Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1935, Page 23

NEW LOGAL BLS TOBEINTRODLEED Effort Will Be Made to Have Others Reported for District Day Action. Beveral District bills are to be in- troduced in the House early this week and an effort will be made to get several of the more important meas- ures on the Commissioners’ legislative program reported for consideration on next District day. Chairman Norton intends to in- troduce, at the request of the Com- missioners, their redraft of the Harlan bill providing for an inheritance tax, Jjust as soon as she receives it. This draft is understood to accompany the report of the Commissioners on the Harlan bill, which was intreduced in | February. | Shrine Fund Sought. Mrs. Norton will introduce tomorrow | A resolution authorizing an appropria- tion for necessary expenses contingent | upon the entertainment here in June | of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles | of the Mystic Shrine. | Representative Fenerty of Pennsyl- vania hopes to have his narcotic con- | trol bill ready to be introduced the | first of this week. Chairman Jenckes of the Subcom- | mittee on Sanitation and Health is arranging for a two-day hearing in | the caucus room of the old House Office Building on the bill for abate- ment of the smoke nuisance. Mrs. Norton hopes her old-age se- curity bill will be reported to the Members of the International Himalayan™ Expedition, headed by Prof. G. O. Dyhrenfurth, a Ger- man-Swiss geologist, ascending the District Committee this week from Mrs. Jenckes' subcommittee. She also is endeavoring to get Chairman Pal- misano of the Judiciary Subcommit- tee to report the anti-gambling and other bills so they can be placed on the House calendar in anticipation of the next District day. Job Bill Reports. At the regular committee meeting Wednesday it is expected that re- ports will be made on the unemploy- ment compensation bill, the printed hearings on which are promised to be available on Tuesday. Also the hear- ings are to be ready on the bill which Mrs. Norton introduced at the re- quest of the Commissioners providing for the procedure on appeals from decisions of the Public Utilities Com- mission. Hearings on this measure were held before the subcommittee of which Representative Carpenter of Kansas is chairman. POWER BURNS FATAL Painter Dies as Result of Touch- ing Live Wire. Charles A. Knabe, 23, a painter for the Pennsylvania Railroad, died late yesterday in Emergency Hospital from burns received Wednesday when he came in contact with a live wire ‘while painting at Second and I streets northeast. . Police say the man apparently touched the live wire while trying to climb from a low roof to the top of a railroad car. He was thrown to a platform by the force of the current. He received numerous burns about the body. Knabe’s home was in Harrisburg, Pa. He had no local address, police said. lofty Queen Mary Mountain of the Karzkoran Range. The party also climbed the Golden Throne Peaks. These are considered the second and third highest peaks in the world. Lower: Prof. Dyhrenfurth and Jarmila Marthon, an American actress, tanned by the sun of the Himalayas, are shown in this close-up during the trip. —Wide World Photos. |GREEK REBELS GET SEVERE SENTENCES | Ten Officers Given Life, Ten Oth- ers 20 Years—Only Four Acquitted. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, March 31.—Severe prison sentences, but no death penalties were inflicted early today by a court martial upon a number of officers and others charged with participation in | the recent revolt. Ten officers were given life terms and 10 others were sent to prison for 20 years. Others received lighter punishment, while four defendants were acquitted. caused relief throughout Greece. The decision not to invoke the death pen- alty was generally received as a step in the direction of peace between the government and its opponents. Those who received life terms in- cluded Col. Saraphis, the brothers Tsigandes and Lieut. Col. Stephanakos. April 15, 227 naval officers who par- THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ‘ Exp‘edition Climbs World’ s Highest Peaks % | | | | Cheers greeted the verdict, which ) ticipated in the abortive Venizelist revolution will go on trial for high | treason. Other courts-martial will get under way at Salonika, Kavalla, tured revolutionists are awaiting trial. GETS ART AWARD Miss Clara Hill, head of the Hill School of Art, 1517 H street, yesterday was awarded first prize for sculpture at Miami, Fla, where the National League of American Pen Women is holding its annual convention. Miss Hill showed a piece called “Hypnos,” which depicts a man be- tween slumber and conscious thought. In the display nearly a score of artists shared awards. Drama and Xanthia, centers of the | rebels’ land activities, where 450 cap- | | SPORTSMAN MISSING Wealthy Californian Reported Unheard of For 10 Days. SAN FRANCISCO, March 30 (P).— McKim Hollins, wealthy Pebble Beach sportsman, was reported to police here tonight as having been missing for 110 days. | William A. Boekel, San Francisco | attorney, made the report at the re- { quest of Hollins' sister, Miss Marion | Hollins, of Santa Cruz, noted golfer. Hollins was last seen here on March 20. He was formerly 8 member of the | New York Stock Exchange and is 48 | years old. | OF AUTOMATIC GAS HEATING UNITS ' lss CASH INSTALLED District 8500 Jor & YREE and accurate estimate of the cost of GAS HEATING 7 advance WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY @® GEORGETOWN GAS LIGHT COMPANY C., SUGAR EXCHANGE CONTROL HINTED Wallace Suggests Regula- tion May Be Needed as Protection. By the Associated Press. Secretary Wallace suggested to the Senate yesterday that regulation of the New York Sugar Exchange may be needed “to protect the interests | of individuals. dealing in sugar | futures.” At the same time, he ended a year- long dispute with Hawaiian producers by approving a production contract which will curtail the Hawaiian crop | within quota limitations for the next three years, with the producers re- ceiving $8,000,000 annually in bene- ats. : No Data on “Corner.” In reply to a Senate request for | information on last December’s re- ported sugar corner, Wallace said the | department’s data did not reveal the existence of a corner in the usual sense of that term. “It is to be recognized that exces- sive speculation and manipulation may develop in the sugar futures mar- ket as in other similar markets which may result in profits to some indi- viduals and proportionate losses to others,” he said. Ends Production Dispute. Yesterday's development in Hawailan dispute with Wallace brought the last major sugar-pro- ducing area supplying the United States into the general sugar adjust- ment program signed last May 9. Under it, the Farm Administration has attempted to end chaos in the sugar industry through restricted production as & stimulant to price rises. Previous the | agreements had been cane growers, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. The Hawailan agree- ment provides for adjustment of pro- duction from approximately 1,500,000 tons to about 975,000 tons. At the| same time, Wallace announced April 8 as the last date on which produc- tion adjustment contracts could be | signed by Puerto Rican producers, | MARCH 31, 1935—PART ONE. Retired CAMPBELL GIVEN GOLD WATCH. E. F. EDWIN F. CAMPBELL; Almost 37 years in the office of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, who yesterday was hon- ored by his chief, Capt. R. S. Pat- ton, survey director, on the occasion of his retirement to the life of a locksmith. Capt. Patton presented Campbell a gold watch as a token of the esteem of his fellow workers and wished him godspeed for the future with a gigantic lock sym- bolizing his new line of endeavor. Flowers and cigars were passed freely and 65-year-old Mr. Camp- bell, who entered the service August 5, 1898, left his lithographic press for his key stamps. —Star Staff Photo. REILLY SUBMITS $25,000 BILL TO HAUPTMANN Duplicate Also Was Sent to His Wife. By the Associated Press. defense counsel is $25,000. The bill was sent to Hauptmann last week, Judge Frederick A. Pope, one of Hauptmann's three New Jersey counsel, said tonight. penter, who was convicted of the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby and announced the 1934 and 1935 | Puerto Rican quotas would be in- creased a tota! of 7,479 tons and the | 1936 quota would approximate 800,000 | tons, as against the 1935 adjusted quota of 787,612 tons. six weeks ago. Judge Pope said he has not sub- mitted a bill for his own services. Neither of the other defense counsel, | C. Lloyd Fisher and Egbert Rose- crans, could be reached tonight. |LERROUX MAY FORM NEW GOVERNMENT President Asks Spanish Premier to Try for Coalition Cabinet. By the Associated Press. % MADRID, March 30.—President Niceto Alcala Zamora today asked Alejandro Lerroux, whose cabinet re- signed yesterday after granting clem- ency to 21 doomed ringleaders of the October revolt, to try to form another government. “A coalition embracing all sectors from the Ceda (extreme rightist coali- ticn) to Diego Martinez Barrios (leftist leader)” was specified in the president’s instructions, and Lerroux appeared little hopeful he would suc- ceed. After 20 minutes of conversation with Alcala Zamora, Lerroux, who has been premier twice before, said: “I'll either have the government formed by tomorrow night or I will resign.” Many observers were skeptical of the veteran premier-designate's ability to carry out his orders. % B-3 THREE-HEADED MONSTER “SEEN” OFF CALIFORNIA Antics Described by Fireboat Cap- tain, Who Summons Crew as Witnesses. By the Associated Press. SAN PEDRO, Calif, March 30.— A strange three-headed monster—so swear a dozen sea-going firemen— | paid a 10-minute visit to the harbor here today. The creature’s antics were described by Capt. L. B. Williams of fire boat No. 2, who said he saw the so-called sea-serpent and called members of his crew to watch it. The monster undulated down the harbor channel and out to sea. Wil- liams said the three heads of the animal rose and fell in perfect co- ordination. He said about 15 feet of the animal’s body was visible, as were two large pectoral fins. —_— Nuggets in Two Turkeys. NOME, Alaska, March 30 (P).— Mrs. Percy Ogden of Lac La Hache, in the Cariboo district, today reposted finding & gold nugget worth $4.50 in the gizzard of a turkey, and a $3.50 nugget was found in another turkey shortly afterward. ONE SHORT DANCE Chatned 1 a bord deneot SEEMS LIKE YEARS | New Jersey Counsel Announces | Avoid the embarrassment of not being able to dance well . . . visit Leroy H. Thayer's delightful studios. In a few lessons Mr. Thayer's experts can have you dancing smoothly, smartly—at ease with every type of | TRENTON. N. J. March 30.—Ed- | | ward J. Reilly’s bill for his services reached with continental beet and |as Bruno Richard Hauptmann's chief | dance music. until 10 pm. | MEtropolitan 4121. A duplicate was sent to Mrs. Anna | | Hauptmann, wife df the German car- Call tomorrow for a guest lesson and dance analysis—without i obligation. 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