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WEA' . (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, probably occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 48 de- gress. Temperatures—Highest, 71, at 4 p.m. yestérday; lowest, 50 at 5 a.m. today. Fuil report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Markets, l’l.(e: 16 and 17 Entered as sec No. 33,226. LYDDANE EARNG ON PLOT GHARGE IARKEDBY CLASH Detective First Witness| Against Pair in Rock- ville Court. DEFENSE DEMANDING SHOWDOWN ON COUNT Women Are Predominant in Court Room Packed With Fellow Townsmen. BY W. H. SHIPPEN, JR., Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. April 20.—Mrs. Anne Lyddane and John Martin | Boland entered upon & preliminary | hearing today before a packed rourc‘ room on charges of conspiring to| assassinate Mrs. Lyddane’s husband, Francis Lyddane. Spirited clashes between defense and State's attorney marked the examina- tion of the first witness, Detective James McAuliffe, who swore out the warrants against Mrs. Lyddane and | Boland. | The court room was packed to ca- pacity with her fellow townsmen as the defense demanded a showdown of the State charges that the young woman plotted to do away with her husband. Francis Lyddane. A predominantly feminine audience filled every seat, aisle and available space at least half an hour before the preliminary hearing opened before | Police Court Judge Donald A. De Lash- | mutt in the Montgomery County Court House. Bailiffs and county policemen had to close the court room to further | spectators. All men who entered were searched for concealed cameras. Separate Hearings Asked. Prescott asked a separate hearing in each of two separate charges of eonspiracy. Attorney, objected on ground that two offenses arose out of the same trans- action. The court then said it would be very difficult to mix the cases and asked which case the State wished to take up first. “The Lyddane and John Mostin Boland case.” Pugh responded. Judge Delashmutt then ordered Mrs. Lyddane and Boland to stand up. Mrs. Lyddane stood alone. suit and small Sprisg hat with an air of distinction and dignity. Beyond an ression of harrassment; she Showed mo. sn of emotion. Boland Brought From Jail. Boland, howe;r, was not in court, and had to be bfought from the jail. He also was ordered to stand and hear the joint charge that they had conspired to murder Mrs. Lyddane's | husband. i ‘nBoIh demanded a preliminary hear- 8. When the trial opened Lyddane sat | beside his wife. Ruddy, handsome and blond, he was dressed in a new | gray suit and neat gray cravat. | Mrs. Lyddane was represented by Btate Senator Stedman Prescott and Attorneys Robert Peter and Kenneth | Lyddane. Legal Tilt Develops. A sharp legal tilt developed over the admissibility of the testimony of the first witness, Detective James Mc- | Auliffe, who swore to the warrants. Prescott objected to what he de-| scribed as a hearsay summary of the State’s case by McAuliffe while wit-| nesses referred to and the alleged con- | fessions of Mrs. Lyddane’s accusers ! could be produced. Pugh then zaid: | “These are our charges, and if the defense will leave me alone we'll clear ' them up.” | A burst of applause followed this statement and the judge threatened to clear the court room if there were further demonstrations. | McAuliffe testified he went to Wash- | ington accompanied by a fellow officer on March 6 and obtained information which led him to shadow Mrs. Lyd- dane. He told how he saw Mrs. Lyddane 80 to Lincoln Way Inn here on March 28 and return to her apartment and how he followed Mrs. Lyddane and her husband to Annapolis. Under eross-examination he admitted there was nothing unusual in Mrs. Lyd- dane’s action on either of these occa- sions. Payment of $200 Alleged. McAuliffe quoted Carnell as s.liyingl he received $200 from Mrs. Lyddane at Lincoln Way Inn as a down pay- ment to Boland for killing Lyddane or having it done. McAuliffe testified | he fcund $775 on Mrs. Lyddane at the time of her arrest. She explained she planned to buy a baby bond or an automobile for her husband. Mc- Auliffe was on the stand an hour and & half. The second witness was Detective Joseph Nolte, the Montgomery County efficer who investigated the case with 8ergt. McAuliffe. While Nolte was on the stand, Pugh read Boland's confession which said in effect that he received $150 from | (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. $115 Under Tub Stolen. OKLAHOMA CITY, April 20 ().— Robert Hurt, Oklahoma City night club operator, should have gone fish- ing in his bath tub. While he was away on a fishing trip. his wife hid $115 under the tub. When she re- turned it was gone. I Guide for Readers l L A<g-g-10-11 Church News i .. B-8 Comics post office, Washington, D. James H. Pugh, State's| Slender | and well tailored, she wore her dark | | Hitler of Germany in a strong note ond class matter Weather warm enough to bring out Easter finery, but with a threat of light showers some time during the day, was forecast as Washington pre- pared to follow the President and Mrs. Roosevelt in traditional observance of Easter Sunday tomorrow. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt will lead the Nation in public worship, attending the 11 o'clock services at St. Thomas' Church. The Easter ser- | vice there will be preached by thei President’s pastor, Rev. C. Ernest Smith. Mrs. Roosevelt also will join thous- ands of Washingtonians in attendance at sunrise services tomorrow. She is| expected to go to Arlington National Cemetery at 7:30 am. to attend an impressive service to be conducted under auspices of the grand com- mandery of the District of Columbia Sunrise services Walter Reed Hos- Knights Templar. also will be held b WASHINGTON, D. Threat of Showers Forecast For Capital’s President and Mrs. Roosevelt to Attend Services at St. Thomas’—Sunrise Ceremonies Planned. Easter Parade pital and in many of the churches of the city. Radio will bring an unusual touch to the local Easter observance, with & rebroadcast of the ceremonies cefore St. Peter's in Rome, when Pope Pius XI will impart his blessings to the devout. | Aside from their attendance at the Easter services, the President and Mrs. Roosevelt have made no definite plans for tomorrow, so far as could be learned today at the White House. Vice President Garner expects to go to church tomorrow morning and probably will look in on the Easter egg rolling at the Zoo tomorrow after- noon. Speaker Bryns also plans to attend church services tomorrow morning. Several members of the Supreme Court expect to attend church and, should the weather be favorable, may " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) HITLER PROTESTS LEAGLE CENSIRE Note Dispatched by Berlin to Various Capitals for Presentation. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 20.—An indignant | protest to the powers represented on the League of Nations Council was Reichsfuehrer Hitler’s gift to himself, the nation and the foreign powers | today on the occasion of his forty- | | sixth birthday anniversary. ! This protest was to be handed by | the German ambassadors snd minis- ters to the respective foreign offices | at the capitals of the various nations | during the course of the day and was | | to be given out for publication in Ger- | many at 5:30 p.m., Berlin time. | Honored by Reichswehr. | Hitler himself remained most of the | morning at the chancellery. A few minutes after 11 o'clock Gen. Werner von Blomberg, defense minister, vis- ited Der Fuehrer to thank him for re- | storing conscription to the nation. | Twenty minutes later an honor com< ‘Rnny of the Reichswehr (German rmy) marched by under & youthful | chief commander. Although the nature of the protest was withheld in Berlin before its publication. political circles generally expressed the opinion that it lay em- phasis on the fact Germany rejects the establishment of & new “guilt He” Not only did the press emphasize Germany’s return to militarism as a | cause for celebrating Der Puehrer's birthday, but presents and messages emphasized this idea. 1,000,000 Marks Raised. ‘The League of German Civil Serv- ants raised one million marks, which was given to Hitler for “ertuechigung.” or, in other words, for military pur- poses. The brown-shirted Storm Troops were reported to have given a squad- ron of military planes. Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, the min- ister of propaganda, told the nation by radio on the leader’s birthday that “the entire nation loves him because it feels safe in his hands like a child in its mother's arms.” CONDEMNATION REJECTED. Hitler Challenges Right of Council to Judge. ROME, April 20 (#).—Reichsfuehrer to Premier Mussolini today rejected “in the most resolute manner” the League Council’s condemnation of his country. He also challenged the right of (Continued on Page 3, Column 32.) French Plane Kills Six. PARIS, April 20 (®).—Gov. Gen. Edouard Renard, Mme. Renard and four of the crew of the French Equa- torial Africa official's airplane, who were killed in a crash in Africa a month ago, were given a military {:nml today from the Colonial min- try. BY GRACE HENDRICK EUSTIS. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md,, April 20.—Mrs. Anne Lyddane, dressed in a simple, well-cut black wool suit, white gloves, a jaunty straw hat with a little veil, sheer black stockings and tiny pumps, sat through the morning session of her trial at Rockville with equanimity. After the court recessed for lunch, Mrs. Lyddane said she was well pleased. “It’s nothing but a frame-up,” she told the reporters. She felt that her at- torney had done a fine job with his cross-questioning. “To think,” she said laughing, “that those two detectives :l'fm supposed to be their best tnesses. Now 29, she is still a pretty woman. ‘There are deep circles under her eyes, indicating she had been under con- siderable strain. Nevertheless, she chats and smiles with her husband and with Stedman Prescott, chief counsel of defense. When Prescott was cross- questioning Detective James Mec- Auliffe, the first witness for the State, Mrs. Lyddane frequently leaned over to prompt Prescott. She speaks with a strong Southern accent. Prancis S. Lyddane, her husband, and one of the alleged victims of the alleged plot the State is attempting to prove on Mrs. Lyddene and John m-smumu-& L | think I'm news for the flight.” ‘Mrs. Anne Lyddane Smiles, Husband Is Nervous, at Trial EARHART ON WAY TOMEXICO CAPITAL Noted Flyer Is Making Flight | No Other Woman Has Made Alone, BULLETIN. MEXICO, D. F., April 20 (#).— Amelia Earhart wirelessed at 10:50 am. (11:50, E. 8. T.), today that | she had passed over Salamanca, in the State of Guanajuato, on her | non-stop flight from Los Angeles to | the Mexican capital. Salamanca is just "this side of Guadalajara. By the Associated Press. BURBANK, Calif., April 20.—Amelia | Earhart was blazing a new trail in the skyways today on a non-stop flight to Mexico, D. F—a flight no other | woman has made alone. The conqueror of both the Pacific and the Atlantic and holder of the transcontinental non-stop record for | women took off from the Union Air| Terminal at 9:55 p.m., last night (12.55 ‘ a.m., Ssturday, Eastern standard time) and headed her big red monoplane for Bhe had hoped o & néunced, and in &- con- versation before take-off, declared there was “nothing sensstional about the flight.” “I'm not after any record,” she said. “It's just & good-will trip. and I don't Bareheaded, as Usual. The fiyer was bareheaded. as usual. as sher climbed into the same plane which she used in her Pacific crossing. She was attired in brown slacks, a | brown leather jacket and a white blouse. | Miss Earhart, who carried a cargo of airmail, said she hoped to reach her destination in 12 or 13 hours, and ex- plained she was not seeking to erase the record of Leland Andrews of 8 hours and 9 minutes ‘“because haven't the equipment.” Originally Miss Earhart had planned to follow a direct compass course 1,700 miles to the Mexican capital, but after obtaining later weather information she decided to| fly down the west coast, possibly as far south as Guadalajara, before swinging east. May Fly to New York. She said after a visit there she; might try a non-stop speed flight to New York, but said her plans were | not definite. Informed of reports the Mexican government planned to declare a netional holiday in honor of her, Miss Earhart said she hadn't heard of it and didn’t believe there was any ne- cessity “for such a fuss.” Miss Earhart is testing & new radio compass for the Department of Com- merce, Bureau of Aeronautics, and her aviation aids at Burbank planned to remain on duty as long as signals from her ship could be picked up. While Miss Earhart is in Mexico Laura Ingalls plans another attempt at her West-East mark of 17 hours 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Miss Ingalls said today she planned to take off Monday or Tuesday if the dust storms had abated along the course of her proposed route. She was forced down at Alamosa, Colo., last Tuesday in her first try. her. He .was a picture of sartorial perfection. His suit was one shade of gray, his tie another and his felt hat was a light pearl gray. He barely moved during the early morning ses- sion. Occasionally, except either to chew his fingers he would hide his eyes with his hand. He kept himself ‘The court room, a big pine-paneled chamber, was packed with at least 1,000 people. With a seating capacity of possibly 200, the seats, the aisles and the windows were solid with men and women. .The women ranged from & few girls of 18 or so to middle aged, i i §E ¢ ¥ | ed today the Hauptman case would be | the trial both during and between | 1| jury against this defendant. | L 4 411 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C, HAUPTMANN GASE APPEAL 15 FILED; CITES 143'ERRORS Rosecrans Says It Will Go to Supreme Court of U. S. if Necessary. MOB SPIRIT CHARGED IN CONDUCT OF TRIAL Rights of Defendant Under Four- teenth Amendment Violated, Lawyer Declares. By the Associated Press. BLAIRSTOWN, N. J. April 20— Egbert Rosecrans, one of counsel for Bruno Richard Hauptmann, announc- taken to the United States Supreme Court if necessary. Rosecrans filed with the prosecution 143 assignments of error as the open- ing step in the appeal to the highest New Jersey court from the convic- tion and death sentence of the Flemington trial court. Setting forth in blunt terms formal condemnation of the court, the prose- cution, the presence of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the trial, the press and the “circus maximus” of the cc- tion in general, which ended with conviction and death sentence for his client, Rosecrans listed reasons why the case should be admitted to the United States Supreme Court. Evidence Held Disregarded. The lean, scholarly attorney, whose last 11 murder cases have resulted in spectacular acquitals and who | undertook much of the legal work con- nected with the trial and the appeal, complained that the verdict against Hauptmann was against the weight of evidence, and charged the court, presided over by the senior justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, w Star SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1935—THIRTY PAGES. ARE YOU THINKING THe SAME THING I'M THINKING, JOE ? The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 131,273 Some Returns Not Yet Received. UP) Means Associated Press. LEGISLATIVE REGIMENTATION. CABINET TEXTILE STUDY AWAITED A. A. A. Continues to Defend Processing Tax as Con- troversy Grows. By the Associated Press. Textile interests looked today to a Ruhland Starts D. C. Pupils for Tuberculosis‘ Mortality Rate Here “Scandalous,” Drive to Test Health Officer Declares—Seeks Ex- amination of All In an effort to reduce what he terms a “scandalous” _tuberculosis mortality rate in the District, Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health Thomas W. Trenchard, with “impair- special Cabinet Committee to study | omcer, in co-operation with the Medi- ing a free and unbiased verdict.” | the complications disturbing one Of | cq] gociety of the District of Colum- Rosecrans said that the papers, |the country's greatest industries—but | pis “genool of the Distrit signed by himself and Judge Frederick | they were far from discarding their | Typerculosis Tfi:?n::: Mr::ndly Wil | timg. funds, A. Pope, as counsel, and C. Lloyd | desire for more immediate &ction bY | open a prevention campaign in the Fisher as attorney, embrace 143 as- ! signments of error and 145 causes = divisions marked l]phlbe(lflllly | | from A to R, and embrace the rulings | in a drive to end the cotton process- id at in the hools and to Parent-Teach: |t 6 et von e S | laid at a meeting this morning at the e sc cher rejection of testimony and evidence and exceptions to the charge of the court and the “refusal of the court to | charge as requested.” | “Group Q" sets forth reasons why s PRt e Gt under the Con- Stikution of ibe. United States. Mob Spirit Charged, He listed them as follows: “Because of the biased and exag- | gerated newspaper reports and stories | which were communicated to all citi- | zens of the county, State and Nation | for months before the trial and which unduly inflamed the members of the jury panel against this defendant and | caused it to lose sight of the rule of | law that a defendant is innocent until | proven guilty beyond a reasonable | doubt. “Because of the hysterical mob spirit with which the jury was sur- rounded during the entire conduct of | sessions of the court, which was con- | trary to established principles of jus- | tite and which unduly influenced the | “Because of the picture of a circus | maximus which was daily presented to the jury during all of the conduct | of the trial and which deprived it of | its calm judgment and reason and | made a mockery of justice. “Because the daily presence of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the trial, which unduly influenced the jury to view him as the real prosecutor and | constantly presented to ¢he jury the picture of a bereaved father for whose sorrow the world demanded a sacri- fice. “Because of the repeated outbursts in the court room during the trial which moved the defendant to pray for a mistrial on several occasions but which motions were denied and which outbursts unduly influenced the jury against the defendant. “Because of the inflammatory sum- mation of the State’s counsel, which went far beyond the evidence and which unduly influenced the jury against the defendant. “Because of the varying theories of the States as to the guilt of the de- fendant which were unsupported by evidence but which were presented to the jury by way of argument of State’s counsel, as founded.upon testimony. “Because the court in its charge to the jury by its queries and comments on evidence portrayed emphatic ap- proval of the State's theories and wit- nesses and thereby impaired a free and unbiased verdict. Court Argument Charged. «“Because the court in its charge to the jury was a entative to a de- gree which made comments on evi- dence characteristically an act of advocacy. Rosecrans prefaced, in the papers, the “group Q” clauses with the as- sertions that: “The rights of the defendant grant- ed under the sixth amendment of the Constitution of the United States were contravened in that the de- fendant was not accorded a trial by a jury of the State and district where- in the crime was alleged to have been committed, as the defendant was tried in the county of Hunterdon instead of the county of Mercer, and the Hunterdon County Court of Oyer and Terminer was therefore without juris- diction. “The rights of the defendant guar- anteed under the fourteenth amend- ment of the Constitution of the United States were contravened in that the defendant was deprived of Iife and liberty without due process of law.” Rosecrans said that while the as- signments of error were flled today, the causes for reversal may not be until next week. " Alexis Mdivani in Rome. § g the Government. School Children.- TWO CENTS. LERSLATE AN N SEMATE ELAY SOCAL SECAY Stormy Journey Forecast for Measure Railroaded in House, 372 to 33. COMMITTEE TO DISPOSE OF BONUS AND N. R. A. {Byrd Opposes Provision Which Makes Possible Federal Dic- tation to States. By the Associated Press. Swept through the House by a lop- sided vote, the Roosevelt social se- curity bill today ran into a legislative jam in the Senate which threatened long delay. New attempts to write sweeping changes into the big bill—which is designed eventually to levy $2,783,000.- 000 or more in new taxes for financial help to the aged, jobless, children and mothers—also were in prospect. The 372-t0-33 vote which jammed the bill through the House yesterday was made possible by smooth func- tioning of the overwhelming Demo- | cratic machine and by the “ayes” of many Republicans who had lost their battle to delete the new taxes from the bill. Off the record. some of these | Republicans said they had to vote fcr the whole bill on the final roll call to avoid “political suicide.” Delayed in Committee, | Presh from this victory—which fol- | lowed almost three months of dispute —the bill went to the Senate Finance Committee, already tied up in con- troversy over the bonus and N. R. A, a contribution of $2,500 from the Dis- trict Tuberculosis Association, Dr. | Ruhland said. Efforts will be made, he said, to carry on the work through | Pederal funds, provided the commit- | tee is successful in enlisting the inter- est of Congress to the extent of allot- ‘The plan of the campaign, as an- | public schools which will have for its nounced by Dr. Ruhland, calls for the Naming of the committee by the | ytimate goal the examination of every | organization and instruction of a staff of a busy week for those engaged ing tax and to raise the tariff walls against Japanese imports. The A. A. A, meanwhile, continued to defend the processing tax. Chester C. Davis, farm administrator, declared | last night its abolition would not | the textile interests are say- ing,” he declared at another point in his remarks, “is that they dom't want to pay the farmer a reasonable | rice.” Demand “Fair Chance.” A demand that Massachusetts and | New England be given “a fair fight- | ing chance in this industrial war we | are now facing,” came from Gov. Curley of Massachusetts. “Let us give the American people & chance to transfer from welfare | rolls to pay rolls,” he said in a| speech at Boston. “Put Americans back to work by buying only Amer- ican-made goods.” The action of President Roosevelt in designating Secretaries Hull, Wal- lace, Roper and Perkins to study the problems presented by the processing tax, wage differentials and imports brought this response from Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts: “All sections of the industry have been in accord that the present bar- riers were the processing tax and the rapid increase in Japanese importa- tions. “I am still hopeful that these prob- lems may be dealt with immediately, for, unless these barriers are removed. the extensive investigation proposed may not be ended in time to prevent | the recent threatened collapse of the entire industry, both North and South.” President’s Statement. In naming the Cabinet Committee, Mr. Roosevelt said attention would be | given to the relation of the processing tax to the present situation. He added there would be considera- tion also of the possibility of offering some other means by which the tax could be levied with greater effective- ness and less disturbance to the in- dustry. The President also disclosed that he had asked an analysis of the physical conditions of textile plants to deter- mine the degree of obsolescence of machinery and whether it was a fac- tor in the present condition of the industry. Meanwhile, with many of the New England congressional textile spokes- men prepared to go home for the Easter holidays, the scheduled biparti- san interview of House members with the President next week commanded attention. The interview, during which the President will be apprised of congres- sional viewpoints on the textile prob- lem, is to take place at the White ‘House Monday or Tuesday. EASTER DAY PEACE PLANNED IN DUBLIN Police Seek to Prevent Riots at Commemoration of 1916 Insurrection. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, April 20.—Police took ex- treme measures today to prevent any clashes of rival Republican groups during the impressive ceremonies Easter day in commemoration of “the trouble,” as the Irishmen call the 1916 Easter insurrection against Brit- ain. 3 In what is described as the biggest military display ever put on by the Irish Free State, 2,000 regulars and 4,500 volunteers will parade through O'Connell street after President | for reversal. They are listed in eight- | President was one of the high points | school child in the District. Plans for the elaborate drive were District Building between Dr. Ruh- land, Mrs. Ernest R. Grant of the District Tuberculosis Association, Dr. H. P. Ramsey of the medical society, Dr. J. A. Cumming, chief of the Bu- reau of Communicable Diseases of the District Health Office and Dr. J. A. Murphy of theiJisiciet Health Service. Dr. Ruhland said more than 4.000 high school graduates would be given preliminary tests for symptoms of tuberculosis within the period between Monday and May 27, when the present campaign will close. The drive was made possible through | of speakers Monday. These speakers | will describe the purpose of the drive associations in order to enlist the co- operation of the parents. At the same | time. a staff of clinicians who will ap- | ply the tuberculin test will be organ- | ized and instructed. Speakers will make talks before the Board of Education, high school stafis, high school students to Parent- Teachers' Association meetings and to { civic bodies. Committees have been named who | will carry out the various phases of I'the work. These committees are headed by Dr. Joseph Winthrop Pea- body, in charge of clinicians to apply (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) D.AR.URGES NEW ALIEN LEGISLATION | Law Requiring Full Data on Expected Residence Is Proposed. Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, concluding their Forty-fourth Continental Congress, today asked that legislation be enacted to require aliens | fully to inform the Government con- cerning their expected residence here. In the last business session at Conti- nental Hall this morning, the congress asked that all aliens in the United States, “whether for permanent resi- dence or as visitors for a limited time, be required to register in the place of residence all information relative to their stay.” The daughters also propose that a movement be started now through their own State societies to stimulate interest in a suitable national cele- bration of the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution Sep- tember 17, 1937. Retirement Plan 0. K.'d. In view. of pending social security legislation, much interest was at- tached .to the Congress’ adoption this morning of a new plan of retirement for their salaried employes. This was recommended by the National Board of Management and adopted without dissent. The resolution provides that no one shall be eligible for a pension (Continued on Page 3, Column 6. FIVE ARE INDIGTED N CONVIET ASE Maiming and Assault to Kill Charged to Ex-Prison Officers. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C., April 20.—Five | former State prison camp officials | were indicted today on charges voiced by two colored prisoners, Woodrow | Shropshire and Robert Barnes, devel- | oping gangrenous feet necessitating | amputation. | Those indicted were H. C. Little, for- | mer superintendent of the State pris- on camp in this county; Dr. C. 8. Mc- | Laughlin, former county and camp | physician, and R. C. Rape, J. W. Eudy and T. M. Gordon, guards. Among other counts, they were | charged with the common law felony of maiming and with assault with in- tent to kill. The grand jury returned five sepa- | rate indictments as follows: 1. Dr. McLaughlin was indicted on a charge of neglect in performance of his duties. . 2. Little was indicted on a similar charge. 3. Dr. McLaughlin, Little, Rape, Eudy and Gordon were indicted on a charge of torturing the complainants. 4. All five were indicted on charges of maiming them. 5. Rape, Eudy and Gordon were in- dicted on a charge of neglect in per- formance of their duties. 6. All five were indicted on charges of assault with intent to kill. Flames of Resurrection Flare In Church Rites on Easter Eve By the Associated Press. ROME, April 20.—The flames of hundreds of new fires were kindled by flint and steel in Rome’s places of worship today as church bells, mute since Thursday, signalled the end of Lent and the advent of Easter. Officiating at Holy Saturday cere- St. Peter’s this morning Eugenio Pacelli himself struck the new flame suggestive of the resurrection. Cardinal Pacelli ‘also blessed the Pope’s traditional paschal candle, which was 8 feet high and 3 inches in diameter. Meanwhile organs which had been the mourning period of Christ’s 3 once again resounded through basili- Eamon de Valera unvells the statue of Chuchullain, the mythical Irish hero, in' the gemeral post office. The Irish Republican Army is plan- ning*a celebration of its own. , William © T. Cosgrave of the United Ireland party and his sup- porters “declined ‘invitations to par- ticipate with comrades-at-arms, in the official demonstration. % cas and chapels, and choirs sang the Excelsis” to welcome the ducted with relics said to have been connected with Christ's passion and death in each of the four great basili- In many homes families celebrated the traditional day of -rejoicing by laying out the food for their Easter banquets .on family tables. Priests spent a greater part of the day going from house to house blessing the de- vout and their Easter dinners, as well as portals, rooms and even offices. The “explosion of the sacred cart” constituted the climax of legendary ceremonies in Florence. This pictur- esque celebration—already known to many American tourists—consisted of the setting off of a cart full of fire- works before the great cathedral in the central plaza. ‘The cart, gayly decorated, was drawn into the plaza by four white oxen with gilded hoofs. It was connected with the high altar of the cathedral a wire. At appointed moment a priest Chairman Harrison announced th: security program would be pushed ahead as rapidly as possible, but swid the bonus would be taken up by his committee first, and then the bill to extend N. R. A's life. Hearings on the bonus bill have al- ready been called for the first two days of next week. Harrison said he hoped to get it out of committee by the middle of the week and turn to the recovery legislation. Even the most optimistic adminis- ! tration friends of N. R. A. concede, | however, that it will take 10 days or | two weeks to get that controversial | issue settled in the committee end reported out to the Senate. Faces Tough Sledding. No one on the Senate side of the Capitol disputed today that the social security bill faced mueh sled- ding there than it did in the House. Already many suggestions for modi- fications had risen, not only from Republicans, but from the Democratic ranks as well. Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, long ago announced proposals for modifying the administration bill. He opposes provisions which he says would make it possible for the Fed- eral Government to dictate to the States. Hearings on the bill have been completed by the Senate Committee, and when it gets the bonus and N. R. A. out of the way it will go immediately into executive session to act on social security. This will speed the procedure somewhat, but it will still leave all the issues in the vast bill to be fought out As passed by the House, the measure touches on all the phases of “economic security” oytlined in a message Presi- dent Roosevelt sent to Congress Janu- ary 17. However, in most cases the aid for the persons covered would ma- terialize only if the States did some- thing for them. 42 Amendments Offered. During House consideration 42 | amendments were offered, 16 yester- day. Only cne minor one was adopted and it had been approved by the Ways and Means Committee. In the form in which it passed the House, the bill would: 1. Authorize an appropriation of $49,750,000 next fiscal year, and as | much as was necessary thereafter, for grants to States which pay pensions to persons who have reached 65. The Federal contribution, on a dollar-for- dollar matching basis, would be lim- ited to $15. 2. Levy taxes, beginning January 1, 1937, on pay rolls and incomes for repayment to workers as annuitles after they reach 65. The taxes start at 1 per cent each on employe and em- ployer and rise !, per cent a year every three years to 3 per cent each in and after 1949. 3. Put a tax on the pay rolls of all employers with 10 or more workers. That would start at 1 per cent on January 1, 1936, and increase to 3 " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) |STOCKS FORGE UP $17T0 $3 PER SHARE Most Vigorous Saturday Buying for Nearly Year Extends to All Sections. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 20.—Share prices surged up $1 to $3 in the most vigor- ous Saturday buying in nearly a year today. Transactions ran close to a million shares in the 2-hour trading session between the Good Friday holiday and the week end, although the attendance in Wall Street was light, many traders having left town for the week end on Thursday. Industrial shares set the pace, but virtually all groups participated in the striking bull movement, which lifted price averages within a few points of the year’s high. American Telephone rose about $3 to around $110; Chrysler $2 to above $38; U. S. Steel nearly as much to above $33; a similar rise carried Case above $55; Westinghouse Electric rose more than $2 to around $41; Wool- worth about $2 to around $59; Allied Chemical $3 to about $146, and gains fi’n $1 or so appeared throughout the While many of the commodity mar- kets were closed, price trends were mostly upward in those which were