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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-17
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
Democrat Washington Correspondent

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 Washington, Sept. 17-When Congress reconvenes next Jan- uary, the Senate probably will turn to two of its most distinguished members and ask:
 Well, boys, what next?"
 The gentlemen addressed will be Burton K. Wheeler of Montana and Robert F. Wagner of New York, whose legislative achievements, when you count up the score, stand out above all others in this second Congress of the New Deal.
 Wheeler, "radicaP' from the far west, reached a position of power { as chairman of the interstate com merce committee and used 1t for all it was worth, pounding through more than half a dozen important measures.
 Wagner, the former immigrant boy and Tammany judge, fathered the economic security act, the la Dor disputes act, and railroad pen- sions.
 Other leaders, including those practical politicians officially charged with carrying the White House hod, almost dwindle into in- significance beside them.
 If you want to philosophize, you could say there's hardly a foot print left of Lodge, Underwood, Martin, Smoot Cannon. Penrose. I.ongworth, and other erstwhile powerful leaders of Congress, whereas these two liberals, pos- sassed of social conscience, after being blocked and blockaded many years by the materialism that last ed through and hung over from the 192O-29 period, have made heavy marks on the floor of time.
 They may live" as Old Bob LaFollette, forerunner of many progressive measures at last enact ed, still lives and as George Nor ris will live long after he is gone. e% .
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Demands Access
To FiSch Writings.

DEMANDS Access
To Fisch Writings.
Reilly then directed him to COM
pare the "Y" and certain other let
ters in the nursery ransom note with
letters in the alleged Fisch-written
card.
There Is a general resemblance,
but the writing is very different. They
are not sufficiently alike that would
say they were by the same writer"
Osborn said.
Reilly then demanded that the de-
fense have access to the samples of
Fisch's writing on which the witness
made the comparison with the ram
som notes.
Reilly had no sooner asked the
disposition of some of the State ex-
hibits, than Lanigan was on his feet
objecting vigorously:
The court soliloquized:
The question seems to be, does the
examining counsel have the right to
ask the witness what happened to
some of the State evidence that was
submitted to him for expert analysis.
He is inquiring into what the expert
knows about some of the hundreds
Of papers he examined.
"The thing that interests me is
where he gets the right to ask where
he can get these papers"
why shouldn't the State tell the
counsel where he can get the papers?"
Justice Trenchard concluded.
Lanigan said he didn't know why,
but he would look it up-and the
matter rested there.
Significance Seen
In Misspelling.
@. This misspelled void singa-
ture" you would take that as monu-
ment In your case? A
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to 20 on, resuming with the revela-
ton by the counsel that line runs
through the Bronx to Pocantico Hills.
G. What is the fare to Fordham,
Reilly asked.
A. It varies.
@. 1t varies on the New York Gen.
tral?
A. Thirty-five cents I think.
@. Don't you know?
A. I can't remember definitely.
@. What is the fare to Two Hun
dred and Thirty-third street?
A. Forty-two cents, I think.
@. Don't you know?
A. cont remember definitely.
Several Years Since
She Rode on Railroad.
@. How long is it since you rode
on the New York Central?
A. Several years.
She had previously testified she had
gone to Fordham by the elevated rail-
road.
He again switched his attack.
G. How long have you known DR..
Condor?
A. met him in 1923.
@. Where?
A. At a theater at Webster avenue
and One Hundred and Ninety fifth
street.
@. What were you doing there?
A. I worked there as cashier.
@. DR.. Condor was frequent WIS.,
itor?
A. Yes.
@. Who introduced you to DR.. Con-
don?
A. The manager of the theater.
Saw Condor Last
More Than 10 Years Ago.
@. Why did he introduce you?
A. He used to converse a lot with
DR.. Condor, who was a school princi'
pai. He thought that he might flnt
it interesting to know that I WORKED
and went to school.
don?
A. In 1924, when I left the theater
@. You didn't see him since?
A. No.
@. When you saw Dr. Condor agail
in the station in 1882 did he have hi
back to you?
A. No; saw his profile.
| She said DR.. Condor seemed yer,
excited.
She said that she first identified
Hauptmann after his arrest to he
mother and later to the Bronx dis
trict attorney.
Came to Court
With Mother.
@. Who brought you over here to
day?
A. Edward Breslin of the Bronx dis
trict attorneys Office.
On redirect examination Wilent
was brief. He inquired if she ha'
come to court with her mother.
A. Yes.
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Q. You came at the invitation and
urging Of the State.
A. Yes.
Wilentz brought out she also testi-
fied before the Bronx grand jury after
Hauptmanns' arrest last September.
@. You were asked at that time and
asked since to keep away from pub
1icity?
A. Yes.
Wilentz then excused her, with
thanks, and Eldridge w. Stein, New
York handwriting expert, was sworn.
Under questioning by Lanigan, Stein
outlined his qualifications rs an ex-
pert. He said he had been engaged in
the work for % years and has handled
cases in 27 States, Canada and Alaska
After he finished the recital he was
accepted as q qualified witness by the
court.
Says He Examined
Notes Previously.
Lanisan gave Stein the ransom
notes.
Q. How many times have you seer
the ransom notes?
A. Twice in 1882 and twice last year
@. And you have seen them agair
recently?
A Yes, a few weeks ago.
Stein said:
MY opinion is that the writer o.
the Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
writings also wrote the ransom let
ters."
The photographer, a red-faced, be-
spectacled man Of middle age. ex
planned at length the basis for hi!
conclusions.
There he's been some peculiar mis-
spelling" he said. "Of course somt
words have been spelled correctly anc
incorrectly. respectively. in the tive
sets. But there is a decided SINH
larity."
He detailed much the same explana.
ton as that given Friday by Osborn
| He said he had looked for similari
ties in misspelling, grammar, wore
formation and letter formation in th'
two sets, the writing in the ransom
| notes and Hauptmann's writing, t
warrant his calling the two identical
| Just before the noon recess a serie
of Photographic charts prepared b.
Stein were admitted as evidence. The,
showed writing specimens from IT,,
ransom notes and Hauptmann's writ
ings.
Stein planned to discuss the chart
and the similarities they show whel
court resumed after lunch.
The recess was taken at 1888 pm.
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ROCK CREEK HIGHWAY
GRADING BIDS NEARER
First Step Toward Completion of
Link Will Be Taken Early
This Week.

Road construction in lower Rock
Creek Valley moved step nearer real
ization today, when Capt. H. c. White
hurst, the Districts director of high
ways, announced that invitations for
bids for grading between p and K
streets would go out early this week
Later, Capt. Whitehurst will call for
bids for the paving
H. j. Spelman, Bureau of Public
Roads official in charge of work in this
section. announced bids will be asked
in about 80 days for construction of a
low-level bridge across Rock Creek
near P street. This will be in the
shadow of the high-level bridge, now
under construction. spanning the val
ley at P street and being built under
the District government. The low
level bridge, Spelman explained, will
be built before the paving job is done.
Plans for the bridge are nearing COM
pletion by Government engineers.
Evening star., 1935-01-14
GEORGIA GUARDS
MILL REOPEN|NG
Strengthen Precautions
Against Disorder at Rich
mond Hosiery Plant.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROSSVILLE, Ga, January IA
Georgia National Guardsmen strength.
ened their precautions against dis
order today as the Richmond Hosiery
Mill was scheduled to reopen.
Owners Of the mill where a strike
has been in progress several weeks be-
cause of wage reduction, announced
they would resume full operations
with workers who did not strike and
with new labor.
Troops Arrest Eight.
The troops arrested eight persons
yesterday, including three women, on
charges Of agitation. Thirty-three
men, arrested since the Guardsmen
arrived January 6, were held at At
lanta.
Gov. Eugene Talmadge and Will
liam Green, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. engaged
meanwhile in a controversy over the
use of the State troops for strike
duty.
Green in Washington dispatched a
telegram to the Governor yesterday
charging him with bias in favor of
mill owners" and protesting the
declaration of martial law at Ross
vile.
Green said he hoped there would
be an investigation of the Governors
''unjustifiable exercise of executive
power"
Seek Congress Aid.
Other labor leaders made it known
that they will insist the present Con-
gress enact legislation to forbid the
use of United States property, such as
military equipment furnished the
Gusrdsmen, against strikers.
Replying to Green and the labor
leaders. Talmadge said he was watch
ing to Sc If "loafers and buffers"
could intimidate Congress.
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DIVORCE MADE FINAL

LONDON. January IA (P,-The d.
vorce of Edward Frank Willis James
and his wife, Tilly Losch. the Viennese
dancer, was among 285 DEGREES nisi
made absolute today by Sir Boyd Mer-
riman, the Judge who granted the
original decree
James, who is a brother of Mrs.
Marshall Field, won the decree last
June 26, naming Prince Serge Obo-
lensky as Correspondent.
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@. What was the other person
doing?
A. He was watching him (Jafsie).
@. What was the position Of the
man in relation to DR.. Condor?
A. The man was in back OF him.
diagonally in back Of him.
She said she had never seen "Haupt-
mann" before that. She said she saw
him again later not far from DR.. Con-
don's home.
Identifies Herself
as Model and Salesgir1.
Reilly took the witness.
@. How old are you?
A. 26.
@. What's your occupation?
A. am employed in the dual ca
pacity of saleslady and model. The
chic young woman gave the address OF
her employer.
@. How many models are there in
your place?
A. Just myself.
@. What time did you quit work
that day?
A. Five o'clock.
She told Reilly the route she took
home from business.
@. Did you use the New York Cen
| trail that night?
A. No, the elevated.
@. At what station did you get of :?
A. At Fordham road and One Hun
dred and Ninetieth street.
She said that she did not 60 d.
rectly home, but went to night school.
@. What time were you supposed to
be in school?
A. At 1880.
Prosecution Confused
Over Escort Question.
Reilly asked her where she dined
that night.
"A Chinese restaurant"
The defense chief then started to
bring UP who was with her.
wilentz offered to supply Reilly the
name of her escort.
Il had no escort" volunteered the
girl.
Reilly then charged the State would
have furnished him with the name OF
a "non-existent, fictitious" person
Wilentz said he had been misinformed
@. You had no escort?
A. No.
@. Now describe to the jury this
railroad station at One Hundred and
Ninetieth street and Fordham road.
She began to do this when he in
terrupted.
@. Where was the ticket agent?
A. suppose he was in the ticket
Office.
@. Don't you know they stop selling
tickets there at $50 every night?
| A. No, didn't know that!
@. And that they lock up the ticket
Office then?
A. don't know about that.
| There followed a discussion Of vari-
Gus railroad lines that run through
the Bronx.
Seeks to Prove
She Wasn't There.
| Wilentz objected to the questioning
and at the request Of the court Reilly
| told what he wanted to prove:
IT want to prove that she was never
there and that she doesn't know the
lines that run through there, although
she has lived in the Bronx all bel
life"
| Tho Justice allowed the questioning
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Reilly continued his efforts to convey
to the jurors a doubt as to the mans
reliability as an expert.
@. How many times?
A. 1t occurs so infrequently that It
always gives me a shock. OF course,
some of the cases are very difficult. I
would say one in twenty.
Reilly then indicated he had finished
with Osborn for the time being.
May I reserve further cross
examination pending our finding
papers pertinent to these cases. your
honor?" Reilly asked the court. re-
ferring to the samples Of Isador Fisch's
handwriting which the State has
agreed to produce.
Justice Trenchard acquiesced.
Cross Examination
Is Promised Shortly.
Does that mean, your honor, that
I must remain here? I must be in
Ottawa soon?" Osborn asked.
The court assured him the resump-
tion of crOss-eXamination would come
soon.
At 1882 a five-minute recess was
called.
Mrs. Hauptmann took advantage of
| the recess to chat with her husband,
while Justice Trenchard remained on
the bench carefully looking over his
notes on the case.
! The prosecution called as its first
witness following the recess Miss
Hildegard Alexander of the Bronx
@. How long have you lived in the
Bronx.
A. All my life.
@. Do you know DR.. Condor.
A. Yes
Q. Did you see DR.. Condor in the
month OF March, 1882?
A. did.
She said she had known DR.. Con-
don before the ransom was paid.
@. Where did you see him?
A. In the Fordham station Of the
New York Central, In the telegraph
office.
@. Who else was in that station?
A. Another man.
@. How far from you was he?
A. Just about Is feet.
@. Were there others present?
A. There may have been, but ]
don't remember.
@. What was DR.. Condor doing?
A. He was facing the telegraph office
@. What attracted your attention
to the gentleman other than DR.. Con-
don?
A. He was watching DR.. Condor
@. Who was the man watching DR..
Condor?
A. Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Mrs. Hauptmann Pales;
Defendant Reddens Slightly.
Mrs. Hauptmann grew pale and
Hauptmann turned slightly red as the
witness identified the prisoner.
She told the attorney general that
she paid particular attention to the
incident because of the manner of
"Hauptmann."
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was used occasionally when the name
of a German city was followed by the
name of one OF its suburbs.
When Reilly pressed the witness on
how familiar he was with the hand
writing of various nationalities, he got
this reply:
I've examined the handwriting of
every nation on earth"
Written More
Freely Than Others.
@. Now we'll 60 on to the next note.
Now I'm going to show you exhibits
AZ and 49, The beginning of the DR..
| Condor note. I show you A. There
is no symbol on there. Did you take
any character from that?
A. Yes-the word New York" and
the word between"
| Osborn said 1T was written more
freely" than the nursery note.
Reilly then showed him State ex-
hibit 43.
Il think I took quite bit from this.
The word 'Condin.' at least the C. in
it." Osborn replied. He mentioned
two or three other characters which.
as II recall, I included"
Reilly asked about the comparisons
Osborn had made.
A. You haven't compared the ran
som notes directly with the nursery
note.
| @. But did you hear DR.. Condor
say in his testimony that the nursery
note was original as far as the symbols
went, and the others poor limitations?
A. I don't know about that.
@. Have you noticed any difference
in the handwriting of those notes
passing through DR.. Condon's hands
and the others?
A. I don't know as I have.
@. Look at these and tell me what
the last ones look like.
A. Clearer than the nursery note,
but still essentially the same.
@. 1t is not disguised?
A. They are all disguised to some
extent.
II directed my attention specifically
and directly to ascertain If the nursery
ransom note was in the same hand
twriting as the subsequent notes." said
Osborn when Reilly asked him why
he hadn't first made sure all the ran
som notes were done by the same
person.
"In my opinion the connection is
absolute, unmistakable. I can't say
it any palmer" Osborn said.
@. You have been mistaken many
times, have you not. Mr.. Osborn?
A. won't say many times. I don't
pretend to be infallible. but I am
careful. In this case the evidence is
very extensive.
Reilly then sought to bring out
that Osborn had made mistakes in
previous handwriting cases through
out the country.
Reilly Fails to
Refresh Experts Memory.
Reilly was unsuccessful in seeking
to refresh the experts testimony.
@. You never testified in Easton
Pa, that a signature to a $4,000
note was genuine and it was found
to be forged?
Osborn did not remember.
Reilly cited several other alleged
cases. none of which Osborn pro-
fessed to remember.
@. Do you remember the White
hurst case that involved signatures
to a marriage certificate? You de-
clared them genuine; they were later
found to be false? Do you remem-
ber the Kilborn will case in Pots
dam, N. Y?
@. Do you recall back in 1925 DR..
Sinclair Tusi of New York City"
A. I remember some one by that
name called on me. I don't think
he was, oh-sane.
Reilly objected to the answer.
@. Didn't you render an opinion?
A. I don't remember.
@. Do you remember the Won Ma
schisker case, a poison pen case. which
you handled in this very State?
A. do not.
IF YOU want to know II any cases
have been decided against me, III tell
| vo,, Osborn finally interiected when
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will testify that Bruno
did not write the Lndoergh ransom notes Lett to r1sn.
Zange president the Handwriting Experts Association
the New
Haupmann
during
John Condor the box in which
carried to John"
3Isador Fch who died time while visiting relatives
in Fsch
Of the defendant the who mot only collected the ransom
insisted his
-A'N" '"' 'N ~N-' ~ - "A P
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
BOWLING
TONIGHT

ROsSLYN INDEPENDENT LEAGUE
Wisconsin Motors VS.. Lindsays, De
Molay No. 2 VS.. Dickey Brothers. Arling-
ton Trust VS.. Dickey Company, Stand
ard Laundry VS.. Smyser's Pharmacy,
Brown Buddies VS.. Fairfax Service,
Ballston Market VS.. Wind and Handy,
at Rossyn.
WASHINGTON LADIES LEAGUE
Colonials VS.. Wee Bees. Cardinals VS..
Ell Gees, Beeques VS.. Shamrocks. Ema-
mons VS.. Nomads, Colum bians VS.. Bar
risters, at Convention Hall.
ELKS LEAGUE-Antlers vs.. Band,
Trustees VS.. Brotherly Love, Charity VS..
Entertainment, Justice VS.. Fidelity. at
Recreation.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS BUSINESS
ing VS.. Hessck Coal, Logan Motor VS..
Laundry, Arcade Market VS.. Arcadia,
Galliher and Huguely VS.. Mcguire and
Rolfe, at Arcadia.
HEBREW INTER.CLUB LEAGUE
Owls VS.. Pals. Chadekals VS.. Beth Phi
Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Kappa VS.. Vista.
Monarch VS.. Arora Senior, Mardelle
Junior VS.. Equity. Vista VS.. A. 2. A.,
at Convention Hall.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY LADIES'
LEAGUE-North Washington VS.. Silver
Spring, Chevy Chase VS.. Edgemoor,
Kensington VS.. Glen Echo, at Boulevard.
BETHESDA LEAGUE - Bills VS..
Junior Order, Sykes VS.. We Cab No. 2.
at Bethesda.
MT. RAINIER nd
VS.. Smiths Liquors, Franklin Sugar VS..
Harvey Dairy. Woodbridge Oyster House
VS.. Mayor and Council, at Mt. Rainier.
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
B Ellie HAVEN
GOLF LIS 7
IS BULKY

ALEXANDRIA, Va, April g.
The Bell Haven Country Clubs
schedule Of events for the 1885
season on the fairways is bulky.
The list:
April 13, interclub match with
Officers Club of Quantico at Belle
Haven; 20, sweepstake; q, sweep.
stake.
May 4, Open; IL, interciub team
match with Officers Club Of
Quantico at Quantico; l8, Bi.
State Golf Association matches at
Winchester, Va: 25, sweepstakes;
80, Decoration Day events. Begin
qualifying for Belle Haven Bowl.
June /, sweepstakes; 8, Bi-State
Golf Association matches at Mar.
tinSburg, w. Va; 1916, Belle Ha.
ven Bowl finals, 36 holes: 22-27,
ladies tournament; 20, Bi-State
Association matches at Belle
Haven.
July 4, special events; II, IL, 10,
qualifying rounds for Gazette
Trophy; 20, Bi-State Golf AsSo.
citation final matches at Purcell.
vile, Va; 27-28, final round Ga.
zette Trophy, 36 holes.
August 80 to September s,
qualifying rounds club champion.
ships.
September 7, begin match play
championship; 14-15, Presidents
Club, So holes, handicap; 21.22,
final club championship, SO holes.
Alexandria Eagles play an in.
teresting schedule this season.
Here it is:
April IA, White Oak at Fred,
ericksburg, Va; April 81, Rich
brau at Richmond; May 18, Front
Royal at Front Royal, Va; May
26, Annapolis A. C. at Annapolis,
Md; May 80, White Oak, here.
The Birdmen will Use Haydon'S
Field for all Of their games.
Two games will be played by
the Episcopal High School nine
this week. Thursday, Washing.
ton and Lee High is listed, and
Saturday Technical High, Of
Washington, will be the opposi.
ton. Both games will be played
on Hoxton Field.
An important meeting Of teams
in the Alexandria Junior loop will
be held at BIT King St., Thursday
night at 7 o'clock.
Five clubs are entered in this
new league and a schedule will be
drafted at this session.
The st. Mary's Celtics clash with
the Washington Union Printers
here Sunday.
Providing weather permits, the
Celtics will practice on Friday
afternoon at 5 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
CHAMPS
DINE TONIGHT

The Sun Radio soccer team,
winner of the Recreation League
competition this season, will be
entertained at a banquet tonight
in Olmsted Grill, at 7 o'clock,
by Harold A. Sugar, team spon-
sor.
Guests of honor will include
Mrs. Ruth Britt, director of Rose
dale playground, and Messrs.
Richard S. Tennyson, assistant
supervisor of Fairgrounds; Ben
Kali, Jack O'Connor, Dave Adam.
son, and the following players:
Bud Simonds, George Guntow,
Joseph Sullivan, Sam Kaplan,
Sam Mimi, Brother Harding,
Eddie Cook, Louis Stasulli, Buddy
Kent, Ray Henderson, Page
Simonds, Bill Simonds, Eddie
Dore, Sammy Hook and Fred
Wilson, who captained the team
in it's victorious campaign.
The Washington times., 1935-04-09
TIMES TABLE

1890 PM.-Luncheon, Rotary
Club, Willard Hotel.
100 P.M.-Luncheon, Soroptim-
iSt Club, Willard Hotel.
900 PM.-Dinner, Board Of
Trustees, Columbus University,
Mayflower Hotel.
600 P.M.-Banquet, National
Sojourners, Lafayette Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Washington
Philatelic Society, Carlton Hotel.
800 P.M.-Meeting, Sig m
Delta Kappa Fraternity, Carlton
Hotel.
8 P.M.-Meeting, Lambda Chi
Sorority, Shoreham Hotel.
9 P.M.-Supper Dance, South
Carolina State Society, Shoreham
Hotel.
8 P.M.-Meeting, election of Of
ficers, Civic League of Brookmont
and Vicinity, Inc, at Mr.. and Mrs.
L. H. Odell, Clio Ridge drive.
8P.M.-Meeting, The Geological
Society of Washington, Assembly
Hall of Cosmos Club.
8 P.M.-Meeting, Powell Junior
High School, P. T. A., School
Auditorium, Hiatt Place and La
mont Street, N. w. Speaker, DR..
Bertie Backus. Subject, 1.-THE
Character Education Experiment
in Our Schools"
8P. M.-Meeting, Mems Club,
Church of Our Saviour Parish
Hall, 18th and Irving Streets, N.
E., election of officers.
$50 P.M-Concert, Women's
Overseas Service League, May.
flower Hotel.
8:45 P.M.-Meeting, Public
Schools of the District of Colum.
bia, public forum on national and
local problems, Mr. Emerson Ross,
subject, planning for Prosperity"
CONFERENCE
ALL DAY-Federal Board OF
Vocation Education, Wardman
Park Hotel.
CODE HEARING
1000 AMI caring, Lace
Manufacturing Ind, willard
Hotel.
1000 AM.-Heari Stay
Manufacturing Ind, Willard
Hotel.
1000 A.M.-Meeting, Motor We
hicle Retailing Ind, Carlton Hotel
1000 A.M-Meeting, Blouse and
Skirt, Dept. Comm, 2062-64.
1000 A.M.-Meeting, Leather
Cloth and Lacquered Fabrics
window Shade Cloth and Roller;
Book Cloth: Impregnated Fabrics
Raleigh Hotel