Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 252, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 March 1934 — Page 1

VETERAN, LEGALLY INSANE, IS DRIVER OF HIS OWN AUTO State’s Records Show License Issued to Ex-Soldier Released From Marion l Homo for Afflicted Service Men. GUARDIANSHIP FEES UNDER FIRE One Former Inmate Transferred to California Institution at Cost of $593 to Estate, Probe Reveals. BY ARC H STEINEL Time* Staff Writer MARION, Ind., March I.—Legally insane, a World war j veteran of this city has owned a motorcycle and two coupes j since 1924. Presumably, he has driven those machines on j the streets of Marion. The Indianapolis Times, in probing the guardianship records of veterans.’ estates in Grant county, found that Case 2037 bought a I larley-Davidson motorcycle on June 24, 1925. He was released from Marion's home for veterans in 1924.

He received compensation for total disability of SIOO a month in 1932 from the veterans’ bureau and at the present time receives $72 compensation for “partial disability.” Statehouse records in Indianapolis show that driver's license has been issued to Case 2037. Discharged from the Marion sanitarium for veterans, he was given permission to drive an auto by doctors of the hospital. Thus permission has been continued over the years. The 1929 drivers’ license law prohibits insane chauffeurs, but leaves a clause whereby Case 2037 received his driver's license. Clause Leaves Loophole The clause says "No license shall be issued ... to any applicant previously adjudged insane . . . and who has not . . . been restored to competency by a judicial decree or released from a hospital for the insane . . . upon a certificate that such a person is competent.” Attorneys for the regional office of the veterans’ bureau in Indianapolis say that objections have been filed in all cases where insane veterans have been permitted to drive motor cars. Guardianship records in Grant county show no petition to purchase the motorcycle for Case 2037. Throughout his guardianship, he has been the ward of the old First National of Marion. Purchase Was Approved The last car purchased, an Oldsmobile coupe, was petitioned before Judge O- D. Clawson, April 6. 1932. and shows that, the veteran is a mechanic and that the auto will cost 51.128.15 and can be bought for $950 cash and trade-in of the old coupe. Judge Clawson approved the purchase. But a glance through the guardianship files in this case shows a fenaness lor $5 shirts and the purchase on Fob. 21. 1924. of two suits of underwear at $5 a suit. Between the dates of 8-30-24 and 11-2-28 the ward's estate had an income of $3,009.63. however. $3,151 was spent bv the ward and with permission of the circuit court as well as the guardian, the First National bank of Marion, now in receivership. During that time the veteran, instead of going to the sanitarium for aid without cost, went to Dr. E. O. i Hanold of Marion, and vouchers in court records show that sl7 and $6 w ere paid in March and May of 1925 for these sen ices. Bought Coupe in 1926 Case 2037 was listed as "total disability” at the time he sought a private doctor, but was in the possession of a motorcycle, and in 1926 became the owner of an Oldsmobile coupe. The year the veteran was permitted to trade in the mototcycle for a coupe, he bought on Dec. 10. 1926. two suits of underwear at J. C. Penney Cos. for $4.98 a suit, and shoes for $4.98. according to vouchers and bills in the guaidianship records of Grant county. In the records of this veto an. in some instances, the vouchers acclaiming the purchase of merchandise do not carry bills attached in the guardianship records. Explanation of unattached bills to vouchers by officials of Marion banks is that the bills are in many cases in the bank files on the individual guardianships. Alongside the circuit court dossier of Case 2037 is that of Case 1975. He is in a closed ward at the Marion national sanitarium for veterans. Walking the grounds in ccm(Turn to Page lit * Times Index America Must Choose 10 Berg Cartoon 14 Bridge 19 Broun .. 13 Classified 17, 18 Comics 19 Crossword Puzzle 19 Curious World 19 Dickens 4. 13 Editorial 14 Financial 15 a Hickman-Theaters 13 Pegler 13 Radio : 17 School News 6 Sports 16, 17 Sr ate News 12 Woman s Pages 9

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DINNER KILLS 9; 15 MORE DYING Community Fete on What Men Believed Brings Agony. By United Prrgg SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cal., March I.—A community dinner of twentytwo Filipino lettuce pickers, to which their two American employers w-ere invited, today resulted in the agonizing death of nine workers. Fifteen others, including the two white employers, who partook of ! what they thought was a delectable ! dish of mushrooms were expected to die. No hope for recovery of any lof the men was held by Dr. F. Hilton Smith, county physician. The Filipinos were employed on the ranch of Walter Huber, three miles south of Arroyo Grande. Heavy rains last week brought up large beds of fungi in the hills surrounding the ranch. The men spent Tuesday gathering what they believed were mushrooms and invited Mr. Huber and his brother Jack to a dinner in the camp dining hall. | All ate heartily. Late Tuesday j night they became ill and were | brought to the county hospital here. Yesterday Victor Tabalian, 23, died in agony Since late yesterday, the men have been dying at the rate of one every two hours, Dr. Smith said. An autopsy over the first victim ! revealed acute yellow atophy of the ; liver as the direct cause of death. ; This is the primary symptom of , toadstool poisoning, the county phyj sician said. 30-FOOT SERPENT i IS WASHED ASHORE Dead Monster Is Viewed by French Experts. j By t nitrd Prrgg CHERBOURG. France. March 1. | —A thirty-foot sea serpent lay on the rocks at Querqueville today awaiting the curious or the skepi ticai. The monster is six feet widp in , the middle. It has a thin neck three feet long. The head resembles that of a camel. It has two side and one dorsal fin. Townspeople suggested that it might be the Lt .h Ness 'Scotland) lake serpent, or a near relative. Professor Charles Bourdelle and other experts of the National Museum of Natural History, who hurried from Paris to see the monster, viewed .it from the w indward side and. after commenting that it evidently had been dead for some time. ■ said it looked like a sea cow from 1 the South Seas. They agreed that it might have been the Loch Ness "serpent.” ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK OVER RADIO HOOKUP President to Deliver Nationwide Address on Monday. i By United Pr/gg WASHINGTON. March I.—President Roosevelt will deliver a nationvide address at 11 a. m. Monday at the NRA conclave here, the White House announced today. The subject of the President's proposed speech was not stated, but it was believed that it would be a further explanation of the principles of his administration's drive for i economic recovery. GAS FUMES KILL TWO Nineteen Overcome When Main Bursts in Philadelphia. i By l nitrd Prrgg PHILADELPHIA. March I.—Two perons were killed and nineteen overcome by illuminating gas in South Philadelphia today when a main broke, according to reports to police. Nearly 100 persons were made ill by the fumes which swept into : homes. The dead were Matty Lwnpinen, 53, and his wife, Ellen, 45.

Roosevelt’s Monetary Policy Is Experiment, Morgenthau Declares

Treasury Chief Says Nine Months Needed to Make Permanent Program. ! By t nited Prexx WASHINGTON. March I.—Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau ' Jr. told a house committee today that the administration's present monetary policy is distinctively an experiment and that it will be at least nine months beiore a more permanent policy can be evolved. “I hope congress will give us at least nine months or a year so we may find out a little more about the situation,” said Mr. Morgenthau He appeared before a banking and currency subcommittee considering the Goldsborough bill to establish a federal monetary authority ‘ As far as I am concerned, we are on a day-to-day basis,” said the treasury head. “As far as I know, no man can tell us where we will be six months from now or a year from now. Whether we are going to continue to be successful, I can say only I hope so, but no one knows. We have been on the new monetary plan only two months.” Mr. Morgenthau asserted the gold program appears to be working ‘‘pretty well.” Policy Proves Successful ‘‘We have, however, got to keep our mind absolutely open and meet : things as they come," he continued, j “As long as it is working well, we'd j like to try a little longer and give it a chance.” He handed committee members a chart which he said showed that since February. 1933, the world price of gold had gone up 68 per cent and farm commodities 57 per cent. ‘‘Both appear to be going along pretty well together” said Secretary Morgenthau. He indicated he was far from firmly wedded to Professor George Warren's gold price lifting program. “I’m not saying if prices take a nose dive I won't be up here tomorrow pleading for a change,” Mr. Morgenthau said with a smile. He urged that the monetary authority bill, which would take away from the federal reserve system its currency issuing powers, be side-tracked, along with other monetary legislation. until the gold policy has been given a trial, and the administration has been given at least until next January to try its own hand without interference. Future Still Mystery “The study the committee is making is worthwhile and important,” he said. “The country just has come through one of the most difficult banking crises it ever had and we are beginning to see the daylight. I doubt if any one is sufficiently wise to tell what the future monetary policy of the country will be because we haven’t had enough experience. “In a few weeks we have changed the gold price to $35 an ounce, and have had use of a $2,000,000,000 fund to stabilize the currency. But it is impossible to tell what the future will be and how to handle it.” In answer to questions by Representative Jeff Busby (Dem., Miss.), as to whether he felt the government was meeting its monetary responsibilities, Mr. Morgenthau said: Other “Aces” Hinted “For the first time in years, the administration is setting the pace and determining the monetary policy of the nation.” Pointing to the gold-commodity chart, Mr Morgenthau said the present program, “seems to be working farm commodities and gold have gone forward together.” Although indicating there might be other “cards up the sleeve” in the maneuvers to raise commodity prices. Secretary Morgenthau said that he “didn't see how anybody could do more to improve domestic prices than we have so far.” He declined to answer a question put by Representative Jesse P. Wolcott 'Rep., Mich.) as to whether gold would be further devalued if prices drop measurably.

11 CHILDREN KILLED AS SHELL EXPLODES Relic of World War Found in Village Field. By United Press WARSAW. Poland, March I. Eleven school children were killed and three injured today when a shell with which they were playing exploded at the village of Mozna. thirty miles from here. Eight of the children were killed instantly and three died en route to the hospital. The children found the shell, an unexploded relice of the war. in a field and tried to take it apart. It went off with a shattering roar, blowing a great hole in the ground and hurling some of the children many feet. ALLEGED VIOLATORS FACE ACTION BY NRA Arrival of Representative From Capital to Start Move. Definite action against several local concerns alleged to have consistently violated provisions of NRA was promised today by Francis Wells. Indiana recovery director, following a meeting of the NRA state advisory board at the Chamber of Commerce today. Members of the board, which is headed by Fred Hoke, said that they were awaiting the arrival of a national NRA representative from Washington befare moving definitely against local concerns.

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Henry Morgenthau Jr. NRA MOVES TO PROSECOTE FOE 'Cracks Down’ on Weir by Demanding Prosecution of Company. By ( nited Prexx WASHINGTON, March I.—After months of cautious maneuvering, the administratoin moved today to crush the opposition of recalcitrant industrialists who have defied its efforts to enforce collective bargaining provisions of the recovery act. The NRA National Labor Board referred the long-standing Weirton Steel Company dispute to the department of justice with a request for immediate prosecution. Chairman Rooert F. Wagner said Ernest T. Weir, steel company head, had blocked every effort of the beard to carry out a presidential order to poll its employes and had made clear he would not deal with any labor representatives chosen at any election supervsied with the board. Senator Wagner shortly thereafter introduced a bill putting more teeth in labor sections of the recovery act and establishing a permanent labor board. The bill would forbid employers to foster company unions and would make it mandatory for them to negotiate with organizations formed by their employes. The measure was designed to give the government added power to meet situations such as that presented in the Weirton case. Senator Wagner said the board had found that employer-dominated unions had been multiplying rapidly and they made “a sham of equal bargaining power.” AWARD AL FEENEY 1933 FLAG MEDAL U. S. Association Choice Is Lauded by McNutt. Award of the United States Flag Association medal for the greatest contribution to law enforcement in Indiana in 1933 went today to A1 Feeney, chief of the state safety division. In announcing the selection of Mr, Feeney, the committee in charge of the award based it on a sevenpoint program advocated and carried out by him in his capacity as chief of the state police. The list included his proposal for a statewide police radio system, establishment of highway barricades and police barracks, promotion of co-operation and co-ordina-tion between local and state law enforcement authorities, establishment of a detective department of the state police, modernization of the equipment and promotions based on the merit system. Informed of the award. Governor Paul V. McNutt termed it “well merited.” Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 29 10 a. m 36 7a. m 30 11 a. m 40 Ba. m 31 12 (noon).. 40 9 a. m 33 1 p. m 42

Mesmeric Powers of Mad Rasputin Described by Prince in London Court

By United Presg LONDON, March I.—The mesmeric powers of Rasputin, the Mad Monk of Russia, were described in court by Prince Youssoupoff today in a dramatic declaration that the monk once put him in his power by hypnotism. Prince Youssoupoff's testimony was designed to confirm historical assertions that the unholy, sex-mad priest had exerted a sinister power over the court of Czar Nicholas 111. and had the czarina under his mental contrffi. The prince,- laboring under great strain, was being cross-examined in his wife's libel suit against the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Company, charging that she was libelled in a film about Rasputin. Under questioning by Sir William Jowitt. counsel for the film company. the prince said: “Rasputin promised to try to cure me of a complaint. I was told to lie on a couch in his study.

WIFE SLAYER TRIES TO END LIFEjN CELL Mitchell Veteran May Be Carried to Electric Chair Tonight. CLEMENCY IS DENIED Execution at Midnight Not to Be Postponed, Officials Say. Harley Edwards, Mitchell World i war veteran, may be carried to J the electric chair tonight, weak i from the loss of blood in a suicide attemtpu early today in the state ! prison at Michigan. City. Edwards, scheduled to be electrocuted a minute after midnight tonight for the murder of his wife, is in a critical condition in the state prison from loss of blood after slashing both his wrists with a shard of glass from his eyeglasse. He was discovered by a prison guard shortly after 2 a. m. today, threshing about in his prison cell, as blood welled from his wrist wounds. He was given a bloocl transfusion in the prison hospital. Wayne Coy, Governor Paul V. i McNutt's secretary in charge of ; penal affairs, announced today after being informed of the suicide attempt, that the electrocution would ■ proceed as scheduled, j Sentence to Be Carried Out Prison officials said the execution ! would be carried out, regardless of | Edwards’ condition, unless Governor 1 McNutt intervenes because of his weakened condition. A last minute plea for executive clemency failed yesterday when Governor McNutt refused to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. “It is the law,” the Governor said. “I find there has been no miscarriage of justice.” Edwards was convicted on charges of first degree murder in Jackson circuit court in February. 1933. It was on the night of July 23, 1932. that Edwards returned to the home of his estranged wife Lillian at Mitchell. He started to abuse her when his step-son. Clarence Head, 18, intervened. Pleaded for Stepfather Edwards shot his wife through the back and fired another shot into the body Clarence. He returned to where his wife was laying and pressed the gun against her head, firing again. The step-son recovered and was among friends and relatives w T ho appealed to Governor McNutt to commute the sentence. “Mom was a good woman,” the boy told Governor McNutt. “She was one of the best, but even so, I dqp't think it will do any good to send my step-father to the electric | chair. I don't believe he is ready I to die yet.” PROTEST CITY BUYING STATE FARM GRAVEL i Dealers Told Municipalities Only Prison Goods Markets. Protesting against the buying of crushed stone from the Indiana state reformatory and the state farm j by the city, a group of dealers called on Jackiel Joseph, park board president, today. Mr. Joseph explained that municipalities were the only markets availj able for the prison goods and that -the price the city was paying for j crushed stone from the prisons was ! less than the price bid by the dealers. AMNESIA VICTIM SAYS SHE IS CITY TEACHER Woman Found in Cincinnati Thinks She Is Marion Hayes. | By Timex Special CINCINNATI. March I.—A womI an, about 60, who thinks she is I “Marion Hayes,” former Indianapo- | lis school teacher, is in General hosi pital here, apparently suffering from j amnesia. j Penniless, she was found wander- ! ing on a highway today. She is 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighs about 140, has gray hair, wears hornrimmed glasses and is well educated Records of the Indianaoplis and Marion county schools show no teacher in recent years by the name [ of Marion Hayes.

“Rasputin began to stroke my chest, neck and head, and to make passes over my face,” the prince said. “Did you find a very powerful

‘FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S FIRST YEAR A SMASHING SERIES IN THE TIMES PINKS One of the most vital years in American history is nearing a close. On March 4, 1933. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a joyous “man of mystery,” rode down Pennsylvania avenue in Washington to become President of the United States. Behind the cheers echoed thffroar of national panic. Today, one year later, the nation that doubted the ability of its new President places him on a pedestal of greatness. Read this gripping story of a marvelous year, starting in tonight's Pink editions of The Times. “Roosevelt's First Year” is a smashing series on the "New Deal,” what it has done and what it hopes to do. It starts in tonight’s Pink editions, exclusively. Don't miss a single article!

CHARLES DICKENS “The Life of Our Lord.” the amazing story from the pen of Charles Dickens, immortal author. will start in The Indianapolis Times, March 5. Today, The Times presents the first of a series of six stories on the life, career and works of Charles Dickens. This feature, which precedes the “Life of Our Lord,” is to be found on the feature page cf this edition. On Page 4. Dr. John Erskine, foremost author, reviews that “Life of Our Lord.” giving his learned insight on the now famous manuscript.

COFFIN'S FOES SUPPORT DENNY Republican Union Seeking to Draft Mayor Candidate, Is Report. BY DICK MILLER Times Staff Writer The Republican Union, an organization of several anti-Coffin groups, will meet late this afternoon tn the Columbia Club to receive a committee report said to urge that George L. Denny, prominent local attorney, announce for mayor in the May primary. The committee appointed by Edward W. Harris and headed by Ralph J. Kane, to study the field of best available candidates, will report Mr. Denny as their choice and urge that all present indorse him. it was learned. Mr. Denny’s decision to run then will be sought. Approximately sixty persons, representatives of the Young Republican League of which Joseph Hartman is president. Republican members of the old City Manager League, several prominent Republican women and a large group of business men interested only in politics to the extent of getting good candidates in charge of city government, have been invited to attend, it is reported. The announcement of his selection will not come as a surprise to Mr. Denny, who recently returned from Florida. It is known that several prominent men who are opposed to George V. Coffin's control of the Republican party were on hand to greet him when he alighted from the train. Mr. Denny resides as 4456 Park avenue and is the son of former Mayor Cal6b L. Denny. ORPHANS 7 HOME FINDS 5 ESCAPED CHILDREN Brothers and Sisters Located Near Institution. Five brothers and sisters * today were back in the Indianapolis Orphans Home. 4100 East Washington street, after they had decided they didn’t like the home and departed, before daylight today, in their pajamas. The children, taken to the home Tuesday because their father was unable to take care of them, were found by police i na home a few blocks from the orphanage, where a kindly family was given them breakfast. The youthful travelers had been taken to Washington, D. C.. by their mother, being returned here by Washington officers. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Lones, their ages ranging from 6 to 12. HIRED SMOOT FOR ‘CONTACT,’ IS CLAIM Hanshue Also Says He Was Forced Into Pact. By L nited Prexx WASHINGTON. March I.—Harris M. Hanshue, president of Western Air Express, told the senate air mail committee today that Ernest W. Smoot, son of the former Utah senator, “sold” officials of the airline “on the idea that he could expedite” a decision by ControllerGeneral McCarl in 1930 relating to a controversy over Western Air's transcontinental mail contract. “Smoot was not employed for any other purpose,” Mr. Hanshue explained. Mr. Hanshue also testified that former Postmaster-Generai Walter F. Brown “forced” him to make an agreement with American Airways before getting an extension on its line from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Albuquerque, N. M.

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EARLE SUSPECTED IN RHETA’S DEATH, BROTHER TESTIFIES # Family Probed Fickle Husband’s Movements u on Day Pretty Mate Was Slain, He Says; Philanderer Missing 1 . DR. WYNEKOOP WILL TAKE STAND Doctor’s Son Testifies Alleged Confession Was Wrung From Mother Through Brutal Treatment, Threats. By United Prexx CRIMINAL COURT BUILDING, CHICAGO, March 1. —The name Earle Wynekoop, fickle husband of the slain Rheta, pretty Indianapolis musician, was brought into evidence today as the strange drama of an “operating table m’urder” mystery approached its finale. Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, 63-year-old physician who is on trial on murder charges in connection with Rheta’s death, will take the stand in her own defense as the real-life drama reaches its climax.

HERE'S YOUR PROGRAM Indiana’s annual higr. school basketball title carnival starts here tonight at Tech gym. A diagram schedule to help you follow the progress of the local sectional action is on Page 16 of today's Times. Order your Times today and keep up with the parade of Hoosierdom's favorite sport. The Times will keep you informed with up-to-the-minute progress of the hardwood tourney until the champion is crowned here on March 17.

WARMER WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT Snowfall Fast Mating as Mercury Hits 40. March came in like a lamb today, as abnormally high temperatures and sunshine replace the lion-like subzero cold wave that gripped the city earlier in the week. Under the beaming influence of the sun, remainder of Sunday's heavy snowfall fast was disappearing. Today’s noon temperature of 40 provided a distinct contrast with Tuesday morning's 4 below zero weather. Forecast for tonight and tomorrow is for cloudy and slightly ! warmer weather, with rain probable. The mercury was expected to remain above freezing tonight. MINTON DRIVE TO GET BIG SENDOFF TONIGHT New Albany Rally to Be Addressed by McCulloch. Sherman Minton, public counselor, is expected to be given a rousing send-off in his race for the Demo- | cratic nomination for the United j States senate at the annual Jackson Club dinner tonight at New Albany. Mr. Minton is a New Albany atI torney. Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, ! state Democratic chairman, is i scheduled for the principal adj dress. The Minton drive was given impetus today by editorial indorsement from Lew’ M. O’Bannon, ■ editor of the Corydon Democrat. LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING IS CALLED Liberalization of Control Law Seen in McNutt’s Order. Possibility of further liberalization of the state liquor control law r , particularly requirements governing sale of w'hisky, w'ere seen today with the announcement of Governor Paul V. McNutt that he will call the control commission for a special meeting next week. Without going into detail, the Governor said that among things to be taken up with the commission will be the hotel men’s plan for making whisky sales in their hotels. DEATH PENALTY ASKED IN ‘HIGHBALL’ TRIAL Final Arguments in Bizarre Case Are Started. By United Prrgg GREENWOOD. Miss., March I.— ! The death penalty for Dr. Sara Ruth 1 Dean, charged with the poison highball murder of her associate. Dr. Preston Kennedy, was asked by the state of Mississippi as instructions to the jury and final arguments in the | bizarre case began here today. WRECK VICTIM FOUND Discovery Increases Pittsburgh Crash Toll to Ten. By i nitrd Prrgg PITTSBURGH. March I.—The death toll from the Pennsylvania railroad passenger train wreck Monday stood at 10 today with the discovery of the body of James R. j Glover of |tochester, Pa., a CCC member. The interstate commerce commis- • sion announced a public hearing here tomorrow to gather evidence.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Centa

The elderly defendant'was calm today as she heara from the lips of another son. Walker, the story of a family investigation into Earle’s movements on the day that his talented wife was found slain. Returning to the stand as the first witness today. Walker reveaied that on Nov. 23. two days after the murder, he was an airplane passenger Ito Peoria, where he checked on ! Earle's story that he was in that I city at the approximate time of the alleged murder. Telegram Is Identified Walker identified a telegram sent by Earle from Peoria, which at one j time was considered as a possible j "alibi” foi the philandering husband, who kept a memorandum book with the telephone numbers of more than fifty women. "When did you last see Earle?” asked Charles S. Dougherty, assistant state’s attorney, who conducted cross examination. “About ten days ago. He left then for Kansas City, but I don't know where he is noiv.” Earle is the only one of the physician's close relatives who has not attended her constantly. Crowd Storms Courtroom Attracted by the prospect of hear- | ing Dr. Wynekoop’s own story of the events which led up to discovery of Rheta's bullet-shattered body hundreds of spectators fought for | entrance to the small courtroom of Judge Harry B. Miller today. Walker was recalled at opening of court for cross-examination on his j testimony that police wrung a “con- | icssion - ’ from his mother through | brutal treatment and threats. His testmony concerning methods ! used by police in obtaining the ; "confession’’ that the 63-year-old physician accidentally caused the death of Rheta through an overdose of chloroform and then shot her in the back, was stressed by the defense. Walker glared at, the prosecutor as he testified his mother was kept for twelve hours in a locked room without food or sleep while police “wrung” the confession from her. Her physciian and attorney were denied admission to the room, he said. PRESIDENT WILL ASK HOME LOAN GUARANTEE Roosevelt Wants Assurance for Bonds’ Principal. By f nitrd Prrgg WASHINGTON, March I.—President Roosevelt plans to send a special message to congress today asking the guarantee of the principal on $2,000,000,000 of home loan bank bonds, it was revealed at the White House today. Mr. Roosevelt indicated some time ago that he would make the request. Recently he asked that farm credit bonds be guaranteed as to principal instead of interest only. Those bonds were in the same amount, $2,000,000.000. Later in the week Mr. Roosevelt will address Another special message to congress asking for authority to negotiate reciprocal trade agreements with other nations. He will also request that he be authorized to carry out a 50 per cent change in the tariff laws either up or down, if necessary. DEMAND RELEASE OF SCOTTSBORO NEGROES And-Lynch Meeting Will Be Held Here Tonight. & Resolutions demanding release of nine Negroes held in the famous Scottsboro case will be acted on at a Scottsboro anti-lynch meeting at 7:45 tonight in Phillips Memorial Temple, West and Drake streets. The resolutions will be sent to the Governor of Alabama and the trial judge. Another resolution will be sent to President Roosevelt demanding enactment of a federal law making advocacy of lynching, as well as the act of lynching, a federal offense, as the means of halting the lynching of Negroes throughout the nation. The meeting will be under auspices of the Heywood Patterson branch and Branch 3, International Labor Defense, and the district committee, unemployment council..