Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1934, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and tomorrow; colder to- : lowest tem- perature tonight about 54 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 66, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 56, at 6:30 a.m. today. morrow afternoon and night New York Markets Closed Today. ch ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION HANLTON SOLGHT A5 NELSONS ATDE 3,084. INFATAL GUN DUEL Agony of Death Marks Face| of Desperado, Lying in Chicago Morgue. “BABY FACE” WAS SLAIN BY BULLETS OF VICTIMS Companion in Last Battle Named by Some as Hollis-Cowley Slayer. B the Associated Press CHICAGO, November 29.—The bul- Jet-punctured body of America’s No. 1 public enemy—George (Baby Face) Nelson—lay on a Cook County mor- tuary slab today, while the Govern- ment’s war on his kind was pushed with unabated intensity. John Hamilton, a lieutenant in the ruthless band of killers headed by the late John Dillinger, the object of the far-flung belief that he was with Nelson was fatally shot in the short, but furious gun battle that cost the Government the lives of two of its ace investigators near Barrington ‘Tuesday afternoon. Hardly had Nelson's body. pierced by 17 bullets, been picked up from a muddy ditch near suburban Niles Center yesterday, than the Federal investigators and police began a new and more extensive hunt for Ham- ilton. At the same time investiga- tors hunted Alvin Karpis, already sought as one of the kidnapers of Edward G. Bremer, wealthy St. Paul banker, and as the killer of Arthur W. Dunlop of West St. Paul, Minn. Other conjecture by some investiga- tors was that if Nelson's companion wasn't Hamilton or Karpis, it might have been Tommy Touhy, leader of a notorious Chicago band of gangsters. Died of Victims® Bullets. Nelson was killed by the deadly aim of Inspector Samuel P. Cowley and Special Agent Herman E. Hollis, both of whom died without knowing that their guns had found their mark. And while the Government men “got” their man, there was none of the bizarre circumstances that sur- rounded the end of the crime career of Dillinger. Dillinger was fatally shot under the glare of the white lights of a busy North Side street. Nelson's end found him lying in a muddy ditch, a twisted, agonized smile on his face. Apparently Nelson died as he was driven madly from the scene of the encounter with the slain Federal offi- cers—carted away by his male comn- panion and the blond woman believed to have been Nelson's wife, Mrs. Helen M. Gillis. A crude cotton clote had been wrapped about his body in an attempt to stop the flow of lood from a gaping wound in his stomaci. Companions Desert Body. Unsuccessful in their efforts to ward ©off death for their companion in crime. his accomplices apparently dumped his body into the ditch and then drove away, later to abandon the automobile they had stolen after the Federal of- ficers had been slain. The car was found on outskirts of Winnetka hours before Nelson's nude body. wrapped in ; & red green and black blanket, was found A tip from an undertaker, Philip Badowski, led to the discovery of the body. Two mysterious telephone calls from an unidentified person asked the mortician to go out and pick up the body. giving directions as to its loca- tion. Sadowski notified the Niles Cen- | ter police. Chief A. C. Stolberg and two Federal agents made the find after Chief Stolberg had stumbled upon a package of blood-stained clothing near the outskirts of Niles Center. Nelson, named also as the killer of W. Carter Baum, Federal agent shot to death last April near the Little Bo- hemia Summer resort at Mercer, Wis., and as the slayer of Theodore W. Kid- der of St. Minneapolis, was believed by most au- thorities to have fired some of the ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) “GOT HIM TOO LATE,” SAYS HOLLIS’ WIDOW Offers Tragic Comment on Killing of Nelson Day After Husband Died. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 29.—“They got_him too late.” That was the tragic comment last night on the slaying of Baby Face Nelson by Mrs. Genevieve Hollis, widowed along with Mrs. Samuel P. Cowley by the gangster. Mrs. Hollis, hysterical most of the time since her husband's quieted down after that news. Both Mrs. Hollis and Mrs. Cowley have been shielded from the public by | Department of Justice agents. Cowley's half-brother, Louis Cow- ley Burgener, quoted the widow as saying: “I'm glad my husband and Mr. Hollis had something to do with getting him, but it's terrible that two good lives had to be sacrificed to end one bad one.” Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. Louis Park, a suburb of | death, | WA c ;Desperate Parent “At End of Rope” Held Girls’ Slayer| [ | Suicide Believed to Have Turned to Humane Murder. By the Associated Press. DUNCANSVILLE, Pa, November 29.—Nbstled in one of Eastern Amer- ica’'s most picturesque valleys, with a population almost 100 per cent native born, this village of some 1,400 souls along with not-so-far-away Carlisle has become the final setting of what appears to be one of the greatest trag- edies of America’s modern “nomads.” Lieut. H. E. McElroy, gruff-spoken chief of detectives of Pennsylvania's crack State troopers, with years of ex- perience in handling all types of mur- ders, said today of the tragedy: “Something peculiar—weird—seems back of the whole thing. I don't know just what it is—" He groped for words as he talked of the motive behind what he says he is positive is the extermination of a fam- ily of five. Three small girls, found carefully tucked in blankets 62 feet from a highway on mountainside 95 " (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) | & PARTIAL PAYMENT OF BONUS SCORNED | Advocates of Veterans’ Aid | Now Reject Compromise Suggested. | By the Assoclated Press, | While high officials of the Roose- velt administration brandished a big Istick labeled “taxes” in an effort to curb the bonus drive, advocates of full and immediate payment surged forward today with the slogan, “No compromise.” Though administration leaders have expressed the belief that such a drive can be blocked, the contest now get- ting up full steam leaves a wide mar- gin of uncertainty as to how large the the next Congress expenditures of will be. | A suggestion put forward here yes- terday, apparently with the tentative approval of President Roosevelt. would tie in directly with the question of | \ relief funds. The proposal. made by Chairman Harrison of the Senate | Finance Committee, was that needy lvetemns get their bonus immediately | and—to that extent at least—be !taken off relief rolls. Belgrano Hits Compromise. A suggestion that such compromise | offers are an admission of defeat came from Frank H. Belgrano, jr., national ‘commander of the American Legion, 1 which is on record for full payment. | Declaring “there is no compromise | to make.” he said at Indianapolis: | "“As regards these suggested com- promises, it is not the side which feels | that its cause is just that comes for- ward with offers of an armistice. It} invariably is the side that knows its cause is lost.” Senator Borah, Republican, of | | Idaho, said he had given some thought | |to such a compromise, but concluded it was “impracticable.” Also, he said, “It reduces the soldier to the status of a dependent before the Government pays him, which is not a very agree- able thing to do.” Blunt warnings have come from several administration quarters in re- cent days that cashing the bonus, involving more than $2,000,000.000, | will require additional taxes. It is felt in some circles that the compro- | mise might necessitate new taxes also, but the amount has not been esti- mated. Relief Parley Called. Relief, another paramount problem with great bearing on Government finances, will be threshed out in a week end conference at Warm Springs, Ga., by the President, Harry L. Hop- kins, relief administrator; Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau and Rex- ford G. Tugwell, Undersecretary of Agriculture. The meeting was considered of vast importance. To it Hopkins is expected to carry a major scheme involving a sharp swing away from month-to- | month doles. Under this plan desti- tute but deserving families would get lump-sum loans considered large enough to put them on their feet. Then there will be the problems of housing and the decentralization of industry. Although President Roose- velt has just made it plaia that he favors large-scale efforts to clear slums and build rural housing, the details have not been worked out. Already the Federal Emergency Re- lief Administration has tentatively approved the building of 50 rural- | industrial communities. A principal idea of such communities is to enable workers to have two possible sources of livelihood — manufacturing and | small farm plots. The Government possibly may appeal to industry to extend its activities to these small | towns, Observers feel that an upshot of the Warm Springs conference may be | a move to co-ordinate the F. E. R. A’s | housing works ‘with the Subsistence | Homesteads Division of the Public | Works Administration, headed by Sec- | retary Ickes. Dead Agents’ Widows Will Get $3,575 and $2,295 Yearly Pay By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 29.—The wid- ows and children of Samuel P. Cowley and Herman E. Hollis, Federal agents slain in a gun battle with George (Baby Face) Nelson, will receive com- pensation in accordance with a Federal act for survivors of Federal employes killed on duty. H. H. Clegg, Department of Justice Inspector who arrived from Washing- ton yesterday to investigate the kill- _Jings, explained the act provides that a widow receive 35 per cent of the em- ploye’s monthly salary until her death or remarriage. each surviving child. the total to the survivors of one employe not to exceed two-thirds of his annual compensa- tion, Clegg stated. It was estimated that on this basis, Mrs. Cowley will receive $3,575 an- nually for herself and two children and that Mrs. Hollis will get $2,295 for herself and small son. At the same time, Senator Thomas D. Schall, Democrat, of Minnesota urged creation of a congressional fund to care for the survivors of the victims of Nelson's guns. i Such a bill would have to originate in the House of Representatives, An additional 10 per cent is paid to fduu said. SHINGTON, D. C, MARINA AND KENT WED IN BRILLIANT RITES IN LONDON Royalty, Diplomats, Elite Attend Westminster Abbey Service. SYMBOLIC ORTHODOX CEREMONY FOLLOWS of Thousands Cheer Along Line Hundreds Newlyweds of Procession. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 29.—Amid scenes of glitterng pomp and splen- dor, George, the youngest son of the King of Englard, and Marina, lovely member of the former Greek reigning house, were married today at West- minster Abvey, the nation's shrine. The royal couple said, “I will,” be- fore three Kings and three Queens, royalty past and present, titled per- sonages, the diplomatic corps and the elite of the nation’s government and social life. These wer» among the 1.500 guests who witnessed the union of the 31- year-old Duke of Kent and his 27-year-old bride. No Such Scenes Since War. Hundreds of thousands occupicd every vantage pomnt outside and cheered the royal processions to the palace. Old London had not seen such scenes since the war. A short while afterward the union of the Duk: and the Princess was sealed a second time with the solemni- zation of .he ancient and symbolical Greek orthodox service when they had returned to Buckingham Palace from Westminster Abbey. Despite the hundreds of thousands who jammed the route to the Abbev, the wedding went off in clocklike precision. George and Marina were pronounced man and wife at 11:13, only 13 minutes after the service started. They intoned their vows after the Archbishop of Canterbury. George's voice was slightly tense and strained, while Marina's was calm with a soft tone. It showed just a slight trace of accent, Vivid Color in Abbey. ‘The brilliant uniforms of the men and the gorgeous gowns of the women sparkling with costly gems gave the usually somber Abbey a vivid color. Throngs which only a few minutes before had acclaimed the passage of the wedding party from Buckingham Palace to the Abbey packed row upon | row of gayly decorated stands erected on the Abbey grounds and in adjacent streets as the venerable, white-haired archbishop pronounced the wedding lines of the Church of England ‘The Duke of Kent called his bride simply ~Marina.” She said, “I, Marina, take thee George Edward Alexander Edmund, to be my wedded husband.” The word “obey” was used in the service and the archbishop pro- nounced them man and wife. King George and Queen Mary, King Haakon and Queen Maud of Norway and King Christian and Queen Alex- andra of Denmark occupied the places of prominence among the royal guests nearest the brilliant white-decked altar with its flickering candles, costly golden plate and altar pieces Not far away sat former King George of Greece. Binghams Are Present. The diplomatic corps, in uniform or court dress, sat nearby. The United States’ only representative at the wedding, Ambassador Robert W. Bing- ham, sat with Mrs. Bingham among this group. The entire cabinet former cabinet a number of members and other government functionaries occupied other places. Six of the Duke of Kent's servants sat in special seats. While the service was proceeding the great crowds outside were able to follow the eceremony through loud- speakers, with practically every man standing bareheaded It also was broadcast throughout the world. Three gorgeous processions exempli- fying the pomp of royalty took the wedding party to the abbey for the services. The King. in uniform. and the Queen, in fur coat and striking blue dress, drove from Buckingham Palace " (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) BILL AGEE LEADS HARRIERS T0 TAPE Wins District A. A. U.'s First Cross-Country Run in 38 Minutes 50 1-5 Seconds. Bill Agee of the Stonewall Demo- cratic Club of Baltimore scored a decisive victory in the District A. A. U.’s first annual cross-country run today in Rock Creek Park. Galloping over hill and dale and splashing through mire, including a swelling tributary of Rock Creek, Agee negotiated 10.000 meters. or about 61 miles, in 38 minutes 50 1-5 sec- onds, to finish in a driving rain about 100 yards ahead of Johnny Leiss, who was the District high school mile champion when at Tech, and who now is a member of the Washington Track and Field Club. Carl Sholtes of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, was a close third. Leiss and George Shorb, unattached. who was ninth, were the only Washington run- ners among the first 10. F. L. Church of the University of Maryland was tenth. The first 10 finishers with their time and clubs were: Bill Agee, Stone- wall Democratic Club, 38:50%5; John Leiss, Washington Track and Field Club, 39:07; Carl Sholtes, Johns Hop- 39:25; E. Newton, Baltimore Cross-Country Club, 39:33; C. R. Mil- ler, jr, Stonewall Democratic Club, 39:41; Elwood Martak, Baltimore Cross-Country Club, 39:50; George Martak, Baltimore Cross-Country Club, 40:11; Paul Holtzman, Johns Hopkins, 41.58; George Shorb, unat- tached, 42:15, and F. L. Church, Mary- land University, 42:30. ) THURSDAY, NOVEMBE T R I'M THANKFUL TEARIN' ANOTHER. 29, 1934—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. o Star HE'S BIRD To PIECES TODAY ! THANKSGIVING, 1934, | | | N BOLVAN COLP Salamanca’s Resignation Is' Made After Sorzano Assumes Control. | By the Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia, November 29.— | President Daniel Salamanca of Bo- | livia resigned today. The President’s resignation followed { by less than 24 hours an announce- I ment by Vice President Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano that he himself was assuming “the direction of public affairs” in the absence of Salamanca, | Boreal.” BELIEVED SEIZED AT FRONT. Salamanca Reported Taken By Troops in Chaco. A sudden overturn of the Bolivian | government was disclosed yesterday | through advices received here that | who was with the troops in the Chaco | _ SANTA CLAUS FILM SULLIVAN LAUDS PRES"]ENI UU”S Spirit of First Tll(t;iks_gi;*ing Revived in Observance Today ;Roos(’rvll Expresses Regard for Human Welfare in Summons to Nation. Many Observances in City. Something of the spirit of 313 years | | ago. which led the Massachusetts Colonists to give thanks in a three- day festival for the blessing of a bountiful harvest after months of in- sufficient food, was in the observance of Thanksgiving today. The keynote was sounded by Presi- dent Roosevelt in his Thanksgiving proclamation. in which he called upon the people of the Nation to give thanks “for what has already been achieved” in the fight to break the depression of the past four years. ‘The booming of a little brass can- non planted on a hilltlop near the Massachusetts Coast in the gray dawn of a late Fall morning sum- moned the Colonists to follow their Governor in the giving of thanks for the breaking of the crop depression In his summons to the people to give thanks today, the President pointed out that “we have been given vision to make new provisions for hu- man welfare and happiness. and in a spirit of mutual happiness we havi (Continued on Page 4, Column 6) PLEASES CHILDREN | Daniel Salamanca, Bolivian President, | i { had been arrested by troops on the | Chaco war front. Apparently as part of a carefully . planned coup d'etat. Vice President ! Jose Luis Tejada Sorzana was reported | ! to have seized control of La Paz, the capital. hensive over what effect the apparent | coup might have on American and League of Nations efforts to bring peace in the Chaco war betwene Bo- livia and Paraguay. In the absence of complete official dispatches, how- ever, they declined to comment. Apparently Seized at Front. President Salamanca apparently was front in an effort to replace the com- mander-in-chief of the Bolivian army, who recently has suffered reverses in the long-drawn war. President-elect Tamayo, President Salamanca’s two daughters and the minister of war also were reported to have been arrested. Only the most meager details of their plight, how- ever, were available. Fears were expressed in the dis- | patches that civil war might break out at any minute. Cable communication was seriously interrupted and the expectation was ! that radio communication also would be cut. The Bolivian and Paraguayan Lega- tions here were without official dis- patches and declined any comment on the dramatic events. Paraguayans Advance. Paraguay has been slowly pushing the Bolivian Army back in the long conflict in the Chaco jungles and there is understood to have been growing dissatisfaction during recent weeks with Bolivian military leader- ship. One perhaps significant paragraph in the Bolivian constitution was pointed out here as possibly having | some bearing on the Bolivian situa- tion. It provides that the Vice Presi- dent assumes .control when the Presi- the event of a civil or foreign war. Conjectures were that Vice Presi- dent Tejada Sorzano may have as- sumed the presidency under that constitutional provision. ARMY RIDERS TRIUMPH Team Wins Trophy at Royal Win- ter Fair in Toronto. TORONTO, November 29 (P)— Consistent riding last night gave the United States Army team a decisive victory in the international officers’ team challenge trophy, outstanding event at the Royal Winter Fair Horse Show. The team of three from across the border went around the course with a total of nine faults, one less than the Irish Free State team, which finished second. The Chilean riders were third with 15 faults. Guide for Readers After Dark .. Amusements Comics Features . Lost and Fou Radio Serial Story .... Service Orders . Short Story . Society .. Sports ... seized when he traveled to the Chaco | dent takes command of the army in | | U. 8. District Court Takes Juris- Hundreds Take Picture Journey Through Shops | in Northland. American officials today were appre- | Exclamations of delight arose in hundreds of childish voices from the audience at the Metropolitan Thea- |ter this morning when the mov- | ing pictures of The Evening Star's | Expedition in Santa Claus Land were flashed on the screen. Children who had followed the wire- lessed stories of Capt. Kleinschmidt. leader of the expedition, which have appeared daily in The Star during the past two weeks, or to whom these sto- ries had been read, were waiting im- | patiently for their first view of Santa | Claus in his own home and work- shops. Accompanied by parents and friends they came to the Metropoli- | tan this morning and formed a wait |ing line at the box office before the theater doors were opened. | | Film Entertaining. | Nor were they disappointed. For | they witnessed a most unusual and | entertaining picture. “The Search for Santa Claus” proved vastly popular with the audience. The picture pre- sented a thrilling film record of the entire expedition, from the tnke-nfl‘ of the big plane at Minneola Airport, | in Long Island, to the discovery of Santa Claus and the many trips with him through his amazing toyland kingdom. | There were scenes of Eskimos and Arctic animals. Perils of the flight | were recorded through blizzards and | severe windstorms, and long treks through the frozen Northland by | reindeer and dog team were reeled | | off. 1 The film showed the welcome of Capt. Kleinschmidt, leader of The Star’s expedition, and his party, by | Santa Claus, who was discovered viewing his great reindeer herd near his guarded castle in the region of perpetual ice and snow. Then fol- lowed a full disclosure of the home | (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) VAN SWERINGEN PLAN PETITION IS GRANTED diction Over Alleghany Cor- poration Reorganizing. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, November 29— Granting a petition brought under the corporate reorganization act, Judge W. Calvin Chesnut of the United States District Court yesterday took jurisdic- tion over a proposed plan for reorgan- izing the Alleghany Corp., Van Swer- ington Bros. holding company. The plan provides for prepaying holders of the corporation’s 1950 bonds their next five year's interest with shares of a newly-authorized prior preferred convertible stock. PR Amelia Earhart Flies Home. LOS ANGELES, November 29 (#).— Amelia Earhart, noted woman fiyer, left by plane yesterday for Rye, N. ¥., where her house was damaged by fire Tuesday. She had planned to leave from here scon for a vacation in Honolulu. p? WAR ON'NUMBERS “Those Behind Campaign| Mean Business,” Says Citizens’ Leader. George E. Sullivan, chairman of the Law and Legislative Committee, Federation of Citizens’ Associations, declares that “Our leading dissemi- nators of news not only proclaim but demonstrate in a practical way that they are unwilling to be indifferent to the public welfare” in refusing to pub- lish the pari-mutuel totals from race tracks. Mr. Sullivan refers to the agreement with United States Attor-! ney Garnett entered into by The Star. the Post. Herald, Times and the local radio stations. “The results reasonably to be ex- pected from this campaign are exten- sive and far-reaching,” Mr. Sullivan says, speaking for his committee. To Impede Gaming. “The campaign tends to impede, ‘n a practical way, the successful prose- cution of the ‘numbers’ game by with- holding publication of matter utilized in such business. “It makes plain that those behind the campaign mean business and to administer similar treatment to what- ever else may be resorted to by those conducting the ‘numbers’ racket. To Encourage Citizens. “It will encourage alertness and action on the part of our public spir- ited citizens in having the solicitors of this business exposed and excluded from places where they are now oper- ating; also in helping the public authorities identify and prosecute such solicitors, in view of the recent rulings of Justice Proctor of the District Su- preme Court and Judge Given of the | Police Court that the ‘numbers game’ | is prohibited by existing law, although not specifically mentioned in it. “This campaign will focus the at- tention of the incoming Congress upon the importance of losing no time in strengthening the anti-gambling laws of the District, in the respects strong- ly advocated at the last session by the Commissioners, the district at- torney, the corporation counsel, the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and the Washington Federation ofl Churches.” THREE BURNED TO DEATH Crude Oil Used in Starting Fire Explodes. ROBINSON, Ill, November 29 (#).—Three persons were burned to death when crude oil being used by Edward Baker, 56, to start a fire, exploded. _ Baker's “mother, Baker, 86, and daughter, Mrs. Marintha Barbara, 17, burned to death yesterday in the | blazing house. Baker died later of burns in a hospital. Because of the holiday there will be no 5:30 or Night Final editions of The Star Today, *“From Press to Home Within an The Star’s Carrier system co Hour” vers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 1 25,622. Some Returns Not Yet Received (P) Means Associated P [President Plans Wide Comparison With District Tax Proposes to Have Treas- ury Experts Gather Fig- uresin Leading Cities. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., November 29.—One of President Roosevelt's first acts upon his return to Washington next week will be to set in motion jthe study by experts of tax burdens {in a number of cities, decided upon by him as the best medium of de- termining whether or not the taxes paid by the people of the District of Columbia are above or below the average. Mr. Roosevelt has not yet deter- mined what Government experts he will assign to this tax survey with Secretary Henry Morgenthau, jr., of the Treasury, who will come to confer with the President on a vari- ety of subjects next Monday, The fact that the President is not RoIng to begin the investigation while (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) WO WOMEN DIE INBUS-AUTO CRASH Two Others Are Injured Near Urbana, Md. Drivers Held. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK. Md.. November 29 — Two women were killed and two in- jured early last evening when an au- tomobile containing five persons skid- ded into a Blue Ridge Transportation Co. bus, carrying 18 passengers, Wash- ington bound, near Urbana The dead: Miss Audrey Hess, 23 Belair. Ohio, and Mrs. Susie McColl 55, Washington The injured: Miss Margaret Kinter 23, and Miss Ann Glidden, 25, both of Washingion. Both suffering from | bruises and shock at the Frederick | City Hospital. Driver Meld in Jail. Marshall E. McGary. driver of the automobile, arrested on a charge of manslaughte, is being held in the Frederick County Jail in default of $2,500 bond. Charles Hobbs, Frederick, driver of the bus, while not under arrest. is be- ing held as a material witness. Mc- y, according to investigating of- ploughed head-on into the bus after passing over the top of a hill near Urbana. An attempt, it was said, was made by several Marine Corps enlisted men. occupants of a disabled auto. operated by Leonard C Powers, Marine Barracks, Washing- ton, to waive down McGary. Car Hit Broadside. The Washington car. headed to- ward Frederick. was hit broadside by the bus, bound for Washington, as McGary. it was claimed. on the left side of the road. tried to swing the machine into a small bank to avoid a collision Miss Hess was dead when she ar- rived at the hospital, | died at about 8 o'clock. two hours after | admission. None of the occupants of the bus was injured. and the vehicle proceeded to Washington on its own power. McGary will be given a hearing in | this city on December 6. Mrs. McColl, a widow. lived at 1004 N street. She was a patent attorney. Living at the same address are McGary and Miss Glidden. Miss Kinter, an employe of the Agricul- tural Adjustment Administration. had formerly lived at the Y. W. C. A, but was reported there to have moved to 1229 Twelfth street. Inquiries there, however, were to the effect that she is not now occupying an apart- ment there. All were originally from Bel Air and were on their way there for tne Thanksgiving holida VESUVIUS RAIL CAR WRECK FATAL TO 7 Nine Others Are Injured When Vehicle, Coming Down Grade, Hits Pole. By the Assoclated Press. NAPLES, Italy, November 29.—An electric car coursing down the side of Mount Vesuvius, loaded with tourists, left the rails and crashed into an elec- tric power pole yesterday, killing seven persons and injuring nine. The car was carrying a tourist party back from a trip to the top of the vol- cano. The dead included a French honey- moon couple. and is used by thousands of Americans and others who come to Italy. Before | deciding he will discuss the subject | Miss McColl | The electric railway circles Vesuvius | TWO CENTS. 0. C. RELIEF FUNDS MAY BEAR BRUNT OF BUDGET CUTS First Tentative Decisions for | 1936 Are Reached by \ Bureau Officials. ress. $44,000,000 ESTIMATES FACE OTHER REDUCTIONS Findings Xept Secret — Board Pleased by Interest of Presi- dent in Local Finances. A number of reductions, particu: larly in relief items, are to be made in the $44,000,600 District budget pro- posed for the next fiscal year by the Commissioners, under tentative de- cisions reached by Budget Bureau of- ficials. it was reported tod Since the Budget Bureau must keep its actions secret until the doccument forwarded to Congress by the Pres dent, exact details were lacking Speculation pointed to the proposed relief appropriation as the one fac- | ing_the heaviest cut The District relief appropriation for this year 1s $2,000.000. Reports have been that $3.000.000 was sought by the Commissioners for next year Indications are that this will be cut down to the level of the current appropriation Influenced by Federal Position. The reason advanced for this re- port is the 1 taken by Feder: authorities t Federal appropr tions for relief of the unemployed must be continued over a consider- able period. A major portion of the District relief costs this year by Federal { District officials we unanimous today in refusing to discuss the budget but all voiced gratification over the personal interest President Roosevelt is taking in seeking to end the hit- and-miss methods of arriving at the size of the Federal payment toward expenses of the National Capital Commissioner Hazen revealed aiso, in this connection, that he had di- rected Tax Assessor William P. Rich- ards to compile data on the tax burden of 50 cities to indicate the relation- | ship to District taxation. .This is be- ing done so that the Distirct will be prepared to offer definite and auth tic data on the matter if called uj for comment. President to Order Study. President Roosevelt revealed yester- day at Warm Springs, Ga., that he will direct Treasury officials to study evaluated tax rates of numerous citi in relation to that of the District, as a guide to what should be the Federal payment in 1936 “That certainly is fine.” said Com- missioner Hazen. “We are delighted to have the President take such a personal interest in the matter. Much good should come from this study We are all gratified over the determi- nation of the President to arrive at logical means of deciding this ques- tion of what is the fair share of ¢ which belong to the Federal Gove ment. The District will be glad offer any information that may desired by the Treasury officials.” Work for Fair Treatment. Commissioner Allen said: “We re- joice in the action taken by the Pres- ident to find a factual basis for de- termination of what should be the Federal share of costs of the National " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) FIREARMS MAKERS FACE SENATE PROBE Officials of Four Big U. S. Plants | to Appear at Hearing i Tuesday. be By the Associated Press Representatives of four*of the big- gest manufacturers of firearms and war material in the United States have been called to testify at the resumption Tuesday of the Senate’s munitions in- vestigation Officers of the Colt Patent Firearms Co., the Winchester Arms Co., the Remington Arms Co. and some officers of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co. were summoned by the investigating committee. It will be the second appearance for the du Pont officials, but will mark the first time the other companies have been subjected to the committee’s ex- amination. The committee announced also that Dr. Manley O. Hudson of the Harvard Law School also would testify. Members of the committee said testimony offered next week would tend | to prove their contention that arms | manufacturers are a disturbing factor | in world peace. | The hearings will last through De- cember 21, and further sessions already | are planned for January. |Once Child of Plenty, Woman Is Found Dying in Poverty Once living in the midst of plentyI and the pet of a grandmother, for whom she forsook her father many years ago, Miss Mabel Harding, 38, died in poverty early today at Casualty Hospital, where she was taken after police found her unconscious in the dining room of her small home at 1015 Second street northeast. From her condition hospital authorities said they believed she had been unconscious for several days before she was found. Miss Harding’s history, as assembled from the few people with whom she was friendly, was one of slow descent from comfort to what her physician described as a “shack” by the side of the railroad. According to Capt. Crandal Mackey, former Commonwealth’s attorney of Arlington County, Va., Miss Harding's father’s name was Cooley, but the father and daughter failed to agree and the latter |e? to live with her grandmother, a Mrs. Harding, who | had a Government position, a substan- | tial bank account and a large home. | So fond was she of her grandmother | that she dropped the name of Cooley and assumed that of Harding. Upon the death of her grandmother, Miss Harding inherited the home but was unable to make a living as a public stenographer, it was said, and was forced to borrow money on the house until she finallyslost it. A part of her time as a public stenogra- pher was at the old National Hotel. Following her father’s death she attempted to break a will in which she was left nothing, Capt. Mackey said, but was unsuccessful. The will had expressed bitterness that the daughter had forsaken the father for her | grandmother. Finally she purchased the small house in which she died and an (Continued on Prge 3, Column 1)