Belvidere Daily Republican from Belvidere, Illinois • Page 1

REPtTB BELflBERE BAIL! LIGAN THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1932. PRICE: THREE CENTS km UVJ Signs Act Posting $25,000 Reward in Lindbergh umsuu Case WTiffi nnnnnipm rnn rnu olu run 100,000 CHEER DO-X AS IT; LANDS AT BERLIN ILLINOIS RIDE CURTIS WILL PLEAD GUILTf TO FOIL GANG Inn nriniirn i. i LADY LINDY" AFTER OCEAN FLIGHT 1 UUUI ltllUS 1-1 1C Crop Expert Found to Be a Woman in Rented Plane MILITIA HELD SEVEN! MILES A WAY WHILE i PltKPAHA TIOXS --AKE RUSHED T( SPEED VETERAXS ACROSS STATE OF IXDIAXA HY MOTOR I-'OLLOUIXG PLEDGE HY VETERAXS TO MOLEST TRAINS JX ILLINOIS. Amelia Calls on Prince to Talk About Aviation UU-A litAliHU GEHMANY FROM SOUTHAMPTON i 4 lit Caweyvllle. May 24 UnIer it U1 sys his life would xot re safe from i indr ehgh KIDNAPERS IK UK WKllK FREED NOW I I STORY IS TRUE HIT PRE-FEHS YEAR IX JAIfc TO GANG VENGEANCE.

the watchful eyes of SO state, highway Ntllcemen concentrated here as an escort and with a contingent of state militia quartered in East St. Iiouis seven miles away Rccket, May- iU Dr. London, May 24 Amelia Ear-hart Putnam called oik the Prince of Wales today and didn't dress up for the occasion. The daring flier, the flBst woman to cross the Atlantic In an airplane alone, arrived at York house, St. James's palace, to prevent possible disturbance "bonus army" patiently awaited promised transportation pnt of.

GHKAT (JKKMAX FIA IXt. IJOAT HACK IX HOMELAM) TODAY AFTKK COMPLETING ITS KCOXD THAXSATIxAXTlC lOI.lCE mI.D HACK THAT TKY TO (JET LOSE TO e. John I'. "Jafsle Condon, upon louming while In nn In iho! I.eil.shlre hills fast i lliis vf- ternoon that the state or New cy had Issued a 1.25,000 reward; a 1 the state of Illinois. The band of 333.

unemployed former soldiers, on their way to the national capital, to ask passage) of the bonus bill were Herlin, May '24 Whllo Ihous- shortly after 3 p. in. She wag- attired in the same navy blue suit she had worn since her arrival in" London A i costume borrowed from Mrs David Finley, wife of the honorary first secretary of the Ameri andN cheereil in the streets, below. Jlsed transportation to Washlng- ton, Indiana, early today as a compromise for the releasing of the lant air liner IK- Hew over. freight train they had seized yes- Berlin at :12 p.

in. today (1:12, I in ill the IJminergn naoy siu.unpi"g-miirder case, Issued an apical to come forward to the mysterious John" the Scandium Im'1 whom nv tossed' SVHM-J mimw in i none)'. The-message to "Joli-i" and signed follow: "John: The money I fjave you uwlww, you can't nt of it. Return It to Colonel Lindbergh in time. (Jet your p.

m. K. l). 'l on its way ra to I VledricliNhafen, Germany, af-! I 1 1 The veterans 'deered the freight ln an effort to obtain a free ride eastward in the manner in which they made their iter its second flittht. jThc'liUKr' craft made good time on its flight from Southampton, can embassy.

This occasioned some surprise, as Mrs. Putnam spnt two hours and a half buying all sort of clothing yesterday, and It was anticipated she would wear one of her new afternoon gowns for her 1 yX way to St. Lowis Saturday from, Portland, Oregon. Sheriff Jerome Munle of St. Clair county, himself a World Ernest j.

is-year-oia After clrrliiiK the city several times, the DO-X descended on the Chicago messenger boy, who. and fatally wounded himself In a surface of Ijike Min'ituel at i meeting with the hMr to Britain's 1 war veteran, obtained the releaser I of the freight train which had btW held since 11a.m. yesterday until one a. m. today when ho i told the former soldiers he would i get together a flotilla of trucks sili seeing "airplane while soaring over the Municipal Airport in Chicago.

The youth, who a pilot 13 for the flight, was despondent over beinR thwarted in his life's ambition to become a pilot. The astonished pilot landed the plane immediately after the youth shot -Trenton, X. .1,, iy 24 Governor A. Harry Moore of Xew Jersey today signed the Richards hill passed by the Hie legislature last night providing a 1.1,(MK regard to anyone furnishing illation which would lead to the p. tn.

(1:25 p. in; E. I. At least 100,000 persons lined the shores of the lake, a popular resort in the southeastern part of the city. Marine police Iffelcl back thousands of water craft whose occupants- tried to steer clc.e to the SK)-X for a glimpse of the huge seaplane.

Sighted over German Coast Berlin May," 24-The. German throne. Arrives Late at Palace. The prince invited Mrs. Putnam to call at York hous at 3 p.

m. She arrived three minutes driving up to the ancient palace in an embassy "automobile slipping through the rear courtyard to avoid the She reached Jthe York house, he prt er' qtMn: vtr-j tually unnoticed. anu motor enrs to take them to Washington, Indiana. The ranks of the-veterans were expected to be augmented momen tarily by SO other bonus march nrrroe onru ers wno arrived in St. Louis from Salt' Lake who Were Mrs.

Amelia Earhart Putnam, to newspaper reporters in the ir liner for Berlin rapture of the kidnapers and mir-. speculator's' In Chicago's finan-derers of (he. Lindbergh baby, cial district have just discovered Meanwhile, EdwardC.wPcnter, that the crop forecaster they have counsel for Curtis 'been praising as 'that man Miller" was preparing to enter a plea of jig not a man at all. but a woman. 'Kultty' his client was The crop.

report which bore the brongfiLllBtf-tHtdtr. to answer jsgn of H. Miller" gave charges of "giving false informa- jtne impression that they were the lion and obstructing Justice." Pen- WOrk of a masculine statisician. first girl to successfully solo tha hosce of Mrs. Frances McLure from Southampton, England, flew i She was accompanied by Fin- Atlantic, is shown arter her ar-, Londonerry.

The photo was rusn- over Borlrum Island in the North Iav. whn IntrodllCftd "her tO from Hflrhni Hrarp nl hr n1niip tn T.nnrinn trnnRmit-'oaq tnrtav 04f route here, via where they stayeI last night. The militia was called out after officials of the B. O. railroad reported the activities of the vet- UIILIIJ 'AMENDMENT TD i HM 1.

am v- Ji i rm. 1 i ji. I i i erni iruiicr, inn imuwo cijuciij. xouuuianu. i ins is inn iiitti jil iea across me auhdiic uy rauiUm.

r. u. accuruiug 10 a wue- walted of Mrss. Putnam after her and thence by telephoto to all. less message received here from of Mrss.

Putnam after her and thence by telephoto to all less message received LThe secretary -waited While Mrs. Putnam was taken to. hop and shows her as she talked 'parts of the U. S. .1.

it wasald. hopes that Curtis, jThe stands for Eileen and who hoaxed Col. Xlndbergh sojthls is her picture. She is one of the ship. One hour later, the siint ship flew.

over Cuxhaven. Germany. tragically, will be given a One- lerans to the governor's Office at Springfield and after a telegram fwas received from Sheriff Munio jof St. Clair county "by Adjutant Black stating that the HEPEAI 18TH the only three women in her pro-, fession In this country. the prince's library.

i Mrs. Putnam spent '41 minutes, alone with the prince. On herl departure, he accompanied her toj her car, assisted her to enter and 8herif's force was Inadequate to PROPOSES icope with the situation. HA BUSY IS stood rubbing hls hands and bow SEX. BINGHAM RELIEF DRIVE Why Bank Remains Safest Place for Cash ing until she drove away.

The in prince was dressed In a breasted grey buU and were no CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND. MEXT THAT PROVIDES FOR OUTRIGHT REPEAL OF PROHIBITION" AMENDMENT. ABOU ill CONTINUES IN BANK ear, sentence. Fwarx Gang Veaiigeance Trenton, N. May 24 John Hughes Curtis, the Norfolk shipbuilder who hoaxed Col.

Lindbergh, will enter a plea of "gull-iy'' when he is brought into eourt to answer for the amazing series of lies which put Cpl. Lindbergh the police off the right track pprhttps and made them spend funic weeks charting plimtom ships manned by phantom crews. "Jersey justice" Is going to try Curtis for "Riving false Information and ohctructlng Justice" and Edward C. Pender, his attorney, itvealed today that rather than Busy Rounding up Trucks Sheriff Munie and his deputies were busily engaged throughout the morning up automobiles to transport the veterans. The cavalcade will be escorted to the Illinois border by the 36 highway police, who are under the-petsonal charge of Walter A.

Moo-' dy, superintendent of state high- way police. After Sheriff Munie delivered his promise to transport the "ar- mv" tn Wantilncrfnn InA lonitora MARCHERS Washington, May 21 In the hoe of assuring a senate vote on resubmission of the IKth amendment before- lt summer adjourn-- HOUSE TODAY Springfield, 111., May 24 "Stop worrying lake the public inio your confidence let us tell our people the truth, 'the whole and nothing but the truth, but see to It that we tell em." ment, Senatorf Bingham, (R), of 1 Connecticut, today introduced a Indianapolis, May 24 A 2Mh constitutional amendment HIGK PIBLIC WORKS PRO AS1STANT CHIEF OF STREA-TOR POLICE SAID TO HAVE CONFESSED HIS PART. IX ROBBERY A XOTH ER I0-LICKMAX RKPOKTKD TO HAVE ADMITTED HE ACTED AS LOOKOUT FOR BANDITS. hat. Won't Discuss Visit Riding back to the embassy, Mrs.

Putnan to discuss her audience with the prince, contenting herself" by saying: Just talked shop. is we did a little 'ground flying' most of the interview consisted of exchanging flying experiences." Asked what she thought cf the prince, she said. "He is just what I orpected charming." tables for Hiixhan.1 i Despite this British hjspit.il-Ity and the eagerness of Ihe call for assistance was received callinir for outrieht rereal of pro-! These were the maxims given 'from the Knox county sheriff hy of the veterans held a hurried to the Illinois bankers convened 'Grover Garrott, chief of the state The amendment was in the ennQM 1 In Inn anil finallv a here today by thte ietirlng presi- police, here today, in anticipation form of a joint resolution and. GRAM CONTEMPLATED BY DEMOCRATS OF HOUSE WES. PI TK OPltJSITIOX OF PRESIDENT JTO THIS FORM OF RELIEF HOOVER STUDIES SITUATION', HOPEFUL OF COMPROMISE THAT WILL PROVIDE RELIEF TO ALL.

Bingham received permission for dent of their association, Paul S. or tne arrival or the "001108 army Abt. vice president'of the South- from Caseyville. Illinois. Ottawa, May 24 It was ern Illioojs National bank of East simply a desire to catch the bandits red-handed that led Assistant through a trial Curtis will firow himself upon the mercy of the court.

Pender hopes to deal with Prosecutor Anthony M. K'aurk of Hunterdon county. He i.s willing to accept a rtcntcncc of year in jail for his client In return for the guilty plea. The iDaxtmum sentence is three years. Pender said that one of the" reasons why Curtis was not adverse to going to Jail was because Police Chief Clarence (toss of St rest or to become involved with the uanir that looted the St rent or It to lay on the table.

"This will enable me to ask for a vote on it the next time we get a morning hour," lnghnni said. "I have taken this step because all other bills and resolutions for resubmission of the prohibition question have been delayed ln the judiciary committee and I believe American colony- t. pleas3 her however, Mrs. Putnam confessed Chief Garrott announced he had ordered' Lieutenant John Hamilton and three state patrolmen to Vincennes, Ind. The chief also said that he had been informed by' the Knox county sheriff that the B.

O. fail-road hid mobilized fifty special Washington, May 24 The an overwhelming drive for unemployment relief desire to 'l, Union National bank of legislation, including a huge pub- her husband. Gorj Palmtr Put- last week, he protested today. (iohs and Policeman George nmn for the party stepped for- ward and said: "Sheriff, we accept your offer. We're not doing it for the railroads, but merely as a favor to -you.

You've been square with up, and we want to be fair with you;" Train Is Released The sheriff then inspected tho freight and signed a certificate, saying the train wa.s "in good. order," and the train pulled out. Shortly before the "release" of the train. Sheriff Munie said "that -department of justice agents had -intended to apply to the East St." Louis federal court for an Injunction to prevent interference with train movements. lic works program to create jobs, nam.

New York pttblUher. St. Louis. "There is considerable 111 feeling directed agalntt Abt told the 4 2nd annual convention. 'Whether this is Justice or not Is not the point.

Tl.e fact remains that it exists. I believe that much of could have avoided if we bank rs hat the public more into our confidence." The president ascUrcI tli.it if -1 lull 1, Hrnrin vi. i.iin rim. i v. i rnn 11 li ti lie Art In the.

hnniiA I Tlnrln? Ilia mnr.niiL U0 i i l. agents at Vincennes to cope with this is the only way we ran get at Pender Insists that his statements today despite' President Hoover's tne Washington-bound ex-service i tlon at this session. iits iiucaiCTi, witv arraignei oeiorr made in which he said opposition to a bond issue. men. land on Friday and that they return to America together about Justice Frank McGrath, accused of participation in the robbery.

The 12,100,000,000 program of (CcaL jued on rS Suicide that Curtis' was tricked into the confession were trite and that throughout Curtis was in fact dealing with the actual kidnapers. Were Curtis free now, Pender these men would get him. people went on and lived as us ual, the deflation, of ecjaon-fc vtl Ottawa, 111., May 34 Clarence Goss. assisttnt. police chief of Streator, 111., today was reported to have confessed to participation In the 152,000 robbery of tho Un LEVY ON TIRES TO TAKE PUCE KELLEr DETERMINED ues would cease.

Dili "art Speaker John N. Garner was accepted as the basta of house legislation, which may be enacted while the senate Is struggling with tax, economy and appropriation measures. While tho Garner program was being whipped Into form, a bipartisan committee of three rallied friends of jobless relief for a deluded Into the bel.ef that hectic days culr.iinaritiT In ih2 ion National at Streator a about any injunctions," one'vetec-an have to usu TI Dim fall of 1929 were usual. If it OF TO SS week ago. Policeman George Kanns also Iiave the state militia to enforce I IIIML UBual for millions- of people to depend for their livelihood ui.on It and we're not scared of the mil- Of RUBBER TO itla." i congressional mas meeting to be the return of stock market I 1 was slid to have admitted to State's Attorney R.

O. Hansen of LaSalle county that he acted im a LICENSE BANKS AS during a period of the wildest MASSIE ATTACKERS held Thursday Although unemployment relief Stocks Close Lower lookout for the bandits. i speculation that any of us have agitition was largclyronfincd to Seek Four Others I ever seen?" he asked pointedly. house, the Democratic senate Chicago, May 24 Four re- He discussed the failure of 316 EAGENTSl ISU RUG eaders held informal conferences Nw York, May 24 Persistent weakness In utilities, coupled TIRKS AND TUBES TO BEAR 10 PER CENT SALES TAY INSTEAD OF RUBBER IMPORT TAX OF. FIVE CENTS A pOUD XORR1S SAYS (XXX-GRESS IS TARIFF-CIUZY.

Honolulu, T. May 24 Def- niatning members of the bandit banks In. Illinois during the past th administration spokesmen in with special liquidation In to Inlte announcement lhat the fourjsang which robbed the 1 nion year but brought out significant remaining defendants in the Ala National bank of Streitor. 111., of facts connected with losses In Moana attack case would be re- 152.000 were sought today fol- these Institutions. jan.

effort to harmonize views on the Democratic. 12,300,000,000 bacos and foods paved the wajt for a sharp setback In the stock iirnprom Sprinafield. May 24 The state division of insurance will Washlneton. Mav 24 The sen- mar lonar. reasure was pai- President.

Hoover, favoring bis'" 1 towing-tne arrest or stx men. two ao lrnow any Jnvest-of them Streator policemen. ment ln any goInK enterprise that Assistant Chief of Police Clar-' rtr-ni-tion. licpnKA atfltA hanlt inaur! ate finance committee today voted Insistent In tho closing i. .1 it i I.

antfe agents tinder the new quali (own program of expanding the re-1 1 finance corporation ln conference with Attorney 'and accoDtlne relief lecUUtlon an a id npr cnt sales lax on runner i 7 said, "but money deposited in a enre Goss of Streator and Patrdl- i man George Kanus were named I tjres and tubes to replace Its vious action in taxing rubber im finished tiff around their extreme, lows of the session. 14 meritalile. tudid ih whr.u nit-f. The case involved the outrage going batik In Illinois or any fication, law. Superintendent Harry.

W. Hanson announced ttoday, because Attorney Gen. Oscar E. Carlstrom ruled a state banking in confessions obtained here from Mrs. Thalia uatlon honing for a compromise.

perpetrated upon ports five cents a pound. where else In the. United States Is still worth 100 cents on the dol- mar a a ar a- five castes Rep. Jacobsen, D), of Iowa, Mascle by 1 The committee also reduced tne lar. The average lo-s on Invest two of the men who admitted taking part in the robberjr.

The bank was held up May 15. The two policemen and Joe corporation has no charter rights chairman of the labor subcommit-' precipitated the ''honor slaying" to act as an agent for an lnsur-ltee which has been In charge of of Joseph Kahahawal. one of the ments in storks h.is been about sO perl cent, while dei-teciaMon" of alleged attackers, and the sub Cumtnlo Frank Plnnrrlo I ance company. Carlstrom held that unemployment bills, said: a state) "I think the program of pr reputed bootleggers, were placed bond frora 20 cent depositira In i positrs In banks sequent' Hassle-Fort escue murder trial In which the defendants tax on race track admissions from'- -war ii 25 per cent to 10 per cent and man WM 'J tor exempted mutual insurance coml buildings In the downtown bual-panles from the corporation i ess dlstrlctt of Uutlr-wcre come tax. j.dueed to rums today by an ex- The sales tax is expected to plosion believed to bar IhM ae-bring in.

$42,500,000 revenue an-j cideen tally aet off a ran nually. The weight tax wouldseek'ing to enter a safe In one of have wuu.s taivi iuiiucv bank's charter is limited, that the(er Garner is one of the best plan banking act does not give a bank offered. There is hardly a county lost less than 2 per cent." were convicted or -manslaughter lately after the confessions were any express power to act as an jtn the "counlrjrnial woulaor-ohiTandrglven committed sentence-of Insurance, agent and that banks tain a pnbiie building under his one hour hire no incidental power to Issue prposal, and unemploy. I Kelley. prosecutor ln the Mas- Miss Etltel Salhanirk.

21-vear- obtained here. The pair who were seised here and Involved the other members torney's lavestlgator. Mid the completeness of Assistant Chief the buildings. old Chlcso artist, who ended her thus would be relieved ln all eie-Fortescue trial, said he would as Insurance agents. of ihe rlna Hwere At Rrava aliaaiuoss report or tne Dan raw life by leaping from the twenty-ninth- ftoor of a Chicago hotel.

there Is no connection between, 'sections." Ah Rntakoff ami Ah Kfn-iix caused him to Investigate. Roche ask for more time to prepare his have brought $53,000,000. Would Include. Farm AM Washington. May 24 Charging the congress with going "tariff craxy," Senator Norris, Of Nebraska, the Insurgent lead- "I believe we will not adjourn prosecution In Ala Moana re-' I a Brown's room police found learned that Goes we er.

led a battle In the senate today to Incorporate farm relief pro? ram In the pending revenue bill. Thwarted love for a university student was offered as the explan 1st th without adopting an unemploy-trial. Tha retrial had I the banking and insurance biioi-ness, sveh as would incidental power. bank during tne robbery on Page 4) bank been set 600 In gold. Tatrlck Roche.

'(Continued on Page 4) ation for the suicide leap. chief state's at I for May 31..