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WETZMAN GUILTY IN DAICHES CASE Gets Life Term in Insurance Slaying, “Most Cold- Blooded in Chicago. By the Associaied Press. CHICAGO, February 23.—Irving Weitzman, 37, sleek-haired operator of a bakery chain, was convicted to- night of the “business murder” of El Daiches by a jury, which fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. The jury held he instigated the sen- sational shotgun slaying last March 3 on the outer drive of the wealthy advertising executive in a plot predi- cated on the $317,000 in life insurance policies which Daiches carried. Jury Out Four Hours. The verdict in Judge Harry B. Mil- ler's court was reached after some four and one-half hours of debate and reported to the court at 6:11 pm, central standard time. The court room audience included the victim’s widow in mourning attire, Weitzman's wife and two children were present for the final arguments this morning, in which prosecutors alleged the shooting of Daiches was “the most cold-blooded crime in Cook County history.” New Trial Asked. Louis Weitzman of New York, brother of the defendant and head of the advertising agency which, the State charged, was to profit by Daiches’ insurance policies, had at- tended no sessions of the trial Daiches was a former business part- ner of Louis Weitzman. With head up, but face sobered, Irving Weitzman accepted the ver- dict and heard his counsel ask for a new trial. Arguments on the motion were set for March 1, and Weitzman was remanded to the custody of the sheriff. APPENDICITIS FATAL TO MRS. C. W. HAUCK ‘Wife of G. U. Medical Student Is Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. Charles W. Hauck, 21, wife of & Georgetown University medical stu- dent, died February 8 after an opera- tion for appendicitis. Funeral services were held in St. Patrick's Church, followed by burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery on February 12. Mrs. Hauck, who before her mar- riage, on March 10 last, was Miss Christine Martin, was a native of Washington and graduated from Cen- tral High School in 1931. She was an employe of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. until she became ill last December. Besides her husband, she is sur- vived by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Martin, 3651 New Hamp- shire avenue, and three sisters, Mrs. Raymond S. Holt. Mrs. Annice Mar- tin Robertson and Mrs. John L. Sanders, all of this city NAZI PRESS HAILED Goebbels Envisions Virtual End of “Bourgeois” Papers. ESSEN, Germany, February 23 (2 —Minister of Propaganda Paul Joseph ‘Goebbels thinks the time may come when “the breathing space of the bourgeois press is over.” So he told Nazi journalists gathered here last night. 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A big increase in drunkenness, par- ticularly among women, was reported | yesterday for the first year of repeal in statistics gathered in 226 cities by the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Some of the figures recited were: Twenty-six per cent more arrests for drunkenness in the first year of repeal over the last year of prohibi- tion. A more rapid increase in drinken- ness among women than among men in the cities where such figures were gathered. A 5 per cent increase in automobile accidents and an almost 10 per cent boost in motor fatalities in 1934 over 1933. Picture Here Typical. Of Washington, the report said: “A typical picture is presented by the changing scene in Washington, D. C. In the Nation’s Capital we have an increase of 25.50 per cent in arrests for intoxication in 1934 over 1933, while the percentage of increase from 1920 to 1934 is 574.70 per cent. The arrests of women on the charge of intoxication for the first six months of 1934, as compared with the first six months of 1933, show an increase of 3828 per cent. Drunken driving | increased 15.74 per cent. Motor acci- dents, apparently due to a very vigor- ous safety campaign, showed an actual decrease of 5.39 per cent, but motor accident fatalities showed an increase of no less than 68.75 per cent. There seems to be almost a uniform indica- tion that motor accidents are very much more serfous in character when they occur.” The board added: “It appears that where hard liquors are dispensed through a State mo- nopoly drunkenness is not increasing so rapidly as in the licensed States. The percentage of increase for the ‘control’ group is 20.64 and for the license group 25.64.” Berkeley Showing Worst. It said that the worst showing for drunkenness was made by Berkeley, Calif., which had 10 arrests for drunk- enness in 1920 and 557 in 1934, and added that Somersworth, N. H., had a decrease from 48 in 1920 to 17 in 1934. “Even a casual examination of the cities listed in the tables compiled during this study,” the report said, “indicate that the sale of beer is not proving as harmless as had been hoped. Many of the cities where beer only is legally dispensed show large |increases in arrests for drunkenness. | Some of this perhaps is due to the fact that the sale of beer offers a | good cover for the sale of other liquors and that beer drinking acts as a provocative to the appetite, en- couraging the consumption of spirits. | But much of this drunkenness is no doubt due to the beavy consumption of beer only. “The damaging psychological effect of the anti-prohibition movement is indicated by the increase in intoxi- cation arrests in such dry centers as Emporia and Witchita, Kans.; Wil- mington, N. C, and Birmingham, Ala.” Social Tendencies Disquieting. In a statement accompanying the | tables, Deets Pickett, secretary of the (research and education department of the board, says: “This study clearly indicates that the social tendencies under the meas- | ures now taken by the Federal and State Governments are disquieting. In | general, the prevalence of intoxica-| tion, of accidents due to drink and of all the consequential injury of al- coholism are in direct proportion to the amount of liquor consumed. The| amount of liquors consumed has in-| creased and is increasing; conse-| quently these social problems en- large and become more troublesome in their aspects. The amount of liquor consumed is found to be in direct proportion to the facilities for getting liquors and the degree of trade-promotion permitted. “In a comparative evaluation of pro- hibition and the present system, the proper comparisons should be between 1920, the first year of prohibition, and 1934. In the last year of prohibition the policy had practically collapsed ! nigg, arrived in Paris last Thursday THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Throng Sees Azucar Win $100,000 at Los Angeles C., FEBRUARY' 24, 1935—PART ONE. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Photo shows the greatest crowd in the history of Southern California racing, which saw Azucar win the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap at Los Angeles, Caif. The picture, taken from an airplane, shows the crowd filling the grandstand and overflowing into the center field at the left. Photo taken about 7:30 p.m. vesterday. (Additional Wirephotos on Page B-7, Sports Section.) This Changing World Archduke Otto of Hapsburg Awaits O. K. of France for His Ascent to Throne of Austria. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. RCHDUKE OTTO of Haps- | burg is polishing up the gold ‘ s braid and the brass buttons of his several uniforms, in| preparation for the Te- enthronement ceremonies which will| take place at the St. Stephan’s| Church in Vienna—if France says ¥ Austria’s chancellor, Dr. Schusch- to urge Laval and Flandin to glve their blessings to Otto’s return to the Austrian throne. Schuschnigg’s urgings would be useless if it were not for Mussclini, who is whole-heartedly in favor of the return of Austria to a| monarchical form of government. The | chances are the French go\emment} with withdraw its opposition to the | re-enthronment of the Hapsburg dynasty. | * % % X The day before the Austrian chan-‘ cellor arrived in Paris. Laval sum-| moned to the Quai d'Orsay the Am-( bassador of Poland and the Min-| isters of the Little Entente, who are the principal opponents to the re- turn of Otto. Laval explained to these diplomats | reckless inflation—not of currencies, Bartlett might escape the wrath of | that in view of Hitler's hint that| Germany wants a plebiscite for Aus-| tria, there is only one policy to be| adopted to ward off this threat—to give the Austrians a King. Plebis- cites are no longer popular among the allies. The Saar proved a ter- rible flop. Hence, the only squwni to prevent the Germanization of Aus- tria is to have Otto rule—nominally— | that weak Danubian state. | ¥Rk The objection of the Little En-| tente to the return of a Hapsburg on | the throne of Austria, and possibly | Hungary, is based on the fact that it is against the Trianon treaty. | To which the PFrench reply that,| since they themselves have swallowed | a few bitter pills regarding the Ver-| sailles treaty, there can be no harm if the Czechs, the Rumanians and the Yugoslavs become less finicky about | the Trianon treaty. Furthermore, Laval argues, if a plebiscite can be forced upon the allies, it will be just | who have lust some of their territories too bad. What will happen if the Hun- gerians and Bulgarians and the others as a consequence of the World War will begin to agitate for plebiscites? | It will be just too bad. Ak, Kk Whether Lavel has been able to Eastern Europe is still unknown. few months Otto will parade through the streets of Vienna, escorted by | his household cavalry in new glitter- ing uniforms, and official communiques will announce that the Austrian prob- lem has been finally and definitely settled | Of course, France will have to| loosen up her purse strings again—| about $20,000,000 will be emple for| the restoration of the Hapsburg scion | —a. . the Austrian Nazi will flock | around the throne of the prince| whose family has ruled the country for over 700 years. That is at least|aS saying, threatened to “take him | what Rome and Paris thinks. One of the main causes of the| political depression in the world is the | but of political pacts. Since 1919 there have been so many | treaties, pacts, agreements nnd‘ understandings that they have all| lost their value, just like paper money which bas no backing. The “pacts| inflation” is just as dangerous as the money inflation—if not more so. There are so many treaties today that even the specialists of the League of Nations and foreign offices have a | hard time to discover in that maze the actual relationship between countries. But what is worrying experts on international affairs most is that even secret pacts, which used to be con- sidered sacrosanct and effective before the World War, are quoted now only | a few points higher then the “solemn | treaties” such as the Kellogg pact, the Locarno pact and so many others. “When secret agreements are taken as lightly as the official agreements,” Sir Austen Chamberlain declared, “the world is in a sore plight indeed.” under the pressure of the anti-prohibi- tion movement. The results experi- enced in 1920 must be taken as the proper indication of the value of pro- hibition unless it is held that the po- litical disabilities involved are so great that the debacle of 1933 was inevi- table. “Particularly disturbing is the in- creasing drunkenness among women. ‘The relative prevalence of bootlegging under prohibition and under repeal must remain a matter of opinion. In some communities, informed persons consider that it has been reduced by the opening of legal places of sale; in other communities it is said that bootlegging is more prevalent than ever before. There is a general recog- nition of the fact that the Govern- ment is taking energetic measures against this abuse. There is, however, a very general dissatisfaction because of the lack of adequate measures to protect dry territory under the pro- visions of the twenty-first amend- ment.” No Scientific Tests. FElaborating on the section of the report devoted to increase in motor accidents, the board said: “No Police Department reporting makes use of any scientific test to de- termine drunkenness; those arrested on such a charge are arraigned on the testimony of the officers only or on the testimony of a physician. The necessity of the development of scien- | tific methods for determining the de- gree of ‘drunkenness’ of those in- volved in accidents is urgent, as it is W-| the opinion of safety authorities that drinking is a_ factor in accidents in many cases where drunkenness is not apparent.” LOUIS ALTMANN DIES; U. S. WORKER 32 YEARS Clerk in Disbursing Office of Post Office Department Was Ill Short Time. Louis Altmann, a clerk in the dis- bursing office of the Post Office De- e. | partment for 32 years, died Febru- ary 16 at Providence Hospital after a short illness. His home was at 311 Twelfth street southeast. Born in Milwaukee, Mr. Altmann came to Washington in 1903, holding various positions in the Post Officc Department. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen Altmann; four sisters, Mrs. Theresa Multerer, Mrs. Marie Bjorn, Miss Katherine and Miss Anna Altmann, and a broth- er, Al Altmann, all of Milwaukee. Funeral services were held at Holy Comforter Church on Tuesday. [} INDUSTRIAL COURT PROPOSED TO RUSH N. R. A. DECISIONS (Continued From First Page.) present widely diffused handling of industrial cases by a multitude of dif- ferent types of courts. The need for new courts to take up the burden on present tribunals, which have a tremendous and increasing amount of work to do. The idea for the proposed court system is not new, but the impact of N. R. A. his stressed inadequate pres- ent procedure, as well as the new de- velopments in the trust laws them- selves. Administration officials say that N. R. A’s biggest failure has been lack of enforcement and this in turn is blamed on delay due to the fact that the swiftest court procedure now is comparatively slow. For example, one large company may decide to cut prices destructively against its small competitors during a busy season. Such cut prices will give the big fellow more than his fair share of the business. An immediate check is necessary or the damage will have been done. Economics Stressed. A special court and a judge with in- tensive economic training, officials pointed out, would know how to meet such situations without too much at- tention to technicalities and form. The method for setting up the court system has been given only casual attention. It might take the form of a “court of industrial appeals,” with a number of branch courts through- out the country. Cases might be brought before it, or any of the branch courts, by the Government, by em- ployes, and by members of industry. It has been proposed that the court establish its own procedure, to avoid the sometimes archaic methods of regular courts. The courts would not handle labor disputes. Various proposals are pend- ing which would establish agencies to pass on phases of this problem. Inquiry Discussed. Meanwhile without waiting for funds, e Senate judiciary subcommit- tee qualified yesterday the course of an inquiry into whether the N. R. A. ‘“has created and encouraged monopolistic tendencies.” ‘The committee announced it would seek to find out who drafted the codes, whether they were connected with “big business,” who set up the machinery for enforcement and whether the administrator or those 3 who drafted the codes were “antago- nistic to the spirit end the letter of the anti-trust laws.” This outline forecast the calling of Hugh S. Johnson, dynamic organ- izer and administrator of the Re- covery Administration. There also were intimations the committee would call Donald Richberg, former general counsel of the N. R. 1. and now he d of the National Emergency Council. The subcommittee, composed of Senators King, Democrat of Utah; Berah, Republican, Idaho, and Mc- Gill, Democrat, Kansas, mapped its plans in an executive session with Lowell Mason, whom it has chossn for counsel. Mason was formerly counsel for the Darrow Review Board. King Explains Position, After the meeting, King, in a formal statement, sald that in view of the “numerous complaints which have been made as to the evil effects of the N. R. A, particularly upon smaller business,” there should be a “search- ing investigation” before Congress extends the life of the recovery unit. “Certainly Congress should be ad- vised on all phases of governmental activitles which have in the past, or may in the future, foster and encour- age monopolistic practices,” he said. “In order that all information bearing on the subject of the reso- lution might be had, the committee must know whether the national in- dustrial recovery act has created and encouraged monopolistic practices, and also, whether as interpreted and as applied by those who have con- trolled its administration, it has nullis fied or weakened the anti-trust laws. “Accordingly, it is proposed to ascer- tain in particular, first, who drafted these codes under this act? Were lthuse persons connected with large integrated industries and were the codes drawn for their benefit? Question on Administration. “Second, who set up the machinery for the enforcement and interpreta- tion of the codes? Was the ad- ministrator or those who drafted the codes antagonistic to the spirit and the letter of the anti-trust law? *“The committee will proceed as expeditiously as possible to make the investigation required, and in so doing will bring before it a number of per- sons who drafted and who are en- forcing some of the most important codes. The members of the commit- tee have selected counsel and are taking the necessary steps to carry forward the investigation. Within & few days the committee will proceed formally with the investigation, hear- ings being public, and rmn"t.hen on rapid progress is Anticipated.’ L EXTORTION PLOT HELEN A. CANNON SEEN IN ARREST DIES IN ILLINOIS Man Seized at Hotel Sayleaughter of Late Speaker He Wanted to Escape Wrath of Plotters. By the Associated Press QUINCY, Ill, February 23 —Earl L. Bartlett, 36, accused of attempting to 3ain $5,000 from Mrs. Emma M. Mayne, | non, 70, daughter of the late Joseph | Raging imperialist cliques to the east | | convince France’s associates in South | St. Louis society woman. for informa- tion on an alleged $25,000 kidnap plot, | But the bets are that within the next | directed against her daughter, was ar- rested here today. Postal Inspector trapped Bartlett when he went to a hotel where a dummy package was sent in com- pliance with the directions received by Mrs. Mayne. The inspectors said Bartlett wrote Mrs. Mayne on February 18 telling her that he had overheard a conver- sation in a St. Louis hotel in which four men were plotting the abduction of her daughter, whose engagement was recently announced. The gang, inspectors quoted Bartlett for a ride,” but freed him on his prom- ise not to talk, and he subsequently wrote Mrs. Mayne offering to trade his “information” for $5000, so that he gangsters by going to Europe. Bartlett, proprietor of a radio re- pair shop here, related that he hap- a radio loud speaker “squaking.” He abruptly reminded police that 14 years ago he went to the penitentiary for forgery, serving one year. Man Win.; Bride By Flip of a Coin; Rival at Wedding in the lobby |It’s Agreeable to Girl, So | License Clerk Tosses Half Dollar, By the Associated Press. RENO, Nev, February 23.—The fiip of a coin won a bride for Harold Nelson. According to a story told today by County Clerk Elwood H. Beemer, Miss Dorothy Willlams of Fresno walked into the Marriage License Bureau yesterday with two men, one of whom was Nelson, of Reedley, Calif. “Which one is the groom?” Beemer asked. Beemer said Miss Williams replied she hadn't decided. The county clerk drew a half dollar out of the cash drawer and flipped it. Nelson said “heads” and “heads” it was. He and Miss Williams were mar- ried shortly afterward by District Judge Thomas F. Moran. The man who called “tails,” Beemer said, was one of the witnesses to the ceremony. Records in the county recorder’s office show that Walter Nelson and C. Hansen were witnesses. . New Wheat Developed. New varieties of wheat have been developed for growth in the far north of Russia. Substantial Reductions in our 43¢0 Anniversary as is customary every year | | | | Continued Charities Until Death. By the Associated Press DANVILLE, Ill, February 23.—One Soviet Army Head, Observ- ing Anniversary, Cites Reds’ War Power. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, February 23.—The head of Russia’s red army—17 years old today and nearly 1,000,000 strong— warned the Soviet's enemies that war will find her ready. “Wherever new thunder of war bursts out,” said Klement Voroshiloff, commissar for defense, in an anniver- sary statement, “the red army has what is necessary for victory. It will crush any enemy.” A martial note likewise was sounded | in the Soviet official press, which re- ‘,mrltzd its accusations that Japan and Germany are preparing for war against Russia. War Danger Held Greater. “The danger of war continually in- | creases,” said the Moscow Daily News, the government’s English language mouthpiece. “There are countries | both in Europe and Asia where groups 'in power to trying to find the way out of deep internal crises at the ex- pense of the Soviet Union.” As Soviet leaders throughout the | union addressed messages of acclaim to the 960,000 soldiers comprising the nation’s great war machine, the sol- diers themselves joined with workers jeverywhere in celebrating the anni- versary. One celebration was staged at Khabarovsk near the Manchoukuo frontier. Only passing mention was gives Leon Trotsky, founder of the army. Karl Radek, authoritative journalist writing in Pravda, asserted Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator, and the pres- ent commissar of defense defeated the efforts of the first war minister “to create friction between them” and so triumphed over his alleged tendency to entrust positions of command in the early red army to old czarist officials. Cites Japanese Parley. Radek also wrote in Izvestia, an- other leading organ, to say “The world knows that the U. 8. S. R. several years ago offered to conclude a guar- antee pact with Japan. The world knows what was Japan's answer.” “Since the U. §. S. R. has no doubt concerning the intentions of imperial- istic Fascist circles * * * we cannot fold our hands when we know that of the last acts of Miss Helen A. Can- | the imperialists plan to attack us G. (“Uncle Joe") Cannon—a philan- threpy typical of her life—will be car- ried out posthumously in a few days. A sudden heart attack today claim- ed the life of the one-time gracious and west of us are openly proclaim- ing programs of war against us.” Other writers pointed out that the army now has an organization of 13,000,000 civilians behind it—expert marksmen, parachute jumpers, glider Washington hostess in the house here | pilots, automobile drivers, chemical which her father, “Speaker Joe,” |and air defense experts. made famous. Friends found a signed check she had written to provide for the hos- pitalization of an ailing person in need of money. Friends said the check would be delivered as she apparently wished it. Funeral services will not be held kefore Tuesday. In her home where “Uncle Joe's” study remained exactly as he left it at his death in 1926—Miss Cannon continued the receptions and dinners which she had so delighted to ar- range in Washington. Born in Tuscola, 11, she came here with her father when “Uncle Joe,” then a young lawyer and friend of Abraham Lincoln, established his | pened into the hotel when he heard | home and law practice here. FAMOUS HOSTESS HERE. Speaker's Daughter Was Prominent in Society. Washington remembers Miss Helen Cannon, who died in Danville, Il., vesterday, as one of the most distin- guished hostesses in all its social | history. No Speaker of the House since “Uncle Joe,” old-timers agree, has en- tertained so generally, and so lavishly as he, with his gracious daughter as his hostess. It was Speaker Cannon who as- serted the prestige of the chamber over which he presided with the re- sult that a special “dinner to the Speaker” was put into the White House social program during the Theodore Roosevelt administration. No Precedence Quarrel. There was no quarrel about it. no “precedence controversy,” those who were here at the time recalled. Every- body seemed to feel it was perfectly proper for the Speaker to have a din- ner. And White House social experts recalled that Miss Cannon was ac- corded rank with her father, without a question being raised or comment made. Later, Vice President Curtis secured a protocol ruling from the State De- partment to establish the rank of his sister, Mrs. Dolly Gann. “The Cannons lived in what was then a most distinguished block on Vermont avenue—but now it is ob- scure,” recalled one old friend, Mrs. James R. Mann. “Robert McCormick, Ambassador to France, had occupied it just before. It was a large house, and the Cannons entertained a great deal and did it beautifully. “They gave many dinners and re- ceptions. Miss Cannon always kept her days ‘at home.’ And they were sought out as guests, giving great so- cial prestige to the Speakership.” Miss Cannon lived here 40 years, eight of which she spent as “hostess A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. 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It is believed they are preparing to Jjoin forces in an effort to bring Holly= wood producers to terms. One British official was reported to have said: “Hollywcod has by its own greed killed the goose that laid the golden egg. By demanding in many cases half of the theater’s revenue they have ruined many independent owners. We are grasping the opportunity to buy them out. OUTPUT MAY BE ALTERED. Hollywood Banks on English Aid in Spectacle Films. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., February 23 (#).—Warfare between American and British motion picture industries, re- ported brewing in London today, will | materially affect the type of films | produced in Hollywood, a spokesman | here said. He sald & more general distribution | for British films in America is im- possible. *“The American public just doesn’t like British pictures,” he de- clared. “Not one out of a hundred can be released here at a profit. Un- fortunately for British film companies, | the British public does like American pictures and American star: - | fore, they will suffer morg than we if a ban or a quota is piaced on our product entering England.” ‘What the American answer to the reported British move will be, he said, cannot be forecast here. “Headquar- ters of all American picture companies are in New York.” he declared Should open warfare develop, he continued, certain types of pictures now produced in Hollywood—par- ticularly the million-dollar “‘spectacle” films—will necessarily be reduced in number. “American companies could never have made ‘Cavalcade ‘Lives of a Bengal Lancer,’ ‘David Copperfield,’ ‘The House of Rothschild’ ‘Clive of | India’ and similar films had not they been assured of an enormous return from screenings in the British empire, alone,” he said. Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at \A.Xahn Jne. | Arthur J. 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