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Evening star., 1936-03-18
TODAY,


Senate:
Debates Army appropriation bill.
Commerce Committee considers ship
subsidy legislation.
House:
Considers bill to exempt bank stocks
held by r. r. G. from local and State
taxation.
Interstate Commerce Committee
meets at 10 am. (executive), on
Senate-approved rural electrification
bill.
Ways and Means Subcommittee
considers tax legislation.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will take up nomination of Edwin
r. Holmes to be Federal judge Of the
Fifth Circuit Court. Senator Bilbo,
Democrat, of Mississippi. opposing the
nomination, will make his first speech
In the Senate.
Appropriations Subcommittee meets
In executive session to act on changes
IN the Asricuiture appropriation bill. :
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Clever Republican strategists know
all this. They figure Borah already
stopped. But even so, they are un-
happy. The wiSest of them fear the
aftermath of warm Borah person
ahty scrap. They wonder how large
the wounds will be, and whether
these can be healed by election time.
Nothing that Borah has said or
threatened up to now Is considered
dangerous to party harmony. But the
stump campaign in both States Is
Just beginning.
Word has lately come from trust
worthy Borah sources in Washing
ton that his coming speeches will
be dignified. Unless some one else
starts getting unnecessarily rough.
he will not, 1t Is said. This has only
half-assuaged the apprenhensions.
Fear of a rough-house has caused
good many Republicans Uho like
Bordh more than the other cdndi-
dates to shy dUdy from him. One
Ohio leader manifested Borah
lednings some peeks ago, but since
has remained silent. Before the
primary this same leader ,pill be
out against Bordh. Thus Mr.. Borah
seems to be caught in crack.
Good political judges out this way
do not put too much faith in the
many polls you see nowadays. Not
that they doubt the sincerity Of the
pollers. They merely believe that
such evidence is inconclusive this year
Of all others.
For one thing, the votes which the
Kelly-Nash organization will bring
out on election day have certainly not
been polled accurately by any of the
pollers now in the field. Opponents
of the Kelly-Nash machine call it
"the lodging house" vote. They refer
to the large registration of voters
from downtown rooming houses.
Fer another thing, even the Literary
Digest has never been faced with a
close election. In each of its presi-
Dental polls since 1920, it called the
turn on landsndes, the results of
which were obvious to political OBJ
servers weeks in advance. They were
not hard to call.
This election may be closer.
Action More Cautious.
City business men through the Mid
die West these days have ceased to
talk about the depression, but their
sad experiences in it dominate their
judgment and their lives.
Nearly all the top leaders Of 1929
have passed on, one way or another.
The newcomers talk and act more
cautiously than their predecessors.
They seem to be meeting their situa-
tons from day to day, week to week.
The old-time active group business
leadership seems to be less enthus-
iastic.
Middle classes are spending their
money more for personal pleasures
than for painting their homes. This
accounts for the Winter rush on
Southern Winter resorts, the way
new-car buying is holding up, etc.
Poorer groups are reported every
where as just barely able to get
along.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
DAMAGE HEAVY
IN West VIRGINIA
Flood Danger Continues.
Water at Bridge Level
at Harpers Ferry.
Special Dispatch. to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, March
18.-While 24-hour rainfall that left
an official precipitation of 2.45 inches
over the Eastern Panhandle had
stopped this morning, flood conditions
continued to threaten as tributary
streams, all out Of bank, poured water
into the Potomac and Shenandoah
Rivers, which were expected to reach
their peaks today or tomorrow.
Much damage was already reported
to highway and low lying lands.
Railroad traffic and highway travel
were both broken. but beginning to get
back to normal this morning.
Water Near Bridge Level.
The Potomac at Harpers Ferry this
morning was reported within feet
Of the Highway Bridge level and traf-
fic was suspended. Travel over the
bridge across the Potomac at Shep-
herdstown was suspended last night.
The water level at Harpers Ferry was
the highest since 1923.
Word from the vicinity of Harpers
Ferry was that the Shenandoah River
was impossible at Castleman Ferry
and that there was 6 feet of water
covering the bridge there.
First-floor occupants in the lower
business and residential section were
compelled to move to upper stories.
At power dam on the Potomac near
here the water level this morning was
IA feet above normal, highest since
the Johnstown food.
Berkeley Springs, in Morgan County,
was inundated in the low downtown
section, with water in the first floors
Of the homes.
The Baltimore & Ohio suspended
movement of passenger trains last
night until early this morning because
OF the flood threats to bridges. Pas
sengers from two westbound trains last
night were switched to the Pennsyl-
vania tracks and continued to Pitts
burgh.
Romney Is Isolated.
Romney. in Hampshire County, was
isolated by travel overnight, all roads
being blocked. 1t took one motorist
seven hours to cover the IS miles from
Romney to this city during the night,
ordinarily taking 90 minutes.
Tributary streams in both the East
ern Panhandle and South Branch
Valley were out of bank and sweeping
Summer club houses and other prop
erty away with them.
Water was over part Of the trackage
OF a fruit products plant here over
night, but receded this morning.
The highway between this city and
winchester. Va, was blocked at vari-
Gus points because Of washed-out road
bed. Deliveries of city products were
delayed.
Power and telephone poles were
snapped of in the rush of the water,
and service was interrupted. There
was no direct telephone connection
between this city and Cumberland
and the South Branch Valley in the
early morning.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Indian Chief Dies at 1875.

Jacinto LET Gnir, one of the famous
Araucanian Indian "caciques" or
cnlefs, has died at Cunco, Chile, at
the age OF 125. Evidence of his age
Is given by the birth registration rec
ords. Before his death Jacinto made
q petition to the Governor of Chile
that he might be buried ct Alpehue.
the home of his ancestors. The Arau-
canians were the only Indian race in
South America which the Spaniards
failed to conquer. although they tried
for q century.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

If the courts retain their power.
For some time the administration has
avoided open criticism of the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Wallace occasionally lets loose, and the
President used the A. A. A. decision to account
for the tax rise The T. v. A. decision offered
no excuse for New Deal wailing, but the question
ITO curb or not to curb" is obviously not far
from the surface of political policy.
The statement has been made that most
of the desired objectives can be achieved under
the Constitution as It stands. If q Republican
aspirant could prove to the satisfaction Of the
discontented that this is so, he would be within
striking distance Of the nomination.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Hoan Faces Contest.

MILWAUKEE,, March 18 R.-
Daniel w. Hoan, Socialist mayor, and
Sheriff Joseph j. SINNERS were nomi-
mated yesterday in city primary elec-
ton that resulted in Hoan's three non-
partisan opponents piling up 1850
more votes than his 64,864.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
Texas Population Lags.

Deaths increased from 63,323 In
1884 to 64,603 in Texas last year,
while births decreased from 12l,435
in 1894 to 1866 last year.
Route 22l was closed at Galax, Va,
hY snow.
Evening star., 1936-03-18
LA GUARDIA PRAISES
CLEvELAND'S COURAGE
Former President Said "No" to
Unreasonable Demands, Says
Mayor in Address.

UnreaSonap1e OemanuS, says
Mayor in Address.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 18.-Mayor
r. H. La Guardia last night paid
his respects to Grover Cleveland as
IAN inspiration and an example" to
public officials requiring strength to
say mo" to unreasonable demands"
made by party or politicians.
Speaking on the eve of the e9th
anniversary of the former Presidents
birth, La Guardia said it was "amus-
ing to see and hear many of the
followers Of the old school of politics
now hail him as great hero. al
though he was bitterly opposed by
the very same factions and groups
in his day.
The Mayors address was broadcast
&C. 3. 50.
Evening star., 1936-03-18

Unless plan presented that takes the signs that
the and that If
New Deal wins they will be in line for drastic changes
tcopyrght 1850
Evening star., 1936-03-18
The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LoNGwoRTH

MERE direct quotes only and third hand hints
Nevertheless impression trickles the White House
that eAmericaover schemes can't anywhere the
Evening star., 1936-03-18
BACKGROUND

OHJhOROCND-
Current investigation No. I on
Capitol Hill is that OF Senate group
inquiring into actipities OF special
interests Uho haze attempted to
influence public spirited legislators.
Spirited battle from, Chicago ld,u
firm and Pa6lisher Hearst has
brought committee into courts and
created real issue as to potDer of
courts us. pot1er of Senate commit
tee.
Among other headline deuelop-
ments iDds one that sir members
OF Congress spent last Summer NTH
utilities lobbyist, iDtile numerous
Others pere occasional guests.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
JAFS|E PRAYS
FOR SOUL OF
HAUPTMANN

NEW YORK, April 4 Q.N.S).
In the quiet Of his own bedroom,
DR.. John F. Condor dropped hum
bly, to his knees and prayed to
God for the repose Of the soul Of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the
man whom ne swore It Pennington
was Graveyard John" the
Lindbergh baby kidnaper.
It was Immediately after hear
ing Of Hauptmann's death last
night that the famous "Jafsie" Of
the ransom negotiations shut him
self up in his room.
Friends of the Condor family
told about 1t today.
When, at last, he rejoined his
family, after his prayers, the r.
year-old educator had q calm al
most benign expression on his
face.
He said solemnly:
II have done my duty. MY
conscience Is clear"
In those tense, intermfnable mo-
ments thai preceded Hauptmann's
march to the lethal chair, DR.. Con-
don, members of his family and
few close friends sat in the Con-
don living room. The radio, which
blareS forth almost constantly in
the Condor home, was silent.
No one wanted to talk about the
climax to the stirring drama in
which JaSfie had played such q
prominent role, but somehow 1t
seemed they couldn't help doing so.
Reporters, who had been listen
ing to radios in their cars outside,
knocked on the door Of the Condor
home and informed q member Of
the family that Hauptmann had
died. The educator expressed dis
appointment over the carpenters
continued silence.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
HOFFMAN TO PUSH LEGISLATIVE PROBE IN KDNAP CASE
GOV. HOFFMAN
IS GRIM AS
BRUN0D|ES

TRENTON, N. j., April 4
Q.N.S0.-Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann Is dead and the fight OF
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, the
amazing little Napoleon" Of
New Jersey, to save him is over.
Hoffman, who turned the
Hauptmann case topsy-turvey with
a succession of startling and
sensational maneuvers, met his
Waterloo" last night when he
finally surrendered to the legal
advice of Attorney General David
T. Wilentz.
Then, nearly two hours later
long after Hauptmann had
paid the debt the law said he
owed for the kidnapping and muir
der Of the Lindbergh baby-the
little Napoleon" retired to his
home.
Governor Guarded
Leaving his office, he looked
neither to the right nor the left.
Straight down the main street
he STROBE between a Iedge of
policemen, elbo wing q path
through crowds of people.
Governor Hoffman may have
more tricks up his sleeve today,
but last night at 7:35 p. m.-just
Is minutes before the juice was to
be shot through New Jerseys cleo
trio chair in State prison-he
found nothing there but his cuff.
The governors secretary made
the announcement-there was
nothing the governor could do TO
save Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Keeps Silence
Reporters dashed out to flash
the news and go to the prison,
scene of the next development.
Only few remained in the gov
ernor's outer office.
Finally the word came from the
prison:
Hes gone."
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
CREMATION SET
!. FOR BRUNO

NEW YORK, April 4 G.N.sJ,
The body Of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann will be cremated, and
his ashes will be carried across
the ocean by his widow and scat
tered in the German forest in
which he romped as a child, Mrs
D. C. Werner, wife Of one Of the
executed mans spiritual advisors,
asserted today.
Mrs. Werner declared Haupt.
man had expressed a desire for
cremation to her husband two
days before he was electrocuted
Mrs. Werner said: ..
''He said he wanted the ashes
scattered in the woods In
Saxony, Germany. He asked
his wife to carry them across
the ocean in . vase.
Gamma plans to carry ont his
request, but when she win leave,
I do not know. She said she
would return to America be-
cause she loves this country
even though it took her hus-
bands life"
Mrs. Werner, an Austrian by
birth, shares with her husband
the belief that Hauptmann wa
innocent Of the crime for which
he died.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
By KENNETH T. DOWNS

TRENTON, N. j., April 4
G.N.S0 telephone jangles and
a deathly silence falls over the
room as a young man picks up the
receiver.
There is a haggard. reddish.
haired woman in the room with
four nervous young men.
The time is $50 p. m.
Her face so white that the
freckleS stand out in livid contrast,
the reddish-haired woman holds
her breath as the young man
listens to the voice on the tele-
phone wire.
Eyes. u. yes. yes. all right.
GOOd-by.. :"
He, too, is pale.
The woman'S eyes are bullying
as the young man hangs UP. He
turns to face her.
One Look Is Enough
But he doesn't have to say any
thing. One look at his face Is
enough for the woman, who Is
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann.
Her scream is heard throughout
that part Of the hotel:
ooh my God! They've done
it! They've done it! Oh why
did they have to do it,"
It is a cruel scene. Auna Haupt.
mann has just been made q
widow by the New Jersey State
prisons squat electric chair. The
ex-waitress, the plain but honest
drudge, Is paying heavily for hay
ing married a man who was to be-
come the worlds most notorious
criminal.
To her he is no criminal. She
cannot understand that. He Is her
husband, the father of her flaxen-
haired, two-year-old son. She be-
lieves in him to the end. She
ShriekS:
ooh, my poor Richard"
The young men newspaper re-
porters who have befriended her
AL U44c AAOO4O VI 4AC4 SO44C4 A4SS VI
to calm her, but she turns on them
savagely, Historically.
II thought you said it couldn't
...I thought there was q chance
-. they told me :"
GOES TO PIECES
Going to pieces completely she
threw herself on the bed and
sobbed as though her entire life
was shattered. Her cheap, but
spring suit seemed strangely in.
congruouS at this moment.
While her newspaper friends
tried vainly to calm the pathetic
woman, there was a rap on the
door. ..7.
In came two more men. They
were her late husbands lawyers,
c. Lloyd Fisher and Judge Fred
erick A. Pope, who fought with
every weapon at their command
for a year and a half to prevent
what had just happened over in
the death house.
Tears coursed down Fishers
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
Bru1lO's Wife Faithful
And Hopeful to Last

cheeks, too, and his athletic shoul-
derS were bent like al old mans,
He put his hand gently on her
shoulder and mumbled not very
coherently:
"Anna, I'm sorry. We did all
we could. We must buck up"
He couldn't say much, but Mrs,
Hauptmann was Gained some
what. She sobbed her thanks to
the lawyers.
Ministers Arrive
Her husbands spiritual advisers,
solemn and dressed in black,
entered the room. They have
Just come from out there" where
they took Richards last message
and accompanied him down the
"last mile"
Everyone slipped out of the
room so that the men Of God
could tell her the last words her
husband sent to her and her son.
When they left she was calm,
though weak almost to the point
of collapse. She sent out a
statement to reporters. It said l.:
"My faith in my husband is
unfaltering. / know that he
has passed away like a Christ
ian who believed in his God
and his Saviour.
"He has not passed out of
life as q kidnaper or a MUIR
derer, but as an honest man.
I feel not ashamed, but / am
proud of him.
TRUTH WILL BE KNOWN
81 know that the truth will be
known, and that his innocence
will come to light. Therefore, I
can rest assured and be at peace
with my God, even at this time,
while / know that the murderers
who have pui him, an innocent
man, to death, will never find
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
FISHERS FIGHT
GRIM TO END

TRENTON, N. j., April 4
GN.SD.-C. Lloyd Fisher, the
fiery little country lawyer of
Pennington who has won world.
wide attention through his battle
for Bruno Richard Hauptmann,
fought to the very last minute
for his client.
Three hours before the time
set for the execution he had Mrs.
Hauptmann sign a kidnapping
complaint against another man,
Paul Wendell. When the cover.
nor failed to grant a reprieve
on the basis of that last, DIES.
perate measure, he rushed to the
State Prison for a last farewell
with the enigmatic Hauptmann
But even then he had not given
up. Even as Warden Kimberling
was giving the signal for the line
Of official witnesses to begin their
solemn march to the execution
chamber Fisher called him and
pleaded:
"Please wait until have a
chance to try few more calls,
maybe something can be DONE"
Kimberling gently pushed him
aside. Fisher rushed blindly out
Of the prison, tears flowing down
his cheeks. To reporter he said :
That man was innocent of
murder. I'll fight to the end of
my days to find the real solution
Of this crime and bring the
guilty persons to their just pun
iShment," 90
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
HIS SON PLAYS
ASBRUN0D|ES

NEW YORK, April 4 UN.S).
While Bruno Richard Hauptmann
was dying in the electric chair at
Trenton, his 21a-year-old son,
Manfred, who was named after
the famous German war ace,
Manfred Won Richtofen. was
playing with a toy engine in an
apartment here.
A few minutes before Haupt-
menn shuffled down the last
mile" Manfred looked up from
his toys and said to two volun-
teer nurses:
''Kiss mama and papa for
me-"
The nurses were Ruth and
Lydia Werner. aged 20 and II,
respectively. daughters Of Rev.
D. G. Werner. one of Haupt'
mann's spiritual advisors.
They have been caring for the
child during the past several weeks
so that Mrs. Anna Hauptmann
might remain in Trenton.
Mannfred's regular bedtime IS
1880, the two girls said, and
ordinarily he would have been
asleep at the time his father died.
But last night he seemed wide
awake and Ruth and Lydia let
him play until after 9 o'clock.
A radio was kept turned on in
the house, so the two girls could
hear the news from Trenton. But
the golden-haired child heard
nothing
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
BRUNO GAME
SAYS WARDEN

TRENTON, N. j., April 4
Q.N.S0.-Bruno Richard Haupt.
mann died very game" Col.
Mark o. Kimberling, principal
keeper at the State prison, assert
ed today. He said:
"Hauptmann did not say any
thing either before he was
brought out or when he en-
tered the death chamber. He
died very game"
He added that the executed
murderer of the Eindbergh baby
had told his spiritual adviser,
Rev. John Matthiesen, to, thank
Governor Hoffman and Mr.. Kim.
berling for everything they have
done for me-"
The Washington times., 1936-04-04

peace as long as they have not
atOned for the crime and re-
pented before man and before
God.
"TheJ have taken away from
me my faithful husband, and q
loving father from my child"
The widow left a few minutes
afterward for New York where her
baby is staying.
Anna Hauptmann was faithful
to her husband to the very end,
Her blind loyalty and devotion
was never demonstrated aAy better
than on his last day on this earth.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
STILL THINKS
HAUPTMANN
TRAINED

TRENTON. N. j.. April 4 GIN.
E3.-Bruno Richard Hauptmann,
the man, is dead-but the Bruno
Richard Hauptmann cause" lin
gered on today.
Out Of the mad fight to save
the convicted slayer Of the Lind
bergh baby. which has ragged
since last November, throwing
New Jersey politics into virtual
chaos. this cause" was born.
Now that Hauptmann Is dead,
there still remained to be disposed
Of today Governor Hoffman's
threatened legislative investiga.
ton Of the entire Lindbergh case
and kidnapping charges against
Paul H. Wendell, diSbarred Tren-
ton attorney.
Probe Threatened
Governor Hoffman, it was re-
ported today, Is still convinced
that parts of the case against
Hauptmann were framed" and
that the entire Lindbergh case has
not been solved. He will, one Of
his aides declared, go ahead with
O threatened legislative inquiry
and may attempt to "break" Ger.
tain officials who assisted In the
arrest and prosecution Of Haupt-
mann.
AS for the Wendell case, it was
believed the kidnapping charges
will be dropped quickly now that
Hauptmann il dead.
Wife Signs Complaint
The charges were made late
yesterday afternoon In Fleming
ton, Mrs. Anna Hauptmann sign
ing the complaint.
This action was C desperate,
last minute move on the part Of
the Hauptmann defense to delay
the execution by forcing possible
grand jury investigation Of the
Wendell case and thus giving Gov
0rnor Hoffman an excuse for
granting reprieve.
Governor Hoffman did not grant
the reprieve. Thus, as Wendell can
no longer serve her interests, Mrs.
Hauptmann will drop her COM
plant, it was believed.
Details Of the dramatic eleventh
hour attempt Of the governor to
find way Of staying Hauptmann'S
death last night leaked out today.
Hoffman Argues
The governor called Attorney
General Wilentz into his office at
about $50 o. m. and for two hours
used every argument, threat and
plea at his command to persuade
the attorney general to join him
IN issuing another reprieve.
He warned Wilentz he would
fight the Hauptmann case to q
finish, even after the condemned
mans death.
Wilentz shrugged and held his
ground. The governor argued:
81 just want to keep him alive
until we can finish the in
vestigatiOn and settle all doubts.
It will do no one any harm, II
he continues to live. am not
satisfied with the present sOlu-
ton Of this case"
WILENTZ FIRM
But Wilentz, grim and de-
termined, refused to bend. He
was quoted by one Of his aides as
saying:
"The court and jury were
satisfied with the present sOlu'
ton Of this case-and that Is
what counts. The other courts,
all higher, said the trial was
fair and = just one. There is
no reason why this cold
blOOded murderer should be
spared any longer.
"YOu can do what you want
to about it, but I will not be
. party to any reprieve. That
anSwer-and made up my
mind some time ago It would
be my answer when you
needed me-is final"
The argument continued until
7::30 p. m. Then the Governors
secretary announced the Cover
nor had conceded defeat: that
there would be no reprieve and
that Hauptmann'S execution
just 80 minutes away at that
time-would be carried out on
schedule.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
Rio Mayor Held

RIO DE JANEIRO. April 4
GN.S0.-Military police today
held Mayor Pedro Ernesto Bap-
tista of Rio de Janeiro under ar
rest in police barracks, charged
with completely in the Communist
revolution of last November.
The Washington times., 1936-04-04
Botdnists Invite
Prof. H. H. Bartlett

H. H. Bartlett, Professor Of Bot
any, University of Michigan, will
address the Botanical Society of
Washington at its annual banquet
at $50 p. m. April IA, at the Ken
nedy-Warren Hotel.