Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1934, Page 2

A WORK INSURANCE PLAN PRACTICAL President Approaches Prob- lem With Experience. Cost From Pay Rolls. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Roosevelt has adopted a practical approach to the problem of unemployment insurance. His 5 was called conservative by the social welfare workers who want ex- treme proposals. But Mr. Roosevelt, as Governor of New York, learned first-hand some of the difficulties of the whole unemployment insurance problem. He is proceeding cautiously because any plan, to be successful, means a new item for industry and business to bear. The cost would come out of pay rolls instead of general taxation. The idea is that there would be set up a reserve against unemployment and the benefits would be paid to those forced into idleness. The discussion here involves a con- flict between what has been called the American and European ideas. The latter assumes permanent unemploy- ment and has, to some extent, by its operation, encouraged loafing. Mr. Roosevelt said plainly. the United States must not make the same mis- takes as were made in Europe. The American concept is the setting up of unemployment reserves by em- ployers, and takes into account the long range as well as short range view of economic conditions. Complications Numerous. ‘There are all sorts of suggestions and plenty of complications. Shall all contributions by all employers within a State be put in a common pool for the benefit of all the unem- ployed in a State? Shall the con- tributions of each employer be kept separate and be applied to his own employes? Shall the State govern- ment contribute and shall employes and employers share the expense? Shall individual employer arrange- ments be exempted from State sys- tems? Notwithstanding the agitation for the last 13 years, Wisconsin is the only State to have in actual opera- tion an unemployment compensation plan. It provides that the industrial commission of the State shall exempt from the compulsory State system a plan submitted by any individual company, provided it is “on the whole” as beneficial in all other respects to its employes as the compulsory State system. Mr. Roosevelt is convinced there must be Federal co-operation with the States. The Wagner-Lewis bill pending would place a tax on all States which have not enacted un- employment insurance plans. In other words, the Federal Government would force action by the States. Forty-four Legislatures meet next January. Most all of them are Demo- cratic. Undoubtedly the President's leadership will be influential in getting Nation-wide attention for the problem. The President has a number of persons from industrial and from so- clal welfare groups studying the best form of unemployment insurance, Arthur Deane Suggestion, An interesting plan has been sug- gested by Arthur Deane, now deputy housing commissioner and recently one of the executives of General Motors. Industrial and business lead- ers are taking a deep interest in all the various ideas now under con- sideration here because it is evident that some kind of legislation is going to be adopted at the coming session of Congress. The only question now is what kind of unemployment insurance law shall be passed. Mr. Roosevelt knows how complicated the subject is, so, when he put unemployment insurance ahead of old-age pensions and health insurance, he was not rejecting these two latter reforms, but merely giving priority to the most acute subject. Also, if an unemployment insurance system is set up and accepted by the country, it will be easier to get health insurance and old-age pension laws. 1t is obvious, too, that State action is essential to all of these plans because each State will wish to handle these questions in its own way so as to ac- commodate itself to local conditions. The President feels that the invest- ment of the reserve funds should be in charge of the Federal Government and that each State shall work out a satisfactory plan. This is not likely to be done in a few months. It will take years to get a really effective scheme into operation. England has struggled with one for 23 years and is only now perfecting a reasonable formula for handling national relief. The British solution might not fit our case at all; in fact, in many respects it certainly would not, but it does illustrate how much more than & mere matter of emotionalism or sentimen- talism the establishment of any na- tional relief plan must be to succeed in accomplishing its objective. Huge Tax Possibility. It has been estimated that the British plan, if applied to our popula- tion, might mean a tax of $2,000,000,~ 000 a year on industry. This is an added cost not to be lightly regarded, for industry is bound to add these items to the cost of commodities as far as it can or to absorb the costs and use the item as factor in com- petition with marginal producers, who may be forced out of business and thus increase the total number of unem- ployed. To prevent unemployment in- surance as a cost item from being a factor in competition within or cutside a State is one of the incidental but nevertheless important questions un- derlying the various schemes being suggested. But of one thing the public can rest assured—unemployment in- surance 1s coming, and industry and government and labor will have to agree on its form to get anything started that is to prove effective. (Copyright. 1934.) JURY VERDICTS HELD “ABSURD” BY JUDGE Civil Court Case Results in Judg- ment of $38.12 for Debtor Renter. By the Assoclated Press. ‘WARREN, Pa., November 16.—The “due process of law” became so in- volved in Civil Court yesterday, that Judge D. U. Arird termed two verdicts “the most absurd” he ever heard of. He ordered retrials in both cases. Ignoring the court's instructions, the jurors in one case gave the land- Jord nothing in back rent but awarded $38.12 to the debtor. ‘The second case involved two auto- mobiles which collided and wrecked a filling station. The jurors were asked to decide which motorist was responsible for the damage. They argued for 10 hours. One juror in sisted the accident xll unavoidable. What’s What Behind News In Capital White House Angling for House Leader, Not Speakership. J that the White House did not Speakecrm:l Fz‘l::“!cl‘;l\:;’ ‘:\}lllo 1::;;01: terested in was to get a good floor leader. Only a few interested insiders on the Democratic side of the House heard about it, and they have tried to keep the matter to themselves. They never doubted the authenticity of the state- ment. As a matter of fact, they thought they recognized the authori- tative voice of Louis Howe behind it, and they know very well that what- ever Mr. Howe speaks the President thinks. The implication was clear. It meant that the White House would interpose mo objection to the candidacy of Joseph W. Byrns as Speaker and would be content to get its own man, Sam Rayburn, in as floor leader. That just about ended the fight, or would have ended it, had not certain other considerations come up, which may cause Howe to get on the tele- phone again shortly, and change sig- nals, BY PAUL MALLON. UST before the election a very big voice in the New Deal whis- pered the word down the line Heuse SPEAKER. For one thing Rayburn has flatly refused to be floor leader. That is not an insurmountable obstacle, how- ever, because Rayburn probably could be induced to chance his mind if the ‘White House ordered it. Troubles Increase. More disturbing, from the White House viewpoint, is the fact that the election result showed the administra- tion is going to have a House problem on its hands much bigger than it thought. There were exactly 99 changes made in House personnel at the polls. In that crowd of newcomers there are many high-tension Demo- crats whose views range up and down from Upton Sinclair to Karl Marx. Administration strategists consider it advisable to get a strong man, in whom liberals have confidence, to handle the wild-eyed bad boys. No one fills the requirements of the situation bet- ter than Rayburn. For that reason, the fight that was | over is now being resumed. There are indications that Rayburn is making a formidable tie-up with McCormack of Massachusetts for floor leadership on his ticket, and there may be plenty of trouble before it is over. Walker Back. ‘That portly shadow that has been moving in and out of President Roose- velt'’s private office lately is Frank ‘Walker. You may recall that he left the co-ordinator’s job early last Sum- mer to handle his private business enterprises, which include & string of motion picture theaters. No. announcement has been made and nome will be for at least a few weeks yet, but Walker is very much -back in the picture. At present he is acting as a sort of Col. House to Mr. Roosevelt— that is, as an unofiicial roving minister, without portfolio or pay. The plan is for Walker to drop in regularly every two weeks on certain confidential advisory matters. A bigger job is ultimately in store for him. The Treasury recently wanted some figures on loans and sent to & private corporation which was issuing such data, asking the source of its informa- tion. The firm replied it got its figures from the Treasury itself. Officials scurried about and found the department’s expert, only to learn from him that he based his figures on data obtained from the firm men- tioned, Figures Evasive. Actually, the situation was that neither the Treasury nor the firm had any really worthwhile figures. The Treasury expert based his estimates on an estimate from the private source. With all the improvements made by the New Deal to get good statistics, a lot remains to be done. When the Securities Exchange Com- mission failed to hear from a small stock exchange to which it sent the usual registration papers, it wired the exchange asking a reply. When there was still no response, it wired again. Days later it received a post card reading: “Gentlemen: This postal is all we can afford. Please stop wiring us. We've been out of business for two years.” In line with its purpose of making the Tennessee Valley a land of milk and honey, the T. V. A. is using a mixture of plaster containing honey on some of its buildings down there. Commerce Secretary Roper has re- ceived 7,000 requests for copies of that speech in which he floated the trial balloon on a new labor policy. When any one asks Mr. Roper if he spoke for the President, he replies: “My statements were the viewpoint of American business men and, as such, were presented by me as Secretary of Commerce, which is the Federal department representing business.” Nevertheless, it can now be said that Mr. Roper discussed the matter with other high ranking New Dealers before the speech was delivered. Three names are on Secretary Perkins’ desk as candidates for the vacant post of chairman of the Na- tional Labor Relations Board: Francis Biddle, Philadelphia attorney; ex-Gov. Bass of New Hampshire and Thomas Woodward of the United States Ship- ping Bureau. Mr. Roosevelt's callers during the last week say he has been in an extraordinarily good humor, exuding cheer and confidence. (Cobyrisht. 1934.) Music Professor Dies. ROCHESTER, N. Y., November 16 (#)—Dr. George Barlow Penny, 75, emeritus professor of musical history and theory at the Eastern School of Music, died at his home yesterday of a heart attack, N THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, IBRITAIN SPONSORS NEW NAVY POLICY Agreement With U. S. Is Sought if Tokio Rejects All Prior Pacts. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Sensing danger to Great Britain in the event of naval competition be- tween the United States and Japan, Sir John Simon yesterday approached Ambassador Norman H. Davis with a suggestion for a definite policy to be adopted by the other naval powers, in case the Washington and the London naval agreements were thrown over- board by the Japanese. These suggestions were embodied in a dispatch which Secretary of State Hull received before boarding the presidential train yesterday and were submitted immediately to President Roosevelt. New Instructions Probable. Ambassador Davis had rigid in- structions to discuss at London the question of the Naval Conference to be held in 1935, on the basis of the | existing ratios. The British sugges- tions being outside the scope of his instructions, Mr. Davis referred them to the State Department. It is probable Mr. Davis will obtain new instructions within the next few | days, soon after Secretary Hull re- turns to Washington. The matter has been discussed by the Secretary of State with Mr. Roosevelt on board the presidential train. Four-Power Agreement Hinted. According to reliable reports there is nothing tangible in Sir John Simon’s suggestions, outside the fact that Great Britain, the United States, and eventu- ally France and Italy, should agree on certain policies which should render the cancellation of the London and Washington naval agreements less harmful. In his talk with Norman Davis, Sir John Simon is reported to have merely “thought out loud” without making any specific recommendations about the future building programs. The British begin to relaize that the United States is not bluffing when it says that it will not accept parity with Japan and that the Japanese are not bluffing either in their demand for such parity. All the efforts of the British delegation to induce the Tokio government to accept a face-saving formula of “equality on principle” have failed. ALLEGED “NUMBERS” GAMBLERS SEIZED Plead Not Guilty in Court Today on Permitting Gaming Charge. Charged with permitting gaming, two white men and a colored man were arraigned in Police Court today. They pleaded not guilty and de- manded a jury trial. They were arrested yesterday aft- ernoon in two raids on gambling houses on Fourth street southwest, conducted by Capt. Jeremiah E. Sul- livan, fourth precinct commander. The men—Eliot G. Ross, 20, 500 block Fourth street southwest, and Ely Pajagich, 52, same address, both white, and John Jamerson, 31, col- ored, 200 block Fourth street south- west—were engaged in the numbers racket, according to police informa- tion. The raiders were armed with warrants and seiezd marked money and a quantity of numbers game paraphernalia. Jamerson operated under the guise of a bootblack parlor, while the two white men ran a confectionery store. Sergt. J. R. Leach and Plainclothes- men W. D. Perry and B. F. Day ac- companied Sullivan on the raids. Today first precinct police arrested Lewis Butcher, 32, of the 300 block Sixteenth street southeast on a charge of accepting a bet. He was picked up at a bus terminal in the 1000 block D street. _ OGDEN L. MILLS URGES JOB INSURANCE SYSTEM By the Assoclated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y, November 16— Unemployment insurance “as a first line of defense” against a depression was urged yesterday by Ogden L. Mills, former Secretary of the Treas- ury, in a speech today at the annual convention of the New York State Federation of Women's Clubs. He said individual States are the proper agencies to conduct unemploy- ment insurance and declared job in- surance systems must not be con- fused with relief efforts now being extended. “The attempt, by the application of insurance principles, to cover all phases of unemployment, however widespread and protracted, is bound to result in failure” he said. Gertrude Stein’s Lecture Canceled; Crowd Too Large 1,000 or 500 Customers Far Too Many for Literary Light. - By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 16.—Gertrude Stein won't give her scheduled lecture at the University of Chicago. It was learned last night that Miss Stein, the woman who mixed the Eng- lish language to make literature read like a verbal potpourri, objected to a large audience. And that’s just what was expected to greet her for her planned appear- ance on November 27. In fact, the house was sold out. Now most au- thors, lecturers and so on glory in the standing room only sign, but not | Miss Stein. University officials said the ar- rangements for the lecture had been made with Miss Stein's agent. The agent, apparently, understood his employer about like the average per- son understands Miss Stein's litera- ture. ‘When Miss Stein found she was ex- pected to address a large audience maybe of 1,000 persons, university officails said, she balked. When she speaks, they said she stated, she wants to speak to small groups; groups in- tensely interested in the English language; and her lectures should be sponmndmz group like the English de) Harassed officials said they would try to cut the size of the audience to 500. But, Miss Stein said, that was too large a crowd also, so the engage- ment was cancelled, A D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1934, - Some Questions and Answers on the Numbers Racket Q. What is the largest “racket” in Washington since vrohibition? A. The “numbers” racket. Q. What is the “numbers” racket? A. A form of gambling, in which the bettor wagers money on his guess at one of an almost infinite number of combinations of any three numerals, from 1 to 10. Q. Who is behind the “numbers” racket? A. A relatively small group of racketeers, most of whom are known to the police. The “big shots” employ an unestimated number of agents and “runners” who collect the bets and pay off the few winners. Some of those who run a game do not have to pay off a winner, for there is none. The odds against winning are so great that the gains, to the racketeers, are tremendous. Big money requires protection; protection of "be'tri'.ory"' pro- tection of the receipts—possibly “protection” in the form of bribes. Q. Why is the “numbers” racket a peculiarly vicious racket? A. Because the gains by the racketeers are so easy that gangs, with their armed thugs and their general dis- respect for law, are attracted to the business. And be- cause it is chiefly the poor who are victimized through hope of sudden wealth. The chance of arrest and con- viction (lacking legislation) is small. The “numbers racket” is capable of fostering the same growth of gangs and hoodlums that the bootleg racket fostered, and some of its manifestations, in murder and mayhem, are already evident. Q. How is the “winning” combination of numbers conveyed to the gamblers? A. Through the newspapers and the radio. ; (Note: The Star, the Washington Post and the Wash- ington Herald, replying to a recent request from United States Attorney Garnett, have agreed not to publish the numbers in the form now used by most of the numbers racketeers.) Q. What is the number chiefly used? A. The prices paid for win, place and show in the first three races (at important tracks) are first totaled. The numbers which precede the decimal point in these three totals constitute the winning number combination. Q. How do the newspapers and radio convey the in- formation to the gamblers on the winning number? A. By printing or broadcasting the total of the prices on each of the first three races. Q. Is there any interest in the total of prices paid by winners of the first three races—outside of the numbers racket? A. There is not. Q. If all newspapers and radio stations agreed to stop disseminating the totals, and if they likewise agreed to consider the elimination of other information of use to numbers gamblers and possessing no legitimate news value, would that hel of the numbers racket? the police in ridding Washington A. Police authorities and the U. 8. attorney say it would represent the most effective stfi) taken in advance of legislation specificall; numbers racket. POSTAL YEAR NETS 12161475 GAINS Surplus Is Double Early Estimates and Greatest Since Burleson Era. The Post Office Department finished the fiscal year with a surplus of $12,- 161,415—more than double the ear- lier estimates. This was made known in & report which Postmaster General Farley presented to President Roosevelt yes- terday just before the Chief Executive left the Capital. ‘The figure is based on & final audit, the Postmaster QGeneral explained, adding that the first calculation had put it roughly at $5,000,000. The surplus is, of course, exclusive of the changes made in postal accounts for the air and ocean mail subsidies, and for free mailing service, including official franking. The surplus was described as the first the department has had since 1919 and as greater than for any fiscal year in the history of the postal serv- ice with the exception of 1918, under Postmaster General Burleson. In making public his letter, Farley said the postal revenues continued to show an increase. During October there was an increase of aproximately 11 per cent over last year and reports from post offices in the 12 Federal Reserve cities for the first week in No- vember show an increase of approxi- mately 10 per cent over the same week in 1933. He expressed the opinion this in- crease indicates a substantial im- provement in general business condi- tions throughout the country. Monument to Sugar. SALT LAKE CITY, November 16 (#)—The founding of the sugar in- dustry in the Western United States will be marked here tomorrow with the dedication of a monument near the site of the first sugar factory to be built west of the Mississippi River. The monument, & 70-foot lime- stong shaft flanked by reflecting basins, is located in Sugarhouse, an outlying business district. that could be y aimed at the MACARTHUR STAY COMMENT VARIED Extension of Chief of Staff’s Tenure of Office Inter- preted Two Ways. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelts’ unprecedented action yesterday in extending the tenure of office of Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur as Army chief of staff was va: riously interpreted here today. One interested school of thought saw in the ection an indication that Gen. MacArthur would be named for a second four-year term, as recom- mended several weeks ago by Secre- tary of War Dern. Another group, however, saw the temporary order as meaning that some other ranking officer of the Army would get the post. Although Dern is reported to have recommended only MacArthur for the next term, severel others have been suggested as possibilities to succeed him. Among these are Maj. Gens. Fox Conner, Paul B. Malone, Dennis Nolan, Frank R. McCoy and Hugh A. Drum, the present deputy chief of staft. The President extended MacArthur's term until December 15 in an Execu- tive order sent to Dern, so his actions after November 20, when his term was scheduled to end, will have legal status until the permanent appointment is made. Mr. Roosevelt said he would make no appointment until after his return from Warm Springs, Ga. Reorganization of the Army has been considerably slowed down by uncer- tainty concerning the new chief of stafl. Assignment of several general offices to new commands in corps areas, the appointment of a commanding officer for the new general headquar- ters air force, and numerous other appointments and questions ef prime interest to the Army and the War Department, are awaiting naming of the new permanent chief of staff. MacArthur, who was named chief of staff by President Hoover in No- vember, 1930, has been subjected to criticism from some quarters, includ- ing groups of veterans, for the troop handling of the Washington bonus riot. Life’s Like That BY FRED NEHER. IPLANNERS NAMED ON CRIME MEETING William Stanley Chairman of Committee Arranging Conference Here. William Stanley, assistant to the Attorney General, has been named chairman of a special committee of officials and private citizens appointed by Attorney General Cummings to make arrangements for the National Crime “Conference here December 10 to 13. Local officials and citizens on the committee include Commissioner Mel- vin C. Hazen, United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett, Louis, McHenry Howe, secretary to the President; Joseph B. Keen- an, Assistant At- torney General; J. Edgar Hoover, director of the United States Di- vision of Investi- gation; Henry Suydam, special assistant to Cum- mings; Sanford Bates, Federal di- rector of prisons; William Stantey, 0 O e nett, president of the local hotel As- sociation; Justin Miller, special mssist- ant to Cummings; F. Regis Noel, presi- dent of the District of Columbia Bar Association; Mrs. Mary Roberts Rine- hart, authoress; Gordon Dean, special attorney, Criminal Division of the Justice Department, and Clarence N. Goodwin, lawyer. Others on the committee are J. Wes- ton Allen, former attorney general of Massachusetts; Stanley P. Ashe, war- den of the Western State Penitentiary, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Prof. Sheldon Glueck, Harvard Law School; James M. Hep- bron, managing director, Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission; Charles Evans Hughes, jr., of New York; Clar- ence E. Martin, past president, Ameri- can Bar Association; Bruce Smith, Institute of Public Administration, New York, and Thomas D. Thacher, former Solicitor General of the United States. President Roosevelt will speak at the opening session of the conference, to be held in Constitution Hall. * Other sessions will be held in Memorial Con- tinental Hall. The conference, called by Attorney General Cummings several weeks ago, will bring to Washington leading peace officers, court officials and others in- terested in law enforcement, for the purpose of planning a better co-ordi- nation of national, State and local drives on crime. HOLY CROSS ALUMNAE MAKE RECEPTION PLANS Mrs. Francis M. Murray An- nounces Members Who Will Assist Past Presidents. Mrs. Francis M. Murray, president of the Alumnae Association of Holy Cross Academy, announced today the names of the members who will as- sist the group of past presidents to receive informally at the card party and dance to be held at the May- flower Hotel tomorrow night for the benefit of the scholarship fund. They are Mrs. Phil Brown, Mrs. Ruth McKee Werber, Miss Elizabeth Leech, Miss Gwendolyn Dickinson, Miss Isabelle Dagneaux, Miss Mar- garet Quinn, Mrs. John Heister, Miss Bessie Schroth, Miss Lucy Hammett and Miss Olive Summers. Dr. Julia Kennedy, Mrs. Frederic W. Seibold, Mrs. L. A. Widmayer, Mrs. Adele May Knodlott, Miss Ruth Craven, Mrs. Red J. Rice and Miss Marie Tricou are the past presidents. Among the patrons announced are Postmaster General and Mrs. Farley, Commissioner and Mrs. George Allen, the Most Rev. James H. Ryan, Bishop of Modra and rector of Catholic Uni- versity; Right Rev. Msgr. Edward A. Pace, vice rector of Catholic Univer- sity and honorary president and di- rector of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae; Rev. Peter Guil- day and Most Rev. Coleman Nevils, SEEKS TO MAKE TRUCK TRANSPORTATION SAFER Associations Announce Series of Proposals Have Been Sub- mitted to N. R. A. By the Associated Press. - The American Trucking Associa- tions, Inc., said in a statement yes- terday that a series of proposals de- signed to make truck transportation safer had been submitted by the industry to N. R. A. “After approval of such recom- mendations by N. R. A.” the state- ment said, “they will be urged for adoption by the 200,000 members of the industry operating under the code as the first step in a national safety campaign.” Among the proposals were to re- quire operators to eliminate drivers physically, mentally or otherwise un- fit; to give physical applications to all applicants for jobs; to investi- gate previous experience and driving records of applicants; to instruct drivers of special hazards connected with their work and to instruct drivers in courtesy of the road. T oy TAXI DRIVER ASSAULTED Routs Robber in Fight After Be- ing Struck on Head. William C. Wood, colored, of 746 Gresham place, a taxi driver, emerged victorious in a battle with a robber last night, but received slight in- juries which required treatment at mTe:men'u Hospital. e taxi driver re to police that he was hired nmrm and T streets by a 25-year-old colored man who directed Wood to drive him to Second and W streets. Upon arrival, he said, he was ordered to turn into W street, and after having gone about 20 feet, the passenger struck him in the head with a blunt instrument and demanded his money. Wood grabbed 8 crank handle and struck at the thug, who became frightened and fled. $460 MONTHLY ALIMONY SAN DIEGO, Calif. November 16 I l ! Gun Victim WILLIAM M. ADRIAN. TEACHER CLEARED INADRIAN'S DEATH Virginia Principal Blameless in Shooting of D. C. Policeman. Special Dispatch to The Star. ASHBURN, Va., November 16.—Dr. John A. Gibson, Loudoun County coroner, today held that Prof. A. D. Neal, principal of the Ashburn High School, was blameless in the killing yesterday of William Maurice Adrian, Washington, D. C., policeman. He rendered a verdict of accidental death after holding an inquest here. Witnesses testified that Prof. Neal was blameless, Adrian was fatally wounded during an altercation with Neal which start- ed when the principal fired e rifle at a cat owned by the policeman’s father, Robert Adrian, 60-year-old farmer. The father said that in vigw of the circumstances he was satisfled that the killing was accidental. Prof. Neal testified that Adrian, ad- vancing toward him in threatening manner, gave him no opportunity to explain why he had shot at the cat. Neal said Adrian cuffed him on the head, knocking off his hat. Adrian, he said, grabbed the rifle, a pump gun, by the muzzle and swung it at him, the blow striking him on the hips and exploding the cartridge in the weapon. The bullet drilled through Adrian's stomach and death was instantaneous. The force of the blow with which Adrian struck Neal broke the stock of the firearm. Neal sald that after shooting at the cat, he had ejected the empty shell and at the time Adrian approached him a shell was in the chamber and the gun was cocked. Fred D. Ball, jr, a witness, and Fred Dove, farmer, who saw the oc- curence from a distance of about 300 yards, bore out Neal’s contention. Testimony developed that Neal and Adrian had never before seen each other. FUNERAL TO BE SUNDAY. Dead Policeman Had Been on Force for 13 Years. William Maurice Adrian, Washing- ton policeman, accidentally killed yesterday, lived at 323 Kentucky ave- nue southeast. He had been on the Metropolitan Police force for 13 years and was on two weeks’ leave when his death occurred. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Howe Adrian; a son, William Ross Adrian: his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Adrian: a brother, Samuel C. Adrian of Arlington, Va., and five sisters, Mrs. F. S. Eliott of Lees Heights, V: Mrs. P. C. Crabill of Baliston, Va.; Mrs. Roy E. Miskell, Mrs. John P. Fennelly and Mrs. Mar- shall Tabler, all of Washington. Funeral services will be held Sun- day at 1 o'clock, at the Presbyte- rian Church at Ashburn, Va. Inter- ment will follow at the Leesburg Cemetery. HAUPTMANN PLEA TO BLAME “GANG” Lindbergh to Be Called by De- fense to Establish Case, By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J. November 16.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann's at- torneys built their defense today around the theory that the Lindbergh kidnap-murder was the work of a “gang.” Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will be subpoenaed as a defense witness, Lloyd Fisher, associate counsel for Haupt- mann, said yesterday. Betty Gow, former nurse maid in the Lindbergh Hopewell home, will also be called by the defense, Fisher said, if she is in this country at the time of the trial in January. The defense stakes much on Lind- bergh's testimony, it was indicated, because the noted flyer declared be- fore the hoax trial of John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk, Va., that he be- lieved a “gang” of several men stole and murdered his 2-year-old son. Fisher said the defense will also call Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of the New Jersey State police, Pisher declared there were “certain facts” in the possession of authorities which will eliminate Hauptmann as the guilty man, — o SUSPECT HELD IN FIRING OF SHOTS AT POLICEMEN Wesley McCloud, 20, Colored, Is Arrested After Two Officers Escape Bullets. Wesley McCloud, alias Tess Cole- man, 20, colored, of 303 New York avenue, was arrested today in connec- tion with the firing of two shots at Policemen W. F. Sager and C. E. Can- non in an alley near Seventh and M streets shortly after 2 o'clock this morning. Sager and Cannon were making their usual rounds when the shooting suddenly halted them. The gunman, however, SHIFTSANNOUNGED - BY PUBLIC PRINTER 11 Changes Reported as Giegengack Continues Re- organization of Staff. Continuing the reorganization of his official staff, which has been in progress for several months, A. E. Giegengack, public printer, today an- nounced 11 changes at the Govern ment Printing Office. In all but one case, the shifts in- volved promotion of printing office workers, with those whom they are supplanting being set back. As Su- perintendent of Accounts and Budget Omcer Russell H. Herrell was brought, over from the general accounting office. He succeeds James K. Wallace, who becomes his assistant. Only two of those promoted within the printing office have less than 10 years’ service, and from there the range is up to 41 years. The promo- tions are going to Democrats. Herrell has been in the general accounting office since 1921, and for the last two years has been doing investigational work. He is a mem- ber of the District bar and resides in the Westchester. Others who took their new posts today were: Edward M. Nevils, Silver Bpring, production manager. Harry Falk, Silver Spring, foreman of the patents section. Hugh Reaymond Koonz, Hyattsville, foreman of the monotype section. Clarence P. Harwood, 1309 Prank- lin street northeast, assistant fore- man of the linotype section. Mr. Harwood is a former secretary of the Virginia Federation of Labor. Harrison B. Prench, foreman of the night proof section. J. H. Phillips, foreman of the day proof room. Thomas H. Harris, assistant night production manager. William Schinnerer, 3637 Warren street, foreman, night linotype sec- tion. Albert B. Smith, assistant foreman, night linotype section. Francis J. Murray, assistant fore- man, night linotype section, in charge of bills. PARK IMPROVING FUNDS RELEASED $300,000 to Be Eliminated From Items in 1936 Budget for Repayment. Release by the Budget Bureau of perk improvement funds totaling $507.413.84, impounded last year for economy reasons, will mean that items in the 1936 District budget totaling $300,000 will have to be eliminated to provide for repayment of the Federal advance, it was re- vealed today. ‘The money for park improvements was authorized under the Capper= Cramton act providing for expendi= ture of $16,000,000 for park improve- ments and expansion here. The sum was impounded a year ago by Lewis W. Douglas, then director of the budget. Officials announced yester- day the sum would be available for use during the next fiscal year. Under the District public Works act, adopted at the last session of Con- gress, a limit of $1,300,000 was fixed as the total which the District would have to repay in any one year for advances under both the P. W. A. act and the Capper-Cramton act. The District is to repay $1,000,000 next year on the P. W. A. loan. There- fore only $300,000 of the $507,413.84 will have to be paid on account of the parks bill. Next June the District must make a payment under the Capper-Cramton act of $531211.94. This payment will bring the total paid to $3,531,211.94, District officials declined to discuss the matter today since the 1936 budget now is in the hands of the Budget Bureau and it could not be learned what items in the Commissioners’ budget would have to be slashed to provide for the $300,000 payment next year. —_— DISTELHURST GIRL HELD ACID VICTIM Child Beaten, Gagged and Burned by Solvent, Says Physi- cian. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., November 16.— How Dorothy Ann Distelhurst met death was disclosed today, the day of her burial. Dr. Herman Spitz, acting coroner's physician, in a partial report of his examination of the 6-year-old victim of kidnaping and murder, said part of her body was destroyed by acid. The physician's examination showed that the child's skull was fractured twice by blows and that before she was killed she was gagged. The flesh of the face was destroyed by acid and Dr. Spitz found acid marks in the bones of the upper chest and neck. ‘The body probably was “crammed into a cardboard box and kept there Jor several weeks before burial in a shallow grave on the outskirts of Nashville,” he said. Funeral services for the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Distelhurst were arranged for this afternoon at Belmont Methodist Church, where she attended Sunday school. Officers said they are without s clue to the identity of her kidnaper and it was their opinion that the acid was used to prevent identification. This might have been successful but for a tooth filling by which she was identified. Detroit police sent fingerprints of Leonard Pegrm to Nashville police, saying they acted on a tip. Pegrm was named by Canadian authorities as one of two men sought in the kid- naping of John S. Labatt of London, Ontario. Detroit police said they learned Pegrm was a former resident of Nashville. DEDICATION PLANNED FOR MEMORIAL PARK The National Memorial Park will be dedicated with special services Sunday afternoon on the Lee Highway, a mile and a half west of Falls Church, Va. The project will comprise a group of central buildings, including an ad- tion building, a large chapel and a small one, a mausoleum, a tower of chimes, a crematorium and a co- lumbarium, the last serving as a re- pository for funeral urns. National Memorial Park has been established by an organization headed by Dr. John W. Hancher, ‘nnnflmt of Towa Wesleyan connn.'