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The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Hauptrnann Is Unable
TOSeeHis Doom

tionOlIy. He cannot feel appre-
hensiOn or fear or even sense
the doom contained in the evi-
dence already presented.
"I have watched this man
from q distance or not more
than 10 feet for the duration
Of this trial, sitting in front and
to the left Of him. saw him
take the stand Thursday and 1
followed him throughout the
testimony he gave yesterday.
ITO date there has not been
q single piece Of evidence in.
trOduced or a single stretch Of
testimony given that has not
cOrrObOrated your this writer'S)
and my theory about the type
Of man who committed this
crime"
The Washington times., 1935-01-26

Hauptmann's plaintive voice as
he told the jury the police beat
him up" shortly after his arrest
in New York city last Septem-
her 10. He said when they took
him up to the Bronx he was
given "unhooman" treatment
which affected him for the next
two months and caused him to
lose 80 pounds.
He charged the New Jersey
State troopers and the New York
police in obtaining specimens of
his handwriting framed him into
writing mote" for mot" and
"Singature" for signature" This
misspelling correspond with the
misspelling in the ransom notes
He said the police forced" him to
write for them against his will.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
Denies EUerything

Before Mr.. Wilentz took Haupt-
mann over for cross-examination
Hauptmann for hours had been
telling his own story under the
kindly guidance of his chief coun-
sci, Edward j. Reilly. Haupt-
mann's story consisted largely
of denials. He denied he kid
naped the Lindbergh baby, he
denied he wrote the ransom
notes, he denied he built the
kidnap ladder, he denied he col
lected the $4,000 ransom and
he denied he had any connec.
ton with the crime.
He showed the strength of his
nerves when he remained un-
shaken as Mr.. Reilly dangled
Baby Lindbergh'S sleeping suit
before his eyes. In denying he
had ever seen it before he de-
clared:
~ never saw the baby, alive
Or dead"
A Whispering tone crept into
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
RULING ON GOLD
LIKELY FEB. Z
International News Service

international news ScTNlCO
A Supreme Court agreement in
the gold cases was delayed today
with postponement of a confer
ence on business pending before
the court.
With the court in recess until
February 4, it is probable that
constitutionality of the law abro'
eating the gold clause and affect
ing 100 millions in public and
private contracts will be decided
next Saturday, February 2. The
courts next public decision day
is on February 4.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
GOOD SAMARITANS

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Q.N.S.).
When the suburban home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ord Wood burned down
the neighbors held fire shower"
for the couple with gifts of house.
hold goods. The home will be re.
placed by insurance.
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Attack Like
Bolt of Lightning

PENNINGTON, N. j., Jan. 26.
Lightning struck Hauptmann on
the witness stand yesterday, and
he shriveled under it, covering,
gasping, livid.
It struck without warning, and
those of us in the courtroom
shrank from the sight Of a man
who was being electrocuted before
our very eyes.
We saw weak man under the
lash. We heard the lash strike
again and again, and Hauptmann
fought back in his chair to get
away from it, the death sweat on
his forehead and deadly fear in
his eyes.
So complete was his breakdown
that I could scarcely bear to
watch it and once 1 actually put
my hands over my eyes to shut
out the sight of fellow human
being brought face to face with
his own acts, his own words, his
own past-any moment I thought
he might scream out anything, a
confession, an admiSSion-if there
had been another hour Of it
that might we'll have happened
we all felt it.
Gentle At First
Yet David Wilentz was very
gentle with Hauptmann.
He was gentle. At first.
Then the lightning struck.
Mr.. Wilentz moved forward
quickly, but silently. He was very
gentle. He accepted Hauptmann's
voluntary statement that he had
told the truth with a quiet sort Of
courtesy.
And then he did one of the fin
est and most impressive things ]
ever saw done in any court room
Wants the Truth
I do not know the exact words
But what Mr.. Wilentz actually did
was to say-and to say as though
he meant it-that Hauptmann
had a chance to tell the truth
that he could now tell the whole
truth if he wished, and that he
Wilentz-was there to see that the
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
DHCORDAT HARMONY OF CIRCUMSTANCES" BURRS JENKINS
DEFENSE HOPES
To REFUTE z
WITNESSES
Continued from Page y

CONTINUED from Page y
tion of Hauptmann ea.ly Monday
afternoon.
Twill Hauptmann crack?"
That is the big question at the
trial, in view Of the success Of At.
torney General David T. Wilentz
In shaking Hauptmann's poise at
almost the beginning Of a vicious
crossexamination which is to be
resumed Monday.
There is no session today be.
cause of the slight illness Of the
defendants chief counsel. The
weekend adjournment was q
"break' for Hauptmann. He will
have chance to pull himself to-
gether in his cell over the Sabbath.
Hauptmann Is like a Gagged ami
NAL lashed into a fury by Ring
master Wilentz. The black haired
Attorney General is laying the
whip on Bruno's back and Haupt-
mann doesn't like it.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26
FOR ARTS SAKE

RSON CITY, Mo.
QN.SD.-USe of partially dis
robed models in high school art
classes was ruled taboo here.
The models must be fully dressed.
The Washington times., 1935-01-26

truth came out, no matter what
it might be.
AS long as I live I will never
forget the moment when Mr.
Wilentz moved closer and in a
voice still low, but a voice that
rang through that court room,
shot forth that series Of questions
that sent Hauptmann back in his
chair, white and gasping.
Wasn't 1t true that Hauptmann
had been paroled, but that 10 days
later he had been back in jail for
a holdup, and that he had escaped
from jail, and that Germany had
wanted him as an escaped con
vict?
Wasn't it true that the crime
for which he served four years
was breaking and entering house
illegally? Then Mr.. Wilentz cried
"And," cried Wilentz "Isn't it
true that you broke into that
house, that you entered that
house, through a window?
Isn't it true that you crawled
into that house through a win
dow, just as you crawled into
the Lindbergh house through a
Window"
FAILS TO REMEMBER
Hauptmann wet his lips, his eyes
went shifting here and there. He
didn't remember the window.
"And isn't it true that you
and another man once held up
two women who were wheeling
babies in perambulatOrs through
a park?"
Everybody wheels perambula'
tors" said Hauptmann. and took
out his handkerchief and cleared
his throat.
It was so startling that we
dared not move.
And then the State produced the
little red book.
We don't know yet where that
book came from, but it was a blow
from which Hauptmann never re
covered. It left him groggy and
| white and sick.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
BRIGGS TIGERS
NEW OWNER

DETROIT. Nov. 10 0N.S).
Walter o. Briggs, prominent manu-
facturer, today became the sole
owner of the world champion De-
troit Tigers with announcement
he would purchase half interest
in the club owned by Frank j.
Navin, who died last Wednesday.
Briggs owned the other half.
Briggs had an option to buy in
the event of NaVin's death and to-
day, from his winter residence at
Miami Beach, Fla, he authorized
announcement he would exercise
this option.
No mention was made of Billy
Evans, who resigned as business
manager of the Cleveland Indians
yesterday, and who it was re-
(Co,tinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
.STITT 7
FALLS TO
DEATH
Wife of Admiral Dead
When Found After
6-StoryPIunee

Mrs. Laura Stitt,. about As, wife
of Rear Admiral Edward Rhodes
Stitt, u. S. N, retired, died today
when she plunged to the ground
from the sixth floor Of the apart
ment house in which she lived at
2122 California st. N. w.
She was dead when an ambu-
lance arrived. Police were not
Immediately able to determine
whether she had fallen or jumped.
Although she fell from the sixth
floor her apartment was on the
second. The body crashed through
four steps at the rear of the build
ing leading to the alley.
Admiral and Mrs. Stitt we're
married June % in the Church
Of st. James the Less in Ashland,
Va.s by the Rev. g. MacLaren
Brydon, Of Richmond.
Admiral Stitt served as com
manding officer of the Naval
Medical School from 1916 to
1920. became surgeon general of
the Navy November 80, 1920, and
held that post until he retired
August /, 1891.
Mrs. Stitt was the daughter of
the late Henry Rose Carter and
Eugenia Van Hook Carter.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
HAD
HOTEL TRYST

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 Q.N.S).
A mysterious telephone call, posi-
bly, made by DR.. Fritz Gebhardt
to arrange the hotel tryst that led
to his murder by Vera Stretz, to-
day started detectives on a new
line of inquiry.
The Evening Journal said it had
learned DR.. Gebhardt telephoned
to a house in Pelham Manor early
Sunday. It was Sunday night
that he and blonde woman were
at the Hotel Lincoln, where Vera
Stretz is said to have trailed him.
Twenty-four hours later he was
shot down in his Beekman Tower
apartment.
Police, tracing the call, found
that the number was that Of a
house occupied by contractor,
his ill wife, his two children and
the children's grandmother.
All denied that anyone by the
name of Gebhardt had telephoned
them on Sunday. All denied
knowing DR.. Gebhardt.
The police believed their stories,
but still concentrated on the fam
lily when it was learned that they
often permitted neighbors to USE
their telephone, both for incoming
and outgoing calls.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
LAW
BARSUNF|T

HARTFORD, Conn, Nov. 10
Q.N.SO. - Connecticut served
notice today Of its determination
to enforce legislation against
marriage of the physically unfit.
State Health Commissioner DR..
Stanley H. Osborn issued stern
warning that revocation of phy-
sicians' licenses would result
from fraudulent medical reports
under Connecticut's new blood
test marriage law which is ef-
fective January /.
The new and stringent edict
requires that all persons con-
templating marriage submit to a
laboratory blood test and a ply
sician's certificate of physical
fitness before a marriage license
is issued. The tests must be
made within 40 days Of appli-
cation for the license.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
CANADA TRADE
PACT RAPED

The entire textile industry Of
New England will be devastated
by Japanese competition through
the operation of the most favored
foreign nation clause in the new
Canadian trade treaty, according
to Representative Edith NourSe
Rogers (R.) Of Massachusetts,,
who called at the White House
today with a protest which was
relayed to the President by ASS1s-
tant Secretary Mcintyre.
Representative Rogers, the first
member of Congress to make a
protest against the new Canadian
treaty through the White House,
declared that the ''moStfavored-
nation clause" will result in level
ing the tariff barriers in all direc-
tions and will cause a desperate
situation among New England in
duStrieS.
additional Canadian treaty
news on page 27.)
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
TEACHER TELLS
OF Staying

WISE COUNTY COURTHOUSE,
WISE, Va, Nov. 19 d.N.SO.
Edith Maxwell, mountain school
teacher who Haunted the ancient
code of the hill country by def
ance of parental authority, took
the witness stand today in her
trial for the murder of her father.
Mary Catherine Maxwell, her
11-year-old sister, had just fin
ished sobbing a poignant deScrip-
ton of the night when Edith kill
ed Trigg Maxwell in their home
near here when Defense Counsel
called the defendant to the wit
ness box.
Saw Father Drunk
The pathetically tiny Mary
Catherine was there when her
sister came home nigh onto mid
night" and resisted a flogging
which Trigg Maxwell would have
administered. From the effect Of
blows which the modern-minded
Edith rained on her fathers head,
Maxwell died.
Mary Catherine told her story
Of the black fury of father who
she said was drunk on the night
when Edith came home late and
Continued on Page ;, Col. -
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Adds Ababa ScribeS
Leave for Front

Dessye, however, is supposed to
be the base camp for Minister of
War Ras Moulougetta. and from
this point the northern operations
will be directed.
Most correspondents and camera
men have already sent ahead mule
caravans which are due to reach
DesSye in another two days, pre-
Sumably simultaneously with the
trucks.
Twenty of the emperor's trucks
containing his personal effects left
at the same time, and it is ex-
pected his majesty will follow
shortly.
After a brief visit at Dessye, 1t
is expected he will go south and
inspect the Harar front.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
Copyright, 1885, by International
News Service)

PEIPING, Nov. - u.NSO -.
A pro-Japanese autonomous"
state Of five provinces Of North
China must be established by
noon tomorrow or thousands Of
japanese troops now maSsed
Just outside the Great Wall will
march southwark and occupy
all of North China, Maj. Kenji
Doihara ruled in a sensational
ultimatum today.
Major Doihara is in charge Of
q special japanese army mission
to carry out Japanese aims in
North China. His word is re-
garded as law in these matters
as far as the Japanese Kwan-
tung (continentaD army is con-
cerned.
According to terms of the ulti-
matum, unless the 0,000, 600
Chinese of the provinces Of
Chahar, Suiyuan, Hopei, Shan
tung, and ShenSi divorce them
selves from the Chinese govern
ment at Marking and establish
the pro-Japanese autonomous"
state, the Japanese armies will
march southwark to effect the
Japanese aims by force.
Peiping Remains Calm
Peiping was extremely calm all
day despite the ultimatum. 1t
might have been an ominous
silence. The rat-a-tat-tat Of Japa-
nese nlachine-gun practice beyond
the east wall of the city was a
day-long reminder to Peiping citi-
Zens of the presence Of Japanese
military strength all about them.
Mayor Chin Teh-C -Chun, Of Peip-
ing, assured International News
Service tonight that he would
guarantee the safety of Americans
and other foreign residents during
the crisis.
However, beyond that, no one
In high position dared to predict
what would happen. It was pos
sible the new state would be es-
tablished bloodlessly, the Japa-
nese attaining their goal merely
with the threat Of the army units
now north of the Great Wall at
Shanhaikuan.
Fight Is In Prospect
On the other hand, certain anti.
japanese leaders of north China
have announced they would Bit
terly fight any attempt by the
japanese to duplicate their Man.
churian annexation program.
Some sources said refusal of
Marking to allow establishment
Of the autonomous state would
Continued on Page ,, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
Prison Band Radios
Thine on M y Hands

is '"The Prisoners Song" but the
arrangement wasn't complete for
last nights program.
Tenor Hale O'Reily, serving a
life term for the murder OF
Sheriff Jacob Wigers Of Rock
Island, sang '"Ten Thousand
Years From Now"
Representative Schnackenberg,
indignant today, declared:
"I intend to find out from what
appropriation funds are taken for
these broadcasts. The idea OF
bringing murdererS' voices into
homes is uniting"
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
.arvin, Ex-U. 5. Aide,
Critically SIashed

SEATTLE, Wash, Nov. 10
U.N.S0 Refusing to name his
assailant, John F. Garvin, 38, for
mer special assistant to the At
torney General of the United
States. was brought to a hospital
here in a critical condition after
being stabbed in the abdomen
at a roadhouse on the Seattle
Everett Highway yesterday. He
said:
There is someone I have to
protect. There is nothing can
say about it. I just have to pro.
tect this other party"
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
Filler Leaps TO Safety
When Fire Hits Plane

DETROIT, Nov. 10 G.N.S0.
The plane of Capt. N. D. Frost, of
Selfridge Field, caught fire In the
air early today but he saved his
life by leaping to earth in a
parachute.
The plane in which the Army
flier had been making weather
observations crashed on a farm
near Romeo.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
Warned
OF Fake Collector

Physicians and other profes-
stoned men were warned by police
today to be on their guard against
a man who is representing him.
self as a collector of funds for the
Firemen's Christmas Club. The
man, police said, makes appoint
ments over the telephone for the
collection of the donations. Then
he calls in person.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19

CHICAGO, Nov. 10 G.N.S0.
State Representative Elmer j.
Schnackenberg twirled his radio
dial last night, tuned in on Sta
ton WCLS at Joliet and listened
intently to the premiere broadcast
of the big House Revue" q pro-
gram to be aired twice weekly by
inmates of the state prison.
A 35-piece band opened the pro-
gram with SouSa's "Triumphal
March," followed by Time on
NY Hands," a dance tune.
BY vote of the 5,000odd con-
victs, the theme tune of the band
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
BY H. R. KNICKERBOCKER

BY II. II. kNICkERBOCkE
Copyright, 1885, by International News
Service
Adds ABABA, Nov. 10 G.N.S.)
Preceding Emperor Halle Selassie
by a short time, a huge caravan
of news-starved reporters and pic.
ture-hungry cameramen streamed
from Adds Ababa today in the
first officially sponsored move
ment towards the vicinity Of Des-
sye, which can be reached in two
or three days by truck over in
credibly difficult roads.
Dessye, however, is actually $50
miles from the Makale-Adawa,
Askum front, and is equally dis
tant from the Danakil front.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
Snake 78 Feet Iona,
Weighs 5000 Pounds,
Killed in Brazil Hunt

MANAOS, Brazil, Nov. 10
G.N.SO.-Hunters returning here
today from the Solimoes River
district reported killing snake 78
feet long and weighing about 5000
pounds-the largest snake. accord
ing to authorities here, ever
known to have existed.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
ETH|0PIANS
FLEE,L0SE
1000
Italians Open Fierce
Air Attack South
of MakaIe
War Moves:

&AO "OA1u OOOAOLA4O "dA
against Italy in full swing has
forced Mussolini's Fascist coun-
Gil to plan drastic action and
cables from the war capitals
recite the following develop.
ments:
ASMARA, Eritrea - Italian
bombers killed 1000 Ethiop-
ians south of Makale in long
line whitening attack under
Count Ciano, Mussolini's SON.
in-law. Ethiopians recovered,
launched drive on weak links
in Italian line.
ROME - Italy may boycott
American goods unless the
United States excludes oil from
its embargo. Fascist grand
council held a three-hour ses-
sion on methods to fight
League of Nations sanctions.
Premier Mussolini talked two
hours, demanded use of arms
to combat penalties. Foreign
office denied Ethiopian cam
paign had been checked until
Italy comes to understanding
with Great Britain. Ras Seyum,
with 10000 troops entrenched
in Tembien mountains, faced
battle with three converging
Italian columns. Danakil des-
ert chiefs deserting to Italian
camps along 150-mile front,
foreign office claimed.
LONDON Exchange Tele-
graph reported Emperor Halle
Selassie and newsmen had gone
to the Ethiopian war front"
at Dessye, $50 miles from the
Makale Aduwa Aksum line.
n. r. Knickerbocker wired cor
respondents sent cameras ahead
by mule caravans. British and
French replies to Italy's pro-
tests on League penalties to be
similar in form and substance.
copyright. 1895. by International
News Service)
ASMARA, Nov. 10 G.N.S0.
lard on the heels of a ferociouS
and successful Italian airplane at
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
JAP ARMY Y
TO SEIZE 5 !.
PROVINCES
UItimatum Demands
Autonomous State
Be Established
Copyright, 1885,
By international News Service)

ny 1HtbEHdIHOILdA NUW1 boHNIOVT
SHANGHAI, Nov. 19 (I.N.SO.
Bowling under the threat Of in
terventiOn by the thousands Of
japanese troops maSsed on the
Great Wall, Marshal Chang Kai-
Shek, China war lord, today
minimized the prospects of q
Sino-Japanese conflict by giving
his tacit approval to creation Of
q Japanese-contrOlled autOnO-
NOUS federation of the five
Northern Chinese provinces.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
TEMPERATURES

weather Details on Page
The Washington times., 1935-11-19
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Cloudy and rOdrn,er tonight, follOUed by
rain late tonight and tomorrow; Lowest tenn
psrdturs tonight about IS; colder tomorrow
afternoon and night.
The Washington times., 1935-11-19

Copyright. 1885. by International
News Service)
ASMARA, Nov. 10 Q.N.S0.
lard on the heels of a ferocious
and successful Italian airplane at
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
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additional Canadian treaty
news on page 27.)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-03-07
Stiles

The following were entertained
at card party at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. Leo Zehrer Friday night:
MIR. and Mrs. George Grundman, of
Osakis, Mr.. and Mrs. George San
ters and sons, Clarence and Wal
ter, of West Union, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Jung, of Sank Centre. Mr..
and Mrs. John Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Sell and sons, Lloyd
and Lowell, Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Jung, Mr.. and Mrs. John Reble,
Mrs. Herman Kemper and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Cass and H. Beste. The
evening was spent in playing five
hundred. The lady's head prize was
won by Mrs. Ernest Sell. The mems
head prize was won by Mr.. George
Santers. The low prizes went to
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown and all
around cut prize was given to Err
nest Sell. At midnight lunch was
served.
Miss Gerda Miller spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Eleanor Cor
den.
Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Parker and
family were dinner guests at Will
son Swift's Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Miller and son,
Adolph, were dinner guests at the
]. Kiken home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Mathews.
Of Lynd, Mimi, spent Saturday at
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-03-07
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, Mimi

the Paul Guelsow home. They mo-
tored to Minneapolis Sunday morn
ing to visit relatives. Mrs. Fred
Guelsow and Mrs. Paul Guelsow
accompanied them.
"A number OF friends and rela-
tives were entertained at a card
party at the Bill Beste home Thurs
day night. Head prizes were won
by Mrs. Leo Jung and Mr.. John
Reble. Low prizes were won by Mr..
and Mrs. George Paul and all
around cut prize was given to Mrs.
John Brown. The evening was
greatly enjoyed by all. At midnight
a lunch was served.
Orville johnson, student Of the
Teacher Training department, Is
practice teaching at District IS.
Visitors at the Mrs. Mary Miller
home Sunday evening were: Mr..
and Mrs. Colt. Pastian and daugh-
ter, Esther, and sons, Herbert and
Paul, Mr.. Paul Guelsow and son,
Raymond, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Sell
and sons, Lloyd and Lowell, Mrs.
Caroline Paul and son, Helmuth,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reble and sons,
Herbert and Walter, Orville john
son and Eleanor and Charles Cor
den.
Otto Paul and Bill Mcdonald mo-
tored to North Dakota on business
Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-03-07

to Paul and Willie Mcdonald left
for jamestown, N. D., Sunday,
where they attended horse sale
on Monday.
Mrs. John Bentfield spent Tues
day with her sister, Mrs. John Pet
ermeier.
Mrs. Gust Beste, of Wynot, Neb.,
is assisting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Anton Beste.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Henry Rapp and
son, Eugene, and Ernest Rapp
were callers at the Henry Matth-
ieson's Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Adam Orth is spending a
few days with her daughter, Mrs
Edward Miller and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Burg and
children, OF Sank Centre, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Deters and children
spent Sunday afternoon and were
supper guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
John Bentfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Frederick, Of
Westport, spent Sunday Afternoon
in the Joe Beste home.
Miss Arvilla Uphus spent Sunday
afternoon and was a supper CUES
of Marie Matthiesen.
Viola Krick, OF Sank Centre
spent a few days this week with
her friend, Loretta Bentfie.d.
Casper Pick returned from Min
neapolis "Wednesday evening.
cIrs. Anton Bentfield spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs. FREQ
Burg, and Mrs. Joe Cans.
Miss Arvilla Uphus spent Wed
nesday and Thursday with Mis-
Loretta Bentfield.