Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1933, Page 2

A—-2 REFUSES T0 NAME “DONER" SENATORS Couzens Declines to Accede to Barkley’s Request in * Tilt on Helvering. Cuy T. Helvering of Kansas to- day was confirmed by the Benate as commissioner of internal reve- nue over the opposition of Repub- liecan members. By the Assoctated Press. Senator Barkley. Democrat, Ken-| tucky, today demanded of Senator| Couzens, Republican, Michigan, in the Scnate that he name 30 Senators he said were involved with power inter- ests, but the wealthy Michigan member refused. Couzens, just named a delegate to the London Economic Conference, in, gnswer to Barkley's demand, asserted, *I might make a mistake in reference | to one or two.” The incident arose some time after! Barkley and Couzens had clashed over | the nomination of Guy T. Helvering of | XKansas to be commissioner of internal | Tevenue. i In that tilt Barkley said Cou- gens had said some days ago that “30 Benators were under the control of power interests” and Couzens had re- Plied he had not. Apologizes to Barkley. later Couzens reappeared in _the chamber, holding a Congressional Rec- ord and apologized to Barkley for doubt- ing his statement, conceding he had made the remark on May 11, “I accept the Senator’s apology. but I think he should apologize to the Sen- ate,” retorted Barkley. { “Does the Senator want me to name them?"” shot back Couzens. “Yes, name them,” angrily countered Barkley. As Couzens hesitantly remained silent, Barkley shouted at him: “If you are going to name any Sen- ator on this floor who is a tool of the | power trust, go on and name them if you can.” Couzens, answering that he might make a mistake, walked from the cham- ber as Barkley shouted after him: “I thought you were always correct.” Confirmation Expected. Half of the Senate’s time today was to be given to discussing the contro- verted nomination of Helvering, four hours of debate being scheduled to pre- | cede the vote at 3 p.m. | Democratic leaders expressed confi- dence Helvering would be confirmed. The nominee, the first target of a| eevere party dispute over a Roosevelt | sppointee, was criticized yesterday by | Senator Hastings, Republican, of Dela- | ware, in urging rejection of the nomi- | nation. Opponents were to be allowed two hours more debate today. Defenders of | the Kansan then will have two hours. Hastings Opens Attack. Hastings reviewed his own minority report opposing the nominee, in which he criticized Helvering's actions as an income tax lawyer here. Among other things, he charged that Helvering, & former member of the| House, sold tmastes , and that while head of the State Highway Com- mission, demanded campaign contribu- tions from employes. Helvering's explanation of his career #s an income tax lawyer in Washing- ton, Hastings said, had so many “state- ments that were false, 5o many state- ments that were contradictory” that he couldn't believe them. Senator Clark, Democrat of Missouri, twice interrupted Hasti that the Slim Jim Oil & Gas Co. in- come tax case, #h-which Helvering fig- ured, was regpened at the instance of Senator Charles Curtis—the former Vice President who was then a Sen- ator. Clark added: “A Republican member of Congress told officials of the company that the best way to settle this matter was to get %nntor Curtis’ brother-in-law to han- e 1t.” Refers to Edward E. Gann. Clark referred to Edward E. Gann ‘whom Hastings mentioned by name 2 few minutes later. ‘' “What the Senator really is com- plaining abou Clark interrupted at | Snother point, “is that Mr. Helvering Bas been Democratic State chairman.” | “No,” shot back Hastings, “but with | &1 the good, honest Democrats, I don’t ' Want to see this man put in.” | “The Senator, having been one of those foisting the late Robert Lucas on the country, is very much concerned with the character of the internal rev- enue commissioner,” replied Clark. The nomination of Helvering was ap- proved by the Pinance Committee after extended hearings by a vote of 10 to 7 along strictly party lines, except that| Scnator Walsh, Democrat, of Massa- | €husetts voted with opponents of the XKansan. ARMY TO MAINTAIN PRESENT STRENGTH | BY OFFICIAL ORDER! Dern said today at the first press con- ference he has held in three weeks that | an agreement may be reached within | & few days. ‘We are mcbilizing an Army and | Publications, and several others, STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. THURSDAY, - ] | Lively Bidding at Washington Post Sale || f | courageous look in her eyes. Above: The crowd of bidders who appeared for the auction sale of the Washington Post this morning. Below, left to right: Benjamin Minor, receiver for the Post, signing papers in connection with the sale to George E. Hamilton (left). Mr. Hamilton, an at- torney, bought the paper for $825,000, but declined to reveal whom he represented. —Star Staff Photos. MRS. McLEAN SEES POST SOLD WHILE WEARING HOPE DIAMOND Watches as Newspaper Passes From F-mily—Could Bid Only $600,000, She Says. Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean watched | Bacon, wife of the New York Repre- the passing of the Washington Post | sentative. from her family from the editorial of-| Aiter the sale Mrs. McLean said: fices of the paper today while wearing| “I have done everything I cculd to her beloved Hope Diamond. Mrs. Mc- | save the Post. Lean, a small figure, smartly attired in | It is true that I bid to $600,000 to black, heard the paper, which has been | keep the Post for my boys, but I could in her estranged husband’s family for. go no higher. Some day, perhaps, the so long, go under the hammer with a paper will pass back’ to ust Who o yes. Word of | knowe?” the procedure of the sale, conducte When asked if wearing the Ho) on the Tront steps of the bullding, was | Diamond had any slgnificance, she relay ’dnwdzer ‘}"’vu; fimtg c:rclekfl hir shook her head and smiled, saying: close friends. er during the sale ' “No, S T, Sthah Tt ey Wihaie |1 L anear L RIURyRBOCRINORL, W Mrs. McLean sald she did not know Longworth, widow of the late Speaker of the House, and Mrs. Robert Lni who purchased the paper. Famous Newspapers U S WH-I- N[]'l' HH-P Of 90s Have Nearly U. V. All Ceased to Exist P”NISH AGGRESSUR Post Was Among Latiti of Brilliant Galaxy to |Co-operation Is Limited to Fall Into Decline. Moral Pressure, Davis Tells Arms Parley. Almost without exception, the bril- liant old newspaper stars of the 90s have fallen into the decline within the span of one newspaper man’s experi- ence, in New York, in Philadelphia, in Baltimore and in Washington. Virtually every one of the galaxy which was prosperous in 1890 since has passed through reorganization or dropped to comparative obscurity and even oblivion. This Fleming Newbold, business manager of The Star, was moved to recall today, standing with a group of newspaper executives on the sidewalk as the Washington Post passed under the auctioneer’s hammer. “It was a brilliant galaxy,” Mr. New- bold said to Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, publisher of the Washington Herald; T. J. White, manager for the Hearst | (Continued 1 flow of credit regarded as urgent, it was learned authoritatively. While authorities are inclined to re- gard definite stabilization of currencies as dependent upon the conclusion of each naticn’s effort to put its house in order internally, some think a better use of gold through reduction of re- serve ratios is suscéptible to agreements n_principle. With gold remaining the sole inter- | national currency, steps for increasing | the useful supply are regarded as im- portant even before wide restoration of the gold standard. I love this old paper. | | dated January 3, 1929, and directed the ey have got to have every officer we have,” | those Eastern dailies which were pros- be said, in referring to the proposal to perous when I first came to The Star, furlough officers on half pay and allow- | back in 1890. ances. Secretary Dern disclosed that in his | go. ersonal opinion “it would be abso- |au utely impossible” to reduce the number | of officers and enlisted men “because we are not only using all availablg for ecivilian conservation work but have called in about 1,400 reserve officers for that work.” Statement Encouraging. Brief as was his statement, is was| encouragirg news in Army circles. For weeks Mr. Dern had declined to reveal his perscnal attitude on the quesiion of furloughing officers and had met all questions with the answer that he could not discuss the matter. ‘The Senate on Tuesday struck from the independent offices appropriations bil' the administration provision auth- orizing the President in his discretion to furlough officers of the Army, Navy,' today the proposed tariff bill, as last | tions have brought nations to the reali- #Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Coast fand Geodetic Survey. The provision stlll remains in the House bill, with the d 'TARIFF BILL ROOSEVELT POWER Rainey Says President Could Make “The Post was one of the last to . * * * I hate to think of its belnx; ictioned in this manner.” GIVES Treaties Without Senate Approval. y the Associated Press Speaker Rainey told newspaper men rafted, would give the President the question to be settled in confer- proval reciprocal treaties with other ence. Expressing his satisfaction over the Eenate confirmation of Maj. Gen. James ¥. McKinley as adjutant general, Sec- yetary Dern said the appointment had been made “purely on a basis of merit.” The merit system is to be the only policy for all appointments in this de- partment.” he sald. “Officers who rely on personal and political friendships to win this wi good.” do them more harm than 1 CAROLINA BANKER FREED ' Party Laden With Figures. It was pointed out that a start to- | ward reduction in trade bafriers should | coincide with internal credit expansion | policies, permitting an overflow of trade | into worid markets. Means to bring about increased use | of silver are receiving the attention of | the delegates, with its increased use as | su!fi:l.dhry coinage regarded optimisti- cally. The Hull party is laden with volumin- ous statistics and is keeping in touch with developments at world centers. The delegation had banned “shop | talk"” for three days after their depart- ure from New York, but before the boat was out of sight of Sandy Hook, S. D. McReynolds of Tennessee, one of the | delegates, was in a deep discussion of tarlff and currency problems with Her- bert Feis, economic expert. Four Delegates Aboard. Hull voiced the hope world condi- | | | zation their salvation lies in abandon- | | ing economic nationalism, marked by power to negotiate and put in ODera- | exlecively high tariffs, becking of the administration, leaving tion, without first receiving Senate ap- | Four of the six delegates were aboard, Ralph W. Morrison, San Antonio, Tex., ranchman, bobbing up at the last min- MITCHELL PROFITS REVEALED ATTRIAL [Minutes Show Banker Re- ceived $666,666.66 in 1929 Division. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 1.—Frank J. Maguire, assistant secretary and asssist- ant treasurer of the National City Co. was called as a witness as the trial of Charles E. Mitchell, former chairman | of the National City Bank, on charges of having evaded payment of more than $850,000 in income taxes was resumed | | in Pederal Court today. H Maguire, who had testified earlier, ! was recalled as a Government witness. | Prom a great pile of ledgers and records | he produced the minutes of a meeting | of the directors of the National City Co. of January 25, 1927. Resolution Read to Jury. The minutes, he testified, contained a resolution with reference to a man- agement fund. That portion of the minutes was placed in evidence and read to the jury. The resolution set aside 8 per cent of the net monthly earnings of some | securities and 20 per cent of the net monthly earnings of others to be placed | in the management fund, which at the end of each year was to be divided among “operaiing and executive offi- cers of presidential and vice presiden- tial” ranks, Minutes of a meeting of the board on June 8, 1929, were next placed in evi- dence. Mitchell, in April, had been elevated from the position of president to its chairman, the witness said. These minutes carried a resolution approving the 1927 resolution and di- recting its continuation in 1929. ‘The president of the company was author- ized “to advise each officer privately of the percentage allotted to him.” Mitchell Got One Third. A memorandum, dated January 9, 1929, was read to the jury. It was signed by Mitchell, then president, and was addressed to the treasurer. Mitchell's own percentage was 33%. Hugh B. Baker, who in April succeeded Mitchell | as president, was allotted 11 per cent. |'The rest, in smaller amounts, was di- | vided among a dozen other officers. | George Z. Medalle, Federal prosecu- tor, next read to the jury a memoran- | |dum from Mitchell to Maguire, dated | June 25, 1929. It carried the following | notation: “Mr. Maguire—Here is the I promised to write—C. E. M. This resolution, which Maguire noted | | as passed, stated the accumulations of | the management fund for the first six | months of 1920 had aggregated ap- | proximately $2,900,000 and directed that $2,000,000 be divided among the eligi- ble officers on July 1. Another memorandum, of which Mitchell was one of the signers, was resolution | treasurer to pay to the eligible officers | the amounts due them. Mitchell's | share, the memorandum stated, was | $483,333.33. A check was placed in evidence in- | dicating payment of that sum by the | | National City Co. to Mitchell. The | | amount divided at that time, according | |to a check placed in evidence, was ! | $1,450,000. 1 Another memorandum dated June 27, 1929, and signed by Mitchell and H. J. Mayer, vice president, directed distribution among 11 officers of $1,860.- 000 from the accumulated earnings of | the management fund. The memorandum stated Mitchell's share was to be $666,666.66, the amount ! which he is charged with having failed | to report in making his 1929 income | tax return. Mitchell had never denied receiving | the money, but contends it Was only an- advance, to be paid back later. Receipt Introduced. Medalie introduced an undated re- ceipt signed by Mitchell “Received July 1, 1929, from the National City Co. $666,666.66. which represented an overpayment to me of my share in the 1929 management fund, to be repaid by me out of future dis- tribution from the management fund before I b:come entitled to any further payments therefrom.” PLEAD GUILTY TO PART IN THEFTS FROM RIDLEY By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 1.—George Good- | | | ants, who confessed a part in the sys- | tematic_theft of more than $200,000 | from Edward A. Ridley, slain mil- |sing fugitives, and the robbery of a | bands near Miami and in Osage County, | releasing them, said they were Jim man and Arthur J. Hoffman, account-! ! nations. ute to join Hull, McReynolds and Sen- | lionaire real estate operator, pleaded “Under that bill” Rainey said, “the | gtor Key Pittman of Nevada, President would have authority to make | Former Gov. James>M Cex of Ohio reciprocal tarifl treaties. They would | and Semator Jjames Gouzens of Michie motion will find cut that We gave v At eferred to shifting about of Govern- | ment bureaus. | & limit to a specified period the time in bacome eflective upon his proclama- | gan are coming o 1a tion and remain in effect unless the | ° s oo Biter Bonts Senate rejected them. “It's the same plan as was fol- lowed in the reorganization authority to the Chief Executive.” He The tentative measure, now being re- rafted for the fourth time, would which _the Senate could reject the treaties, Rainey added. In the draft $ead of Closed Bank Cleared in of the bill he saw that period was blank. Embezzlement Case. DURHAM, June 1 (#).—W. J. Hollo- way, former president nad director of the defunct First National Bank of Durham, was acquitted by a Federal jury yesterday of charges of embezzle- jnent” and misappropriation of $82,000 of the bank's funds, The jury deliber- nted less than an hour. Holloway was indicted on six charges ‘of embezziement and misappropriation woman livi false .en- Sherlock He safely deliv and four charges of making sces 10 the bank's records. “The principal question now involved is whether there is & necessity for the ¢ President to have power to raise as ! well as lower tariffs,” Rainey said. 'The contention by some is that he can raise them sufficiently under the Eumt flexible provisions of the tariff w.” — A letter from Prance addressed to a “in the same street as Indications are seen that the United States will vigorously oppose stabiliza- | tion of the dollar at too high a level | lest the rise in domestic prices be | checked. Representative McReynolds and Sen- ator Pittman expect to work hard for international remonetization of silver and Secretary Hull for lowered trade barriers. He believes unless these re- strictions are removed permanent stabil- ization of exchanges is impossible. There was some disappointment | abroad because the whole delegation was not present. One official said | those on board would have to go over the whole problem in London for the i benefit of the missing members. Child Killed by Hot Coffee. SALEM, Ark, June 1 (#).—A 2-year- | | FUGITIVE CONVICTS STIR THREE STATES Two From Oklahoma Escape After 11 Get Away From Kansas Prison. SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. June 1 (#).—Officers today were ciosing in on a densely wooded section near here in the belief some of the Kansas State Prison convicts had taken refuge in the hills after exchanging several shots with Chief of Police Bob La Fullette here last night. By the Assoclated Press. McALESTER, Okla., June 1.—Fugi- tives from two States’ prisons left reck- less trails across four Southwestern States today. Violence flared at scattered points along the routes of flight chosen by the 11 desperadoes who fled in two groups from the Kansas State Penitentiary at Lansing Tuesday. Bloodhounds sniffed at the heels of two convicted killers who emulated the Northern convicts and dashed away from the Oklahome Penitentiary here late yesterday, hold- ' _ ing for a time a guard hostage. The Kansas convicts kidnaped Kirk Prather, whose term as warden ended last midnight; two guards and three women. The warden and the guards | were freed near Welch, Okia.; the women near Pleasanton, Kans. Disarmed Guard. Disarming Tom Baskin, guard, who was escorting them from repair work at the prison women's ward, the two Oklahoma fugitives, Jim Stribling, an Indian, and H. D. Bradbury, sped away in Baskin’s motor car after throwing ! the guard out and later abandoned it on a rocky mountain road near Hay- wood, 12 miles west of the prison. A dozen guards and a pack of blood- hounds beat the brush throughout the night. A gunfight at Siloam Springs, Ark, between Chief of Police Bob La Fol- lette and three auto thieves who abandoned a Kansas car, seemingly that taken by one group of the Lan- motoring couple by two prisoners near Seneca, Mo., bore out officers’ opinions that the Kansas convicts were gaining the Ozark Mountains and hills in the area where Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri converge. In this section are the Cookson Hills, a refuge for the lawless since frontier days and, in the belief of Warden Sam Brown of the McAlester Prison, the goal of his two runaways. Suspected of Murder. JUNE 1, 193 3. Convicts in Prison Break OFFIGE BILL DELAY 5 SEEN N SENATE ‘Amendments for Veterans Expected to Prevent Vote - Before Tomorrow. Although the Senate will try to com= plete action on the Independent Offices appropriaticn bill this afterncon, indf+ | | | | | | | I Left to right: Alvis Payton, Wilbur Underhill (alleged leader), Jim Clark cations at noon were it might run over and Bill Woods. Left to GIRL DESCRIBES RIDE WITH CONVICTS Says She Learned to Call Them by First Names During Wild Day. BY CLORIS WEARS. KANSAS CITY, Kans, June 1.— | Being an involuntary guest on a wild ride over unpaved country roads with five convicts on their escape from the penitentiary is not exactly the experi- ence I would choose for a holiday. I had been invited by my neighbors, | Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wood, parents of my chum, Louise, to go with the family in thelr new car Memorial day. We were to go to Leavenworth, attend the ceremonies at the Soldiers’ Home, and make a day of it. Well, it turned out to be a day and a night. Just a little way from the State| Officers also suspected the Kansas ,prison at Lansing we ceased to be free | convicts of Kkilling Night Otto Durkee, who tried to prevent a tire shop robbery at Chetopa, Kans., early yesterday, and during the day there were reports that Wilbur Under- hill the “tri-State terror,” who led the Kansas break, was leading fleeing Okla., to the West. was_ fruitless. ‘The two convicts who hitch-hiked a ride with B. K. Blair and Miss Alice Clark and Clifford Dopson. One of Braithwaite of Jopilin, Mo., threatening them and driving them 2 hours before them, Blair said, declared he was in Search, however, the group which kidnaped the women in Kansas. He also said, according to Blair: “I had to kill a bull.” ‘The prisoners’ conversation, Blair de- clared, indicated they had separated from their three “pals” but a short time before. There were five men in the group which captured Mrs. M. J. ‘Wood, her 17-year-old daughter Louiss! and Miss Cloris Wears, 17, of Kansas City, Kans., and six, led by Underhill, in the band which abducted the warden. A SR Ry CAMP FOR JOBLESS WOMEN IS PLANNED WITH FEDERAL FUND (Continued From 1 of an experimental camp for young | unmarried women, now out of work through no fault of their own. “The purpose of the camp is to pro- vide helpful employment and useful instruction, amid wholesome surround- ings, for needy young women now en- tirely unemployed and without any resources of their own. “The camp, which will be in opera- tion by the end of this week, will ac-' commodate 300 women at the nominal cost of $5 per person per week. The vanguard now arriving will be rapidly augmented in number. By the end of the month it is expected the full quota will be reached. Then the plan is to establish a second camp nearby with accommodations for 150 women. “In addition to the routine dutles of camp life, vocational work and occu- pational training including dressmak- ing, embroidering, weaving and other handicraft will occupy the time of the women during working hours. “Recreational facilities will be pro- vided as a part of the daily program. “Establishment of this experimental camp for unemployed women is in line with the administration’s campaign to provide immediate relief for those in distress. Suggestions along this same line were made by the labor conference ' held in the Department of Labor in April and have been carefully studied. “Other camps {will be considered in other States if fhe local State reliet organizations milke appropriate plans and applications to the Federal emerg- ency edministrator.” Miss Perkins said the New York camps were not to be on a wage basis, but that such arrangement might eventually be worked out if some prod- uct could be found that would not be in_competition with regular labor. The recruits already in the Bear Mountain camp, she said, are engaged in building the camp, cleaning off the grounds, cocking, fishing, and making their own garments. CAR KILLS FLYER Aviator Hn; Just Fj_cnped Plane Crash Uninjured. SIERRA BLANCA, Tex., June 1 (#).— Less than three hours after escaping {injury in an airplane crack-up, L. F. IKnle of Santa Rosa, Calif., lost his | 1ife yesterday in an unusual motor car accident. | | guilty today to grand larceny charges | Ridley The two men were named in three | first-degree grand larceny indictments |on May 23, 13 days after Ridley and | his secretary, Lee Weinstein, who also had a part in the thefts, according to the accountants, were found mur- dered in Ridley's musty and dim sub- cellar office. Judge Donnellan remanded the two men to the Tombs until June 13 for sentence. LR T $26,000,000 LOAN REPAID RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazl, June 1 200,000) to Rothschilds of London, the government through the Banco do Brazil today completed repayment of a £6500,000 (currently $26,000,000) rence overturned a cup of hot coffee, the fluid ccusing burns from which he died yesterday. . credit. ‘The administration prepared to adopt tackle frozen funds, of which Amer- icans hold $30,000,000 and British con- ly more. growing out of their transactions with' (#).—Remitting £552,000 (currently $2,- | Knapp, 25 years old, was riding in the rear end of a wrecking car, holding the motor of his damaged plane, when another car, driven by a Fort Worth Negro, crashed into the rear end of the wrecker. He was thrown under the wheels of the Negro's car and crushed. VETERAN HELD Says Woman Has Him Arrested Because She Loves Him. By the Associated Press BURBANK, Calif,, June 1—For the second time in two years Joseph C. Lamb, 37, disabled war veteran and former Chicago police officer, was ar- rested here yesterday on a fugitive war- i rant charging him with obtaining $9.500 | from Mrs. Anna Lupy of Chicago, in & | confidence game. “She is in love with me, and this {1s her method of getting me back to . Chicago,” Lamb protested. old son of Mr. and Mrs, Durwood LaW- | 41" easier exchange policy and also to He wat arrested in May, 1931, while he was a patient at the Veterans' Hos- pital in Sawtelle, but extraditicn was, denied because ' his physical condition. T would ever see my folks again. Policeman | agents. The car was stopped by five men in rough clothing, who alighted from another car, commandeered ours, and put Mr. Wood out on the highway. He stood there expecting us to follow | him, but the five men scrambled into our little car and one, later I found him to be Alvis Payton, a life termer, took the wheel. All Over Quickly. It was all over in so thort a time I had hardly an oppo:tunity to realize | the serfousness of it. I was in the rear seat with Louise and Mrs. Wood. One of the bandits said to Louise, “Sit on my | lap,” and she answered, “You can shoot | me if you want to, but Il not sit on your lap.” Then I held her on my lap. | That was early in the morning. Most | of the day we sped wildly down dirt| roads and along unpaved lanes at huh‘ speed, in no particular direction, but | dodging generally southward. | The | driver made Louise give him her white | sports coat, and one of the other men put on mine. They were none of them | old and they did not behave roughly. They asked us our names, and called us Louise and Cloris, and told us to| call them by their first names, which | they gave us. We did. They were| Lewis Bechtel, Alvis Payton, Kenneth | Conn, Billle Woods and Clifford Dopson. | Early in the evening, after hours of dodging about and hiding the car in| unfrequented lanes, we drove up to a| lonely farm house far in the country, | 2 miles from a paved highway, and all got out. The farmer's wife pre-| pared us a good meal ‘and the men | ate heartily, but we three didn’t seem | to have any appetitie. At about 10:30 | o'clock the men said good-by and left | us, driving away on the dirt road, after | warning us not to try to communicate with the authorities or our f{riends unti! morning. They cut the teleohone wire, and we didn’t dare to leave the house. Couldn’t Repair Wire. The farmer was unable to repair the wire until about daylight, and then we lost no time in getting in touch with our homes. Mr. Wood had been up all night, and my aunt, with whom I am staying while I attend high school, had not slept either. | We were considerably frightened by the array of firearms in the car and | more so when one of the convicts be- came excited and discharged a pistol through the ficor of the car. The prisoners had with them three shot- guns, a rifle and a pistol. The men told us not to worry, that we were not to be harmed. Louise complained frequently that she was worried about her father, whom we had left standing in the highway. The convicts assured her he would be all right; that he would get a ride. Our last hours with the convicts | were spent in the farm home of Wil- liam New. After the late supper one of the men took frcm Mr. New's ward- robe five pairs of overalls, five shirts, five pieces of headgear and a shotgun. They took the license tags from Mr. New's car and transferred them to ours, | and tcok Mr. New’s car tools. Then | they drove away, leaving us as the guests of the News. Little Time to Think. The New farm is 2 miles from the main highway, and 2'2 miles south-| west, of Pleasanton, Kans., not far from | Fort Scott. I have been asked what I thought | about during those hours we were | prisoners. Thinking back now, I can hardly say, except that I wondered it e were going over such roads and_there was so much excitement that I had little time to think at all. Our talk was of a very light and |inconsequental nature and we were so crowded and uncomfortable that we ached all over. The convicts gave us no time to get frightened, except at the immediate danger of an accident to the car. On the return trip, on paved high- ways this time in a fast car which the Kansas City, Kans., police sent for us, with a husky officer driving at 70 miles an hour, we caught up on our lost sleep. We were safe. Home never looked better. I think I shall spond my next holi- day in my own garden. I guess the convicts were too busy escaping to think much about us, but they made no attempt to harm us in any way. They told us we were lucky, that six other men who escaped at the same time were “hard babies” and would have mistreated us. Well, I guess we were lucky, at that. (Copyright. 1933. by North American News- | paper Alliance. Inc.) D. —C Youth Honored. Otto L. Veerhoff, jr. Central High School duate, has just been elected to membership in Sigma Xi, scientific honor society, at Johns Hopkins Uni- versity in Baltimore. He is the son of the proprietor of the Veerhoff Gal- leries here. His mother is a past pres- ident of the American Association of | University Women, : right: Harvey Bailey, Frank Sawyer, Ed Davis and Kenneth Conn. ;umu tomorrow. The bill has taken ilonger than was anticipated because {of & growing movement in the Senete | to liberalize some of the restrictions | placed on expenditures for veterans as a result of the economy act. The bill was not scheduled to come | before the Senate until after 3 p.m. | today, the early part of the day being devoted to debate on the nomination of Guy T Helvering to be Commis~ sloner of Internal Revenue. Another factor which ‘may slow up the appropriation bill later in the day is the conference report on the bill dealing with the continuaticn of the | Federal gas tax, the electrical energy tax, and a e in certain postal Tates. Senator Harrison, Democrat, -of | Mississippi, has this conference report Left to right: Bob Brady and Clif- ford Dopson. DECLARES PRESS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 1.—The part that newspapers have played in the crisis' was outlined today by Louis Wiley, business manager of the New York Times, before the New York State Chamber of Commercs. He said that had there been no news- | papers to tell of the developments in ‘Washington during the early weeks of the Roosevelt administration “we should have been in chaos.” “The feeling of confidence and courage which we happily have today— | and justifiably so, I believe—would not Dbe abroad in the land,” he asse “Tne loose talk of a wictator in Washington,” he continued,\ “reminds us how different our situation s today from that of an actual dictatorship. If there were an actual dictator im-the White House, the newspapers of our country would all be regimented. None would dare to oppose what the adminis- tration is doing. It would be a crime to question any of the acts of the ad- ministration just as it is a crime in Berlin and Moscow today to challenge the policies of Hitler and Stalin. He praised President Roosevelt for his relations with the press, asserting that “almost as never before the news from ‘Washington has been complete and ac- curate.” “The newspaper is the true solvent of all democracy,” said Mr. Wiley. “It is the one article sure to go into every home of the wealthy, which the work- an regards as an indispensable daily habit, and which even the vagrant on the bench in the park picks up. The newspaper welds the community as does no other social agency.” In opening his speech, Mr. Wiley re- ferred to the charge made in the Senate by Senator Le Follette of Wisconsin that the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York was controlled by J. P. Morgan & Co. “I am confident,” he said, “that the Morganatic alliance which the disting- uished Senator charges exists in his imagination only.” SENATE CONCLUDES RECOVERY HEARING; REVISION PLANNED ed Prom PFirst Page.) stimulus to business and industry. The general manufacturers’ sales tax meets this requirement. It is the one sound, ' | reliable, assured basis for Government | another three years revenue structure.” Lamont, in opposing the labor clauses in the bill, said the steel industry “stands | positively for the open shop” and “is | | unalterably opposed to the closed shop.” “For many years,” he added, “it h: been and now is prepared to deal d! rectly with its employes collectively on all matters relating to their employ- ment. “It is opposed to conducting negoti- | ations regarding such matters otherwise than with its own employes. “It is unwilling to conduct them with outside organizations of labor or with individuals not its employes.” Lamont said if this position is not protected in the bill the industry is positive that the intent and purpose of the bill cannot be accomplished. Senator Reed. Republican, of Penn- sylvania, asked Lamont if the bill abol- ished the open shop. “It's uncertain and not quite clear what is contemplated,” Lamont replied. Referring to statements that the American “Federation of Labor would use the bill as a foundation for a new labor erganization drive. Lamont said, “we fear that will be more disturbing than helpful.” | Before the House Committee, Secre- tary Ickes said: L | PREVENTED GHAOS | told there would be savin; !ready for Senate action. Amendments Read. All of the remaining amendments on E‘E!’el’:nnd:'!p:l?&nc ommnblu relate to lowances. e Senate yes- terday disposed of all of the sections affecting fthe status of Government employes, but the final result of these Government personnel matters will have to be determined in conference because of chafiges made in the House bill. Of outstanding local interest is the rule to be applied to dismissals in the Government service. The House voted to have dismissals considered on the basis of State quc as under the appor- tionment law, which would have worked a ip on eriployes from the Dis- trict of Columl and a number of other States that happen to-be above their quotas. The Senate, however, modifled this to require consideration of efficiency of employes as well as the question of State quotas. Another question that will go to :fins‘r:lzce pl: the Serate amendment 01 employes with 30 of serv- i(:eN to retire voluntarily. S 'umerous protests at the curtailment of benefits by the national economy act brought Democratic leaders to the de- fense of the President yesterday with an appeal to opponents to aid him in correcting injustices in regulations. Hospital Fund Increased. One liberalizing amendment was ap- gm"d yesterd:y—that cf Senator lack, Democrat, of Alabams. boosting the hospital fund $1,000,000 for treatment of disabled former service men who cannot trace their injuries senator © Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, in charge of the bill, reiterated | that the President ha dordered re- | visions upward in the combat-wounded Thitiee to islh Bodplitls and repert any pitals and re] an ! injustices, A He s2id there was a chance for adopting emendments by Senator Cut- ting, Republican, of New Mexico, limit- {ing cuts for service-connected, injuries to 25 per cent, and by Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washirgton, makirg the same limit on reductions in pensions of Spanish War veterans over 62, but said | that under the progedure a two-thirds vote would be rggl.red. Rising to a v} 5 defense of the President late in the d,l'}'l,eaenll:r Rob- inson of A 3 Democratie lénder, assailed Senator DicKinson, Re- | publican, of Towa,' for ¢alling Mr. Roosevelt responsible for the “injus- tices” complained of, and Senator Rob- {inson, Republican, of Indiana, for as- Serting the economy bill was sent to Congress by the President with a “false !label—to maintain the credit of the | Government.” Appeals for Support. “Before changes have gone into ef- fect,” the Arkansan said, “Senators find peculiar gratifiication in denounc- ing the President for & fearless dis- charge of his duty, or an attempt to perform the functions of his office con- sistently with the laws enacted by the ““The President is working now, doin; his best sincerely and consclmnmnl; to give effect to the will of the Con- gress, and instead of wasting time in denouncing him, we who did not have | the courage to perform the legislative functions necessary to bring the ex- penses of the Government within the revenues ought to stand by and give the President support, and assist him in working out the defects in the rules dons which have = been The majority leader added that when the economy bill was sent up the credit of the Government was ‘“seriously t{xflml&netd" n& Congress was con- 0 “pi addi - Pfaobu'mm“l'“" : up tional ex- . inson of Indiana replied t ‘Congress never began to mh-fk cf puhu:: up obligations for the Government any- Where near the extent the President Wiley of New York Daily; Praises Newspapers’ Aid in Crisis. | has piled them up during the past three months he has bee: R n in office and God ot R e months.” Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, suggested Congress recall the authority granted the President to makedthe cuts, but Bymes and Lewis of Illinois, the Democratic whip, said this would not bring results and that most, if not all, the injustices could be remedied by ad- ministrative regulation. Johnson Wants Changes. Smiling as he informed t’.‘h‘edy mm::b{:é the ecunogxey“:g? L'hr:(: mee‘t'mg"' bled “mourners at & revival “It seems to me that we author that those things be done. Wemm of $§400,- 000,000 and we ought to known uv;;xty would be :{ce&slf!;" “If we are not willing to rec: power atier we have sien’ i “working it is 'a second confession we do not want to take responsibility.” Senator Johnson, Republicag of Cali- fornia. made a plea for Il relizing amendments to the indepéndent offices bill, declaring Congress should -~ aect quickly before the approaching adjotrn- 5"‘:% uja ‘t';-llh!tnmmnz" and do a y Justice” to those men wl be‘e'n “'shot bx:czams." b o ohnson p! clippings in the - ord of happenings in San H'm?l::o “Federal legislation giving the Presi- and, other cities following rerating of dent power to regulate is essential to Ve cases and said he had never the recovery of business and the in- in l;:; life heard of their equil for lustry. . = “Oil is essential in time of peace: and in time of war. Yet for years this industry has continued without any satisfactory correlating regulation by the Federal Government.” “That is what this amendment pro- poses to do.” PLAN CO-OPERATION Retail - Dry Goods Association to Submit Program to Government. CHICAGO, June 1 (#).—Urged by, | their president, Lew Hahn of New York, | mencement exercises of |of the class of 1861." to join in the “sweeping revolution business methods” provided by the in- dustrial recovery act, the National Re- tail Dry Goods Association voted convention yesterday to prepare a code for co-operation and submit it for| Government approval. New members were elected to the Board of Directors included: Bruce H. Weinhold of Strouss, Hirshberg Co., Youngstown, Ohio; A. H. Klubcch of Mangel's, New York City; B. D. Black | of the Shepard Stores, Boston, and H. Corden of S. Burdine's, Inc., Miami, Fla. “These conditions must and will be corrected,” he asserted. VETERAN OF CIVIL W‘AR__: TO GET COLLEGE DEGREE By the Associated Press. i ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 1,—4 Mason, who gave up his studies. & University of Michigan 72 ago_to join the Union Army in the War Be- tween the States, will receive his bachelor of arts degree at the com- June 19 “as Mason was a senior and had only two months to go for his degree when in|the Civil War started and President Lincoln called for volunteers. He en- listed as a private in the 12th Infantry and rese to the rank of major. After the war he returned to hi; home in Chicago and establishc” a foundry business. Mason, one of fhe leading organizers of the Chicago World’s Fair in 1892, represented Illinois as a mem- ber of its commission at the Paris Ex- position in 1200. Maj. Mason is 93, but, still in active business.