Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1930, Page 2

DRAWS HIGH PRAISE Gari Melchers Unstinted in Appreciation of Contem- porary Sho;’wino. Garl Moichers, internationally re- Tnowned American artist, characterizes the Twelfth Biennial Exhibition of Con- temporary American Oil Paintings of the Corcoren Gallery of Art as “a true cross-section of contemporary Ameri- can art” in a hlfihly complimentary let- ter to C. Powell Minnigerode, director of the lery. Mr. Melchers was unstinted in his praise of the current exhibition during & visit to the gallery, and afterward he decided to express his delight in a formal letter, it was disclosed today. Real Merit Brings Praise. ‘The letter, dated in New York on December 1. follows: “My Dear Mr. Minnigerode: “I told you yesterday, as we walked through the galleries, what great pleas- ure your exhibition gave me, but after leaving you it occurred to me that I had not said half enough in praise of the Corcoran exhibition this year. “I must congratulate you on the really fine and comprehensive showi of our living and working painters of today, & true cross-section of contem- porary American art, where every school is strongly and equally repre- sented. Every true lover of art will find there what he is looking for: the so- called ‘Conservatives,’ who only a few years ago were considered innovators, and the so-called ‘Modernists’ who be- {g;"l«_mg will have become ‘the An- Bespeaks Public View. “I sincerely hope that the exhibition may receive its just reward in the ap- tion of the public, for nowhere this country could the public find a better opportunity to study and know what American art can produce today. “The presentation and installation of the pictures in your beautiful gal- leries are, as always, accomplished with perfect results.” Melchers, 70-year-old native of De- troit and now a resident of Virginia, is in the very front rank of living American painters. No other artist in the United States enjoys a hif tion here and abroad, both. for and for .discriminating apprecia- ! tion of other men’s work. His honors are manifold and his work is repre- .sented in all important American gal- leries and many of those of Europe. Achievements Are Noteworthy. Mnmn&hhlrtamdlesltthe age d"!"l at Dululd?lr'(dfids , in . 1877, Melchers contint . at the Beaux Arts in Paris, under Le- . He received the of a long list of . awards wnen 26 years .old, receiving { honorable mention” at the Faris Salon “in 1886. Since !.h;n he !l:u rl;ce;‘\;:d 1 recognition from salons - e l(:mnlch. Berlin, Antwerp and ; Vienna; from the Paris, Pan-American Louls and Sesquicentennial exposi- gra . Paris exmlieimn and gold medals at the _ three American expositions. He was “awarded second prize of the W. A. ::‘h;; -mg.:nby Corcoran Gallery 4 and Germany have decoral ted achievements igher | Davis as Secretary of Labor. ing | Charles E. Mitchell of West Virginia MRS. GEORGE VARGAS, Formerly Phylis Balzar, daughter of Zov. and Mrs. Fred Balzar of Nevada, was secreily married in August, 1929. The wedding was recently announced in Reno. ~—A. P. Photo. MANY NOMINATIONS SENT TO SENATE Doak, Clark and Meyer Ap- pointments Top List Seek- ing Confirmation. President Hoover today sent to the Senate a batch of nominations, among them being a number of persens hold- ing office by reason of recess appoint- ments. Appointments to vacant places on the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia were not included. At the top of the list of these ap- pointments was that of William N. Doak of Virginia to succeed James J. rs_of prominence in this list were: ' Eugene Meyer, jr., of New York to the Federal Reserve Board to suc- ceed Edmund Platt; J. Ruben Olark, ir., of New York to be Ambassador to Mexico; Hoffmen Philip of New York to be Minister to Norway, Nicholas Roosevelt of New York to be Minister to Hungary, J. Butler Wrght of Wyo- m! to_ be Minister to Uruguay, to be consul general to Liberia. I C. C. Members on List. ‘The following to be members of the Interstate = Comm:rce Commission: Charles D. Mahaffie of the District of Columbia for term expiring December 31, 1930, and for term expiring 1937, and Frank McNanamy of the District of Columbia for term expiring De- cember,” 1937. Others included Floyd R. Harrison of the District of Columbia, reappointed to the Federal Farm Loan Board; David Burnett of Ohlo to be commissioner of internal mvu:ute. l{l.l'rybe J. Ansinger o; o commissioner of narcotics, James Walter Clift of Michi- gan to examiner in chief, United States Patent Office, and the following to be members of the Mississippi River Com- f | mission: ia, and Corcoran, 4 Phillips Memorial galleries and the < Library Congress, here. Melchers is an associate member of in | sons, Infantry. To be assistant to the , Paris: International Soclety of ts, London; Munich Secession; «Berlin Royal Academy, National Insti- tute of Arts and Letters, the New York “Soclety of Artists, Nationel Arts Club, American Federation of Arts, Interna- tional Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers, London: the Royal Eo- clety of Austrian Painters, the Royal Academy at Berln, the Institute of .France and a number of others. .. The biennial exhibition is now open to the public And will continue on view through January 11 next. Tomorrow .night the exhibition will be open from 8 to 10:30 o'clock for the special benefit of those unable to attend during the .REFEREflCE LIST ISSUED ON CORCORAN EXHIBIT :Art Gallery and Elic Library Join in Compiling Material on Painters. . A reference list of biographical and Jeritical material on painters whose work appears in the Twelfth Biennial Exhi- bition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings at the Corcoran Art Gallery has been issued by the Public Library in co-operation with the Corcoran Art allery. ‘The list gives a complete reference to | art works in magazines and books. | «Coples of it may be secured without | cost at the Corcoran Art Gallery or at the Public Library, Eighth and K #treets, or any of its branches. DR. STEVENS AT ;IEAD Elected President of Botanical So- elety—Other Officials Chosen. Dr. N. E. Stevens was elccted presi- dent of the Botanical Soclety of Wash- 4Angton at a meeting in the Cosmos Club last night. L. H. Flint was elected vice ppresident. Other officers elected were; N. R. Smith, secretary; Dr. C. Elliol secretary, and Miss Edith » Dr. H. B. ey, pevired president, was elected to repre- sent the soclety in the Washington o Tt Gol Georse B “p‘;‘!mdln( an A ol. eorge . B 3 %_o{ ‘Engineers, U. 5. A, - Tarift Named. The following to be members of the on : P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania, June, 1936; Thomas for term ex&mnc June, 1935; Lee Coulter of North Dakota, for term expiring June, 1934; P. e Joitn T , | Dennis of Maryland, fcr term expiring June, 1933; Edgar B. Brossard of Utah, ol Diton of indiona. iring or term J% 119?11‘ ing Arm; e ollow] appointments: Maj. Gen. Dougias MacATthur. o be chief of staff the Army with the 1ank of general; Brig. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley, to be major general; the foliowing colonels to be brigadier - erals: Manus McCloskey, }ield Artil~ lery; Stanley H. Ford, Infantry; Stan- ley D. Embick, Coast Artillery; Herbert J. Brees, Cavalry, and James K. Par- Chief of Ordnance with rank of brig- adier general, Col. Edwin D. Bricker, To bz surgeon general with rank of major general, Maj. Gen. M. W. Ire- land. Maj. Gen. John Francis O'Ryan to be major general of the Reserve and the following to be brigadier generals of the Reserves: D. 8. Myers, Illinois National Guard; John C. Parsons, Ala- bama National Guard, and Oscar E. Roberts, Texas National Guard. Brig. Gen. Ben H. Fuller to be com- mandant of the Marine Corps with the rank of major general; Brig. Gen. Rufus H. Lane to bz adjutant and inspector of the Marine Corps, and Col. Randolph C. Berkeley to be brigadier general in the Marine Corps. LEGION MEM.BERS HEAR DEBATE ON PROHIBITION Honors Declared Evenly Divided. Want Avenue Named for Organization. A debate on prohibition was held by | the Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, a the American Legion, at a meeting last night in the District Building, The honors were evenly divid:d. Willlam F. Franklin, Harry Photis and Willlam P. Irwin suported the wet side and Gerald L. 8hlely, Jacob N. Halper and Curtis A. Jackson argued for prohibtion. Charles J. Newell, vice commander, prasided. “Legion evenue” was urged as a name for th® new thoroughfare that will extend from the Union Station to Pennsylvania avenue at Third street. Resolutions were adopted urging pas- sage of a pending bill for relief of widows and families of policemen and firemen and another pending bill to pay in cash the adjusted service credit as a measure to relieve unemployment and depression among former eervice men. Several veterans were elected to mem- bership, including Alfred G. Lovgren, R. K. Espey, Jobn O. White, John L. , Louis J. Bigelow. A. B. Mess- wall, C. W. Poff, H. H. Hurton, Harr L. Wennall, C. B. Furlou, James Watt, Charlle E. Danlel, Frank R, Swan, George F. Einhouse, Owen E. Jackson, Edgar G. Brown and Chester J. Brad- ley. Two members were reinstated Edward G. Turnure and B. F. Allister. of Selences. " Dr. T. H. Kee=:sy addressca ine clety on “Cotton From the Vie of a Botanist.” . FLYERS TO CELEBRATE D. C. Air Legion to Stage Anniver- sary Dinner Tonight. close of the second year of flight District of Columbia Air 3 The the CHINESE INVESTIGATION . DESIRED BY. DICKSTEIN New York Ia—prmudvo Will Ask Racketeering Probe—Blames Two Tongs for Difficulties. $345,000,000 Slash Coming Up Tomorrow—0pposition’s Strength Uncertain. By the Associated Press. , December 3.—The German Reichstag met today for the first time since last October, listened to the finance minister's outline of financial reforms which will slesh the nation’s expenditures by $345,000,000 a year, and adjourned debate on th's ali-important issue until tomorrow at noon. It was & quiet session hile Herman Dietrich lp&a for an hour about the drastic measures for economy containet in Chancellor Bruening's emergency decree issued yesterday. He told them what the nation already knows—that | to Germany must resolve herself to a life of Spartan simplicity for the next three years so that she can climb out of debt. ‘Taxes have been boosted to the very limit, Dietrich said, and there is no other way out of the financial woods except through the most rigid economy. Government salaries must be slashed, administrative appropriations must be cut to the bone, unwieldy governmental agencles must be reorganized on a more efficient basis, and the program of economy must extend not only through- out the national government, but also to every state and commune. Every measure in the budget, which totals $2,458,010,000, has been so con- structed as not to conflict with the constitution, said Dietrich, and he re- minded a Reichstag which contains an important refractory element. that its support of these emergency measures would have a salutary etiect on industry and finance, making things easier for German merchants who work in world markets. FORMER SMITH CO. OFFICER TESTIFIES HE BURNED BOOKS (Continued From First Page.) until October, 1929, when Pitts asked me to sign & statement denying that I had ever burned these records. Afraid of losing my job, I did sign the state- ment and gave it to him. That was the last I saw of it,” On cross-examination, after a heated controversy between aticrneys, and an announcement by Justice William Hitz that he would not permit the witness to answer self-incriminating questions in violation of his Constitutional rights, Farquhar admitted that he had signed the statement knowing it to be false, He also admitted that he did not know whether they were the Smith Co. books proper, but said that some of them bore the legend, “Hamiljon Hotel Cor- poration.” Questioned by United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw, the witness admitted that he had “pulled” checks from the Smith Co. files practically every month. He said he did this under instructions from Anadale, and that he never saw the checks after turning them over to that defendant. He also sald that on some occasions he asked to indorse checks made out to him for me sums. At those times, he testi- , there was no money due him from the Smith Co. and thai he did not re- ceive any. Tells ot Fees to Lawyer. Testimony by a former officer that he had used company funds to pay a Florida lawyer $26,000 was also intro- duced at the trial today. » The identity of the lawyer and px ‘purpose.for which the money was pa ‘was not brought out. The Government also called several witnesses from the Comme:rcial Na- tional Bank in its effort to prove that Pitts, Anadale and Edwards conspired to embezzle its funds and destroy rec- ords. Testimony regarding the $26,000 check was given by Lewis E. Thomas, formerly treasurer of the company. Asked About Letter. After the witness had expressed him- self as unable to remember several mat- ters about which he was being ques- tioned, Nugent Dodds, special assistant to the Attorney General, walked to the witness stand and handed him a paper. “What was the occasion of your using this letter,” the prosecutor asked. After a dispute as to the advisability of this evidence, the witness explained that he had drawn a check on the Commercial National Bank ordering the payment of $26,000 to an attorney for the company in Florida. He said that he did this under instructions from Anadale. ‘The witness was unable té recall to what account this use of the company’s funds had been charged, and explained that the disburssment journal, the only record containing this information, had disappeared when he attempted to find it. Visited Office at Night. Thomas stated that he went to the Smith company offices one night in May, 1929. He said that he saw sev- enlupeoplo working in the securities vault. “How long did you stay there?” Mr. Dodds asked. “About 10 minutes.” “Why did you leave?” After some hesitation the witness answered, “I didn't want to know— Before Thomas could finish h's al swer Defense Attorney Lambert voiced an objecion. The question was with- drawn, ‘Thomas also testified that he had been unable to find certain records sought by the Department of Justice | under a subpoena. The proceedings were interrupted fre- | quently by objections from Frank G. Raichle cof defense counsel, who con- tended that the prosescution’s questions were leading. Frequently Cashed Checks. may be 50, Justice Willlam , “but it doesn’t seem to me ‘That Hitz said, that they are leading us anywhere.” | James A. Chapline, pa; "‘g teller of the Commercial National . sald that he frequently cashed checks, drawn to cash, for employes of the Smith Co. ‘The employes, he said, generally asked {fi: bills of $100 and $1,000 denomina- ns. ‘When defense counsel objected to the materiality of this answer, Assistant United States Attorney Burkinshaw said he intended to show that bills of the same denominations were deposited shortly after the checks had been cash- ed in the Southern Maryland Trust Co. by the defendants. Burkinshaw also sald the Government would prove that “a-ccmmon method of cmbezzlement” used by the defendants was to pay with Co. checks for cashiers’ cthecks issued by this bank. * ‘Testimony by four witnesses that they had indorsed checks for large amounts and then turned them over to officials fternoon. J a women and a man, all former employes, said they never received any of the money derived by cashing the checks and did not know what had become By the Associated Press. Representative Dickstein, Democrat, New York, said yesterday he would esk the House to> authorize an investiga- tion into Chincse condilions in large “I want to " said all Chinese racketeer- of it. Pitts said these incidents would be “explained satisfactorily at the proper me.” The testimony was ‘flnn by Mrs, . Solomon, Mrs, A .| resume on Frida; Declares District Seeks to Squeeze Money Out of Nation. (Continued From First Page.) ous fight against the p increase in gasoline tax as an lllustration of the opposition to the develonment of a new source of revenue to relieve the ever-mounting burden of municipal ex- pentes. Mr. Simmons then asked the commit- tee to take into consideration during its study his contention that property values in Washington were higher be- cause it is the Nation's Capital. “The presence of private property in the District,” he declared, “does not add one dollar for utilitarian purposes the Federal Government.” Mr. Simmons began his testimony with a historical resume of the fiscal relationship between the United States and the District and the various prob- lems that developed, going back to the administration of Gov. Shepherd, In Original Limits. Congress, he declared, adopted this plan without going into the merits of Gov. Shepherd's claim that the United States should share equally in the ex- Ee'mes of Washington. At that time, owever, he pointed out, the City of Washington was within its original limits, or, he added, “what the 35-cent taxicab operators refer to as ‘the city proper.’ " Mr. Simmons emphasized that there are several schools of thought over the policy of fiscal relations, one of which claims that the 50-50 ratio is “sacred.” Another group, he , claims that Congress no right to change the 60-40 principle as provided in substan- tive law. “In this connection,” he declared, “it is my beliet that the Co ‘whic] has the right to make that law has the right to change it.” ¥ In discussing the various policies of fiscal relations, Mr. Simmons declared he had never been able to sce where there was any obligation on the part of the United States to contribute to the District public school system. . Expensive System. “Incidentally,” he said, "it is one o!‘ the most expensively maintained sys- tems in the United States. Moreover, we are paying for schools that ought to be above the average.” “Why,” he asked, should the people in New York or California be called upon to pay for Washington's school system?” Mr. Simmons closed his testimony with an appeal to the committee to see that “fair play” is done to the people of the United States in its study of the fiscal relations problem. “The committee will have before it,” he said. “representatives of a number of citizens’ and other organizations, and probably no one representing the cit- lzens of the United States. The com- mittee will have to sit in that capacity to see that fair play is done to the peo- ple of the United States.” Defends Policy. Mr. Cramton, the only other witness heard by the committee, gave an out-I line of the history of the existing lump sum policy, which he fathered, and strongly defended its merits. ‘The lump sum plan, he pointed out, did not attempt to reduce the contribu- tion the United States had been making toward the expenses of the District. He said his motive in proposing the plan was to provide a way for the District to increase its appropriations after the war when the mln{ major public improve- ments were vitally necessary without R Cramion. pofiea out that at . Cram! ou af time of the adoption of the lump-l‘lu: plan the prevailing tax rate in the District was $1.20 on every $100 of as- sessed valuation. The present rate is $1.70, he declared, which is below the levies paid in nearly every other city in the country, and yet the pecple of the District receive more for their tax money than the others, Aided Development. Mr. Cramton said that the adoption of the lump-sum plan was followed by a storm of eriticism of Congress. “There will never come a time” he sald, “when the newspapers of Wash- ington and certain organizations cease to agitate the fiscal relations policy, until you see the time to pay all ex- penses out of the Federal Treasury, and agree to all requests for appropriations. The criticism likely will diminish as that millenium is approached.” Mr. Cramton also declared that the improvements accomplished under the lump-sum plan resulted in the de- velopment of Washington several years {in advance of what it would have been under the old percentage plan. JUDGE HOLDS SUSPECT’S “CAN’T”:REALLY “WON’T” | Farmer Spending Fourth Week in Jail Because He Does Not Reveal Liquor Source. ! By the Associated Press. CADILLAC, Mich,, December 3.— Frank Harrand, Grand Traverse County farmer, is in the middle of his fourth week in jall because he can't or won't tell a justice of the peace where he got the liquor. Harrand sald it's a case of “can't.” Justice E. J. Millington insists it's “won’t,” and is holding him for con- ! tempt of court. Harrand was arrested | November 7 on a charge of drunkenness I_L"n dance, which he attended with his wife. Justice Millington chose to question abcut the source of his drink and Harrand said he could not identify the man from whom he got it, as he inter- | cepted a botfle as it was being passed in a group outside. The contempt sen- tence followed. FOUR ARE BOUND OVER UNDER $40,000 BONDS ‘ il i s |Charges of Conducting Gasoline Station and Store Robberies to Go Before Grand Jury. Charged with conducting a series of gasoline station and store robberies in iwnhlnmn during the past few weeks, our young men were bound over to 1 d the grand jury from Police Court today under $10,000 bond each. . | ‘Three of the accused, Vincent Del- cher, 18; Clyde Fisher, 20, both of | Rochester, N. Y., and John R. Martim; 30, of the 1600 biock of H street south- east, their alleged leader, were arrested Saturday. Joseph A. Cross, 18 years old, 2900 block of Nichols avenue south- east, the fourth member, was taken into custody Saturday night. All pleaded not gullty before Judge Ralph Given and waived .- Assistant District Attorney Michael Keough suggested a high bond. Sugar Negotiations Blocked. AMSTERDAM, Holland, December 3 (#).—As a consequence of the continued indispcsition of Thomas L. Chadbourne, creetor of the Chadbourne sugar plan, negotiations between Cuban and other . | world sugar u}:mduoen today remained at_a standstill. It was balieved the negotiations would In & recent month $137,000 worth of the L Representative Simmons of Nebraska, chairman of the District appropriations subcommiti as the first witness before the Mapes Committee, which laun ched its study of the District’s fiscal affairs, the committee table are Representatives Beers, Pennsylvania; Frear, Wisconsin; Chairman Mapes, Michigan, and Holaday, Tlinois. 1S, TRADE CHeFS N PARS PARLEY Be Topic Preliminary to Session Here. BY A. R. DECKER. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, France, December 3.—Rep- resenting 30 countries, 150 industrial leaders and bankers will gather in Paris tomorrow for a meeting of the Council of the International Chamber of Com= merce, establishing contacts, with the idea of discussing ways and means of getting the wheels of world business moving again. It is hoped to uncover ideas at this session which can be elaborated at the tee, testitying this morning | May congress in Washington. Silas H. Strawn of - Chicago, new leader of the American section of the CHRISTIAS SEALS " SHLEPAST 00 Mail Today Expected to Bring | Total Past First Big Step on | Way to $45,000 Goal. Payments for 750,000 Christmas seals, at 1 cent each, had been received by the Tuberculosis Association at 1022 Eleventh street when the books closed yestcrday evening, and the mail received today was confidently ex- pected to carry the total past the first million of sales to- ward the goal of $45,000 required to carry on the health services of the as- sociation during the coming year. Mrs. Juseph San- ders, chairman of the Seal Sale Com- mittee, sald that the committee was greatly encouraged by this good start on the campaign. She announced that the seals will be placed on sale in store and bank booths and in the self-service boxes throughout the city next. week. Volunteer teams of women are now being organized for attendance at the booths. The committee asks that all who can send in their payments for the seals now will do so, using the stamped return envelope sent with each mailing of seals so that due credit may be given on the card record of the association. AMERICAN IS HELD AS FOE OF FASCISM| Widow of Italian Poet and Twenty- six Others Face Charges on Activities. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, December 3—Mrs. H. J. De Bosis. an American widow of one of the best known poets in Italy, has been arrested with 26 other- alleged anti-Fascists viithin the past three days, the government announced today. Her son, Lauro ce Bosis, secretary of the Itallan-Am-iican Society of New York, was on his way to Rome when news of his mother's arrest reached him. He halted at s when he was informed that he, too, might be danger of arrest. Mrs. De Bosis was specifically charged with spreading “calu:nnious anti-Fascist iibels.” The goversment alleges that the anti-Fascists arrested organized a number of crimes against the govern- ment which were to have been com- mitted October 28, the eighth anniver- sary of.the march on Rome. Prof. Giuseppe Renzi, professor of philosophy at the University of Genoa, who has been under arrest several weeks, charged with anti-Fascism, has been released from jail. He has writ- ten a letter of explanation, it is said, declaring that he is an adherent of Fascism and will concern himself in the future only with his studies. All the 27 defendants will be tried by & special tribunal for the defense of the state. DAVIS AND CAREY DUE ON D. C. COMMITTEE Assignments of §enators Not Yet Settled to Fill Republican Vacancies. Although committee assignments of new Senators have not yet been set- tled, it was indicated this afternoon that the two Republican vacancles on the District of Columbia Committee probably will be filled by Scnators James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and Robert D. Carey of Wyoming. It is possible that the ratio in the number of Republican and Democratic members on some of the committees may bs changed somewhat, but it is not known whether this will apply to the District Committee. The two vacancies on the Republican side of the Disirict Committee result from the defeat of Senator Robsion, Republican of Kentucky, and the fact that Senator Baird, Republican of New Jersey, completed his service in the Senate following the election of Pwight ‘W. Morrow. Senator Baird was serv- ing only pending the election. SAYS LIQUOR WAS GIVEN HIM AT POLISH LEGATION Colored Janitor, Found With Quart of Whisky, Is Released From Arrest. Arrested terday while carrying a quart of Wl which he sald was iven him by some one at the Polish tion, Stanley M. Watts, colored, 38, who gave 'his occupation as janitor at the legation, was released without a formal charge at Police Court today. ‘The district attorney’s office rm:ud the release due to possible dipl itic immunity of Watts, the small quantity evidence of commerci 3 Police of the eighth precinct, scout- ing the neighborhood after receiving complaints of open gambling, appre- hended Watts as he was entering an apartment house in the 1700 block of Willard strest. The whisky was discov- and he was subsequently charged | Campaign Funds Committee’ of liquor involved and the absence of | de alism. Coughing Restores Woman’s Speech, Lost During Fright By the Assoclated Press. SHAMOKIN, Pa., December 3.—A coughing spel restored to M:s. John Colidan of Locust Gap the power of speech she lost two week® ago due to fright. She had been unable to talk since a man carrying a gun ap- proached her in her yard. She was of unharmed. NYE PUTS DAV FUND AT $611.274 Head Holds $19,500 Was Not Reported. By the Assoclated Press. Chairman Nye of the Senate Cam- paign Funds Committee said today that his committee had uncovered expendi- tures of $272,312 for the Davis-Brown primary ticket in Pennsylvania over the $368,962 reported to the committee last May. Nye read the total of $641,274 ex- penditures in concluding a session of his committee to delve further into re- ports of discrepancies in thes acccunt- ing of campaign funds spent for the ticket headed by Senator Davis and Francis Shunk Brown, gubernatorial candidate. No Accounting Made. A total of $19,500, he sald, represent- ed funds reported by county campaign treasurers as having been received from the Davis-Brown committee, headed by Samuel Vauclain, but for which no ac- counting had been made by the latter in its reports either to the secretary of ;\‘3&: for Pennsylvania or the Nye com- e. Wililam R. Douglas of Camp Hill, Pa., secretary to William 8. Vare and organizer for Brown, testified under questioning that expenditures would have been as great in the Pennsylvania primary if Davis had been off the i the cost probably would haveibeen the same if Davis had been the only one on the ticket. “It's just the cost of conducting an election machine,” he said. Was Popular Candidate. Senator Dale of Vermont, Republican member of the committee, asked if $500,000 would be a “fair” start for a campaign chest in Pennsylvania. “Very fair,” Douglas replis “How much of that would be allowed for Davis, assuming that that was the goal se Nye asked. “That's a hard matter,” Douglas re- plied, “it's unfair to charge most to him. Mr. Davis was a popular can- didate.” Dougias said he was not associated with Vauclain, but collected funds for the. committee. SITE FOR ARBORETUM VALUED AT $138,459 Jury Appraises Five Parcels on Hamilton Hill to Be Bought by United States. Additional land needed by the United States as a site of the arboretum on Hamilton Hill near the Bladensburg road will cost the Government $138,- 459.66 if a verdict of a jury of five cit- izens reported today to Chief Justice Al- fred A. Wheat is confirmed by the court. The land is known as parcels 162-4, 162-8, 172-3, 172-4 and 172-9, Parcels 1 and 2 are given a lump valuation of $62,407.21; parcel 3, $18,- 482.92; parcel 4,$23,356.42, and . parcel 5, $34,213.05. The jurors were Frank J. Strykes, Thomas A. Chntwell, Phil B. 3 Charles D. Kenney and Vincent B. Smith, The Government was represented by Henry H. Glassie, special assistant to the Attorney. General, and Attorneys Arthur G. Lambert and -Alexander H. Bell, jr., special assistants to United States Attorney Rover. A number of lawyers appeared for the property owners. CHEST’S JOBLESS AID LAUDED BY WORKER Director of Jewish Welfare Fed- eration Says Stress Proves Fund's Worth. The Community Chest’s contribution to unemployment relief was lauded fo- day by Oscar Leonard, executive direc- tor of the Jewish Welfare Federation. some Ition, ncies helped a great deal.” " he said, “times of stress prove the real value of the Community Chest as a fund-gathering and fund- supervis'ng agency. One who watches caref the frantic appeals for addi- made in —Star Staff Photo. chamber, will b2 present, together with other Americans, including Nelson Jay of the Morgan group, F. P. Valentine of the American Telephone & Tele- graph Co., Col. Robert E. Olds, Henty C. MacLean, Richard Eldridge and COAST GUARDSIEN 5.5 and many debtors. The United States, France, Great Britain, Holland, Sweden and Switzerland possess virtually all the means ot credit, while the rest of the world is forced to borrow. Prance is accumulating gold at the rate of pearly $500,000,000 annually. Probably the visit to France of George L. Harrison, governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was to ex- AN S change ideas on the significance of the A fiotilla of destroyers and other ships | 80ld ‘movement. It is reasonable to will steam up the Potomac probably think that France intends retiring all hee foreign obligations, including her Criday night with a mobllized Torce of | American indebtedness, during the next East . | three years, a plan which might ex~ 50 Joute to the colorful Coast GuArd: | plain France's gold accumulation. of the unemployed in GrifMth SWAQIM | 1 yton' oo she was. belore the WOt the District of Columbia Gommittee on bbb e o 1 o S Employment. o ey that e, Smedliey Buticr, donghty som: A n. Smedley ler, doughty % ‘Marine base Quan- ! Although the European debtor na- 1o, Wil take Bersomal command of the | tions Dave made great progress since big army of leathernecks which will glgnm;’m&m e ’1‘:';”: gk an jeneral hought, ennl:re il :fi.’;;’, gl i i there are still mlny'nhut in financial Gen, Butler let it be known that he difficulties which threaten to become will dispense with an automobile and | disastrous. Three-fourths of the Euro- lead his men on foot in the march to | Pean Lfiovermmnu are spending more the stadium. than they receive, and these deficits are Coast Guardsmen, some 700 or |Mmade up by expensive short-term bor- 800 strong, will board the four destroy- | FOWing which absorbs nearly all the ers at New London, Conn., and Boston, | limited credit of these countries. Mass., and others will come on the| Soon Italy must meet short-term cutter Champlain, the Apache and an- | Dotes approximating 1,000,000,000 lire other ship, it was stated at Coast! ($50,000,000), and Italy has no funds Guard headquarters. They will bring | sight. Germany has been spending their brass band and rooting seciion. than she has received and has The vssels are expected to tie up at|depended on borrowing, which must the Washington Navy Yard either late | COntinue. In Poland mortgage banks - |8re in a bad way and must soon have Friday night or early Saturday morn- | oqs;ciona; capital or declare a mora- Flotilla Will Steam Up Po- tomac Friday Night—But- ler to Lead Marines. States In Difficulties. Vice President Curtis yesterday laid | torium. SHEPARD OUTLINES MURDER DEFENSE . Like 3 w&n. Asserts Wife Was Alcoholic, Who ant before the Senate letters from the Dis- trlg:l o!t'(klumbh oomnnm: on Em- yment, urging members of Congress ?o attend the game. One of the letters was from Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the committee, and the other from R T m] action has been n in th'e‘m Nick Altrock, comedian of has volunteered to perform for the foot ball spectators. HOOVER JOBLESS FUND LEGISLATION FACES OPPOSITION __(Continued From Pirst Page.) questing President Hoover to submit the report of his Unemployment Commis- slon, provided it is not “incompatible with public interest.” The text of Shipstead’s resolution follows: “Resolved, That the President be and is hereby requested to transmit to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, the following—the re- port of the President’s Emergency Com- mission on Unemployment, Col. Arthur D. Woods, chairman.” Would Employ Residents. Senator Couzens, Republican, of Michigan yesterday introduced a reso- lution that would require contractors doing Government work in any com- munity to emplo{ resident laborers and mechanics, and for the payment of the hest prevailing rates of pay for the different kinds of work to be done. The resolution would provide that every contractor and subcontractor en- ed in any governmental work would ve to employ laborers or mechanics in the district where the work is to be done. It provides that they may only employ persons who have been living in the community for at least 90 days, provided, of course, that there are men available. Senator Couzens declared it is time that the Federal Government undertook not only to protect the community in the employment of their own residents, but also to see that wages are not de- pressed. He said there was ample prec- edent for legislation of this kind in the eight-hour law. This resolution is of particular interest to Washington because the Federal Government has under way an extensive building and HUSBAND SLAYER'S R FATE IS WITH JURY ONE DEAD, SECOND BADLY INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Alienists Declare Mrs. Williams Not Responsible for Attie Murder. Suggested Death to Escape Melancholia. By the Assoclatad, Press. g . KANSAS CITY, Kans., Décember 3.— Possible lines of defense were indicated in a statement by Maj. Charles! A. Shepard issued in advance of his trial tomorrow on:a charge 6f murdering his second wife by administering poison. The 59-year-old Army. . physician’s statement asserted his innocence and recalled that Mrs. Shepard in an effort to save infected teeth had used exces+ sively an antiseptic eontaining poison. It asserted, too, that Mrs. Shepard was an alcoholic, who often suggested death as & means of escaping intense melancholia. Mrs. Shepard dled at Fort Riley in June, 1929. Some months later an autopsy was conducted, and Shepard was indicted on a Federal warrant charging first-degree murder. In his statement, amplified by inter~ views with reporters yesterday, Maj. Shepard told of becoming engaged five months after his wife’s death to Miss Grace Brandon, pretty 22-year-old stenographer of San Antonio, Tex., who is among the Government witnesses. Maj. Shepard pictured his wife, formerly & nurse in his private san- itarium at Sierra Madre, Calif., as a secret drinker who filched whisky from his Army phyisician’s kit, in which were poisonous antiseptics., His statement said Mrs. Shepard “had been at that satchel that night when she became ilL.” ‘The trial, originally docketed for ‘Tuesday, was continued awaiting arrival ‘v’l’lt:‘“' Pllll& tl;l;wley Government less, who af Mrs. Shej the time of her death. T et Two Others Held in Jail as Result of Collision Near Elkton, Md., Last Night. By the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md., December 3.—One man was dead, another probably fatally in- jured and two others were held in jail here today as the result of a collision Mrs. Myrtle L. Williams, 55, who, during the yexcessive heat of last July, shot and killed her husband, Claude C. Williams, at their home, 3541 Tenth street, when hx of two automobiles near here last night. | food and dch:x:de (m;‘xgafll{m t’g: been the driver of one of the cars, was | Ll " e {ste before night- killed. Robert Duncan, Philadelphia, | Testimony was concluded today at and Lester Miller, Wilmington, were | her trial before Justice Luehring and a ’J\n’] in Criminal Division 3 on an in- arrested. P. L. Hasty of Memphis, 'remiz‘{ dictment charging murder in the second i R. Foxwell and Dr. Al- driver of the second automobile, was Dr. Raymond bert Smith, local alienists, testi fov @ critical condition at the Elkton Hos- pital suffering from a fractured skull, fying the defense, expressed the view that the woman was irresponsible at the time and Roy Miller of New York and John Bagley of Baintree, Mass., were slightly injured. the tragedy. Dr. D. Percy Hicl called . in_rebuttal by the prosecutio: declared Mrs. Williams to be of so =lt:d and legally responsible for her The woman testified late yes aficenonn et ormortmm T o BAND CONCERT. D it hrstmas erdi ncipal Musician Robert E. Clark. Grand march, “Heroique,” Opus 34, | Excerpts from the “Song of the Flame,” Ansell Rhapsody, “The Culprit Fay,” Opus 62, £ lsuiu, “Danses Miniatures de Ballet,” Pinale, “Fifth Symphony in G Minor,”