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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy with slowly rising temperature, followed by rain this afternoon or tonight; ‘Tempera- tures—Highest, 41, at 4 p.m. yesterday; Full re- much colder tomorrow night. lowest, 34 at 8 a.m. yesterday. port on page A-9. (#) Means Associated Press. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C he WASHINGTON, D. No. 1,556—No. 33,129. “I'M TIRED” SAYS AMELIA ENDING HAWAII-OAKLAND 2,400 MILE SOLO FLIGHT K Ordered to Bed by Physician on Arrival. CROWDS KEPT IN SUSPENSE Denies Plane Lost,| but Went South of Course. Wirephotos from Oakland show- ing Miss Earhart’s landing yes- terday—Page A-5. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press.) OAKLAND, Calif., January 12, Amelia Earhart Putnam, ocean-con- quering aviatrix, flashed into Oakland today to complete the first solo flight ever made between Hawaii and Cali-| fornia—and hastily combed her tousled | blond hair before turning to face a madly cheering crowd. | “I'm tired,” said the famous holder | of many aviation records as she popped her head out of the cockpit. saw the crowd and reached for her comb. The wheels of her swift red mono- | plane touched dry land at 1:31 p.m. (4:31 p.m., Eastern standard time). just 18 hours and 16 minutes after her exciting take-off from Wheeler Field, 25 miles out of Hono'ulu. and | 2.400 miles from Oaklaud. Two hours | after landing she went to bed in an Oakland hotel. Fought Weather. Not satisfied with two aerial rips across the Atlantic and a host of other aviation honors, the 36-year-old flyer challenged the Pacific as has no other man or woman. She came through only after fighting a variety of weather and giving California watchers an un- easy three hours during which her | position was not known. “It was worse than the Atlantic| flight,” she said. “There was no pur- pose or reason for it.” Miss Earhart was examined hy a physician and a nurse and was ordered to rest, and there was little possibility of her continuing on to Chircagc or ‘Washington, D. C., as she had con- sidered, Airport attendants said she left in- structions not to refuel her plane. ‘Weather conditions to the East were reported unfavorable. Amelia Earhart shown at the flew from Honolulu to Oakland. Calif. “I'm tired,” she was still able to smile. . P. Wirephotos. Oakland. Copyright, A door of cabin plane in which she Although her first words were: Photo taken late yesterday at Miss Earhart’s Story of Her Flight BY AMELIA EARHART. Special Dispatch to The Star. OAKLAN]} Calif,, January 12 good training for other hoped-for lon succeeds in marking a little the inevitable air service of the future will fly. It came off primarily because the preparation of plane and equlpmtnt} was admirably handled by Paul Mantz of Burbank, Calif, to whom belongs | After all, others have flown this stretch and there a large measure of credit. (N.AN.A).—The flight from Honolulu was attempted with no thought of proving anything aeronautical. I can only hope one more passage across that portion of the Pacific more plainly the pathway over which To me also, it seemed g-distance flights. are many corapetent pilots, women as well as men, who will do it again. As a place to prepare for a flight, “I had enough fuel in my tanks to have lasted another two hours,” Miss Earhart went on, in contrast to the | statement of Lieut. Comdr. Clarence | Williams indicating her supply was ! due to be exhausted about the time she landed. Coast Cities in Suspense. . For three hours California costal “cities had been awaiting her and when she swooped down on the air- | port she took the crowd of 5,000 by | surprise. A mighty cheer arose. The crowd | surged toward the plane and stopped little short of its whirring propeller blades. Attendants pushed her plane into & hanger and closed the doors against the admiring crowd, but only after many had succeeded in grasping her | hand and shouting words of praise at her. Someone mentioned that she had not been heard from for a consider- able time before landing: that there ‘were reports she was battling fog, had strayed from her course; that her (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) —_— FLANDIN ASSAILS “NEW DEAL” CRITICS Premier Declares Program Is to Save France From Economic Ruin and Dictatorship. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 12.—Premier Pierre- Etienne Flandin struck back today at critics of his just-launched French new deal. In an address broadcast from the banquet of his party, the Republican Democratic Alliance, he declared the recovery program submitted to the Chamber of Deputies this week was in- tended to save France from ecomonic ruin and dictatorship. He defied advocates of an easier credit policy, asserting that would lead to inflation, and stood his ground against devaluationists, declaring “the stability of the franc must be main- tained.” In defending the program of indus- trial agreements his government worked out to adjust production to consumption, the youthful premier aligned himself with such experiment- ers as President Roosevelt, although he did not refer specifically to Amer- ica’s recovery effort. “Between those who, at the risk of making mistakes, wish to act,” he said, “and those who for fear of mak- ing mistakes prefer to wait, the coun- try will choose. As for me, I have taken the risk.” WARNER DENIES CHARGE Film President Welcomes Court Test of Indictment. NEW YORK, January 12 (#).—Har- ry M. Warner, president of Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., indicted by a Federal grand jury in St. Louis for violation of the Sherman anti-trust 1aw, said today the Warner companies were “innocent” of the charges. “We have done nothing but con- duct our business in a fair and honest manner,” he said. “We are sure that Hawaii has one serious drawback. 1t is so altogether delightful one hates to leave it. But Thursday night I felt that the plane, my Lockheed Vega, was ready and its pilot in con- dition. Then Lieut. Stephens, who | * So yesterday afternoon I rested while the men at the field loaded about 500 gallons of gasoline into the tanks Then came a final check of weather reports and storing of articles needed on the flight. By 1 o'clock I was ready. This final preparation was ac- | voted WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION C, SUNDAY EUROPE 15 TENGE ASSAARVOTESON FUTURE CONTROL Germany Already Celebrat- ing Reunion as 540,000 Prepare to Ballot. THREAT OF DISORDERS MINIMIZED BY LEADERS Every Precaution Taken to Pre- vent Rioting—Nazis Appear to Have Edge. By the Assoclated Press. Europe today awaited anxiously the answer to the 15-year-old question of the Saar. As the 540.000 voters of the region | decided its future destiny, Germany ulready was celebrating the Saar’s an- ticipated return, France and Holland strengthened frontier guards against expected disorders and the League of Nations hoped the plebiscite might re- | move the last obstacles to European peace. Suarbruecken—The League’s inter- national army and police forces were ready to quell trouble makers as, the bitter campaign ended, Saarlanders for reunion with Germany. union with France or retention of League control. 3 League Backs Gemany. Geneva—League spokesmen sald they hoped the Saar would vote for | Germany, believing thereby the way might be prepared for the Reich’s re- turn to the League. Paris—French Saarlanders de- parted gayly to vote, but France strengthened frontier guards and set up first-ald stations along the border. The old French fear of Germany was expressed again on the eve of the plebiscite. The Hague, Holland—Holland’s bor- influx of refugees in the Saar. Berlin—Preparations for reuniting the Saar with Germany were complete as Germans, expecting an ‘“over- | whelming” victory, eagerly await an- | nouncement of the vote. BITTER CAMPAIGN ENDS. Gala Spirit Pervades Basin on Eve of Balloting. (Copyright, 1035, by the Associated Press.) SAARBRUECKEN, Saar Basin Ter- ritory, January 12.— A ding-dong, rough-and-tumble campaign, in which Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime were the main issue, at an end, the Saar tomorrow will choose its future na- tional allegiance. The plebiscite, the last of 12 issuing from the World War, will be held exactly 15 years and 3 days after the treaty of Versailles went into ef- fect. Experts call it by far the most im- was very helpful, announced that Fri- | complished very cautioudly. 1 wanted 'portant consultation of public opin- able as we might reasonably expect. “(Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) NEW DEPARTMENT OF SECURITY SEEN Co-ordination of Several Old | and New Agencies May Create Cabinet Post. By the Assoctated Press. President Roosevelt was disclosed yesterday to be considering the estab- lishment of a co-ordinated agency to handle virtually all social security and relief work. ‘Whether the agency would take'the form of ‘a division under’ an existing department, or be raised to the status of a separate department, whose head would be a member of the cabinet, remained to be decided. Many officials felt the Emergency Relief Administration should form the nucleus of the new agency and that Harry Hopkins should remain as its head. Others said Miss Josephine Roche of Colorado, Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury, was a likely se- lection. She has long been an inter- ested and keen student of public welfare work, Might Absorb Agencies. Into the new agency, officials said, there might be woven the existing Public Health Service, under the Treasury, and the Children's Bureau, now in the Labor Department. These persons, who have watched the social security program since its inception, argued that administration of unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, aid for dependent children and health aid, all points of the New Deal security program, would fit natu- rally into one agency. By utilizing existing relief ma- chinery, they contended, no new bu- reau would be created, and a drawing of the Children’s Bureau and the Public Health Service into the unit would fit into the President's co- ordination plans. Recommendation Undecided. Whether President Roosevelt would recommend the step in his next week's message to Congress was said to be undecided as yet. The impression spread at the Capi- tol that Mr. Roosevelt would leave the determination of many phases of the program to Congress. Among the points that might fall into this cate- gory were the amount of the pay roll tax to be levied for unemployment insurance and whether it should be financed wholly by employers. While the unemployment insurance bill was pointed along the same gen- eral lines us that of last year, except that the Federal Government would handle the central fund, few details were available regarding other phases. For old-age pensions, most persons familiar with the progress of the proe gram felt $30 a month might be sug- gested. Forty dollars has been re- the charges are groundless and wel- come an opportunity to test the mat- f in court,” ported, but this was described as too High. : DEMOCRATS BEGIN PATRONAGE WAR Mitchell of Tennessee Seesj Bitter Fight to Gain More Jobs. By the Associated Press, Democrats, dissatisfied with the pa- tronage situation, yesterday.began a move to force action for more party jobs. The- leaders in the neo-revolt in- clude Representative- McFariane of Texas and Representative Mitchell of | Tennessee, who has introduced a reso- lution calling for an investigation. The group it provides for would in- juire into nepotism and also determine | how many Republicans are occupying “jobs that might be given to Demo- crats. McFarlane said yesterday a petition would be circulated, if necessary, to force the calling of the House Demo- crats into caucus to consider the situa- tion. Bitter Fight Forecast. A meeting similar to that McFar- lane has in mind was called last year and a special committee resulted. It failed to report and both its chair- man, Lozier of Missouri, and the most pvigorous member, Carpenter of Ne- braska, failed to return. “The members are more belligerent this year, and we will keep up the fight to the end,” Mitchell said. Secretary Ickes and Harry HopXkins, relief administrator, are siill targets of the patronage dissidents. McFar- lane said other high party officials gad failed to give the Democrats their ues. North, “Hard Hit.” “There will be a petition circulated for a patronage caucus,” the Texan said. “I don’t know by whom, but if no one else does it, I am’ willing to, although personally I_do not have a whole lot of kick coming. It is the North and Middle West that has been hit the hardest. While I haven't got any patronage to speak of, the way the members from that séction talk, they haven't even been considered out there” “I think,” Mitchell said, “there are ‘They ought not to expect places under the mandate of the people. ‘To the victor belongs the spoils.” In my sec- tion the Democrats generally feel dis- appointed—and I certainly have been disappointed.” The Democrats have a regular standing patronage committee, but its appointment this Congress has been delayed, | (Sl ot too many Republicans holding jobs. [~ | day’s weather map would be as favor- | to escape the fuss and crowds of a [ion resulting from the late Woodrow Wilson's famous doctrine that all peoples have the right to decide as to the rule under which they wish to live. Through Wilson, it was recalled, the United States s responsible for giving the 790,000 residents of this rich industrial region their oppor- union with Germany or union with France. 543,323 Voters Qualified. On those three issues the Saar's 543.323 qualified voters—qualified be- | cause they lived in the Saar the day the Versailles treaty was signed—to- morrow will express their composite opinion, while heavy detachments of international and Saar police and gendarmes stand guard, and the 3.500 troops of the League's first interna- tional army watchfully wait. With the voting less than 12 hours | away, unbiased observers tonight gave Germany an edge on the ballot- i ng. “It is hardly conceivable,” plebiscite experts said, “that the anti-Nazis can swing 50 per cent of this profoundly patriotic German population.” To swell the ranks of those voting for Germany were 54,000 Saarland- ers residing abroad. Germany sent 48.000 of them, in special trains that rolled into the Saar yesterday and today. The rest came from widely (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) GUNMEN SLAY GIRL Texas Victim's Companion in Auto Shot and Wounded. DALLAS, Tex., January 12 (P).— Peggy Dutton, 20, was shot to death, and the man riding with her was wounded {gday by two unidentified gunmen who jumped on the running boards of their car and opened fire. The girl's companion, George Ennis, was shot in the left shoulder. Ennis told police he had never seen the gunmen before and could think of no reason why any one would shoot him or the girl. Detectives said Ennis and the girl had been rooming at the same house here since Saturday. FIRE DESTROYS CRUISER $31,000 Boat Owned by Chicagoan Is Almost Total Loss. MIAMI, Fla, January 12 (®)— Flames virtually destroyed the $31,000 cabin cruiser Stowaway of James H. Pace, Chicago real estate broker, in Biscayne Bay here today, and an ex- plosion of gasoline collected in the bilge was blamed. C. L. Pace, brother of the owner, and a Miamian, C. O. Revel, were aboard, but escaped. Guide for Readers General News. Editorial ....Page 3, Part 4 Sports . ... .Pages B-7 to B-11 Lost and Found... .Pa‘e A-9 - MORNING, JANUARY der forces were doubled to prevent an | 13, 1. COML CONTROL ASKED BY SURVEY Price Regulations Included in Plan to Conserve Bi- tuminous Supply. By the Associated Press. | An extension of Federal control over | | the bituminous coal and other mineral | ndustries to provide for fixing both | minimum and maximum prices was recommended yesterday by e com- mittee which studied the subject at President Roosevell's instance. production of unprofitable bituminous mines also was suggested by the Min- | eral Policy Committee of the Na- tional Resource Board, which pre- | dicted a shortage of oil within 15 | years. | Save for coal, however, the com- | | mittee said it favored “retention of the system. .of private operaiion” of | the mineral industries “with Govern- | ment supervision when necessary.” U. S. Ownership Suggested. “An exception to the policy of no general extension of public owner- | ship may be advisable in the special Longer Terms for Air Car-| case of biluminous coal,” in which a proposal for the purchase of selected acreage as a means of controlling | | capacity deserves serious considera- | tion.” the report said. “Such a na- tional coal reserve would be leased as | needed with paying of royalty to the! | United States.” | | The control of output or capacity of the mineral industries through &/ | central supervision sgency was sug- | gested but the report said the ‘bnumlnmu coal and petroleum in dustries would require separate legis- | tunity to choose between continuance Jation, | of League of Nations government. re- | ¢ The report was drafted before the Supreme Court decision which in- validated section 9-C of the national !mduuna) recovery act. under which | the Government attempted to regulate oil production. | Would Minimize Waste. | | 'The committee mentioned the at- | tempt to regulate petroleum output | by State compacts, but made no com- | ment on specific plans other than to demand a method “that will mini- mize waste of oil. gas and reservoir energy and thus extend the life of our limited supply.” The group said maximum Dprices should be determined by a cost-finding body as protection to consumers. The committee emphasized the importance | of mineral exports and advised that American companies be given the right to participate in international cartels. It suggested restrictions on imports which might lead to surplus production, but said no special con- cessions in freight rates or shipping subsidies should be made. Regulation of the export or scrap | mineral and such metals as would be useful in war, and establishment of war reserves of imported minerals es- sential for national defense, was advocated. Among the members of the Mineral Policy Committee were Secretary Ickes, Leon Henderson, N. R. A’s director of research and planning; Herbert Feis, State Department econ- omist, and F. A. Silcox, Forest Service director. ARGENTINE PRESS ASSAILS BOLIVIA Slaying of Native by Neighbor Soldiers Declared to Be In- sufficiently Explained. BY the Assoclated Press, BUENOS AIRES, January 12.— Leading Buenos Aires newspapers to- day assailed as unsatisfactory Bolivia's explanation of the slaying by Bolivian soldiers of an Argentine standing on Argentine territory. Both La Nacion and La Prensa de- manded complete clearing up of the circumstances surrounding the death of Anacleto Quispe at the hands of Bolivian troops who, dispatches from the town of La Quiaca said, crossed the border in an effort to recruit con- scripts for service in the Chaco. Reports from La Paz, meanwhile, sald strongly intrenched Bolivian troops had beaten off Paragwayan thrusts at Villa Montes, major army base, and other centers in the North- west Chaco, as the two armies, be- lieved to total some 60,000 men, struggled for advantage in their latest deadlock. In its editorial La Nacion said it that “it is not strange 1935—116 PAGES. recognized that in scarcely populated regions military groups inadvertently pass the frontier.” Sy Star * ManRegains Sight, Gets New Glasses, Then Drops Dead ' By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, January 12.—Blind four years, John W. Marun, 75, Frank- ford, Mo., saw clearly again and 15 | minutes Jater suffered a cerebral hem- orrhage that caused his death. Martin underwent an operation for cataracts on his eyes last November. Accompanied by his wife and daughter, Mr. Martin was fitted with eyeglasses at an oculist’s office here yesterday. e adjusted the glasses and looked at his wife. “Why mother.” he said. “I can see you. You haven't changed a bit—a little stouter, but just the same as before.” Happily, their daughter left the oculist's office. the elderly couple and The purchase and withdrawal from Tney had walked only a few blocks | when Martin slumped to the side- walk, MAIL CONTRAGTS REVISION URGED riers and Ocean Subsi- dies Recommended. By the Associated Press. A wide-grounded revision of the present method of handling sir and ocean mail contracts has been recom- mended to President Roosevelt. From high official quarters word came that proposals had been brought | forward to: Change airmail contracts from a one to 1 two or three year basis, with a new transportation commission to determine should be changed. Grant outright subsidies to ocean when rates | carriers instead of the present sub- ventions through mail contracts, with the new commission to determine the basis and the amount of the sub- sidies. Department Proposal. ‘The first proposal came from the Post Office Department. It was tied in with a report of a transportation policy commitiee. The second came from an interdepartmental commitiee on ocean mail-carrying policy and was linked with extensive hearings by the Post Office Department. For airmail the department planned | to recommend that contracts be let for two or three years after bidding that would fix the maximum amount to be paid under contracts. Post Office Department officials said they now regarded airmail contracts as an indirect form of subsidy, but that they would not recommend a change in this policy because they claim it will be but a short time be- fore the lines become self-sustaining. This was the rule they applied to Aomestic airlines. On proposals for transoceanic lines, they felt differ- ently. They expressed belief that a flat, direct subsidy might be the best manner to approach ihis question. Merchant Marine Report. The merchant marine report, now before the President, was said to rec- ommend the substitution of a direct subsidy for the present form of airmail contracts. Decision on what lines should receive the subsidy, the amount of the gift and the regulations that should govern it would be left to the new Transportation Commission. The majority opinion of the com- mittee that made the study was that only one line between the same ports should be subsidized and that it be stipulated lines granted subsidies keep their ships as efficient as those of any other nations. Plans to put through the airmail legislation on the law books are being made by Chairman Mead, Democrat, of New York, of the House Post Office Committee. He said he did not ex- pect transoceanic service to begin this year. In this opinion he was at va- riance with Post Office officials. Plans for both trans-Atlantic and trans- Pacific and Alaskan service are far advanced, Sunday Morni FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos ng and Every Afternoon. TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE | RULING ON 0LD CAUSESEONCERN Congress Prepared for Quick Action in Case of Ad- verse Decision. | Quick congressional action to escape | from what administration spokesmen have called possible “chaos” was pro- jected yesterday as a likelihood should | the Supreme Court overturn the | Roosevelt monetary program in the | “gold clause” cases, according to the | Associated Press. Some—and they were not confined to those who merely speculate upon such problems—held that, regardless of the forthcoming verdict. the Treas- ury could make no change in its pres- ent method of redeeming maturing Gevernment bonds until Congress so ordered. Even though a probable month of | | suspense remains before the nine high | | Justices hand down their decision, a | gold tinge was given to much of the | news of the day. In Wall Street, prices declined sharply, but later stif- | fened. There was a rush of “gold- clsuse” bond buying, but the bond market generally was irregular. Grains | again slumped. but recovered. Expect Favorable Decision. Although officials would say noth- ing and privately expressed confidence that the court would decide in favor of the Government, the subject was gone into on Capitol Hill, especially | among the inflationist bloc, and in ad- | ministration quarters, as well. A decision against the Government would mean, in short, that gold bonds and contracts would be worth—in present devaluated currency—169 per | cent of their face value. | would be to increase the outstanding ;puhhc and private debt from around | $100.000.000,000 to $169.000.000,000. The court’s ruling is to turn upon the constitutionality of a congressional resolution declaring invalid the clause | of most contracts guaranteeing pay- ment on demand in a stipulated quan- tity of gold or in the equivalent of that amount of gold. Congress, through the President, | ordered the amount of gold in $1 | reduced by 4094 per cent, and the Treasury has been meeting gold bond redemptions with $1 of the devalu- ated currency for each dollar of the bond’s face value. Alternatives Suggested. | None among Washington officials | would say that should the court de- cide adversely the Treasury would at once start paying $1.69 for every actual supply of currency would not be great enough. The consensus was that some offsetting action would at once be taken. Various alternatives have been spec- ulated upon. In Greenville, S. C., Representative McSwain said he thought it likely & constitutional con- vention would be called. out that the Constitution gives the power to call a convention, adding that the matter “could be handled | in_the minimum_time, possibly 30 (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) o ARGUMENT IN WEIRTON CASE DUE TOMORROW U. 8. Seeks Injunction Against Company, Charging 7-A Clause Is Violated. By the Associated Press. WILMINGTON, Del, January 12. suit to restrain the Weirton Steel Co. from alleged interference in its em- ployes’ organization comes up before Federal Judge John P. Nields on Mon- %olh sides in the action in which the Government seeks an injunction prohibiting the company from inter- vening in its workers’ election of col- lective bargaining representatives, sub- mitted briefs after a lengthy hearing in Federal Court here. The Government contends the com- pany has violated Bection 7-A of the recovery act, and that the present so- called company union in force at the Weirton plants is not representative of the majority The company denies the violation and backs the company union. The New Automobiles Turn tc The Star's Automobile Show section today for the news and the views regarding the 1935 model automobiles—18 pages of discussion and comment on motors and motoring, with description, car by car, of the outstanding improvements and distinctive features in engines and bodies. ‘The result | | dollar of gold bonds. Physically, the | He pointed | —Final argument on the Government's | BRUNO WILL STAKE LIFE ON 3 WORDS T0 DENY CHARGES AND BLAME FISCH Defense Will Limit Ques- tions to Blanket Denials to Restrict Cross-Examina- tion by Prosecution. ACCUSED MAN TO LAY RANSON CASH TO FRIEND Reilly Hopes State Will Excuse Mrs. Hauptmann From Grilling After Own Deference to Ms. Lindbergh—Handwriting Ex- perts Confer on Notes. (Copyright FLEMINGTON, N. J,, January 12— Bruno Richard Hauptmann's witnesse stand fight against the electric chair, his lawyer announced tonight, will con« sist of answers to seven questions— and six of the answ will be “No.” Hauptmann's wife Anna will follow her husband on the stand, and the defense expects the State “to accord her the same consideration the de- fense has shown Mrs. Lindbergh.” mother of the baby for whose murder Hauptmann is now on trial. Said Edward J. Reilly, Hauptmann's chief counsel, tonight: “I think we shall ask Hauptmann only seven questions. The questions, and their expected answers, are: “1. Did you kidnap the Lindbergh baby? A. No. . Were you in Hopewell, N. J., the night of the kidnaping? A. No. 3. Did you make the ladder (which the State contends was used in gain- ing admission to the Lindbergh nursery)? A. No. “4. Did you go up that ladder to kidnap the Lindbergh baby? A. No. “5. Were you in New Jersey the night of the kidnaping? A. No. “6. Did you write the ransom notes? A. No. 7. Where did you get the money that was found in your garage? A. From Isador Fisch.” Cross-question Limited. Although Hauptmann’s direct exe | amination, as outlined tonight by his counsel, might require hardly more than a minute, the cross-examination by the State is expected to take longer, | By limiting the direct questioning, | however, the defense will restrict the | State’s cross-examination. Reilly did not indicate what testi- mony Mrs. Hauptmann would give. It is expected to be corroborative of { Haupumann's concerning Isador Fisch, | the man Hauptmann has insisted gave him the ransom money which was found last September in Hauptmann's possession. In expressing the hope that the | State would give her the same treat- ment that the defense accorded Mrs. Lindbergh, Reilly recalled that he had waived cross-examination because “we do not believe a mother's grief should be subjected to public examina- tion.” One of the day's developments—a story that a “double” of Hauptmann | had been found and that it might have been this “double” that witnesses reported seeing near the Lindberghs' home in the Sourland Hills the day | the baby was kidnaped and killed, failed to impress Reilly. (See wir | photo on page A-4). The “doubl was named as Robert Scanlon of Menlo Park. & man who was in the vicinity of the Lindbergh home about | the time of the crime. “From Mr. Edison’s laboratories in Menlo Park come many inventions,” said Reilly. “Could this story of & Hauptmaun ‘double’ be one of them?” 1035, by the Associated Press.) Examines Notes. The defense spent today—the trial | being in recess until Monday—at | Trenton, concentrating upon an ex- amination of the ransom notes in an effort to shake, through its own experts, the evidence yesterday of a State witness that the notes were written by Hauptmann. | with experts from several parts of |the country present. the defense (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) CHINA FORCED TO FIGHT CONTINUED SILVER RISE Commission Foresees Adoption of Foreign Exchange Standard or Flexible Gold. By the Associated Press, NANKING, Ching, January 12.—The iindustrul ministry’s Silver Commis- | sion today portrayed a dark future for China’s fiscal affairs if silver contin- {ues to rise in price and the national government takes no decisive measures to offset the condition. The commission forecast the gov- ernment will be forced to adopt either a foreign exchange standard of a flex- ible gold standard to combat the price rise ‘caused’' by the buying policy of the United States. The report of the commission said Chinese imports have fallen in value and volume since 1931, and foresaw the shrinking of Chinese market for all commodities in direct ratio to the rise in the silver price. ‘The belief was expressed that the taxes and fees the government already has levied on silver exports in an ef- fort to stem the outward flow of the metal is “admirable in an emergency, but not the only desirable measures to check the deflationary tendencies in China.” 2