Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1929, Page 2

CHRISTIANISNAMED WARDEN AT AUBURN Roosevelt Orders Full Probe of Riot After Replacing Jennings. / By the Associated Press | AUBURN, N. Y., December 14.—Au-| burn State' Prison, which three days| ago was the scene of the second bloody | conflict in five months between convict mutineers and the forces of law. to- night had a new official in_control, re-| placing Warden Edgar S. Jennings. | Dr. Prank L. Christian, superintend- | ent of the Elmira State Reformatory, | today was appointed acting warden by ( Gov. Roosevelt. Since the riot on ‘Wednesday, in which Jennings was held for several hours as a hostage by the! convicts and which cost the lives of | the principal keeper and eight cnnvlfl.““ George A. Sullivan, sergeant of the! prison guarc. had been acting warden | under appointment by Dr. Raymond, F. C. Kieb, State commissioner of cor- rections. Roosevelt Orders Probe. | At the same time, Gov. Roosevelt or- | dered Col. George Fletcher Chandler,; founder and first superintendent of the | New York State police. to conduct an| investigation, as the personal repre- sentative of the Governor, into the con- duct of convicts, guards and others dur- | the mutiny. mg)fl'(‘!‘!lng Supreme Court Justice Ben- | jamin Cunningham and the district attorney of Cayuga County to “give any indictments and trials in connection with the Auburn Prison riot precedence over any and all other cases at the term | of court beginning January 6. Gov. Roosevelt also issued a statement in vl said: which he sail duty of the gl‘m\d| “The very first 1ur;r Should be to return indictments for murder in the first degree against any and all persons who may be guilty under the law of the murder of the| principal keeper, Durnford. Wants to Set Example. w1t is time that prisoners of the State | ha Ie(n‘ clear understanding that violence ! Yo guards and keepers will be imme- diately and drastically punished. The se also is to accomplish imme- diate justice in relation to all the acts in conpection with the riot covering any inmates, guards or any other per- son or ,persons who may have been guilty of any violations of the law. The outbreak scarcely had been crushed Wednesday night before it be- came a subject of State-wide discussion jation. .nsder:?.ec“sulllvnn declared that the teniency of the prison system and the | Mufual Welfare League, & system_ of ! self-government among the convicts, | alike were responsible for the mutiny. ‘Mayor Charles D. Osborne of Auburn, | son of Thomas Mott Osborne, noted reformer, who organized ~the, utual Welfare League, rose to defense | of the league. Warden Jennings, 0o, upon recovering from the effects of tear employed in effecting his rescue | sfluflnl the riot, declared that the muti- | neers were all league outcasts. Kieb Resignation Is Sought. ‘l e board of directors of the National | !o'g;r;ty of Penal Information adopted a | resolution urging Gov. Roosevelt to de- mand the immediate resignation of Dr. Kieb as commissioner of correction, asserting that the commissioner was| “unfit” to carry ml" the governor's pro- of prison reform. "m Klgb replied with a laugh and continued to press the State’s investi- gation into the Auburn outbreak, go- ing there today in person to attend the funeral of thenmur;:lfl:d principal keeper, George.A. Durnford. “That investigation, being conducted by officials of the State department of correction and Cayuga County, was di- rected. taward the recovery of seven guns-still missing and believed fo be seoreted within the prison. District Attorney Kenyon today an- nounced that_all convicts involved in the ‘mutiny had been identified, but declined to state how many there were or to reveal their identity. He added that he believed sufficient evidence had been uncovered to justify indictment and trial of the mutineers on charges | of murder, first degree. . . Plans New Chinese Alphabet. Chinese should have a new alphabet | created by the direct application of psychalogy, according to Loh Seng Tsai of China. He would break up the old- style characters into “letters” of one or two strokes each. After finding which were most legible and quickest to write he would assign new phonetic scunds' to them and recombine them into new ‘word-characters. b - — Berlin Warmly Greets Gina Pinnera BERLIN, December 14 * (). —Gina | Pinnera, New York soprano, was called back repeatedly for encores at her debut in the Philharmonic Hall tonight until | the janitor finally turned out the lights. The frenzied audience applauded par- ticularly her operatic selections. MILLIONS SLASHED FROM TAXPAYERS’ DUES BY 'SENATE (Continued From First Page.) that while the Treasury would be able to afford this amount of reduction, he felt that any greater amount at this time would jeopardize the condition of the Treasury. 1 mever mentioned the matter to the chairman of the com- mittee, nor did he to me, but I stated, as did the Senator from Mississippl, Senator Harrison, Garner of Texas, that we were in- clined tentatively to agree to the propo- sition and that unless we changed cur minds, we would accord it our sup- port. ‘That is all there is about the tter.” M immons then recalled that when Undersecretary Mills of the Treasury was before the finance committee, he had asked him about the possibility of reducing the capital gains tax and also about a reduction in the tobacco levies. The North Carolinian said that Mills had warned this would menace the sta- bility of the Treasury and for that reason he did not support any amend- ment. Condemning past tax reduction pro- grams of the Treasury, Couzens re- ‘called the contests for repeal of the estate tax and declared that a cam- aign had been waged for this “by jobbyists, supported and influenced by the Mellon family.” “But they have not been successful.” said Couzens, “and I suspect the Secre- tary hopes to get that result before he passes his estate on to posterity.” Individual Tax Cut Ranges From Half To Four Per Cent By the Assoclated Pre: Rates on income taxes to be paid next year, as provided by the vesolution adopted ay by the Senate and sent White House, follow: . Individuals— Net Income. 4,000 and less.. 3 pet. $4,000 to $8,000 2pet. $8.000 and over 4 pct. No change is made in the sur- tax rates on individual incomes. Corporations and insurance companies— Tax next year—I11 per cent. Present tax—13 per cent. | of 9,000 hours, or more than 517,000 and Representatve | | were reported drowned, with only two the Herbert Schiff Trophy for the best The squadron, made up of 50 officers and air without a mishap. Left to right: M the Navy for Aeronautics, AIR CRASH DAY DECLARED WANING Senator Bingham Tells Schiff Trophy Dinner Flying Will Be Safer. ‘The day will come when an aviation crash will be considered a cause for ridicule and shame rather than for condolences, Senator Bingham of Con- necticut, president of the National Aeronautic Association, said last night in an address at the Herbert Schiff | Trophy dinner in the Mayflower Hotel. | The dinner was given in_honor of Training Plane Squadron 7 of the eleventh naval district, San Diego, | Calif.,, winners of the trophy by virtue | miles, without a serious accident. The | squadron was' represented by its com- mander, Lieut. Thomas Geary Fisher, who flew across the country to receive the Schiff Trophy from President Hoo- ver at the White House at noon yes- terday. Senator Bingham paid high tribute to the efficiency of the officers and men headed by Lieut. Fisher for their skill and the mechanical efficiency of the unit. He also paid tribute to Navy fiyers in general for their many records during the past year, giving especial praise to Comdr. Richard E. Byrd for his flight to both Poles. Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aero- nautics, - eharacterized the wonderful safety record of the Seventh Squadron as a victory not only for naval aviation, but for aeronautics as a whole. “Unless we can show the country at large that aviation can be operated with safety and efficiency,” he said, “avia- tion will not progress as it should. The | Work of..this squadron is an.important step 1n the right direction. Lieut. Walter Bryan, Navy Reserve, was toastmaster. Arrangements for the dinner were made by Lieut. W. M. Dil- Ton of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics. Among those present were leaders of | Army. and Navy aviation and famous fivers of both services. POISON IN STOMACH OF DEAD-MISSOURIAN Evidence Corroborates Confession of Daughter-in-Law and Her Son Held on Murder Charges. By the Associated Press. WEST PLAINS, Mo., December 14. —Reports received here today from St. | Louis chemists said the stomach of E. E. Trimmer, victim of the confessed poison plot of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Laura | James Trimmer, and her son, Sylvester James, was ‘found to have been filled with poison. The chemists’ report corroborates a confession by James, who told officers here Wednesday night that his mother Egured half the contents of a dollar ttle of poison on a poached egg. which she gave to Trimmer Tuesday. He died Tuesday night at the Trimmer | home in Pomono, Mo., near here. Mrs. Trimmer denied James' statement, say- | ing she poured only a drop or two of | the liquid poison on the egg. Both Mrs. Trimmer and her son are held .on first degree murder charges. They confessed they poisoned Trimmer to cover up a theft of $450 from him by Mrs. Trimmer, and in the hope of | obtaining his estate, which, it developed, was small. Two Hurt in Forced Landing. (®). -J. Warren Smith and Clarence Trout, both of Detroit, were cut and bruised, not seriously, this afternoon when a tri-motored transport plane Smith was flying upset near Warren, a few miles from here. A small fire in one of the motors forced the plane down in a field. The plane upset in a ditch. The flames were soon extin- guished. Twelve Die in Shipwreck. CADIZ, Spain, December 14 (P).— Twelve members of the crew of the fishing vessel Duque de Barbes today surviving, when the boat was ship- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, December 14 | THE SUNDAY § TAR, WASHINGTON, RECEIVES SCHIFF TROPH President Hoover yesterday presented Lieut. Thomas Gerry Fisher, com- mander of Naval Training Plane Squadron 7, stationed at San Diego, Calif.; with record for safety during the past year. men, is credited with 9.000 hours in the r. Hoover; Ernest L. Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Lieut. Fisher, and Davis S. Ingalls, Assistant Secretary of —Associated Press Photo. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Ten years old, who was killed yesterday afternoon by a stray bullet from a ritie in the hands of two boy companions. The boys told the police they were scuf- fling over the rifie to determine who should shoot at a squirrel when it acci- ‘ dentally fired. YOUTH FATI;LLY WOUNDED BY PALS IN SCUFFLE FOR GUN (Continued From First Page.) | were summoned and an investigation begun. At first the uscless rifle was the only gun the officers could locate. They | searched the woods carefully, however, and found the other gun under some leaves. The boys explained it had been | dropped ~there hastily in the excite- ment. ‘While police located the dead boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben S, Franklin of 632 Quebec place, the other five boys were taken to No. 10 precinct for ques- tioning. Beigler was detained at the precinct pending the coronor’s inguest. set_for tomorrow, while George O'Donnoghue, |16, of 444 Newton street, and Wellens were temporarily admitted to the Re- cefving Home for Boys. Parents of the | other two were told to have them at the inquest. 'MORE LIGHTS ARE URGED ON H STREET NORTHEAST Business Men's Association Votes to Provide Community Tree for Christmas Program. Additional street lights along H street northeast to make that thoroughfare one of the best lighted streets in the city were urged by speakers before the meeting of the Northeast Business Men's Association Friday night at the Blair School. The association voted to crect a com- munity Christmas tree at Eighth and H streets northeast and a committee composed of James Nealon, Hubert Newsom, John Beane and Robert Mc- Cullough was elected to sponsor the event. Election of officers will be held Janu- ary 23. The annual banquet is sched- uled for the last week in January, when the new officers will be installed. Dr. A. A. Thompson was awarded | first prize in the attendance contest Second prize was given to Meyer Cohen wrecked near Alcazar Quivir, Morocco. The vessel was registered at Cadiz. o The Lates Proclaimed by critics book she has ever writ “America's favorite masterpiece of realisti > - and third prize went to Leo Waterman. John Beane, president, presided. w—— e ———— “This Strange cAdventure” t Work of Mary Roberts Rinehart as the most important ten. This new novel by woman writer” a c art. is - Beginning Tomorrow in The Star HARILAND AN REOPENIG SEN iStatus Undertermined, But i Feeling Prevails Depositors Will Not Lose. ___(Continucd From Pirst, Page) apartment and hotel properties here bringing bids of $60 and $65. BANK REOPENING SEEN. Feeling Prevails That Depositors Will Not Lose. With the exact financial status of the Southern Maryland Trust Co. still un- determined pending the completion of an examination of the books by the Maryland Banking Commission, the im- pression prevailed in Prince Georges County financial circles last night that there would be no loss to depositors, and the reopening of the doors of the bank within & few days loomed as & possi- bility. The banks of the trust company at ordered closed by the State Banking Commission Friday afternoon. Samuel J. Henry, indicted president of the F.H. Smith Co.. was until recently president of the banks, and some securities of the F. H. Smith Co. were found in the eat Pleasant Bank, the examiner stated, Henry resigned from the bank following his indictment, and_the va- cancy thus caused was filled by W. J. Hayward, former vice president and ceneral manager of the Chesapeake Beach Rallroad. Second Official to Resign. Henry was the second official of the institution to resign within a fortnight, Hubert T. Pla vice president and secretary, having resigned on Novem- ber 30. During that period the Prince Georges County commissioners had or- dered county funds deposited in _the bank removed. This action was taken following the withdrawal of a deposit bond by a bonding company. The possibility of the banks being reopened hinges on negotiations known to g'! in progress. It was reported at Seat Pleasant last night that several directors of the Southern Maryland Trust Co. have made overtures with & view to guaranteeing deposits and hav- ing their banks taken over by the East- ern Shore Trust Co. The latter con- ‘| cern has total resources of approxi- mately $20,000,000, and is one of the largest State banking organizations out- side of Baltimore. Directors of both institutions would not deny this rumor. Depositors to Be Paid. Allen MacCullen, Washington attor- ney, who was called to assist in straightening out the affairs of the banks shortly after the resignation” of | Mr. Plaster, last night issued a formal statement, declaring that all depositors would be paid in full, Mr. MacCullen's statement, given to The Star in response to a request, fol- lows: “Upon the resignation of Mr. Plaster on November 30. the directors requested me temporarily to assume charge of the Seat Pleasant and Marl- boro banks, for the purpose of straight- ening out the affairs of the banks. In made a rather careful survey of the as- sets and liabilities of the bank and am satisfied, and have so stated to the bank commissioner, that the bank, in so far as depositors and creditors are con- cerned, is absolutely solvent. “In my opinion, there are more than pay every depositor in full,” Mr. Mac- Cullen concluded. 3 Receiver to Be Qualified. Commissioner Page is expected to qualify formally as morrow. Under the Maryland law, he automatically becomes recei bank is closed, but will go through the formality of qualifying in Prince Georges County. Deputy Commissioner John D. Hos- pelhorn was in charge of the institu- tions yesterday, directing the work of the examiners and answering the quer- ies of persons who visited the Seat Pleasant Bank before the doors were locked at noon. During the morning hours the bank made change as an accommodation to merchants of the community, and this lead to an erroneous rumor that it was cashing checks. At Seat Ple: the two banks is located, there was lit- tle apprehension among depositors as to the safety of their money. The general tenor of opinion of the great majority of the citizens seems to be that the bank is fundamentally sound, and even if it were not the directors are men of such caliber and financial standing that the institution so as to prevent any loss to _depositors. No excitement was apparent yesterday when the news of the bank’s closing became widespread. Persons came to the bank intermittently all during the day either to deposit money or cash checks, only to find that the bank was no longer doing business. Without ex- ception, they accepted the stiuation tranquilly with an air that seemed to reflect confidence that their money was safe. N One of these was William Himes, | principal of the Maryland Park High | School, who came to deposit $100 of | the school's funds. He said there was already $250 belonging to the school in the bank, but he was not werried for its safety. Some of the poorer people suffered considerable inconvenience by the. bank's closing. One depositor came to draw money to buy groceries for the week end. “I've only a nickel in my pocket.” he ruefully said. “I guess I'll have to buy a smoked fish and drink water to last me till Monday. It's too Jate to go to Washington for money.” A storekeeper, who is also a depositor in the bank, summarized the view of the town. “This is a small community,” he said. “We all know the directors and bave confidence in them. We know they are financially responsible and will make good any loss, so why should we | worry?” Mrs. Mary Carmody. widow of the founder of the trust company and at present the ‘majority stockholder, was confident that the two banks will soon open their doors again. There was even more serenity at Marlboro, although the closing of the bank ther:, which had been quite pros- perous, caused a mild sensation through- out the county. Many persons of prom- inence, business houses and organiza- tions were nvenienced by the clos- ing. There s an intermittent stream of depositors calling all day to talk with Willlam H. Brooke, cashler, who is known to most of the patrons of the bank by his first name. Some reaction was felt by other banks of the town, but most apprehensive depositors were reassured of the staunch position of those institutions after talk- ing_with their officials. County Policeman Frank Prince and Deputy Sheriff L. E. Dutrow were sta- tioned at Seat Pleasant as a precau- tionary measure last night. Officers of the bank before recent personnel changes were: 8. J. Henry, president: Hubert T. Plaster, vice presi- dent and secretary: W. 8. Collins, vice president: M. E. Myers, treasurer; A. L. Phillips, assistant treasurer. Directors are listed as follows: Seat Pleasant—S. J. Henry, Hubert T. Plas- ter, W. S. Collins, B, E. Behrend, R. F. Brown, Dr. Z. M. Brady, W. Seton Belt, Charles D. Heffner, M. E. Myers, W. H. financed by the Smith Co., $100 issues | Seat Pleasant and Upper Marlboro were | the short while that I was there I sufficient good assets in the bank to| receiver for the ! banks in Circuit Court a. Marlboro to- | * when a | ant, where the larger of | they would be certain to stand behind | D. C. DECEMBER 15, ISENATORS STUDY KEY COMMITTEES “Young Guard” Members and Independents in Line for Places in Groups. By the Associated Press, Members of the so-called young guard Republicans and the Western | | independents arc in line for positions | |on the key committees in the forth- coming majority reorganization in the Senate. | The principal competition centers on the foreign relations, finance and com- | mercial committee = vacancies. These committees will be charged with the formulation of much of the Hoover ad- ministration program during the ses- | sion. | Particular interest was evident last | inight in the make up of the foreign relations committee, which soon will | | have before it the controversial World Court, issue and possibly a treaty from | the forthcoming London naval arms conference. Chairman Borah of the foreign rela- | tions committee, and the two ranking Republicans of 'the committee—Sena- | | tors Johnson of California, and Moses of New Hampshire—are foes of the revised World Court protocol which President Hoover recently had signed. While the President is understood to have shown considerable interest in making up this commitee with those sympathetic to his foreign policy, S!n~; ator Robinson of Indiana. who voted against adhesion to the Court, is the ranking candidate of seven seeking the vacancy on this committee. So far Senator La Follette of Wis- consin, u leader of the Western inde- pendents, is the ranking candidate for | the finance committee, which has charge of the important revenue legis lation. | Senators Schall, Minnesota, independ- ent, and Allen, Kansas, a young guard spokesman, are in line for the vacancy on. the commerce committee. which will be in charge of the gigantic inland waterways improvement program. Senator McNary of Oregon. looked upon as a leader of the young guard, is the popular choice for the assistant leadership of the Republicans, succeed- ing Senator Jones of Washington, who becomes chairman of the appropriations committee, Senator Johnson of California will take over the chairmanship of the com- merce committee, succeeding Jones. Senator McNary was in line for this post, but he preferred to remain at the | head of the agriculture committee. | With the Senate membership again mtact, the committee reorganization will go forward probably next week. Senator McNary is chairman of thel committee on committees and will pilot | | the reorganization. Senator Watson of | Indiana, the Republican leader, will| call a party conference as soon as the | reorganization is completed, \WETS IN CONGRESS . PLAN CAMPAIGN .Committee Calls for All Dry Foes to Attend Daily House Sessions. B~ the Associated Press. Calling on all wet members for “con- stant and daily attendance on the floor of the House,” an informal committee of 13 leading anti-prohibitionists 1n | the House met yesterday to form a per- | manent organization against the dry laws, At the call of Representative La Guardia, Republican, of New York, the group met in his office, agreed to hold a further organization meeting January 9, and announced “we are in a posi- tion as national legislators to observe the hypocrisy and the costliness of pro- hibition and the breakdown and failure of the attempted enforcement.” Representative iLnchicum, Demo- crat, of Maryland, present president of the ‘unofficial committee for th> modi- fication of the Volstead act, was absent. | Linthicum explained in a letter to La | Guardia yesterday that he believed the meeting Was unnecessary at this time, { but rumors of a rift among the wets were answered by the group's state- | ment yesterday that “there is complete | harmony in our ranks and an earnest | | determination to carry on the fight and take it to all parts of the country.” The committee deemed it its duty to “compel the facing of the true facts | and actual conditions created by pro- | hibition,” and said, “it is unnecessary to point to the organized propaganda of the drys and the energy and industry of their advocates. This House group calls upon all members earnestly and sincerely opposed to prohibition to take | an active part in the militant and ag- gressive opposition which they intend | to_initiate.” | _The statement was signed by two Democrats, Sabath, Tllinols, and O'Con- nor, Louisiana, and 11 Republicans, as follows: Britten and Irwin, Illinois Connolly, Pennsylvania; Kahn and En- glebright, California; Lampert, Schafer Kading and Schneider, Wisconsin; Maas, ~Minnesota, and La Guardia, New York. DE PRIEST REPLY CURT. CHICAGO, December 14 (). —“Who cares!” This was the reply of Oscar De Pricst, Negro Representative, today when he was informed that Representa- tive Allgood of Alabama had resigned from the honorary enrolled bills com- mittee because a place on it was given to De Priest. deaths as 1900, as When You Buy Think of This: Early Discovery _Children’s Clinic Lacy, W. J. Hayward, William F. Stem- bler and George M. Palmer. Directors of the Marlboro Bank are: «F. W. Hill, William C. Hopkins, A. O. | | Dille, S. J. Henry, William H. Wyville, W. Seton Belt. J. E. Binger, Hubert T. | Plaster, J. E. Donald, Charles L. Higgs, Fred Maher and Willlam H. Brooke. Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone Main. 6883 . Christmas Seal Sale 961 lives saved in 1928 by lower rate of: from official record. Christmas Seals Children’s Health Camp Occupational Therapy for Patients Better Health Assured for All CHRISTMAS SEALS pay for the health work of the Tuberculosis Association, especially among Children. 1929—PART ONE. ARYLAND BANKS Top: The Seat Pleasant Branch of t ORDERED CLOSED he Southern Marylind Trust Co., rlosed yesterday by the Maryland Bank Commission for an examination of its books. Center: Three depositors of the bank, photographed before it vesterday (left to right)—Mrs. Mary Carmody, widow of the founder of the bank, one of the principal stockholders: Mrs. Charles Smith and William Hines, principal of the Seat Pleasant High School, who called at the bank yesterday to make a deposit and found it in the hands of the State authorities. Below: The Marlboro bank of the trust company —=8tar Staff Photos. Clark to Keep I’osti On Group to Which| De Priest Is Named North Carolina Democrat to Abide by Decision of Party Caucus. | \ | | By the Associated Press. Representative Bayard Clark, Demo- crat, of North Carolina, issued a state- ment through his office here yesterday | in which he said he would not peimit | the presence of Representative Oscar | DePriest, colored, Republican, of Illi- nois, on the House enrolled bills com- | mittee to keep him off the committee. Representative Allgood, Demoerat, of Alabama, resigned Friday from the committée because of DePriest’s as signment. Allgood said the committez | was an honorary one and that since the assignment of the Chicazo Re- | publican, he did not further ‘“desire the_honor.” | “Having been assigned to certain | committees by the Democratic caucus.” Clark's statement said, “I shall abide by its determination. I shall not re- | sign from the committee on enrolled bills or neglect to perform any other official dutles, because of the prescnce of DePriest.” Clark is at Fayetteville, N. C., and | DePriest is in Chicago TROOPS STAY IN SYRIA. | PARIS, December 14 (#).—French | troops will remain in Syria and France has no intention of abandoning its League of Nations mandate in the Near East, ‘The French position came out clearly in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday when the opposition parties made a determined attack on the Tardieu gov- ernment and demanded the withdrawal of French soldiers from Syria. Minister of War Maginot made a point-blank refusal and the government staked the question of confidence on the rejection of the proposal. The gov- ernment was sustained by a vote of | 330 to 247. compared with rate in shown on chart below 1022.11th Street N.W. BUTLER MAY HAVE TO EXPLAIN SPEECH TO SECRETARY ADAMS (Continued From First Page.) already has investigated Butler's activ- ities with the Marines at the time he_was in Nicaragua several years ago. In the last occupation of Nicaragua, an election was held and the Liberal candidate was chosen president and there has been a general feeling: at the Capitol that this election was held in regular order. Gen. Butler was not with the Marines in the last occupation of Nicaragua. TELLS OF METHODS. PITTSBURGH, December 14 (P).— Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, whose address here on December 5 is a sub- ject for inquiry in Washington by Secretary Adams, was quoted in news- | papers here as saying concerning the election in Nicaragua, where Marines were stationed, “the opposition candi- dates became bandits when it became necessary to elect our man to office.” Sinclair Lewis, the writer, telegraphed Senator Borah of Idaho December 6, telling him Gen. Butler's remarks war- ranted an “immediate Senate investi- gation.” Lewis' telegram said Butler “laughingly” confirmed bitterest charges against Marines. Quoting Butler, he said, from a newspaper story which he claimed he had confirmed through Robert K. Cochrane, secretarv of the Pittsburgh Builders’ Exchange, before which Butler spoke, Lewis' telegram said in part: “Concerning elections in Nicaragua, he (Butler) explained that the opposi- tion candidates were declared bandits when it became necessary to elect a candidate. E “Regarding Haiti, Butler told how the Marine-controlled President had dissolved the Congress to prevent the legislative body from passing a new constitution. He aided the President in drawing up the edict that dissolved the Congress,” the speaker said. Lewis told Senator Borah that he had a list of persons who heard Gen. Butler speak, if the Senate wanted to summon_them. The Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph to- morrow will quote Butler as saying: “In onc election nobody liked the fellow in there, but he was a useful fellow to us, so we had to keep him in. to keep him in was the problem. ‘W2 looked up the election laws and found that the polls had to be opened a sufficient length of time (at least that's the way we translated it) and that a voter had to be registered to be eligible to vote. The district was then canvassed and 400 were found who would vote for the proper candidate. Notice of the opening of the polls was given five minutes before hand. The 400 voters were assembled in a line and when they had voted, in about two hours, the polls were closed. The other citizens had not registered and were in- cligible to vot FELIX B. SEI-BERT DEAD; NATIVE OF WASHINGTON Merchant Had Been in Active Business in City for Nearly Half Century. Felix B. Seibert, 72 years old, Wash- ington merchant for nearly a half cen- tury, died Friday at his residence, 915 Massachusetts avenue northeast, fol- lowing a long illn Mr. Seibert, a native of Washington, had maintained a butcher stand in the Eastern Market for many years. Six months ago he was forced by illness to relinquish_ active management of his business. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret B. Seibert; three daughters, Mrs. J. B. Coffman, Mrs. R. M. Trip- lett and Mrs. J. F. Padgett, daughter, Miss Mary Seibert. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Funeral services will be held tomor- row morning from the residence, with mass in St. Joseph's Church at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Ceme-~ tery. and a, RECORD DIVIDENDS 551 S Y tween $1,250,000 and $1,150,000. © ! Special Dispatch to The Star, NEW YORK, December 14.—However disappointing the stock market, may { | have proved to shareholders in-recent | weeks, there can be nothing but ¢heer i ! in store for them as they contemplate | the record-breaking dividend and"in- | terest payments that are about to be made by corporations. For the evi. dence at hand is sufficient to indicate that these payments, which are heavier at the year end than at any other time, will assume proportions never before | equaled in this or any other country, Accurate estimates as to the -exact amount to be paid out are virtually im- | possible. But, based on the generally accepted opinion that the year-end payments last year amounted to 8p- proximately $1.000,000,000, the conclu~ sion seems warranted that this year's total dividend and interest disburse- | ments will total between $1,250,000,000 and $1,500,000,000. Record Corporation Earnings. The reasons for the increase in the payments this year are many. The volume of securities outstanding has mounted substantially, and on many of them payments are to be made. In the first nine months of the year corpora- tion earnings were by far the largest in history. A compilation prepared by the National City Bank, including 272 man- ufacturing and trading, 182 railroad, 89 telephone and telegraph and 95 other utility companies, shows that corporate profits in the first three-quarters aver= aged 20.3 per cent higher than in the comparablc 1928 period, itself an enor= mously profitable time, The steel industry, it is pointed out, made one of the best gains of any group, amounting to 70 per cent in the third quarter and 91 per cent in the nine-month period. The prosperity en= joyed by the steel.industry has been, in turn, passed on to holders of steel shares. ‘Thus the United States Steel Corpor- ation has departed from its time-hon- ored procedure and is paying an extfa dividend of $1 a share on December 30, this in addition to its regular payment on that cate of $1.75 a share. TI payments to be made by this corpora- tion alone on its common will amount *_approximately $22,000,000. Bethlehem Steel, the second most im- portant unit in the industry, has done even better by its stockholders this year. For where Bethlehem began the year without its common on a dividend basis it is entering 1939 with its common on a $6 annual basls. Its next payment on its common, however, does not occur until February 15. going to stock of record January 18. The corporation will pay $1.75 on its preferred stock on | January 2. Surpluses Increase. > Aside from the improvement in the financial position of corporations this year due to increased earnings, their emergence from debt has been expe- dited by‘funds derived from offerings of new stock to sharehoiders. The com= panies, therefore, are better able to re- ward their stockholders handsomely -at | this time than ever before. Their sur- | pluses have never been so large. The stockholders’ rewards have come in the form of extra, increased, initial, stock, resumed and back dividends. In the month of November alone the num- ber of corporations taking favorabie dividend action -was clese to 300; .as egainst less than. one-tenth of that number which took unfavorable divi- dend action. Heading the list of corporations which will pay extra dividends around the year-end is General Motors, whose im~ mens: earnings have been the pheno- menon of American industry for several years, On January 3, General Motors will pay an extra dividend of 30 cents a share on each of its $43,500,- |000 common shares, or about $13.0f 000. E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. is | paying an extra of about $7.000,000 on January 4. Other companies paying jcash or extra stock dividends around {the same dates are numerous. January 1 has for years been a favored date for payment of interest on bonds. In its current bulletin the New York Stock Exchange lists more than 100 bond issues on which interest is payable on that date. Interest pay- ments in all. will, it is estimated, run to at least $500,000,000 around the year= end. - | ey |FLEHARTY RESIGNS UTILITIES POST TO RESUME PRACTICE d_From First Page) on the unification agreement, which the companies later followed. In opposing the recent application of the Capital Traction Co. for a fare raise, which was denied by the com- mission, Fleharty insisted that the com= any was not entitled to an increase cause it had failled to do everything possible to bring about a merger. He also contended that an up-to-date re- valuation should be made of both com- panies before the question of fares was considered. Aside from these major cases Fleharty investigated scores of individual com- plaints from users of Washington’s va- | rious utilities and in many of them satisfactory adjustments were made | either voluntarily by the companies or | on order of the commission. .November Circulation. |Sunday, 114,513 District of Columbia. ss.: FLEMING “NE Business Man of THE EVENING AND AY STA! does solemnly swear that the actual mumbs of coples of the paper named sold and tributed during the month of Novemb A.D. 1929, was as follow g BEEEConannan] Less adiustments...... Total daily net circulation..... Average daily net paid circuiatior Daily average number of coples service, etc.. i Dally average net circulation.... 10-50 FLEMING NEWHOLL < Mo His Subreribed and swor 1o 11th day of December. 19 (Beal.) ELMER F. YOUNT, Notary Public. ‘ v ‘ / 1 Daily... 110,232