Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1935, Page 2

A—2 %x¥ PROBE OF FARLEY | STAMP GIFT ASKED New York Republican Says Officials Favored by Valuable Issues. By the Associated Press. An investigation of reports that Postmaster General Farley has given rare stamps worth a “tremendous” sum to a number of his friends, in- cluding President and Mrs. Roosevelt, was asked formally in the House to- day by Representative Millard, Re- publican of New York. Millard recounted that since the Roosevelt administration took office March 4, 1933, 17 special commemo- rative stamps have been issued “on the theory that the people were get- ting tired of the old ones.” Before the stamps were perforated for tearing, coated with glue or offered for public sale, he said, big sheets of them were given by the Postmaster General to “a favored few of his friends” as well as to his children, Betty, Ann and James, Jr. Cites Value of Gifts. Millard said he agreed with com- plaints of stamp collectors that this was unfair discrimination, but that he felt “a much more serious situa- tion has arisen whereby an official of the Federal Government can make unlimited presentations of gifts not ! purchasable in the open market, but“ which have a value in that market of $20,000." “From this it is quite obvious that the monetary value of Mr. Farley's gift is tremendous,” he added. The Republican Representative asked approval of a resolution requir- ing Farley to appear before the House Post Office Committee and explain. Millard asserted that the first full sheet of 200 Mother’s day stamps was presented to Mrs. Roosevelt, and that other “imperforates” not put on the open market went to the President who is an ardent stamp collector; Louis M. Howe of the President’s sec- retariat, and Farley’s children. The President, Howe, Farley'’s chil- dren, and the First and Third Assist- ant Postmasters General, he said, similarly received Wisconsin memorial stamps, and special national parks stamps went to Secretary Ickes. Charges Stamps Offered. ‘The Westchester County, New York, chapter of the American Philatelic Society, Millard said, feels “that such issuances and practices have a strong tendency to cast suspicion that favor- itism is practiced by the head of an important department of our Federal Government., who, like Caesar's wife.‘ should be above and beyond suspicion.” Although Farley has explained that the special stamps were distributed with the understanding they were not to be sold, Millard asserted some of them had appeared on the open mar- ket or been offered for sale. Democratic leaders in the House have evidenced little concern over the stamp complaints, and Millard’s de- mand for an inquiry seemed likely to meet stiff opposition. FORESTERS DISCL 38 PROBLEMS OF CODE| 500 Delegates at Conference Alsa Consider " Activities “of ' C.°C.C. Camps. ‘The lumber code, forestry problems and responsibilities rising from the ex- pansion preggam of the administration and activities of the C. C.:C. camps were discussed today among 500 dele- gates to the thirty-fourth ‘annual meeting of the Saciety.of. American Foresters in the Shorehaii Hotel. With regisiration of the delegates at 9 o'clock opening the program, C. M. Granger of the United States For- est Service presided at this morning's session. The status of zoning in Wiis- consin was discussed by F. G. Wilson, a member of the State Censervation Department, while two other-addresses. by F. A. Silcox, chief of the Forestry Service, and H. H. Chapman, presi- dent of the society, were high lights of the program. Article 10 of the lumber code wilk be discussed in this afternoon’s sessions with, Prof. Emanuel Fritz of University of California presiding. David T. Ma- son, an_executive officer of the code, will lead the discussion. Dr. S. T. Dana, dean of the School of Forestry and Conservation, Uni- versity of Michigan, will preside at to- night’s meeting, when forestry educa- tional problems will be considered. Election of officers also will be held to- | night. Presentation to President Roosevelt of the Schlich Memorial award will be | the feature of tomorrow’s program at | noon. | e Supper. Plans Changed. HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 28 (Special).—The oyster supper planned for February 8 by the Women's Bible Class of the First Presbyterian Church has been canceled, and instead the class will hold a roast beef dinner February 7 from 5:30 to 7 o’clock in the church basement. - The change in date was necessary to aveld con- flict .with other events. ey How to Avoid Common Errors. ‘The period for the filing of income tax returns covering the calendar year 1924 begins January 1 and ends at midnight of March 15. Within this period are filled annually millions of individual income-tax returns, a large proportion of which report income sub- Ject to the tax. The latter contain a considerable percentage of errors, which if uncorrected by the audit would result in the disadvantage of the taxpayer. Many are errors of computation easily discovered on’ the face of the return,; which usually is ac- companied by a payment of more than the amount of the tax due. In other returns it is ‘readily discernible that the taxpayer has failed to take adyan- tage of the personal exemption, credit allowed for dependents, or deductions from gross income to which he is en- titled. To avoid these and other errors, the Bureau of Internal Revenue urges careful reading of the instructions on the forms for filing returns. Addi- tional information, if needed, may be obtained at the office of a collector of internal revenue, deputy collector, or an internal revenue agent in charge. Also, as a further aid in the prepa- ration of a correct income-tax return for the year 1934, the Bureau has pre- pared a series of short newspaper articles, of which this is the first, ad- vising the salaried man, wage earner, professional and business man—in fact, every class of individual tax- payer—of his requirements and priv- ileges as interpreted under the latest regulations, rulings, and decisions re- lating to the income-tax law. | Congressman to see that much Fed- What’s What Behind News In Capital President Has His Works Plan But Keeps It From Congress. BY PAUL MALLON. RESIDENT ROOSEVELT has now received ihe detailed plan for his works program from his experts. Nothing has been said about it, and probably nothing will be, because Congress is itching to see it and it would be im- proper strategy to let it out before Congress passes the relief bill. The program consists of several types of work divided in two classes: (1) the type which can be started im- mediately without red tape, and, (2) the long-term blue print stuff. The first group is largely composed of rural electrification projects and grade crossing schemes. The Bureau of Roads worked up the grade crossing plans and the Hopkins group surveyed rural electrification. The President is planning to get to work on this class of projects in Northern regions this Winter, despite all you have heard about waiting until Fall. The housing and heavier types of work, like dams, will not be pushed so rapidly by the White House. The ' report on these was prepared by the Public Works Administration and the National Resources Board. Pork Spurs Relief Bill. ‘The secret of Mr. Roosevelt’s con- gressional success with his unprece- dented $5,000,000,000 relief bill may best be explained by one word—pork. No one could reasonably expect a eral money dangling in front of him without his mouth watering. Many House members will tell you off the record that they mused a while with their consciences before decid- ing. None of them liked the legisla- tion. It was too tight. Most of them chose to say publicly that they over- came their objections for the sake of the President, but they will confess privately they might not have done it if there had been less money involved. Not a man in the House debate raised a question about the amount, except a few who admitted they would be glad to vote for even a larger appro- priation. This factor will be an influ- ence in the Senate also, although Senators are usually more subtle than House members. News Sources Tightened. The channelizing of news is spread- ing to other Government departments. The day before the Interior Depart- ment orders slipped out, a confiden- tial memo was sent around inside the Federal Trade Commission. It cau- tioned employes to remember that in- formation concerning the commission should be given out only through the regular publicity source. The similarity of wording indicated that the New Deal may be embarked on & general move to tighten up a} down the line. -4 If this centralization of news sources | continues, there eventually may be only one Washington New Deal news source. F. H, A. Confesses. The Federal Housing Administra- tion broke down and confessed in & private memorandum sent to all State directors not long ago. It said not much could be expected from the{ home mortgage provision of its own housing act because 12 Midwestern and Western States already have en- acted mortgage moratorium laws and other States are considering similar | action. The insurance companies and other | mortgage investors cannot be expected ! to help mortgage financing in the face | of moretoriums. Among other things the confidential memo said: “Moratorium laws, such as we have had in many States during the depression, serve their purpose, but it must be recognized that in so far as they jeopardize the se- curity of the lender to that extent they increase the expense, if not make impossible, the extension of credit in cases of future mortgage advances.” You will hear more about that later. New Deal Foes Quiet. Senatorial pipe men in the cloak | rooms these Winter afternoons are smoking themselves up about the quietude on the anti-New Deal front. ! They say. no one ever hears any | more from Al Smith or the Repub- | lican National Committee, and only occasionally: from the American Lib-| erty League. Senator Carter Glass is| the only consistent sharpshooter, and | he is irregular. This is probably due | |to the fact that 1935 is an off yeari politically. (The Republican opposi- tionists in the House spoke as loud and as hard against the relief bill as the rules permitted—but more than a :lhlrd of them voted for it in the end). Nine out of ten of the political wizards in both parties seem to be- lieve firing would be useless mow. They are awaiting results of the slow - reorganization mow being worked out by the President. Even if the Japanese told. their in- tentions in Chahar frankly our of- ficials would not believe them. Our people are convinced that the Jap- anese again have exaggerated the ex- cuse of banditry to drive a few hun- dred Chinese soldiers away from the borders of Jehol. They suspect very strongly that the Japanese will con- tinue to use this excuse until they dominate the region about Kalgan. That will cover one of the most im- portant trade routes between Russia and China. It will make a ring of bayonets virtually around the North- ern side of Peiping. With these bayo- nets the Japanese may take their next slice of the China pie as soon as Cha- har is devoured The Japanese showed their real intentions some time ago when they inadvertently published a map showing Chahar Province within the boundaries of Manchoukuo. ' Hitler Looks to Memel. Mr. Hitler also is supposed to be hungry again, having already swal- lowed the Saar. If our private diplo- matic dispatches are right, he is look- ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1935. In the Wake of New Huey Long Revolt HOLDING COMPANY STOCK LOSS FACED Roosevelt Must Determine Extent to Which Abuses Can Be Removed. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. In his discussion with utility execu- tives President Roosevelt hes reached the point of deciding how far he thinks the countty can at this time absorb billions of dollars of losses in the stocks and bonds of holding com- panies. Irrespective of how desirable it may be to eliminate the “evil features of holding companies,” as described in the presidential message of early this month, the President is confronted now with the actual task of how to remove these abuses and yet prevent a further demoralization of the assets of innocent investors. Latest statistics show that just since the subject was broached by ad- ministration officials the current value of the securities of the electric light and power industry has dropped about a billion dollars. Loss a Serious One. Such a lass in the course of a few weeks, at a time when the Nation is trying to get to its feet financially, is a serious one and is known to be engaging the attention of high offi- clals conversant with the problem. The informal discussions between the President and utility officers are marked by an extraordinary frank- ness and directness in the interchange of views. It all boils down to this: The President asked the electric light executives to sit down with offi- cials of the Federal Power Commis- sion and try to develop a program of action. But the main objective—the reduction of rates—is closely tied into the question of how watered stock shall be eliminated and how future investments can be encouraged when there is official distrust cast upon private ownership. Some understanding whereby the Government would withhold the use of Federal funds for competitive plants, if the existing companies would agree to observe a certain rate schedule, was the first goal, but it soon observed that this would be a waste of time unless the fundamental question was decided as to where the crusade against holding companies would stop. Investors an Obstacle. There has been an idea that hold- ing companies might be eliminated and that operating companies of a certain size could be licensed federally to take care of the electric light and power needs of the country. But this only brings the discussion squarely up against the question of how to get rid of the existing holding companies without destroying the investors. No other single industry, with the exception of the railroads, is in such a plight; and, as for railroads, the | Government hasn't yet figured out a way to take care of the conficting in- terests of shippers and investors and owners, to say nothing of the.labor employed. Normally the untilities spend hup-. dreds of millions of dollars a year for construction, and this is one of the main reasons for the large unemploy- | rgent in the so-called heavy industries. The latter are officially reeognived xw as including the largest block of employed. » Mr. Roosevelt is as anxious as any- y to bring about re-employment, d it is understood he believes that in certain localities an increased con- sumption of electricity can be de- veloped, but whether it can be done by simple operating units, without the efit of parent companies that fur- nish the funds for development, is something else again. Dumping on Market Feared. A holding company which owns the common stock equity of many operat- ing companies may go out of business by bankruptcy or it may voluntarily dissolve and divide up the assets, but ! if the divorce were immediate, & lot of securities would be dumped on the market and would depreciate in value to such an extent as to sell actually below their real value. ‘The problem of performing a major surgical operation on any $12,000,- 000,000 industry is no casual affair and cannot help having repercussions on the whole financial and business structure of the Nation. That’s why Mr. Roosevelt, though driving hard for lower electric rates and for a re- moval of the abuses of financial ma- nipulation that have grown up in holding companies, is rather hard pressed to find a formula that will not start a wave of deflation throughout the country. There is clear evidence that the ad- ministration is fully aware of the dan- gers and pitfalls and if a guess were to be made at this time as to how it would all come out, there is basis for the bglief that the President will not let the whole financial structure of the electric light and pewer industry disintegrate, but that he will be satis- fied with a program that achieves the main objectives over a long period of time. (Copyright. 1935.) ENDS 2,700-MILE DASH Alaska Man Reaches Ill Wife in San Diego. SAN DIEGO, Calif, January 28 () —Grant Reed of Anchorage, Alaska, arrived at the bedside of his critically ill wife last night after a 10-day trip from the North, having traveled by sleigh, train, motor car and plane. Reed said he had only 15 hours’ sleep on the 2,700-mile journey. He started from Anchorage in 40 degrees below gero weather January 17 as a passenger in a ski-equipped plane. ‘The plane was damaged in taking off for Hazleton from Atlin, British Co- lumbia. Then he took a sleigh to a railroad line and finally reached Seattle. He made the Seattle-San Diego lap by plane. ing at a luscious 940-mile piece of pie on the Baltic Coast, called Memel. It was ceded to Lithuania in 1923. Hit- ler wants a plebiscite there. You will see him move openly soon to get it. Strangely, Lithuania does not care and France and Poland are supposed to look the other way while Hitler takes Memel. The deal at the bottom of it is yet to be de- veloped. The following letter was recently received at the White House: “The President, “United States of America. “Dear Sir: Herewith is a statement of my stockholdings in the cor- poration, which, under the New Deal, 1 understand must be filled with the Securities Exchange Commission.” It was signed by a fairly well known business man who apparently did not know that the law does not call for such information. 3 (Copyright. 1036, by Psul Mallon.) b Copyright, A. @ HOLDING CONPANY REPORT S STUDID Trade Bodi Proposes Rigid Regulation or Total Suppression. By the Assoclated Press. Congress, which is soon to receive | President Roosevelt's ideas on what to do about utility holding compa- nies, studied today a report suggest- | ing two choices. The Federal Trade Commission, in a document containing many attacks on the “evils” of this type of corpo- rate structure, recommended that it be rigidly regulated or suppressed al- together. The commission did not make a | choice itself. But it said signifi- cantly that “if the Congress does not regard the suppression of the holding company as a feasible and, on the | whole, a preferable policy,” then “the necessity of strict regulation becomes all the more apparent.” Detriment Exceeds Value. It added that the “commission is of the opinion on the whole that the detriment of utility holding companies to the public has exceeded, thus far, their value to the public.” The President’s suggestions, soon to be forwarded in a special message, have not been made known, but high officials are known to have discussed the possibility of special taxation on such concerns. This was a point stressed by the commission. It said taxation offers the best method of controlling holding companies. ‘The commission, making its final report after a seven-year investiga- tion of gas and electric utilities, list- ed “abuses” under 19 headings, rang- ing from pyramiding to income tax | evasion. It categorically advised the elimi- nation of “super-holding companies.” These are holding companies which are superimposed on other holding companies. Practices Are Scored. “The use of words such as fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, breach of trust and oppression are the only suitable terms” to characterize prac- tices disclosed in the holding com- pany field, the report said. “The holding company in the utility fleld,” it added, “has been the chief device by which the control and own- ership of operating companies has been rapidly concentrated into fewer and fewer hands with every prospect that the process will continue on to Nation-wide monopoly unless there be governmental regulation.” AMELIA COMPLETES HOP NEWARK, N. J,, January 28 (#).— Tall, slender Amelia Earhart, daring fiyer who recently crossed the Pacific alone in her speedy monoplane, re- turned home today, completing a slow cross-country trip at Newark Airport at 1:02 pm. (E. 8. T). Accompaniéd by her husband, George P. Putnam, the aviatrix had ) left Cleveland Airport at 9:45 am, after being delayed more than an hour by vapor condensing on the spark plugs of the engine, - r WOMAN'S MURDER MYSTERY DEEPENS Mississippian Carrying Hacked Legs Into Woods. By thie Assoclated Press. LAUREL, Miss, January 28.—The story of a 30-year-old Laurel woman | that she carried the hacked legs of | & white woman to the lonely spot where they were found by a colored rabbit hunter served today to deepen the mystery surrounding one of South Mississippi’s strangest murder cases. Still missing were the torso, arms, feet and head of the victim. Mother Is Missing, Also missing was Mrs. Daisy Kee- ton, 55-year-old widowed mother of | Ouida Keeton, the woman who told officers she carried the gruesome bun- dle into the wooded section. The legs, chopped off just below the knees and severed from the torso at the thighs, were bundled in sugar sacks when the Negro stumbled across them late last Monday. Miss Keeton was arrested and will be charged with first-degree murder, County Attorney Jack Deavours said. Deavours said officers had found blood stains on a bath room door in the Keeton home and several cleaver- like butcher knives. Mrs. Keeton has not been seen since last Sunday. BOOKS SURRENDEREb Given Over for Racing Probe. The Western Union Telegraph Co. today turned over its books and rec- ords to the District attorney’s office for use in a grand jury investigation of charges that the company has been wiring bets to various race tracks throughout the country. The documents will be presented to the grand jury later in the day by Assistant United States Attorney Roger Robb. lCongress in Brief I By the Assoclated Press. TODAY. Western Union Records SENATE: o Resumes World Court considera- lon. Finance Committee hears William Green on social security. Interstate Commerce Committee considers nominations. Appropriation Committee takes up $4,800,000,000 relief bill. HOUSE: ‘Takes up Treasury-Post Office ap- propriation bill. Military Committee considers elimi- nation of war profits. ‘Ways and Means Committee consid- ers social security. Banking Committee works on meas- ure to renew life of R. F', C, r Confesses | P. Wirephotos. Above: Louisiana National Guards searching cars and individuals for firearms at the Baton Rouge Airport during Saturday’s “wai” between the forces of Huey Long and the Square Deal Association. Some Square Dealers surrendered, others fled, and a threatened pitched battle was avoided. Women at the right are pleading for peace. At left: Mrs. Long was glad to pose when the Senator’s train passed through Atlanta on the way to Washington yesterday, but the Kingfish remained in bed, getting much-needed sleep lost in quelling the Baton Rouge “revolution.” Mrs. Long is shown with her daughter Rose. At right: This man described himself as a “friend” of Long when the train passed through Atlanta. guarded the Senator and allowed no MISSISSIPPI FLOOD SITUATION EAGING Zone of Inundation Shiftsj to East—25,000 Are Affected. | By the Assoctated Press. { MARKS, Miss, January 28.—The | North Mississippi flood zone shifted | }wdny to the east, where the towns of Crowder and Curtis were surrounded by overflow waters and to the south, where the Coldwater River Basins spread had reached Lambert. | As the situation around Marks and to the north showed steady improve- ment with the recession of the Waters, Red Cross officials became more opti- .mistic over the general situation. 25,000 Persons Affected. George E. Myer, special representa- | tive of the Red Cross from Washing- ton, came Lack into North Mississippi | today for a complete survey of the situation. He estimated that about 25,000 persons have been affected by the floods. “There are now enough boats and supplies in the various counties to meet the emergency,” he said, “but there is an immediate need for funds to pay for the necessities of life in the area.” Water Heads for Farms. ‘The lowlands around Crowder, Sumner and Webb likely will continue to fill with water for several days. Even if clear weather continues, fami- lies in these areas may find their lands inundated. The water was heading for the farms. Myer estimated that at least 20, and probably more, #re dead in the Mississippi flood area. Boy Marches on With Aching Feet To Complete Term Youth Refuses to Halt 1,440-Mile Sentence Imposed by Court. By the Associated Press. ANDERSON, Ind, January 28.— Only 48 of the 1,440 miles over which Edward Foster is to carry a 20-pound weight in order to escape a reforma- tory term for robbery had been cov- ered by the 16-year-old Alexandria (Ind) schoolboy today. He was determined to continue the severe regimen. Blistered heels did not prevent him from making the 12-mile journey from his home to the jail here Sun- day, after he attended two masses at an Alexandria Catholic Church. also a part of his unusual sentence. Jail attaches reported he arrived carrying the usual four bricks in a bag, although Chief of Police Dave Benedict, at Alexandria, had de- clined to send the youth out on the road because of the blisters. Judge Smith gave Foster his choice of ent after the youth pleaded guilty to robbing an Alexandria gro- cery of 20 pounds of merchandise. Two older boys who pleaded guilty with Foster drew reformatory terms. Benedict indicated at Alexandria he would uun&n ll‘:h’f:dg Smith that the sentence ned. The youth makes the round-trip between the jall and his home five days a week; on Saturday he hikes home and stays there, returning Sun- day after attending church. Hitch- hiking is barred. He was one of several persons who closely one to approach him. LONG'S FOES MAP PLANS IN SECRET Militia Holds Spread to Northern Par- ishes Predicted. (Continued From First Page) Capital. — THREE ARE GRILLED IDOUBLE MURDER Youths Held in 18 Hold-Ups Yield Weapon of Kind in Car-Barn Killings. ‘Three colored youths who harrassed chain grocery stores for more than two months and one of whom, police | said, confessed today to “at least 18" hold-ups, are being grilled by de- tectives in connection with the $1,800 robbery and dual murder at the Chevy Chase Lake car barn last Monday. The trio, arrested by Washington detectives in a serles of week end raids, steadfastly denied any connece tion with the brutal slaying of James Mitchell and Emory Smith in the Montgomery County hold-up, but ere being subjected to a thorough ques- tioning regarding their activities at the time of the killings. However, a .32-caliter automatic, the type of gun used in the murder \of the Capital Transit Co. employes, | taken from one of the prisoners, was |tested today by Lieut. Jehn Fowler, | Washington police ballistics expert, { who reported that bullets fired in the i murders did not match test bullets | fired by him. A .32-.20-caliber pistol ‘\also was taken from one of the suse pects. Five Arresting Officers. The automatic, detectives said, was taken from Emerson Bentley, 17 years old, when he was arrested at his home, 1300 G street northeast, early yes- terday by Detective Sergts. J. J. Tolson, Elmer Lewis, John C. Dalglish, Louis M. Wilson and Howard Smith. The revolver was found when the same raiding party apprehended Solomon Burkley, 18, at 1308 Sixteenth street, where his brother is employed as a Janitor. wilbur Henry Dodson, 18, of 118 Seaton place, third of the trio, was taken into custody at his home early | today, unarmed. | Bentley, police say, has confessed {to staking at least 18 hold-ups, im- | plicating Dodson in several, and | Burkley in the remainder. Dods | however, is said to have admitted ac- companying the two other prisoners on only two of their sorties. ' Bentley is said to have told police- that he and his companions have terrorized branch stores of the Sanitary and Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. since Thanksgiving, using stolen cars in which to make their getaways. Many Other Hold-ups. From a list found on his person, he definitely named 18 tores which they held up, and said that he was in- volved in many others. Records show that nearly twoscore chain groceries have been held up during the time the three colored youths have been oper- ating. Included in the hold-ups said to have been admitted by Bentley is the Sanitary Grocery Co.'s store on Brook- | ville road, in Chevy Chase, Md., which | was robbed of $45 two weeks ago to- day. The store is not far removed frem the Chevy Chase Lake car barn. Three stores which were robbed of ap- proximately $150 Saturday night, also are included on the list. Bentley and Burkley were identified, police say. by employes of the store following the \first two arrests yesterday. Thirty-one customers and clerks in the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.’s store at 1400 Twelfth street were held at bay with pistols while the bandits fear he would be seized by the State | mititia. ‘The militia was encamped in Baton Rouge, apparently for an indefinite ‘Trucks rolled up from time to ! time, unloading contingents of rein- | forcements from over the State. stay. The Guardsmen were mobilized | Saturday just before Senator Long opened a court “inquiry” into what he | said was a plot of several public offi- | cials to have him waylaid and “mur- | dered.” ‘The “inquiry” was adjourned when Long said he couldn’t find his “wit- nesses.” A hundred citizens then as- sembled at the Airport, with shotguns, rifles and pis- tols. by Guardsmen, and one of their num- ber was shot and critically wounded in & manner not definitely determined. | He was given a chance to recover. LONG SAYS REVOLT QUELLED. Blames Oil Company “Higher-ups” for “Uprising. Senator Huey P. Long said today “the citizens’ uprising” in Louisiana had been squelched by the militia and blamed it upon the “higher-ups” of | the Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana. Asked 1f it was not true that a joint statement had ‘been issued recently by him and an official of the company stating that a satisfactory agreement had been reached over the State oil tax, Long said: “Yes, that is true, and at the same time those higher-ups in the company were holding a meeting and planning a meeting against my administration. Those little fellows were no leaders. They have all disappeared. The real leaders were the high officials of the Standard Oil Co.” TROOP REMOVAL ASKED. Group Urges Allen to Act to Prevent Bloodshed. NEW ORLEANS, January 28 (P).— A request for removal of troops from Baton Rouge to “prevent bloodshed and strife,” was dispatched to Gov. Oscar K. Allen today by the executive board of the Louisiana League for Peace and Freedom. The message said: “We believe political differences can be solved by honest discussion at the council table, but can never be adjusted by force or bloody strife.” HERNDON BANK BEGINS PAYING OFF DEPOSITORS Closed Institution’s Liabilities on 2,000 Accounts Covered by Federal Insurance. The 'National Bank of H‘mdon. which closed several weeks ago¥ began paying off its depositors today under direction of the Federal Deposit In- surance Corp. = ‘The 2,000 depositors of the institu- tion had about $350,000 in the bank, $300,000 of which is insured, the in- surance corporation said. The remaining $50,000 is largely in public funds also covered by insur- ance, it was said. ‘The bank will remain open until all East Baton Rouge | ‘They were arrested or dispersed | scooped up between $30 and $50 in cash and fled in one of the robberies | Saturday night. Two women fainted | during the hold-up. . Other Sums Taken. Approximately $40 was taken from | the Sanitary Grocery Co.'s store at {1700 R street, while the bandits { escaped with about $50 in a hold-up at the latter firm's branch at 1023 Eichtcenth street. ’ Detectives said that the trio used stolen cars in all of their hold-ups until the robbery of the Sanitary store on R stret Saturday night, when the | machine of a relative of one of the 'men was brought into use. It was this change in their tactics that re- sulted in their apprehension. A colored man whose name police refuse to reveal obtained the license number of the get-away car as it sped from the scene, and the machine was quickly traced to its owner by police records. The three arrests followed shortly, after detectives had ques- tioned the owner of the automobile. In addition to the grilling regarding the Chevy Chase Lake robbery and murders, police planned to take the trio on a tour of the city today sb that the bandits may point out other establishments which they have vic- timized. Grocery store employes and other hold-up victims are to look them over tonight in the line-up at police headquarters in an attempt to connect them with similar crimes. It as said by detectives that the .32-20 caliber pistol siezed at the time of Burkley's arrest was stolen from John Sullivan of 1013 North Capitol street. It was traced by its serial | numbers. Cheverly Party to Aid Needy. CHEVERLY, Md,, January 28 (Spe- cial).—A card party to raise funds to assist the needy of the community will be held tomorrow night by the Cheverly Woman's Club in the home of Mrs. W. R. Gaither, starting at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Gaither is chairman of the Arrangements Committee. . FORMER MOHAWK STEERING TROUBLES TOLD INVESTIGATORS (Continued From First Page,) gear, sald it was due to a frozen glycerin line running from steering room to bridge. The Mohawk was brought.into her New York dock on that oc n, the witness said, and the line§ thawed out. The glycerin had . not been changed since that incident, he said. Shortly before the disaster of last ‘Thursday night, Snyder said, he was called to the bridge by the third officer and told to examine the steering appa~ ratus. He did so and found nothing wrong. Going to the pilot house, he took over the steering wheel upon the quar- termaster's complaint that it was “stiff.” “It was stiff, all right,” said Snyder. Inspection Not Completed. Then, he continued, he went out to inspect the telemotor lines. So far as he got. they seemed in good shape, he said; then came the crash. . After the collision, Snyder testified, he examined the steering apparatus, and it was not jammed. “A trick wheel” was connected: fol- lowing the crash, Snyder gaid, and he operated it himself. i