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z NAZ| SLAYERS
DIE ON GALLOWS
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he claimed he had merely fired
at figure that rushed past in
the dark" after the raiding Nazis
had stormed the chancellory on
July 25.
A police version Of a confession
reputed to have been made by
Planetta declared he shot Dollfuss
for revenge because he had been
discharged from the Army for his
Nazi activities and that he fired
at the chancellor in his office
without exchanging a word"
HolzWeber was the leader Of the
group of IA NaziS that entered
the chancellory last Wednesday in
an abortive attempt to seize the
government and establish a Nazi
state in Austria.
It is understood that the trial
of IA others will proceed immedi-
ately. There were indications,
however, that Planetta and Holz-
weber might be the only ones
to pay with their lives since the
government was understood to
fear the effect of mass execu-
tions" on public sentiment. not
only in Austria, but throughout
the world.
Nevertheless, it was disclosed by
police that 152 of the Nazis now
under arrest will be charged with
high treason.
DR.. Szelkely, who conducted a
post mortem examination on the
body of the dead chancellor, teS-
titled in the trial of Planetta
that Chancellor Dollfuss did not
bleed to death as Austrian Off
cialS at first reported. Either
one of the revolver shots which
struck him wounded him fatally
and put him beyond medical aid.
Policeman Johann Steinberger
testified that he was forced to
look out a window when the
raiders entered the room and
shot DollfusS.
Major Pomerer, Austrian bal
listics expert, identified Planet
ta'S pistol as the one which fired
the fatal shot, from microscopic
examination of the bullets which
killed DollfuSS and other bullets
fired from the same gun.
Leader Failed Nazis
Holzweber testified that the
putsch failed because after the
taking of the chancellery they
were to be met by a leader whom
he was unable or unwilling to
name. The leader was to appear
unarmed, with credentials, and
tell them what to do next. He
never appeared and after wait
ing for him for hours there was
nothing for them to do but to
surrender to the soldiers and
police who surrounded the
building.
Foreign correspondents found
themselves unable to gain admit
tance to the trial which was
started suddenly yesterday after
it's postponement until today had
been announced earlier in the
day. The Austrian governments
press department would do moth
ing to see that correspondents
were represented and instead
gave out excerpts from the teS
timony.
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BANK RECEIVERS
INEXPERIENCED.
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Prior to that he was associated
for many years with the Globe
Wernicke Company, a furniture
company Of Ohio.
E. l.. Norris, receiver for the
odridge-Langdon Savings and
Commercial Bank, was former
vice president and cashier of that
institution from 1921 to 1888.
For seven years prior to that
connection he was treasurer of
the Continental Trust Company,
and for two years he was assistant
cashier Of the Kensington Bank
in KenSington, Md.
Former Vice President
For 20 years, vice president of
the City Bank and Trust Com
pany of Syracuse, N. Y, John F.
Moran, receiver of the Park Say.
ings Bank, liquidated the Mas.
sena Bank and Trust Company,
Of Massena, N. Y, for the New
York State banking department.
He also had two more years of
banking experience with another
bank in Syracuse, N. Y.
Carter B. Keane, receiver for
the United States Savings Bank,
was a practising attorney. From
1913 to 1921 he was director of
the Postal Savings system.
John S. Bryan, receiver for the
North Capital Savings Bank, was
a receiver for the First National
Bank of Unionville, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1934-07-31
VIENNA FILLED.
WITH J|TTERS
At RUMORS
Nazis Reputed to Be Scatter.
ing Threats That Involve
HeimWehr PIottingS
By tom WILHELM
International News Service staff
Correspondent

VIENNA, July 81 (I.N.SO-The
Austrian government had the jit-
ters today, as the court-martialS
of the first of the IA Nazis
caught in the chancellery in the
big putsch went on.
A state Of alarm ruled through
out Vienna and the situation was
regarded as far more serious than
renewed outbreak in the fight
ing which was reported from
Carinthia.
DR.. Anton Rintelen, whom 40
armed Nazis tried to rescue yester.
day from the municipal hospital,
was removed to a prison hospital
for safer keeping.
Another Scare
Vienna had another Nazi scare
during the night and machine
guns were manned while troops
marched and counter marched in
the Ball-Haus Platz while the gov
ernment whistled in the dark.
Everyone feels under surveil-
lance in this city of almost 2,000,-
900 which is known to contain
thousands of armed Nazis ready to
spring into action if hope for their
cause appears.
It was announced today that
the Nazis themselves have been
causing some of the alarms hop
ing to bring the rivalry of the
police and the Heimwehr (Home
GuardSl into violent conflict.
During the night the police re-
ceived warning that the Helm
wehr were about to raid their
quarters in the first move of a
putsch to make it an all Helm
wehr government. An alarm was
sounded and every man rushed to
his post.
Await New Coup
At the same time a similar
warning was received at the
Heimwehr headquarters. It led
to a similar alarm. Fortunately
the misunderstanding did not
lead to any clash between the
two forces and soon was
Strengthened out.
Police today were certain that
the Nazis had received orders to
remain in their homes and await
radio signal for a new putsch.
The war ministry today charged
that the Nazis in Styria had used
dum-dum bullets. It listed it's
losses in this area at II explain
ing that the difficult nature Of
the land afforded protection for
guerilla warfare and sniping.
This was exclusive of Heimwehr
losses.
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RING IS BROKEN
SURROUNDING
GERMANY
Statement Calling Austrian
Intervention League Affair
Is Hint to Italy
BY PIERRE HUss


BERLIN, July 81 G.N.S0.-
Germany saw the united front
of nations which formed against
her after the assassination OF
Chancellor DollfuSS of Austria
breaking up today as rival inter.
ests among them overshadoWed
their moral Indignation.
The first open break in the
ring Of nations watching events
in Austria and then watching
one another came in the release
to the press here in Berlin Of a
statement of the JugoSlavian
government.
Seen AS Warning to Italy
The statement which referred
to Austrian events as purely
internal in character" said that
any outside action was a League
Of Nations matter and warned
against any "one-sided measure
or intervention"
The warning, Of course, was
seen as one directed at Italy,
whose troops have been maSsed
along the AuStro- Italian border
since the day following the chan
cellor's murder.
The statement follows:
"The attitude Of JugOsIav
authorities toward the events
in Austria is wholly correct.
The Strictest control has been
maintained on the frontier, and
there can be no suggestion Of
any incident or prOvOcatiOn.
700 REFUGEES DISARMED
"Up to now 700 Austrian
refugees, equipped with 200
rifles, one machine gun and
some revOlverS, have been
taken along the line from
Maribor to DravonOgrad. They
were Immediately diSarmed and
interned. ALI the refugees were
young men.
movements on the frontier
are being watched with open
eyes, and all authorities have
been warned to remain calm.
Every necessary step is being
taken to preserve safety on the
border and to maintain correct
relations with Austria.
"AlthOugh the attitude is
taken that events in Austria
are Of a purely internal char
acter and although every meas
ure is being taken to preserve
good neighbOrly relations with
Austria, the JugOslav govern
ment is of the opinion that,
in the case Of special compli-
cations, the League Of Nations
is the only competent authority
to decide the Austrian ques-
ton as an international prob
lem.
BROAD HINT OFFERED
"Every other One-sided meas
ure Of Intervention would be
a violation Of peace treaties
and could lead to further con-
sequences.
"Any misrepresentation Of
the attitude of the JugOsIav
authorities toward Austria will
be most vigorously repudiated."
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PAIR GR|LLED
IN SHOOTING
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ensued. According to a doorman
at the hotel, he told Diehn:
"And not only that but you
did my friends dirt, too"
The man fired four shots at
Diehn. Diehn, with his hand cov-
ering the wound, staggered to a
tree box and leaned against it, as
his assailant ran in the hotel. The
man escaped through a side door
and the automobile vanished.
Has Police Record
According to police records
Diehn has served time in Ohio for
grand larceny and has been ar
rested on suspicion in Whining
ton, DEL, and other cities. Police
said last night there was a posi-
bility that their investigation into
the white slave traffic here may
be linked with the shooting case.
Tags on the automobile in
which the gunman came to the
hotel were listed to a man in the
1900 block Of Ontario Rd. N. W.
The man listed is not known at
the address.
Police sent a lookout for the
automobile within a few minutes
after z p. m, when the shooting
occurred.
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ENGLAND

LONDON, July 81 UN.S0
Eamonn De Valera, President Of
the Irish Free State, will not
attend the observance in London
next year of the silver jubilee Of
King Georges accession to the
throne, Acting Premier Stanley
Baldwin announced in the house
of commons today. De Valera de-
clared that "under existing cond1-
tions it will not be possible for
the Irish Free State government
to send a representative"
LONDON, July 81 G.N.S0-A
launch with 20 vacationers aboard
capsized today in Lake Magglore
of the Italian lakes, according to
an exchange telegraph report re.
ceived here. All the occupants OF
the boat were reported drowned.
FRANCE
PARIS, July 81 Q.NSO.
French secret service men today
arrested another alleged German
spy, Theodore Dieffenthal, at
Stirinwendel, near Metz, according
to a dispatch to the newspaper
Ami Du Peuple. Dieffenthal is the
third person arrested in four days,
accused of attempting to learn de-
tails Of the new French fortifica-
tionS along the German border.
LORIENT, France, July 81
U.N.SD.-Cider saved the village
of Billiaie-en-Benganne from total
destruction by fire yesterday. Due
to the drought there was not Suf-
ficient water to extinguish the
flames so the inhabitants poured
their years supply Of cider over
the burning buildings and put out
the fire.
PARIS, July 81. Il. N. 81.
Three thousand persons attended
requiem mass today in the his
tOric Metre Dame Cathedral for
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Rev. Louis J. Smet
Guest at Party

The Right Rev. Louis J. Smet,
professor at the American College,
University of Louvain, will be
guest Of honor at a lawn party
sponsored by st. Mary's Catholic
Church tomorrow from z to IL
p. m, on the lawn of the Xaverian
Brothers School, North Washing
ton Street, Alexandria.
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IS NEAR
H|NDENBERG
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where he received a big ovation.
It was reported he intended to fly
to Neudeck.
Members of the venerable Presi-
dents immediate family assem-
bled at his bedside at the Hind
enburg estate three miles from
Neudeck shortly after noon. They
included President Won Hinden-
burg'S son, Col. Oscar Won Hin
denburg, and the latter's wife
and the Presidents two daugh-
ters, Frau Won Brockhusen and
Frau Won Pentz.
Earlier Bulletin
Only a short while before, at
1855 p. M, President Won Hin.
denburg'S physicians had issued
a reaSsuring bulletin, although
they admitted the Presidents
condition was causing grave anx-
iety because Of his advanced age.
He will be 81 in October.
The bulletin read:
"The President took breakfast
outside his bed this morning. At
this time he spoke freely to
members of his entOurage.
"After he returned to bed he
fell quietly asleep. He has no
fever. His pulse is strong and
increasing in BEATS"
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NEWS EVENTS OF WORLD

the late Chancellor Engelbert
Dolfuss, of Austria. Among them
were Foreign Minister Louis Bar
thou and other members Of the
French cabinet; Theodore Mar
riner, Charge d'AffaireS Of the
United States Embassy and vir-
tually the entire diplomatic corps.
MORT, France, July 81
Q.N.SO.-Five men and a 6-year-
old girl were killed today when
the boiler of an engine operating
a threshing machine exploded on
q farm near here.
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GOV.F,B. OLSON
IS ASKED FOR
7 R j Ct
Strike Leaders Want "a Hours
To Scan List of Truckers
Carrying Necessities
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

By JAMES l.. kILGALLEN
MINNEAPOLIS, July 81
Peace talk pushed to the fore
front today in the Minneapolis
truck drivers strike.
While National Guardsmen pro-
ceeded with routine duties reports
were circulated that the Federal
mediators, Father Francis J.
Haas and E. H. Dunnigan, had
forwarded a new peace proposal
to the Employers Advisory Com
mittee to supplement the plan
offered last week. ,
The strikers accepted last
weeks plan without reservations.
The employers turned it down.
New Concessions Asked
It was reported the new plan
asked the truck drivers to make
certain concessions over the
OE4S11ld1 PAOPO0e~A'
The Federal mediators, how
ever, refused to discuss this latest
development. Co.,
In the meantime union leaders
held a conference with Gov. Floyd
B, Olson, who called out the
troops. The strike leaders asked
the governor to declare a 48-hour
truce on issuing permits for NOV
ing trucks.
They wanted two days to check
over the lists of those who have OBJ
tanned permission to operate
trucks on the ground that they
are transporting necessities. If the
governor refuses to accede, it was
indicated the strikers would re-
sumo picketing on a large scale
despite the military restrictions.
80 Arrested in "a Hours
Despite military restrictions
against picketing 33 have been ar
rested in the past "a hours. Nine
men were seized after they had at
tempted to halt a transfer truck.
They were being held for question
ing by Col. Elmer McDevitt, pro-
vost marshal. Earlier a roundup of
pickets and truck drivers who were
moving vehicles without permit re-
suited in the arrest Of "a men who
were held for military trial.
Governor Olson spoke over the
radio and explained why he called
out the National Guard. He re-
viewed events leading up to the
strike in detail. He said the first
step Of the National Guard was to
restore law and order. He de-
Clared:
"There has been less crime
In Minneapolis since martial
law than in a similar period of
time back beyond the memory
Of the oldest police officers Of
the city"
Governor Olson said the next
step was to see that the people of
the city were supplied with com.
mon necessities.
Explains Permit System
He explained that Brig. Gen. E.
A. Walsh, in command of the
troops, instituted a permit sys-
tenn "by which trucks could move
only by permit"
Minneapolis, meanwhile, was
feeling the pinch Of the strike. Re-
tail meat dealers were running low
on stocks. Department store busi-
ness fell off because of inability to
make deliveries. Concerns in st.
Paul, 10 miles away, were profit
ing by the curtailment of truck
service in Minneapolis. st. Paul
concerns temporarily took over
distribution Of fresh foods in Min
neapoliS and nearby towns,
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DERAL ARB7ERS OFFER NEW MINNEAPOLIS PEACE PLAN
of Dollfuss
Hanged AS Nazis
Plan Reprisals

flat, unintelligent face, unshaved
and dressed in convict's jacket,
had sat all during the trial, star
ing alternately at the floor and
the wall while his fingers
twitched.
At the judges word Planetta
got up slowly, clicked his heels
and, in low, clear voice, said:
II do not know if this is my
last hour. 1 am not a cOwardIy
murderer. 1 really did not in
tend to kill Mr.. Chancellor Doll
fuss. That's all except that my
last request is to tell Frau Doll
fuss I beg her forgiveness"
FOR HIS FATHERLAND
Holzweber, also a little man, sat
during the trial stiff as a poker,
his shoulders thrown back, his
eyes straight ahead. He wore a
little Hitler-like mustache and his
horn-rimmed glasses and bird
like face made him look like a
pedantic SchoolmaSter. It was
hard to realize this was the man
who terrified AuStria's iron man.
Fey.
Holzweber, too, stood at atten-
ton and, in loud, rapid tones,
said:
1--WE had orders there was to
be no bIOOdShed. DOllfuSs'
death was an accident. They
gave us their word as Austrian
officers and gentlemen we would
60 free to Germany. What ever
did was for my fatherland and
my people. / am willing to take
the full consequences"
So the NaziS did not crawl, did
not give away their higher-ups.
Their defense was untenable
and it was clear that they would
have been convicted in any court.
They declared they thought the
whole action was legal and sup
ported by President Miklas.
Did Not See Him
Planetta said he did not recog-
nize DollfuS, that the room was
too dark to see him and that any,
way DollfuSs must have touched
his gun and made it go off. He
said the fact he fired twice might
have been because the gun auto
matically fired double with one
pull of the trigger.
The prosecution proved the
rebels must have known their &C
ton was treason. The room
where DollfusS was killed was
sunny and he was shot at mid
day.
Experts testified Planett's auto
matte could not fire double. The
experts also proved that one shot
had been fired six inches from
the Chancellor's face.
They passed around the court
room Dollfuss' linen collar, blood
stained and powder-burned.
Hitler Failed Them
But the defendants really based
their case on the governments
promise of amnesty to them. They
were two sorely disappointed men,
trebly betrayed.
DR.. Anton Rintelen, who should
have been on hand to lead them,
failed to turn up. Hitler failed
to support their revolt and finally
Fey's promise to see them safely
to Germany was broken and their
tragic adventure ended in their
death sentences.
The Washington times., 1934-07-31
BY H. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright. 1884, by International
News SerVicel

By III. r. KNICKERBOCKE
Copyright, 1894, by International
News Service)
VIENNA, July 81 UN.S0.
They hanged their first Nazis in
Austria today.
Otto Planetta and Franz HolZ-
weber went to the gallows in
"Poor Sinners courtyard Of
the county court and paid the
penalty for the death Of Doll
fuss.
There was nothing humane
about the way the NaziS killed
DollfuSS.
No GaIIOws Trap
But there is nothing very
tender about the way they hang
people in Austria, either. Their
gallows has no trap. 1t merely
consists of rope running through
a pulley.
The condemned man climbs on
a little Stepladder. The hang
man puts a rope around his
neck and pulls it tight. Then
the kick the ladder out from
under him.
In accordance with an old Aus
trian custom, the hangman's two
assistants pull at the ondemned
mans body while the hangman
pulls at the rope.
This is one reason why Aus
trian prisoners prefer shooting.
Meanwhile, Central Europe
waited tenSely for stroke Of evil
fate. Germany waits for the
death of President Won linden
burg, while Austria waits for the
Nazis' answer to the hanging.
In both countries there was an
ominous feeling that the troubles
of the last few weeks were heading
up into a climax.
May Mean Revolution
The death of Won Hindenburg
can bring confusion and, conceiv-
ably, even revolution in Germany.
In this country the NaziS have
sworn to take ghastly reprisals for
the execution of any NaziS.
Planetta and Holzweber were
the first Nazis in Austria to be SEN
fenced to death. Never before has
the government had courage to
face the threats Of Nazi revenge.
Two of the principal and typi-
cal Nazi threats are to capture
and kill 100 priests and to blow up
five churches, beginning with ST..
Stephens Cathedral in Vienna, if
the government carries out the
death sentences.
No Light Threat
These threats are not taken
lightly, especially inasmuch as the
trial of the two men brought out
indisputably, first, that two Aus
trian ministers, Fey and Neu-
staedter-Stuermer, did promise the
rebels safe transit to Germany if
they surrendered and, second, that
they promised this Internationally
and not, as the government an
nounced afterwards, only if the
NaZiS had killed no one and, third,
that the government knew Doll
fuss was dead when it made its
promise to the rebels.
Thus, although few persons who
are not NaZis contend that the
government could do anything but
arrest and punish the rebels, many
neutral persons believe the govern
ment made q grave mistake in
issuing a false statement that its
amnesty was conditional on no
body being killed. Furthermore,
this state of affairs has irritated
the Nazis to resentful rage.
PIanetta'S Last Words
The Government position was
not helped by the manly attitude
Of the defendants at their trial.
Whatever their crime and what
ever their politics, the spectators
had to admit the Nazis looked
at death like men.
Just before sentence was passed
the judge asked them if they had
a last word to say.
Planetta, a short man with q
esaseo00eRRR
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SPAIN

ZARAGOzA, Spain, July 81.
Quick action Of his chauffeur to-
day was responsible for saving
the life of Daniel Riu Periquet,
governor of the Foreign Bank Of
Spain. A band Of aSsassinS yes
terday erected a barricade out
side the city limits and attempted
to halt the car of the banker.
The chauffeur drove the car
through the barricade and eS-
capped amid a hail of bullets.
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GERMANY

BERLIN, July 81. QN.SO.
The Swiss minister presented a
note to the foreign office at noon
today, protesting the smuggling
of explosives across Swiss terri
tory from Germany into Austria.
The explosives are assumed to
have been for by Austrian Nazis in
last weeks attempted revolution.
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TREASURY CONDITION

By International News Service
Treasury balance as Of July %,
$2,450,310,894.41: internal revenue,
$2,732, ,403.67; customs receipts,
$17,992.ss3.99.
The Washington times., 1934-07-31

BANK HEADS TO MEET
Directors of the Falls Church
(Va.) Bank will hold their business
meeting at 2 p. m. Friday in the
bank, it was announced today.
The Washington times., 1934-07-31

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