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ANERCAN BANGR 5 HELD FOR PARS B. Coles Neidecker Is Ques- tioned in New York in Bank Closing. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 23—B. Coles Neidecker, banker, was taken to police headquarters today for questioning in connection with his closed Travelers’ Bank in Paris. Although not formally arrested, he was held for further in- structions from the State Department and French police. Neidecker was taken into custody at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where he 1s alleged to have been residing since his arrival from Europe a few days 8go. PARIS PROBES CLOSING. French Authorities to Examine Trav- elers’ Bank Books. PARIS, July 23 (#).—Legal authori- ties said today they would break the seals of the Travelers’ Bank and exam- ine its books in an attemp to clear up circumstances surrounding the con- cern and its head, B. Coles Neidecker, who was reported to have left for the United States. The Travelers' Bank has been closed for several days without an authorized declaration. It is a private institu- tion, reported tc be capitalized at 2,500,000 francs, and without mem- bership in the clearing house. Nei- decker’s business associates estimated the bank’s labilities at 100,000,100 francs (approximately $6,600,000). They said the bank'’s assets consisted 1argely of securities deposited in New York and gold in London. London Bank Fails to Open. L.ONDON, July 23 (#).—The private banking firm of Neidecker & Co. did not open its doors today, and it was said its situation will not be clarified until the status of the parent bank in Paris has been determined. BROTHERS’ ARREST ASKED. Authorities Cable Baltimore to Hold Family. BALTIMORE, July 23 (®—A cablegram from Paris police was re- ceived today by Detective Capt. John H. Mintiens asking him to arrest “on | sight” two brothers of B. Coles Nei-| decker, Paris and New York banker, if they come here on the Baltimore | mail line’s City of Newport News. In addition to the brothers, George | Paris and Aubrey Neidecker, the banker's| wife and three children are said to be aboard the liner, due here Thurs- | day. Capt. Mintiens was asked to seize and hold any “money, certificates and | baggage” found in their possession. The detective captain said he would have men posted at the liner's dock when it arrived, but he expressed the opinion that all the Neideckers might disembark at Norfolk, Va., when the | liner arrives there tomorrow. He | communicated with Norfolk authori- | ties and tsensmitted the request. COMBINES FORCING RUBBER PRICES UP Market Manipulated by Union | of 95 Per Cent of World's Producing Areas. By the Associated Press Manipulated by an international | combine ot 95 per cent of the world’s rubber-producing countries and col- onies, according to the Commerce Department, the price of the com- | modity continued its steady rise to- day. From an average of 11.44 cents a pound in March, the figure today had reached 12.52 through stringent ex- port control by nine countries— eight of them Dutch, French and British colonies. Siam is the only independent nation in the price pool. ‘The other members are British Malay, Dutch East Indies, French Indo- China, British India, Celon, Burma, British North Borneo and Sarawak. ‘The rubber-producing sections out- side the pool, organized as a succes- sor to the Stevenson rubber pool plan, are the Philippines and other Far Eastern lands, Africa, South America and Mexico. Commerce officials said that in operation the plan simply consisted of the countries joining together to regulate rubber prices by the simple expedient of refusing to allow it to be shipped out. ARCHBISHOP THEMELIS ELECTED PATRIARCH to Ascend Jerusalem Throne of Greek Orthodox, * Unoccupied Since 1931. By the Associated Press. JERUSALEM, July 23 (Palcor Agency)., — Archbishop Timotheus Themelis of the Jordan See was elected yesterday to ascend the ortho- dox patriarchal throne in Jerusalem, which has been unoccupied since the death of Msgr. Demetrios Damianos in 1931, In being named patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop ‘Timotheus occupies one of the four patriarchal thrones in the world church and succeeds to a bishopric which has traced its leaders to James the Less, “brother of the Lord.” The new patriarch was elected by @ vote of 14 to 5, the latter being cast for the patriarch of Alexandria. An unceasing struggle for supremacy in the orthodox church has been going on between those who favor a Greek for the patriarchate and the native Christian population among the Arabs, who believe that one of their own priests should hold the office. — MRS. DUCHIN IGNORES SOCIAL STATUS RUMORS By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, July 23.—Exile from the social register “isn’t worth wor- rying about,” Marjorie de Lossey Oel- Chosen |to put either the Patman bonus bill | farm proposals. Left: Newell P. Sherman, 26- year-old Sutton, Mass., choir singer, shown after his confession, accord- ing to police, that he drowned his wife. He was singing the hymn “When I Consider the Work of Thy Hand” when he paddled to the fatal spot, he said. Right: Esther Magill, 17, who was an ‘“‘unconscious reason” for the tragedy, in the opinion of State officials. She has been absolved of all blame. Lower: Mrs. Sherman, the victim. PLAN OF INFLATION INTAXBLLFOUGHT Borah’s Disclosure Draws Farm and Democrat Opposition. By the Associated Press Senator Borah's disclosure of ef- forts to tack $5,000,000,000 of infla- | tion legislation onto the administra- tien’s tax bill has brought quick no- tice of opposition, not only from Dem- ocratic leaders, but also from some farm State Senators. | “I think it would be a sad mistake or the Prazier-Lemke farm mortgage 1efinancing measure (those mentioned by Borah) on the tax bill because it would defeat that bill,” said Senator , Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, whe | is sympathetic to both the bonus and Ignorant of Conferences. While the Idaho Senator was in- sisting these two issues would have to be met before an adjournment and that the strategy had been decided on as & result of numerous conversations recently, Norris sald he did not “know of any conferences.” Even Senator Frazier, Republican, of North Dakota, co-author with Rep- resentative Lemke, Republican, of North Dakota, of the bill to refinance the farm debt with $3,000,000,000. of new currency, conceded this measure would have a better chance “on its own merits” He sald, however, that if the House did not take up the pro- posal he would offer it as an amend- ment to the tax measure. Only eight more signatures are needed on & pe- tition to force a House vote on the bill. Session Till November 1 Seen. Borah's statement, which included a forecast that Congress would be in session unti! November 1 because of the inflation issues, drew this state- ment from Senator Robinson of Ar- kansas, the majority floor leader. “I do not think these measures thould be attached to any bill as amendments. If they are to be con- sidered they should be treated. sep- arately and I do not see how they can bs taken up and disposed of this ses- slon.” Backing up Borah was Senator Mc- Carran, Democrat, of Nevada, one of the 46 signers of a petition framed by Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla- homa, for transmission to President Roosevelt, asking a speeding up of silver purchases until the price reaches $1.29 an ounce. VETERAN FIREMAN ORDERED RETIRED Battalion Chief H. F. McCorinell to Leave Service July 31 After 39 Years on Duty. Battalion Chief H. F. McConnell, a veteran of 39 years’ service in the District Fire Department, was ordered retired today by the Commissioners. His retirement is effective as of July 31. Chief McConnell, who has been in charge of the first battalion, with headquarters at No. 12 Engine Co., has been in i1l health for several months. He is 62 years old and resides at 1133 Trinidad avenue northeast. Three citations for meritorious service have been given Chief McCon- nell. He was decorated for work at the Knickerbocker Theater disaster in 1922, and for services at the Kann warehouse fire in 1925. He was appointed to the depart- richs Duchin, prominent New Yorker, tichs several months lto. e 4 ment in 1895 and was pramoted to & lieutenancy in 1904. Fe was made a captain in 1904 and won the rank of battalion chief in 1933, 0il Tanker Is Refloated. TOKIO, July 23 (#).—The Nether- lands oil tanker, , of 5,792 tons, went aground off the Yokosuka naval base today and was 50 minutes later. 3 The vessel was ordered to return to Yokohama for examination by Tokio Bay Porflflut.mu authorities. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JULY Cartwheels Come Back Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. .Weeps as He Tells of Wife Drowning n Dickinson Joh Former Young Law Pro- fessor Becomes Assist- | ant Attorney General. Will Bear Burden of S;tc- cess or Failure of Vol- untary Codes. By the Associated Press Into the Government's fight to de- Takes Post fend its New Deal laws in the courts. | 41-year-old John Dickinson stepped today. ‘The former Pennsylvania law pro- fessor who has served the administra- tion as Assistant Secretary of Com- merce assumed the post of Assistant Attorney General, to which he was named recently. With court tests coming on several New Deal programs, Dickinson, a stu- dent of constitutional law, is slated to become an important cog in the Justice Department machine. Early Decisions Sought. ‘The Justice Department says it is | seeking early decisions on the ques- tions at issue. Attorney General Cummings, answering a question by a reporter, said: “It is the policy of the Department cf Justice to co-operate in an early disposition before the Supreme Court of all pending cases involving consti- tutional questions.” A A A, T.V.A and P. W. As slum-clearance program have all been sent toward the high court by Circuit Court rulings in the past few days. Dickinson has strongly advocated constitutional amendment as the an- ewer to “national impotence to deal JOHN DICKINSON, with the most pressing problems of modern times.” The Federal Trade Commission is just beginning to set up codes to re- place the defunct N. R. A, and the anti-trust division of the Justice De- | partment, under Dickinson, is ex- pected to bear an important part in ’mflr success or failure. Charged With Responsibility. President Roosevelt has charged the Justice Department with responsibility for holding the new voluntary codes within the anti-trust statutes. Under the Federal Trade Commis- sion, interstate industries are allowed voluntarily to form codes of fair prac- tice, but the codes, once formed, be- come binding on the industry. Wages and hours agreements, ruled out by the Supreme Court, will depend on co-operation among industrialists. Man Develops Control Means For Wild Oil Forces He Frees Two Methods of Restraining Flow and One of Choking Off Uncontrolled Production Are Perfected. By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla,, July 23.—The inven- tive genius whicn enables man to search 10,000 feet underground for oil also is providing new safeguards to protect him frcn: the forces he unleashes. The wild wells and disastrons oil and gas well fires are becoming ever more rare, In the past year at least two methods of preventing unrestrained flow of gas and oil have been per- fected, and for s tbird development is claimed the abfuty to choke off wild wells and well fires when they do occur, before life snd property is de estroyed. With these in use oil men say there might never nuve occurred the great oil well fire ix Rumania that killed more than 100 persons and burned for two years until Myron M. Kinley of Tulsa quenched it in 1933. The famous Wiid Mary Sudik well of the Oklahoma City pool, that spurted out of control and wasted hundreds of million cubic feet of natural gas and thousands of bar- rels of high-grade ou in 1930, may never havé gone astray Similarly, scores of other costly fires in all oil-producing aress might have been prevented. While admittedly rot “fool proof,” the new methods Lelp. One provides the drilier an accurate picture of what is takng in the hole several thousand feet under- ground as the oit dites into the pro- ducing horizon by reflecting gas pres- to the danger | scope, {the weight of fluids used in drilling, thus holding the two in equilibrinm. od “washing in” to complete wells, is a method of clean- ing foreign matter from the hole, under equalized pressure, uniil the gas and oil are started into commer- cial channels. And now a Tulsa inventor has com- pleted a giant hydraulic clamp with which he claims wud wells, if they do occur, may be pinched in without permanent damage tc property by a workman operating simple valves at a safe distance from the potential fire demon. FAT MOTORIST, IN COURT, TOLD TO GET PERISCOPE 600-Pound Night Club Enter- | Haute Tribune also announced !pmxnmntely 1,000 strike sympathizers To Defend New Deal Laws WIFE SLAYING LAID TO GIRL'S REMARK 17-Year-Old Told Man to Go Drown Himself—Freed of Blame. By the Associated Press. WORCESTER, Mass, July 23.— Seventeen-year-old Esther Magill, designated by authorities as the “un- conscious reason” for a wife murder and absolved of blame, said she told Newell P. Sherman, “in a polite way,” to go drown himself. Sherman, a fellow employe in a tex- tile machinery factory, who is held in the death of his wife, was quoted as answering: “I won't, but maybe some one else will.” Drowned Saturday Night. Sherman’s wife, Alice, was drowned in Lake Singletary at Sutton Saturday night. Assistant District Attorney Al- fred Cenedella said Sherman con- fessed killing her. “Several times he asked if I would marry him if his wife was out of the way,” Miss Magill related. “I told him last May that T would have noth- ing to do with him, but he kept ask- ing me to meet him at this or that | place. “I have been in his company at| times, but his mother or wife always was around. When I got to know his wife she invited me to her home, and | we frequently met at different af-| fairs. Trouble at Home. “He told me he was having trouble at home, but I thought it was only family arguments. “I never believed they amounted to anything until he began asking me if I would marry him if his wife was out of the way. “I told him he was foolish and to forget it.” Strikes (Continued From Pirst Page.) White, general manager of the Terre Haute Star, having announced that it would “delay” publication until to- morrow because “sufficient protec- tion” had not arrived for its employes and physical property. The Terre | it would abandon its afternoon edluon! today. A Guardsman, Eugene Harvey of | Martinsville, received face and breast injuries this morning when hit on the | head with a piece of cement as ap- 23, 1935. will jingle. of the Palais Royal Co. Washington shoppers are going to have money in their pockets that These few bags of 1,000 each are representative of 30,000 new silver dollars to be passed out by the Palais Royal in change during this week. Each bag contains 1,000 coins. Shown with the money bags is W. F. Hisey, treasurer and controller —Star Staff Photo. TINY CONS ASKED | T0 AD TAX AN Treasury Officials Also See| Tidy. Profit Chance in Suggestion. By the Associated Press. ‘The midget coins the Government proposes to mint will save sales tax payers money, officials said today, and also will return a tidy profit for the Treasury. Secretary Morgenthau announced last night that “within the next day or s0,” Congress will be asked to grant permission for the creation of half-cent and one-mill pieces. The purpose, it was said, was to correct inequities in sales tax systems which now prevail in 22 States. | resisted National Guardsmen who set up a mile-square military zore around | the plant of the Columbian Enamel- | ing & Stamping Co., whose opposition to a closed shop started the con- troversy. Charles L. Richardson of Washing- ton and Harry E. Sheck of Chicago, | conciliators for the United States De- | vartment of Labor, today began con- | terring with the strikers and com- pany officials. SHIP PLANT RE-OPENS. Miss Perkins Assailed by Camden Mayor, Addressing Strikers. CAMDEN, N. J, July 23 (#).—The |New York Shipbuilding Corp. re- |ers no longer in sympathy with the strike. Minor clashes occurred, but no one was hurt. Estimates of the number of men | pany placing the figure at 550 and | the strikers reporting 320. The usuai | force is about 4,600. Strikers announced the picket lines would be maintained. Mayor Frederick von Nieda of Cam- den told the crowd at the gates that | Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins | was “two-timing” the workers by “doing nothing until the last min- ute.” It was “her business” to settle the strike, he asserted, but “the trouble |is that we've got shoemakers making | hats.” The secretary iast week proposed that the men return to work under tlic old agreement for a year and ar- |titrate all disputes. The workers | egreed to the plan but the company turned it down. PRIVATE POLICE BLAMED. Miss Perkins Believes Withdrawal Would End Strike. By the Associated Press. Belief that withdrawal of imported private police by the Columbia Enam- eling Co. would clear up the Terre Haute, Ind., general strike was ex- pressed today by Secretary Perkins. “I believe that if the enameling company would withdraw these 50 or 60 men brought in from Chicago, the general strike could be cleared up al- most immediately,” Miss Perkins said at her regular press conference. The Labor Department chief con- ferred by telephone this morning with Gov. Paul McNutt of Indiana. Miss Perkins delayed the departure of Edward F. McGrady, Assistant Sec- retary and ace mediator, for the In- diana city until further reports were obtained from C. L. Richardson and Harry Scheck, department mediators already working on the strike. Potatoes Restricted. Farmers who take potatoes from scheduled districts in the Irish Free State are being fined. tainer Says He Couldn’t See Stop Sign. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 23.—Henry Rohwer, corpulent night club enter- to a good excuse. “You see, judge, I weigh 600 pounds,” Rohwer smiled. “And my side of my car was sagging so close to the ground I couldn’t see over the other side. Hence, I didn’t see the " stop sign. you ought to rig up & peri- Marchett! smiled “Then ot back. “Pive dollars.” i “Sweeten it with Domino” | opened its yards today to admit work- | who returned to work varied, the com- | For example, it was sald that most of these States have a 2 per cent sales levy. If a person makes a 25- cent purchase, the tax would be a half cent. But at present there is no | half cent coin, and so, in many in-| | stances, a full cent is collected. | | Profit in Seignorage. ‘ | The profit to the Government will | be in the form of seignorage. Last| | year coinage of 1-cent pieces alone | netted the Treasury a profit of $330,000. There would be less return | on half-cent and mill (one-tenth of a cent) pieces, but mints can turn out even these coins at a profit. | ; Morgenthau denied that the Treas- | | ury’s decision foretold a Federal sales | tax. | The new coins may be of copper, | but Morgenthau was not prepared to say this definitely. The mill coin will | be the smallest denomination ever minted in the United States. | If the plan goes through the mints | will face busy times. Even without | such added work they had one of their busiest years in the fiscal 12- month ended June 30. Minted 608,414,207 Pieces. The domestic coin output was 608.- | | 414,207 pieces valued at $39,131,127, In addition the mints produced 68,- 500,401 pieces for several Latin Amer- ican governments. Morgenthau said President Roose- velt had approved the plan. In dis- | claiming plans for a Federal sales tax, | the Treasury head was backed by | | other administration spokesmen, in- | cluding Chairman Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee. It was re- | called also that both the Treasury and Congress have made a special study of means of avoiding overlap- | ping taxes and that sales levies already are employed widely by the States. ‘The use of the half-cent pieces was discontinued in 1857, e HELD IN 3 DROWNINGS | LINDSAY, Ontario, July 23 (#).— Mrs. Guy Wallace, 36, appeared in police court yesterday accused of mur- der in the drowning of three of her five children in the Scugog River Sat- urday night. The mother, arrested at a parish house in a hysterical condition shortly afterward, appeared in court without a lawyer. Police refused to divulge a statement she is said to have given them. She was held for examination Monday. 8,000 Fight Forest Fire. KRASNAYARSK, Central Siberia, July 23 (A).—Eight thousand citizens were mobilized today to fight a forest fire which has been burning in Taigar forest for nine days and threatening & number of villages. o dotesls Sunday, July 28 $3.00 Phihh‘lx.luin VALLEY FORGE TOURS every Sunday from Philedelphia_ - $1.00 round trip $2.75 Wiimington $3.25—1-Dey Excenion " Saturdaws, August 3 17, 31 $4.25—3-Dey Excumion Al-Expense Rt Hb g Aty $5d8 Now Yok aoi. Niagara Falls N6t Niagers Fol Avgut 2, 3, 16, 17, 30, 31 TOURS -:l.-..‘-l.l-‘ Groat Lakms—Cape Low Round-Trip Week-End Fares to ail Points PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Widow Held in Poison Death. SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 23 (#).— | Mediterranean Mrs. Cora Werntz Rendall, 50-year- old widow, was held without bond on s charge of first degree murder last night in connection with the poison death July 11 of her fourth husband, Harry J. Rendall. Lawrence J. Lane, chief of police, said he obtained a written statement from a man he did not identify, who he said purchased & quantity of poison for Mrs. Rendall on July 7. - MENS WEAR Midseason Reductions! JRORS QUIZE ONINSANTY PLEA Gerald Thompson Shows Little Interest as Mur- der Trial Begins. By the Assnciated Press. PEORIA, Ill, July 23.—Arguments of hypothetical questions concerning “moral insanity” held little interest today for Gerald Thompson, 26, as se- lection of a jury to try him for the slaying of Mildred Hallmark, 18, pro- ceeded with slim prospect of early completion. Only two tentatively chosen jurors were in the box when the day's ses- sion opened, although 27 were ques- tioned during a dull first day. There remained 105 in the first two venires. Describing Thompson as a “psycho- pathic case,” Ren Thurman, defense counsel, asked the talesmen whether & plea of insanity would affect their decision. 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