Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1931, Page 6

"WARDENS WILL PAN | WICKERSHAM BODY Baltimore Session October 22 Set for Answering of Prison Report. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 30.—Prison | wardens from 40 States are preparing to bombard the Wickersham Commis- sion with criticism for its recent attack on brutality in American penal inst- tutions. An outlet for their feelings has been arranged in the form of a special ses- sion October 22 in connection with the sixty-first annual congress of the Amer- fcan Prison Association, which opens in | Baltimore October 19. At the close of the session a commit- tec—already organized, with Sanford | Bates, superintendent of = Federal prisons, at its head—is to meet to draw up a formal report summarizing the group's attitude. New Yorker to Preside. Details of the arrangements were smade public in New York today by Ed- iward R. Cass, general secretary. of the Prison Association of New York, who has been designated to preside at the meeting. Predicting that “there will be plenty of fireworks,” Cass said the wardens will probably center their attack on | what they believe to be a blanket in- dictment contained in the sixth of 23 tonclusions in the Wickersham report. That conclusion, in part, was as fol- ws: “We find our present system of penal #liscipline to be traditionally unintelli- ,gent and not infrequently cruel and in- human. Brutal disciplinary measures {have no justification. They neither re- Iform the criminal nor give security to the prison. We recommend they be for- bidden by law.” Cass said today the wardens are planning to object strongly to that and other parts of the report which they eeem sweeping generalizations unwar- anted by the facts. Generalities Resented. “There is a feeling,” he said, “that while some of the accusations contained In the Wickersham report may apply to certain individual penal institutions they certainly do not apply to the penal n:fltuflons of the United States gen- Cass said in addition to Bates and imself the committee which will draw p the wardens' report on the Wicker- am findings will include William J. | cat lis, head of the Department of In- stitutions and Agencies of New Jersey: Dr. Mary B. Harris, superintendent of the Federal Industrial Institution for Women at Alderson, W. Va., and Warden Oscar Lee of the Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun, Wis. 'CHICAGO THREATENED WITH SCHOOL CLOSING Board Warns Classes May Discon- tinue if Teachers Cannot Take ) i Script During Money Shortage. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, September 30.— Chicago _was served notice Monday by counsel for the Board of Education that its if the board Dahlia Girl PRETTY MISS IN CALIFORNIA SHOW. | | Shirley Chambers this bright outlook at the Los Angeles, Calif., dahlia show. —A. P. Photo. MONTGOMERY JAIL SITE TRADE SEEN County to Get Right of Way for Street in Exchange for Fair Price. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md.,, September 30.— Acting to place a value on property where the present county jail is loca- the Board of County Commis- sioners yesterday began mnegotiations which are expected to result in dedi- fon to the county of two rights-of- way, one to be used as a new arterial street and the second to convey drain- age pipes from the court house prop- ert; Y. The jail property consists of about three-fourths of an acre. The old jail will be abandoned soon and prisoners transferred to the new jail on the ‘top floor of the new court house. Commissioners are seeking rights-of- way through the estate of the late J\lg‘! Edward C. Peter which sur- rounds the the estal te be willing to dedicate the neces- are allowed to pur- jail site at a satisfactory Bpates of Rockville the commissioners. yes- to mfil& the jail site and to the cm’mty. GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE Paul Block, Publisher, gnd WMis ‘Wife Entertained by Hoovers, President and Mrs. Hoover last night from New York last A halo and necklace of dahlias gave | JOBLESS AID SEEN IN SHORTER HOURS Hoover Subcommittee Asks Distribution of Work to More Men. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 30.—A sub- committee of President Hoover's Unem- ployment Commission has proposed that all available work be equitably distrib- uted among those normally employed in each unit of various industries so that America may progress in the iresldent'a “war against this depres- on.” The committee, considering hundreds of suggestions to supply jobs instead of charity to the Nation's unemployed, iesued its statement last night at the end of a two-day session. In addition to the equitable distribution of work, it suggested that careful consideration | of public works programs be secured as soon as possible. Confers With Gifford. The report, released by Chairman Harry A. Wheeler, Chicago banker, after a long-distance telephone con- sultation with Walter . Gifford, head of the parent body, was addressed to the President’s Commission and other subcommittees. “In its first recommendations,” the report read, “the Committee on Em- ployment Plans and Suggestions recog- nized that it is not at this point deal- ing with those fundamental and perma- nent factors in industrial stability which can only result from continu- ing study and analyses of all the com- plex conditions under which industrial operation must be conducted.” After declaring that “public opinion will support the employers and employes in every effort they put forth to dis- tribute the amount of work in both pub- lic and private as equitably as possible,” the report sald that it was the duty of those employed to assist those who are out of work by adjusting their work- ing time. Appeal to Patriotism. “We deem it a patriotic duty,” the re- port said, “‘on the parf of managements and employes to meet this crisis in a fearless manner. “The demand upon the Committee on Employment Plans and Suggestions is for work rather than charity, and, there- fore, this committee respectfully sug- gests to the Committee on Administra- tion of Relief: That communities in ‘meeting needs growing out of unemploy- ment be urged to give serious consid- eration to carefully planned and admin- istered relief work programs.” The committee urged that every effort should be expended to stimulate con- sideration of public works, to be con- structed “at the fair going wage of the community,” and which would im- mediately furnish employment to its needy citizens. STUDENT PILOT DIES IN MIDAIR COLLISION Both Flyers Make Parachute Jump at Low Altitude. Second Injured. By the Associated Press. CAMP BORDEN, Ontario, September 30—G, J. Hitchen of Winnipeg, a stu- dent commercial pilot, was ed here Monday as his plane collided with an- other in midair at low altitude. Hitchen, a qualified pilot, was taking & course in aerial navigation. His plane crashed into one piloted by F. B. Bris- coe, Chatbam, Ontario, who also holds a commercial pilot's certificate. Both men jumped with their para- chutes, but the Winnipeg flyer was too near the ground and caused , | almost immediate*death. His parachute| ved qxéned only partly. riscoe was slightly injured. Hitchen ‘was 24 years ol Rt - B WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1831, men were injured seriously. ing afterward. uilding Collapse Injures Many WALLS FALL DURING RENOVATION OF STRUCTURE. the roof and rear wall of a tenement house being rnovated, at avenue and Thirteenth street, collapsed. Workmen had just started their day's work on the site when the collapse occurred. Two of the T least seven workmen were injured in New York City September 29 when A Photograph shows the floors of the build- Photo. CHANGE IN DUCK SEASON PROPOSED Virginia Urges System of Three Closed Days Weekly Until January 15. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. September 30.—A more liberal wild duck and f”u season for Virginia will be asked of the United States Bureau of Biological Survey Fri- Willis Robertson, Under President Hoover's proclama- tion the season for shooting duck and geese in Virginia and neighboring States has been reduced to 30 _days, from NovémbBer'15 to December 15. The season fn Virginia heretofore has been from November 1 to January 31. The State, through Gdv. Pollard, asks that the new regulation be modified and that Virginia be given a 10-week sea- son, beginning November 1 and ending January 15, with three “closed” days each week. e Union Veteran Buried. SHINNSTON, W. Va. September 30 (Special) —Services were held yester- day afternoon for Albert L.“Barnes, 83, Clay district farmer and Union veteran. Interment was in the Shinnston Ma- | sonic Cemetery. EX-SENATOR IS FOUND TO HAVE LEFT NO WILL Widow of Eugene Jones, Kensing- ton, and Son Appointed Ad- ministrators. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 30.— Former State Senator Eugene Jones of Kensington, whose death occurred last week, died intestate, it was disclosed in the Orphans’ Court here yesterday afternoon, when his widow, Mrs. Clara B. Jones, and son and only child, Charles C. Jones, made application for letters of administration on the estate. ‘The letters were granted and the widow and son thereby became joint :gxggghtrawn and filed & bond of The value of Dr. Jones' estate was not made known, but is understood to be substantial. paint R AN Church Benefit Planned. Special Dispatch to The Star. VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS, Va., Sep- tember 30.—On Priday afternoon there will be a silver tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilson, - lands, for the benefit of fund of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church. A number of political candi- dates have announced their intention of attending. ington - homes advance selection days. PANGBORN DELAYS TRANSPAGIFIC HOP He and Herndon to Take Off Tomorrow on Record- Breaking Flight. By the Associated Press. SAMUSHIRO, Japan, September 30. —Bad weather in the Aleutian Islands today caused Clyde Pangborn and Hugh | Herndon, jr., American fiyers, to post- pone until tomorrow. their take-off here on.a projected non-stop fiight to the United States. Their primary aim is to be the first | to cross the Pacific in an airplane with- out & mr Secondarily they will seek a record for distance in a single hop. Pangborn and Herndon figure if they can get as far as Salt Lake City wth- out an intermediate landing they would break the distance record of Russell Boardman and John Polando, who covered 5,011 miles in flying from New York to Istanbul, Turkey, last July. The Americans are confident, even having dreams of the possibility of their gasoline holding out long enough for them to reach Dallas, Tex. 1In addition they are after the $25,000 offered by the Tokio newspaper Asahi for the first non-stop fight across the Pacific. . Pangborn and Herndon said fhe ca- Fmity of their plane was about 900 gal- ons of gasoline, which would enable them to remain aloft 45 hours and cover 5,400 miles under ordinary con- ditions. The flyers, however, pin their great- est hopes on _the possibility of high-alti- tude speed flying after some 12 or 15| hours of low altitude progress while their fuel load is being lightened. Once the load is sufficiently reduced they said they would figure on climbing to the 15,000 or 20,000 foot level in search of Frev-lu.ng westerly winds which would make possible & flying speed of 150 miles an hour. Pangborn and Herndon will carry no rabbit’s foot, radio e1ulpment, pneumatic life belts or collapsible rubber boats. 30 AGENTS IN CHICAGO T0 PROBE ALIEN RING Garsson Directs Drive Against Nation-Wide Smuggling System. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 30.—Murray ‘W. Garsson, special Assistant Secretary of Labor; W. F. Watkins, chief field supervisor of the Labor Department, and 30 agents established headquarters in Chicago yesterday to continue an investigation of & Nation-wide alien smuggling ring. The inquiry was started in New ‘York, where the headquarters of the gang were believed to be, but Garsson the ramification of the ring ex- tended all over the country. Several indictments have been returned and - &:s the result of the others are e: invesf FIREMAN DIES IN WRECK KANKAKEE, 111, September 30 (#).— ‘The engine and mail car of a fast Cin- cinnati-Chi passenger train on the Big Four were derailed at a Kankakee crossing today and hurled into a ditch, Fireman Carrigan of Chicago was killed, but Engineer Sam Cahill of Chicago was thrown clear of the wreck- age and suffered only minor bruises. None of the ngers was injured. Cahill the 1 block, , coli~ trolling the sutomatio derall at the Big Four-Illinols Central crossing, was thrown against him before he could stop his train. Visiting Governor Uses Lunch Wagon For Noonday Meal Arthur Seligman of New Mexico Merely Drops in for Day’s Special. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 30.— Gov. Arthur Seligman of New Mexico ate & plate of beans and drank coffee yesterday seated on a stool in a lunch wagon. His fellow diners were clerks and merchants of a South Philadelphia area. Gov. Sell , who is visiting his sister, Mrs. Eva S. Cohen, was near the lunch wagon at noon and in te eat the plate special of the day. He told questioners unemployment in his State “is well in hand and can be handled locally.” Of prohibition he sald, “In New Mexico we're too busy living to worry much about it.” SPEED FLYER GOES 415 MILES AN HOUR Lieut. G. H. Stainforth Sets New World Record in England. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 30.—A new world speed recod of 415 miles an hour today stamped Flight Lieut. G. H. Stainforth as the fastest man on wings. He topped his previous mark of 388.67 miles an hour on the second of four laps over a 3-kilometer (173 miles) course at Calshot yesterday. His average was 408.8 miles an hour, as compared with the re of 379.05 made during the Schneider Cup races. ‘The judges officially announced his time for the four laps as calculated by an electric camera as 415.2, 405.1, 409.5 and 405.4. His machine was an S6B seaplane, driven by an especially-built Rolls-Royce engine described as the most powerful ever built, Although the weather was considered only barely safe, Lieut. Stainforth took off over the Solent easily and was soon buried in the mist. He made the turns with dexterity and continued around the course with the outlines of his plane hardly visible. He landed at 100 miles an hour while the spectators gasped. “I believe I have broken the record,” he said quietly as he joined his wife. TEACHER MAY GET SHARE IN ESTATE Maryland Park Athletic Coach Believed in Line for $800,000. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. MARYLAND PARK, Md., September 30. — Robert Wilson, mathematics teacher and athletic coach at the Mary- land Park High School, may be one of the beneficiaries of a large New York estate now in process of settlement, it was learned today. Although the amount which Mr, Wil- son and his baby daughter, who is also believed to be a beneficiary, are expected to receive has not been determined, it is reported to be between $500,000 and xa_aror.&oo. perty invol 1 property involved is known as the Buchanan estate and originally be- longed to President Buchanan and his brother, according to information ob- tained here. It is sald to consist of land in downtown New York on which skyscrapers now stand. According to the story circulated here, there was a 99-year lease on the property which has now expired, making a settlement possible. ‘The estate is said to be worth several hundred million dollars and will be dis- tributed among more than 1,000 heirs. Other than to declare the whole thing seems unbelievable, Mr. Wilson de- clined to discuss the matter which has set all Maryland Park agog. The de- tails. he described as “inconceivable,” and added they could not be disclosed until an actual settlement is made. Although it is known Mr. Wilson has been in constant communication with the attorneys who are settling the estate for the past few weeks, his whole atti- tude toward the prospective wealth is that the story is “too good to_be true,” according to his neighbors. It is said he -has been advised a settlement will be made within the next 10 or 15 days, but still is apprehensive of & last-min- ute “slip-up,” which makes him reticent. According to his has announced he will continue to teach at the high school if he receives the inheritance. His wife, Mrs. Dora B. ‘Wilson, is also a member of the Mary- land Park facult; Just Think of It— The Star delivered to your door every evening and Sunday morning at 1%¢ per day and 5c Sunday. Can you afford to be without this service at this cost? Telephone National 5000 and de- livery will start at once. STICK to our hard coal « « Make the savings and satisfaction yours! ORDER TODAY! RINALDI COAL COMPANY, INC. 649 Rhode Island Ave. N.E. . 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