Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1933, Page 2

| OPENS IN SENATE Federal Judge Charged With ‘Misdemeanors' in Receiverships. By the Assoclated Press. Turning away from legislative duties, the Senate today resumed its sessions s a court of impeachment trying Fed- | eral Judge Harold Louderback of Cali-| fornia, Predsminary legal procedure having been dispused of in previous sessions, the trial of the jurist began with statements by House and defense counsel. owaways Let Into Englhnd Hetton W. Sumners of Texas, chair- man of the House Judiciary Committee. | notified Vice President Garner he could make the opening statement for the rosecution in less than the hour al-! owed. | The charges against Louderback in-, volved appointment of receivers. There are five articles of impeachment. | Attorney Admitted. i The first vote of the impeachment court came on a House managers’ re- quest -that Adolphus B. Bianchi, a California_attorney, be allowed to sit with the House group. Sumners explained Blanchi had aided the House managers in preparing their cas: Defense counsel indicated opposition $o permitting him to sit with the com- mittee if he should be called as & wit- ness later on. On a voice vote, the court decided he could sit with the managers. | Judge Louderback sat with his coun- | sel in the well of the Senate. The short, stocky Californian, eleventh Federal official to face impeachment charges in the Nation's history, wes confident he would be acquitted of the charges of “misdemeanors in office” in handling equity receiverships. The six House prosecutors were equal- 1y certain they would win a gullty ver- dict, despite the requirement of & two- thirds vote to convict. Nearly 50 witnesses have been sum- moned. The trial was expected to take up all of the Senate's day. Beginning tomorrow, leaders hope to hold morning trial sittings, returning to legislative business in the afternoons. In this way, | they believe, the trial can be completed in two weeks. Pleaded Not Guilty. Touderback appeared before the Sen- ate April 11 and pleaded not guilty w | all the charges voted by the House. He | asserted that even if they were true, they were not impeachable offenses He is charged with misconduct in ap- pointing receivers and attorneys for Teceivers in bankruptey in cases invciv- ing the Russel-Colvin Co., & San Fran- cisco brokerage house; the Lumber- man's Reciprocal Association, the Fageol Motor Co. and the Prudential Holding Co. | * A fifth article elaborates an the first | four and declares Louderback so con- ducted himself as to “bring scandal and disrepute” to his court. Walter Linforth and James M. Hanley, Cai- fornia attorneys, represent the judge. Previous Impeachments. | In the entire history of the United States the Senate has sat as & court of impeachment in only 10 previous cases. Those Federal officials, charged by the House with “high crimes and | misdemeanors _in office,” included a | President, a Ser;nzor, a Secretary of ‘War and seven judges. President Andrew Johnson, accused of wcurpation of law in violating the | tenure of office act, was acquitted May 26, 1868, after a sensational trial. The Vote was 36 to 19, one short of the two-thirds required to convict. — ,VE\RDICT TO ACQUIT . MEANS AND “FOX” IS | REFUSED BY COURT @nd that Lindbergh's $50,000 of marked bills and Mrs. McLean’s $100,000 handed to Means were in a lock box at Eliza- beth, N. J Means resumed the witness stand for & brief period at the opening of the trial this morning and identified a copy of a letter which he said he wrote from the District Jail last month to Wilton | J. Lambert. attorney, in which Means| No reason was given for dismissing | said that four of the kidnaping gang| leaders were in Washington at that time | and could be picked up. The quartet | which Means sald were in the District | at the time he wrote the letter were | “Henderson” and “Fenton,” whom the | Government brands as purely fictitious | characters, Greenberg, slaln New Jersey beer racketeers, previously named by Means | as having engincered the actual ab-| duction of the Lindbergh baby at Hope- | well. | Identifies Another Letter. Means also identified & copy of & let- ter which he said he addressed to Hassel on May 3 of this year, not know- ing that Hassel and Greenberg had been shot to death several weeks be- fore in a hotel at Elizabeth, N. J. The| letter asked Hassel to get in touch with | Mr. Lambert with a view to giving evi- dence in support of Means at his trial. ‘The defense rested its case at 10:25 o'clock aiter Whitaker's attorney, Joseph | ‘Turco, had indicated his intention not | to call his client to the witness stand. | An effort by the Government to dis- prove by rebuttel testimony Means’ claims that John M. Keith, of the United States Bureau of Investigation. had_taksn some papers regarding the Lindbergh case from Means’ home in Chevy Chase, Md, when it was searched a year ago_was frustrated by an objection from the defense, which was upheld by the court. Turco then moved to strike out much of the testimony given by Government witnesses in the trial. Judge O'Dono- hue overruled a series of such motions. mong the contentions which did not gain support of the court were: That testimony concerning telephone con- versations between Whitaker and Mrs. McLean should be eliminated because there had been no proper identifica- tion of Whitaker’s voice; that all tes- timony relating to conferences had by Mrs. McLean and Means out of the presence of Whitaker should be elimi- nated: that all evidence concerning $104,000 which Means has been con- victed of embezzling from Mrs. Mc- YLean should be stricken because this allegedly occurred before Whitaker en- tered the picture; that all testimony concerning incidents prior to March 19, 1932, should go out because it was not shown that Whitaker entered the case prior to that date, and that all evidence of incidents occurring after April 18, 1932, should be eliminated be'- cause there was no proof “The Fox” had anything to do with the case after that date. Denies Money Asked For. In support of his motion for & di- yected verdict for both defendants, Turco argued that the Government had failed to show that either Means or Whitaker had ever asked Mrs. McLean to give them the $35,000 additional ! ‘which the Government claims the pair conspired to get as an “exchange” for | $49,0000 of Jafsie’s marked money. Turco declared the understanding was that Father Francis J. Hurney was to handle the exchange transaction with- out any assistance from Means or ‘Whitaker. “If these defendants are gulity of mivtning,” ‘furco announced, “they were guilty of misrepresentation—of giving bad advice to Mrs. McLean— not of conspiring to defraud her of 35.000. i Immediately after the motion for a “directed “‘vetd.‘tfrtt.o( 'Wu 1 ::a over- Tuled, court, egnal S Vosi e B & s for | Max D. Steuer, BAN LIFTED WAEN PARENTS GUARANTEED FARE. ! nts guaranteed their fare, these two girls, Eleanor Carberry (left), 18, and Jane Orr, 19, who stowed away on the Berengaria on its last trip from New York, were allowed to see part of England, although FTER pare A they had no passports. They girls, however, broke the rules ordered back on shipboard under strict they had a chance to do sightseeing in SECOND MITCHELL JURY 15 SELECTED Unexplained Delay Em:oun-l tered When Four Men Are Dismissed. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 15.—After an un- expected and unexplained setback, the jury to hear evidence of income tax evasion against Charles E. Mitchell, former chairman of the National City Bank, was completed today, including two alternates to serve in case of sick- | ness of regular jurors. As soon as the 14 men were sworn, the case was adjourned until tomorrow. As soon as the trial resumed, 4 of the 12 jurors selected iast week were im- mediately excused. Among the four excused was Isadore Amster, & coffee merchant, who had sald his only contact with high finance had been his getting “caught” in the collapse of the Bank of United States. Mitchell is accused of evading taxes of mcre than three-quarters of & mil- llon on income of almost four million in 1929 and 1930 by “make-believe” sales of securities to his wife and the presi- dent of a copper company. ‘The trial was scheduled for 9:45 a.m. and Mitchell arrived before that time. After looking about for s moment, he left, accompanied by his chief counsel, and wandered about the corridors. are shown here in Southampton. The regard: their stay ashore, and were guard. ut before being put on board, London and generally enjoy themselves. —A. P. Photo. MILK PRICE PACT ~ SOUGHT AT PARLEY Discussion May Bring First Tangible Result From New Farm Law. By the Associated Press. In what may lead to the first tangible result of the new farm law. representa- tives of Emducen and processors of fluid milk who l:é)ply the Chicago metropolitan area today sought to com- plete a trade agreement to bring about a better and more stable price to both producers and dealers. They were instructed by George N. | Peek, chief administrator of the farm | act, “to agree among themselves” and | | submit the result to him. If Peek and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace find the agreement satisfactory. ! they have power under the met ‘to legalize it and require its obsegvamce. Meanwhile, Peek conferred infdrmally | with several representatives of the cot- iton industry regarding the possibilities of working out a plan to impreve the | price and position of the crop this year. | No formal action will be taken until after a commodity council for cotton has been established. Thousands of Queries Received. | Those attending today's conference included Dr. Tait Butler, Raleigh, N. C., and L. H. Duncan, Auburn, Ala. State director of extension, who may be appointed chief administrator for Ala- ama. Bhortly before 10:30 the jury was ;. v brought In. Mitchell, Steuer and George Z. Medalie, Federal prosecutor, conferred briefly at the bench, and im- mediately the four jurors wege excused. them, Two prospective alternates and two ‘William A. Morgan, jr., who had been one of the prospective alternates, was excused because, in reply to a question and Max Hassel and Max |Of Medalie, he said he would be em-| barrassed if he had to serve on the Mitchell jury. Why he would feel em- barrassed was not made clear. MORE BANK 0. KS DUE IN D. C. MERGER WITHIN 48 HOURS (Continued From First Page) an amount of stock equal in amount to at least 10 per cent of their respective istrict Bank plan was designed rovide r by | deposit. The on a flexible base so as to for setting up & new bank eitl itself or in merger with others. Fifty per cent of deposits in all four of the banks will be made available as soon as the new national bank succeeds | in setting up its new capital structure. | But depositors, it was explained today. will eventually realize more than 50 cents on the dollar as their own banks succeed in raising funds on their less liquid assets. The percentage which depositors will | receive altogether under the plan, it is | understood, depends upon the condition | of their own bank. |~ Franklin National Bank officials an- | nounced that more than 50 per cent | of the deposits in the bank have been pledged in connection with the present drive to get the institution reopened as a unit bank. In order that the Franklin may re- open for business the depositors have | been asked to accept 30 per cent of the amount of their deposits in partici- pating certificates to be secured by all assets taken from the reorganized bank and held by a conservator or trustee | until such assets can be disposed of to | the_depositors’ best interests. | The Franklin depositors have also | been asked to subscribe 10 per cent of | their deposits for the purchase of new | non-assessable preferred stock, the re- mainder of each depositor's account be- | ing made avallable for the ususl bank- | ing transactions, The new plan becomes ve when agreed to by holders of 75 per cent of the deposits. If the plan is accepted and becomes operative, it is the opinion of the Pranklin National's officials that eventually all depositors can be paid in full. It is claimed that whatever losses the bank might be obliged to absorb would be made up by the earnings of the reorganized in- | stitution. ‘This is why the Franklin is anxious to reopen as & unit bank and not take part in the general merger plan, tlons to the jury, offered by both the prosecution and the defense. In the court room with his bodyguard and tutor during this mo ses- sion was Edward B. (Jock) McLean, jr., oldest son of Mrs. McLean, who was principal witness for the prosecu- Court during. the thal "Mre. MeLean col e 3 ] has not been in the court testified agalnst | The main approach to improvement | of conditions in the dairy industry will | be through trade agreements, it was explained at the Department of Agri- | culture as thousands of queries from | dairy farmers and others were received asking for the program on various com- modities. ‘The exact plan to help the dairy in- | dustry will not be known for some time. | Pirst a commodity council covering that product must be set up and the unusual conditions in the dairy industry ex- amined and the possibilities of ald methods thoroughly explored. ‘The industry operates in two princi- pal ways. It supplies nearby markets with fluld products and it offers fin- ished products such as butter and cheese on & national market. Free From Trust Law Attacks. ‘The department feels that agreements covering local situations may be drawn and put into effect particularly cov- ering fluld products, milk and cream, and that the more general or national problems of the industry can be handled in & similar way, but less promptly. ‘These agreements can cover any num- ber” of subjects and are free from ai- tack under the anti-trust laws. Under them, for instance, producers and pro- cessors of milk for & given area could unite on & minimum price to be peid for raw milk and for bottled products as delivered to the consumer. The agreements also could divide up the territory of competing dealers to prevent overlapping of their delivery systems. Economies which would re- sult theoretically could be reflected in & better price to producers and dealers. ‘The agreements also could cover scales of wages to be paid and hours ot employment. But before they nfay be- come effective they must have the ap- proval of Peek and Wallace or men delegated by them to execute agree- ments. If these approve an agreement opposed by s minority of processors, they have power under the act to im- pose licenses on all processors and deal- ers, refusing them to those who did not observe the agreement. For each day's operating without a permit they would be subject to a fine of $1,000. ORDERS OWN ARREST Carl Ballis wanted assistance last night, even if it meant arrest, so he phoned to a startled sixth precinct station clerk: “I'm drunk, come on and get me.” “0. K, &nl, hang on for & minute and we'll around,” came back the reply from the officer as soon as he could recover from his amazement. The wagon was sent to the new cit- izens’ ice telephone box at -Rock Creek Church road and Shepherd road from whence the call had come and there was Ballis, offering himself to the officer. At the police station he said he lived at 23 Shepherd road. “And I'm very, very drunk,” he added. MISS ENGLE TO SPEAK Special Dispatch to The Star. CHEVY CHASE, Md., May 15.—Miss Lavinia Engle, member of the Maryland House of Delegates from Mon ery County, will discuss legislation affecting in the last session of the ture at a meeting of the ity Association of section 3, be held tonight in the urch Shepherd PATRONAGE RAISES MANY PARADOXES Some Democratic Senators Under Pressure to Save G. 0. P. Jobs. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Patronage troubles this year are far different than any admininistration has ever had to face and they present many a paradox. “Where have you been?” I asked a Federal officlal who has been absent for several tyl Irl?: :lA:nm “Hiding from whom?” I asked. “Why, hi from Democratic Sen- ators who want to keep Republicans in their jobs.’ And thereby hangs & tale. - ily, when an administration changes and the victors took over the spoils, they have no particular solicitude for the persons to be ousted. Usually, there are plenty of jobs awaiting in comm cial life. But today it is different—the cold, cold world is far_ from inviting. And many a Democratic Senator who has lived in Washington has managed to accumulate friends who are impor- tuned by jobholders to go to the afore- sald Democratic members of Congress and ask them to use their influence witn the new administration. Pressure Is Two-Fold. While these members have applicants by the thousands, it is not unnatural for them to be obligated to various minor officials who have done little favors for them in the past or to friends who in turn feel obligated to the office- holders. So the pressure from Con- gress is two-fold—to retain efficient per- sons now in office whose personal situa- No matter what the administrative officers do lboutbeit. in the end the pressure on members of Congress to speak & word for this or that empioye persists and the days, therefore, of the newly appointed executives are a mix- ture of alibi-giving and polite circum- vention. Here’s a remark one official made the other day: “But there’s one species that I can- not stomach—the Democrats who got their jobs originally with Republican indorsements and now profess to be Democrats.” There are, of course, many Democrats in office chosen to fill places on bi- partisan commissions and boards. They were selected as Democrats in the first place. But there are other persons in the Government who used Republican influence to get their jobs, got friendly letters written by Republicans and gave the impression of great loyalty to the Hoover or Coolidge or Harding cause, a5 the case may be, who are especlal targets for attack. May Menace Party. Patronage’ isn't the pleasantest kind of thing anyway, but this year it has even more disagreeable aspects. The so-called deserving Democrat picks out the job he wants, tries to get the in- | cumbent displaced so as to create a vacancy, and not too often is disap- bointed in the end to find some one else gets it who hasn't been particularly active in seeking the job. All in all, the patronage is being dis- pensed slowly and there are rumblings here and there that some of the ap- Fumtmenu already made are too po- itical for the party's own good and that when times change somewhat there will be plenty of ammunition lying | around for the opposition’s attack. The Republicans are only now and then voicing & protest in Congress as a mat- ter of record. The truth is, Mr. Roosevelt is doing fairly well with some of the appointees to the higher offices, but among the minor officials he is not as careful— or at least some of those who are rec- ommending minor executives are taking advantage of the President's preoccu- pation in other affairs, It's a sad thing to see purely politi- cal henchmen taking over important positions where they are presumably to work out a new deal. For to the vet- eran observers who had expected a higher degree of care from a liberal administration the picture is the same old political deal of yesteryears. (Copyrisht, 1933.) TRIO GET PAR 71'S Barnett, Cunningham and Shorey Lead 37 Starters on Manor Club Course. Three Washington professional golf- ers scored par 71's today at the Manor Club in the opening round of the 36- hole sectional qualification for the na- tional open championship. Robert T. Barnett, Chevy Chase Club; Gilbert Cunningham, Burning Tree, and Mel Shorey, East Potomac Park public course, led the 37 starters in the test to determine the five men who will represent this section in the champlonship to be played at Chicago 0 strokes ind the leaders was Ralph Beach, Baltimore Suburban Club, at 73. "Al Houghton, Kenwood Qolf and Country Club, Maryland n title holder, took 77 over the OKI! round of the 36-hole event and needs a low round this afternoon to qualify. Other scores were: Arthur B. Thorn, unattached, 74: Fred Henry G. Picard, Charleston, 8. Gene Larkin, Chevy Chase, 74; McLeod, Columbia, 76; Glenn Spencer, Baltimore, 76; Warner Mather, Balti- more, 76; Fred H. Hyatt, Charlotte, N. C.. 76; CHff Spencer, Beaver Dam, 76; Billy Malloy, Columbia, 77; Alex A. Armour, Congressional, 77; George Diffenbaugh, Indian Spring, 77; C. L. Stevens, Congressional, 77; John Bass, Baltimore, 77; C. McKimmie, Ha- gerstown, Md., 78; George Slingerland, Greensboro, N. C., 78; Benny Loving, Petersburg, Va., 78; Al Treder, Manor, 18; Harry Mesimer, Burning Tree, 79; Richard Lunn, (amateur) Burning Tree, 79; Walter Cunningham, Burning Tree, 79; Carrol] T. McMaster, Balti- more, 79; William Schreiver, Baltimore, 80; Eddie Stevens, Manor, 80; Andy Merrillees, High Point, N. C., 80; Du- gan Aycock, Danville, Va., 81 Joe Fungy, Martinsburg, W. Va., 82; Tom Hudgins, Woodmont, 84; Leo Walper, unattached, 85: S, C. Hirst, Purcell- ville, Va,, 85; Claude Orndorff, Manor, 86; Dave Thompson, Washington Golf and Country Club, 87. ADVERTISERS CONFER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 15.—The Associa- tion of National Advertisers, Inc., met behfnd closed doors today for & “brass- busi seasion.” one-day executive session was substituted for the usual three-day members into semi-annual meeting. “The reason for executive session,” said a statement is- sued by the organization, “is based on the belief that now is the time to come fundamental and | out hesitation he threw it snaka, OPENING GOLF TEST| | seeking reinforcements believed Soviet Troops in Review in Moscow | | HUGE CROWD TURNS OUT IN RED SQUARE TO WITNESS DEMONSTRATION. Before huge pictures of Stalin and Lenin, the annual Soviet military parade passed in review on May day. This A. P. Photo. view shows part of the crowd which witnessed the review in red square. AMERICANS TOLD 10 QUIT TUNGCHOW Town Only 13 Miles From Oid Capital Reported Japanese Goal. (Continued From Pirst Page.) of reports that fleeing Chinese soldiers had bombed & bridge of the Pelping- Mugden Rallway over the Lwan River in an attempt to slacken the speed of the Japanese drive. Foreign circles were perturbed by the reports, for it was certaln through rail- way traffic would be disrupted and there would be serious effects on coal move- ments from the Tangshan center. ‘To prevent & possible rush of retiring Chinese troops from the Lwan River sector into Tlentsin, Yu Hsueh-Chung, provincial governor and commander of the local defense garrison, had estab- lished & defense line northeast of here. Tientsin Is Tense. Tenslon was noticeably increased here by the latest developments. Great confusion was reported at Tangshan, with troops and civilians hurrying westward overland and rail- road traffic virtually tied up. The rail- road station was crowded with both passenger and troop trains trying to get_under way. Chinese reports claimed that five Japanese airplanes had flown over Paotingfu, 100 miles southwest of Peiping, on the Peiping-Hankow Rail- way, scouting the territory, presumably to be advancing up the rail line. The planes, the Chinese claimed, were from the Japanese airplane car- rier standing off Tangku. . Paotingfu is 150 miles by airline from that place. Foreign advices said 5,000 Japan troops had arived at Mawentao, 12 miles northeast of Tangshan, presum- ably from the north. MIYUN HELD DOOMED. Japanese Report Its Capture, 50 Miles From Peiping, Imminent. TOKIO, May 15 (#).—Lieut. Gen. Yoshikazu Nichi, personally command- ing his 8th. Division, today attacked the town of Nanshengchuang, 10 miles northeast of Miyun in North China and about 50 miles from Peiping, and the occupation of Miyun was declared to be imminent. Simultaneously the 6th Japanese Di- vision swept past the town of Fengjun, ‘west of the Lwan River, and found easy rogress along the plains stretching | Baf P! toward Pelplnfi This_division is com- manded by Lie ut. Gen. Masayemon Sakamoto. Reports from all fronts received by the Bengo (Japanese) News Agency were that the Chinese morale was col- lapsing and there were many desertions. Gen. Sakamoto took Fengjun this morning after the Chinese defenders had retreated. Steady progress by four other Japa- Fard ‘was_reported i Rengo, dispatenes ward was reports es from the front Sunday. :fln were head- ed toward Fengjun and Tsunhwa. Field Marshal Wobuyoshi Muto, com- mander of Japanese forces in Man- churia, at headquarters in Changchun, declared: “If the Chinese abandon their chal- lenging attitude and withdraw from the border, the Japanese troops will imme- diately return to the Great Wall and devote their energies to maintenance of peace- in Mt uria, but if the Chinese continue their provocations, the Japa- nese will be compelled to continue the present military operations.” GANGSTER IS BOUND AND SLAIN IN CHICAGO Rocoo Belcastro, 25-Year-0ld “Pub- lic Enemy,” Found Dead in Auto. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 15.—"“Public enemy” Rocco Belcastro, 25, as a burglar, liquor dealer, terrorist and member of the “Circus . Was found shot to death today In an auto- ‘mobile. securely The bound 'uhchmnmmddmmm part- | tary. 1 burl and cov- e I a3 ered wi blanket. holster he carried a loaded pistol with six_notches on the handle. Police sald he was not identified. bureau, apparently nervous, with sev- eral other youths. Investigators belleved he had been shot by land enemies and l!lp‘t-. Chica killing in go in weeks, the being that of Ted Newberry, North Side gang leader, wl body was found on & lonely Indiana roadside. Snake Becomes Stowaway. Lieut. C. W. Moses, naval pilot, dis- covered & stowaway in his plane a few minutes after it was catapuited from the deck of the 0. 8. S. Memphis. With- S & s b 3 IClass of 65 Y;:ars Ago to Be Called | By Centenarian Mrs, Bemis, 100, Honored on Her Birthday. By the Associated Press. PONTIAC, Iil, May 15.—The patri- archs of Esmin Township, heeding the bell of a little red school house in the village of Rowe, north of here, will | guther today as members of a class unique in its collective longevity. Into the time-worn benches will file | Charles Quaif, 80; George Camp, 79; | Monty Whalen, 79; Ollie C. Hammer- | way, 76; his brother, Ollie O. Ham- | merway, 74; O. A. Erickson, 75. and his brother Charles, 71, the baby of the class. Mrs. Annie Bemis, aged 100, will be | on the teacher’s rostrum. She taught | these fellows 65 years ago when sney; were striplings. | The class will be called together to celebrate Mrs. Bemis' birthday. She ;l:;!bom in Litchfield, Conn., May 15, | “Reading the Bible is my recipe for a long life,” she said today. 'FAMILY SENTENCED IN CHAIN BANK CASE |John Bain, Son, snd Son-in-Law | Granted Stay by Court. | CHICAGO, May 15 UP).—John Bain, head of & chain of 13 Chicago neigh- | borhood banks that closed in 1930 with | $13,000,000 in deposits, was sentenced | the State Penitentiary on s charge of receiving deposits in an insolvent bank. His son, John H. Bain, and a son-in- law, W. Merle Fisher, both officers in | banking chain, got identical sen- | tences. Defense attorneys announced they | | would appeal, and Judge James F. Fardy granted a stay of sentence. Bain, 47 years old, already is¥hider a sentence of from one to five years on a charge of | conspiracy to defraud. He has appealed that conviction. Fisher and Bain's two sons, John H. and Robert A. were fined $1.000 each lon the conspiracy to defraud charge, | the judge asserting he believed that they lc‘t’,ed only under the elderly financier’s | orders. . ‘The State charged that fallure of the Bain system cost Chicagoans $40,000,000, including money lost in collapse of Bain realty holdings and financing systems. in’ came to America from Scotland | s penniless immigrant and-built up his | fortune after obtaining & job as a plumber’s helper. CHIEF A. E. F. INSPECTOR SUCCUMBS IN PARIS Barnard A. Flood Was Decorated Bight Times During World War. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 15.—Barnard A. Flood. who recelved eight decorations for his work as chief inspector of the division of criminal investigation of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during the World War, died in Paris last night, the district attorney’s office announced today. He served 25 years in the New York Police Department and at the time of his retirement in 1927 was a detective sergeant. After his retirement he went to Paris where he became associated with & detective agency. He was about 00 years old. e e ROBERTS TO BE HONORED Installation as President of Horace Mann Group Tonight. This evening at 8 o'clock, William sasistant coun: | today 0 serve from 1 to 3 years in | Sneens ot s ‘| Base bal claimed three victims, two women “| by glass from a broken windshield and FARMRIOT MARKS WISCONIN STRIKE Deputies Rushed by Mob and Milk Is Spilled; Tear Gas Used. v THREE BIG POWPR 10 OPPOSE RER U. S. and Britain Ready Back France, but Urge Mild Arms Stand. (Continued Prom Pirst Page) in Washington with President Roose- velt, he pictured what were described as French hopes for support from America against any aggressor in “these troubled hours” of dictator-r=-. GERMANY PREPARES DEFEN3Z. Hadolny and Rosenberg Recalled for Talks With Chancellor. BERLIN, May 15 (#).—All energies of the Hitler regime were centered to- day on outlining a defense of Ger- many’s armament licy. Both Count Rudolf Hadolny, chief delegate at the World Disarmament Con- ference, and Dr. Alfred Rosenb chief of the foreign division of Nazi party, recently in London, been recalled for conferences to with the chancellor. Their talks will be preparatory to Hitler’s speech Wednesday before tie reassembled Reichstag, in which it : believed he will spare no means t show Germany's desire for peace, at th: same time setting out a defense for the Nation's stand. Even the anticipated resignation as minister of economics and agriculture of Dr. Alfred Hugenberg, political ci | cles hinted, may be postponed, the be | ter to present a united.cabinet front | The chancellor has been accepted as its supreme leader by the Koenigen Luisen Bund, a Righest patrigtic wom- en’s soclety. \ the SIMON WITHHOLDS VI Refuses Further Statement on tions Reich Aims to Rearm. LONDON, May 15 (%) —Foreign S retary Bir John Simon declined in the House of Commons today further to commit himself or the governmen: on the question of intimations that Ge many intended to rearm. Sir John ceclared it was necessary to await resumption of the Disan ment Conference Commission’s gessions By the Assoclated Press. "MILWAUKEE, May riot, in which farmers rushed by dep- uty sherifts spilied milk from a truck at Bonduel, northwest of Green Bay. todey marked the turbulent course of the Wisconsin milk strike. At Bonduel tear gas was released among striking farmers. But they weathered the gas attack, put a small | group of officers to flight and effective- | |1y stopped deliveries to the Bonduel milk plant. In the Milwaukee area a group of pickets defled the authority of city heaith commissioners as “milk dicta- A few miles south of the ci s brought to Milwaukee for small chi dren and the sick, in conformity" to emergency plans devised by Gov. A. G. Schmedeman. an. A doeen squads of deputies, directed by radio, concentrated on the troubie spot, but meanwhile leaving other roads unguarded and leading authorities to express fear that in a shert time there +would not be enough milk for l:hfl-i dren. In other spots there were sgoradic outbreaks of violence. At Plymouth, “cheese capital” of the Nation, doors of several small cheese factories were battered down. Several thousand manufacture were tossed out or ruined with keroscne. The proprietor of one v, Ira T, stood off of strikers with a shotgun. In 14 lake shore and Fox River Valley Countles the milk business, with the exception of deliveries for chil- dren and the sick, was at a standstill. All markets remained closed for ordi- nary business by order of Gov. Schmedeman. MILK PRICE INCREASED. CHICAGO, May 15 (#).—An increase of 1 cent a quart in the retail price of milk in Chicago was announced by the Chicago Milk Council as leaders of | an incipient strike in McHenry and Kane Counties called off their plans for withholding milk from the market. The new price, effective today, is 10 cents a quart or 7 cents a pint. At the same time it was announced that the price to be paid to farmers | weight. * for milk consumed in bottles would be increased 30 cents a hundred pounds. The new price is $1.75 per hundred- e 60 BUILDINGS BURNED IN MAINE COMMUNITY Flames, Driven by High Wind, Threaten New Auburn Residences. By the Associated Press. AUBURN, Me., May 15—Pire, which broke out in the business section of New Auburn, a district separated from the city proper by the Little Andro- scoggin River, today had destroyed more than 60 buildings as it continued its sweep into the residential section before a high wind. The estimate of more than 60 build- ings ed was made less than an hour after the fire was discovered and as the full departments from Auburn and Lewiston were joined by apparatus from as far away as Portland. Observers said the business area of New Auburn was “doomed.” The section is covered with frame bufldings, many of them tenements inhabited by mill workers. ot top the Raimes T Sriving toto e es from into the main part of Auburn. BALL HITS WINDSHIELD Women Hurt by Foul Xnocked on Ellipse. 1l on the Ellipse yesterday cut Two & 14-year-old boy struck by a thrown t. Mrs. Ruth Peters, 25, 705 Fourth fi;’fi, and. Mrs. mncldlfllolm. 33, Riggs place, were driving past a diamond when a foul ball struck the windshield of the car, shattering ft. Both women were taken to Emergency Hospital and treated for lacerations to their arms and chest. On a nearby diamond George Ballas, 14, of 830 Twelfth street northeast, was struck by & bat which the hands of a teammate. was said his nose may s 33 i it E:cymmmn Arlington P.-T. A. to Elect. BALLSTON, Vs May 16 (Special) — Officers will el at the mg meeting of the Arlington County - cil of Parent-Teacher Associations | 15.—Another ds. | ign minister had n prepared to make » the declaration of, reign minisier thatf w of Versailies. Neither would he state whether the cent utterance of Viscount Hailshaim, minister, in the House of Lords in this connection represented the ate titude of the whole government In the House of Lords last Thurse day Lord Hailsham asserted that in hig opinion any attempt on the part | Germany to rearm would be npbrl‘ad | ‘I:(.tne Versailles treaty and would bri; 0 operations sanctions pro | that treaty. Ty No Anxiety Is Felt. Efforts were made in Down street to calm the sensation in | press over the week end conce: the general Europeen crisis. |, It was stated that no anxiety was | felt in official circles regarding the | week's developments, Several morning newspapers spoke of the increased tension in Europe, anxiously discussed what they inter- preted as gathering war clouds, viewed as the main danger the gro -war_spirit_in Germany. | The Daily Times, after commenti on what it called “the inculcation | hatred of the foreigner and of mili | tarism” in the Hitler regime, call upon Germany “to disprove—if p pounds of cheese in the process of | sible to disprove—that one of the ! objects of Hitlerism is to prepare f¢ |a war of revenge.” Subcommittee Meets. cabinet ing on the World Economic Confe: ence. There was no effort in British night by Franz von Papen, Germ vice chancellor, in which he compas the present situation in Germany with that which obtained in 1914. The speech is expected to be the | subject of a question and discussion itn the House of Commons, | e IMOLEY WILL WRITE WEEKLY ARTICLES FOR NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE (Continued From First Page) basis of the existing customs of the State Department. Of course the position of Moley is & difficult one. He, like the other Gov- ernment officials, had to take a sub- stantial cut in his salary of $8,000 a year. The situation as Assistant Secre- tary requires a good deal of expense in ~entertaining diplomats and other distinguished visitors who come to Washington. He is said to have no rsonal means except the modest onorarium he draws from the Barn- ard College for his weekly lectures. Al told, his income does not exceed $10,000 a year, which is considered insufficient to maintain the necessary dignity of his position. C uently he could see no other means for increasing his income, ex- cept by syndicating his weekly column to & large number of newspapers, in this manner besides incr personal income he would render a service to his readers by keeping them thoroughly informed of the actions of the American Government, — 8-10 LEAVES MEMPHIS Submarine Ends Participation in Memphis Cotton Carnival. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 15 ().—The United States Navy submarine S-10 left today on its downriver trip after par- ticipating in the Memphis cotton car- nival ‘The boat will stop first at Hele :rnk.. for a public lon " other stop will be made at Greenville for the National Cotton week celebra~ tion. ‘The submarine Wi ot a number of other begn o ing to New Orleans. %.d TAX APPEAL DISMISSED Richmond Realty Dealer Chal- lenged Validity of State Law, By the Associated Press. from At Emer- | I Supreme Court. Chewning paid the $10 tax for 1831, but refused to pay in 1932, con- tending the tax was an encroachment of his Constitutional rights. He was fined $5. In appealing to the Supreme Court, contended the act of 1024 impos- .