Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1934, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, slightly colder tonight, tempera- ture about 31 degrees; tomorrow partly cloudy. Temperatures—Highest, 54 at 1:30 pm. yesterday; lowest, 36, at T7:15 am. today. Full report on page A-11. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17,18%19 ch ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 33,090. post office, Wa Entered as second class matter shington, D. C. ULM RESCUE HOPES DI AS SEARGHERS FIND NO TRACE OF PLANE OFF HAWAI Doubt Voiced That Trio, Could Survive Crash of Ship in Pacific — Rain| Hampers Search. LIFESAVING EQUIPMENT DISCARDED IN ADVANCE Lost Flyers' Confidence in Suc- cess Cuts Chances of Being Spared—Mechanics Say Star of Australia. Was Unsafe—Ocean Combed by Aircraft and Ships. By the Assoclated Press. HONOLULU, December 5. —Through | the air and over the water, Army, | Navy and private searchers widened | the hunt today for Flight Lieut.| Charles T. P. Ulm and two compan- | lons whose trans-Pacific plane was forced to an ocean landing. Rain hampered both air and surface | searchers. Every hour brought new fear that the trim Star of Australia, a land plane. had sunk beneath the surging Pacific with its three passengers, when gasoline gave out yesterday. The men had virtually no chance of surviving their plane more than an hour or so as they were so confident of reaching Honolulu they carried no life-saving equipment. An all-night cruise by 23 naval craft failed to locate a trace of the rlane in which Ulm, Co-pilot George Littlejohn and Navigator-Radio Op- erator J. L. Skilling took off from Oailand, Monday. for Honolulu on a contemplated Australia flight. The | trio was attempting to chart a com- | mercial trans-Pacific fying route. | The exact location of the luckless adventurers was not known. S O S messages flashed from the plane yes- terday indicated it came down within 200 miles of Oahu, but Ulm said he was off his course and frantically | sought bearings. 1 27 Planes in Search. ‘Twenty-seven naval airplanes were serviced during the night and took | off at dawn to search an area within 300 miles of the archipelago. They were aided by three Army amphibian planes, which were or- dered to base one each at Kauai, the | northernmost Hawaiian island; Ha- waii, the southernmost island, and Oahu, in the center of the area being covered. Meanwhile, the search went forward by surface craft of the Navy, private boats and scores of Japanese fishing sampans en route to and from the fishing grounds. The theory grew among naval offi- cers that Ulm's plane had landed short of Oahu and to the northeast. Agreeing with this theory, Comdr. E. W. Tod directed naval searchers to scour this territory thoroughly. Doubts Plane Afloat. Comdr. Tod said he doubted if the plane still was afloat. “When a plane comes down on the water, it comes down hard,” he said. “When a land plane hits the water it probably turns turtle. Although radio | reports seemed to indicate the plane | was upright when it landed yesterday, | after it landed there still is danger of its becoming water-logged and sink- ing.” One by one the planes which started the search yesterday returned to their bases last night, but 18 sub- marines, three light mine layers and two Coast Guard vessels continued the hunt throughout the night. Searchlights played across the dark- ness in hopes of locating the missing airmen. The fliers' first warning that they “"(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) 4 JURORS SELECTED FOR INSULL TRIAL| Martin to Use “Innocence of In-| tent” Plea, Which Brought Samuel's Acquittal. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 5—Selection of eight more jurors remained today in the trial of Martin J. Insull in Crimi- nal Court on charges of embezzling $344,720 from the Middle West Utility Co., which he headed. Four jurors were accepted during the trial's first day attended by the de- fendant’s brother, Samuel Insull, who was recently acquitted of Federal charges of using the mails to defraud. Defense counsel indicated that a plea of “innocence of intent”—the de- fense used successfully by Samuel and his 16 co-defendants—probably would be the basis of their arguments. New Strikes Attract Miners To Rich Cali By the Assoctated Press. MOJAVE, Calif., December 5.— Hundreds of prospectors swarmed into this desert town today as two more rich gold strikes were reported in the vicinity of the Silver Queen, the West's newest bonanza. Before dawn today, scores of miners took to the hilsl after spend- ing the night in their automobiles. The “smell of gold” was everywhere and Mojave bordered upon hysteria teminiscent of the days of '49. Shortly after rnoon yesterday George and Ralph Wyman drove in from the hills, the rumble seat of their little Foadster filled with ore. “We hit a vein at Middle Butte @bout 15 feet wide and we located 1t again about 1,000 feet further on,” they informed the crowd that surged wbout them. ' Lo | were chained to power line poles on | Main street here today. | night, until they agreed to work out | of forcing the officials to unchain the | 5.—President Roosevelt will leave here | 1 |of a plan to remove all cotton grow- | taken also as instruction to the small | Hunter McIntyre, the President’s sec- WASHINGTO. D. C, Kentucky Prisoners Chained To Posts for Refusing to Work Trio, Held on Liquor Charge, Tied to Telephone Poles in Street Because They Will Not Clean It. By the Associated Press. PAINTSVILLE, Ky., December 5.— In a scene reminiscent of Colonial days three men who refused to work out fines imposed for drunkenness Large crowds gathered to see Town Marshall Jess Allen bind the men with log chains and attach two 25- pounds iron balls to each man and lock them with padlocks to separate posts on three corners. Allen said he acted on orders of Police Judge R. A. Patrick, who said later that the trio would stay there, except at their fines. The men chained were James Price, 25; William Dills, 25, and Oscar (Blackie) Pelphrey, 22. To Seek Legal Advice. A relative of one of the trio said he would ask legal advice in the hope victims and put them back in jail. Price and Pelphrey, without over- coats, shivered in the morning chill, but Dills, better clad, appeared not to be suffering from cold. Bystanders provided Price and Pelphrey with chairs and openly expressed indigna- tion at the treatment accorded the men. The men, talkative at first as crowds of passersby gathered, settled down finally to take their punishment, as- serting they had no intention of back- ing down on their refusal. Could Not Pay Fines. Judge Patrick said the men were arrested as drunks and could not pay their fines. When told they would have to work on the streets under Allen, who also heads the Street Cleaning Department, they refused, the judge said. He ordered them taken to ijail for lunch after three hours of being chained to the posts and said | the punishment would be continued until the prisoners agreed to work. “I'll take them in at night,” said Judge Patrick, “but they’ll be back every day just the same, if they won't work.” Price’s post was diagonally across the street from the Johnson County Court House, Pelphrey’s in front of the City Hall and Dill's between the two others. ROOSEVELT ENDS GEORGIA SOJOURN Move to Relieve Small Cot- ton Grower From Control Gains Favor. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WARM SPRINGS, Ga. December this afternoon for Washington, grati- fied by the quick and favorable re- | action to his announcement last night ers producing two bales or less from the restrictions of the Bankhead cot- ton control act. This step is popular in the cotton producing States because it is aimed to benefit the small grower who has not fared so well under this act. ‘The President’s announced plan 15‘ cotton growers to vote “right” De- cember 14, when a referendum is taken to determine whether the act, with its licensing and taxing features for control of cotton, shall be con- tinued enother year, Plan Assured for Year. The President’s move is something that unquestionably will raise the hopes of the small growers, probably to the extent of bringing about a vote December 14 that will insure the licensing and taxing features for another year. Announcement of his plan was made by the President in & carefully prepared statement issued in an in- formal manner in the unpretentious cottage in which the newspaper cor- respondents live. Postmaster General James A. Farley and Ambrose O'Con- nell, his executive assistant, “sat in" | while the President read his state- ment, written in pencil. Dr. Rexford | G. Tugwell, Undersecretary of Agri- | | culture, who is considered his closest adviser at present, and Col. Marvin retary, arrived before the President | concluded. The President said in his state- ment: “If the Bankhead act is con- tinued in effect for another year it is my purpose to recommend to Congress an amendment granting the exemption for full amount of his base production to each farmer who has an established base production of not more than two bales of cotton.” Seeks to Cut “Red Tape.” ‘The President believes it is difficult to carry through crop regulation if the authorities-have to do it for every small producer. Therefore his aim is to help the “little fellow” by simplify- ing matters and cutting red tape. The President made it plain that he considers the cotton program an out- standing success inasmuch as it has reduced the carry-over of cotton and at the same time raised the price from 5!; cents a pound to 12!; cents. He hopes to bring this carry-over down to normal in about four or five years. BARMAN KILLS 3, SELF Drink Dispenser Slays Com- panions in Frenzy. STOCKTON, Calif, December § (#).—“Black Joe” Spinetti, a bar- tender, shot and killed three men and then committed suicide at the end of his reign of terror in two bar rooms here early today. Police said Spinetti had been drink- ing heavily. They believed he was aroused to a frenzy by imagined in- sults, although they said they were also investigating the possibility of underworld or Mafia connection be- hind the slayings. fornia Bonanza Middle Butte is a rhyolite outcrop- ping similar to the hill on which the Silver Queen is located. The other strike was reported in Pine Tree Can- yon, 20 miles from here. Prospectors poured into the strike area In spite of warnings of veteran miners and State officials that expen- sive machinery is necessary to extract the yellow metal from the ore car- ried out of the hills. Meanwhile George Holmes, discov- erer of the Siiver Queen, who has given an option on his 60 per cent interest to South African interests for a purported $3,250,000, was the cynosure of all eyes in Mojave. “I'm going to get a home in Bev- erly Hills, and take a trip around the world,” his wife announced. “We're not going to make a vulgar display of ourselves,” said Holmes. CAPTURE OF WIDOW HELD VOLUNTARY Chicago Newspaper Claims Mrs. Gillis Telephoned She Would Give Up. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 5—The Chi- cago American said today it had learned that Mrs. Helen M. Gillis, widow of “Baby Face” Nelson and now in the custody of Federal agents, sur- rendered voluntarily Thursday after a telephone communication from the home of Nelson's sister, Mrs. Juliette Fitzsimmons. She surrendered two days after her husband, public enemy No. 1, had been mortally wounded in & gun battle in which Federal Agents Samuel Cowley and Herman E. Hollis were killed. The story said Mrs. Fitzsimmons declared Mrs. Giilis had disclosed that Nelson died in bed in a house “some- where near Chicago” where he had been taken by his wife and an un- named man after he had been wounded. Claims Purvis Sick. The American also said that Mel- vin Purvis, Chicago chief of the Di sion of Investigation. has been in- capacitated by overwork and was on “sick leave,” refuting the theory that his disappearance from his office was in an attempt to make a single- handed capture of John Hamilton or Alvin Karpis. Possibility that John Hamilton, ace gunner of the Dillinger gang, is al- ready under arrest was one of a num- ber of rumors that cropped up today. Government man-hunters, seeking Hamilton as the accomplice of Nelson in the slaying of Cowley and Hollis, refused to comment or to indicate if Hamilton's trail had been picked up. A veil of secrecy likewise was main- tained concerning circumstances of Mrs. Gillis’ arrest in Chicago Thanks- giving night. It was learned that she has been questioned extensively at an unan- nounced place of detention, leading to the belief that she may have given the investigators information as to the whereabouts of Hamilton. The fact that no announcement of Mrs. Gillis’ detention was made until yesterday gave strength to a suggestion in unofficial circles that Hamilton may already be in custody. Another rumor was that Nelson had been in a hideout near Lake Geneva, ‘Wis., just before the fatal gun fight at Barrington, Ill. This was denied by H. M. Clegg, official of the Depart- ment of Justice who came from Wash- ington to direct the hunt for the rem- nants of the Dillinger gang. Still another rumor, which lacked verification, was that Mrs. Gillis her- self had been the indirect source of information on which Agents Cowley and Hollis came upon Nelson and his companion at Barrington. This ru- mor had it that her information as to her husband’s whereabouts had been passed along through a close woman friend. The capture of Mrs. Gillis alive ~(Continued on Page 8, Column 1.) STREET CAR STRIKERS SPURN COMPANY OFFER Los Angeles Platform Men Re- ject Proposal to Return 100 Workers to Jobs. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 5.— Striking platform men of the Los An- geles Railway Co. went back to the picket lines today, after rejecting a proposal to return 100 of their number to work. The proposal also provided for re- turning the rest of the strikers to the extra list without the formality of a medical examination and with age- limit restrictions waived. New conferences were scheduled to- day by the Federal mediators in an effort to avert a threatened walkout of 1,600 employes of the Pacific Elec- tric, which sefves suburban communi- Serial Story Service Orders Short Story Society . Sports . SPERAER OFFERS DOCUNENT PROOF OF OBBYCHARGES “Possible Dynamite” Seen in Papers Turned Over to House Probers. |OFFICER AND AUTO MAN AMONG THOSE NAMED New Grand Jury Inquiry Possible on Basis of Evidence Now Available. BY REX COLLIER. Documentary evidence which Frank | E. Speicher, new-found witness in the investigation of War Department con- tracts, has declared will support his version of alleged improper liaison be- tween lobbyists and some Army of- ficers was in possession of a House Military Affairs Subcommittee today. A suitcase full of documents—de- scribed by one official as “possible dynamite”—was obtained from Speich- er Monday night by agents for the committee who visited the apartment of the “mystery witness.” The papers are being examined carefully by committee members and investigators, who already have heard from Speicher a startling story of lob- bying as it existed at the War De- partment prior to a grand jury inves- tigation early this year. Makes Third Appearance. Speicher made his third appear- ance in as many days before the House investigating group today in executive session. He is appearing voluntarily, following a long search for him by Department of Justice agents. Lo- cated in New York City, he gave Fed- eral officers a 50-page statement, copies of which were supplied United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett and Chairman McSwain of the House Mil- itary Affairs Committee. Because of the possibility that an- other grand jury investigation of Army business dealings may result from Speicher’s testimony and documents, Garnett again delegated Assistant United States Attorney Allen J. Kreuse to sit with the House group in its closed hearing today. Speicher’s statements, made in ad- vance of the hearing, are said to have reflected on a high officer of the Army, an executive of an automobile com- pany and other persons engaged in business negotiations at the War De- partment. Gives Document Proof. Officials are understood to have said that if documentary proof of some of Speicher’s assertions could be obtained, reopening of the grand jury investiga- tion of alleged irregularities in War Department contract dealings would be ordered. Speicher is said to have promised to produce the written evi- dence and the suitcase full of docu- ments was received by the committee in fulfillment of the promise. To what extent the papers corrob- orate Speicher's testimony could not be learned today. Names of a number of prominent persons are said to ap- pear in letters and memorandums concerning negotiations for Army con- tracts. Committee members said it will re- quire several more days to peruse the documents and complete the taking of | testimony from Speicher, who is de- scribed as sales representative for a leak-proof tire concern and a truck body company. If the nature of the testimony and written evidence warrants, the docu- mentary evidence and a transcript of Speicher’s oral testimony will be turned over to Krouse for delivery to Garnett with a view to presentation to the grand jury. The previous grand jury inquiry ended in no indictments, but the jurors severely condemned lobbying condi- tions at the War Department in a special report to President Roosevelt and Secretary of War Dern. Speicher could not be located in time to testify before that jury, although an intensive search for him was made by Justice agents. Belgian Envoy Here January 3. BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 5 (#)—Count Van Der Straeten Pon- thoz, who was named Belgian Ambas- sador to the United States, will as- sume his duties at Washington Jan- uary 3, it was announced today. Only 17 Shopping Days Until Christmas Take this tip from Santa Claus—read the columns of The Star every day for hun- dreds of suggestions—then shop early. This means before the stores are too crowded. The ' stores are already crowded at noon and late in the afternoon, so whenever possible it’s to your advan- tage to shop in the morning or early afternoon. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display.) Lines. The Evening Star. 43,167 2nd Newspaper . .... 23,530 3rd Newspaper. ... 16,832 4th Newspaper.... 9,449 5th Newspaper.... 8,007 Total (n&hSisrs) 57,818 The stores have never been more attractive than they are right now with window and counter displays and Christ- mas decorations. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934—FORTY PAGES. o o Star FH¥ The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 125,786 Some Returns Not Yet Recelved (P) Means Associated Press. AND DONT FORGET To PUT THIS SEAL ON YOUR PACKAGES' HARMONY SOUGHT ING. 0. P. FIGHT Theodore Roosevelt,McNary Try to Quell Borah- Couzens Brawl. By the Assoclated Press. | Attempts were under way today to restore harmony in a Republican party | which finds two such old-time friends | as Senator Borah and Senator Cou- | | zens tossing barbs at each other. A plea by Theodore Roosevelt, jr., | that Republicans build themselves up as “constructive liberals” was widely regarded as an attempt at peace-mak- | ing, though it was penned before the Borah-Couzens clash. In a letter published by the Na- | tional Republican Club Review, the son of the famous “T. R.” said a re- | organized party should strive to cor- | rect “the failures in our present social | structure” without abandoning “sound | policies” or embarking on ‘“untried schemes.” Senator McNary of Oregon, the Re- publican floor leader, and a believer in liberalization of the party, plans to | invite Western independents to con- ferences on party organization. Borah Asks for Program. Couzens of Michigan, though known | as a lone-hand Senator, often has gone along with the Western inde- pendents. Somewhat to the Capital's surprise, he hurled a challenge yes-| terday in the direction of Borah of | Idaho, noted independent. After Borah had sought the resignation of National Chairman Henry P. Fletcher in vair and demanded a reorganization, Cou- zens suggested the Idaho Senator ought to come forward with a con- | structive platform. Borah, he said. failed in recent at- | tacks on parts of the New Deal be- cause he didn't offer substitutes. “I'll give him a platform headed by a plank to tax tax-exempt securi- ties,” Borah flared. This was taken as a thrust at the way Couzens has invested his money. One of the Senate’s wealthiest men, he is reported to have large holdings } | of exempt securities. i Renounces Borah Support. Hearing of that remark, Couzens | first laughed and then answered: | “I never heard Borah make such | {a proposal in the Senate, and if he | does I'll be glad to support it, in | spite of the fact that Borah believes it unconstitutional.” Recalling that he had offered, back in 1924, to finance a Borah-for-Presi- j dent campaign, he said he was now | “deeply obligated to Borah for re- fusing, because if he had accepted |it would have been a terrible ca- tastrophe for the country.” Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania agreed with Borah that the party needed | ! revivifying along more liberal lines of | thought. | Pinchot, a frequent and outspoken ! eritic of the more conservative mem- bers of his par?‘ had talked with Borah yesterday at the latter's office. “I believe Senator Borah is right in his demands that the Republican party should unite behind a thor- oughly progressive platform,” he com- mented. Plea Made in Open Letter. Col. Roosevelt made his plea for lib- eralism in an open letter addressed to members of the Republican Na- tional Committee. Analyzing the results of the Novem- ber elections, Roosevelt counseled against both the extreme right and ! extreme left. He urged reorganization ‘along modern and progressive lines.” Borah announced that he would continue his fight against the Old Guard in a speech before the Young Republican Clubs of New York State on December 13 and that today he would receive a delegation of young “progressive” Republicans from Phil- adelphia. Borah said he would reply to Henry P. Fletcher and others in his New York speech., L DUTCH BUY U. S. PLANES 14 Like Derby Winner to Speed East Indies Service. AMSTERDAM, December 5 (P).— President Albert Plesman announced today the Dutch Royal Airlines has ordered 14 American-built airplanes preparatory to speeding up the East Indies Service. The planes are of Douglas make. It was a Douglas plane in which the Dutch fiyers, K. D. Parmentier and J. J. Moll, won the first handicap prize in the recent England-to-Melbourne Air Derby. After arrival of the planes, the com- pany plans to initiate semi-weekly In- dian service. Dutch authorities ap- proved the order. » Gale Delays Effort To Make Ice With Tropical Seawater Scientist’s ‘Plant’ Blown Off Course, but New Trial Is Planned. By the Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, December 5—A | gale yesterday almost ended Prof George Claudes’ attempt at making ice in tropical seas through the action of hot-surface and cold-subsurface wa- ters. His floating ice factory, the Tunisie, was 62 miles off shore attempting to sink a 20-ton pig iron base as founda- tion for the half-mile vertical tube through which the cold water from the bottom of the sea would be raised. ‘The Tunisie's crew worked four days to place the big metal sphere, 3) feet in diameter, in position. Then, the Tunisie was blown off the spot and the huge base was dragged out of place. It later was raised by electric elevators. Favorable weather is being awaited lower the base. Prof. Claude expects to be able to TWO TIRE PLANTS DEFY LABOR BOARD | |Goodrich and Firestone Sue | to Block Order for La- bor Elections. By the Associated Press. | AKRON, Ohio, December 5.—Two large rubber companies today ques- | tioned the right of the National Labor | Relations Board to order elections in | their plants to determine employe | representatives for the purpose of collective bargaining. The B. F. Goodrich Co. and the | Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. peti-| tioned the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincinnati for & review | and setting aside of the order for an | election December 7. The petition au- | tomatically stayed the election. | The Labor Board, after being in- | formed of the court action, amended | the court to delay its decision on the | companies’ petition until the amended TWO CENTS. NOBEL ARMS FIRM ACCUSED OF USING REICH REARMING TOINCREASE SALES British Company “Winked” at Treaty Violation, Sen- ate Munitions Probers Are Informed by Vandenberg. INDUSTRY POWER HELD BEYOND GOVERNMENTS’ Knowledge of One Country's Buy- ing Transmitted to Others to Stimulate Trade With Them, Senator Says—Du Pont Aide Holds U. S. Powerless. By the Assoclated Press. A statement that Nobel, Ltd., Brit- ish munitions firm founded by the donor of the International Peace Prize, was guilty of “winking™” at the rearm- ing of Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty was presented today to the Senate Munitions Committee. The committee also received evi- dence that the State Department in 1925 recognized the Allies were conniv- ing with Germany in violating the Versailles Treaty because permitting the :llegal manufacture of explosives in Germany “swelled the reparations funa.” Correspondence between the du Pont company and its foreign department drew the charge of “winking” from Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, who is concucting the in- quiry in the absence of Chairman Nye, who is out of town. One of the letters plainly said Nobel could have brought pressure on the British government to stop violation of the peace pact by German manu- facturers in 1926, but did not do so be- cause of its German connection. Du Pont Aide Quoted. The evidence about the State De- partment was in a letter from Aiken Simons, du Pont Washington repre- sentstive, to his company, reporting on a conversation he had with Allen ‘W. Dulles, chief of the department’s Near Eastern division. ‘The letter said in reference to manu- |in order to make another attempt to | its order for an election and asked facture and export of explosives from Germany in violation of the treaty: “Mr. Dulles said he was well aware manufacture about 1,000 tons of ice | order has been read by both the court | Of this and that he was also aware daily. NUMBERS RACKET BREEDING OTHERS Representative Werner Says Easy-Money Lure Has Tendency to Spread. Representative Theodore B. Werner of South Dakota, a member of the House District Committee, sees dan- ger of the numbers game breeding other racketeering in Washington. “Where one racket flourishes, others are bound to follow,” he said yester- day. He let it be known that he plans to introduce a resolution at the next session of Congress “for the insurance and protection of widows and children of policemen killed in the line of duty.” Aimed specifically to protect the Metropolitan Police Force, the bill would be retroactive, to include all living widows and orphans of police- men who lost their lives while on duty. There are said to be more than twenty such families. Lure of Easy Money. “I first became acquainted with Washington racketeering through the columns of The Star in its discussion of the so-called numbers game,” said Mr. Werner, a South Dakota news- paper publisher, editor and owner of the Rapid City Guide. (Note: The Star, the Times, the Herald and the Post have acceded to the recent request by United States Attorney Garnett to prevent the dissemination of the totals of mutuel prices By refusing to print such totals. Mr. Garnett in his letter to the newspapers explained that the numbers game was being conducted with these totals, publi- cation of which is of interest only to the numbers gamblers.) “It is palpable that ‘easy money’ is the ‘come-on’ in Washington—to use a gangster's expression. While there is this lure—easy money—the under- world of other large cities may be a tracted here. That means the Metro- politan Police Force will be kept busy. “Police officers of Washington take their lives in their hands every time they encounter yeggs. Such officers deserve the same consideration given men of combat units during active warfare. Those men, going into battle, know that their loved ones at home will be cared for by.a benevolent Gov- ernment.” King Plan Favored. Two years a member of Congress, the second Democratic Representative ever elected from South Dakota and just re-elected, Werner said: “I am in favor of the plan of Senator King of Utah, to give further compensation to the widows and children of those fine young Department of Justice agents—Baum, Cowley and Hollis—re- cently killed by the Dillinger gang and ‘Baby Face' Nelson. But, if further compensation is to be given to these unfortunate victims, the widows and children of Metropolitan Police Force members should get the same consid- eration. “If a policeman is now killed in ac- tion his widow gets only $60 a month and $10 for each child dependent. That is surely not enough. I am not sure how high the compensation should go, but that is something for the District Committee to decide.” ] and the companies. i Election Rules Made. ' The amended order provides that | the election be held the seventh and | | eighth days following the court’s deci- | | sion 1f the court action is continued, | | with pay rolls of the two companies | to be submitted two days before the | election. | It provided further that if the jamended order is complied with | within five days of the court action, | the elections should be held Tuesday, with pay rolls to be submitted two days earlier. Ralph A. Lind, regional director for | the board, said he had been ordered to hold up any action in connection with holding the elections. He said the board undoubtedly will file an- swers to the suits. Union Awaits Decision. Coleman C. Claherty, president of the United Rubber Workers' Council | at Akron, said there was nothing the union could do about the matter | until the union receives official noti- fication of the court action. 1 The election would have determined | whether employes preferred to be | represented in collective bargaining negotiations by existing representa- tion plans within the plants or by | the council, an affiliate of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor. The action of the rubber companies | came just before the deadline on | which they were to surrender - their pay roll lists to Lind, showing how many of the 12,000 Goodrich em- ployes and 9.000 Firestone employes | were eligible to vote. STEEL COMPANY ACTS. Carnegie Firm Disputes Right to Hold Worker Elections. By the Associated Press. The Carnegie Steel Co. today chal- lenged the right of the Steel Labor Relations Board to conduct elections at its Duquesne, Pa,, and McDonald, ©Ohio, plants. Employes at the two plants, coun- sel for the company contended, were not engaged in any work that was a part of interstats commerce. The company’s challenge was made | at a hearing before the board on the | Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers’' petition for an election at the Pennsylvania and Ohio plants. Typhoon Kills Three. MANILA, P. I, December 5 (#).— ‘Three Filipinos were reported killed and virtually the entire town of Baucit blown down today by the eighth of a series of typhoons to sweep the Philip- pines in recent months. By the Assoclated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., December 5.— A mass of stone estimated to weigh 200,000 tons plinged with a dull roar into the Niagara Gorge early today from beneath Table Rock, the spot where tourists get closest to the Canadian tip of the Horseshoe Falls. Unlike two other rock slides since 1931 from the American and Horse- shoe cataracts, the gigantic slide did not change the contour of the falls. The new break was believed to have been from 50 to 60 feet long and about 100 feev wide. Ellison Kaumeyer, general manager of the Niagara Parks Commission, estimated the fall of rock at 200,000 that powder and other munitions were continually shipped out of Germany with the connivance of the allies since the resulting sales of munitions swelled the reparation fund.” Irenee du Pont, on the witness stand, took issue with Vandenberg for placing blame on the Nobel Co. He characterized it as “rank non- sense” to blame munitions manufac- turers for not enforcing the treaty when the governments concerned un- doubtedly had the same information the companies had. “Certainly the British government knew all about this situation,” Du Pont said. “It seems to me you should question them about why they didn't act.” Vandenberg agreed that the British knew of the matter and referred to a confidential government report pre- pared in 1926 and distributed in allied governmental circles. Amazed at Public Attitude. Vandenberg said it was “amazing” there was apparently so much au- thentic information and yet no public protest over violation of the treaty. He previously had said rearming of Germany and Austria was brought about by forces “more powerful than governments.” K. K. V. Casey. an official of the " (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) HONDURAS RUSHES AID IN EARTHQUAKE Three Cities Reported Destroyed and Six Others Damaged by Tremors. By the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Decem- ber 5—The government made hasty preparations today to meet what ap- peared to be Honduras' second major natural disaster within six months. Three towns were reported to have been laid waste and others damaged by an earthquake in Central Honduras, but disrupted communication lines prevented any indication of the casu- alties. Some 1,000 persons were killed and property was devastated by a hurri- cane which struck the country last July. An official report from Sinuapa, Ocotepeque Department, said the towns of San Jorge, La Encarnacion and San Fernando were probably de- stroyed and six others badly damaged by the quake. The three towns had a combined population of 6,500. 200,000-Ton Rock Crashes From Ledge at Niagara Falls The pile of rock in the water was visible where it fell when mist and spray cleared momentarily in gusts of wind. It was the third slide at Niagara Falls in recent years. A large curve developed in the American falls, the smallest of the two cataracts, in 1931. At that time a slice of rock 150 feet deep and 300 feet wide fell into the Niagara River. It was estimated to weigh 80,000 tons. The second big fall five months ago. brought down rock 100 feet wide and 50 feet or more deep from the Cana- dian cataract. Table Rock was close to this point. Last night's crash of rock was be- (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) ]