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Evening star., 1934-09-30
MOTHER OF MA|S
QU|zzED IN ESCAPE
Grand Jury Probe Of Break
by Tri-State Gang Pair
Is Forecast.

A grand jury investigation of the
circumstances surrounding the jail
break in which two condemned men,
bers of the Tri-State gang yesterday
morning shot their way to freedom in
Richmond, appeared imminent last
night as one of Virginia's greatest man
hunts failed to find any trace of the
two fugitiveS.
The trial Judge who sentenced the
two gangsters-Walter LegenZa, 40,
better known in Washington as Will
liam Davis, and Robert Mais, 29-was
expected to ask the grand jury to
make a searching inquiry into the
break when that body meets in regu-
lar session tomorrow.
The hunt for Legenza and Mais,
meanwhile, had broadened until it in
cluded most Of the section in which
the gang had operated. From the
mountains of Northern Virginia to
the swamps of the lower Tidewater
section, State police searched highways
and byways. In washington special
squads Of detectives, heavily armed
and ordered to shoot to kill, contin-
ued their guard of Potomac bridges
early today, reinforced by Arlington
County police.
Mais' Mother Quizzed.
Pennsylvania and Maryland au-
thorities also were on the lookout.
The first actual step taken in in
vestigating the break came last night
with the detention by Richmond police
of Mrs. Elizabeth Mais, 81, who had
visited her son in his cell only Thurs
day. She was not placed under arrest.
but was being held overnight after a
long questioning.
The officials are interested particu-
larry in tracking down a Jail report
that Mais and Legenza recently re-
ceived a large tin of chicken. deliv-
cred to them in an unopened can. 1t
was considered possible that the can
contained the pistols with which they
effected their escape. Jail deputies
insist, according to the Associated
Press, that Mrs. Mais took the can to
her son and Legenza. She has denied
taking them anything.
Mrs. Mais said she had visited her
son and Legenza daily, taking them
coffee in the morning and occasionally
going again in the afternoon with hot
soup.
Il don't see how they could have
gotten pistols" she said. Every time
I visited them 1 was carefully ex-
amined and the guards even looked at
the coffee or soup I brought"
Richmond police refused last night
to confirm a report that they had
found wigs and makeup in the room
there formerly occupied by Mrs.
Marie McKeever, a friend of Mais.
Mrs McKeever, who was held at the
House of Detention here for some
time in connection with the roundup
of the gang, also had visited the con-
demned men in their Richmond cells,
and the report of the wigs and make
up led to some theorizing that the
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Evening star., 1934-09-30
Roosevelt s'Beer Party'' Report
Rejected by Jersey Methodists
''Obuiously Untrue" Says Early of
Liuely White House Scene Which
Shocked Critics Described.

of a true citizen to read in bold head
lines Beer Floods White House." the
report read, and continued its alleged
quotation.
1.-The stately front hall was piled
with kegs of beer as the dancers drank
to safety of the Rooseveltian bever-
age. In the conviviality of the oc-
casion, all formalities were thrown
overheard and hilarity reigned.'"
such is the example which the
Chief Executive and the First Lady
set for the youth of the Nation" the
report concluded.
In Washington Stephen T. Early,
q presidential secretary, termed the
reports as obviously untrue"
1.-The report is so obviously untrue" ,"
Early said, "that it couldn't be either
decently or oficially recognized"
The substitute report, presented by
State Senator ]. Rushing Leap Of
Salem, a lay delegate, was described
by Rev. George w. Ridout of Ventnor
City as "a nice piece of rhetoric. We
are trying to cover the monster with
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Evening star., 1934-09-30
FOUR DIE IN CRASH

Pilot and Three Passengers of
London Plane Victims.
SHOREHAM, Kent, England, Sep
tember 20 E).-Two men and two
women were killed late today in the
crash of a London. Scottish and
Provincial Airways monoplane on a
highway here during heavy weather.
The plane was flying the. second
leg of a new air route from Leeds to
Paris, after a take-on from Heston.
witnesses said it suddenly noSe-dived
to the ground out of the clouds.
The victims. all British, were: The
pilot, r. M Smith; Miss Rose mnes
and Mrs. Rose Innes and Darret
Reeve,
Evening star., 1934-09-30
Call of Dying Mother Wins
Alimony Prisoner Furlough

fell 500 behind in alimony payments
to his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Murphy.
On September IL he was committed
to the jail for 80 days when she COM
planned to the District Supreme Court.
At the time of his commitment.
his mother was seriously i'll in New
York City. Her condition became
critical yesterday and she began call
ing for him.
Friends notified Fred ]. Icenhower,
Murphy's attorney, and he laid the
facts before Justice Gordon. The
wife was consulted and she expressed
her. willingness that Murphy be re-
leased to 60 to his mother. Justice
Gordon signed the order and Murphy
hastened to New York.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
$40 Gold Note Sho,un in Shop
By Woman Causes Near Riot

everything" and for him to come at
once.
After checking the bill with the
Lindbergh list of ransom notes and
finding it not listed the detectives
lost interest.
Mrs Smith" had attempted to buy
a cloth bag, chromium finished, with
the money. She explained it was part
of "a few dollars" she had saved.
The proprietor of the store, Edwin
H. Mosher, jr., refused to give Mrs.
Smiths" name, saying she was "a
customer Of long standing and Of con-
siderable social standing"
Evening star., 1934-09-30

Because justice Is sometimes tenn
pered with mercy, . prisoner from
the District Jail sat at the bedside
of his dying mother last night.
The doors of his cell swung open
for John ]. Murphy yesterday when
the court that sentenced him for fail
ure to pay alimony ordered his re-
lease for two weeks after an appeal
from the stricken woman reached
the ears of Justice Peyton Gordon.
Once the owner Of prosperous
bonding business, Murphy lost his
holdings during the depression and
Evening star., 1934-09-30
HOUSING PROJECT
ATHOWARD j. OUT
P. W. A. Abandons Low
Cost Home Plan in Area.
Prices Raped.

Secretary Ickes has abandoned ef-
forts to obtain title to three squares
adjacent to Howard University as the
site for a colored low-cost housing
project because land prices made the
area unsuitable for the construction
of homes truly low in cost"
AS a result, it was said, Ickes has
directed his housing division to seek
locations for the colored project in
areas where land values would be
lower and conditions more in keeping
with slums.
p. w. A. has tentatively budgeted
$4,000. 900 for two low-cost housing
projects in the National Capital, the
second being that intended for white
families. Plans for the proposed
Howard City" contemplated the ex-
penditure of about half this sum, al
though no division of funds has been
made.
The proposed site which 1ckes has
ordered dropped from consideration
is bounded by Bryant and v streets
on the north and south, and Second
and Fifth streets on the east and
west. This was the first time the
boundary Of the area had been an
nounced.
General Warning Issued.
In the statement regarding the fail
ure of the first efforts to launch a
Washington project, Ickes warned
other cities that where prices for sites
run too high to permit genuine low
cost housing. these particular areas
will be dropped from consideration
and projects will be located elsewhere
Ickes said favorable sites for low
cost housing projects in Washington
would be sought in at least two other
districts Plans call for a white
project in southwest Washington, but
no site has been selected, it was said
Tentative contracts taken on va
rious parcels of property within the
Howard City" area, P. w. A. said,
will be allowed to lapse.
Inquiries disclosed yesterday that
while some of the prices demanded
by property owners in the area were
considered too high, the site was un-
wisely chosen in the first place be-
cause it is not truly a slum area. In
only one square, it was said, are there
alley dwellings.
Area Well Developed.
Within the area also are income
producing properties, such as small
stores, business places and apartments.
These conditions, officials explained,
made the site less favorable from the
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Evening star., 1934-09-30

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September ga $40
gold certificate, placed casually on a
counter In an accessories store. almost
caused q riot today in the shopping
district.
Within five minutes three police cars
four detectives and two patrolmen ar
rived before the store and 500 curious
men and women 'peered through the
windows.
Inside. a terrified woman. referred
10 as Mrs. Smith" was telephoning
her husband that she could explain
Evening star., 1934-09-30
PRESIDENT READY
TOANSWER CRITICS
IN SPEECH TONIGHT
Broadcast Due to Contain
Appeal for Support OF
New N. R. A.
DEMANDS OF BUSINESS
FOR EXPLANATION HEARD
Three Named to Probe Garment
Short Week-Final Decision
Is Delayed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt has drafted and
is prepared to present tonight new
accounting of his administration. de-
signed among other things to stop
business and political critics Of the
N. r. A. and send that reshaped
agency of to flying start.
In what Is intended as a man-to-
man chat with the people by radio at
10 pm, he will speak in this fashion
for the first time since last June, when
he left for an Hawaiian vacation. 1t
will be delivered in radically altered
circumstances, both for the President
and many of his hearers.
The three month interval has
brought new and outspoken demands
from business for at least a new def
milton, If not shift, in the present
trend of administration policies-espe-
cially those vital ones dealing with
Government spending. budget balanc
ing, currency stabilization and N. r.
A. control Of business.
Advice From Leaders.
The same period has allowed Pre-,
dent Roosevelt personally to tour tn,
country and in the seclusion of his
Hyde Park home to gather advice
from leaders in all walks of life-in-
dustry, labor, agriculture and finance
If organized business. through such
outlets as the United States Chamber
of Commerce, has become more de-
termined in opposition to some phases
of the New Deal, it was believed the
President, too, has returned to the
White House with new ideas and
firmer convictions for charting his re-
covery program.
That he should not hesitate to voice
them tonight, bluntly replying to
critics and to what he calls the grist
of the "rumor mill" was the call of
many of his followers. Also 1t was a
generally expressed desire that the
Chief Executive elaborate on the fu-
ture of Government code partners
with business.
Subject Matter Secret.
The President himself set aside
possible time yesterday and today
writing his speech, but gave no hii
of the subject matter.
N. r. A. was Outstanding in specv
lation over the Presidents talk.
ready the recovery unit is launch,
on an revolutionary" road toward le
islative permanency with a five-ms
board replacing Hugh S. johnson. b
the outset 1t confronted the task
passing on one Of the major issu'
shorter work week.
BY October Is the board headed
Clay Williams must advise Mr.. Roos
welt on his temporarily stayed ora
cutting the cotfn garment work wet
from 40 to So hours without a ws'
slash Before that report goes in Ii
American Federation Of Labor vi
have renewed its demand on recoi
for q 30-hour week. The Chamber
Commerce and the National Assoc;
ton of Manufacturers undoubte'
will then continue their active {
position.
Board Is Named.
The N. R. A. board yesterday nam
D. M. Nelson of the Industrial
visory Board, willard Hotchki
chairman of the general code al
thority, and Father Francis J. Ha;
another member of the authority.
an impartial committee Of three
investigate the cotton garment wor
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Evening star., 1934-09-30
Mormon Dignitary Dies.

SALT LAKE CITY, September 20
R.-Charles H. Hart, 68, q member
of the First Council of Seventy of the
Latter Day Saints Church and former
president of its Canadian mission,
died today after q long illness.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
Flyer Pleads Not Guilty.

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, September 20
R.-Frank Dorbandt, Alaskan flyer,
pleaded not guilty today to charges
OF smuggling furs out Of Alaska, and
Federal Court will begin trial Of the
case In about TIVE weeks.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
Dead Fathers Wish
Sends Boy to Play
In Foot Ball Game
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENHAM, Mass, September
29.-While his father lay dead,
George HaSsard, slim Dedham
High quarterback. kicked his team
out Of danger in today's game
with Noble and Greenough School.
HaSsard went into the game at
the command Of his father, who.
before he died Friday, told his
son to play and help his team
mates to victory. The game end
ed in a Scoreless tie.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
PREP GRIDSTER DIES

Skull Fracture Injury Fatal to
Texas Youth, II.
WACO, Tex, September 20 CP-
Edwin Thiele, 17-year-old captain of
the Valley Mills High School foot ball
team. died tonight from injuries be-
lieved to have been received yesterday
in a game between Valley Mills and
Lorena.
Thiele fell unconscious on the field
while a play was in progress. His
skull was fractured, physicians said.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
LIQUOR LICENSES DROP
New York Renewal Applications
Show Decline of 1000.

SHUW OeCIIue Oh I,OOO.
NEW YORK, September 29 R.-
Liquor and beer license renewals by
the New York City Control Board
totaled 5,462 tonight, more than q
thousand less than the number granted
last year. Present licenses expire at
midnight Sunday.
The decrease in applications was
ascribed by ofhcials to lack Of profits
in the operation of liquor stores, beer
psrlors and restaurants.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
MRS. M'ADOO INJURED
Senator's Divorced Wife Suffers
Leg Fracture.

HOLLYWOOD, September 20 R-
Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, divorced
wife of Senator william G. McAdoo,
and daughter Of Woodrow Wilson, Is
confined to her apartment here with
a fractured leg. She suffered the IL
jury recently in jumping from one
rock to another in Palm Canyon.
Evening star., 1934-09-30

into the last day Of the season was
this:
Club. Won. Lost. PC.
st. Louis go. "a So .6ls
New York .... SO SO .6l2
Should the Cards lose tomorrow
despite the pitching of their leading
moundsman, Dizzy Dean, who Is slated
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Evening star., 1934-09-30

~. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Showers and somewhat cooler today:
tomorrow fair and cooler; gentle to mod
crate south and southwest winds
observation-disclosures, 80, at pm.
yesterday; lowest, 81, at 3 am. yesterday.
Full report on page B-7.
Evening star., 1934-09-30

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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22
CRAzED FATHER
STAYS z SONS
Killed Boys Because They
Had Devil in Them
Says Parent.
By United Press

BY Unte0 PfesS
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. pa
strange case of religious fanataciSm
was revealed today in the Staying
of two young boys whose father
allegedly confessed that he had
been told by God" to kill them.
Police charged the father, oscar
Hestnes, 4S, unemployed painter,
with choking his sons, John, 9, and
Henry, 5, to death. The bodies,
with the Threats bruised were found
on a bedroom floor of the HeStneS
home at Ballard near here.
The father, for whom sanity
test was planned, insister, police
said, that he had been directed to
kill the children because they had
the devil in them
John was killed last Thursday,
according to the alleged confession.
The parents and Henry spent the
night on the kitchen floor around
the body.
Friday the Lord told me to take
the body and put it in closet, ?"
the fathers purported confession
read. Saturday 1 thought the
youngest boy had the devil in him
too, so 1 Strangled him."
During the gruesome recital, a
train visited in distance.
That isn't a whistle" Hestines
cried. THAT is the Lord speaking. :"
The theft of a minister's automo-
bile led to the discovery. The Rev.
o. L. Hawk, pastor of the Ballard
First Lutheran church, decided to
look after the welfare of the chill
dren after Hestnes and his wife had
been jailed for stealing the ninist-
er'S car.
DR.. Hawk found the bodies, full
ly clothed, in the bedroom. Po-
lice discovered a note on table
indicating that the parents had
planned to flee. Neighbors said that
Hestnes had been acting strangely
in recent weeks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22
Debate May Delay Gold
Bill Passage by Senate
Committee to End Hearings
Today; House Approval
Given Measure.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's money program was
plunged into senate maelstrom to-
day, with indications that bitter de-
bate would delay passage for sew
eral days.
Driving for speed on the dollar
devaluation bill, the senate banking
and currency committee arranged
to complete hearings today with
the testimony of Owen D. Young
and Professor George Warren.
Professor Warren's appearance
was attracting particular attention
because of his reputation as a
mystery man" of the Roosevelt
administration. Stunning public
attention, he has remained in the
background of financial affairs
while being generally credited with
originating many of the Presidents
monetary policies.
The Presidents money bill,
described by many in congress as
the most momentous piece of
financial legislation of the century,
faces far different reception in the
senate than was accorded it in the
house.
The house, passing the measure
Saturday night with many of the
Democratic leaders frankly puzzled
over its contents and significance,
presented a picture of mass power
which assured the Democratic adj
ministration of prompt compliance
with its policies.
Whenever the leadership was in
danger, Democrats came streaming
in from the cloakrooms and corri-
doris, lining up in solid phalanXes
that stood steadfast against all Re-
publican assaults. The minority
party, while conceding its inability
to prevent passage, used every par
liamentary device to halt the
stampeding, victorious Democrats.
The final vote, $50 to 40, found
many Republicans rallying to the
cry Of stand by the PRESIDENT
There was discussion over the
WCCA-CAlO VI d 1NSpuUAACdII 11llDuoJcI
against the bill in the senate. Pro-
longed delay from this source ap-
peared unlikely, however. Senator
Carter Glass Dem, Va, a leading
opponent of the measure, is not
given to filibusters and takes the
attitude that the Democratic ma
jority is determined to pass the bill
and that prolonged resistance
would be futile.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler
Dem, Mont0 planned to offer a
proposal for the free coinage of sill
yer at ratio of 16 to /, with gold
as a rider to the administration
measure, unless President Roose-
welt commits himself to wider use of
silver in the currency than is pro-
vided in his recent order for the
limited coinage of newly mined
silver.
Our only chance to get action on
silver at this session of congress is
by amending the gold BILL" Senator
Wheeler said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-22

With state and county au-
thorities, however, they ran
down countless rumors that
Mr.. Bremen had been found
dead. More than two dozen
federal agents were said to be
here.
Belief that young Mr.. Bremen
met the same fate as the infant
son of Charles A. Lindbergh, an
unprecedented death, grew out of
the failure of the kidnaperS to
contact the Bremen family since a
few hours after Mr. Bremen dis
appeared last Wednesday. Blood
stains were found in the front seat
OF the automobile from which the
banker had been seized
Police Ask to Hunt
So certain were authorities that
Mr.. Bremen had been killed, they
called a conference with the elder
Mr.. Bremen last night and urged
that he allow them to begin the
hunt.
Police revealed that they were
investigating a note received by w.
G. Robertson, Minneapolis post
master which gave instructions for
finding Mr.. Bremer's body. The note
contained a crudely Sketched map.
Although the note was labeled the
work OF a crank, it served as the
basis of twenty four hour search.
Mr.. Bremen pleaded for another
day without police interference. He
said members of his family believed
the bloodstainS in Edwards auto
mobile were the result of scuffle.
He said his son would not have sub
mitted to kidnapers without fight.
Family Friend Disappears
Authorities agreed to refrain from
interfering. 1t was learned that
Walter Magee, friend of the kid
naped man and the first notified of
the kidnapping, had dropped from
sight. 1t was believed that he may
have received another massage from
the abductors. The family however,
has been without word since last
Wednesday. All instructions were
followed as outlined in the original
note from the kidnapers, which was
found under Mr. Magees door.
Ransom payment was drawn from
the federal reserve bank and placed
in a vault at the American National
bank, of which Adolph Bremen is
head.
Lights blazed all last night in the
homes of both Adolph Bremen and
his brother, Otto Bremen. Police
squads remained on twenty-four-
hour duty at police headquarters,
sleeping on army cots.