Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1935, Page 5

" BLLBOARDS BAN DECLAREDBY Y Commissioners Will Refuse to Permit Erection of Additional Signs. ‘The Commissioniers today informed the General Outdoor Advertising Co. they will grant no further permits for erection of billboards. This was the subject of a publiq hearing last month. At the same time the Commission- ers stated they will consider applica- tions for rehabilitation of billooards and wall signs in commercial and in- dustrial zones if the advertising com- panies finish clearing billboards from residential areas and the vicinity of public buildings and parks. Some time ago an agreement was reached with the billboard firms for a three-year clearance program, ending December 1 of last year. When the deadline was reached, however, all billboards had not been removed from residential and public areas, as had been promised. Following the public hearing last month on application of the General Outdoor Advertising Co. to erect addi- tional signs in commercial and indus- trial areas, the Commissioners com- municated with all interested agencies and organizations. ; They said replies have been uni- formly adverse to any relaxation of the prohibition against additional bill- boards. %M;triny ] (Continued From First Page.) who had been held hostage through- out again werc in charge as the evac: uation began. They herded their for- | mer captors in groups of 10 to the| lift and sent them up to face a day in their cells and an inquiry by War- den Simpson. The members of the administrative | board, who had been at the scene since early yesterday, planned to leave the inquiry entirely In Simpson's hands. Simpson saic he would investigate to determine the ringleaders and pun- ish them. Damage Is Heavy. Nathan Van Meter, pit boss in the | mine, estimatec at least two weeks will be required to repair the damage and resume operations. Van Meter, who as a wall guard shot and wounded the Urschel kidnaper, Harvey Bailey, as he escaped in the Memorial day break of 1933 was one of the hostages of the rioters. C. L. Simpson, veterinarian in charge of the prison live stock, went into the mine with the attacking offi- cers to see how the 19 mules fared. All through the night officers armed with rifles and machine guns formed a cordon about the tipple, with their weapons trained on the air shaft. For what seemed interminable hours they were poised alertly as the lift made periodic trips up, either with | used fire fighting equipment or tired men. Even the returning officials and | guards were faced by muzzles of guns as their heads and bodies moved slowly into sight at the ground level. ‘The officers did not inow what ruse might be attempted in a desperate effort of the rioters to escape. i Then came the warden, wearing a tired, but relieved smile, to say: “It’s all over.” ‘The convicts began their demonstra- tions at 6:30 a.m. yesterday when the last five of the day crew to descend | hastily rushed the guard cage at the | foot of the air shaft. | ©O. N. Johnson, guard on duty there, | repelled them with tear gas, and' there followed long hours of sullen, | bloodless violence. | The convicts retreated to the far- ther reaches of the level, but shortly | afterward attempted another sortie | upon the cage. | Held Captive. Murray, confident he could win the | strikers to reason, descended and was | held captive many hours while he| debated their demands. | ‘With Murray and the other guards, all unarmed, their captives the tur- bulent host set fice to hay in the mule | barn in an attempt to “smoke out” | the guards in the air shaft cage. ‘The heat was intense but the five guards held their ground. They were | equipped with gas masks and did not | suffer. from the smoke. | Later the convicts set another fire, this time using hay and timbers, that | burned on through the rest of the| day and far into the night. 13 FROM CAPITAL GET PENNSYLVANIA DEGREES One Receives Honorable Mention as Awards Are Made at An- nual Commencement. Thirteen Washingtonians were among the graduates of the Uni- wversity of Pennsylvania who received degrees today at the annual com- mencement exercises at Philadelphia. They are Walter L. Clark, jr., bachelor of science in mechanical engineering; Thomas B. Hopper, me- chanical engineer; Robert L. Freeman, George F. Groff, Paul D. Hinkel, ‘Thomas S. Hinkel, Aubrey S. Spencer, Leonard R. Viner and Richard G. Woolley, bachelor of science in eco- | nomics; Judson O. Harrison, jr., mas- | ter of business administration; Charles S. Mahan, doctor of medi- cine; Harry 8. Weitzman, master of medical science, and Eva M. Holmes, master of arts. Paul D. Hinkel also received hon- orable mention for senior research in the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce. BRUNETTES TO COMPETE Beauty Contest for Black-Haired Girls Is- Announced. ‘A “beauty contest for black-haired girls” will feature the dance of the Recreational Club of the Southeast Community Center tomorrow at 8 pm. in Buchenan Auditorium, Thir- téenth and D streets southeast. Other events on the entertainment program at the Thursday night dances heve been “shag contests,” “gnow ba!l battles,” “balloon dances” and “confetti showers.” iMrs. H, C. Olson, director of the recreational club, is in charge of the dances. 12 Monkeys Escape. MONTREAL, June 19 (#).—Twelve monkeys seized their chance when an employe left a plank across water | the mules roll. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DG, As Convicts Surrendered in Mine Rebellion UUSTER UF FflUlfllS Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. No. 1—Some of the 348 convicts as they surrendered and came up out of the Kansas Prison coal mine at Lansing early today. No 2--Dr David Parker, center of dispute. manded by the convicts. His removal was de- Warden’s Story of Mutiny Simpson Says Ringleaders Will Be Punished, But ‘] Some Strikers Were Forced to Participate. talk much st first but the officers told | (Here is Warden Lacey Simp- son’s story of the mutiny of 348 convicts in the Kansas State Prison coal mine which ended after 21 hours without injury to guards, convicts or mules and with prison officials making no conces- sions to the miners’ demands for better food, removal of the prison | physician and immunity from | punishment.) | BY LACEY SIMPSON, Warden of the Kansas Penitentiary. (As told to the Associated Press.) LANSING, Kans, June 19.—When I went down into the mine they were | putting out the fire. It was pretty well out at the time. The guards were getting ready to go up past the fire. The object of this was to get around to where the officers were held and to release them if possible. ‘We knew one of them was locked in the mule barn and that the others had been held in the electric shop, which is just off the entry leading from the main shaft. Of course it was difficult to get past the debris of the fire and the frames of two cars that burned. The trblley wire was down. The heat had | caused some slate to fall from the | roof. At that time, also, they were still playing water on the fire. Then there were about a dozen of us who went up to the entry to examine the mule barn, on the lookout all the time to make sure we would not be ambushed from side. entrances. At each side tunnel we left an officer on guard. We went on past the pen where They want to roil in the mines same as anywhere else. Door Barricaded. From there we advanced to the |’ entry leading into the mine shaft. There was a double wooden door and the men had it barricaded with rails. It was an awful job getting those rails out of the way and the doors open. We went through then to the main shaft. We were confident the men had been driven back when the fans were reversed and would retreat to the face of the mine. We went on down looking for men and hadn't gone far until we saw some lights moving in the distance. They were coming toward us, so we stopped and waited. not knowing whether we'd have a fight or not. I might say that after we had gone to all the trouble we'd made up our mind we would get the men as well as the officers. They came ahead, not many of them at first, with two division mine officers, James Skahan and James Wilson. The men didn't ASHINGTON'S Exclu- sive Bedding Store. Established 1864 Beds—Mattresses— Springs and Studio Couches. 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Milt Gould (a mine officer) came down agd said it would be too big | a job to clear the main shaft, that it would be better to clear the airshaft and take them up that way. 1 gathered all the officers with guas | and sent them to the shaft, leaving mine officers to hold the men in the entrances. I didn’t want any guns down there with those men at close quarters. ‘They knew it was time to give up when they did. 1 was very happy none of the offi- cers was injured or seriously the worse for their experience. While the mine was pretty badlystorn up, it is largely a matter of work in clearing up the debris and rep! the burned tim- ber. The men who damaged it will have to do that work. Damage to motors will be our greatest expense. I'll give our mine superintendent, Bob Murray, credit for advising when he came up, after being released, that the first thing to do was reverse the fans and drive the smoke back on them. 5 I talked to the men early last night trying to show them the futility of their position and how it would be to their advantage to come up and The SOUTHERN TRANSCONTINENTAL **The Fair Weather Route’’ The ONLY Transcontinental service with Sleeper Planes. Planes by day; luxuri- m Sleepers at night. TWO SCHEDULES DAILY #The Southerner’” leaves at £ p.m. For Reservations I PHONE NATIONAL 0442 o Postal M‘:fi"«% o Traffic Office—813 15th St.,, N.W.* AMERICAN AIRLINES present their grievances to’the State Board of Administration T'll have a ccaference with the mine officers. The ringleaders will be pun- ished. A lot of those men were not | voluntarily taking part in the strike. 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Foulois as chief of the Army Air Corps, the House Military Affairs Committee is determined to press forward in its battle for Foulols' ouster if it has to carry the fight direct to President Roosevelt. The President. as commander-in- chief of the Army and Navy, may be called on to review the long campaign WEDNESDAY, JUNE waged by the House group and to pass on its claims that the inspector general of the Army and Secretary Dern, him- self, have corroborated the committee’s charges of ineficiency and incom- petency leveled at the air chief. Dern today received from the com- mittee a formal request for the full 19, 1935. repert of the Army inspector general | by with regard to the War Department’s independent investigation of Foulols’ conduct. 'Substantiation Expected. Chatrman McSwain of the full Mili- tary Committee and Chairman Rogers of the subcommittee which inquired into Air Corps conditions expressed bellef today that the findings of the inspector general's office will substan- tiate all the accusations made by the House probers. Members of the committee, dissat- isfied because Dern went no further than to reprimand Foulols for mak- ing “exaggerated, unfair and mis- leading statements” while testifying before the House group, apparently expect to find in the inspector gen- eral’s report data not mentioned by the War Secretary in his letter notify- ing the committee of the reprimand. War Department officials declined to indicate what action will be taken with respect to the committee’s request for the confidential findings of the in- spector general. To refuse it, however, would provide ammunition for claims committee members that the de- partment is seeking to “whitewash” Foulois. “We want to see the report on which Secretary Dern based his de- cision to rebuk: Foulols rather ihan remove him,” Rogers said today. “When we get that report we will be in a position to decide what additional steps should be taken with a view to removing Gen. Foulois. “I am determined to go through with this fight because it is right. If it is necessary to go to the White House, I am in favor of doing that. Secretary Dern has admitted that Gen. Poulois gave false testimony to the committee, and that should be reason enough to end his usefulness as head of the Air Corps.” Chairman McSwain declared the misled our committee, that he gave exaggerated and unfair testimony and that he was disloyal to his fellow officers.” McSwain Dointed out that the come mittee has no authority to dictate ad- ministrative procedure to an executive department, but he insisted the group will do all in its power to see that the Air Corps is “purged” by removal of its chief. 5 ireet from famous Hot Sorings, Arkansas, Mildly alkaling = Degply St trins. A rrective. iminates body ‘acids and poisons. Phome for free descriptive booklet. Mountain Valley Mineral Water Met. 1062 1405 K 8t. LAST CHANCE For Utility Investors NOW is your last chance to help prevent a grievous injustice to millions of American citizens. Now is your last chance to protest against the Wheeler-Rayburn utility bill, which if passed by the House of Representatives will destroy your or your neighbor’s investments. The bill, with its drastic provisions to abolish holding companies, was forced through the Senate in spite of strong opposition, Yes, the Senate has voted to wipe out utility holding companies. AMERICANS DO NOT WANT THIS BILL The American people see the unfair, destructive character of this bill. They do not want it. Senator Neely of West Virginia said he had received, 23,000 messages from his constituents. On the b s of a tabulation of the letters he had actually read (a large number), only 69 wanted the bill passed; 22,931 desired_ that it be defeated. A poll of the Nation’s press taken by Newsdom shows that 494 papers are against the Wheeler-Rayburn bill, and 197 for it. A recent count by The United States News shows 83% of the newspapers commenting opposed to the bill. What is more representative press? of the public than the public Not one representative of utility customers or investors urged that the bill be passed, On the other hand, investors’ or- ganizations, business groups of all kinds, State public utilities commissioners, insurance companies and savings banks, and thousands of persons like yourself have pro- Even the President’s own business ad- and House committees. tested against it. in hearings before the Senate visory group, the Roper Council, opposed the destruction of holding companies. BILL FORCED THROUGH SENATE But an amendment which would have done away with the “death sen- tence” provision was beaten by the margin of only one vote—45 to 44—and only as the result of most desperate efforts by Administration forces. Says The Wall Street Journal in a report on the voting: Emil Hurja, patronage distributor for Postmaster General Farley, was seen dashing here and there around the Senate just before the vote was taken. It is an open secret that the Administration’s control over $4,880,000,000 was the deciding factor when the final vote was taken on the amendment. So the money which you pay in taxes to help recovery was used to force Senators to destroy your savings. the bill comes up for a vote in the House. Do not let this happen when Urge your Representatives not to let patronage lead them into forgetting your interests by voting for the Wheeler-Rayburn bill merely because the Administration de- mands the bill be passed. One reason why the Administration is so insistent upon having this bill passed, when there is a vast majority of popular sentiment against it, may be found in the statement of Senator Dieterich, himself a Democrat: “This bill, instead of regulating and correcting the evils that exist in holding companies, is an effort to bring about public control of all the utilities in the United States.”” Government ownership and operation of electric and gas companies means more political bureaus, more political jobs—and more taxes. URGE YOUR CONGRESSMAN wishes heard. TO HEED YOUR WISHES You have every right to make your And if your wishes are disregarded you have every right to elect new Congressmen who will represent you more faithfully. ‘Now is your last chance to help defeat this bill, which will wipe out practically all utility holding companies and the savings of millions of utility investors. you have no utility investments, act for your neighbor who has. Isn’t it worth the price of a telegram or the effort of a letter to let your Repre- sentatives in Congress know that you want them to vote against this wanton destruction of the property of good Amer- ican citizens? Act now. chance. It is your last 78-Year-Old Woman Writes Her Representative Dear Sir: As your office calls upon you to repre- sent the people and act for their rights, I as a citizen of your district ask you to vote against House Bill No. 5423, as I am o) posed to this legislation that puts pubgc- utilities under Federal commissions and management by Government. want old If I am 78 years old, and have a small in- vestment in the utilities which brou; my income upon which to live. age pension. I have honestly earned and I expect hon- est returns from the use of money invested. If the Government taxes and probes t me don’t I only want what utilities all the time, how can they pay their interest? 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