Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1932, Page 2

A—-2 * ANKHEAD UPHELD; BAILEY FACES QUIZ Committee Votes to Seat Alabaman, But Probe Carolina Contest. By the Assoclated Press. A Senate committee yesterday recom- mended that the election contest against Benator Bankhead, Democrat, of Ala- bama be dropped and that against Sen- stor Bailey, Democrat, of North Caro- lina be investigated. Final approval of both reports is up %o the Senate. Former Senator Heflin brought the eontest against Bankhead and George M. Pritchard challenged the election of Balls Upset Subcommittee Report. In declaring, by a vote of 9 to 8, that Bankhead should retain his seat, the| Elections Committee went against the| verdict by a subcommittee headed by | Benator Hastings, Republican, of Dela- | ‘ware, which said the place should be| declared vacant. : The subcommittee agreed with Heflin, | who ran as an independent in the 1930 | election in Alabama, that there was evi- dence of fraud and irregularities, but it held that neither candidate was elected. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin voted with the eight Democrats on the committee to declare that Bank- | head should remain in the Senate. The other Republicans voted solidly against Committee Line-up. The line-up was: For Bankhead— Benators King, Utah: George, Georgia; Smith, South Carolina: Bratton, New Mexico; Connally, Texas; Bulkley, Ohio; Gore, Oklahoma, and Logan, Kentut Democrats, and Senator Blaine, Repub- lican, of Wisconsin. Against—Senators Shortridge, Cali- fornia; Watson, India ‘Wajerman, Colorado; Moses, New Hampshire; Glenn, Illinols; Hastings, Delaware; Hebert, Rhode Island, and Austin, Ver- mont. The vote to investigate further the contest against Bailey was also 9 to 8, along strictly party lines, Blaine voting with his fellow Republicans. DE VALERA'S DEMAND MENACES 1,500 JOBS Biscuit Company to Leave Dublin in Case Free State Secedes. By the Associated Press. | DUBLIN, April 16—A new crisis in| the controversy between the Irish Free | State and Great Britain over the aboli- | tion of the cath of allegiance to the | crown developed today when the W. R Jacob Biscuit Manufacturing Co. an- nounced that if the Free State seceded from the British commonwealth it ‘would lay off 1,500 men. ‘The company is the second largest | employer of labor in Ireland, its total pay roll aggregating 3,000 employes. This announcement created a delicate | position so far as the Labor members | of the Dail Eireann are concerned. | Labor holds the balance of power be- tween President Eamon de Valera, who insists that the oath must be abolished, | and the party of former President Wil- | llam T. Cosgrave. It is understood | that the Labor members have pledged | their support to the bill doing away with the oath. The biscuit company explained that # the Pree State seceded it no longer 3 be able to ship its products to land and so would be forced to! transfer its factories to Liverpool. “WILL 0’ WISP GUNMAN” TO GET LIFE SENTENCE Filkowski Convicted of XKilling Cleveland Contractor After Boasting About Law. THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, APRIL ‘17, 1932—PART ONE. CANDIDATE SAYS SENATOR DAVIS SHOOK HIM IN BONUS QUARREL Pennsylvanian Denies He| Used Violence at Cam- paign Meeting. South Bethlehem Incident Causes Stir in Political Circles. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 16.—The pri- | mary campaign in Pennsylvania was en- | livened today by a charge that United | States Senator James J. Davis seized | and shook a candidate for Republican national district delegate in an argu- ment over the soldiers' bonus, which | charge is denied by the Senator. The alleged incident is said to have occurred in the municipal hall at South | Bethlehem last night, where Davis ap- | peared In his campaign tour for re- nomination, which is being fought by Gen Smedley D. Butler, independent | Republican candidate. Jay Anderson Cox of Easton ay, at Easton, said that he asked avis after a war veterans' meeting at which Davis spoke how he stood on the sol- diers’ bonus. Davis, Cox said, did not give a direct answer. Considering the incident closed, Cox said he turned to talk to an acquaint- ance, when Davis grabbed him from be- hind, swung him around and said JAMES J. DA “You are trying to make a demagogue | out of me and I won't stand for it.” Cox said he offered no resistance. At Allentown today, Davis said he did not menace Cox. ‘The Senator said Cox approached him belligerently. Cox sald he was a representative of Gen. | Butler and asked Davis how he stood on the bonus. Davis said he replied: “My record is clear. Everybody knows how I stand.” ‘Then, Davis said, he admonished him. ‘Now you'd better go on about your business, young man,” and walked away. The incident, which had variations as it was carried fom mouth to mouth, | caused a stir. HOOVER WL MEET FRANGEINPRNARY President Files Candidacy in Maryland Few Hours Be- fore Deadline. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 16—A clear cut battle between President Hoover and former Senator Joseph I. France of Maryland for the State's 19 votes in the Republican National Convention, was precipitated today when the Presi- dent filed a certificate of candidacy with the secretary of State The certificate was filed by Senator | Goldsborough, Republican, Maryland, | and Galen L. Tait, chalrman of the Republican State Central Committee, leaders of the Republican organization forces in Maryland. Tait declined to say whether or not he or the Senator had conferred with the President before filing, and refused a point blank statement as to whether Mr. Hoover had authorized the action. Signed By President. “The certificate was signed by the Presicent and witnessed by a notary required by law,” he said. “You can draw your own couclusions. France filed his certificate several weeks ago. Since that time he has carried unopposed primaries in North Dakota, Ilinois and Nebraska. He also has filed in New Jerszy, West Virginia and Oregon where primaries are yet to_be held. The President's certificate was placed on record a few hours before the dead- line for the May 2 primary. Under the unit Marylaud law, the delegates to the national convention are named and in- structed by the State convention, ac- cording to the vote cast at the primary. Had Mr. Hoover not filed, the organi- zation forces would either have to cam- paign for an uninstructed delegation at the primary or defauit the 19 votes to the former Maryland Senator. As it is, | in the primary the voters will cast their ballots for either Franee or the President and the result will control the national convention ballot. France today issued a statement in | negotiatiors, | OMINOUS SILENCE MARKS LINDBERGH KIDNAPING SEARCH __ (Continued From First Page) napers, had been assured the baby was alive and well and still had faith u negotiations which they were conduct- ing Admiral Burrage, spokesman for the declined to say whether a representative of Col. Lindbergh or the colonel himself was expected Norfolk o a ransom in event the negotiations were successful. Contacts with the kid- napers or their agents have usua been reported after mysterious end airplane excursions by Mr. Curt who was the member of the trio fir approached by “go-betweens.” The definite announcement during the week that their contact had been re-established after the futile payment by Col. Londbergh in vate negotiations, indicated that the Norfolk men were proceeding confi- dently with their work, and with the approval of the famous aviator. It also was believed that th another period of “watchful for further word—perhaps waiting” the final | communication—{rom the kidnapers or their agents in the lengthy negotiations. Guard Against Ransom. The minister, while today, has expressed the bellef that whatever arrangements may have been made by Norfolk intermediaries will furnish protection against another un- | successful ransom payment. He said they had devised what they believed a “fool-proof” method of payment. ‘The work of re-establishing contact with the kidnapers was undertaken by Mr. Curtis shortly after he learned that Col through his own negotiations without recovering the child. The Norfolk men maintained that this transaction had no connection whatever with their own efforts and have consisten refused to say whether they believed the persons who obtained the $50 000 were the same persons with whom they are dealing Admiral Burrage gave a “we cannot answer” today when requested to say whether any further word had been re- ceived or whether a new trip was planned by either of the three. While declining to answer further questions asked him tonight, Admiral Burrage took occasion to say that the negotiators have never stated that the nad_direct contact with the abductora of the child “We have mever claimed,” he said, “to have had contact with the kid- napers.” - the | in | He also gave a non-commital | | answer when asked if any arrangements | were being made for payment here week trio had entered | non-commital | Lindbergh had paid’ over $50,000 | HULL WILL FIGHT ALL TARIFF PLANS | Promises Move to Block In-| clusion of Duties in Tax Bill. By the Associated Press A fight against including tariffs in the billion-dollar tax bill was promised | by a Democratic member yesterday as the Senate Finance Committee plowed ahead through tumultuous testimony on | the question of taxing oil imports. From Senator Cordell Hull of Ten- nessee—implacable foe of protective tarifls—came the assertion to news- paper men that immediately on con- | clusion of the hearings he will move to strike out the import duties and bind | the committee not to add any more. | The success of such a move is prob- | lematic. Besides the drive for duties on oil and coal, called for in the House | bill, agitation has sprung up in Sen- ate quarters for tariffs on copper and | lumber. The Democrats on the committee are | far from solid behind Hull. _Vigorous | proponents of the tax on imported oil |ara his fellow Democratic merabers, | Ser:ators Connally of Texas and Gore | of Oklahoma Tydings Oppeses Inclusion. On the Senate floor Senator Tvdings, | Democrat, of Maryland, has proposed a | resolution—as ~ vet not actsd upon— which would instruct the committee against including tariffs in the bill on the ground that otherwise the enact ment of the sorely needed revenue measure will be further delayed Handling with dispatch a long suc- cession of wi or @ oil import the committee its schedule of hearir today. closed testimony on that particular provision and prepared to hear representatives of { the automobile and radio industries | Monday Chairman Smoot, Republican, of | | Utah, has hopes of winding up the testi- mony by Wednesday and e clude by Friday at the latest. Then will [ come A week or more of discussion, writing and re-writing, with the aid of I draft of a tax program from the 'y Department. Opposition to the ofl import tax came largely from residents of the Eastern seaboard, who contended that raising the price of ofl and gasoline would hurt their business When they concluded, Wirt Franklin of the Independent Petroleum Producers Association, who testified yesterday, took the stand again in rebuttal. He | told the committee in emphatic tones | that the present over-supply of oil in | this cou results from forei portati production, which he denied e Charges Use as “Club.” he asserted, Is “used as a ive down the price that the icer can get Among e opposing the tax was | Paul H. Harwood. vice president of the Pan-American Petroleum & Transport | Co., which imports oil from Venezuela He asserted such a tax would bring the Government no revenue, raise the price of ofl and gas and benefit no one ! but the “20 major oil companies.” He contended the big firms which control most of the transportation, re- fining and distribution facilities would |reap most of the $200,000,000 tribute imposed on the pecople and industries of the United States by this tariff, not the small producers When_ Senator Hull sought to bring out further points against the tariff by questioning the witne Chzirman Smoot sought to stop him, saying Har- wood's time had expired. In Teply Hull threatened to move then and there that the ofl tax be stricken out if he were not allowed to “bring out the facts.” willlam C. McTarnahan, New York, representing the American Oil Burner Association, testified the tariff would hurt the ofl burner business and throw 100,000 persons out of work. Michael O'Shaughnessy, New York. editor of an oil publication, charged the American oil ry wita “greed” and seeking Forelgn ¢ | elub™ | domestic pr | Kidnap Victim Kidnapers to Restore Girl, 9, to Parents. B the Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del., April 16.—Hilda Brodsky, 9 vears old, who disappeared yesterday while on her way to school and is believed to have been kidnaped was still missing toni Police said, however, they had a re- port that she would be returned to her parents within a few hours A tele- phone call, the police said, was received at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ha Srodsky this afternoon, that the child is safe and well and for the family to worry, as she would be returned. Unable to Find Motive. Police announced they have been ur able to find a definite motive for the abduction. It has not been definitely established that the child was kidnaped by strangers. There were mystifying circumstances surrounding the affair, according to the authorities. The little girl left her home yesterday morning for school and was not missed until nearly noon when a special delivery letter reached the home of Brodsky, who is a jobber in dry goods and notlons and is said to have some weaith. Two Versions of Letter. The authorities were not notified of the cas> until last night and members of the family refused to talk about the disappearance of the girl. Two versions f the special delivery letter, mailed in Wilmington, were published here today One version said the lettr read “We have kidnaped your child. If you notify the police or newspapers we will kill the child. Otherwise await fur- ther instructions.” The other version was “We have your little girl. Keep your mouth shut.” Do not go to the police. If you do you will never see your little giri again.” not PRISON REVOLT COSTS ONE DEAD, TWO HURT ocheting Bullets Kills Youth in aware of Drain Funds. ElWOOd regard to the Community Chest is “desperate,” Elwood Street, Chest director, said yesterday that “members House Appropriations Committee quite evidently are tragically unaware of the | human needs of the District of Columbia.” Mr. Street said unexpected unem- ployment in the District made the pro- | vision of $600.000 as a municipal ap- propriation for relief work absolutely essential unless there is to be wide. spread suffering. “The Community Chest as an organi- zation,” he said. “has not taken any | action on this proposed $600,000 | appropriation, of which, only about | one-half would be available in this calendar year.” | Mr. Street's address follows in full: “Members of the District Subcomit- | tee of the House Appropriations Com- mittee quite evidently are tragically un- aware of the human needs of the Dis- trict of Columbla in their failure to approve the request of President Hoover for the provision of $600,000 as & municipal appropriation for relief of unemployed dependent families and in- dividuals_as quoted in newspaper re- ports of Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Great Need Pictured. “The Community Chest had not re- quested this money, feeling that its task is to collect the largest sum of money possible to meet the human needs of the community and to dis. tribute this money far as possible according to those needs at the lowest «ible cost. The Community Chest s never gone into legislative activi- ties, and I believe never will. The proposal for additional funds beyond those that can be provided by the Community Chest, which can spend no more than is given it by the citizens of Washington, has come entirely from | the social agencies themselves and the | citizens who serve as board and staff members in those agencies because of their appreciation of the human needs which cannot be met with funds now available. The $600,000 was not to have been spent through the Com- munity Chest or through its member organizations, but through the District Board of Public Welfare in the year 1932 This sum would be an’ in- aluable supplement to the sum of 19,000 which has been pledged to Chest by 125.000 Washingtonians, as the city council of practically every other city in the country has made appropriations for public relief beyond the amounts available in this emergency from private contributions. ‘The committee is quoted as finding that the amount available for char. itable work in the District of Colum- bia for the year 1932 as secured by the “ommunity Chest exceeds by a sub. tantial amount the total expenditures such work in 1931. This, of course, s true. The Community Chest cam- pa‘gn. which fell $180.000 short of its $2,601,000 goal, was based upon needs which appeared last November when budgets were set up, and those budgets had been mercilessly pared by the Chest Budget Committee. Washing- ton's needs, because of unemployment, bhave increased far beyond all expecta- tions Even with the $450,000 addi- tional amount which will be available in 1932 over 1931, the main relief or- ganizations of Washington, which hap- pen to be members of the Community Chest, face needs for relief which will entail a combined deficit for them of between $250,000 and $500.000 in case no further funds are made available. Stresses Plain Facts. This is not guesswork—it is pitiful facts. The Associated Charities, for example. will be out of funds at least by the 1st of August. if not before The situation is similar with other fam- ily welfare organizations, such as the Catholic Charities, the United Hebrew Relief Society, the Salvation Army, the Disabled American Veterans of the World War and the American Legion. “If Community Chest organiza- tions were not on the job taking care of the need as its exists our city would be swamped by homeless, starving peo- ple. their best to meet the need as it de- velops, but they will be out of funds by the middle of the Summer. One of Asserting the present situation with of As it is, these agencies are doing CHEST HEAD SEES DIRE NEED, ,DEPLOR_ES HOUSE RELIEF FOES Subcommittee Members “Tragically Un- on D. C. Welfare Street Declares. the District of Columbia anxiety. “The need far transcends that of any {previous time in the history of the District of Columbia. The load of the real of the District Subcommittee of the family welfare organizations, instead of | decreasing in the Spring time as it usually does, is, instead, increasing with people Whose resources are exhausted and for whom there is now no longer any source of help except the bounty of their fellow citizens expressed through contributions or through tax funds to be spent by the Board of Public Wel- fare if the municipal appropriation recommended by President Hoover 1is | made. “The subcommittee stated that the proposed appropriation was supported to a large degree by the paid em- ployes of several of the 65 organiza- tions that participate in the funds col- lected by the Commurity Chest. As a matter of fact, there never were any public hearings on this appropriation. These employes did not ask to appear on their own behalf, but on the other hand were asked by the representa- tives of the Board of Commissioners who appeared posed appropriation to come, on two hours' notice, to attend a private hear- |ing. There was no opportunity for other than these paid employes to ap- pear and no one other than these employes was invited to appear, al- though scores of their board members, who are among Washington's most dis- tinguished citizens, would have wel- comed the opportunity to appear and state their convictions of the need of which they are acutely aware. “The subcommittee further stated that a cursory examination of the ex- penses of the Community Chest and same of the 65 organizations indicates that a considerable portion of the funds is being expended to pay employes of the Community Chest and of the 65 participating organizations. That seems to be gratuitous unjustified criticism, by persons who themselves are employes of the taxpayers of the Nation, who in- clude in turn members of the Commu- nity Chest staff and the staffs of the 65 participating organizations, | Low Costs Cited, | “We know of no way in which the subscriptions and payments of 125,000 subscribers can be handled, the services of 6,000 volunteer workers enlisted and directed, the accounts of 65 organiza- tions checked, budgets analyzed and other essential activities carried on ex- cept through the services of paid em- ployes. The expenses of the Community Chest have repeatedly been shown to be extraordinarily low—less than 6 cents on the dollar, estimated for 1932. |, "As a matter of fact the subcommit- tee had figures which showed that the Community Chest has cut in one-third the cost of raising money as compared with the cost of money raising before there was a Community Chest. ore than that, it is self-evident | that the 65 member organizations of the Chest can only operate if they do | have skilled salaried employes who can | carry on their se No American | city has found any method by which the sick can be nursed effectively in their | homes excepi through such trained nurses as the Visiting Nurse Associa- tion has. There is no way in which orphans can be cared for in institu- tions except through the services of matrons, nurses, cooks, housekeepers and similar employes. There is no way in which old folks can be satisfactorily cared for in institutions except through the services of devoted employes. There is no way in which character building and preventive activity such as those | of social settlements and similar insti- | tutions, many of which are almost en- tirely self-supporting, can be conducted except through the services of trained and skilled employes, most of whom in many cases secure many times the value of their services in volunteers There is no effective way ¢in which needy families can be cered for in their own homes, imposters distinguished from those who are in real need, dis- crimination made as to the amount of rent, of food and of clothing which are | necessary, and guidance and encourage- ment can be given to those in need, ana services of volunteers directed. except through the services of trained and skilled employes. These employes pay for themselves many times over through unnecessary relief expenditures which in behalf of the pro- | MORE OHIO TROOPS RUSHED T0 MINES Authorities Fear Trouble at Funeral of Slain Rioter . Today. By the Associated Press CADIZ, Ohlo, April 16.—More troops were sent tonight to the strife-torn | Eastern Ohio mine fleld, where strike | disorders during the week cost the lives of two men and resulted in injuries to many others, Four additional companies of the Ohio National Guard were ordered to entrain from Cleveland, Canton and Youngstown, bringing the total number of militia in the field to 560 officers |and men. Adit. Gen. Frank D. Hen- derson. said the extra companies were needed to patrol the fleld. Officials Apprehensive. i ‘The situation was quiet today, but authorities were apprehensive ~over plans of union sympathizers to gather tomorrow for funeral _services for Walter Kimbel, killed during rioting | two days ago at the Somers’ mine near Adena. Guardsmen also were prepared to | maintain order at various mines scheduled to reopen Monday. All of the workings were closed down during the week as a result of disorders of the strike called by the United Mine Work- ers because of wage reductions and to obtain union recognition. A senatorial investigation of the sit- uation was asked by H. B. Salkeld, | president of the Tasa Mining Co., in | telegrams to Pennsylvania United | States Senators and a Representative. Peace Parley Here. He said many residents “believe the | seencingly vicious motive back of this | deplorable situation is a very danger- {ous menace to the security of this country." Officials of the United Mine Workers said they would send eight representa- tives to & peace conference to be held Wednesday in Washington at the office of Secretary of Labor Doak. Several up(flxéprs have accepted invitations to attend. CONGRESS FAILURE T0 VOTE AID HERE HITS 3,000 HOMES (Continued From First Page.) Mr. Ufford declared, the whole struc- ture of the Community Chest will be threatened because of the inability properly to finance its member agencies. Because the Community Chest failed to reach its goal by approximately $185,000, including a deficit of $137,000 carried forward from 1931, Mr. Ufford explained, the member agencies were forced to reduce their respective budg- ets by 7 per cent. Under this reduc- tion, he said, the Associated Charitles, which also disburses the funds of the | Citizens' Relief Association, will have | available from the Chest $323,846. The expenditures for the first quarter, ac- cording to Mr. Ufford, amounted to $128,366.75 and the estimaies of $61,400 for April will bring the total to $189,- 766.75, leaving a balance, which, at the present rate of expendl:ure wiil be hausted by July 15, or at the lates August 1 Washington is one of the few eitie-, Mr. Ufford said, that has no muni_| a appropriation for general reliel of ic poor in their own homes. Cl.les New York, Philadelphia and Bal.i=o e, which before the depression relied on private benevolence, he de larca, cic nnding it necessary to araw ugen - public purse to meet a crivical sicuac.on. Public Funds Lacking. “Unlike many other muric pali.es,” he said, “Washington gives no relief v the poor in their own hc ies tarodga public funds, except in the form o: wi- | lowances under the act for tic uc..e care of dependent children adopted in | 1926. In other words, emergency relief for men out of employment or destitu- | tion due to illness or other cause. uust | be met from private funds. “With the growth of Washington, and because of a large colored population, many of whom are unskilled and of low wage-earning capacity, the burden upon the private family agency, such as the Associated Charities, In times like the present is extremely heavy. ‘There is a limit even to community i |~ PROTEST SPORTS TAX Ric By the Associated Press | which he charged forces favorable to h the members of this subcommittee was | Lhey Prevent. to say nothing of the |y ng raising, and the fact that the CLEVELAND, April 16 —Joe Filkow- ski, 20, erstwhile will o' the wisp gun- | man, who bragged the law could never | bring him to account, today was con- | victed of slaying Tony Veryk. lathing contractor, in a $600 hold-up two years ago. | The jury recommended mercy, thus ealling for the life sentence. which Common Pleas Judge Frederick P. Walter is to pronounce Monday. The verdict was returned after more than | three hours’ deliberation The case was given to the jury after Filkowski threw the court room into an uproar when he leaped from his seat | during the final arguments of Assist- ant Prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan to shout | “You are more gullty than I am.”| Pilkowski previously had boasted he could not be convicted unless “framed.” ‘The gangster’s conviction came partly through the testimony of his former friend, George Kekic, who said Fil- kowski had confessed the killng to him. Kekic's wife, Mary, eloped with Pilkowski and was arrested in New York February 24, the same day Cleve- land detectives seized Filkowski near Times Square. Mrs. Kekic is now serving a term in New York for re- ceiving stolen goods. Filkowski was sought in five States for 14 months. FIVE FALSE ALARMS KEEP FIREMEN BUSY | | Three Are Turned in Near Mid- night—Two More Given Dur- ing Night. An epidemic of false alarms kept fire- men in various sections of the cily on the move last night, three of them con: ing within & half hour about mid Two others also were reported d: the night The first of the turned in at Thirty ust before 12 o'clock. Five ter another came from Six streets southeast. The third series was turned in at Seven! streets not long after midnigh The other false calls came from Georgla avenue and Holly street and ‘Third and O streets. State Notes to Be Sold. COLUMBIA, S. C.. April 16 (®) Four million dollars in State tax an- ticipation notes of $100 denominations | and larger will be offered South Caro- lina buyers next Wednesday, the State Finance Committee announced today The notes will bear interest at 6 per cent and will mature in nine months as an average. Proceeds of the sale will go to pay teachers of the State £,394,000 and the balance will be used % pay Confederate pensions. 0il Field Riots Cost 2 Lives. BUENOS AIRES, April 16 (#.—Two workmen were reported killed and many injured in clashes between strikers and Boltu in the Rivadavia oil fields today. ispatches from Comodora sald the ing false alarms was and M | | Springfield. the President’s renomination were seek- ing to secure delegates pledged to him He declared Mr. Hoover had been “afraid” to meet him in a primary | contest. Challenged Openly. “I openly challenged him to file in Ohio and he did not,” France said. “Now the issue is clear. Will a corrupt coterie of law-breaking politicians be permitted to secure the delegates from these primary States for Mr. Hoover in violation of all laws of good sportsman- ship, honorable action and statutes? “I claim and shall claim by every legal means possible these delegates wl shall be Instructed for Is it a clever, but not criminal. piece of politi- cal chicanery by which they seek to secure these delegates? 1 shall resist It before all right-minded men of America and if possible the courts.” CONSULAR AGENT SLAIN Killed at Springfield, Ill, in Pres- ence of Son, 6. SPRINGFIELD, IIl. April 16 (#)— John M. Picco, 45, Italian consular agent, was shot to death tonight by three men with sawed-off shotguns as he stood in the street with his 6-year- old son. The State Department last night lacked official word of the slaying in 1il, of John M. Picco, Ital- ian consular agent, and officials de- clined to comment. None of the mem- bers of the staff of the Italian embassy | could be reached. 'COUNSEL FOR VETERANS’ BUREAU COLLAPSES AT William Wolff Smith Pledges Self to Return Retirement Pay to Treasury—Escapes Blanton Grilling. B the Associsted Press, William Wolff Smith, general counsel of the Veterans' Bureau, yesterday col- lepsed under the grilling crcss-examina- tion of the H-use Military Affairs Com- mittee after definitely stating so long 8s he remains with the Government he will return his Army retirement pay to the Treasury, Smith was pronounced by Dr. George Calver, House physician, absolutely un- able to continue as a witness. He thus escaped an afterncon session in which he would have been questioned by Rep- resentative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, author of the resolution now before the committee to repeal the disabled emer- gency officers’ retirement act and to compel the dismissal of Smith, receiving $187.50 monthly under it. Announcement was made that the in- vestigation would be continued next Wednesday. in a resolution ¢f 35 printed fighting grew out of attempts of strik- ers to persuade non-union workmen of the Ladiadema Oil Co. to join in the strike, which was in protest against ‘wage cuts. . ~ carrying the names of scores of officers recelving from the Federal Government both active and retired pay. Smith's active pay as general counsel was given | ! mannes, as $9,000 a year. |1 do this without desiring in any way Blanton made Smith his chief target | ages | In answer to another question, said the contacts were made with intermediaries. OPTIMISM PREVAILS. ‘ Negotiations Continue, With Search for Baby Intensified. | HOPEWELL, N. J. April 16 (®).— The optimism of three Virginia inter- mediaries in the Lindbergh kidnaping and ndications of Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh’s utmost confidence in the “Jaf- sie” of the case were the centers of in- terest today in the dogged hunt for the missing child. For most of the week Col Breckinridge, the famous fiyer's attor- ney and adviser, has been making pe- riodic visits to the New York home of Dr. J. F. Condon, who paid the $50,000 ransom to a man in the shadow of a Bronx cemetery April 2, but failed to Henry | obtain the return of the baby It was late last night before the law- ver left. He was back at the Condon home again today. | He made it clear the 72-year-old edu- cator is seeking by every means possible to stablish the contact he made through notes and advertisements | Then he said Dr. Condon had made the only direct contact there had been with the criminal While Col. Breckinridge came and went from the Condon home, C: Lindbergh's own movements _we cloaked in the secrecy he himself had requested. For nearly seven weeks ne and his attorney have been direc the private attempts to regain child Official developments were all of a | negative nature, the | HOUSE HEARING| In the committee room Friday Smith heard Gen. Frank T. Hines, Veterans' | Administratcr, say that he was against all such “double benefits.” Yesterday Smith, first addressed him- self to that point | “I wish to make this statement to the committee,” he said. “During the night | 1 have given very careful consideration to the position taken by Gen. Hines and | alsy to certain questions asked me by various members of the committee | “I think the time has come when I can with propriety, without reflecting on | any other officer or retired emergency officer, state to the committee that as| long as I remain with the Government 1 shall return my retired pay to the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasu: to influence the inquiry into the merits | of the claim or to any conduct of mine in connecticn with this procedure | through the Veterans' Administration " Smith said he had already spent the more than $8,000 he had received since his retirement in May 1928, but that he would make an effort to secure it and return it if the committee should decide that he had received it in an uregulap 7. feating Oppose Levy on College Gate Re- ceipts and Stress “Educational Nature of Events. EVANSTON, from colleges Press T, April 16.—Coaches and high schools of 10 States d today agalnst a revenue bill now before Congress which would place a 10 per cent tax on gate receipts of college athletic contests. aches, meeting at a_“coaching Northwestern University, lution criticizing the pro- nd forwarded it to the Sen- e ce. The resolu letics in colleges “are gen- considered to be educational in n branches of athletics are un- ny colleges, it was said, are responsible for ted by the athletic depart- The two-day meeting of coaches was concluded by a foot ball game between two Northwestern teams, the varsity de- 1e second team by to 6. Christmas Card Etcher Dies. SHERIDAN. Wyo., April 16 (4 —Bill Gollings. 54, whose etchings of Western life have gone into nearly every cc of the globe on Christmas gre cards, died of a heart attack today Manitoba Break Staged by Unaided Pair. By the Assoclated Press. WINNIPEG, Manitcba, two-man revolt in Sto prison late yesterday led to the death of a third prisoner and the wounding of the two offenders, Warden William Meighen disclosed today Mike Bihun, 20, serving A 10-year sentence for a bank robbery in 1930 struck e chest by a ricocheting 1 16.—A Mountain Ap! ce, which ) attacked guerds with hammers when they relezsed from penal cells. Chief Keeper Thomas Clayton knocked se and Guard Alfred Fisher wounded by a blow to the head. Guards on top of the high walls sur- 1ounding the prison opened fire on the two men who started the fracas, Thomas Jones and W m Gorda, wounding them in the le Other in- mates having refused to join in the dis- turbance, this put an end to it. The prison is situated on a hill 15 miles north of here. Colombian Consul Named. BOGOTA, Colombia, April 16 (P).— Alvaro Zea Hernandez was appointed today as Colombian consul, in Balti- more Md. quoted as bank on April 1 bank in advance payments—only enough to run for about a month. maintain all races end creeds, in all frankly desperate. “The Community Chest has already reduced by 7 per cent the appropria- tions of all organizations as presented to the people of Washington in the :ampaign last January—and those bucg- ets represented the most careful pos- ible figuring agencies the Community Chest Budget Commit- tee itself, made up of 30 of Washing- ton’s most able and citizens. “The subcommittee stated that em- ployment conditions in the District of Columbia are better than in any other comparable city. This may be true. But 20,000 unemployed people registered by the United States Government's own employment service in Washing- ton and approximately 4,000 destitute families, including 20,000 people being cared for at the present time by Com- munity Chest family welfare organiza- tions, indicate that there is enough un- employment and destitution in Wash- ington to give any one who is con- cerned for the welfare of the people Tuberculosis Deaths of 1931 As Officially Reported in the Distriet of Columbia NOTE—Each of the 390 spots on ma; from tuberculosls, a; Association for Telephoue, District 8311 p shows former address of & person who dled last year 0 Increase of 20 such deaths over 1930, : the Prevention of Tuberculosis 1022 11th St. N.W, saying yesterday that the Community Chest has $2,200,000 in the As a matter of fact, the Chest had only $281,000 in the| Further payments on pledges are of course ex- pected, but the situation in regard to Chest service to people of kinds of need throngh 65 organizations is quite of the boards of these plus the relentless pruning of Tepresentative positive value of their services. Skilled Employes Praised. “The salaries of the employes of the Community Chest and its member or- ganizations have been repeatedly dem- onstrated to be lower than those paid in Government services or in com- parable professions. Money Which is raised by the Community Chest cannot be ralsed and distributed intelligently and economically without the services of skilled and paid employes. The money spent by the 65 member organi- zations could not be spent effectively except through these services and for these services “Overhead’ for supervision of these workers engaged in direct service aver- ages less than 7 cents on the dollar and saves its own cost through more ef- fective and economical service. “The Community Chest and the mem- ber organizations of the Community Chest are at all times willing to have intelligent suggestions by well informed people, after proper study of the ways in which economies can be made and improvements worked out. They ob- ject vigorously to criticism made with- out full knowledge of the facts, without consideration of either of the quantity or quality of the service to be rendered in a time which represents the greatest need the city has known. “Criticism directed at these agencies is criticism of the 1,500 self-sacrificing people who serve without compensation as members of the boards of the Com- | munity Chest member organizations, of the 6.000 people who served voluntarily in the Community Chest campaign, of the loyal and devoted employes of Com- | munity Chest organizations who serve at low salaries under terrific pressure |and with the utmost devotion and of the 125000 contributors who have in- rifice, for expenditure through these | 65 agencies of human service. These sencies are not perfect, being manned | by human beings, but they represent in most recently available knowledge and the most devoted service and the most generous giving of Washington's cit- izens. ! Examination Welcomed. “The Community Chest would wel- come examination of its work and of | that of its member organizations by the United States Bureau of Efficiency or other similarly qualified agency. | The Chest is striving continually for | improvement, and has a record which justifies that statement. “The Cornmunity Chest as an organi- zation has not taken any actlon on this | proposed $600,000 appropriation, of | which, of course, only about one-halt would be available in this calendar year. On the other hand, even if this appro- priation is made, & deficit in relief agencies is quite likely, and, if it is | not made, it is certain, and in huge | proportions. I believe that the residents | of Washington, by an overwhelming ma- jority, wish this program of service to be contirued as it now is being carried ecn through Chest auspices, but that essential program can only be carried cn if additional funds are provided, either through public appropriation or through private contributions. Wash- ingtonfins apparently have done their utmost in private contributions in the recent Chest campaign, the most effec- tive and far-reaching the Chest yet has had. “In & voteless District of Columbia, the Community Chest is the one activ- ity In which all Washingtonions may 2 trusted their gifts, often made at great | | their operations the best judgment, the | Community Chest failed this year to reach its goal is an indication that its budget cannot be indefinitely expanded.” In view of this situation, Mr. Ufford said the board of managers of the As- sociated Charities in May, 1930, recom- mended to the Commissioners that the act which now empowers the Board of Public Welfare to board children com- mitted to its care in foster homes would also empower the board to provide sup- port for children in their own homes. | Such an amendment, he pointed out, would enable the board to care for children during a probationary period or until such time as the board could determine whether the family should be held together under the home care act or broken up because of the unsuitabil- ity of the home as & place of training for the children. CHURCH WIPED OUT IN PROVIDENCE FIRE Pastor Carried From Burning Edifice After Collapsing in Battle to Save Property. | | By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. April 16—The Church of the Presentation and a two- tenement house were destroyed and | several other buildings damaged by fire in the business section of Marieville at | North Pravidence late today. Rev. 1. J. Bouffard, pastor of the church, was hearing confession on the second floor when notified by a parish- joner that the first floor was filled with smoke. After an ineffectual attempt to subdue the flames with an extinguisher and to save the blessed sacrament and vessels from the altar, he collapsed and was carried from the building. One fireman was injured in an ex- ! plosion at a garage adjacent to the church. The fire started in the church from an undetermined cause. The building | was valued at $50,000. HEFTY AX SWING LEADS T0 $3,500 GOLD FIND Cans in Iron Pipe Picked Up in Replacing Broken Blade Yield Treasure. By the Associated Press. GALENA, Ill, April 16—Ambrose Harle gave a hefty swing with his ax and things began to happen. ‘The handle broke. He found an old iron soil pipe in a junk heap and used it to drive the ax blade through a piece of wood. A cement plug flew out of the end of the iron pipe. After the cement came two baking powder cans. In the cans he found $3,500 in gold pieces, hidden by the late J. A. Nack, who once owned the building where Harle has a fruit store. participate, regardless of race or creed or politics. To carry on that activity well, at the lowest possible cost and the highest pessible cffectiveness, is a public trust to which those who are respon= sible are solemnly dedicated.”