Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1933, Page 17

TENTON' N MEANS STORY IDENTIFIED, ROVER ‘BELIEVES Prison Mate, Now at St. Eliz- abeth’s, Thinks He Inspired Kidnap Tale. DISTRICT ATTORNEY GETS LETTER FROM PRISONER Man Served With Former Investi- gator in Atlanta and in the Local Jail. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover believes he has discovered the inspira- tion for Gaston B. Means' story about an “Irving Fenton” and his purported connection with the Lindbergh kid- naping. The inspiration, he thinks, is one Albert H. Fenton, who was with Means in Atlanta Penitentiary in 1927 and who, by curious penal coincidence, again found himself a prison mate of Means at the District Jail last Oc- tober. + This Fenton, far from being the ap- paritional kidnaper, killer and Com- munist pictured by Means in his Mun- chausenlike story before a jury which recently convicted him and Norman T. ‘Whitaker of conspiracy, now is con- fined in the ward for criminal insane at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. It is clear he had no part in the Lindbergh case, for he was confined in an institution at the time of the Jersey abduction. Fenton Writes Rover. Fenton himself is convinced that Means concocted the name “Irving Fen- fon” because of their prison associa- | Th! tions, and has so advised Rover by Jetter. “I have been diligently reading alling the testimony of Gaston Means,” Fen- ton wrote, “and his references to an Irving Fenton as a kidnaper, killer and ymmunist. & cQ‘Me‘nl knows I am in St. Elizabeth’s d for that reason used the neme of Fenton. I served time with hi. in Ath&v:mn:d"u;‘et him while I s in the ict Jail. ul’:lmw Means for what he is and wh-i he did to his fellow inmates in Atlanta while he was there and after he was harged. When Means was gistnarged he was in need of money, 5o he called on the families of several Prisoners still in Atlanta and intro- cuced himself as an ‘ace 1 agent of the Department of Ji '—a fixer wi.h a stranglehold on big ticlans— end for a certain sum of money he could have their sentences commuted.” Fee Collection Alleged. The letter charged that Means had col ected “(fi" tron; his fellow ll;?ll': for epar parole papers. nton e:prg:sed the hope that fellow prison- ers of Means would be warned against Fenton was in Atlanta at the time of Means’ incarceration there and that he was in the District Jail while Means was there last Fall. Fenton was de- scribed by officials as being well edu- cated. He served time in Atlanta Penitentiary for embezzlement and, on released, the any one of that name there. l:;!num, an inmate of Howard Hall, was bitter against Means in an inter- view today. He said he had never met Means outside of prison or jail and had mever heard of “Larry Jones' place” in New York City—e supposed speakeasy ‘where Means said Irving Fenton talked with him about “going in on a big kidnaping.” Nor could Fenton identify “Welling- ton Henderson,” the man who Means declared was head of the Third Inter- nationale in this country and & ring- leader in the Lindbergh kidnaping. Government investigators are not en- deavoring to trace either “Irving Fen- ton” or “Wellington Henderson,” as it s their conviction that both are products of Means' fertile imagination. DR. RILEY TO SPEAK AT COVENANT CHURCH Head of Northwestern Bible In- stitute Will Deliver Lecture Tonight. Dr. W. B. Riley, president of the Northwestern Bible Institute, will de- liver a lecture on “Prophecy and Present History” tonight at 8 o'clock at the Church, of the Covenant, Eight- eenth and N streets. Tomorrow night, at the same hour, he will lecture on “The World Outlook™ at the Fourth Presbyterian Church, Thirteenth and Fairmont streets. Dr. Riley is pastor of the Pirst Bap- tist Church of Minneapolis, Minn., was founder and president of the World's Pundamentalist Association, being chos- en to succeed the late W. J. Bryan as leader in the campaign of the conserva- tive branch of the Protestant churches against modernism and evolution. He is a delegate to the National Bap- tist Convention now in session here. FIRST LADY WILL VISIT FARM WOMEN’S EXHIBIT Expected to Go to Sunward, Arlington County, About Noon Tomorrow. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt tomorrow is expected to visit the-exhibition of farm women's activities to bs held at Sunward, the home of Miss Florence E. Ward in Arlington County, Va., under auspices of the District Federation of Women's Clubs. The First Lady prob- lbgm'fll’ arrive about noon. ples y farm women will bring samj of their handicraft and 2‘4 jon and will preside at a dozen or more Food furnished by them will be before an open fireplace and served at luncheon. out-of-door forum will be held afternoon. in be WASHINGTON, D. C, Scout Finds “Petrified Forest” “woop SAMPLES BELIEVED HUNDRED MILLION YEARS OLD. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. HE sharp eyes of a District Boy | Scout may have resulted in the discovery of a large “petrified” forest, close to & hundred mil- lion years old, which local geolo- gists regard as one of the important scientific finds of the year. Floyd Anthony Rapp, 16 years old, 2500 Third street northeast, was roam- ing through the woods along Ram's Horn Creek, close to the District of Co- lumbia line, when he noted in the bank of the stream what looked like par- tlally burned wood in a stratum about 6 inches thick. He broke off samples of this wood and took them to his former Scoutmaster, James H. Benn, geologist of the National Museum. Benn visited the site and recognized the im- portance of the find. It was evidently part of an ancient conifer, probably cypress, forest which grew over this area in the so-called Potomac geological era, which came be- tween the upper and lower Cretaceous. is was in the closing days of the age of monster reptiles, when dinosaurs still were wallowing in the vast swamplands and the first small mammals were mak- their appearance. The old forest had fallen and become under the accumulations of millions of years. Then there had been various geological proc- esses which placed it somewhere near the surface again. Ram’s Horn Creek had cut a slice through it. Explorations Planned. ‘The trees must have been enormous. Part of one log, which appears to have been a branch, is more than 3 feet thick at the base. The probability is armlands. wl?’l‘ld ]:‘t . peu%ned forest in not 'a the same senge as the celebrated forest of , Where the entire substance of the ancient wood has been replaced by silica de ted by running waters. Here almost opposite process has taken place. but the carbon has been taken out of the wood, a process known as lignification. It has been a process somewhat similar to the making of charcoal, the vast stretches of time acting like & slow, heatless fire. The wood has been turned to' jetlike sub- stance, black and capable of taking high polish. It has been arrested on the way to becoming coal. ancient structure of the wood is plainly evi- Inside it are tunnels made by that the forest covered a considerable | POS! | boring insects, which were found in a state of excellent preservation and have been provisionally identified as galleries of beetles of the same species as some which bore in cypress trees today. In one case a cocoon-inclosed pupa of this insect was found. If this fact is estab- lished it will be of great scientific in- terest and establish the second longest time known -in which an insect has survived in the world, all the time feed- ing on a single host. The lignified wood is hard and brit- tle, but once removed from its 100,- 000,000-year-old grave, it turns rapidly into a gray powder. is because a material known as marcasite, an iron sulphite, carried in the water, is deposited all through its substance and produces the rapid chemical change when exposed to air. Experiments are under way to prevent this decomposi- tion, so that specimens of the ancient wood may be preserved. Specimens have been soaked in alcohol, which mixes with water in the wood. Then alcohol and water evaporate together. After this process has gone on for a little while, the specimen is taken frcm the alcohol and soaked in glycerin. This will mix with water and alcohol, but not with water alone. It tends to fill in the crevices in the wood, where the air gets in. Report 'Being Prepared. Thus far no traces of ancient ani- mals other than insects, have found in the deposit, but if the wood was preserved it is possible that animal skeletons would have been preserved also. It is known that there were dinosaurs in this part of the country at about the time represented by the de- ts. There is also a likel that there were amphibians and even mam- mals. It is planned to explore the de- posit for traces of them. A scientific report on the find now is being prepared. Similar material has been found elsewhere in the coun- try,-but mostly in the form of small feces. Here there are whole logs. ere is also a considerable accumula- tion of poorly carbonized leaves, from which, it is expected, it will be possib] to identify the ancient trees. The Rapp boy,~while a member of Mr. Benn's Boy Scout troop, developed an avid interest in nature study in gen- eral and in geology in particular, and has brought curious specimens to the National Museum for identification be- fore. The present find was one which the average person would pass by with- out realizing its significance, but it was full of meaning to the boy. PHONE RATE CA HAYBETREDSOR Preparations Being Made for Hearing on Reduction to Domestic Consumers. The order of the Public Utilities Com- mission for & 10 per cent reduction in telephone rates for domestic consumers may be tried on its merits in District Supreme Court during the Summer, ac- cording to present plans. The commission’s engineers and ac- countants now are completing prepara- tion of additional data on special phases | of the properties and business of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. | This work is expected to be completed | y the middle of June. Shortly thereafter William A. Roberts, special counsel to the commission, will prepare and file with the court the com- mission’s answer to the proceedings brought by the company in its contest against the rate cut order, which was issued last November. The commission plans to ask the court to hear the case during July or August, it is reported. Pending court decision on the merits of the commission order, the company | Has posted a bond to cover the difference betwesn the rates now being charged | and those ordered by the commission. — KAUFMAN IS ELECTED BY SEVENTH ST. GROUP Succeeds Sylvan King—Bonwit and Boudren Also Named Officers of Business Body. Headed by Cecil Kaufman, president, | a new slate of officers was elected by | tne Central Seventh Street Association at a dinner meeting yesterday. Kauf- | man, manager of the Franc Jewelry Co. succeeds Sylvan King, general manager of King's Palace department store. | | The other officers are Murray J. Bon- | wit, president of the Bonwit Credit Co., | vice president, and B. I. Boudren, as- | sistant cashier and manager of the Seventh and I streets branch of Riggs | National Bank, secretary and treasurer. | Arthur Smith, president of the Dis- trict Federation of Business Men’s As- sociations, thanked the association for co-operation in the business affairs of the city and urged them to enlarge their organization. | Among, the speakers and guests were | Frank E. Carstarpher, assistant cor-| poration counsel of New York City; Capt. N. O. Holmes of No. 1 precinct | and M. B. Wooding of Asheville, N. C. Hero’s Name Fails to Save Him. When David Glyndwr Thomas pleaded guilty to theft at Pontlottyn, Wales, . Grifith said: “GI { | John Haskins, grand AN 5 NDITED N SHFEROBBERY Grand Jury Returns 21 Bills and Ignores Nine Other Cases. ‘The District grand jury today re- turned indictments against 21 persons and ignored 9 other cases which had been presented to them by the United States attorney’s office. ‘Hampton Chappel Reese was charged with breaking into the Cannon Shoe Co., 400 block of Ninth street, and stealing $102 on May 5. The indictment charges that he lived in the same lodging house with Michliffe Quinby, manager of the store, and that, according to police, he | obtained the keys to the office and the | combination to the office safe from | Quinby’s personal effects. The jury ignored a_homicide charge | against Berjamin F. Hawkins, colored, who had been arrested in_ connection with the fatal stabbing of his brother, Warren Hawkins, in the 600 block of Freedmens Court alley on May 18. ‘Those indicted, with the charges against them, included: | John Lawson and George Miles, joy- riding; Louis Watkins, James Watkins, James Martin, James Williams, and larceny; John Lawson, housebreaking; David Williams, | Phillip D. Lewis, Bruce Kline, James Lewis, Clifton Reeder, James A. Hall- man, George Stevenson, Joseph Sum- merville, and Arthur Montgomery, housebreaking and larceny; Ray Wilson, assault with a dangerous weapon; John Taylor Washington, assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with in- tent to kill; Earl Thomas, Clarence Ravmall, Arthur Kelton, Benjamin F. Diggs, and Marion Johnson, robbery; Glenn Raleigh Efort, violation of the national prohibition act; Benjamin N. Livingston, Maurice Nusholtz, Carlton F. Howell and Paul Sherbow, violation of the white slave traffic act, and Em- mett W. Royall, violation of section 851-b, District of Columbia Code, and embezzlement. | The grand jury cleared the following | of the charges indicated: Othello Washington and Dan Love- land, joyriding; Charles Weathers, housebreaking and larceny; Julian C. Johnson, Percy C. Jones and Claude O. ! Soper, robbery; Lena Ellis and Francis | Thomas, assault with a dangerous weapon. AUTOGIRO DAMAGED ‘Washington's only autogiro was dam- | eged In a crack-up at Washington- Hoover Airport yesterday. Its owner, James Townsend Russell, 30-year-old le | problems, such as unemployment and LEADER 1S NEEDED IN TIME OF CRISIS, BAPTISTS ARE TOLD President of Northern Group| Says Another Roosevelt Would Aid Church. | SEES EMERGENCY FACING HIS DENOMINATION Calls Upon Church to Fight for Disarmament, Unemployment and Against Repeal. Sounding the keynote of the North- ern Baptist Convention, Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, its president, told the 5,000 delegates attending today's opening annual session that what is meed is| B.EF. RENNANTS his church through hard times. Dr. Johnson addressed himself to “The Present Challenge” and declared the Baptist organization is being con- stantly reminded that to meet the challenge of changing conditions the church must ily adjust and re- adjust its machinery to the task in hand. He said “We must have in our situation something akin to the daring courage, the business sagacity, the political acumen, the wholesome confidence in his fellow men, the straightforward frankness, the readiness of attack, which has been evidenced by that veritable human dynamo now residing in the White House—Franklin D. Roosevelt.” This sort of leadership, Dr. Johnson told the convention when the applause had subsided, “vested in some Moses and directed toward our present denomina- tlonal distress would right early /have us on our way out of our Egypt toward the promised land of greater achieve- ments for Christ's kingdom.” Summarizing the Baptist situation, and for that of the emergency facing |, : other denominations, he paraphrased who previously had failed either to ob the famous report to the allied army|tein railroad transportation kome or hlymmfluhcll"‘ Foch during the crisis|join the Civilian Conservation Corps— of the first Marne: were being enrolled today at the Vet- “Our foreign line is broken, our home . line is wavering, the spiritual life in erans’ Administration for work in the the church is ebbing, the situation is; forests. Approximately 150 of the men were excellent for Baptists to attack * * *, on their knees. to be sent to Fort Humphreys or Lang- ley Field, Va, this afternoon, to join A great many delegations to the Southern ~ Baptist Gomvention, which | 2:200 of ‘thelr’ comrades of the bonus convention at Fort Hunt, who left, for closed its own annual sessions wi ean the camps last evening. If more than historic reunion Northern group mmde:;ln y‘s':;’l::‘y, :‘;E 150 register for the reforestration work, tended the opening session of the|the surplus will be kept here until Northern branch of the church in the more facilities for training can be pro- Washington _Auditorium, These ses- | Vided, as the Army posts in this section sions willl continue through Sunday. g{p_lgi, country already are filled to welcoms tion - e e e oentin pas. | In selecting the veterans for forestry tor of Calvary Baptist Church, and the | WOrk, preference will be shown men - |with families or other dependents, it A 'g_“gu':’“n"':}‘d!;“d;;m was said at the Veterans Administrs lis gave the opening prayer. tion. No registrations were being made o Dr. Johnson urged re S—— m‘.‘&‘yn\l?rlng;!gl?:;nm who came here he Chureh to the solution of world | ith ‘their familles in automobiles and could not take advantage of the Gov ernment’s free transportation, were being given gas, oil and ration money today at the Veterans’ Adminis- tration. Only bona fide delegates to the bonus convention were being cared for, officials said. Director Robert Fechner of Emer- gency Conservation Work today issued a warning that no out-of-town vet- erans would be registered here for the Civilian Conservation Corps after the delegates to the bonus army con- vention have been disposed of. Fechner urged all veterans desiring work in the forests to remain home, pointing out that if they stayed in their own vicini- ties they would be registered more ex- peditiously. pois T HIGH SCHOOL Approximately 150 to Be Sent to Fort Humphreys or Langley Field. Straggling remnants of the bonus army—the comparatively few marchers disarmament. “Is there no challenge to the follow- ers of the Prince of Peace in the fact that while the horrible wounds of the Warld War are still bleeding, the na- tions of the entire world are even more completely srmfd to fight each other than they were/in 1914?" Continuing his reference to the con- ditions which face the church, Dr. Johnson added: “Are we challenged and aroused by the widespread and for the most part untruthful propaganda which has re- sulted in the first step bel taken to repeal the eighteenth amendment and bring back the saloon with its corrupt- ing and blighting influence?” Pinancial reports on the status of the various wideflung activities of the Northern Baptists were being rendered at today’s session. For the Board of Mission Co-opera- tion the executive secretary, W. H. Bowler, declared- the budget for the coming year had been reduced 30 per cent. This was necessitated by eco- nomic conditions which made it neces- sary, he said, to close down many bureaus, dismiss many employes and reduce salaries. The changes, he added, GIRLS WIN DENTAL POSTER CONTEST Margaret Cumberland and Phyllis | Hickman Awarded Prizes Last Night. JONFOREST WORK will bring the remaining forces of the board under unified control. The report of the Finance Committee fixed the total operating budget for the fiscal year ending April 30, 1934, at $5,- 676,144. This amount is made up of $3,747,496 as a share of denomination receipts, and $1,928,648 estimated in- come from non-denomination receipts. Chairman W. A. Staub declared, in view of the fact that denomination re- ceipts had fallen steadily behind for a number of years, a reduction of ap- proximately 25 per cent from this source had been fixed in the budget for the coming year. The total of $3,777,496 to be asked for carrying on missionary benevolent work next year, the com- mittee believed, was well within the fi- nancial ability of the Northern Bap- tists, despite present economic condi- tions. The spending budget for next year, Chairman Euu% sald, has been fixed at 65 per cent of the donated receipts, plus the actual receipts from invested income and other non-donation sources. Last night's session concluded the one- day reunion meetings of the Southern and Northern groups, which had split 88 years ago over the slavery question. Dr. M. E. Dodd, leader of the South- ern Convention, broke through formali- ties to admonish every one: “Now, forget the North and South, yeu rebels and you Yanks, and shake hands with your neighbors.” Earlier in the day the Northern and Southern leaders had visited the White House as a further mark of the historic event. Dr. George W. Truett of Dallas was the principal speaker last night, sug- gesting in his address the need for “an unfailing faith.” “There is no need for any perplexity about faith,” Dr. Truett said. “Faith holds all things together. * * * Our need is for a consciousness of God and His sovereignty.” Dr. Clarence A. Barbour, president of Brown University, declared it was the duty of the state to see that every man has a fair chaice, and that the state has other obligations outside the pres- ervation of peace. ‘There were separate meetings for men and women in the afternoon, the for- mer meeting in Calvary Baptist Church, the latter in Constitutiorr Hall. After their session the Northern and Southern men held a fellowship supper at the Calvary Church, attended by the two convention presidents. J. H. Ander- son, chairman of the Baptist Brother- hood of the South, presided at the sup- per. Al T P.-T. A. Sponsors Health Clinic. escaped injury. Rlllfluu‘,. who Lu hungul ‘post- gradua course fiyin auf the controls whe‘n the »'3&“’ mill plane” nosed up in broke off the tips of the four blades of its rotor. The machine was sent to the HERNDON, Va., May 24 (Special).— The Parent-Teacher Association is sponsoring a health clinic to be held tomorrew at 9:30 o'clock in examine children :‘umountnwumu‘me, e Margaret Cumberland of Western High School and Phyllis Hickman, El- liott Junior High School, were given first prizes last night in the health poster contest conducted by the Dis- trict of Columbia Dental Soclety in connection with its May day actjvities. Dr. C'.’“‘Y)fllllrbdth(!lon;lltn wmlde the presentations at the George Washington University Medical Buuar?n; Secord and third prizes in the contest, handled by Dr. Donald H. Glew, as- sisted by Dr. Walter A. Rath, went to De Loris E. Harris of Central and James Buckler of McKinley in the senior class and to Anthony Chanaka and Ethel Duke of Gordon and Elliott in the Junior. Judges. of the contest were Ethel Bray, director of art in the public schools; Miss Lillian Cain, Oral Hygiene School, Georgetown University, and Harry Campbell of National University. PR SEEK PICKPOCKET Police Act on Report of Baptlst Conference Delegate. Police today are investigating the possibility that a pickpocket is operating among the delegates at the Baptist Con- vention. Last night they received a report from Edward E. Freeman, a delegate to the conventica from Connecticut, that a sneak thief stole his wallet containing $35 while he was attending a meeting in Cznle\:‘ry Baptist Church, Eighth and H streets. CITIZENS CELEBRATE Rhode Island Avenue Association Marks 25th Anniversary. Marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens” Association, a special issue of Neighborhood News, official association magazine, has been printed and distrib- uted to members and friends. The leading article, entitled “A Quar- ter Century ot ,” is & brief his- tory of the association from its mo:g; tion back in 1908, and deals with many civic improvements brought about through the efforts of the group. P MRS. NORTON ILL Chairman Norton of the trict Committee is at the her sister in Pelham Manor, at Oon pening Star WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1933. McKinley Girls Dance in Health Program GYM CLASS MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN FESTIVAL ON PLAZA. A front of the institution. The | Health week. | | was supervised by Mrs. Marguerite Steis i tion’ teachers. PPROXIMATELY 600 members of the girls’ gym class at High School this morning participated in a dance festival on the plaza in program marked Tech’s observance of top picture gives a view of a waltz clog, while at the bottom the girls are doing a number entitled “Line The festival and Miss Evelyn Naylor, physical eduga- —Star Staff Photos. dy Lee.” DISTRICT T APPLY FOR RELIEF FUNDS Request Probably Will Be Made Tomorrow by George S. Wilson. The District government, probably | 000,000 Federal relief appropriation un- | der the Lewis-Wagner act. | The District Commissioners have au- thorized George S. Wilson, director of public welfare for the District, to ap- ply for the t, in a statement to administrator of the the needs for Federal assistance in re- lief work here. Under the terms of the law the Dis- trict is eligible to an immediate grant of roximately $135,000, according to D Wilson. The District of Columbis and the States, under the law, may be granted immediately as much as one-third of the amount of public funds expended during the first three months of the current calendar year. Other grants from the Federal fund may be made later upon a showing of need. An early grant of a& portion of the Federal relief fund to the District would prevent an impending collapse of emer- gency relief work now being conducted here. The remainder of the District’s available funds for this work are not expected to last longer than June 15. In addition, a large number of cases formerly handled by private agencies now are being transferred to the Dis- trict's rolls. SHORTCHANGER SOUGHT AFTER BANK LOSES $150 National Capital Paying Teller Finds Fifteen $10 Bills Miss- ing in Check-up. Police today were seeking an uniden- tified man who yesterday is alleged to have short-changed James Heelen, pay- ing teller at the National Capital Bank, 300 block of Pennsylvania avenue southeast, out of $150 in $10 bills. The man, according to the police re- port, appeared at the bank with a sur- plus of big bills and asked for change for two $100 bills and four $50 bills. Heelen in making a check-up later found he had been short-changed of 15 $10 bills. Policeman’s Auto Is Stolen Near | tomorrow, will file an application for | ! a grant of relief funds from the $500,- | d. completing preparation of data showing | Wit BILL WOULD $TOP {Senate Includes Provision in Proposed Restriction on Securities Sales. The new Federal restriction on the sale of securities is expected to close the District of Columbia to exploitation |by shady stock promotion sgencles | which have enjoyed almost unlimited | freedom In the past. A provision was made by the Senate to make the bill apply to stock transac- tions “within” the ‘District, as well as to those in ‘“interstate commerce,” & protection which the District shares h the other States and the Terri- tories. The final legislative step was taken proved without debate the conference report, which the House had ratifled Monday. The bill is now on its way to the White House for President Roose~ velt’s signature. that at least a score of questionable stock sales agencies and 100 salesmen will be forced out of business in the | District by the new regulations. Protection of Investors. These designate the Federal Trade | Commission as the agency to protect | investors by requiring registration of | security issues and by imposing limita- tions on information contained in pros- pectuses circulated in oconnection with security issues. As finally agreed to in conference, the bill defines the term “interstate com- merce” as meaning trade or commerce in securities “within the District of Co- lumbia,” as well as between States or between any State or Territory and the District. ‘The measureé outlines the power of the ‘Trade Commission to take steps to pre- vent fraud in intersiate transactions. {The commission is authorized to pre- scribe rules and regulations governing enforcement of the measure. ‘The final draft carried an amendment by Senator Johnson of California creat- ing a corporation to help investors in defaulting foreign bonds to recover some of their money. The corporation would :eens:b up upon the order of the Presi- D¢ C. Protection Lacking. Louis Rothschild, director of the Better Business Bureau of Washington, | pointed out today that while practically every State in the Union has some sort of blue sky laws to help protect the public from financial schemers, “the District of Columbia has never had even that protection.” “No fraud law, no security selling law has ever been enacted before by & unity. The result is known; the tremendous losses of the past are every day knowl- edge. “Until now Wi has been the other For this reason, legis- for - D.C.STOCK FRAUDS late yesterday when the Senate ap-|% i PAGE B—1 RODSEVELT PLANS - FURTHER STUDY ON . S. REGROUPING Submission of Governmental Reorganization to Congress May Be Delayed. MESSAGE TO ACCOMPANY PROPOSAL TO CAPITOL President Confers With Budget Director and Commerce Sec- retary Roper. Submission to Congress of President Roosevelt's governmental reorganization plan may be delayed until next week, it was indicated at the White House today. It was the President’s original inten- tion to send the plan to Congress be- fore the week end recess, but he now wishes to give further study to certain features of the preliminaries, it was learned. Mr. Roosevelt expects to accompany the reorganization plan with a message which will explain briefly the general scheme and its purposes. He has not yet started writing this message. Uncertain to Time. ‘While Mr. Roosevelt was uncertain e able lon to the Capitol, he made it clear he wants to forward the message at least two weeks before adjougnment of Congress. The President conferred again last night with Lewis Douglas, buc tor, regarding the on an b 000 and $29,000,000. DISTRICT MEASURES HEARINGS CANCELED filnmu Bills Not Likely to Get Consideration Until Nex. January. Plans for & hearing tomorrow on two District insurance bills were canceled and Committee. The called tative crat, Ohlo, chairman of the sub- One of the bills slated for consider- ce by of It was predicted by investigators here 3 "0 {until the regular session of Congress i next January. The hearing was called off, it was announced, because of the apparent fu- tility of getting action during the few weeks of the present special session on any District legislation. LEAPS TO HIS DEATH FROM OCEAN LINER John T. Kodding, 33, Was Diplo- matic Secretary on Duty at State Department. En route to Havana for a brief rest and vacation, John T. Kodding, 33, a diplomatic secretary on duty at the State Department here, leaved to his du:th ‘g‘romd:yhe m‘g’:rd liner Oriente some e Mon t, according to Asso- clated Press dispatches. Kodding, unmarried, left a note ad- dressed to the captain of the liner, in which he said he had decided to com- nn;lxum‘ ide. Its contents were not made public. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio, July 8, 1899, and entered the Foreign Serv- ice in 1924. He served at Sofia and Paris before being assigned to the State Dej it for duty in the Division of International Conferences. Kodding recently had gone to Ham- umnmvmzmp;r‘vnu. He had been The young man attended the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania,' Harvard Law and Graduate Schools and continued his studies in Paris. He served in the A Sue BT e ppa Frater- nity, he lived at the Wi PRESENT THREE PLAYS