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A—12 %% THE EVENING B[]E"GHERS BEG'N New Faces in the Next Congress GRAND JURY PROBE Kidnaping Victim and Father Take Witness Stand as Search Is Pressed. B the Associated Press. DENVER, March 4—Charles Boett- cher, 2d, victim of one of the West's most spectacular kidnapings, testified before a Denver County grand jury opening an investigation of the case last night, while officers pressed a wide- spread search for his abductors. ‘The wealthy young broker, who was released Wednesday night following payment of $60,000 ransom, appeared before the jury with his father, Claude K. Boettcher, multimillionaire indus- trialist. Twelve Others Subpoenaed. ‘The Boettchers and 12 other persons whose names have been mentioned in the kidnaping were subpoenaed. Dean Benjamin D. Dagwell of St. John's Ca- thodral and Police. Chief Albert T. C}ark ware among those called to tes- tify. Meantime search for the abductors of young Boettcher spread into North and Scuth Dakota, where authorities sought a ranch house with “four steps leading to the front porch.” A. T. Clark, police chief, said young Boettcher, released last Wecnesday night after his father, Claude K. Boett- cher paid $60,000 ransom, had told him the place where he had been kept pris- oner nearly 17 days had four front steps. The young broker also revealed, Clark said, that he took 10 steps down to get into the basement room in which he was held. Owner of Car Sought. Police Chief Julius C. Gehrke, they said, owned the 1933 Colorado license plates on the motor car police believe the abductors used to escape after collecting the ransom. The occu- pants eluded two posses in two running pistol fights. It was trailed as far as Cheyenne, Wyo. Sheriff G. J. Carroll, who followed it into Wyoming, returned to Cheyenne after a futile search. $5,000 BRACELET VANISHES IN CROWD Mrs. McFetridge of Philadelphia Among Inaugural Visitors Reported Robbed. Police today were seeking a $5,000 platinum and diamond bracelet, reported to have been taken last night from the arm of Mrs. Samuel McFetridge of Philadelphia while she was in the crowd attending the Governors' reception in the Pan-American Building. Seven other inaugural visitors were victims of various forms of thefts yes- terday and last night, according to police reports. Two local persons also were robbed in hold-ups. Horace J. Curry of Hyde Park, N. Y., stopping in a downtown hotel, reported to police yesterday that upon awakening in his room he discovered he had been robbed of $155. Police were seeking a man who was seen leaving the room. Edna Dedling of Philadelphia, stop- ping in the 2900 block of P street, re- ported that a man attempted to snatch her pocketbook from her hand on Con- necticut aveaue between K and L streets. A bandit who entered a candy shop In the 1500 block of H street, held up Lola Owens at pistol point and robbed the cash register of $17. T. E. Furtune, reported to police he was robbed of between $8 and $15 by | ¢ two colored men who threw him to the ground at a service station in the 200 block of Virginia avenue southwest. TREASURY EMPLOYE, R. E. PILKINTON, DIES 3enior Claims Reviewer, Victim of Heart Attack, Will Be Buried in Richmond. Richard E. Pilkinton, 70, senior claims reviewer in the General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, died late yesterday at Emergency Hospital fol- lowing a heart attack at his office. Funeral services will be held at his home, 1730 Hobart street, at 8 o'clock sonight. The body will be taken to Ruchmond for burial in Hollywood Cemetery. Mr. Pilkinton was an active member of the Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic order. His widow, Mrs. Edna B. Pilkinton, and two children, Emily and Richard, survive. SUFFERS HEART ATTACK 3altimore Police Lieutenant Came Here on Inaugural Duty. Lieut. Cornelius Roche of the Balti- more Police Department was in a serious condition today at Casualty Hospital from a heart attack suffered last night. Roche had come here in charge of a detail of Baltimore detectives for duty iuring the inauguration. He was stop- 2ing at the Houston Hotel. Search Asked for Philadelphian. ‘Washington police today were asked to search for Robert S. Ambler, 50, sald % be wanted in Philadelphia’for em- sezzlement of more than $45,000. When ‘ast seen he was driving an expensive jutomobile and was believed to be on his way to the Capital. : SR Births Reported. Augustus S. W. and Ciel A. Frailey. boy. Thomas T. H. and Mayre Hayes, boy. Thomes £ eV 2 Robert W. and Agnes F. Madden, FEugene F. and Jessie G. Smith, boy. William E. and Verna M. Pittman, boy. Carl P. and Theresa 1. Winterwerp, boy. Le Roy and Constance Williford, boy. James M. and Anna L. Mitchell, boy. Jasper F. and Nellie M. Thompson, boy. Euzene W. and Avgustine C. Doblere, girl. William G. and Miriam Martin, girl. Marold B. and Mary 1. Copenhaver. girl. . and Ethel Schaefer, gi Ralph A. and Helen L. Niebell, gir} Richard and Katherine Ross, girl. Samuel H. and Miriam Kaufimann, girl Jecse O. and Marian L. Irvin, girl. James G. and Annie Stone, girl. Selden S. and Dorothy Nye. girl. Ernest I. and Carolyn Moffett, girl. Joseph L. and Elizabeth Leonard, girl. Cerlin E. and Frances Coppage, irl. Elmer and Catherine Stewart. Ernest and Hettie Mayfleld, girl. Joseph and Daisy Cheney. girl. George L, and Cornella Howard, girl. George D. and Nannie Botts, gir] —_————— Deaths Reported. Mary Rea. 90, West Clifton Terrace. Lucia T. Newcomb. 87, 3621 Nei t. Girolamo Deslo, &4, 1808 Wyoming ave. Elizabeth White. 200 6th st. se. Georgetown Univer- Matthew E. O'Bri Arthur 8. Dobbins, Calvin T. Milans, ital. Charles W. M 09_6th st. se. Cecelia M. Ma 365 Columbla rd. 3, 13 Wilpur Rogers, 18, Garfield Hospital Joskph Jones, 60, St._Elizabeth's + Monroe. 56, Sibley Hospi in T. J johns, 24, Anfant, omeopathic Hos- ulloy. 4 ck, : |murdered Walter Spatchett. Told vin st ne m‘l 45"“:'* REPRESENTATIVE MURDOCK WAS MINER AT AGE OF 16. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. IS grandfather one of Brigham Young’s pioneer disciples in the colonization and establish- ment of the Mormon Church in Utah, Abe Murdock, who at the of 16 was employed as a miner in the highly mineralized section around Beaver City, is entering Con- gress with an ambition to help relieve the depression. Not yet 40 years of age, born in Nevada, Mr. Murdock is a lawyer, pros- pector, interested in some promising mine properties, engaged in farming and the livestock business, a lover of fine horses and cattle—with horseback riding and deer hunting as his recrea- tions. Since deer are numerous in the mountains surrounding his home he usually gets his buck during the hunt- ing season. His grandhther was John R. Mur- dock, the Mormon pioneer, who became moderately wealthy, engaged in the live- stock business and farming and was very prominent in public affairs in the State of Utah, having been a member of the Constitutional Convention, mem- ber of the State Legislature several terms, probate judge of Beaver County, and held many other public_offices. On the abandonment of Fort Cam- eron, g Federal fort, he purchased the tract, consisting of 240 acres, and gave it to the Mormon Church for the estab- lishment of a church school, which was named in is honor—Murdock Academy. ‘The father of the new House mem- ber was Orrice Abram Murdock, a law- yer, who graduated from the University of Michigan in 1890, end who prac- ticed both at Beaver City and Salt Lake City. He was county attorney for sev- eral terms, District Attorney, and Dem- ocratic candidate for district judge. Abe Murdock himself attended the University of Utah, but discontinued H ABE MURDOCK. his college work before earning a de- gree, but continued with his law studies in his father's office. He passed the bar examinations, and was admitted to practice 11 years ago. In 1922 he was elected county attorney, and has held the office for three terms, and was also city attorney at Beaver City for several terms, and attorney for the Board of Education for some years. His maternal uncles were interested | in mining, and he grew up in a mining | atmosphere. He worked intermittently 2s a miner from the age of 16 to 29, and spent much of his free time in prospecting. HOOVER CREDITED WITH MANY LAWS Established Record for Work- ing Hours in 3-Year Battle With Depression. By the Assoclated Press. Herbert Clark Hoover, son of a black- smith, has spent more than three of his four White House years pounding out upon the anvil of Federal power, battle | implements against the depression. Fated to serve in a time of adversity, Mr. Hoover turned from the White House today, tired from an administra- | tion of almost constant activity. A high spot accounting of his stewardship shows a long list of legislative accom- plishments despite numerous differences between the White House and Capitol Hill; a new record for long working hours in the executive offices, with a minimum of vacations; and a larger creation of relief agencies than ever before in history. Vetoed Total of 22 Bills. The President’s troubles with Con- gress began soon after he settled in the White House and continued off and on throughout his administration. In all, he exercised his veto power in 22 instances. Promptly overridden were his vetos on the $11,000,00 Spanish War pension act, the 50 per cent bonus bill and the Philippine independence bill. As he turned away from the presi- dency Mr. Hoover left sccres of his nominations gathering dust in Senate pigeon holes, with confirmations ban- ned by Democratic agreement. He was unsuccessful early in his ad- ministration in naming John J. Parker of North Carolina to the Supreme Court, but was upheld by the Senate after a_fight in his nomination of Charles Evans Hughes to be Chief Jus- ice. With the loss of the Republican ma- jority in the House in the 1930 elec- tions the President was successful in operating for a while under a plea for non-partisan action, and gained such support in his moratorium move. Dur- ing much of the last two years, how- ever, he was at odds with House and Senate Democrats and Progressives. Economic Skies Clear. When Mr. Hoover rode up Pennsyl- vania avenue to his own inauguration on March 4, 1929, he moved through a | drifting rain, but the economic skies were clear. Nation had “reached a higher degree | of comfort and security than ever ex-| isted before.” Unforeseen forces, how- | ever, brought the stock market crash| eight months later. | Among the list of relief agencies pro- posed by him stand the Reconstruction Pinance Corporation, the home loan bank system, the $125,000,000 capitaliza- tion increase of the Federal land banks, the Farm Board, the broadened Federal Reserve Board and a newly created bankruptcy system. In the international field, in addition to the moratorium, Mr. Hoover will be recorded in connection with the London naval conference; his move for a one- third reduction in world armaments, and his conferences with Ramsay Mac- | Donald, Pierre Laval and Dino Grandi. History also will mark his shattering of precedent in inviting Franklin D. Roosevelt to the White House to discuss national and international matters on three occasions before his assumption of power today. In the Nation’s political annals, Mr. Hoover’s energetic but unsuccessful campaign will be recorded as carried into the very morning of election day, and as_ bitterly attacking Democratic proposals. Mr. Hoover planned to make only three major speeches, but sensing the political trend, he increased this to nine and traveled more than 14,000 miles. Mr. Hoover probably was as sparing of vacations as any modern President. In four years, aside from week end trips to his Rapidan camp, he took four vacation journeys. The longest was of 12 days, and ane was a three-day fish- ing cruise down Chesapeake Eay. — ACTING CORONER PROBES FATAL FALL OF GIRL Miss Helen Smith, 18, Victim of Injuries of December 27 At- tributed to Accident. Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald is investigating the case of Mics Helen Smith, 18, daughter of Lieut. Col. Rodney Smith, who died Thursday at Walter Reed Hospital of injuries received December 27 when she fell from a third-story window at the On- tario Apartments. Miss Smith was reported to have re- ceived a broken leg, cuts, bruises and internal injuries. She was found on| the ground by her father, who ran to the scene after hearing her scream. The girl was said to have fallen when she opened a window to let in fresh air. ‘Women Storm Crime Funeral. Two thousand people, most of whom were women, stormed the funeral in London of Samuel J. Furnace, who was found dead after he was siid to have The fu- neral was held at the home of Furnace’s mother, and 20 policemen were swept off_their feet by the crowd when the coffin was c2rried from the house. The mother had to fight her way to an au- and business aid | At that time, he said, the | diat large crowd gathered aln CURLEY TO PRESIDE OVER WALSH RITES Archbishop to Conduct Full Catholic Funeral in Sen- ate Chamber. A full Catholic funeral—the second | ever held in the Senate chamber—will be given by the church Monday as & final tribute to the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. Archbishop Curley of Baltimore, who will be acting chaplain Monday, will preside over the state funeral services | for Senator Walsh, who died early | Thursday aboard a train en route to | Washington from Florida. Bishop McNamara to Assist. Phillips, the Senate’s chaplain, who invited the Catholic prelates to take his place for the funeral. After the service in Latin and English, the body will be blessed by the Archbishop, who then will deliver a brief personal eulogy. Senate attaches sald the only other state funeral in the Catholic ritual was _ccnducted sbout 25 years ago for Senator Kenna of West Virginia. It was the wish of Senator Walsh's widow, the former Senora Nieves Perez Chaumont of Cuba, whom he married only a week ggo, that the State funeral be %cld Monday mcrning. A few hours later the body will be placed aboard a train and carried across the country he i loved to its final resting place in Resur- rection Cemetery, at Helena. President Roosevelt, who had chosen the veteran legislator to be his Attorney General, has expressed his desire to at- tend the services. All members of Con- gress, diplomatic and judicial notables, friends and members of his family also will gather there for this final tribute in Washington. Resolution Submitted. many years, formally notified the Sen- ate that the state ceremony was plan- ned. He submitted a resolution fixing and inviting the President, Supreme Court, members of Congress, the diplo- matic corps and other notables. The Senate adopted the resolution imme- tely. The Senate, which was to have met | Monday to consider appointments, voted to adjourn immediately after the cere- mony out of respect to the late Senator. Only last week, Mr. Roosevelt an- nounced that he had chosen Walsh to be his Attorney General, a public tribute to his recognized ability as a lawyer and to his position as one of the Nation’s ?uwtandmg authorities on constitutional aw. Had the Senator lived until today he would have rounded out 20 years to the day since his first appearance in the Senate chamber as the junior member from Montana, capping off a legal and educational career begun in Wisconsin and carried on through South Dakota and into Montana \EPIPHANY RECTOR MARKS COMMUNION Rev. Alvin Lamar Wills to Take Dr. Phillips’ Place in Evening. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, will occupy his pulpit at the 11 o'clock service to- morrow morning and be the celebrant at the holy communion. The morning service will be preceded by a recital of old familiar hymns on the McKim Memorial Chimes, commencing at 10:30. Rev. Alvin Lamar Wills of the church staff will preach at evensong at 8 o'clock. Dr. Phillips will be the speaker at the Lenten noon day services Monday to Priday inclusive. These services, espe- cially aesigned for people in office, com- mence at 12:05 and conclude promptly at 12:30. The clergy, who will give the addresses at the afternoon services are: Monday, Rev. Albert H. Lucas, canon of Washington Cathedral and headmaster of St. Alban's School; Tuesday, Dr. Francis Yarnall; Thursday, Rev. Mr. Wills, and Friday, John E. Hines, stu- dent at the Virginia Theological Semi- nary. Wednesday, commencing at 1:30 o'clock and Jasting until 5:30, there will be a service of intercession, with medi- tations and devotions each 20 minutes, conducted by visiting clergymen of vari- ous Christian fellowships. These inter- cessions are sponsored by the Washing- ton Federation of Churches, The rector will continue his series of lectures Friday evening concerning the history and policy of the church, These of the Parish House, adjacent to the church, and open to the public. T Trail Club Plans Hike. of Wasl has scheduled a 13- mile hike along the Appalachian Trail from Pen Mar to the 'Smithsburg: Wolfsville road in Maryland for tomor- row, contingent on the ther. The to Pen Mar from Wi is to made by bus. Bishop Jchn McNamara of Wash-| ington will assist the Rev. ZeBarmey T. | Late yesterday Senator Burton K.| Wheeler, Senator Walsh's colleague for the hour for the ceremony at 10 am. | STAR, WASHINGTON, CUMMINGS TO FILL Appointment as Attorney General to Give Opportunity for Permanent Choice. Homer 8. Cummings, who aided Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential campaign from the start, accepts the Attorney Generalship with the full knowledge that his tenure of office will be brief. Named yesterday by the incoming President to fill the vacancy in the new cabinet created by the sudden death of Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon- tana, Mr. Cummings’ appointment was described as “temporary.” He had been designated by Mr. Roosevelt to be Gov- ernor General of the Philippines. ‘The naming of the Connecticut attor- ney to the cabinet will give the new President en opportunity to look over the field for a head of the Department of Justice. To Go to Philippines. Mr. Cummings is expected shortly to displace Iheodore Roosevelt, jr., who was named Governor General of the Philippines by President Hoover. One of the first New Englanders to sponsor Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy, the tall, scholarly former national Democratic chairman, was in the group that managed the Roosevelt activities at_the Chicago convention. Cummings, 62 years old, has been in politics since William Jennings Bryan's first campaign. For many years he has been one of a handful of men who kept democracy alive in the tradi- tionally Republican State of Con- necticut. In 1920 he headed the National Com- mittee for six months, and delivered the keynote speech at the convention which nominated Mr. Roosevelt for the vice presidency. Cummings himself, twice an unsuccessful senatorial nomi- nee in Connecticut, was mentioned for the presidential nomination that year, but he refused to become an active candidate. He never has hesitated to disagree with the other Connecticut Democratic leaders if he did not share their views. In 1924 he supported William G. Mc- Adoo for the presidency while the ma- jority of his State delegation favored Alfred E. Smith. Fight for Roosevelt. Again last year the delegation was bound to Smith, after Cummings led | an unsuccessful fight to pledge the group to Roosevelt. ‘The new Attorney General, although born in Chicago, comes from old New | England stock. Since his graduation from Yale Law School in 1893, he has | practiced at Stamford, Conn. Three times mayor of his home city, i he was State’s attorney from July, 1914, to the Autumn of 1925. After the World War, he aided the Department | of Justice in handling several war | claims cases, Cummings and his second wife, the former Marguerite T. Owings of In- dianapolis, came to Washington Wed- nesday night for the inaugural cere- monies. He originally had planned to remain here only until Monday. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tonight |and tomorrow, little change in tem- | perature, lowest tonight abqut 34 de- | grees; gentle to moderate northwest | winds. i Maryland and Virginia—Generally | | fair tonight, tomorrcw fair with slowly | | rising temperature in extreme west | portion, | West Virginia—Cloudy tonight, to- | morrow fair with slowly rising tem- | perature. | Outlook for March 6 to March 11. North and Middle Atlantic States— | Fair Monday, rain over south and rain | or snow over north portion Tuesday or | Wednesday and again Saturday or Sun- day. Slowly rising temperature Tues- | day, colder about Thursday, and warmer | | by Saturday. River Report. Potomac River clear, and Shenan- doah little cloudy this morning. Report for Last 24 Hours. ‘Temperature. Barometer. Degrees. | Yesterday— 4 pm. 8 pm. Midnight Today— 4 am. 8 am. Noon . Record for Last 24 Hours. Highest, 46, at 3:15 p.m. yesterday.' Year ago, 51. Lowest, 37, at 7:15 am. today. Year ago, 38 Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 68, on February 24. Lowest, 14, on February 9. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) ‘Today. 1:32am. 8:00a.m. 1:50 p.m. 8:49 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sun, today ... 6:37 Sun, tomorrow 6:35 6:05 Moon, toiay .. 10:35a.m. 1:36 am. Automobile lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. Precipitation. Monthly precipitation in inches in the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1933. Average. Record. January. 55 7.09 :gf ‘TomoOrTow. 2:25am. 2:48pm. 9:49 p.m. Sets. 6:04 veees 325 2 2.68 . 0.01 November. . December.... ‘Weather in Various Cities. 5 3SUAH *+++£8p10150, . Cloudy Abilene, Tex. Cloudy 8! Chicago, IIL.. Cincinnati, Ohic Cleveland. Ohio. lumbia. 8. C. as0, Tes Galveston, Helena, Mon Huron, 8. Indianapolis.Ini Jacksonville] lectures are held in the Willard room | Kansas City, The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club th::‘}vhi:r 1 | legislative mill again in D. C., SATURDAY, HOUSE REJECTS PLACE SHORT TIME| D, €, SUPPLY BIL oot Beaten, 101 to 14, at Night Session—Early Action Like- ly in Extra Congress. . ‘The House in a night session last night rejected the $36,991,000 District appropriation bill by a vote of 101 to 14, when Blanton, Democrat, Texas, led the opposition to agreeing to the conference report which fixed the Federal contribution for support of the National Capital at $7,600,000. The four other House conferees signed the conference agreement. Early action is promised on this bill in the speclal ses- sion, so that District agencies will not be left without funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Representative Cannon, Democrat, of Missouri, in charge, of the bill started to demand a quorum call, but was per- suaded to defer his demand because it would have required Speaker Garner to order the arrest of the absentee members. Earlier in the evening the House adopted the conference report on the $31,824,000 second deficiency bill after the conferees struck out $250,000 for the George Rogers Clarke Memorial in Indiana; $50,000 for the celebration of the Roanoke Island colony settlement in North Carolina and $48,500 for the agriculture conference at Rome, Italy. A final, futile effort to save the bill was made in the House this morning, as soon as the session opened at 10 o'clock. Cannon moved that the House insist upon its disagreement with the Senate and that the bill be sent back to conference. Owing to the parlia- mentary situation, the shortness of time remaining and the need for quick action, this could be done only by unan- imous consent. Blanton promptly objected. This was the final thrust. Representative Cannon admitted the bill is dead for this session and no further efforts will be made on the House side to save it. Blanton Assails Bingham. During the debate on the District supply bill, Representative Blanton said the Federal contribution to the main- tenance of the government in the Dis- trict_was “excessive,” and that Sena- tor Bingham was responsible for in- creases in the bill including $625,000 for emergency unemployment relief. Blanton referred to Bingham as “the long, lanky Senator” from Connecticut and Representative Goss, Republican, of Connecticut, charged the Texan had “reflected on the integrity of a col- league of mine.” Goss demanded that Blanton's remarks be taken down but a hurried conference was held after Sena- tor Bingham came into the chamber and Representative Oliver, Democrat, of Alabama, moved that Blanton pro- ceed “in order.” Withdrawing his remarks, Blanton was able to continue his attack on the gl;l“ without further objection from When Cannon sought to force a quorum call, Blanton told him that it would force the House to remain in ses- sion for several hours before the ser- geant at arms could round up the ab- sentee members. Blanton said the new Congress would meet within a few days and that the bill could be passed with- in 24 hours after approximately 174 Senate amendments were stricken out gzmtshned liDudse.!h c:!nnon withdrew his nd the House recessed 10 :":elock u:odn B e r the House recessed Blan said “the bill is dead for this mm‘r?_?’ This supply bill is the last of 11 to be acted on by the House. The compromis> on the Federal con- tribution was $175,000 less than for the | current year, but at the same time it is $1,100,000 more than th originally’insisted on. e Conferees Brought Together. When the conference began, a ma- Jority of the House managers rejected compromises suggested by the Senate members. Two of the House members, Representatives Simmons of Nebraska, and Holaday of Illinois, were reported as willing to meet the Sengtors half- way from the start, but the other three House members rejected the Senate’s offer in the first conference to come down from the Senate figure of $9,500,- 000 to the current lump sum of $7,775,- 000. Finding themselves confronted with this situation, the Senate conferees decided nothing was to be gained from further discussion with no substantial concession being made by the House tide. The conferees parted shortly be- fore 4 o'clock and for a time there appeared to be no prospect for an agree- ment, with less than 24 hours of the session remaining. Two hours later, however, the conferees made a final effort at agreement, resulting in a majority of the House group accepting more than a million dollars above their original limit and only slightly under the current amount. It was largely through the efforts of Senator Bingham, head of the Senate conferees, and Chairman Byrns of the House Appropriations Committee that the conferees were brought together. Senator Bingham, who has handled local appropriations for four years and who is finishing his term in the Senate today, did not want to see the bill fail in the closing hours of the session. After the first conference had broken - | up in a deadlock he took the initiative in going over the situation with Chair- man Byrns, who in turn consulted resentative Cannon, with the result that a second conference at 6 o'clock was arranged. Blanton, however, held out to the end against the compromise and is understood to have left the second conference soon after it had gotten un- der way. Once the controversial ques- tion of what share the Federal Govern- ment_should bear in the expenses of the National Capital next year had been settled, the conferees made steady progress in adjusting their differences over the 173 other Senate amendments. The Senate receded on many questions in order to get the bill through and avold having it go through the entire the special session of the new Congress. The Jarge number of amendments resulted from_the effort of the Senate to save the District §ovemment from serious curtailment of necessary expenditures under the House policy of cutting down nearly all city agencies below the bud- get estimates. The Senate receded from its amend- ment which would have prohibited the ‘Commissioners from reducing the tax rate on real estate and tangible per- scnal property. Yields on Million Payment. The House insisted on requiring the District_to make another payment of $1,000,000 to the United States during the coming year as an installment to- ward reimbursement of the Federal Government for funds advanced by new park areas under the Cramton-Capper park development law. The Senate fought to relieve the District from this payment next mon the theory that it would be a nsome requirement under present conditions, but finally had to yield to the House. The Senate also lost its amendment Funeral services and 10| held at Hazelton, Pa., Mon been let The items promises were ay between the House and Senate W related the twe in- cinerators {WM‘. ‘The House ~operation MARCH 4, 1933. AUTHOR OF “HOT TIME" DITTY A. Metz Composed Famed Tune Nearly 50 Years Ago. Navy Band Plays a New Composition in Parade Today. Theodore A. Metz is 85 years old and he admits there may be two suns and two moons, but there is only one Theodore A. Metz. Almost 50 years ago he wrote a song called “There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.” The first Roose- velt to be President of the United States made the tune famous. His Rough Riders immortalized it in the Spanish- | American War. It was their campfire | ditty and battle song. | Today Theodore A. Metz, the one| and only, has set the stage for the debut | of his new tune dedicated to President- | elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is called | the “President Roosevelt March” and it is, he says, the nearest thing to “A | Hot Time,” without being an imitation, | that he has ever written. ‘When Theodore Roosevelt was in- augurated “Metz’s Hot Time Band” played its favorite melody from one end of the Avenue to the other. The United States Navy Band blared forth the notes of the “President Roosevelt March” for the first time in history Theodore A. Metz has come to Wash- ington personally to witness the joint introduction of his new song and the Nation’s new Chief Executive. His song has been placed in the hands of Charles Benter, an officer of the naval band, | which in turn has been placed in the inauguration parade. To the Navy musicians will be en- trusted the “exclusive” rendition of a piece which Theodore A. Metz thinks may catch the public fancy as did “Hot Time.” and made $100,000 for the composer, he says. “President Roosevelt March” has a | march time introduction and a snappy | chorus. Theodore A. Metz counts on | the chorus to knock em cold, although | he says the Navy Band likes the march part, too. ‘The lyric goes: “President Roosevelt, we're here to greet you; You are the boy for us sure as you're born. We want a man like you in the White House. | All hail to President Roosevelt.” The first song hit Theodore A. Metz wrote was peddled around music shops and publishers’ houses for 10 years be- fore it got into print. In 1896 Theodore A. Metz was a mu- sician, and bandmaster with the McIn- | tyre and Heath Minstrels. He was trav- | eling South with the troupe, working on a new melody he had written, when | the train stopped in a little town where some shacks were burning be- | side the railroad track. A lot of people | were heaving water at the fire and the citizenry were properly - excited. The name of the hamlet was Old Town. | Mr. McIntyre, or maybe it was Mr. Heath, was sitting next to Theodore A. Metz on the train. “Oh, he said, “they're having a | hot time!” | ‘That one sold a million copies th WRITES ROOSEVELT MARCH THEODORE A. METZ. —Star Staff Photo. ‘Theodore A. Metz was scribbling away on his song. “Say,” saild Mr. McIntyre (or Mr. Heath), “that will make a good name for your son: ‘There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight!"” ‘Theodore A. Metz thought so, too. He used the name and wrote some words to go with it. Some words—not ml:.rl:y. The catch phrase was the 8. ‘The composer believed in his song. He tried to get some one else to see its merits. He had no luck. “Around in those places where I tried to sell that piece I got to be known as | 'Prof. Nuts’” Theodore A. Metz says. | “But my middle name is Stick-to-it- | iveness—I like that word—and I did. Finally I got discouraged and asked a | cousin of mine how much it would cost to get a few hundred copies printed. He told me, and I ordered them. It | was a hit. I played it in the Roosevelt | inauguration, and when Theodore Roosevelt organized the Bull Moose movement in Chicago, I played it there. “He was standing about five feet away from the band when we played |the tune, and somebody said to him, ‘There is the fellow who wrote the piece.” “He said, ‘Is that right?’ and he came over to me and held out his hand. “He said, ‘I want to shake the hand of the man who wrote the piece that swept the Nation’ That's what he sald. Nobody ever printed that story before, but that's what he said.” Theodore A. Metz has brought with him his music-master costume and a | determination to meet the second Pres- ident Roosevelt. He thinks it can be arranged. “Not so hard to get to these fellows,” he says, “if you know how.” after July 1, contemplating use of ‘ dumps. The Senate restored them, and | the conferees agreed to permit opera- tion of the Georgetown incinerator but not the one near First and N streets southeast. Workhouse Funds Restored. ‘ The Senate was victorious in restor- | ing authority and money for continued | operation of the brick plant and other | industries at the District Workhouse | and Reformatory, the products of which are supplied to the Federal and District Governments. The Commissioners re- | garded this as one of the most impor- | tant issues in the bill because of the | | harmful results which might follow | leaving several thousand prisoners with- { out a useful means of occupying their time. | “'The House also agreed to the Senate | increase of $54,000 to be taken from the unexpended balance of a prior appro- | priation and used for continuing the | building program at Lorton. | There was no dispute between the | two Houses over the amount, $625,000, | for emergency relief for those who are | unemployed or otherwise in distress. | ‘The House, however, accepted the lan- | guage of the Senate bill, allowing not | to exceed 8 per cent of the fund for ad- | ministrative expenses and specifying | that the Board of Public Welfare may afford the relief by loan, employment, | or direct relief. This is the same as | existing law. This money would be for | use beginning July 1, the work being carried on now from a deficiency ap- propriation granted in January. M. E. 0’BRIEN FUNERAL TO BE HELD TOMORROW Senior Member of Patent Law Firm Will Be Buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow for Matthew E. O'Brien, 63, senior member of the patent law firm of O'Brien & O'Brien, who died at Garfield Hospital Thursday. After services to be held at S. H. Hines Co. funeral parlors, burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, in charge of King Solo- mon Lodge, No. 31, F. A. A. M. Rev. H. W. Burgan of Hamline Methodist Church will officiate. Pallbearers will be Edward S. Brash- ears, Dr. D. G. Davis, Dr. Grant 8. Barnhardt, Lewis Hartung, William Murray and Earl Klein. Mr. O'Brien had been an_attorney here since 1908. Previously he had been, in turn, reporter, managing editor and owner of the Bridgeport, Conn., Jour- nal, and had served in offices in Con- necticut. He studied law at Yale. e MRS. SUSAN KNOUSE, 64, DIES IN HOSPITAL HERE Native of Pennsylvania to Be Buried at Hazelton—Lived in Capital 13 Years. Mrs. Susan Knouse, 64, widow of | Samuel T. Knouse, died at Sibley Hos- pital yesterday. She was a native of Pennsylvania and had lived in Wash- ington about 13 years. Mrs. Knouse was active in church work at the First Reformed Church. She is survived by seven children, in- cluding Edward C. Knouse, real estate operator, 3619 Thirteenth street, with i | whom she lived, and two daughters in |4, Feissner and Miss burial will be day. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. Dinner dance, New York State Socl- ety, Mayfiower Hotel, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Sigma Beta Sorority, Indian Spring Golf Club, 10 p.m. Benefit card party, 733 Tenth street northeast, 8 p.m. Open house, Improved Order of Red Men and Degree of Pocahontas, 713 D _street, all day and tonight, REVIVAL OF ARMS PARLEY 15 SOUGHT British Seek Five-Power Meeting, but Idea Gets Cool Reception. BY NEGLEY FARSON. By Cable to The Star LONDON, England, March 4.—The British are again attempting to revive the defunct flve-power disarmament conference, this correspondent learns today. Prance, Germany, Italy, the United States and Great Britain are the na- tions concerned. The British intention is to try to snatch something from the wreckage at Geneva. This projected resumption of deliberations may be held at_Geneva again or possibly in London. It is even reported that British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald is anxious to proceed to, Geneva now to see what he can do to lend an impetus to the waning hopes for an accord. His trip may, however, be coincident with the expected visit to London of French Premier Edouard Daladier. ‘This correspondent learns that the French do not want to participate in the renewed plans. Neither, it is said, are the Germans enthusiastic. And here, British realists are pessimistic. ‘The consensus in well-informed cir- cles here is that the idea of disarma- ment itself has been dead for months. British die-hards are joyous over reports reaching London that neither the United States nor France will join Great Britain in the arms embargo against Japan and China. The result of the expected failure of the disarmament project is already re- flected in Great Britain in an increase by £1,500,000 of the budget appropria- tion for the British army estimates for 1933, (Copyright. 1933.) THREE OF CABINET DELAY BEGINNING Oath to Be Taken Monday by Woodin, Roper and Frances Perkin: By the Associated Press. Unless there are changes in plans three cabinet officers, at least, wl\f not take over their duties until Monday. William H. Woodin has said he did not wish to be sworn as Secretary of the Treasury until Monday morning. Daniel C. Roper, the new Secretary of Commerce, and Frances Perkins, who will be Secretary of Labor, have plan- ned to take the oath the same day. Technically, this would leave the Re- publican cabinet officers in charge of those departments until Monday. However, Secretary Mills plans leave late today, and Secretary Chapin of the Commerce Department has ar- ranged to get away tomorrow. Meantime, the Labor, Commerce and Departments were deserted ex- for officials at the Treasury who have been watching the banking situs- lon. None of the departments was open to the public, and admission only be gained by special passes. BANKRUPTCY SUIT FAILS in The s order that it was solvent. were estimated at VISITORS ARE TOLD OF VOTELESS D. €. ‘Inaugural Guests Given Pam- | phlets on Piight of Citizens Here. ‘Thousands of fnaugural visitors are being told today the story of a real ‘Porgotten Man,” the resident of fundamental ght t remeecntation 1n 1 representat: the Government. = o From points of vantage near the line of the inaugural parade, illustrated pamphlets by the hundreds are being distributed today to out-of-town guests, here to pay tribute to the President they helped to elect. They tell the mfl:flrxgl;goré of!htt): the near half nts o disfranchised. e ‘The pamphlets are being distributed by members of the Citizens’ Joint Com- mittee on National Representation, the Joint group representing all major local associations, who ask adoption of an amendment to the Constituticn to give the District a voice in its governing body, the. national Congress. Principal activities of the commit- tee are centered in the offices of the Postal Telegraph Cable Co. at the southeast corner of Fifteenth street and New York avenue. There souvenir in- augural booklets are being distributed to visitors and there also is a display g; le:'x;ge g::swrsl d;plc]ung the disfran- status of the le ashington refll%ent. e e booklets, in addition to dra by Clifford K. Berryman, cartoo: zén(g)sf The Star, also carry this plea: *Meas- ured by every American standard, the District of Coiumbia is entitled to a new deal as well as a square deal.” Pay Full Tax Share. . There are other national representa- tion poster displays at Jeueflp's, Tt:fi'- teenth and F streets; the Willard Hotel, f:‘én:l:n"ll%ozld Eingsylvmu avenue; e u lh;_hwéldl!l’d- ry headquarters at eodore W. Noyes, chairman of th Citizens’ Joint Committee on Nntlon:l Representation, asked the hearty co- operation of members of the committee and many today are active in distribu- Mnnx; ofhthe D?mtghlels. embers of e joint body alst explaining to citizens from y;thero l:rct tions of the country that District resi- dents pay as high local taxes as other efficiently managed American com- munities. They pay in addition the same national taxes for all national purposes, including Army and Navy, salary of Congressmen and general | emergency relief as all other Americans, g}nux"n sn.uI;rger :mount than any one 27 s and even States combined. e Amendment Pending. Annually the Federal Government makes a contribution toward the up- building, operation and maintenance of the Nation's Capital, but the District, | through its national taxes pays more toward this fund than any one of 27 of the States. In addition, thrucgh its local taxes, the District pays more than three-fourths of the entire expenses of Uncle Sam's magnificent and exclu- sively controlled Capital community, | being viewed today for the first time by 1 many inaugural visitors. The visitors are being told of the pending measure in Congress which would pave the way for consideration by the States of the constitutional amendment to permit the District to have elected representatives in the House and Senate, to permit local resi- dents to vote in prsidential elections and to have access to the Federal Courts. ARMY MEN TURN OUT WITH DECORATIONS New Silver Star Medal Makes First Public Appearance as Result of Orders. Out of deference to President Roose- velt, Army officers and troops taking part in the inaugural parade as well as those on official duty today wore whatever decorations they are entitled to wear instead of the usual incon- spicuous ribbon. ‘The new silver star citation medal, recently authorized for wear by all who received citations for gallantry, made its first public appearance today as a consequence of parade orders. In like manner also, the regimental flags of at least three Army units revealed in their streamers and battle clasps the honors that have been theirs during crucial periods of history. The 3d Cavalry, 12th Infantry and Tenth Cavalry, represented in the parade, are among the oldest units in the service. The 12th Infantry, or- ganized in 1850, received its baptismal fire in the early Indian campaigns; fought Lee and Jackson in a score of Virginia battles during the Civil War and then saw service at Santiago and during the World War. The famous 3rd Cavalry, still carry- ing on its traditions, was formed in 1846 and likewise learned its first war lessons on Western plains against the Indians. Mexico, the Civil War, Cuba, the Philippines and the World War are all represented in its “battle honors.” ‘The machine gun company of the 10th (colored) Cavalry belongs to a reg- iment that has made history to a reg- close of the Civil War. On its battle flag are the dates of campaigns also against the Indians and records of en- gagements in Cuba and the Philippines. ‘The other Army units in the parade re- ceived their baptismal fire during the World War with the exception of the 13th Engineers, which was not organ- ized until 1921, PARALYSIS KILLS WIFE OF NEW YORK PUBLISHER Mrs. Mildred Hume Stricken at Nineteenth Street and Columbia Road While Walking. Mrs. Mildred Hume, 52, wife of Sum- ner W. Hume, New York publisher, died at Emergency Hospital last night after she had suffered a paralytic stroke at Nineteenth. street and Columbia road while walking during the afternoon. A native of New York, Mrs. Hume had been visiting here with a daughter, Mrs. Stanley Suydam, 1870 Wyoming avenue, and had planned to witness the inaugu- ral ceremonies. Besides her daughter and husband, who is publisher of Public Works and Engineering Journal, she is survived by a u;n. Sumner W. Hume, jr, of New York. Funeral arraugements have not been completed. ——— New Swgical Instruments. mmm&’mtwdo!gehu‘plm quickly from a finger and the hand ring is often swollen as the result of an ac- cident so that ring removal is a eages tan be opiained can ing them into