Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1935, Page 2

MENEL VOLGANO ON ELEGTION EVE Territory Calm, However, as Germany and Lithuania Keep Vigil. B the Associated Press. MEMEL, September 28.—Little Memel was a potential European vol- cano tonight as it prepared to elect & new diet under the jealous eyes of Nazi Germany and Lithuania. The election is tomorrow. Outwardly the territory was calm and only minor disturbances marred the campaigns. The actual voting was expected to pass off quietly, officials said, and if real trouble occurs it will be when the results are.announced sev- eral days hence. On the one side of the 68,000 voters, & majority of them German, was an openly displeased eGrmany and on the other & stubbornly insistent Lithuania. Berlin's leaders, including Reichs- fuehrer Adolf Hitler, have charged Lithuania with election violations. Fights for Majority. The pro-German party now has 25 of the 29 seats in the Landtag (diet or provincial assembly). Lithuania is fighting to have this overwhelming majority decreased, while Germany, remembering its victory in the Saar, wants to enhance its claims to Memel, taken from her by the World War. (Memel's port is vital to Lithuania =it has no other suitable outlet to the sea). ' * The election will provide & rigid test of the guaranteed Democracy of Memel, under LitAuanian sovereignty but with | * wmutonomous rights. An example of the sensitiveness of both Germans and Lithuanians, was the protest by the German Election Committee of the alleged arrest of a 15-year-old butcher boy for distribut- ing Lithuanian election leaflets. The official Lithuanian version was that the boy was caught destroying Lithuanian election posters and had been hired by local Nazis to do so. Divided Into Seven Lists. Candidates are divided into seven Hsts, with 29 candidates each, the number of seats in the Landtag. One group is the “Einheitsliste,” & ~combination of all German parties with the retention of autonomy as its platform. Others represent specific interests, such as those of farmers, tradesmen, workers, etc. Each voter will be given a book with names of all candidates from which must be torn 29 pages. Votes -of each candidate will be totaled and credited to the proper list. - Much German criticism of Lithu-| anian policies has centered about the | fact that the previous Landtag was made virtually inoperative because Lithuanian members, in the minority, would not attend meetings. In the last election, May 4, 1932, German parties received 52,868 votes, | or 80.3 per cent, Lithuanian parties, 11,961, or 18.1 per cent, and the re- mainder was split. SPEECH RE-BROADCAST. Hitler's Recorded Talk Makes Ap- peal to Germans in Memel. BERLIN, September 28 (#).—Adolf | Hitler, through a re-broadcast of his | recorded speech at the recent Nurn- berg Nazi convention, made a final atirring pre-election appeal tonight to Germans in Memel. Thus his warning was repeated to | the League of Nations to “turn its interests to making respected Memell territory's autonomy * * * before the events can assume forms which some day might only be regretted from all gides. Without prior announcement, sta- flons interrupted scheduled prograrms fo send the Reichsfuehrer’s burning words throughout the nation and into Memelland. — SUEZ CANAL CLOSING DENIED BY OFFICIALS Directors Won't Even Consider Possibility—Increased Busi- ness Reported. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 28.—Officials of the Suez Canal Co. indicated today the closing of the canal in case sanc- tions are applied against Italy is out of the question so far as they are | concerned. | Controlling shares in the canal are in commercial hands. “The question of eventually closing the canal will not even be considered 8t the routine month-end meeting of the board, October 7,” said an official. Great Britaln's members of the Hoard, representing 40 per cent of the stock holdings, are expected to attend, *as usual” It was pointed out that dnly 10 of the 32 members of the board are British, and no shareholder 1% allowed more than 10 votes, regard- less of the amount of his holdings. . .The directors will hear receipts for the first three weeks of September were 48,200,000 francs (about $3,120,000), or 10 per cent higher than the 43,780,- 000 francs for the corresponding pe- riod in 1934. Report (Continued From First Page.) of prediction. The budget makers ways take the conservative course of listing a maximum of expenditures against & minimum estimate of re- ceipts. However, it is a readily con- ceded fact that better business means gteater Government revenues. *The Commerce Department’s report told of retail business moving “for- ward in keeping with the trend of the last few weeks,” except for the Middle ‘West, where warm weather impeded it Wholesale trade also pushed ahead with rising prices and acute shortages in a number of lines reported from New York and Philadelphia. +Increased industrial activities or the maintenance of & “fairly high rate of operation” were reported from Cleve- land auto-parts manufacturers, the Philadelphia textile area, the hosiery and knitting industries of the Charles- ton and Memphis sections and the New Jersey and Connecticut indus- trial areas. »Michigan reported numerous plants reopening or expanding, Indiana glass products manufacturers reported Au- ghst business far above that of last year, Los Angeles reported industrial expansions and the Loulsville & Nash- vilie Railroad reported the re-employ- lpentdl7lmenmlulhm . Robot Ticket Seller. ' British railways has installed a slats over his windows as a protec RED CROSS HELPS STORM REFUGEES {Train Leaves for Threat- ened Area and Others Are Held Ready. By the Associated Press, Red Cross disaster workers at Belle Glade, Fla., notified national head- | quarters last night that 80 per cent of automobile-owning residents of the Lake Okeechobee area already had evacuated. Refugee trains aythorized by the Red Cross arranged to take 5,000 per- sons to Sebring from northward after cutting a path across Cuba. & train accommodating 500 persons left Lake Harbor at 7 p.m. for Belle Pahokee soon for the same destina- ‘tion. ‘The latter train has a capacity | of 2,700. Supplies on Hand. A third train was to leave Clewiston, on the southwest tip of the lake, to evacuate west coast lake residents, and already at Belle Glade is a work train of 35 flat cars to be held in readiness to rush 1,500 more persons away from the threatened district. The Highland County Red Cross chapter at Sebring prepared to meet food, clothing and medical needs of the refugees. Nelson Howard, Red Cross disaster worker, reported he had left for Se- bring and will contact the trains as they arrive, with a physician ready to board each. Temporary Shelters Ready. tered in passenger coaches and box cars. Fort Pierce and Cocoa Red Cross Chapters were prepared to meet all emergency needs. W. Turner Wallace, chairman of the South Florida Red Cross Safety Committee, left late today for Lake Worth, where he will continue radio communication with Miami and Belle Glade. —— BEATING OF ETHIOPIAN SYMPATHIZERS CHARGED Chicago Mayor Asked to Probe Alleged Brutalities When Meeting Was Broken Up. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 28.—The Board of Directors of the American to investigate the conduct of police who allegedly broke up & pro-Ethiopia demonstration August 31. The board's statement said the dem- onstrators were “attacked with ex- treme brutality by police.” “Well-authenticated afidavits in our possession,” the statement de- clared, “describe policemen as reck- lessly clubbing men and women alike, as forcing those arrested to run a gantlet of 50 or 60 policemen, and finally as refusing medical care for more than three hours to those who were severely injured.” Farm Values O By the Associated Press. A 31 per cent drop in the value of America’s farms since 1930, de- spite the fact they have grown both in number and acreage, was disclosed yesterday by the agricultural census. ‘The bales of figures gathered in the count of farms already had shown there were half a million more farms than in 1930 and 68,400,000 more acres in cultivation. ‘The statistics revealed, however, that the value of the smaller farm acreage in 1930 was $14,995,495980 greater than the increased amount was in 1935. Census figures gave the value for 1930 as $47,879,838,358, and that for 1935 as $32,884,342,378. Officials said this in some degree explained the farm mortgage disputes that had arisen in sections of the Middle West. In some cases. they said, reports to the Census Bureau showed farmers were paying on mort- gages that were larger than the total present value of their land. In 15 States the average decrease in value under 1930 was above 30 per cent. robot which prints, dates and issues tickets, at the same time automati- cally adding the sums up, P2 In two of these—Iowa and South Da- kota—it was above 40 per cent. Jowa had 41.7 per cent; South Dakots, 46.1. » { the district | threatened by the hurricane, lashing ment, 65 miles south of Miami, were ernor, All refugees will be temporarily shel- | Civil Liberties Union today called | upon Chicago’s Mayor Edward Kelly | In 5 Years, % THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER- 29, 1935—PART ON tion from the expected hurricane, - Hurricane (Continued From First Page.) coast of Cuba from Caibarien to Havana as the storm moved out into the Atlantic. A dispatch to naval headquarters reported the town of Casilda on the south coast destroyed. Reports from Kingston, Jamaica, said the deaths there were two as the tail end of the storm struck the island last night. Damage to the banana crop was estimated at $2,500,000, with about $200,000 loss to roads and bridges. | Hardy residents of Tavernier, on one of the lower East Florida Coast keys, remaining in the settlement de- spite memories of the battering the | town took in the Labor day storm which cost more than 400 lives, watched with joy as their barometer held at 29.23. Telephone circuits to the settle- | not interrupted. | South Florida residents took no | any emergency. | The Red Cross ordered evacuation | special trains into the section. | Gordon Dunn, Jacksonville meteor- | ologist, said late reports from Cuba indicated the center -of the hurricane passed directly over Cienfuegos be- tween 3:40 and 4 o'clock this morn- ing. *The barometer, it was said, fell as low as 28.11. The calm always to be found at the center of the hurri- canes was felt in the city. Two Ships in Distress. Havana dispatches reported two ships off the south coast of Santa Clara were in trouble. They said the British freighter ~Wanderer aground at Punta Barril and a near Jucaral. The small Cuban coastwise steamer Julian Alonso, en route to Santiago from Havana, was long overdue. Every effort was bent tonight to hasten relief to the provinces of Matanzas, Santa Clara and Camaguey, over which the hurricane made its frightful way. | Fragmentary reporis tonight indi- | cated that only the South Coest of | | Santa Clara Province suffered heavy | | damage. Camaguey, Santa Clara, cap- | ital of the province and the city of | Santiago reported slight damage only. Tanks of the Standard Oil Co. at Clenfuegos were damaged by the storm. Others suffering property losses were: Cuban Electric Co., Cuban Distilleries, the Texas Co., North American Trading Co., Sinclair Oil Co., Radio Corp. of America and Pan- American Airways. Bridge Named Carry Nation. MEDICINE LODGE, Kans, Sep- tember 28 (#).—Barber County voted today to name a new bridge for Carry Nation, the hatchet-swinging dry eru- sader who made prohibition history in Kansas. The name was chosen by a vote of 2,108 to 1,108 over that of Bill Horn, famed Western stage coach driver. —_— College's Dean Now Student. At 7i, L. G. Allen is a student at the college where he once was dean. Allen, a faculty member for 23 years at West Texas State Teachers’ College, said today he was taking courses in education and English be- cause “time passed too slowly with nothing to do.” ff 14 Billion Census Reveals The Nation's bread basket section was hit hardest. Eight of the big Middle Western producing States showed decreases of more them 30 per cent. The six other Middle Western States were Illinois, 33.8; .Kansas, 35.2; Minnesota, 34.9; Missourl, 38.7; Nebraska, 37.3; Oklahoma, 36.9. Seven other States fell also into the bracket between 30 and 40 per cent decreases. They were: California, 31.9; Colorado, 33.2; Maryland, 22.3; Mis- sissippi, 34.6; Nevada, 33.6; Virginia, 30.7, and West Virginia, 30.5. Most of the other States had de- creases ranging between 20 and 30 per cent, with some of the New Eng- land States holding their values to higher levels. Two of the latter showed increaces, but in neither was farming classed as the major industry. Connecticut. had a gain in value of farm lands of 24.8 per cent and Rhode Island of 2.1, The first State has 32,000 farms and the Iatter 4,000. Agricultural experts said the valus of farm lands fluctuated according to farm income.and that both were now on the upgrades L3 steamer named Megna was aground CANYON, Tex., September 28 (#).— | Business in downtown Miami was at a standstill as both residents and merchants worked furiously battening windows and store fronts after hurricane warnings. Here a small store owner is shown nailing ~—Copyright A. P, Wirephoto. CHANDLER OPENS Pledges Support to New Deal and Raps G. 0. P. Efforts in Kentucky. By the Associated Press. LAWRENCEBURG, Ky., Septem- of Kentucky's November election from a national standpoint, A. B. (Happy) Chandler, Democratic nom- inee for Governor, pledged support to the New Deal in an address open- irg his campaign here today. | The 37-year-old Lieutenant Gov- who won the Democratic | ncmination after a bitter primary fight against Thomas S. Rhea, de- National headquarters learned that | chances and made preparations for | clared it was up to Kentuckians to | decide whether they will co-operate | lwlth President Roosevelt “in carry- Glade. Another is expected to leave | Of the Lake Okeechobee area and sent | jng out his ideals and plans for 8 | new and better day, or whether they will elect a Governor whose political phtlosophy is that of Herbert Hoover and the barons of special privilege.” Raps Republicans. | Chandler charged that the Re- | publican “Old Guard” was sending politicians into Kentucky to swing it for the Republican ticket, headed by Judge King Swope, nominee for Governor, in an effort to discredit the New Deal in a pre-presidential | election year. Chandler asserted the drive began last Spring with the arrival of C. Bascom Slemp, former secretary to President Coolidge, whom he termed “the fixer of Re- publican politics in Southern States.” | Remarking that Judge Swope has | left national issues strictly alone, ! Chandler said his opponent could not be unaware of the national signifi- cance of the State election. Absent from the rally were Gov. Ruby Laffoon and Rhea, who yester- day rejected a White House invitation to meet President Roosevelt on his special train in what was to have been a “harmony” conference. Only Chandler accepted the invitation. He received a presidential pat on the back. Senator M. M. Logan, who at- tended the parley, quoted the Presi- dent as telling him “we must carry Kentucky this Fall” Cites Col. Knox's Visit. Chandler cited the recent visit of Col. Frank Knox to Kentucky as proof of the anti-New Deal attitude of Kentucky Republicans. He charged the ground work for wide-spread anti- | Roosevelt propaganda to release to | the Nation in event Republicans | carry Kentucky. | “Why this concentration of Re- | tucky?” asked Chandler. “Is it pos- | sible that Judge Swope alone is not | advised that the Republican leaders in every State in the Nation and the Republican press plan to set up a hue and cry of a defeat and revolt against Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal if Kentucky should go Republican this Fall?” Meantime Judge Swope pressed his campaign on State issues, ignoring the national aspect of the election. Swope said that during the campaign he intended to bring up some of the things Democrats said about each other in the primary fight and “to keep their feet to the fire on issues made right here in old Kentucky.” The State issues, Swope declared, “stand out like white tombstones against the horizon at twilight.” Swope's platform calls for sweeping reforms in State government. EXECUTIVES MEET Plan to Complete Organization of Southern Conference. ATLANTA, September 28 (#).— Plans to complete organization of the Southern University Conference at its first annual meeting in December were made at & meeting of its Execu- tive Committee here today. The conference was organized temporarily in April with 33 univer- sities and colleges in its membership. Under plans made today by the Ex- ecutive Committee, the first annual convention, to be held in Louisville, Ky., December 6, will be a one-day session devoted principally to perfec- tion of organization and discussion of policies and objectives, Dr. J. R. Mc- Cain of Agnes Scott College, secretary of the conference, said. Plans More Radios. Afghanistan will erect five large broadcasting stations. 1 4 DRIVE FOR VOTES ber 28.—Emphasizing the importance | that the Chicago Tribune was laying | | publican national leadership in Ken- | .| sequently the Van Sweringens were VAN SWERINGENS SET FOR BATILE “Midamerica Corporation” Reported Formed to Capture Rail Stock. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, September 28.—Fi- nancial circles here belleved tonight they had spotted the corporate vehicle through which O. P. and M. J. Van Sweringen, Cleveland capitalists, ex- pect to fight for control of their vast railroad empire. It is, the observers believed, “Mid- america Corp.” chartered at Colum- bus, Ohio, today with 400,000 shares of no par-value stock. Neither of the Van Sweringen broth- ers could be reached for a statement and it was assumed they had gone to New York to be ready to bid, in the name of the corporation, for the collateral they posted several years ago with J. P. Morgan & Co. for 8 loan which with interest now amounts to about $48,000,000. Included in the collateral are stocks representing control of a large part of the choicest portions of the Van Sweringen empire. It is understood that one of the biggest items to be put on the block will be about 50 per cent of the common stock of the Alleghany Corp., a holding company, which has control or virtual control of the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Pere | Marquette, the Erie and the Nickel Plate Railroads, as well as a con- siderable interest in the Missouri Pa- cific and Eastern Illinois Railroads— all of which combined comprise the largest personally controlled railroad system in the country. Amount Still Uncertain. How much money will be required to buy in the collateral which the Morgan firm recently decided to mar- ket, is still uncertain. Midamerica Corp. was lncnrpornted’ by Thomas H. Jones, William H Chamberlain and Catherine Martin, all of the Cleveland law firm of Tolles, | Hogsett & Ginn, but in financial cir= | | cles it was quickly pointed out that Frank H. Ginn, one member of the firm, long has been an associate of the Van Sweringens and is a director of several of their railroads. Jones sald: “We frequently form | corporations for clients and any state- ment must come from them. Of course you are privileged to assume what you please.” None of the others of the law firm would confirm or deny the impression that Midamerica was formed as a part of the Van Swerin- | gens’ plan. “Battle Royal” Possibility. ‘The possibility that the auction Monday may become a financial “bat- | | tle royal” should rivals attempt to out- | | bid the Van Sweringens was discussed | in financial circles tonight on the| basis of recent unconfirmed reports | that several groups of financiers were | being formed during the last few days | | to attempt to wrest the railroad em- pire out of the Cleveland brothers’ hands. At the time the Morgan firm an- nounced the auction would be held. | the Van "Sweringens also announced they had obtained fresh capital to| | strengthen their bidding capacity, but | | they have subsequently refused to dis- | close the source of their aid. Wall Street, however, unofficially | heard the new money would be ob- | | tained by the Van Sweringens from | four business men, two in Cleveland. Should the Cleveland brothers suc- ceed in regaining control of the col- | lateral through the auction sale, they | | will have accomplished one more of | | the many spectacular financial strokes | for which they have long been famous. | ORGANIZATION FORESEEN. Cleveland and Midwestern Backing | Expected. | | NEW YORK, September 28 (#).— | | Banking circles have believed for some | | time that when the Van Sweringen | collateral is put on the auction block | | Monday afternoon it will be knocked down to a corporation formed slowly | for that purpose. | Formation of such a corporation had been expected momentarily and it has | | been understood in Wall Street thnti it would have the backing of Cleve- | land and Midwestern interests. The securities, which represent con- trol of the Van Sweringen properties, have a current estimated value of about $7,000,000. When they are auc- | tioned on Monday by J. P. Morgan & | Co., and associates, another step will ihlve been taken in ironing out one | of the most complex loan transactions | in Wall Street history. | The securities were put into the | hands of J. P. Morgan & Co., and | associates, as collateral for the loans | granted the Cleveland Van Swerin- gen brothers in the Fall of 1930. At that time their holding com- | panies were confronted with pressing | obligations. On the one hand, they | were in debt to bankers other than the Morgan group, by about $19,000,- | 000. Additional obligations then fall- | ing due called for approximately | $15,000,000. Capital to meet these debts was supplied by the Morgan concern. Sub- | successful for some time in meeting | interest on the loan. — MAGDA LUPESCU’S FOES AGAIN ACTIVE |Rumanian Peasants Rumored Planning Action Against Carol's Girl Friend. By the Associated Press.s VIENNA, September 28 —Viennese observers of Rumanian affairs asserted tonight that one group of King Carol’s advisers is becoming more insistent that he banish his red-haired girl friend, Magda Lupescu, for a while. Reports that Rumanian peasants are on the verge of drastic action against the royal camarilla headed by Lupescu gave rise to a persistent and undenied rumor that a home is being sought for her. The rumor said it was believed a “modest palace” would do. One report stated another effort was under way to effect a conciliation between the King and the estranged Princess Helen. Another was that Carol, in the event a reconciliation is impossible, was considering marrying a German prin- cess, —_—— Gum Swings Election. YORK, Pa, (#).—Robert D. Gentz- ler’s expense acount for his successful race for the Democratic nomination for clerk of courts included $4.20 for chewing gum. 4 Engine Hangs From Bridge It was in the cab of this locomotive, hanging perilously on the edge of a trestle above the Saugatuck River near Westport, Conn., Friday, that Engineer John Sheehan burned to death—after a rear-end collision between two freight trains on the New Haven Railroad. The locomotive of the other train plunged through the bridge into the river. The debris spread over three tracks. —A. P. Photo. HATCHET SLAYER Professor’s Wife Guarded Voices Hope for Close Co-| Day and Night for Fear of Suicide Attempt. By the Associated Press. CHESTERTOWN, Md. September 28 —Drawn and haggard, Mrs. Thelma Buxton remained in her prison cell under the watchful eve of a jail ma- tron tonight while efforts went for- ward to free her on insanity grounds in the “hatchet” killing of her elderly mother-in-law. A mental test for the 27-year-old wife of Dr. Kenneth Buxto ington College chemistry professor, was arranged for tomorrow in the Kent County jail. John H. Preston, Maryland com- | missioner of mental hygiene, repre- senting the State, and Dr. A. C. Gillis, Baltimore psychiatrist, for the de- fense, will conduct the questioning. May Be Sent to Hospital. State’s Attorney Stephen R. Col- lins and Defense Attorney S. Scott Beck, who arranged the test in con- ference with Judge Thomas J. Keat- ing, agreed that if the two alienists found the frail young woman insane a move would be made to place her in a mental hospital. Otherwise, she faced the prospect of remaining in jail until the October grand jury takes up a coroner’s jury verdict that she hacked to death her husband’s mother, Mrs. Efie Buxton, with a hatchet ir their apartment yesterday. In holding her. the coroner's jury accepted testimony that she admitted battering the older woman with the weapon until she was sure her victim was “quite dead.” Then, witnesses told the jury, she went downstairs and asked her landlady to call Sheriff John N. Bennett, saying she probably would “hang,” but she was ready to face the penalty. 2 Refuses Food in Cell. For hours after she was placed in Jail, she refused food, smoking mafy cigarettes and muttering monosyllabic answers to questions asked her, if re- | plying at all. She appeared unaware of assurances of her husband, Dr. Kenneth Buxton, that his love for her had not dimin- ished, and that he would exert every means to defend her against a charge of murdering his mother. Dr. Buxton attributed the act to an emotional disorder he said his wife, a native of Montreal, Canada, and a former school teacher, suffered. In a statement through an attorney he said that twice in the last three weeks she had attempted to kill herself, once by hanging herself with a cord and once by gas, but he had arrived in time to prevent her suicide. Sun and Moon. The sun is nearly 400 times as far off as the moon, and only looks about ALIENISTS TO TEST HULL TRADE NOTE * HALED BY BENE operation With U.S.to Over- come World Difficulties. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Scptember 28.—Dr. Ed- uard Benes, president of the League of Nations Assembly, acknowledging a message from Secretary of State Cordell Hull, sent a reply to Wash- ington today voicing a hope for close co-operation with the United States in overcoming present world diffi- culties. Secretary Hull, in his message, ex- pressed American interest in & pro- posal at Geneva to remove restrictions from international trade. In replying, Dr. Benes referred to the fact that the Netherlands dele- gate, J. Patijn, had already expressed the Assembly’'s appreciation for the communication from Secretary Hull, and said he wished to associate him- self with the sentiment of Patijn's speech. “May 1 also express the hope. as well as the conviction,” Dr. Benes re- plied to Secretary Hull's message, “that the community interest and unity of view which are thus shown to exist between the policy of the United States and the recommenda- tions of the Assembly on economic and financial questions may find ex- pression during the coming month in & close co-operation and joint en- deavor to overcome the difficulties which have so long confronted the world.” In his remarks to the Assembly Patijn said the Hull communication “is of the highest importance, and the Netherlands delegation heard it with the keenest satisfaction. I am sure that satisfaction will be shared by the whole Assembly, and that the Assembly will wish to convey its thanks to the Secretary of State of the United States for his message.” Secretary Hull said in his message: “The world will note the leading conclusion of your committee is that the adoption of more liberal interna- tional trading policies i indispen- sable’ to further recovery. " CHURCHMEN HIT WAR | for Arms Ban. NEW YORK, September 28 (#)— Support of proposals to halt arms shipments to belligerent nations was | voted yesterday by the Executive Com- { mittee of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. ‘The committee adopted a statement | Federal Council Committee Votes SHERMAN REVEALS ILLICIT LOVE AFFAIR Both Sides Rest as Singer on Tral for Murder Finishes Story. By the Associated Press. ‘WORCESTER, Mass., September 28. —From the reluctant lips of Newell P. Sherman, husky 26-year-old choir singer, on trial here for the murder of his 22-year-old wife, the State today forced an admission of illicit relations with the other woman in the case. Three relatives did what they could to boister his story that the cance drowning of his wife in Lonely Lake Singletary on the night of July 20 was an accident. Then both sides rested. Tonight the final arguments of counsel and Judge Thomas J. Hammond's charge to the jury remained. Counsel will sum up Monday and the case probably will reach the jury the same day. Buxom Esther Magill, 18, for whose love Sherman allegedly drowned the mother of his two children, yesterday refused, on advice of counsel, to con- cede her affair with the 242-pound scoutmaster had gone beyond the “hugging and kissing” stage. Sherman Tells of It. Today Sherman told the jury all about it, although with considerable reluctance. At times he appeared on the verge of tears as District Attorney Owen A. Hoban demanded the truth about his | relations with Miss Magill, but in the end Sherman stuck to his contention that they had been intimate “once and only once.” But, he admitted, that was within two weeks of the time his wife exe pected the birth of their second son. Sherman, under cross-examination, went over much of the same ground | covered earlier both in his direct | testimony and that of other witnesses. It was largely a story of clandestine romance with Miss Magill, to whom, he admitted, he had broached the sub- ject of marriage, provided he could obtain & divorce from his wife, but it included much wrangling over wheth- er the confession the State says he signed was voluntary or not. Gave Wife Little Money. Sherman conceded that, although he earned $23.50 a week in the ma- chine shop in which both he and Miss Magill were employed, he allowed his wife only $1.25 a week, plus some money for clothes. At the same time he told of having given Miss Magill $45. He said Miss Magill had acted as a sort of banker for him, but he couldn't tell why. While Sherman stuck to his story that his wife’s drowning in their cap- sized canoe was accidental, he agreed he had given police at least four dife ferent versions of what occurred that night. He said he had lied because he was ashamed of it. Sherman had admitted the truth of a statement contained in his alleged confession that when both were thrown into the water he had shaken off his wife’s dying grip upon his shoulder. He insisted however, that, despite the fact he was a good swimmer, he acted for “self-preservation. PRIVATE HOSPITALS CONSIDER PROBLEMS Week's Conference Will Be De- voted Mainly to Discussion of Financing. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 28 —Private hospitals, face to face with “vanishing revenues and increasing charity loads.” today began a week-long series of meetings devoted in great part to & consideration of their financial probe lems. The American Protestant Hospital 1 Association, opening its fifteenth an- nual convention, wa: the forerunner of six kindred orranizations, includ- ing the American Hospital Associa- tion, whose sessions will extend through next week Private institutions, Dr. Charles C. Jarrell, Athens, Ga.. president of the Protestant Association, said toe night, are “strained to the breaking point and face a future which is not altogether certain.” Basis of their plight, he asserted, was “the ‘get’ psychology which is menacing the American ideal of lift- ing and lending a hand. The giving habits of the Nation are being under= mined by the creation of Government | bureaus which promise ‘to do it all’ PART OF SKYLINE TO OPEN-IN 1936 Front Royal Panorama 31-Mile Stretch to Bear Traffic in Spring. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., ! September 28.— which also urged the United States t0 | w, M. Austin, engineer of the Federal participate in co-operative efforts %o | pynlic Roads Bureau stationed prevent all wars. | Efforts to legalize lotteries were at | Luray, today notified the State High- way Department that the 31-mile the same size because it is just about | termed “harmiul and antisocial” by | ctretch of the Skyline driveway be= 400 times as big across. 1 the council's Executive Committee. King Next Forum Speaker ‘The problem of balancing the Fed- eral budget will be discussed by Sen- ator King, Democrat, of Utah, speak- ing in the National Radio Forum at 10:30 p.m. tomorrow. The forum pro- gram is arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over a coast-to- coast network of the National Broad- casting Co. Heretofore, the forum program has peen heard on Thursday evenings. Senator King’'s speech this week in- augurates & change to Monday for the Fall and Winter schedule. As a member of the Finance Com- mittee, which deals with revenue- raising problems, Senator King is con- cerned with the relationship between Uncle Sam’s income and outgo. He will take as his subject tomorrow “Shall the Federal Government Bal- ance Its Budget, and, If So, How?" His text is a timely one, since Gov- ernment agencies and the Budget Bureau are in the midst of the job of shaping the estimates for the next fiscal year to have them ready for Congress when it returns. Recent in- dications are budget balancing will be a live topic throughout the next ses- sion, with particular emphasis on the future trend of emergency expendi- tures, In analysing the Government's present budget problem, Senator King » SENATOR KI will bring to the discussion a back- ground gained by nearly 20 years in the Senate and a prior period in the House. 4 5 | tween Front Royal and Panorama | would not be opened until next Spring. |~ Austin also stated that the section | between Panorama and Swift Run |Gap is “in fine shape for travel” after undergoing oil treatment for several months. \COTTON BUYERS LAUD RULING ON PAYMENTS By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 28.— Controller General J. R. McCarl's rule ing that 1935 cotton subsidy payments may not be made through cotton co- operative associations was applauded tonight by Southern cotton buyers and shippers. Speaking for “the established cot- ton trade,” Caffey Robertson, presi- dent of the Memphis Cotton Exe change, said the decision was wel- comed “by every citizen interested .in the perpetuation of the spirit of fair play and constitutionsl rights that is | the keystone of our great democracy.” He said the American Cotton Co= | operative Association instigated the | request “that they be given prefer | ential treatment in the distribution | of parity payments.” Charging that E. F. Creekmore, general manager of the A. C. C. A, undertook to twist the issue around to “charge the established cotton trade with selfishness,” he said it is “so | obvious that the true facts of the case are that his organization under- took to gain an utterly unqualified buying advantage for themselves.” ’