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A—2 »¥» FORTESCUE JURY - STLL DELIBERATES Effort to Reach Verdict Will| Be Resumed This After- noon. (Continued From First Page.) arance of Dr. Joseph Catton, pros ebition lienist, who contradicted d fense testimony that Massie was insane the moment of the tragedy. He also attacked the prosecution for bringing into the case Massie's testimony of how he and his wife, then Miss Thalia Fortescue, had been accused of kid- naping in Patchogue, Long Island, five years ago when they found a baby in a perambulator and trundled it down the street as a prank. Then he de- fended Massie’s story of the killing. Forgets Defendant’s Name. At one point Darrow forgot the name of one of the defendants. He turned to Kelley and asked what it was. on't you know?"” Kelley asked. es, but it has popped my mind” Chicago criminal lawyer. s Kell pplied. “Lor said Darrow, | * turning back to the jury. % In concluding, Darrow proclaimed his kindliness toward all races and directed & special remark to the three Chinese “ihe He said he never had <tern races, “but they have : their place in the sun " Wwith brevity and fire Kelley whirled % dnto his argument “You have been presented with a de- fense of sympathy, not of insanity ~'said “If you are going to decide this case on passion, then tell me and I'll be - silent.” 51K(ll!y asserted Massie had taken his wife, against her desires, to a dance the night of the attack and that the naval officer was responsible for it all “They sacrificed that girl,” Kelley shouted, pointing to Mrs. Massie, “for his ega and made a Roman holiday for the crowd that disgraced this court with applause last week.” Doubts Massie’s Story. Kelley hinted disbelief in Massie's admission that he held the pistol which killed Kahahawai, and said: “He couldn’t hide behind the skirts of his mother-in-law, nor behind the two sailors who helped him, * * * the | best you can say for him is that he lied like a gentleman.” Kelley asserted all Hawali was on trial in the present case, referring to the investigations and Federal action that followed the outbreak of public sentiment here after the slaying. The jury is composed of five Ameri- cans. three Chinese, one German, one Darne, one Portuguese and one Hawalian. Shortly before the jury retired the 12 men wers observed through a win- dow of the jury room pacing up and down Instead of returning to the Pearl Harbor naval station, as had been their custom, the defendants spent the night ata town hotel. * At 10 p.m., five hours and 40 minutes had passed since the jurors received the case. Ncarly two bours was taken for dinner. MRS. OWEN BACKS DRY REFERENDUM Denies Opposition to Popular Vote, but Warns Wets to Prepare Alternative Program. By the Associated Press. L Fla, April 28—Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, secking re-election as Rep- resentative in Congress from the fourth Florida district, yesterday defined her stand on the prohibition qusstion as not being opposed to a referendum on a change in present laws. Her statement, issued before she left for Washington, said: “The referendum is a basic right un- der the American form of government, and I never have, and do not now, oppose & referendum on any public question “However, in event that a referen- dum is taken on prohibition, the people must be given the chance to express their will by direct vote. hose who propose the referendum must be prepared to set clearly before the people the alterneatives they of- fer in place of the eighteenth amend- ment.” STEPMOTHER LOSES BONUS BY MARRYING McCarl Rules She Relinquished Relationship to War Veteran. | A stepmother is not entitled to the soldier’s bonus of her ageceased step- son, when she has relinquished her re- lationship of stepmother by marrying again, sccording to Controller Gen- eral McCarl the case of Jeva Zebrauskiene- iene Stikeliene, McCarl ruled she | h o right to the aajusted service credit in the amount of §568.25 payable in 10 quarterly inst2llments, on account of the death of Baltromerus Rekozci, & veteran who died in the service, November 15, 1919. | Foilowing the death of Rekozel's father, the stepmother married again | on February 4, 1918, prior to the veteran's death. | Besides disallowing payment of the bonus to the stepmother, McCarl raised | the question &s to whether the claim- ant was entitled to the death compen- n of $20 per month, which had been approved in her favor. Under the recent law, McCarl has no juris- diction over the latter claim, authority | resting in the administrator of vet- erans’ affairs. DELEGATES SELECTED | T0 LONDON CONGRESS " T. 8. to Take Part in Session of World Society for Commer- cial Education. By the Associated Press The United States has accepted an inyitation from the British government to participate in the Fifth Triennial | Congress of the International Society for Commercial Education, to meet in London on July 25, and has designated | the following delegates: Dr. Harry T. Collings, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; William L. | Cooper, American commercial attache, Londen, John R. Gregg. New York City: Dr. Themas d. Healy, Georgetown University, Washington; W. H. Leffing- well, president of the National Office Management Association, New York City; Dr. Everett W. Lord, Boston University, Boston: Dr. Leverett 8. Lyons, Brookings Institution, Washing- ton; Miss Imogene Bilcher, Lincoln High School, Cleveland; Dr. Henry B. Rathbone, New York University, New York City; Miss Eleanor Skimin, North- ern High School, Detroit; Dr. John A. Stevenson, Philadeiphis, and Dr. Harold J. Stonler, American Institute of Bank- « img, New York City. | next day released.” DARROW MAKES THE EVENING MASTERFUL PLEA TO FREE DEFENDANTS Cajol es Jurors and T hreatens Them With Their Own Conscience if They Find Four Guilty. BY RUSSELL OWEN. HONOLULU, April 28 (NANA) — In his final effort yesterday to win the freedom of the four defendants in the Fortescue-Massie trial, Clarence Dar- row cajoled the jurors, threatened them with conscience, pleaded with them as fellow beings and sought even with lighter touches to relieve the dreadful picture he painted of a familv brought to the brink of destruction by forces outside their control. The cause illustrat~d the mysterious | effects of time and destiny as much as any case he had ever been in, he said, as, true to his creed, he held Lieut. Massie and the other defendants to be entrapped by fate. | “My God, am I dreaming?” Mr. Dar- | row said once, slowly and almost as if it were a soliloquy. “Is it possible I am in & court arguing with 12 men as to whether they should put the husband and mother of this afflicted woman | (Mrs. Massie) in prison for life?” ‘ Eight months ago, he reminded his hearers, Lieut. Massie was a_respected officer of the United States Navy, and | his wif= was admired and respected by | those who knew her. And eight months | ago Mrs. Fortsscue also was secure and respected in Washington. Insanity Plea Defended. | “What has befallen these people in that space of time to bring them to a | criminal court?” Mr. Darrow said. “How | much had they to do with it all> What | has happened is a long series of events beginning at & certain time and ending we don’t know where. The whole fam- ily, their lives, their future and name are bound up in the criminal act com- | mitted by some one else in which th('y‘ had no part. Can you imagine any greater calamity which could have be- fallen that family?" Little by little Mr, Darrow drew again the story of the “terrible” events lead- | ing to the death of Kahahawai. Insane | asylums are filled with people with less | cause to have been insane than Lieut. Massie, he said. Skillfully he mentioned | cften the agony of mind which the| young naval officer must have under- gone, suggesting the horror of the situ- | ation when Mrs. Massie feared mothl:x-‘ hood as the result of the assault. | “It is almcst inconceivable that so| much be heaped on one family, almost unbelievable,” he cried, sweeping his | arm thrcugh the air and turning his deep-seated eyes on the jurors, who at | times edged forward in their chairs as if drawn by the magnetism of the man. “Then there was the strange circum- stance that the jury (in the Ala Moana assault case) disagreed in that case, he said slowly. “I dont knmow why What effect did that have on Lieut.| Massie's mind? Months have passed | and this case so far has not been re- tried. | . “Somebody did it. And then began a campaign by men and women. Slan-| der touched Lieut. Massie and his assaulted wife. Stcries that she never | had been 2ssaulted. Stories that this husband broke his wife's jaw. What effect did that have on Lieut. Massie's mind? “Gentlemen, I wonder what fate has egainst these pecple and when it will| end taking its toll and let them go in| peace. I wonder.” Bares Mother’s Feelings. “Tenderly, but without undue emotion, Mr. Darrow told of Mis. Fortescue's hearing what had happened to her daughter and cf the relationship and instinct of mothers for their children which perpetuates the race and keeps life on the planet. “She started on that 5,000-mile jour- ney and here she is in this court room.," he said bitterly. And, turning to the jury, he went pn, thrusting out his head toward them, “If you want to send her to the penitentiary, all right, go to it. “If this wife and mother and thece boys g0 to the penitentiary, it won't be the first time the penitentiary has been sanctified by its inmates. It won't be the first time the name of the jail will be remembered when every jailer has been forgotten. When people come here, the first thing they will wish to see is where the mother and husband are confined, because of their love and devotion. 1f it should happen, that building would be the most conspicuous building on this island, and people will wonder how it happened and wonder at the cruelty and injustice of man. “Every instinct that moves human beings is with us in this case. To fight | against it is to fight against nature and life itself.” | The fact that Kahahawai was taken | from the court house was made much | of by the prosecution, and Mr. Darrow ridiculed it, saying lawyers didn’t take | things so seriously in court as others. Sorrow and Distress. “My life has been spent in court houses” he said. “And what have I seen there? 1 have seen sorrow and | distress, I have scen men led to the | gallows. I have sen men handcuffed and led to dungeons. Is there no jus- tice in the world outside court houses? When the first man was made or evolved from lower life, there was in him the instinct for some form of justice. “The campaign of slander against Mrs. Massie began early and there was almost nothing that the wit or iniquity of man could conceive which wasn't peddled on the streets of this town against the woman who was assaulted. Do you suppose Tommy (Lieut. Massie) was in his right mind when he went up town investigating those stories?” Mr. Darrow said the jury had the power to send Lieut. Massie and Mrs. Fortescue to prison, but if it did, “it weuld place such a blot on the fair name of this island that all the Pacific Sea asuld not wash it away." The “kidnaping” of the baby (about which Mrs. Massie testified) and which was brought in by the prosecution was referred to scathingly by Mr. Darrow, who said bitterly: “They can't turn | around in safety. The safest place for him%s in a submarine at the bottom of the sea. They were arrested and the Quickly the famous counsel for the defense turned to John C. Kelley, the public prosecutor, and cried “My God, what were you thinking of? Was it paraded into this case to send Mrs. Fortescue and Lieut. Massie to | prison? Oh, pehaw,” waving it aside “There are scme things even prosecutors shouldn't do. Defends Massie's Story. “Lieut. Massie is nct a small man ex- | cept in size” said Mr. Darrow, praising his testimony on the stand as the fairest and straightest story he had heard in the courts in his life. “There was no cowardice, no fear in him,” he said, “and his story must be believed.” Placing such a man on trial, he said, was an_“infamous- crime.” Mr, Darrow turned to the two en- listed men, saying he almost had for- | gottn about them., He remembered | Jones, and then turned to Mr. Kelley: | “What's that other defendant’s name? | Oh, yes, Lord. It almost popped out | of my mind. I don't think it has been mentioned more than once. I remem- ber Jomes because he got drunk and zomehow that appealed to me. What have these two boys done that 20 years should be taken out of their lives? Two common sailors, with virtues not so common—Iloyalty, devotion, faithful- n ess. “Devotion is an emotion which may raise cne to the skies or drop them | to the nethermost depths of hell Have these boys done snything thai deserves even censure? If they did anytaing, Lieut. Massie and Mrs. Fortescue are to_blame.” Mr. Darrow then went back to Lieut. Massie's story and its truth and said: “My friend here (the prosecutor) didn't seems .5 like my client. - I thought you'd | respect of | enlisted men. | As long as the Ameiican like to hear that. It would save time. is there any reason why my client, with all his other troubles, should take on this also? There could be only one reason, and if that is so, he is a great ideelist. Tt doesn't matter who fired that shot.” Says “Something Cracked.” Mr. Darrow argued that it wasn't a reasonable consequence of Lieut. Massie’s acts. It just happened. HC| recited the young officer's story, what he felt when Kahahawai’s alleged words, “we done it,” were uttered, and he asked the jurors to put themselves in his place and think of the long months of suffering which preceded that moment. Something cracked,” “Any one in a rage would have kept on shooting. (One bullet was fired.) That the killing was not pre- meditated also is shown by the panicky attempt to get rid of the body and hunting up on the spur of the moment articles such as the rope and tarpaulins. *“Is it possible that any-one feels that more sorrow should be heaped on their heads? Is there any reason why kindly men and women should wish to add to the burden of their wrongs? Is it pos- sible that any one can say, ‘The gates of prison should close upon them'? They are not the criminal type. They are here because of circumstances in their lives, because things trapped them. “T am asking you to take these poor, suffering people into your care and do with them as you wish to be done by. Take them with cool judgment. but with your hearts' pity and understand- L £ ng‘l would like to leave these islands feeling I have done something to make them happier. I like to alleviate suf- fering, not produce it. I have loved this land the short time I bave been here, loved its flower-scented breath, Joved its peace and calm quiet which only man disturbs. Never in my life have I had any prejudice against any race on earth, To me, natural forces and circumstances make viat we call race. These questic:: must be solved by kindness and understanding. Calls for Kindness. “This beautiful island half way from Asia, mother of all. and America, newest of all, was inhabited once by a kindly, romantic people who lived their lives in peace. We live but a short time. It seems but yesterday when I was a child and now I know my life is nearly dome. But the race goes on. Nature is working in her invincible way, molding human beings, adjust- ine people, each to the other. Hard and cruel are her ways at times, but she goes straight on. Laws make little difference. Slowly she fashions races, making their lives and environments. “These people of the Polynesian Islands must live in peace and kindness if they are to live. If they don't, the Pacific Ocean will run red with blood. 1 have met Hawallans here. They are a kindly people. Never have I seen sueh hospitality. Gentlemen, I am not saying this to get a verdict here, but because I wish to leave here as kindly a feeling as when I came and which I wish I could improve. “Old people, older races, have their place in the world. There was a time when individuals kept close to home. But when we see people crossing the‘} seas, in ships and airplanes, they are inevitably affecting the people of the world. There are Americans, Cau- casions, with whom we can't live even in Chicago. There are Chinese who are different from the rest. Nobody can afford to condemn or take a stand on account of race. “Hawail was bound to be populated by all kinds of people. I have no feel- | ing against the men who committed this crime against Mrs. Massle because of their race. I took this case re-| gardless of race or the feeling of any | individual juror, and fold my client: | that. To me they are all alike. I ask every man in this jury to forget race |and pass on this as a human case. Take it as you would your own, and ask gm;rul! what is right, and I'll be satis- ed. Shaped by Fate. “Every life is shaped by fate and what the individual has to do with it is probably very small. So take this case with kindness ana understanding toward the living as well as toward the dead.” ; When Mr. Darrow finished he was evidently worn out. He haa talked for 4 hours and 20 minutes, and although he held up well to the end, his 75 years | showed in his tired walk back to chair, | The prosecutor, Mr. Kelley, tore 1nt01 Lieut. Massie as soon as he began, calling him a ler and accusing him | of hiding behind a woman's skirts. He | referred to Mrs. Fortescue as a cold, calculating woman. “The most you can say for Lieut. Massie is that he lied like a gentleman,” Mr. Kelley said ' Although the prosecution brought in all the evidence it had, the defense did | not, Mr. Kelley remarkea, and the cnly | story of the shooting comes from Lieut. Massie. The prosecutor pointed out places in the officer's testimony where he claimed Lieut. Massie slipped and made a statement indicating he knew £bout what was going en. He referred to the newspaper interview with Mrs Fortescue in which she sald she had bungled, and reprovea Lfeut. Massie | because he said he didn't remember] that statement. “They almost got away with it, but omnipotent God said, ‘Thou shalt not | kill’ end the hand or rate saved Kahahawal's body from the sea, that it .might rest in a Christian grave,” the prosecutor exclaimed. Long Wait Condemned. | I Mr. Kelley picked up the .45 service pistol and said: “If Lieut. Massie had | taken this gun and mowed these men (the Ala Moana defendants) down at the hospital when his wife identified them, he would at least have had the the community, however | wrong in law that act might have been. | He walted months and dragged in these But they were free and voluntary parties to the act and there- fore fully responsible.” Mr. Kelley asked if there was going | to be cn> law for strangers and ancther for Hawalians. “Are strangers to come | here and take the law in their own hands? Are you going to give Lieut Massie leave to walk out? They'll make him an admiral. Theyll make hidf| chief of staff. He and Admiral Pratt are of the same mind—they believe in | yneh law, “If one man is allowed to take lhe’ law In his own hands, others will do s0. I tell you, if one serpent of lynch law is permitted to raise its head in these islands, watch out, watch out.; ag flies on that stafl without the admirals pen- nant over it you must regard the Con- stitution and the law. As Smedley Butler said, ‘To hell with admirals.’ " (Copyright. 1932. by the Nerth -American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Fairfax Marriage Licenses. FAIRFAX, Va. April 28 (Special). — Marriage licenses have been issued at Fairfax to Wiliam J.-Marr, 25, East Falls Church, Va., and Louisa V. Proc- tor, 15, Falls Church; Hugh Fletcher Dove, 21, and Agnes Catherine Dodson, 18, both of Burke; Robert T. Smith, 31, Walter Reed Hospital, and Alice L. Kraus, 23, 1519 A street southeast. both of Washingten, D. C.; Curtis A. Small- wood, 21, Alexandria, Va., and Dolcres Caton, 22, Oakton, Va, and Thomas Eadie, 28, 2504 Tenth st. northeast, Washington, D. C, and Janet Watkins, 18, Alexandria, Va. ;‘ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1932. YARD BEAUTIFYING CONTEST OUTLINED Garden Club Presidents and U. S. Officials Discuss Summer Project. Plans for the yard-beautifying con- test to be held by the District of Co- lumbia George Washington Bicentennial Commission during July, August and September were discussed yesterday aft- ternoon at a meeting in the commis- sion’s offices of garden club presidents, Department of Agriculture officials and others interested in horticulture. The meeting was called by Dr. George C. Havenner, executive vice president of the commission, who presided. The arrangements for the contest were out- lined by Dr. Havenner, Mrs. Lillian Wright Smith, director of the commis- sion’s Bureau on Yard Beautification, and Mrs. James Carroll Frazer of the United States Bicentennial Garden Committee. Nine cups, which will be awarded late in September as prizes for com- munity beautification, were displayed at the meeting. The cups were donated by The Evening Star, the Washington Post. the Washington Herald, Gude Brothers Co.. A. Eberly’s Sons, Inc.; Na- tional Benefit Life Insurance Co., and the Try-Me Taxicab Co. In addition to these prizes, Mrs Frazer announced, her committee is ar- ranging to award 25 medals and cash prizes for the best individual garden beautification in the various com- munities. The contest will be open to all com- munities in the District and in Mont- gomery and Prince Georges Counties, gd. Gnd Arlington and Fairfax Coun- es, Va. NATIVES’ PILGRIMAGE SET FOR SATURDAY Society to Visit -Wakefield and Other Historic Spots on Its Tour. The Society of Natives of the District of Columbia will make a pilgrimage to Wakefield and intervening points of historic interest in Maryland and Vir- ginia Saturday. ‘The society will leave the Washington Club, Seventéenth and K streets, at 830 o'clock in the morning in several busses. The route will carry the party through Southern Maryland to Morgan- town, from which point it will be ferried across the Potomac River to Colonfal Beach. Prom Colonial Beach the busses will go to Wakefield for an extended stop. While at the restored birthplace of George Washington, the soclety will have lunch. The party will return to Washing- ton by way of Virginia's historic shrines: Fredericksburg, Pohick Church, Alexandria and other places made in- tersting by Washington's association with them. The tour will end at the ‘Washington Club at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Clarence A. Weaver, president of | the soclety, is in general charge of the tour, while James Duhamel is chairman of a speclal committee on arrange- ments. RAIL SALARIES PROBED I. C. C. Refuses to Reveal Cause of Investigation. Without explaining the reason, the Interstate Commerce Commission has started an inquiry into the salaries paid by the principal rail lines country. The finance division of the commis- sion yesterday issued an order directing that all class 1 systems report the posi- tions held by all persons receiving $10.000 or more annually. WILL EXCAVATE IN TROY American Archeologists Granted Permission by Turkey. ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 28 (#).— ‘Two Americans have been granted per- mission by the Turkish government to excavate in the ruins cf Troy for the first time since the World War. Dr. Ca:l W. Blagen and Dr. William T 'Pemf)h‘. archeologists of Cincinnati University, are scheduled to arrive here today to lead an expedition to Troy and spend the Summer digging in a search for the tombs of Trofan heroes. DUTY HELPS ROBBERS Watchman Under Orders Fails to Give Police Warning. Because he had orders never to leave his post while on duty, a sentry at St. James' Palace, London, help- less| watched four men in evening dress and opera hats stage a smash-and 8Lmb raid on a fashionable tobacco store. TARDIEU KEPT INDOORS Doctor Refuses to Let Him Vote in Sunday's Election. PARIS, April 28 (#).—Premier Andre Tardieu’s physician informed him today that ne may not go to Belfort on Sun- day to vote in the election. The premier was ordered to spend three or four inore days indoors, although the laryngitis from which he is suffering was no worse this morning. SON BORN TO HERRIDGES to U. 8. Be- comes Father. OTTAWA, Ontario, April 28 (P.—A son_was born today to Maj. and Mrs. W. D. Herridge. Maj. Herridge is Can- ada’s Ministér to the United States Mrs. Herridge is a sister of Prime Min- ister Bennett. Canada’s Minister of the | here. A broken gas main was blamed. One person was killed and twenty-four others injured, several seriously. when a gas explosion in a Detroit plumbing shop wrecked four store buildings and a flat in suburban Highland Park. The shop where the explosion occurred is shown One Killed and 24 Hurt in Gas Blast FIVE BUILDINGS WRECKED IN DETROJ ' —A. P. Photo. HOOVER 10 SPEND WEEK END AT CAMP Plans First Trout-Fishing Expedition of Year at Rapidan Retreat. President Hoover is going to his fish- ing camp, on the Rapidan River in V ginia, Saturday for a week end of rest | and play—the first he has had since he closed the camp early last Fall. | Accompanied by Mrs. Hoover and members of the so-called White House | medicine ball cabinet and their wives, |the President will leave Washington | early in the morning, with the intention not returning until after dark Sun- day night. In announcing his decision to take thic brief holiday, the President made it evident that he is looking forward to the break in his long grind. Moreover | h: will have his first opportunity to in- culge in trout fishing this year, The President has been working steadily for seven months without any |let-up. He has worked every holiday and even on Sundays. His work day virtually begins before 8 o'clock and fre- quently lasts until late at night. When he started to seek recreation at his mountain retreat, he announced with emphasis that there would be no work for him this week end. With that ob- ject in view, he made up his week-end party with the “medicine ball cabinet.” | Those who will accompany hin. are Attorney General Mitchell, Secretary of | Interior Wilbur, Associate Justice Stone | of the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Thatcher, Assistant Secretary of the the “Treasury Heath, Mark Sullivan magazine and newspaper writer; Walter H. Newton and Lawrence Richey of the presidential secretaries and Capt. Joel T. Boone, White House physician. It is the President’s determination on | this week end excursion to devote ail | hiz time to fishing, hiking over the | mountain trails, horseback riding and outdoors play and rest Mrs. Hoover, with a small party of women friends, visited the camp early in the week to see thet everything in readiness for its Sprin, opening. SWISS LAWYER NAMED | SWEDEN-U. S. ARBITRATOR ‘Al[eged Detention of Motor Ships | in This Country Results | in Claims. By the Assoclated Press. Eugene Vorel, a Swiss lawyer, has been named arbitrator between Sweden and the United States for claims mad> by Sweden on account of the alleged detention in this country of the motor ships Kronprins Gustaf ‘Adolf and Pa- cific in 1917 and 1818. Vorel will arrive | in this country May 9. | Osten Undsen, forwer Swedish min- | ister of foreign affairs, who will act as | Swedish government expert, is route to the United States. pected to be in Washington May 8, when the date of the hearing will be | arranged Jacob A. Metzger will be the agent of the American Government, and W. Bostrem, the Swedish Minister, will be the Swedish agent in the arbitration o1 the claims. The Kronprins Gustaf Adolf and Pa- cific were in the ports of New York and | Newport News, respectivelv, when the | alleged detention took place. BAND CONCERTS. | By the United states S Home Band this evening at Stani at 5:30 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster: Anton Pointner, March, “Royal Australian N Lithgow | Overture, “William Tell"...... Rossini | Entr'acte, “Les Chevaliers du Guet,” Mouton “Avril Prileux’ | Excerpts from “Boccaccic ;Morceau. “Dance of the Lunatic Waltz suite, “Souviens-Toi". . Waldteufel Finale, “The New Ebbitt". .Zimmerman “The Star Spangled Banner." This will conclude the indoor orches- tral concerts for the season. The out- door band concerts will begin on Sat- urday evening, May 14, and will be | given each Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday evenings at 5:30 o'clock: Mon- | day. Wednesday and Friday at the hos- pital bandstand at 9 o'clock in the | mornings can't help it. Some of or shop. ha; del The few dollars spe lars help turn idle me getting value received | RN il “I Don’t Want Charity” Most men feel that way, but sometimes they are in want and will not accept charity. They are eager to work kind of work—odd jobs—what not. Many of us are in position to offer odd jobs around the house or around the office or store We overlook these things. This 1s the time to do our bit in the way of ‘mg some of the things done which we have ayed for one reason or another. in the way of lahor and material. dividend of satisfaction, How about joining the job givers this very day? us could help men who They will do any nt buy more than ever These dol- a into workers. While we reap an additional Navy Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of | Senator Talks BOARD OF TRADE WILL HEAR WALSH. | SENATOR WALSH Of Massachusetts will speak tonight at the annual meeling of the Washington Board of Trade in the Willard Hotel. CURTIS OFF AGAIN ON SECRET MISSION ‘Spitale and Bitz, Lindbergh “Go-Betweens,” Withdraw ; From Case. y the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., April 28.—John Hughes Curtis, chief of three Norfolk intermediaries in the Lindbergh kia- napirg case, was reported out of the city again today. Mr. Curtis, who yesterday brought back word from anotner secret missich that a number of obstacles had been overcome in their negotiations, was be lieved to be making another effart toward the conclusion of his work.- It was not learned what time the Nor- ! folk boat builder left the city, or what mode of trnvel he used. | | The yacht Marcon, used by Mr. Cur- tis on his two latest trips, was dockea at the naval base. Lieut. George L. Richard, who has piloted the inter- medieries cn their various trips by air, had not left the naval station. The Ledger Dispatch said today it had learned from “an apparently re- liable authority” that a part of the ransom agreed upon for the return of the Lindtergh baby has been deposited subject to the order of one of the three Nortolk in! cdiaries, “GO-BETWEENS" QUIT CASE. HOPEWELL, N. J, April 28 (#—The Lindbergh kidnaping mystery stret-hed cn towerd the end of its second month without a solution today. although Nor- folk intermediaries trying to get the | baby back indicated fresh ground for hope. Meanwhile Salvatore Spitale Irving Bitz, two New York “go- | betweens” named weeks ago by l. | Charles A. Lindbergh to deal with the | kidnape withdrew from the case. | Their la . Abraham Kesselman, said in New rinsom payment made by Col. Lind- bergh prompted their withdrawal. He added that neither man had any idea who the kidnapers are. itale pleaded with Col. Lindbergh not to pay this $50,000 through Dr. Condon.” the lawyer said. The bay- ment was made April 2, in a Bronx cemetery by Dr. John F. Condon, acting | for Lindbergh. and ‘l’alr(;]inan Wins 1,000-to-1 Gamble Against Death Has Leg Removed to Cure Paralysis Due to Bul- let Wound. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 28—Patrolman Jack Kennedy 'of the Nassau County polce took a thousand-to-one chance in a gambie with death today and won | “For four years Kennedy has been paralyzed from the waist down, the result of a bullet in the spine received n he entered a thicket at Wood- | ere, Long Island, to learn why am automobile was parked wthout lights. Recently he was informed the full pay he had been receiving would have to be materially reduced. He didn't think that he, his wife and their child n the smaller income. t to get well and go back " he told the doctors. “What is my chance in an operatio “A thousand to one against you,” they said. “I'll_take the chance” he decided. “If T don't come through my wife and child can live on the smaller pay.” So they operated today, taking the right deg off at the hip. “Sheer will power carried him through,” Dr. Henry Milch said after the “He is one of the met—a good sol- L York that the futile $50.000 | STEEL COMPANIES - MERGER 15 DEMIED !Proposal to Combine Five Organizations Rumored in Capital. By the Associated Press. A report published here that pro- posals for a merger of five steel com- panies had been laid before the De- partment of Justice were pronounced “wholly without foundation” today by John Lord O'Brian, Assistant Attorney | General, | . “The story is wholly without any foundation, as far as it concerns the | Department of Justice,” he said. | “The Department.of Justice has not been consulted on the matter and it §'; not before the department in any | form.” DENY MERGER PROPOSED. | Jones and Laughlin of Pittsburgh Says Report Is Unfounded. PITTSBURGH, April 28 (#).—Off- cials of the Jones & Laughlin Steel| Corporation denied emphatically today that their company is interested in a merger with other steel concerns. They said reports involving Jones & Laughlin in merger plans have appeared irom time to time for years, and that “the present rumor contains no more iruth than have those of the past.” | | MERGER REPORT DISCOUNTED Two Companies Regarded Too Well Off to Consider Consolidation. | YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, April 28 (#). | ——Youngstown steel men today were in- clined to b> skeptical that a merger could be arranged among the Republic Steel Carporation, Youngzstown Sheet & Tube Co., Jones & Laughlin, Inland | Steel Co. and American Rolling Mills, :t‘.x indicated in reports from Washmri | ton. | . For one thing, local men believe that | Jones & Laughlin would have little in- | terest in such a combination. The Pittsburgh ducer is known as a “family compan; vith control closely held in a emall group which is not in- terested in far-flung schemes of expan- | sion. Inland Steel has much the same set- up, with low-cost production and closely held control. *Its owners have {been willing to enter merger negotia- |tions in the past, but at present it | would be in a position to impose terms which probably would be unsatisfactory |lo stec :helders of such companies as | Sheet & Tube and Republic. | | e | | EATON DENIES MERGER. |Plans to Ask Justice Department In- | quiry Into Report's Source. CLEVELAND, April 28 (#).—Cyrus 8. | Eaton of Cleveland, tocay denied | rumors of a provosed five-party steel |merger. He said he would ask the| | Department of Justice to inquire inte | the scurce of a report that an Eaton representative had asked the depart- ment to rule on the legality of a merger, WIMBLEY FACES TERM ' OF 20 YEARS TO LIFE 1 e | Sentence in Drowning Case Expect- ed Week From Tomorrow. Appeal Considered. Convicted of second-degree murder in the drowning of Mrs. Elizabeth Traylor Wimbley in the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal last September 17, Harry C. Wim- bley, the woman's husband, and John M. Crowder today faced sentences of from 20 years to life imprisonment. The second-degree verdict was brought in District Supreme Court shortly after |3 o'clock yesterday afternoon by the | jury of 12 men, which for seven days ' had heard the prosecution weave a chain of circumstantial evidence about the two men. The jury was out 2215 | hours before arriving at its decision, Justice James M. Proctor is expected to pass sentence upon Wimbley, former | Baltimore prohibition informer, and Crowder, a native of St. Georges Island, Md., a week from tomorrow. Meanwhile, Defense Counsel Louis L. Whitestone and Cedric Johnson are considering appealing the conviction. | NEED OF NEW‘NICARAGUA CONSTITUTION REVEALED President Moncada Offers Plan in Interest of “Harmonious Political Parties.” By the Assoclated Press, MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 28— President Jose Moncada sald In a mes- age to Congress yesterday that Nicara- gua since 1912 has established a new national structure as a basis for con- stitutional reform, which now s imperative. He said he agreed with the State Department of the United States that the Bryan-Chamorro treaty for a Nicaraguan canal was valid and did not require the approval of a new Con- gress, Constituent Assembly or the League of Nations. Neverthejess, he sald, & mew consti- | tution was needed for “the harmonious life of the political parties.” A previous | assertion that he had no intention of continuing in power after December 21, R T AR o 4B | U. 5. FIRMS ABROAD FACING BIg LOSSES American Concerns Find Mass Production Unprofit- able at Present. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, April 28—Many American concerns that reckon on cheper manu- facturing through branch factories es- tablisbed in Europe are now finding the continental market insufficient to warrant the expected mass production, and many of the expatriate plants are now either partially closed or operating at a loss. Sooner or later, it is fore- seen, these plants must be modified to correspond with the real market re- quirements Among the sufferers from this mis- calculation is the biggest American car producer in England, who, with other American firms, will be obliged to write off his investments. Citroen Cites Difficulties. Andre Citroen, progressive Prench autcmobile maker, has written an open letter relating his experiences in try- ing to establish the production of pcpu- lar priced automobiles in England. His abservations bear pointedly on the situ- ation of the American branch pl in Europe. He writes: “At a time when the British press is actively supporting a movement to urge foreigners to establish branch factories in Great Britain, I cannot help expressing surprise at the con- trast between the expressions of hos- pitality and the actual attitude toward concerns trying to produce in Great Britain. During 1925 I set up the largest automobile plant in Great Brit- ain under one roof at the Slough estate and established in Piccadilly the finest motor cer show room perhaps in the world, at the highest rental. “During eight years I spent more than $27,000,000. Nevertheless my products are being ostracized by means of a public campaign tantamount to a_ boycott, which drives away new and old customers. Drives Industries Away. “I ask the British public to con- sider this situation in the light of fair play and good business. The re- sult of the campaign to ‘buy British’ will be to drive away foreign indus- trialists contemplating establishing plants in Great Britain.” American concerns which tried to es- tablish branch plants in France, Ger- many and other European countries are having the same experience as citroen had in Great Britain. The fact is Americans cannot manufacture cheaper in Europe generally because of smaller markets. Assembling is profitable, but various restrictions such as prohibitive duties, quotas and contingents on jm- ports and social legislation make manu- facturing, combined with assembling ex- tremely hazardous. Several American firms are trying to get around the French quota re- strictions by producing and assembling in Prance, but the uncertainty regard- ing future quotas on parts and mate- rials causes hesitation. (Copyright. MEYER CONDEMNS TAMPERING WITH NATION’S CURREF: (Continued From Pirst Pzgo.) 1932) pable under the reserve act of exp 'ing credit by an amount estme $3.500.000,000,” he sald. “This w changed by the Glass-Steagail L When Meyer concluded 5 hours on the stand, Richerd W. O'N of New York City, a holder of the Con- gressicnal Medal of Honor, wes called, but did not testify because of the lim- ited time. O'Neill resigned es Veterans of the Foreign Wars when that group veted in favor of the cash Hines at White House. At about the same time, Frank T. ing at the White House. e said he had reported to the President that the Hines said he had “bringing the President up to The veterans' administrator testified before the Ways and Means Commite IS BUREAU’S FORECAST grees, With Light Breezes Ex- pected Tonight. Washington's portion today as a threat of colder temperatures melted under Frost, however, made its appearance at Norfolk and Wytheville, Va, last of 36 degrees in temperature was ac- companied by snow flurries yesterday. York State commander of the Disadled bonus payment. Hines, veterans’ administrator, was call- bonus “fight"is still date 3 veterans’ affairs.” tee yesterday. Minimum Temperature of 48 De« Fair skies and warmer weather were balmy breezes. night and at Cumberland, Md., a drop Despite the fact that many trees are | in bloom and a slight freeze was noted in some sections near Cumberland, it was believed no material damage re- sulted. Eastern and Central Maryland re- ported no frost, nor was any noted at Richmond or Lynchburg, Va., and Washington also escaped. The lowest local temperature last night was 43.6, while tonight's low will be in the vicinity of 48 degrees, according to Weather Bureau officials. Tomorrow’s forecast is for fair and warmer weather, with only light breezes. RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR HAT STORE CHAIN Sarnoff-Irving Establishment in Washington Said to Be Un- affected. NEW YORK, April 28 (#).—Sarnoff~ Irving Hat Stores, Inc., operating 111 stores in 21 States, went into equity receivership yesterday, when Federal Judge Frank J Coleman ;gpolnled Max Sarnoff and the Irving Trust Co. receivers under joint bond of $20,000. H. McLachlan & Co., Inc., fled the action on claim of $30,000, blaming the concern’s pight on “adverse cohe ditions in trade and the financial con= dition of the country.” Sarnoff-I admitted its inability to meet cu obigations because of frozen assets. Liabilities were estimated at $500,000 and assets at $1,000,000. The local Sarnoff-Irving store, at 1215 Pennsylvania avenue, will not be directly affected by the receivership granted in New York, according to its manager. He said today the establish- ment would continue to operate here. RAIL LINE APPROVED Examiner Urges I. C. C. to Permit Construction id Texas. Examiner R. R. Mplster today recom- mended that the Interstate Commerce Ccmmissien authorize the Guif & West. Texas Railway to construct a 20-mile line from Fredericksburg to Fredericks- burg Junction, Tex., if the Fredericks- burg & Northern Rallroad refuses to sell its line for $227,000. ‘The Gulf & West Texas is a subside lary of she Southern Pacific Railroad, *