Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1935, Page 2

15 SEEN FORMING _Assault on Courts Woul Deprive Citizens of Redre of Wrongs. BY DAVID LAWRENCF,, Some day the historians S the the present period in Washfiple by era of exploitation of they of vast the politicians. For, acoumitic political power, throughf gund the lation of a $4,000.000 a5’ em- Roosevelt administragiagorship the barked on a political gre pecoming implications of Wipceraty lic: clearer as every ar g 5 imdoided. ace of the dictator- ship is the 1 Vlent demand by the executive br’fl‘ of thiol Covernnelis that the ler Btive branch, which it dominates hd controls, shall join 1t in a dire 85SUlt on the judiciary. Two -2jor proposals now pending would 4eprive the American citizen of tr use of the courts to redress griesnces or to obtain a remedy in the form of compensation when in- ed by Government action. One vlates to the right to recover dam- ages if the Government repudiates in- terest or principal on Government bonds. The other relates to the re- covery of processing taxes. Ostensibly both these proposals have been advanced to prevent a few from enriching themselves or from “specu- lating” at the expense of the Govern- ment. But actually the move is a confession that the executive branch of the Government does not dare to risk its case before a court of law and justice and wishes to prevent any verdict unfavorable to itself from be- ing rendered. < Implication in Attitude. The theory of being willing to sub- mit a controversy to a fair court is as old as Anglo-Saxon justice itself and while it is technically true that no government can be sued without its consent, it is also true that re- fusal to permit suit implies an un- willingness to allow its own acts to be reviewed by an impartial tribunal. Already consequences of the gravest sort are flowing from the administra- tion’s attitude. Thus in the amend- ments to the agricultural adjustment act is to be found a provision which forbids any citizen from suing in court to recover any processing taxes col- lected on various agricultural prod- ucts. About $700,000,000 has been collected from these processing taxes, which are really a sales tax paid by the people of the country when buy- ing necessities of life. ‘The Supreme Court of the United States in the N. R. A. decision cast doubt on the administration's right to collect processing taxes, but, instead of repealing them or making them subject to collection as a simple sales tax payable by all the people instead of the direct users of the particular commodities, the Department of Agri- culture merely moved to get around the decision by asking Congress to refuse citizens the right to sue to recover the improperly imposed taxes. Here is the provision of the proposed law which has been passed by the House of Representatives and has been favorably reported by the Senate Commiitee of Agriculture for action this week: “No suit or proceeding shall be brought or maintained, in, nor shall any judgment or decree be entered, by, any court for the recoupment, set- off, refund, or credit of, or on any counter claim for, any amount of any tax assessed, paid, collected, or ac- crued under this title prior to the date of the adoption of this amend- ment. “No suit, action, or proceeding shall be brought or maintained in any court if such suit, action, or proceeding is for the purpose or has the effect of preventing or restraining the assess- ment or collection of any tax imposed or the amount of any penalty or in- terest accrued under this title on or after the date of the adoption of this amendment.” Helplessness of Courts. Thus with one fell swoop the courts are to be made helpless to grant in- Junctions to American citizens against improper penalties or taxes assessed by the Department of Agriculture, and this applies to every farmer, producer, processor or handler of agricultural products from the farm to the retail store, all of whom come under the Jjurisdiction of the A. A. A. in one form or another under the old and new law called the agricultural ad- Justment act. Recognizing this situation, many companies which have been paying processing taxes have rushed to the courts and within the last three days many injunctions have been granted restraining the tax from being col- lected by the Government. The taxes are to continue to be paid, but they will come into the custody of the court, to be paid out after the decision 1s reached as to their validity. This applies, however, only to taxes being pald now and no further suits will be possible in a week or so when once the amendments have been adopted. The money alreauy collected for Pprocessing taxes cannot be recovered. Money being paid in during the in- terval between last week and the passage of the new law can be segre- gated and possibly recovered. Once the law is paseed, however, com- panies will be ccmpelled to pay the tax or, if they refuse. their proper- ties :m :e attached by the Govern- ment and their Luciness o] interfered with. Temeo Thus does the cycle of compul- sion complete 1weif, and once again the power to tax or t penalize and coerce by the use of the taxing power has brought a crisis in American life. ‘The Supreme Court of the United States will unquestionably hold the processing taxes an unconstitutional levy, but it may be a year or two before a case cac reach the high court and before a decision is ren- dered. By that time the New Deal dictatorship may have developed a ‘way to circumscribe the action of the Supreme Court itself. All things now become possible when Congress, at the behest of the Executive, votes to repeal the right to sue the Govern- ment to redress grievances growing out of arbitrary acts of Government bureaus. (Copyright. 1935.) Man, 138, Blames 78 Wives. That his misfortune was caused by his 78 wives, is the explanation given by Ibrahim el Helbawi, who claims to be 138, when he recently applied for admissicn to the poorhouse in Cairo, Egypt. He was once a rich man. Ibra- him declared, however, that he always rRms—— Starting—Tax Part of Social Program. BY PAUL MALLON. HE man behind the scenes in " the Treasury is Herman Oli~ phant, general counsel to Sec- rptary Morgenthau. He at- tended a dinner given a few nights ago by a leader of Capital society, where the guests plagued him with amazed expressions about the new program to tax bigness. Owlish Mr. Oliphant replied in a knowing tone: “You ain't seen nothin’ yet.” Mr. Oliphant does not talk loosely, and usually knows whereof he speaks. Not from this significant incident alone, but from similar hints dropped by other officials, the conclusion is obvious that President Roosevelt's somewhat sensational move is not the last one he contemplates in that direction. ‘What the New Dealers apparently have in the back of their heads are further, stronger steps in a long-range venture to eliminate bigness, not only among men, but corporations, 11 you get them off in a corner they will concede the revenue- aising features of the proposed plan were almost inconsequential, or at least secondary; that the wealth-sharing claims made for it were largely political ballyhoo. What they really wanted, they whisper, was to establish a taz basis for a social policy to be ad- justed and readjusted in coming years until all the big ones are made over into little ones. They did not dare to go any further for a starter. Now some of this talk may be an excuse for the deficiency of the pro- gram. Some of it may be designed to hearten the doubting wealth-sharers like Huey. But, make no mistake about fit, there are many New Dealers super- charged with the Brandeis-Frankfurter philosophy sincerely and non-politi- cally, apparently including one in the ‘White House. Tax to Curtail Dividends. Tax students now are just about agreed that the proposed tax increases on large corporations will probably not drive them out of business or break them up. You can see just how hard it will hit three of the largest corporations in the country by the following table: 93 Taxes Proposed S152.000 SIi065 sapaH0 General Mot 12.000 14.400 Stand. O1l (N.J.) 000 5,600 6.700 Last three ciphers omitted. These figures suggest that the new taxes will sharply curtall dividends, but are not necessarily confiscatory. The increase per share of General Motors would be roughly 4!3 cents, A.T. &T, 25 cents. To give you an idea how easy it would be for the administration to take further steps: The privilege of filing consolidated returns is as im- portant as rates. Under this privilege the profils of one subsidiary may be offset by the losses of another for the purposes of taxation. The Treasury has placed a pen- alty on the use of the consolidated return, and it is mot much of a help to a middle sized firm, but it still helps the big fellows very much. Another thing which Mr. Roosevelt hinted at in his message was a tax on dividends collected by corporations. By such a tax all holding companies could be ruined. Corporation. AT e T 1 Doesut Frl e T owt The best job in Washington is that of a former Columbia University pro- fessor (Dr. Arthur W. McMahon). He has been commissioned by an endowed foundation to write the inside history of the New Deal, taking as long a time as he desires. New Dealers Skittish. ‘The professor has entered upon his task seriously and has equipped him- self with a note book and a stenog- rapher. He haunts the relief offices (principally Hopkins’ office) and jots down all he hears and sees. When lunching with New Deal officials his stenographer goes along and records the conversation. The New Dealers are somewhat skittish when he is around. They fear their chance remarks may get into history. An overlooked fact of more' than historical interest is that the Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional only 60 laws out of 24,016 passed in the history of the country. The W; include the N. R. A. In the same period (1789 to 1935), Presidents have vetoed 680 bills. Con- gress has overridden 48 of these vetoes. From this you can see the three branches of Government usually get along amicably. The bible of New Deal thought on large corporations is supposed to be contained in “The Modern Corporation and Private Property,” by two brain irusters, Gardner Harding and Adolph Berle. ‘The unofficial new tax program rates given out by Senator Harrison would raise $340,000,000 yearly. This would be $2.80 per person on a wealth- sharing basis. The talk around the White House now is that Mr. Roosevelt will have to delay his San Diego trip because Congress will keep him here for all of July and he has engagements through August. He is supposed to be plan- ning a two weeks’ rest at Campcbello around Labor day. (Copyright. 1935 U. S. Gets Historic Fort. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla,, July 1 (®).— Historic Fort Marion, whose stone- work served as this ancient city’s fortification nearly four centuries ago, passed into the hands of the National Park Service for supervision and man- agement today. There will be no charge for admittange to the fort. ( MRS. NORTON HITS AT LOAN SHARKS Denies Representative Jenckes’ Plea for Recon- sideration of Bill. Charges that loan sharks are mak- ing determined efforts to kill & bill on the House calendar for regulation of the small loan business were made to- day by Chairman Norton of the House District Committee. Mrs. Norton fired the blast at the loan sharks after receiving a letter from Representative Jenckes, Demo- crat, of Indiana, a member of the Dis- trict Committee, urging that the small loan bill be withdrawn from the cai- endar for reconsideration. The Dis- trict Committee favorably reported the bill last Thursday. “I regret that Mrs. Jenckes evident- ly has been approached by the loan sharks to kill this bill,” declared Mrs. Norton. “I certainly will not ask the committee to reconsider it. If Mrs. Jenckes had made a study of the legis- lation in Congress for the last seven years she would know this is a good bill. ‘At the present time some of Wash- ington’s loan sharks are charging in- terest at the rate of 50 per cent a year. The small loan bill will limit the interest rate to 2 per cent a month —a rate that I have been convinced is fair.” Mrs. Jenckes, however, described the bill as “viclous” and declared “it saddles exorbitant rates on citizens who are in desperate circumstances and who are compelled to make small loans.” She also insisted that the loan shark lobby is supporting the bill rather than opposing it. SILVER STAR HOME VISITED BY 3,000 House in Chevy Chase Will Be Open to Public 30 Days, In- cluding Thursday. More than 3,000 persons visited the Silver Star Home at 3359 Quesada street, Chevy Chase, yvesterday, the first day it was open for public inspection. The crowd that streamed through the attractive Cape Cod colonial dwelling during the day was said to be one of the largest to see a model home in Washington this year. The house will be open for 30 days from 10 a.m. until 9 pm., including Thurs- day, Independence day. Built by Paul T. Stone, Inc., the house is presented by J. Wesley Buchanan, Inc, under sponsorship of The Star. It is located at Broad Branch road and Quesada street in Stone's new development of Wren- wood, and is the third house to re- ceive the Silver Star award for merit in building this year. It has been well furnished and draped by Hutchison’s, Inc., and John P. Ligon. It may best be reached via Connecticut avenue to Chevy Chase Circle, and east on Western avenue a half block to Quesada street. The house is located two blocks from the intersection of Western avenue and Quesada. POTATO WAR BRINGS CODE AND $2 PRICE Virginia Growers May Ship To- day, if Merchants Agree to Pay Fixed Rate. By the Associated Press. PAINTER, Va,, July 1.—A theoreti- cal price of $2 per barrel and a strict code regulating shipments went into effect here today as the Eastern Shore potato growers' shipping strike entered its second week. Since the farmers met last Wed- nesday no potatoes have been shipped from Accomac and Northampton Counties, Virginia's great potato producing area. Today, operating under an agreement reached Satur- day, growers may ship the tubers at $2 per barrel, provided the price is specified by the commission mer- chant in writing in advance. Independent truckmen may buy po- tatoes at $1.90 and will be allowed to haul them across the State line if they can show a pass signed by a postmaster, bank cashier or notary public specifying the agreed price. Pickets continued their patrol. JONES HEADS SCHOOL Former Assistant Principal at Sidwell Goes to Wilmington. ‘WILMINGTON, Del,, July 1 (£).— ‘Wilmot R. Jones of Washington today became principal of Friends Sck}ool, Wilmington. He succeeds Charles W. Bush, who has been principal since 1922. ; Bush resigned recently to pursue graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Jones has been as- sociate principal of Sidwell Friends School in Washington. Friends School, Wilmington, is a preparatory institution established nearly 200 years ago. Festival at Church. HERNDON, Va., July 1 (Special).— | The Sunday school of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church will hold an ice cream and cake festival on the church lawn tomorrow evening beginning at 5:30 o'clock. Considers ship subsidy bill. Banking Committee works on omni-~ bus banking bill. Agriculture Committee formally re- ports A. A. A. amendments. House: Votes on “death sentence” for util- ity holding companies. & Continues consideration of utility L. Judiciary subcommittee of the Dis- trict’ resumed considera- tion of liberalized divorce law at 10:30 am. TOMORROW. STAR, WASHINGTON, - D. l May Wed Again I MRS. NINA GORE VIDAL. —Underwood Photo. Mrs. Nina Gore Vidal, now in Reno, Nev., where she will become eligible this week to file suit for divorce from Eugene L. Vidal, director of air com- merce, Commerce Department, today was reported by the Associated Press to be planning to marry Hugh D. Auchincloss, Washington investment broker. ‘The Associated Press reported that neither Mrs. Vidal, who is living on & “dude ranch” near Reno, nor Mr. Auchincloss, said to be visiting at Lake Tahoe, Calif,, could be reached for comment, It was reported at Reno, however, that they are to be married soon after Mrs. Vidal obtains the divorce for which she is expected to file suit this week. Mrs. Vidal, the daughter of Senator ‘Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma, left Washington May 17 for Reno. Auchincloss, according to the Asso- clated Press, is reported to be visiting at Lake Tahoe with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Norman H. Blitz of New York. Auchincloss and the former Maya de Chrapovitsky, Washington social registerite, were divorced at Reno in 1932. Thirteen years ago Vidal was mar- ried to Nina Gore, then one of the most popular debutantes in Wash- ington, They have one child, a boy. NRA PLAN DRAWN BY ROPER COUNCIL Merger of Recovery Group With U. S. Trade Body Is Its Basis. By the Associated Press. A definite plan for blending N. R. A. and the Federal Trade Commission through new legislation today was re- ported drafted by Secretary Ropers Business Advisory Council. It was said to be similar to that under study by an administration group, despite White House statements that while the door was not closed, new N. R. A. recommendations were not now planned for the present ses- sion. ‘Would Unite Two Units. ‘The business group's plan would coalesce the two units by putting N. R. A. under the commission. Iis principal points: Increase the commission from its present five members to nine. Combine much of the present N. R. A. organization with the commission. Divide the commission into two sec- tions—one for investigation and one to make codes. Such codes would be voluntary in nature, but subscribers to them would be bound under a contractual ar- rangement. The codes would contain labor provisions. Hope of getting most business units into such codes would rest on certain reprieves from the anti-trust laws, but action under codes could not be monopolistic. Would Use N. R. A. Personnel. ‘The division of functions within the commission was designed to mee: ob- jections that the commission cannot co-operate and prosecute at the same time. Use of N. R. A. personnel would furnish experienced help and preserve the continuity of experience. Along with the voluntary agree- ments there probably would be an insignia, to be used as a badge of merit. It might be withdrawn for mnon-compliance with labor standards, but publicity would not be given such withdrawal. P TP L TR R STEPHEN FOSTER HOME DEDICATION JULY 4 Ford Invites Relatives of Ameri- can Composer to Shrine Cere- mony at Dearborn. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 1.—The homestead of Stephen C. Foster, American com- poser, purchased recently. by Henry Ford and brought to Dearborn, will be dedicated July 4 as a shrine in memory of the composer of “Old Folks at Home.” Ford has invited relatives of Foster from sll parts of the United States to come to Dearborn on the 109th anniversary of Foster's birth to par- ticipate in dedication exercises, after which the home, in &t approximating those in which it orig- inally stood, will be opened to the public. Among the descendants of Foster invited are the composer’s only child and daughter, Mrs. Marian Foster ‘Welch of Pittsburgh, now 84 years old; Mrs. Alexander Dallas Rose of Pitts- burgh, a granddaughter, and Stephen Foster Rose and Miss Dorothy Rose, great-grandchildren. Approximately two score other known descendants also have been invited. CIRCUS GETS PERMIT Granted Authority to Use Strip of Federal Propert. A permit was signed today by park authorities to allow the Hagenbach- Wallace Circus to occupy a strip of Pederal property on August 15 and 16 C., MONDAY, 1200 AUTO TOLL INSIX MONTHS Two Per Cent Reduction Is Shown by Survey, With 300,000 Injured. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., July 1.—A toll of 15200 dead and 300,000 hurt in automobile crashes in the United States during the first six months of 1935 was reported today by the Travelers’ Insurance Co, in a Nation- wide survey. X The number of deaths is about 2 per cent less than for the first six months of last year, the report shows. Complete revised figures have not been received from all States. ‘Worst to Come. Deaths from automobile accidents have been 34 per cent greater in the last half of the year than in the first during the last four years. The com- pany estimates that should this hold true this year the total number of casualties would reach 35,600. “Such records as are available for the first ahlf of the year,” the report said, “show an increase of almost 13 per cent in the number of drivers under the influence of liquor who were involved in accidents and also an increase of 10 per cent in the number of pedestrians under the same influence also in accidents.” Eight thousand of those killed were pedestrians, slightly more than in the first half of 1934. Nearly 3,100 per- sons were killed in automobile col- lisions. Almost 500 persons lost their lives in the collision of outomobiles and trains. The percentage of such deaths is appreciably in excess of the first half of 1934, the report said. More than 1,500 were killed in the collision of automobiles with fixed objects and nearly 1500 also met death in non-collision accidents. Both totals are less than during the corresponding period last year, 53 WEEK END DEATHS. Seven Each. By the Assoclated Press. Automobile and motor cycle acci- dents took at least 53 lives during the week end. New York and Ohio led the States with seven fatalities. Two young men and a girl were killed and two other young men were injured seriously when their automo- bile crashed into the side of a freight train near Reed City, Mich. At Akron, Ohio, Robert Hinkle, 45, was killed after he stopped to aid a driver in a ditched auto. A second cdr stopped and a third struck it. Hinkle being crushed against his own auto. A 17-year-old girl perished in the flames of a burning auto after a car collided with a truck at Hammond, Ind. Joseph Stevenson, 13, died several hours after he was hit by a car in Philadelphia and dragged 30 feet. The driver was held by police. Thrown from a skidding motor cycle, Miss Jay Boland, 19, was fatally injured in the Bronx, New York City. A passenger bus and a truck loaded with chickens collided at Petersburg, Va. The truck driver was killed. Deputy Sheriff Sam Tidwell was killed at Dalias, Tex., when his motor cycle collided with an automobile. Fatalities by States: Alabama, 2; California, 4; Florida, 1; Georgia, Illinois, 4; Indiana, 1; Kentucky, 1; Massachusetts, 2; | Michigan, 3; Minnesota, 1; Missouri, | 2; Nebraska, 1; New York Ohio, 7; Oklahoma, 2; Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 3; Texas, 2; Vir- sin, 1. PASSAMAQUODDY BAY POWER PROJECT BEGUN 80-Acre Site Ordered Cleared for Housing of 400 Technicians on Big Job. By the Associated Press. EASTPORT, Me, dregm of an engineer and the hopes of thousands of persons in this most Northeasterly community of the United States neared realization today with the beginning of construction of the Passamaquoddy Bay for electrical power. Maj. Philip B. Fleming, United States Army engineer in charge of the project, ordered the clearing of an 80-acre site west of the city for houses for the 400 technicians on the job. For Eastport the day meant the end of the depression, with prospects that the $36,000,000 project, employ- ing 7,000 workers, would triple the city’s population. 52 MINERS KILLED By the Associated Press. CALCUTTA, India, July 1.—Addi- tional reports from Bagdigi Colliery in Bihar Province, following two explo- sions today, raised a death total to 52 miners. An undetermined number were injured. Six of the miners were killed in- stantly by a first explosion under- ground, 10 were burned fatally when caught by roaring flames as they fled to surface, and a second explosion, fol- lowed by fire, caused the additional casualties. All the victims were In- dians. Boy, 6, Seeks Ride To Capital on Boat, Ends Up in Norfolk Finds ‘District of Colum- bia’ Name Doesn’t Mean Ship Goes There. Six-year-old Raymond Marsh, 214 South Payne street, Alexandria, Va., decided last night he wanted to make @ boat trip to Washington, where he once lived, but went to Norfolk in- stead. Slipping aboard the steamer Dis- trict of Columbia at Alexandria, Va., ‘The purser, W. D. Holiday, had the \way given supper and put Raymond told his story. New York and Ohio Lead List With | | gret he could not attend the child’s 3; ginia, 1; Washington, 2, and Wiscon- | July 1.—The | giant project to harness the tides of | JULY 1, 1935. Alfred E. Volckmann, 19-year-old Greenville, N. Y., youth, who confessed the slaying of Helen Glenn, 9, shown in the hospital where he was taken after attempting suicide Le Gallais, hospital superintendent. By the Assoclated Press. GREENVILLE, N. Y, July 1— Alfred E. Volckmann, 19-year-old butcher boy held for the slaying of 9-year-old Helen Glenn, expressed re- funeral today. “I'm sorry I can't be there,” he said in Greene County Hospital, where he is recovering from the effects of diluted poison. District Attorney John C. Welch said Volckmann had confessed at- tacking and killing the little girl, | with poison. With him is Alice E. daughter of Rev. Ernest Glenn, a Methodist minister. The youth, who piayed the violin in the Methodist Church, will be arraigned tomorrow. Mr. Glenn, whose church remained closed yesterday, asked the Presby- terian minister to pray for Volck- mann’s parents. Volckmann was in custody a few hours after the child's body was found in an isolated swamp Friday. | Detectives quoted him as saying he had made three attempts at suicide because of remorse for the slaying. DAY DELAY GIVEN 10 QUESENBERRY Lack of Talesmen Halts| Trial of Mountaineer in Police Killing. BY BLAIR BOLLES, Staff Correspondent of The Star. LEESBURG, Va. July 1.—The case | of the Commonwealth of Virginia | versus one-eyed Thomas Quesenberry was postponed soon after noon today GUFFEY COAL BiLL REPORT DUE SOON With Strike Delayed, Quick Action Is Sought on “Little N. R. A.” By the Associated Press. With a strike call to bituminous | coal miners postponed for anothar 30 days, backers of the Guffey bill de- voted themselves today to obtaining | quick action on this measure, to regu- | until 9:30 am. tomorrow. Lack of available talesmen for the! jury caused Judge J. R. H. Alexander to halt proceedings against the moun- taineer moonshiner, charged with murder in the first degree of an Alex- andria policeman. Quesenberry had pleaded not guilty. A panel of 20 jurors must be had before the selection of the final 12 men can begin. Of 26 prospective jurors called this morning, only 11 were chosen. Nine more must be named. Judge J. R. H. Alexander denied a plea of abatement offered by Stillson H. Hall, chief of counsel for Quesen- berry. ‘The somber Quesenberry sat quietly while his attorney, Hall, petitioned dismissal of the case in a 12-point | plea in abatement in which he charged that one of the grand jurors who re- | turned the indictment in the case had | testified against the defendant. Hall first told Judge J. R. H. Alex- ander, presiding, that “the alleged indictment does not follow the form set out in the 1930 code of Virginia.” Then he startled the spectators by stating: “Juror and Witness,” “At least one of the grand jurors, who on the tenth day of June, 1935, returned the alleged indictment * * * had previously consulted with counsel for the accused, had been summoned and had testified as a witness in the same case under another alleged in- dictment which was quashed on the twenty-ninth day of April, 1935.” The plea continued: “The defendant prays that the al- leged indictment against him be quashed, and that this proceeding against him be dismissed for the rea- son hereinbefore set out.” Quesenberry marched across the greensward that leads from the an- cient jail to the old red brick court house at a few minutes after 10 o’clock this morning. Quesenberry, the Commonwealth of Virginia says, murdered Policeman McClary on_the night of March 17 with & .30-.30-caliber rifle supposedly shot from the hip. Shooting Followed Search. ‘The shooting climaxed a search for the old man made by sea, by land and by air as agents of the Internal Rev- enue Bureau attempted to close in on him to arrest him for manufacturing liquor, without a license, in his own back yard. The gun battle occurred at Ever- green Mills, which is about 7 miles from this old colonial town, and during it George Kirkpatrick, revenue agent, was shot in the breast. TWO STRIKERS HELD IN MINE RIOT PROBE National Guardsmen Quiet in Kansas and Okla- homa Sectors. By the Associated Press. ' GALENA, Kans, July 1—Two strikers were held by Kansds National Restore late the industry with a “little | N.R. A" The bill is expected to emerge from | the House Ways and Means Commit- | tee some time this week. Senator Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania | said that as soon as the House takes | action he will call the measure up for | | debate in the Senate. | | The United Mine Workers are eager | to see the bill pass. The union con- | tends it would stabilize the industry and permit employers to comply with | the U. M. W. demands for a 30-hour | week and a 10 per cent pay rise. One | large group of operators supports the | bill. On the other hand, another | segment of the industry, mostly | Southern operators, opposes it strenu- | | ously. These operators contend it | would mean loss of business and em- | | ployment because prices to the con- | sumer wonld increase to the point of | discouraging purchases. | John L. Lewis, president of the | union, called off a strike scheduled | for this morning. Lewis had issued the strike call Saturday, but when | the Government intervened he post- | poned it 30 days, offering to extend present wages and hours for that period. ‘Though the operators have not yet accepted this truce, persons familiar with the industry predicted they would do so. | The Guffey measure is on the | | “must” list of legislation favored by President Roosevelt. Opponents plan |to challenge its constitutionality quickly if it is passed. TABLE ROCK BLAST ! TO MOVE 1,000 TONS| 200 Dynamite Holes, Each 20| Feet Deep, Are Drilled at Niagara Falls, By the Associated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, July 1. —Two huge dynamite blasts were set today to send 1,000 tons of rock hur- tling into Niagara Gorge from Table Rock, often called “Honeymoon Point” because of its lure to newlyweds visit- ing the falls. Two hundred holes have been drilled 20 feet into the ground to pro- vide for the charges, but all were not expected to be filled with the explosive today. The blasting, a precautionary meas- ure to prevent slides, follows the ap- pearance of a four-inch crack in the table for a distance of several hun- dred feet. When completed, the cleared sec- tion will be opened to the public again to allow a close-up view of Horseshoe Falls, the Canadian cata- ract which Table Rock adjoins. VIENNA P.-T. A. ELECTS Special Dispatch to The Star. VIENNA, Va., July 1.—Mrs. W. G. Mills has been made president of the Vienna Parent-Teacher Association. have been Mrs. W. W. Louk and Mrs. W. Ben- nett have been elected delegates to the County Federation of School Leagues and Parent-Teacher Asso- ciations. Miss Lulu Ferguson of Herndon, principal of the school here science at Louvain University. $3.45000 ASKED FORHEALTH STUDY Inventory of Chronic Dis- eases in 50 Cities Planned by Health Service. A health inventory in 50 cities to enable the Public Health Service to extend its fight against chronic dis- eases and physical impairments will be undertaken, provided approval is obtained for a $3,450,000 allotment of work-relief funds requested today of the Division of Applications and In- formation. The survey would be conducted in metropolitan areas to be selected in the event the application is approved. It is directed mainly at an inventory of infantile paralysis, arthritis, deaf- ness, blindness, Bright's disease and other maladies incapacitating persons for employment. The extent and severity of chronic diseases, the Public Health Service stated, is a phase of public health upon which little information is avail- able, but which entails each year a great economic loss in employment. The problem is becoming increas- ingly important with the gradual in- crease in the percentage of the popu- lation over 60 years of age. It is essen- tial that data on large numbers of persons be collected, it was said, if reliable information is to be obtained as to geographic differences and varia- tions with respect to age, sex and occupation. Of prime importance are the data that would be assembled on the extent of illness of a duration of three months or longer. The study would include a house- to-house canvass to obtain records, physical examinations, a survey of medical facilities and a fourth phase contemplated as a part of the regu- lar research of the Public Health Service, including an extensive study extending over several years of the effect of given chronic aiiments on the capacity of the patient and family to remain self-supporting. FEDERAL AGENTS ESCAPE GANG GUNS Justice Department Reports No Violent Deaths in 6 Months of 1935. By the Associated Press. At this half-year mark the Justice Department reported yesterday that “G-men” have escaped gangster bul- lets and violent death while on duty during 1935. That held true, too, for the last month of 1934, but in the preceding seven months three of the 600 special agents of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation were mowed down by guns of public enemies. A bronze memorial tablet in the outer office of Director J. Edgar Hoover lists eight agents who paid with their lives in the national battle against crime. Inspector Samuel P. Cowley and Agent Herman E. Hollis were the last names placed on the memorial. They died in the bloody encounter at Barrington, Ill, November 27 last year with “Baby Face” Nelson, whose bullet-riddled body was found later. BARTENDER WINS GUZZLING CONTEST Quaffs Half Gallon of Beer in 34 Seconds in Milwaukee Competition. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, July 1.—Floyd Ve- rette, 310-pound bartender, quaffed a half gallon of brew in the amazing time of 34 seconds yesterday—and won the Milwaukee beer guzzling contest, bottoms up. ‘While a crowd looked on in mingled awe and envy, the capacious red head drank seven contenders under the ta- ble in the final round of the foaming tournament. The Fond Du Lac Avenue Advance- ment Association, sponsors of the tip- pling bout in this center of the brew- ing industry, immediately claimed a world record for the new champion. He clipped three seconds from the mark he established Saturday in gulping his way into the lead over a fleld of 100 thirsty contestants. As a reward for his efforts—or pleasure, as the case may be—Ve- rette was presented with a silver lov- ing cup. It measured a half gallon, of course. BROTHER OF SLAYER THREATENED BY MOB By the Associated Press. PEORIA, 11, July 1.—A threaten-. ing crowd of 150 persons gathered yes- terday as Victor Thompson, 23, broth= er of the confessed slayer of a 19- year-old girl, was arrested on charges involving an 8-year-old boy. A detective squad escorted him through the ill-humored group of neighbers to the jail, where his brother, Gerald Thompson, 25, has been held since he confessed he at- tacked and slew pretty Mildred Hall- mark Parents of the boy swore out the warrant after, they iniormed police, the youngster told them Vietor Thompson coaxed him into Thomp- son’s house with the promise of give ing him a nickel. Four detectives rushed to the home where Victor lives with his grande parents. The crowd had already as- sembled there. He was taken to the city jail and booked and then taken to the county jall, where his brother is awaiting trial. Thompson was asleep when the squad arrived. He was awakened and informed of the charge. 0TTO TO GET DOCTORATE Pretender to Austrian Throne Writes 358-Page Thesis. BRUSSELS, July 1 (#).—The Arch~ duke Otto, pretender to the Austrian throne, an examination yesters day for the degree of doctor of political His mother, the Empress Zita, and a num- ber of friends were present. The subject of his 358-page thesis was “Customs and Success—Oral Rights of the Peasant Class and the Indivision of Rural Estates in Austria.” He paid tribute to Austrian peasants, saying that from them “We may ex- for s number of years, has been e A 4 pect the Christian revival which - a€@otistic society so badly needs.”