Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1935, Page 7

HUEY DEMOBILIZES HALF HIS ARMY Ends Murder Plot Quiz and Departs Under Guard. (Continued From First Page.) occasions last November to kill Long | and described attempts made to “rub | out” the “Kingfish” with rifile shots through windows at the Governor's mansion and at the State House. The witness said these attempts were futile because of the close watch State police kept on the area in which Long confined his activities. “Carried Rifles.” Davis, tall and square jawed, testi- fled he used an automobile assigned to the office of the East Baton Rouge sheriff during the travels co-incident | with the attempts on Long's life, and that rifles they carried belonged to a hardware company, owned by rela- tives of Sheriff Robert L. Pettit of East Baton Rouge. Fred O'Rourke, the first witness to refuse to testify, was described by Long as the “chief agent” of the Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana during a revolt last Saturday in which an “army” of citizens met a detachment of National Guardsmen on the local airport. One citizen was wounded slightly. Long, questioning O'Rourke, re- ceived only the answer, “I stand on my constitutional rights and refuse to answer all questions.” Long finally elicited from him the statement he worked for the Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana. The witness then was excused. 0Oil Firm Accused. Long has charged that the Stand- ard Oil Co. of Louisiana “is support- ing the Square Deal Association” (a militant anti-Long citizens’ organi- zation) and said the affiliation fol- lowed a compromise relative to ad- ditional taxes placed on oil refineries through enactment of laws at a re- cent special legislative session. Asked today if there would be another spe- cial session to repeal the 5-cents-a- barrel tax, Long answered negatively. Fred Parker, the former deputy sheriff named by Davis as his com- panion in the alleged plot to murder | Long, also refused to testify when Long asked him. “Have you ever undertaken to con- spire with any one to murder any- | body in this parish?” Another refusal to answer followed | Benator Long’s question: i “Did you with a man named Red | THE SUNDAY STAR,» WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 3, 1935—PART OXNE. Long’s Troops Man Machine Guns Here are Louisiana National Guardsmen behind a machine gun at Baton Rouge, ready for all comers. They are keeping a close watch on the public as Dictator Huey Long inquires into a “murder plot” against him. Parker. Later, he sald, he heard Sidney Songy, who Long sald was one of Parker's agents, was to take Davis' place in the alleged “plot.” Long, staring back at the witness, told of how he had had men watching every move of Parker and Davis. “You will never know how lucky you were that you turned back of that narrow road to the camp where I was chopping wood. You must have smelt a mouse.” (Davis had included a camp near Maringouin, La. as the spot of another attempt at assassina- tion.) Davis nodded that the “Kingfish” was correct. Citizen Wounded. Yesterday Tobe Leblanc testified Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. CONDEMNATION SUIT ON FILM IS ASKED| Case of “Ecstacy” Due to Be Tried in Federal Courts Soon. By the Associated Press. The case of the United States vs. the Czechoslovakian film “Ecstacy” is to be trisd soon in the Federal Courts. | ‘The Treasury announced last night BOY SCOUTSPLAN VARIED PROGRAM “Anniversary Week” Ob- servance to Mark 25th Year Since Founding. v A varied program of activities has been arranged for local Boy Scouts in line with observance of anniversary week, beginning next Friday, in cele- bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. At 4 pm, Priday a special Boy Scout program will be broadcast over Station WRC. Scouts will be mo- bilized at troop meetings that night, following which the Scout oath and law will be renewed and broadcast over a national radio hook-up, “Child Hunt” Included. The program for Saturday includes & “child hunt” to start under the Taft Bridge and end at the Tourist Camp; an airplane demonstration over the polo grounds in Potomac Park at 11 am., and a luncheon at the Tourist Camp at noon, to be topped off by a Scout relay run to Fort Myer to de- liver a message to the Cavalry there, which will later give & demonstration. Next Sunday the Scouts will attend churches in uniform and a uniformed Scout from each troop of the District of Columbia Scout Council will de- liver greetings to Colin H. Livingston, first president of the Boy Scouts of America, at his home, 1249 Kenyon street. At 3:50 p.m. Sunday special services for Scouts of Protestant faith will be held at the Washington Cathedral and for those of Catholic faith at the at Catholic University at 4 p.m. Monday, February 11, will be given over to Scout assemblies in schools and a first-aid demonstration at 8 pm. at Shrine of the Immaculate Conception | the D. C. Chapter House, American Red Cross, 1730 E street. February 12, at 4 p.m,, pilgrimages will be made to place wreaths on various statues and memorials around ‘Washington, different groups of Scouts to be selected for each pilgrimage. Wednesday will be given to perform- ance of good turns, practice of the Scout slogan and father and son ban- quets that evening. Membership in the local Scout Council increased to 4,181 bdys dur- ing 1934, it is announced. In addi- tion, 2,300 men were connected with the Scout movement here at the end | of the year. Henry P. Blair, council executive board member, and Scoutmasters Ed- win L. Maschmeyer of Troop 79 and Percy L. Ports of Troop 104 of the Clarendon Methodist Church recently | were given the silver beaver award by the District of Columbia Boy Scout Council for “outstanding service to boyhood.” C. P. A. GROUP OFFERS DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS Institute Lists All Practitioners in Capital—Outline of Serv- ices Is Presented. A directory of the membership of the local Certified Public Accountants’ Institute has been published by that organization and is now being dis- tributed, it was announced yesterday. In addition to a roster, it contains an outline of the services performed by professional practitioners of ac- counting holding C. P. A. certificates. Extracts of the by-laws of the insti- tute are included. At a quarterly meeting of the local institute at the Hay-Adams House last Wednesday night Donald E. Montgomery, chief of the Examina- tion Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission, addressed the members. Alded by two of his associates, A. J. Cavanagh and Kenneth Borden, he discussed ways in which the ac- counting profession may operate in connection with the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission. GOLD CASE RULING DELAY ANNOUNCED; PRECEDENT BROKEN the doors when the decision is read— had increased expectations of a de- cision then. The Securities and Exchange Com- mission was “on guard,” ready to act juickly to prevent “hysterical trad- ing” if the markets were still open at the time of the decision. Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy, in| fact, was reported to be in New York and there were officially unconfirmed rumors that he might be conferring with Stock Exchange authorities on the | procedure to be followed. The commission has absolute au- thority to close more than 40 stock exchanges from New York to San Francisco at a moment'’s notice. ‘The meeting at the Justice Depart- ment included, in addition to Attor- ney General Cummings, Herman Oli- phant, general counsel of the Treas- ury; Stanley Reed, counsel for the Reconstruction Finance Corp.; Angus MacLean, Assistant Solicitor General, and a dozen others. ‘The general understanding in Washington was that they, through frequent meetings, had already de- cided what should be done and con- vened yesterday to work out the de- tails. The conference continued until around nightfall. ‘While the exact cause of the delay in the court was unknown, there were indications it might be the result of the enormous amount of work inci- dent to the preparation of opinions or the inability of dissenting members to get their views ready for presen- tation. ‘The custom is that if the dissent- ing minority has not yet put its opin- ion into writing, the majority opinion is withheld. ———— Japanese Sales Gain. Japan is rapidly gaining in sales of products to Panama and is forging ahead towards the United States’ posi- tion as leading supplier of this district A7 RIVERS AND HARBORS GROUP TO CONVENE Many Specific Projects to Be Con- sidered at Session Opening on Tuesday. The Projects Committee of the Na- | tional Rivers and Harbors Congress | will consider navigation, flood control, irrigation, hydro-electric and erosion | prevention projects throughout the United States at open hearings which will begin Tuesday at 10 am. at the Mayflower Hotel. A change in policy has been made s0 that Instead of considering only general policy of river and harbor improvement as in the past, the com- mittee will take up specific projects. This change was made, it was ex- plained, because “it was felt that this policy is now firmly established as a permanent and continuing one of the national administration.” The committee, headed by Senator | Clark of Missouri and composed of | an outstanding waterway leader from each of the 10 engineering divisions |of the United States, was created | under procedure adopted at the last convention of the Rivers and Harbors Congress for consideration of in- dividual waterway projects. SEJM TO BE CALLED ;Po]ish House to Act on Bill to Increase President's Powers. | WARSAW, Poland, February 2 (#).— A constitutional reform concentrating | complete power in the hands of the | Polisn President is expected soon to c;"mm nearly five years of legislative eflort. Preparations today were under way for ¢ the 8ejm (lower house) to act on the Senate's changes in the 0 date for calling together tors has been set, however. project. the leg ear fts customs division would ask United | States Attorney Martin W. Conboy of | New York this week to file a con-| demnation suit against the picture, | already banned from showing in this | country. Huntington Cairns, Baltimore lawyer, who is a special Treasury advisor on | allegedly salacious films, books and other importations, concurred in the | opinion of Herman Oliphant, chief | Treasury counsel, and Eli Frank, jr., head of the customs legal staff, that | the film should not be allowed to be | Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr., wife | of the Secretary of the Treasury, also | saw the film. Officials explained last | night that the importer was free to send the picture out of the country, but that he had served notice he | would not. Trial will be closed to the i public and without a jury, it was said. i JORDAN'S 134G | Let us send a R. C. A.-Victor to your home. No obligations to buy—we want to show you just how much radio has im- proved in the last few years. The Magic Brain R. C. A.-VICTOR A Marvelous Radio Davis undertake the murder of Huey : that he believed Bourgeois fired the Long for a consideration of $14,0002” | shot at the airport which wounded a Offer Is Reported. | citizen. Bourgeois immediately de- Davis, further describing his al- | Mied ¥ followlng his release from cus- leged attempts to kil Long, testified | tody where he was kept during the that Parker had approached him with | first part of yesterday's hearing. an offer of “easy money” to “get| Long, upon arrival here from Wash- Huey Long.” | He told of walking about the Capi- | 08ton, had ordered Bourgeois into tol during the special session of Legis- | custody, after conferring with his 1““1"? Miidtsmnlddmbg ;mk a rtmllomi chief political ally, Gov. O. K. Allen, see a shot coul e taken a n; vi Shrough Wiwindow: €| and other State officials in a heavily After their failure to “do the job” | barricaded hotel suite. Davis said the price jumped to “$20,-| The Square Deal Association made 000—$10,000 for him and $10,000 for | no statement today other than the Parker. He said Parker told him | president’s regarding Long's “publicity the money would be forthcoming | stunt,” and it was not known what, within “15 minutes” and that it was | if any, action would be taken. Long coming from “a responsible source.” | accused the Standard Oil Co. with ‘The source was not revealed. supporting the citizens’ organization, Then, Davis said, Parker nccused‘ adding that “it is costing the com- him of being yellow and hé resigned | pany $2,000 a day, and that suits me as deputy sheriff at the request .of ' fine.” 307%10607% FURNITURE REDUCTIONS In Peerless Mid-Winter Sales! OF FLOOR SPACE LIVING ROOM SUITES $75 2-Pc. Homespun Tapestry, fine guaranteed construction $145 2-Pc. Solid Mahogany Frame Suite, brocatelle covering, (sample) $150 2-Pc. Solid Walnut Frame, linen back frieze covering $300 De Luxe 3-Pc. 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