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A—2 %% TAX'WRONGS'SEEN IN ROGERS ESTATE Ur;der Pending Law U. S. Could Take $1,662,660 of $3,000,000 Fortune. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. When the soak-the-rich propaganda is distributed by the demagogues who think it's popular, they never make mention of the self-made man of the ‘Will Rogers type, who works faithfully through his life and saves money for his family, only to have the tax col- lector not only take a large share, but actually threaten the assets of his estate by insisting on forced sales that mean diminished receipts when the properties are liquidated. Estate Valued at $3,000,000. The press dispatches from Los Angeles say that Will Rogers has left an estate conservatively figured at about $3,000,000 and that, of this sum, $1,050,000 was in life insurance. It 1s-added that his California real estate and his ranch are valued at $1,000.000. Now let us see what would have happened to the Rogers estate if the bill passed by the House of Repre- sentatives recently had become law. There's an exemption on the first $50,000 of an estate, but the Federal estate tax today would amount to about $831,000 and the inheritance tax would have added another $791,660. This means that the Rogers family would have owed the Federal Govern- ment about $1,662,660. But that isn't the only aspect which would have caused "dismay to the millions of American citizens, who feel that Will Rogers enter- tained them, gave them value, and that his family was entitled to the savings he had accumulated. Property Must Be Sacrificed. Rarely does an estate have $1,662,~ 660 in cash lying around idle. Usually it's invested in securities or else in real estate. The Government insists on cash, so the properties have to be:sold as soon as possible. This means that the real estate might have to be sacrificed and perhaps sold for much less than the value if tQe property could be held for a fawvorable price, There have been in- stahces, to be sure, where the real egtate, when sold, brought so little, because it had to be sold quickly, tPgt the cash remaining in the estate was barely large enough to cover the taxes and left little if anything to the heirs. It is understood that Will Rogers made his life insurance payable to his wife in what is known as an “irrevocable trust,” that is, he sur- rendered long ago all rights to change the beneficiary. But the House bill specifically said that even irrevocable trusts were subject to inheritance taxes. It is doubtful whether the Supreme Court of the United States would uphold that kind of confisca- tion under the heading of inheritance taxes, but, until the matter was ad- Judicated, it is probable that the life insurance company might feel that it was compelled to hold the fundg in trust to await the legal settlement of legal questions. It is true the House bill had a pro- | vision to allow 10 years to dispose of an estate, but then the executors would have to guarantee the Govern- ment against loss of the assets in the meantime, and no executor or trust company would take such a risk. Also, interest payments run during the 10 | Tellef bill (prevailing wage, etc.), the years. This adds to the expense to the estate. Provisions Under Senate Bill. Under the Senate bill, the Rogers estate, if distributed to one member of the family, would have hdd to pay a tax of $952,000 and the real estate would have had to be sold as quickly as possible to raise the tax or the‘ heirs would have had to borrow the money and pay interest thereon. Does anybody begrudge the Rogers family the earnings of the famous comedian and humorist? Does it seem possible that even under present law nearly $800,000 will be taken out of the estate and the remainder of the estate subjected to hazards of shrink- age and loss just because the Federal tax collector must have his portion? All Classes Suffer. The average man may think that the inheritance and estate taxes are aimed only at Wall Street millionaires and speculators. But all kinds of per- sons, many of whom have given the people of the United States in value many times what they earned, are affected by the rigid laws just the | same. Henry Ford made the low- priced automobile possible. He helped to create an industry which not only buys steel but cotton and lumber and rubber and many accessories. He has created tens of billions of dollars of work throughout his lifetime, just as ‘Will Rogers created fun that could not be measured in billions and hap- piness that made the lives of people, Young and old, rich and poor, brighter from time to time. It little occurred to the demagogues in Congress, perhaps, that their soak- the-rich program might have had a spak-the-Rogers result. Fate deprived the tax collector of much of his toll, but even $800,000 seems a lot of money tn take away in taxes from the family of a man whose genius earned it many times over. . (Copyright. 1935.) STATE READY TO BOND . ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS Nebraska Prepares to Monopolize Surety Business After Row With Companies. By the Associated Press. .LINCOLN, Nebr., August 20.—Ne- braska yesterday prepared to enter the bonding business, with a monopoly on the bonding of all State and local public officials with only a few minor exceptions. The State Board of Educational Lands and Punds, which will admin- ister the business, indicated it will make initial preparations today, al- though the lJaw does not go into effect until August 26. 'The system, copied after the North Dakota plan, was enacted with Gov. R. L. Cochran’s indorsement by the last Legislature in retaliation against ptivate companies, whose demands for doubled premiums and other condi- caused the State treasury to close for 24 days during January. s Licensed to Marry. What’s What Behind News In Capital Tax Bill Grumbling in Congress Stopped by Practical Suggestion. | BY PAUL MALLON. Sullen Democratic Senators were growling about the tax bill a few days back, threatening to upset it. A New Deal political missionary pulled them off in a corner one by one. From a distance he looked very much like Senator Pat Harrison, the Finance Committee chairman. What he said to them substantially was this: “Whether you like it or not, your political fortunes are entirely in the hands of the President. You will be elected or defeated next year, not on your record here, but solely because he is elected or de- Jeated. 1f you vote to discredit any part of his program you are voting against yourselves.” ‘The power of such a bread-and- butter argument will be apparent to all who have the instinct of self- preservation. It turned the trick. The incipient rebellion was forgotten. Enmity to Guffey Bill. Down underneath the House leaders were strongly against the Guffey coal bill. Speaker Byrns will never admit it now, but every insider knows he | was personally opposed to the legis- lation. So was Chairman Doughton | of the Ways and Means Committee, who swallowed his personal views and | championed the bill for the #White | In fact, many of the Southera Democratic Congressmen who voted for the legislation had very strong private misgivings. One said it was the hardest vote ke ever cast. He has 15,000 miners in his district clamoring for the legislation, which he considers to be clearly unconstitutional. Also, the coal operators in that particular territory seem to favor it. With the Constitution on one side | and the President and the miners on | the other, it did not take this Con- gressman long to decide which way to | jump, even though he did so with re- luctance. Roosevelt Scores 75. Behind these two examples you will | find the explanation for one of the | most unusual of all congressional ses- sions, now closing. In general Mr. Roosevelt got about 75 per cent of what he wanted. In general Copgress | privately resisted the great bulk of his | program. Few, if any, Congressmen per- sonally favored the President’s tar ideas. The leaders tried to put the bill off until next session, and rad- tcally revised it several times. No one except Congressmen from cer- tain (not all) mining sections wanted the coal bill. Without pres- idential pressure both measures would have been smothered oter- whelmingly. The same inner condition was no- ticeable, to a smaller extent, on the | bank bill and on practically every major measure except the social sc- curity bill. But with the exception of the House rebellion against the “death sentence” provision of the holding company bill the resistance never reached the stage of an open break. Textiles Slated Next. Note to the textile industry: The most influential New Dealers are al- | ready discussing and hoping to lpply‘ the principles of the Guffey-Snyder coal bill to the textile industry, when and if possible. Essentially the coal bill provides an N. R. A. code for that industry. That is what the powers- that-be think textiles need. An evidence of the easy-going na- ture of the President is contained in the inside story of how he handled the embarrassing predicament of his secretary, Marvin McIntyre, who was publicly discovered hobnobbing with a utility lobbyist. It was Mcintrye’s turn to accom- pany the President to Hyde Park this last time, although there were reports that McIntyre was hoping to leave for Mars instead. At least, he planned to ride to the train in his own car. The President sug- gested there was plenty of room in the No. 1 car and pulled down a jump seat, suggesting that a ride to the station would give them a chance to talk. Mr. Roosevelt talked about everything except what was on top of Mclntyre's mind. Apparently the President said all he intended to say on that subject when the secretary went in to confess all the previous afternoon. At that ses- sion, also, the President seemed to be in a mood to talk of other thinks. The only thing he told McIntyre was that he was finally being judged by the company he kept. Appargntly there is to be no resig- natlon, Social Security Publicity. Mr. Roosevelt tried hard to get some publicity for the soclal security legislation, after it was finally enacted, but failed. The trouble was that Con- gress was doing too many more im- portant things. An eminent New Dealer noted this same defect with the handling of the entire program during the last 60 days, saying: “The circus has too many rings. Even “Btmum couldn't handle this (Copyright. 1935.) URGE ARMS EMBARGO Council of Churches Also Would Bar Credit to !elllgengu ST. LOUIS, August 20 (#).—The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America advocated yester- LEONARDTOWN, Md., August 20. ~—Marriage licenses was issued here 3 Leonard W, Swann, 30, of Heaths~ fi. Va., and Leila V, Barnes, 31, of , Va,; Ployd Clifton Curry, 2D, of Mechanicsville, and Eleanor Thompeon, 1R of Clifton; A. Downs, 2 Grace C. Serriman, 18, both of iptico. day an embargo on “the shipment of war materials and on loans and credits” to belligerents in case of war between Italy and Ethiopia. “The threatened war,” Council President .Dr. Ivan Lee Holt said in s statement issued , “is the cone cern of every who seeks the peace and hap) of humankind.” | of the national wealth and th: THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, .-, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1935. BANKING BILL DUE {[ pitot and Bride Missing on Mountain Flight FOR QUICK SIGNING Conference Report Passage in Both Houses Is Sharp Contrast. By the Associated Press. Prompt presidential approva! of the 1935 banking bill, vesting the Federal Reserve Board with new pow- ers over the Nation's credit barometer ‘was forecast today by its congressional supporters. With no debate or roll calls the conference report on the measure, composing differences between _the Senate and House, slid through both chambers yesterday and the legisla- tion was sent to the White House. The speedy completion of congres- sional action contrasted sharply with the rough voyage encountered by the bill soon after it was introduced months ago. It was delayed in com- mittee and buffeted in floor debate. As finally enacted it represented a compromise. In large part it repre- sented the more conservative measure piloted through the Senate by Sen- ator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia. Seven-Man Control. Under the provisions of the meas- ure control of credit would be placed in a reorganized seven-man Reserve Board which, with 5 regional Re- serve Bank representatives, would serve as an open market committee. Should it be necessary to contract or expand credit resources the commit- tee could order the 12 Reserve Banks to buy or sell Government bonds in the open market. A major dispute between the Senate and House centered around this com- mittee. The House voted to place con- trol exclusively in the Reserve Board without giving the bankers a vote in its operations. ‘The bill also makes permanent ths temporary law insuring bank deposiis up to $5000 and slightly liberalizing Reserve bank loans and member bank lcans on real estate. In addition, it gives the Reserve Board new powers over rediscount rates and Reserve re- quirements as further checks on ex- treme cycles of inflation and deflation. Other Provisions Listed. Other provisions: The present Reserve Board of six members would be reorganized into a seven-man board, effective February 1, 1936. The Secretary of the Treas- ury and the controller of the currency ;’:uld be removed as ex-officio mem- TS, The President would appoint a board chairman and vice chairman from among the seven members to serve for four years. Board membe:rs would serve for 14 years, with salaries increased from $12,000 to $15,000. All members would have the title of “governor,” whereas now there is only | one. Titles of the heads of the Reserve banks would be changed from “gov- | ernor” to “president.” They would be picked for five-year terms by the bank beards, subject to Reserve Board ap- proval. | DENIES CENTRALIZATION OF NATION’S WEALTH Head of Crusaders, in Radio Ad- dress, Hits Claim of Demagogues and Political Racketeers. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, August 20.— Fred Clark, president of the Crusaders, said in a radio address last night that ‘any man who says wealth has become centralized in the hands of a few and | that the poor and middle classes have become poorer while the rich became richer deliberately distorts the truth. “Demagogues, political racketeers and prominent but misinformed lead- ers have preached that 2 per cent of the population own 60 to 80 per cent a handful get most of the national in- come,” he said. “That is a malicious attempt to inflame class hatred. “The truth is that for the past 85 years wealth has steadily been getting ' into more hands and the control of national wealth has been taken stead- ily from the few. About 60 per cent of the people receive 80 per cent of the annual income.” PRIESTLEY MEDAL GOES TO PROFESSOR NOYES' | University of Illinois Chemist Awarded Honer for Work on Theory of Electronics. By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, August 20.— Prof. William A. Noyes, emeritus di- rector of the laboratories of the Uni- versity of Illinois, yesterday was awarded the Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society “for dis- tinguished service to chemistry.” ‘The presentation was in recognition of his work in the development of the theory of electronics. Today Prof. Raymond M. Fuoss, 29-year-old scientist of Brown Uni- versity, received the $1,000 award in pure chemistry established by Dr. A. C. Langmuir of Hastings-on-Hudson. Prof. Fuoss developed a compre- hensive theory of the properties of solutions so that factors as the freezing and boiling points, specific gravity, electrical conductivity and the like can be predicted from his formulas. PR Tourist Records Broken. Resorts of South Africa report & record number of Summer guests. Moves towarc action on Guffey coal control bill, Lobby Committee again calls How- ard C. Hopson, utilitiep man. Conferees seek agreement on $250,- 000,000 tax bill. Utilities measure and Tennessee Val- | { ley Authority amendments, House. Considers miscellaneous legislation. TOMORROW. Senate: bly will take up the Guffey bill and conference reports and House COLORED KNIGHTS TEMPLAR GONVENE {Parades Thursday Will Climax Conventions Here. ‘The second of three major Negro fraternal orders which are convening here this week and next held its in- itial session today at the colored Ma- sonic Temple, Tenth and U streets. Assembling for their biennial con- Tomorrow and| Conference, Colored Knights Templar, met in secret to transact lodge busi- ness and hear welcoming addresses from prominent.Masons. An affiliated women's organization—the Heroines of Templar Crusaders—met at the same time in another hall of the Masonic Temple. Both men and women were garbed in the elaborate costumes of their orders—the men in dark blue mili-| tary uniforms, braided and epauleted, | medals and jeweled symbols arrayed | | across their coat fronts and with | white-plumed cocked hats; the women in white velvet and sateen, with yel- low and red bordered capes. Meet in Cathedral. ‘The International Grand Court of Cyrene, another woman's organization associated with the Knights Templar, met in the colored Scottish Rite Ca- thedral, 1631 Eleventh street, at 9 a.m. The Knights Templar and their | women's organizations are holding | many of their convention events jointly with the Negro Shriners, here for their thirty-fifth anual conclave. Shriners’ festivities today were subordinated to the brother organization. ‘Two parades, one by the Shriners tomomow and the other by the Knights Thursday, will climax the conventions. The Shriners will as- semble at Fourth street and Constitu- tion avenue at 1 pm. and march along a winding route leading past the | White House to Vermont avenue, U street and Griffith Stadium, where the marching units will disband to witness a field day. The Knights will repeat this performance Thursday. Review- | ing stands for both parades have been constructed on John Marshall place in front of the Belasco Theater and on U street near the end of the parade route. A moonlight Potomac River excur- sion aboard the steamer Southport has been planned for visiting delegates by the Cyrenes Club and Masonic Band, to start at 8 o'clock tonight. At the same time the International Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, will meet at the Masonic Temple. At mid- night the Order of the Eastern Star will present a pageant at the Lincoln | Theater. Officers to Be Elected. Prior to tomorrow's parade the col- | ored Shriners will elect officers for ! the coming year at a morning business | session. A whole new “divan” must | be chosen, including an imperial potentate, chief rabban, imperial re- | corder, etc. Although only about 700 had regis- | tered for the Shriners and Knights Templar Conventions, more colored | folk were arriving in town almost hourly and the peak of their fraternal | activity will be reached between Au- gust 25 and August 31 when the Elks | gather for their 36th annual con- | vention. Elks officials predicted more | {than 50,000 would participate. An educational and economic con- ference, sponsored by the Elks, will | be held Thursday in the Garnett- | Patterson Junior High School audi- torium. Judge Willlam C. Hueston, & race leader and an assistant Post Office Department solicitor during the Hoover administration, will address the meeting, which is to consider rural education in the South, better hous- ing and sanitary conditions and other race problems. Governors of several Southern States and prominent white educators have been invited to attend. A feature of the Elks Convention will be the appearance here on Au- gust 27 of three famous Negro athletes, Joe Louls, the heavyweight contender; Eulace Peacock, Temple University dash star, and Jesse Owens, Ohio State University’s all - around track luminary. DRYDEN NOMINATED President Roosevelt today sent to the Senate the nomination of Prancis L. Dryden of Maryland to be State administrator for the Works Progress Administration. Mr. Dryden, an engineer. has been appointed to succeed John N. Mackall, who recently resigned. clave, members of the International | HELEN HAYES REFUSES $85,000 PICTURE OFFER Declines to Co-Star With Ann Harding in Filming of “The 0ld Maid.” By the Associated Press. SUFFERN, N. Y, August 20— | Helen Hayes disclosed yesterday she had turned down an offer of $85,000 to co-star with Ann Harding in a film- ing of the Pulitzer prize play, “The Old Maid.” | Instead she will remain here and | play Cleopatra in Shaw’s “Caesar and Cleopatra” for the County Theater, housed in a remodeled barn, and then | | rest at her home in Nyack, N. Y., un- til the play reopens on Broadway. She is the wife of Charles Mac- Arthur, playwright and independent film producer. ‘The offer, Miss Hayes said, came from Paramgunt Pictures and it took | her four days to decide to say no. Recently she vowed she would not | appear in movies again. D COMPROMISE SEEN ON UTILITIES BILL Measure Faces Crucial Test | Today at Meeting of Conferees. By the Associated Press. Senator Barkley, Democrat, of Ken- tucky, reportedly armed with a com- promise proposal, discussed at the | White House Sunday njght, met | briefly today with House conferees en | the utility holding company bill, None of the other Senators who | have been seeking to adjust differences | between House and Senate versions of | | | the leghslation was present when the | respresentatives of the House appeared i | for a scheduled conference. After half an hour the House mem- | bers left. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, | of Montana, leading advocate of abol- | ishing “unnecessary” holding com- panies by 1942, later appeared and closeted himself with Barkley. He! sent word to newsmen he had nothing | | to say for the time being. After his conference with Wheeler, | Barkley said the Montanan thought ! | he had called off today's meeting with | the House members. | Barkley added there would be a | meeting tomorrow, with conferences | among the Senate group in the mean- | time to see if the basis for a com- ! promise could be worked out. Compromise Likely. Barkley had been believed ready | to propose a compromise, discussed | at the White House Sunday night, to settle the differences over the sec- tion calling for abolition of certain | utility holding companies. The Senate voted mandatory aboli- tion by 1942 of holding firms branded “unnecessary.” The House decided to give the Securities Commission dis- cretionary authority in ordering their dissolution, with no time limit fixed. Barkley declined to reveal the na- ture of his compromise proposal, but it was understood to involve removal of the time limit and to allow holding companies up to the second degree— that is, one holding company super- imposed upon another, with the lower one directly controlling the operating companies. Representative Huddleston, Demo- | crat, of Alabama, a leading opponent of the Senate's plan, was reported to | be in disagreement with Barkley over how much territory the second holding company should be permitted to cover. Hopson Recalled. At the same time as the conferees arranged their meeting, Howard C. Hopson, utilities magnate, was called back to the stand by Senate lobby in- vestigators to continue his recital of the Associated Gas & Electric Sys- tem’s fight against passage of the bill. Hopson told the investigators yester- day that early in the campaign he suggested to his ad writers that they make an “appeal to the -emotions,” emphasizing the contention that the measure would jeopardize the savings of “widows and orphans.” This step was taken, he said, because members of Congress on the other side of the fight were “stirring up passion and prejudice.” Interfe_rel in Fight, Is Killed. CHICAGO, August 20 (#).—Attor- ney David K, Cochrane, 27, seeking to rescue Joseph Zakar, a stranger, from two assailants in a tavern brawl, was shot and killed today by one of the two. The pair fled. Millionaire and To Get Pension By the Associated Press. Old-age pension checks will be sent to millionaires and laborers alike when the Social Security Board be- gins payments in 1942 under the con- tributory pension system. Laborer Alike in Security Plan ent matter. There is no relation, of- ficlals emphasize, between the two sections. The non-contributory pay- ments are the Government's contri- bution to old and needy persons eli- gible for aid under their respective Regardless of the size of a person’s income, he pays taxes only on the first $3,000 earned annually. A millionaire, therefore, who pays taxes for 45 years prior to his 65th < | | Burnside Smith (left), Indianapolis business executive, and Dick Arnett, pilot, shown in Indianapolis be- side the plane in which they and Arnett's bride of a few weeks, Mrs. Eleanor Clark Arnett, were reported miss- ing on a flight over the Rocky Mountains from Helena, Mont., to Denver. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. RUINS OF ARPLANE CARRYING 3 FOUND Wreckage Seen on Rugged Wyoming Peak as Party Presses Near. By the Associated Press, CHEYENNE, Wyo., August ‘Wreckage of the plane in which tnree Indiana persons were belleved to have crashed to death last Thursaay was | sighted this morning about naii-way up the northeast side of Laramie Peak. 20— | GUFFEY GOAL BILL AT LAST HURDLE Senate Takes Up “Little N. R. A.” for Industry as Special Business. By the Associzted Press. The Guffey coal bill, center of a vehement controversy involving the Constitution, faced its final congres- sional barrier today. Aproved by a comparatively slim margin of 26 votes in the House yes- terday, the measure designed to set up a “little N. R. A.” for the bituminous coal industry was “special business” in the Senate today. (The bill would create & commission with power to supervise price fixing by the producers. It also would guaran- tee the miners’ right to bargain col- lectively and set up a coal labor board to handle disputes. Compliance would be obtained by & 15 per cent sales tax on producers, with a 90 per cent “drawback” to those who lived up to “code” provisions). Senate Approval Seen. Despite a drumfire of criticism that the bill was unconstitutional, its backers predicted speedy Senate ap- | proval. Some others thought the de- | cision was in doubt. It has been on President Roosevelt’s | | list of wanted legislation for months. | On three occasions, Mr. Roosevelt ob- | tained a postponement of a soft coal strike to give Congress more time to ~onsider the bill. Administration forces maneuvered the meacure into a preferred position !on the Senate calendar at the same | time they blocked off an attempt by Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia | to get Attorney General Cummings’ | opinion of the contention, voiced by | | | OFFICIALS ANXIOUS FOR ADJOURNMENT Roosevelts Will Lead Dash for Vacations. Some Will Sail. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. With every indication that Con- gress will adjourn through before the end of this week, President Roose- velt and virtually every one else in official Washington are planning to leave the Capital as soon as possible for a vacation. Mrs. Roosevelt, who has been away from Washington during the greater part of the last two months, returned to the White House this morning and before the President went to his desk in the Executive Office she discussed vacation plans with him. The indication at the White House today was that Mrs. Roosevelt may accompany the President on his jour- ney across the continent so as to be with him when he visits Boulder Dam and the San Diego (Calif.) Exposition. Daughter to Join Party. Mrs. Anna Boettiger, the only davghter of President.and Mrs. Roose- velt, is now in Los Angeles with her husband, who is an executive in the motion picture industry, and will re- main there until her parents arrive on the coast. Vice President Garner has decided to join the large United States dele- gation, which will attend the launch- ing of the new Philippine common- wealth government. Speaker Byrns and more than 100 members of the Senate and House will be members of the delegation if present plans materialize. Members of the President’s cabinet and all those high in the New Deal who have kept close to their desks in The information was telepnoned | the bill's critics, that is it as uncon- | throughout the Summer are looking this morning to the office of Gov. Leslie A. Miller by Capt. George Smith of the Wyoming State Hignway Patrol, who flew over the area today on orders of the governor. A searching party on foot, Smitn said, was nearing the spot and was expected to reach the wreck within balf an hour. There was no sign of bodes. A plane, believed to be that of Burnside Smith, 47, Indianapolis tran- sit company executive, crashed in flames on the mountain last Thursday night. With Smith were Dick Arnett, In- dianapolis airport manager and his | the former Eleanor Clark of | bride, Indianapolis, to whom he was married three weeks ago. Missing More Than 100 Hours. ‘The three have been missing more than 100 hours on a trip that was a honeymoon for the Arnetts and a business mission for Smith. Arnett, experienced aviator and known as a cautious flyer, was pilot for the transit company president. Walter Higley, Denver pilot who started the search yesterday after he learned the plage was unsighted after it left Helena, Mont., last Thursday | on a hazardous 800-mile flight to | | Denver, said today the plane sinashed into the peak, which juts like a gigan- tic thumb from the Eastern Wyoming plains, 100 miles northwest of Chey- enne. The Denver pilot, representative of the same aviation firm in Denver with which Arnett was associated at In- | dianapolis, said ranchers pointed out a spot high up the peak where they saw a flash of flame last Thursday night during a storm. Fire Lasted 25 Minutes. “Lyle Pexton, his wife, and Earl J. Dunn, a rancher, all told me about the plane,” Higley said. “They said they could hear it circling about 8:05 | p.m. Thursday night, but couldn't see it for the fog. They said the sky cleared a little and they were sure they saw it turn south and hit the peak. They saw one big flash. A few seconds later there was another flash and then they saw a big flame that lasted 25 minutes.” The 2-mile high summit is acces- sible only on foot. HAWAII DELEGATES THREATEN REVOLT Farley Told Highest Bidder in Patronage Will Get Conven- tion Support. | By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, August 29.—A threat | that Hawail's delegates would bolt from President Roosevelt in the Dem- ocratic National Convention in 1936 was made to James A. Farley, Dem- ocratic National Committee chairman, Saturday by Fred L. Siegling, the latter said yesterday. Siegling, chalrman of the Terri- torial Democratic Committee, threat- ened that Hawall's six votes in the National Convention would be thrown on the auction block for the highest bidder in terms of patronage. Siegling said the threat, made just before Farley departed for Los An- geles, was the result of long-smolder- ing resentment of the official party organization against the manner in which patronage was administered here. The great majority of the Ter- ritorial Committee’s indorsements, Siegling said, had been turned down in Washington and Republicans ap- pointed instead. X Siegling said Farley asked him to submit written reports of grievances to him In Washington. BODY TO BE CREMATED Arrangements Near Completion for Rites for Social Worker. PASADENA, Calif., August 20 (#).— Arrangements neared completion to- day to cremate the body of Mrs. Cherolette Perkins Gilman, 75, na- tionally prominent social worker and writer, who chose to die after deciding her value to society had ended. Mrs. Gilman, born in Hartford, Conn., of the noted Beecher family, died Saturday night from an overdose of anaesthetic. In a farewell note, she had written “when all usefulness is over, when one is assured of an unavoidable and imminent death, it is the simplest of human rights to choose & quick and easy death in place of & slow horrible one.” She had been in ill health. Legion Delegates Elected. GAITHERSBURG, Md, August 20 Trundle, command- birthday will receive $85 a month | been as will any other $250 & month over the It is the highest authorized will be paid without re- sources of income, pension, earning period. pension gard to | stitutional as the Supreme | found N. R. A. codes. | Behind the scenes, & long-standing feud within the American Federation | of Labor was being fought over the| Guffey bill, too. Amendment Is Sought. The International Association of Machinists, a craft union, was at-| tempting to gain Senate support for an amendment that would permit that | union to speak for the machinists 4n | and about the coal mines in collective | bargaining. These machinists now belong to the United Mine Workers, an irdustrial | union that takes in all employes in| and about the mines, Labor men predicted that the ma- | chinists would have the amendment | introduced, and that the Senate would | | be forced to a vote on the issue of industrial unionism, as opposed to | craft organization. | Faced with that issue by a similar amendment the House last Saturday | voted down the machinists’ amend- | ment. Court _—— 18 REICH WORKERS CAUGHT IN TUNNEL Four Are Rescued as Portion of Subway in Berlin Col- lapses. By the Associated Press | | BERLIN, August 20.—Eighteen work- | men were reported missing today in the collapse of a portion of the Her- mann Goering street subway, now under construction. A section of the street near the | Brandenburg Gate dropped away about | 12:15 p.m. and one and three-quarters | hours later only four members of the | crew which had been below had been brought up. All four suffered broken bones and internal injuries. It was hoped that | some of the 18 workers\ believed still | under ground might have escaped crushing by running to safe ends of | the tunnel. Police, firemen, first-aid workers and | 300 regular army soldiers were sent to | the spot in zescue attempts. | The whole tunnel was reported | flooded by a bursting water main. The subway is being built especially for the Olympic games next year to facilitate movement of the heavy traf- | fic expected. | |BERLIN’S RADIO CITY BUILDING IS BURNED 26 Visitors and Three Firemen Injured in Fire at Ex- position. By the Associated Press. | building of Berlin’s Radio City was & heap of smoldering debris today. An official announcement said 26 visitors and 3 firemen were injured by fire at the exposition last night. Flames endangered a 400-foot tower near the burned building. A restau- rant in the tower was badly damaged. Most of the exhibits of radio firms in the burned building were destroyed. Radio exhibits of the ministry of posts, such as the sending apparatus of Ber- lin’s first broadcasting station and latest models for sound and television transmitting stations, were consumed. Seven exposition buildings of steel building was of wood. BULLET WOUND FATAL Man Whom}!omln-uon for President Is Suicide. VINELAND, N. J.. August 20 (#).— George 1. Wilson, 80, who refused a presidential nomination, died in a hospital yesterday of a bullet wound. Police Chief J. Hamilton Gebhart said the aged man admitted shooting himself Friday, but gave no reason. ‘Wilson rejected the National party’s nomination as its standard bearer in 1932, Known throughout the State as one son was long interested in monetary reform. e CASE IS CLEARED UP Death of Couple Recorded as Mur- der and Suicide. SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 20 (®).—Police today recorded the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Calhoun, mid- dle-aged couple, as a slaying and sui- cide which followed a family quarrel. The body of Calhoun, shot through the head, was found in their residence early yesterday. Mrs. Calhoun died from an abdominal wound shortly after police discovered her husband’s body. Investigating officers reported Cal- own life, BERLIN, August 20.—The main| of its first registered druggists, Wil- | forward to the end of this Congress, Some to Go Abroad. Some are going to Europe, among them the Attorney General and Mrs. Cummings. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Hull are planing a middle of September vacation at their former home in Tennessee. Secretary of War Dern and Mrs. Dern will leave for a two-week stay in their Salt Lake City, Utah, home and then proceed to San Francisco to sail for the Philippines to attend the new commonwealth inauguration ceremonies. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace will leave Washington within the next few days to attend a 10-day regional meeting in Utah and later will join Mrs. Wallace in their Des Moines, Iowa, home. TERRE HAUTE UNION RAPS U. S. MEDIATOR Leaders Charge Prof. R. Clyde ‘White Increased Discontent in Working on Strike Dispute. By the Associated Press. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., August 20.— Union leaders charged today a recent statement by Prof. R. Clyde White, Department of Labor conciliator, at- tempting to <ettle strike disputes here, had added “fuel to the fires of unrest and discontent in Terre Haute.” Meanwhile a Circuit Court ruling upheld the military rule that has been in effect in Vigo County since a strike at the Columbian Enameling & Stamping Co. mill spread July 22 into a two-day general walkout of union labor. Special Judge James L. Price, deny- ing a writ of habeas corpus for three persons arrested August 8, ruled the county court lacked jurisdiction over military prisoners. Officers of the Enamel Workers' Union took exception to White's re- cent declaration that strikes at the Terre Haute Malleable & Manufac- turing Co. and at the Clay Products Co. of Brazil were “about 100 per cent wrong.” Liner Towed to Belfast. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Aug- ust 20 (#).—The Donaldson Atlantic liner Letitia, aground since Friday night, was refloated early today and was being towed stern first to Belfast. ‘The 230 passengers aboard had been removed by tender to Glasgow. They said the vessel went aground hard |astern as a result of an unidentified ship crossing her bow in a dense fog at the entrance to Belfast Lough. e A BAND CONCERTS. By the United States -Soldiers’ Home Band. at the bandstand, at 5:30 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, asso- | clate leader. Program. March, “Captain Osterman”.._Boyer Overture, “Grand Festival”_Reissigger Characteristic, “Grand English Mili- tary Tattoo” ... Excerpts from musical comedy “Gypsy Love" --Lehar Morceau, (re- quested) Valse Orienale, “Od: Finale, “Cheerio” “The Star Spangled By the United States Navy Band at the War Memorial, in West Potomac Park, at 7:30 p.m.; Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alex Morris, assistant leader. March, “Cheerio” Overture, “Il Guarany Solo for trombone, “My Regards,” Llewellyn Clarence Edwards. Suite de ballet “Pantomime”._Lacome (8) “Leandre et Isabelle.” (b) “Scaramouche at Columbine.” (c) “Pizzicato.” (d) “Ballabile.” Valse, “Souvenir de Baden Baden.” Bousquet Excerpts from “Babes in Toyland,” Herbert “Cavalleria Rusti- cana” ... --Mascagni Grand marche, “Slav”..Tschaikowsky “The Star Spangled Banner.” By United States Marine Band in the formal garden, Army Medical Center, Walter Reed Hospital, at 6:30 p.m.; Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. Grand selection, Program. March, “U. 8. Fleld Artillery”._Sousa Overture, Musician Donald Kimball. Excerpts from “The Wesman of the Guard” -Sullivan Idyl, “A Musician Astray in the For- est” Serenade, “Les Millions d’Arlequin,” Drigo shot the woman and then ended #March, “Spirit of America”_2amecn! “The Star Spangled Banner.”