Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1933, Page 3

NATIONAL BANK TAX W STATES UPHELD Bupreme Court Sustains } I.ouisiana.Aet—Duty on Schools Sustained. [BY the Associated Press. In two decisions yesterday, the United tates Supreme Court sustained Louisi- a taxes imposed on national banks nd declared States must ‘E:y duty on icles on the dutiable imported r use in their schools. ‘The court also announced it would on the action of Circult Judge anton in lppolntl.ng receivers for the hattan Railway in New York, the wo cases challenging the appointment being set for oral argument on April 17. The Secretary of State of South Da- ¥ota was directed to show by April 17 whether an appeal brought by him to enforce the payment of license fees for engaging in interstate motor truck ©operation should not be dismissed be- cause of recent legislation on the sub- Ject in that State. Factor Hearing Set. ‘The appeal of John (‘Jake the Bar- | ber”) Factor, held at Chicago for ex- tradition to England, charged with par- tielpating there in a large swindle, also ‘was set by the court for hearing on April 17, Chief ‘Justice Hughes handed down | the decision in a case brought by the University of Illinois, which had im- ported scientific equipment from Ger- many for classroom use, and protested the imposition of heavy duties. Finds No Vested Rights. “No one can be said to have a vested right to carry on foreign commerce within the United States,” sald Justice Hughes, except under conditions im- posed by Congress. “No State by virtue of any interest | of its own would be entitled to override the restriction (imposed by Congress),” Be _continued. Realizing the significance of the case, number of States joined Illinois in leading for freedom from import uties for their universities, but the ourt told them their only claim to ee imports would be by obtaining the xpressed consent of Congress, A recess was declared by the court from March 27 to April 10 STATE BANKING BILL ASKED BY HUEY LONG IS PROBED IN SENATE (Continued From Pirst Page.) but after he conferred with President Roosevelt the new measure was intro- ®luced. Provides for Loans. ‘The new bill provides that for a year Bfter its enactment State banks and trust companies may borrow from eral Reserve banks by depositing ceptable” collateral, the same terms ap- lied in the emergency banking act to deral Reserve members. What con- stitutes “acceptable” collateral is left to the Reserve banks Under the new bill, " State banks and trust companies could deposit their se- curities with the Federal Reserve and obtain the new currency now being is- | sued. They would be required, how- | ever, to maintain with Reserve banks the same reserve balance deposits as are now required of members. Approval of State banking depart~| ments for loan applications would be required, and non-members, while in- | debted to the Federal Reserve, would | be subject to the same rules and regu- | lations as apply to members. Referred to Subcommittee. The Borah bill to abolish the Home | Loan Bank system was referred to a subcommittee headed by Senator Bulk- ley, Democrat, of Ohio. Other members are Senators Barkley, Democrat, of Kentucky; McAdoo, Democrat, of California; Couzens, Re- publican, of Michigan, and Townsend, Republican, of Delaware. The committee referred to the same pubcommittee the nomination of C. B. Merriam of Kansas to be a member of | by the Home Loan Bank Board. Chairman Fletcher said he expected Whe subcommittee to report back the omination ~without waiting for a etermination on the future of the bome loan system, pointing out an- ther member is required to give the xonrd a working quorum. Bulkley announced the subcommittee Wwould meet tomorrow to begin its con- ideration of the Borah bill and the | omination. DRAMA TEND.ENCIES TOPIC Prof. Will Hutchins of American U. to Give Fourth Lecture. Prof. Will Hutchins of American Uni- Wersity will lecture on “Tendencies in odern Drama” as the ‘ourth drama Salk in the series now being given be- fore the Recreation Institute of the Ppistrict _in Garnet-Patterson Com- munity Center, Tenth and U streets, Sonight at 8 o'clock. The final talk in this series will be ngen next Tuesday night when Harold nyder of the Community Center De- partment will speak on stage settings #nd stage lighting. LECTURE ON DENTISTRY Dr. Boyd Gardner of Rochester, ., director of the dental clinic at Mayo Hospital there, will speak on “The Interdependence of Medicine and Dentistry” at a joint meeting of the District Medical and Dental So- cieties at the Medical Society Building, 3718 M street, at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Dr. Earl Clark, M. D.; Dr. Arthur Crane, D. D. S, and Dr. Sterling Mead, D. D. S, will discuss Dr. Gardner's essay. SPECIAL NOTICES. WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ebts contracted by any one. other than myself. MELVIN W. FARRAN, 72A Bates st. 0.. WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, ANY ills_unless contracted by myself. W, M. CLAPP. 2216 Rlndolnh 21 N ELECTRICIAN, Lways canl me Dr1efthie Bhon. on Wheels: ‘hey are p: d reliable. wu 48210 LL NOT B NSIBLE jlls uniess contracted by myself, S ARES NOW. Radio Central, Room 2020, Navy B Washington, D. C. WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR nln'rs curred by any one other than myself. JAMES E. BADEN, 1437 So. Carolina ave. s.e. 725 FRIGIDAIRE REFRIGERATOR, NOW 156, 0. J. DeMOLL & 1'0 HAUL FULL OR PART LOAD TO r (lom New York. Richmond. Boston, Pitts- HONE Bl ind Aok . N-t 1460. _Local movirig_also. R.INT. SUITABLE _FOR quets, 'Efldlflll Infl ach: new chals Metropolitan _1844. - I.BB ‘CLOVER OR !AGK (le e o e, GOVY Lnco. west 0654 by 10 st n.w. OPPORTUNITY 7 years: 100 ft. Stk eots hel:g‘l::(’nhegm 751 Baitim 5 ‘wonderful 0 Wlt\lfl ity pending repeal. A 77 Hause, 405 W. ln st ROOF WORRIES Tl dissvpear promptly and | assisted in correcting abuses among | Prosecution Promised if En- %|of the Gridiron Club at the Willard 4 | Berryman, members of the Executive Committee. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., Another Hat Becomes Famous LABOR SECRETARY PERKINS' TRICORNE JOINS THE “IMMORTALS.” NOTHER hat is about to take its place with the famious head- gears of American politics—the little black tricorne of Miss Prances Perkins, new Secretary of Labor and first woman to sit in a President’s cabinet. The three-cornered felt will join the company of the “hat-in-the-ring” of T. R. and the beloved brown de Al Smith. Dates Back to Childhood. Miss Perkins first wore the tricorne when she was 8 years old. Her mother bought the first one and she’s been ‘wearing them ever since. The reason? It is becoming (she claims she looks awful in any other kind); it's practical (she says she has a “flat head” and other hats blow off); it's suitable for all occasions, and by this time she wouldn’t feel herself in anything else. But, although the now-famous Per- kins' tricorne dates back to her child- hood, the new Labor Secretary’s inter- est in economics and labor Began in her college days, when she first heard that vibrant personality, Mrs. Florence Kelly, talking about labor problems to the girls at Mount Holyoke College. “I remember being thrilled by Mrs. Kelly, and, in my ignorance, writing to the Consumer’s League to see if I would be permitted to join, not realiz- ing that they were out for all the mem- bers they could get,” she recalled. Leaves Imprint. Mrs. Kelly, remembered by social workers of a past era as one of the magnetic personalities of «her day, is no longer living. But her influence has been perpetuated through an alert, brown-eyed Mount Holyoke graduate, who listened with rapt attention as she discussed the labor problems of her time and talked of the human beings who were crushed by hard labor. Her first job after graduating from college was that of executive secretary in the Reseach and Protective Asso- ciation in Philadelphia, in which she immigrant girls. Her next job was ln | the Corsumers’ League, the beginnin of a career that had been built on l| tremendous ability to work in the | diversified channels of her profession | until she has become the first woman ever to serve in the cabinet. So far Miss Perkins has been too busy to indulge in social activities. “I have hardly had time to think about it yet,” she said. In the 10 days she has been in office she has received not less than 200 letters with plans for employing the jobless. “Our leading industrialists today know that short hours and good wages y,” said Miss Perkins, discussing a | ew of her ambitions and problems. She told how the tendency of low SECRETARY PERKINS. wages was discussed by the Governors of the different States in their recent conference with President Roosevelt |and how the President had recom- mended that every State establish a minimum wage law. “It is a great satisfaction to me to read that a minimum wage law has gone to the New York Senate and I telegraphed my appreciation to the leg- islators who have been working for it. I know that this kind of legislation, which creates a just machinery with fair representation to the employer and the employe, will do much to peg the wage level. The important thing Js to build up a purchasing market among the wage earners.” STRAUS GO. CHARGE WILL BE PROBED joined Firm Is Doing Business Again. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 21.—Attorney General John J. Bennett announced | yesterday he will investigate immediate- ly a statement made by two retiring receivers for 8. W. Straus & Co. that |the enjoined company had “simply |moved downtown and gone into busi- |ness again under a slightly different name.” “This charge will be investigated im- | mediately,” he said, “and if it is found | that the enjoined company is doing| business, contempt proceedings will be instituted at once.” 8. W. Straus & Co., dealers in real estate mortgage bonds, which has sold more than $380,000,000 of securities, on March 2 consented to the appointment of a receiver and to the issuance of an injunction prohibiting it from doing usiness in the State. In a letter of resignation as receiv- ers, former United States Senator Wil- liam M. Calder and Robert Moses, chairman of the State Council of Parks, said they had found S. W. Straus & Co. “simply a shell,” and added: “We are advised that S. W. Straus & Co. agreed to go out of business and to the appointment of receivers by you. As evidence of the weakness of the Martin act, it is interesting to note that S. W. Straus & Co. has simply moved downtown and gone into business again under a slightly different name.” Shortly after the Calder-Moses letter was made public, S. J. T. Straus, who became chairman of the board of S. W. Straus & Co. upon the death of 5. W. Straus two years ago, issued a state- ment in which he said “the company is not a shell” He said “it now has assets which cost many millions of dol- lars.” —_— GENERAL ELECTRIC WORK IN RUSSIA DISCUSSED Recent Arrest of Engineers Causes Talk Between Company and All Union Trust Officials. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW,"March 21.—Various phases of the International General Electric Co.’s work in Soviet Russia were dis- cussed in general terms today by rep- resentatives of the company with offi- cials of the All-Union Electrical Trust. The conversation was the result of the recent arrest of 25 Russian electrical engineers, with some of whom the In- ternational General Electric Co. was more or less closely connected in the course of its operations here. These engineers now are ncing trial on charges of sabotage in power stations. Six British subjects and a number of Russian employes of the British elec- trical firm, Metropolitan-Vickers, were arrested several days ago on charges of sabotage in electrical construction work. ‘The International General Electric 1| Co.’s action here was taken on authori- zation of the company’s general offices in Schenectady, N. Y. SR e ROOSEVELT ACCEPTS GRIDIRON INVITATION President to Be Guest of Honor at Club’s Annual Spring Din- mner April 29. President Roosevelt will be the tum of honor at the annual Spring dinner Hotel April 29. The President yesterday accepted an invitation to attend when a committee of the club called on him. The group was composed of Charles Ross, presi- dent; James R. Wright, vice pmwent J. Harry Cunningham, secretary: Fred Essary, treasurer, and Arthur S Henning, Byron Price and Clifford K. Silt Yields Shin Tools. MAINZ, Germany —Tools made from the shins of elephlnu and wild horses and dating from the days of the “Heldelberg man” years ago were found in sand deposited the Rhine and Mainz Rivers ot the When Our - thorough work. holdn—-knp% ‘gu . COMPANY Ry | 3 . derfer—end their terms April 9. D. C. COMMISSIONER PROSPECTS GROW Three Citizens’ Organiza- tions Offer Additions to List of Candidates. With no indication of where final choice will fall, the list of indorse- ments for possible appointtees to the District Commissionerships continues to ow. Additions came last night from three civic groups—the Lincoln Park and Brookland Citizens' Associations, and the Clevelana Park Business Men's Association. All voiced approval of men whose names previously have been coupled with speculation concerning the posts whose incumbents—Gen. Herbert B. Crosby and Dr. Luther H. Rfldfll‘;}; former already has resigned, but Dr. Reichelderfer is being urged for reap- pointment. Lincoln Park Backs Three. Lincoln Park backed three: Willlam McK. Clayton, George W. Offutt and Arthur C. Smith. Brookland gave its support to Dr. George C. Havenner and at the same time indorsed Miss FEtta Taggart, Georgetown lawyer, for judge of Juve- nile Court. ‘The Cleveland Park organization also went on record for Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith’s friends have been par- ticularly active recently, and have obtained indorsements for him, it was said today, of 12 groups, including fl.no the Federation of Business Men's As: clations, the Central Business Men's Association, Wisconsin Avenue Business Men's Association, Reciprocity Club of America and Logan-Thomas Citizens’ tion. He is president of the Federation of Business Men's Associa- tions and the Central Business Men's BALTIMORE BANK LIT IS DEBATED) 1 Names of Depositors Who Withdrew $10,000 or More Covers 34 Pages. ly s Btaft Correspondent of The Star. llln:h 21 —ne to re- m- of what should be done with the list or names of per- sons who withdrew $10,000 or more from Baltimore banks during the 10 days preceding Maryland’s Banking holiday. After an hour’s debate, in executive session, the Delegates failed to decide last night whether the list should be turned over to the Grand Inquest Com- mittee for action. List Covers 34 Pages. It was agreed, however, that the list, which nued 34 typewritten pages, should be made public. It took Robert Batterden, reading clerk, an hour and read list to the legis- In addition to the name of each per- son and corporation, the list set forth address, the amount of money withdrawn and the bank. ‘The list was compiled by Bank Com- missioner John J. Ghingher in accord- ance with a resolution offered by Dele- gate Thomas D’Alesandro of Baitimore. Asks Deposit Figures. Last night D'Alesandro presented a resolution requesting Gov. Ritchie to furnish the House with a list of all State funds on deposit in banks oper- al on a restricted basis and the {:: d:u not secured by collateral or surety “I hope the information will be given us before the budget comes before the House, s0 We may be able to vote in- telligently on the appropriations,” D’Alesandro said. The resolution was committed to the Rules Committee. It did not specify any time for the submission of the in- formation asked. A similar resolution, calling on the State treasurer to give the House a statement of all public moneys on deposit, was introduced last week by Delegate Robert Kimble of Al y County and is now in the hands of the Rules Committee, LARGER PRODUCTION REPORTED IN DETROIT Forecasts of Increased Industrial Activity Made by Auto Manufacturers. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 21 —Forecasts of increased industrial activity in De- troit’s factories began to be realized yesterday with announcement by sev- eral companies of increased production. i Alfred P. Sloan, jr., General Motors head, recently announced an increase in activity and pay roll for his com- pany. In addition to Detroit units, Chevrolet factorles in Flint have re- sumed production and the Chevrolet- Pontiac foundries at Saginaw called back some 3,500 men today. Packard Motor Car Co. officials an- nounced that the present output is on a level with the February production and that February, 1933, exceeded Feb- ruary in 1932. Hudson production was not materially curtailed in recent weeks, it was said at the company plant, and is continuing a{ normal for the present period. Dodge Bros’ plants reopened last week. A PFord Motor Co. official gave the present level of employment in Ford factories at 27,000. The Wayne Body Co., Graham Paige affliate, re- called 500 workers today, while Kel- vinator tion, manufacturer of electric refrigerators, resumed normal production. _— URGES PARENTS ATTEND CHILD HEALTH TESTS Montgomery Doctor Also Stresses Importance of Family Physi- cian's Presence. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md.,, March 21— ‘The importance of hnv\ns the family physiclan and parents of the child present during the physical examina- tions now being conducted in the school was stressed by Dr. V. L. Ellicott, county health officer, at a meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association of the East Silver Spring School held last Association, and is vice president of the | Might. Smith Transter & Storage Co. Support Is Withheld. Meanwhile local Democratic leaders g::: not given support to any candi- Postmaster General Farley. who is dispensing the patronage for the Roose- velt administration, said yesterday no move had ‘been made toward selecting any District appointees. KAPITOL KIDbIES KLUB PLAN BENEFIT PROGRAM Acrobatics, Dancing, Music and Recitation to Be Given at ‘Walter Reed. Members of the Kapitol Kiddies Klub will give a benefit program of acro- batics, dancing. singing, music and reci- tations at Walter Reed Hospital tonight at 8 o'clock. Members of the organza- tion are 212 to 16 years of age. Direc- tors of the group are Misses Dorothy Davenport, Frieda Simon and Elizabeth G. Coombs. Among _the performers this evening will be Ethel Ferber, Carola Giovan- noni, Florence Simon, Leslie Bryan, Samaltz, Doris Payne, Mary Huffman, Raymond Ehrmantraut, Miri- am Ehrmantraut, Marian McGinsley, Margaret Botts, Helen Hayes, Pauline Fuller, Edgar Rol Leslie Freeman, Ruth Katz, Margaret Morrison, Estelle ‘Tabb, Corinne McWilliams, Norman Rupert, Edward ‘Chamberlain, Eugene Meyers, Ruth Metz, Giddy Novich, Shalamick Novich and Evelyn Knott. g SRy OLD CLOTHING NEEDED BY CONSERVATION UNIT Calls Far Exceed Supply, Workers Say, in Appeal for Con- tributions. Calls for clothing at Clothes Con servation Headquarters, John Innhlfl place and Pennsylvania lvemu. far exceed contributions, it was said today by tbe vohlnteer workers who conduct “Wemlnlpecmmedotcmlnl for men,” the workers said, and down | The Committee of about 600,000 | headq diluvian period. A umu skuu near Wallertheim, Hesse, finitely established as m.:,o M’l fi. to & phone number is National 7174, A resolution opposing any reduction in the salaries of school teachers in Mon! County and urging county officials to adopt a budget adequate to provide for the maintenance of, the present school standard was approved. George W. Davis, a member of the Boerd of Education, and Fred F. Hen- shaw, president of the Woodside Par- ent-Teacher Association, spoke briefly. At the close of the business session, a play, “The Country School House,” was P::enud by the men of the as- socia Masson, William F. Steiner, James Mc- Cann, Mark M. Shoemaker, Charles Priedrich, Francis H. Townsend, jr.; William H. Carroll, Alfred T. Newbold and Messrs. Werner and Heideck. S ——— PARAGUAYANS DISLODGED, SAYS BOLIVIAN MILITARY Abandonment of Camp Jorden Held End of Long Phase of Gran Chaco Operations. By the Associated Press. LA PAZ, Bolivia, March 21.—Bolivian military m:]\:s:orms ¥MP|‘:::'M said definte gment of yans from c-mp] Jordenu.md :fl: ntort,h of Saavedra, closes a long of opera- tions in the disputed Gran Chaco country. Camp Jorden has been the scene of fighting of vuylnc intensity since De- cember, when Paraguayan forces at- tempted to capture the Bolivian general staff headquarters at Fort Munoz. A succession of counter-attacks m- lued, with both sides strongly trenched in the neghborhood or . salient including Forts Saavedra, Mur- gia and Aguarica. ‘With the Paraguayan Army of 2,000 withdrawn to Gondra and mju sun. military authorities here said, Bo! plan to strengthen the line mnecunl Saavedra, Murgia, Aguarica, Murillo and Custrovientos. Their aim is then to increase pressure against Fort Ayala and Fort Arce. SIX TO BE INITIATED Committee of 100 at Miami Beach ‘Will Receive New Members. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 21 (#).— “millionaires cm{tm‘mm-u z new members at its meeting tonight, Clayton w’ Cooper, president, announced | new members e!lkflmn ngof Boston, W. K Campbell of C. Roland Risdon of Detroit, Melvin C. Eaton of Norwich, N. Y.; Ed- ward Kolb of Philadelphia and Dr. E C. True of Baltimore. Comdr. Prank C. McCord and his fel- | officers aboard the naval sirship | Akron-will be guests of the committes, ¢ | mented light wine during the present TUESDAY, M INUTE] TystenRy) SO[Vefl I Dr. Pore dney s professot of criminology at o Tamovs w c'rfl' ften s ‘ ll(el when lul tllel nr ok ’XY! 1our wits “on it! It takes but ONE read! Every fact and every | ! nnct l" to its solution are in the Story "itaelf~and there s oniy one answer, How good & detective are you? Bands of Fate. BY H. A. RIPLEY. ROP. FORNEY stood gazing down at the human bit of wreckage lying on the floor in & cheap flop house. Word had just been brought to him that this drug-ridden derelict had killed himself. Hardened as he was by. close association with violent death, a shud- der escaped him. He had known Ralph Simpson when he was one of the most promising archi- tects in New York. With a sigh the professor walked over and from the back of the man’s! right hand picked up a small rubber band, noticing as he did a red mark around the wrist. He lifted the band and slipped the rubber over it. Yes, it fitted. He must have been wearing it for some time. But why. wondered Pordney? A bullet hole ln\ the temple, an au- | tomatic nearby from which one shell had been fired, told the story of death. ‘While the camera men were busy the professor, noticing some letters lying on a small table, studied them a mo- ment, then stacked them together. The sides were marked as if they had been bound in & bundle. Slipping the rub- ber band around them, he murmured, “I_wonder now—" Removing it, he read through the letters. To the last, apparently, Ralph Slm 8 had not betrayed a confidence, | re Was enough dynamite to blast the reputations of some of the most prominent people in town. When Reynolds called. “There's no | question but what it's suicide; shall we ; remove the body now, sir?” Fordney replied. “Not yet, sergeant. I wonder | if Simpson’s murderer got his letters | from this pile?” “Murderer?” gasped Reynolds. HOW DID FORDNEY KNOW SIMP- SON HAD UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN MURDERED? (Solution on Page A- -16) JAHNCKE COMMODORE ON NAVAL RESERVE LIST Former BSecretary Given Commis- sion by President Hoover as “Christmas Present.” Ernest Lce Jahncke, until a few days ago the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, | is now a full fledged commodore on the Naval Reserve list. This was learned yesterday when | officials told the press, in answer to 1 Questions, that former President Herbert Hoover made a Christmas present to! Mr. Jahncke of the reserve commission. Oetats tn the Naver Roser aieten. | of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy De- partment, said that by direction of the President of the United States and the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Jahncke was commissioned a commodore in the Naval Reserve on December 22. At the same time, they said, Mr. Jahncke was placed | on the honorary retired list of the Naval | Reserve. In this status he draws no Ppay, authorities asserted. Previously Mr. Jahncke held the rank of lieutenant commander in the Intelli- gence Section of the Naval Reserves, a o which he secured on Pebruary 20, e 10 PER CENT WINE BILL AIM OF CALIFORNIANS; Grape Growers Seek to Legalize Naturally Fermented Drink at This Session. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, March 21.—De- spite the clause in the beer bill legaliz- ing 3.2 per cent wine, grape growers of California announced yesterday they would press for congressional enactment ‘of & measure to permit the sale of wine of natural alcoholic strength up to 10 per_cent. “The light wine campaign,” said E. M. Sheehan, director of the Grape Growers’ League, “now has a better chance than at any time since prohi- bition because it is no longer confused by the beer issue, but the beer bill has served as an opening wedge. “We confidently expect the Congress to pess a bill legalizing naturally fer- FIVE ARE FOUND DEAD IN DRIFTING LAUNCH Man and Woman, Two Boys and Girl Believed Victims of Monoxide Fumes. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 21.—Five persons, a man and a woman, two boys and a girl, were found dead yesterday in the launch J. B. off Granite Falls in the north arm of Bur- rard Inlet. They were not identified immediately. ‘Two loggers sighted the drifting boat. Boarding it, they forced a cabin door and found the bodies. Provincial police advanced a theory that the five had been overcome by carbon monoxide fumes. Bolt Hlmal show that a launch J. is registered to Thomas James Bnd.y of Vancouver. CHOIR TO GIVE CONCERT Lenten and Easter music will be pre- sented by the A Capella Choir of the First Congregational Church in its con- cert at the Mayflower Hotel April 3. ‘The choir will alternate in selected sacred numbers with a quartet com: posed of Mrs (Ruby Sm Smith Stabl. al- rector of the cl y Wil- son Halbach, Dlh H.lmflton lnd Rob- ert Griffin. o7 HOT MEATS as well ] ‘cold“cuta 4 GULDENS .Mustard‘ ! German officer in Berli |on vessels at the new harbor. ARCH 21, 1933, DENY THIRD DEGREE AT TRIAL OF “SPY" Defense Makes Strong Effort to Offset Testimony Against British Officer. ka ) Special Dispatch to The Star. NDON, March 21.—An intimation t] the third degree had been applied | to Lieut. Norman Balllie-Stewart when al officials at Aldershot began afi | tigation of his alleged wrcngful acts was put forth by his counsel in| the course of today's session of the young officer’s court-martial. Lieut. Baillie-Stewart, an officer of the Seafcrth Highlanders, is being tried on charges of betraying army secrets to a foreign agent. Lieut. Col. F. N. Syms, who conducted this preliminary questioning of the accused officer, denled on the witness stand, however, that there was any- thing in the nature of a third degree | in the courze cf this questioning or even that Lieut. Baillie-Stewart was cross- | examined. The defense for the accused officer sought to shake damaging testimony | given against him yesterday. Testifies to Rendezvous. ‘When the court-martial adjourned yesterday evening the prisoner’s advo- | cate was beginning cross-examination | of Col. Syms, who had given testimony in connection with alleged rendezvous | between Lieut. Baillle-Stewart and a | ‘The whole of yesterday’s proceedings Were public. The stage at which secrecy | is judged necessary has not been reac! A gcod deal of secrecy, however, de- | veloped respecting persons mentioned in | the court-martial® Many are being designated by letters, while it was an- nounced the identity of certain foreign- ers would be entirely suppressed, as | otherwise their lives might be imperiled. | ‘The young lieutenant has preserved | the correct disciplinary gravity through- out the hearing, only relaxing during | | the temporary adjournments when he | chatted and laughed unconcernedly with his advocate. The British public was worked to a high pitch of curiosity concerning the { trial because the prisoner was held in | the medieval Tower of London on the | Thames embankment. For a long time | his name was kept secret. Col. Syms was questioned at length | by Lieut. Baillie-Stewart's attorney on | cross-examination with particular ref- erence to the accused officer’s explana- | tion that £90 he had admitted having | recelved from Berlin was in connection | with & liaison he had with a young woman in that city. He replied that he did not believe the explanation, “because I thought he | was putting me off with this story | simply to gain time.” He added that | he had been unable to learn any de- talls so0 the story could be checked. | The court room was cleared early in | the afternoon and the examination of further witnesses continued in cham- bers. PLAN TO SHORTEN TIME OF ATLANTIC TRAVEL Propose to Combine Air and Steam- ship Services With New Harbor. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, March 21.—A plan for | shortening North Atlantic passages by means of combined air and steamship services was proposed yesterday by Sir Alan Cobham to British and Canadian governments and presented to the Irish ;‘rse State high commissioner’s office ere Sir Alan, a distinguished duhm:e‘ | fiyer, recommended _establishment of | an airport at Lough Rusheen, two miles | from a gropmed new harbor on the | Galway st of Ireland. Mail and passengers would be rushed by air from the United Kingdom to the new airport and would be embarked Similar arraneements for disembarking and em- | barking passengers and mail would be | {nll'!e on the westen side of the At- lantic. DU PONT, 3D, TO WED | ‘WATERBURY, Conn., March 21 (#). | —Announcement’ was made last night | that Miss Jane Holcomb of wnerbury‘ md Pierre S. du Pont, 3d, of Wilming- | ’ Del,, will be married June 24 at| Holcomb Summer home on Plsherm Xsland N. Y. Du Pont is the son of hmmot‘ du Pont. Miss Holcomb is the daugh- | ter of Mr. and Mrs. Prederick Wain- wright Holcomb of this cit; I Clip This Coupon Tonight! Farms Dairy Chestnut Please send me a free sample of Chestnut ese. Phone. ..... e Y RS Farms Creamed Cottage Che Gentlemen: ATTORNEY MADE HEAD OF BENEVOLENT SOCIETY Godfrey L. Munter Elected Presi- dent of Swiss Organization at Legation Here. Godfrey L. Munter, Washington at- torney, was elected president of the Swiss Benevolent Soclety at its sixty- eighth annual meeting last night in the Swiss Legaiion. Miss Senz ‘Suter was chosen vice president, Ernest Faesch, treasurer, and Gertrude Thoni, secretary. The new president and Rev. James D. Bubrer and Mrs. Henrletta Herzog were elected to the Board of Trustees. The society is a charitable organiza- | tion formed in 1864. Its purpose is relief of needy Swiss citizens living in | the District and it is composed of Swiss citizens or their descendants. After the business meeting the mem- bers of the society were entertained by the Minister from Switzerland, Dr. Marc Peter, and Mme. Peter. TWO HURT, DRIVER HELD | Motorist Accused of Operating Auto While Drunk. Earle H. McConchie, 34, of the 1500 block of Massachusetts avenue southeast, was arrested last night on a charge of driving while drunk after his automo- bile had struck and injured a traffic policeman and street car inspector at Seventh street and Pennsylvania avenue | and knocked over the semaphore used to direct traffic. The injured policeman, H. B. Miller, | 36. suffered cuts and bruises, while the | street car inspector, George M. Grims- ley, 57, was reported to have recetved n | broke ankle. N A—3 HCN FUMIGA'TON- at, residence or ‘depo moth and beetle furniture. ‘ fecwrity Seorage Gonpey 1140 15th St., a safe deposi- tory for 43 years. Ty infested AprLY pw;n--r&u Gea: LEETH BROS 1220 13th St. N.W. Metre. 0764 Keep Internally CLEAN 'ul Good! 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