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GIRL WIFE, 18, SEEKING LOVE, KIDNAPS BABY Infant Returned to Family, Amazing Deception Is Laid Bare. ABDUCTION. IS CHARGE Sought Child to Bring Back Husband, She Tells Police. Thp ione fight 18-vrar-oid Mr? Dorothv Marsh had aappd for five mon'h 'n recapt,ur*> the love of her ostia need husband led her yesterday into a heedless crime and today into Cit’ Prison, charged with kidnaping. Roli< vmc sho could woo her mat? successlully with a child to take the place of the one that had been denied her. she yielded to an impulsive him and yesterday stole a four-day-old boy from its mother's arms. Mrs Marsh went to the home of Mrs. Grace Robbins, 947 Lexingtonav, yesterday, took 4-day-old William Joseph from the arms of the invalid mother, fled with him to a waiting taxi and disappeared. Find Sleeping I'ftwilfrs Four hours later po'ioe found her in bed with the rhild at R 42 Fletrher-av, with not '.ii ig to feed it and apparently no immediate plans. She insisted that the bihy was her own. born that day. and gave the name of the physician she said attended her. He was exiled, denied knowing her. and police called her landlariv. Mrs Mary Cov Mrs. Cov and several otlrer roomers there lotned Mrs. Marsh in insisting the rhild was her own. born that day. end told of the weeks of pregnancy which Mrs. Coy said '-he could not have mistaken. Mrs Coy said Mrs. Marsh had. & short while before, walked uncertainly up stairs from the basement of the house and announced she had just then had her baby down there. Searching the room police found a quantity of sleeping powders and a pad. They took her to City Hospital and after an examination there she readily admitted the baby was not her own She admitted she had taken the sleeping powders in overdoses to produce in her the physical symptoms of pregnancy and had used the pad to produce the visible symptoms.

Sought to Win Bark Male After an examination of thp child. Detective Harry Conner returned him to the small, huddled and bewildered family eroup at the Robbins home and laid him bneK in the arms of his mother. The five other children, all girls. knelt at the side of then mother's bed and the father. Joseph Robbins, an FERA worker, looked on mutely. Mrs Marsh, meanwhile, told police she conceived the deception as a means of reconciling her nusband. now an invalided accident victim in a Plymouth hospital. husband. Porter Marsh, a earace mechanic, she married July 10. lived with her until July 31. when they became estranged. She said -he was pregnant at the time of the marriage. hut that her child was prematurely delivered dead Mr Marsh filed a suit for divorce Ott. 1 in Room five. Superior Court, charging cruel and inhuman treatment. and alleging Mrs Marsh nad not m fact been pregnant, at the time of the marriage. That suit is pending. Richard Smith is Mr. Marsh's attorney. Sri7** Rabv, pashes Out Mrs. Marsh had come to the Robbins home first on Wednesday at noon and remained until 4. Mrs. Robbins told poliee. Mrs. Marsh represented herself a bemg an maestimator for the Roman Church.' She said. Mrs. Robbins related that she was inspecting the belongings of the family in an effort to determine what gifts for Christmas woulr be suitable and whether the family was. in fart, in need She returned the next dav. presen* ed the mother with a sack containing two dresses for the girls and filled m at the bottom with useless rags, and stayed there a while. Then, without a word of warning she picked up the baby from *hp arms of its mother and dashed to the door, into the rah and away, it was related by Mrs Rnbbim Later the driver of the rab told police she had driven aimlessly around for a while and then into *n allev m he vicinity of her home, where -he disembarked. Charted With Kidnaping Mrs. Marsh told police, they said, that she had not premeditated the kidnaping but had been seized with a sudden impulse to take it and acted on Jt. She said she had in fact gone to the home first to see if the family needed relief and that she was acting for a Mrs. Hamilton.” Mrs. Marsh today said she had. several weeks before answered an advertisement for someone to adopt a baby expected in January, but had found 50 persons had applied for the child before her. She was charged with kidnaping and held under SSOOO bond which she could not supply. She slept last mcht. the matron said, but this morning appeared nervous and continually wiped tears from her eyes. She said she never had been In trouble before, and repeated she had been seized with a .-uddn Impulse Asked to smile for a press photo. Mrs. Mar-h replied. Nor this morning I feel more like crying" She wa* to be arraigned before Municipal Judge Dewey Mvers on the charge o l kidnaping today.

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The distinction of bpine the youngest- person ever kidnaped was held today bv William Joseph Robbins. 4-dav-olri infant, shown • lower right.) with his invalid mother. Mrs. nr ace Robbins. 947 Lexington-av, a fpw hours after he was returned to her arms. Police today held Mrs. Dorothy Marsh, 18 (lower left), of 842 Fletcher-av. accused of the kidnaping in an attempt to win back her estranged husband. Mrs. Robbins is shown 'upper) with the kidnaped infant and her othpr children following the family reunion.

Power War Just Beginning, Ickes Warns High-Rate-Charging Utilities

Bt, I „>*' and Pi rn, WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.—President Roosevelt has just begun to fight" for lower utility rates. Administration leaders said todav as they pushed forward with a Federal program backed by millions of dollars of Publir Works Administration money. Harold L. Tckes. Secretary of thp ARMORY IS RAZED BY 51,000,000 FIRE U. S. Supplies Destroyed in Toledo Blaze. R V f n'ird Pr. .• TOLEDO, 0.. Dec. V 21.—A spectacular fire, punctuated by explosions of ammunition, destroyed Toledo's 43-year-old Armory today. The building was completely destroyed. and $1,000,009 worth of Government military supplies were believed ruined. Two firemen were injured while fighting the blaze. The fire bn\k/ out shortly before dawn. Fanned bv a strong wind, the blaze swept through the building and for a time theratened to spread to nearby structures. Police drove back hundreds of spectators when flames reaehpd 3.000 rounds of ammunition stored in the building

SAUNDER'S SLAYING SUSPECT RELEASED Roe Given Freedom on His Own Recognizance, Masil Rot. Coalmont. 19-year-old business college student indicted on murdei charges in connection with the slaying of the Rev. Gaylord V. Saunders, former Methodist Episcopr minister, was released from the Marion County Jail on his own recognizance by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker today. Judge Baker acted on the recommendation of John J Kelly. Deputy County Prosecute. - , who conducted the unsuccessful prosecution of Mrs. Neoma Saunders. Wabash, at Lebanon. The action today followed Judge Baker's bitter denunciation Wednesday of the Lebanon .iury as having encouraged crime through its actions. V. S. Cotton Expert Dead A?y f uttrfi Prt NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 21.—The Souths "grand old man" of cotton. Col. Henry Garretson Hester, RB. died at his home here last night aiterajMS^iiness.

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Interior, who as PWA administrator, holds the purse strings in the war against excessive utility rates.emerged today as the spearhead of the Administration's attack. Secretary Ickes announced more than $260,000,000 already had been advanced from PWA funds for construction of Federal and municipal plants and indicated there was

DOCTORS* DON’TS GIVE TIPS ON PROPER WAY TO ENJOY CHRISTMAS

Like the Fourth of July. Christmas should be safe and sane, the Indiana State Medical Assn. believes. Accordingly, it issued today seven rules, which, it said, would add. if followed, to the enjoyment of the day and forestall possible unpleasantness and tragedy. 1. Don't use tallow candles on Christmas trees. 2. Use extra precautions in holiday automobile driving. 3. Beware of over-enthusiasm for bottled Christmas "cheer." Over-indulgence results in deaths and tragedies. 4. Be careful about eating too much, and get plenty of pxercise. 5. Don't over-excite children. Moderate their food consumption. 6. Always wear an overcoat when going outdoors from a heatpd home. Quick changes in temperatures is the easiest way to contract colds. 7. Always observe the spiritual as well as the social significance of Christmas.

FLYING HOTEL CRASHES: SEVEN LIVES ARE LOST Giant American-Built IMane Found Near Bagdad. R<J f niO fi Pi , ts BAGDAD. Irek. Dec. 21.—Burned wreckage of the Netherlands air liner “Uiver" was found today 10 miles south of a lonely blockhouse in the desert. Its seven occupants, three passengers and crew of four, all Netherlander, were reported killed. British Royal Air Force airplanes found the wreckage of the great "flying hotel," an American-built Douglas transport which finished second in the England-Australian air race. Aboard the plane were thrpe passengers—D. W. Beretty. managing director of the Aneta Press Aeencv and one of the most prominent newspaper men in Java. Dutch East Indies: Prof. Waller and D Kort. Capt. W M Beekman was in command. with J Van Steenbereen copilot, H. R Waalewiiin. engineer and C. Van Zadelhoff, wireless operator.

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“plenty more where that came from.” Application for more loans are under consideration. Under plans announced by Secretary Ickes, Federal loans will be used to batter down utility rates to a ! "fair level.” The policy of the PWA, he said, will be “to refuse financial aid to municipal plants where private utility rates are reasonable.” “We haven't begun to touch the market for power,” Mr. Ickes said in contradiction of the industry's contention that this country is over-supplied with power. Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia flew back to New York to prepare plans for a power plant upon which he hopes to obtain a $15,000,000 Federal loan. He has been assured preferential treatment of the application. The swiftness with which the New York project developed, coming as it did upon the heels of the Edison Electric Institute's challenge of the Federal power program, suggested the Administration may interest itself in development of a large Eastern power project. In this regard it was pointed out the St. Lawrence River offers an inviting possibility. Diice to Honor Mothers Rtf f yiitrd Prr*M ROME. Dec. ?1.--Premier Benito Mussolini will receive 94 mothers in Venice Palace tomorrow. The mothers have a total of 912 children and will receive envelopes containing , bank notes.

13 Rows in Mile-of’Dimes; Ham You Added Yours?

Time Is Growing Short and We’re Depending on You to Help Us Clothe 1,000 Children. Lines lengthen and time shortens as Mile-of-Dimes. the pavement Santa Claus of “Clothe-A-Child, The Indianapolis Times, reached thirteen rows today with S2OOO waiting on the sidewalk in front of L. S. Ayres and S. S. Kresge Cos. to pay clothing bills for the city’s needy children. Every DIME will buy wool cloth, fingers of mittens, leather for shoes, in Clothe-A-Child’s effort to keep winter’s gales from bringing disease and illness into the homes of those who live a patched life in clothing.

Then TOMORROW—don’t forget the hour. 9 a. m.—Loew’s Palace Theater will give a special DIME children's show to enable girls and boys in happier and warmer clothing to give their DIMES to Clothe-A-Child. The DIME will be refunded in the good that it will do when it goes on to the sidewalk. Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, and other juvenile pictures will be shown exclusively. The program does not include the feature film at the Palace, "Babes in Tovland." All proceds will go to Mlle-of-Dimes. The monev will be spent on children checked through Community Fund relief agencies flpd the; social

JIM WATSON FLATLY DENIES DU PONT TIEUP Former Senator 'Nettled' by Reports 'lnvolving* Him in Tariff 'Favors.' STARTS ‘OPEN FORUM* / Trades Words With Clark in Testimony Before Arms Probers. By 1 nited Pres* WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.—Former Senator James E. Watson of Indiana told the Senate Munitions Committee today he resented implications that he was “involved” in a campaign in 1920 to seek congressional favors for the du Pont company's dye industry. His name was mentioned in earlier testimony relating to tariff legislation on dyes. “Nobody ever needed to urge me to be a protectionist.” he said, "but no member of the du Pont family ever spoke to me about the tariff question at any time.” Mr. Watson, a voluntary witness, told the committee he was ••nettled" by newspaper reports linking his name to "lobbying” activities. Put in “False Light” “T was chairman of a sub-commit-tee which considered a tariff on dyes,” he said, "and after much discussion reported unanimously in favor of an embargo on dyes. “I was for the embargo .but, I don't want to be put in a false light. There never was a cleaner, straighter fight on any tariff legislation.” Mr. Watson and Senator Bennett Champ Clark <D„ Mo.) almost turned the hearing into an open forum on the New Deal. “You've gone much further today than w’e ever did." Mr. Watson said. “You've given the President power to impose embargoes on anything that, interferes with NRA or any of those other alphabetical agencies.” “Not with my vote," Senator Clark replied. “I Agree.” Says Van den burg “If we're going to have committee testimony,” Senator Arthur ,H. Vandenburg (R., Mich.) broke in. “I want to say that I cordially agree with Senator Watson’s views on protection.” “Im glad. Brother Clark, that you and your party have gone further today.” “Don't shake your gory locks at me." Senator Clark retorted, laughing. The former Indiana senator said “not one cent of du Pont money ever came to me or any of my campaign i committees. I think perhaps they i were a little remiss in their opporI tunities.”

MIDNIGHT MASS FOR CITY IS ABANDONED Bishop’s Order Affects All Indianapolis Churches. Midnight mass Christmas Eve, long one of the most heavily attended services of the Roman Catholic Church, will not be celebrated in Indianapolis this year. Instead, under an order from the Most Rev. Joseph Elmer Ritter, Bishop of Indianapolis, the first masses Christmas will be offered at 5 a. m. In other parts of the diocese, the question of whether midnight masses should be celebrated has been decided by vote of the pastors. At the diocesan chancery today, the Rev. Henry J. Hermann, secretary to Bishop Ritter, said there was no particular reason for the abandonment of the mass except that, with some priests favoring retaining the sendee and others favoring its abolition, it was considered desirable to obtain the uniformity brought by Bishop Ritter's order.

service department of the public schools. Your DIME is assured a trip into only the homes of the needy. It will help the individuals who dress their own children to realize Clothe-A-Child's ambition—ONE THOUSAND children outfitted for the new year of school. But if you've a fuller pocketbook this Christmas, then call Riley 5551 and you 11 be permitted to visit in the home of a boy fr girl who needs clothing warmth. You'll get to shop for him. Or if you are pressed for time. Clothe-A-Child of The Times will do the job for you if you mail a check.

A Salute to Block’s From Clothe-A-Child 35 Youngsters Made Happy by Store Employes, Total Goes Over 800 Mark.

WINDS can whip down business blocks in Indianapolis. Zero can bite. But THIRTY-FIVE pairs of hands. THIRTY-FIVE pairs of feet. THIRTY-FIVE pairs of arms, have beat their last tattoo on pants and pavements to keep warm today as the William H Block Cos. Mutual Aid Benefit Assn, took THIRTY-FIVE needy children to clothe for Christmas. Turning shopper instead of clerk, employes of every department at Block's forgot the "nightie" size of your Aunt Susan to bring clothing warmth as well as proper-sized garments to THIRTY-FIVE needy boys and girls on the rolls of the annual Christmas campaign of The Indianapolis Times—Clothe-A-Child. Block employes barricaded thin, youthful bodies, against winter's rigors to bring Clothe-A-Child to anew record high for individual

donors with SIX HUNDRED and ONE children assured warm school outfits. Selling floors organized with porters, maintenance men, garage, warehouse, delivery employes, inspector wrappers, supply and window trimming departments, the offices, and receiving and marking rooms to clothe the THIRTY FIVE. The store campaign for Clothe-A-Child became a spirited contest and directing the activities was a committee headed bv C. H. Paige, V. C. Roberts and C. C. Stump. Bulletin boards were placarded, collections and pledges taken and every floor took from one to five children. n a tt THE THIRTY-FIVE children were delivered holes, rents, scuffed toes and all by The Times. Then the fun began. Transformation of raggedness became a game of each department trying to outdoor the other in making their children the • cutest and warmest. Shaggy hair was cut. Each child was given a warm dinner. And then to top this perfect, day for youth the THIRTY-FIVE were given theater tickets. So if a clerk, tired from the Christmas rush, had a little bit more of a smile, today at Block's you know why. They found human holly for their Christmas wreath and the memories wall hang through the new year just as vour's would, too, if you called Riley 5551 and let Clothe-A-Child show you how Block's blocked out colds, disease and despair. Block employes know Community Fund relief agencies can not hope to make Christmas an event when there’s need the entire year. Ask a Block clerk to tell his or her experience in Clothe-A-Child of 1934 as well as 1933. tt n THEN you'll know why SIX HUNDRED and ONE underprivileged have been clothed up to today in city stores, at a cost of approximately $6,010. If you can't shop for your child, if you can't go into his home, then write The Times and inclose a check and the joy will be done for you and you'll reecive the name and address of your boy or girl. The new donors, bringing the drive to its highest peak for individual donors in its history, follow: William H. Rlni-k To. M'llnal Aid Assn. S.i ehildren. National Malleable and Sfeel Castines Cos., employes. cared for lfi children and took two more .1. C. C. Gane. eared for six children and took one more. Madden-Connle Cos.. Inc., two hors and two ffirls. Yulefide Youfhf'Jlness. ?irl. Emnloyes of Ronxh Notes Cos.. Hot and airl. Arbor Vitae Sorority, bor. Santa's Helner, cared for two children and took two more. Custom Furs Dent.. L. S. Acres 4 So., s-irl. A Bot Without a Home. hoc. Stein Club. boy. Mr. and Mrs. E. C •Waterman, bos. Twelfth District, the American Lerion. Department of Indiana, two children. General Accountinx Dept., Indiana Bell Telephone Cos., four children. Anonvmous Goodfellow, child. Claim Dept.. State Automobile Insurance Cos., irirl. Employes of Kahn Tailoring Cos., two boys and two eirls. C. P. Lesh Paper Cos.. Employes, boy. Employes of Marion Countv Treasurer’s Office and Barrett Law Dept., bov and sir!. Girls of the Aetna Casualty and Suretv Cos., sir). Attorney's Office. TT. S. Veterans' Administration, Cold Springs-rd Hospital, girl. Anonvmous Mister, bov. Girls of Link-Belt Cafeteria. S'rl. Purchasing and Store* Dept.. Public Service Cos. of Indiana, boy. Florence Roeder and Corinne Stone from Cassell's office, girl. The Man Who Wa a Bov. hoy. Indiana Ladies’ Bowlins Leasne. Indiana alleys, girl. Roosevelt, Recreation Club, eared for one boy and took another. Indianapolis Council Vo. 4. I nited Commercial Travelers, boy. Zeta Kappa Psi Sororitv. bov and girl. Can't List. girl. Indiana State Righwav Commission. Central Garage and Storeroom, girl. Irvington Social Club. girl. Special Deliverv Section Emploves. Main Postoffice, bov and girl.

TODAY’S WEATHER

Hourly Temperatures 6 a- m 34 10 a. m. ... 38 7 a. m 34 11 a. m. ... 41 8 a. m 34 12 (noon).. 42 ** 9 a. m. ... 36 1 p. m. ... 45 Sunrise tomorrow, 7:04 a. m.; sets. 4:23 p. m. In the Air Weather renditions at 9 am.: Wind, southwest, 10 miles an hour; temperature. 36; barometric pressure. 29.95; high, thin broken overcast; ceiling, unlimited: visibility, seven miles. , Britain Will Not Stabilize Bp T nitfi Prr* LONDON. Dee. 21 —Great Britain can not attempt monetary stabilization at present, Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, declared today in the House of Commons. jA

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BANDIT SUSPECT TRIO TO RETURN Capt. Leach to Grill Men on Carbon Bank Raid and City Holdups. Three men who, Minneapolis police say, have admitted fleeing the Indiana State Reformatory, Pendleton. and robbing a bank at .Carbon. Ind.. were to be returned to Indiana today from the Minnesota city by Capt. Matt Leach of the Indiana State Police. The men. also suspected of participation m at least three holdups here, including the $2160 robbery of the Union Trust Co.'s Kentucky Avenue Branch, are Wallace Brady, 28. and Everett Kocher. 24. both of Anderson. Ind., and Lloyd Griffith. 25. Bowline Green Ind. Kocher's name was broadcast by police here within a. few minutes after the first of two holdups of the Emrich Factory Furniture Store, 324 W. Morris-st, last, month. At that, time, the authorities were certain that the. same group which had robbed the Carbon bank was responsible for the Emrirh “job.” The Emrich holdup netted approximately S4BO, part of a Saturday’s receipts. The afternoon of the Union Trust Cos. holdup. Nov. 15. the same mob was suspected of being responsible for the $1591.58 holdup of Gerald Miller, 27, cashier of the Omar Baking Cos , 901 E. 16th-st. The trio was arrested in a Minneapolis hotel yesterday afternoon when a waitress became suspicious of the actions and conversation of the three men. Police found firearms and extra automobile license plates in their rooms and a Ford V-8, reported stolen in Detroit shortly after a. SSOOO holdup there last Friday was recovered near the hotel. Because of this and because the ages of the men are 6aid to correspond with ftiose of the men involved in the Detroit crime. Michigan officials also are anxious to question and. probably, to prosecute the three men.

WARLESS WORLD IS PREDICTED BY FORD Present Generation May Enjoy !t, He Thinks. Bv I xitrrl Pits.) DETROIT. Dec. 21.—The present generation of girls and boys mat' be the first to live in a warless world. Henry Ford believes. Mr. Ford, in a Christmas greeting to the children of the Edison Institute, published in the Herald, official magazine, declared that, “the Christian message of ‘peace on earth' will some day come true.” “It probable,” Mr. Ford said, “that the airplane is a great helper of peace. When war can be carried to every one's back yard as the airplane can do, people will renounce war. It is Quite a different thing to read of war far away and to have it in your own street.” Mr. Ford told of his opinions of war and recalled the “peace shin’ on which he traveled to Europe in 1915. TEMPERATURE RISING: SNOW CUE TONIGHT Possibilities for White Christmas Good. Bureau Thinks. Indianapolis today had a southern exposure, so far as the weather was concerned. The temperature at 1 p. m. was 45 and on the way up. and the Weather Bureau predicted no immediate change, except, slightly low - er temperatures tonight and tomorrow. The Bureau also predict/W snowtonight or tomorrow, so th f may be a white Christmas and a chance to use those sleds after all. Times Index Page Bridge 29 Broun 25 Comics 41 Crossword Puzzle 41 Curious World 41 Editorial . . 26 Financial .. 40 Food Pages 30.32. 34 Hickman—Theaters .. 20 Pegler .. 25 Radio 37 Sports 35. 36. 37 State News 27 Woman's Pages 28. 29 Colonel Draws China Po.t R*j T vitrei Prr9B WASHINGTON. Dee. 21—Col. George A. Lynch, former deputv administrator of NRA. today was assigned as commander of the 15th United States Infantry at Tientsin, China. ,

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County. 3 Cents

KILLER-BANDIT ON RAMPAGE AGAIN IN EAST Mats Escapes After 548.500 Holdup in Philadelphia; Leaves No Clew. FEDERAL MEN ON CASE Credited With Half Dozen Murders. He Becomes No. 1 Outlaw. B'J I <!■ >.l r<r., PHILADELPHIA Dec. 21 Robert Mais, fugitive killer, kidnaper and pay roll bandit, became the scourge of the East today with his criminal path beginning t.o parallel that of John Diilinger. Police and Department of Justice agents admitted they had few clews to the will-o'-the-wisp 'who led a newly formed gang in a raid on the Philadelphia Electrir Cos. yesterday. The holdup netted $48,500 Sixty employes were held at bay by revolvers and machine guns. Police revealed today that Mais, the East's “Public Enemy No. t.” has hern arrested 22 times and that his criminal career began when he was only is. He is now 28. Arrested on various charges, Mais successfully “beat the rap" 13 times and once was given leniency on his promise to be good.”

Active in Bootlegging During prohibition, Mais was active in bootlegging and was arrested several timps. but was never convicted, the records show. Following repeal, he joined the Tri-State gang, a band of notorious hijackers and highway bandits, which operated in Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore and Richmond, Va. The first “big job'' for Mais w-as on Dec. 5, 1933, when he and a gang headed by Big George Phillips held up a mail truck at Richmond, killed the guard and escaped with $60,090. Mais came to Philadelphia soon after and w-ent into hiding for several months. He left here again in February. Convicted of Murder j Returning in April, Mais was accused of aiding in the kidnaping of Mrs. Leonora Goslyn Fontaine, ; sweetheart of Big George Phillips, who since has been slain in a gun battle with Washington police. Mrs. Fontaine was shot, but she. recovered and named Mais as her assailant, as well as identifying Mais and Walter Legenza as killers of the Richmond mail guard. Mais dhd Legenza later were arrested for that crime and tried for murder in Richmond. While awaiting transfer to the Virginia State Prison for execution, Mais and Legenza shot, their way to liberty, killing one policeman and wounding two others. Mais was shot, in the abdomen. but he recovered. Armories Are Raided Little was heard of the two i escaped fugitives until Oct. 26 when William 'Big Nose) Weiss, sportsman, was kidnaped. Police immediately linked Mais to the kidnaping, although ihev had no definite knowledge until two weeks ago when his gang's headqarters was raided here and seven of its members were arrested. From them police learr j that Mais had engineered the Weiss kidnaping and that the sportsman had been slain after a friend of the family had paid $25,000 ransom. Police and detectives feared more depredations from Mais following robberies at National Guard aimot'ies at Norristown and Indiana, Pa. In each instance ammunition, mai chine guns and shotguns were taken. Police accused Mais and his gang of the robberies. KINGSFORD-SMITH OFF IN CROSS-COUNTRY HOP .Famed Australian Flier Seeks Recto New York. H'l I rtif< ./ f'ri BURBANK Cal. Dee 21—Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, transpacific flier, left, here at 4:58 a m. >P. S TANARUS.) '2:53 Indianapolis timsi today m what may develop into an attempt to establish anew transcontirental speed record to New York. Although ho announced his destination as Cincinnati, via Albuquerque and Kansas City, sir Charles admitted he "may try for New York” if weather conditions were favorable He was flying the Laris Southern Cross, in which hp and Capt. p. G. Taylor crossed the Pacific recently from Australia. Acompanying him was Harry E Walker, San Diernas (Cal.) rancher. DUCE AIDS IN KEEPING PEACE, ENVOY STATES Mussolini Deserves Credit for Important Role in Europe, He Says. By I n>h and Br> ST LOUIS. Dec 21.—Premier Mussolini’s support of Austrian independence has had a great bearing in averting a war after Chancellor Dolfuss was assassinated, Breckenridge Long. United States ambassador 'o Italy, said upon his arrival here. The "ambassador, a former St. Louisan, us visiting here during the holidays Discussing Mussolini. Ambassador Long said: “Hp is playing an important role and it us to his credit that he has exerted himself for the maintenance of peace." i CLOTHE-A-CHILD AT BLOCK'S— AdT.