Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1935, Page 1

A WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, followed by srow late tonight or tomorrow, changing to rain tomorrow: minimum temperature tonight about 26 degrees, Temperatures—Highest, 45, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 28. at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. No. 33,160. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1935—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ¢ Foenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. WE D2 OUR PART Yesterday’s Circulation, 133,915 Some Returns Not Yet Received Lo L (#) Means Associated Pres TWO CENTS. JURY DEBATING HAUPTMANN FATE ad 81 SAVED AS MACON PLUNGES INTO OCEAN; 2 REPORTED MISSING Comdr. Wiley Asserts Gas Cells Burst—Rescue Effected With Impres ive Rapidity. INVESTIGATIONS OF DISASTER BY NAVY AND CO! Death Knell of Use of Lighter-Than-Air Craft Is Seen by Repre- sentative Vinson. By the Associated Press. The House Naval Committee agreed unanimously today to make a “thorough investization™ of the Macon disaster just as soon as the Navy court of inquiry has finished probing into the case. (Corv 1 v the A ed Press SAN FRANCISCO, February 13.—The giant dirigible Macon, destroyed by a sudden mysterious disaster, lay at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean today, while 81 survivors were being brought into San Francisco Bay by cruisers of the United States fleet. Only two members of the crew were missing. The tragic fate of every American-made giant dirigible the Navy has possessed overtook the queen of the skies as she neared her Sunnyvale base at sunset last night. One or two of her 12 gas cells suddenly burst as she sped ! through squally air and fog 110 miles south of San Francisco. Balancing Efforts Futile, The delicately balanced craft nosed abruptly skyward and the {mmediate efforts of Lieut. Comdr. Herbert V. Wiley, skipper of the Macon and survivor of the Akron disaster. to balance the ship proved futile. Under his orders the unmanageable dirigible landed, stern first, on the water 10 miles off of Point Sur. She sank almost im- mediately. but her crew had taken to rubber lifeboats and all but two men were picked up by the cruisers Richmond, Concord and Cincinnati. The exact fate of the two missing men—Radioman Ernest Dailey of North Bend, Ore., and Edward Quiday, Filipino mess sargeant—like the cause of the bursting cells. was not determined. Dailey presumably broke his back in a 125-foot leap from the ship before it landed. Quiday was last seen aboard. In the faint hope of finding them alive, a cruiser division and the crui- ser Milwaukee were directed to con- tinue searching the waters off Point Sur until noon. If they are not found by them the hunt will be abandoned. Roosevelt Praises Navy for Rescue in >RESS LOOM Disaster of Macon| Two injured men will be taken off | PAY BILL SIGNED: PRESIDENT ASKS - FORADDED FUNDS TCalls on Congress to Make | Provision for $16,000,000 Cost. |ACTION HELD NEEDED | TO PRESERVE BUDGET | | |Return of Full Salaries to Work- | ers Here Will Boost Incomes $700,000 Monthly. President Roosevelt today signed the | deficiency bill carrying an amendment | restoring full pay to Government em- ipmu as of April 1. | In making this known at the White | House today, the President issued a statement in which he said this would cost the Government $16.000,000, and | inasmuch as no provision was made !for this in the budget estimates for the next fiscal year, he reminded Con- gress some attention should be given to meeting this, or else the regular budget will be thrown out of balance. The deficiency bill in question, be- sides restoring the remaining 5 per | cent pay, appropriates money for the Federal Communications Commis- sion. the Federal Securities Commis- sion, the Board of Mediation and | several other independent agencies. | Full Envelopes in April. | By approving this, the President | makes it possible for all those on the Federal pay rolls losing 5 per cent of their pay to enjoy full pay envelopes n April. The original pay cuc of 15| per cent was provided for in the ! economy act of June, 1932. | The act provided, however. that for each succeeding six months the me-[ | dent should decide whether or not the cost of living had increased sufficiently | to restore all or a part of the pay! slash. Basing his decision on Bureau | of Labor statitics. the President at no | time during the life of the pay cut act considered the living costs sufficiently | high to restore any part of the cut. | Congress last year, however. felt dif-| | ferently about the matter and pro-| vided for the restoration of 10 per cent of the original 15 per cent. The President’s statement regarding the restoration, which was read at his bi-weekly press conference today, said: Asks Congress to Act. “The President has approved the | ahe oy ) You JUST ASK FOR BILLIONS AN’ MEBBE You'LL GET SOMETHIN'! FAVORS PRESIDENT Senate Group Compromises for “Prevailing Wage” if Business Menaced. BULLETI The Adams amendment reducing the $4.880.000.000 work-relief bill to $2.880.000,000 today was defeated by the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee by a vote of 12 to 11. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. An administration compromise on the McCarran ‘“prevailing wage” amendment to the $4.880.000.000 work relief bill today was adopted by the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee. The compromise will require pay- ment of prevailing local wages on public works only when the President finds lower rates are disrupting pri- vate pay levels. The administration had planned to pay $50 a month to the 3.500,000 the rescue cruisers by ambulances, al- though their hurts are not serious, The message requesting ambulances as a precautionary measure did not iden- tify the pair, but previously Boat- swain’s Mate P. M. Jackson was re- ported internally injured. Sunk in 250 fathoms, the wrecked | dirigible was a total loss. The Navy contemplated no salvage plans. Numerous inquiries into the disaster were expected today. primarily from the Navy and Congress. Development Defeat Seen. Congressional leaders intimated the disaster would mean the defeat of fur- ther development of lighter-than-air craft. already under fire. 1t was the third. though least tragic. disaster to overtake great airships of the United States Fleet. The Arkon crashed with a loss of 73 lives April | 4. 1933, and the Shenandoah eight years earlier with a loss of 14 of her | crew. If the two missing men are not found the Macon crash will bring to 350 the number of lives lost in the 15 major dirigible crashes in the world in the past 23 years. The remarkably small loss of life was attributed to naval discipline and the presence of a score of fighting By the Associated P President Roosevelt gave the Navy a good word today for its rescue work in the collapse of the dirigible Macon and said no new funds would be asked of Congress at this time to replace the ship. However, Mr. Roosevelt said the lignter-than-air craft had a distinct | part in military service and the diri- gible would not be abandoned finally. While the accident was prompting great discussion on Capitol Hill, the President spoke with feeling about the loss of the Navy airship. Last Summer on his way to Hawaii the Macon poked its way through the | clouds and found the cruiser Houston | | carrving Mr. Roosevelt 1,500 miles off | coast. the ship dropping mail and | papers. | Incident Is Recalled. | | He recalled this picturesque inci- | , dent today at his regular press con- | | ference as he spoke of the service uch ships play in warfare as scout- ing agents. | As the President spoke. the naval | high command had assembled for a | conference. Irt the meeting was Sec- retary Swanson, Assistant Secretary | Henry I. Roosevelt. Admiral William A. Standley, chief of naval operations, and Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, | chief of naval aeronautics. Standley wirelessed Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, commander in chief of | the fleet, his congratulations on the joint resolution making appropriations | for the Federal Communicatioas Com- | missions. etc. This resolution aicc | sets forth the date on which aii Gov- | ernment employes shall_receive tull isa!ary as April 1, 1935. This decision | of Congress will. it is estimated, con- | ‘smute an additional charge cn the Government of $16,000.000. It chould ' | be noted that this sum was not con- | | tained in the budget estimates end that consideration should properly be given to methods by which Govern- ment revenues can be increased to meet this and other new appropria- tions which tend to throw the regu- vote of 14 to 9. This is the same vote lar budget out of balance.” | by which the motion to reconsider ac- The remaining 5 per cent pay cut tion on the McCarran amendment would have been automatically re- | was carried in the committee on Mon- stored July 1. by reason of the day. economy act expiring at that time. | Senator McCarran, Democrat, of i Nevada, author of the amendment Botte Fiy Tk Bess. | which would compel payment of the | The elimination of the pay cut will | prevailing wage on work-relief projects mean a tremendous boost to the Gov- | which is paid for similar work in pri- | ernment pay roll in Washington, the| vate industry, announced he intended | 5 per cent increase amounting to|to carry his fight for his original approximately $700,000 monthly in the amendment to the floor of the Sen- executive agencies alone. To this | ate. 3 | must be added the salary raises that, “Under the substitute amendment, employables on relief rolls it hopes to put to work with the $4.000.000,000 work money. The American Federa- | tion of Labor contended the $50 a month rate would break down wage levels in private industry. Today Senator Russell, Democrat, | of Georgia offered the substitute, which was understood to have the approval of the administration. The | federation’s attitude was not known immediately. “ Vote Stands 14 to 9. The compromise was adopted by a | branches. in the District government craft with which the Macon had ma- ' handling of the Macon crash. He neuvered off the California coast for | said: a day and a half. “The chief of naval operations de- The exact cause of the disaster ap parently was not known by the nava officers themselves whose cryptic wire- | satisfaction felt in the rescue of 81 less messages told the dramatic story | of the 83 who were on board the of the end of the Macon and the res- | Macon. cue of most of her crew. | “This performence of a difficult task Wiley Tells of Crash. emonstrates the high state of discip- ; = ine on the Macon and throughout Rear Admiral C. E. Courtney of the ' the fleet and reflects credit on the eruiser Richmond. which picked up 64 | entire naval service.” survivors, said the No. 9 gas cell had | At least three investigations were burst. Earlier Comdr. Wiley had said | in prospect—one by a naval Board of it was cFlLs 1 and 2. | Inquiry, one by the House Naval Wlle_ys story of the crash follows: Committee and another by the House “While off Point Sur. a course north | Patents Committee. will result in legislative and judicial | and in the armed services. The restoration was received with | gratification by Government employes generally and by officials of the two employe organizations—National Fed- eration of Federal Employes and American Federation of Government Employes. Immediately upon signing of the bill, Luther C. Steward, president of the N. F. F. E. wrote to President Roosevelt expressing appreciation for his action which he declared was “fairly in keeping with sound, fair| and effective public personnel admin- istration.” With the pay restoration obtained it is expected now that employe or- ganizations will turn their efforts to- ward obtaining other employment benefits, including restoration of 30 days leave. The reduction of this annual leave to 15 days is now the outstanding hangover of the economy acts. all engines standard speed 63 knots, altitude 1,250 feet, air squally, about | 5:18 p.m. (Pacific standard time) a | casualty occurred in stern. | “I thought elevator control carried away. Ship took a bow up inclination, rose rapidly. “Ordered all ballast and fuel slip tanks dropped aft of midship. Re- ceived prompt word No. 1 gas cell un- der fins was gone and stern was crumbling and finally that No. 2 cell was gone. “Tried to land ship near cruisers off "(Continued on Page 3. Column 1.) BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Assoclated Press Science Editor COLUMBUS, February 13.—A cop- | per “doughnut” half the size of a man which generates a million volts of electricity a second was announced today by Ohio State University’s De- partment of Physics. It is something new in high energy, different from any of the other great machines in America and Europe | which produce electrical currents equaling the smashing power of lightning. | It is a wooden shell in the form of a doughnut, its outer surface a smooth copper skin. The interior is entirely wollow. Through the hole in the mid- dle runs a silk belt. As set up in the laboratory, the ap- | paratus looks like a huge doughnut hanging on a string—the silk belt be- |ing the string. Actually the belt goes Guide for Readers Amusements Changing World . Comics .... Features Finance ... Lost and Found .. Radio ... S Serial Story.... Service Orders. Short Story. . Society Sports . Copper “Doughnut” Generates Million Volts of Electricity jnot touch the doughnut, which hangs from the ceiling by cables. The belt carries electricity. As it whizzes through the hole, the “juice” brushes off and spreads over the out- side surface of the copper covering. A million volts will store up on this surface in a second or two. Electrodes inside draw off this elec- tricity as needed. The apparatus was developed by Dr. Willard H. Bennett. Like other high power machines, its purpose is the greatest exploring ad- ‘venture science ever has made—tech- nically known as investigation of the nucleus of the atom. The thrill in this investigation lies in the fact that 99 per cent of every- thing that exists, living or inert, on earth or elsewhere, lies in the still un- known nucleus of atoms. ‘When physicists succeed in solving the nature of the atomic nucleus, they expect to produce new sources of power and new forms of ch'nm-ry. which I voted against,” said Senator McCarran, “the President is directed to pay the prevailing wage on work- relief projects after the damage shall have been done to the workers in pri- | vate industry. “As a matter of fact, if this com- | promise amendment is finally written into law, it will mean merely the piling | up of trouble for the President and new problems for him to consider all the time.” Senator McCarran will have considerable support for his orig- inal amendment when the matter goes to the floor of the Senate. The vote today was in a sense a victory for the administration. It marked a recession from the original position of the President which was directly against the McCarran amend- ment. Slash in Fund Defeated. As soon as the committee had dis- posed of the McCarran amendment Senator Adams of Colorado offered in slightly modified form his amend- ment to reduce the total appropriation carried in the bill from $4,880,000,000 to $2,880,000,000. This amendment was lost on a tie vote when it came before the committee last week. Senator Adams made a strong plea to the committee to cut the appro- priation by $2,000,000,000. He warned the committee that if private industry did not during the coming year reab- sorb the unemployed, a demand would be made for another $5,000,000,000 for the following year. The credit of the Government, he told the committee, could not withstand these enormous appropriations. Fears Morale Breakdown. Senator Adams argued that the mo- rale of business and of all the tax- payers in the country who must foot the bill for the appropriations would be broken down unless a halt was called. The Federal Government, he said, had assumed an obligation dur- ing the last two years to see that no man or woman went hungry or suf- fered from the cold. In the new work-relief bill, he said, a new obligation was proposed. That obligation was to provide every man and woman Wwith a job. This he contended was too great & burden for the Pederal Government to take on its shoulders. - vewton D. Baker Favors Higher Pay For Better Judges By the Associated P CINCINNATI. February 13 i Newton D. Baker of today was on record as advocat- ing higher pay for Ju sufficiently better to selection and service of men of experience and high character His views were expressed in & letter to Joseph O'Meara, jr.. who had sought his opinion consideration of a prop substitute a county-wide co for the present Municipal Court—a proposition rejected by the Cin- cinnati Bar Associat “The whole value of a court for the small concerns of the peo- ple,” Baker wrote. “generally lies in the dignity, impressiveness and real trustworthiness of the judges The Municipal Court experiment *> * % to the extent that it has failed. has failed because people have been permitted to think that a cheap court for petty concerns was all that was needed.” PROBATION GIVEN PENN AND FANNING Judge O'Toole Orders Two Boys to Work to Pay for Car They Damaged. | have been Arthur Thurston Penn and William Frederick Fanning, each 15. were placed on probation today and ordered to earn enough money to pay for damages to the automobile which they stole December 6. The decision was pronounced by Judge Mary O'Toole, sitting in the discussed case in place of Judge Fay L. Bentley in Juvenile Court. In announcing her verdict, Judge O'Toole warned both boys they must attend school regularly and must work themselves to earn the $20 de- clared necessary to reimburse Patrol- man George G. Maghan, owner of the automobile, for repairs to it. Attorney Pleads for Mercy. The decision was reached only after Attorney Ralph A. Cusick, represent- ‘ ing both boys, had made a second | vigorous appeal for mercy in the case | of the Penn boy, declaring himself | willing to take full blame for future; misconduct of the youngster during | his term of probation if he failed to | follow the instructions of the court. | The judge had indicated just pre vious to this appeal that she had de: cided to release the Fanning boy, but that she felt the case of the Penn boy merited more severe punishment. Upon hearing Mr. Cusick’s second plea, however, she agreed to release them both on the same terms. Completion of the case came after testimony by 16 character witnesses | and parents of the boys, summoned | for the defense, and by Officer Maghan, Detective R. L. Jones and Leslie T. Walter, principal of Powell | Junior High School, who was placed | on the stand by the prosecution. Officer Testifies. In opening the case, following a plea of not guilty by both youths, Of- ficer Maghan explained the circum- stances of his car’s disappearance in Washington on December 6 and re- covery in Roanoke, Va. on December 15. When found, he said, damages to the wiring and replacement of gasoline and ofl cost him about $20. Although reimbursement was offered by the parents, it was declined, he sald, until settlement of the case in court. Detective Jones told of picking up the Fanning and Penn boys and of their confession to stealing the car for a ride to Roanoke to visit Fan- ping’s grandmother. At this point, the defense started to call in its string of character wit- nesses, who included business men, neighbors and teachers of the two boys. All of those called testifled that the boys appeared to be well be- haved and that their home environ- ments seemed suitable. Called to the stand, each of the boys testified he would apply himself to school work and would not offend again. # FTHIOPIA AGREES TONEUTRAL ZNE Boundary Commission Will Be Named, With Italy Participating. 5. by the Associated Press) ADDIS ABABA. Ethiopia, February 13.—The Ethiopian and Italian gov ernments agreed today to the estab- lishment of a neutral zene. where hos- tilities recently have occurred, and to appoint a boundary commission. The agreement was reached by rep- resentatives of the two nations after ceveral days of intensive debates First reports of the understanding said that a commission to be &p- poisted would investigate the situation which has arisen between Ethiopta and Italy over the boundaries of this empire and the Italian colonies of Somaliland and Eritrea and would at- tempt to end the boundary dispute. The Italian Minister to Ethiopia was said to be authorized by his gov- ernment to arrange for the delimita- tion of the disputed frontier and to rangements to minimize the danger of additional clashes ITALY READY FOR WAR. Ready to Spend $850.000000 On 2- Year Campaign. (Copryrisht, 1935. by the Associated Press) ROME, February 13—The Italian government was said authoritatively today to be ready to spend $850.000.- 000 on a two-year military campaign in Africa in the event hostilities break out_with Ethiopia The Italian military plans became known as Negradas Yesus, Ethiopian charge d'affaires. handed Fulvio Du- vich, undersecretary of foreign affairs, | Emperor Haile Selassie’s defiant retort holding Italy responsible for the fron- tier conflicts which precipitated the present crisis. Th Ethiopian communication, a government spokesman said, created a “serious situation.” He described as undiplomatic procedure the action of the Ethiopion envoy in making his sovereign’s message public before it had been presented to the Italian government. It was learned Italy is recruiting 5,000 physicians for colonial service. A battalion of 300 Fascist militia left Rome for Sicily at 7 am. with full colonial equipment. The militia marched to the railroad station by a circuitous route skirting the main streets. Every effort is being | made to keep the troop movements from disturbing the capital. The only information on the crisis published so far in Italian newspapers has been two government com- | muniques Monday, one announcing the mobilization and the other the skirmish at Afdub. They have also carried accounts of FOUR HOURS’ STUDY " OF EVIDENCE FAILS " TO YIELD VERDICT Defense Notes General and Sev- eral Specific Exceptions to Trenchard’s Charge. “DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?” COURT ASKS OF MANY REILLY CLAIMS Jurors Told One of Three Verdicts May Be Rendered as Judge Out- lines Its Responsibility. FLEMINGTON. N. J. F 13—The jury trying Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnaping and murder of baby Charles A. Lindbergh. jr., began its deliberations today after being in- | structed that it could return tk le verdicts—murder in the | first degree. the same with rec n for life imprisonment, or acquittal. The final charge of the court paid particular attention to the disputed reliability of the important State witnesses, Dr. John F (Jafsie) Condon and Amandus Hochmuth, and to the defense theories that a gang perpetrated the crime and that the dead Isador Fisch gave Hauptmann the ransom money he had. “Do you believe that?” were the concluding words of the court’s remarks about each of the defense contentions. Defense exceptions to the charge were heard after the jury ed. at 11:23 am _ At 3:15 pm. the jury had been out with no sign that it had approached a verdict The jury had lunch—sandwiches and coffee—brought to it at 1:40 pm. This was generally interpreted as meaning that no agreement was immediately In prospect General Exception Taken. The defense took a general exception objected specifically to what it said was the the Lindbergh nursery had been entered by means of a ladder, that the baby had been carried down a ladder. t the baby's §lerp1ng suit had been ripped off where a thumbguard was found !in Hunterdon County. and that first-degree murder would lie if a burglary was shown. Objection also was taken to the court’s remarks about the manner of the baby's death, to the courts failure to mention any defense witnesses aside from the defendant, and to a com- parison made between the defense and State alibi witnesses Arguments for the exceptions took 50 minutes of the court’s time after the jury retired. The defense objected to the failure of the court to deliver 12 other instructions it had suggested. Adjourn- ment was taken at 12:09 p.m NEW COMMISSIONER OF “ARMY” GREETED ciated Press) mmendati retir nearly four hours, e whole charge and urt’s inference that Hauptmann was led from the court room. back to his cell. when the at- torneys completed their arguments on the charge. Instructions were not fo bring him back until the ) is ready instructed to make ar-| Reception Is Held for Ernest 1. Pugmire—Secretary Also Is Honored. | The Salvation Army units in Wash- | ington last night officially welcomed Ernest 1. Pugmire as the new commis- sioner of the Southern territory for the Army at the headquarters. 606 E street. The reception also honored his new chief secretary, Col. Albert S. | Norris. | In making the official welcoming ad- | dress, Engineer Commissioner Daniel | L. Sultan said: “As an officer of the United States Army T have been in constant contact | with the Salvation Army, and I want | to say that this great Army of God is | greatly respected by men of the serv- ice. In time of war, under trying cir- cumstances. they are invaluable. and leaders of Mr. Pugmire's type are the { men who make this great Army what it is today.” Harold N. Marsh, president of the Kiwanis Club; Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Pres- | byterian Church. and Isaac Gans, civic leader, lauded the new commander and urged close co-operation in the work here. | “The Salvation Army is one of the | greatest charitable organizations ex- |isting today,” Marsh said Yugoslavian Toll Eight. | BELGRADE. Yugoslavia. February | 13 (® —Eight persons were dead to- | day as a consequence of an extraor-| dinarily heavy snowfall which caused | the roofs of 17 houses in the village of Wrak to collapse. | one family of four was killed out- | right beneath the falling timbers of with a verdict e verdict comes. the court the interested parties. in- cluding Mrs. Hauptmann, the attor- nevs and the press, are to be allowed in the court room The room was cleared. with the exception of these at the request of Attorney General Wilentz. The spectators moved out slowly. Mrs. Hauptmann sat at the defense counsel table with two friends The attorneys chatted near the judge's bench. A short time later Mrs. Hauptmann made her way through the crowds to the vellow frame house where she has been staying. She will wait ther for the tolling of the court house beil which will mean a verdict. Thumbguard Remarks Hit. In the defense argument over the instructions, Frederick A. Pope of de- fense counsel, said he thought the judge had “a serious misconception of the evidence” in referring to the thumguard as having been tied to the baby’s sleeping suit. “Our recollection of the evidence,” said Pope. “is that this thumbguard was tied around the wrist of the child but on the outside of the sleeping suit and in no way fastened to the sleeping suit.” Pope argued the State had made a “kaleidoscopic change” between its opening at the beginning of the trial and its final summation In its opening. he said. the State said it would prove that the child was killed when the ladder broke and in its summation argued that the blow was struck in the nursery. No evidence, he added, would sup- port either of those theories. The comments by the chief counsels for prosecution and defense on the charge of Justice Thomas W. Tren- chard were: Attorney General David T. Wilentz: “It was very comprehensive.” Chief Defense Counsel Edward J. Reilly “Justice Trenchard has learned, dur- favorable reactions in London, Paris | their home. The other victims died of | ing his long experience, to deliver a and Geneva to the Italian stand. exposure. | Abstract Art of Americans Arouses Critics in New York By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 13.—Paint- ing such as the old masters never knew is on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Portraits that resemble patchwork quilts, a salt shaker that vaguely sug- gests a ground plan of the gas works, a view of Provincetown, Mass., that the natives would swear was a prob- lem in the geometry book, hang on the walls to the confusion of that por- tion of the population which likes its art to be a picture of something. The exhibition is a representative collection of “abstract art in America” over the last quarter of a century, and most of the best artists in the field are represented. . The collection of 125 canvases has been brought together to show the trend and development of abstract painting since it burst on the general public at the memorable armory show of 1913 when Mn,l Duchant’s “Nude Descending the Stairs” broke up friendships and provoked physical vio- | lence among the brush wielders. Georgia O'Keefe has a canvas en- titled “At the Rodeo,” which looked to one uninitiated observer something | like a negative of a photograph of the | sun in eclipse. A “Portrait of My Friend,” done by Alfred Stieglitz when the movement was in its infancy in 1914, shows a canvas covered with a kadeidoscopic | arrangement of German flags, iron crosses, regimental colors, numerals and what-not. There is no human ! figure. Stuart Davis, who wrote the intro- duction to the exhibition catalogue, attempting to define abstract painting in his introduction, says: “We will never try to copy the un- copiable, but will seek to establish a material tangibility in our medium | which will be a permanent record of | clear and understandable charge.” Justice Trenchard. after delivering his charge and listening to arguments on exceptions by counsel, retired to the | judge’s chambers to await a verdict. The justice ate a luncheon brought from his home in Trenton by his chauffeur, as has been his custom uring the trial Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, jr— “I thought it absolutely fair to both sides.” Text of Judge Trenchard charge to jury—Page A ErEE BILL HONORS YORK Alvin C. York, noted World War hero, would be appointed an Army major and retired, under a bill passed yesterday by the Senate and sent to the House. Secretary of War Dern, in a report to the Military Affairs Committee, op- posed enactment of the bill on the ground that York's service had been “fittingly rewarded with the highest honor the Government can bestow.” an idea or an emotion inspired by | a | | nature.” He pointed out the bill would give York retired %ay of $2,250 a year.