Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1931, Page 2

CHEST DEFENDS e v LEA 10 WORKERS i 1 [ 1 i ( * RELIEF PROPOSAL Holds Veterans’ Organiza- ’ gions Would Not Lose Iden- ‘& tity Under New Plan. ‘he Community Chest today came %0 de-rrenw of the proposal to cenmuue] veteran relief activities, which has caused 8 breach with the American uxlun. . t the same time, support for this plan_was voiced on behalf of the Dis- abled American Veterans by E. C. Bab- cock, national commander, who said he also reflected the view of the District rtment. D Legion and the D. A. V. have heretofore administered their welfare activities independently, with the fund obtained from the budget of the Chest, in which they, ‘al:lmmar the veteran 0ld membership. 'r?xuhpe"thm‘gn has threatened to with- draw from the Chest and stage its own campaign for relief funds unless it is permitted to continue to carry on its own welfare work. Decision Seen Today. e matter is expected to come to a hefi‘ this afternoon when the Execu- tive Committee of the Community Chest meets at headquarters in the Investment Building at 4 o'clock to act on the centralization plan whify was adve-ated by the Community Chest Fudget Committee. F. G. Fraser, de- Fortment commander of the Legion, and other officers of the organization are expected at this meeting. Babeock said he also intended fo be present. The new .arrangement would entail the setting up of what has tentatively Been designated as the “United Vet- erans’ Service,” and all’ veteran groups ld be invited to join. G wa(‘)‘n the basis of last yeargs budget as compared with this year's figure, & caving of “at least 13 per cent” is claimed for the suggested set-up, and it is declared that the Bufl;:t Com- mittee, headed by Joshua Evans, ir., president of the District National Bank, believes it would provide more adequate and effective service than is at présent possible and avoid duplica- tion. Three Years of Discussion. “Discussion_of such & plan has been going on for three years, and acceptance of the plan itself, when compléted, was one of the conditions of original mem- bership of the American Legion and Disabled American Veterans when the Community Chest was organized,” the statement from the Chest today said. “This conditions has been repeated in subséquent appropriations o these or- ganizations, and the plangfor a_central bureau has been accep both of em at various times.” mn is recalled, too, that the principle of centralization was recommended by the Family Welfare Association of Ameriea in firmed by a study by the Wi Council of Social Agencies. The plan itself specifies that the par- tich are not to lose Idcegt.i'éyn‘ m“‘mfld be entitled 10 bers on the Board of moo:m&:‘ Chest, and the affairs of the United Veterans' Service would be administered by a board of 12 per- sons, it which each veteran group would have equal representation. Budget Is Reduced. ppoint a staff to eonduct its k. The 0 work. ;cm\ne: already engaged in relief ac- tivities for the veterans groups would be eligible for employment, if they meet the necessary standards, it is pointed out. ‘The wellfie x;dm"u: n; present eon- ducted woul continued. > Unger the proposal, the budget fi the next year would be $26,515, W 1s $3,363.26 less than the two groups got The aliocation of this fund is set out follows " Director, $3,000; lason worker, $3,100; two case workers at $1,500 each, $3,000; stenographer, $1,200; rent, ;fig: (migh H ce sul i be reduced) p&“flm o Teau Engraving Post, American Legwn‘.z o%soo; postage, '“ts;‘?nr !::, etc., ; new. equipment, tional dues for the local D, A. V., $450; material rellef, $13,500; insurance and bonding, $60; audit, $30, and tele- phone and telegraph, $500. i COERCION BANNED BY D. C. HEADS IN CHEST CAMPAIGN (Continued From First Page.) beari these names could be taken from the master file at the Community Chest. Reads Campbell's Letter. Mr. Donovan also read to the em- ployes the letter of President Campbell o fthe Civil Service Commission direct- ing the campaign to the various divi- sional chairmen, making it clear that the subscriptions were to be purely voluntary. Two more Government agencies re- ported 100 per cent subscriptions this morning. At the office of the Alien Property Custodian, where there are 134 workers, it was said that all but a few gave, and that the excess contributions made up for those who did not contribute. The three employes of the Fine Arts Commission each pledged three days pay also. Wants Only Voluntary Pledges. ‘Meanwhile today from Elwood Street, director of the Community Chest, came th: assertion that “the Community Chest does not want and will not know- ingly accept 1 cent of money unwillingly given through the governmental unit or any other unit of its campaign or- ganization.” “Any subscriber who notifies the' Chest that his pledge has been made | unwillingly may have the pledge im- mediately canceled,” Le sald in a statement,” and any payment made on | ch a pledge will be refunded instantly | and without question.” | Street has just returned from three months spent as regional director of | the welfare and relief mobilization i Ohio #nd Michigan, working in co- operation with the President’s Organi- zation for Employment Relief. | In this work he was connected with fund-raising in 50 cities, which he said raised larger amcunts and had greater| oversubscriptions than ever before. From studying campaign and ld-| ministrative methods in these cities he said he believed he had obtained ideas that would resuit in the saving of | “many thousands of dollars in the oper- ation of the Community Chest and its 65 members organizations during the year.” | Jobs to Fay for Relief. “One of the most interesting things T have seen has been the way in which the cities of Oluo and Michigan have been giving relief in the shape of made work,” he sald. “I am anxious that through our District Committee on Unemployment Relief, under the ¢hairmanship cf E.C. Traham, whicb will have a large share of the Commuaity Chest funds, every able-bodied person who is in neeg or ‘whose family is in need, shall do Work of permanent public value in return for the relief which he receives.” He specified labor on parks, playgrounds and other public properties in this con- nection. Another group was heard from on the subject of the Federal employes’ contributicn when the Council of Ad- ministration of the Veterans of Foreign Wars last night went on record as the gift I‘m H of three days’ as condemning any T the fund, coercion in City survey in 1930, and con- | crat; ¢l Notre Dame Team’s Thanksgiving Dinner Consists of Spinach CLEVELAND, November (#)—What, no turkey? Maybe that's what the Notre Dame foot ball team thought yesterday when they sat down ‘to their Thanksgiving dinner. They dined on_spinach. The Irish, who passed through here en route to New York to battle Army, got a better break in the evening, however. Every- body had a wee bit of roast beef and a baked apple. . 131 GITY CHESTS REACH QUOTA GOAL $45,694,387 Reported to Gifford “by Community Chest Organizations., By the Associated Press NEW YORK, November 27—A total of $45.694,387 has been subscribed to 131 Community Chests, which have completed their campaigns, a Thanks- giving message of the Association of Community Chests and Councils said yesterday. The message, addressed to Walter 8. Gifiord, director of the President Of- ganization on Unemployment Relief and to Owen D. Young, chairman of the Committee on the Mobilization of Relief Resources, disclosed the results of 30 Chest campaigns not previously Teported An increase of 14 per cent in 121 Chests, which are comparable with last year’s figures was shown by the report. These Chests have raised $45203,656 as against $38,484,736 last year. Cleveland Outstanding. Conspicuous among successful Chests is that of Cleveland, largest in the country, where it took just nine days to_raise $5.680,026. Reports from a of New Eng- land cities show they have exceeded the most optimistic expectations with 14 out of 17 exceeding their goals. These 17 have raised about 27 per cent more than they did last year. Hartford, the largest of the 17, raised $1,210,398 as against $696,360 last year. In the West Denver fulfilled its T:nl of $1,160,000 as against $700,858 last year, Suceesses Are Listed. More than 100 Chest drives are still in progress, with another 100 or more planning to carry on their drives in the Spring, Among the 30 Chest results not pre- viously announced are: aised 3 :‘r r. oga 11 249 oo lev : Benver, Colo s Moine; PineSiich. o amilton. Ont! 8. Oklul.. ouver, B'6. Warren, O. it e il TEA HOUSE SLAYING WARRANTS ISSUED FOR WOUNDED TRIO (Continued From First Page.) jail, five women and two men who have been held at the Hyattsville police sta- tion since the shooting Monday were released on bond today as police sought & man who claimed he knew the per- sons responsible for the shooting. At the same time the vice war, in- sugurated after the shooting, extended to new fronts as the Department of Justice definitely announced it was in- vestigal alleged rings that traffic in ls in Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the Anne Arundel County grand jury moved to put its own house in order by indicting six persons on infor- mation given by & woman who is fac- ing a jail sentence in connection with the operation of disorderly houses. Two Department of Justice agents assigned to investigate the case visited Capt. Charles H. Burns, chief of the Baltimore Detective Bureau, this morn- and were informed that Baltimore police are pursuing the theory that the gangsters at different times have operated in Baltimore. ‘The Hyattsville prisoners were re- leased on bonds ranging from $100 to $1,500 for their appearance &t an in- quest o be held oy Justice of Peace bert E. Altemus, December 4, and at a hearing ordered by State's Attorney Alan Bowie for December 9. Those released were Samuel Kush- | ner, George Osborne, Dorothy Jordan, Jean Gordon, Mae Dix, Mary Wilson and Helen Conley. ~According to Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison, Kushner arranged for the release of the others after posting bond himself. Readville Stables Burn. READVILLE, Mass., November 27 (). —The Readville Track Stables, gather- ing place for trotting enthusiasts of a by-gone day, was destroyed by fire early today. Five trotting horses, housed there for the Winter were led to safety. 3 | one member of a famil, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1931. OF U. 5. EXPLAINED Plan for Pay Contributions Was Adopted to Avoid Harsher Measures. (Continued From First Page.) _ even suggested that this plan be applied | in the Qovernment departments as a | meane of relieving serious situation here. Need $450,000 More Than Usual. President Hoover laid the situation before Mr. Campbell and Assistant Sec- | retary of War Paine, seeking sugges- tions from them and offering no definite suggestion of his own. The two consultants arranged a meeting of departmental representatives, both Fed- eral and District, and the District of Columbia Unémployment Committee. The question was: S8hould the stagger stém be put into effect here or should the situation be cared for in some other the increasingly " ere was almost unanimous opposi- tion to the first proposal. In the first lace, most of the Government work s ighly specialized. It would be feasible to apply the ““d'" system to only the | unspecialized and lower paid positions. | SEABURY LISTS 123 | IN RELIEF INQUIRY Checks Totaling $2,000 Is- sued on Authorization Be- lieved Irregular. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 27.—The administration of the city’s $10,000,000 fund for relief of the unemployed came sharply today under sorutiny of the Hofstadter Committee. Samuel Seabury, chief counsel for the Jolnt Legislative Committee, which is inquiring into charges of graft and crookedness in New York City, made public the names of 123 persons who, | he said, reéeived checks one week last | June from the relief fund, although | there was nothing to indicate any of the recipients had asked for relief. $2,000 Total Involved. The checks rln“ed from $5.50 to $42 and totaled slightly more than $2,000 There were several duplications in the list and many similarities of names, the counsel said. Several of She checks appeared to have been indorsed by the same persons and to have cleared throt the same banks. It not only would be inefficient, but highly demoralizing. The suggestion | was vetoed almost immediately. But_somethiig had to be done, Mr. Campbell said, and done immediately, because the problem was a pressing one ‘The amount needed to take care of the extta burden of unemployment proceed- ing from the Government establish- | ments was calculated at $450,000. This | was the new load, over and above what | had obtained in other years, when everything had been left in the hands of the Community Chest. Immediate Action Decided On. After thorough discussion it was de- cided that the Unemployment Commit- tee be added to the organizations af- filiated with and financed through the Community Chest. But this money had to be ralsed at once. The Community Chest drive does | not take place until January, when the Christmas buying is done and folks have had a little breathing spell. It was practically impossible to move it ahead. Should there be two Com- munity Chest drives—one now and one | in_January? This, it was decided, would be very | poor policy. 80 It finally was de- | cided to act at once, but to add to the $550,000 collected from the Govern- | ment offices By the Community Chest | last year an additional $450,000, mak- ing & total of $1,000,000. This was a | solution of the problem in keeping with the desires of Mr. Hoover. Success of the drive would mean an end to all suggestions such as that the stagger system be put in effect, or that only be employed by the Government. Both of these suggestions had caused a great deal of wOrry. It is not to be concluded that there | ever was much likelihood that either of | these suggestions would be put in effect. | Not only would it work hardship on in- dividuais but it would seriously hinder the functioning of the Government machine. But, as Mr. Campbell stresses, something had to be done. ere has never been any idea of hold- ing & threat over the heads of the Government _employes. Rather, the purpose of the committee has been a frank understanding of the actualities of the situation. Campbell Uses Arizona Plan. r. Campbell himself takes the re- 8] bility of the “three-days'-pay” proposal, which has essentially been put into effect. Mr. Hoover, he stresses, had nothing to do with it, as has sometimes been asserted. This “three- days’-pay” allotment represented the minimum required in order to raise the $1,000,000. in Washington runs close to $400,000 a day. A 100 per cent subscription was not to be expected. Mr. Camp- bell remembered the bitter Winters of 1920 and 1921 in Arizona, when he was Governor. Then the system adopted was to obtain a day's pay every week or_every two weeks from each employe to~help the sufferers. It worked. He felt that the Government employe, reasonably secure in his job while un- fortunate fellow citizens were walking the streets, should not begrudge one | day’s pay a month for three months. ‘The first suggestion, in fact, was for four days' pay, but this was vetoed when it was calculated that it would | bring in more money than actually was needed. The Community Chest, after a con- ference between Mr. Street and the directors, accepted the extra responsi- bility, much as the organization would have preferred sticking to the regular procedure of a drive in January. They realized that this problem was imme- diate. What followed was the estab- lishment in_each department of the Federal and District Governments of an | organization for coilecting the pledges. “Unwilling Gifts” Unsought. Now as to the most-debated coercion question: It is a big organization, made up of all sorts of men and women. Almost anything is likely to happen in such an organization. Furthermore, both Campbell and Street admit the possibility of a certain psychological coercion arising from an organization morale. Every department wants to make a good showi:g. | in the office of Presdent Lynch of the The Government pay roll | Namés of the 123 persons had been certified to the controller by some one Borough of Richmond, Seabury said. The Department of Public Welfare, which ordinhrily would handle such items, has no record of the 123 names, so far as Seabury ¢ould discover. In Emergency Relief Jobs. A few of those to whom checks were paid were located last night. All said they had had emergency relief jobs from the city. One of them said it was his understanding that the names of those employed Were taken from the city's civil service list. A large cotps of attorneys and in- vestigators is continuing its inquiry into every phase of city expenditures. At next Tuesday's public hearing the Hof- stadter Committee will hear the results of several weeks' investigation into the bank accounts of police officers. cably that he wants no actual coercion. He wants no “unwilling gifts.” If a man or woman cannot pay, his contri- bution is not desired. As a matter of fact, in Mr. Campbell's own organiza- tion about 6 per cent of the employes, it was found, couldn't pay without en- tailing actual suffering. For them, Mr. Campbell says, charity begins at home and should stay there. He has stressed this point in the Civil Bervice Commis- sion.” But, he says, it is not the ones who can't pay who are making the most audible objections. Often it is the higher paid employes. But if A man is conscientiously opposed to giving, the committee doesn't want his money. Offers to Cancel Pledges. Still some, who, whatever their rea- son, feel that they should not give, doubtless belleve sincerely that they will be discriminated against—selected for early lay-offs or checked up more clasely on their work. Doubtless an over- enthusiastic executive might make life rather unpleasant for a person toward whom he developed an antipathy with- out giving any overt cause for a com= plaint of injustice. Here Mr. Street steps in. If a per- son feels this way about it, let him sign the pledge and then see the unity Chest director in person. The pledge will be canceled, and the transaction will be entirely between Mr. Street and the individual. boss never will know of it. Of course, Mr. Street doesn't want hi§ office thronged with | persons demanding that their pledges | be canceled. He doesn't believe that | they will be. Tt is up to each individual, | he says, to think it over seriously, and | he believes that this offer will not result in the loss of a single pledge. The governmental committee, says Mr. Campbell, hasn't actually guaran- teed anything. But they are confident they will deliver what they have set out to deliver. Suburbs to Get $50,000. “In my country,” he says, “a man's word is better than his signed note and I believe it will be the same here. The committee will have nothing to do with the money after it is raised. Once the | pledges are turned over to the Com- munity Chest we step out. Then only the disbursing officers of the depart- ments will be concerned in collecting | the pledges as they fall due.” As a matter of fact, Mr. Campbell says, an unforeseen circumstance will probably cut down the $1,000,000 to be given to the Community Chest. ‘This is the insistence of charities in nearby Virginia and Maryland counties that Government employes who live in the suburbs be allowed to designate on their pledge cards that the money R0 to their own home charities, which |are not connected with the Washing- ton organization. Calculations show that the amount lost to the Commu- nity Chest in this way will amount to about $150,000. There are no plans underway to make up this sum. It might have been much larger, Mr. Street says, if the first demands that all the money contributed by Government employes with homes in the suburbs be turned over to the suburban charities, It would have meant, he saysa that these little charities would have been rolling in wealth while the city charitles were But Mr. Campbell states unequivo- barely able to function. Orphans See Magic at Thanksgiving Party KALLIPOLIS GROTTO ENTERTAINS 1,000 YOUNGSTERS FROM LOCAL INSTITUTIONS. John D. . jr., magician, m:nchu&enw:{w’:m mc were rounded up from all ‘Washington forth a rabbit for the entertainment of a group of the 1,000 sl and given free transportation to ;v[;.“g:.“m,w" S ol 3 I&mfim Grotto at a party in the Raleigh Hotel yesterda; ol Y lef [of yes! Y. 's orphan tions “tar Buadt Broto - P o Blinding Snowstorm Blamed for This AIRMAIL PLANE CRASHES, KILLING PILOT. HE wrecked airplane diseovered the following day. i crashed in & blinding snowstorm within 10 miles of the Balt Lake City, of Norman W. Potter, airmail pilot of the Boeing division of the United Air Lines, who Utah, Airport Monday. His body was —A. P. Photo. HITLERITE “PLOT" DIVIDES GERMANY Alleged Plan for Bloody Up- rising Denied by Leader of Nazis. By Cable tb The Star. BERLIN, Gérmany, November 27.— A dispute whether the Hessian Na- tional Bocialists intended to murder all resisting opponents, establish a reign of terror, confiscate foodstuffs, put all Germans, excepting Jews, to| forced labor, put all who work on ra- tions and apparently allow the Jews to starve—whether this gory plan, worthy of Nick Carter at his best, actually represents the intention of Adolf Hitler and his party headquar- ters at Munich or whether it is anly a wiid dream of a few hotheads in Hesse —and, if only Hessian, whether it was intended to be applied independently of any action by opponents or really as a plan for doing away with the Communist terror—has divided Ger- many into two camps. Democrats and Communists main- tain that a seized document, wherein these plans are contained, reveals the | true intention of the party and, there- fore, constitutes preparation for an armed insurrection against the state, which under German law is high treason. Admits Preparing Plan. Dr. Best, who is a deputy in the Hessian Diet, admits that he prepared the document, but only as a plan for thwarting the Communist rising which is expected August 1. The National Bocialists in Munich, who first de- clared the suspiclous document false, now say it merely expresses the per- sonal views of Dr. Best. Herr Hitler insists as sturdily as ever that the party is absolutely legal, though admitting that he cannot con- trol the personal views or actions of its 800,000 members. Herr Hitler's views are apparently shared by the attorney general at Leipzig, who sees no reason for making any arrests on the ground of high treason. The Prussian and Hessian govern- ments take exactly opposite views. Both governments threaten to protest to the Reich. They probably wish to prove a conspiracy involving the en- tire party in order to have it outlawed. In this case only, according to many observers, could the eventual govern- ment of Germany by this party, which already .2ems to group three-eighths of the voters of all Germany, be avoided. Jorns Is Involved. Attorney General Werner has se- lected as his assistant Herr Jorns, a lawyer who is supposed to have con- nived at the escape of the murderers of Rosa Luxemburg in 1919. Herr Jorns and Herr Werner certainly seem to judge the supposed Communist plots with a different eye than the National- ist_Soctalist uprisings. It remains to be seen whether the government intends to carry out a thorough anhd impartial investigation or, out of fear or secret sympathy for the Nazis, allow the matter to be hushed up. It must be stated that objectively there is nothing in the document's plans which is out ot key with the Nazi views. To any one familiar with Italian Fascism and with the close links that bind the Fascists to the Nazis, there is not the slightest doubt but that once in power the Nazis will seek to abolish the German democracy and perpetuate themselves in power by the creation of a national militia and a reign of force. The nucleus already exists in Adolf Hitler's storm troops. Provides Police Power. The document specifically provided these young men with police power, since any one resisting their slightest command was to be “shot on the spot.” Furthermore, depriving the Jows of the possibility of making an honest living al.ln seems quite within the Nazi inten- ons. Confiscation of foodstuffs, however, certainly will not please the rich sub- sidizers of the party, and the threat of bloody terror bardly fits the German | character. Therefore, no real judement 1s possible today. i (Copyright, 1931.) JUDGE, 72, SLAYS MAN IN POLITICAL DISPUTE By the Associated Press. OPELOUSAS, La., November 27.— Judge Gilbert L. Dupre, 72-year-old legislator, last gnight shot and killed Charles Dejean, 40-year-old salesman, after an argument over politics. The veteran politician and lawyer, who is deaf, said Dejean wrote insult- | ing criticisms concerning his present political alignment on a writing pad the Judge carried with him for conversa- tional purposes. Later the two met on a business street, Judge Dupre said Dejean advanced on him & threatening manner and he"!;l;'. ‘lsn self-defense. 'udge Dupre recently declined to seek office again because he had failed to se- cure the support of Gov. Huey P. Long, whose bitter political enemy he had been. The judge was imprisoned late after | 8 brother of Charles de Jean swore out | an affdavit, charging him with murder. | Officials sald Judge Dupre would be | g:’lnrl:el;t!duto'r!mnh;l in jail until the Tmines W) S bATIABN ether the charge Some of our greatest reformers have 15 DEAD IN STORMS AS SNOW HITS U. S. OVER WIDE AREAS Jal ) Most of Montana, Wyoming, Colo- rado, Idaho, Northern Utah and a good portion of New Mexico were under from | | a few inches to two and three feet of snow in the mountains yesterday, with | much deeper deposits where there was | drifting. Minnesota and North Dakota were virtually all snow-covered. Snow fell most of the day yesterday in Kansas City and St. Louis, but much of it melted as it struck the pavements. The Kansas wheat belt received a pro- tective covering of an' inch to two! | inches. 600 MAROONED INDIANS SAFE. | Rescue Parties Seek Another 600 Still Snow-Bound on Mesas. QGALLUP, N. Mex., November 27 (#). —Medicine men thanked the Sun God | today for the escape of 600 Navajo and Zuni tribesmen from the snowswept lower plateaus and prayed for the safe- |ty of as many more still facing death | | by starvation and cold atop the mesas | | of Malapais, 7,200 to 8,000 feet in alti- | | tude. The sun yesterday melted the snow | thrown on the lower country by a | blizzard almost a week ago and per- | mitted many of the tribesmen, ma- | {rooned on their annual pinon nut- picking expedition, to return to the settlements. Deep drifts of the high country, however, still held the secret {of the fate of their breathren. Nine persons, four of them children, are known to be dead. Hungry, wet and suffering from frozen toes, feet and hands, the stragglers from the army of nut pickers wandered into the | pueblos. | Three Rescue Parties Out. ‘The little village of Zuni was crowd- ed with Navajos last night who, ignor- ing tribal feeling, laid down with Zunis and Mescaleros to sleep again on warm pueblo floors. Three parties, composed of Indians, but headed by white men, were break- ing trail to the high mesas in desperate engnn to reach the marooned families before their supply of pinon nuts be- came exhausted. Five wagon loads of food and forage are en route to the Atarque, where many of the refugees are crowded into a vill built for 300 persons. C. G. Wi e, Indian trader, broke through to Zuni with & | on_the way. Btockmen of the Zuni region expressed belief that A. J. Crockett, formerly of Bl Paso, Tex., was in one of his several sheep ca He is the only white man known to be missing. Very few provisions ever are taken on nut-picking trips, as the Indians depend on an immediate nut harvest for food. The first frost makes the nuts harvestable, and it is not until after the frost that the expedition leaves the valleys. Nearly all the Zuni men had re- turned to the fields and many of the Navajos were down at their camps with the first fruits of their harvest when the storm broke last Saturday. The women, they said, are protected l;nmmthe winds only by canvas wagon sheets. | SNOW FALLING IN CLEVELAND. Central and Southern Ohio Also Report Flakes; Due to Continue. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 27 (#). Cleveland got its first snow of the sea- son early today. A steady fall covered the ground solidly and was predicted to last all day. Snow that melted as it fell also was reported in Central | | and Southern Ohio. HOPE GIVEN UP FOR TRIO. | Two Men and Woman in Canada, Lost in Woods, Believed Dead. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, No- | vember 27 (#).—All hope for the safety | of two men and one woman, lost in the timbered mountainous country north and east of here, was abandoned by searchers today. The missing wondan is Miss Mary Warburton, 60-year-old nurse, unre- ported since she set out on foot to travel over a mountain trail from Squamish, at the head of Howe Sound, to Indian River. J. A. Brown, 80-year-old prospector, was last seen in August, when he start- |ed out from his camp at the head of Pitt Lake, east of Vancouver, for the | headwaters of the Upper Stave River {on a prospecting trip. | Oscar Sneeve of Mission City has | been misisng since he left on a deer- hunting expedition several days ago. Snow has fallen for 16 day area. WIFE OF MAN TRIED ON MISCONDUCT DIES Illness, Starting as Ex-Principal Faced Jury, Proves Fatal to Her. By the Associated Press. MORGANTOWN, W. Va., November 27.—Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sturgiss West, 48, wife of J. T. West, former principal of Morgantown High School, died here Wednesday night. Mrs, West became seriously 11l last week during the trial of her husband on charges of misconduct with a Mor- gantown school teacher. The jury in the case disagreed. Mr. and Mrs. West were married here n_1905. In addition to her husband and three | children, Mrs. West is survived by three | sisters—Mrs. J. Frederick Wilson, Mrs. Loring Wilson _and Katherine | Sturgiss, all of Olathe, Colo. e Will Direct World's Fair Music. CHICAGO, November 27 (#).—Dr. truck, gathering 39 Indian refunexa “DESK ADMIRALS” MYTH,SAYS PRATT Navy Chief Is at Loss to Name Bosses Attacked by Butler. “It's all piffie—this talk about ‘desk admirals.’ This was the characteristically brusque comment today of Admiral Wil- liam V. Pratt, chief of naval operations and the Navy's highest ranking officer, regarding charges by Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler that the Navy is bossed by "}n“ clique of desk admirals without Replying to the retired Marine Corps general’s recent magazine article, Ad- miral Pratt asked bluntly: "Vyno are these ‘desk admirals,’ any- way? “I can't think of & single one who would come under that category.” ' Praises Butler's Record. As for Butler's statement that he had been deprived of promotion to the rank of major general commandant of the Marine Corps by the admirals, whom he referred to as “the polson gas squad,” Admiral Pratt declared: “I can’t for the life of me see what they would have to do with it. After all, admirals don't make appointments.” Pratt, who has seen more sea duty than perhaps any other admiral in the Navy, pointed out that he was not “try- ing to pick a quarrel with Gen. Butler.” “I admire Gen. Butler,” he asserted. “He is a great fighter, and, though I don't know him high regard for his abilities. He has a record to be proud of. “All the admirals I know have either {un come in from sea duty or are about 0 go to sea. "Going right down the list in my office, I can’t think of a single one who would come under that category. There's my assistant, Sexton (Rear Admiral W. R. Sexton), he just came in from the sea. Admiral Chase, com- ing in for general board duty (Rear Admiral Jehu V. Chase) is another who has jut completed a tour as commander in chief, United States Fleet. “Then take the geneal board, Green- slade (Capt. John W. Greenslade) has Just to sea. In the Bureau of Navigation, too, the chief, Rear Ad- miral Frank B. Upham, also has been to sea within the past two years. Of course jobs as chiefs of bureaus are four-year appointments, but after com- pletion of the duty the admirals go back to_sea. e ave n_rotating officer: - tween ship and shore duty for iel’r', you know. Every officer of the line must have his share of sea training. New Policy Is Planned. “The engineers, of course, don't go to sea; neither do the constructors. They're all shore men—their jobs are ashore. But, even at that, the Navy is inaugurating & new policy of armf;.ng the constructors out with the fleet for a bernd:; crurgn& “Another who doesn't go to sea is Admiral Moffett, chief of ghe Aeronau- tics Bureau. But his job, too, is a shore Iob, He is in charge of naval aviation, and that's practically a new branch of the service. It requires short duty. His is an exceptional case—an officer of the | un“e'r;:ot lel{lK to sul. e best example I can think of offhand in answer to_the general is my war plans officer. He only came in from sea duty thae months ago, but :1; gpe[nul!ng ;1‘%20 tg\ll again. He saw an opehing e fleet and leaped ], we're Navy men. Our jobs AMUSED AT TRANSFER. “Could Anyone Get a Beiter Break Than That?” Asks Butler. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Bk Brats November 27.— from a speaking in excellent health, &n], oxer;o “S!m.:d? ley D. Butler, formerly of the Marine Corps, chuckled yesterday when in- formed a tablet commemorating his service as public safety director here wr&mwfi h;‘om’:he Navy Build- ngton to t| - r.'.:.g lltdQulntlca. Va. e ould any one ask for a better break than that?” the general aughed. It appears to be only further proof of my charges the swivel chair ad- mirals are doing all they can to subor- dlfllotre the Marine Corps. course, I really don't kno it was moved. But I wish wrr:'e ‘:\I)Eg would start a movement to have it brought back to the City Hall {» Bhila- delphia, where the things it commem- orates were performed. That has al- ways been my fond hope. That would keep 1t from being knocked around in th;,u !e‘xiv‘lc;." inds for the tablet were vi by friends of law enforcement ‘l":;oPgiel‘3 adelphia. It was piaced on a wall in the Navy Bullding about four years ago. Gen. Butler was commandant of the Marine barracks at Quantico when he retired October 1. EXPLAIN PLACQUE TRANSFER. Marine Officials Say Move Was Accord- ing to Terms of Acceptance. By the Associated Press. Marine Corps officials explained - terday that the recent tngster ofy::e Smedley Butler placque from the Navy Building in Washington tc Quantico ‘was pursuant to terms of its acceptance. The placque was taken to Quantico two or three weeks ago for permanent preservation after having been displayed here since about 1927. Officials said it was not customary for pictures, busts or other personal representations to be included among the trophies and other displays of the Navy Building corridors. When the Butler placque was accepted, it was with the understanding it would be moved to Quantico as soon as permanent buildings had been erected there. Officials here made no comment on [¢ Frederick A. Stock, director of the Chi- cago Symphony Orchestra, today been novelists wh ected forma by their boogs, ® re- 2 Was inted general music director Cphptguo's 1933 World’s Falr. Gen. Butler's remarks in Philadelphia describing removal were subordinating the Marine Corps. of the placque rsonally, have a very i TWO ON PROBATION AFTER RLEY PLEA Father of Girl Victim Asks Clemency for Men Who Threatened Him. Two men arrested after they haé made tbreats against Mr. and Mre Harry N. Riley, father and stepmothe® of Edith Riley, 12, alleged to have been imprisoned for long periods in a closej in the Riley home, today were placed ion probation for a year by Judge Isaar R. Hitt of Police Court, when they ap peared on charges of making threats drunkenness and destroying property Riley Asks Clemency. Judge Hitt placed the two defeno ants, Aloysius R. Murphy, 40 years ol¢ of 2140 Twenty-second street. and Ar thur Williams, alias Arthur Larrvimer Dixon. 47, of Mount Rainier, Md.. or probation ‘after Riley stood up in cour and recommended that they be showr clemency. Mrs. Riley asked that the two be rosecuted “to the limit of the law.’ |but her appeal was ignored by the Jurist. Judge Hitt tcok the personal bond of both men on the charge of drunken. ness, imposed a suspended sentence c; 30 days for destroying private propert” and a suspended sentence of 30 days or $300 fine on the threats charge. Tells of Own Child. Williams and Murphy were taken inte custody early Wednesday evening wher. they apimarrd at the Riley home. 111¢ Rhode Island avenue, and shouted te Mrs. Riley that “we're g-ing to beat you up.” Mr. and Mrs. Riley fled to the safety of a neighbor's home when ther kicked in a large plate glass in the front door. “T have a kid of my own about Editk Riley’s age and nobody’s going to mis- treat a kid like that and get away witly it if I can help it,” Murphy is quoted as having told police who arrested the men before they had an opportunity t8 leave the Riley home. HOKE SMITH DIES AT ATLANTA HOME AFTER LONG ILLNESS (Continued From First Page) 1924 he married Maisle Crawford of | Cordele, Ga. = | “In 1872, Smith began the practice of law in Atlanta and aiter a year of com- bining studying with teaciing, was ad- mitted to the bar. He was then 11 | years old. His first adventure into pol- itics was at the age of 20, when he be- came chairman of the Democratic Ex- ecutive Committee in his County. In 1887 he purchased the Atlanta Evening Journal and he became editor Supported Cleveland. Smith was for tariff reform and his beliefs led him to support Grover Cleve- jand in 1888. Four years later Cleve- land was antagonized in Georgia by ad- vocates of the nomination of David B. Hill. Smith supported Cleveland with such success that a Clavzland delega- tion went to the convention and Smith was a delegate. A year later he becomt Secretary of the Interior. His record as a cabinet officer in- cluded one incident that later was to Pacific Railroad. In the campaign of 1806 Smith was opposed to William J. Bryan and en: gaged in a series of joint debates with Charles D. Crisp, then Speaker of the House. When Bryan was nominat Smith resigned from the cabinet. A large law practice engaged him when he returned to Atlanta. In 1900 he sold the Evening Journal to James R. Gray and in 1906 ran for Governor. Of a popular vote of 170,000 Smith re~ ceived 110,000. Row Followed Panic. The new administration was scarcely three months old when the panic o} 1907 swept the country. The railroad question then precipitated a disagree- ment. Joseph M. Brown was the only one of three railroad commissioners to vote against the reduction of intrastate passenger rates. As a result the Gove ernor removed Brown. In the Spring of 1808 Gov. Smith be- came a candidate for a second terns Brown, the discharged commissionet was the opposing candidate and at th? primaty was nominated, receiving ib round numbers 109,000 votes to Smith's 99,000, The State dates the present system of disposing of the labor of convicts from the last year of Gov. Smith's first term. | After a series of revelations of abuses | under the lease system, Gov. Smith gave notice he would veto any bill re- newing the convict lease and finally called an extra session of the Legis- lature to end it. This was successfully accomplished and 5,000 convicts were put to work on the public roads. Sent to Senate. His second inauguration took place | July 1, 1911. Twelve days later the | Legislature elected him to the Senate | to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Senator A. 8. Clay. In 1915 he was re-elected to the Sen- ate. The League of Nations fight in the Senate found him at difference with President Wilson. Senator Smith's op- position to the policies of President Wil- son carried him so far that his name was offered in the presidential primaries in his State. He lost the fight and when he offered a year later for re-elec- tion to the Sen: as defeated. His term expired, he took up the practice of law in Washington. He was employed by the government of Peru in 1923 to represent it in litiga- tion involving that country with Chile, work which kept him in Washington much of the time. In 1924 he returned to Atlanta, abandoning his private practice in Washington. Plan Prayer for Shut-Ins. HERNDON, Va.. November 27 (Spe- clal) —For the shut-ins of St. Timo- thy's Episcopal Church, a series of “cot- tage prayer meetings” will be held, the auxiliary of that church has planned, with Rev. Arthur Lee Ribble, rector, it charge. The first will be held with Miss Mary Castleman and the next with Mrs. Alice Bowers. —_— Ex-Shooting Champion Dies. FREMONT, Nebr., November 27 (#). —Oscar Hansen, 44, former national trapshooting champion, died last night. He won the national trapshooting champlonship in 1928 at Vandalia, Ohio. Shoppingda till Christmu: