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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-18
ALLEGED ROBBER HELD
I'm COUNTY JAIL HERE
State Police Return Suspect After
Arrest in Kentucky.

Andrew j. Pluto, 26, accused rob-
ber-slugger, today was held in coun-
ty Jail on charges of robbery. He
was returned here yesterday by In
diana state police from Bowling
Green, KY, where he was arrested
Monday.
Joseph Gregg, IS, his alleged &C
complete, is held in Glasgow, KY,
and is to be returned here soon,
police said.
Police claim the two were in pos
session of a 500 bill stolen from
Charles A. Young of 26 N. West-st.
Young said two men entered his
room March 20, slugged him and
stole more than $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-18
DENIES DICTATORSHIP
is R0OSEvELT'S GOAL
West Defends New Deal Policies at
Peru Banquet.

By JHfteG Press
PERU, Ind, April 18.-Defense of
President Roosevelt's New Deal
policies was voiced last night by
Charles West, undersecretary of the
Interior Department, in a jefferson
banquet.
West denied that Roosevelt aspires
to be dictator" and said that II
he had those intentions he would
nave done so in March, 1888"
The banquet was under the
auspices OF the Miami County
Young Voters Club
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-18
BODY OF MURDERED
GIRL LEFT IN STREET
Dies of Fractured Skull; Garments
Are Missing.
BIZ United Press

BIZ IHtfcd PfCSS
NEW YORK, April 18,-The bat
tered body of Miss Mildred McCabe,
80, was found today under a tree in
a residential street of Ozone Park,
Queens.
Her hat, coat, shoes and under
wear we're missing and the skirt of
her lavender dress was pulled over
her head to conceal where her skull
had been crushed.
Miss ktcCabe's body was identified
by her sister, Mrs. Anna Scanlon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-18
Beautiful Warehouses Is
Hinted as Gangs Nemesis
Guarded Revelations Indicate Italian NobeWoman Played
Star Role in Entrapment of Bond Shift Ring


YORK April 18-Guardd
the
thieves disrupted S0OO0
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-18
OFFICIAL WEATHER

States Weather Bureau-l
Sunrise ....... 500 Sunset ....6:26
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
Bruno, in Last Letter,
Protests His Innocence

By United Press
TRENTON, N. j., April bruno Richard Haupt-
surprised any in the world today
that he still was alive.
He betrayed in letter written to Gov. Harold G.
Hoffman few hours before the scheduled hour of his
execution last night that he had abandoned hope, al
though still protesting innocence.
"Mr Wientz he parenthetcal statement Atty
Wilentz my by
convicted you wrong
God will be judge between and you"
Gov Hoffman the letter public after the execution
delayed.
Its
Trenton. March 81, 1896
"Your Excellence Governor:
Harold G.
"Your Excellence
MY writing for of losing my life. This the
hands of God will viii gladly. the
OF tremendous suffering thinking of dear wife and
little until this terrible
crime solved they will suffer under the weight of
fair conviction
For excellence that not guilty
of this crime and again trying convince the
they myself
what orbut begin vain. did
Turn to Page Six)
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
OARP AID INDICTED
THRICE, GROUP TOLD
Evidence Is Presented to
House Committee.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, April /. - Evil
dence that Edward j. MaYgett, Cali
fornia state area manager for the
Townsend Plan, had been indicted
three times, today was placed be-
fore the House old-age pension in
vestigators after much committee
argument.
Robert E. Clements. resigned Old
Age Revolving Pensions secretary
treasurer. told the committee that
DR.. F.. E. Townsend. head of the
OARP, refused to discharge Mar
gett, despite Clements recommen-
dation
Townsend said he didn't believe
the charges" Clements said.
Committee counsel James R. Sui
livan said that Margett would be
subpenaed to testify.
All of the indictments were re-
turned by the Kings County
(Wash0 Grand Jury.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
PLEAS CONTINUES ATTACKS:
COP. COUNTY FILINGS SLOW:
SANDERS PREDICTS VICTORY
Rival Party G|eefuI Over
Democratic DiSSenSion;
Watch GreenIee.
M'NUTT GROUP SILENT
McHaIe, Simmons, Coy
Attacked by Former
Patronage Secretary.

Republican leaders today
saw Pleas Greenlee as a "lone
wolf" battling to win the
Democratic gubern atorial
nomination and threatening
to split his own party in the
process.
Mr.. Greenlee's third attack on
what he terms "McHale- ism,
launched last night in East Chi
cago, brought continued silence from
his own party's leaders as he turned
his campaign oratory against Virgil
Simmons, state conservation direc-
tor.
Omer jackson, Democratic state
central committee chairman, said,
I'VE have no comment to make"
K. M. Kunkel, assistant conserva-
ton director, refused to reply to-
day to charge by Mr. Greenlee OF
an alleged irregularity in purchase
Of land in Wells County from fish
and game funds.
Simmons Out of Town
Mr.. Simmons, who earlier refused
to comment on attack upon him by
Mr. Greenlee, was reported to be
in Ft. Wayne and could not be
reached for comment on the charge.
In turn, G. o. P. leaders dis
cussed the possibility that MI.
Greenlee soon might expand his
recent attack on alleged "McHale-
ism" in the Republican Party.
Il think from what I've heard
he's creating quite a disturbance in
his own ranks" said John K. Ruck-
elshaus. prominent Republican. 1T
seems he's shooting the works and
it looks as though he's lone wolf
IN the manner in which he is fight
ing for the nomination
Sees Stir of Feeling
Z A. O. Meloy, former U. S. marshal
and chairman of the Republican
Reorganization Committee in Mar
ion County, said:
Il wouldn't want what's happen
ing in the Democratic Party to
happen in our party. 1t seems to
me his charges are a pretty serious
matter and are creating considerable
feeling"
Just let them talk long enough. y
declared Bert Fuller, former cam
paign manager for Ex-Governor
Harry G. Leslie, Republican, land
they'll beat themselves. 1t looks like
Greenlee is trying to split his party
In the Springer-f for Governor
headquarters in the Claypool, at
Turn to Page Three)
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
Condemned Mans Faithful
Wife Puts Mourning
Clothes Away.


TRENTON, April 1-Anna Haupt-
mann thrust an unopened cardboard
box into the darkest corner of her
hotel room closet today and uttered
prayer that she would never have
to open it.
The box contained her mourning
clothes.
She had purchased the mourning
costume yesterday while she sobbed
in agony and gave up hope that any,
thing could save her husband from
death in the electric chair.
Today she struggled hopefully
back from the chasm of despair
which engulfed her last night at
8 p. M, when Hauptmann was sched-
uled to die-and when a semi
miracle occurred to save him, at
least until Friday.
If ever a woman walked in the
valley of the shadow of death, Anna
Hauptmann stumbled hopelessly
there last night until she learned of
the reprieve to her husband and fell
sobbing across the bed crying out
his name and saying: Thank Goci
Thank God"
Then, with the news still ringing
in her ears, she picked up a photo
graph of her husband and one of
the 29-month-old baby Mannfried
and looked at them until tears
dimmed her eyes again.
Il never really gave up believing
that he would live" she said, trying
to act as if she meant it. Things
were very black but even then I
didn't really think SO, kept saying
to myself that he would live"
Those who had seen her rock her
self in despair were skeptical 1t
seemed impossible that she could
have expected that her husband
would still be alive this morning.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
Quiet, Please

Never having had any trou-
BILE with swinging doors or
loaded cigars, Leo O'Connor,
deputy prosecutor in Municipal
Court, always had assumed he
was too smart to be fooled on
April /. He knows better now.
His tumble came as he was
calling traffic violators to the
bar of justice. Reading quickly
through the names on the at
fidavits, he shouted. lima
Mutt No one came forward.
: He beloved still louder, lima
Mutt. Ina Mutt"
The light finally struck when
Judge Dewey Myers leaned
over and said. Il wouldn't ad-
NIT that in open court, if /
were YOU"
Sergt. John Madden. sus-
pected of putting the phoney
paper in the stack. was hard
to find at headquarters today.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
Thank GOD, Anna Weeps;
Mother Clings to Hope
Aged Parent Happy, but
Fears Son Still
Will Die.
BIZ Uhitcd Press

ny OHftCu IffSS
KAMENz, Germany, April L.
Frau Paulina Hauptmann alternat-
ed today between hope that her son
might live and fear that despite the
delay in his execution, he would die
this week as the kidnaper and
murderer OF the. .Lindbergh baby.
She was reused from bed in the
early hours of this morning at the
home of Fritz Ebert, her lawyer
and his wife, where she had gone
because she could not bear to re-
main alone in her own little home
to await what she thought would be
news that Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann was dead.
MY God! had so hoped for de-
lay" she said, standing trembling
in brown dressing gown, her white
hair falling over her shoulders. "But
it is only for two days"
She was so overcome that she
could do little more than humble
as she continued, tears yelling
from her blue eyes.
Il could not sleep tonight. But
tits news gives me new hope. l will
do all I can to free him. But how
can a poor woman like me help my
dear Richard, so many miles away?
oh! that the wonder of Heaven
has come to save my son from those
hard-hearted people. 1 thank God
for those few hours more. I hope
he may spare me from more suffer-
ing and misery such as I endured
yesterday"
She united bundle of letters
from her son to reread them trem-
blingly. What she fears to be his
last letter is on the way to her now
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
COOLIDGE AID IN
CITY FOR TALK
Former Secretary Hopes to
Take Active Part in
State Campaign.
BY ARCH. STEINEL

Between brushes of lather and a
sweep of BARRIERS razor, Everett
Sanders, former secretary to Pres
ident Coolidge, sat today in his
Columbia Club room and orally
shaved off Democratic claims of
victory in the November election.
One swoop of the razor felled
stubble on pink cheek as Mr.. San
ders placed the Republicans in the
category of minority party and
then raised it to majority status
by claims that it will win in Indiana
as we'll as in the nation.
The barber dallied over a facial
corner as. MIR. Sanders said: "The
Republican Party is in the same
situation with reference to its presi-
dental nominee that every minority
party has been in my own recollec-
ton since 1904.
In the years the Democrats were
out of power they too did not know
whom they would nominate, We
Turn to Page Three)
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
CROSS LEVY, POSTAL
RECEIPTS SHOW GAIN
Tax Collections Increase :
Million, Jackson SAYS.


Final tabulation of state gross in
come tax returns show that $1,000
more taxpayers fled last year than
in 1884, Clarence A. jackson. diyi-
sion chairman, announced today.
In 1885, returns were received
from 354,610 people, and collections
totaled sl6,0l5,220. In 1884 only
202,555 returns were filed. and s13,-
220,933 was collected. a gain of al
most $4,000, 900, he said.
Postmaster Adolpn Seidensticker
announced today that postal re-
ceiptS for March showed an increase
Of s11,318.34 over postal revenues for
March, 1885.
Receipts this March were $780,
1855, and s328.84701 March. 1885.
This was gain of $4,000 for the
first three months this year over the
corresponding period last year.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
TROLLEY PROPOSAL
HEARING DATE SET
Public Session in City Hall
to Be Next Week.

A public hearing is to be held in
City Hall at 10:30 next Wednesday
morning on the Indianapolis Rail-
ways proposal to pay the city $275
mile annually for upkeep of
streets over which it operates track
less trolleys, Hubert S. Riley, Works
Board president, announced today.
The utility has asked the Works
Board for 20-year franchise, and
proposes to make payments on a
sliding scale. The company, Presi-
dent Charles W. Chase said, is
willing to pay $137.50 mile the
first year, and increase that to
$380.76 the eighth year.
Plans of the street car company
call for operation of trackless troll
leys over 49.3 miles of city streets
when it's expansion program is
completed, it was said.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
FOUR-MONTH TRUCE
PROPOSED BY NAz|S
British Cabinet Studies
Hitler Peace Offer.
By United Press

By United Press
LONDON, April Germany to-
day offered the Locarno Treaty
powers four month period of mill
tary inactivity on the Rhineland
frontiers while negotiations could be
started for new political deal for
Europe.
The cabinet went into session at
once to consider the note and at the
same time to arrange for general
staff talks with France and Belgium
on a plan of mutual defense.
By United Press
VIENNA, April 1.-Chancellor
Kurt Won Schuschnigg, addressing
the Federal Diet today. announced
the introduction of compulsory mill
tary service in Austria.
Thus Austria follows Germany in
renouncing any obligation further to
observe the repressive clauses of the
World War treaties.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
JAPAN, MONCOL
FORCES CLASH
Battle of Major Import Is
Reported; Fight Is Still
Continuing.
Copyright. 1885, by United Press,

MOSCOW, April 1.-Japanese-
Manchukuoan forces fought SOL
diers of Outer Mongolia in the
frontier area today while two great
military powers watched develop
ments tensely.
AS they fought. an unmistakable
Russian warning that there was
danger of Russian-Japanese war
was on it's way to Tokyo.
Official reports from Ulan Bator,
capital of Outer Mongolia, and
from Hsinking, headquarters of the
Japanese army in Manchukuo, in
dicated that the fighting not only
was continuing but that forces
bigger than those of the numerous
previous clashes were engaged.
The Ulan Bator dispatches, pub
lished here, said that large
Japanese e-Manchukuoan force with
tanks, airplanes and artillery
clashed fiercely with Mongolians at
Mongoli, q miles inside the Outer
Mongolian frontier At first repelled,
the dispatches said, the Japanese
Manchukuoans obtained reinforce
ments and resumed the offensive in
a fight that was continuing still.
From Tokyo came a dispatch re-
porting that q Japanese Manchu-
kuoan force clashed with 2 Mon
golian airplanes on the frontier near
Lake Boi for one hour.
These reports came just after
Boris S. Stomoniakov. Russian vice
commissar Of foreign affairs, told
Tamekichi Ohta, Japanese ambas-
sador, that Japan was under serious
responsibility for the clashes. He
said that the most energetic meas
ures to end them were urgently
necessary.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
last-Minute Rush by Re-
publican Aspirants
Possible Here.
FOUR POSTS UNSOUGHT
Democratic Voters Lead
in New Registrations,
Says Supervisor.
BY CARL THORBAHN

Marion County Republicans,
l.gging far behind the Demo-
Gratis in the scramble for
places on the May 5 primary
ballots for county officers, to-
day had filed only five decla-
rations of candidates.. Four
posts are as yet unsought by
the party.
No G. o. P. declarations of in
tention to run in the primary have
been filed for the Offices of Treas
urer, Surveyor, Sheriff, or Com
missioner of the Third district.
~ Democratic party leaders be-
lieve, however. that with Saturday
as the deadline for filing both at
the Secretary of States Office and
the Office of County Clerk Glenn
B. Ralston last-minute rush may
complete the Republican ticket for
the primary.
Sitting on Petitions"
Republican primary candidates
filing to date are William Henry
Harrison, John l.. Niblack, Thomas
McNulty, for Prosecutor; Walter
Capp, for Couny Commissioner of
First district; and Austin H. Todd,
for County Coroner.
One prominent Republican, in at
tempting to explain the slowness OF
the G.. o. P. filings, said:
THE boys seem to be sitting on
their petitions trying to hatch out
some support
Two states OF candidates, one
bs cked by the regular Republican
organization and another by re
organization" group in the party,
are expected by observers to be
placed on file before midnight,
Saturday.
Surprise Is expressed by William
P. Flanary, supervisor of vote reg
istration, that the majority Of the
new voters registered at the seven
branch offices and at the court
house is made up of Democrats and
not Republicans.
Office to Be Kept Open
He said the last day for register
ing for the primary is April 6 and
pointed out that the 10000 voters
reregistering because of address
changes, have for the most part
been Democrats.
Meanwhile the office of Secretary
of State August Mueller planned
to stay open until midnight, Satur-
day, to receive last-minute entries
in races on both party tickets.
Candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Governor today
were urging all state convention
delegates to file their intentions by
Saturday night.
w. w. Spencer, Democratic mem
Der OF the State Election Board,
said that he believed Saturday was
the last day for delegates to file
while Fred c. Cause, Republican
state election commissioner. said he
believed the law permitted filing as
late as 20 days before the primary.
Due to the conflict in opinions OF
the Election Board members the
Democratic State Central Commit
tee sent out word to gubernatorial
candidates of the necessity for i'm
mediate filing of delegates.
Harry c. Fenton, Republican
State Committee secretary, said nc
instruction are being issued by his
headquarters, on the assumption
that delegates may file as late as
April Is.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
F. 0. bELzER NAMED
TO WELFARE BOARD
Scout Executive Accepts
Post Block Declined.

F. o. Belzer, Indianapolis Boy
Scout executive, today accepted an
appointment to membership on the
Marion County Welfare Board.
which is to administer here social
security laws passed by the special
session of the General Assembly.
Circuit Judge Earl r. Cox offered
the post to Mr.. Belzer yesterday.
He takes the place of Meier S. Block,
indianapolis merchant. who declined
the appointment.
The board is to name a county
welfare director. Other members
are l.. Ert Slack. the Rev Linn A.
Tripp. Mrs. Margaret Ruddell and
Mrs. Marie r. Woolling.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
COUNTY is ORDERED
TO PAY BACK WAGES
Court Rules Slash Was
Made ILLEGALLY.

In a declaratory Judgment handed
down today, Remster A. Bingham,
special Circuit judge. ordered the
County Council to make emergency
appropriations of s31,7SS.75 to pay
back salaries of court employees.
Judge Bingham ruled that the
council had no authority to reduce
salaries of court reporters and bail
ifs, as fixed by the judges in 1881
through 1885.
Ten reporters were awarded a to-
tai of s22,7SS and six bailiffs
S905075.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
ALDRIDGE SEEKS POST
Former Pittsburgh Pirate Pitcher
Files as Candidate.

Victor E. Aldridge, former Pitts
burgh Pirate pitcher. today filed his
intention to seek the Democratic
nomination for state Senator from
Terre Haute at the secretary of
states office.
Il have had a lot of batters
swinging at my stuff he said, but
this is the first time I ever have
tried to throw 'em past politicians" !"
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
SET HAUPTMANN
DEATH DATE FOR
FRIDAY AT 7 Pm.
Study of Wendell Case to
Be Resumed Tomorrow,
Is Report.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
That's Prosecutors View
Following Talk With
Foreman.
By United Press

TRENTON, N. J., April 1.
Prosecutor Everett Mar
shall today said he had been
informed that the runaway"
Mercer County Grand Jury,
which prevented Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann's execution
at the last moment, would de-
fer further consideration of
the case until tomorrow.
Mr.. Marshall said his informa-
ton came from Allyne Freeman,
political friend of Gov. Harold G.
Hoffman and foreman of the
grand jury which took out of Mr..
Marshall's hands the investigation
of disputed confessions by Paul
Wendell that he murdered the
Lindbergh baby
"But anything can happen" Mr..
Marshall added, rejecting on The
dramatic and unusual manner in
which Mr.. Freeman teleptoned
Warden Mark o. Kimberling at 8
last night and asked him to de-
fer the execution.
Though Hauptmann had been
shaved and had sent a last letter
to the Governor, Mr.. Kimberling
put off the execution for 48 hours
or more.
Jersey Justice Tangled
In view of the reported postpone
ment of further grand jury action,
there was increasing belief that
Mr.. Kimberling might set Friday
night as the new execution time
for Hauptmann, barring the pos
sibility of further unforeseen de-
velopments or the granting of
judicial stay.
Choice of Friday night would give
additional time for clarification of a
confusing situation in which Jersey
justice" has become entangled and
would make it easier for prison Of
ficials to perfect their arrangements
anew.
Three Confessions" Studied
Mr.. Marshall. who is Democrat
and who joins with state police in
dismissing the Wendell confessions
as valueless, said Mr.. Freeman told
him the grand jury would consider
routine" matters in it's afternoon
session today and would go back to
the Wendell matter tomorrow morn
ing.
The grand jury, composed of %
men and one woman, has three
confessions" purportedly made by
Wendell, a disbarred Trenton attor-
ney, after he was seized by IN
known persons in New York City
Feb. A.
Later he was returned to New
Jersey and placed in the hands of
Ellis Parker, detective of Burling-
ton County, who long has been
working with Gov. Hoffman in
their efforts to prove that Haupt-
mann was not the Lindbergh kid
naper or at least did not commit
the crime single e-handedly.
Counter Move Launched
Atty. Gen. David T. Wilentz
forced Mr.. Parker to surrender
Wendell to Mercer County authori-
ties, to whom he promptly re-
pudiated the confessions. Mr..
Wilentz and Mr.. Marshall wanted to
dismiss the murder charge against
Wendell forthwith. Then the grand
jury took matters out of their
hands yesterday.
In bringing the Hauptmann case
to a new anti-climax last night, Mr..
Freeman told Mr.. Kimberling that
the jury had found very interest
ing" angles in the Wendell phase of
the case and wanted more time to
investigate.
AS a counter move, the prosecutor
and state police were investigating
circumstances of Wendel's deten-
ton. with the possibility that action
might be instituted against those
involved.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
COLD TO CONTINUE:
WEATHER MAN SAYS
Mercury May Go Lower
Tomorrow. Too.

The cold snap, which dropped the
temperature into the thirties this
morning, is expected to continue
here for at least SO more hours, the
Weather Bureau said today.
The bureau forecast rain. sleet or
snow for tonight. and then as a
CHEEKY reminder said the mercury
probably would dip even lower to-
morrow. This city is on the north
ern edge OF large cold area. it
was said.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
OSCAR LEE, CITY REAL
ESTATE AGENT, DIES
Pneumonia Brings Death to Native
of Monroe County.

Oscar Lee. local real estate man,
died in his home. 1902 College-av,
early today of pneumonia after an
illness of two weeks. A native of
Monroe County, Mr.. Lee was So
He had been in business here most
of his life.
Mr.. Lee was member of the
Memorial Presbyterian Church and
is survived by the widow. Mrs. Mauds
z. Lee. and son, Dudley Parker
Lee, New York. Funeral services
have not been arranged.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01

Fred J. Keller. 68, OF 535 e. 18TH
st, is recovering at City Hospital
today from a shoulder injury he
received when he fell from a STEP
ladder at 1884 Park-av yesterday.
He was cleaning wallpaper at the
time of the accident.
The Indianapolis times., 1936-04-01
1000 ETHIOPIANS DIE
IN BATTLE, Is REPORT
Overwhelming Victory at Lake
Aschangi Claimed by Italy.

4R'e@""FfSH "V
BY United Press
ROME. April 1.-Seven thousand
Ethiopians we're killed in a major
battle in the region of Lake AS
changi In Ethiopia yesterday, it was
officially estimated today.
The official estimates gave the
italian losses as IL white officers
killed and Al wounded; 81 white SOL
diers killed and 152 wounded. and
800 Eritreans dead or wounded.
The Somaliland Aviation Corps
hombarded general headquarters OF
the Ethiopians defending Harar al
Bullale, south of Daggah Bur.