Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1934, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, followed by rain tonight and tomorrow:; not much change in tempera- ture, minimum tonight about 38 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 52, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 34, at 5 a.m. today. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News service. Full report on page B-12. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17,18&19 No. 33,088. post office, W. PEAGE AGREEMENT Entered as second class matter ashington, D. C. |England Extends |Amity to U. S., But Ch WASHINGTON, D. UNIVERSITY RIGHT ON SAAR SIGNED BY s Stent n Japeny T FORCE MILITARY FRANGE AND REICH Germany to Pay $59,400,- 000 and 11,000,000 Tons of Coal in Accord. DISTURBANCE AVOIDED IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE Political Pact Also Is Concluded, Guaranteeing Equal Rights to Saarois. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, December 3.—France and Germany today signed “an agree- ment of peace” over the Saar Basin territory. By the terms of this agreement, which is expected to end the grave controversy over the future sov- ereignty of the district, Germany will pay France 900.000.000 francs (ap- proximately $59.400,000) and 11,000.- 000 tons of coal for France's-mines and private credits in the Saar Basin, and, furthermore, Germany guaran- tees equal rights to voters and non- voters among all the inhabitants of the Saar, regardless of race, religion or language. The agreement naturally depends‘ on whether Germany wins the ple- biscite next month in the Saar, but a victory by Germany there now is taken for granted. Receiving the foreign press this afternoon, the Spanish delegate to the Committee of Three, Lopez Olivan, told the correspondents that the agreement was divided into two parts, Ppolitical and economic. Political Accord in Three Parts. The political accord, he said, is divided into three parts, as follows: 1. Germany guarantees to extend to non-voters the same standing as that of voters. 2. All have equal rights to social insurance and state assistance. 3. The inhabitants of the Saar have equal rights regardless of language, race and religion. The financial accord, said ment by Germany of 900,000,000 francs for the mines, which are the property of the French government, and for the private credits held by France, as well as a payment of 11,- 000,000 tons of coal from the Saar mines. France and Germany, by the ac- cord, reached an agreement on a method of payment which will not interfere with Germany's foreign ex- change. Ordered to Draft Proposals. Olivan said the Committee ‘Three, composed of himself, Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy and Ambassa- dor Cantillo of Argentina, had re- ceived from the League Council only a mandate of forming proposals to be laid before the Council, but had been unable to go beyond this man- date and reach « direct agreement between the two interested parties. which had teen signed today by the | German and French Ambassadors. The Spanish delegate paid warm tribute to the spirit of co-operation manifested by France and Germany during the committee’s meetings and paid personal tribute to the other delegates. An official communique on the agreement, reached through the two nations’ ambassadors to Rome, said the agreement included not only the financial question of the territory but all other points. It is to be presented ‘Wednesday to the League of Nations Council. The pact was signed by Count de Chambrun, ambassador of France. and Ambassador Ulrich von Hassell of Germany. Text of Communique. The official communique follows: “This morning, the last meeting of the Saar Committee of Three took place with the ambassadors of France and Germany present. The president of the committee announced that an agreement had been reached between the French government and the Ger- man government on all questions which were submitted to the examina- tion of the committee. This agree- ment was signed by the French and Germany governments through their respective ambassadors and delegates. “On Tuesday the committee will meet at Geneva to write a report which will be submitted to the Coun- cil of the League of Nations convoked for December 5. “In closing the work of the com- mittee in Rome, Baron Pompeo Aloisi (of Italy) in the name of the com- mittee thanked the delegates and ex- perts of the French and German gov- ernments and above all the financial subcommittee of the League of Nations for the most effective co-operation which they had given.” STOLEN CAR GIVES CLUE TO HAMILTON Desperado Sought in Louisiana After Auto Is Found Abandoned. By the Assoclated Press. SHREVEPORT, La., December 3.— ‘The trail of Raymond Hamilton, one of the few nationally known des- peradoes still at large, was sought in Shreveport today. The hunt was spurred yesterday, when police discovered an abandoned of | Sir John Simon Enunci- ates Policy in Debate in Commons, By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 3.—Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, was asked by a member in the House of Commons today if he would continue + his efforts to bring “our natural friend, the United States,” closer within the comity of nations. Sir John replied: “That has been the constant object of the British policy.” He did not answer, however, when Sir Alfred asked him: *“Also our Jap- anese friends?” ADMIRALS' CONFER Technical Naval Questions Discussed by Standley and Yamamoto. By the Assocjated Press. LONDON, December 3.—Admiral William Standley of the United States and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of Japan discussed technical naval ques- tions together before and after a luncheon today. but did not touch on details of the naval conversations be- tween the United States, Japan and [ Great Britain. ! The luncheon was given by the United States delegation to both the British and Japanese delegates and, except for the conversation between the two admirals, was mainly a social function. The next regular meeting will soon be held between the British and Americans. OSUMI WARNS JAPAN. | Must Be Prepared to Oppose Others’ L Building, He Says. | TOKIO, December 3 () —A warn- | ing that Japan must be prepared “to the { face with firm determination any | Spanish delegate, calls for the pay- | power so ill-advised as to expand its| inavy in disregard of Japan's fair | offers of a disarmament agreement” { was made last night by Admiral Mineo Osumi, minister of the navy. Replying to interpellations in the House of Representatives, Osumi said he aid not believe a ship-building race Inevitable despite lagging tri- power naval discussions in London. He pointed out that after Tokio denounces the Washington treaty the pact will still be in effect for two years. During this period, he ex- plained, Japan would continue to seek some form of a naval agreement. GOOD WILL ADVOCATED. Memorial Rites Held for Tokio Hos- pital Founder. NEW YORK, December 3 (#).— Misunderstandings between the United States and Japan can be solved by “good will and justice and under- standing,” various prominent speak- ers said yesterday at memorial serv- ices for Dr. Rudolf Bolling Teusler, | founder and director of St. Luke's International Medical Center in Tokio. Hirosi Saito, Japanese Ambassador | to Washington, said Dr. Teusler's work would remain as “a strong link | in our friendly relations.” | “His constant efforts in the re- | 1ations between Japan and the United States will be remembered by people {of both nations with a lasting sense | of gratitude and reverence,” said the Ambassador. George W. Wickersham, introducing Ambassador Saito, said: “We beg you to believe that our sympathy and friendship are very real, and we pray you in any hour of misunderstanding between our governments or our people to remem- ber Rudolf Teusler and the work he | directed as symbolizing the genuine friendship and sympathy of our people for yours.” o FATHER DENIES SITTING SHOELESS WITH CALLERS Divorce Defendant Says He Often Went Walking When Daugh- ter Entertained Suitors. Nicholas G. Charuhas, who was ac- cused of removing his socks in the presence of his daughter’s suitors in a divorce suit filed recently by his wife, today denied this allegation in District Supreme Court. Through Attorney Jean Boardman, Charuhas declared that on the con- trary he has spent many an evening walking the streets while his daughter entertained her friends in his home at 1002 Maryland avenue northeast. He declared his daughter had callers almost every night, some of whom re- mained until 4 am. Only on one oc- casion, he said, did he stay home while his daughter was entertaining a friend. And at that time, he declared, he sat in his living room dressed in a bath- robe and bed room slippers. _— PARENTS DIE TRYING TO RESCUE CHILDREN Arkansas Man and Wife Enter Burning Houseboat to Join Trio in Death. By the Assoctated Press. i PARKIN, Ark., December 3. —Unable |to save their three children asleep in 1, AND JAPANESE TRAINING - UPHELD Supreme Court Rules Land Grant Colleges May Com- pel Courses. SUSPENSION OF TWO STUDENTS DEFENDED Opinion Declares Every Citizen Owes Government Duty to Protect It. By the Assoclated Press. The right of the University of Cali- fornia and other land grant colleges to compel students to take military training was upheld today by the Su- preme Court. The unanimous decision was deliv- ered by Justice Butler. It sustained the action of the uni- versity in suspending two students who declined to take the training be- cause of conscientious objections. Albert W. Hamilton and W. Alonzo Reynolds, jr., entering the university in 1933, asked to be exempted !romI military training on the ground that they believed training for war was immoral, in violation of the tenets of the Methodist Episcopal Church and violated the Kellogg-Briand pact to outlaw war. University Contention. Counsel for the university insisted it was entirely within the jurisdiction of the school whether to require such training and that no Federal question was involved, even though the na- tional Government had granted land and money to aid in founding the in- stitution. In a similar case last term the court refused to review a controversy from the University of Maryland resulting from the refusal of students to take military training. The court declared the question it was called upon to decide in the Cali- | fornia case was whether military train- ing at land grant colleges was repug- | i nant to the privileges and immunity | and the due process clauses of the Fed- eral Constitution. Religion Recognized. While students have the right to a religious belief under the Constitu- tion, they have no right to insist that they are entitled to compel the uni- versity to excuse them from taking military training, it held. The Federal Government was held to have a right to maintain itself and every citizen owes the Government the duty to defend it. The court said anything which dis- tracts from this duty weakens the Government. Privilege of conscientious gbjectors to refuse to bear arms comes from Congress and not from the Constitu- tion, the opinion stated. If Congress decides to grant immunity, that is a matter within its power, it said, add- ing that no such right existed under the Constitution. OCCIDENTAL HOTEL HELD UP BY PAIR Clerk and Other Employes Cov- ered as Bandits Take $1,000 in Cash. Two armed robbers early today held up the night clerk of the Occidental Hotel and escaped with more than $1,000 in cash from the money drawers of the hotel desk One of the hold-up men entered the office and asked for a room, ac- cording to Merrit Greeley of 4706 Fifteenth street, who had substituted last night for the regular man, and after loafing around for a moment drew a revolver, demanding the cash in the drawers as a colored man entered, also drawing a revolver and trained it on Jesse Gantt, colored, elevator operator of 1014 Euclid street. The first robber, who was carrying a concealed “pinch bar,” broke the locks on the desk drawers, and rifled them of the cash, while the colored man held the others in the back of the lobby with a revolver. They walked out the door, caution- ing the clerk and elevator operator not to move, and disappeared on Pennsylvania avenue. Fred Buchholz, manager and owner | of the hotel, said this morning he was “surprised that similar hold-ups or attempts had not been made be- fore” as the numerous reports of petty thievery throughout the city “indicated that small groups of bandits” had been victimizing many places of busi- ness remaining open all night. HUNTER IS WOUNDED Companion of Robert Peter Held for Maryland Authorities. Robert Peter 24, of 1300 Fourth street southwest, was brought to Provi- dence Hospital about noon today suf- fering from severe gunshot wounds {in _the lower left leg. Police were tcld Peter was wounded when a double-barreled shotgun in the hands of William Autrey, 24, of 1707 M street northeast, was dis- charged while the pair were hunting near Seabrook, Md. Autrey was held by the fifth pre- cinct police for investigation by Mary- land authorities. ——— SNOW BRINGS DEATH LINCOLN, Nebr., December 3 (#).— ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 8 NEW U. 5. BONDS RECEIVED WELL Nearly Two Billion Offered by Government—Market Shows Gain. By the Assoclated Press. WARM SPRINGS, Ga.. December 3.—Prasident Roosevelt was informed today by Secretary Morgenthau of a “very good receotion” by the market | of the Government's $1.800.000,000 financing program offered today. The Treasury head communicated with Washington immediately upon his arrival here this morning. Re- ports said the wiiole bond market was higher at noon than on Saturday. “Everybody is very happy.” Morgenthan with a broad smile. This is one of the largest ofters by the Government and the interest rate on $450,000,000 of the securities for 18 months’ maturity was only 1's per | cent. PRESIDENT SEES LEADERS. Financial Policy to Be Mapped at| Parleys. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. 8taft Correspondent of The Star. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., December 3.—Surrounded by a small, but power- ful group of administration leaders and close advisers, President Roose- velt today is working toward a com- pletion of his national policy plan before he leaves Wednesday for Wash- ington. As the President’s policy plan is tak- ing definite shape he is confronted with a problem that might retard | progress somewhat, and that is how to make the proposed low-cost housing program dove-tail nicely with the housing section of the P. W. A, which is already functioning. In advancing these vital parts of his broad program looking to recovery, Mr. Roosevelt first of all wants to avoid any conflicts within his emer- gency set-up. This tangle is known to be one of the problems thrashed out at today's parley. As the President forges away at what is supposed to be the last link in his policy chain, he finds himself confronted with “where’s the money coming from to pay for it all?” Presumably Mr. Roosevelt purposely | put off until the end this difficult and unpleasant link of his policy chain. But he struggles along apparently un- daunted and undismayed and with confidence in the future of the New Deal recovery program. Moreover he realizes that one month from today, he must transmit his an- nual message to Congress and the day following transmit the budget for the next fiscal year. Therefore, he is working hard to finish his planning and his budget figuring before getting back to the White House. Advisers on Hand. To assist him in this delicate part of his present task as well as to aid him in putting finishing touches on other phases of the general program, Mr. Roosevelt has a formidable group of advisers at his elbow today. In response to the President’s sum- mons, Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau hurried here today with a bulging portfolio containing among other things the complete budget. Secretary of Interior Ickes, who is also public works administrator with an equally fat portfolio, arrived today to talk plans for expanding public (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) Wiley Post Lands Off His Course in Altitude Attempt | Check on Barograph Is Awaited to Learn Flight Success. By the Assoclated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla., December 3.— Blown off his course, Wiley Post landed at the Municipal Airport here | at 10:21 am. (Central standard time) | this mornirg, 2 hours and 10 minutes after taking off from Bartlesville upon his long-delayed airplane altitude rec- | ord attempt. Without a compass, Post had no idea of his whereabouts when he landed, and, pending a check of his | barograph, was unable to say ac- said | curately how high he had gone into the stratosphere. Post soared out of sight a few min- utes after taking off at Bartlesville, about 90 miles northwest of here. He had little more than a two-hours’ supply of gasoline for the quick up- ward thrust he hoped would carry him beyond the 50,000-foot level. GOOCYEAR LABOR GROUP ATTAGKED Rubber Union Says Assem- | bly Violates N. R. A. Bar- gaining Clause. By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, December 3.—A de- mand that the Goodyear Tire and | Rubber Co.’s industrial assembly be | abolished immediately came today as a new move in the struggle to unionize the vast rubber industry. ‘Two thousand members of the Good- year local of the United Rubber Workers’ Union, at a meeting yes- terday, voted to ask the National Labor Relations Board to abolish what they consider an “inside union.” The action was taken as an amend- ment to the local's plea for a col- lective bargaining election such as has been ordered for Friday at the plants of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and the B. F. Goodrich Co. ‘The amendment declared the as- sembly was in violation of section 7-A of the N. R. A, and asked that the company be required to withdraw its support. Should the demand be denied by the Labor Board, the union will press its appeal for the Gov- ernment-supervised election at an early date, John House, union presi- dent, said. At another meeting in Barberton, ©Ohio, the union’s local at the Seiber- ling Rubber Co. voted to refer to the Labor Board the management’s refusal to negotiate a wage and hours agree- ment. V. E. Atkins, Seiberling’s factory manager, had informed the local in a letter that the company could “see no good in a signed agreement at this time.” Culbertson and Sims to Meet In Ace-of-Spades Handicap By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 3.—Ely Culbertson and P. Hal Sims, arch rivals in methods of bidding at con- tract bridge, are to meet in a special match Wednesday night. It's all about this: What are the odds that victory will go to a partnership that has the ace automobile in which Hamilton and|a burning houseboat, Bill Haliburton, | The first snow fatality of the season . of spades in every deal? two of his lieutenants, Julius Bohanan 35, and his wife, joined them in death | in Nebraska occurred today when Mrs. and Chester Elliot, are believed to have fled from Mand, Tex., where they wounded a night watchman. The watchman, Gene Mills, had walked up to a parked car to ques- tion the occupants, and was ordered to get inside. He started to walk away, but a bullet hit him in the side. ‘The gunmen fled. The license plate was torn from the automobile, but police said the engine number corresponded with that of a machine stolen recently in Hous- ton, Tex. today. W. L. Hadsell, 55, of Lincoln, died of Culbertson will have that ace. Sims The Haliburtons were visiting last injuries suffered last night when | Will pay at the rate of 5 cents a point Front, a fishing community on St. Francis Bay, about 30 yards from where their boat was moored, when a passer-by notified them that their home was in flames. Rushing to the door they battered it down and entered. Sheriff C. M. Stacey said a witness told him: “The flames billowed out over them and that was the last he saw of them.” The bodies went down with the boat. & was wiping snow off the windshield | of & car her son Carol, 21, was driving. Dirigible to Join Fleet. SUNNYVALE, Calif, December 3 (A).—The U. S. 8. Macon, huge Navy dirigible, slipped quietly away from its moorings here early today and soared away for a rendezvous with the Fleet off Southern California. night at a neighborhood store in River | struck by an automobile while she:and Culbertson at the rate of 10 cents a point. They will play 10 rubbers, Culbertson having his chiéf editor, Al Morehead, as partner, and Sims being opposite B. Jay Becker. ‘The monetary value of each rubber will be figured out immediately upon its conclusion, instead of a cumula- tive point total being carried forward. In the past, Culbertson and Sims have said various things about each other and evidently thought more. A But now comes a meeting brought about by a Pekingese dog. Recently Mrs. Sims sent Mrs. Cul- bertson a pup as & gift. The Culbert- sons called upon Mr. and Mrs. 8ims to express their thanks. They had a rubber or so. Mr. and Mrs. Sims won. The discussion of handicaps arose. Hence Wednesday night's match at Crockford’s, society bridge club founded by Culbertson. The same players who will par- ticipate Wednesday have had a little preliminary joust, but Sims did not think it at all conclusive, although it was a bit costly to him. It is Culbertson’s view that constant possession of the spade ace will mean that he will be in many spade con- tracts, that his rivals will hardly ever get to a slam and that he and partner will arrive at many successful no- trump commitments because his part- ner will be certain that he has an entry. The spade ace will be picked out of & pack and given to Culbertson before the usual shuffie and deal. A g Sfa MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1934—FIFTY PAGES. f AVIATION BOARD MAYBEREQUESTED Commission, Drafting Re- port, Expected to Urge Permanent Unit. Creation of a permanent Federal Aviation Commission to take over con- trol of the Bureau of Air Commerce and all other civil aviation activities of the Government, probably will be reccmmended to Congress by the Fed- eral Aviation Commission. it was indi- cated today as the commission. after more than two months of hearings, began work on the preparation of its report to Congress. The commission, created to study every phase of aviation and recom- | mend a broad national policy, con- cluded the hearings last week. The commission also has agreed, it is understood, to recommend to Con- gress the operation of United States airships in transoceanic service. It has not been revealed, however, whether the commission will advocate the $17,000.000 project of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, calling for two great Zeppelin-type airships and a smaller metal-clad air- ship, with necessary ground facilities, or will put forward a plan of its own. Control Welcomed. The proposed permanent commis- sion would be composed of five to seven members and would be intended to “take aviation out of politics.” Many of the air transport operators who appeared before the commission to advocate creation of such a perma- nent body and testified they would be willing to have a permanent, non-poli- tical commission of experts control the number and types of airplanes they might operate, rates and other mat- ters of air transport operation. ‘The commission is considering a pro- posal that the agency take over the rate-making functions of the Inter- state Commerce Commission as applied to air transportation. The preliminary studies and hear- ings conducted by the Federal Aviation Commission are said to be the most comprehensive official inquiry ever made in the ficld of aeronautics. Four Main Phases. The commission’s work, it was ex- plained by Chairman Clark Howell, sr., was divided into the following four main phases: “First, the official phase. The com- mission heard officials of the Depart- ment of Commerce, the Post Office De- partment, the National Advisory Com- mittee for Aeronautics, the United States Weather Bureau and other agencies. “Second, the commercial air trans- port phase, given over to airmail and | general commercial operations. “Third, lighter-than-air phase, dur- ing which Dr. Hugo Eckener of the German Zeppelin works, Paul W. Litchfield, president of the Goodyear Zeppelin Co.; Comdr. C. E. Rosendahl of the Lakehurst dirigible base and others appeared. “Fourth, national defense, revolving around confidential plans of the War | and Navy Departments regarding mili- tary aviation.” ‘The commission members will confer with President Roosevelt, Secretary Roper and Postmaster General Farley before drafting final conclusions, which are to be submitted to Congress not later than February 1. HERRIOT PASSES CRISIS Former French Premier Reported Recovering From Illness. PARIS, December 3 (#).—Former Premier Edouard Herriot, ill with an intestinal disorder, was pronounced to- day to be past the danger point. Herriot, leader of the powerful Radi- cal Socialist party which was respon- sible for the recent downfall of the Gaston Doumergue government, was said by physicians to be in need of a few days of rest. Amusements Comics Features Lost and Found. Radio Serial Story... Service Orders.. Short Story Society BATURDAY’ SUNDAY' Circulation, * 120,823 Circulation, 132,280 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved (®) Means Associated P BEARD LOSES PLEA N GAMBLING CASE: MUST STAND TRIAL Accused and 13 Associates Fail to Have Indictment Set Aside. GARNETT CONTENDS GAMING AT LOW EBB Little, Vice Squad Leader, Says No Leaks on Raids Have Oc- curred Under Present Regime. Justice Oscar R. Luhring ruled in District Supreme Court today that Sam Beard and 13 associafes must stand trial on gambling charges re- cently brought against them by the grand jury. Beard had attacked the validity of the indictment on the ground that one of the grand jurors was disqualified because she had received a loan from the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. The Government, through Assistant United States Attorneys John W. Fihelly and Roger Robb, denied the corporation was a part of the Gov- ernment, and contended further that even if this were the case the indict- ment would not be invalidated, be- cause Congress last year provided the | disqualification of one grand juror ! | would not nullify an indictment pro- vided 12 duly qualified jurors had voted for it. Beard, through Attorney John J. Sirica, had attacked the constitu- tionality of this act Justice Luhring’s decision. although not passing directly upon the validity of the act, was understood to have the cffect of affirming its constitutionality. He did not hand down a written opin- ion, It is expected the defendants, who were arrested recently in a raid upon an elaborately equipped racing infor- | mation bureau in the Mather Build- ing, will be brought to trail early in January. Beard, reputed leader of the i local gambling clan, had never been arrested before. GAMBLING SEEN AT EBB. Garnett Contends Activity Racketeers to Cover. | Back from a hunting trip, during { which he shot a handsome buck, | United States Attorney Garnett today | summed up the achievements of his Drives | office in stopping all sorts of gambling in the District of Columbia. | States attorney went over the record | to date and found it formidable. “Long before this public outcry | against crime,” Garnett said, “Lieut. I Little and his squad had pulled off any ; number of raids, had shut off tele- | phones and seized paraphernalia—and | there never was a time in the District | of Columbia when gambling was at such a low ebb. Quiescent is the word.” No Raid Leaks. Lieut. Little, sitting across from his { chief, nodded his head in approval: | “Since Mr. Garnett has been district attorney,” he said, “there has been no leak. no slip-up on any warrant | The gamblers were never tipped off | ahead of a raid. In the 28 years I've i been on the police force the prospects |of gambling in the District of Co- | lumbia have never been lower than | they are today.” Both men referred to the campaign launched against the numbers game by The Star and other local news- papers, together with the four radio stations, all refusing to publish or broadcast pari-mutuel number totals from the race tracks. Lieut. Little recalled that he has been in charge of the special investiga- i tions squad—sometimes called the | vice squad—only since January 1 of | this year. Just from memory he re- cited 21 raids—all productive of gam- bling paraphernalia and personnel, having to do mostly with the num- bers game and race track activities. Gamblers Under Cover. In these raids property seized, most- ly gambling paraphernalia, has a re- placement value close to a quarter of | & million dollars, goods in each seizure | averaging $10,000 to $15,000, according to Lieut. Little. Aside from these activities, the Dis- trict Attorney and the head of the special investigations squad claim they have silenced the big shot gambiers | for the time being, at least. “We know that gambling still goes lon,” Garnett admitted, “but it is not quite as flourishing as it was some time ago. We've got the gamblers on the run.” At present, the District attorney’s | office claims to be handicapped be- ! cause of the inconclusiveness of the law; but there is a test case in the prosecution. “Either that, or the amended law, | when Congress gets around to it,” Garnett contends, “will help stamp out gambling in this city.” MOTIVES ARE SIFTED IN POSSIBLE SUICIDE Former Insurance Executive Is Found Shot to Death in Automobile. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, December 3.— Authorities sifted a handful of possible motives to help them determine whether H. B. Hill, former insurance executive, took his own life, a favored theory, or was slain. Hill was found shot to death in his car Saturday night, and conflicting clues have plunged authorities into a deep mystery. A revolver was clutched in his hand, and a bullet in his temple had caused his death. His car was perforated with bullets fired from the outside. State’s Attorney Alfred Greening of Sangamon County reiterated his be- lief that Hill fired several bullets into his own car to make it appear as a slaying, then took his own life. But Sheriff Willlam J. Natterman contin- ued to inyestigate the theory that Hill ‘was shot to death by gangsters. ’ With Lieut. George Little of the| special investigation squad, the United | courts that may open up avenues of ; ress. TWO CENTS. CONSPIRACY TO FIX INCOME TAX CASE WILL BE CHARGED Utility President to Tell Jury of $150,000 Eva- sion Proposals. TWO INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICIALS ARE REMOVED Government to Ask Indictment of Six Persons—New York Con- sultants Involved. BY REX COLLIER. Thomas N. McCarter, president of the New Jersey Public Service Co. and of the Edison Electric Institute, will go before the District grand jury this week as star witness for the Government in what Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau has described ias a “conspiracy to sell out the Gov- ernment” by income tax evasion. McCarter is the citizen who came to Secretary Morgenthau recently with revelations of proposals to “fix” a | pending tax case alleged to have been | made to him by New York tax con- { sultants. _ As a result of the disclosures two llm))on.am employes of the Internal | Revenue ‘Bureau have been dismissed |and two others are to be drepped. The Government will ask the grand jury to indict at least two Federal | employes and possibly six persons in | all, it is said. Fights T. V. A. Project. Acting as head of the Edison In- | stitute, which represents about 80 per cent of the Nation's power interests, | McCarter recently attracted attention in Government circles by announcing that the institute will wage a legal battle against constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority project. Morgenthau told reporters last week { that the alleged plot in the Internal i Revenue Bureau was uncovered as | result of information given him by a Tominent patriotic citizen.” Iden. tity of the informant at that time was withheld. McCarter told the Treasury Secre- tary that the tax consultants, who since have been barred from further dealings with the Treasury, offered to settle a $150.000 tax case on a 20 per cent commission basis. -Mec- Carter was non-committal to the tax | advisers. Instead of accepting their proposition he came to Washington and told Morgenthau zbout it. Helvering Investigates. Morgenthau directed Internal Rev- | enue Commissioner Guy T. Helvering to conduct an investigation. The in- quiry was made by Elmer L. Irey, chief | of the bureau’s intelligence unit, and as a result of preliminary findings a responsible official of the bureau and one of its staff of auditors was dis- | missed. | Irey's unit meanwhile is investigat- | ing every tax case settled by the dis- missed employes over a 14-year period, | under orders of Secretary Morgenthau. The inquiry will require weeks of work because of the ramifications involved | McCarter and a number of other { Witnesses for the Government will ap- ! pear before the grand jury, possibly to- | morrow or Wednesday, it is reported. | Representatives of United States At- i torney Leslie C. Garnett, the Internal i Revenue Bureau and the Department | of Justice were in conference today on the case. | The dismissed official had been with | the Internal Revenue Bureau since 1920._All cases which he handled dur- (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) “TRAGEDY” SLAYER SENTENCED TO DIE Robert Edwards Calmly Hears Judge Impose Supreme Penalty. By the Associated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa, December 3—Sentence of death in the electric chair was imposed today upon Robert Edwards, who was convicted of murdering Freda McKechnie, his friend and neighbor, at Harveys Lake a few months ago. The sentence was imposed without any previous announcement because of Judge W. A. Valentine's determi- nation to prevent crowds from con- gregating as they did at the trial in October. Less than a dozen persons were in the court room. When Edwards informed the court he had nothing to say before sen- tence was imposed, Judge Valentine tersely sentenced him to die in the Rockview Penitentiary electric chair at a time to be fixed by the Governor. Edwards, convicted of the murder |of Miss McKechnie during a night swimming party because her physical condition interfered with his plans to marry Margaret Crain, heard the death penalty imposed with the same calm that marked his appearance at the trial. Chief Defense Counsel Frank Mc- Guigan said the defense may be un- able to appeal to the Supreme Court for a new trial because of lack of funds He declared friends of the Edwards’ family in Edwardsville, however, had started a move to raise a fund. A new trial was denied last ‘week. —_— AUSTRALIA HITS BACK AT ENGLISH TARIFFS Britain Warned That Continued High Duties May Lead Do- minion to Retaliate. By the Associated Press. CANBERRA, Australia, December 3.—Dr. Earle Page, deputy prime min- ister of Australia, warned Great Britain today that a continuation of her tariff policy might lead to reprisals by this dominion. Addressing an agricultural confer- ence, Dr. Page indicated that if Britain insisted upon restriction of Australian produce Australis would be forced to adopt a policy of providing for her needs internally. e | | |