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MRS. M’LEAN TESTIFIES GASTON MEANS SWINDLED HER IN LINDBERGH CASE

Federal Grand Jury Hears Charge of SIOO,OOO Fraud by Sleuth. INDICTMENT IS DELAYED Bizarre Story of Activities of Detective Related by Wealthy Woman. Jl'j I nited Prrtt WASHINGTON, May 6. The United States grand jury heard from Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean today the story of how she charges Oaston B. Means defrauded her of SIOO,OOO, on representation that he could obtain the missing Lindbergh baby. The jury deferred action ort an indictment until Tuesday. Only three witnesses were examined and Means did not testify. He is held under SIOO,OOO bond, Mrs. McLean recited the story of her negotiations with Means. Nelson T. Hartson. attorney, and Gustave Grifoni. bu*ler in the McLean household, were the other witnesses. Testimony Quickly Finished Department of Justice agents and others were ready, but were not called. United States Attorney I/O A. Rover saying their evidence wss unnecessary. Presentation of the case required only fifty minutes. Mrs. McLean was dressed in black satin, shiny black straw hat and fur to match. She is in mourning for her mother who died recently. Mrs. McLean is the wealthy wife of Edward B. McLean, Washington and Cincinnati publisher. She is the owner of the famed Hope diamond, w-hich, according to legend, brings ill luck to those who possess it. Means was arrested on a warrant sworn out by the department of justice, in which he once served as a special agent under William J. Burns, famed detective. The department acted after there had been laid before it a story as strange as any mystery yarn. On March.A, three days after Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. was snatched from his crib, Mrs. McLean approached Means. She knew his record, knew that he had served two terms in Atlanta federal penitentiary, but she felt that his contacts and experience as a sleuth might enable him to bring about return of the child. Claims to Know Kidnaper Mrs. McLean conferred with Captain Emory S. Land, naval officer and cousin of Colonel Lindbergh Land secured Lindbergh's permission for Mrs. McLean to go ahead, (Turn to Page Twenty-eight)

AKRON IS INSPECTED FOR HOP TO COAST Route Still High Secret; Liner Slated to Leave Saturday. Bit nit at Prett LAKEHURST. N. J., May 6. The naval airship Akron was being inspected today in preparation lor the scheduled start of her J transcontinental flight Saturday. Departure Saturday of the huge ship will depend on weather condition'. If Commander Charles E Rosendahi considers conditions un- j safe, tne start will be delayed until j such time as they are favorable. While a definite route has not decided upon, the Akron prob- j ably will fly down the Atlantic ; roast and across the southern states, to Ei Paso, Yuma. San Diego and Sunnyvale, near San Francisco. The Sunnyvale naval air station is to be her base while on the coast. About eighty-five officers and men will be on board. AWARDS PAYMENT FOR DAMAGES TO PROPERTY Works Board Approves Bond Issue for Payment of Claims. Payment of damages to property holders whose properties were acquired tn improvement of Sixteenth street, from Delaware street to Northwestern avenue, was approved today by the works board. A bond Issue to raise $87,000 to pay damage claims and bear the city's portion of assessments on the improvement will be sold. The board also approved plans lor repairing the bridge at Twelfth street and the canal at a cost of S4OO.

O’CONNOR TO KEEP JOB Hoover to Nominate Him for New Shipping Board Term. Cj L mited Prttt WASHINGTON May 6—T V. O'Connor will be nominated by President Hoover this afternoon, for anothet term of six years as member of the shipping board. He later wih be designated to succeed himself as chairman, it was learned at the White House. He was first appointed in 1921 by President Harding and was reappointed in 1928 by President Coolidge. Hourly Temperatures 6a. n* 64 10 a. m 78 Ta. m 66 11 a, m 79 • a m 71 12 <noon>.. 78 • a. m..... 75 lpm 81

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FIEND ATTACKS, STRANGLES GIRL Toledo Dietitian Fought Hard for Life. By United' Prett TOLEDO. May 6.—The body of Miss Winifred Raffertv, pretty, brunette dietitian in Robinvvood hospital, was found early today on a front lawn that bore signs of a terrific struggle. The' gifi: Vho was 22, had been strangled to death. A fiend had criminally’attacked Her, police said. Richard Carr, son of a former banker, found the body in front of his father's home as he drove into the front drive. The body bore numerous cuts and bruises. The clothing was badly torn. Library books littered the lawn, indicating the girl had been attacked as she was returning from the pub’ic library. Torn patches of lawn showed that the girl, of sturdy nature, had put up a stout battle with her assailant she was killed. Police were unable to find any one in the neighborhood who heard or saw the attack. While admitting they had no clew as to his identity, police believed the murderer was demented. The scene of the murder is in 1 one of the most exclusive residential districts of Toledo. FUNERAL OF EDITOR’S PARENTS TO BE TODAY Father and Mother of John H. Sorrells Died Hour Apart Thursday. By t nited Prett PINE BLUFF, Ark., May 6.—A double funeral service was arranged today for Judge and Mrs. W. B. Sorrells, who died one hour apart at their home here Thursday. Burial will be at Bellwood cemetery. Judge Sorrells, 62. died of heart disease. Mrs. Sorrells died of shock when her husband was pronounced dead. Two sons and two daughters were expected here today for t,he funeral. John H. Sorrells, executive editor of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, was en route from Akron. O. Another son, W. X. Jr., is a Pine Bluff newspaper man. One daughter lives here and another in Oklahoma City. Eve Operation Is Success By United Pret LONDON, May 6.—Prime Minister Ramsay MgcDonald had "a somewhat restless night, but the condition of his eye is satisfactory,” a bulletin issued today said after an operation on MacDonald's right eye late Thursday.

— 4 Editorial The People Demand Action; the Budget Must Be Balanced

IN his economy appeal to congress Thursday, President Hoover struck Ia popular note. The people are getting impatient. They want the budget balanced. Their nerves have been frayed by months of bickering between the White House and Capitol Hill over this item and that, with the whole problem growing more muddled daily. The occasion for hair-splitting is past. The time is short. The job must be done, and done quickly. This docs not mean that ill-considered action is required. It means simply that all concerned have been studying the details for so long that both sides should have made up their minds by this time. Whatever the Democratic leaders may say. the President's message t will be accepted by the public as a call for co-operation. The President [is on solid ground in warning congress that budget balancing is essential to restoring public confidence, and that delay is making a bad depression worse. On this issue the public has become American, and ceased to be Democratic or Republican. * * m mm * IF the Democrats are wise, they will accept the President at his word He says, in rffre.. that he is willing to meet them on compromises over details, so long as the result is accomplished. In this crisis it will do the Democrats no good to charge the Presi-

Mrs. Edward B. McLean

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COLLECT SIX MILLION Monday Is Deadline for County Taxes. Six million dollars in taxes al- , ready have been collected by the; Marion county treasurer's office, it was reported today by Fay Wright, chief deputy treasurer. Between nine and ten millions remain to be collected, Wright said, and estimated that six millions probably will be collected today. Monday is the deadline for tax collections, and all payments after that date will be recorded as delinquents. ■ THOUGHTFUL LANDLADY! Outfits Laundry in Basement for Jobless Tenants to Earn Rent. By United Prett NEW YORK. May 6.—Miss Bertha Lipschitz has outfitted a laundry in her apartment basement so unemployed tenants may take in laundry, pay their rent and buy food. The laundry is “His Majesty’s Laundry” with a slogan of “Shirts Washed to a Queen's Taste." ROBIN SAVED BY SHOT Bullet Cuts Off Twig Holding String Which Trapped Bird.* By United Prett BURLINGTON. Wis., May 6.—A robin entangled in a kite string near the top of a tall elm tree was freed when Raymond Heck, an expert marksman, shot off the twig which held the string.

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Companion in Grief By United Prett WASHINGTON. May 6 —Mrs. Edward B. McLean knew something of the suffering which had befallen the Lindberghs with the kidnaping of their child. At one time her own son was kept under guard for months Even at play around the great McLean estate —nurses and guards kept him surrounded. But one day while at play the lad. 7-year-old Vinson, was near the gate of the estate. His nurses and guards wore around him. Suddenly a delivery car turned into the gate. Just at that moment, the boy dashed from the lawn into the roadway. He was struck by the car and killed.

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Veterans’ Legislation Dealt Vital Blow by Ways, Means Action. By United Prett WASHNGTON, May 6. The, $2,000,000,000 Patman soldiers bonus bill and all other bills dealing with cash payment of veterans adjusted service certificates were ordered adversely reported by the house ways and means committee today. The vote was 15 to 10. The action was severe blow to bonus advocates and left seriously in doubt the possibility of congress i taking action on such legislation during this session. Representative Wright Patman <Dem., Texas) said that the house parliamentarian had informed him that an effort to get a vote in the ; house by petition, it is not possible to succeed until Juna 13. Intention of advocates of the bonus, however, is immediately to seek the names of 145 members of the house for a petition. Representative Charles R. Crisp (Dem., Ga.), acting chairman of the committee, said he. believed that under the rules, some quicker action might be possible. Representative H. T. Rainey (Dem., HI.), majority floor leader, will file the committee's report probably Saturday. CHURCHILL ON RADIO Briton to Be Speaker in International Air Forum. By L nited Prett LONDON. May 6. —Winston Churchill will be the first British speaker in the international radio forum series sponsored by Ira Nelson Morris of Chicago. Morris announced today. Churchill's address on "The World's Economic Troubles and 1 What Should Be Done to Relieve Them," will be broadcast in the United States Sunday at 5:15 p. m., eastern standard time, by the National Broadcasting Company. ‘THE IN REVOLT G. A. R. Members, Kids of 90, Insulted by Proposal to Ride. By United Prett CHICAGO, May B.—A proposal ’ that all Grand Army of the Republic veterans ride in automobiles in the annual Memorial day parade has brought a threat of a “strike" :on the part of the veterans, most | of them 90 years old or more. They announced if they weren’t allowed to march they didn't wish to be in the parade at all.

dent with past partisanship, or the President to charge the Democrats with pest partisanship. Both sides have been playing politics—there is no secret about that. But the question now is. where do we go from here? From now on the public is going to give closer scrutiny to partisanship, regardless of its party tag. . . Given the proper co-operative spirit on both sides, the economies demanded by the President in his message can be made—indeed, even greater savings can be achieved. The situation demand, according to Hoover, “a drastic program of ecopomy. which, including the savings already made in the executive budget of $369,000,000, can be increased to exceed $700,000,000 per annum. "Considering that the whole federal expenditure, except about $1,700 - 000.000. is for uncontrollable obligations, this would represent an unprecedented reduction " This is an achievement in which there is glory enough for all. m m m m m m THAT unprecedented reduction is in sight—provided congress keeps its head, and provided the President keeps his patience and calls off his cabinet officers who are trying to block cuts, especially in army, navy, and prohibition expenditures.

Gaston B. Means

PRESIDENT WILL GOAD CONGRESS Intends to Criticise Until He Gets Tax Action. By t nited Prett WASHINGTON. May 6—A report that President Hoover intended : to continue his sharp criticisms of congress in an effort to force through his own ideas of govern- \ mental readjustment was heard today as the capital awaited the next development in the economy controversy. Bitter assaults from Democrats in both houses of congress failed to alter the President’s attitude that they were to blame for delaying financial legislation, and for causing prolonged fear to undermine the nation's economic structure. One of the President's secretaries said the White House was “be- i ing flooded with messages of congratulation” from persons in all i walks of life throughout the country. Headed by Chairman Joseph W. Byms of the appropriations committee, the house leadership began a counter aitack on the President. The senate finance committee today approved a treasury department compromise tax bill to raise sl,004.000,000 of revenue. The committee adjourned at 1:55 p. m. until Monday. Chairman Reed Smoot said the tax bill would be reported to the senate not later than Tuesday. The compromise program excluding a variety of sales taxes, increasing the automobile, truck and accessories taxes, and adding rubber to the tariff, was voted after Secretary of Treasury Ogden L. Mills appealed to the committee to “eliminate atrocities" from the bill. High income and surtax rates voted by the committee were abandoned today in favor of the following schedule: Three per cent of the first $4,000 of taxable income; 6 per cent of the next $4,000 ; 9 per cent normal rates above the first SB,OOO of taxable income: maximum 45 per cent surtax on incomes greater than $1,000,000. SHOUSE'S MOTHER DIES Son Arrived at Her Bedside 20 Hours Before End Came. j By United Prett OMAHA. Neb., May 6.—With her son, Jouett P. Shouse, chairman of | the Democratic national executive committee, at her bedside, Mrs. Anna Shouse, 90, died today. Shouse flew here fTom New York. ( arriving twenty hours before her death. Mrs. Shouse had been in ! ill health for a week, but her condition did not become critical until ! Wednesday.

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PRESIDENT OF FRANCE IS SHOT DOWN BY ASSASSIN; LITTLE CHANCE TO LIVE

LARRABEE AND ELLIS RACE IS SULLJN DOUBT Both Congress Candidates Claim Victory; Recount Talk Starts. Supporters of Congressman William H. Larrabee, dry from Hancock county, in Tuesday s primary, today claimed that he is the Democratic choice in the Eleventh district by 145 votes. Adherents of Willis Ellis, wet, of Anderson, declares he has been re-elected by a lead of 122. All tabulations are based on unofficial counts. It was evident today that the true outcome of the close contest will not be learned until the canvassing board makes known the official outcome. Meanwhile, partisans of both tenders are urging the candidates to seek a recount. Cox Is Nominated Unofficial returns from the 331 precincts in the county gave Earl B. Cox, 21,160, the Democratic circuit court Judge nomination over James E. Deery, city attorney, 18.818. This was the only defeat sustained by the county organization's slate, the remainder evidently having been nominated, on the unofficial count. William E. Clauer. 22.106, appears to be the treasurer nominee, defeating Timothy P. Sexton, 21,335, the Incumbent, in a close race. The third tight Democratic contest was for the Second district county commissioner nomination and Walter C. Boetcher, 10,873, apparently, on the unofficial returns, has bested Ernest K. Marker, 10,662, the difference being 211 votes. The close Republican contests sem to have gone against the Coffin organization. Frank Cones, 12,056, unofficially has won the treasurer nomination from L. Lynn Logsdon 10.464, and Dr. Ralph R. Coble, 11,156. nosed out Dr. Charles H. Keever, 10,714, for the coroner post. Wets Make Gains The wets seem to have swept the Democratic legislative nomination with but one exception, unofficial returns from all precincts. Jacob Weiss, 13.411, liberal spokesman, who stepped out into the lead on the early returns in the state senator race, leads the legislative ticket. The others, coming in the order named, are; Leo X. Smith. 13,198; E. Curtis White, 12,196, and Leroy J. Porrteus, 12.798. Thomas A. Hendricks, 15,982, secretary of the Indiana State Medical Association, leads off In the representative race, with Fred Galloway, 15,122, second, and with the others in the order named: Edward P. Barry, 13,166; John F. White, 12,899; Leo M. Gardner, 12,452; Miss Bess Robbins, 11,859; Henry J. Richardson Jr., 11,720; Albert E. Schmollinger, 1,272; Albert F. Walsman. 10,959; Charles E. Ruschaupt, 10.211, and Lee Burns. 9.584. Ross Ludlow was not labeled a wet. Waggener Is Victor Marc Waggener, 12.633, Franklin newspaper man, won the joint representative nomination hands down, and John Bright Webb, 27,357, performed similarly for joint state senator. State Senator Winfield Miller, 12,155, veteran legislator, leads the Republican legislative ticket. Others nominated for state senator, in order, are. Senator John L. Niblack, 10,796, wet; Louis Markun. 10,400, wet, and Russell B. Harrison, 10,331. Lloyd D. Claycombe, 11,777, Coffin legislative floor leader In the fights against reform legislation, heads the representative ticket. The others selected in the order named are: Walter L. Shirley, 10,321; John L. Benedict, 10,092; Harry Bason, 9,908; C. Harvey Bradley, 9,409; H. Walker De Haven, 9,401; Will C. Wetter, 8,717; J. Edwin McClure, 7*555; Robert Lee Brokenburr, 6,974; John G. Kirkwood, 6,822, and Philip C. Lewis, 6,586. Linton A. Cox, 9,080, is the nominee for joint senator, and Hazel Blackwell, 13,426, for joint represen- ! tative.

In departmental appropriation bills already voted on by both houses, cuts made amount to $50,000,000. House cuts not yet through the senate amount to an additional $99,000,000. If the senate cuts the remaining bills the same percentage it cut those already passed, and the house approves, the added savings will be $285,000,000. That adds up to $434,000,000. plus $30,000,000 or more in the omnibus economy rider passed by the house, which makes a total of $464,000,000. m m m m m m WHEN the execuuve budget waving already made—as stated by the Presklent at $369.000,000 —is added, the grand total of prospective economy is $833,000,000. That is $133,000,000 more than the $700,000,000 demanded by the President. The excess $133,000,000 is not too much, because there will be need for later emergency appropriations, as intimated ay the President —one such emergency, not specified in the message, being unemployment relief. These figures, based on actual performance to date, show that the i job can be done unless partisan politics and organized lobbies of special interests continue to delay and confuse and jeopardize a settlement. This newspaper agrees most urgently with the President's demand for a balanced budget.

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PARDONS LIKELY IN HONOR CASE Navy’s Unofficial Boycott Adds to Pressure. fCoovriKht. 1932. bv United Press! HONOLULU, May 6.—Pardons for the convicted American honor slayers appeared certain today when threat of an unofficial $27,000,000 boycott added public pressure to a "behind the scenes” fight waged by Clarence Darrow. A decision on the pardons Saturday was promised by Governor Lawrence M. Judd, whose action in commuting the prisoners' ten-year terms to one hour brought condemnation from white and native elements alike. Darrow, 75-year-old counsel for the defense, was buoyant when he emerged from his latest private conference with the Governor and announced he intended “to have everything cleared up by Saturday." Printed instructions to navy families to buy as many as possible of their supplies from the navy commissiary were distributed from an unidentified source. But the plan had an almost immediate effect. The navy spends some $27,000,000 here annually, and merchants soon were complaining to the Governor. The Governor has been harassed by increasing demands for the pardons since his sudden decision to free the defendants without serving time, but with the conviction depriving them of civil rights. The unofficial commercial boycott by navy men and their families here was accompanied by revelations of a bitter dispute between Darrow and Judd over the commutations for Mrs. Granville Fortescue, her son-in-law, Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie, and two enlisted men, Albert Jones and Edward Lord. U. S. STEEL CUTS PAY Slash of 15 Per Cent Is Effective May 15. By United Prett NEW YORK. May 6.—The United States Steel Corporation today ordered a 15 per cent wage and salary cut in all departments in various important steel districts of the country. The following statement was issued by the company: 'Effective May 15, the United States Steel Corporation and subsidiary companies will reduce by approximately 15 per cent all wage and salary rates at all departments in the more important steel districts and in other locations to rates reflecting equitable differentials." WHY, THE FOUL KNAVE! Michigan Blossom Queen's Crown Stolen While She Dances. By United Prett ST. JOSEPH. Mich., May 6. knave made off with the Michigan blossom queen’s crown, while the queen. Miss Margary Crampton, was dancing. Police have been asked to find it.

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Crazed Russian Held After Murder Attempt at Charity Fete. FOIL LYNCHING EFFORT Doumer Is Victim of Two Bullets, One in Head, Other in Shoulder. BY RALPH HEINZEX United Pre SUIT Correspondent PARIS, May 6.—President Paul Doumer was shot and critically wounded by a crazed Russian assassin at an afternoon charity fete today. He was considered by his physicians tonight to have a "fighting chance" to recover, although the outcome was in doubt after two blood transfusions. One bullet penetrated his shoulder and another the base of hi* cranium. The municipal director, Paul Guichard, and Claude Farrere, president of the Authors League and well-known novelist, both grappled with the assasin and were slightly Injured. Farrere left the hospital late today after treatment for one bullet wound. Guichard dismissed his injury as a "scratch." The assasin was Paul Gorgouloff, who was born in 1895 at Labenskaya. Russia, and lately practiced medicine in the Latin quarter of Paris. He is a "white" Russian or anti-Soviet exile. Deported a Year Ago *'l am the founder and president of the Russian Fascists," he told police. *'l returned from Monaco Wednesday to kiU Doumer because France, with other nations of Europe and the United States, hav* aided Soviet Russia by furnishing money and ruining my country.'* Police said his "Fascists’* are limited at the moet to twenty members. The assassin who studied in Prague, was deported to France % year or two ago as an undesirable agitator. The shooting was the outstanding crime of its kind in France in a decade. It paralleled the attempt to assassinate the late Georges Clemenceau, who was wounded twice since the war. and the dramatic assassination of the Socialist leader, Juan Jaures, on the eve of the outbreak of the war in 1914. Because of the apparent lack of political motives in Doumer’s shooting, it was not expected to influence the parliamentary elections on Sunday. Lynching Threat Foiled Shortly before the shooting, Gorgouloff bought three books at the charity affair where the crime was committed, giving the name of Paul Prade. Farrere inscribed the books, writing, "To Paul Prade, French journalist.” Under it. Gorgouloff wrote before the shooting: ‘Paul Gorgouloff, chief of the Russian Fascists, who has just killed , the president of the French republic." Gorgouloff, manacled, was removed from the district police station at 6 p. m. to the central prefecture. A crowd in the Place St. Philippe Du Roule stormed the automobile, bent on lynching. “KiU him, give him to us,” they shouted. The chauffeur speeded up, bowling over the attackers, and reached the prefecture safely. Little Election Effect Doumer, 75, has increased greatly in popularity since he became president last June. He always remained above political quarrels and apparently had few political enemies. Because of his patriarchal appearance, his reputation for kindliness and the loss his four sons in tha war, he always received a warm reception from crowds at public functions. The ceremony at which th* shooting occurred, part of “book week,” was called “Apres-midi du livre des anciens comoattants." or ‘Book afternoon for the benefit of war veterans.” Edge Hurries to Palace Walter E. Edge, United State* ambassador, hurried to the palaca from the embassy after the shooting and sent an urgent cable to the state department. He also wirlessed Secretary of State Henry L. Btimson aboard the liner Vulcania. When Doumer recovered consciousness temporarily after tho shooting, he had lo6t memory of what happened. He was told ho had been hurt in an automobile accident. A book found in the assassin’* pocket was inscribed. This book belongs to the president of the Russian Fascists, assassin of the president of the republio." The only previous assassination if a French president was that of Sadi Carnot in June. 1894. If Doumer dies, it will be necessary as soon as possible to call a national assembly at Versailles, composed of the chamber and senate, to elect anew president, sinea France has no vice-president. The most likely candidates are Theodore Steeg. favorite of the Left cartels; Albert Lebrun, president of the senate, and Fernand Buisson. president of the chamber, a Socialist.