’s remilitari
zation of the Rhineland, on France’s
eastern border, and denunciation of
the post-war Locarno pact.
This feeling on the part of French
military leaders, informed sources
said, chilled the London conversa
tlons which started yesterday between
(Bee FRANCE, Page 3.)
Riggs Bank Robbery and
$590,000 New York Case
Believed Solved.
The Justice Department today
moved for speedy prosecution of eight
men, whose arrest, police believe, will
clear up a $590,000 bond theft in New
York and the mysterious disappear
ance of $15,000 in bonds from the
Riggs National Bank seven years ago.
The eight suspects were rounded up
by Justice Department agents, who
also recovered $310,000 of the bonds
stolen from the United States Trust
Co. in New York 16 months ago.
Th'oes arrested are Paul Alexander,
who was taken into custody here sev
eral days ago; Charles Hartman, Wil
liam R. Evans, Theodore Crowley,
Gabriel Marosi and Earl F. Palmer,
all of New York City, and Rocco J.
aqd George DeGrassi, West Palm
Beach, Fla.
Federal agents said Alexander's local
address was unknown, but that he had
been taken to New York. They re
fused to say where he was arrested
here.
Inspector B. W. Thompson, chief of
Washington detectives, said Evans,
alias Fred Carr, is wanted here in con
nection with the Riggs Bank theft.
Transfer Supposedly Secret.
These securities had been brought
to the bank from the Treasury and it
was supposed no one knew of the
transfer. As they were handed to a
teller, however, he received a phone
call. The teller put the bonds down
inside the window and went to answer
the phone. There was no one on the
line, however, and when he returned
a few moments later the securities
were gone. Police at the time ex
pressed the belief some one called him
from a pay station in the bank on
seeing the securities delivered and
that a confederate then got away with
the bonds.
Inspector Thompson said there is
an indictment pending here against
Evans in connection with the robbery
and that a detainer will be sent to
New York to hold him for local
authorities.
The New York theft was staged in
a similar manner. The bonds had
been delivered to a teller, who left his
cage for a short time. When he re
turned they were gone.
The arrest of the eight men and
the recovery of part of the stolen
bonds was announced last night by
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal
Jureau of Investigation. He did not
(See BONDS, Page 4.)
Sulphur “Jags” Given as Cause
Of Arthritis by D. C. Scientists
BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Science Editor.
KANSAS CITY. April 16.—A cause
for arthritis in peculiar sulphur
"jags,” which the human body gets for
reasons still unknown, was reported to
the American Chemical Society here
today.
The antidote for these jags is more
sulphur. Six years of experimenting,
which has carried the sulphur complex
definitely into medical stages, were
described by Drs. M. X. Sullivan and
W. C. Hess of the Georgetown Uni
versity chemo-medlcal research lab
oratory
They discovered the sulphur jags
through study of fingernails and hair.
Both these organs contain high
amounts of the human body form of
i
sulphur, cystine. Changes in the sul
phur in nails especially accompanied
some, but not all, changes in health.
Patients with arthritis had less than
the normal amount of sulphur in nails.
Healthy persons averaged 11.7 per cent
of cystine, but rheumatic sufferers
dropped as low as 7 per cent.
"This implied,” the report stated,
"an intoxication factor which draws
on the sulphur complex and thus di
vert* sulphur from its normal chan
nels.
"Injection of colloidal sulphur was
tried in a number of patients with low
cystine nails. There was a marked in
crease in the cystine content of nails
after the injections.
; "And, in tha opinion of the physi
i Tsee ARTHRITIS, PagO.).
man building
IS DEDICATED TO
RESOURCESAVING
President Lays Corner
Stone in Presence of
Many High Officials.
CONSERVATION BATTLE
TO CONTINUE, HE SAYS
Executive Praises Theodore Roose
velt, Who Made People Con
scious of “Vast Domain.”
(Text of President's address on
Page AS.)
BY NELSON M. SHEPARD.
Dedicated by President Roosevelt
to "a vigorous, continuing national
policy of conservation," the corner
stone of the new $12,000,000 In
terior Department Building at Eight
eenth and C streets was laid today in
the presence of Secretary Ickes and a
notable assemblage of New Deal of
ficials.
"As I view this serviceable new
structure,” Mr. Roosevelt said in clos
ing his dedication address, "I like to
think of it as symbolical of the Na
tion’s vast resources that we are sworn
to protect, and this stone that I am
about to lay as the corner stone of a
conservation policy that will guarantee
to future Americans the richness of
their heritage."
In a brief departure from his pre
pared remarks, Mr. Roosevelt likened
the battle for conservation to other
battles in which, he declared, there is
"a lot of opposition."
He paused, too, at the outset of his
speech to remind the audience that
they were witnessing the dedication
of the “first of large monumental
buildings started under this admin
istration and completed under this
administration.'’
The President's statement was re
garded as a hearty indorsement of a
plea made by Secretary Ickes that
Congress change the name and pur
pose of his department to that of the
Department of Conservation.
The change was suggested by the
Secretary of the Interior to end a pol
icy of exploitation which, he warned,
has become “suicidal” to the proper
protection of the Nation's natural re
sources.
“We in the department know that a
definite stop to ill-advised exploitation
has been too long deferred,” Ickes re
minded. Pending legislation in Con
gress would effect the change.
President Backs Aims.
Declaring himself as "dedicated to
this cause,” the President warned that
there can be no let-up In the battle
for conservation.
From praise of Secretary Ickes, the
President turned to pay a tribute to the
late Theodore Roosevelt as one who,
“for the first time, made the people
conscious that the vast national do
main and the natural resources of
; the country were the property of the
Nation itself and not that of any
class, regardless of its privileged
status.”
“Supported by an awakened coun
try which by now is beginning to
realize the truth of the old warnings,”
he added, "we of this administration
have devoted our thoughs and ener
gies to the conservation of our God
given wealth.
“Employing every agency of gov
ernment at hand to protect our birth
right, we have in the past several
years made advances far beyond the
hopes of earlier day conservationists.
But the battle—as in the case of other
battles, and it is a battle, because there
is still a lot of opposition—goes on and
must be carried forward with renewed
vigor if future generations are to re
ceive the full benefits that are due.”
High Officials Attend.
Cabinet officers, diplomats and mem
bers of Congress turned out in force
for the dedication of the first Federal
departmental building planned and
financed in Washington under the
New Deal. Frederic A. Delano, uncle
of the President and chairman of the
National Park and Planning Commis
sion, which had much to do with se
lecting the site, acted as master of
ceermonies.
Conspicuous among the special
guests were a group of 15 Hopi In
dians, colorful in their tribal costumes.
They gazed in solemn awe on the huge
mass of steel and limestone arising
from the five and a half acres of
foundations, which soon will house,
among other agencies, their own In
dian Bureau. Warmly they congrat
ulated Secretary Ickes on his "heap
big wigwam”—second only in size to
the Commerce Department Building,
erected by the preceding administra
tion.
President Roosevelt sealed up in the
comer stone a copper box containing,
among many things, a pamphlet on
(See CORNER STONE, Page 4.)
YOUTH KILLS HIMSELF
WHEN CAUGHT IN THEFT
Uses Revolver From Showcase
When Apprehended in Hard
ware Store by Police.
By the Associated Press.
RAVENNA, Ohio, April 16.—Robert
Moore, 16-year-old Hiram College
sophomore, shot and fatally wounded
himself early today when policemen
apprehended him in a hardware store
which he had entered through a rear
window.
Police Chief Fred Hendricks said
the youth used a .32-caliber revolver,
which he took from a showcase in the
store. He died in a Ravenna hospital
5 hours later without regaining con
sciousness.
President Kenneth I. Brown of
Hiram identified Moore as the son of
W. G. Moore, prominent Lisbon, Ohio,
attorney.
“The boy was never in trouble be
fore," the police chief quoted Moore’s
father as saying on his arrival after
being notified of his son's death.
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Director of the Budget Bell says the Commissioners are not enthusiastic enough!
BOTH SIDES HAIL
BALLOTVICTORIES
Borah Followers Claim 15 to
27 Delegates Out of 49
in Illinois.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
The Illinois and Nebraska primaries,
returns from which still trickled in
today, held encouragement for Dem
ocrats and Republicans alike. They
left, at the same time, puzzling prob
lems for party leaders.
Col. Prank Knox, Chicago publisher,
and Senator William E. Borah of
Idaho, contenders in Illinois for
preference for the Republican presi
dential nomination and delegates to
the G. O. P. National Convention, j
both had cause for self-congratula- j
tion. Knox won in the preference
primary by approximately 80,000
votes over Borah. His victory, how
ever, was due to the vote cast for
him In Chicago. Borah won down
state.
Of the 25 congressional districts in
Illinoia, Knox apparently carried 12
and Borah 13. Ten of the districts
earned by Knox lie in Cook County,
Chicago.
Because of the Borah victory down
state, the Borah people claim that
they will have from 15 to 27 dele
gates out of the 49 district delegates
elected on Tuesday. The rest of the
district delegates will be for Knox,
and so will the 8 delegates at large
to be named at the Republican State
Convention.
Democrats Dated.
Democratic leaders were elated be
cause of the size of the vote polled
by President Roosevelt, the sole en
trant in the Democratic presidential
preference primaries in Illinois and
Nebraska. In Illinois, according to
Associated Press dispatches, the vote
for Roosevelt stood at 1.158,856 with
80 per cent of the precincts reporting.
The vote for Borah and Knox com
bined in the Republican primary in
approximately the same number of
precincts stood at 696,213.
The vote in the Democratic primary
for the gubernatorial nomination was
1,375.295. The fierce contest waged
(See LINCOLN, Page 13.)
WEDDING REVIVES
REGAL PAGEANTRY
Niece of Former Austrian Empress
Is Wed to Prince
Alfonso.
Py the Associated Press.
VIENNA, April 16—Princess Alice
of Bourbon-Parma, 19-year-old dark
eyed, black-haired niece of former
Empress Zita of Austria, became the
bride of Prince Alfonso of Bourbon
today in a ceremony recalling old
monarchist glories.
Regal pageantry was displayed in
side the aristocratic Minoriten Church
for the marriage, while a crowd esti
mated at 5,000 persons thronged the
plaza outside and cheered lustily.
Former King Alfonso of Spain,
uncle of Prince Alfonso; Austrian
Archduke Friedrich and numerous
representatives of the Hapsburg Bour
bon and other royal houses drew the
cheers of the throng, the wedding
assuming the aspect of a monarchist
demonstration.
The bride wore a gown of light
silver lame, a voluminous veil, an
orange-blossom coronet and a train
15 feet long, which her young sister,
Princess Marie Christine, carried.
AGROUND AT GIBRALTAR,
SHIP UNLOADS WEALTH
Tugs and Admiralty Vessels Seek
to Aid Craft Carrying
Valuable Art.
Ey the Associated Press.
GIBRALTAR, April 16.—The S. S.
Ranpura began unloading some of her
her rich cargo today, as the gale
which drove her aground on a sand
bar near Gibraltar Harbor moderated
appreciably.
Two tugs arrived to assist British
admiralty vessels in an attempt to
pull the Ranpura off the sandy bot
tom on which she had rested since
Tuesday night.
Two experts were flying from Eng
land to inspect the grounded ship.
The Ranpura was carrying a cargo
of valuable Chinese objects of art back
to Shanghai after a recent London
exhibit.
One Girl III of Meningitis, j
Student Group Leaves City
Victim, Here on Sight-Seeing Trip,
Slightly Improved After Transfusion.
Classmates Go in Special Car.
With the shadow of tragedy hang
ing close above them, a party of 30
high school children from Wickford,
R. I., left Washington this afternoon
in a special car attached to a Wash
ington-Boston through train. On ar
rival at their homes they will be placed
immediately under quarantine.
Meanwhile, Margaret Graham, 17
year-old member of the group, re
mained behind, unconscious at Gar
field Hospital, fighting a desperate
battle against death from meningitis.
By her side is her widowed mother,
Mrs. Josephine Graham, who rushed
here yesterday from Wickford; Dr. W.
J. G. Thomas, in charge of the case,
and other specialists of the Garfield
staff.
Rallying to the strengthening in
fluences of a classmate’s blood given
in transfusion yesterday, Margaret
was declared slightly improved this
morning, but still in extremely critical
condition. At least one more trans
fusion will be necessary, Dr. Thomas
said today.
Determining that the condition is a
contagious one. Dr. Thomas conferred
with District health officials and de
cided that the entire party should re
turn to their homes at once or be
placed under quarantine here. An
thony Perry, member of the school
faculty in charge of the party, agreed
to get the party under way at once.
Arrangements were made through
the office of Senator Metcalf of Rhode
Island to have the special car attached
to a through train to Providence.
Although further transfusions are
expected. Dr. Thomas said no members
of the Wickford party were kept
here for that purpose. The blood was
given yesterday by Clayton Adamson,
senior at the Rhode Island school.
Dr. Edward F. McLaughlin, director
of the Rhode Island State Depart
ment of Public Health, who happened
to be in Washington last night, wired
his office to prepare quarantine ar
rangements for the party immediately I
upon their return to Wickford.
Stricken at Mount Vernon.
First touch of the illness descended
on the Graham girl Tuesday morning !
when the party was visiting Wash- )
ington’s home at Mount Vernon. Com
plaining of unusual fatigue, Margaret
■ rested while others in the group con
j tinued their inspection and then was ;
returned to their hotel for consults- j
tion with Dr. Thomas. As weakness
increased, it became evident that the
illness was a serious one and the girl
was removed to Garfield Hospital for
further diagnosis.
Extractions of fluid from the girl's
spine and brain established the fact
she was suffering from meningitis and
Mrs. Graham was summoned at once.
She arrived last night and sanctioned
plans of physicians to perform a deli
I cate operation on Margaret if such be
comes necessary in efforts to save her
, life.
SISSON BILL AIDES
TO MAP STRATEGY
Caucus Called to Seek Way
to Balk Blanton’s
Faction.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.
A caucus of House members who
are expected to take a prominent
part in the impending fight over the
Sisson bill providing for repeal of
the widely discussed "red rider” to
the 1936 District appropriation act,
was planned today by Representative
Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland.
As chairman of the Subcommittee
on Education of the District Commit
tee, it will be Kennedy's job to aid
Chairman Norton of the full commit
tee in her efforts to pilot the "red
rider” repealer through the House. He
believes the battle will be bitter and
for that reason wants all members
of the House who are in sympathy
with Sisson's bill to help the District
Committee work out a program in
advance that will prevent parliment
ary maneuvers of the opponents from
delaying action.
Representative Blanton, Democrat,
of Texas, sponsor of the “red rider,”
has announced his intention of
leading the fight against the Sisson
bill. Kennedy is familiar with the
tactics Blanton used to delay action
(See RED RIDER, Page 2.)
MOTHER OF FIVE
' DIES ON GALLOWS
Mrs. Waddingham’s Execu
tion in England Protested
by Throngs.
By the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, England. April 16.
—Mrs. Dorothy Waddingham, 34
year-old mother of five children, was
hanged in the Winson Green Prison
today for the poison slaying of a 55
year-old crippled patient in her Not
tingham nursing home.
King Edward himself was the only
one who could have saved the woman
from the gallows by granting a last
minute reprieve after Home Secretary
Sir John Simon denied appeals for
clemency.
A wave of protest throughout Britain
over the hanging of the mother of
five children, including a 6-month
old baby, was countered by press
statements terming the poison death
of the patient, 50-year-old Louisa
Baguley, a flagrant offense. Mrs.
Waddington also was accused, but not
convicted, of the death of Miss Bagu
ley's mother.
Newspapers insisted the crime must
have been premeditated and that even
the strong recommendation of mercy
(See MOTHER, Page 12.)
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RECESISTMEN
Contempt Proceedings Con
sidered Against Kurt
Grunwald.
FARMERS’ COUNCIL'
FACTS ARE REFUSED
Identity of Persons Whom Rep
resentative of Organization Ap
proached Sought by Senators.
BACKGROUND—
Senate committee investigation
into lobbying activities of special
interests ran into unprecedented
legal difficulties when Chicago law
firm and Publisher Hearst appealed
to courts for protection against
committee activities.
To fight case, committee engaged
former law partner of Chairman
Black and sought extra appropria
tion for counsel fees. Meanwhile,
committee won first skirmish with
Hearst and hearings were resumed
with officials of lobbying organiza
tions on stand.
BY REX COLLIER.
Balked by a belligerent witness, the
Senate Lobby Committee adjourned its
hearings abruptly this morning to
consider a possible contempt citation
against the witness. Kurt Grunwald of
the Fanners’ Independence Council.
Grunwald, consulting agricultural
engineer and one of the organizers of
the council, sparred with the commit
tee for more than an hour and finally
declined to give the names of persons
whom he had approached in the West
regarding the anti-New Deal program
of thp council
Chairman Black sought heatedly to
get the witness to answer questions
concerning the identity of these per
sons. To each question, however,
Grunwald curtly replied, “I refuse
to answer.”
Black then held a whispered con
versation with committee members as
to what course to pursue. Then he
announced Grunwald would be ex
cused until 10 a.m. tomorrow, pend
ing consideration by the full commit
tee of possible contempt proceedings
against the witness.
Attitude Is Defiant.
Grunw’ald assumed a defiant atti
tude from the first.
"Before I take the oath," he said,
standing with folded arms. “I want
to know what I am charged with.”
“You are charged with nothing,"
Black said with a smile.
“You brought me here from
Nebraska,” the witness persisted. “I
demand to know what I am guilty of.”
“I have told you ttiat you are not
charged with anything.” snapped
Black. “Will you be sworn or not?”
“Not until you tell me what I am
guilty of.”
Black conferred with Senators Min
ton. Democrat, of Indiana and
Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Wash
ington, committee members, and then
read to Grunwald a copy of the reso
lution authorizing the committee to
investigate lobbying.
Grunwald stood with half-closed
eyes, and muscles of his face were
working as he listened to the reading
of the resolution.
“Do you still decline to be sworn?”
asked Black.
“I’ll take the oath,” Grunwald said
in a low voice. ,
After relating how he came US'
Washington in January, 1935, "to find
some people with guts enough to op
pose the triple A” and how organiza
tion of the Farmers’ Independence
Council resulted. Grunwald was ques
tioned about a trip in behalf of the
(See LOBBY, Page 2.) '
GYPSY QUINTUPLETS
“EXPECTED TO DIE”
Bucharest Authorities Confirm
Reports of Birth in Field With
Only Husband Present.
By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. Rumania. April 16.—
Government and medical authorities
confirmed today the birth of quin
tuplets to a gypsy mother in a field,
but it was unlikely the five children
would five because of malformation
and lack of vital organs.
The children and their mother. Mrs.
Maria Ljnguraru. 25. were rushed by
gendarmes from Hodos, in the Bjhor
district of Transylvania, to a hospital
in Oradea. where Dr. Georg Janku
lisku asserted the quintuplets “cannot
live.”
One of the five was bom separately,
he said, the others Joined in pairs.
Gov. Johan Piku of the Bankjla dis
trict and Dr. Jankulisku said the chil
dren were "not like children” at all in
appearance, but “animal like.”
The mother was reported recovering.
She was aided only by her husband,
Alexander Ljnguraru, who had gone
with her into a field to work.
Dr. Jankulisku declared the births
premature.
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