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LINDBERGH GASE BREAK’ FORECAST Arrest of “Real Kidnapers” of Baby Predicted by Hoffman Lawyer. BACKGROUND— Electrocution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann closed the books of New Jersey law on the heinous kidnaping and murder of baby Lindbergh. Last-hour efforts of Gov. Hoffman to add reprieves for the convicted man were blocked. His investigation continues apace along with the “rebound” probe of the reported kidnaping of Paul Wendel, who,repudiated a “confes- sion” which he declared was forced from him by torture, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 20.—Arrest of per- sons he termed the “real kidnapers” of the Lindbergh baby “within several weeks at the most” was predicted to- day by Bernard J. Finnigan, young Chicago lawyer, who said he was tak- ing part in Gov. Harold G. Hoffman's investigation of the case. After flying home from the East Sunday with a claim to discovery of a hidden cache of $5,000 of the kidnap “ransom money,” Finnigan declared *“solution” of the case “may be only a few hours away.” “Any one of several expected breaks may precipitate the case at any mo- ment,” he said in an interview. Finnigan asserted Gov. Hoffman of New Jersey now has evidence showing that Bruno Richard Hauptmann, exe- cuted for the child’s death, was “a positively innocent man.” “A number of other people” were the kidnap plotters, the lawyer added, explaining he “couldn’t say why” he thought so “without saying too much.” “Some one will issue warrants” against these people after Gov. Hoff- man weaves the tangled threads of the case together into a closely knit whole, Finnigan said. At that time, he went on, the Gov- ernor will “make all the evidence public.” Finnigan said he “could not say” whether the “real kidnapers” were un- derworld characters, or what their motive was. He insisted, however, that the “ran- som money” he said he uncovered “in New York State” with the aid of a | client. Stephen Spitz, would *“unques- | tionably” lead to a clean-up of the case. Spitz, a convicted forger who left | Jail here to seek the money, said he | J., for 40 | “bought” it in Trenton, cents on the dollar. Finnigan said it was “available” to Hoffman. He said “a lot more” ransom bills “will be produced.” Finnigan and Spitz left Chicago April 1. The lawyer returned today alone. He traveled under an assumed name. The attorney said he made the trip East at the request of the New Jer- sey Governor, for whom he said he DR. D, E. ROBERTSON. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. e Miners (Continued From First Page.) been treating him for several days be- fore they went into the mine. The shaft house, standing with one of its edges over the cave-in area, was torn down by two tractors to provide timber for the dangerous Reynolds shaft through which it is hoped to rescue the men. Dracgermen (mine emergency ex- perts) from Stellarton and a life sav- ing crew from Porcupine, Ontario, were clawing and picking through the unpropped entrance with little regard to their own safety. They were ad- vancing so rapidly that pit-propeprs | behind them were unable to keep up. All Available Timber Used. All available timber, cut at a saw- mill nearby, had already been used. Previously, the men below had had been working “on a number of | snouted up the pipe to warn the rescue phases” of the Lindbergh case “since | workers against blasting toward them. January 1.” “It will be all right now if you blow He said “friends of the Governor” |the steam whistle first,” Dr. Robertson got Spitz out of jail here by paying | told the surface crew. an $892 balance of a $1,000 fine egainst Spitz. Pinnigan criticized Chicago officials who made public the fact that he was trying to gain Spitz's release in order Complete emergency hospital equip- ment stood waiting at the scene ready to treat the exhausted men when they are breught to the surface. All yesterday the trapped men to make the “ransom” search. He| grong §t gimcult to reach the drill sald: “If it hadn't been for the unwar- ranted and deliberately harmful state- ments made by a few Chicago citi- zens who were given statements in confidence by Spitz and myself, our job would have been finished in time to save Hauptmann's life.” Spitz claimed to have ‘“bought” the “ransom money” from two men ramed “Adolph Blaustein” and “Fred Menk” in August, 1934. He said he then claimed he hid it. Pinningan said he told Spitz's story to Justice Department agents and the New Jersey attorney general early as March,®1935," with no result. KIDNAPING CHARGES FILED, By the Assoctated Press. BROOKLYN, N. Y. April 20— Kings County officers formally charged Martin Schlossman today with kid- naping Paul H. Wendel, sought two other suspects in Detroit, and hoped a complete solution of the mysterious off-shoot of the Lindbergh murder case ‘was near. Wendel told officers he was kid- naped and held a prisoner in the Brooklyn home of Schlossman’s father-in-law for 10 days and tor- tured until he “confessed” he ab- ducted baby Charles A. Lindbergh. He later repudiated the confession. District Attorney Willlam F. X. Geoghan said Schlossman confessed he helped kidnap Wendel and that fome one paid him “expenses” for his part in the affair. He refused, how- ever, Geoghan said, to tell who was “behind” the kidnaping. The district attorney’s announcement did not as- &ign any motive to Schlossman. Four detectives, sent to Detroit by sirplane, hoped to find the two cther suspects today, with the co-operation of Detroit police. 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Soup and other liquid nourishment was sent down through the hose from the surface. By tapping at the pipeline and shouting, however, they were always able to communicate with the sur-| face, where Mrs. Magill and Mrs. Robertson waited patiently for a res- cue to be effected. One of the draegermen, Jack Simpe= son, was carried out of the shaft ex- hausted. Another of the same crew. Bill Boudoux, ill and ordered out of the shaft, returned to replace Simpson. “They're crazy men,” one of the engineers declared. “We can't do anything with them.” Less than 15 feet of rock and earth separated the rescue workers and the two survivors of the cave-in. It became impossible to pour any more food to the survivors through the tube—which communication was first established with them early yes- terday morning. Mine Manager Henderson said the water, seeping down through the old works, was so high around the bot- tom of the tube that the men were unable to reach it. A stifled cry from the gloomy depths of the mine, carried to the surface through a five-inch pipe line, told rescue workers earlier today of the death of Magill. All three men existed in absolute darkness, with no word of their fate unt1} yesterday, when communication was established with the aid of a dia- mond drill. Their first word, as common-place as though spoken over a telephone, was “Hello.” Hope, almost abandoned, was revived as food, water and equipment were lowered through a 100-foot-long pipe line. Doctors had expressed belief that all three could be kept alive indefinitely and soup was being lowered when the cry came: “The mine is flooding!" ‘The voice of the timekeeper, Scad- ding, then brought the word of Ma- gili’'s death. Volunteer draegermen from Stellar- ton entered the Reynolds shaft, hop- ing to find a path to the 141-foot level where the prisoners were trapped, Work on this channel had been abandoned after warnings by J. P. Messervey, chief inspector of Nova Scotia mines, of the danger of falling rock. Digging in the shaft where the walls were unsupported and where death threatened at every foot, the colliers | went in more than 85 feet, toward the | 141-foot level, and struck cribwork. ! Refused permission to remove the cribwork, the colliers worked on nev- ertheless, believing that path might | open a way to the two survivors of | the tragedy. Other crews labored to dig a ver- | tical shaft directly from the surface | | to the 141-foot level, but engineers said it would be three days before that could be completed. Mrs. Magill, who knelt in the mud | | and wept with joy at the sound of | | her husband’s voice vesterday. was | {not informed immediately of his| death. The first news of the flood came | up just after 2 a.m., Eastern standard i(ime. when preparations were being | made to feed more soup through the | pipe line. Leaning over the 100-foot communi- | cation channel, Henderson heard a shout, “Haul up the hose.” Believing there would be a note at | the end of the hose, the mine manager pulled it up, only to find it empty. “What's wrong?” he asked. A voice from the pit told of the rising water and appealed: “How much longer?” Then came the word of Magill's | death, |BARBER AND HIS NIECE HELD IN WIFE’S DEATH Police Question Pair After Re- cording Conversations by | Dictograph. | b the Assoctated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 20.—Police arrested Robert S. James, barber, yes- terday, and held his niece, Lois Wright, 21, a manicurist in his shop, as a ma- terial witness. District _ Attorney } Buron Fitts said three morals charges | | would be filed against James. James and his niece were questioned by authorities after Mrs. Mary E. James, the barber's fifth wife, was found dead in a fishpond last Aug- ust 5. Police closely observed the couple and recorded their conversations for two weeks by dictograph before mak- ing the arrests. After his wife's death last August James was held in custody, pending an investigation, but later was released. An insurance company in which the wife held a policy contested payment, but an out-of-court settlement was an- nounced, _— OFFERS $1,000,000 BAIL May Day Committee Official Wants Mooney in Parade. NEW YORK, April 20 (#)—Amicus Most, secretary of the United Labor May Day Committee of some 40 labor and other groups, said yesterday he had telegraphed to Gov. Merriam of California a renewal of last year's offer to provide $1,000,000 cash bail for re- lease of Tom Mooney, imprisoned in California, so that Mooney could lead & May day parade in New York. Most said the committee unions were “well able” to back up their offer. Mooney was convicted of participation in a Preparedness day bombing in Sap Francisco in 1916. WHERE TO DINE. 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A rescue shaft has been sunk 45 feet, while nearby another abandoned shaft is cleared by rescuers. 231 SHIPS READY FOR WAR GAMES Armada Groomed by Navy to Start Maneuvers April 27. An armada of 231 warships will| steam out of the San Pedro-San Diego, Calif,, area a little over a week hence | to conduct war games in Western | Central American waters as a test| of the defenses of the Panama Canal. | The Navy Department, it was| learned today, is whipping last- minute details into shape, preparatory to the maneuvers, which will last a| month. The United States Fleet will be split into two mythically opposing | forces, probably the Blues and the | Blacks, to determine what would hap- | pen should the canal be attacked by a hostile power from the west. Secrecy shrouds the real moves be- hind the scenes and even now the Navy Department is not sure it will permit a large number of newspaper | men to accompany the warships. The | “radio silence,” which was clamped down during the last war games in the Hawailan-Alaska region, again| will prevail. It is known that if Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, com- mander in chief of the United States Fleet, had his way the movements of warships in and out of ports would not be published, so as to give the “enemy” a clue to the tactics. The war games will begin officially | April 27. Supporting aircraft and sub- marines will play a vital part in the maneuvers, from which official Wash- ington hopes to gain many valuable | lessons in national defense. Observers will keep the score in the maneuvers and decide which war- ships have been “sunk” and which have merited victory. ! In the array will be 15 first-line | battleships, 10 light cruisers, 15| heavy cruisers, 4 aircraft carriers, 4 light mine layers, some 50 submarines and their | supporting tenders, 29 minesweepers and the necessary auxiliaries, such as | hospital and supply ships, tankers, | etc. SUSPECT IN ATTACK WAIVES EXTRADITION Collector Returned to Maryland to Stand Trial on Charge of Assaulting Girl. Malcolm Turner, 27, of the 1700 block of Riggs street, today was re- turned to Maryland to stand trial on a charge of criminally assaulting a 20-year-old Capital girl last Friday near Four Corners, Md. Turned waived extradition and after & preliminary hearing before Police | Judge Robert E. Mattingly, was turned | over to Mortgomery County authori- | ties. Police were told by the victim of the alleged attack that Turner, col- lector for a local clothing firm, called | at her home on Friday afternoon to | inquire about a delinquent payment on an account with his firm. Detective Sergts. 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Officials declared a company which was a “blind” for the German govern- ment contracted to rent the first island from Portugal. The French Navy ministry was represented as believing construction of such a base would be part of a German plan to strike swiftly at French transport of troops and raw materials from French colonies in the event of war. France, at the same time, came to the realization, after a week end of jubilation over its “victory over Eng- land” in the League of Nations de- liberations at Geneva, that perhaps it was England that really won the diplomatic battle. Although the French won their fight against any new sanctions on Italy, as punishment for the Fascist war- fare in Ethiopia, they failed to ob- tain a British commitment for sanc- tions against Germany in the event that the Reich fortified the Rhine- land. REICH'S NEW ARMS SHOWN. Reichswehr Parades for Hitler on his 47th Birthday Anniversary. BERLIN, April 20 (#).—Remilitar- ized Germany paid homage today to Reichsfuehrer Hitler on his 47th birthday anniversary as its supreme commander by staging the biggest military parade held in Berlin since the war. In its demonstration the Reich- swehr revealed for the first time that | it considers its tank units as a| separate entity and not merely an| auxiliary arm of other forces such as infantry, | Nearly 300 two-man tanks, besides scores of large and medium tanks, | rumbled past Hitler as the crowd cheered this new development on military science. The applause given the tanks was louder than that ac-| corded any other branch of the serv- | ice on review. SHIP ART EXHIBIT | WILL BE CONTINUED. President Accedes to Request His Collection at Corcoran Galler, Stay Two Weeks More. President Roosevelt has generously acceded to a request that the special exhibition of his collection of ship paintings, prints, models and other maritime souvenirs now on display at | the Corcoran Gallery of Art be con- | tinued for two more weeks. This post- pones the closing date from May 3 until the afternoon of Sunday, May 17. | The request, made through C.| Powell Minnigerode, director of the gallery, was proffered with some hesitation in view of the President’s keen personal pleasure and pride in this collection and its prolonged ab- sence from the White House. How- ever, in view of the marked interest it has called forth among art lovers, seafaring men and the public gen- | erally, the suggestion was made to him and he responded cordially at once in the affirmative. | The display, which comprises more | than 200 items, many of them ex-| ceedingly rare and all of them of | historic interest, occupies four large | exhibition galleries which, since its | opening, have been thronged with visitors. LAWYERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTI! BYRON S. ADAMS NEW LOW PRICES NOW EFFECTIVE ON COLONIAL ANTHRAGITE For Personal Service—Call R.S. Miller 805 3rd St. NA. 5178 THE Oc/ Burnen, CHOICE OF THE NATION'S CAPITAL ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY Sold by LOUGHBOROUGH Oil Company 1703 L STREET N.W. NATIONAL 2616 Showroom Open Evenings MRS. MARY MORRIS LOCKWOOD. SUFFRAGE PIONEER DIES INCLARENDON Mrs. Mary Morris Lock- wood’s Funeral Rites Will Be Tomorrow. Mrs. Mary Morris Lockwood, 65, of Kirkwood, near Clarendon, Va., wife | of Henry Lockwood and a leader in !me fight for woman suffrage, died yes- terday after a long illness. For many years Mrs. Lockwood was prominent in women's clubs and other organization activities, both here and in nearby Virginia. 5 In 1913-14 she was one of several distinguished women, including Alice | Paul, Lucy Burns and Doris Stevens, who founded the women's suffragist group which later became the Con- | gressional Union, the forerunner of the present National Woman's Party. She served the organization as treas- | urer. From 1898 to 1902 she was a direc- tor of the General Federation of Wom- en’s Clubs here, and a member of its Executive Committee. Subsequently, she served as chairman of the federa- tion’s Committee on Incorporation. Established Suffrage Group. In Virginia she established the Suf- frage Association of Arlington County, later the Congressional Union of the Eighth Congressional District, serv- ing successively as president and chairman, until the organization ceased to function several years ago. She resigned her executive positions with the General Federation of Wom- en's Clubs here several years ago to become president of the Virginia Fed- eration of Women's Clubs. During her administration with the latter or- ganization, she brought about publi- cation of the group's first State mag- azine and reorganized its State Bu- | reau of Information. In 1924 at Salt Lake City she founded the Club of the Original Thirteen States, which she served as president. In Virginia, she also took a prom- inent part in the founding of St. George's Episcopal Church, the public you see is ar who needs be a ven by a person may Optometrists 1217 G ST. 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She had lived in Virginia since 1904, moving there from this city, where she formerly resided for many years. Besides her husband she is survived by a son, James B. Lockwood, and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the family home, Kirkwood, at 3 p.m. to- morrow. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. i JAMES DUNN DEAD; HAD BEEN ILL YEAR Retired Petersburg, Va., Banker to Be Given Funeral Services on Wednesday. Following an illness of a year, James Dunn, 71, retired banker of Peters- burg, Va., died today at his Washing- ton home, 2116 Bancroft place. Fu- neral services will be at Petersburg Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn moved here 18| months ago following his retirement | from the bank of which his father | was president many years ago. He was | a graduate of the University of Vir-| ginia and member of a prominent Virginia family. | Surviving, in addition to the widow, | are three brothers, Dr. William Dunn. Rev. 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