Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1935, Page 2

STEEL WAGE BOOST HELD UNFEASIBLE Massed: Union Pleas Met by View Business Fears Politics. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, October 17.—Move- ments for increased wages, over- shadowing other recent developments in the steel industry, brought the comment today from Ernest T. Weir that pay boosts just now ‘“couldn’t help business.” Weir, chairman of the National Steel Corp., was the only executive who would comment publicly on the question, which was brought into the open by requests for higher pay from employe representation groups of Jones & Laughlin and the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co., a United States Steel subsidiary. “The industry as a whole certainly is in no position at this time to ab- sorb an increase in wages,” Weir said. “A raise would have to be passed on in higher prices, and such a step cer= tainly couldn’t help business In fact it would be more likely to react the other way.” Ufged Gain in 1933. It was Weir who brought about 2 general 15 per cent wage increase for steel workers in 1933 by notifying other members of the Iron and Steel Insti- tute of his intention to boost his em- ployes’ pay that much. The insti- tute says the average wage now pre- vailing in the mills is only 5 per cent below the peak levels of 1929. Weir said what the men want is more money each week in their pay « envelopes, rather than more cents per hour, and that this could come only with a business pick-up. He added that his industry is suf- fering from a lack of “general confi- dence” which he thought “is very jus- tified because of the political situa- tion.” “Business can't go forward until that confidence is present and there is little hope of that until the political situation is clarified,” Weir asserted. Earnings Sheet Compiled. The Jones & Laughlin emplyes’ re- quest for a 15 per cent increase was presented by a committee of 35 from one plant. The company met it by submitting a statement of earnings, showing the company has cleared but $230,000 for the first nine months this year. It said the requested increase would mean a $3,000,000 boost in wages, and pointed out no dividends have been paid in more than three years. A motion to table the request then was lost by the close vote of 19 to 16, and the committeemen are to meet later with company executives. The American Sheet & Tin Plate workers asked for a similar increase and their spokesmen said they repre- sented 12 separate groups of approxi- mately 23,000 workers. Heretofore unions organized with company aid, as these were, have acted as individual groups rather than in unison. e EUROPEANS DECLARED STRONGLY ANTI-WAR Head of Woman's League for Peace Finds Feeling Grow- ing Steadily. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 17.—The Italo- Ethiopian hostilities are making “the rank and file of the people of Europe more adamant in their opposition to war,” it was asserted today by Mabel Vernon, Wilmington, Del., leader of the Women's International League for Peace. \ “Although the international situa- | tion may appear bad,” said Miss Vernon, “we find the anti-war senti- ment among the people is stronger than ever.” Miss Vernon announced the league's European headquarters will be opened in Paris November 1 in a campaign for a people’s mandate against war. The league is also considering the advisability of carrying the campaign into Italy. REMARKABLE VITALITY KEEPS GREELY ALIVE Bame Stamina Helped Him to De- feat Death in Arctic Half Century Ago. A remarkable vitality that helped him to defeat death on the Arctic ice more than half a century ago was en- abling Maj. Gen. Adolphus W. Greeley to wage a vigorous, though failing, battle for life today at Walter Reed Hospital. The 9l-year-old soldier-explorer was reported weaker, but still con- scious. The end was believed to be Just a “matter of time"—perhaps sev- eral days, perhaps less. Impaired cir- culation and other complications make his conditions exceedingly grave, it was stated. . Irvin S. Cobb Says: He’s Waited Years to See Einstein and Ger- trude Stein Together. CULVER CITY, Calif, October 17. ~Things never come out right in this faulty world. Just as Prof. Ein- stein, the “scientist, arrives with a large crate of fresh relativity, Gertrude Stein, the poetess, goes hence. For years I have been wait- ing to see these two massive minds brought under the same bulging roof, hoping then they'd take on a Job which lesser intellects could never cope with. I wanted her to explain his theory and I wanted him to explain her poetry. I even had the welcoming chorus Sixed up: For it's always fair weather, when good mysteries get together, with Ein- stein on the table and a Gertrude ringing clear! (Ccpyright. 1935, by the North American Newspaper xmnm.'}nu.) 4 s What’s What Behind News In Capital Elliott Roosevelt’s New Job Causes Worry. Price Rise Feared. BY PAUL MALLON. RESIDENTIAL advisers within the White House put their fingers in their ears when they read not long ago that young Elliott Roosevelt had signed up as sales vice president for a group of broadcasting companies. Their first information came from the press. A roar of criticism was awaited because his 12 broadcasting stations (as all others) must get license re- newals from the Federal Communica- tions Commission every six months. It was thought the young man should find some employment less closely connected with Government regula- tion. ¥ One of the highest authorities here is supposed to have called him and suggested delicately that it was a dangerous connection for him to make. The answer is said to have been that young Elliott considers himself free, white and 21. That was no news, but it ended the matter. All were surprised that the -din failed to materialize. The absence of interest in the mat- | ter was especially noticeable inside the radic world. There, the center circle had a private version of the | affair, which caused a better under- | standing of it. ROOSEVELT IS DUE BACK NEXT WEEK Short Stay in Capital to Pre- cede Journey Home Until Election. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Presikent Roosevelt will return to the White House the middle of next week. After remaining here two or three days he will depart for the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, N. Y., not returning to Washington until after election day, November 5. The Navy cruiser Houston, which is bringing the President back from California, is scheduled to dock at some Southern port, probably Charles- ton, S. C., next Tuesday or Wednes- day” The President then will take a special train which will bring him back to Washington the next dav. The President’s stay at the White House upon his return will be very brief because the work of modernizing the White House kitchen is not fully completed and things are not in shape yet to prepare and serve meals. More- over, Mr. Roosevelt likes to visit Hyde Park at the time of year when the leaves are changing color and, in ad- dition, he wants to be on hand to cast his ballot on election day. To Go to Warm Springs. According to the President’s plans he will not linger long at the White House when he comes back from Hyde | Park. He expects to leave Washing- | ton about November 15 for Warm | Springs, Ga., where he will enjoy the | rest and quiet until after Thanksgiv- ing day. The President will route his train journey to Warm Springs, Ga., so as to stop off at Vincennes, Ind., to par- ticipate in ceremonies incident to the dedication of a memorial to George Rogers Clark. The President is ex- pected to make a brief historical ad- | dress on this occasion. | For one thing, the renewal of licenses is considered a more or less routine incident of Federal super- vision. Only about six stations have been denied renewals in the history of supervision.. These were flagrant cases, such as that of Dr. Brinkley, | the goat gland specialist. Further- | more. Elliott’s company had no | trouble pending with the Communica- tions Commission at the time of his employment. The industry generally was tipped that the company wanted to do some financing and that its new young | executive contributed to that cause. If any one expected Elliott to exert any influence on the commission, he is likely to be disappointed. Every official around here is trying to imi- tate & horseshoe leaning over back- ward on that situation. Radio in- siders are inclined to believe the ulti- mate effect will be to make the com- | mission excessively cautious of any | favoritism for Elliott’s stations, and | perhaps excessively favorable to his direct competitors. Prices Worry New Dealers. The secret worry of the New Dealers right now is not politics, but prices. Their economists have worked up | some private reports indicating that | prices may be expected to advance strongly in the near future; the cost of living may be increased out of pro- portion to the current national in- come. That would mean plenty of trouble, because wage increases al- ways lag behind price increases to a point where real hardships would fall on the bulk of the voters in the great | middle classes. | The most conservative inner esti- | mate is that the price level, now {around 81, will increase to 85 or 90 as a general average for next year. | The outside guess is 100 (the 1926 ! level). No one here has any direct informa- | tion regarding Treasury Secretary Morgenthau’s secret conferences with | the French finance minister and the | head of the Bank of France. But | every treasury insider will bet 100 to 11 he is trying to find some way to | stop the importations of gold, which are doing as much to bring on a price inflation as anything else. He is supposed tc have cabled the depart- ment here for latest data on that sub- Ject before going to Paris. Stabilization is generally considered here to be out of the question. | ALMOST What set the New Dealers off on their latest inflation price fretting is a report that the baking industry has been planning a general national in- crease in bread prices. The cost of wheat and shortening is said to be responsible. An inside inquiry into that price situation already has been started quietly by the A. A. A. to see how much of an increase is justified, if any. Data Will Not Be Published. An ambitious young Democrat here figured out what he thought was a great idea. He would write to all Democratic State chairmen soliciting their opinion as to whether Mr. Roosevelt would win their State dele- gations to the next national conven- tion. Naturally he thought all would reply with glowing assurances. These could be published. It would make a good publicity stunt. The first 10 or 12 replies he re- celved were perfect for his purpose. But the last half dozen or so have been entirely unsuitable. The State chairmen grumbled about spats in their local organizations. Some com- plained about lack of co-operation from Washington. One pessimistic ® |chairman in a North Central State wrote that his State political lines were cut up so badly that he did not i| know what kind of delegation would be eAected in the primary. They ruined the symposium. will not now be published. One of the best New Deal publicity bureaus has the following motto type- written on the wall as a perpetual re- minder to the staff: “The kind of writing that takes cognizance of the fact that people have more emotion than logic, more simplicity than subtlety, more inertia than intellect, is the kind of writing that is understood.” (Copyright 1935.) It Clock Made From Junk. A clock installed at the parish church of Tirley, in the English County of Gloucestershire, as a memo- rial to an officer who fell in the war, was made by John Carter, & wheel- wright, from pieces of old iron. He also has accepted an invitation | to make a speech in Atlanta, Ga., dur- |ing his stay at Warm Springs, but | |other than that he has no other | | major speech scheduled for the im- | mediate future. | This Atlanta speech, which will be incident to a celebration staged in! honor of the President’s annual pil- grimage to Georgia, is expected by some political observers to serve in | | the capacity of a campaign keynote | declaration. President Is Noncommittal. The President, however, has given | !no indication that he will take this| occasion to make any definite political | | utterance. The fact that he very care- | | fully refrained in this respect during | the speeches he made on his journey | |to the West Coast is looked upon by | | some of the President's associates as an indication that he has no intention | of opening his campaign for re-elec-“ tion so far ahead of time. | During the two or three days the | | President will be back at the White | House next week, he will be kept busy | conferring with administration heads | and disposing of the great mass of ac- | cumulated business. He will be called | upon to devote considerable time to | | conferences dealing with preparation of the budget estimates, which must be presented to Congress when it | meets again early next January. The time is near when the Presi- dent must give some thought to the | drafting, not only of his next budget | message, but his next annual iness | sage to the Congress. It is the Presi- | dent’s custom to scribble off ideas and | thoughts, to be used in writing his message, far in advance of the t.me | when the actual writing is to begin. During his brief stay next week, Mr. Roosevelt will be able by no means to dispose of all of the press- ing business awaiting his attention and therefore he will be compelled to carry a quantity of it with him to Hyde Park, where he can work without interruption in the quiet of his little study on the first floor of the Roosevelt mansion. SHIP STARTS HOME. Roosevelt Party Expected in Wash- ington Next Week. By the Associated Press. EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT | ROOSEVELT ON THE CARIBBEAN, | October 17.—President Roosevelt steamed toward the Atlantic and home today. He had in mind, however, further explorations and ‘nspections which in- | dicated he would -each the White House about the middle of next week. | Among the stopping points consid- | ered were the San Blas Islands. east | of the Panama Canal, wnere the na- tives are pure-blooded Indians. So great is their antipathy to outsiders that white men are forbidden to re- main at night. The canal marked the turning point in the President’s roast-to-coast trip, the cruiser Houston passing through late yesterday. Mr. Roose- velt was accompanied on the passage by President Arias of Panama. Closely watching the mail and wire- less massages from the White House, | Mr. Roosevelt is counting on a leis- | urely cruise northward. An inveterate fisherman, he undoubledly plans to try his luck in the Atlantic before go- ing ashore. CLAN GREGOR PLANS TWO0-DAY PROGRAM Scottish Songs and Reading of Papers on Historical Events Feature Meeting. Scottish songs and the reading of | papers on historical events will fea- | ture the annual meeting of the Amer- ican Clan Gregor Society tomorrow and Saturday at the Willard Hotel. ‘The program will include songs by Duncan Carmichael Thomson and Donald Thomas, dances by Mrs. Mary Masson and Mrs. Mary O'Meyer, ac- companied by Mr. and Mrs. James Garriock with bagpipes, and Miss Kathryn Latimer at the piano. The Entertainment Committee com- prises Henry Magruder Taylor, Wil- liam P. Magruder, Mrs. O. O. van den Berg, Mrs. Henry Laurie Smith and Herbert Thomas Magruder. Among those scheduled to present papers are H. E. De Jarnette, W. M. Drake, John T. W. Flint, Miss Helen Bond, Henry D. Magruder and Miss Sallie Isora Magruder. On Saturday the group will visit St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where lunch will be served at 1 o'clock. Woman Plucks Zoo Ostrich. ‘Thinking it a great joke, Lily Great- bach plucked feathers from an ostrich in Whipsnake Zoo, Bedfordshire, lu\l land, and gave them to her friends [ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, RIVES CONSIDERED FOR PRISON HEAD His Name Joins Those of Peak and Donnell to Succeed Barnard. ‘Thomas M. Rives, head of the Dis- trict Jail, is being favorably consid- ered, along with two other prison directors, for appointment as general superintendent of penal institutions to succeed Capt. M. M. Barnard when he retires, it was disclosed today at the District Building. The other two, who were named as outstanding candidates months ago, are Col. William L. Peak, now super- intendent of the Lorton Reformatory, and Harold E. Donnell, superintendent of Maryland prisons. A two-cornered contest between friends of Col. Peak and Mr. Donnell has been in progress for months, and members of Congress have been drawn into the controversy. The name of Capt. Rives came into discussions just recently. Campaigns Conflict. ‘The Board of Public Welfare last May submitted to the Commissioners a recommendation for appointment of Mr. Dcanell. There has been no action since then, it is reported, be- cause of conflicting campaigns by friends of Col. Peak and Mr. Donnell. Capt. Barnard, now past the “man- datory” retirement age of 70, was given an extension of service by former President Hoover, and Presi- dent Roosevelt has made no public move to disturb him. However, certain District officials “recognize” that Capt. Barnard will not continue in service indefnitely beyond retirement age limits. Ap- pointment of a business manager at Lorton has been held up, high offi- cials egree, to await selection of his successor., King Opposes “Outsider.” Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee has been quoted in public statements that the important penal position should not be given to “an outsider.” Some District officials indicate this dims the possibilities of appointment of Mr. Donnell, a Bal- timorean. Others declare they do not know if Senator King is opposed to Mr. Donnell. Members of the Board of Commis- sioners are said to have formed a favorable impression of Capt. Rives n his appearances before them in con- nection with the framing of the 1936 and 1937 budgets. He was appointed District jailer October 1, 193, suc- ceeding Col. Peak. He served as a Federal rehabilitation expert prior to Fisticuffs’ JAPANESE PARITY War Prevention Sessions Ask Lifting of Bans on Immigration. Recommendations that the United States should not accede to Japan's demands for naval parity and that rec- his District appointment. According to District law, the ap- pointment must be made by the Com- missioners on recommendation by the Boa . of Public Welfare. Should the | recommendation of the board for Mr. | Donnell be turned down the Welfare | Board members would be requested to | suggest a new candidate. ognition of Manchukuo should not be granted, but that the exclusion act which prevents Japanese and Chinese immigration to the United States should be repealed, were submitted to the National Council for Prevention of War today at the Lee House. The suggestions were made by E Guy Talbott, representative of the council, who has recently completed a tour of study in the Orient. Along BUTCHER CHARGED WITH KILLING THREE Prisoner Vows He Will “Never Go to Trial"—Extra Guard Posted. By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, October 17.— First degree murder charges which might send him before Utah's firing Pascall L. Boyer. | Prosecutor Orlando Bowman filed the charges late yesterday, after a coroner’s jury had returned three complaints accusing the 31-year-old butcher of slaying Mrs. Blanche Nel- son, a restaurant employe who had refused to “date” Boyer, and a farm couple, Mr. and Mrs. John L. East. The prisoner declared that he would “never go to trial” and an extra guard was posted to prevent possible suicide | attempts. As the shootings were reconstructed at the inquest yesterday, the slayer was believed to have taken Mrs. Nelson into an automobile, slugged and shot her and then dumped her body in a ditch beside the highway. Mrs. East was sitting in her car nearby and when she was discovered the killer shot her and then turned the gun on her husband as he ran toward him from across a field. RED PAINT BREAKS UP CHICKEN THEFT GANG| Splashed Over Fowls by Wind, It Leads Sheriff to Arrests | | | Following Sale. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., October 17.—A can of red paint, authorities disclosed yes- terday, caused the downfall of a chicken theft gang. A strong wind splashed the paint over a White Rock flock at the E. M. Ross farm. They were stolen Sunday. Officers took to the trail. They found 165 of the marked fowl in a poultry house. Deputy Sheriff Nollman said a sub- sequent round-up resulted in Ray Phillips and H. G. Johnson being held here on charges of receiving stolen property. while John Weiss faced chicken theft charges in Iowa. Two others, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Baber, pleaded guilty to theft charges in Atlantic, Iowa, today. Baber was sentenced to five years in prison. His | wife was given a five-year parole. FUNERAL TOMORROW- FOR MRS. MARY DILLER Rites for D_ C. Woman, Who Took Own Life, Will Be Held in Arlington. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Diller, 55, wife of Lieut. Col. U. M. Diller, U. S. A, retired, will be held tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. at Arlington National Cemetery. Despondent over a long illness, Mrs. Diller died Tuesday at her apartment, 3930 Connecticut aver.ue, from a self- inflicted bullet wound. Survivors, besides her husband, In- clude a sister, Mrs. Theodore L. Crouse, Pittsburgh, and two brothers, Charles H. Le Fevre, Washington attorney, and Col. J. P. Le Fevre, Dover, Del. Reading Records on Phonograph. Some of the phonographs of the newest types are adapted for making use of the reading records designed for the -use of the blind instead of their making use of the Braille books. [y | squad were on file yesterday against | with proposals advanced by J. J. Handsaker and others they were taken under consideration by the Findings Committee of the council in connec- tion with its study of the elements | of a consistent foreign policy for the | United States. Blaming a militaristic regime fin Japan for whatever strain exists be- tween that nation and the United States, Mr. Talbott declared “there are | tween the two countries.” ‘Would Oppose Regime. ‘The peace movement in the United States, however, “should advocate no policies which would tend to perpetu- ate this military regime in Japan,” he continued. cede to Japan's demands for naval parity until such time as the military arms of the Japanese nation are com- pletely subject to civil control, thus removing the major menace to peace in the Pacific.” Until such control is established, he said, Japan should not be recognized region. “In the interest of international fair dealing, however, the United States should repeal the Oriental exclusion acts and put both Chinese and Jap- anese immigration on a minimum quota basis.” Would Aid Education. As a means of furthering the “peace in the Pacific” objective of the Council, Mr. Talbott said, an extensive educa- tional program of Far East problems should be pressed in this country. Also, he urged, jingoistic members of Con- gress should be retired from public life. The committee findings will be brought out tomorrow, the basis for their recommendations to be founded on the discussions of yesterday and todaye Problems of neutrality in the Italian-Ethiopian controversy were discussed by Council delegates yes- terday. A convention dinner is scheduled for the delegates tonight and the sessions will end tomorrow afternoon. FOUR YOUTHS HELD ON ROBBERY CHARGE Bond Fixed at $3,000 for Quartet Accused of Beating W. M. Murphy. Four youths charged with having beaten and robbed William M. Murphy, 3539 R street, an employe of the Library of Congress and son of a Senate reporter, were held for the grand jury on bond of $3,000 each by Judge John C. McMahon in Police Court today. Two of the four also were charged with the unauthorized use of Murphy’s automobile, and $1,- 000 additional bond was asked. The youths, captured after a long chase yesterday by Detective Sergt. Frank Alligood of the automobile squad, are Clarence A. Burley, 17, of C. C. C. camp at the énd of the Arlington Memorial Bridge; Edward J. Wise, 18, of 1237 Fourth street southwest; Paul C. Fugitt, 18, of 1114 Sixth street southwest, and Earl Leroy Sweeney, 18, of 439 I street southwest. Fugitt and Sweeney were charged " | using the car. Alligood had been searching for the automobile since Murphy reported four youths had taken possession of his car and robbed him of his watch and $4 in cash after beating him Monday. BAPTISTS MEETING ‘The Baptist Convention of the Dis- trict of Columbia continued its ses- slons at the Second Baptist Church today with election of officers and discussions of training colored clergy- men and integrating the social service agencies of the church. )] HIT BY COUNGIL no real causes for armed conflict be- | “The United States should not ac- | as sole guarantor of peace in that | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935. Result of Suit REPORTED IN U. §. Refugees Seek Safety Over Border, Fearing Rebel Attacks. By tine Assoc'ated Press. NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, October | 17.—Residents of one Sonora town were reported fleeing across the border Mrs. Annette Pauline Nixon (left), second wife of Capt. Thomas Hay Nixon, whose divorce suit in District Supreme Court" against her thrice-married husband today was enlivened by a fight be- tween Attorney Gwynn Gardiner (right) and Vincent A. Sheehy. Nixon (Centinued From First Page.) “I'm placing you under no duress,” sald Gardiner, “Then ask me to stay,” Sheehy | sald. Gardiner made an exaggerated bow and said: “Will you please stay until | we get this settled!"” ‘There was then a brief exchange of words between the two men in under- | tones. Gardiner was heard to hurl an epithet at the other lawyer and al- most instantanecusly he said: “No, 1 don’t mean that.” But Sheehy, one hand clutching a brief case, had thrust the other hand up as if about to defend himself from an expected attack or intending to | strike Gardiner. Pair Parted Twice. The stocky ome-time District official grabbed his opponent by the hand and struck him several times on the side of the head. Gilmore then leaped between them and pulled them apart, but when he turned his back they werc at it again. It was then that Mrs Nixon rushed in. i Parted a second time they went their separate ways, Gardiner into | | the clerk’s room and Sheehy into | | the hall, where he discussed the mat- | | ter with reporters. Virtually the only testimony on rec- | ! ord when the mistrial was declared | consisted of the statements made by | Judge Leo P. Doherty of the Boston | Municipal Court. He was on the ! stand yesterday aftermnoon as a wit- ness for the plaintiff. Describing a visit to Capt. Nixon in Washington, Judge Doherty said the hospitality at | the officer’s home was “extraordinary” | and that Nixon said he had wirchased | the house because he make Washington his permanent resi- | dence. The jurist also said Nixon told him he had a private income in | addition to his Army pay. | Once when he remarked upon the bandsome uniform Capt. Nixon wore | at an official function, Judge Doherty | said the captain replied, “Any officer can wear such a uniform—if he can | afford it.” ITALIANS PURSUE CAUTIOUS ADVANCE Airplanes Clear Path for| Main Army Marching in Jijiga Sector. By the Associated Press. JUJIGA, Ethiopia, October 17.— Italian troops appeared today to be pursuing a slow and cautious cam- paign but steadily advancing in this sector. Airplanes were clearing the way for the operations of the main army. | Ethiopian troops at Gorei were un- | dismayed when Italian planes swooped down suddenly, dropping bombs and ! firing machine guns. Observers did | not expect the Italians to bomb Harar |and Addis Ababa until they had ad- | vanced sufficiently to permit the in- ‘(antry to occupy those cities. | The movements of Italian Minister | Viney, still in Addis Ababa after Em- | peror Haile Selassie extended the date on which he must leave, were consid- ered to have important bearing on whether those cities would be bombed. Dr. Robert William Hockman of Wheaton, Ill, medical missionary, left here for Addis Ababa, saying a dire need exists. “We need motor trucks, ambulances and European assistants,” he said. Dr. Hockman asserted “there are & miliion Ethiopian soldiers on the south- ern front. The chief malady is scurvy. Despite repeated air bombings the Ethiopians are holding the Webbe Shi- beM Valley. They do not seem to fear the Italians’ drive, which I believe will be beset by insurmountable difficulties, especially lack of water, dense bush | and virulent fevers.” U. S. Tree Census Is Fletcher’s Jest To Spend Money By the Associatec Press. Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the Republican National Committee, sug- gested sarcastically today that if the administration would undertake a na- tional census of trees it could allocate the entire $4,880,000,000 works fund without further difficulty. He said he had learned on a recent visit to Harrisburg, Pa., that $2,712 of Federal work relief money had been granted for a census of the trees on city streets there. Fletcher commented that the com- ing of Winter should help the works program one way, but hamper it in another. intended to | ‘ato Arizona today as fear of impend- ing rebel attacks continued unabated. | Mounted guards patroled the city | of Agua Prieta, where Commandante Louis Margaillan said he had every reason to expect an attack soon. Reports that seven Mexican customs border patrolmen had been slain in a | clash with rebels a few miles east of | Agua Prieta could not be confirmed. Border officials at Naco reported numerous terrified residents fled into Arizona when they heard rumors that the city, scene of bloody fighting in the 1929 revolution, would be attacked. | Gun Running Reported. Authoritative sources here declared ammunition had been smuggled into | Sonora from Tucson, Ariz., through the Port of Sasabe. United States Border Patrol officials said they could | not confirm this report. At least nine persons, most of them | municipal officials, have been killed | by raiders in the past 10 days. Un- confirmed reports boosted the number above this figure. With the rebel forces, headed by Gen. Ibarra, reportedly concentrated in the Altar district of Northwestern | Sonora, officials here at Agua Prieta and at Naco took extra precautions. | The Douglas (Arizona) Dispatch said it had learned Gen. Ibarra, claim- ing adequate financial support and | popular backing, considers the situa- | tion in his hands. Seek to Oust Governor. ‘The raiders, reportedly disgruntled agriculturists, seek removal of Gov. Ramon Ramos, modification of the government's agrarian and church policies, and changes in the political character of the Labor party. Adherents of Ibarra said the fact | Gov. Ramos had gone to Mexico City | meant his recall from the governorship was near. Political leaders here ex- | pressed belief that if this developed the disorder may end without further bloodshed. Other sources indicated Ramos was seeking aid from the Federal govern- ment, which reportedly was planning to strike swiftly. Five American hunters, whose fire- arms were seized earlier this week by the raiders, had not returned to the border, but further reports said | they were continuing their hunting trip. Word From Hunters Sought. | | J. J. McNamee, publicity official of the National City Bank in New York, arrived in Douglas by special plane last night to attempt to contact the hunters. One of them is J. J. Durrell, vice president of the bank. The others | are James Bruce, New York; Lee| Paull, Wheeling, W. Va.: Dr. W. S.| Fulton, Wheeling, and Jack Durrell, San 'Prancisco. | The Douglas dispatch said it had been informed from rebel sources that they are paying for everything ob- tained in raided villages. Bands of raiders were reported to have ridden into Altar and Caborca |late yesterday, searching for the mayors, both of whom, reportedly, fled. | A short time later Pitiquito was en- tered. The mayor was missing there, | too. !the week’s campaign. CITE AUTO PERIL’ Educational Drive to Stress Danger of Drunken Driving. Planning to emphasize that the hazard of driving autemobiles is much greater now because of repeal and the greater availability of liquor, the United Dry Forces today announced plans were going forward for the inten- sive educational campaign against liquor *here December 2 to 8. J. Raymond Schmidt, chairman of the Speakers’ Committee of the United Dry Forces, announced his committee has drawn up preliminary plans for These call for at least five meetings each week night during the drive, in five different places. . Corps of Speakers Planned. On Thursday night, which is the usual evening for midweek services in most of the Protestant churches of the city. which plan to co-operate in the drive, it is planned to have two- minute speakers to address a large number of meetings. Climax to the campaign will come Sunday. December 8, with a mass meeting at one of the large downtown churches, yet to be selected. Special emphasis will be laid dur- ing the week to increased danger o the streets of Washington due to ti effects of liquor, Mr. Schmidt said To Stress Repeal “Failure.” The “failure” of repeal will be on of the keynotes of the campaign. an: speakers will stress the harmfulne of drink to both the individual anc to society, with special emphasis ou traffic. “It isn’t the drunken driver who is causing most of our trouble on the streets,” Schmidt said. “It is the man or woman who drives with two or three drinks, under the influence of liquor sufficient to make them dan- gerous, though they may not realize it” The campaign will stress temper- ance, attempt to obtain more stringent enforcement of present law, anc make efforts to build a public senti- ment leading eventually to the return of prohibition here. The meeting will not be political in & partisa: sense. They will stress failure of promises by repeal advocates, Schmid* said, showing that their promises of no saloons and temperance have been followed by many saloons and more drunks. . U. S. TAX POLICIES ATTACKED BY GORE Soak-Rich Act Will Pay Federal Costs for 10 Days, He Says, but What of Other 355% By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, October 17.— Senator Gore, Democrat, Oklahoma assailed some of the New Deal tax policies of the Roosevelt administra- tion in an address before the National Tax Association convention here yes- terday. He attacked taxation to bring about social economic changes and declared, No tax should ever be raised except for public purposes and uses.” Some of the tax experts believed he was | referring to the processing taxes. TIRED PAYING EX-WIFE Cartoonist Frank C. Willard Asks Court to Relieve Him. SARASOTA, Fla,, October 17 (P).— Frank C. Willard, cartoonist, asked Circuit Court here yesterday to relieve him of the payment of further ali- mony to his former wife, Mrs. Priscilla ‘Willard Walpole. The Willards were divorced in 1932, and both have remarried. His petition today set out that he “The recent congressional ‘soak-the- rich’ act will raise only $250,000.000 a year—enough to pay our running ex- penses at current rates for less than | 10 days,” Senator Gore said. “The rich are to be compelled under that act to finance the Federal Gov- ernment for 10 additional days. But here is the question that haunts me: Who are to pay the running expenses of the Gavernment for the remaining 355 days? It will be the producer, the farmer, the laborer, the wage earner and the middle classes.” —_— has paid her $150 a week since the divorce decree “for her maintenance and for the support of two minor children.” AUTO SHOW PUZZLE CONTEST Debt Arrests Gain. Arrests for debt in South Africa are | increasing. THIS IS PUZZLE NO. 10. A braid. A vestment, | | | . | Render void. A track. | | | | Send forth. Adjudge. Add a letter to each word shown in the left-hand column and rearrange the letters to spell a word for which the definition is given. Insert the new word below the definition and place the added letter in the last column opx?o- site the new word. If the puzzle is solved correctly, the added letters will spell the trade name of one of the twenty-one (21) auwmo_bnu shown in the list below, to be exhibited at the Sixteenth Annual Automobile Show of Wash- ington, D. C., from November 2 to November 9, 1935, inclusive, at the Calvert Exhibit Hall, 2601 Calvert street northwest, opposite Hotel Shoreham, under the auspices of Washington Automotive Trade Association, which, with the co-operation of The Star, is conducting this contest. LINCOLN PONTIAC NASH STUDEBAKER OLDSMOBILE TERRAPLANE PACKARD AUBURN BUICK FORD CADILLAC x-nmsowu CHEVROLET HUPMOB! CHRYSLER LA FAYETTE PIERCE-ARROW DE SOTO LA SALLE PLYMOUTH The first puzzle appeared October 8. The last will be published Octo- ber 28. Plevlm?l puzzies may be found in the files in the business office of ‘The Star. Solve each puzzle, and not earlier !.hmu Ot:to!:eurl 29, but nnt‘mg: than midnight, October 30, send all of the solutions wi a reason of not more than twenty (20) words “As to Why an Automobile Show Should Be Held in Washington, D. C.” to the Washington Automotive Trade Association, 1427 street northwest, Washington, D. C. . It :onoc necessary to send in the actual puzzles, but it is compulsory that the entries show the new words. The new words will not be given out or published, and no entries will be returned. i Officials of the Washington Automotive Trade Association, whose decisions will be final, will act as judges, and based on correctness, neatness and manner in which the solutions are submitted, as well as the reason for holding an Annual Automobile Show, will award prizes totaling $100 and 100 tickets to the 2utomobile Show, as follows: First prize, $50 and 12 tickets; second prize, DODGE the leaves fall there will $25 and 8 tickets; third prize, $10 and 6 tickets and 25 prizes of 2 tickets each. In case of ties duplicate prizes will be awarded. ‘Winners will be announced in the Automobile Show Section of The Sundsy Stazr on November 3, 1935. Questions should be addressed to Washington Auto- motive Trade Association, 1437 I street northwest, Washington, D. C. 2