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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1931.
No. 267.
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By PAUL MALLON.
Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon
Political Romance
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The presi
dent appears to be subtly wooing the
veterans' bloo chieftains In congress
. with posies.
One such vet leader gets a bou
quet ever so often In the form of a
Tennessee Valley Improvement proj
ect for hla home district. If the
courtship lasts much longer even the
air will be electrified tor his Some
folks.
Such flowers are favorites with all
congressmen. They are guaranteed
to win the hardest political heart.
Intentions
Nevertheless, some stronger wooing
may be necessary to keep congress
from going contrary to Mr. Roose
velt' wishes regarding veterans' econ
omies. It Is dangerous sub-surface Is
sue, one on which the administra
tion stands ft chance of being beaten.
Mr. Roosevelt gave In a little By
restoring about one-third of what
the American Legion wanted. That
failed to quiet the clamor, witn
congressmen coming up for election
, In the fall, the veterans' vote Is
eagerly sought.
Republican senators are guarantee
ing that the issue will be forced be
fore the senate for a vote., Action In
the house haa been delayed. Chair
man Rankin of the house veterans'
committee has postponed hearings
several times.
Tariff
Admlnlstrstlon mouthpieces have
keot comparatively quiet about the
fact that Mr. Roosevelt has had ft
tariff message to congress on his
desk now for days.
As a matter of fact, he had a tariff
message prepared for the last session
of congress and did not choose to
send It.
The current one Is supposed to be
In the form of ft report from Oeorge
Peek, w.ho has been Investigating
trade possibilities.
Mr. Roosevelt's backwardness about
releasing his tariff plans la based on
the knowledge that they will raise a
fuss In congress. He tore up hla first
tariff message last spring because his
congressional leaders told him the
session would be endless if he raised
that Issue. They are telling him the
same thing now.
In auch cases tfis president usu
ally concocts scheme whereby he
can get what he wanta without arous
. lng the opposition. He Is supposed
to be thinking along that line now.
Mills
Complete lack of comment from
national Republicans on the Ogden
Mills off-season keynote speech was
not due to disinterestedness, but to
dismay.
The brilliant New Yorker's oration
In Topeka was Interpreted by hie
parly colleagues here privately as
more funereal than necessary. They
say the party must offer the farmer
something beside the tariff and some
' thing beside generalized opposition.
They did not realize what Mills
was up against. He had to say some
thing stimulating politically, and yet
avoid specific Issues.
The truth Is the Republicans have
ft franchise on politics. They must
run a street car over the line every
so often or they will lose the fran
chise. The Milla speech was Just one of
those kind of csrs.
Politeness
Public works directors have adopt
ed a slick scheme for turning down
project they do not like.
They cannot afford to reject offers
for fesr of arousing sentiment, so
they sttaoh Impossible demands to
projects .they do not favor.
In one case recently they approved
a project with a proviso that 60 per
cent of the money should be raised
by private capital. They knew It
would be Impossible to raise any
such amount privately. In that way
r' they get around unsatisfactory proj
ects which are strongly backed po
litically by prominent Democrats.
Tape
A typical political red tape yarn
of Washington Is tft one about the
aviation ground school location. The
Issue has been up In the air for
years.
The army has been recommending
an Ohio site near Dsyton. congress
has been falling to follow the reeom.
mendatlon for so long that tleneral
rulola has tossed up bis hands and
aald he does not care w.here It Is
established If congreM will Just please
establish it somewhere.
Some yeara ago congress authorized
construction of the school at Cha
nute Held. Illinois. The war depart
ment declined to spend the money.
Assistant Secretary Trubee Davison
said the appropriation waa "pure
pork." Later Oeneral Tanchet of the
air corps recommended Dayton but
the .iouse appropriation committee
again selected Chanute Pleld in the
genersl pork bsrrel bill of 1932.
I,at summer the PWA started to
offer money for the school, mlthout
selecting the spot for it. The Illi
nois boys thought tiiat would mean
selection of the Dayton site and they
blocked the PWA movement.
Representative Hsrlsn Is trvlng to
. arouse the Ohio congressional gang.
The Illinois crowd f sitting tight.
The army still fsvor Dsyton quietly.
Msenwhlle there la no satisfactory
Khool.
LEAD TO HIGHEST
4.600.000 Shares Change
Hanas Prom lawng
Flurries Fail Curb Enthu
siasmCurb Also Active
NEW YORK, Peb. 1. (AP) Dol
lar devaluation and the United
States' new position on ft modified
gold bullion atandard brought heavy
buying Into the security markets to
day. Transfers approximated 4,600,
000 shares.
Stocks rose 1 to more than M ft
share. Profit taking flurries were
numerous, but demand was huge and
scores of issues, especially industrials,
plowed to new ,hlghs since 1931. The
close waa strong.
Bonds, Including U. S. governments,
were aotlve and strong, but many of
the commodity market made com
paratively narrow fluctuations. Wheat
closed virtually unchanged.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (AP) Curb
market prices advanced substantially
today under ft broad and active de
mand for shares In every section of
the list.
Aluminum company, American Gas
& Electric, Electrlo Bond and Share,
Gulf Oil, Newmont Mining, Mont
gomerl Ward "A," Niagara Hudaon
Power, Parker Rust Proof, Pittsburgh
Plate lass, Sherwln Williams, Stan
dard Oil of Ohio, and Swift & Co.
Improved around one to more than
two points. Chllda pfd. advanced 7.
Some metal stocks, after an Initial
spurt upward, encountered profit tak
ing and slid back to around their
previous levels.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. (AP)
Trans-America moved up In the gen
erally strong market for western
stocks today, reaching B a share for
the first time since July 20 last
year, gaining 87.S cents. Its first
hour turnover on the stock exchange
here was 10,000 shares.
Southern Pacific gained $1.78 at
$32.25, and Pacific Gas common, Pa
cific Public Service preferred, West
ern Pipe 44 ' Steel among other were
strong.
NEW YORK, Feb. l.iP) Under
buoyant leadership of secondary is
sues the bond market moved upward
at a fast pace today. U. S. govern
ment moved along with the trend,
although their gains were not quite
so large a those recorded yesterday.
The principal gainers, which added
from 1 to 4 point to the closing
value of yesterday, Included Chicago
& Northwestern 4s, Erie os, inter
national Telephone Issues. Postal Tel
egraph 5s, and Warner Bros. ' 6.
Today's closing prices for 32 selected
stocks follow:
Al. Chem. 44 Dye 154?,
Am. Can 1
Am. & Fgn. Pow. 1114
A. T. & T 1204
Anaconda
Atch. T. & S. F.
Bcndlx Avta
Beth. Steel .,
California Pack'g.
Caterpillar Tract.
Chrysler
Coml. Solv
Curtlss-Wright .
DuPont ,
16",
71 !4
,. 23
47',
ZZZHH 30
57 ,
6
100 ,
36
40'i
Gen. Foods
Gen. Mot
Int. Harvest
I. T. & T.
Johns-Man
Monty Wsrd
North Amer. ....
Penney tJ. C.) ....
Phillips ret
Radio
Sou. Psc. -
Std- Brands -..
St. Oil Csl.
8t. Oil N. J.
Trans. Amer. -
Union Carb
Unit. Aircraft
44'i
Z.IL 65 '
30'j
20i
18
ZIZZZ 31 i
24,
2'i
8 '
38'i
U. S. Steel
57!,
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1. (AP)
Demonstrations against a film depict
lng the nasi triumph orer commun
ism In Germany will be continued
as long as Vie film. 8. A. Mann
Brand, la shown here, protesting
Portland communlett and their sym
pathizers Mid today.
A demonstration waa also prom
Ised for this afternoon when five
persons a ire ted for carrying I m prop.
er banners at last night's demonstra
tion come up for municipal court
hearing.
No other arrest were made last
night as a concentrated police detach
ment and some 600 demonstrators
glared at each other, the demonatra
tors heckling theatergoers. "Down
with Hitler" snd similar signs were
carried by those arretted. Similar
invectives some amplified were
burled by the pro ten era.
NAZI FILM IRKS
PORTLAND REDS
Lincoln Banquet
Representation
To Be State-Wide
PORTLAND, Ore., reb. I. (AP)
Statewide observance of Lincoln
day at s. dinner here February 12
la being planned by a committee
which la seeking representation'
from each county. Lamar Tooze of
Portland Is general chairman.
Earl Sncll of Arlington, speaker
of the house, will be toast master.
Romeo Ooulet will represent Sa
lem; Claude E. Ingalls, Corvallls;
M, F. Corrigan, McMlnnvtlle: Thos.
H. Tongue, Hillsboro. and Charles
Bollinger, Oregon City. Others
were to communicate with the
Portland committee today. ,
Chester H. Rowell, editor of the
San Francisco Chronicle, will be
the principal speaker.
IRK WILL START
ON STRAIGHTENING
OF EAST UN ST.
The last necessary steps to clear the
w&y for the widening and straighten
ing of East Maui street at the dan
gerous curve, now Interfering with
traffic at Siskiyou Heights, were taken
at a special meeting of the city coun
cil yesterday evening.
Work on the improvement, which
has been okehed as a OWA project,
will start Friday or Saturday, City
Superintendent Fred Scheffei, an
nounced this morning.
Men to carry on the work will be
transferred to East Main street from
other CWA projects. No new allot
ment of men was allowed for the
project, It being one of the first ap
proved. At the meeting of the council yes
terday, provision was made for the
exchange of a lot with S. L. Leonard,
In order to give O. V. Myers the lot
desired In exchange for land in the
Siskiyou Heights section, to be uti
lised la the straightening of the
street, . .
ROOSEVELT BALL
TOTAUS $520
An increase in the sum realised
here to benefit the Warm Springs en
dowment fund through the Birthday
ball for the president, waa reported
today by Larry Schade, treasurer, who
announced that the check was not
forwarded"' to national ' headquarters
yesterday, because additional contri
butions were reported.
The sum had reached $520 today.
This amount represents the sum clear
ed after bills were paid. The sum
was estimated at 1501.60 yesterday.
After the report was given out, lev
eral people, who were unable to at
tend the dance, called to make con
tributions and additional funds were
reported to the ticket salesmen. The
check will be forwarded to national
headquarters as soon as the local
committee has made a complete
check.
HOWARD C. BARE
Howard C. Bare, ased 39. well
known resident of Medford. where he
had been engaged In the real estate
business, psesed away at his home,
811 West Second street, early this
morning, following a brief Illness wlti
pneumonia, acompanled by a weak
heart.
Mr. Bare was a Mason and held
membership In the Blue lodee at
Roncefert, W. Va.. and belonged to
the consistory and Benl Kedem tem
ple Slirlne at Charleston. ,.
He was born In Monroe county.
West Virginia, and came from that
state to Jackson county In 1026. For
several years after hla arrival here he
operated the Berkeley orchards and
later became a real estate dealer In
partnership with Elmer Herrled.
He lesves hla wife. Prances McNeil
Bare, and two daughters. Ocne and
Betty, both at nome. Also two sla
ters. Mrs. B. w. Mitchell and Mrs.
M C. Mitchell, In West Virginia.
The body is at the Conger Funeral
Parlors and arrangements will be an
nounced In a later Issue of this paper.
ASHLAND HIES ALL
TO HEAR NRA SPEAKER
The city of Ashland extended an
Invitation today to all Interested
Medford people to the luncheon to
morrow noon at the Ltthla hotel, ar
ranged to honor the visit of Chas.
trvlng Fisher, national representative
of the NRA. w.ho will be in the val
ley on his official tour.
Luncheon win be served at 13:15
o'clock and Mr. Ftfher will speak
during the luncheon program. He
win be In Medford later In the after
noon to speak at the high school
auditorium.
Dollar Devaluing Opens
Path to Huge Expansion
Of Bank Credit Is Hope
Commodity Prices Are Slated for Boost as
Bank Deposits and Turn-Over
Increase Under New Move
By CLAL'IE A. JAOGER, Associated Press Financial Editor.)
(Copyright, 1934. by the Associated Press.)
NDW YORK, Feb. 1 .-President Roosevelt's proclamation devaluing he
dollar approximately 41 per cent, as understood by Wall street monetary
authorities, has virtually restored the dollar to the International gold
standard and opened the way to a huge potential credit expansion.
It is believed that stabilization of
the dollar In terms of principal for
eign currencies has probably been
largely accomplished.
As bank credit expands, bank de
posits grow, and as the turnover of
bank deposits Increases, that is, as
check settlements accelerate, prices
normally rise. The wartime expan
sion of credit brought sharp Increases
In commodity prices. The more re
cent boomtlme credit growth of 1928
20 was reflected rather In a Jump In
real estate and. security prices than
In staple goods.
Profit Use Unknown.
How the treasury will use the more
than $3,700,000,000 In gold "profit"
resulting from the decrease In the gold
dollar remains to be seen.
Its first move has been to create
a 2, 000 ,000 .000 stabilisation fund, to
stabilize the dollar In the foreign ex
change market, and to stabilize the
price of government securities.
The potentialities of this big addi
tion to the nation's monetary gold
stock, It was pointed out, may be
seen in the fact that an Increase In
the country's gold of nearly $3,400,
the country gold of nearly $2,400,
000,000 from 1914 to 1929 was accom
panied by a Jump In bank credit of
more than $30,000,000,000. Further
more, banking authorities explain,
such an Increase In gold would sup
port a theoretical maximum increase,
according to the ' workings of our
banking system, of several times that
Stabilization Solved.
The action of the President In au
thorizing the treasury both to buy
and sell gold at $35 an ounce, in the
opinion of foreign exchange experts,
may largely solve the problem of
stabilizing the dollar, particularly in
sofar as the gold countries are con-'
oerned. It is therefore possible that
the stabilization fund may not have
to devote much attention to the In
ternational money market, and may
concentrate upon domestic problems.
The problem of the dollar's adjust
ing itself to Its Indicated Interna
tlonal value Is complicated by two
factors. Fi:st, there is the possibility
of a large Influx of fugitive domestic
capital now abroad, and .the return
of the normal foreign investment in
American securities, which might
reaoh proportions unmanageable in
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1
Fruit shipments for the month of
January totaledS 11 cars 08 pears
and 30 apples.
In December the total shipments
were 88 cars 63 pears and 36 apples.
Shipments the past week totaled
six csrs of pears and two of apples.
Severe cold In the east slackened the
sale of pears the first of the week.
On January 35 there wer In stor
ag here 286 cars of D'AnJous, 125
cars of Winter Nells, one car of East
era, one-half car of Cornice .and 105
cars of apples.
COMMITTEE ASKS PROBE
PORTLAND CWA PLAINTS
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1. (AP)
Because of numerous complaints re
celled by the Portland city council's
relief committee, the group last night
asked that the Multnomah county
relief committee meet with It prior
to February 7 to sift chsrgea that
favoritism has been ahown In em
ploying CWA workers.
Federal Reserve System
Doomed Says Economist
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. fAP Pro
fessor Irving Fisher testified before
a house banking subcommittee today
that the existing federal reserve sys
tem "will now be lucky If It escapee
destruction altogether." Ha made
this comment In endorsing proposals
for a federal monetary authority with
sole currency issuing powers.
The bill before the committee for
establishment of the monetary au
thority, the Yale progessor held to
be "a splendid step toward the goal
which President Roosevelt has set
before us.
For "political reasons,'1 he asserted,
the federal reserve Ttem with 13
regional instead of one central bank
was established In 1911.
GOLD SUPPLY OF
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. (AP) The
United States was described today by
Secretary Morgenthau as being on a
"1034 model of a gold bullion stand
ard" as a result of the dollar devalu
ation program which netted the gov
ernment a $2,793,940,517 profit.
He made this statement to reporters
as Professor Irving Fisher of Yale
testified to a house banking sub
committee that the existing federal
reserve system "will now be lucky If
It escapes destruction altogether.'
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (AP) Reck
oned on the new gold value of the
dollar, the world supply of monetary
gold has Jumped from some $20,000,-
000,000.
The United States monetary gold
supply becomes about $6,800,000,000,
In contrast to roug,hly $4,030,000,000,
on the basts of the old' dollar. Amer
ican gold remains about one-third of
the total world supply.
The next biggest hoard Is that of
the Bank of France, amounting to
one-fourth of the world supply The
French Central Bank's reserve of yel
low metal, according to Its weekly
statement, was $5,108,000,000, cal
culated on the new parity
6.63 cents for the franc, al
though the franc .has failed as yet
to get up to that level. On Its old
parity of 8.92 cents, the French gold
would have been reckoned at $3,020,
000,000. The Bank of England's gold, ac
cording to today's statement, pre;
sentlng It In terms of old gold pound
the pound has not yet been reval
ued In terms of gold becomes In
terms of the new gold dollar $1,678,
000,000. This Is the third biggest
gold accumulation.
Spain comes next with monetary
gold reserves of roughly $750,000,000,
bated on the new dollar, and Italy,
Belgium and The eNtherlands each
have somewhat more than $600,000,
000. Switzerland follows with some
$560,000,000.
Japan's gold reserve becomes In
our currency roughly $250,000,000,
and Argentina's $180,000,000.
The smallest gold reserve for a
leading central bank Is that of the
Relschbank. The German gold re
serve la roughly $140,000,000.
E'
NIAGARA FALLS. N. T., Feb. 1.
(AP) Emma Odd man, America's
most foremost anarchist for almost
x generation, came "home" to the
United States today from a 15 -year
exile. She entered from Canada. Mlna
Goldman. 64, was exiled for her radi
cal acuities and has spent 15 years
wandering and lecturing in foreign
lands. A few weeks ago the labor
department granted her permission
to re-enter the United States. She
left Toronto this morning en route
to Rochester to visit relatives.
"Only a loose and Ineffective co
ordination was attempted through the
federal reserve board." he continued.
"The result has been chaos and In
ternal dissension.
"Dissension and vacillation will
continue to have deadly effects as
long as the (federal reserve) system
continues to lack system. It haa
been found wanting. It will now be
Iwky If It earspes destruction alto
gether or absorption by the govern
ment." The pending proposal for a mone
tary authority, he aald. "seems to
be the best available compromise per
mitting the system to survive intact
so long as the mnnsiement of Vit
dollar Is put In new hinds,"
GERMANY REJECTS
OF
E
Threat to Appeal to League
of Nations Leaves Hitler
Government Unmoved
Long Note Undisclosed
BERLIN, Feb. l. (AP) Germany
today formally replied to Austria's
threat to appeal to the League of
Nations if Germany did not cease
Interference In Austrian affairs by
rejecting point for point the several
complaints. It was officially an
nounced. The German government, offlclala
said, expressed the view the problem
"Is not one for International trat
"1s not one for International treat
way." Konstantln Von Neurat,h, foreign
minister, handed the note to Aus
trian Minister Tauschnite at 6 p. m.
It replied to the Austrian warning
January 17.
The text of the note was not re
leased but It waa understood to be
exceptionally long.
BAY OF WHALES, Antarctica (Via
Mackay Radio), Feb. 1. (AP) Crews
of the Bear of Oakland, supptyshlp,
which equaled a record run from
Dunedin. N. Z., to the Bay of Whales,
and of the Byrd flagship today work
ed at a feverish pace discharging
winter stores to the bay Ice, six miles
from Little America.
Haste was necessary, as leaders of
the expedition feared crumbling Ice
might again threaten the ships and
supplies.
The bear of Oakland since midnight
has been berthed alongside the flag
ship. The 60-year-old barken tine ar
rived at 10:30 last night, equalling
the record trip of 13 days between
Dunedin and the Bay of Whales made
by the S. S. Eleanor Boiling In 1029
on the first Byrd Antarctic expedi
tion. PART FEDERAL PAY
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. (P) The
senate appropratlona sub-oommlttoe
considering the Independent offices
bill today, voted to restore one-third
of the 15 per cent federal pay cut.
effective February 1, and another
third next July.
Under the bill as passed by the
house, federal workers would hive
been given only five per cent of their
cut back, effective July 1.
The full senate committee has yet
to act, then the senate and then the
house again before final approval Is
possible.
PASCO, Wash., Feb. 1, (AP) An
attempt to save some treasured por
celain from her biasing home 'at
Mesa, 20 mllea north of here, today
brought death In the flames to Dr.
Ora castle, 67. She had removed
some household effects end wals said
to have re-entered the building to
retrieve the porcelain. Her body was
found near a window.
Dr. Castle was a pioneer physician
In this district. She was alone In
her ranch home when the fire broke
out.
SEEK STATE PERMITS
SALEM, Feb. 1. (AP) Two hear
ings on applications for permits to
operate as contract carriers were aet
by the public utilities commissioner
today for February 8 at Klamath
Falls.
The applications were filed by the
Rogue River Motor Transport com
pany and the W. R. Cummlngs of
Medford.
COMMITTEE SHELVES "
LAND EXCHANGE BILL
WASHINOTON, Feb. 1. (AP)
Pending determination of the atti
tude of tax levying bodies, the house
public lands committee today de
ferred action on a bill by Rep. Msr
tin (D , Ore.) to exchange lands with
in the boundaries of national forests
for lands outside $ radius of tlx sulci,
Kidnaped Man's Wife
J
Among the persons most con.
earned over the fate of Edward
Bremer, kidnaped St. Paul bank
president, was hla wife (above).
(Associated Presa Photo)
ADDRESS PUBLIC
F
Frederick Vlnlng Fisher, national
field representative of the NRA, will
be In Medford Friday afternoon to
speak, at an open meeting at the high
school auditorium at 3 o'clock. All
residents of the valley Interested In
the progress and operation of the
national recovery program are Invited
to the assembly.
Mr. Fisher will be the first na
tional official of the Nil A to visit
Medford arid a large crowd at his
high school address Is urged by the
chamber of commerce as official
greeting, as Mr. Fisher will be able
to spend only the afternoon In this
city. All service clubs are urged to
have representative a at the .meeting.
Mr. Fisher was chief of the bureau
of platform publicity or the Panama-Pacific
exposition, San Fran
cisco, from 1912 to 1016. During the
participation of the United States In
the world war, 1017-1918, he was
morale officer for the government,
and was directly connected wlWi all
the Liberty loan drives and other
patriotic endeavors; he was the east
ern officer for the Los Angeles cham
ber of commerce, stationed In New
York, during 1025-1926; and after
that time organized and directed the;
city waterways program for the city
of Chicago.
He has been designated as national
field reresentatlve of the national re
covery administration by Louis J.!
Alber, chief of the NRA speakers' di
vision, Washington, D. C-, and since
The Inauguration of the NRA pro
gram has been constantly in the field
acquainting the public with the pur
pose and Intent of the NRA program.
For the last several months Mr.
Fisher has been conducting a series
of meetings In the California towns,
and It was only at the urgent re
quest of northwest NRA officials and
over V protests of California NRA
executives that he was detailed to
the Pacific Northwest for a similar
series of 'pep talks."
DAVIS HELD AS
T
Ed Davis, Sfl, a native of California,
Is being held In the county Jail here,
having been returned to Medford yes
terday afternoon from Yrrka, Calif.,
by state police and Chief of Police
Clatous McCredle. Davla, according
to officers, confessed to transposing
Betty Smith, alias Betty Davis, 23. be
tween states over a period of the past
two years.
Miss Smith Is now In the county
Jail, where she was sentenced l"t
week to serve 90 days, upon her plead
ing guilty In Justice court, to vag
rancy. Davis, who had been working In ft
mine near here, waa arrested In Weed,
Calif., Tuesday and was taken to
Yrrka, by California officers.
T
Administrators were named by the
probate court divlMon of the county
court yesterday for the estates of
two prominent Ashland residents who
passed away wlt,hln the last two
weeks.
Ralph 8. nilllnga and O. H. Bil
lings of Ashland, sons, were named
administrators of the eatafe of the
Isle O. H. Billings.
Nellie St. Johns Brlggs, widow, was
named administratrix of the estate
of I. D. Brlggs, attorney, who died
I ant Saturday.
Appraisers of the Brlggs estate were
nsmed as follows: W. H. McNal
O. C. JEubanJts tag Q. H. BWlpgi,
GRILL SANKEY FOR
Public Enemy No. 1 Seized
By Federal Agents in
Chicago, Admits 'Snatch
ing' Bohn and Bocttcher
OHICAOO, Feb. 1. P) A solution
of the long-standing mystery of the
kidnaping and slaying of Charles
Augustus Lindbergh. Jr., was aought
today through questioning of Verna
Sankey. 42. one-time ranchman who
allegedly turned to the "snatch'
racket.
Siinkey, described by authorities as
"America's public enemy No. 1." wws
selrd late yesterday afternoon by fed
eral agents and city detectives. In a
barbershop, on Information furnished
by an anonymous source, snd con
fessed, Melvin H. Purvis of the fed
eral bureau of investigation said, that
he had participated In two kldnap
lnga that of Hankell Bohn of St. Paul
and Charles Bocttcher II., Denver
capitalist.
Denies Llndy Connection.
The former Gann, S. D.. ranchman
and one-timo railroad engineer, de
nied he had any connection with the
Lindbergh kidnaping, or. the abduc
tions of Bdward Q. Bremer of St.
Paul and William Hamm, Jr., also of
St. Paul, but the authorities pushed
their grilling of him In the hop of
uncovering some new light on the.se
"snatches." particularly the Lind
bergh case.
In his confession of the Denver and
St, Paul k id n apings, Sanfcay told Pur
vis that he had collected the 6 0.0 00
ransom for releasing Boettcher and
$12,000 for freeing Bohn.
From St. Paul, County Attorney M.
F. Klnkead, who announced early la it
month that he had found evidence
which he aald Indicated th&t Sankey.
long soight by the law, had had some
connection with the Sourland moun
tain Lindbergh abduction iny New
Jersey.
Handwriting Checks.
Handwriting experts, Klnkead said,
had found a similarity In the writing
of the Boettcher and Lindbergh ran
som notes, and a telephone call from
Minneapolis to an undisclosed town
In New Jersey scene or the Lind
bergh kidnaping had been uncover
ed. The call, he said, was made from
a gasoline station, by a man who an
swered San key's description, 10 day
after the Lindbergh baby was seized.
The prosecutor also accused Sankey
or a scheme to abduct the former
heavyweight boxing champion, Jack
Dempsey, and Babe Ruth, the home
run baseball star, adding that evi
dence to support his allegations had
been found at the Sankey ranch.
When advised in New York of San
key's capture, Joseph B. Koenan, spec
ial attorney-general and government
expert in kidnaping cases, said that
"this means the end of the man wh
la really America's public enemy No.
1" a remark which Chicago police
Interpreted as meaning that Keenan
suspected Sankey of having had ft
part in the Lindbergh affair.
Tnkp.i Without 'Fight.
Sankey was taken without a strug
gle. He was unarmed, but several
pills, believed to be poison, were found
In his possession, and Purvis said
that the prisoner seemed dejected and
had remarked that he was sorry he
had not swallowed them. Later, la
the captured man's, apartment the
Investigators found a tin box con
taining 13.200 In 9100 bills. 200 In
120 bills and 30 In 1 bills.
A woman, who said she was Helen
Matern, but who denied she knew
Sankey's true Identity, was arrested
for questioning.
WILL-
ROGERS
'says-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.
The vice president and Mrs.
Garner's party to the president
waa one of the finest and most
enjoyable iifl'iiirs yon ever suit.
They were marvelous hosts and
the president did enjoy himself.
Mr. Koosovelt couldn't get oyer
Mr. Garner Maying up till 12
oVlook.
Visited and listened to
speeches in both ends of the
capitol all day. Debating on the
bit; navy bill in the house. VTas
talking to a lady uonvressman
and she said to me, "Why do
all those men say that a big
navy will bring peaeet" I told
her, "Well, even if it don't
bring peace it will come in
mighty handy."
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