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~A—4 an THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1932. OWNERSHIP OF GUN IN SLAYING TRACED Suspécll ;s' fiissing From Winchester and Nearby State Is Searched. | @pecial Dispatch to The Star. WINCHESTER, Va, January 18— Ownership of & .25-caliber automatic pistol with which William F. Keller, prominent Winchester business man, was killed about midnight Saturday as he grappled with a bandit on the front porch at his residence here, has been traced, it was announced by Chief of Police C. W. Hollis today. Police said they had established own- ership of the gun within an hour after Keller had been shot down. One of the cartridges failed to explode and fell on the porch, where it was found by them. A man suspected of firing the shot is missing, but police said his movements have been traced into s nearby State and that authorities there were conducting a diligent search for the killer, Follower Is Seen. Keller, a member of the hardware firm of George W. Keller estate, car- ried a small tin lunch box between his home and store and authorities be- lieve the highwayman probably pre- sumed he cartied store receipts in it to his home. A number of people saw s man following Keller as he went home about 30 o'clock Saturday night. Still ned to have seen a man rushing in the vicinity of the Keller home, a brick mansion bullt | on part of the original Fort Loudoun constructed in 1755 by George Wash- ington, then colonel of Virginia Militia Keller, however, had only a small amount of money in his pocket. Keller had just gone into his house, locked the front door and was starting up- stairs when the door bell rang. A sis- ter, it was said, warned him not to open the door. He did so, however, and was immediately seized by the tntruder. A short struggle ensued. Joseph Jones, & young nephew, who had had a pistol at the house with which to shoot blank cartridges during the Christmas holidays, seized the weapon and fired a shot as he started down the main stairway. At the same time Keller was shot in the shoulder by the robber, who was seen by Edward Bowen, a neighbor, running off the porch. He ran through Bowen's yard Bowen said he ran into the house for his shotgun, but by the time he re- turned the killer was seen disappearing behind another building. Becomes Unconscious. Keller lay on the front porch as his nephew ran out of the house. 'He said. “I'm shot; get a doctor quick.” He was asked to describe his assailant but be- came unconscious and made no state- ment. Removed to & hospital, he died & few minutes after being admitted. Dr. George Snarr, who performed an autop- sy, said the bullet passed directly under his heart into & lung and lodged in the ine. 'pThe assailant was described by Bowen as of average build and foreign in ap- pearance. Bowen said he had seen the man before. Keller was 65 years of age and unmarried. His family prominently identified with business and civic life here for many years. His fa- ther, George W. Keller, established the hardware business shortly after the close of the Civil War. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Jones and Miss Minnie F. Keller ©of Winchester, and one brother, George W. Keller, with whom he was engaged in business. He was.a member of the Presbyterian Church. e NEW HAVEN PROTEST Appeals Tribunal Reaches Decision Over Grand Central Ter- minal Rights. The claim of the New York, New Ha- ven & Hartford Rallroad Co. that its rights in the Grand Central Terminal in New York should be considered in valuation proceedings must be heard in the District Supreme Court, according to a decision of the District Court of Appeals today. In making a valuation of the railroad #n 1915, the Interstate Commerce Com- mission refused to consider the road’s claim in this particular. The company then sought a writ of mandamus from the District Supreme Court to compel the commission, in making its final val- ustion, to ascertain and consider the value of the right in the pessenger teg: minal The court declined to issue the writ and the matter was taken up by the railroad on appeal. In an opinion by Associate Justice Josiah A. Van Orsdel, the Court of Appeals held that Con- gress had imposed upon the commission the duty to consider the railroad’s claim in this respect. TION CAPITAL TRAC TO BUY NEW BUSSES Purchase o; ~Sn:rfo;' }Jhevy Chase | Line Authorized by Utili- ties Board. The Public Utilities Commission today authorized the Capital Traction Co. to purchase six new parlor coach | busses for use on their Chevy Chase line at a cost of $6,550 each. They will replace present equipment The commission granted the same company permission to abandon its bus service on Fifteenth street to the new Commerce Building. This service, op- erated as an extension of the F and G street bus line on the company's own initiative, was patronized by so few persons that the company asked to be allowed to abandon it The commission announced appoint- ment of Thomas R. Tate as an en- neer to serve with its valuation lorces. Mr. Tate fomerly was connected with the Trojan Engineering Co. of New York. A petition. for & free transfer be- tween Capital Traction and Washing- ton Rallway & Electric cars at Sev- enth and G streets and at Fifteenth and G streets was filed by the Central Business Mep's Assoclation and the New Center Market Dealers’ Assocla- tion. The commission instructed its executive secretary to communicate with the ' companies concerning this proposal. MAP JOBLESS RELIEF Chevy Chase Bible Class Men to Sponsor Meeting. The Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Men’s Bible class will sponsor & meeting of Chevy Chase citizens and those from other communities Thursday night to formulate plans for local unemployment relief. Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania, leader of the Bible class, will present that organizations relief plan, propos- ing that 20,000 homeowners in the city employ men to do repair and cleaning Hitler Answers Bruening German Nazi Leader Declining to Co-Operate in Continuing von Hindenburg in Office, | Declares Plan Unconstitutional. t of the “Nazis” the National Socialist party of Germany, here makes public for the first time his reply to Chancellor Bruening's request that the “Nazis” support Dr. Bruenng's projeet to prolong President von Hindenburg's term by act of the Reichstag. BY ADOLF HITLER. Adolf Hitler, leader Special Dispatch to The Star. BERLIN, January 17 (NANA).—My reply to Chancellor Bruening's ap- peal to the National Soclalist party to indorse an undertaking to prolong Pres I disclose my answer here. “Minister ‘of Defense Groener informed me January 6, by your order, of the plan to prolong President von Hindenburg's term by vote of the Reichstag. Since such & procedure necessitates & two-thirds majorily, the National Socialist party was invited to give assent. “Astonished as I was by your proposition, I took occasion in various conferences with yourself, Mr. Chancellor, and with Minister Groener and State Secretary Meissner, to express my doubts of the correctness of such an unusual procedure. “My efforts to find & way to spare the person of President von Hindenburg in connection with the aforesaid avwkward action seemed crowned with success when, against my will to treat the affair discreetly, the public was informed of the entire matter. False Assertions Charged. “Therefore, the situation was confused and by decisions were made difficult through campaigns in the political press and unseemly attempts at political pressure. = 5 “In view of the manner in which not the political merit of this or that in which the press has handled nns}g;"&'}-,bn;;:t“;;;flg}:&g«fl;Et;:yl:«;xd‘ affair, and because of untrue assertions | nCyrical leadership. During 13 years made, there is no way left me but to | Germany has been callapeing s o con: e sequence of an esponsible policy ol :‘_ ‘:’:";:::“:';Tf;: '."L:i:‘:;:om ook | g'x?..mm. "The fact that a sound state bf » as been ruined in 13 years constitutes I am not in & position to accept no guarantee that the fourteenth year your proposition, Mr. Chancellor, either | uy,;"p ing recovery, particulsrly when from a constitutional or political view- | $0 1ERE FECONT BT Ctond fatlure point. My doubts about vour project | r.pain” “\What is even worse, they I have already submitted in a separate | - lettes to Prestdent vor Hindenburg, | [ancy themssives the coming lesders of Adolt Hitler. dent von Hindenburg's term in office was delivered to the chancellor last night. ! “The Weimer _constitution is _the |TeRapilitation. legal basis of the German Republic. Article 1 states that Germany is & public deriving all power from the peo- ple. Article 41 states that the Presi- dent shall be chosen by the entire elec- torate. “To substitute the Reichstag's verdict for the people’s voice would be & mani- fest contradiction of the constitution. It must also be remembered that not the Reichstag, but only the people, can depose a President. Contrary to Constitution. “If the framers of the constitution had desired, the election of or the pro- Jongation in office of the President by the Reichstag certainly would have been 80 provided in the constitution. But the Weimer constitution doesn’t | at all provide for this. It says ex- plicity that the President shall elected by and deposed by the people. “To disregard the constitution would mean submitting the preeidential elec- tion to the urcontrollable hazard of perliamentary majorities. ' “It was an absolute error on your part, Mr. Chancellor, to compare your plan for the prolongation of President von Hindenburg’s term with the pro- longation of Friedrich Ebert's term. Ebert was elected not by the people, but by the National Assembly as provisional President. The National Socialist party never yet has given its assent to this proeedure, and it is entirely uncon- stitutional. Von Hindenburg was the first Reich President properly elected. “I do not know of any cases, except perhaps in Central and South Ameri- can republics—which I do not consider proper examples for Germany—where the constitutional provisions have been disregarded in a presidential election. (At this point in his letter, Hitler re- futed Dr. Bruening's contention of an analogy in the prolongation of the term of Adolphe Thiers as president of the third French Republic, because the Prench President was not properly elected.) Stipulates Election in 1932, “If the German constitution means anything, it is impossible to carry out the procedure you advocate. Democ- racy holds the principle that all execu- tive power emanates from the people, and that executives are merely spokes- men of the popular will. Therefore executives must submit periodically to the corrective of the popular vote, thus reflecting fluctuations in the popular sentiment, which fluctuations are larity of the government. “The Weimer constitution expressly stipulates a presidential election in 1932. It is irrelevant what the political spirit of the nation was September 4, 1930, when the president of the Reich- stag was elected. What the political temper of the German people may be in March, 1932, is vital, however. “President Von Hindenburg's prestige and dignity require that the present hopelessly ~ superannuated Reichstag, which might prolong his office, itself be the first to be re-elected. This would mean that the balloting you are trying to avoid would occur. “Political exigency to avoid an un- welcome election is no justification for the violation of political liberties. “You believe, Mr. Chancellor, that an election would be harmful to Ger- many's foreign policy. On the contrary, I believe that respect for Germany's foreign policy impera- tively demands a new election, Blame Put on Parties. The disintegration of the once so powerful German Empire came less from foreign reasons than from domes- was due to parties now in power here, Necessity for political success abroad consists cleaily in overpowering de- structive internal processes, which be- came apparent in November, 1918, and resulted in the present lamentable con- dition of Germany. “ItL is true that there are now some politicians who_regard Germany's in- solvency in the light of an eminent suc- cess. 1In business, such an attitude would create shaking of heads. a firm's insolvency than its solvency. “The politicians, however, who be- caused by the popularity or unpopu- | I do not agree. | tic reasons, and the internal collapse | In ny humble opinion, it is easier to pronomq, | “Anything can become a tradition, cleanliness as well as the opposite, grandeur as well as decadence. If ihowevfl', the political regime after 13 years of activity can point to no other item of asset than a declaration of absolute insolvency, does that not point tradition of failure? “I truly believe that two traditions can be distinguished today—namely, the pre-war tradition which framed | what we now call Germany, and the | post-war tradition which has destroyed | Germany. I cannot understand why the parties which in 1918 did not hesi- | tate to cut off all conditions between themselves and the honorable past of the pre-wap Reich today cling to the | doctrine of continuity of political lead- | ership—all the more so as their politi- cal achievement proves them such ex- 5l quisite masters of destruction. | Attacks Vague Sentiments. “I shall never believe that flabbiness constitutes a political asset, I shall never believe that a government based on the fear of new elections can ever | act as an effective and dignified repre- | sentative of a nation. When, for in- stance, that big political organization, | the Social Democrats, which controls your government, Herr Chancellor, de- clares that President Hindenburg is a lesser evil than I, I must confess I can only pity the government which is obliged to regard such motives as & root of its power. Surely, political | power can be preserved by such meth- ods only for a short time. I feel that one must pity a nation represented by a government based on such vague and shifting sentiments. Such a govern- ment will never harvest genuine success. “I do not believe that in the life of » nation rights can be waived without compensation. Nobody can assume | that a nation can be represented suc- | cessfully by a government merely on | the basis of the argument that this | regime is necessary because of some- thing ‘worse’ which might follow. When the present government in Lon- don pleads for the necessity of its ex- istence, it bases its claim partly on the danger of bolshevism and partly on the danger of nationalism. That, of course, is quite flattering to me, but scarcely 50 to the German people. “I hold that it is absolutely necessary | by a government which does not need | to speculate over the fear of something | ‘worse’ which may follow. What needed is a government with roots in the will of the nation, and not a gov- of its gendarmerie. “I must confess, Mr. Chancellor, that I must interpret any happening leading to the overthrow of the present regime | as a great external political success for | Germany. Such an overthrow—legally, [to be sure—constitutes the sole possi- | bility of transforming Germany from a | helplessly passive object into a valuable |and active member among European | nations. Only when Germany can offer | something shall she be given something. |Only when friendship with Germany | means an advantage to the rest of the | world will weshave any practical work-| | ing basis. Declines Co-operation. | “Germany’s rehabilitation among the | society of nations is effectable only if internal and moral rehabilitation is ef- | fected beforehand. Everything hinges on overthrowing the present regime— lme regime which will go down in hi tory as being associated with the com- plete internal and external disintegra- ticn of Germany. God grant that the period which began in November, 1918, | will soon come to an end. “Therefore, I must respectfully de- cline any co-operation in an attempt which will ultimately show only a de- | sire to preserve the present regime, a regime which must be destroyed as a prelude to the German renaissance. | Also a moral aspect enters, We Na- | tional Socialists confess ourselves rather puzzled at being suddenly — | after being held for years as pariahs, | forced to take second and third cuts |at the servants’' table — ushered into 'e master’s salon to assist at the reat affairs of state. Haven't the Lpokesmen of the preent regime any feeling for our justifiably surprised be- that the German people be represented | ernment which rattles with the sabers | lieve that stating Germany's total eco- | wilderment at being thus subjected to nomic collapse constitutes a political | such an explosion of affectionate es- master stroke should be reminded that | teem? Our self-respect alone, Mr. it took the present government 12 years | Chancellor, obliges us to decline your to demonstrate what cleverer statesmen | proposition to agree to President Hin- could have demonstrated in 3 years. If | denburg's prolongation of office by a it is necessary to prove the worth of a | two-thirds majority of the Reichstag POLICEMAN FACES TRIAL IN ASSAULT [ " iT. F. Stafford to Be Arraign- ed Wednesday on Charge of Hiting Cameraman. | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. LEESBURG, Va, January 18.—The | trfal of T. F. Stafford, Virginia State policeman, charged with assaulting Jo- seph Roberts, Washington Herald pho- tographer, today was set for Wednesday by Magistrate Roy Seaton. Roberts from behind without warning, tried by Magistrate Seaton and two oth- er justices of the peace yet to be named by Seaton. Meanwhile, an investigation ordered y Gov. John G. Pollard was in prog- ress. Statements were taken from Mid- dleburg citizens who saw the affair, from Rey, D. Campbell Mayers, minister offi- clating at the funeral of Mrs. Agnes Iisley, where the assault occurred, and from E. C. Downs, Middleburg council- man, who called upon Stafford to carry out Rev. Mayers' “no photographs” or- der. No witnesses for Roberts were in- terviewed by the Governor's investi- gator. Doubts Existence of Law. Roberts will be represented by Frank Ball of Arlington County, former State Senator, while the policeman has re- tained Stilson Hall of Leesburg, brother of Assemblyman Wilbur H. Hall. Com- monwealth Attorney John Galleher, whe will prosecute the case, has announced he knows of no statute prohibiting thc taking of -photographs on a public highway. Roberls was taking picture from the street when he was driven of and assaulted by Stafford Stafford swore out a counter-warrant against Roberts after the photographer had charged him with assault. charg- ing him with “disturbing worship” and resisting arrest. Plates Were Destroyed. Roberts was one of & group of pho- tographers driven away from the Em- manuel E| opal Church in Middle~ burg while attempting to photograph the removal of the Ilsley casket from the church. At the order of James L. Williams, proprietor of a saddlery shop, plates supposedly bearing photographs of the funeral were destroyed by Staf- ford. Stafford is understood ordinarily to be assigned to duty in Fauquier County. His presence in Loudoun County on Friday has not been explained. POLLARD FAVORS INQUIRY. Governor Says Powers of Police Should Be Fixed. Py RICHMOND, Va., January 18.—Gov. Pollard, in referring to the complaints of Washington newspapers that T. F. Stafford, State highway patrolman, in- terfered with and assaulted news photog- raphers at the funeral of Mrs. Ilslev at Middleburg, told a representative of The Star today that the powers and duties of the highway department's patrol force should be very clearly de- fined, if such is not already the case. T. K. Sexton, superintendent of traf- fic control, when asked just how broad were the powers of the men under him, declared that no officers of the State had greater police powers. His high- way officers may enter a church and make an arrest for a misdemeanor, he said, and have all the powers of a sheriff. Their authority is not on the highways alone, but may be exercised in any city, town or village in the State, whether the offense is merely a misdemeanor or felony. Stafford, the patrolman against whom the complaints were made 2) Middleburg, after being questioned fur- ther at the Highway Department today, left for Washington. Representatives of The Evening Star, the News and Mr, Corbell, Richmond News-Leader corre- spondent, are to be questioned, Supt. Sexton stated. MOTORIST IS SAVED FROM BURNING CA Cabin John Driver Falls Asleep and Is Pinned Under Auto, By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. GLEN ECHO, Md,, January 18—The prompt action of a passing motorist vesterday morning saved Conrad L Bpaack, 53, of Cabin John, Md., from the burning wreck of his automobile, struck a telephone pole, overturned and took fire, on_Conduit road near here Spaack, who is employed by a milk company in Washington, fell asleep at the wheel of his automobile as he was returning to his home yesterday morn- ing, according to police. The autom bile left the road and struck several mail boxes. Spaack awakened and at- the road, but in doing so struck the pole and the machine overturned and took fire. Georg came along just after the accident hap- pened, pulled Spaack from under his car. Spaack was taken to the George- town University Hospital for treatment for head injuries and a dislocated shoulder. The burning automobile was extinguished by the Fire Departments of Glen Echo and Cabin John. TREASURES IN M Gold and Precious S to Vaults From Lords' Bu By the Assoclated Press MEXICO CITY, January 18.—A Policeman Stafford, who Friday struck | knocking him to the ground, will be | which tore down roadside mail boxes, ' tempted to bring the machine back on | Baby Is Scalded To Death in Pot Of Water in Home Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. HAMILTON, Va., January 18.— Prancis Preston, 2's-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Preston of Hamiiton, died at the Loudoun County Hospital, Leesburg, last night from the effects of being scalded Saturday afternoon. He fell into & pot of hot greasy water in which meat had been boiling. The child had been left with a neighbor, as his mother was out on an_errand. The pot of boiling meat was set on the floor, and the child was play- ing near. When found he wes sitting in the pot of hot watcr. His body and legs were badly scalded. Funeral services will be held Wed- nesday at the home of his grand- mother, Mrs. E. A. Panye, here, and burial will be in Lake view Cemetery, Hamilton. [LSLEY MURDERERS - BELIEVED IN STATE |Search for Middleburg Slay- ers Resumed in Warren- ton Sector. By & Staff Correspondent of The Star. LEESBURG, Va. January 18.—After searching the mountains between War- renton and Front Royal all day yes- terday for the siayers of Mrs. Agnes Boeing Iisley, 42, and her maid, Mrs. Mina Buckner, Loudoun County au- thorities today resumed the hunt in the Warrenton sector, now convinced the murderers are in Virginia. Reports yesterday that George Craw- ford, 35-year-old former chauffeur for Mrs, Iisley, and another younger col- | ored man were seen in ‘the vicinity | of The Plains, about 10 miles from | Middleburg, caused a force of six deputy sheriffs and Conwmonwealth | Attorney John Galleher to rush to the | little Virginia_ village yesterday. The search proved fruitless and another tip that the pair had been seen near | Front Royal also was run down with- out success. | Believed in Virginia. Bolstering their belief that Crawford | and his companion are in Virginia, au- thorities pointed to the fact' no trace of either man has been picked up north of Washington or in the South A definite “break” was being looked | for today by Galleher as he announced | he would go to Richmond from War- renton, where he spent the night. He is making the trip, it is understocd, in the belief Crawford would return to the Virginia capital, where he had been staying just prior to the murders last Wednesday. It was there that he re- ceived a letter from Bifdie Deneal, in- forming him she was “unable” to send him any money at that time. ~ Galle- her believes Crawford decided to come to Middleburg after receiving the let- ter from the colored women and that there is a strong likelihood he has doubled back to Richmond to throw possible pursuers off his track. While in Richmond Galleher will confer with police there over the iden- | tification of Crawford’s alleged accom- | plice. ~ Since he was in Richmond { Priday authorities of the capital have | | made” every effort to establish the second man’s identification. Circulars offering & $500 reward, which were being distributed today, bore only photographs of Crawford and a meager description of the other colored man. | Held in Warrenton. In searching the country around The Plains on the tip Crawford had been seen there in a small coupe with an- other colored man, Sheriff W. 8. Woolf of Warrenton found that in- stead of Crawford the man they were ‘Xooklnx for actually was one of the IN ATTACK | biggest colored bootleggers in the vi- cinity. He was arrested and locked in the Warrenton Jail. Specially close watches are being | kept over Warrenton and Front Rcyal, in both of which towns Crawford is knowp to have had sweethearts. | TWO HELD ‘Wounded Man May Lose Sight of | Eye From Injury. Two men, William J. Early, 26, of Norfolk, Va., and Malcolm S. McGee, 22, of 1307 Twelfth street, were held by police of the second precinct last night on charges of mayhem, as the result of a severe injury Henry Cheri, 27, of 7101 Georgia avenue, received to his eye. Vincent Cheri, brother of the wound- | ed man, found the latter in an apart- ment near Eighth and N streets yester- day afternoon suffering from the in- jury, which probably will mean the loss of the sight of his eve. He took him to the Bpiscopal Ear, Eye and Throat Hos- pital. SERVICE STATION ROBBED Police today were investigating re- ports of a $176 robbery last night at | the service station of the Independent | Oii Co., 800 block of Michigan avenue northeast. Two employes were arrested for ques- tioning after alleged conflicting reports e Graham of Glen Echo, who | regarding the robbery. EXICAN TOMB RIVAL THOSE OF “KING TUT" tones Secretly Moved Ancient Feudal rial Place. | discovery made in the New World and | that it will compare with or excel, in overnment by ruining the country that s governed, then common decency should at least accelerate such destruc- “Yet, before closing. 1 desire again | to repeat my profound regret that the | name of President Hindenburg, our princely fortune in gold and precious | value and importance, the discovery of tion. A doctor's worth is proved by | World War comrade and unforgettable cures and not by the funerals of his | fleld marshal of our armies, has been patients, abused to such an extent merely for “If a declaration of bankruptcy is | the preservation of a vanishing regime. considered essential for an economic | “Respectfully yours, rehabilitation, then I cannot understand | DOLF HITLER.” vihy u‘m tions are harmful. You, reich- | e D 5 nzler, seem afraid that your political | Siccessors woutd be more incompetent | POLICEMEN PRAISED than yourself, which again would mesu | — they would hasten the practical demon- stration of Germany’s economic collapse, | ¥ O5t™ r Mooney Thanks Men | This. however, should be quite desirable, according to the present German po- Jitical docteines. Or it is feared in certain quarters that a National Socialist victory at the polls would bring leaders to the helm of the ship of state who would prove them- selves able to find & way out of Ger- many’s calamity? Two Traditions in Germany. “I do not doubt for a moment th: olitical tribute can be evaded success ully by a mere denial of ability to pay. It is unbelievable, however, that that in itself constitutes, without reservations, an entirely valid and legal basis, unless work in their homes. The citizens would te with the District Employ- uun; Committee, obualning worl fom itg lists, the creditors, in some manner, find it in their political interest to consent to such an alteration. “That Germany cannot today pey is Is it possible that | for Aid in Stamp Bale. Policemen who handled the crowds | at the City Post Office during the Bi- | centennial stamp sale, January 1, were praised for courtesy and efficiency by Postmaster W. M. Mooney in a letter to Capt. W. E. Holmes of the first pre- cinet. | “The officers whom you kindly as- | signed to me for the work handled the situation in a highly creditable man- | ner,” Mr. Mooney wrote. “They were | courteous and efficient under very try- ing conditions, as the unusual crowds made conditions difficult for all con- | cerned. | I want you to know of my great ap- preciation “for your co-operation and heip. Also please convey to the offi- | cers individually my thanks.” \ % ago and said to rival the treasure found | buried with King Tut-Ankh-Amen in Bank of Mexico. It was found in the tomb of 10 an- cient Mixtecan caciques, or feudal lord in the fortressed city of Monte Alba high above Oaxaca, by Mexican arche- ologists, The announcement caused & great buzz of prediction that the long- sought gold of the “lost cities at last await excavators’ picks shovels. and sists of more than 100 specimens of all kinds, ranging from heavy and finely wrouht gold crowns to pearls described as large as pigeons’ eggs. A half dozen gold necklaces, said to be “an extremely minor part of the treasure,” were eval- uated at $500 each on their gold con- tent alone. - Fortressed Mountain Top. Monte Alban, from which govern- ment _archeologists secretly removed the grand collection, is really a fortressed | mountain top, and the excavators said they believed they have only scratched the surface of the ancient and magnifi- cent ruins, ‘Alronsn Caso, chief government arche- | olcgist in charge of the mission, said | it was the richest and most important Egypt, lies today in the vaults of the | may | The treasure already uncovered con- | stones, a cache overlooked by Hernando | King Tut’s tomb in Egypt several years Cortes and his conquistadors 400 years |ago. Caso said the cache was contained in a tomb about 24 feet long, 5 feet high and 7 feet wide, in which the mum- | mies of the ancient Mixtecan caclques | were entirely covered with the precious | velics. His mssion, financed by private Dwight W. Morrow was a contributor, discovered the cemetery Wwithin the fortressed walls several weeks ago. Doorway Sealed Inside. The tomb's doorway had been sealed from the inside and the burial party evidently left through the ceiling, which had been deftly covered over to pre- vent discovery. Quick realization of the value of the find was followed by greatest secrecy in its removal, for safe- keeping, to the Bank of Mexico vault. | It was only then that the discovery was made public A move already is under way to keep the discovery intact and house it in & museum which will be opened here in April on the 400th anniversary of the feunding of the City of Oaxaca. Caso said today that, although a treasure worth millions was found, ex- cavation work must be curtalled at once, because the fund is becoming de- pleted, and the mission can look for no aid at present from the government | lreasury. funds to whieh the late Ambassador | SALARY INCREASES - PROHIBITED IN BILL Agriculture Appropriation Measure Also Restricts New Employes. While the House Appropriations Com- mittee has taken the positicn that it should not originate any legislation for reducing salaries in the Federal service, the first of the appropriation bills, carrying salary funds for the Depart- ment of Agriculture, reported to the House today, contains a section pro- hibiting the use during the remainder cf the present fiscal year and during the entire ensuing fiscal year of any appropriations available to the depart- ment for the filling of vacencies in positions except upon written approval of the President. The bill reported today also contains a section prohibiting increase of salaries | in pcsitions under the department dur- | ing this or the coming fiscal year, except | such as might come to an individual | incidental to the filling of a vacancy in i an essential position through the plac- ing in such position of a qualified per- son from a lower grade. The Appropriations Committee an- nounced a general policy of allowing no increases in the number of employes for any given project or activity, but noted three exceptions to this policy in} the bill just reported. A budget increase ) of two field employes under the admin- fstration of the United States warehouse | | act was allowed on account of the ma- | terial increase in applications for licens- ing of warehouses occasioned by the large crop surpluses now being stored under the act, Under a reappropriation of $500,000 of the unexpended balances of the emer- gency reliel appropriation, to be used for the purpose of collecting loans made under the various seed-loan acts, the budget proposal for an increase of 20 employes in Washington and 82 in the field, to be employed in seed-loan col- lections, was allowed by the Appropria- tions Committee. A further budget increase of nine new employes was allowed, including eight additional elevator operators and one additional fireman to meet the needs for which, in the fiscal year 1933, will be occasioned by occupancy of three ad- ditional wings of the exiensible office t)u:ldmg of the Department of Agricul- ure. DRY SLAYING GOES T0 SUPREME COURT Arguments of Trio Convieted in Death of Agent to Be Heard Friday. The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments Friday on a legal ques- tion raised by counsel for John Borum, John Logan and Milton Guy, who were convicted of murder in the first degree in District Supreme Court in connection with the fatal shooting of Lamar W. York, a prohibition ogent. ‘The Supreme Court today denied a motion to have the entire record in case brought up from the District courts, but fixed Friday to hear argu- ments on the validity of the convic- tions. The three men were indicted jointly, the indictment containing four counts. One count alleged thai the gun was held by Borum; another that it was held by Logan, and a third that it was held by Guy. A fourth count accused them collectively. Each defendant was found not guilty on the first three counts, but they were all convicted on the fourth count. The question the Supreme Court has been asked to consider is whether the judg- ment based om the fourth count can be sustained In view of the acquittal of each on the separate counts. York was shot to death about two years ago in Brooks court near Arm- strong High School, while seeking the owners of a liguor-laden automcble. The defendants are represented by James A. Q'Shea and Jchn H. Burnett. SPEAKERS ASSAIL Address—Fish Defends Veterans. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 18.—The Amer- ican Legicn was asseiled as an orgeni- | zation that “bullies Congress” and de- | fended as a guardian against tyranny and oppression, anarchy and revolu- tion, in a radio debate yesterday. Marcus Duffleld, author of “King Legion,” said the Legion was a tool in | the hands of a militaristic clique, “a | bloc of a million voters that has fright- ened Congress,” and as a group that “Knows its power and boasts about it.” Representative Hamilton Fish, jr., himself a member, asserted the Legion was a “bulwalk for law and order” that will aggressively combat “the spread of communism and all revolutionary doc- trines.” Both spoke from Station WOR. Duffield declared the Legion, under pressure of “a few energetic generals and ambitious admirals,” is not only causing Congress “to waste the tax- payers’ money by millions, but is ac- tually fostering the war spirit in this country” by its campaigning for a big- ger Army and Navy. “That,” said Duffield, “is the menace of the Legion.” “What the Legion thinks today,” re- plied Representative Fish, “should be welcomed and followed by the Amer- ican people, as the Legion represents a cros: ction of our country, all of its members having served in armed forces of the United States during the World If & nation is to be worth dying for in time of war, it must be worth living for in time of peace.” 'MAN SHOOTS TWO; COMMITS SUICIDE Special Dispatch to The Star LYNCHBURG, Va, January 18— Walter D. Johnson, 40, shoe factory | worker, shot and seriously wounded his daughter Thelma, 14, and her friend, Marie Campbell, 13, who was spending the night with her, and then turned his revolver on himself, killing himself almost instantly with a shot through the head, The girls were attacked Saturday night after they had retired. The daughter was shot in her head and is not expected to survive. Miss Campbell was shot in her face and is expected to recover. Police have been unable to find a motive '(01’ the attack and suicide. Johnson's revolver was found to have been discharged four times. William C. Cheatwood, 56, of Boons- boro, was run down and killed Saturday night near Boonsboro while walking on the State highway and Brown Miller, 38, Bedford County, colored man, was ar- War. [Appendicilis, Blaze 0DDS ARE 1000103 ON FILM CHANCES Average Hollywood Aspirant Has Little Possibility, Director Says. And Stork Give Big Evening to Firemen| Special Dispatch to The Btar. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 18— Just as the fire alarm went off Sat- urday night for a chimney fire at 309 North Alfred street, where a stork was paying a visit to Maggie Lewis, colored, at the time, Driver Carlton Snoots of Engine company No. 1 was stricken with an acute attack of appendicitis and had to be rushed to the Alexandria Hos- pital for an immediate operation. With Operator Skillman substitut- ing for Snoots, the engine proceeded to the fire, and, despite the excite- ment, the baby was born. The op- eration, also, was a success, and Snoots is reported as being out of danger at the hospital this morning. | By the Assoctated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., January 18.— The odds ‘are 1,000 to 3 against the average newcomer in Hollywood. Out of the next thousand people you | meet, no matter where you are, on | Broadway, on the plains of Kansas, or | along Canal street, New Orleans, not | more than two or three of them would | have a chance in the movies Rufus Le Maire, New | former York producer and now casting direc- | Yo ilor for Warner Brothers' studio, who | gees_hundreds of applicants each week | for film roles. makes this statement. Film Stars Harder to Find. “Yet there are from 10 to 15 suitable actors for every role in every picture Each Member Aliotted Num- | we casi—except the star roles. ‘There | are never enough stars,” Le Maire said. ber of Copies of Dr. Mont- i@;‘é%fi:‘;:&”.’;b e e e gomery’s Daily Invocations. | | few stage leading men for the shows on Broadway. “In Hollywood we have to find stars for several hundred feature pictures every year, and picture stars—real ones Those who desire to have a copy of o SoAAEeE thak ally mbiy'm | —are harder to find than stage stars. offered at the opening of House sessions by Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, | “More is demanded of them. In silent pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist | pictures much was demanded of stars. Episcopal Church, who has been chap- | Now even more is necessary, for the lain of the House for 11 years, can now voice of the star must not only record get them by applying to any member well, but he must have a real person- of Congress. | ality as well.” Representative Michener of Michigan | The thing that counts most is screen made the motion in the House which | personality. Sometimes it's called “it,” placed these documents at the command | and sometimes “elusive charm.” of the House members. | “A girl may be beautiful, may photo- Every four years the chaplain’s | graph like a million dollars and yet be prayers are printed. Dr. Montgomery |a total blank on the screen.” Le Maire has the volume for the Seventieth and |said. “Unless she has, in addition to the Seventy-First Congresses all in order, | ability to act, a personality that comes about 165 pages, with four or five short | right out on a flat, colorless screen she prayers to a page. will never be a star.” Personality Essential. AND LAUD LEGION| i Called “Bully” by Author in llarlic= Resolution Is Amended. ‘When Chairman Stevenson of the House Printing Committee presented to the House the resolution for pub- lishing them, Michener asked how they were to be distributed. 25 usual. complained Michener. “Does not the gentleman think they should be dis- | iributed from the folding room?” sure prayer book distribution through | the folding room, where each member is allotted a certain number of volumes, instead of the document room, where all who ask receive—so long as the supply lasts. Prayers Never Duplicated. Every day, on the stroke of noon, | Zontgomery, a dignified, benign, gri haired man, opens the House session with prayer. Last session he was nol absent once. In 11 years he has not made a dupli- cate prayer. He memorizes each one to insure the best delivery of its simple, yet eloquent sentences. “The country clergy like to have those prayers—they write me many letters asking for them,” said Dr. Mont- gomery. “I think I may take some jus- tifiable pride in that fact, for I do take care in their preparation. Many mem- bers tell me they keep the volume on Itheh‘ breakfast table, and read them | for_their morning devotions.” | ~On Sundays Dr. Montgomery presides |in the pulpit of the Metropolitan | Methodist Episcopal Church, with Vice President Curtls regularly in his con- gregation, occupying President McKin- ley's one-time pew. SA SHIRTS Were NOW LIS ...$31.55 2505 1.85 350 Tos 248 22295 350 demi-bosom. 1.85 Pajamas Were $2.00 250 35077 500 .. 10 & $12. Handkerchiefs, H $30 & $40 Stevenson replied the prayers would | be sent out through the document room | nd the first man there can get them | So the resolution was amended to in- | Talent Never More Plentiful. Le Maire sald, too, that acting talent never was more plentiful. “There are good actors and actresses to care for three times' the productions under way. Every part that I cast finds about a dozen capable people ready to step into the role. “As a result of this we get the finest actors for the smallest roles.” There is just one way to determine whether a person has any ability on | the screen. That is to make a screen test, which is an expensive proposition. The applicant must look extraordinarily good to merit a test. So the two or three in each thousand with possibilities probably will have to wait a8 long time for their knock from ©Old Man Opportunity. | THREE THEFTS REPORTED | SR e | Police Probe Robberies of Parked Car and Two Homes. Three robberies in which thieves ob- | tained clothing amd golf paraphernalia worth $8250 and $20 in cash were being investigated today by police. Brian C. Johnson, 515 E street north- east, reported a bag containing wear- ing ‘apparel, a book and a dozen golf balls was stolen from his parked auto- mobile. Doris Young, 2809 Fifteenth street, told police a box containing $20 in old coins was taken from her home by & “jimmy” thief. Herbert S. Potter, 1736 T street, re- ported the theft of clothipg worth $62 from his e. - Czechoslovakia - holds 2.000,000 Germans. more than Semi-Annual Clearance LE CRAVATS Were NOwW 2.00 350 ... 500 ... Silk Lined Dressing Robes Were NOwW $35 o ooaieen s S1E0) 25 -~ 1450 All Other Robes Less 25% ALL MUFFLERS—Less 25% ose, Etc., Reduced Now TOPCOATS SUITS NOw 35 & $38. 29.75 40 & $50. . 3378 65 s 4950 Two-Trousers Suits awd 4-pc. 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