Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1932, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow cloudy: probably showers tomorrow night or Saturday; gentle northeast or east winds. Temperatures—Highest, 66, at 5:20 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 46, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. The Foening Star. Yesterday's Circulation, 125,642 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 — Entered as seco post ® office, Wa: No. 32,160. nd class mdtter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. € B THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932—FIFTY PAGES. #x¥ (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. DOBSON-PEAGOCK 10 BE QUESTIONED; NEW YORK TEACHER ORDERED QUIZLED Gov. Moore Suggests Send- ing Man to Norfolk After| Minister Declines to Go to Hopewell for Investigation.! PHONE CALL TO SCHOOL INVOLVES INSTRUCTOR | | Dr. Condon Ordered by Physicmn; to Take Rest, but Jafsie Soon| Will Resume Quest for Man Who Got Ransom—Preacher Sought | $25,000 “Earnest Money."” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—Assistant District Attorney Ralph K. Jacobs of Kings County, Brooklyn, an- nounced today he had sent out| two detectives to find Mrs. Mary | G. Ford, Brooklyn public school teacher, and “bring her in for| questioning in connection wnh} the Lindbergh kidnaping and ran- | som payment. He said he told the detectives to proceed to 33 Riverside Drive, | Manhattan, where, he said, Mrs. | Ford rented an apartment two| weeks ago and paid $100 for a month's rent with $20, $10 and $5 bills. He sent for her, he said, | on information given him by the | public school authorities. Called By Telephone. Jacobs said he questioned Prederick Schoedel, principal of the school this morning and that Schoedel made the | following statement | “Several weeks ago a telephone call for Mrs. Ford came to the school. A man asked for her. We said we couldn't call her to the telephone dur- ing school hours, whereupon the man said: « ““This is Jafsie of the Lindbergh cas2.” . “Our clerk said he didn’t believe him. The man insisted, saying, ‘This is Dr. Condon. I'd like to speak to Mrs. Ford.” “We broke the rules and called her to the phone. We heard her speak of a meeting. When she hung up, she turned around and said: “That was my sister'’s doctor. He wants' to make &n appotntment with me.” I called Dr. Condon on the tele- phone, but I was unable to reach him. We then reported the matter to Supt. of Schools O'Shea. Some one in Mr. O'Shea’s office wrote a letter about i to Police Commissioner Mulrooney.” Will Question Condon. Jacobs said he had reported the mat- ter to District Attorney McLaughlin of the Bronx, and that McLaughlin told him he would ask Condon about Mrs Ford when Condon appears at his of fice to go before the grand jury tomor- TOW Jacobs sald Mrs. Ford on Tuesday was held in $3,000 bail on a charge of having attempted to swindle Mrs. Ann Laughlin of Richmond Hill out of $1.800. School officials investigating this mat- | ter, he said, started an investigation of | Mrs. Ford along other line | “It was found.” ne said, “that two| weeks ago she had announced she was | ready to settle a $40,000 action that was | pending against “They said they checked on her ab- sences from school and found she had | been away from February 25 through March 1 “We also found that pleaded guilty to grand Brooklyn and was given sentence.” The detectives arrived at 33 River- or 3 o'clock (East- | | in_ 1914 she | larceny in| a suspended | d was not at home. A woman Who said she lived with her told them she expected her about 4 o'clock CURTIS CLEAR OF KIDNAPING. Investigators Turn to Dean Dobson- Peacock to Explain His Actions. HOPEWELL, N. J. May () | John H. Curtis, jailed Lindbergh hoax- er, today was exonerated of a nection with the actaal kidnapi the Lindbergh baby or cc ransom, but New Jersey officia plans for the questioning of panion, the Rev. Dobson-Pi Norfolk, Va. concer as a negotiator in th The clergyman yesterda &5 having flown to Hopewell on March 28 to request Col. Lindbergh to deposit 000 in & Norfolk bank as “earnest in connection with alleged negotiations with the kidnapers, de- clined to come to Hopewell but said | he would give all information to the police at Norfolk Goy. A. Harry Moc fmmediately n “sending some one what he has to s representative probab! is activities | and indic would be | owners of the company have taken steps | neer is said to be connected with the | three prominent | the | Hops for Europe AMELIA EARHART PUTNAM OFF ON FIRST LEG. | HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N. J. May 19 (#)—Amelia E: Putnam took off from Teterboro Airport today fc Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, on the first leg of what she hopes will be the first solo flight by & woman across the Atlantic. The take-off was at 2:16 pm., Eastern standard time. Tomorrow night, weather permitting, she plans to soar out over the ccean to follow alone the perilous path through the skies she helped to break four years ago with two male com-| panions—the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Her take-off today was unannounced She is flying a fast Lockheed mono- plane, with a cruising radius of 3.200 miles. After she had gone, her husband, George Palmer Putnam, publisher, who was her manager when she flew with Wilmer Stultz and Lew Gordon in 1928, was asked her destination. “You name it,” he said. “Dry land, that's all.” | PROMISE TRANSFER OF GAS HOLDINGS Owners to Comply With Com- mission Order—Sperry | Slated to Head Firm. The Public Utilities Commission re- vealed today it had been assured that {he owners of the majority stock of the | Washington Gas Light Co. would com- | ply with the recent order directing them to divest themselves of the holdings. The promise, it was announced, was made by Arthur Dean, member of the firm of Sullivan & Cromwell of New York, legal representatives of the inter- ests controlling the company. Dean, however, did not indicate how | the stock transfer would be made, but | is said to have declared it would be | done in a legal way that would meet he commission’s approval. In the meantime, it was learned that | to employ Marcey Sperry, prominent gas operating engineer, as president to succeed George A. G. Wood who re- signed suddenly. last week. The engi-| firm of Stone & Webster, and although a native of Washington, has not lived | here for 20 years. Weaver Acting President. Robert D. Weaver, president of the Georgetown Gas Light Co, is now serv- ing as acting president of the Washing- ton company, pending the selection of a permanent nead. His election to this post was announced yestercay after a meeting of the board of directors In view of Dean’s assurance, the com- mission has not shaped any definite program for following up its order for- bidding voting of the majori tock while it is held by the present owners, The commission, it was said, considers two recent meetings of the board of directors a technical violation of the order, but it does not intend to do any- thing about it at this time. It also was disclosed at the com- mission that the election yesterday of Washington men_to the first ompany pletely in the board of directors wa step in the program of th to place the management col the hands of local intere Burroughs to Be Replaced. Fred S. Burroughs, executive vice president of Chase, Harris, Forbes Cor- poration, now a member of the board, | it was said, is to be replaced at the ‘The new it was president of xplained, will next meeting the company, | likely take his place because of a pro- vision in the company charter requir- ing the president to be a member of board. The three Washington men yesterday are Sidney », former District Commis- sioner and now vice president and trust | officer of Riggs National Bank: Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, retired, and Corcoran Thom, president of the Amer- | jean Security & Trust Co. Thom was | a former member of the board and re- signed last Fall In addition to e | president of the company, changes in the executive personnel are reported to be in contemplation. One t is to the effect that Frank A. former vice president in rge of operations, is to be re-em- | ployed elected F. selection of a several by Col. H. Norman Sck intendent of State pc kopf said he was * front Curtis with Peaco The exoneration of Ci morning bulle This related that (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) “ MAYORS TO BE CALLED T0 DISCUSS FEDERAL AID By the Associated Press. DETROIT, May 19.—Mayors of all cities in the country with populations of 100,000 or more will be invited to meet here at some date yet to be fixed and unite in a demand for Federal aid |survey of 976 agencies handling relief | last year to this. in meeting financial emergencies cre- ated by tax delinquencies and welfare needs of the unemployed Mayors of 18 Michigan cities, meet- ing here yesterday with Mayor Frank Murphy, requested Mayor Murphy to cail the larger conference to reinforce the , resolutions they adopted asking Federal aid. Mayor Murphy said he would call the meeting, after conferring with other mayors, including James J. Walk- ::r of New York and Anton Cermak of | pool. | Sachs Trading Corporation, RELIEF EXPENSES HERE JUMP WD STOK POOL CLEAVP PETIRE AT MARKETPROBE Group, Including Raskob,' Made $4,924,078 in Week in 1929, Counsel Says. BRAGG, TRADER, QUIZZED BY SENATE COMMITTEE Kenny and Schwab Listed Among ! Prominent Persons in $12,683,000 Operation in March. By the Associated Press How John J. Raskob and other prom- | inent persons profited $4.924,078 from | a week’s pool operations on new Radio | stock in March, 1929, was related today | in the Senate Banking Committee's in- vestigation of the stock market. The investment in that short time | was placed at $12,683,000. Those listed by William A. Gray, counsel for the committee, as having culled handsome returns along with | the chairman of the Democratic Na- tional Committee, included: Percy A. Rockefeller, Charles M Schwab, Walter P. Chrysler, Mrs. M. J. | Meehan, H. B. Swope, Mrs. David Sar- noff, W. C. Durant, T. F. Mara, J. A.| Stillman, Fred J. Fisher, L. P. Fisher, William A. Fisher, A. J. Fisher, E. F. Fisher and Charles T. Fisher. J. P. Tumulty Named. Testimony also was introduced that persuns who put up no money for the pool shared in the returns, among them J. P. Tumulty, secretary to the late President Wilson, and Eddie Dowling, | the actor. Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia called it the same “as gambling at a card table with & card up the sleeve.” The pool operated through three firms, Meehan & Co., W. E. Hutton and Block, Maloney & Co. In the seven days, Gray said, 400 shares were bought for $141,424, He described the Radio stock movement as having gone from 773 on March 5 to a high of 109'4 on March 16. The pool began March 12 and closed out between March 18 and 20. Raskob was listed as having put up $1,000,000 and profited $221,000, while Schwab invested $200,000 and made $58,000. Mrs. Sarnoff, wife of the Radio Cor- poration executive, put up no mcney, buizd participated in the profits, Gray said. Kenny's investment was placed at $1,000,000 and profit at $281,000. This evidence was developed for the record while Thomas E. agg, Wall Street trader, was on the stand. Data on Other Pools Expected. Gray announced before the hearings were resumed that Bragg, James Mc- Connochie and Esmond O'Brien would be questioned on operations of the pool. The committee also has information from which it expects to develop the existence of a General Asphalt pool, & Chrysler pool and an Anaconda Copper Other cases which will be de- veloped, Gray said, involve the Goldman | Indian | Motor Cycles and General Foods. McConnochie and O'Brien are part- ners of M. J. Meehan, speclalist in | radio, whose wife participated in another pool previously described to the | committee. Bragg, who has testified before, participated in that pool with | Meehan's wife and told of severa! other | pool operations. In the Spring of 1929, Bragg was a member cf the brokerage firm of W. E. | Hutton. He named his wife as “a par- ticipant in the new Radio pool of 1929 " He managed the pool, he said, | with help from Franklin Ellsworth. Gray placed in the record a circular sent out by Meehan & Co., March 7 1929, announcing formation of the syn-| dicate. This said the pool would no.| exceed 1,000,000 shares or. the long cr | short side of the market. Profits of | the managers, the circular announced, | would be 10 per cent of the net profits. Reading the list of those in the pool dealing through the firm of Hutton, Gray named Mrs. Bragg. as putting up $300,000 and making a profit of $116,- 684 Percy A. Rockefeller was named as | putting up $75,000 with a profit of | $29,000. | J. A. Stillman was listed as making a profit of $29,000 Bragg, Bernard E. Smith and Percy A. Rockefeller were named &s having | a joint account. i Bought 1,493,400 Shares. Bragg said he was familiar only with | those in the pool through Hutton & Co. Relating the movement in the stock in response to inquiry by Senator Wat- | son, Republican, of Indiana, Gray gave the following dates and prices March 5. TT%: 6, 74: 7, 813, 8, 89; 9, 92; 11, 90%: 12, 913 13, 94; 14,! (Continued on Page 2, Column 4, | HITLER SPURNS DIET BERLIN, May 19 (#).—Adolf Hitler, National Socialist leader, showed his contempt for parliaments today when he declined to enter the Prussian Diet | Building, where the Nazi members were holding a meeting preliminary to the opening session of the Diet May 24 After Hitler's refusal, 160 of the Nazi Diet members crossed the street to a hotel for & conference with their chief 200%, MONTH SURVEY SHOWS Children’s Bureau Figures for February Cover 9761 I Agencies in 123 ! | Reliet expenditures in Washington | jumped 200 per cent for one month, the Labor Department’s Children’s Bu- reau announced today in completing a needs in 123 cities for February. Eight other cities joined the District in the 200 per cent increase for Feb- ruary, as compared with expenditures for February. 1931. They were Altoona, Bethlehem, Pittsburgh, Sioux City, To- peka, Wichita and New Orleans. The bureau reported a total of $25.- 277,952 was expended throughout the country during February for relief pur- poses. ‘This was the greatest amount expended during the depressfon, being 10 per cent more than January and 69 per cent over P!bnnry’lnl. * Cities of Nation. | Percentages of changes between Feb- | ruary, 1931, and Pebruary, 1932, tabu- |lated by the bureau show & median in- | crease of 83 per eent for the group. |only 11 cities showed a decline from The bureau said it obtained reports from agencies gathering most, but not all, of the relief in the 123 citiles, which 'included every important industrial | center in the United States and rep- resents 55 per cent of the total urban | population. All agencies reported sub- | stantial increases in relief disbursed except the Salvation Army, which re- | whose deportation by Federal suthori- INTED ., LE MADE N SEMTE FORRELEF FUND Civic, Trade, Religious and Welfare Bodies Join for Local Appropriation. INCREASE IN EMERGENCY WORK HERE IS SHOWN Subcommittee Is Told Private Agencies Have Been Carrying Heavy Public Burden. Speaking through its civic, trade, re- ligious and welfare organizations, Wash- ington presented a united plea to the Senate subcommittee handling the Dis- trict appropriation bill last night to restore the $600,000 fund for emer- gency relief work which the House omitted from the bill. For nearly 3 hours a steady line of witnesses passed before the Senators, representing virtually every organized group in the city, urging approval of the item, to be expended by the Board of Public Welfare, under the super- vision of the Commissioners. In addi- tion to those who crowded the commit- tee room, Senator Bingham, Republi- can, of Connecticut. chairman, read letters from many others, including an indorsement from President Hoover, who transmitted the estimate of the city government for such a fund. Only Two Opponents. Only two witnesses spoke in oppo- sition to the item. One was Repre- sentative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, who reviewed the arguments advanced by House members for not placing the item in the bill. The other was F. W. A Summers, a former employe of the District Committee on Employment. Hearings on other features of the District bill will be resumed late this | afternoon, Chairman Bingham an- nounced. From 4 until 6 o'clock the District Commissioners will be heard on various items, and from 7 until 10 o'clock tonight spokesmen for outside organizations will be given an oppor- tunity to be heard on proposed changes in the bill. Among those who joined in support- ing the emergency relief item, and in explaining the need for it, were: Dr. Frederick W. Perkins, chairman cf the Board of the Associated Charities and president of the Council of Social Agencies; Elwood Street, director of the Community Chest; Walter S. Ufford, &mrll secretary of the Assoclated arfties; Dr. W. L. Darby, executive secretary of the Washington Federation of Churches; Rev. Laurence Sheehan, assistant director of the Catholic Char- itfes; Mrs. Charles Goldsmith of the United Hebrew Relief Society; Miss Etta L. Tageart of the Federation of Citizens' Association; Dorsey ‘Hyde, Chamber of Commerce; Frank R. Jelleff, Beard of Trade; Newbold Noyes, vice president of the Community Chest and a member of the board of the Associated Charities; Adjt. Charles Dodd, Salvation Arm: Mrs. Walter S. Ufford, American Asso- ciation of Social Workers; Judge James A. Cobb, speaking for the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Col- ored People; Miss Hetti Anderso: Young Women's Christian Association; Mrs. Morris C. Betts, Social Service Committee of the Eye Street Meeting, Society of Friends: George J. Cleary oi the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Holy Name Society. Dr. John H. Gray and Mrs. R. Thomas West. Transients Blamed. Representative Blanton began the hearing by reiterating the contention made in the House that there is $2,200,- 000 available for relief work, raised through Subscriptions in the city and that, therefore, Washington could get aleng without this public expenditure. He also argued that much of the un- employment here is due to transients, that the depression is felt less here than | elsewhere, and that he did not believe | the people of the city generally favor | the appropriation. i When Mr. Blanton argued such an| appropriation would cause peopie | throughout the country to think Con- | gress_was giving special consideration to Washington, Senator Kendrick, Democrat, of Wyoming, replied: “You don’t think it would disturb the people at home if we, in our supreme authority, allowed the people of the District to spend their own money for this purpose?” Mr. ton said the people outside were beginning to feel “it is not alto- | gether their own money.” The Texan argued that the Federal Government contributes to the _development of | Washington, and added, “if you will| move the Capital to Abilene, Tex., we'll | never tax you a nickel to run it.” Senator Kendrick said if that were done he believed Mr. Blanton would come around to a different viewpoint. Mrs. Ufford, replying to arguments| that much Federal building is going on here, said that nearly all of the big buildings are being put up by out-of- town contractors who bring their pwn employes with them. 20,000 Declared Unemployed. In response to a question by Chairman Bingham, Director of Public Welfare George S. Wilson said approximately 20,000 are listed as unemployed here at the public employment agency, not | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) HUSBAND ADMITTED TO SEE VIVIAN DUNCAN State and Labor Departments Yield to End Troubles of Nils Asther, Swedish Actor. By the Associated Press. The State and Labor Departments have lowered their bars to Nils Asther, noted Swedish actor, and his troubles about joining his wife, Vivian Duncan Asther, and their German-barn baby, in_Hollywood, are believed ended. opresentative Englebright of Cali- fornia, a close friend of the actor, | | ties had been ordered, said today he had been notified Asther has been NATIONALS BEAT YANKEES, 108 Johnson Outfit Rallies Tenth After Score Is Tied in Ninth. BY JOHN B. KELLER. NEW YORK, May 19.—The Nationals defcated the New York Yankees here today in the first game of a double- header. The game went 10 innings. The score was 8 to 6. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Pipgras tossed out Myer Lazzeri went into short right for Manush's looper. West walked. Cronin popped to Lazzeri. No runs. NEW YORK—Combs walked. So did Lary. Ruth flled to West. Gehrig sin- gled to right, scoring Combs and send- ing Lary to third. Chapman forced g;hnp Orowder to Cronin, Lary scor- flied to Manush. Two runs. SECOND INNING. ASBINGTON—Reynolds singled to right. ‘Judge hit into a double play, Lazzerl to Lary to Gehrig. Ruth came in fast for Bluege's loft. No runs. zeri, Crosetti fled to Reynolds. Pip- grag singled to center. Combs singled to center, sending Pipgras to second. Lary fanned. No runs. THIRD INNING. center. Crowder sacrificed, Pipgras to Gehrig. Myer walked. Manush's liner down the right-field line bounded into a fleld box for a two-base hit, scoring Spencer and sending Myer to third. West flied to Combs and Myer crossed with the tying run, while Manush took third after the catch. Cronin hoisted to Combs. Two runs. NEW YORK—Berg now catching for Washington. Spencer, in running out his hit, again hurt the leg that has troubled him from the start of the sea- son. Ruth took a third strike. Gehrig “{Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Box Score (FIRST GAME.) WAS HINGTON. AB. R H O Myer, 2b..... Manush, If. West, cf.. Bluege, 3b. Spencer, ¢ Berg, c.. Maple, c. Crowder, p. Marberry, p. cmemmoenoO P COCHERRKNI=EAK B 81230 Harris batted for Berg in tenth, NEW YORK. AB. R H Combs, ef..... 3 Lary, ss. Ruth, rf. Gehuig, 1b.... Chapman, If Dickey, c.. 0. 1 o 0 o o o o o Crosetti, wlaacsaex Wells, p. Brown, p. Sewell batted for Pipgras in eighth. Cooke ran for Sewell in eighth. Byrd batted for Gomez ) SCORE BY INNINGS. Wash. 0020200022 N.Y. 2000010120 SUMMARY: -—G‘ ek Runs batted b 2, West (%), Cronl arris, Chapman. Man: N " Croseith Lars: Lar: granted a visa and could re-enter the country under the preferred immigra-, make application for American - zenship. Asther, who was compelled to leave the country because of expiration of his visitor'’s permit, has been living in ported a decline of 22 cent. | "The amount e by the bureau | as public relief accounted for $16,362,- lmw“ww'_dmwh& ,,..,r..rmc-sm._‘.....-u-. Mexico, tion quota basis and that he could ( Myer. zeri, Co s noids. ;:Q base :I—‘ recibase bii—Revnolds. Sacrificcs—Crowder, Manush. Reynolds, Cro- Double plays—Laszeri to Lary to Gebris. Blues: 'l':l-l‘n. Crowder 1o Bers'te Judse: Left on bases—Washington, New York. 14. Base on ba i off as, 37 o T off Marberss, 21 off Wells, £ Browa 1 i : off Crowd- ras, 9 in 8 er. 11 1n §1-3 innings; off Wells, 1 In 1-3 in| ‘WASHINGTON—Spencer singled to| wlesroococorocel HIQG_OQOGA oui—By Crowder, 2; by Gomez, 2: by | Ask Job Holders be Rated on Ability to Sing U. S. Anthem Federal employes would be compelled to demonstrate ability to sing or recite the National them, under a joint resolution introduced today by Representa- tive Fuller, Democrat, of Ala- bama. If the resolution is adopted, civil service examinations will in- clude a voice test, with the Star Spangled Banner as the vehicle for the demonstration. If an ap- licant is unable to keep a tune, le would be permitted to recite the verses. Preference would be | given candidates for jobs who measured up best in the patriotic } song test. COURT IS WEIGHING OUSTING OF MLEAN lustice Bailey Impressed by | Charges, but Hesitates to Remove Co-Trustee. | NEW YORK—Cronin threw out Laz- | Saying he was impressed with the evidence of neglect of the Washington | Post by Edward Beale McLean, its president and publisher, but that the court would be slow to remove McLean | as co-trustee of his father's estate, due to certaln provisions of the will of | John R. McLean, Justice Jennings| | Bailey of ‘District Supreme Court to- | | day took under advisement the suit | of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean to oust | her husband as trustee of the estate. | The case, which had been expected | “0 consume a month, ended abruptly | this morning after only two and a half | | days of testimony, due to en agree- | | ment between counsel that testimony | {of a sensational character would be eliminated. | The provision in the will of John R.| McLean, which, Justice Bailey said, | would make the court go “slow” in con- sidering the removal of McLean, is one |in which the elder McLean stated he | would have liked to name his son a| co-trustee of the estate but was pre-| vented from doing so by legal difficul- ties. It was brought out in the trial that these difficulties did not actually exist, and that in 1917 E. B. McLean was named & co-trustee. Finds Post Impaired. | Before the final arguments of op- | | posing counsel—Nelson T. Hartson, for | Mrs, McLean and her three children, | John R., 2d; Edward B., jr., and Emily, and Maj. Julius I. Peyser, for Mr. Mc- | Lean—Justice Bailey said that from| | the testimony it was his conclusion that Mr. McLean’s presence or absence from the city since last Fall had not seri-| | ously injured the trust estate except for the Washington FPost. Justice Bailey said, however, he was satisfied the continued absence from the city of Mr. McLean is “inimical to the in- terests of the Post.” | Charging that McLean fled from the | District to avoid process servers, and | has been “joy-riding in Europe while the Washington Post property languishes down on Pennsylvania avenue,” Hart- son asked the court to remove McLean to conserve the assets of the estate for ."" three McLean children. { “If Mr. McLean has neglected his | duties as president and publisher of | the Washington Post,” Hartson declared, | “he has injured a very vital portion of | the estate and his removal is necessary | to guard against any dissipation of the | capital assets of the estate.” Needs Guiding Hand, He Says. Hartson contrasted what he described | as the “ably administered” Cincinnati Engquirer, which is the other newspaper | property’ of the McLean estate, with the Wasnington Post, which, he charg- | ed, “needs now, when there is a very | serious _economic_condition, a_guiding | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) SLEMP 15 ACCUSED AS OIL LOBBYIST, Senator Tydings Bitterly As- sails Secretary to Presi- dent Coolidge. By the Associated Pres C. Bascom Slemp, called by Senator Tydings, “one of the managers of Mr. Hoover's campeign,” was described by the Maryland Senator in tax debate to- day as “the master mind for this oil tarif.” ssailing the tariff in the heated dispute which arose in the Senate after a threat had been made to insist upon cpening up the whole tariff question, Tydings said “the locust swarm of lcb- vist is very close to the highest powers « this Government.” "I wouldn't be surprised if when we back to where their inspiration comes said, “that the Standard 0. wouldn't be seen approaching ihe Capitol through that liaiscn.” Others Accused as Lobbyists. Tydings said, “Other lobbyists for the oil tariff have been Wirt Pranklin cf Ardmore, Okla., and Mr. Hitchcock. a former Postmaster General” The reference to “Mr. Hitchcock” was to Frank H. Hitcheock, Postmaster Gen- eral under President Taft. He said Slemp, who was secretary to President Coolidge, was “sent over to Paris” and given an attractive position there “as a reward” for his activities in Mr. Hoover's campaign. “That’s one of the men the President calls a ‘locust swarm of lobbyists,’ " he claimed. “He's been the master mind for this oil tariff.” Referring to Hitchcock, he said, “A Senator can't watk out of this chamber withcut being pulled to one side and en- treated to vote for this oil tariff.” Declared Senatorial Prospect. “Mr. Franklin, I am told is likely to be a Republican candidate for United States Senator froma Oklahoma,” he re- marked Earlier in today's debate, Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, said he had appeals for tariff relief from hundreds, but he had opposed action because he didn't think the import duty belonged in the revenue bill. “But,” he said, “if we are going into it let’s go to work. There may be 500 tariff rates to consider.” Amendments Threatened. Opening the opposiitioin to the oil tax, Senator Tydings said he was going to offer several tariff amendments un- less advocates of the oil, coal, copper and lumber duties withdrew their pro- posals “If we are going to have a tariff bill, let's have one to take care of the whole country,” demanded Tydings. The Maryland Senator also spoke of 500 tariff amendments. The threat was a counter to those of the oil tariff advocates of an all-Sum- mer session on the tax bill unless the oil import duty were retained. The tariff coalition claimed a narrow margin for the four import duties. Senator Fess of Ohio. chairman of " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) VIRGINIAN DIES IN CRASH Driver of Car Arrested on Charge of Murder. BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn, May 19 (P).— | Clyde Patterson 31, of Roanoke, Va. was killed: his brother, Earl, 33, was critically injured and 'a companion, Herman Coleman, also of Roanoke, was less seriously hurt here last night in the wreck of their automobile bear- ing them to the Oklahoma wheat fields. James Morris, 21, of Roanoke, driver of the car, was arrested on & murder charge. Police said he attempted to drive past a truck, crashed into another automobile and_turned over several times, Clyde Patterson was hurled over a nearby fence. By the Associated Press. QUINCY, Ill, May 19.—Little “Daniel Mouse” today was rechristened “Rich- ard the Lion-Hearted.” It conquered a whole collection of rattlesnakes in a downtown store display window. Daniel, & tiny rodent captured in the store by amateur naturalists, was put by them yesterday in a cage con- taining 12 owned by Wesley Minear, high school biologist, whom one of the snakes bit and sent to a ' TINY MOUSE COMES OUT VICTOR IN FIGHT WITH RATTLESNAKES Expetiment to Test How Long It Would Take to Dispose of Rodent Gives Observers Big Surprise. themselves with stop watches to see just how long it would take the snakes to devour the mouse, got the surprise of their lives. Little Daniel advanced boldly, nipped two snakes who were the first to bare their fangs at him and drew blood from the big rattler that bit Minear. The others quickly retreated. Dr. Leon Tieman, a local sportsman, and Lewis Baum, store employe, lifted the mouse from the cage with a stick, gave it a feed and after the rechristen- ing, turned it loose. GARNER SUBMITS THREE-POINT PLAN T0 ASSIT NEEDY Billion Building Bond Issue | and Larger Reconstruction Capital Suggested. $100,000,000 EMERGENCY FUND IS THIRD STEP Opposes Dole, but Insists Congress Must Make Real Effort to Relieve Distress. Speaker Garner today in a formal statement made three suggestions to relieve the economic situation in the country and said he hoped the admin- istration would co-operate with Con- gress in enacting them into legislation. His program called for the issuance of $1,000,000,000 in bonds for a Gov- enment bullding program, broadening | the base of the Reconstruction Finance | Corporation to add $1,000,000,000 to its present $2,000,000,000 capital and pas- | sage of the Huddleston bill to pl 0.000.000 in the hands of Pres. ver to be used in relieving “extrem in any section of the count:y.” - said he w alterably op- bi be appar- situa who are in physical distress as a result of lack of food and raiment " Speaker Garner's statement follows: __“Ever since Congress m December | it has been discussing and undertaking to pass legislation that would be helpful in relieving the present sing economic conditions. Some ch- ing legislation has been pl \ the atute books. I have be that these legislative efforts tend to bring about better cor but the facts are that the une and distress of the people are now | than when Congress wes or; zod last December. Hopes for Co-operation. “I am unalterably opposed to the dole, but it must be apparent tha Congress adjourns scme real efl: be made toward taking care of t employment situation as well as the pecple who are in physical distre:s as a result of Jack of fcod and raiment. “It is evident that the situation cane not be remedied by international nego- tiations to remove barriers and restric- tions upon international commerce since the present administration will not ermit legislation of this nature. There- fore, we must consider what, if any- [thing, can be done to improve the sit- uation by direct action of the Govern- ment. To thet end I have three sug- gestions to offer and I sincerely that the admi will T them and co- with the Congress in their enactment into legislation. “Pirst, I would pass what is known as the Huddleston bill, which has for its purpose the placing in the hands of the President $100,000,000 to be used as he deems necessary to relieve extreme suffering in any section of the country. If it is not necessary to use it, of course it will not be used. This is in accord with the action of the Congress in 1898, when it placed in the hands of President McKinley, as well as the commanding general of the Army in the Philippines, $100.000.000 to be ex- pended @s his judgment might deem advisable in the defense of the country. Likewise in 1917, $100,000,000 were placed at the disposal of President Wilson for similar purposes. It has been said, with some degree of truth that the present condition is more dis- tressing to the people of this nation than in either 1898 or 1917, and surely we can trust the Presiden: to use the $100,000,000 patriotically and wisely for the purposes intended. Urges $3,000,000,000 Capital. “Second. I would broaden the base of the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration, permitted to exercise its judg- ment in making loans without any | restrictions whatever, and add $1,000,- | 000,000 to its authorized issue, making | the total $3,000,000,000, instead of $2,- 1 000,000,000 as at present. This would enable that corporation to loan funds to States, counties and cities where legal and adequate security could be offered. It would also permit that cor- poration to exercise its good judgment in making loans to individuals or cor- porations where adequate security is offered and where it is assured that labor would be employed. “The principal purpose of the original reconstruction act was two-fold—to sus- tain credit of banks and corporations and to loan money to industrial cor- porations such as railways for the em- ployment of additional labor. There has been little or none of the second purpose brought about. The principal activities of the corporation up to ti time have been to sustain the credit of banks and other corporate interests by taking their frozen assets and making them loans upon the same which would not be had otherwise and to loaning money to railway corporations largely for the purpose of paying interest and maturing obligations, We surely can trust the present board to wisely admin- ister the additional duties as they are administering the present limited duties. __“Third, I would provide for the is« (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | | 1 Straw Hat Time It's Straw Hat Time right now ...it's been years since you could buy as much with your dollar as you can today...and yet, you get more coolness, more comfort and style. Washington merchants tell you of these new nfportunltles in the advertising columns of The Star. 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