Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1935, Page 5

« NEEDLE TRADES UNIT CONSIDERED A. F. L. Council Studies Pro- posal With Nation-Wide Membership Drive. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, August 6.—Formation of a new organization of clothing workers to make an in- tensive, Nation-wide membership drive ‘was considered today by the American Federation of Labor's Executive Council. Represeatatives of the five principal needle trades unions were here to rsport their views to the council after a conference this morning. If the needle trades union chiefs favor the plan, the council probably will authorize establishment of a needle trades departmeat within the federation, corresponding to the or- | ganizations of the buildings trades and the metal workers unions. Authorized Last Fall. ‘The council was authorized to take this action by the federation’s San Francisco convention last Fall. ‘The five principal needle trades unions—Amalgamated Clothing Work- ers, the Ladies’ Garment Workers, the United Garment Workers, the Mil- linery Workers and the Fur Workers— embrace about a half million workers, reports to the federation show. Sidney Hillman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, and David Dubinsky, president of the Ladies’ Garment Workers, ported to favor the plan. The attitude of T. A. Rickert, president of the United Garment Workers, was not made known before the conference. The council's first session of its third quarterly meeting was devoted yesterday to considering a report from Hugh S. Johnson, New York work- relief chief, on the “security wage,” and the dispute between the Foundry and Moulders’ Unions. Defends Federal Wage. Johnson defended the $93.50-a- month wage that the Government in- tends to pay skilled craftsmen on New York relief projects, saying that they would make more at that rate than by working a few days a month at the prevailing local scale. The workers, however. have rebelled against the relief wage. The council gave Johnson no reply. Afterward William Green, federation president, said that such trouble as had arisen in New York had been predicted by the federation when Con- gress rejected its demand for pay- | ment of prevailing local wages on all relief projects. . Lobby (Continued From First Page.) Committee of the mysterious arrival of the missing man, and at once the hounds of the law began to bark on his_trail The doorman of the Shoreham said | he had put a fellow who looked like Hopson into a taxicab, but he could " not be positive. manicurist at the Shore- ham Wwaguely recalled polishing the pudgy fingers of somebody who looked like Hopson, but she balked at positive identification. The barber thought he might have trimmed his hair, the woman who Tuns the hotel book shop dimly re- called selling him a book. the cigar counter clerk thought perhaps he bought some 50-cent perfectoes from him—but none of them was certain. C. H. Tavenner, the supersleuth for the House Committee, assiduously 2 patrolled the Shoreham, but remarked: “Maybe the guy was here once, but I think he has gone back into retirement.” In between his rounds of pacing the marble floor of the hotel, Tavenner searched the room of Thomas Mc- Carthy, chauffeur for Hopson. who has been driving in the Capital for | Robinson. Tavenner said he found nothing in the room of importance, and added | he made the search on the theory | Hopson might have been in the room during the last few days. Herbert A. Blomquist, the rival gupersleuth of the rival Senate Com- mittee, decided to do his hunting in the Mayflower Hotel, which is closer to the center of town. When Black’s man found nothing et the Mayflower he went to two oth- er hotels, but found no trace of the | master of the disappearing act. He | also combed the office which a local law firm retains for the missing util- “ ity head, but fruitlessly. Huddled Under Palm. The two high-classed detectives of the Metropolitan police arrived shortly before noon and went into a very intensive huddle beneath a palm tree in a far corner of the Shoreham lobby, which by this time resembled & parade ground. The aid of Washington police was esked by the House Rules Committee today after hearing Robinson’s testi- mony. Impatient a* delay in locating the long-sought witness, the House com- mittee gave a description of him to the Police Department. Pressed for more information as to Hopson's location this morning, Robin- son said he did not know and: “If you want to know what I think, I don't think it makes any difference.” “Willing to Testify.” Robinson said he went to the hotel to “have some fun, as I had a few minutes with nothing else to do” He added he thought Hopson's room was on the fourth floor and that he talked with him about 5 minutes. Asked if Hopson said he was going to remain in Washington, Robinson replied: “I believe not.” Robinson said Hopson expressed willingness to testify before both the Senate and House committees. He added Hopson said he “was feel- ing pretty good” yesterday and thought he would be able to testify n a day or two. Robinson told the committee Hop- #on knew he was going to be sub- poenaed, “but I didn’t try to get out of town and, in fact, postponed a trip I had contemplated to England.” Questioned further regarding the Hopson conversation, he said that, be- sides the chauffeur, a man aamed Duncan, described as a golf profes- sional, was with Hopson. Last _week Robinson testified he thouglfl' Hopson was waiting to tes- tify until the story of the fight against the utility bill had, been cleared up and he would have “a chance” before the committee. Robinscn said he held about $100,000 in Associated bonds at the market, price. were re- | 1} Kress plans to sail today. NING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, CONARD TO TAKE | [ Gete Navy Post | Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. - PAUL KRESS, | German masseur, to whom Mayor La Guardia refused to issue a license | because of alleged discrimination against shown packing an American flag to take back to Germany with him. Americans by Germany, is | | the fact Associated was not a member of the Edison Institute and hence not invited into the other utilities group opposing the holding company bill “doesn’t mean anything.” Word was flashed from the House caucus room earlier that Hopson was | supposed to be on his way to appear | before the Rules Committee. Scores of newspaper men and photographers flocked to the hearing. There were | } already 30 or 40 newspaper men there | at the time, but by noon the number | had increased to nearly 75. | Alert reporters searched the corri- | dors of the old House Office Building, | looking for a ruddy-faced. baldheaded | man who would answer Hopson's de- | scription. Photographers hid in the | | doorways of offices of various mem- | | bers of the House waiting to photo- graph him should he appear. Whispered Clue. Wken Chairman O'Connor recessed | the hearing one spectator in the House caucus room rushed up to Wil- liem H. Collins, one of the commit- tee’s special legal aides, and confi- dentially whispered in his ear that he | had seen a man answering Hopson's description jump into & taxicab in| front of the Capitol. Collins, however, did not take the information as seri- | ously at it was given. | Chairman O'Connor was somewhat | perturbed when he learned that the | Senate Lobby Committee had 1t its investigators to the Shoreham kY- | tel to look for Hopson. He pointed | out, however, that even though the Senate should produce the Iong- sought witness first, credit would go to his committee for “turning him up.” Tax Appeal Considered. Federal attorneys are pondering whether to appeal a tax suit ruling by a circuit court in New York yes- terday which refused to force Hopson | to produce books of five subsidiaries of his National Public Utilities In- vesting Corp. Hopson is reported to have a con- | trolling interest in Associated Gas & | Electric, but he does not hold any | office in the corporation now. He was sought by the Senate Bank- ing Committee two years ago. At that | time, he could not be located for sev- | eral weeks. His attorney, Patrick J.| Hurley, finally offered to produce the | missing witness and Hopson appeared before the committee. Hurley is to testify tomorrow to the Senate Lobby Committee to tell of his work for the Associated Gas & Electric system. Hurley Seeks Hearing. Hurley sought the hearing to dis- cuss recent testimony that he re- seived $25,000 from the company in connection with the campaign against the Wheeler-Rayburn bill to abolish certain utility holding companies in seven years. Soon after the testimony was given, Hurley issued a statement saying he had done no lobbying and that all his work was of a legal nature. After telling the House committee today of meeting Hopson, Robinson was questioned about his activities against the utility bill. He replied he was not doing “a damn thing” now. Asked about his earlier activities, Robinson said his job was to find out the sentiment of the House, and that he had talked to mail carriers and secretaries. “You didn't overlook the elevator operators and janitors, did you?” O’Connor commented. s “Oh, I didn't know Congressmen discussed such things with them,” the witness smiled. “You'd call this all wouldn’t you?” O'Connor pressed. “If you want to call it that,” Rob- inson agreed. Asked if Associated were not still active against the utilities bill, Rob- inson said he thought he had seen a newspaper advertisement and let- ters from stockholders. William Collins, committee counsel, read a letter from the Associated com- pany to Senator Schwellenbach, Dem- ocrat, of Washington to the effect the company would stand by its main Washington representative. o very proud of the para- graph,” Robinson said. Deadlock Unchanged. The deadlock on the utilities bill re- mained unchanged today, though re- ports of a possible compromise con- tinued to circulate. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, chairman of Senate conferees, who mostly approve the administration plan for compul- sory abolition, indicated they would meet tomorrow with conferees from the House, where compulsory abolition was defeated. The conferees were named to smooth out differences in the bill as it passed the two chambers, but have been dead- locked. Meantime, word reached the Capital that E. P. Cramer, advertising man who wrote a letter to the Electric Bond & Share Co. suggesting a “whispering campaign” against President Roose- velt, had lost his job with Thomas A. Edison, Inc.. of New Jersey. Charles Edison, president of the firm, sald snooping, Asked by O'Connor if it was pot true that Associated was “the black sheep” of tht utilities, Robinson said Cramer was dismissed because of his “advocacy of so reprehensible a plan.” | The Senate Lobby Committee, in Saw Hopson B. B. ROBINSON, Chicago utilities magnate and the Washington representative of the Associated Gas and Electric Co, who told the House Rules Commit- tee today that he talked for 5 minutes at the Shoreham Hotel last night with H. C. Hopson, long- sought figure in both Senate and House lobby probes.—-‘A. P. Photo. recess today, plans a deep-cut investi- gation of the “whispering campaign.” With procedure still tentative, it ex- pected to call public utility officials who received Cramer’s suggestion that rumors questioning the Chief Execu- tive’s competence and sanity be broad- cast as part of a general program for discrediting the New Deal. \\\\\v‘r,, R JOB OF PEOPLES Awaiting Confirmation as Paymaster General and Navy Supply Head. After confirmation by the Senate, Capt. Charles Conard, U. 8. N., native Washingtonian, will relieve Rear Ad- miral Christian J. Peoples as pay- master general and chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts of the Navy. Secretary Swanson announced that Admiral Peoples will then be relieved to devote his full time to his duties as head of the Procurement Division nf the Treasury, a post of much re- sponsibility in purchasing the general supplies of the Government and super- vising P. W. A. building finances. Washington Native. The newly nominated paymaster general was born in Washington March 3, 1875, and appointed to the Naval Academy from the District. His entire service has been in the Supply Corps. During the World War, he was in command of the naval gun factory. For his meritorious services he was highly commended by the then Secre- tary Josephus Daniels. He has served two tours of duty in Washington since the war, one with the Budget Bureau in 1922 and again in 1928 with the Bugeau of Supplies. He was then sent to Pearl Harbor and last May was assigned as pay director at the Puget Sound Navy Yard. Experienced Navy Man. Admiral Conard is regarded as one of the most experienced men in the Navy, with a record of getting things done. In announcing that Admiral 2eoples had been detached from naval duty, | Secretary Swanson pointed out ihat | he had been holding two responsible | posts concurrently. While his serv- | ices will be greatly missed by the Navy, Swanson said, he was glad to make them available to the administration for as long as Admiral Peoples is IN FORCED LANDING Four Others Receive Ducking as Plane Lands Near 8olomons Island. | Special Dispatch to The Star. SOLOMON'S ISLAND, Md., August 6.—One soldier was injured and four | others received a ducking in the Patuxent River off Cedar Point short- ly before noon today when their | Amphibian plane from Langley Field was forced to land on the river. First Lieut. L. E. Williams was pilot of the plane. The other members of the party, including the injured man | who received a broken leg, declined | to identify themselves except to say they are members of the Army fr Corps. ‘When the plane was forced down a boat owned by James O. Lore of Solomons Island was nearby and res- cued the men Wwithin a few minutes. | Lore took them to his home and, at the request of the men, declined to identify the soldier who was hurt. He was given medical aid and plans were | made for his return to Langley Field for treatment. The plane continued to float and arrangements were being made to tow it ashore for repairs. The men were engaged in a routine navigation training flight when the accident occurred. —_— Refuse to Take Pay Cut. LE HAVRE, Prance, August 6 (#). —Engineers of the French line today refused to accept pay checks with 10 per cent reductions. saturday Hours 9:15 to 1:00 14th & G STS. Special! IN OUR SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE Fancy Negligee - SHIRTS Collars Attached All colors All shades All sizes Excellent Materials $|5.5 SUMMER SUITS —Reduced— LINENS . . . $20.00 Cascade Cloth . 22.50 Shantunlg Silk 25.00 Tropical Worsteds $13.75 -$16.75 - 18.75 - 19.75 The above are 2-pc. Suits (coats and trousers) 30.00 Tropical Worsteds.... 23.75 (3 pes. Coat, Vest, Trousers) SIDNEY WEST, nc. EUGENE C. GOTT President . I4th & G STS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1935. RAND JURY HEARS WIDOW OF BAUER Testifies After Being Held in Custody—Zenge Pleads Not Guilty. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 6.—Mrs. Louise Schaffer Bauer, 23-year-old widow, today appeared before a grand jury as the State sought to indict Mande- ville W. Zenge, 26, Missouri farmer- carpenter for the mutilation death of her husband, Dr. Walter J. Bauer. Zenge, Who consistently has refused to discuss the slaying with members of the State's attorney's staff, this morning pleaded not guilty before Judge Justin P. McCarthy in Felony Court on & murder warrant issued CAPT. CHAELES CONARD, U. S. N. —Harris-Ewing Photo. ARLINGTON VOTE INDICATED HEAVY Total of 5,000 Foreseen as Fifth of Voters Drop Ballots by 8:30. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va., August 6—Clear skies and interse jaterest worked together today to bring out a heavy vote in the Demo- cratic primary here, with indications pointing to a total vote of more than 5,000. Voting started at a brisk pace as soon as the polls opened at 5:13 am. By 6:30 more than 500 citizens had deposited ballots in the boxes and at 8:30 one-fifth of the county’s quali- fied voters had marked their prefer- ences for the State Senate and all elective county officials. Voting was done quietly with no disorders reported by the police. A holiday atmosphere prevatled at the polling places as groups gathered | to talk and discuss the situation. | Officials up for re-election attended | the polls and shook hands with the | voters. Their opponents were equally | active. Activity at the court house was virtually suspended. A report that a suspect in the Mary Baker murder mystery had been cap- tured and was in jail in Washington caused & flurry of excitement, be- | cause of its possible bearing on the | election. Groups of voters and workers were observed discussing the case at all | the polls. Election results will be broadcast from a loud speaker tonight on the | court house green by the Men’s Dem- | ocratic Club. The winning candi- | | dates are expected to be known by | midnight. [ \ e Tourists Crowd Park. So great has been the rush of tour- ists to Kruger National Park in South sleep on the ground. | vesterday. Zenge was remanded to the custody of the sheriff and taken from State’s attorney’s officials after five days of questioning. The hearing was post- poned until August 20. Judge McCarthy requested Zenge to write his name. Zenge was about to do so when his lawyers objected. “Write it anyway,” said the judge. Zenge, unshaven and haggard, looked from the attorney to the court uncertainly. Defense attorneys re- peated their objection. After Zenge made his plea, the Jjudge asked his counsel if he still ob- jected to his client’s signing his name. They replied that they did. Later they said they understood the signature was wanted for comparison with the signature on “some letters.” Dr. Bauer’s widow was the first grand jury witness. Her brother-in- law, Joseph Bauer of Cleveland, also was calied. The comely widow spent last night in the technical custody of a police- woman at a South Side hotel. This, said Dougherty, was merely a precau- tion to hold her as a material witness. He said she was not hostile to the| State, but that there were several points the State hoped to clear up in Kirkville, Mo. Mrs. Bauer was ex- pected to return to her home in Kirkville soon. “I would not be surprised if Louise testified against me,” Zenge said in an interview, “but I don’t know what she could testify about. She doesn't owe | me anything.” It was in Kirksville that the young widow married Dr. Bauer on July 14, just three days before her scheduled | wedding to Zenge, a long-time sweet- heart. Dr. Bauer, a professor in a Kirks- | ville college, died in Chicago last Wednesday after he had been kid- naped in Ann Arbor, Mich, forced | to drive his captor here and then was left dying after a crude emasculation “operation.” State's Attorney Dougherty said he | had sufficient circumstantial evidence | to place Zenge on trial, but that he! wished to obtain certain corroborative | facts. Other witfesses to be heard by the | grand jurors were expected to include William Leinert, taxi driver, who| drove Zenge to the lake front in an | admitted suicide hoax, and several persons who told the prosecutor that ) they saw a resemblance between | Zenge and a man who registered at an Ann Arbor hotel as “T. S. Jones,” | Bauer did. | FOR HV Cartoon Irked Copyright, A. P, Wirephoto. WILLIAM GROPPER, Cartoonist, whose cartoon of Emperor Hirohito of Japan in the August issue of Vanity Fair, drew & protest from Japanese official circles. Japan (Continued From First Page.) that it was unable to say whether the incident was approaching a satisfac- tory termination. FURTHER PROTEST UNSEEN, Same Answer, However, Will Have to Be Given Japan. The State Department does not expect any representations from the Japanese government regarding the second incident raised in Tokio be- | cause'the magazine Vanity Fair pub- lished on the same page the picture of the son of the Japanese heir ap- parent and the picture of the Dionne quintuplets. Should the Japanese government be forced, however, to instruct Ambas- sador Saito to make further repre- sentations, the State Department will highly offensive to the Japanese gove ernment and the Japanese people, But there are no means at the dis- posal of the Government, Ambassador Saito was informed, to prevent such publications. The State Department hopes that ‘with this explanation the incident will be closed. APPRECIATES FEELING. Editor, However, Citgs Lack of Knowl- edge of U, S. Periodicals. NEW YORK, August 6 ()—In their lack of knowledge of the Amer- ican style of periodicals, Frank Crown- inshield said today, the Japanese “probably look upon Vanity Fair as something akin to the Congressional Record.” “I can well appreciate how serious these things might seem to the people of A!np;n," the editor of Vanity Fair said. His statement was made in com- menting on a Tokio dispatch which said the caricature of Emperor Hiro- hito was not the only “insult” in the August issue of the magazine; the foreign office also regarded as deroga- tory the coupling of the birth of the Japanese Crown Prince with the Dionne quintuplets. “First of all,” the editor sald, “they do not realize that the State Depart- ment holds no censorship over what we publish. Second. they fail to realize altogether that Vanity Fair is humor- ous and satirical in much of its con- tents. “Third, the Japanese do not realize the place of the caricature in the American political scene. They do not understand it is firmly embedded in American newspapers and maga- zines. “And, lastly, the Japanese look upon their Emperor as some supreme being, a deity. Thus, I can well understand why the Japanese can be upset when we publish a photograph of their newly born crown prince on the same page with the Dionne quintuplets. On our part, we were merely trying to record together the interesting births of the year. But perhaps this seems blasphemous to the Japanese.” Boy Missing From Home. Police have been asked to look for | Warren Geesling, 16, reported missing from the Industrial Home School. He | was described as having brown eyes, | light hair and a scar cn the left side | of his neck. Rodents Damage Huge. Damage losses from rodents throughout the country are ecalcu- lated at $300,000,000 annually. A CORRECTION not be able to offer any other satis- | faction than repeat the statement made yesterday by Secretary of State Hull: “That he is always sorry when incidents occur or situations arise which are taken amiss and occasion misunderstandings between this and any other country.” Secretary Hull took great pains to make it clear to the Japanese Am- bassador, that in the United States the freedom of the press being guar- | anteed by the Constitution, there is no way for the American ;Govern- ment to prevent the publication of articles, cartoons and photographs, unless they are objectionable from the point of view of public morality as prescribed in the Post Office regu- lations. The Secretary of State and other high officals of the State De- partment realize that certain printed | Africa this year that many have to, who disappeared the same time Dr.! matter which may appear inocuous to an American publisher can be E DAYS In certain editions of yesterday’s Star we ad- vertised New Potatoes, 4 Ibs., 19¢ White Onions, 15 Ibs., 17¢ These items should have read— New Potatoes, 15 Ibs., 17¢ White Onions, 4 Ibs., 19¢ We regret the occur- rence of this error. Sanitary-Piggly Wiggly Budweiser - In bottles or on draughf . ~ON THE SIXTH IRY 1O DRINK A SWEET BEER DAY YOU WILL WANT THE Budweiser FLAVQR THEREAFTER ALWAYS UNIFORM NEVER SWEET NEVER SYRUPY . ALWAYS DISTINCTIVE ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., WASHINGTON, D. C., BRANCH, Distributors Delaware, Virginia Aves. and E St. S.W. Telephone Metropolitan 0812 A