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Evening star., 1935-12-24
HAUPTMANN PLEA
RESTS ON LADDER
Disputed "RaiI rs" Expect
ed to Figure in Pardons
Court Hearing.
BY the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N. j., December "a
Part of the Lindbergh kidnap ladder,
known as rail 49," and identified
as having been taken from Bruno
Richard Hauptmann's Bronx attic.
may figure in Hauptmann's plea to
the New Jersey Pardons Court for
mercy.
The defense has kept secret any
new evidence it has prepared for pres
entation to the court, but its petit
ton for communication of the death
penalty to life Imprisonment was
understood authoritatively to have
prepared the way for an attack on
the authenticity Of rail 49,"
The Court of Pardons received the
petition yesterday. Later a meeting
was called for next Monday to con-
slider conditional parole of another
prisoner to testify in murder case
outside the State.
There is nothing, however, to pre-
clude the court from considering the
Hauptmann appeal at that time.
Should the court determine to hear
counsel, the defense, it was learned,
may question the credibility of wit
nesses at Hauptmann's trial, who told
of seeing him about the time of the
crime in the vicinity of the Lind
bergh estate.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
CHILDREN ARE FETED
AT KlWANIANS' PARTY
Annual Christmas Entertainment
for Underprivileged Held at
Roosevelt High.

Scores Of children were guests of
the Kiwanis Club Sunday in Roose-
velt High School, at the organizations
annual Christmas party for under
privileged children.
Santa Claus, in the person OF Will
liam r. Schmucker, distributed gifts,
and music was furnished by Sidney
Seidman and his orchestra. James c.
Dulin, jr., welcomed the guests.
The program included a play, THE
Nativity Story" presented by the
Children's Community Theater, di-
rected by Helen I. Burton. In the
cast we're Jane Cookman, Frances
Shiflet, Dorothy Mae Belt, Millie Lou
Linton. James Beller. Jean Pilkington,
David Redfleld, Wilbur Rock. Martin
Greenspan, Bette Lou Donovan,
Dorothy Ann Washington, Walter
Rabinowitz, Jean Holzbeierlein, Paul
inc Hurley, Florence Bachrach,
Marian Grove, Jean Mendelsohn,
Charles Herndon, Myron Drapen,
Roberta Shirky, Doris Mae Ryon.
Peggy Nairn, Patricia Edgerton.
Jaunita sherwood. Jean Lawrence.
Harriet Shovel, Margaret Kennard
and Anvonia de Luca.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
: the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 24-The
departure of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
to England with his wife and son
brought varied comment from inter-
ested persons.
Mayor Edward J. Kelly of Chicago:
IF Col. Lindbergh is correctly quoted
in the newspapers think his action
is ridiculous. It's all right for him
to 60 away for while, but to leave
the country permanently on the
ground his child is not safe here is out
of order"
City Manager H. F. McElroy Of Kan
sas City, whose daughter was kidnapped
and $4,000 ransom paid for her re-
turn: 1T is an act of cowardice. In
my judgment, the United States gives
more and better protection to its citi-
zenS than any other country"
Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, president Of
the National Congress Of Parents and
Teachers, Chicago: Its unbelievable
that conditions should make it i'm
possible for people as valuable as the
L1ndberghs to live here.
Challenge to Lawmakers.
Representative Jennings Randolph.
Democrat, of West Virginia, chairman
of the Special Congressional Crime In
vestigating Committee, Keyser. w. Va:
This tragic incident certainly
challenges the lawmakers of the Re-
public to declare an open season on
crime"
Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson.
president of the General Federation
of Women's Clubs, Tulsa, Okla: 1T is
regrettable We sincerely hope that
ere long the atmosphere will clear so
that these most estimable citizens may
return to their native home"
Jack Maddox. aviation pioneer. Los
Angeles: 1t is shame and dis
grace. Slowness of our law
enforcement machinery and the op-
portunity afforded the politically am
bilious to make capital of big cases
have destroyed respect for law in
America"
Mrs. Edward Gaffney, whose son
was kidnapped nine years ago and
Evening star., 1935-12-24
FAR EAST STARTS
TO UNLOAD SILVER
Slump in World Price Laid
TO Slow Movement of
Huge Hoard.
BY THOMAS E. FLANAGAN,

ASSOClAlEu FICSS EiudIlGldl W IittI
NEW YORK, December 24.-The
slump of nearly 80 per cent in the
world price of silver in the last two
weeks is attributed in Wall Street to
the fact that the huge boarded stores
of the Far East at last have begun
to come out
How great these stores may be is
a matter of conjecture, but most es-
Inmates range from five to eight bill
lion ounces. or many times the
amount of silver which the United
States Treasury has acquired in pur-
suance of the silver purchase act
of 1894.
Since the annual world production
of silver is only about 200000,000
ounces, and the amount of metal
floating about in the markets was
only some l00.0OO,000 ounces when
the Treasury started to buy. silver
circles then thought Uncle Sam could
easily put the world price up and
hold it there.
But, since China, the principal coun-
try on a silver standard when the
buying program was started. has
abandoned that standard for a man
aged currency, Wall Street silver cir
cles say the situation has been draS-
tically altered.
Most feel that the amount of silver
which may come out of China is a
matter of gueSswork, but they think
the recent action of Secretary Nor
genthau indicates he does not propose
to hold the bag.
In the farthest corners of India,
along unmapped streams in the in
terror of China. the farming classes
have used the white metal as me-
dium for savings for some 1000 years.
Unaccustomed to the use of paper
certificate money. untutored in the
Evening star., 1935-12-24
MAY LIVE NEAR CARDIFF.
Lindberghs Refuge Believed Likely TO
Be With Aubrey Neil Morgan.

LlnuDtTRHS ncIuke Dcucfcu AhACiy ~
Be With Aubrey Neil Morgan.
NEW YORK, December "a R.-
The home of Aubrey Neil Morgan near
Cardiff, Wales, is likely refuge for
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, his wife
and their 3-year -old son Jon when
the family reaches England.
Morgan was the husband of Mrs.
Lindbergh's sister. Elizabeth, who died
last December in California after an
emergency operation for appendicitis.
He sailed Saturday on the Western
land, q faster vessel than the Ameri-
can Importer, on which the Lind
berghs are passengers.
Wales, where Morgan has estab-
lished his home, is near Liverpool,
the English port designated on the
Lindberghs' ticket.
Heavy Seas May Delay Ship.
Heavy seas may keep Col. and Mrs.
Lindbergh and their son on the North
Atlantic for q New Year day celebra-
tion as well as for Christmas festivi-
ties.
An official Of the international
Mercantile Marine Co. predicted to-
day that q stormy crossing would de-
Evening star., 1935-12-24
FEDERAL OFFICIALS SILENT.
Justice, State and War Departments
Refuse to Discuss Lindbergh.

Refuse to Discuss Lindbergh.
Because Of a policy of secrecy in
such cases, j. Edgar Hoover, director
Of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, declined to comment on reports
that Col. Charles A. L;ndbergh has re-
ceived a number of threats from al
legged kidnapers and extortionists re-
Gently.
Hoover explained that many fam
lilies have asked the G-men to in
vestigate threats of this kind from
time to time and that in each in
stance the families were promised the
matter would be held confidential.
For this reason, he said, he could
neither confirm nor deny the Lind
bergh reports.
The State Department, in con-
formity with its settled policy, de-
clined to say whether Col. and Mrs.
Lindbergh had obtained a passport
to leave the country.
Officials at the War Department
said they had no information that
Col. Lindbergh had resigned his Army
Reserve commission. They also said
they did not know whether he had
obtained a leave Of absence.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

lay the American Importer, on wh!-h
the Lindberghs are sailing to Eng
land, possibly to make a permanent
home
The freighter. whose sole passen-
gers are the noted couple and their
little boy. is due at Cobb, Irish Free
State, on December 20, and at Liver
pool the next day. Winter weather.
the official said, often delays it.
There has been no indication where
the Lindberghs, who boarded the ship
just before it sailed early Sunday, will
disembark
Christmas Will Not Be Drab.
Although their only companions
will be the ships officers, their Christ
mas will not be a drab one
Basil Harris. vice president of the
United States Lines, said the company
sent a Christmas tree, several boxes
of ornaments and three Santa Claus
size stockings aboard the freighter.
Provision also was made for a
Christmas dinner. Special food was
placed aboard for Jon, including Is
quarts of grade A milk, graham
cracker, and other waters.
Harris said he personally handled
Col. Lindbergh's bookings. The regu-
lar tariIt. for two and half one
way tickets to Liverpool, totaling $3.50,
was paid, he said.
He quoted the colonel as saying he
had selected small ship Ito insure
much needed rest and quiet"
Not even Capt. John w. Anderson,
a line official said, knew the Lind
berghs were to be passengers until
the night of the departure. Fifteen
minute before midnight Saturday
Col. Lindbergh arrived and told him ::
Il am Charles Lindbergh and
am sailing with Mrs. Lindbergh and
my son JON"
The colonel and his wife brought
with them tons of baggage" the
official said, but he denied an air.
plane was taken aboard.
The New York Daily News said
Col. Lindbergh yielded to the pleadingS
of his wife in making the trip. 1t
Ndo 4llo OWA NLoLy IllC ACWSPdpCI
added, to see to the end the case
of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. SEN
fenced to die next month for the
kidnap-killing of the Lindbergh's first
born son.
He will return in the Spring" the
Daily News said, flying westward
over the route which will rival the
trans-P.cific service of the Pan
American Airways."
Evening star., 1935-12-24

seeking seclusion in safe, quiet Eng
land, where Col. Lindbergh was re-
ported to have been immensely i'm
pressed by the efficiency of British
law and customs in guarding the
rights of private citizens.
Life Made Unbearable.
Some English newspapers said life
In America had been rendered un-
bearable for the Lindberghs by threats
of gangsters against 3-year-old Jon.
The Lindberghs' search for safety,
the Daily Herald said, has aston
iShed the United States.
THE shock received by millions OF
Americans reading the news was COM
parable only to that which would oc-
cur in England should the Prince of
Wales announce he no longer felt Sc
cure in his own country"
There is little doubt that the Lind
berghs are anxious to be outside the
United States when the execution of
(Bruno Richard) Hauptmann (con-
Victed kidnap-slayer of the Lindberghs'
first son, Charles, jr.) takes place." the
Daily Herald continued.
Another of their concerns is that
their son Jon might be harmed or kid
naped by some crank"
The Daily Mail said "the Lindberghs,
bounded by death threats against their
second son." we're coming to England,
where they believe they can find the
safety and tranquility denied to them
in their native land.
THE news of their departure sheds
a piercing light on the anti-crime ma
chinery of the United States. which
has not only failed hitherto to exact
the penalty for the kidnapping and
murder of their first son, but also has
proved itself unable to check the in
undation of threats against JON"
The latest American statistics, the
mitted every As minutes, 100000 GRIM
Daily Mail said, showed murder CONF
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Lindbergh Comment
Chicago Mayor Believes, If Colonel Was Correctly
Quoted, His Action Is Ridiculous-Others
Hit Law Enforcement Machinery.

never found, New York: I'D do the
same thing if I had the money TO
do it with"
Home Town" Folks Speak.
Home town" friends of Col. Lind
bergh, at Little Falls. Mimi:
County Attorney Austin Grimes:
1T is a sad situation in this country
when the law is unable to protect a
person and his family"
Carl Bolander, long friend of Lind
bergh's father: I'm sorry that Lind
bergh feels this action is necessary
Martin Engstrom, shopkeeper,: =:
Charlie will come back But what
ever his reasons for going. they are
all right with me-"
Miss Alice Morrow, an aunt of Mrs.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, who lives
with her brother, Gen. Jay J. Morrow,
a brother of Annes father, the late
Senator Dwight w. Morrow. at Engle-
wood. N. j. said she believed Col. and
Mrs. Lindbergh would remain in Eng
land "for at least year. or longer If
necessary. At any rate until this
Hauptmann thing has died down and
they can come back and lead normal
life"
She added: isn't it terrible that
this action is necessary and that they
have to flee their own country"
Lindberghs Upset.
Another sister of the late Senator,
Mrs. Edwin L. McIlvaine. of Tenaf1y,
N. j.. said that she knew Col. Lind
bergh had been very upset since the
revival of the Hauptmann case and
that both the flyer and his wife were
dreading the night when the con-
demned man would be executed, be-
lieving that there was no chance that
he woulI be pardoned.
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, whose
activities in connection with the
Hauptmann case were mentioned in
some quarters as influencing Lind
bergh's decision to leave. said merely
that the flyer must have had suffi-
cient reasons for taking this action"
In Detroit, Mrs. Evangeline Lind
bergh, the aviator's mother, and an
uncle, John C. Lodge, said they had
not been informed of his sailing.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

inals in gaol and 100000 persons hsv-
ing crime as a business"
The News Chronicle, asserting the
Lindberghs were fleeing U. S. A."
published a trans Atlantic telephone
conversation it held with Harry Gug-
genheim, former United States Am
bassador to Cuba, at his Long Island,
N. Y, home.
Eyes, the Lindberghs said good-by
to America for the time being and are
well on their way across the Atlantic
to your country" Guggenheim was
quoted.
They have gone quietly, and I'm
afraid I can't tell you why. The mat
ter is being kept secret"
The newspaper said: ''The little
family have left America under an
assumed name"
MAY LIVE NEAR CARDIFF.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
BOAT SENT TO AID
NARROWED IN BAY
$50 Isolated by Ice on Smith
Island, Off Cris6eld, Guard
Reports.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Coast Guard headquarters said to-
day a 75-foot patrol boat had been
sent to the assistance of $50 persons
isolated by ice on Smith Island, in
Chesapeake Bay. of Crisfield, Md.
Officials said the Coast Guards
Norfolk division was advised yesterday
that the islanders, mostly fishermen.
wanted to reach the mainland. but
could make no headway in their small
boats through the 2-inch ice around
the island.
Whether those on the island merely
wanted to spend the Christmas holi-
days on the mainland or whether they
were in need, headquarters was not
advised.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

attended the dinner of the GridiroA
Club December IA and appeared to
be in good health at that time.
He married Mary G. Willis of Water
loo, Ind, in 1898 and is survived by
his widow and a daughter Mary, who
is correspondent here for the Christian
Science Monitor. Mr.. Hornaday lived
at 1927 Hemlock street.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
JEFFERSON PROJECT
ALLOTTED $6,75O,OOO
St. Louis to Contribute 2l4 Mil
lions More for Memo
rial.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALLEGATION of s6.75O,000 of Federal
funds for the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial at st. Louis was made
yesterday by President Roosevelt.
The Federal ALLEGATION will be
matched by s2.250,000 to be contrib
uted by ST. Louis. making available
a total of S9.OOO.000 for the project.
which will be carried out through
the National Park Service.
The President allotted the funds
under the law of August 81. 1885. de-
claring it to be a national policy to
preserve for public use historic sites
and buildings of national significance.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
FIR B. POST STAYS OPEN
Hoxton Successor Not to Be
Pick ed Until Next February.

The post of chairman and Federal
Reserve agent of the Richmond Fed
eral Reserve Bank, made vacant Fri
day by the death of w w. Hoxton,
will remain open until next February,
Reserve System officials said today.
On February l the personnel of the
system. and the regional institutions,
will be reorganized under broad pow
ers granted in the banking act of 1885.
Evening star., 1935-12-24

Building. He was
73 years old.
Born November
z, 1868, in In
diana, he worked
on the Indianap-
oils News, COM
ing to Washing
ton in 1901 as
correspondent for
that paper. He
was a form e r
president of the
Gridiron Club
and a member of
the ationa
Press Club.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
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R0UND.TABLE TALK HELD
Discussion Features Meeting oi
Birth-Control Committee.

A round-table discussion featured
meeting of the National Committee on
Federal Legislation for Birth Control
held at noon today at the Women's
City Club. Mrs. o. w. Pearson and
Mrs. Stella Hanau led the discussion.
Guy Irving Burch. director Of the
Population Reference Bureau. will be
guest speaker at the meeting next
Tuesday, it was announced.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
MULE CHANGES CAREER

Philander Mcintyre, 100, Kicked
Out of War Record.
MEDFORD, Greg, December "a up.
~-Philander Mcintyre, who reached
100 today, is not veteran of the Civil
War-and he'll tell you why
"a mule kicked me in the stomach
and laid me up the day they fired on
Fort Sumter" explained the CEN
tenarian. That ended the war for
him.
His three theories on longevity:
mind your own business, work hard,
drink moderately"
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Leaves Address Behind.

ADA. Okla. tPl.-A man selected
an overcoat and in the absence of
busy clerk departed leaving his old
coat instead. In it was found his
name and address.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Up. HORNADAY, 73, j.
WRITER, EXPIRES
Former President of Grid
iron Club Represented In.
dianapoIiS News Here.

James Parks Hornaday, one of the
oldest of the corps of Washington
correspondents, died Of a heart at
tack today in his office in the Albee
Evening star., 1935-12-24

theory of interest as a price to be
paid for the loan of money for fixed
period, the inhabitants of India and
China have clung to silver.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Rail Building.

China has . new railway boom.
Evening star., 1935-12-24
Lindbergh

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1935-11-15
Crack williamson Grid System Predicts Banner Week Capital Eeuen
FightsLast Night

By the Associated Press.
SAVANNAH, Ga.-Joey Spiepel.
14l1s, Pittsburgh, outpointed Joe PEN
nino, 1451a. New York (10); Tommy
Spiegel, 1913, Pittsburgh, outpointed
Red Walsh, 1872, Savannah 49,.
IRv1NGToN, N. J.-Jay Mecadon.
ISL, Orange, N. j.. outpointed Keller
Crawford, 14S, Baltimore 49,.
MIAMI, Fla.-Joe Knight, 1863,
Cairo, Ga, outpointed Buck Everett,
1873, Gary, Ind. Qo); Benny O'Dell,
1877, Syracuse, N. Y, knocked Curtiss
Scott, 1870. Mckinney, Tex. (6J; Roy
McNatt. $50, Bemis, Tex, outpointed
Tiger Burns, 149. Memphis, Tenn (8) !;
Luther Orr, l64, Memphis, outpointed
Sid Hunter, 172, Mckinney, Tex. 90.
PONCA CITY, Okla.-Junior Num-
sell, 18o. Oklahoma City. knocked out
Bob Cook, 1870, Chicago %.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Morgano.
1862, was awarded technical knock
out in the fourth round over Jackie
Willis, 1882, both Philadelphia Q0).
Evening star., 1935-11-15
OCCIDENTAL FIVE
HALTS ARCAD|ANS
Champions Crack Winning
Streak-vaIetmen Move
Up in Flag Race.
GATHERING naples for al

CATERING naples for an
- 1856 set at Convention Hall
last night. the champion occi-
- dental Restaurant team knocked
the heretofore unbeatable Arcadia
crew out of first place and for the
first time this season has assumed a
strong position in the District League
pennant race.
It was stinging defeat as Arcadia
was cunning for its seventh straight
victory, having trimmed every club in
the major circuit, including sweep
earlier in the season over the Occi-
dentals.
Smothering Convention Hall with a
game of 651 and an 1918 total, Heu-
rich Brewers gained the league leader
ship after six weeks of trailing Ar
cadia. With two of its regulars, Bill
Clampitt and Tony Santini out of
the lineup, it remained for Ed
Schlegel, the Georgetown Recreation
boss, to star in the substitute role.
Schlegel rolled a stout l51-string and
373-set, which tied Red Megaw, Heu-
rich lead-of shooter, for set honors.
Buck Stanton was the other sub.
Clem Smith topped the Convention
Hall shooters with 119 and 354.
Rolling an even 400, Eddie Espey
featured the Occidental victory while
Joe Harrison backed his teammates
brilliant performance with 1856. But
with Frank Mischou reeling of a
3e7 Arcadia made it battle, particu-
larly in the last game, when Mischou
hit for 143 and Paul Harrison for 1873.
The final game count was Occidental,
645; Arcadia, $40.
Winning its sixth straight game by
trouncing Lucky Strike, Grand Gen.
tral Valet bowlers are right up in the
pennant scramble with a tie for third
place. 1t was a nip-and-tuck affair
with the Mike Rinaldi entry rolling a
1872 aggregate to grab each game
out of the fire by last-frame rallies.
Johnny Andersons 379 topped the
Valetmen, while Billy La Bille,s 15a
and Dutch Weidman's 374 led the los
ing Luckies.
Charlie Bell. the Convention Hall
manager, announces that he will hold
a preliminary for the Dixie sweep
stakes Saturday afternoon at o'clock
The first big classic of the season will
be held Saturday November %.
The first block will be rolled at Con
vention Hall, the second at Arcadia
and the final at Lucky Strike.
At last the Rocking Chair five has
been challenged. So next Sunday Ber
Hare, Ed Lake, Paul Brill, Fireman
Jack Mooney and Ollie Clark will
trek to the Silver Spring drives TO,
match with the crack National Bee,
team, which is leading Earl Stock
ing's American League.
For reserves the oldtimers. whose
ages run from so to 10, will have
Freddie Moore, Howard Campbell anc
Glenn Wolstenholme.