Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 191, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1931 — Page 1

SEEK BEAUTY FOR CLEW TO ‘LEGS’ KILLER 'KikT Roberts, Showgirl Pal of Jack Diamond, Flees City of Death. FIND PISTOL ON LAWN Police Hunt Maroon Car Used by Murderers in Dash From Albany. By Ini teil, Press ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 19.—An Automobile license number, a .38caliber pistol, and the secrets of a Broadway show girl were the clews today from which police hoped to trace the killers of Jack (Legs) Diamond. A maroon car, believed the one seen leaving the gangster’s rooming house shortly after he was shot to death in his bed early Friday, speeded through Saugerties, N. Y„ several hours after the slaying. The pistol, which police said was used in the shooting, was found on the lawn of St. Paul’s church here. It was wrapped in a silk handkerchief with a flashlight. Three cartridges had been exploded—the same number of shots fired into Diamond’s head. Marion <Kiki) Roberts, former Ziegfeld beauty, was sought for questioning, because it was learned that Diamond spent three hours in her apartment in a drinking orgy before he left for his room, ’’the spot” for “Legs.” Girl Goes to Boston Miss Roberts left Albany at 10 a. m. Friday for Boston, it was learned. The girl barely missed being apprehended by police here, as they arrived at the station only a few minutes after the train had departed. In addition to these clews, there is a labyrinth of trails which police will try to follow. The victim of four previous shootings, Diamond had many enemies, police declare, who would have been glad to see him dead. Some of his more important enemies police mentioned were Dutch Schultz, Bronx beer runner; Ciro Terranova, active in the malt industry in Albany, Rensselaer and Greene counties and the Spitalli brothers, Guy and Salvatore. Detectives declared that there had been no struggle in the room before Diamond was shot. Everything was in an undisturbed state, which led them to believe the gangster was shot in his sleep, or that two men participated in the killing, one holding Diamond while the other fired three bullets into his head. Lived With Showgirl Investigation revealed that Diamond had lived with Miss Roberts for the last few months in several places around Albany. Prosecutor Delaney learned that Diamond, his wife and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward Diamond, had engaged three rooms in the house of death ten days ago. They reprc J sented themselves as Mr. and Mrs. Kelly to Mrs. Laura Wood, keeper. Early Friday morning Mrs. Wood heard Diamond enter her house and go to his room. Then she dozed off, she said, and was awakened by shots. She heard the rush of feet on the stairs. Mrs. Wood waited until she heard the door bang, then she ran to a window. She said she saw a man’s hand shutting the door of a maroon sedan. Mrs. Wood called Mrs. Diamond. Mrs. Diamond planned funeral arrangements, supposedly at Maspeth, L. 1., where burial in Cavalry cemetery was announced. Body in New York By In ited Press NEW YORK. Dec. 19. Jack j (Legs) Diamond s body, in a wicker basket, was brought back to New York today in a motor hearse while his wife returned from Albany in an automobile driven by friends and went into hiding. J. C. Lynch, Albany undertaker, j accompanied the remains of the J gangster. The hearse drew up in front of the National Casket Company on East Fifty-seventh street before the offices were open, and j Lynch had to rouse one of the i company's employes to open the ; doors. Only a bored policeman and three taxicab drivers stood before the casket company's doors as the basket was carried in. “Somebody dead?” inquired one of the cab drivers. “Yeah,” answered the policeman, yawning, “a guy by the name of Legs Diamond.” “Yeah?” said the unimpressed drivers, as they strolled back to their machines. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, it was said, for at i least two reasons. One is that Mrs. i Diamond is said to be penniless. She is seeking to raise enough money to bury Legs among his onetime friends. The other is that she is awaiting r decision of the chancellory of the Roman Catholic church to permit her husband's burial in consecrated ground, New YoriTstocks Opening (By J. T. Hamill & Cos.) Am Can ~64* C 'johns Mansville 17> Air Rrd 54 : Lie <te Mvers (B) 41 Atchison :..... 89 k, Mont* Ward .. BVj Anaconda 12U N Y Central... 31 a Am For Pwr... 8 No American.. 35 Am Te! & Tel 121 V. Natl Cash Re*.. 10' 2 Auburn 139?. Penn R 2 9, Bvers A M 14 Packard 4> rhfsa Si Ohio.. 28 Sinclair Oil Fox* Flint 'At.. 3VSt Oil ot N J.. 29 Giiiene od *.:::: n^n as sfX:::: \l* as S:'Ssatl B&*BK* .7.7. iPfSySSSf*.:::: ’IfeSSSSSr..::

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Dressed up like a child of 6 going to a party, 12-year-old Edith Riley is shown above as a nurse escorted her to the Washington court where her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Riley, were convicted of cruelty. The picture shows how the girl, now weighing 57 pounds in contrast to 37 pounds on the day of her rescue, has recovered partially from the effects of the four years in which she was alleged to have been imprisoned in a dark closet.

CHINA ORDERED TO WITHDRAW TROOPS

Clothe a Child for Christmas

HE can’t hear the cold winds when they blow. He only can shiver, make motions, as the chill creeps through his shabby school clothes. He’s deaf and dumb. But he’s a boy and his eyes sparkle with the same brightness as those of other boys and he can feel, like other boys and girls. He can feel the wet damp that seeps through his tattered shoes. He can feel the lack of Christmastiae in his own home. There’ll be no warm overcoat for him unless Clothe-a-Child people take him into their hearts He is one of the numerous boys and girls clinging to the Clothe-a-Child-for-Christmas tree in hope that school months to come will not find them without underwear, coats, shoes and stockings. And if you want to light his candle on the Christmas tree, just join the Clothe-a-Child movement. ana ALL names of children are checked for worthiness and need by relief agencies of the Community Fund and the social department of the public schools. The funds relief agencies can not hope to make a supreme effort on behalf of the city’s poor at Yuletide. Their budgets must provide for poverty and poverty’s children throughout an entire year. nun STEPFING on the speed-lever the campaign reached 240 children clothed this morning. New pledges to the drive follow: Lincoln office of Indiana Bell Telephone Company, (cared for three children and took two more). Mrs. Meredith Nicholson, 5417 North Meridian street. Transportation bowling league, Pritchett alleys. Mr. and Mrs. George Sennhauser, 4157 Guilford avenue. Special Delivery department of Indianapolis postoffice. Mrs. Sam Rubin, 628 South Illinois Street. Beta chapter, Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority. Claim department, Travelers Insurance Company. Mr. and Mrs. North Side. All employes of Indiana Wheel and Rim Company (boy r.nd girl). Alpha chapter. Rho Delta sorority. In Memory of Harry S. Hilliard. Tail Gamma sorority (one eared for and took another. Powell Commission Company and employes (three children). Group of Friends of National Silk Hosiery Mills and Christensen School of Music. Circulation department of Times (cared for one boy and took another). Employes of Whitaker Press. The Lady from Argyle. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Seitz, 1019 Ruckle street. E. A. Crane agency of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (boy and girl). Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, teachers’ college. Butler university. Elmer Frankel and Miss O. M. Young (boy and girl). Fidelif Club (cared for one child and took another). Marraret Hitchcock. Hrs. Ida Wray and Francis Valentine of Knightstown, Ind. Kahn Tailoring Company (took care of three children and took a fourth one). Red Scarf Lady. A Couple of Good Advertising Guys. The X Y Z Miss. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: Southwest wind, 10 miles an hour; temperature, 49; barometric pressure, 30.20 at sea level; ceiling, overcast, moderate fog, estimated 200 ieet; visibility, three-eighths of a ovie; field, wet.

Japanese Ultimatum Calls for Full Evacuation in Manchuria. By United Press MUKDEN, Dec. 19.—The Japanese government today instructed General Shigeru Honjo, commander of the Japanese troops in Manchuria, to issue an ultimatum to the Chinese demanding that they retire within the Great Wall within a week. The general was instructed to send a messenger to Chinchow, where the last organized force of Chinese troops in Manchuria is concentrated, with the demand for withdrawal of all Chinese troops in that specific region inside the Great Wall at Shanhaikwan. Deny Partition Pact Py United Press TOKIO, Dec. 19.—Reports published in a London newspaper of an understanding between Moscow and Tokio regarding partitioning of Manchuria were denied today officially. Japanese moves to consolidate her position in Manchuria, and especially control of railways in competition with the Soviet-controlled Chinese Eastern, were believed likely to bring official comment from Moscow. A government spokesman denied that Secretary of State Stimson had presented anew communication to the foreign office on the Manchurian situation. Ambassador W. Cameron Forbes said he was not in position to discuss the matter. PORKERS DIP 5 TO 15 CENTS AT WEEK’S CLOSE Cattle, Calves Nominal to Steady; Sheep Unchanged. Hogs dipped 5 to 15 cents this morning at the Union Stockyards, showing a loss for the week. The bulk, 100 to 325 pounds, sold for $4 to $4.10; early top holding at $4.20. Receipts were estimated at 4,000; holdovers were 103. Cattle were nominal with receipts of 50. Vealers showed a steady trend at $6.50 down. Calf receipts numbered 100. Sheep and lambs were quotably steady at around $5.25 or better to lower. Receipts were 100. Mother of Nine Killed By Times Special VEEDERSBURG, Ind., Dec. 19. Funeral services will be held Sunday for Mrs. Rose Hershberger, 36-year-old mother of nine children, who died of injuries suffered when an automobile driven by her husband, a merchant here, collided with a truck.

New Times Series Turns Spotlight on Germany The pending action of congress on war debts and reparations, Germany’s profession of inability to pay her obligations, the coming international reparations conference being arranged by the British and French, and other developments have focused attention on Germany as the keystone in the world crisis. The economic course of the whole world apparently is due to be directly affected by what happens in Germany. With a view to finding out what is going on there; what her economic condition really is; how stable is her government; whether Hitler and his Fascists will seize power and repudiate debts; what is the strength of Hitler’s vast Fascist “army”; and other questions that every one has been asking, the United Press has sent Webb Miller, its general European news manager, into Germany as a reporter to obtain a factual account of what actually is going on as observed by an American-trained newspaper man. Miller, who did a similar job on India last year, and who has had many years of experience as a wartime and peacetime correspondent in many parts of the world, has been in Germany for the last week, gathering his data. He will remain there for some time, observing events, interviewing leaders and obtaining a comprehensive picture of Germany today. The results of his survey will be embodied in a series of articles starting in The Times Monday, Dec. 21. This series on Germany today, by an experienced American observer. should be of tremendous interest to all Times readers. s g . v "

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1931

BANDITS SENT TO PEN ON DAY OF BANK RAID Speedy Justice Is Meted Out to Trio for Robbery at Mt. Summit. SI,BOO LOOT RECOVERED Fast Work by Vigilantes Results in Capture on Yorktown Farm. By United Press MT. SUMMIT, Ind., Dec. 19. Speedy justice, which followed rapid pursuit and capture of three bandits who Friday robbed the Mt. Summit State bank of SI,BOO, today sent the three men to Indiana state prison on sentences of twenty-five years each. Within five hours after the robbery, in which Mrs. India Province, bookkeeper, was kidnaped, the bandits were cornered on a farm near Yorktown; within five more hours they had pleaded guilty to bank robbery charges at a special night session of court, and started immediately for Michigan City. I The bandits gave their names as ! Robert Stewart and Arthur Nelson, both 24 and both of Ohicago, and John Siler, 26, Dunkirk. Although heavily armed, none of the men resisted capture. All the money was recovered. Captured on Farm Mrs. Elmer Gentry, on whose farm the bandits were captured, called Sheriff Fred Pockett when she saw the men drive an auto into her yard. Puckett and two deputies hurried to the scene and surrounded them. Mrs. Province, who was forced to walk ahead of the men as they left the bank amid heavy gunfire from vigilantes, was taken as far as Daleville and released unharmed. Chester Lamb, Indiana’s leader of the vigilante plan to protect small city banks against bandits, today received the praise of Mt. Summit citizens for the quick action which resulted in the capture of the bandits. Cashier Sounds Alarm Lamb, cashier of the bank, stepped on a burglar alarm button as two of the bandits turned guns on him. The alarm, wired to the homes of vigilantes, summoned citizen police. When the bandits left the bank and sped away in a machine they were followed by a hail of bullets from revolvers, rifles and shotguns. A quickly organized posse trailed the bandits until they were captured on the larm near Yorktown. Lamb, who is state chairman of the protective committee of the State Bankers Association, has traveled throughout the state speaking in support of vigilante organizations against just such attack as was made on his bank. ROGERS JO GENEVA Hoover May Name Stimson Aid for Arms Post. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—President Hoover is considering strongly the appointment of James Grafton Rogers, asistant secretary of state, as a delegate to the world disarmament conference, the United Press learned today. Rogers, a former newspaper man, law professor and student of international affairs, has been studying disarmament problems for several months in reparation for the conference. • Secretary Stimson, according to reliable information, is the President’s choice for chairman of the delegation, but his appointment has been obstructed by several con- j sideratipns. Chief among them is ! the length of the conference. It I is expected to last at least six ! months. The only member of the delega- I tion the White House definitely has | announced is Senator Claude A. j Swanson, ranking Democrat on the ' foreign relations committee. ” Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 48 8 a. m 48 7 a. m 48 9 a. m 49

POLA NEGRI LOSES GROUND IN BATTLE TO AVERT DEATH

J-lORR.OR PASSION VAMP FURY

The triumphs, loves and tragedies of her own life are reflected in these pictures of Pola Negri, now critically ill at Santa Monica, Cal., who reached her pinnacle of fame in the silent movie days when actresses had to depend upon sheer power of expression to enact their roles. Her dark loveliness, brooding eyes, glossy black hair and full red lips brought acclaim of millions of fans, w*ho called her the “Queen of Passion.” The striking picture at the left (above) shows Miss Negri as she appeared in “One Arabian Night.” At the right (above) you see her in a recent photo. Below she is shown registering various emotions in roles from her silent films.

Relapse Suffered by Film Star Brings Fear That She Will Succumb. By United Press SANTA MONICA, Dec. 19.- -Pola Negri, film star, fought for lhe today, weakened by a relapse after she had appeared to be recovering from an illness caused by an Intestinal obstruction, and the effects of an operation for its removal. The motion picture star was reported weak and in very critical condition. She was restless and did not respond to treatment, her physician, Dr. Leo J. Madsen, said. The slight, dark-eyed star was given every aid of medical science, the facilities of a modern hospital, and the care of a staff of physicians and nurses in her battle. The relapse came as a shock to her friends. During the day she had been reported as improving, obtaining some natural sleep and suffering less pain. An official bulletin declared in a more hopeful tone that she had responded to treatment. Then, late Friday night, came the announcement that she had suffered a relapse and that her condition was extremely critical.” The operation was performed Wednesday, after the star had collapsed in great pain at her studio. The illness was declared to be aggravated by an appendix condition, and a recent attack of ptomaine poisoning.

How the Market Opened

By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Further advances were recorded on the Sto:k Exchange today with trading active. Having made up all their losses since Dec. 10 in the session Friday, the list rose fractions to more than a point today. All sections received support and buying was said to represent more than short covering. Steel common rose % to 42% and the preferred, which touched 94 recently, was at 101, up 1 point from the previous close. Gains of fractions to a point were noted in Electric Power and Light, Case, Standard Gas and Westinghcuise Air Brake, the latter aided by declaration of the regular dividend. Railroad shares moved up in response to the latest move of the carriers in posting a notice of a 15 per cent wage cut under the railway labor act pending further negotiations with the workers which were expected to result in a compromise solution of the wage question. Atchison rose to 29%, up 1%,' and others held firm around the previous close. Buying of copper metal was heavy for export today in anticipation of higher prices. Copper shares continued to advance with Anaconda and Kennecott leading, the latter rising nearly a point to 12% on a block of 3,000 shares. Chicago Stocks Opening •By James T. Hamill & Cos.) —Dec. 19Ass Tel Util 12'2 Instill com 6 Bendix Avia... 17 Insull Dfd 18 3 < Bore Warner... 10'2 Instill 6's '40... 34 1 4 Cent So Wst 5 Mo KPi Lne... 1 Cent Pub Serv A I*3 Middle West 5% Cord Corn V 2 Sbd Utilities... 1U Cont Chi com... 2>s Swift Z: Cos '.8 3 4 Cont Chi ofd.. 15 1 * Swift Int! 21*4 Comm Edison ~116 I UU S Rad & Tel. 1C 1 * Cheo Sec 3'; Ut & Indus com. 2L* Griesbv Grunow 1 Ut & Indus Dfd. 8% Elec Houshld... & Walereen Strs .. 11 ’

RAILROADS ASK HEAVYPAY CUT Unions Requested to Take 15 Per Cent Slash. By United' Press NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Railroad executives of the nation will serve formal notice on their 1,000,000 employes Monday that they “desire” to effect a 15 per cent wage cut. Later this month an executives’ committee will meet with union labor representatives in an ecort to negotiate an amicable settlement of the wage question. This was announced last night by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, chairman of a joint committee of nine representing all major trunk lines in the country. The committee met here Friday. No date has been selected for the meeting between operators and labor. Willard indicated Robertson would select the date. It was understood Dec. 28 had been selected tentatively. FOILS SUICIDE ATTEMPT OF YOUNG CITY WOMAN N Motorist Stops, Grabs Girl About to Leap From Bridge. “I’m no use in the world.” What that idea in mind, Mrs. Esther Forrester, 21, of 514 East Walnut street, Friday night poised herself on the railing of the Washington street White river bride* to leap into the water forty feet below. But Herman Rothman, 1946 Winfield avenue, a motorist, who saw the woman, leaped from his car and grabbed her. The woman struggled with Rothman and other persons who rushed to his aid, and insisted, “I want to jump in there.” Police had difficulty placing Mrs. Forrester into a squad car and several time she attempted to break away and reach the bridge. She is charged with drunkenness.

' High- Wide-Handsome ’ Poker Style Triumphs By United Press SEATTLE, Dec. 19.—The “bet-’em-high-wide-and-handsome” poker system today had emerged superior to the conservative “play-’em-close-to-the-vest” system. By a margain of twenty-two chips, “Steamboater” George Carey and “Klondike” Carl Weber achieved victory over the exponent of tight play, George Broom, the sailmaker who learned his poker on the Dawson trail in ’9B. Thus eded the poker match that has kept Seattle excited for days—for Seattle takes its poker seriously. Reporters tip-toed in and out of the playing room Friday as the session drew to an end. Steamboater George, after amassing a lead of ninety-four chips in two days of play, had turned his seat over to Klondike Carl. Sailmaker George stuck it out. He played ’em when he had ’em, and dropped ’em when he hadn’t. Klondike played ’em regardless, and bet ’em whether or no. Sailmaker George finally gave up when Klondike Carl drew to a pair of sixes, and filled a full house, drawing another six and a pair of eights. George hd held two pairs, kings and tens. Reporters held their breaths. Klondike’s sixes had looked lonely before the draw. But chance stuck to Klondike. George drew a usedeuce. Klondike threw whatever caution he migh thave been born with, into Puget Sound, and bet ’em to the skies. Cautious George stuck a while and tfeen decided he had had enough. r%

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MORATORIUM BILL PASSED BY HOUSE; VOTE IS 317-100; SENATE WILL RUSH ACTION

New York Banker Reveals Profits Made by Concern on Foreign Loans. SPIKES CRITICS’ GUNS Lamont and Mitchell Voice Confidence in Germany Before Senate Group. BY PAUL R. MALLON United Press Staff Coi respondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—The National City Company of New York made $13,392,502.21 net profit from its floating of foreign loans, Charles E. Mitchell, president of the company, told the senate finance committee today. resuming his testimony in the committee’s investigation of postwar foreign financing in the United States. With Thomas W. Lamont, head of J. P. Morgan & Cos., he gave information concerning international banking manipulations at the session Frida; 1 . Lamont and Mitchell stood before the committee as bulls on the European siutation. Their testimony helped drive the market up nearly 7 points. They expressed confidence in Germany, denied they were advocating governmental debt cancellation, and said the rumors that New York banks were loaded up with depreciated foreign bonds were spurious. Their profits, they said, were small, and Lamont apologized for his. Critics Are Baffled As the record stood at the start of the second day, Lamont and Mitchell had told everything favorable to their side, and left their critics with little ammunition to use against the Hoover moratorium or the government’s debt policies. The hearing was to have exposed them as instigators of debt cancellation and spendthrifts who threw money into Europe, on the stock market, Lamont said: “While we regard the whole question of foreign financing as an important factor in American economy, we do not deem it as of anything like the same importance as the domestic situation. “We think any concern as to unwieldly holdings of foreign securities, expressed in the last few months, generally is exaggerated. No American bank has been embarrassed by holdings of short-term German credit. If we can address ourselves to the domestic situation, the foreign situation will go far in helping to take care of itself.” Put Up to Congress Mitchell also threw responsibility on congress, saying it alone should determine whether foreign obligations due this government should be scaled down. He thought the foreign loans of the bankers had benefited this country to an extent of $13,645,000,000, counting excess of exports, interest received, foreign investments iflade here and war debt payments made possible. He estimated probably 1,500,000 persons were holding foreign securities in this country, and kept the clear impression that they would suffer, not the big bank, if anythiwng was done by the government to impair these private international loans. TARIFF PARTY BEATEN Australian Laborites Backed Rates Amounting to Embargo. By United Press CANBERRA, Autsralia, Dec. 19. —The Labor government of Premier James Scullin was defeated today in the election for anew house of representatives. Sculiin’s party advocated a high tariff, which would have been tantamount to a virtual embargo on many luxuries. Institution Head Resigns By Times Special CROWN POINT, Ind., Dec. 19. Charles Belshaw, superintendent of the Lake county poorhouse for fourteen years, has resigned, effective Jan. 1, when the majority of the ' board of county commissioners will be changed from Republicans to Democrats.

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Johnson Stands in Path of Measure, Backed by Small Group. M'FADDEN HIT AGAIN Pennsylvanian Offers to Give Proof of His Charges Against Hoover. BY THOMAS L. STOKES I’nitrd Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.—President Hoover’s foreign debt morator- ! ium was approved late Friday night by the house of representatives, 317 'to 100. The bill now goes to the senate. Senate leaders today were hope--1 ful of matching the prompt action ! at the other end of the Capitol. [ Failing this, they want to complete ! ratification at least by the time | congress recesses Tuesday for the holidays. The bill went to the senate today with a special order committing | congress against any further reduc- | tions or cancellation. This is coni tained in a reservation, which was j left, intact. The house completed action Fri- | day night after nine hours’ of debate, during which that heterogeneous body put on one of its frequent dramatic displays, with serious j speeches and horseplay well inter- ; mixed. It was one of the few times ! in its history that the house has I put through a bill in one day. Hoover Gets Credit President Hoover was given credit | lor this dispatch. He acquainted house leaders with yet publicly unrevealed developments in Europe which he regarded as requiring haste. These same factors prompt- ! ed senate leaders to act as quickly j as possible. Chairman Smoot of the senate finance committee said he would bring the ratification bill from his committee today if possible, and threatened, in the interest of speed, to hold the senate in session tonight until it is passed. Senators, however, are constitutionally less tractable than house members, and there is no guarantee of such early action. Standing across the path of speedy ratification is the belligerent figure of Senator Johnson (Repeal.), who not only is opposed to the moratorium, but also is an unrelenting foe of President Hoover. Johnson Rallies Group He has gathered about him a ! small group similar to the “irroconcilables” who staood shoulder to shoulder with him eleven years ago in the memorable battle which killed President Wilson’s dream of co-operation with the League of Nations. As from the outset, the sometimes turbulent session in the house was dominated by the solid figure of the Pennsylvania Irishman, Representative Louis T. McFadden, outlawed by Republican chieftains, deprived of his patronage powers, denounced from the floor, he returned to the fight in the closing hours of debate. He offered to prove the charges he made against President Hoover, who, he dei lared in a vitriolic house speech, was guilty of violating his oath of office. The house was thrown into a turmoil when a California Republican, Representative Free, a close friend of President Hoover, took the offensive shortly after his speech. He announced he would read a New York court of appeals decision blaming McFadden for alleged fraudulent practices in a stock transaction. Incident Is Hushed Several members who knew of the decision jumped to their feet. Confusion prevailed. Then Representative Blanton (Dem., Teix.), a parliamentary expert, took a hand. He demanded that the stenographer take down Free's words. Such request constitutes a preliminary to house action which might lead to a reprimand. Republican Floor Leader Snell hastened to Free’s side and whispered to him. Representative Crisp (Dem., Ga.) suggested that both participants withdraw their remarks and proposals. This was done, and the incident was dropped. It was a tall, strapping six-footer from Texas, anew member, Martin Dies, who summarized the whole case of the opposition In a few words. “We’ve been saving Europe for twelve years.” he shouted, rising on his toes. “Why in the name of God don’t we save America? I'm a selfish American and I admit it. Go home and read Washington’s farewell address after you pass this bill.” The picturesque Percy Quin (Dem., Miss.), who as usual loosened his collar before his oratorical effort, put it this way: “They talk about bankruptcies in Europe. Hell! We’ve got plenty of them in this country.” MILD CHRISTMAS DUE Predictions General in Midwest for Warm Weather. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—Indications that mild weather would usher in Christmas week in the midwest were given today by government weather forecasters. Predictions were general for mild temperatures throughout the west. Temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above freezing were reported from a dozen cities of the middle west. Chicago had a mark of 54 degrees, one of the warmest days on record here for the week before Christmas,

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