Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1935, Page 1

WEA' . (U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; lowest tempera- ture tonight about 47 degrees. Tempera- tures—Highest, 74, at 5:30 p.m. yester- day; lowest, 43, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page A-11 Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 17,18&19 No. ROOSEVELT PICKS HOPKINS 10 FILL NEW WORKS JOBS FROM RELIEF ROLL Key Post in $4,800,000,000 Set-up to Ace Spender. White House Conference | Is Scheduled for Tonight. ! 33,232, voxe office, WALKER MAKES READY TO TAKE APPLICATIONS | Ickes. Tugwell, West, Morgen-' thau and Kennedy to Be Amcng‘ President's Conferees—Feud Between House and Interiorl Secretary Flares Anew. # By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt today completed his works-relief organization with ap- pointment of Harry L. Hopkins as administrator of the Works Progress Division. | He charged the progress division with the task of making certain that persons employed on the projects come from the relief rolls. The United States Employment Service was given general charge of re-employment of persons on work relief who desire to return to private employment. Principal Aides Called. With the completion of his ad- ministrative machinery the President called in the principal aides in the works set-up for a general discussion tonight. | The President also added to the important Allotment Board, headed by Secretary Ickes. a representative of the Mayors' Conference. It was un- derstood the mayors have selected Mayor La Guardia of New York for this post. Rear Admiral C. J. Peoples, now | procurement officer of the Govern- | ment, was placed in charge of pro- | curement of materials for the works | projects. This will come under the! Progress Division. | Hopkins will continue his present | post of relief administrator to take care of those remaining on relief rolls until the goal of the works campaign is reached. That is the removal of | 3.500.000 persons from relief rolls and | giving them jobs. i States Action Expected. 1 Mr. Roosevelt said again today he expected the States and municipali- | ties to take over the case of unem- | ployables on relief rolls. 000.000 undertaking—Frank C. Walker, director of the Emergency Council; Secretary Ickes, chairman of the Al- lotment Board; Hopkins and Rexford G. Tugwell, head of the Division for Rural Resettlement. In addition, Joseph Kennedy, chai man of the Securities Commissio Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau ana former Representative West of Ohio. the President’s liaison man with Congress, were summoned. Robert E. Wood, Chicago business man, will be the representative of the | Business Advisory Council on the Al- lotment Board, which will pass on the distribution of funds for the projects. | The White House announcement | gaid accurate information must be available on the actual number of em- pl%\'ables whose names are on relief rolls. Proportional Allocation. “As the works relief program s in- tended to take care primarily of these people,” the statement said, “the projects must be allocated in propor- tion to the numbers within a given work area. The Progress D.vision will be in charge of these figures and will keep the other divisions informed at | all times, “Next. after allotments have been made, it will be the duty of the | Progress Division to see that the %c- tual persons to be employed on the separate projects will come from those whose names are on the relief rolls. It also will be necessary to determine the amounts of security payments in different areas of the country. “Fhe general work of the Works Progress Division also will include “(Continued on Page 2, Column 5. CHICAGO EXHAUSTS ALL RELIEF FUNDS! Work' Halted and Gov. Horner Plans to Take Problem to Washington. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 26.—Robert J. Dunham, chairman of the Illinois Emergency Relief Commission, an- nounced today that. because of the exhaustion of funds, all work relief activities in Cook County (Chicago) have been halted. A special meeting of the Cook County Board of Com- missioners was called to consider Dunham’s appeal for immediate at- tion by the county board. Gov. Henry Horner, here to at- tend a meeting of the State Re- lief Commission, said today he will leave tomorrow or Sunday for Washington to confer with. Fed- eral officials concerning the Illinois relief crisis, precipitated when Fed- | eral funds were denied the State until | Illinois furnishes $3,000,000 monthly. All relief activities were halted in 8 counties, and 10 other counties re- ported relief funds would last only & few days A measure, designed to raise $26.- 000,000 by increasing the sales tax from 2 to 3 per cent, was no nearer final enactment as the Legislature ad- journed until Tuesday. The bill has been approved by the State Senate, but administration leaders were ex- pected to encounter difficulty in mus- tering the required 102 votes fdr pas- sage next week. - 3 Entered as second class matter Washington, D . Gets Kex Post HARRY L. HOPKINS, Federal relief administrator, who today was named by Pies'dent Roosevelt as administrator@of the Ch Works Progress Division under the new work relief set-up. 4 04CENT SILVER VAY BE IMMINENT New Price Rise Hoped For by Western Senators in Booming Mart. By the Associated Press. } Senators from silver - producing | States watched the Treasury today | /in the hope that its price for the | newly mined metal would be raised to a new high of 84.04 cents an ounce or more. Committed by Secretary Morgen- thau to a policy which some of his subordinates said meant Kkeeping a jump ahead of world prices, the Treasury was described as being on an hour-to-hour basis regarding the‘ metal. The Senators who advocate giving it a larger place in the monetary system were elated at the advance of world quotations yesterday fol- lowing an increase in the Treasury price to 77.57 cents the night be- fore. When late yesterday, Morgenthau called a special press conference to say the Treasury figure would remain un- changed at least overnight. World Quotations Zoom. Should the Treasury follow past procedure in its next move, the seigniorage charge would be cut from the present 40 per cent to 35 per cent. This would mean an advance in the price for newly mined metal to 84.04 cents. Wednesday night’s price advance, |acting as a powerful magnet, drew | Tonight's White House conference | world quotations upward in a fashion | will include the big four of the $4,000,- | that delighted silver Senators and | brought & pledge from Senator ‘Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana to press his fight for free coinage on a 16-to-1 ratio with gold. However, in some quarters reactions were more disturbing. As the Shang- hai Yuan dollar, despite an export tax | on silver. moved up to 40.75 cents, Dr. | Alfred Sze, the Chinese Minister, ex: pressed to Secretary Hull his Natiol | concern over the United States silver | purchase policy. Depression There Deepened. As the price of silver mounts, Sze | told newsmen, China is plunged deeper | into the deflationary condition in which the United States found itself | in 1933 as the result of too great pur- | chasing power of the dollar. In Mexico, too, banking circles were worried as world prices reached a level that made it profitable to melt down Mexican coins into commercial silver. With two Treasury silver price boosts within two weeks, observers here believe the metal's price will reach $1.29 long before the Treasury’s hoidings reach one-third the gold stock. During the past week alone, gold stocks moved upward $29,000,000 to $8,701,000.000. On this basis, the | Treasury still was more than $1.900.- 000,000 short of the silver needed for the required 75-25 ratio with gold. INTRUDER AT DOORN “Belgian Womans Tries to Force Way In to See Ex-Kaiser. DOORN, Netherlands, April 26 (#). A Belgian woman, whom police said they believed demented, tried to force her way into Doorn House to see the former Kaiser today. On the plea that she wented to inquire concerning Wilhelm's health, she tried to enter the grounds, but was turned back. Later she tried to throw herself under the former Ger- man monarch’s automobile as it was driven out of the grounds, but a po- liceman prevented and took her into custedy. The Netherlands authorities her back to Belgium. sent the New York price for foreign silver reached 77 cents | WASHINGTON, D. REVISED D.C. GRIME REPORT ADOPTED IN 3HOUR PARLEY Proposed Removal of Gar- nett and Police Officials Reported Eliminated. COMMITTEE MEMBERS REFUSE INFORMATION ! Chairman Says _ Body Deplores and Resents Speculation Concerning Findings. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The Spectal Crime Committee of the Honse today adopted the report it is to make to the full District Com- mittee next week, after making a num- ber of revisions and deletions in the tentative report drawn up by its coansel, John R. Fitzpatrick. Action was taken at a special three- heur executive session, which was de- voted chiefly to a discussion of cer- | tain recommendations in Fitzpatrick's | charge of the case, said Paul Ivar tentative draft that were completely several members of the committee These recommendations, it is un- ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION HOLLYWOOD PARTY SLAYING. SUICIDE LAID T0 DEBT ROW Style Creator Killed; Chauf- feur, Former Ensign, Ends Life Later. LAW FACULTY MEMBER, ALSO SHOT, MAY DIE Quarrel, Heard by Invalid Mother of Vietim, Preceded Gunplay. By the Associated Press HOLLYWOOD, April 26.—Myste- rious shootings that brought death to a movie style creator and his chauffeur and possibly fatal injuries to another |in the film capital during the night | were reported as murder and suicide ' today by sheriff's officers. ! 0. H. Cloud, sheriff's deputy in Wharton, 25-year-old designer of Willlam Howard. 35 former Navy FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1935—FORTY-SIX o Star PAGES. POOR QLD BORAK HAS SURELY HAD SOME. AWFUL KNoCKS' A | out of harmony with the views of | clothes for film actresses, was shot bv»BUNFEREES AGREE | | | ensign and later Wharton's chauffeur. i ! — = | ‘House Yields to Clause That Non-Resident Drivers L May Be Sued. ’ derstood, called for the immediate removal of United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett, the retirement of Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown and several other police officials. includ- ing Inspectors Thaddeus R. Bean and Albert J. Headley. Randolph Makes Statement. There were rumors that these recommendations in the draft of Fitz- patrick’'s report were eliminated by the committee. but all of the members frankly refused to discuss any of its contents. The only information given out for publication at the conclusion of the meeting was a statement issued by Representative Randolph, Demo- crat, of West Virginia, chairman of the Crime Committee. It said: “The special committee has agreed on its report, which will be submitted | next Wednesday to the District com- mittee. resents speculation concerning its findings. Neither directly nor indi- rectly has the committee given out any information as to the contents of its report.” The committee was aroused par- | ticularly by premature publication of several of the recommendations in | Pitzpatrick's tentative draft which the members had not seen or approved. | These recommendations, which re- iated to the proposed removal of Gar- | nett and the retirement of the police officials, were especially objectionable. While Chairman Randolph declined | to discuss details of the report, he | indicated that during the three-hour session various members of the com- mittee made suggestions for altera- tions and deletions of some of the contents. Representative she 1s one of the members who, it is | understood, objected to the proposed | recommendation that Garnett be re- moved and that Maj. Brown and several other police officials be placed on the retired list. The early portions of the commit- tee's meeting was devoted to an in- vestigation to determine how certain of the recommendations in the ten- | tative draft of the report had “leaked out.” Deny Giving Information. All of the committee members, as well as Fitzpatrick and William Seals, who served as committee secretary. denied vigorously that they had given any information to newspaper men. The full House District Committee will pass on the report Wednesday and transmit it to the House. The report, according to Chairman Norton of the District Committee, will not be made public until it has been approvec by the full committee. Publication of thé recommendations prior to committee -action on the re- port also aroused Chairman Norton and for the first time she met with the crime investigators in a protracted session behind closed doors in the of- fice of Representative Randolph. The report is a voluminous docu- ment covering 120 pages of closely typewritten copy. In addition to rec- ommendations for improving the .Dis- trict’s prosecution and law enforce- ment machinery, it summarizes the testimony of more than 50 witnesses who appeared before the committee during its two-month investigation. Fitzpatrick is understood to have ex- plained to the committee that in drawing up the recommendations he followed the evidence presented during the inquiry. Fitzpatrick was formerly an assis- tant United States Attorney for the District and served under Garnett until he resigned last Fall as a re- fult of a controversy with Justice Proctor. Seals was formerly em- | ployed by a Washington newspaper to write a series of stories on crime | conditions in the District. Diagnoses of Liver Troubles Easy Now With Electric Eye BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE Associated Press Sciepce Editor. NEW YORK, April 26.—How the photoelectric “eye” can check up on liver troubles was described to the American Chemical Society today by Dr. Arnold E. Osterberg of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. The eye, adapted to a device called a photeletometer, records the color «% blood samples on a dial. As the dial needle rises it signifies an in- creasing_amount of bilirubin in the blood. Belirubin is a direct index to liver diseases. Dr. Osterberg said that with this electric eye a physiclan can watch the progress of treatment and make more accurate diagnoses. The elec- tric eye sees the same thing that the human eye observes in jaundice, ex- cept that it can read changes in- visible to man. Liver troubles produce jaundice in two ways. One is by stopping up bile acid ducts, so that the bilirubin is discharged into the blood. In the other blood pigments are split up by faulty liver action. The electric eye distinguishes between the two through use of a little alcohol on the blood under observation. An explanation of convulsions was given by Dr. Mona Spiegeladolf and Dr. E. Spiegel of Temple University, Philadelphia. They believe that con- vulsions of all kinds may spring from Cne common type of brain mechanism going wrong. Under their idea, convulsions would occur when brain tissues lost their rormal density, so that they would dent more _easily, This theory they tested electrically cn brain swellings, one ot the causes of convulsions. They found that with swelling brain tissues lost density— ;eonhud it when the swelling went wn. “These experiments,” they stated, “are a first step in the search for (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) “The special committee deplores and ‘ Virginia | | Jenckes. Democrat. of Indiana, took | ! an active part in the proceeding and ' | Cloud said Howard later shot probably fatally wounded Henry ' Bolte, 38. law instructor at the Uni- versity of California at Los Angeles. After injuring Bolte. Cloud said, Howard shot and killed himself. Party Preceded Slaying. ! The slaving of Wharton was the tragic climax of a supper attended by ! two guests in his Hollywood apart- ment studio. The other shootings oc- and E. curred later in an apartment several | blocks away. | Cloud said the sheriff's office was | convinced the shootings were moti- | | vated by financial differences involv- ing the three men, and that a violent quarrel concerning money which Wharton and Bolte owed Howard pre- | ceded the shootings. | “Our investigation has established | that a man we know only as C. M. | | McDermott was the third person in the room at the time Wharton was | slain.” Cloud said. “We believe he | | was not involved in the shootings, but other officers now are looking for him | in the belief he can clear up minor. | details pertaining to the tragedy.” | _Cloud said McDermott leaped from . Wharton's apartment after thieg | shots had been fired. The deputy saiu | the man's fall was broken by shrub- | bery. and investigators later found a ! | brown hat and a piece of white .hm." Mother Saw Flight, | ‘The articles of clothing. Cloud said, | | had been identified as belonging to the | man who confronted Wharton's foster- | mother, Ada E. Wharton, an invalid, | as he fled from the scene of the shoot- ing. ran into a hallway and then into| he kitchen, where he leaped to the! ground. | Cloud said as far as the sheriff's office is concerned the case is closed | except for the apprehension and ques- tioning of McDermott. “We are convinced it is a case of murder and suicide. and the coroner’s | office agrees with this theory and no | inquest will be held,” Cloud said.| “However, it is possible future devel-! opments may warrant entrance of police into the case, in which case a' coroner’s investigation might be con- sidered necessary.” | Police today said they were not par- | ticipating in the investigation at this time. Knew Victim's Sister. The deputy said Howard until re- cently had been a frequent escort of | Eolte's sister. i Mrs. Wharton said her son was born | in Billings, Mont., and was the adopted | | son of a doctor and his wife who came | | to Los Angeles from Billings. They died in 1927 and through the medium |of a church she became his foster- mother. | “‘Several members of Angelus Temple | | told me about Paul.” she said. “and | said they wented to find him a good | home, He came to me and told me | | he was anxious to follow his designing | | work and already had managed to ob- | tain a fashionable clientele.” Detectives summoned to Wharton's studio by startled neighbors began an investigation of the murder—and were interrupted when:a call sent them | dashing to_the apartment house oc- | cupied by Bolte. There they found the instructor. wounded in the back and neck, lying | just outside his door, and a few feet away was Howard, dead. Mrs. Bolte told Berry she had gone to the door to admit her husband | when the shooting occurred and he slumped at her feet. She said she saw Howard step toward the front door and stop. She said he placed a pistol to his temple and fired. Saw Man Near Door. Bolte told officers he had seen the | man outside as he drove up in front of his home with Mr. and Mrs. Karl Schlichter, but paid no attention to | him. | He said he remembered nothing after he was shot until police arrived. Bolte is an instructor of law in the emergency educational program spoh- sored by the U. C. L. A. The couple have two small children. ‘Wharton's foster mother, a bedridden | paralysis victim, said she heard Paul and his dinner guests chatting after they had dined. Then, she said, she heard them quarrel and a moment later several shots rang out. Crawling from her bed she managed to reach the room just as her adopted son lurched to the floor. He died & moment later. Mrs. Wharton said Paul had de- signed clothes for Jean Harlow, Con- stance Bennett and Mrs. McPherson. Prom police investigation it appeared that his career as a fashion maker was on the wane, at least in recent ‘months. STOREKEEI;ER KILLED Eighteenth Street Proprietor Is Found Dead From Bullet Wound. David Israel, 35 years old, proprietor of a small market at 1908 Eighteenth street, was shot and killed early this afternoon. Police after a preliminary investigation said the evidence indi- eated Isrsel shot himseif, 8. |tant by District officials, wl.. have | traffic, after which the notice would | be mailed to the non-resident. | reimburse the defendants for neces- House and Senate conferees reached an agreement this afternoon on the District motorist responsibility bill | when the House group yielded on the non-resident clause, the only differ- ence. All that remains is for the House and Senate to approve the conference report, which probably will be done early next week. This is the second important local measure agreed on in | two days, the Senate having yielded to the House yesterday on an amend- | ment which made possible a settle- | ment of the District P. W. A. loan bill. The safety responsibility bill is not a general compulsory liability plan, | but is designed to reach drivers con- victed of certain major traffic of- fenses by requiring them to mve; insurance or post a bond before being permitted to drive after such con- viction. The amount of liability to be required of such drivers would be at least $5,000 for personal in- jury or death of ome person, with a limit of $10,000 for two or more persons and $1,000 limit for property damage resulting from any one ac- cident. Conferees at Meeting. | Those who reached the agreement ! were Senators King of Utah, Cope- | land of New York, Capper of Kansas | and Representative Palmisano of | Maryland, Patman of Texas and Dirksen of Illinois. J The restoration to the bill of the | clause by which non-resident drivers | could be sued in accident cases! is regarded as extremely impor- | pointed out that more than 30 sum} of the Union have similar provisions applving to non-residents. For this reason, the omission of the section | would place the District of Columbia | at a disadvantage, particularly in the rase of nearby States. The local au- thorities also have pointed out that the question of reciprocity between the District and the States in dealing with motorists who become subject to | the bill would be interfered with if the District does not have ths same procedure in non-resident cases as the States. ‘The provision in question provided that a non-resident could be given no- tice by registered mail when a suit growing out of an accident was filed in the District. The papers in the case | would be served on the director of | As a measure of protection to the non- residents the Senate bill went further and required the person filing the suit to furnish a bond sufficient to sary expemses if the suit should not be sustained. Showing Responsibility. Financial responsibility, in order to have the permit restored after convic- tion of a major traffic offense could be shown in any one of three ways: By taking out insurance, by putting up a surety bond or by making a cash deposit. Pollowing conviction of driving while under the influence of liquor or drugs, or of leaving the scene of an accident in which personal injury oc- curs, without making identity known, motorists would have to show financial responsibility to respond thereafter in order to have their permits restored. BLAST WRECKS BUILDING Motive Is Mystery as Dynamite Is Hurled in Atlanta. A, April 26 (#).—The front ilding housing the firm of les W. Bernhardt, building con- tractor, was demolished and windows in neighboring houses broken in a dynamite blast here early today. No one was injured. Bernhardt estimated the damage at about $600. Both he and police said they did not know a motive. “I've always tried to treat every- body fair and square,” Bernhardt said. “I guess somebody just disagreed with me.” Officers said the dynamite was thrown from a passing automobile. No one was in the building at the time. \ Rabies Seize 50 Portufim. Fifty persons suffering were brought to & hospital here todey from the village of Aldeia Nova de St. Bento. The population was in & panic and a wholesale slaughtering of dogs started. K ‘ Locked-Out Pupils Study Beneath Tree Until Term Ends By the Associated Press. DECATUR. Tex.. April 26.— The term of the Nickelville School came to a close today— not in the building, but under a spreading oak tree. ‘The School Board locked end barred the doors of the building. contending they had hired the teacher, Mrs. Emma Schultz, for only an eight-month term. She insisted she had been hired for nine months, auctioned off a turkey to raise funds and held classes under the tree in the school yard. “I'm not going to close it.” the teacher said. “I can't close on such brief notice, especially since final examinations have not been conducted.” ICE SMASHES SHIP QUICKAID IS ASKED Rescue Vessel, Under Full Steam, Departs From St. Johns. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, April 26.—With her stem badly damaged in & heavy ice fleld 150 miles off New- foundland, the British motor ship, Titanian, requested immediate assist- ance today. The sealing ship. Imogene, com- manded by Capt. Wes Kean, im- mediately left this port under full steam. The only evening paper in- Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Bome Returns Not Yet Recel U Means Asaocisted Press. NEWYORK N.R.A. ACT HELD INVALID Lehman Meets Ruling by Signing New Bill, Cor- recting Flaws. | | | By the Associated Press. | ALBANY, N. Y., April 26.—New York State's N. R. A. enforcement law, known as the Schackno act, was held unconstitutional by the Court of Appeals todav, but within two hours Gov. Lehman signed amendments de- signed to meet the court’s objections to the law. ! The effect of the amendments is to return to the State the power as- signed to the Federal Government by the legislature of 1933 to decide what codes shall become law. | The Court of Appeals, the State's high court, ruled that the 1933 legis- ihture improperly delegated to Wash- !ington powers that the State con- stitution inténds shall be wielded by no one other than New York's legisia- | tive body. The court by a vote of four to three ruled that the Legisiature had no right to “leave o a national administrator to declare what shall or shall not be ime in New York State.” ‘This law is a mere shell, leaving to national bodies or officials the power to make the laws of New York State,” the court's majority opinion said. “We conclude,"” the court said, “that this State law which we are reviewing is unconstitutional, as an unauthor- | ized delegation of legislative functions | contrary to our State constitution.” The test of the law was the result of a protest by a Binghamton coal dealer, Gustave C. Darweger. Darweger con- Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,665 ived. ESTATE TAK PLAN T0 PAY OFF BONIS OFFEREDINSEMATE Morgenthau Proposes Sys- tem Designed to Raise $600,000,000 Yearly. SLIDING SCALE ASKED, WITH 60 PER CENT PEAK Secretary Says Method Has Ad- vantage of Being Immediately Feasible. By the Associated Press. Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee today made .ub- lic a letter from Secretary Morgen- thau proposing an inheritance tax system which could be used to cash the bonus. based on progressive 1ates running up to 60 per cent Morgenthau estimated that such a tax would yield about $300,000,000 in 1936 and might bring in as much as $600,000,000 annually thereafter, His letter to Harrison follows: “In accordance with the commit- tee’s request during yesterday's hear- |ing. I am glad to outline below a revenue measure which would provide funds for the payment of the sol- diers’ bonus. Held Most Feasible. “1. From the standpoint of im- | mediate feasibility no less than that of our fundamental objectives, the best source of additional revenue at this juncture would be a system of taxes on the receipt of inheritances and gifts. “Such a system. supplementing our present estate and gift taxes, would fit in well with the rest of our Fed- | eral tax structure; would add to its | balance and strength. and would not materially interfere with the present cstate and gift taxes. “2. The program that is here sug- gested would be relatively simple to fermulate and to administer; yet it would be effective. In brief. it is. with certain qualifications to subject all inheritances and gifts to a system of rates similar to that of the Federal income tax law. “3. The result of this proposal would be that gifts and inheritances would be taxed at progressive rates, and, under it, the Congress could provide for the effective rates to vary with the tax-paying capacity of the recipients of bequests and gifts. On verv large bequests or gifts during a single year—one million dollars or more—if the existing income tax rates are applied, the total tax would approximate 60 per cent. Installments Proposed. “4. To prevent the necessity for hasty liquidation of large properties in order to pay the tax, it might be provided that inheritance taxes be payable in a convenient number of installments. “5. The preliminary estimate is that such a tax would yield in 1936 approximately $300,000.000 and might range upward to $600.000,000 annually. Our present estate tax is estimated to yield some $190,000,000 in 1936. It may be observed that, from estate and inheritance taxes. England, with a population of approximately one-third that of the United States. and a smaller per capita wealth and income, collected more than $400,000.000 in death duties in the fiscal year ended The message indicated that the ice- tended the Legislature was delegating March 31, 1935." locked British ship, which has a crew of 30, had been damaged in other parts of the hull and probably could be assisted only by an ice breaker. It was estimated that the Imogene would re- quire 12 to 15 hours to reach the Titanian's position. ‘The motor ship. owned by W. A Souter & Co. a British firm, sailed from Newcastle, England, on April 17 | for Port Alfred, Quebec. It is of 4.900 tons. The Titanian's plight recalled that less than two weeks has elapsed since the twenty-third anniversary of the Titanic disaster 550 miles off Halifax. when the liner sank, after striking an iceberg, with great loss of life. OKLAHOMA EXPECTS PALL OF DUST TO LIFT Showers Reported in Eastern Sec- tion but Drought Area Still Lacks Moisture. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, April 26.—Vis- ibility of only one-fourth mile was reported at scattered Oklahoma points today because of dust, but State Fore- caster Harry Wahlgren predicted clearing weather by night. Eastern Oklahoma received showers. Among the cities reporting restricted visibility were Ardmore, Guthrie, We- woka, Frederick and Blackwell. But nowhere in the dust belt proper —Southeastern Colorado, Southwest- ern Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhandle and part of the Texas Pal dle— | was there any considerable rainfall or hope for immediate moisture. its powers unconstitutionally. WOMAN AND SON SENTENCED TO HAN Another Son Gets Life in Slaying of Delaware Man Seven Years Ago. By the Associated Press. GEORGETOWN, Del, April 26— Mrs. Mary H. Carey, 52, and a son, Howard Carey, were sentenced today to be hanged in Sussex County Jail on | June 7 for the slaying of the woman's | brother more than seven years ago. Another son, James Carey, 23, was | sentenced to life imprisonment. Mrs. Carey screamed and became hysterical as sentence was imposed. The jury had recommended mercy in returning a first-degree conviction against the woman and her older son. who is 27. James was convicted of second-degree murder, which carries a life imprisonment penalty in Dela. ware, | The man slain was Robert Hitchens, | & bachelor. living near Frankford. Del. | The motive, the State charged. was to | obtain $2,000 from a life insurance | policy. Sentence was imposed by Chief Jus- tice D. G. Layton and Associate Jus- tices C. S. Richards and W. W. Har- rington. They declined to act on the recommendation of mercy. Records do not show that Delaware ' ever hanged a woman. Divorces Net Reno $7,000,000 From 13,500 in Four Years By the Associated Press. RENO, Nev., April 26.—Nevada's six-weeks divoree law begins its fifth year on the statute books next month with the record of having already brought nearly 13,500 divorce seekers and at least $7,000,000 to the world- famous divorce capital, Reno. Jammed through the State Legis- lature in 1931 as a “bold experiment in liberal legislation,” the law that has made the words “Reno” and “divorce” synonymous will pass its fourth anniversary May 1. In its comparatively brief history, marital malcontents have flocked here from virtually all parts of the world. It is estimated that Washoe County, of which Reno is the seat, has coi- lected at least $370,000 in court costs alone during the period. The city's been paid many dude ranches, stores, night cfubs and gambling casinos. If each of the 13,500 spent only $500 for all expenses. including at- torney fees and court costs, during their sojourns here, Reno's “take” from the six-weeks divorce business would be $6,750,000. The average person seeking a divorce, however, spends considerable more and only & very few are able to get a decree for less. Blue-blooded members of America’s “first families,” actors, artists, and other persons of distinction, and thousands more obscure, without dis- tinction socially, financially or other- wise, have joined the Reno parade of the last few years. In the first fiscal year of the six- weeks residence law’s operations, Reno had 5011 divorce suits. In the fol- lowing period, from May 1, 1932, through April 30, 1933, 2,794 suits were filed. In the year ending April 30, 1934, the figure slumped to 3,560. FA G. 0. P. for Vinson Bill. Meanwhile the Harrison plan for compromising the troublesome bonus issue ran into threatened difficulties today in the form of a Republican drive for the Vinson bill to pay the bonus in full immediately. Senate Republicans were lining up almost unanimously for the Vinson measure, which was defeated in the House by a narrow margin. Senator McNary, minority leader, issued a call for a party conference tomorrow to discuss the issue. The stand of the Republican forces threw a scare into the administration | leadérs, who were seeking to put through the Harrison measure as a compromise which, its author says, would be acceptable to President | velt. ! Plans Could Be Upset. A combination of Republicans and | Democrats pledged to support full cash | payment might easily upset the plans | of the administration leaders to save | President Rosevelt from the necessity of vetoing a cash payment plan. The compromise bill, which was approved yesterday by the Senate Finance Committee, was introduced | by Chairman Harrison of that com- mittee after a conference with the | Chief Executive. While the White House has shied off from definite | commitments, President Roosevelt's friends were sure he would sign the bill if it is sent to him by Congress. They have hoped it would solve the question, for the present at least, In the committee, the Republicans | voted almost solidly for the Vinson plan rather than the Harrison bill. | Even those like Senators Couzens, Re- publican, of Michigan, and Hastings, Republican, of Delaware, who flatly oppose cash payment, voted for the Vinson measure in preference to the compromise. Under present plans of adminis- tration leaders, the bonus bill will be called up in the Senate Monday. De- spite the Finance Committee's re- jection of the ffill cash bonus plans, they will be offered in the Senate, as though they had never been voted upon by the committee, as fresh sub- stitutes for the Harrison compromise. ‘Their submission will bring the issue of cashing the adjusted service cer- tificates to the supreme test. For (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Guide for Readers Amusements Comics ... Finance Lost and Found .. Radio - Serial Story Short Story Society ... ashington Wayside ....A-8 Women’s Features...C-4, )