Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1935, Page 2

UTILITIES DISLIKE HOUSE MEASURE “Death Sentence” Carried . in Implied Form With Commission. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Anybody who thinks that there were 256 members of the House of Representatives who favored the utilities and only 147 who stood cn e side of righteousness and all that i holy in the realm of finance mis- thkes entirely the fundamental issues volved in the most dramatic inci- Tflm in the history of the present Congress. The bill just passed by the House is by no means to the liking of the utilities. I¢ does not, to be sure, carry the “death sentence” for hold- ing companies contained in the Sen- ate bill. but it does carry a contin- gent death sentence. It requires that the Securities and Exchange Com- mission shall be the executioner if it finds unnecessary holding company atructures. And this commission is appointed by the President and con- sists at present of members who be- lieve in the destruction of holding companies. But. it might be asked, why was the battle so bitter? From the standpoint of the utilities. they were fighting for their lives. Were the death sentence ordered and no dis- cretion left to a Federal tribunal, the good and the bad among holding companies would have to go out of business, Their investors would lose heavily and their organizations of personnel would go to pieces. Shred of Hope Retained. If the House bill should become faw, there is at least a chance for the problem to be tackled on a basis of discretionary power vested in a com- mission whose acts will be reviewable by the courts, and thus arbitrary ac- tion will presumably be preventable. So while the utilities are deeply op- posed to the House bill, they found themselves forced to support it as the lesser of two evils. Prom the standpoint of members of the House of Representatives, they were choosing between destruction of {nvestments of many of their con- stituents and an opportunity for the tangled problem to be taken up in an | ;;ovige many fish for the seals. Also, | orderly way by a Federal commission. | the fyll force of the White House | On such an issue it was natural that | jeg;gative lobby (Messrs. West, Hurja | | the House would vote to protect con- | ang Corcoran) was thrown into the | feels some permanent institution must stituents and it always will be a mystery why the President made it & matter of such vital moment to his administration when actually he has already obtained in both the Senate and House bills a drastic piece of legislation that regulates holding companies and apparently will pre- vent a repetition of the abuses which prompted the public sentiment against utilities. Lobbying Activity Hit. Incidentally, the lobby done by both sides, namely the administration and the utilities, constitutes a chapter in legislative happenings which is open to severe criticism. It is not suggested that bribes were offered, unless, of course, offers to help in congressional elections, either by ad- ministration favors or by campaign funds, are to be considered as im- proper influence of that kind. But most of the so-called lobbying done by the utilities was a presenta- tion to each member of the House, by some one of prominence in his own district, of the names of the men and women who stood to lose by the legislation. In some districts as high as 20,000 names of share owners were listed, so that a member of Congress knew exactly how many enemies he ‘was making for the next election by disregarding the interests of those in- wvestors in an entirely unncessary step, namely. the forced abolition of holding companies by a mandatory provision of law instead of by discretionary action. The President and the 147 men who voted with him wanted confisca- tion of property. It is significant that on this issue Mr. Roosevelt lost. The House of Representatives is not yet ready to confiscate property in the interest of a theoretical advantage in & political campaign. The votes in the House Monday and Tuesday mean that the Conference Committee will probably accept the House bill instead of the Senate ver- sion of holding company restriction, which was adopted by a margin of one vote in the Upper House. This is unless the administration finds a way to win over the conferees, something that appears doubtful in the face of the heavy House majority and the calibre of conferees who now will be appointed to represent the House. (Copyright. 1935.) —_— GIANT MYSTERY BOMBER ASSEMBLED IN SEATTLE Bhip Built for Army Air Corps Believed Capable of Near 250-Mile Speed. By the Associated Press. tery bomber,” believed to be capable of a speed approaching 250 miles an hour, was assembled at Boeing Field yesterday. . Built under greatest secrecy for the Army Air Corps, Seattle citizens got their first look at part of it as a great wing was taken from the factory to the field. \ Four motors will power the ship, re- | Yorted to have a wingspread of 105 deet. It is expected to be manned by '8 or 10 men. +_TIt is expected to be flown to Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, shortly before August 22 when tests are to be made in Dayton. The fuselage is extremely streamlined, making the craft look | like a great cigar. | BAND CONCERT. ’ By the United States Marine Band the United States Capitol at 7:30 pm. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Whitcomb, second leader. March, “Our Glorious Banner,” William H. Santelmann “Fantasie on National Songs,” compiled and arranged by William H. Santelmann Marines' hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” March, “Liberty Sousa Cornet solo, “Bride of the Waves,” Clarke Robert De Hart. Overture, “Jubiiee” Fatherland” . ... “The Star Spangled Banner.” Frog Walks on Ceilings. which can walk on found in Australia. A A green frog ceilings has been ’ SEATTLE. July 3.—A giant “mys- | What’s What Behind News In Capital *“Stop Roosevelt” Whis- per Now Rumbles Audi- bly on Capitol Hill. BY PAUL MALLON. E TIII utility lobby is being blamed for the House insurrection against President Roosevelt. It did its part. The bombard- ment of letters from widowed and orphaned investors back home was very effective. But there was more behind the insurrection than the lobby. The blunt truth is a larger num- ber of Democratic Representatives are coming around to the view that they must stop Mr. Roosevelt, that he is going too far. Their secret resentment and public praise of the administration is an old story. But what has happened since the new tax program was submitted is a new and more important one. You can get the proper slant on it | if you consider that a switch of four | | votes would have defeated the New I‘Dcul shipping bill in the House last | week; that there are Democrats now | working privately to block and post- | pone action on Mr. Roosevelt's tax | program. In other words, the silent “stop Roosevelt” movement among members of his own party has gained unex- pected heacway. Bait Runs Low. | such backstage surges before, al- though he has not been up against | anything quite like this. For one | thing, his patronage and relief bait is now running low. Most of the patronage already has been distrib- | uted. The relief set-up is being con- ducted in such a way that it does not House utility contest, but could not even make the issue close. However, the prestige of the | White House is great. 1f skillfully | used, it should save the remainder of the program. Certain well-advised financial terests do not think so. That is why the stock market has been holding up so well in the face of adverse New 'Deal moves. ‘To show vou how Democratic mem- bers of Congress now are talking in the cloak rooms: A conservative Democratic Senator makes no secret of his off-the record | belief that Mr. Roosevelt's taxation | next year. He says so at every op- portunity. Several Southern Demo- | cratic House members have talked over | the advisability of party realignments, the abolition of the Democratic and | Republican parties, and the insti tion of & conservative and a liberal party. They think it is coming soon. This. of course, is just talk, but i§ discloses the underlying excitement in | Congress. | Gold Cache Policy. Fanciful rumors have been gener- ated by the Treasury move to cache | its gold in the interior. These center around suppositions that the Govern- | ment fears an invasion, or has some inside reason to expect one. What encourages the fantasies is the | Treasury effort to keep such moves a | secret. A hawk-eyed newsman dis- | covered the recent plans to build a im(‘he near Louisville. Treasury of- ficials, when asked, confirmed the fact somewhat reluctantly. | The real inspiration behind the | program seems to be prudence. Coutious Mr. Morgenthau decided it was a bad idea to keep most of the gold of the country in New York and San Francisco in these modern days of airplane bombers, when nations occasionally start wars without declaring themselves. He had no information, just an idea. Most of the big Treasury gold stocks now will be in Denver and Fort Knox, near Louisville. They will not be out | of reach of invaders, but will be harder to get at. Military men seem to be- lieve the move is wise, but not as im- portant as it seems. Textiles vs. Hull. There has been an inner stir over | State Secretary Hull's memo opposing | the export-bounty plan for cotton. | Textile men have descended on the icnl)iz.et textile committee, demanding { | | | an explanation. All they can find out | is that the committee asked different departments to submit views: that the State Department was the only one to oppose it flatly, others being less positive. The textile people have started counter action. At the annual convention of the -American cotton garment industry, S. C. Lamport criticized the State Department for “not realizing that pther nations already have done their tariff retaliating.” Apparently this is to-be a good fight. One thing which the Navy dis- covered in its recent Pacific maneuvers was that it wants more naval bases in | the Pacific. This will not be admitted | publicly now, but, just as sogn as the | Washington naval treaty expires, the Navy high command intends to recom- mend development of bases at Guam and Samoa, also paval air stations at Midway and Wake islands. Japan may wish she had not been s0 hasty in scrapping the treaty when she hears about that. Champion punster of the House is alert Representative Maverick. In a recent speech, he said critics of the T. V. A. are “statisticritical”; that T. V. A. operation of co-operative can- neries is not an “uncanny” phase of its work; that the T. V. A. is the busiest of New Deal agencies “by a dam site.” It takes a brave man io be a punster with a name like that. . (Copyright. 1935.) Know How to Collect. Women have been found' effective as tax collectors in England. . > The President has always put down | in- | | program will defeat him for re-election | THE EVENING U..B0DY TOAD PUBLIC ON CODES President Assigns Substi- tuting Task to Trade Commission. By the Associated Press. ‘The Federal Trade Commission will aid business arrange voluntary codes to replace those swept away by the Supreme Court’s N. R. A. decision. This task, it was disclosed authori- tatively, was assigned by President Roosevelt. His action was regarded by many as still further reducing the scope of the substitute N. R. A. re- cently created by Congress. The voluntary codes, it also was learned, will not include wage and hour agreements unless specifically asked by industry. Attorney General Cummings was said to doubt the validity of such provisions. Cummings, members of the Trade Commission and James L. O'Neill, acting administrator of the recovery | agency. conferred with the President | yesterday. Decisions reached, it was indicated, will preclude any presi- dential request for new N. R. A. legis- lation at this session of Congress. Labor Wage Plan. Nevertheless, labor will seek passage of a bill imposing wage and hour agreements through the licensing of businesses in interstate commerce. William Green, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, was one of those who talked with Mr. Rooseveit yesterday. His impression was, he said, that the administration would not press for new legislation at this time. The Trade Commission’s code as- signment was unexpected. Previously it had been understood that the com- mission and the midget N. R. A. would co-operate in negotiating the codes. Each was to be equally responsible— the commission handling trade prac- tice provisions and the N. R. A. the wage and hour sections.- E. L. Davis, chairman of the com- mission, said 52 industries had in- quired about trade practice agree- ments, and added the commission was ready to start at once in working out the voluntary codes. President’s Interest. Upon leaving the White House Green said: “The interest of the Pres- be established.” ; The labor leader added. however, | that he doubted Mr. Roosevelt would | press for new legislation at this time “because of the shortness of time and the state of mind in Congress.” The A. P. of L. bill would set up a five-man commission to prohibit trans- | portation in interstate commerce of products not manufactured in accord- |ance with minimum wage and maxi- mum hour standards and other labor | conditions. 'DIVORCE GRANTED | MRS. VIDAL IN RENO | Extreme Cruelty Charged by Wife of Air Commerce Bureau Director. By the Associated Press. RENO. Nev., July 3.—Mrs. Nina Gore Vidal, daughter of United States Senator Thomas P. Gore of Okla- homa, was granted a divorce today from Eugene L. Vidal, director of the | Commerce Department’s Bureau of | Air Commerce. She charged extreme cruelty. Mrs. Vidal was married to the World | War fiyer and former halfback of the Army foot ball team at Washington | January 11, 1922. They have one son. Eugene, jr., aged 9, whose future custody has been fixed in a separation agreement signed May 16, 1935, Mrs. Vidal recently was reported to be planning a second marriage to Hugh D. Auchincloss, Washington broker, but her attorney, George Springmeyer, said he was “personally satisfled” she had no such intention, at least for the present. l | | - CHILD STAR GETS $4.25 OF $1,250 WEEKLY PAY Shirley Temple Puts $1.50 of Her Allowance in Bank—Candy Limited to 25 Cents. By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif July :.—Out of the $1,250 Shirley Temple receives a week, the highest salary ever paid & child star, sh> receives but $4.25 to spend herself, she disclosed yester- day. Of this sum she places $150 a week in her toy bank Here ir how she spent her $4.25 last week: Candy, 25 cents—ang she is not permitted to spend rore than this for sweets; fruits, 40 cents; soda pop, 15 cents; box of pains. 75; dog collar, 95, and 25 jor the Sunday school collection. MAY YOHE IMPROVED Noted Actress, Hurt in Fall, Now Out of Danger. BOSTON. July 3 (#).—May Yohe, former wife of Lord Francis Hope, owner of the famous hope “bad luck” diamond. was reported last night as “much improve¢ and off the danger list,” by doctors at Boston State Hos- pital. Miss Yone, now Mrs. John Smuts, fell in her kome here recently, re- ceiving a brain injury which doctors feared might result fatally. She was a stage star of the gay 90s. Takes up bill to put water carriers under the I. C. C. House and Senate conference con- tinues on social security bill. House: In recess. TOMORROW. Senate. The Senate is expected to meet at noon, but will adjourn immediately without transacting any business. House, Wil not be in session. [l ident in N. R. A. has increased. He | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1935.. New Jersey Park Razed by Fire blaze. ¢ 4 CHARLES EDGAR NELSON. BANKING MEASURE SHIFTS UNLIKELY Leaders See Small Hope for Amendments in Senate. [ By the Associated Press. Predictions that the Glass-Eccles compromise banking bill would be ap- | proved with little change by the Sen- ate next week were made today by Democratic leaders. First, however, it faces attempts by liberals to write in “commodity dollar” and central bank amendments. Lead- ers saw virtually no chance for their adoption. The commodity dollar amendment would seek to restore pre- | depression price levels. Father Charles E. Coughlin, Detroit priest, advocates the Government owned and operated central bank. As compromised, the measure would divide control of the Nation's credit between the Federal Reserve Board and Reserve banks, but would give the Reserve Board majority pdwer over open-market operations—the buying and selling of Government securities. “All the fight has been taken out of the bill” said Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader. Even Marriner S. Eccles, Reserve Board governor, who urged more rigid credit control provisions, conceded the bill was an “improvement” over what had at one time been considered by the Glass subcommittee. How- ever, he appeared to be displeased with the proposed open-market com- mittee to consist of a newly constituted Reserve Board of seven members and five representatives of the 12 regional Reserve banks. Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina, an administration supporter on the subcommittee, described the bill as “splendid” and as generally acceptable, but predicted the open- market committee might be changed to provide for only four Reserve bank representatives, 20 SAVED FROM DEATH AS PIER UNIT COLLAPSES Men, Women and Children Are Taken Ashore on Coast Guard Cutter. By the Associated Press. SEAL BEACH, Calif, July 3— Twenty men, women and children narrowly escaped death late last night, when a 40-fciu section of the Seal Beach pler ccllapsed. Cut off from shore, the group stood huddled on the pierhead for more than two hour: as s bolling sea at high tide lashed below. Powerful searchlight rays stabbed the darkness as the group was low- ered one by one to a pitching dory tied up beneath and later transferred to a Coast Guard Cutter to be taken, ashore. Most of the group had been fishing. et LUMBER INJURIES FATAL Yard Worker Was Pinned to Ground April 27. ‘Willam Kerns, 29, Petersburg, Va., died at Emergency Hospital yesterday as a result of injuries received April 27 while working in the lumber yard of Galliher & Hugely, 965 Florida avenue. Kerns and others were unloading lumber from a truck, police reported, when he was pinned to the ground by lumber whieh fell from the vehicle, a \ Ruins left by a fire which broke out in the “old mill” at Palisades Amusement Park, Palisades, N. J. en- dangering the lives of some 10,000 visitors to the park. Apparatus from nearby towns were called to fight the C. E NELSON DIES OF HEART ATTACK 10ld Malady Fatal to Execu- tive Who Joined Star Staff in 1909. Stricken suddenly yesterday with a | heart attack while at work in his of- | fice, Charles Edgar Nelson. 47, maga- zine and feature editor of The Star, died last night at his residence, 2901 Connecticut avenue. Apparently in good health, Mr. Nel- son came to The Star yesterday | morning early, as usual, and suffered the first attack while in the art de- partment discussing illustrations. He | was taken home in an ambulance and | died last night about 8 o'clock fol- lowing a second attack Puneral services will be held at the Almus R. Speare undertaking estab- lishment, 1623 Connecticut avenue, at 4 pm. Priday. with Dr. W 8. Aber- nethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. The body will be | taken by the family to Indiana. where | burial will take place Saturday at Bluffton, his native town. Joined Star in 1909. Mr. Nelson had come to Washing- ton in 1909 to join The Star stafl following earlier journalistic experi- ence in the Middle West. He became assistant magazine and feature editor and later was promoted to magazine and feature editor, in which capacity he had supervision over several phases of The Evening and Sunday Star. Born in Bluffton, Ind.. Mr. Nelson received his early education in the public schools of Bluffton, and later at an art school, where he studied car- | tooning. His first important work » | journalism was as cartoonist on the | | Kentucky Post at Covington. Ky. Later he joined the staff of the Cin- | Washington. Here 1n the National Capital, Mr. Nelson met Miss Bertha Bridges of and they were married June 22. 1910. This month they celebrated their sil- | ver wedding anniversary. Was Boating Enthusiast. Fond of golf in his earlier years, Mr. Nelson was forced to give up the game because of the heart ailment which affected him from time to time. He later became an ardent devotee of boating. For many years he had a sall boat at Herring Bay, where he became so expert at handling small craft that he abandoned auxiliary motors with which his earlier boats were equipped and depended entirely on sails to propel them. Nélson was an active member of The Evening Star Club, of which he was formerly vice president. During his career on The Star, “Bat” Nelson became closely associ- ated with dramatics of the city, and his column, conducted for years in The Sunday Star, won him prom- inence, not only here but elsewhere. Fairness Applauded. In what was entitled a “gentle | ballyhoo” of Washington's dramatic critics, in a program of the National Theater, S. E. Cochran, manager, once said of Nelson: “The same honesty that persuades Mr. Nelson to admit a golf score far from the record of ‘Walter Hagen or Bobby Jones follows him into the reviewing stand when- ever he goes to the play. He helps keep alive the old tradition of The Evening Star—fair criticism of plays and players. A kindly man, ‘Bat’ Nelson seems to belong to the ages. At any rate, he looks the same today as he did some 15 or 20 years ago when he first joined the editorial forces of The Star.” Among his associates he was highly regarded. A man of quiet manner, he | went about his work pleasantly but effectively. In his capacity of maga- ine and feature editor he became ac- quainted with many prominent writ- ers and authors. He noted zealously new developments in the world of art, especially painting and etching, al- though he never pursued his own talent in this direction beyond car- tooning. Surviving are his widow, one daugh- ter, Ann, 19, a student at George Washington University School of Gov- ernment; one brother, Ross Nelson, city editor of the South Bend, Ind., News-Times, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Nelson of Bluffton. Coming to the funeral from a dis- tance are his brother Ross and two brothers of Mrs. Nelson, Frank Bridges and Lewis Bridges, both of New York. Five Shot in Ching Meeting. LONDON, July 3 (#.—A Reuters (British) news agency dispatch from Peiping caid that five persons were executed secretly at dawn today for participation in the attack mutinous seldiers last Priday on Peiping. 4 (OF FRANCE, IS DEAD | was an obscure engineer, born in ~—Wide World Photo. Succumbs | ANDRE CITROE! CITROEN, | | CARKING Paris’ Henry Ford Dies of| Grief After Big Plant Passes From Him. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 3.—Andre Gustave Citroen, 57, the “Henry Ford of | France,” weakened by grief over the difficulties of his business, died in a hospital today after a lingering illness. | Citrogn’s vast automobile plant, | once estimated to be worth 2,000,000, | 000 francs, was forced into receiver- | tive management of his companies. | The short, dapper engineer tried to investigation by auditors aroused such | opposition from stockholders and | creditors that he finally disappeared. He wasted away under worry and went to the hospital several weeks ago —too late for an expected operation on his stomach. He weighed only 70 pounds—half his normal weight— when he succumbed. Mourning over the recent death of a daughter, as well | as distress over his business, had weak- ened his resistance. Avoided Outside Control. Until he was forced to ask a re- ceivership for his crippled company, Citroen—who once dreamed of a tour- ist route across the Sahara Desert— refused steadfastly to accept any out- | side control of his affairs. A gambler who had risked a fistful of banknotes on the turn of a card, he was little known personally to the average Frenchman, who never visits the casinos where the maker of many of their cars was a familiar figure. Before he began developing small automobiles after the war, Citroen Paris February 5, 1878. He was associated before the war with a pioneer automobile works, the Mors, no longer in existence, and he was supposed to have made a fortune during the war, manufacturing muni- tions. Followed Ford's Methods. Quick to realize the production pos- sibilities of American methods, as exemplified in the factories of Henry Ford, Citroen began to put cheap cars on the French market in 1919. From the United States he borrowed the gdeas of mass production, the chain system of turning out cars and standardization of parts. He employed American designs, ma- chinery and patents. Then he branched out into allied flelds, particularly motor bus lines. The government was eager to keep his company operating because he supplied the army, navy and air serv- ices with much of their motorized equipment. He and Mme. Citreon, the former Mille. Bingen, were often seen at fash- ionable parties—members of the so- ciety known as “Tout Paris.” Their daughter’s name was Jacque- line. They also had two sons, Ber- nard and Maxime. e BERLIN PAPER SEIZED BERLIN, July 3 (#)—The evening edition of the newspaper Berliner Tageblatt was confiscated last night for reasons which were not stated. Au- thorities admitted the seizure, but re- fused to divulge details. ‘The Tageblatt’s morning edition ex- plained that yesterday's evening edi- |° tion inadvertently credited a news item concerning relations with Czecho- by | slovakia snd Austria to an official German source, for which error the paper spologized. 4 MEXICO T0 RELAX LAWS ON CHURCH High Official Tells Press There Will Be No Per- secution. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 3—A high government official told the Associated Press today that enforcement of Mex- ico’s anti-church laws would be re- laxed somewhat. He was quoted as saying, “There will be no religious persecution.” Simultaneously, it was said that the government plans no formal modifica- tion of the present laws, which Cath- olic sources assert are in themselves “persecution.” In contrast to conditions during the “Red Shirt” activities against the church a few months ago, mass is being said in many churches in this city. Catholics said that, while a short time ago it was nearly impossible to hear mass because of the crowds in the few churches in which priests were allowed to officiate, there is no longer any difficulty. The arrest of Archbishop Pasqual Diaz in January and the deaths of several persons in a demonstration at Guadalajara a few weeks later ap- parently ended the campaign against the church. Publication of a picture of Mon- day’s cabinet session, showing Gen. Saturnino Cedillo, secretary of agri- culture, seated at the left of President Lazaro Cardenas,%n the place usually reserved for the secretary of interior, saused much comment today. OF JAPANESE SHIPS Steamer Sinks After Collision With Freighter in Fog. 91 Are Rescued. | By the Asscciated Press OSAKA, Japan, July 3—A small Japanese cruise steamer collided with a freighter early today on the fog- bound Japanese inland sea, causing deaths =stimated by shipping officials at 104 The steamer, Midori Maru. bearing A capacity load of holiday passengers, senk almost immediatels after crash- ing with the freighter Senzan Maru The freighter and a number of rescue vessels, however. succeeded in picking up 91 of the 166 passengers of the lost steamer and 56 members of the crew of 85 in heavy seas. Eleven bodies, including those of three women | and a child, were recovered. All the victims were believed o be Japanese. JEWELRY AND LIQUOR STOLEN FROM HOMES Woman Robbed of $300 Ring and $28—Thieves Enter Base- ment Window. Several cases of housebreaking were reported last night. jewelry, a watch, liquor and money being taken. Sadie Harris of 518 H street repored the loss of a diamond ring valued at $300 and $28 in cash. Anna Harris of the same address was robbed of $5. A jimmy thief entered the apart- ment of Agnes Burke at 2515 Thir- teenth street and got a dinner ring worth 875, a diamond and ruby pin valued at $200, a pair of diamond ear- rings worth $100 and two bottles of liquor. Removing a screen from a basement window of the home of Frank Graham at 106 Twenty-second street, a thief stole two pocketbooks containing cinnati Post, and from there came to | ship December 21, 1934, and its foun- | $32.50. The empty purses were found | der finally was forced out of any ac- | in the rear yard. Charles E. Gibson and Charles Hackett, residing at 4929 Blaine street this city and Loudoun County, Va. | remain as a technical adviser, but an | northeast, reported the theft of a gold watch, chain and charm, belonging to Gibson, and 95 cents and personal papers, the property of Hackett. BRICE CLAGE;T NEW HAMILTON COUNSEL Succeeds Late Angus W. McLean in Receivership of Five Banks Here. Brice Clagett, attorney and former newspaper man, has been appointed counsel for Norman R. Hamilton, re- ceiver of five insolvent banks of this city, succeeding the late Angus W. McLean, it was learned today. Mr. Clagett will participate in the extensive litigation already revolving around the banks in charge of Mr. Hamilton, particularly the District National Bank. He will have asso- ciated with him Charles E. Wain- wright, attorney, formerly with the ‘Treasury Department, who was asso- ciated with Mr. McLean. The banks concerned are the Dis- trict National Bank, Potomac Savings Bank, Northeast Savings Bank, Seventh Street Savings Bank and ‘Washington Savings Bank GUFFEY BILL’S DEFEAT SEEN PEACE ASSURANCE Hawthorne Says Coal Strike Threat Poor Argument for Legislation. By the Associated Press. Hugh R. Hawthorne of New York, chairman of the committee of coal operators opposed to the Guffey bill, asserted yesterday that defeat of the meagure “will quickly end the threat of a Nation-wide coal strike.” “The threat of a strike is a poor argument in support of permanent legislation,” Hawthorne said in ref- erence to plans of congressional lead- ers to rush the bill to enactment be- fore the 30-day extension of present mine wage scales expires. “It emphasizes the complete lack of merit in the proposed ‘stabilization’ measure sponsored by the United Mine Workers of America through political agents.” it McAdoo Gets Autographed Bill. By the Associated Press. Senator McAdoo, Democrat, of Cali- fornia has received sp autogruphed copy of an act recertly signed by President Roosevelt guaranteemng him burial in Arlingion National Ceme- M’ly'he Senator, who was Secretary of the Treasury during the World War, said that although he did not intend to be buried at Arlingron, he “gppreciated the honor” and was glad “it saves me from potter's field” ) PEARSON HEARING TOLD OF “CASTLE" Virgin Islands Governor Put Cost at $75,000, Gibson Asserts. By the Associated Press. Romantic oid “Bluebeard's Castle” in the Virgin Islands, legendary pirate stronghold of Colonial days, figured in testimony today against Gov. Paul M. Pearson, whose administration is un- der Senate investigation. Charles H. Gibson, former Govern- ment attorney whom Pearson ousted, told the committee Pearson had testi- fled before a congresisonal committee in Washington that “these buildings and grounds cost $75,000,” while their actual value was about $20,000. Declared Sold for $10,000. The Hoover administration was con- sidering purchase of the property at the time Pearson testified, Gibson said, ’lnd later bought it for $20,000 and | converted it into a hotel. He said 20 | years ago the property was bought with private capital for $10,000. His testimony was intended to sup- port his charges of mal-administration against Gov. Pearson. Gov. Pearson. white-haired former educator, sat smiling at the table in front of the Investigating Committee which is headed by Senator Tydings Democrat, of Maryland. Under questioning by Edward J Colgan, counsel for the committee Gibson testified Pearson had under- taken to reorganize the Home Loan Service Bank at St. Croix, hypothecat- ing certain bonds with the Federal Government’s Home Loan Banking Board in order to get additional credit He sald he believed Pearson’s real pur- pose was to get control of the bark from members. Personal Benefit Doubted. “In order to create greater facilities for getting credit?” Tydings asked him | ‘“Possibly, yes,” Gibson answered acknowledging in answer to another question that he did not believe there was any benefit to Pearson personally in such a reorganization. Gibson then testified that $5,000 | had been accepted by the Government in settlement of a detached claim | against the West Indian sugar factor of St. Croix, amounting to $43.000. which should have been paid in ful! PROCESS TAX SUIT TIES UP $400,000 Four Milling Companies Obtain Restraining Order, Charg; | ing Illegality. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Julv 3 —Coliection of approximately $400,000 in proessing taxes was held Lp today as the re- sult of the suit of four milliag com- | panies who contend the agri-ultural | adjustment act 15 uncenstitutic 1al | The four companies. who sk a declaratory judgment on the con- stitutionality of the A. A. A., ubtained from Federal Judge Henry W. God- dard late yesterday a temporary order restraining the couector of interns' revenue from collecting the taxes due on July 1. A heiring on the con- tinuation of the order will be held July 23. The companies which filed the suit are the Standard Miling Co. of New York, the Duniop Milling Co., C'arks- ville, Tenn.; the Fostum Co. Battle Creek, Mich., and Iglehart Bros, Inc.. Evansville and Vincennes, Ind. The latter three companies, of which Aus- tin 8. Iglehart is vice president have offices in New York. | | 3 NAVY MEN ARE LAUDED |FOR EXPLOSION RESCUES Secretary Commends Trio for Conduct in '27 Blast Aboard U. S. 8. Langley. Secretary Swanson today com- mended three naval enlisted men for “their splendid conduct during ex- plosions” aboard the aircraft carrier U. 8. §. Langley off San Diego, Calif.. on December 20, 1927. The trio in- cludes Fred Felix Worth, former avia- tion chief machinist's mate, now a member of the Fleet Naval Reserve, of San Diego; John Harvey Watson, for- mer shipfitter, second class, of Spring- field, Ala., and Kenneth Lewis Bee- man, aviation machinist’s mate, third class, of Beckley. Conn. Worth was lauded for rescuing ship- mates from an inclosed compartment where one had been killed and three | seriously injured, and, although stun- ned by the force of the explosion, he assisted one of the seriously injured | men to the upper deck. He hauled | another man out of the compartment | before becoming exhausted. Watson | got a gas mask and rescued a seriously | injured shipmate, who had become | Jammed behind a radiator. At the | risk of his own life, Beeman rescued George Browning, aviation chief machinist’s mate. Swanson e | SECURITY CONFEREES RESUME DISCUSSIONS Final Agreement on Bill Is Un- likely Today—D. C. Com- mittee Inactive. | Senate and House conferees are re- suming work this afternoon on their differences in the national social se- curities bill, but the final agreement is not likely to be reached today. There are a number of important Senate amendments to be settled, in- cluding the Clark proposal to allow industries to remain out of the Fed- eral contributory old-age insurance system if they operate a private re- tirement plan equal to or better than the Government plan. Meanwhile, the Senate District Committee probably will mark time on the local social securities bills un- til the national bill is in final form, so that the District program can be drafted to comply with the national bilL. e e POLICE HOLD VISITOR New Jersey Man Accused Threatening Attorney. Lyman H. Wolff of West Inglewood, N. J., was committed to Gallinger Hos- pital for observation and treatment when tried before Judge Robert E. Mattingly in Police Court today on a charge of having threatened to cut the throat of Willlam J. Rowar, an attorney, with offices in the Wood- ward Building. He will be returned to court nmext Monday, when, it was indicated, he will be turned over te relatives, of 4