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'ft, Wi Oim MHT 73rd YEAR-NO. ST. WEATHER: J3DWABDSVILLE, ILLINOIS, FEIDAY, APEIL 12,1935 LEHNE PLEA State Pardon Board Will Submit Its Recommendations Governor Homer Within the Next Few Days. ELECTROCUTIONS FOR FRIDAY NEXT WEEK Rev. R.

A. Martin, Edwardsville, Pleaded Life Imprisonment for Mrs. Puhse, Formerly in His Congregation. Springfield, 111., A i 12--The State Pardon Hoard Into yesterday took under advisement the pleas for a i to life I i of the tleuth sentences of Mrs. Gertrude Puhso ami Thomns Lehne, sentenced to be electrocuted at Chester penitentiary week from today for tho of hor husband, Charles Ptihse.

In Granite City. I.elino, a former Venice policeman and nt one timo a resident Kd- a i and Mrs. I'uuse. know to a number In L'dwanbvllle, wer convicted In tho circuit court at Ed a and aro now in Chestc penitentiary. Tho board's declslo will be submitted to Governor Hoi ner in tho form of a recommendation The governor has announced he wll bo guided by the board.

Harold J. Handy, of a i Cltj attorney for Mrs. Puhse. tailed to pear. The hearing was postpone i late In the afternoon, awnittn his arrival.

Then a member ot th board communicated with him by telephone, failure to appear. Handy, however, gained permission, over the telephone, to file a written statement, which the board member said would be considered. Rev. R. A.

Martin, rector of St Andrew's Episcopal Church, 13d wardsvllle, pleaded for the life ol Mrs. Puhse, a former member of nif congregation. He said she Is stll a child mentally and that terribl conditions existed in the Puhso home during her married life, He said sho was forced to work In a laundry, although her husband had good job. He said the moral conditions in tho home were deplorable Attorney Harry Faulkner, repre sontlng Lehnc, said there was a conflict in testimony as to who did actual killing. Ho said ho believed the defendants had a a i trial, but that tlio i was too severe.

He said Lehnc and Mrs. 1'uhso were "Insanely In lovo with each and a ho believed the murder was committed in a moment of Insanity Tho application for commutation was resisted by State's Attorney FLASHES Leased Wire linlletlns on Latest World -News Today, Student Strike. Chicago, April 12--Stench bonds, rotten eggs and rocks were thrown today as half the student body at the University of Chicago participated In violent anti-war demonstration. Police quelled the disturbance with night sticks. Promotes Dill.

Washington, April 12--Speaker of the House Joseph W. Byrns determined today to make every effort to enable the House to vote directly on the 120,000,000,000 Townsend old ago pension plan before final action on the administration social security bill. Germany l''nvoi's Conference. Stresa, April 12--Germany has informed the three-power Stresa conference that she is willing to enter an eastern European pact of non- aggression, It was announced officially today. To Liberalise Loans.

Washington, April 12--The Senate today passed a bill liberalizing federal loans to distressed home own- ets and increase tho authorization tor HOLC bonds of $1,750,000,000. (Continued on page two) TRY FORJPIONAGE Richard Roiderer, Formerly of Cleveland, Goes on Trial in Berlin. Berlin. April 12--Hlchard Roldor- er, naturalized American formerly of Cleveland, went on trial today charged i espionage. Ho was tried before the dreaded "People's" court composed mostly of Nazis, which can impose tho death sentence.

Possibly because of American Interest In tho trial, expressed during the nearly 10 months he has been in a Nazi prison, his hearln; was public. American Consul Raymond Geist was In court to watch out for his Interests, and American newspaper correspondents attended, Tho Nazi judges called the 41 year-old teacher of English to the stand at the beginning of his hoar- Ing, and he told ot his life. Pale, nervous, frightened, he described himself variously as a "philosophic pacifist," and as a "scared rabbit." Occasionally he wept. Roiderer admitted that during his stay at Munich--to which he returned from Cleveland to support his aged mother--ho took notes which "were not very complimentary to Germany, nnd regarding troops pass- Ing In tho streets with guns." KILLED IN Driver of Maryland Bus Held in Jail on Manslaughter Charges. Rockvllle, lid April 12-- Manslaughter charges were placed today against Percy Line, 36, driver of tho school bus In which 14 children were killed.

The manslaughter charged filed against Line shortly after he was apprehended by police for questioning in the fatal accident last night near here. Lino was hold In jail In lieu ol GenewOly. fair tonight tomorrow. Slightly colder tonight and Btbljr local light frost. rasing temperature morrow.

TemperatoM today at 2 P. 45. EIGHT PAGE.s ARMY REPORT IS $1,000,, ball, specifically to Tho charge referred the death of Norria Downs, 16, one of the children who met death when a fast Balti more Ohio train crashed into the bus on a grade crossing. Police said Line was so stunned by the shock "of the accident thai they had been able to obtain little Information i him. Two of the Injured students wers.

in a serious condition in a Washington hospital where of their companions died early today. The 11 others, shaken and bruised, were placed aboard a bus to continue to Williamspoi't. Police held the teacher, Miss Louise 27, Incommunicado at the home of an attorney here. They said she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown and was being to rest. Police guarded the no me.

Police began an investigation into accident. No one, so far as po- Ice could learn, except those In the nis saw the crash. Line said rain obscured his view of the track and hat he was not aware ho was approaching a crossing until the train roared down on him at a mlle-a-mln- ite clip. The crossing is one of the most In Maryland, police said ''Ive other persons were killed there ecently. The view in one direction partly obscured by the station and the other by an embankment.

The rossing watchman was off duty at he time. France Asks Severe Punish merit of Futur Treaty Violations at Stresa Conference. BACKED IN ACTION BY MUSSOLIN Army Report Has Been Magne for Hordes of Spies Europe; Object of Military Interest. (Copyrighted 1935, by United Press) Stresa, Italy, April 12--France brought into the allied security conference today a long-secret army re port on German armament, and demanded prompt, severe punlshmeni ol! future violations of the World War treaties. Backed by Italy, France seeks action, not words, to curb Germany and prevent others of the World War vanquished from following her example.

Her first memorandum to the League of Nations council already down so that Germany was not denounced individually for past vio- ations, France wants definite, automatic, immediate penalties foi future violations. She took Into the confeience today her revised draft. With it Premier Etienne Flandin Foreign Minister Pierre Laval ook also the army's report on secret reman armament. That there was such a report has ieen known for many months. It las.

for hordes ol spies over Europe, and the 1 object of eager interest ot military experts. Bit by bit it had been sent to the French army general staff by intelligence agents as Germany's secret armament proceeded--as factory after factory went on to war work, as a military air force matching Great Britain's came into being. The general staff perfected the reports in a 328-page dossier. It was with the aid of his dossier as memoranda that Flandin and Lavel told Beuito Mussolini of Italy and Ramsay MacDonald and Sir John Simon Storm Troopers Join Hitler's Martial Parade HDSVILLE TO APPEAR IN BAND ITEST More than 20,000 Brown Shirts, impressively assembled in Berlin's Lustgarten as pictured here, breathed more easily when they heard the words of General Hans-George von Jagow: "Relchsfuehrer Hitler has no inten- ion of destroying the instrument he created." Tlie speech dispelled the general opinion that Hitler would disband the storm troop organization that brought him to power in Germany. One of Five Entered in Final Session to Select Winners to Jake Part in Annual State Event.

SEVEN CHOSEN FIRST DAY, ADD ONE TODAY Anita Ellsperman, State Champion, Will Render Cornet Selection as Another of Closing Features. STAIE RELIES ON FEDERAL Legislation Which Would Have Raised Needed Funds is Defeated. of Great Britain her anxiety and her requirements for her sccuifty. Great Britain was fighting for tempeiate action. Sales Manager of U.

P. New York, April was made today of the ment of Edwin Moss Williams as sales manager the United Press with headquarters in New York. IHEFI OF GETS He dented ties. any espionage activl- OP WOMEN'S CLUBS ENDORSES DK. MONROE The Intelligencer today received a letter from Mrs.

R. C. Raymond, president, and Miss Loretta DeLong, secretary of the Madison County Federation ot Women's Clubs, announcing that a resolution concerning the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium was adopted at ti. federation's meeting in Madison, April 9. The resolution called upon the sanitarium board to make public the recent report of Dr.

William H. Walsh, Chicago, hospital consultant, concerning his survey ot the institution; endorsed the administration of Dr. D. D. Monroe as superintendent and protested against politics In the supervision of Institutions where health and welfare of patients Is Involved.

School Pupils at Court. Forty boys and girls who attend the Worden Public Schools came here this afternoon to attend a session of the circuit court. They heard procedure In selecting a jury to try Leonard N. Bylugton on murder Roy Politte Held by Jury for Loss of Two Fowls; His Companion Was Shot. Roy Politic, Nameokl, must serve an Indeterminate term in the Illinois Penitentiary for the theft of two chickens from the henhouse of Fred Beckman, near Nameokl, according to the verdict of a jury returned in the circuit court late yesterday afternoon.

The Jury found Politte guilty of a second offense of stealing chickens which provides for a prison term. He was previously convicted here. Politte was captured about 3 o'clock In the morning of July 3, last, when a short distance from the hen roost. His alleged companion in the crime, James Null, was fatally shot at the same time by Albert Beckman, a son of the owner. The chickens were found in a sack near the scene ot the shooting and capture.

Members of the Beckman family were awakened by a snorting mule which had become frightened while the men walked around the place. Evidence was offered that Albert Beckman stood in the shadow of the barn and watched the thieves for two or three minutes before order- Ing them to throw up their hands. Instead they ran in opposite directions and Null was fired upon In the hope of stopping him. May Wheat Up. Chicago, April 12--May wheat touched the dollar mark on the Chicago Board of Trade today for the first time since January 11.

Springfield, April 12--Illinois oday faced the necessity of relying olely on federal funds for carrying unemployment relief in the state fter Monday as a result of defeat by lie House of the General Assembly esterday of legislation which would ave raised state relief cash. What the next step of Gov. Henry lorner and administration forces be on the problem of meeting Vashington demands that the state raise $3,000,000 a month to match fe'deral grants, was the subject of discussion in political ranks today. The Homer" relief program was beaten by Republican opposition. It provided for the raising of $26,000,000 through increasing the retail sales tax from 2 to 3 per cent and extending it to utility sales of gas water, electricity, telephone and telegraph services.

Only 56 of the 85 Democratic House members voted for the sales tax increase proposal. Six Demo crats and 46 Republicans opposed it Later the Democrats were able ti muster 62 votes for the utility la 1 measure but were still far short the number needed. Defeat of the program was in tin face of threats to close relief tions throughout the state. This possibility however, was avertei when the federal relief administra tion notified the state relief commis slon It had authorized an allotnicul of $8,773,945 for April. Six Women are Candidates for Offices at Election Tuesday Edwardsville Has Special Proposition to Provide Money for Fire Protection, Full Quota Is Named This Year.

Officials of Madison County cltie and villages will be elected at th mayoralty elections next Tuesday Candidates are completing their cam paigns and city clerks have finishe most of their work incident to th elections. Polls will be open frou 6 a. m. until 5 p. m.

Mayors, city clerks, treasurers an police magistrates make up the lis of officers iu cities. Villages wi name presidents of boards, trustees city clerks and treasurers. At Co linsville four city commissioners wi' be elected. Madison will elect tw members to the library board. Tw aldermen will be elected in each cit ward and six trustees will be chossi in the villages.

illo is the only cit; where a special proposition will submitted. It pnnides for a two mill levy to raise funds for fire pro tection. The levy will not increas the corporation taxes as appropria lions and levies have been made several years but without sanction GRANITE CITY STEEL WOUKElt KILLS SELF Granite City, April 12--Adolph Stuenph, 32, steel worker, Granite City, shot and killed himself late yesterday in his home. His wife heard a shot about 5:45 p. m.

and rushed to tho bed room, where she found Stuenph lying on the floor. He had been shot In the right temple and a revolver lay by his side. He died half an hour later in St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Mrs.

Stuenph said her husband had beea despondent because of the illness of hia father. School Election Saturday. The annual school elections will be held in Madison County tomorrow afternoon. In Edwardsvllle a president of tha board of education and two members will be elected. Jesse L.

Simpson is a candidate for president. Three seeking election members are R. C. Cunningham, Charles Sldo and George L. Moorman.

Gasoline Price tip. Filling stations handling products of the major oil companies here in- ireased gasoline prices three tenths of a cent a gallon today. Regular is now selling at cents and prem- um fuel at 18.5. Similar increases were announced throughout this area where prices are now uniform Leonard N. Byington, St.

Louis on Trial for Murder of Bryce Bolin. The long delayed murder trial Leonard N. Byington of St. Louis for the death of Bryce Bolin in a roadhouse on Horseshoe Lake, east ot Granite City, was begun before Judge D. H.

Mudge in the circuit court here today. Bolin was found dead in the charred ruins of the roadhouse on Christmas Day, 1929. Byington was later indicted but it was not until recent months that he was apprehended by St. Clair County authorities while driving near Belleville. Byington is expected to.

take the witness stand and make a complete denial of the charges. A conviction by State's Attorney M. L. Geers will depend largely upon evidence of William Leary, St. Louis.

O'Leary was here today to testify. Bolin was shot and the building was 'set on fire, The indictment makes different charges, one that death was produced by the bullet wounds while the other sets forth that death resulted from the burns after Bolin was wounded. O'Leary was present when the shooting occurred and was injured. He feigned dead, he told the officers, after being shot twice, and escaped from the'building after three gunmen departed-, and before the fire started. At the time of the killing 3'Leary said he was kidnaped and Inally taken to the roadhouse where first observed Bolin.

of voters could not be spent for the purpose. The funds have beeu finally passing into the general fund. The names of six women appeal as candidates for office. At Wood River Gladys Rose Connors is a candidate for city treasurer. She was formerly Miss Gladys Rose Buch of Edwardsville.

Her husband, j. L. Connors, Is city treasurer at present but la not eligible to succeed himself. Two women are candidates at Highland Lucille Schmetter seeks election as city clerk, while Dorothy Loyet is a candidate for city treas urer. Madison has two unopposed women candidates ab members of the library board.

They are Charlotte Story and Mary Swigert. Rose Knufinke is a candidate toi village clerk at Nameoki. She is opposed by E. P. Harpole, formerly of Edwardsville.

Alton and Granite City elected city officials on April 2. Other Madison County cities whn elect next Tuesday, the places to filled and candidates are: Edwardsville Square Deal Par ty, mayor, G. Dietrich Casseus; city clerk, Bruce O. Fiegenbaum; city treasurer, Edward H. Poos; police magistrate, Charles A.

R. Benedict; alderman first ward, Elmer E. Betzold and Fred Michel; alderman second ward, Otis R. Metzger and Gus H. artels; alderman third ward, eGo.

H. Blume and Walter A. Slevers; alderman fourth ward, Chas. G. Stahlhut and John H.

Bardelmeier; alderman fifth ward, Albert Abbee and Henry W. Borchwardt. Co-operative Party, mayor, Win. C. Straube; city clerk, L.

C. Helm; city treasurer, Ray Wenger; police magistrate, Thomas D. Dailey; alderman first ward, Theodore (Ted) Z. Ladd and Eu- eue Schmidt; alderman second ward Frank Weeks and Donald W. McLean;" alderman third ward, Henry Kreuiter, and Frank H.

Hoffman; alderman fourth ward, Charles P. Lonj, and August E. Suhre; alderman fifth ward, George C. Joseph and Elmer F. Carter.

Glen Carbon--Village Ticket, vil- age president, Frank Yanda, Chas. Perry and Joe Cunningham; village cleric, Otto David Raffaelle, Albert Sedlacek and Admiral Wilkison; vll- age treasurer, John Haywood, Chas. Jlatnick; village trustees, Charles tfodene, Ed Primas, John Weckman, Imil Tornasi, George Oettel, Edw. rteyer, Tliomas Shashek, Bill O'Hara and Geo. Williams.

Worden--People's Ticket, village iresldent, J. H. Kelner; village clerk, Harley C. Gwyn nnd George Wolf; lllage trustees, Win. Opel, Edward Wm.

Woodward, Heny Honerkamp, Alex Schneider, Wm. Kessmann, Herman Behme, Fred W. ichumacher, P. W. Stoecker, Wm.

Ursprung, and J. C. Loewer. The Edwardsville High School Band is scheduled to play at 8 o'clock tonight at the Wildey Theatre during the final session of the Southern Illinois School Band Contest to select winners to take part in the state meet. Efforts were being made today to fill the theatre for appearance of the Edwardsville band.

Four others coming here for tonight's program and order of appearance are Collinsville, Hillsboro, Wood River and Benld. The program begins at 7 o'clock. The required contest number is "Son and Stranger" by Mendelssohn. Two other warmup numbers selected by Director W. C.

Varner not to be judged, are a march, "Vanished Army" and "Syrnphonique Poem." Another attraction for tonight is a cornet solo by Anita Ellsperman. a state champion. A quartet of French horns played by Joseph Novero, Elaine Chandler. Cathernie Carnero and Gwendolene Chandler will close the program. Four bands played this morning and the New Douglas band won a trip to the state meet.

The band was matched with Mulberry Grove which ranked second. Two other bands in Class Dl were Alhambra and Madison. Neither is eligible to the state contest. Six bands scheduled to play this afternoon were Shelbyville, Waverley, Highland, Carlyle, St. Elmo and Chester.

As a result of yesterday's program seven bands were placed iu first division and are entitled to participate in the state contests at the University of Illinois, Urbana, during May. Five grade A bands played last night (Continued on page 2 PLANS ARE TO HELP First Three Applications for Rural Rehabilitaion are Approved. C. E. Adams, rural rehabilitation supervisor for the Madison County Emergency Relief Cominiteee returned last night from the University ot Illinois at Urbana where he attended a three-day state conference ot supervisors.

A number of speakers detailed the program. S. B. Cleland, Washington representative, attended. Mr.

Adams said that the first three applications for financial relief by persons living in rural districts have just been approved. He expects that 40 or will be completed 50 applications shortly. It Is Marine--General Ticket, resident, Andrew C. Schmidt; viH- XContlnued on Page JwoJ. planned to provide relief to at least SOOO families in Illinois.

Madison County's quota has not been announced. There are approximately 300 Madison County rural families that have been receiving assistance. Much ot the early rehabilitation work will be carried on among them. Applications that are approved permit advancement of money to buy feed, stock, implements and other necessities of the farm. In tae loans just approved the advancements range from $200 to $500.

The loans are made for periods ot two to five rears and payments are made under an installment plan. The ability to repay the loan Is one ot the questions Involved in obtaining money. The applicant must be worthy and be able to provide good reference, A committee composed ot Miss Helen Dart, acting relief administrator, George H. Pence, Marine, and W. H.

Meyer, Edwardsville, must pass upon the applications. 'SPAPERJ.