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La gaceta., 1935-07-06

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a todos y no indemnizar NADIA Z
nsdie. No Sc hizo. ha Reforma'
agraria articulada por la Re-
publica es una. reforma redac-
tada con espiiritu de transigen-
cia, aprobada con mayor esA-
ritu de transigeScia aun; pues-
ia Ell mardla con una tranSi-
i%gencia que ahora Sc advierte q.
fue eXceSiva. La mayor parte
de las reformas agrarias reali-
zadas en- europa son mas radi-
Gales; son mas radicales las dis
posiciones adoptadas en- las Cor
tes de Cadiz; son mucho mas
radicales, desde luego, las doc
trinao q. de Luis Wives y Ma
riana a Campomanes Y Jovella-
nos, quedan como te.timonio
del pensamient0 espand. IPa-
r~alizase ahora la application de
la Reforma? ivan a emplearse
los milloneS que durante estos
dos amos no sc han emcleado en-
~indemnizar las fincas e%xpropia-
das a la g~randeza? Va a some
terse a las Cortes futuras a la
prueba de p~resentar nuevamen
tie dentro de la R~epdblica, y en-
una bora cargada de Illusion do
lorida y de experienced profun-
da, ell pr9blema de la Reforma
agraria como el problema de
congregaciones religiosas? Muy
Ibiem Nosotros aH3irabamos a
que en- 10 future solo Sc resol-
viera sobre Ell ritmo de la apli-
cacion de la Reforma. Los que
Obligan ademas a que manana
Sc debata Ia esencia de la Re-
seran quienes habran de
Evening star., 1935-12-29
FOUR ARE INJURED
AS AUTOS CRASH
Two Young Girls Among Injured
in Collision on Mary.
land Avenue.

Four persons were injured early
today in a trafic accident at Thir-
teenth street and Maryland avenue
northeast.
Those hurt and their injuries are:
Mary M. Reavis. Is. of AL East Le-
land street, Chevy Chase. Md, cut
lip and possibly q broken jaw; Betty
Barwick, Is, of ala Emery place,
chest injuries; Robert Camalier, II,
of 1928 Military road, head lacera-
tions, and Bernard Carter, %, colored,
of 1916 Linden court northeast, pos
sibly a skull fracture. ALI were taken
to Casualty Hospital.
The crash occurred when car
driven by Camalier and containing
the girls and another youth was struck
by Carter's machine which was going
west on Maryland avenue.
The Camalier youth is a western
High School student.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
of gray gloves and a pair Of scissors
and resumed walking few miles.
aT than stnr,ned taned nv ewes and

of gray gloves and pair Of scissors
and resumed walking few miles.
81 then stopped. taped by eyes and
mouth with tape that had pur-
chased previously and then tied my
ankles, knees and hands with slip
knots. I rolled down a hill until ]
felt the roadway underneath me.
within 10 minutes on the roadway
a car stopped and picked me up"
Grandfather Won't Prosecute.
The young mans grandfather, COM
menting briefly on the sudden turn Of
the case, said at Philadelphia today:
ST am sorry to have to admit that
the hoax is fact"
Asked If he would prosecute, the
grandfather said:
Goodness, no. He has suffered
enough. I thought he was very sick
when saw him in Doylestown.
never surmised thing" ..-.
It was to his grandfather that
Milne directed demands for $4,000
ransom.
Director Hoover, in charge of the
Federal investigation, commented:
1T was all deliberate attempt tc
mislead his family and gain publicity
He never had any drugs. He was not
mistreated. He did it all himself. u
Evening star., 1935-12-29
CHARGES MAY BE PRESSED.
keenan, Sees Milne Prosecution IF
Facts Warrant"

Keenan, Sees Milne Prosecution I'll
Facts Warrant"
BY the Associated Press.
Joseph B. Keenan,. Assistant Attor-
ney General in charge, of criminal
cases. said last night extortion charges
against Caleb j. Milne, 4th, would be
pressed "if the facts warrant"
While keenan, said the Justice De-
partment would proceed cautiously.
other Government lawyers said Milne
could be prosecuted without a COM
plant from his grandfather, who re-
ceived q note demanding $4,000. A
20-year Jail sentence or fine of 5000,
or both, Is possible on conviction sor
using the mails to extort.
Attorney General Cummings de-
.clined, after a long distance talk with
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the "G-
men," to comment on Mines confess
sion. Department spokesmen. how
ever. said officials were enraged over
the affair.
Beside the anxiety caused the Milne
family, they said the hoax cost the
Government q large sum Of money In
the services of agents who investigated
the case in Boston, New York and
Philadelphia.
The Bureau Of Investigation COM
planned recently Of being shorthanded
and one spokesman said men had
been taken OF important investiga-
tions to aid in the search for Milne
and, later, for his "kidnapers."
Evening star., 1935-12-29
new YORK RACKET
DRIVE EXTENDED
Gov. Lehman Believes City Cam
paign Has Brought State
Wide Results.
Nv the Associated press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December ga be-
lief that New York City's racketeering
investigation has spurred a drive to
reduce crime throughout the entire
State was expressed today by Gov
Herbert II. Lehman as he off1cially
authorized continuance Of the inquiry.
Expressing great satisfaction" with
the work Of Special Prosecutor Thomas
E. Dewey, Gov. Lehman signed an
order providing for o new extraordi-
nary grand jury and Supreme Court
term.
"I feel that great progress has been
made" he said, "but this only Is the
beginning of concerted drive to re-
duce crime and racketeering in this
State"
Gov. Lehman refused comment on
the report of the retiring grand jury
that New York City rackets were con-
trolled by IL or Is master criminals.
The new grand jury will convene
January "A with the old jurors sitting
until then.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
|HAUPTMANN PLEAS
POUR IN ON BOARD
One of Eight on CIemenCy
Court May Be Too III for
Session Monday.
BY the Associated Press.

TRENTON, N j., December 28!-
Members of New Jerseys Court OF
Pardons, who will soon consider Bruno
Richard Hauptmann's petition for
mercy, have received many letters for
and against clemency. Hauptmann
is under sentence to die the week Of
January IS.
Court members said the letters
could have no possible bearing on the
vote. There are eight members and
Hauptmann needs the votes OF five to
win clemency. One member, George
Van Buskirk, lay judge, may be pre-
vented by illness from attending.
Hauptmann's application for clem-
ency, fled Monday may come before
the court informally at special ses-
sion Monday. The court will convene
In the executive Office at l0:30 am. to
consider limited parole for another
prisoner to permit him to testify in
New York murder case.
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman said the
court probably would decide then
when to consider Hauptmann's appli-
cation and whether to meet at State
prison 10 hear Hauptmann personally.
The Governor indicated he favored
calling Hauptmann as a witness.
There is little likelihood the court
will dispose Of the Hauptmann petit
tion Monday State and defense at
torneys normally would be given sew
eral days notice and they have not
been told when the hearing will be
held.
Clemency-perhaps communication of
sentence to life imprisonment-is
Hauptmann's main hope of escaping
the chair for the kidnap-murder of
Charles A. Lindbergh, jr.
Gov. Hoffman expressed doubt he
had power to reprieve the prisoner.
He observed the Constitution limits
reprieyes to 90 days after conviction.
This provision generally has been in
terpreted to mean 80 days after all
appeals were exhausted. but the Gov
ernor said he had been advised that
literally it meant 80 days after con-
viction in the lower courts. Haupt-
man was convicted last February 13.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
"KING OF H0B0ES"
THANKS ROOSEVELT
JEFF Davis Comes to Washington
in Style Celebrating Wed
ding Anniversary.

JEFF Davis, King Of Hoboes and Jun
gle Judge of the Hoboes of America,
blew into town" today and pitched
his jungle" in an elaborate suite at
the Willard Hotel.
The king, who is the active head OF
an organization with membership OF
more than 8l1 900 itinerant migratory
workers, is accompanied by his wife.
They are celebrating their thirty NTH
wedding anniversary.
Hoboes have been placed on higher
plane in the past two or three years.
Mulligan stew has been Supplanted by
steaks and chops, and jungles have
evolved into warm berths and soft
beds, Davis declared. He attributes
improved conditions for hoboes to the
Roosevelt administration. Where he
once wore overalls and a scraggly
beard. he now sports a camel hair
overcoat, a soft rabbit fur hat, tan
suit and shoes and set Of new false
teeth.
Only one thing about his we'll
turned-out rigging" marks him as the
hobo. He still wears the pick and
shovel tie pin symbolic Of his high
Office.
Davis called at the White House
yesterday morning and left letter for
President Roosevelt thanking him for
"all the wonderful things you have
done for hoboes through the P. w. A.
and G. C. c." He promised the Presi-
dent the full backing Of his organiza-
ton In the 1886 elections.
Davis also called at the Office Of
Harry l.. Hopkins, administrator Of
Works Progress Administration, to
personally thank him for taking the
hoboes out of the jungle and making
him a self-respecting worker"
Evening star., 1935-12-29
TOWNSEND PLAN
HELD PUMP -PRIM Err
Michigan Representative : Elect
Declares It Would Restore
American Industry.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. December 2s.-Verner
NJ. Main, Michigan Republican Repre-
sentative-elect. said today the Town.
send old-age pension plan would be
% sort of pump-priming process" to
restore American industry.
Main, who made the plan one of
his election planks, spoke over the
WABC-C Columbia radio network.
What this country needs is con-
sumers who are ready, willing and
able to purchase the goods on the
merchants shelves and to buy the
products of our farms and factories, -
he said.
"The Townsend plan will prove the
stimulus and the means to promote
the upward spiral in the business
cycle-a sort of pump printing pro-
cess"
He predicted that, If adopted, the
proposal to pay a monthly allowance
to elderly persons would bring re
vival Of opportunity for the younger
citizens. and blessings for business
and trade generally"
Representative Emanuel Cellear
Democrat. Of New York, who spoke
after Main, said he would strike at
it each time this preposterous eco
nomic monster rears its ugly head"
Evening star., 1935-12-29
Trivial Things
That Make
a World
Cupid Scores Victory
Over Irish Public
Kissing Law.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
DUBLIN.-Cupid scored q decisive
victory in the prosaic atmosphere
of Ballinlough, County Roscommon,
district court.
Before the bench was sturdy Patrick
Fleming. accused Of kissing in public.
Patrick's of1ense, declared q civic
guard, was committed outside dance
hall pust before midnight.
Sternly the arm of the law and
parted the lovers and taken Patrick 3
name for the first prosecution under
the criminal law amendment act,
passed this year, which made more
strict the morality regulations in the
Free State.
But Patrick was saved.
"I see nothing immoral in HARM
less kiss in public" declared the JUS
tice.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
COAST GUARD RESCUES
PAIR ADRIFT 72 HOURS
Plane Directs Vessel to 3O-Foot
Fishing Boat Disabled Off
Massachusetts,.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SALEM, Mass, December 2s.-Two
hungry marine fishermen, missing
since Christmas morning, were rescued
in heavy seas tonight by q Coast
Guard boat directed to their small
craft by Coast Guard plane.
The men, Lamont Sinnett, So, and
his son, Frank, 80, were taken aboard
the patrol boat, the Antietam, and
given their first food in three days.
The Antietam advised the Coast
Guard base here she was proceeding
Immediately to Portland, Me, with the
rescued men and their boat, q 30-foot
fishing vessel.
Lieut.. r. G. Miller, plotting the
plane Canopus, found the fishermen
early tonight, clirnaxing q search
which had extended over o widening
area for the last three days. When
the men left their home at Cape Por-
poise, they had planned to be gone
only few hours.
Their engine apparently became dis
abled and they could not return. Their
craft was found about 80 miles east of
Gloucester
Evening star., 1935-12-29
THREAT OF GALES
| DECLARED PASSED
Economic Drift Unsettled,
but Political Problem Is
Held Solved.
By the Associated Press.


MEXICO CITY, December "a
Mexican officials said today that any
threat Of O revolution brought about
by the return from exile OF Gen. Plu-
tarco Elias Gales, one-time strong
man and President, has definitely
passed.
This political problem has appar-
entity been solved without bloodshed
or major disorder. The important
question of where the country is head
ing economically Is still TO be clearly
answered.
Leaders Of the army, organized labor
and the peasant classes have lined
up solidly against Gales and behind
President Lazaro Cardenas.
Gales has been publicly renounced
by many OF his former allies-men
he raised to power and wealth. He
is virtually alone and deserted in his
home here. Only seven months ago
his word was law on any important
question.
Communism Charge Denied.
Gales broke with Cardenas and
charged Mexico Is being headed
toward Communism"
This was vigorously denied by the
President and other government
spokesmen. There have been no pub
lie statements from business or In
dustrial leaders and many Of them
are known to be concerned over the
governments program. Gales believes
this sector is behind him and appar-
entity is content to wait for the PEN
delum to swing toward him-as he
expects it to do.
When 10000 workers recently dem
onstrated here against Gales return
and demanded his expulsion, Gales
calmly played golf and laughingly re-
marked:
"I know too much about organic
ing these demonstrations to regard
them as expressions of pubic opinion" ="
An outstanding feature of the DEM
onstration was the strength displayed
by the Communist party. which
turned out between 5000 and 1000
members to pledge their support to
Cardenas and even to join in cheer
ing the Presidents statement that
the government Is not carrying out
communistc program but q revo-
lutionary one"
Labor Backs Cardenas.
All organized labor, with the ex-
ception of a small faction still con-
trolled by Gales friend, Luis Mo-
rones, a once powerful leader, has
gone on record as supporting Car
denas The President Is also con.
sidered to have the Agarian masses
with him.
A government spokesman said the
most important political result Of
Gales return has been TO demon
strate that Mexico Is now definitely
through with dictatorships-with the
system of super-government by which
one man such as Gales imposed his
will on the country and made himself
and his friends tremendously rich
and powerful while exploiting the
| nation"
The trouble with Gales" an i'm
portant official said. "is that he has
become tco rich to understand the
problems Of Mexico, and he forgets
that he himself initiated the eco
nomic policies which. as q capitalist,
he now deplores."
Evening star., 1935-12-29
Mines Mistakes
SIX DISCREPANCIES REVEAL
CASE AGAINST YOUNG
ACTOR.
y the Associated Press.

6y the ASSoclateu Fress.
PHILADELPHIA, December 28,-G-
Men who investigated the fake kid
naping Of Caleb J. Milne, 9TH, listed
tonight SIX big mistakes the young
actor made which caused his hoax
to be exposed.
The. Record tonight says Federal
agents explain these mistakes as:
/. His arm bore 26 punctures, which
he said were made by hypodermic
needle containing narcotics. That
much drug would have killed him,
the G-Men knew.
Q. He bound and gagged himself.
No one can do that so as to deceive
trained kidnapping investigators, such
as are the Federal agents.
8. He forgot TO remove all marks Of
the disguise he wore during his stay
In Trenton, N. J. This was o wig,
and agents found strands Of false hair
In his hat.
4. He slipped up on the time ele-
ment. He told G-Men he glanced at
his wrist watch ss his "kidnapers"
were taking him into the Holland
Tunnel. It said II o'clock, he told
them. But the letter making the
ransom demand and containing his
wrist watch was postmarked before IL
o'clock.
5. He described the supposed kid
nap "hideout." G-Men say kidnap-
ers never allow their victims to see
their 'hideaways."
6. He permitted himself to be seen
too much at Trenton. The Federal
agents found witnesses who identified
him before hs made his eonfnneioA
Evening star., 1935-12-29
ROOSEvELT-sM|TH
/ SPLIT IS W|DENED
1928 Presidential candi-
date Declines Invitation to
Visit White House.
BY the Associated Press,

1y Inc AseOCAhbc3 EAcoes
NEW YORK, December 2e.-The
paths of two political associates and
friends Of other years, President
Roosevelt and Alfred z. Smith. were
farther apart today with the dis
closure the former Governor win de-
cline, an invitation 10 be q White
House guest when he goes to Wash
ingtous to address the American Lib
erty League dinner January IS.
The invitation was sent by Mrs.
Roosevelt more than q week ago. The
1928 Democratic presidential candf-
date has not yet replied. but he said
today he would be unable to accept
inasmuch as he would be accompanied
on the trip to Washington by large
party OF friends and would remain
with them.
Smiths party will stay at a hotel
two blocks from the White House and
one of the former Governors guests,
it was expected, would be John J..
Raskob; former chairman OF the
Democratic National Committee.
Both Members Of League.
Like Smith, Raskob is o charter
member Of the league.
In view Of Smiths known hostility
to the New Deal, the invitation occa-
stoned some surprise among associates
of the former Governor, both In New
York and Washington. They pointed
out that the Liberty League address
without doubt will contain an attack
on the administration and said pub
lished reports to this effect some days
ago hardly could have escaped the at
tention of the White House.
The invitation incident is not with
out its political implications. The
Liberty League will find many anti
New Deal Democrats together at its
Washington dinner and they Will
probably look to the former Governor
for a keynote Of opposition.
Back in Political Field.
The washington address viii be
Smiths direct return to the political
field after a semi-retirement follow
ing his defeat at the 1882 Chicago
convention. It is true he made sew
eral speeches in the East for the
Roosevelt ticket late in the 80 cam
paign, but these were half-hearted.
In his short career as editor of the
New Outlook, Smith was a frequent
administration critic.
But in recent months the brown
derbied Democrat has refrained from
public criticism of the New Deal, at
least. 1t is no secret that the former
Governor has been wholly in accord
with the caustic criticism of the ad-
ministration emanating well-nigh
daily Of late from the Liberty Leagues
headquarters In Washington.
He readily accepted the invitation
of the leagues director, Jouett Shouse,
to address the Washington dinner.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
BOOKS TO BE REVIEWED
Members Of Public Library STAFF
to Speak Friday.

''North to the Orient" book by Mrs.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, will be re-
viewed Friday evening at 8 o'clock in
the Northeast Branch of the Public
Library, Seventh street and Maryland
avenue northeast. Miss Frances s.
Osborne and Miss Catherine M. Houck,
members of the library staff. viii speak
Other books to be reviewed are
I'VE Owed It to the Children" by Mrs
Grace Roosevelt; Bermuda in Three
Colors," by Carveth Wells: my Coun-
try and My People," by Yu-t'ang Lin:
Romantic Rebels" by Frances Win
war, and Away the Gaspe." by Mrs.
Gordon Brinley.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
Milne
CONTINUED From First Page.)

as too serious" to permit question:
ing. g
A few hours after Milne was found,
j. Edgar Hoover. chief of the De-
partment of Justices Bureau Of In
vestigation. announced at Washing
ION:
"It is definitely q kidnapping"
The New York police, on the other
hand, listed Milne merely as miss
ing person" Their only action, follow
ing Mines return. was to take his
name of the list.
The slip in young Mines plot lay
in the manner in which he was
trussed. The Federal agents spent
several hours having the men who
found Milne and who cut away his
bonds, show in what way Milne was
bound. Their demonstrations con-
yinced the agents that Milne could
easily have slipped from his bonds
a most suspicious circumstance.
They questioned him repeatedly, but
his story was well organized. Only
after being required to repeat it many
times did It develop flaws, the agents
said. Finally, in the early hours OF
this morning the youth confessed.
While Government officials went
ahead with plans to prosecute Milne,
some of them wondered how success
full such prosecution might be. They
recalled that an Indiana youth who
kidnapped himself early this year was
discharged when Federal Judge Rob-
ert C. Baltzell at Indianapolis dis
missed the indictment.
In the Indiana case, Allen c. Bonn
berger admitted taking his own kid
naping and sending letters to his
father demanding $4,000 ransom.
Judge Baltzen ruled that the word
ing of the Federal statute under which
Bomberger was indicted was such as
to exclude q self -kidnaper" from its
provisions.
Admits Kidnap Hoax.
Mines confession told Of his kid
naping" in detail.
II admit that my alleged kidnapping
was perpetrated by myself" it be-
gan. Because OF my desperate finan-
cial condition and inability to md
q job I. felt that If could get some
publicity I could get q job"
He bought cotton gloves and other
articles which he believed were needed
to make the 'kidnaping" look au-
thentic. He prepared the ransom let
ters in his apartment and stamped
them for mailing later.
He left his apartment Saturday, De-
cember II, leaving word that he had
been. called to Philadelphia by news
that his grandfather, Caleb Milne, F,
o wealthy retired textile manufac-
t,tef, was III.
kfe went TO Trenton, N. j., and re-
manned under an assumed name at
q hotel there until the following We'd
nesday, when he went by bus to
New Hope, Pa, and started walking
on the road to Philadelphia.
when I reached few miles from
Doylestown." he said In his confess
sion to the d-Men, ''I threw away my
kblack overcoat. my brown hat PAD
Evening star., 1935-12-29
Plane on the Stomach.

BOSTON R.-John Nihill, %,
didn't do so well when he showed his
little brother how to make toy
airplane disappear in his mouth. The
plane disappeared altogether-down
Johns throat.
He asked doctors at City Hospital
for an examination, and X-ray photo
graphs showed the plane was IN his
stomach.
He is in no danger; the doctors said.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
Dog Dislikes Uniforms.

A dog. which was given the reputa-
ton of not liking of1cial uniforms, vas
the subject Of police prosecution in
Radcliffe, England. An electric meter
inspector reported that the dog bit
him when he went to Its owners house.
and q police ofI1cer said when he went
to the house 10 Investigate the COM
plant he was attacked by tile dog. His
uniform was daxnaged.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
Fl HELD IN CUBAN RAID
Police Say shoemakers Possessed

Police Say Shoemakers Possessed
Communist Literature.
HAVANA, December 28 P).-Police
detained 81 shoemakers today while
they were holding an unauthorized
meeting. Police said they found in
the room q quantity Of Red" litera-
ture and handbills melting strikes and
boycots.
A mimeograph and proclamations
signed International Communist
League" were among the articles thu
police turned over to Urgency Court as
evidence.
Evening star., 1935-12-29
FlOgged for Graft.

TSINAN, North China.-Govern-
ment graft doesn't pay in Shantung
Province.
Sun En-Kwei. business manager Of
the provincial department Of finance,
extorted $4,000 silver as personal
commission" from 100000 printing
job which his bureau ordered from
a local printing plant.
Caught, Mr.. Sun was given $50
strokes with a bamboo rod in the
presence of his staff, and was forced
by Gov. Han Fu-Chu to return the
$4,000.