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Baldwin, Receiver, with the Ieeal proof thereof within three months trom this date or they may be dissliowed. Comptroiler ‘of the Currency. GOOD WEATHER —a good Roof Painter—and our old-fash- Toned Brotec-Tin Ros! Paint. roof in D CELEBRATEN BREAK PIA RO One Man Shot, Four Injured, Eleven Arrested at Perth Amboy, N. J. By the Assoclated Press. PERTH AMBOY, N. J, May 31—A Btate Communist celebration of “Na- tional Youth day” yesterday broke up in a riot in which one man was shot and four others injured. A detachment of 75 police, later re- nforced by reserves, battled a crowd of 350 demonstrators for 15 minutes before the use of tear gas dispersed them. Several police officers were bruised and many had their uniforms torn. Sixteen arrests were made. The wounded man was Robert Roth, eolored, 23, of Elizabeth, N. J. He was shot in the right leg. Set Up Rostrum. ‘The celebmtion began in the morning LI TR s e mg pflxeuc events occupied the lorenoon. Z the celebrators, accompanied trum. John McComis, assistant superintend- ent ,at the copper plant, telephoned| derg police and said he wanted the crowd cleared from the property. Police Lieut. John Murray went to the speaker’s stand and asked George Alexander if he had permisison to use the grounds. Police Charge Crowd. Alexander replied, Murray said, that he had not & permit, but intended to finish - his speech whether the police liked it or not. Murray then started to knock down the rostrum, and an un- identified man in the audience swung a length of iron pipe, hitting the lieu- tenant on the shoulder. The - fight became general, with the %75 policemen charging the crowd to rescue Murray and drive the celebrators from the property. Four'injured Communists were taken to the hospital for treatment of cuts, bruises, scratches and other superficial hurts. Eleven others arrested were booked at police headquarters on charges of disorderly conduct. SOIV:ey]/I e Dr. Fordney is professor of criminology at a famous university. His advice is often sought by the police of many cities when confronted with particularly bafMing cases. s problem has been taken from his casebook covering hun- dreds of criminal investigations. y_your wits on it!_ It takes but ONE MINUTE to read! Every fact and every clue necessary to its solution are in the story itself—and there is only one answer. How good a detective are ) The Stolen Masterpiece. ¢ ‘ELL, son, so you've come ¢ to me for council, eh? You know, my boy, that while advice is often sought it is seldom fol- fowed. Perhaps it's just as well,” said Prof. Fordney to Ralph Wentworth. “Criminology — & ood profession? I hink so! But have you an aptitude for it I'll give you a little problem I en- countered not so long ago. The cor- rectness and speed of your answer it m"{kl‘s have it, professor!” eagerly interrupted Ralph. Fordney lit his crossed his and con- ued : *1 was called in o assist the police % solving the theft of an old master- slece, an invaluable Rembrandt, from the home of Murray Henderson, the millionaire. After considerable investi- gation, I succeeded in rounding up four members of a gang of international thieves and learned the following: “Their names were Wilson, Grady, gforris and Bishop. One of them ;nxy recently been released from Sing ing. "%’he leader and one other member of the gang, Who was an art con- noisseur, both came from Germany. “Bishop and the actual thief, un-! known to the leader, had attempted | another robbery the previous night. “Grady, and, the leader had arranged with a fence Yo buy the painting. “wilson and the actual thief had told the leader that if they got away with the masterpiece they were going # Europe. ’l‘hemrctull thief and the lndcxz are Ralph,” smiled Fordney, “can mewwho was the leader and who was the actual thief?” TAN YO}!"?”_’ Perhaps you have a or roblem mwumukemsubmnm . Ford- 3 un,undnwnmmeueo( el paper, He wil be delighted 1 receive (Por Solution See Page A-12) j { od | through eastern’ Kansas. N w. | deputics, whe were searching for the <INEW CRIVES LAD | T0 ESCAPED MEN Prisoners Who Freed Host- ages Suspected of Murder and Kidnaping. (Continued From First Page) J i« who -selected 2 thrilling part of a Memorial day base ball game yesterday | to make the break. Tells of Wild Ride. ‘The warden gave a detailed account | of the wild ride and said their drinks led some of the prisoners to confide the methods they used in smuggling weapons into the twine plant. They also disclaimed any connection with the other five prisoners in the plot. Warden Prather said Underhill, serving & sentence for the murder of a Wichita policeman, frequently had threatened him with harm during the flight The uniformed guards several times caused pursuing officers to withhold their fire in fear of wounding the host- ages. Or causing the convicts to turn upon their captives for revenge. Atone point in the flight, south of Ottawa, the guards at the command of the prison- ers waved back three Douglass County convicts. Taking advantage of the suspense created by a play in the ball game be- tween the Topeka and Leavenworth American Legion teams, the convicts went into action. A cheer went up from the 1,709 zonvict fans when the Topeka team tied the score at 2-2 with a home run in the ffth. Then Underhill slip- ped up behind the warden with a cop- per wite noose, while another convict pressed a pistol against his back. An- gther convict drew his arms behind im. Other guards were taken into cus- tody and the group marched to the wall, as- .nded a tower and slid down a rope to freedom. The fact they had reached the hilly Northeastern Oklahoma country added heavily to obstacles of the searchers. Identity of Prisoners. ‘The 11 convicts who escaped were identified as follows: Jim Clark, 30, life term for bank robbery in Bourbon County; previous terms in Oklahoma Penitentiary. Bob Brady, 28, life term as habitual criminal, Seward County; previous term in Oklahoma Penitentiary. Harvey Bailey, 45, 10 to 50 years for bank robbery in Bourbon County; de- tainer against him filed by Minneapolis police. Frank Sawyer, 33, 20 to 100 years for bank robbery in Bourbon County; escaped while serving term for murder in Oklahoma Penitentiary. Lewis Betchel, 25, 10 to 21 years; also served terms in Idaho and Missouri. Kenneth Conn, 29, life term for mur- der in Pratt County; also served terms at L‘nglden, Colo,, and in Oklahoma and Missouri. Clifford Dopson, 18, sentenced in Cherokee County for car theft. Billy Woods, 22, 5 to 15 years from Pord County for car theft; previously served terms in Missouri and at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for auto theft at Batesville, Ark, , 20 to 100 years for bank robbery in Labette County. ‘Wilbur Underhill, 30, life term for slaying a Wichita, ., policeman; previously involved in Oklahoma mur- in Missouri for robbery in Bourbon County; previous! served term in omhomn,y it ROB FILLING STATION. Proprietor Identifies Escaped Convicts As His Abductors. MIAMI, Okla., May 31 (#).—A filling station operator identified Wilbur Un- derhill, fleeing Kansas convict, as the leader of four men who robbed him of a few dollars and gasoline and kid- naped him shortly before 6 a.m. today. Jeff Weatherby said the four men, driving a large sedan, forced him to ac- company them from his filling station between Commerce and Cardin, north of Miami, to Narcissa, eight miles south of Miami, where they released him un- harmed. ‘Weatherby said he saw three or four shotguns in the car and that each man had a pistol. Officers were inclined to the belief the four men turned back north, probably heading for the vicinity of Picher, Okla., after freeing Weatherby. WOMEN SET FREE. Captives Spent Night at Farm House Near Pleasanton, Kans. PLEASANTON, Kans., May 31 (#).— The three women taken as hostages by 5 of the 11 convicts who escaped yesterday from the Kansas Peniten- tiary, at Lansing, were safe here today. Miss Louise Wood, one of the hostages, said the five convicts re- leased them from a motor car near Pleasanton at 10 p.m. last night. They went to the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. George New, she said, and Jofix:d Fletcher, a deputy sheriff, was cal Miss Wood said the conviets did not harm them. Mrs. M. J. Wood, mother of Louise, and an invalid, remained at the New farm home while Miss Wood and Miss Cloris Wears, a girl chum, went into town. Miss Wood communicated by telephone with her father, M. J. Wood, in Kansas City, Kans, at 7 am. She did not explain why word of the safety of the three was not sent him sooner, and declined to go into details of the trip the three had with the con- victs. The five men, she said, drove on in the car after releasing the women. Mrs. New, at whose farm the women went after their release, said this morn- ing the three apparently suffered no ill effects of their nerve-racking ride of several hours with the convicts. She said the three were given food and shelter for the nignt. She said no trace of the convict car was seen this morning. The New farm is 2!2 miles west of Pleasanton, one-fourth mile from a side road and 2; miles from a main high- way. NIGHT WATCHMAN KILLED. Escaped Convicts Suspected of Murder at Parsons, Kans. PARSONS, Kans.,, May 31 (#)—Otto L. Durkee, 42, night watchman at Che- topa, Kans, was shot and killed early today by an unknown assailant. Che- topa is about 12 miles across the Kan- sas border from Welch, Okla., where a group of escaping convicts liberated Warden Kirk Prather of the Kansas Penitentiary and two guards last night. Officers were investigating the possi- { bility that Durkee was killed in an en- counter with one of the two groups of fugitive conviets. The officer’s body was found in an alley. He had been shot through the heart with & 25-20 caliber rifle, investi- gators said. Durkee’s revolver was empty, having been fired six times. Discharged cart- | ridges on the street nearby indicated a gun fight. ghem%‘- is about 100 miles southwest of Pleasanton, Kans, where one of the itwo groups of escaped convicts freed three women held as hostages. Guests Must Bring Watér. Miss Dorothy Buck, the novelist, who lives in Tunisia, has been telling, during her visit in Europe, about some of the quaint costumes of her country. “The | strangest dinner T Kansas Prison Head Freed in Oklahoma Hill Country. GIVEN $1 BY MEN One Fugitive Wounded but Is Ableto Get in And Out of Car. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, May 31—Warden Kirk Prather of the Kansas State Peni- tentiary, who with two prison guards was forced to accompany 6 of 11 des- perate convicts in a daring escape from the penitentiary at Lansing, Kans., dur- ing & Memorial day base ball game, told his story of the escape to a represent- ative of the Asscciated Press and the | Kansas City Star. The warden, in a telephone conversa- tion after the fleeing convicts had re- leased him and the two guards near ‘Welch, Okla., gave the following account of his experience: ¢ “I was watching the base ball gamé | in the prison yard,” he said, “when Wilbur Underhill, a life-termer con-| victed of murder, slipped up behind me and threw a slip-knot noose cf wire | around my neck. At the same time| another convict—I think it was Harvey Balley—pressed a revolver against my back. A third convict” drew my arms behind me. | “Other guards were taken around me. | Several guards, covered by six convicts, joined us and together we marched to | watch tower post No. 312, where we stopped. Threatens to Kill 14. “Underhill spoke up He was the leader of the gang. ‘Here's what our plan is’ he said. ‘We'll kill all 14 guards within range of our guns, then | kill you, unless you do what we sa: [ Make that guard up there take down his | gun.’ “A guard on the wall was covering| us. Just then the alarm siren blew to inform the prison that an escape was in progress, and Underhill ordered Bailey to kill Shermen. Bailey lifted his re- volver, when 1 shouted to the guard on| the wall to lower his gun and not to| fire under any circumstances. The | the guard was commanded to throw his keys down to us, and we proceeded on to post No. 3, at the southeast cor- | ner of the yard. The trap to the tower | was opened and we ascended. | “As we entered the tower Underhill | twisted the end of my wire leash around | his left wrist. With his right hand he | held a revolver against my side. “There were six convicts in the group. W. E. Muselman, in charge of prison recreation; John Laws, John Sherman and I were the only guards taken aloft. | A coil of rope in the watch tower, used | for pulling up fuel and provisions, was | thrown down the outside of the wall | Underhill commanded me to slide down. | He followed, the wire around my neck | still fastened to his wrist. “Laws and Sherman came down with the five other convicts. While the con- | victs were in a huddle, trying to de- cide their next step, I think, somebody | fired a shot from the wall. It struck | Bailey in the right leg and he went | down. Afterward we found his leg was | broken just below the knee. | Placed on Running Board, “When the Woodson car was seized (Dodge car of W. W. Woodson, prison farm superintendent, taken from prison garage) Bailey had to be helpéd to the back scat. I didn’t see the car taken.' Underhill made me stand on the run- | ning board He crawled into the back seat. The two guards and one convict | also stood on the running board. i “Jim Clark, life-termer from Bourbon | County, took the wheel and drove down | a road skirting the prison farm. | “‘You show us how to keep out of | the mud,’ Underhill said to me, ‘or Tl kill you. Understand?’ “I told him not to fear, that I would direct them to a good road. We drove | south on State Highway No. 5. Under- | hill somehow got this revolver tangled | up with his clothing or the wire and it was discharged. * * * The shot shattered the back window of our car. “The road turned east a mile and a half farther on and we turned to the right to get to United States Highway No. 73-E. Just before we reached it, however, Woodson's car began to sput ter and stopped. Clark got out, tink- | ered with the engine and said we would have to find another car. “Just then a Chevrolet coach, al-| most new, passed on the slab. It seemed to be crowded with women and chil- dren. A few minutes later the convicts | started the Dodge and proceeded on toward Wallulu, Kans. We passed the Chevrolet. Loses Track of Route. “At Wallulu the Dodge sputtered | again; Clark tried to pull the car off the road. The car stalled sidewise in the middle of the slab, blocking | the Chevrolet, which was approaching | it. Evidently the occupants of the Chevrolet thought we intentionally | blocked the road. | “The convicts immediately leveled | guns at the Chevrolet and we changed | places with the passengers, leaving | Woodson's_car in the middle of the | highway. Ed Davis, a life-termer, took the wheel of the Chevrolet. Balley was bleeding. I was in the back seat. The two guards rode the running board, re- | volvers aimed at their heads. They rode the running board the rest of the day. “We went south of 73-E and later | turned off into a dirt road. I lost track | of our route from then on. | “I think we crossed the Kaw River | about 10 miles southwest of Linwood, | Kans., then drove into Eudora, where we bought gasoline at an out-of-the- way filling station. Underhill paid for it. "I kept my head down. The attend- ant wasn't suspicious. | “Somewhere below Ottawa, Kans., the | driver said he saw a police car ahead. | One of my guards told me afterward it | contained uniformed officers and ap- | peared to carry & machine gun. Davi: stopped the car and ordered the guards | to stand off at the roadside. Two con- | victs jumped out with pistols, prepared to meet the police car. | “It came almost within fighting range, | then went into reverse and backed off. | ‘Then it turned around and went speed- | ing away from us. | Convict Had Whisky. “Pourteen miles north of Parsons we encountered a car (identified as that of Ed Clum) and the convicts held it | up. Davis had complained the Chev- rolet was getting_too hot. | “Sawyer and Brady took Laws, the guard, and climbed into the Clum car. | ‘We went on ahead, the other following. | 1t could not keep up, so we stopped and | waited for it. | “One of the convicts produced & pint | of whisky. Everybody was jubilant over | that. “At Edna, Kans, we bought more gas, Underhill again paying for it. Then we struck south on a dirt road.and the bottle was passed to everybody but me and the guards. When the boys began to loosen up and talk, I said, ‘Well, you guys centrainly pulled a clever job. We suspected ;two weeks ago that you were smuggling guns, but we couldn't find them. We searched all the sisal bales that came in.’ “Bailey, the wounded man, said we hadn’t searched the right ones. ““About Sundown, just before we drove into Welch, Okla., we had a flat tire. | 1 that i you are invited out you take ¥ own tcher of water. are al ant, cnmu-mmavm treasured commodif ty.” Davis parked at the side of the road | out. WILBUR UNDERHILL, decided what to do with me and the guards—bump us off, or what? “As we entered the Saginaw Hills, south of Welch, twilight was descending and the country seemed wilder than it really was. ““Here's where we're going to bump! you off, said Underhill. ‘We've been | waiting to get to these hills’ Every- body laughed. Gives Warden Dollar. “Then he remarked, ‘Well, warden, you've been a pretty decent fellow. Don't think I ever met a better warden. You've handled the Pen pretty well.’ “We turned from the road into higher and darker hills. “Suddenly the car stopped and Un- derhill said, ‘Well, here's where you boys get out.” “The guards stepped down. I crawled All of the convicts followed us, | even Bailey. I thought they were about to kill us “‘Got any dough?’ Underhill asked. “I had 65 cents. Sherman said he had 30 cents, Laws 15 or 20 cents. “All the convicts laughed. “Pretty cheap lot,’ they said. Umelerhill reached in his pocket. ‘Here you are, warden,’ he said. ‘Take this dollar bill, you may want something to eat and smoke —if you can find a town.’ | “We found a town all right. After| the convicts had climbed back into| their car—Bailey had to be carried— | we trudged on back to Welch, more than 10 miles away, all muddy, very tired. The convict car went on into the hills. “At Welch, I reported to the town marshal, who telephoned the prison. ‘Then I sat down to dinner.” ‘Warden Prather said he believed the convicts had an excellent chance of making good their escape. He said Bailey and Underhill appeared to be at home in the Saginaw Hills. ROOSEVELT TO BACK CITY INSOLVENCY LAW| Informs Leaders He Will Go Along on Bill to Relax Municipal Bankruptey Rule. | | | | By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt has informed congressional leaders he will go along on a bill to relax the bankruptcy laws to permit adjustments by municipali- ties of their debts. The legislation which he has in mind would allow cities to enforce adjust- ments with debtors upon the agree- ment of perhaps 75 or 80 per cent of the debtors. So far as direct Federal aid to municipalities is concerned, Mr. Roose- velt has pointed out to advocates of this| that it perhaps would involve the Gov- ernment in the end up to $10,000,000,~ 000. So this has been ruled out. Legislation has been pushed along on Capitol Hill providing for adjust- ment of debts by municipalities and with favorable word from the White House a drive is in prospect to push it to conclusion at this session. Twin Lords Think as One. No two young men are believed to be so much alike in temperament and out- | example would lead other nations to PERSHING SCORES VETERAN NEGLECT General Favors Full Protec- | tion of Combat Disabled in Memorial Day Speech. Gen. John J. Pershing has emphatic- ally declared himself in favor of full protection for war veterans wounded in coiwvbat and for an adequate national defens> system because fulfillment of hopes for world peace, he says, “‘seems to be receiing farther and farther | away.” Addressing the people of the Nation | in a Memorial day address yesterday through the facilities of the National Broadcasting Co., Gen. Pershing as- | serted that “the Nation’s debt to worthy | veterans is imperative and the Ameri- can people will resent any neglect of | these valiant men.” The address came within 24 hours after a committee of House Democrats called upon President Roosevelt for the purpose of seeking revision in the ad-| ministration of the national economy act affecting veterans to avoid a 50| per cent cut in the pension of the| average wounded former soldier who | served with the speaker in France. Defense Provisions Imperative. Provisions for national defense, Per- shing declared, are imperative. “In | view of world conditions,” he said, | “this question is more important today than at any time since the World War,” adding: | “There can be no theoretical substi-| tute for an adequate system of national | defense. | “People have cherished the hope that the broadening facilities for intercom- | munication between peoples, the exten- | sive exchange of friendly visits, the| interdependence of nations in finance | and commerce, would lead to better understanding and greater co-operation. But all too plainly the probability of the fulfillment of this hope seems to be receding farther and farther away. “Although wars had flared in the Balkans, prior to the world conflict, the leading nations of Europe had been at| peace for nearly 50 years. Then sud- denly, almost out of a clear sky, the devastating conflagration burst forth in such fury that the entire structure | of modern civilization seemed about to fall. In seeking an explanation we find that many nations still hold the fallacious doctrine that war is an es-| sential element of their national policy. | This, coupled with that other false theory that nations may become great | through wars of aggression against their neighbors, stands definitely in the way of permanent peace.” As to disarmament, Gen. Pershing asserted: | “Some of our people are led to be- | lieve that if America would take Ehee lead in disarmament other nations would follow. Let us no longer deceive ourselves by such futile experiments. There is plenty of evidence with which to refute such childlike faith. Tho| advocacy of such a course tends tw create “slackers”—by which I mean men who are willing to accept the protection of the government, but un- willing to fight for its preservation. The absurdity of the theory that our | | | disarm was fully proved before the World War. The fact is that this country was known to be practically disarmed, but no other nation followed our example. During the World War one nation, believing that we would not or could not fight, took advantage of our unprepared condition to force us into war. “Regarding the general subject of dis- armament now under international dis- cussion, it is clear that until there is something definite upon which to base some degree of hope for such a happy consummation, America cannot afford to relax her vigllance. In the World War we were not compelled to engage our fully prepared adversary single- handed, but we are not likely to be so fortunate another time. This suggests the conclusion that our success should not lead us to the false notion that patriotic fervor alone will prove a sub- stitute for thorough military training.” With reference to the proposed cuts in the pensions of the disabled, Gen. Pershing declared assurance has been given “by responsible officials of the Government that veterans whose dis- ability was incident to the service will be shown every consideration.” “There should be no deviation from this just principle,” he warned. “The economic situation which con- fronts the Nation becomes the concern of every American citizen,” he said. “There rests upof every one of us an obligation of loyalty to the Govern- ment which must be met courageously. It is a pleasure to remember that among the first to recognize this ob- ligation were the veterans of the World War, who spoke through their leaders and in no uncertain terms committed h}l\en:szlvu to the support of the Pres- PONTIFF CELEBRATES HIS 76TH BIRTHDAY Hundreds of Holy Year Pilgrims Are Granted Audiences in Busy Papal Day. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, May 31.—Hundreds of Holy year pilgrims helped Pope Pius celebrate his 76th birthday anniversary today. The sturdy pontiff received them in a number of audiences. He said a low mass of thanksgiving in his private chapel. Distant relatives were present. look as Lord Hopetoun and Lord John | Hope the twin sons of Lord Linlithgow | of England, who have just come of age. | Lord Jobn Hope said recently that they | “always act and think together as one | man.” His Holiness was busy thereafter throughout the day. Messages of congratulation arrived from royalty and statesmen, bishops and distinguished laymen. Pacelli, secretary of state, communi- cated them to the Pope. As Usual! " The report latest of the D. C. published Health Department gives to Chestnut Farms Dairy, POTOMAC 4000 FOR SERVICE CHEST L 4 NUT FARMS DAIRY :nflflln{mzfltmto{&enn Two e % Emmm_‘ HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1933 WARDEN TELLS OF FLIGHT OF HIS CONVICT CAPTORS | | | | ¢ ELL, Tl be—" In- ¢ spector Willing looked up from a re- port. “Here is this cne popping up again, the old badger game. “A handsome young fellow with | just the proper trace of Harvard \ accent scrapes an acquaintance | with a wealthy woman not so young. It doesn't have to be a very long or intimate friendship. Just enough to be seen in her com- - pany in several public places. Perhaps he poses as an unknown young writer or an actor; in any event he manages to ingratiate himself and be seen with the woman. This is one of a series of rackets being exposed in these columns for the advice and protection of the public. ROOSEVELT PLANS CHECK ON RESULTS OF VETERANS’ CUTS (Continued From First Page.) sympathy” with most of the regulations. “New regulations will not help,” said Steiwer, “if you permit a budget di- rector to dominate the situation and say we must have savings of four or five hundred million dollars a year.” Steiwer, Walsh and others held most of the “injustices” of the regulations could be corrected by executive orders, but others were not willing to take this | chance and continued to offer amend- ments, | Ofter Amendments. | Senator Cutting (Republican) of New Mexico said he would propose a change seeking to limit to 25 per cent the amount that could be cut from World | War veterans’ compensation. It would apply to amounts paid dependents as well as the beneficiaries themselves. . Senator Dill, Democrat, of Wi n, announced he would try to limit reduc- tions to Spanish War veterans to 33% ‘per cent, and Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, gave notice of an amend- ment to add $1,000.000 to cover costs of placing former soldiers in 15,000 hos- pital beds he said now were empty. Senator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary- land, will propose another change stip- ulating that those injured in line of | duty should receive hospital care. He | said under existing law the injury had come during the actual period of the war. Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, told of a veteran with gun- shot wounds in the back, hernia, ar- thritis - and chronic nervousness, all service-connected, who had been re- duced from $90 to $8 a month under the regulations recently promulgated. ‘Thal means.” Vandenberg said, e will get shot in the back a second time—this time by the Government.” Steiwer complained that dependents of Spanish War veterans with 90 days’ service, under ‘present law, were allowed $30 a month for the widow and $6 for every child under 16, but under the regulations the widow is reduced to $15 and is allowed $5 for one child and only $3 for others under 16. Hits Economy League. Families were limited to $27 a month “regardless of their size,” he said. Declaring the President had availed himself of power to make cuts greater than expected, the Oregon member ap- pealed to Mr. Roosevelt to correct what he termed the “many injustices” of the regulations. He said the econamy law was backed by the National Economy , which in turn was ‘“connected with Wall St{:el" and with “J. P. Morgan inter- Senator Robinson, Republican, of In- diana, asserted that the head of the Morgan banking house “has been insist- ing for three years that the budget be balanced and has not paid a cent in taxes to help this Government.” Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of Ari- zoni, announcing “I'll take my share of the blame because I did it,” called on Senators “not to hide behind President or blame the budget directo: REDUCED BRIEF PRICES BYRON S. ADAMS I Never. ne” |a pound for handling mail.” ] i1140 15th St! “A ‘safe. de- | By James E. Grant “Then, lo and behold, a shyster lawyer appears on the scene. His client is the engaging young man's wife, She has retained the lawyer in an alienation of affections suit against the wealthy woman. The charges are unpleasant. The lawyer suggests that, in view of the woman’s prominence, the case | [ | should be settled out of court. He produces the number of fervent letters that the young man wrote the prominent woman. “The woman knows she mnever received the letters—knows it's just blackmail, but the letters, because of her position, would make.a sen- sation if they were read in court. She is hooked.” if the economy act veterans.” “We did it,” Ashurst went on. “Why be mice instead of men? Stand up and | take it on the chin.” The campaign to ease the economy program’s effect on veterans had | swelled to formidable size by the time | the Senate closed its day’s work. Senator Trammell, Democrat, of Florida, presented an amendment to provide that reductions of benefits paid for injuries in line of duty should not be more than 10 per cent and another that in revising disability ratings, the burden of proof should be on the Gov- | ernment. Would Suspend Rules. i Senator Bone, Democrat, of Wash- ington proposed to increase the vet- erans’ fund by $45,000,000 and supply it by taking away $45,000,000 from ! ocean mail funds, asserting “J. P. Morgan now gets in subsidies $117,000 “is cruel to | | Because of the many amendments offered, Senator Connally, Democrat, of Texas, and others suggested the rules be suspended by agreement so far as| veterans’ amendments were concerned, but this was not offered formally for consideration. Irked by a statement of Senator e e vel A Bu Director Douglas and told him to cut veterans’ expenditures $400,000,000 any way he could, Byrnes said Robinson was not there “and you do not know what you are talking about.” WANTED pository for 43 years. l-‘umiEation —for Buffalo Moths and other insect life with positive guaran- tee when HYDROCYANIC ACID GAS is used. Special fumigation vaults for furniture. Mothproof- ing of furniture guaranteed 4 K2 o years. 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