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SENATE GROUP PUTS 0. K. ON FINANCE BILL President’s Reconstruction Measure Leaps First of Hurdles. ASSAILED BY M'FADDEN ‘Opens Treasury Back Door,' Says Hoover Foe; Loan Bribes Hinted. I* ts f, nited I'rt&H WASHINGTON. Jan. s.—As the senate banking and currency subcommittee voted to make a favorable report on the $2,000,000 Reconstruction Finance Corpora'tion, Representative McFadden (Rep., Pa.) today launched a bitter offensive against President Hoover's measure before the house finance committee. McFadden, former chairman of the committee, said the corporation "actually would open the back door to the treasury” by taking over '.he duties originally assumed by the $500,000,000 National Credit Corporation formed last spring by bankers to meet financial emergencies. McFadden's attack came during committee questioning of Eugene Meyer, federal reserve board governor, on the practicability of the proposed legislation, with Meyer urging quick action. Present at Parley "As you know,” McFadden said, "I was present at the White House conference last summer at the time announcement’ of the national credit corporation was made. At that time it was assumed this corporation would be competent to handle the situation. "Now', I observe, that after three months of operation that corporation is asking only 10 per cent of the subscriptions pledged by the banks that joined.” Meyeh da observed earlier that the National Credit Corporation recently asked $50,000,000 from subscribers, butt commented that this does not indicate the enteir amount of the credit corporation’s wqrk. “Not Very Active” "There has been a general impression that, the National Credit Corporation has not been very active,"! McFadden continued. I am asking you whether the' bankers who formed it did not hold | off to avoid the responsibility and 1 let, it, be taken by the reconstruct I tion corporation, which is the pub-’ lie generally, and which actually is opening the back door to the treasury.” "That is not my impression,” Meyer said. Meanwhile, hints of irregular practices and even bribery found their way into testimony at the senate finance committee's investigation of foreign loans, but stoutly were denied by Clarence Dillon, the witness. as far as Dillon, Read & Cos., international bankers, are concerned. Asks About Bribe. Senator Hiram Johnson (Rep., Cal.) asked Dillon whether the minister of finance of Bolivia had been accused of accepting a $40,000 bribe in connection with a loan in which Dillon, Reed Sc Cos. participated. Dillon said he did not know. Dillon denied his company competed for South American loans, saying, "we declined to bid and carried on all negotiations directly with the governments. Otto Kahn of Kuehn. Loeb Sc Cos., testified M'”day there was keen competition. Both domestic and foreign groups with outstanding bonds are buying up their obligations whenever they have the cash, in the present low market, Dillon asserted. Crerman borrower, he named particularly, as being engaged in this operation. Senator Johnson replied, "that is impossible because we had to give the Germans a moratorium.” "I am speaking of German industrial concerns.” Dillon answered. There is no moratorium for them.” Secretary of Navy Adams today personally indorsed the Vinson bill railing for construction of 120 new' warships over a period of ten years, at a-cost of $616,000,000. Waits Hoover Approval Adorns told the house naval affairs committee the navy department officially w’ould Indorse the measure when and if it is approved by President Hoover and the budget bureau. He added that he personally favored the bill. The house naval affairs committee today voted unanimously to investlate rumored defects in the new navy dirigible Akron. The investigation was asked by Representative McClintic tDem.. Okla.) Representative George Huddleston (Dem., Ala.) told the senate unemployment relief committee today that thousands of men, women and children were suffering because of unemployment conditions in Birmingham. and that the situation there was "filled with dynamite.” Favors Federal Aid Huddleston said that "you can’t expect people to be reasonable under these conditions and they are resentful against every one in public office.” He favored federal appropriations for unemplovment relief. The Democratic tariff bill todav was assured right of way over ail other legislation in he house. The rules committee approved a resolution under which the tariff measure will be the continuing business of the house from the time it is brought to the floor until it is disposed of. The house ways and means committee was scheduled to begin hearings on the tariff at 2 p. m.

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Harry Young, above, who escaped after killing police at Springfield, Mo., was wounded fatally in Houston, Tex., today.

Missouri Brothers, Killer of Six, Are Shot Down in Houston, Tex. By United Press HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. s.—Police shot and bombed their way today into a house where they had trapped Harry and Jennings Young, Missouri outlaws accused of six deaths, and found Jennings dead, and Harry fatally wounded. Examination of the bodies showed that Jennings was killed by a buckshot charge from one of the officers. Officers and physicians believed that Harry Young shot himself. The men, sought since Saturday in one of the southwest's greatest man hunts, after the slaying of six Springfield (Mo.) officers were cornered in the house when Houston police were informed that they were hiding there. Officers hurled tear gas bombs and poured volleys of shots through windows and doors of the little cottage. Then detectives, groping through ths gas found the two men lying in the bathroom. Jennings had been shot through the head, Harry in the chest. Police Chief Percy Heard, one. of the first to enter the house, said it appeared that the men had shot themselves when they realized they could not escape. Identification of the brothers was made positive by Bobby Ellis, police identification expert. The Youngs previously were reported to have separated from two other members of the gang in the (Turn to Page Two)

BRIAND AGAIN ILL Heart Stroke Is Second in 24 Hours, Report. By United Press PARIS, Jan. s.—Aristide Briand, France’s man of peace, was reported critically 111 today. According to well founded report, he suffered his second heart stroke within twenty-four hours. Denials came from his associates, but it was understood generally throughout Paris that his condition was critical. RED CROSS OFFERS TO DISTRIBUTE U. S. WHEAT Payne Ventures No Opinion on Wisdom of Relief Proposal. By t nitrd Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. John Barton Payne, national chairman of the American Red Cross, informed the house agriculture committer today that his organization was prepared to undertake distribution of federal farm board wheat to families in distress. Payne, appearing at hearings on the Jones bill to authorize immediate distribution of 20.000.000 bushels of government wheat, declined to express an opinion regarding the wisdom of such a step, but said the Red Cross was "perfectly willing to accept the responsibility of handling the wheat.” The Jones bill is somewhat similar to the Capper wheat distribution bill which passed the senate Monday. ‘ ROSENWALD IN RELAPSE Chicago Philanthropist Expected to Rally, Doctor Reports. By United Press CHICAGO, Jan. s—Julius Rosenwald, ailing philanthropist and head of Sears, Roebuck & Cos., was in slightly worse condition today, but is expected to rally. Dr. Herbert Pollack, his physician, said today.

KILLERS OF LONG AGO, PALS IN PRISON, FIGURE NOW IN MYSTERIOUS DEATH

TWO killers, who met and formed a friendship in prison—and years later, long after both were set free, lived together in the same house—were central figures seam today in a death mystery. One is dead, the victim of three bullets. The other, in whose house the slain man was found, says his friend probably killed himself. But state arson investigators, tracing the history of Charles R. Hunger, 72, formerly of Indian-

PLOT CHARGED BY VEHLING IN COURT REPLY , —- Newspapers, Grand Jurors and Business Rivals Are Attacked. ‘PUBLIC MIND WARPED’ Indictment Is Held Due to Built-Up Prejudice, by Defense Counsel. Taking the offensive against the charge that he solicited a bribe, Coroner Fred W. Vehling attacked grand jurors, Indianapolis newspapers and prosecutor’s office attaches in an abatement plea filed today in criminal court. Due to filing of the plea, the coroner's arraignment was delayed, and arguments on the plea will be heard by Judge Frank P. Baker at 7:30 p. m., Jan. 14. Tentative trial date was set as Jan. 25. The court hearing was marked by a verbal skirmish between Vehling’s counsel and the court, which ended when Baker reiterated that he “would send a public official to prison for violation of the law as well as any one else.” The plea, filed by Fred W. Barrett, attorney, and read in the courtroom, charges that through the influence of conspirators and the press the public mind was warped, resulting in prejudice against the coroner and subsequent indictment of the official. Hits Jury’s Authority It was set out that the grand jury had no authority to investigate alleged law violations of the official and charged Miss Beatrice Gohman, grand jury stenographer, w'ith issuance of a subpena against Miss Minnie Sartor, clerk in Vehling’s office. This writ resulted in the clerk bringing coroner’s records before the grand jury for investigation. The plea charged records were obtained during Vehling s absence and he is not required to testify against himself or submit evidence against himself to the jury. Charges that names of witnesses and information of the grand jury proceedings were given daily to newspapers also are contained in the plea. It was alleged Miss Gohman s conduct prejudiced the grand jury, and newspaper disclosures against Vehling "influenced and reacted in the public mind.” Blamed on Prejudice If this prejudice had not been prevalent, an indictment w’ould not have been returned, the attorneys told the court. Vehling was the victim of an effort of the conspirators to obtain his resignation and permit or arrange for appointment of his successor, it was alleged. Threats of grand jury action against Vehling, unless he withdrew as coroner, also were made, the statement charged. The “conspirators” were described as persons of malicious intent and (Turn to Page Two)

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apolis. who died of gun wounds on Monday in the residence of Ellis Wood, near Delphi, are prepared to present clews that may turn the tragedy into a murder probe. Hunter has made his home with Wood since last November. An investigation of Hunter's death has been begun by Dr. C. W. Hunter, Carroll county coroner. Discovery that details of an arson plot are being given state officials may have caused a killing, it is intimated,

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1932

Break on Rate Cut War Near South Side Clubs Chafe at Delay, Call for Hearing at Once. Withdrawal of South Side Civic Clubs’ representatives from conferences between Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan's utility rate committees and utility heads, and demand for immediate hearing before the public service commission, loomed today. Walter C. Rothermel, chairman of the South Side clubs’ utility subcommittee and member of Sullivan's committees, today announced that he will call a meeting at once of his south side group to propose this action. “T don’t think we are getting anywhere in these informal conferences with heads of the light and water companies,” Rothermel said. Can’t Get Fgures “When the mayor’s committees decided to try arbitration w'ith the utilities, H. K. Cuthbertson, public service commissioner, promised there w'ould be no long, drawn out sessions, but much time has elapsed and w r e have gotten nowhere.” The committee is unable to obtain testimony from coal operators on ! prices, in its efforts to prove -the light company is paying a holding company an excessive price for coal, Rothermel said. "But, with formal hearings set before the commission, we could bring the operators into the hearing with subpenas and get the needed figures,” he added. Meetings Is Slated “£lso, with hearings before the | commission, we could obtain audit and appraisement figures on the light and water companies at once.” Rothermel said he and Edward H. Knight, city corporation counsel, and James E. Deery, city attorney, were to meet with light company officials late today to read original copy of the company’s coal contract. The mayor’s committtee was shown only a purported copy of the contract previously, he said. WINTER TO AWAKEN Colder, Snow, High Winds on City’s Menu. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 39 10 a. m 42 7 a. m..... 39 11 a. m..... 42 Ba. m 40 12 (noon).. 42 9 a. m 41 1 p. m 43 Winter is scheduled to take a poke at Indianapolis in the next twentyfour hours. Weather bureau forecasters predicted the cold rain of today will be : snow flurries by Wednesday and strong, shifting winds will make the weather change seem more severe. By Wednesday night the mercury is expecetd to slide to between 25 and 30 here, while northern Indiana ; will feel temperature nearer 20. . Indiana, according to J. H. Armington, bureau chief, is in the path of a storm originating in northwestern Arkansas and headed northeast.

In October, 1914, Hunter was sentenced to the Indiana state prison at Michigan City for the murder of James Bain, operator of a saloon at 1042 Virginia avenue. He served six years, and was paroled. nun WHILE in prison, he met Wood and tlieir friendship continued after Wood, a convicted murderer, also had obtained a parole, and both had been discharged from the prison. In August, last year, Hunter

COURT BATTLE LAUNCHED FDR PRESS LIBERTY Newspaper in Tennessee Takes Fight to Kentucky Appeals Tribunal. JUDGE BARS REPORTERS News-Sentinel Must Retract ‘Slanderous’ Statements, Jurist Rules. The first article of the sei ries by John Moutoux on conditions in the Harlan mine | strike zone appears today on Page 5. BY FOSTER EATON United Press Staff Corresnondent MT. STERLING, Ky„ Jan. 5. The fight for free speech and freedom of the press in Kentucky has been carried to the state court of appeals from Judge Henry R. Prewitt, who has barred representatives of the Knoxville News-Sen-tinel, a Scripps-Howard newspaper, from his court. The newspaper filed formal notice Monday night in Prewitt’s Montgomery county circuit court that it would seek a writ of prohibition to set aside his ruling excluding its representatives until the paper retracted alleged “libelous, slanderous, false statements.” Judge Prewitt's action grew out of editorials published by the newspaper on the Harlan (Ky.) coal mine labor war, with its resultant conspiracy to murder cases, transferred to this county, 200 miles from the scene of the slaying. Contempt Action Dropped John T. Moutoux, staff correspondent of the News-Sentinel was sent here to cover the first of those conspiracy to murder trial. Upon conviction of the defedendant. William B. Jones, mine union official, the newspaper said in an editorial: “Any fair-minded man who followed the testimony in the Jones trial might wonder in his own mind whether he was convicted of conspiracy to murder, or because he was a labor leader.” Judge ‘Prewitt cited Moutoux in contempt of court, but later dismissed the contempt action. The court ruled, however, that the News- j Sentinel could not be represented ! here unless it apologized and re- ! tracted the statement. Prosecution Counsel J. B. Snyder then declared Moutoux’s presence here “odious to the commonwealth” and submitted an affidavit demand- j ing Moutoux show cause why he should be permitted to cover Judge I Prewitt’s court. Bars Another Reporter To make a test case, the NewsSentinel Monday asked that Jack; Bfyan, another reporter, be permitted to report the court proceedings.; Judge Prewitt denied the request. Moutoux appeared Monday night: “to show cause,” but his counsel, WJ H. Townsend of Lexington, suggest- 1 ed to the court that in view of his ruling on the Bryan petition the Moutoux hearing was unnecessary. “I want to hear what Mr. Snyder has to say about this man,” the court replied. “I may want to find him in contempt of court yet.” Snyder was called as the only witness of the commonwealth against Moutoux. Snyder represented Moutoux as declaring on several occasions that he did not think the Harlan defendants were receiv- i ing a fair trial. The prosecution • counsel told of an incident when a fellow-prosecution attorney was told ! by Judge Prewitt not to "Mr.” a! Negro witness in his court. "Moutoux told me he didn't see what show a man had under those circumstances, that he wanted to| see the defendant get a fair trial, and that he wasn't getting it,” Sny- j der said. Thinks Judge I* Fair Moutoux denied saying Judge; Prewitt was unfair, but contended . he had said and had written that i in his judgment Judge Prewitt was the fairest judge he ever saw on a labor case. He never criticised the court, he said, but he did criticize the prosecution's final argu-, ment, in one of the cases as "unfair.” Phillip Kinsley, staff correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, who covered the Jones’ trial with Moutoux, testified that Moutoux several times had commented upon the court’s fairness. He cited instances. “Personally I am very much In favor of a free press and freedom of speech,” the court said, in finally ruling on the case, "but I think such editorials are unfair to this court and other Kentucky courts. “I have no feeling in the matter, and. as far as I know, this man is all right. But so long as he works for this paper, he can not report in this court until it retracts its libelous, slanderous, false statements.”

was separated from his wife, who now lives in Beech Grove, according to Charles McDonald and Virgil Quinn, arson investigators for the state fire marshal's office. The Hunters divided their property, the wife taking a residence at 1114 Arnolda street, and Hunter taking an automobile and a farm, on which there is a mortgage. Several months ago the state fire marshal's office received a letter from Wood, revealing a purported plot by Hunter to bum the Arnolda street house, which

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Isabel, Alaskan malamute, shown in one of her “glittering" moods at the city dog pound just before her bluff was called. A BUNCH of dogs was whooping it up in the dog pound’s salon; The "mutt” that chawed on a T-bone rare was chawing on and on; When out of the pack, which was hairy and grim, and into the barking blare, Came a stranger, fresh from the north, dog-dirty and loaded for bear. She sniffed long and loud at the T-bone rare, then gritted her teeth in a grit of despair; There was none could place the stranger’s face, though they searched themselves for a clew', An£ they all backed aw'ay from the bone so rare, except the "mutt” known as "Lou.”

AND that’s why today, at the city dog pound, Isabel, the. pound's Alaskan malemute, shrinks deeper in the hole she dug for herself beside the pound’s kennels. Isabel met her “Waterloo” in a "mutt” known as “Lou.” Before, Isabel was the queen of the pound. Her beefsteaks were her very own. No hound or Airedale dared to go near her gritting teeth as she protected her meal. But today "Lflji” called her bluff just as the doggerel, with apologies to Robert Service, intimates. "Lou” looked Isabel of the North in the eye. She gritted a meaner set of molars than Isabel grits in the photo, and Isabel backed down. And w'herever the canines congregate in the dog pound’s salon today, they talk of Isabel showing the "white feather.”

TALK TERMS Hoover, Geneva Delegates Meet at White House. B</ United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—President Hoover today began consultation with the members of the American delegation to the Geneva arms limitation conference. Charles G. Daw'es, American ambassador to Great Britain, and head of the delegation, and Norman Davis. member of the delegation, met with him immediately after breakfast today and discussed the program. DAWES NOT CANDIDATE Refuses Name on Presidential Lists in Home State. Bp United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. s.—Charles G. Daw'es, former Vice-President and now ambassador to Great Britain told the United Press today that under no circumstances would he approve the entry of his name in the presidential primaries in Illinois. Reports have been current that certain political leaders desired that his name be entered. BLACKMER CASE UP High Tribunal Considers Appeal on Teapot Dome Fine. Bp United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—The supreme court was expected to hear argument today on the appeal of Harry M. Blackmer, Oklahoma oil magnate, exile in France, from the proceedings by #vhich he was fined $60,000 for failing to testify in the Teapot Dome oil lease cases.

has been vacant for some months. The investigators found a torch, which had been described in the letter, placed between joists in the house, and ready to be touched off. u n n THE state officers since then had been watching for Hunter to show up at the place to burn it. A few days ago. another letter came from Wood. Investifators went to Delphi to see Wood, meeting him in an old shack in a farm near his residence.

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PRE-SHOW AUTO SALES INCREASE Large Concerns Report Heavy Gains. Bp United Press DETROIT. Jan. 5. —Gathering impetus for the annual show, starting Jan. 9, the automotive industry today w'as listing increased production and sales for December. Graham-Paige. with twice as many orders as last year, reported the largest December production since 1925. Officials said output of its “blue streak” model exceeded all previous records for eight-cylinder models in one month. The Buick Motor Company/ a division of General Motors, stepped up production to ship 11,629 cars in the month, almost twice as many as were placed on the market during December, 1930. Reo Motor Company reported the shipment of 692 cars and trucks. Production at the Hupp Motor Car factories increased to a figure almost three times that of the corresponding period a year ago. A total of 1,044 cars, compared with 327 for December, 1930, were shipped last month. A. R. Erskine, president of the Studebaker corporation, announced sales of Studebaker and subsidiaries w'ere 13 per cent above the December average for the last five years. VOTE ON CON GRESSMA N Only Vacant House Seat at Stake In New Hampshire Election. Bp United Press MANCHESTER, N. H.. Jan. 5. Some 50,000 voters in New' Hampshire’s First district today were expected to elect a successor to the late Congressman Fletcher Hale, thus filling the only vacant seat in the house of representatives. The Republican candidate w’aj former Governor John H. Bartlett: the Democrat, William N. Rogers, lawyer and former Dartmouth football player, w’ho represented the district in 1922. AUNT OF COOLIDGE - 1 DIES Mrs. Gratia Miller Succumbs at Home of Daughter. Bp United Press SALISBURY, Vt., Jan. s.—Mrs. Gratia Wilder, 88, maternal aunt of former President Calvin Coolidge, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Geneva Kelley. Mrs. Wilder was stricken after breakfast. Her husband John, known as "Uncle John,” died at their Plymouth home a few months ago.

The arson probers have advanced the theory that Hunter "got wise” to the fact that some person was “informing” on him, and that he may have been killed in an altercation. They believe Hunter intended to bum the Indianapolis house for revenge against his wife for leaving him. McDonald and Quinn are ready to place facts m their possession before the Carroll county grand jury, if the death case goes before it, j*

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TOKIO REGRETS ATTACK MADE ON U.S. CONSUL Formal Expression Given by Ambassador at Washington. INCIDENT NOT CLOSED Stimson to Await Further Report From Envoy in Far East. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. s.—Japan today expressed to the United States government its regret over the attack made at Mukden upon American Consul Culver B. Chamberlain. Japanese Ambassador Debuchl, acting upon instruction from Tokio, called at the state department at noon to make the expression of regret. Secretary of State. Henry' E. Stimson retired immediately to a closed conference with members of the American delegation to the Geneva disarmament conference without giving any indication as to whether the expression of regret was satisfactory to this government. Awaits Full Report The secretary, through a state department spokesman, explained he had not received a full diplomatic report on the assault on Chamberlain. When this report is received, he said, he expects to see Debuchi again. Emerging from the secretary's office Debuchi met reporters. “I have only a short statement to make,” he said. "Acting under instructions from my government in Tokio, I have expressed to the secretary of state its sincere regrets for the unfortunate occurrence at Mukden.” Previously the Japanese consul at Mukden had expressed regret to the American consul there. Attacked by Soldiers The attack on Chamberlain was by three Japanese soldiers early Sunday morning. He was traveling from the American consulate to the railroad station at Mukden to board a train for Harbin. He was beaten despite the fact that, he displayed identification cards and an American diplomatic passport. Debar,hi's action today marks the first time in some years that another government has been called on to offer regrets to the United States for an untoward incident. This country had the same experience last winter, when Stimson apologized to the Italian government for discourteous remarks about Premier Mussolini made by MajorGeneral Smedley Butler, recently resigned marine officer.

Commission Approved Bp United Press TOKIO, Jan. s.—The Japanese government’ plans today to give formal approval to the neutral commission of investigation for Manchuria, including General Frank Ross McCoy of the United States army. It was anticipated that the Chineses government likewise w'ould give its approval soon. The commission is understood to have arranged to reach the Orient by way of America, crossing to Japan and thence to Shanghai, arriving early in the spring. Start Drive on China Bp United. Press TOKIO, Jan. 5.—-Japanese troops from Chinchow advanced today on Shanhaikw'an, on the northern boundary of China proper. Capture of the city will mark the first Japanese invasion of strictly Chinese territory. It was announced that the southward movement was ordered to effect a junction w'ith a large Japanese garrison at Shanhaikw'an. recently augmented by the arrival of several Japanese warships. Heavy fighting was expected at Hungchian and Sunshang, where there are large Chinese forces. Shanhaikw'an, where the Great Wall of China meets the sea, is considerably south of what generally is regarded as Manchuria and only a short distance from the important city of Tientsin, where Japan and other foreign governments have concessions. HEIRESS’ JURY SEATED Two Alternates Also Chosen to Hear Love Killing Case. Bp United Press FLINT, Mich., Jan. 5.—A jury of fourteen men tentatively was completed today to decide the fate of Helen Joy Morgan. 28-year-old heiress, on trial for the love-tryst slaying of Leslie Casteel, her mechanic sweetheart Testimony in the trial, one of the most sensational in court annals here, was scheduled to start this afternoon with 100 witnesses summoned to appear. The fourteen men, two alternate jurors, were seated tentatively after an extra court session Monday night. Defense attorneys used eight of their fifteen permissible challenges to remove one man and seven women from the panel. 60MB GANG IS HUNTED Secret Service Men an 4 Police Push Search in East. Bp United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 5. —United States secret service men and police of half dozen eastern cities continued their hunt today for the plotters who sent bombs to Italian representatives last week. li

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