Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1932, Page 2

A2 #¥x BEER BIL CHANGED 10 32 PER CENT THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Sails Alone for Scotland 5 Per Barrel Tax Also Fixed ;as House Committee Re- i vises Measure. i: (Continued From First Page.) ation laws was gathered from various sources. Information by Cable. 1 ‘Information on the latest beer tox Bpplied in England was received by cable. } -Collier said he hoped the committee could finish drafting the bill by Satur- day 50 a8 to bring it before the House next Tuesday. Mills' urgent demand for apufacturers’ sales tax as a2 budget-bal"ncing measure was set saide as the committee, dominated by Démocrats, set about fulfilling the in- cogjing administration’s pledge of Vol- stead law modification despite lack of ’313"»“%’: knowledge of President Hoover's ude. .As 1t -considered the Collier bill, which has been the basis of hearings thif week and Iast, the committee did not appear disturbed by Mills’“low es- timate of possible revenues from legal- izéd bee) T, The Treasury head estimated the $5 barrel levy would provide $125,000,000 0> $150,000,000 the first year in con- teast with testimony of brewers' repre- gentatives that it would exceed $200,- .000. Some revision of the wine provision and the method of collecting the 20 per ng:. .tax on each gallon, appeared cer- fain in view of Mills' statement that %tll;ldmmmntlon would be “impossi- e. _ Representative Rainey of Tllinois, Damberaite foor leader, gaid - that in View of Mills’ “failure to feclare for.or against the bill, I believe. it is the legls- lation we should pass.” #e said “there are enough votes in thd committee to get. it out on the House floor for an early vote, probably next Tuesday.” ‘After Secretary Mills’ testimony be- fore. the committee yesterday, F. Scott McBride, superintendent of the Anti- Saloon League, headed a number of prominent dry le~ders who testified during-the afterzson. McBride presented resolutions adopt- 4 by the board of directors of his or- ganization at a meeting here this week. TeaMrming “faith in the policy of na- tionsl, constitutional prohibition as the only practical solution of the beverage alcohol problem.” “We are opposed to beer because it is an_intoxicating liquor,” he said. The testimony of Secretary Mills, Mc- Bride said, showed “how infinitesimal” the revenue from beer would be, and was ately challenged by Repre- Bentative Treadway, Republican, of Massachusetts, who said: “I think your statement that $125- 000.000 is infinitesimal is arbitrary and unfair.”. “It i§ unimportant as far as putting the beer bill into effect and balancing the budget i concerned,” McBride re- plied. Questioned by Representatives. Treadway and Representative Estep, mwbnfia. of Pennsylvania ques- tioned, McBride about expenditures of the Anti-Saloon League in answer to the witness’ charges that liquor inter- ests had $pernt large sums of money to break down prohibition. “Are > your skirts any - cleaner than the brewers' and.distillers'?” Treadway asked. |, .. . “Yes, they are,” McBride replied. “By that do you mean you have not gPrem 45 fnuch as the liquor interests?” eadway. pursued. McBride said 90 T cefit of the league’s fund went for ‘qducational purposes.” Estep then produced figures indicaf the league has spent $18818422 tween 1920 and 1929, and McBride said it was-expended “to sustain sentiment for ibition.” ““You have spent about $19.000,000 to sustainsprobibition sentiment and ap- parentIfF have failed to sustain it,” Estep said. ¢ In ahswer to a question whether the league had lobbyists in its employ, Mc- Bride said “yes, but it deop;nds on'what you call a “lobbyist.” ly about 10 per of the money was spent for political' activities, he sald, but in an- swer to a question he added the league g:: spent 51?0.00‘?e in th{n:’::npl:l?é: tial_campaign between Herl ver and Alfred E. Smith. Other Witnesses Heard. Other witnesses at the afternoon ses- sion included: Dr, Edwin C. Dinwid- 1ie of the National Temperance Bureau; Edward B. Dunford of the Anti-Saloon League, Oliver W. Stewart of the fly- ing squadron foundation, George Shipley of the League for Concurrent Prohibi- tion, all of Washington; Grant M. Hud- son of Lansing, Mich., of the Northern Baptist Convention: James A. Crain of the Disciples of Christ, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Lon O. Hocker of St. Louis, president of the Daughters of the Amer- ican Constitution. In his testimony, Dinwiddie said he wanted to ask “how you can provide for the manufacture and sale of beer ‘without the reintroduction of the saloon system so universally condemned.” He added that President Hoover and Gov. Roosevelt had declared against the saloon's réturn and that “even Al Smith with his background of environ- ment and trajning on this question and Jespite his authorship of the Democratic plank on prohibition, has voiced the same position.” resenting t! dogznuon. Dr. ngton, “A nation cannot drink itself sober, ror ear & nation bring to itself pros- pér'y by introdueing Into its social an conomic system & destructive force. Beer tears down, but it never builds.” . Sa3% Mandate' Not for Liguor. Mrs; Hocker told the Democratic members: “You. have just won a tremendous victory. But we do not believe this selection: was a mandate of the Amer- ican people for liquor. It was a cry he Southern Baptist Arthur J. Barton of of distréssi- “You cannot save them hyl giving them drink.” “We were shocked and surprised,” she said, “when you called in these vendors of liquor to help you write the laws.” She explained she was referring to the appearance before the committee of representatives of brewing interests. Mr. Crain #aid he believed members of Congress. would be violating thelr oath of office if they voted to modify | the Volstesd &ct to permit the sale of Mr. Hudgon, former Michigan Repre- sentative, #ppeated for the Northern Baptist Copyention, which he said rep- nmm ~than 7,000 churches and trying to reduce beer wonliér- {f that is a new demon- stration _of the Einstein theory.” GLASS BILL -DATE SET eed to chnsider ‘The Senate today agr the Ggm baiiking reform bill on Jan- uary 5. s Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, suthor of the measure, obtained unani- moug consent of the Senate. to give the right of way after the Christ- mes ‘The the ba recess. bill proposes wide changes in nking laws. A fight impends over_its, provision for branch banking. ‘aye tonfident of enactment at I e , N. G. told the committee: Fulton and her doll took off for the liner Cameronia, yesterday. to take care of her. United States and the ship news piotographer. indefinite visit to her grandparents in Kilmarnock. 8cotland. When her father, Archie Fulton of Cleveland, Ohio, asked replied “sure!” Marilyn's mother died last July and her grandparents are going THREE-YEAR-OLD HAPPY OVER VENTURE. HREE years old, curly blond hair and & winning smile, Marilyn June Glasgow, Scotland, from New York on Here she is, waving good-by to the She is going to pay an her if she was glad to go, she —A. P. Photo. AGREEMENT NEAR ON REPEAL DRAFT Senate Group Supportingi Provision to Protect Dry States. | By the Assoclated Press. The Senate judiciary subcommittee considering prohibition repeal legisla- tion, neared an agreement today on language for a proposed substitute for the eighteenth amendment to include | a provision for protection of dry States ! against liquor imports. The committee, at its first meeting, went right to work on the task of framing a repeal resolution for sub- mission to the States, but did not take final action. : It spent more than an hour discus- sing possible phraseology of a clause to protect dry States, and agreed to meet again tomorrow morning. H Favor Protection. Chatrman Blaine said no vote on the I proposal to include protection of dry | States had been taken, but other mem- bers asserted the committee had reached the conclusion some such pro- vision should be made. Several plans are before the com- | mittee, most based on suggestions for | making liquor shipments subject to the laws of the various States. Blaine said the discussion was not | based upon any one bill or proposal, but was a general debate of the lan- | guage that should be used. Regarded Impractical. The committee also considered, Blaine said, the possibility of including language in a repeal resolution to pre- vent return of the saloon. He indi- cated the discussion was brief. as most | members of the committee believe that is impracticable. A vote on the proposition of includ- ing & provision io protect . 'dry States | | will ‘not be taken, Blaine eaid, until| the best possible langusage has been de- cided upon. v { He indicated that the same proce- dure would be followed throughout the committee’s work. ;POST OFFICE ROBBED BY BALTIMORE YEGGS | Total of $400 in Cash:and Stamps Taken From Suburban Station. By the Associated Pre BALTIMORE, December 15.—Approxi- mately $400 in cash and stamps were taken from the safe in-the Hamilton | Substation Post Office after the safe ‘doo; had been blown off during the night. The burglary was discovered by Charles Hinrichs, postmaster of the xudb‘sutmn. as he opened the office tot Entrance to the building had been galned from an adjoining building ' under construction -through a m;xo— | rarily tied-up hole into the post ce | for water pipes. | . Holes had been drilled in the safe door, which was blown off by explosives. The strong box in the safe had not been touched. | Watch The Star _for F urtlur_ Deta_i’a : HINES BARES PLAN 10 SAVE BILLION Shift in Veterans’ Hospital Construction Asked for Next 33 Years. By the Associated Press. Savings of approximately $1,000,- 000,000 in veterans’ hospital construc- tion over a period of 33 years and an additional slash of nearly $12,000,000 snnually from existing appropriations | & were recommended to a joint congres- sional committee today by Frank T. Hines; administrator of veterans' affairs. The committee, named to study economies in the operation of all vet- erans’ benefits, heard Hines testify that the billion-dgllar saving could.be ac- complished by 1965 if exfensions” of existing hospital facilifies were made 1 {-coptinuing the presept golicy of building new Institutions. Many vacant beds would be on the Government’s hands if the latter policy were -continued until ‘the peak load of hospitalization arrived, \ne asserted. Foresees Huge Cost. Hines said if the present policy was continued - an " additional $1,203,333,705 would be needed for construction and operatjon to take care of hospitalization | and domicillary care until the period was reached in 1965. After taking care of service-connected disabilities, Hines said his new program would call for treatment of Regular Army, Navy and Marine Corps men hon- orably discharged in peace time, and finally nan-aemafcon!ecud disabili- ties. Questioned by Senatof Hatfield. Re- publican. of West Virgfiia, Hines said civilian institutions “could, and prop- erly should, absorb th;g veterans of the non-service-connec! group who are able to pay for hospitalization.” Hines tcok the view that men in the regular establishment, who served cnly a few years in peace times and are dis- abled after dircharge, “are not entitled to_hospitelization.” Last year, he said, there were 21,000 non-service ho:pital cases against only 15,000 having service origin. Urges Restrictions. Hines also recommended rigid require- ments for entrance into scidiers’ hom y changilig the lawsto bar those having only temporary disabilities. Reductions in compensation for dis- abled men while in soldiers’ homes also was proposed. “This wculd mean that the veteran would go there to get well and not to get the added compensation,” Hines said. Hines 2lso proposed continuation of preference for employment cf war vet-| erans under the Civil Service and trans- fer of activity looking to their general employment from the Labor Department to the Veterans' Administration. s e MEXICO DECIDES T0 QUIT LEAGUE Sends Withdrawal Notice, Effective in Two Years, Because of Financial Burden. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 15.—Mexico sent the League of Nations notice of with- drawal today, effective two years hence, alleging financial difficulties. ‘The note sald the action was not meant to indicate Mexico did not desire to co-operate in League activities, but that in view of the economic situation, it was nbl&ed to give such notice under terms of the covenant. Mexico. clfi dispatches said the cost of membership in the League, ranging ro ,000 to.$90,000 annually,. was [ too heavy to be borne by the government.. Members of the Mexi- can Chamber of Deputies recently sug- the money - would _to bulld roads or gested nation more I used maintain schools. Mexico entered the League & little more than a year 2go. —_— BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening at Stanley Hall at 5:30 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmermann, dmaster: Anton Pointner, assistant: March, “Florentiner”..... . Overture, “Our Glorious Nation,” e Bergenholtz Descriptive, “A Hunf Scene,” Bucalossi the | Rocky .Fucik | $82,680 COFFMAN 15 SOLD 10 ST. LOUIS CLUB Nationals Sell Right-Hand Pitcher to Team He Left Last June. BY TOM DOERER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, December 15.—Dick Coffman, right-handed pitcher, figured today in the Washington Base Ball Club's third deal negotiated here at the annual session of the major leagues. He was sold outright to the St. Louis Browns, 'the club from which he was procured in exchange for Carl Fischer, left-handed pitcher, only last June. In announcing the sale shortly before noon, Clark Grifith, Washington club president, did not reveal the amount received for the pitcher. He mm Goose Goslin, Fred Schulte and Walter Stewart from the Browns in exchange for Carl Reynolds, Sam West, Lloyd Brown and an unannounced sum of ‘money. Griffith, this afternoon will resume conferences with Ava Bradley, presi- dent, and Billy Evans, general manager of the Cleveland club, regarding the ex- change of Harley Boss, first baseman, for a right-hand pitcher. It is under- stood here that the Washington club may not be successful in getting a play- er from the Indians, but probably will dis) of Boss outright. offtman, who broke into the big leagues with Washington in 1927 and was first shipped to the Browns in 1928, enjoyed no success as a National when brought back from St. Louls last Summer. As a Washington pitcher, he lost six games before scoring his lone victory. Joe” Cronin, the Nationals’ young manager, has left Griffith to do all the dickering with the Cleveland club offi- cials. He is on his way to W ton, where he will attend a dinner his honor tonight at Congressional Country Club. RED SOX TRADE TWO. Rhyne and Durham Go to Chicago Club. BOSTON, December 15 (#)—The Boston American League Base Ball Club today announced it had traded Short- stop Harold Rhyne and Eddie Durham, right-hand pitcher, to the Chicago White Sox for two outfielders and two inflelders. The White Sox players to come to the Red_Sox_are Outfleiders Robert Seeds and Bob Fothergill and Infielders Urban Hodapp and Gregory Mulleavy. The Red Sox management said the trade gave the Boston club two good infield- ers, who were badly needed, and two hard-hitting outfielders. It was indi- cated Hodapp would be used at second and Mulleavy as shorstop. Mulleavy was recalled last year from the Oakland club of the Pacific Coast League, where he batted for .321 in 132 games.” Fothergill hit for 204 in 115 umes, Seeds batted for .288 in 118 games and Hodapp's average was .220 in 75 games. Rhyne's record was .226 in 71 games. Pitcher Durham won 6 games and lost 13 with the Red Sox last year. The Brooklyn Dodgers today an- founced the acquisition of Ray Benge. star right-handed pitcher, from _the | Philadelphia team of the National Base Ball League for Neal (Mickey) Finn and {Jackle Warner, infielders, and Austin (Cy) Moore, pitcher, and cash. HONORED AMERICAN DIES IN LONDON CELL Samuel Effinger Adair, 73, Was West Pointer and Klon- dike Prospector. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 15.—Samuel Ef- | finger Adair, 73, an American, who is said to have been graduated from West Point and who _had a dis- tinguished, romantic career, died today in_Wormwood Scrubbs Prison. He was serving a sentence of three months for obtaining credit by false pretenses and had been recommended for deportation. Adair is understood to have been connected with a New York business house, but he had lived here since 1924. He said he had relatives in Topeka, Kans, Adalr at one time commanded the In- dian Scoufs. During the gold rush he took a sledge expedition 1,000 miles into the Klondike. In 1926 he married ‘an Englishwoman and had two small chil- dren, a boy and a girl. It ‘was understood the charge against him was based on failure to pay hotel bills. He told Judge Whiteley he owned many shares in companies in Brazil, | where he was a colonel in the national | forces. Hefaid the companies owned a | concesston $rhich had been bought from the late Jay Gould for $600,000. ‘The widow wishes to have the body cremated and the ashes buried in West | Point Cemetery. e HOUSE NEARS VOTE ON CONTINUANCE OF PRESENT PAY CUT current year, due to the proposed con- tinuance of the economy act. For Howard University there is rec- ommended an appropriation of $632,- 500, which is the budget estimate, and $420,500 less than the current appro- tion. ~ Of this reduction, $37,500 is due to continuance of the economy act and $5,000 represents a decrease in the general expense items. No new construction is prrvided. The bill carries $276,130 for salaries i and subsistence and other miscellaneous expenses at Freedmen’s Hospital, which is the budget estimate, and $17,350 less than the current appropriation. This reduction is due to continuance of thé economy act. Park Service Appropristion. The total for the National Park Service was $5,051,000, against $10,640,- 000 for the 1933 fiscal year, and $5.- 123,000 asked by the budget. ‘Among the amounts recommended by the committee in -the bill for expendi- ture in 1934 on parks were: Platt National Park, Okla. $25,520; Mountain, Colo., $96,190; Se- quia, $111,500; Wind Cave, 8. Dak., $18,160; Yellowstone, Wyo., $464.500; Yosemite, Calif., $333,500 Zion, Utah, $45,000; | Acadia, Me., $50,000; Bryce Canyon, Utah, $13,700; Carlsbad Cav- erns, N.'Mex., $68,330; Crater Lake, Ly $61,670; Gen. Grant, Calif. $15,000; Glacler, Mont.. $200,000; Grand Ariz, $135,890; Grand Teton, A proposed Great Smoky Mountains Park, $28,430; Hawail, $46,270; Hot Springs, ,680: Lassen Volcanic, Calif., $20,- 000; Mesa Varde, Calif., $50,700; Mount 28,480; Mount Ral- {1 usical ', “The Scenes from mu comedy, e - ———— | these THURSDAY, -DECEMBER 15, 1932, R ki * - Rome, Ga.; in Grip of Flood MORE THAN 200 MADE HOMELESS WHEN RIVER OVERFLOWS. P HOTO shows flood conditions n section of Rome, Ga., when water from the Etowah and Oostansula Rivers poured over low-lying sections of the city, causing evacuation from their home of 200 to 300 citizens, including 20 children from an orphans’ home. —A. P. Photo. BANK BANDITS USE TEAR GAS BOMES |Five Men Cover Retreat With Fumes Until Police Pick Up Trail. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 15.—Five robbers held up a branch of the Bank | of Manhattan Trust Co. at 169th street | and St. Nicholas avenue shortly after| 1t opened for business this morning and | fled with approximately $15,000 in cash. | ‘They covered their retreat by hurling tear gas bombs into the bank as they left and drove away in a waiting auto- mobile. An hour later police radio cars were close on the fugitives' trall, careen- lnf madly through the Bronx as the policemen fired at the fleeing robbers. ‘The manager, assistant manager, pay- ing teller and three women employes were in the bank when the robbers entered. The manager was forced to open the vault while the other employes | were covered with the robbers’ revolvers. Two of the women fainted when the tear gas bombs were thrown. ‘The robbers cut all telephone wires in sight, but the alarm was quickly given after they escaped in the waiting car, a taxicab, which police said, had re- mained parked near thé bank during the hold-up. The cab crossed the rlem Washington Bridge over the Ha | River into the Bronx, where fits trail was picked up by radio cars whose | crews received the alarm by short wave. | ‘The police were under fresh orders broadcast through the force yesterday to “shoot first” in all hold-up cases. Yesterday morning one radio car. police- man was killed and two others wounded by two robbers who were captured after another wild chase of a taxicab which | they commandeered. Police were informed that one of the another a machine gun and the other three revolvers. Two of them scaled a 5-foot partition between the rotunda of the bank and the rear section and ad- | mitted the others. Two hours after the hold-up. head- quarters received a report that pursuing police had been thrown off the‘trail by the fleeing robbers and a general hunt | throughout the Bronx was ordered. T TWO STONES LAID BY PRESIDENT IN ONE CEREMONY | the (Continued From First Psge) | he reviews the steady progress made by American labor, not as a class distinc- | tion, for of that we have none, but for | its expression of leadership in its ad- vances in standards of living in which we all rejoice, and its sense of a full Share of civic responsibility in all com- | munity efforts looking to an enlarged | and enriched opportunity for men and | women and children to make the mos. out of life. - “It is peculiarly appropriate that this | temple should be erected in full part- nership with this great group of Gov- ernment buildings. Its presence here amongst the bulldings dedicated to| commerce and agriculture and finance | and justice fittingly symbolizes its Ppro} lace in the scheme of nationsal lite, issolubly bound up in interest with sll the other interests of thl@- plexand recognized equally with m by “the reovle as an indispensable ele- the Nation and of its Gov- ernment. “The structure for which we are dedi- cating the corner stones this afternoon has been intentionally designed to house two_activities of the Government, and while here we are honoring the great Department of Labor this ceremony is being- projected by electrical transmis- sion across to the other end of the butlding where it is being repeated, and & corner stone for the independent establishment of the Interstate Com- merce Commisston is being laid simul- taneously and in synchronism with the corner stone being laid here. “I therefore now do lay the cornet stones of the Department of Labor and Interstate Commerce Commission Build- ing, and do dedicate it to the use of agencles of the Federal Govern- ment.” Masons Directed Rites. ‘The stones were placed under auspices of the Masonic Grand Lodge of the District. Bullding, the Bogley, and his staff Interstate Commerce ing, which is separated from the other structure by the new Government gu- ditorium, a staff of Masonic deputies carried on the same rites. The two ceremonies were synchro- nized by signals.. . ‘The President was introduced at the main ceremonies in front of the Labor Department Building by Secretary Doak, who, in a short address, gave a history of the department from the time of its inception-in-1903, until the present time He declared that the exact date of the origin of the demand for the creation of the department was not known, but available records started as far back as 1865. Doak said. i3 of the United States. There is a rela- tionship between the activities of the members of this commission and the ac- tivities of a:latge body of laboting men in the United States. The wage- ‘Canyon, $20,000/ | in decisions in the structure, whose corner stone is being emplaced eolnddmuy with that of this hold-up men had & sawed-off shotgun. | s . | alty and steadfastness NATHAN WILLIAM MacCHESNEY. M’CHESNEY NAMED TO CANADIAN POST LEFT BY M’NIDER| __(Continued From First Page) after the Democrats had blocked con- | rideration of other presidential ap- | pointments. Closing of the door against | confirmation of further nominations | was done in the first party test of the session. A motion by Senator McNary of Oregon, assistant Republican leader, to send the Senate into executive ses- sion fcr consideration of a batch of Hog;er appointees was defeated, 44 to 37. Vete on Party Lines. The roll call was on strictly party lines, only Senators La Follette and Blaine of Wisconsin leaving the Repub- Hean fold to line up with the Democrats. Senator Shipstead, farmer-Labor, of Minnesota, also crats The effect was to block even the sending of the nominations to com- mittees for preliminary consideration. Immediately after the vote, La Follette sald he enlisted against the motion be- cause of the announced intention of Democrats to block confirmation of any nominations.and of his desire to speed Senate consideration of other business. SWISS NAMé PRESIDENT Schulthqs Elected by Federal As- sembly for One-Year Term. BERN, Switzerland, December 15 (®)—Edmund Schulthess was elected President of Switzerland today by the Federal Assembly. He will hold office for one year. M. Schulthess moves up from the office of Vice Pdesident, as is the cus- tom. The Federal Assembly elected Marcel Pilet-Golaz Vice President. i MRS. PINCHOT IN CRASH HARRISBURG, Pa., December 15 (#). —Mrs. Cornelia Brice Pinchot, wife of Gov. Gifford Pinchot, revealed last night that she and the Governor's sis- ter, Lady Johnstone, widow of Sir Alan Johnstone, were “shaken up & bit” when their car was struck by & hit-and- run motorist. Mrs. Pinchot said she and Lady John- stone were motoring to Coatesvil'. Pa., Tuesday night to show pictures of the Pinchots’ South Seas trip to patients at the” Veterans’ Hospital when a car coming in the opposite direction struck ‘theirs, near Elizabethtown, and cid not stop. The damage was slight. joyful as ours as we now consummate is formal ceremony of laying the cor- ner stone of this wonderful structure, to be the permanent home for the United States ent of Labor. This building will stand as & monument to labor and an everlasting tribute to the Iaborers who have gone before and to those of the present day, for their loy- in behalf of a great and worthy cause.” In an address following that of Pres- ident Hoover, the president of the American Federation of Labor, William Green, visualized the buflding as widen- ing the field for service to American wage earners on the past of the Labor Department. symbol of the importance, genius, dig- nity and. service of labor,” Mr. Green called for the enlargement of the De- partment’s facilities and “a full and camplete measure of congressional sup- port” in all its functions, that the De- partment may keep pace with “the growing social and industrial needs bound to rise out of our Rev. John J. Burke, general secretary of the Catholic Welfare Conference, de- livered the invocation, and Dr. Abram Simon of the Eighth Street Synagogue, the benediction. The Marine Band rendered the musical program and the broadcast over both major chains. In attendance at the exercises wera: Dr. S. Nelson Gray, worshipful master; lal senior steward, and | ington. Mr. ' commotion,” she declared. voted with the Demo- Characterizing the strugture as “a | BARRY 1S ORDERED HELD IN SLAYING Woman Is Main Witness at Coroner’s Inquest Seigel Murder. in ‘Thomas Barry, 43, was ordered held for grand jury action en a murder charge following a coroner’s inquest this afterncon into the shooting of Israel Seigel, 28. ‘The principal witness against Barry was Mrs. Ruth Goebel, 34, mother of a 6-year-old son and foster mother of & 10-year-old adopted dluflur. 8he test: Barry, whom she had known about 20 years, left their guarters at 1325 Massachusetts avenue last Friday night, following a quarrel. The nex! day, she said, she took her two children to Alexandria. Asked by Barry's attorney, Cedric Johnson, if the accused man was ford of her foster daughter, Aileen, she sald, “sometimes.” Previously, Mrs. Stella Amos, manager of the Massa- chusetts avenue rooming house, had told the jury that Barry had brought several toys for the children when he returned after the quarrel. Barry, according to . Goebel's testimony, threatened to kill Seigel at Colonial Beach about two years ago. Seigel, she explained, had gone to the beach to deliver groceries and was sitting on the porch with her when Barry returned from a trip to Wash- & raised & terrible Quarrel Over Suit Case. The last quarrel, Mrs, Goebel testi- fled, was over a suit case containing a fur’ coat, which she had checked at Unlon Station. Barry objected to her checking the coat, she declared. After the inquest, Detective Sergt. H. K. Wilson, chief of the homicide squad, said Mrs. Goebel told him that Barry, in giving her the coat, explained he had obtained it from Kenneth Hundred, wanted here for a series of burglaries in which he is said to have gotten loot with a total value of $20.000. Barry, according to Wiison, took the coat to New York and sold it for $60. | Efforts are now being made to recover the coat, Wilson said. In addition, Wil- | son declared, bonds stolen by Hundred {and subsequently sold or used as se- curity for loans by Barry have been recovered, and others are expected to | be turned over to police before the end of the day. Barry Shakes Head. | _ Throughout Mrs. Goebel's testimony, "h;ch‘ she n{fl!e'r:d with downcast eyes and in s faltering voice, Ba sat shaking his head. il Mrs. Amos testified that Barry, re- turning to his room following the shoot- ing, remarked: “I fixed that boy. They'll be here after me—tell 'em to sit down and wait, that I'll be back. I'm going to eat. Instead of returning, however, Barry, accompanied by his lawyer, went to police headquarters end surrendered. While being searched there, he admitted ownership of a .38 caliber revolver found in his room, according to De- tective Sergt Wilson. One bullet had been fired from the gun, Wilson de- clared. OPPOSE EXECUTING EXPECTANT MOTHER Women of Many Sections Protest Death Penalty for Mrs. Snipes in ‘South Carolina. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, 8. C.. December 15— The death penalty imposed on Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson Snipes, 29-year-old expectant mother, has drawn protests from women in many sections of the country. Gov. Blackwood said last night he ":'r%m received letters and all in Mrs. Snipes’ behalf. . Snipes. who expects the birth of & child next month, is in the woman’s building at the State penitentiary here. She was convicted at York a few days 8go of the murder of a rural policeman and sentenced to be electrocuted next April 7, ‘The Governor said that, although pe- titions and appeals have been poul in upon him from many places. he has not yet given the case any direct at- tention, He said that since the execution date is nearly four months away, ample time remains for any action he might de- cide to take. The prison physician sald Mrs. Snipes is being given every form of medical attention her condition requires. HOME HELD BY WOMAN IN DIVORCE BATTLE Lights and Water Turned Off and Injunction Obtained as De- cree Is Interrupted. By the Associated Press. CLEARWATER, Fia., December 15.— Defying any one to put her out, Mrs. E. C. Price, estranged wife of E. C ;rui:t, reputedly 'ult:.y‘ Chicago mnu; urer, yesterday possession o his home here, although on orders from Price in ch.le.;;o. the lights and water were turned off. Price was granted a divorce here Wednesday on grounds of mental Ity, but Circuit Judge John U. Bird Virginia by his wite's 1ll- TERMS PAY CUTS. “PETIT LARCENY” Representative Boylan Hits Economy Moves and Promises Fight. Wage cuts under the economy act were assailed as “petit larceny” by Rep- recentative Boylan, Democrat, of New York, in an address lasi night before the District Department, American Fed- eration of Government Employes. Speaking at a session in the Hamils ton Hotel, the New Yorker sald cone gressional friends of the workers “aré going to try to eliminate the furlough, and, failing that, to make the exemp- tion' $1,500.” He emphasized that will be over our dead bodies that LN!% fd? anything more to what you have Boylan called the $1,440 average sal- ary “starvation wages.” He poin! out that for many years Government salaries were at a standstill and with the furlough “were cut down again to the same basic rate ef 1893.” Sees Every Omne Afraid. “It is an anomalous situation we are facing,” he continued. “The banks are filled 'with money. but 'every one is afraid. You don't know what to ex- pect. In time of depression I think salaries should be increased, but ine stead of that we find 99 cents being cut off a charwoman's salary and $1.43 off a messengef’s salary. That, to my mind, is petit larceny. “I made the statement in the House that the Government should be in- dicted for grand larceny for its re- tirement policy, because it took too much and gave too small benefits in return.” Prom an economic standpoint, the speaker continued, he always has been opposed to wage cuts. “If you cut the purchasing power of individuals, it af- fects the whole economic structure,” re said. “I always have contended that Government salaries are too low. In fact, I was surp: when 1 came to ‘Washington and found men and women in responsible positions 'orkln: for sus icayune salaries. I attributed it to the fact that you haven't been aggressive enough. You ought to be more aggress sive to get what’s coming to you and more.” John Arthur Shaw, president of the American Federation of Government Employes. told the assembly “We are not fighting a selfish battle for ours selves, but for every man and woman who works.” Recalling that he had heard the statement made that it is a patriotic duty for employes to accept salary cuts during the time of economic stress, Shaw asserted that it was not only & patriotic duty not to do so, but, on the contrary, that it was a “patriotic duty to fight to get back what was our pay a year ago.” The American business man, he sdded, “is learning that his earnings go up as living standards go up and are reduced as living standards go down. Cutting wages reduces living standards and means that profits mush fall proportionately.” Share-Work Plan Hit. Clyde Mills, president of Typographi- cal Union No. 101, rapped the share- work plan, declaring it “is Communism in its worst form.” He termed it & move of employers to beat down the five-day week objective. Reports were made by Ethel M. Smith, chairman of the Legislative Committee, and William 8. Douglass, chairman of the Economy Act Sub- committee. Helen C. McCarty, chair- man of the National Organization Com- mittee, told of the strides the federa- tion is making in adding membership. George A. Warren, attorney in the so- licitor’s office, Interior Department, and a member of the A. F. G. E, and Edward _J. Roche, president of the Allled Printing Trades Council and head of the Federation's lodge at the Government Printing Office, also spoke. ‘The meeting was presided over by Michael D. Schaefer, president of the })olg:rultl department, which includes 30 U. S. EMPLOYES TO MAP FIGHT ON PAY SLASHES Affiliated Unions of Nearby Terris tory to Take Part in Federation Meeting Tomorrow Night. Delegations from several afliated unions in Maryland and Virginia will take part tomorrow night in the mass meeting arranged by the National Federation of Federal Employes in proe test against continuance of the wage cu: and other features of the eccnomy act. The meeting will be held in the Raleigh Hotel, and the speakers will include Senator McGill, Democrat, of Kansas; several members of the Hous and Luther C. Steward, president, an Miss Gertrude McNally, secretary-treas- urer of the federation. Arrangements are under the direction of the District Federation of Federal Employes Unions, of which John W. Ginder is president. s URGES CONGRESS PAY CUT Missouri Representative Seeks 25 Per Cent Deduction. Proposal for reducing the pay of members of Congress 25 per cent was | introduced in the House late yesterday by Representative Fulbright, Demoerat, of Missouri, who was defsated in the primaries. § Under the economy act of last session, which is continued in the appropriation program for the coming fiscal year, the pay of members was Teduced 8l cent. Their normal salary is $10,f Alien Ordered to Detroit. SAN FRANCISCO, December 15 (). States Com: A yes 28, alias Johnson, returned to Detroit on a charge of having iliegally entered this country from Canada two monthg ago. Officers said Sells previously had been ordered out of the United States ted here | Shopping til Christma