Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1933, Page 2

BANK GUARANTEE TO END FEAR URGED Bulkley, Telling How System Would Work, Sees Its Success Certain. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The great need of the insurance of bank deposits, as written into the Glass bank reform bill now before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, was emphasized by Senator Bulkley of ©Ohio | today. Fear, the most destructive of all forces, will be eliminated from the bank- ing system of the United States if the proposed law is enacted, the Ohio Sen- ator contended. He is a member of the subcommittee pf the Banking nnd| Currency Commitee, which has worked on the bill spcnsored by Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. The insurance fea- ture of the Glass bill is embodied also in the bill introduced in the House by Representative Steagall, chairman of the House Banking Committee, although the Steagall bill provides for the insur- ance of bank deposits in banks out- side the Federal Reserve System which meet certain_requirements. Whiie the Federal Treasury is to par- ticipate to the extent of $150,000,000 contribution to the funds of the insur- ance corporation set up for the protec- tion of bank deposits. Senator Bulkley pointed out that the insurance plan puts the burden of losses direct'y on the member banks and that it is not strictly a Government guarantee of bank de- posits. Agency Would Be Created. The insurance plan calls for the creation of a Federal bank deposit in- surance corporation with approximatzly $450,000,000 original capital stock of which the United States Treasury. the Federal reserve banks and the member banks would subscribe approximately 150,000,000 each. i All deposit accounts of $10,000 and Accounts Jess would be fully insured. of more than $10,000 would be insured to the extent of 75 per cent of the ex- cess above $10,000 up to $50,000, while those above $50,000 would be insured to the extent of 50 per cent of the excess above that sum The advantages of the new system would be so great that few banks could BROADER LAWS ARE URGED TO FIGHT “NUMBERS” GAME Assistant U. S. Attorney Adams Says Acceptance of Bets Off of Premises Is Not Now: Prohibited. Iv. ‘With the police and the United States attorney’s office working hand in hand in an intensive drive against the “num- bers” racket, almost as many gamblers have been jailed or fined thus far this y;;; as were sentenced during all of 1932. Despite what prosecuting officials de- scribe as the “palpable weakness” of the existing gaming laws, 91 of the 109 gambling cases disposed of in Police Court between January 1 and April 1 resulted in convictions, according to the records of the district attorney's office. Of the 174 gaming cases which passed through the court last yesr, the records | show. only 38 ended in convictions. Although the records make no dis- tinction between the various types of gamblirg cases, it was pointed out by Assistant United States Attorney Frank W. Adams, “numbers” cases out- number all other gaming cases by at least 10 to 1. “On~ reason for this.” he explained, “is that the ‘numbers’ game has be- come immensely more popular than any of the other forms of gambling. An- other is that the police, arently, are better able to cope with it. 96 Cases Are Tried. Altogether, 167 gaming cases were referred to Adams, who Is in charge of Police Court presecution of all such cases, duting the first three months of the year. Trial of 96 of these cases, his records show, resulted in cnly five acquittals. He refused to draw charges in 10 cases, however, and the charges mn 13 of the other cases were nolle prossed. for one reason or another, after the papers had been issued. “The increase in the number of cases made by the police is due. I think, to the fact we have had a gambling squad since shortly after the first of the year,” said Adams. { When Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glass- | | ford was superintendent of police, the | assistant district attorney pointed out, | he organized such a squad, but it was disbanded after a short time. Both be- | fore and after the perlod during which | | this squad operated, Adams said, inves- tigation of gaming cases was left either | to precinct detectives or to a headquar- TRIAL OF MITCHELL INTAX CASE BEGUN Former National City Bank Head Is Accused of $858,- 429 Evasions. “Under the existing laws, the only | charges we have are setting up a gam- ing table and permitting gaming. Nei- By the Associated Press. | the lucky number is to pretend the “numbers” headquar- ters has been forced out of business by ! ters cquad which specialized in prohibi- nain outside of it, Senator ey tion_enforcement. One of Maj. Ernest Bulkley said. But to come into it each sound bank would be subjected to such a thorough and searching examination that the chances of its closing, if ad- mitted, would be reduced to a minimum. All banks admitted would not only be Tregularly subjected to such scrutiny as national banks now are but they would also be forbidden to pay any interest on demand deposits and the Federal Reserve Board would regulate the in- terest on both savings and time de- posits. i Senator Bulkley held that the restric- | tions thus imposed upon interest pay- ments will be more than enough to Pay | the assessments made by the insurance | corporations_ against member banks on | account of losses. Tells How System Works. How the system would actually work | was described by the Ohio Senator | as follows: “Immediately upon the closing of & member bank. the insurance corpora- tion will establish a new banking unit which will be ready at once to func- tion with respect to checking accounts. This new unit will assume the net de- posit liabilities of the closed bank, and as soon as the amount of the total depositors’ net claims. after offsets, can be determined, the depositors will be credited with the amount of their ap- proved claims in the form of a deposit in the new banking unit, subject to check. “The new unit will then be author- zed to accept deposits so that deposi- tors may proceed, almost without in- terruption, to transact their daily busi- ness of drawing and depositing checks, Just as they had previously conducted it with the old bank. The Bank De- posit Insurance Corporation will be obligated to the new banking unit in| an amount equal to the net deposit liabilities of the closed bank and will provide the nmew unit with such cash | as may be required to carry on its business and allow a low rate of inter- | est on the balance of the obligation. Thus the new banking unit will be 100 per cent liquid and its depositors, having nothing to fear, will have fo motive to withdraw their accounts but | will undoubtedly retain their balances | 1in the new unit to the same extent that | they would have retained them in the | old bank had there been no suspicion of insolvency. This would make it pos- sible to protect the safety and con- venience of the depositors without any necessity for the insurance corporation | to advance in cash the entire amount; necessary to pay the depositors in (ull."l Functions Limited. While under the complete control | of the corporation through an executive | officer appointed by it, the new unit would exercise no function except that| of deposit banking and its only assets being in cash, Government securities, | the balance due from the insurance | corporation and that due from the! Federal Reserve Bank, would be wholly liquid Provision is made for converting this temporary unit into a new national bank. The stockholders of the closed bank. whose liabilities shall have been assumed by the temporary bank, will be given the first opportunity to sub- scribe for the stock of the new bank. Should subscriptions be insufficient for forming a new bank, the insurance corporation would have the right to turn over the going business to any approved banking institution already existing which might be willing to take | over its assets and liabilities. The new or combined bank would then be given the chance to buy from the receiver of the closed bank the latter's sound assets, leaving the frozen and questionable items to be liquidated through the receivership. The corpo- ration itself is to be the receiver in, the case of any closed national bank | and it may also accept appointment as receiver of a closed State bank if| that is possible under the State laws. ‘To reimburse the insurance corpora- | tion for any losses it may sustain as| the result of advancing to the receiver of the closed bank the amount neces-| sary to permit him to meet all deposit liabilitles to depositors the bill pro- vides that whenever the aggregate amount of the corporation’s losses shall| exceed an amount equal to one-fourth of 1 per cent of the total deposit lia- bilities of all member banl there shall be an assessment of one-fourth of 1 per cent of such lability made sgainst all member banks. The amount collected from such an assessment will then be credited to the deposit insur- ance account. Sees Success Assured. “The plan has been so cevised.” Sen- ator Bulkiey sald, “as to afford com- plete insurance to the mass of small depositors and @ substantial measure of insurance to all depositors and yet so as never to require the actual paying out of all deposit liabilities of any in- stitution at any time.” Replying to the statement that all attempts at State guarantee of bank deposits and other experiments have proved impractical or disastrous, Sen- ator Bulkley pointed out that no a tempt has ever been made on so large a scale and with so satisfactory a di- versification of risk as is now proposed. ‘With the restrictions placed upon mem- ber banks, the mutual liability and mutual responsibility that will be felt by all bankers to make the system a success, and with the creation of “a definite selfish motite on the part of each banker to prevent unsound ban ing practices by neighboring banks, he believes that suceess will be insured. “We cannot afford to permit & repeti- i | |WAGNER REVEALS | to voice your vigorous protest before the W. Brown's first official acts, after be- ing made chief of police, was to revive the gambling squad, under the leader- ship of Lieut. Nelson M. Holmes, the | assistant United States attorney added “Since then.” Adams continued. “the police have been getting good results with ‘numbers’ cases. although they still are not batiing & thousand per cent agalnst other forms of gambling. “Need Broader Laws.” “They undoubtedly could do much better. however, if the gaming laws were broadened. At present. no section of the District Code adequately covers the acceptance of ‘numbers’ bets on the street, for instance. We have tried charges of setting ug a gaming table in several such cases. but. as a rule, they ther of these applies, in a strict sense of the word, to the acceptance of bets outside of premises. by the present laws, the police have to use informers. Sometimes these in- formers are fakers—they walk into a ‘numbers’ establ'shment, package of cigarettes with the marked | money provided by the police, write a bet on a plece of paper, leave it on the counter and walk out with the report that they have made a play. Cases made in this way | prossed, of course, if we discover any evidence the informer has acted dis- honestly.” a gaming table or permitting gaming are liable to a fine of from $75 to $150, if they are first offenders. Second con- victions bring 30 to 90 days in jail, and a third or fourth offender might get as | much as a year, in addition to a $500 | fine. During the four years Adams has had charge of gambling prosecutions. however, he has never appeared against a third or fourth offender. No Assurance of Pay-Off. One of the worst phases of the “numbers” racket—and, _incidentally, | one which, because of the illegality of the game, cannot be prosecuted—is the fact that even if one should be | | lucky enough to pick a winning num- ber, there would be no ascurance of & pay-off. Small winners usually can be reasonably certain of being paid. but “numbers” operators have been known to refuse to pay winners of amounts. A favorite method of avolding ment is to “lose” the slip on as written. ‘which a police raid. Recently, an out-of-town barbers, ing house for storekeepers, 5 in_ al bootblacks and other agents parts of the city. 700 to 1, instead of the usual 600 to 1. the operator soon built up such a large clientele that his daily receipts aver- aged more than $3,000. Headquarters Vacated. however, when won $3,000 on & There came a d one of the “custome! $5 bet quarters to collect his winnings the next morning. the place was vacant Among followers of the game, tall tales are told of how Tom, Dick or Harry won huge sums, but one rarely meets any of the reputed winners p sonally. The average player has nev won a dime, but he continues to play day after day, nevertheless, spurred on by the elusive hope that tomorrow will bring better fortune. And. 999 times out of every 1,000, tomorrow mnever does do not stand up in court. COMPROMISE FOR INDUSTRY CONTROL (Continued Prom First Page) Committee said today that the Connery 30-hour-work-week bill it approved yts- terday “will add impetus to the appeal of President Roosevelt to American in- | dustry that they provide employment for the millions now idle.” Without making any mention of the industrial-public Works messure now being drafted by s presidentially: pointed committee, the report adds “Leaders of industry have tried for the past year or more to spread the amount of available work with indif- ferent success, while leaders of inter- national unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor have spread the amount of available work by having those regularly employed divide their work with their fellow workers. Wants Curbs Removed. The committee believes that it will be impossible for_industries to provide employment for the many millions now unemployed unless we free those in- dustries which are willing to pay wages which will permit of decent standards of living from the competition of the | sweatshop, child labor and other ex- ploiters of labor. “The committee believes that those employers of labor who indicate, through their willingness to enter into collective agreements with their work- ers, desire to pay wages and to main-| tain working conditions, through which American workers can secure for them- selves and their families some of the| comforts of life should be freed from the unnecessary restrictions of the| Sherman anti-trust act and the Clay-| ton act.” VIRGINIA GOVERNOR AND SMITH AT 0DDS ON HOUSING VETERANS | (Continued From First Page) undertake through the press to attach | blame to the Governor of Virginia be- | cause you did not have an opportunity decision of the Federal authorities be- | came final. “If there is any bjame to be attached | it should be placed on you because you were in Washington, where the decision was made, and you live in the vicinily of the site selected and had much bet- ter facilities than I had for being in- formed s to the purposes of the Pres- ident. “The President hadspresented to him a difficult problem when it became known of the desire of the veterans to assemble at Washington. He has de- | cided that problem, and the Governor of Virginia will co-operate with him re- | dless of your criticism. “At the same time I can fully under- | stand the feeling of unrest among the | citizens in the community affected, and every particle of power vested in me by law will be exercised to protect the pno- lic interest.” ROBBINS TAKES POST Canadian Government Will Get Credentials Tuesday. OTTAWA, May 11 (#).—Warren De- lanc Robbins, who succeeds Col. Han- ford MacNider as United States Minis- ter to Canada, will arrive here Sunday and will pruen% gll“l‘:iredtn!llll to the vernor genera! ay. mMr. Roglm is a cousin of President Roosevelt and was formerly chief of the Protocol Division of the Btate Depart- ment in Washington. — e tion of our recent banking experience,” the Ohlo Senator said. “Our social values as well as our soundness de- pend upon a restoration of complete confidence that the deposits of a life- time's savings as well as the deposit of a necessary business working ac- count is safe beyond the peradventure of a doubt. Our existing system has not met that test. The necessary meas- ure of safety will not come without | parts of the world. CHACD WAR FACED ‘BY LEAGUE COUNCIL Sj ecial Session Weighing First Declaration in Its History. By the Associated Press GENEVA, Switzerland, May 11.—The League of Nations convoked a special session of its council today to consider Paraguay's declaration of war against Bolivia, the first formal declaration since the birth of the League. This action was taken after a meeting of the Council’s Committee on the dis- pute had been convoked as a result of official notification of the declaration. Sean Lester of the Irish Free State presided over this commit- tee meeting, at which there were repre- sentatives of Spain and Guatemala. The League Council probably will meet | Monday, with Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy presiding. Bolivia informed the League of the declaration of war and asked that action be taken concerning it. Pend- ing action by the Council the League is addressing appeals to Paraguay and Bolivia to exercise moderation and to refrain from acts of war. NEUTRALITY MOVE DUE Chile Expected to Join Argentina, Brazil and Peru. BANTIAGO, Chile, May 11 (#).— Chile was expected today to declare neutrality in the war between Para- guay and Bolivia, in co-operation with Argentina, Brazil and Peru. Indications were that Foreign Min- ister Miguel Cruchaga’s announcement would specify the closing of interna- tional railroads for war _supplies. Chilean railroads are the main means of prompt communication that Bolivia enjoys with the outside world. MARKET RESUMES; DOLLAR IS WEAKER (Continued From First Page) Power and International Telephone, which have large investments in many Natioal Distillers was strong in response to the rela: tion of restrictions governing the sale of medicinal liquor. Commodity Price Rise. While some fears had been expressed that the length of time taken to enact the farm relief bill would prevent crop restrictions this year, it was pointed out that adverse weather evidently had accomplished that already in staples as wheat and cotton, which provided a good settig for the inaugu- ration of the new Government program to raise prices. Cotton Cheers South. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 11 (#).—A heartened South today watched the continued rise in cotton prices as plant- ers and brokers joined with Memphis in ! annual obeisance to the fleecy staple. | | ] annual cotton carnival, cotton dealers, their estimate on an average crop of 12,000,000 bales, said recent last month. “The rise,” said C. G. Henry, general manager of the Midsouth Cotton Grow- ties of inflation and general better feeling.” Weather conditions, indicating a late crop this rrar, pointed out Douglas W. Brooks, widely known cotton man, “also definite and decisive governmental action.” o have tended to increase catton prices.” “Because of the difficulties created | purchase & | are always nolle | Those convicted of either setting up | large ! NEW YORK, May 11.—Charles E.: | Mitchell, for years one of the glants !of Wall Street, went on trial today {charged with juggling tax figures to make a net income in 1929 and 1930 | of more than $4,000,000 look like & net loss. The Government asserts that in those | two years Mitchell, former head of the | | National City Bank and its affliates, | should have pal - £35.65. "He puld hone st Al net Joucs | being shown through sale of securities at a price far below what he had paid jfor them. Charges Sales Spurious. The Government charges that these sales were spurious, were made solel: to show a loss which did not reall; exist, and with the understanding that he would buy the stocks back after | income taxes had been evaded. | Selection of the jury began in mid- morning with Mitchell, gray-haired and stocky, watching intently from the counsel table® as one talesman after another was rejected. ! After Federal Judge Henry W. God- | |dard ascended the bench, start of the Mitchell trial was delayed by the call- | ing of the calendar. Pending comple- tion of this routine Mitchell and Max D. Steuer, his counsel, left the court | room and went to another part of the building. ay- Another racketeer set up a headquarters in the northeast section, hiring between 20 and 30 staff “writers” and acting &s a sort of clear- By offering odds of When he called at the head-| Paraguan | such As merriment held sway at the third gains in cotton prices have increased the value of the South’s supreme crop by more than $135,000,000 within the ers’ Association, “is due to the possibil- After & score of nondescript pris- {oners were led to the bar to plead to liquor, narcotics Judge Goddard announced an adjourn- ment until 10 o'clock, Eastern standard time. and the court room was cleared of spectators. A panel of 90 talismen was ready from which to select the | Mitchell jury. The Mitchell case was called at 10:05. Prosecutor s Wife Remains. Among the few spectators permitted Jto remain when the court room was cleared was Mrs. George Z. Medalie, Wife of the United States attorney who is prosecuting the case. Mitchell entered the room wearing a black suit and carrying a black top- coat and gray felt hat. He seated him- :‘rrl‘l‘ at the counsel table and began | whispering to mem legalpiuflz bers of the defense In accordance with Federal court | procedure, 12 members of the jury panel were called to the box and fl to 'als inside the counsel rail and were sworn in. to be questioned as to their ;| avallability by attorneys for the Gov- ernment and the defense. Steuer and Medalie drew chairs up in front of the jury box and seated them- selves. Steuer began talking to the No. 1 juror, a tall, gray-haired man. Their conversation was carried on al- most in whispers. It was impossible to | hear them even at the counsel table, and Mitchell leaned forward, appar- nl',nll\' catching a word only now and hen, No. 1 juror. Frederick C. Bingham, was excused by consent of counsel for | both sides. Fish, was excused for cause by the court jafter he had said he had formed an opinion from reading about the case. ‘Third Talesman Accepted, ‘The third talesman examined, Isadore Amster, & draughtsman, was tentatively ac¢epted. He sald his only experience with banks was when he “was caught in the Bank of the United States crash.” “Would that prejudice you in this case?” Steuer asked. “No, I don't think 80.” Amster replied. After brief questioning. Steuer in five minutes tentatively passed two more prospects and came to John Barry. who | said he worked for a stock broker in Wall Street and that he had discussed the Mitchell case “occasionally.” | Judge Goddard had asked | developed, to question all 12 of the men in the box and then go back later to those he wished to challenge. number 4 in the jury box. was excused _after telling Steuer he thought Steuer's presence in the case indicated there was “something particularly difficult about the case.” Medalie, addressing the men tenta. tively in the box, asked them if they | could try the case without being swayed | by feelings they might have toward the | National City Bank, the National City Co., Charles E. Mitchell, or banks and bankers in general. No one replied. “Does any of you entertain a hostility toward our income tax law?” Medalie asked. There was no reply. At 12:08 pm. court adjourned for Junch until 1:15 pm. OFFICER IS EXECUTED IN ITALY AS NAVY SPY By the Associated Press. ROME, May 11—Ugo Travaglia. & warrant office in the Italian Navy, was | executed by a firing squad today for disclosing naval plans to a foreign |power. His accomplice, a beautiful | Italo-French woman, was granted a stay of 24 hours while the King considers | her application for mercy. 1 The accomplice, Camilla Aliardi, also , was sentenced to death after the strictly secret trial, which came to an end last night. It was reported that there was | another accomplice, whose fate was not revealed. Travaglia was shot in the back at dawn by a firing squad at Fort Braschi. He was tied to a chair. This is the usual form of execution for enemies of the State in Italy. He allegedly had been disclosing navy secrets to France for several years. The second juror questioned. John J. | and other charges, | \VETERANS LI 10 GET INCREASES Congress Protests and White House Parley May Cause Reduction in Cuts. Veterans who have had sharp reduc- tions in their compensation for service- connected disability may have part of their compensation restored, as a re- sult of & congressional protest against the sharp reductions, and a White | House conference yesterday. Action came from the White House after six hours of debate in the House on the sharply reduced independent offices bill which carries approximately $460,000,000 less for the Veterans' Ad- ministration than was provided in the measure that was vetoed in the last Congress by President Hoover. Carry- ing out the recommendations of Budget i Director Douglas, the House Appro- | priations Committee reduced the out- lay for the veterans from around $966,838,000 to about $506,838,000 At the White House President Roose- velt, Louis Johnson, national com- mander of the American Legion, and Director Douglas considered the prob- lem at length. Early Issues Statement. Following their conference Stephen Early, secretary to the President. issued a statement which said the following conclusions had been reschei at the conference “As a result of the application of the veterans' regulations, it now seems that the cut in compensation of service- connected World War veterans with specific injuries b 5 been deeper than was originally 1iitended. The regu- lations and sche jules in this respect will, therefore, b: reviewed so 8s to effect more equitcble levels of pay- ment. Careful study also will be made of the other regulations and their effects. “By reason of the burden incident to rerating and in order that unduc hard- ship will not be imposed upon veterans in their application for adjudication of their cases, regional offices of the vet- erans’ administration will not be closed as has been reported, except where it The “right” wing of the new bonus army decided to move peacefully from its “camp” near the Capitol this morning after listening to a number of speeches, some of which made ears burn in the House Office Bullding nearby. Above: A general view of the 200 men who spent the night there, listening to exhortations by Harold Foulkrod, their leader. Lower left: A familiar figure puts in army visited Washington, addresses the men. Lower right: Representative Truax of Ohio, a bonus advocate. makes a | »— speech. REPORTERS BARRED FROM BONUS CAMP BY U. S. OFFICIALS (Continued From First Page) with authorities. But they had no solu- establish a permanent camp. They said they would stay at the Seaton Park camp for 24 hours. the limit of time which, under the city heaith reguiations, they could camp on_a vacant lot Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford. for- mer chief of police. who last night re- fused to be “arbitrator” for the right | wing bonus grcup, this morning sd- | dressed the group at Second and C | streets southeast, declaring. “My com- | rades in arms, I wish you well.” Glassford attacked the “left wing” | group as organized and brought to | Washington by “Emanuel Levin. one of the cleverest radicals in the United States.’ Glassford Can't Help. “You men,” he declared, “were duped into coming to Washington by the a vance notices of Levin and his erowd Glassford said that he holds no offi- clal position and therefore cannot serve the us marchers in any official ca- pacity. ‘Thomas, in a speech before the group after Glassford had spoken. urged the men to stay away from Fort Hunt. “Emanuel Levin," “has | tials down there, and I know perfectly | well he wouldn't approve my creden- |tinls, They'll run things the was | want_down there. Theyre Bolsheviks d Reds, and we don't want anything | r_cent to do with them. We're 100 Levin [AmEI‘ICInu and won't join Wi and his crowd.” There was some talk, however, of the ‘Right Wing” going down to Fori Hunt nd out-voting the “Left Wing” group, | and taking charge of the camp. 1,900 More Coming. Thomasa nd Foulkrod told newspaper men they had assurances that there are at least 1,000 “Right Wingers” on their way to Washington. and if it came to a point of out-voting the “Left Wingers” they could muster plenty of | strengih. ‘The Veterans' National Liaison Com- Hunt encampment for a meeting to be held next wePk, has stated that the meeting is open to all bona fide vet- erans’ groups. Busses bearing recruits for the Fort Hunt camp were moving along the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway and into the reservation all day. A huge tent for meetings, equipped with ampli- fiers, has been set up, and there are rows on rows of Army tents nearby for_housing the bonus marchers. The Veterans' Administration has prepared to feed the men, and each arrival, on rumeringb and showing credentials, is given blankets, a cot and eating utensils and assigned to sleeping_quarters. The “right wing” bonus marchers evacuated the lot at Second and C streets southeast shortly before 2 o'clock. How long they would remain at Sea- ton Park they did not know, Foulkrod pointing out the next move was “up to Note Demanding $5,000 and “Clean Clothes” Found on Garage. Older Buy Discovers Pad on Which Missive Was Written. (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) If a note demanding $5,000 and some “clean clothes” had not been discovered simultaneoualy with the disappearance last night of 16-year-old Richard Hunt- ington He ‘Western School, the :gy never would have been called in on case. However, Richard’s father and moth- er, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest gnbh- of 5518 | kidnaped. Only Richard’s older brother Robert, remained calm. He knew from experience how the combination of Spring fever and the lure of the m road kons & young fellow this of the year. It was Robert who was instrumen- tal in alleviating the fears of the fam- ily after discovery of the strange note pinned to the garage door. He rum- & third-year student at | BROTHER OF RUNAWAY YOUTH UNCOVERS ABDUCTION HOA | | RICHARD H. HOBBS. maged around and found the tablet of paper from which Richard tore the sheet used for the note. But, though they no lon Richard is in the hands of kidnapers, his parents hope he will return home soon. There is that little matter of lchl'::d attendance they want to ask him about. fear tion of the prcblem of where to go to| ay they | mittee, which arranged for the Fort| his appearance. Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, chief of police when the last —Star Staff Photos. the Government.” The park, he added, | is owned by the Government and, unless some disorder should occur, the Metro- politan Police have no jurisdiction there. Before leaving the C street lot, Foulk- rod made an address in which he charg efforts were being made to “torpedo” him and other leaders of the B. E. F. In an effort to forestall any such action, he read several letters o recommendation from leaders of both the Democratic and the Republican parties in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. He urged his followers to pay no at- tention to any attacks that might be made cn him. “If you want & nice vacation, with comfortable cots to sleep on and plenty to eat, the place for you is Fort Hun he said. “But if voure here to fight for the bonus, as I am, you'll stick with me.” A short ti before the lot had been visited by Representatite Francis H. | Shoemaker of Wisconsin, who assured ! the marchers he would do everything he could to help them War Records Requested. ‘Meanwhile the war records of the committee_arranging for the encamp- ! ment at Fort Hunt were requested by the White House during a conference today between three members of the committee and Louis M. Howe, one of the President's secretaries. ‘The members of this committee, George T. Brady. Edward Willlam and Emanual Levin, readily complied with | the request for their records and it is | understood that the White House was | satisfied. | During this conference further de. tails concerning the preliminaries for | toda; John Barry. who had occupied seat charge of the registration and creden- | the encampment and convention were discussed. The committe= members ex- pressed satisfaction over their treat- ment by the White House in every particular. They sald also they were satisfled with the camp site at Fort Hunt which was selected and with the other assist- ance being given by the Government. The White House is understcod to have impressed upon the committee the importance of being careful in registering of the veterans before giv- ing them their credentials, admitting them to the camp and convention ses- sions. Also, it is understood the com- mittee was asked to be diligent in hav- ing the veterans move without delay to Fort Hunt after they passed muster at the registration headquarters, Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. | The purpose of this latter suggestion |is to avold having any great number of veterans loitering around the city, it was sald. John Newlin, adjutant of the B. E. F. Inc. has an engagement to confer with Secretary Howe at the White House this afternoon. He is one of the | leaders of the Foulkrod forces. and ls understood to be seeking camping fa- | cilities and treatment similar to those | accorded the veterans of the National Laison Committee. l Two Parades Planned. Secretary Howe was informed by the Liaison Committee during today's con- ference that they would want to st 1 parade on May 15, through the stree ‘Washington, at which time the peti- tions for the payment of the bonus | would be presented. Also, they said they desired another parade cn May 18, | the last day of the convention. The committee was told that the White House would have no objection but that the application for the necessary parade permits would have to be filed with the District authoritles. During the speechmaking, Represen- | tatives and members of their office forces, listening at windows of the old | House Office Building across the street, heard members of both Hcuses of Con- | gress frequently referred to as “in-| grates.” The B. E. F. members also were ad- dressed by Representative Truax ©Ohio, who told them he was elected on a pledge that he would work for im- mediate cash payment of the bonus and against any reduction in veterans’ compensaticn. “I voted against the economy bill,"” | he declared, “and I am 100 per cent | for immediate cash payment of the | bonus. I favor the Patman plan pro- viding for expansion of the currency.” Terming the manner:in which the bonus army was driven out of Wash- n last Summer, “the blackest crime on the pages of American his- tory,” Representative Truax the A large crowd of curious gathered on keeper. A few of the men, howevsy, bought additional food as well as 13- bacco and cigarettes. into delegations of two each and in- structed to lobby both House office buildings. “Don’t bother the Farmer- Laborites and the others who are defi- told them. “Concentrate on the weak around if w ml“'za .tmlh?l . e thing through.” o men to conduct themselves in an or- derly manner. | the lot at New J avenue and C Jersey Star by their | Country Club. The B. E. F. members were divided nitely known to be for us,” Foulkrod finished CELLAR MURDERS PUTLE PROGES Wealthy Eccentric’s Strange Life Studied in Effort to Solve Mystery. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 11.—The strange life of the ecoentric Edward Ridley was the fleld police raked today for clues | to his equally strange death They hunted for some hint of an enemy—an enemy with a hatred so great that it would ieave the 88-year- old eccentric dead on the floor of his sub-basement office with his beard torn out by the roots, his head crushed and an _ear torn away. The bodies of Ridley and his secre- tary, Lee Weinstein. were found yester- day afternoon. Weinstein, 44 years old, had been shot. Five bullets were found in his head and body. | Robbery was not the motive. Detec- tives announced that with certainty U . The old safe in the office had not been touched, nor had any papers; and the pockets of the two men had not been rified. Reputedly Wealthy. Perhaps some tenant of Ridley prop- erties—Ridley was reputedly wealthy— | may have gone to the office, a damp, | gloom cubbyhole 35 feet under the | street level, and sought to avenge some fancled wrong. Detectives w;?m to- day upon that theory. The double murder appeared as in- soluble as the murder in the same weird setting two years ago of Herman | Moench. Moench was 65 years old. He had been Ridley's secretary and assistant for half a century. His body, |1ay_undiscovered more than an hour, with his employer but a few yards |away. The body had slid from the Ir at the secretary’s desk. Ridley made the discovery of the murder when :‘nelnt“m over the feet of the dead Those who saw the old man arrive at his office, year after year at the' | same hour each morning and depart |8t the same time each afternoon. told of his eccentricities. He wore rubbers !and an overcoat habitually, whatever {the season, and he. carried an um brella, no matter how pleasant the day. Proud of His Beard. None has been found who ever knew him to talk of himself or of his life. He had been a merchant and a suc- N3, cominuting Gkl on e sea . Jus uting dally on the same train. His home was a boarding house, but, though he had lived there 35 m none knew more about him than He would come from his room each momln(." give & friendly enough “good morning” to whomever he met, eat a meal that rarely varied and then leave to take his train. At night, & “good evening” was the extent of his conver- sation. Occasionally he would speak of & bird he had seen while i That was all. His beard was red. He was ob- viously proud of it and it grew to some length. ~Tufts of it were found scat- tered near his body. ‘The secretary, Weinstein, had worked for Ridley since the murder of Moench. Relatives said he always spoke highly | of his employer. MRS. DAVIS WINS STAR GOLF TROPHY {Army-Navy Country Club Player Defeats Mrs. J. 0. Rhyne by One Stroke. | Mrs. J. C. Davis of the Army-Navy Country Club today won The Evening | golf trophy three-way tle at c . , Mrs. women’s golf cham gressional, 1930. Mrs. scored §T0S8 and a net 83, one stroke above the winner, who was alded by a 14 handi- cap and scored a gross 96. . Katharine May of Kenwood, the other competitor in the tie yesterday, scored 111 in the play-off today and in_third place. Ancther play-off of a tie for fourth found Mrs. F. Dowdall of Con- D. O. Hickey holes. place 1 . J. P, gressional defeating Mrs. of Congressional in 27 a play-off of a| the C lonal | o) princij e | prior to July 1, 1933. be | has been clearly demcmstrated that | regional facilities are not necessary. | "It is not contemplated that Cov- ernment hospitals will be closed pe ing a careful, studious survey of entire hospital situation. Th necessity, will require considerable time. “These conclusions are in line wi.th the President’s original statement that the regulations and schedules would be drafted so as to effect the most humane possible treatment of veterans pul disabled in war service." Debate Arises in House. Debate in the House aroge ovar the eeping reductions on pensions. w .- pitals and compensation along with re- ductions in military and naval insur- ance and for administrative purpne The bill was attacked by House mem- bers led by Representative Blantc Democrat, of Texas, who said if President “doesn’t correct” inequities the application of the reductions “C: gress will.” Even Representative Woodrum, D ocrat, of Virginia, in charge of measure, said: “I shall not undertake to say t these regulations promulgated by administration have not been drastic. In many instances they seem to us to be too drastic.” The reductions were made possil under the Roosevelt economy act an form the major part of the adminis- tration's drive to balance the budget. Under the bill, administration, med- ical, hospital and domiciliary allot- ments were reduced by $34,000.000; pen- ;slons and compensation were reduced by $361,000,000; naval and military in- curance, $11.000,000; new hospital fa- cilities, $5,000,000; adjusted service cer- tificate fund. $50,000,000. SWANSON SLASHES | SHORE ACTIVITIES i OF NAVY SHARPLY | __ (Continu | | Marines. Reduce activities to minimum required for present needs. “Naval Prison, Parris Island, 8. C.— Reduce to bare maintenance status. “Headquarters, Eighth Naval District —Transfer and combine with head- quarters Sixth and Seventh Naval Dis- trict at Charleston, S. C. “Naval Station, New Orleans—After transfer of district headquarters to Charleston, reduce personnel to bare maintenance status. “District headquarters, Ninth Naval District—Move to city of Chicago as s00n as necessary office space can be made available. “Naval training station. Great Lakes, II.—Reduce to bare maintenance status. “Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, Ill— Reduce to bare maintenance status. “Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Qreat Close and discontinue. Reserve Bases Reduced. “Office of naval attache, Tegucigal, Santiago, and The Hague, ciose- * P “3 Naval Reserve Aviation bases at the following places will be maintained in reduced status for voluntary training: Brooklyn, N. Y.; Degroit, Mic] Long Beach, Calif.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Oak- land, Calif.; Miami, Fla.; Seattle, Wash.; | Squantum, Mass., and St. Louis, Mo. “4. The following naval radio sta- tions will be closed: Detailed instruc- tions will be issued as to disposition of personnel and equipment in each case. Portsmouth, N. H.. Newport, R. L: Lakehurst, N. J. (when decommission- yed); Cayey, Porto Rico; Brownsville, Tex.: Parris Island, §. C.; St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; Port au Prince, Haiti; INew Orleans, La.: Cordova, Alaska | Hilo, T. H.; Great Lakes, Ill. (when dis~ Lrlc!'he;flql::;kgb.:re moved to Chi- cago); e dia, Panama, La Palma, Panama. i s “5. The following radio direction finder stations will be closed: Detailed instructions will be issued as to disposi~ idon of personnel and equipment in each case. Cape Elizabeth, Portland, Me.; Thatchers Island, Mass.; Deer Island, Mass; Fourth Cliff, Mass.; North Truro, Mass.; Prices Neck, R. Amagansett, Long Island, N. Y.; Fire Island, N. Y.; Manasquan, N, Cepe May, N. J.; Bethany Beach, Del; Cape Henlopen, Del.; Poyners Hill. N. C.; Cape Hatteras, N. C.; Cape Lookcut, N. C.; Point Hue- neme, Callf.: Point Reyes, Calif.; Point St. George, Calif.; Empire, Oreg.; Fort Stevens, Oreg.; Klipsan Beach, Wash.; New Dungeness, Wash., and Soapston: Point, Alaska. “6. The bureau and offices of the Navy Department will issue the neces- sary instructions to effect the above specific changes and to effect additional reducticns pl;. lccordan’ ce with the gen- enunciated in agraj one, It is desired t! > c = | be affected as soon as Lake: 1 i pract Coples of these instructions will furnished to all bureaus, and the offices of the Assistant 94 | Secretary of the Navy, Operations and Material and Operations Communica- tions. “CLAUDE A. SWANSON.” e Firemen to Get Pumper. BOULEVARD HEIGHTS, Md., May 11 (Special).—A new pumper will be delivered to the Boulevard Heights Volunteer Fire Department by the end ~ of this week, Chief Willlam' Smith an+" last night.