Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1935, Page 5

GIRL COLLAPSES AT MURDER TRIAL Dickinson Case Scene Fol- lows Clash of Counsel and Edict by Judge. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, August 8—Jean Miller, accused in scathing cross-exnmlnstion{ of “acting” during her trial for the | murder of Howard Carter Dickinson, slipped from the witness chair and fell on her face in Recorder’s Court | today. A half-hour recess was taken while the former burlesque house dancer, | on trial with three other self-styled | “cocktail bar racketeers” for the slay- | ing of the New York attorney, was| treated by a physician who said she | was suffering from hysteria. Judge Issues Edict. THE Roosevelt Family at Birthday Party Sharp exchanges between counsel | led Judge John A. Boyne to issue an| edict against “snickering, sneering and smiling” by court officers. The order was issued after one of the defense staff had protested that' an 1nvastigator for the prosecutors office was “smiling” during the Miller | woman's testimony. | She declared in direct examination | that she had been coached by Police Sergt. Earl Switzer and Detective Earl Branton when she made her final statement to the prosecutor in | which she admitted that she, William Lee Ferris, and Loretta and Florence Jackson, enticed Dickinson to accom- pany them on the ride which ended | in his slaying here June 26. Tells of Promise. “You can say anything and fit| won't count unless you sign it,” she | testified Switzer had told her. She | said she had been promised that she | would be only a State witness in the trial of the other three defendants. | In concluding her direct testimony | the denied she had anything to do with the murder of Dickinson, who was & nephew of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Prosecuter Duncan C. McCrea opened cross-examination with the | charge, which was immedi- *“acting” ately followed by the dancer’s fall from the stand. . Senate (Continued From First Page) Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, sr., wife of the late President, celebrates her 74th birthday anniversary with the members of her family at Bayville, Long Island. Left to right they are, in the front row: Mrs. Richard Derby, Mrs. Roosevelt, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr., and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. Derby, Cornelius Roosevelt, Theodore, 3d; Quentin Roosevelt and Sarah Derby. Behind are the grandchildren, Edith —Wide World Pnulu position completely clear on the leg- islation, his line of questioning throughout the hearings being dis- tinctly unfriendly to the entire pro-| gram as now conceived. Yesterday he raised the point of constitutionality of the proposed inheritance levies. Standing as doubtful factors in this | committee picture of the tax bill are | the conservative Senators George of Georgia and Bailey of North Carolina. | Although both are Democrats, both also have indicated a lack of sym- pathy for some of the experimental and reform legislation of the New Deal. Senator George has attended the hearings regularly, although ask- ing few questions which might indi- | cate his feelings on the measure. Senator Bailey has not been present, | but may take a hand in the com- mittee deliberations when the draft- ing of the bill begins. A third doubtful member is Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania. Although a | strictly regular Democrat, the Penn-| sylvanian represents powerful indus- trial and business interests sure to be opposed o this legislation. There is a possibility, therefore, that he may | follow in the footsteps of another Pennsylvania Democrat, Mayor Mc- taxes by both the State and Federal Government will be the last straw. * * 1 am opposed to any tax plan which is not based on justice, rather | than prejudice. * * * I believe the present time is inopportune to con- sider and enact a tax bill.” | ‘Walsh Raises Objections. During the hearings of the past week, Walsh has raised pointed ob- jections to certain features of the measure as they have been outlined by Government spokesmen, giving ample indication that he lacks sym- | Nair of Pittsburgh, who appeared be- fore the committee vesterday to de- nounce the entire program. Harrison Lukewarm. Along with these opposition influ- ences may be taken the lukewarm at- titude of Committee Chairman Har- rison of Mississippi. From the | beginning of agitation for a new tax program this year, it was believed that Harrison was opposed, but that party faithfulness would move him to carry out the President’s wishes. That the House version of the program does not meet with his favor, however, was pathy for the legislation in its pro- ‘made plain on the first day of Senate posed form. Senator Byrd placed himself on rec- ord on the first day of the Senate hearings when he cross-questioned a Government tax consultant and ended by asking “why isn't it admitted that the whole program is a faice?” Senator Gerry, himself a rich man, has been consistent in Lis attacks upon the proposed inheritance levies and their confiscatory character when added to existing estate taxes. Yes- terday he minced no words in laying part of the blame of the election up- set at the door of the tax program, as he termed some of the higher levies | “confiscatory” and declared that| “business men in my State are fright- | ened at tax bill prospects.” Lonergan Qutspoken. Senator Lonergan, Connecticut constituency which has | many interests in common with those | hearings, when he criticized their bill in several departures from the outline | of the Wnite House, | Strong support of the program will | come, of course, from some members of the committee. Senator La Follette, Progressive, of Wisconsin already has made known his intention of urging an even more comprehensive measure than that of the House. Senator Cap- | per, Republican, of Kansas is expected to support the legislation. Senator » Costigan, Democrat, of Colorado and another of the so-called liberal group, aiso is expected to urge legislation. | At the same time party regularity | undoubtedly will keep the remaining | Democrats in Chairman Harrison and Democratic | | leaders decide is necessary in the form representing a of )eglslatlon at the present time. of Rhode Island, has been equally out- SIX SENT BY RED CROSS spoken in his condemnation of in- | creased tolls upon big business and excessive levies upon inheritances. Yesterday, during testimony be(nre‘ the committee of Prof. Fred Rogers Fairchild of Yale University, a rep- resentative of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Senator Lon- | ergan asked if the imposition of the | the scene, !| TO FLOODED OHIO AREA Six disaster relief workers from the National Red Cross have been sent to the flooded districts in Ohio. With three relief workers already on | the American Red Cross | proposed inheritance levies would not | this morning announced that three | gradually force industry into hands of the Government and bring on a condition of “socialism.” At pre- | the | others are or their way to danger zones in the flooded area, where they will make & report to the Washington vious hearings he has attacked the office. same feature of the legislation. | Outside the committee, Robert E. Bondy, national director the Con- | of disaster relief, announced he had necticut Senator has been even more | ordered W. I. Jones, Asbury Cecil and sweeping in his condemnation of the | Charles Carr, a member of the na- program, making “the whole thing is crazy.” the remark that | tional staff now in Indiana, to make surveys of other districts not covered Senator Gore has attacked numer- | by the representatives already in the ous provisions of the throughout the hearings, voicing upon | legislation | flooded section. Other members of the national dis- several occasions the warning thnt\ aster staff now in the flood zone in- use of the taxing power to punish or | clude Miss Helen Moses, at Coshocton; to reform is a dangerous practice. Senator King likewise has made his Thomas J. Kehoe, at Massillon, and F. C. Dixon, at Zanesville. line with whawver; 1.C.C. ARMALBILL SIGNING DUE SOON Congress Completes Action on Law and Sends It to President. By the Associated Press. President Roosevelt is expected to | sign soon a bill under which regula- tion of rates paid airmail carriers will be entrusted to the Interstate Com- | merce Commission. | | Congress completed action yesterday on the legislation revising the 1934 airmail law and sent it to the Presx- dent. | The measure places limits beyond which the commission may not go in determining rates. It retains the pres- | ent maximum base rate of 33'; per cent per airplane mile for the first 300 pounds of mail. However, it per- mits additional payments, up to a maximum total of 40 cents a mile, in :the case of heavier loads. Carriers | had supported a proposal for a 20 per | cent increase in the base rate. ‘rhe Postmaster General would be authorized to establish three trans- continental primary routes and as many secondary routes as necessary, up to an aggregate of 45,000,000 air- plane miles a year. He also may ex- tend routes as much as 250 miles with- out competitive bidding. Contractors would be limited to one | primary and three secondary routes | and persons previously involved in un- lawful contracts would be barred. B L Deaths by Flames Feared. l ATHENS, August 8 (#)—The body of one person was recovered and | others were feared dead today as the ! town of Edessa. Macedonia, was threatened with destruction by fire Ore hundred houses already had | been burned. A relief train was dis- | EvKNING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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