Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1935, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1935. A—2 &= s RIVERS CONGRESS MEETING CALLED District May Not Press One Remaining Major Project. A special meeting of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress was called today by former Representa- tive Reid of Illinofs, president, to be held in M-w Orleans Decembe? 13 and 14. Reid said the meeting would con- sider the present status of the rivers and harbors, flood control and water- ways programs, and unite in seeking additional funds for meritorious waterway and flood-control projects throughout the country. Although the District was officially represented at the last meeting of the congress in Washintgon in May, it was said at the District Building that there was little likelihood that delegates would be sent to New Or- leans for the special session. John A. Remon, general manager of the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Co. and chairman of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the Washington Board of Trade, may attend. He is a vice president of the congress. One Project Unauthorized. 1t was pointed out by Remon as well @s District officials that Washington has only one remainipg important proposed river and harl project that has no: yet been approved—the re- moval of a mud bank along the Potomac Park seawall from the rail- road bridge to Hains Point. The other projects, it was said, were authorized | in the rivers and harbors act at the | last session, although funds to carry them out have not yet been forth- coming. These included the improve- ment of the water-front deepening of | the river channel and construction of & turning basin near the Washington Navy Yard. $1,950,000 Projects. ~*The water front improvements authorized in the act are estimated to cost $1,650,000 of which the District | would pay $389,000. The channel deepening, estimated to cost $300,000, wvould be financed entirely with Fed- eral funds. The special session of the Congress will coincide with the official opening and dedication of the highway bridge over the Bonnet Carre spillway. Com- pletion of the bridge will make possible the use of this safety-valve, one of the «major features of the Mississippi River flood-control project, designed and built by the Corps of Army Engineers, which will divert the flood waters of the great river into Lake Pontchartrain above the city of New Orleans. Governors of the 48 States, mayors | of the pricipal cities and presidents of | chambers of commerce, waterway @s- £ociations and agricultural, industrial and trade organizations have been asked to name delegates to the con- vention. Officials of the Rivers and Harbors Congress, a Nation-wide organization now in its thirty-fourth year, point out that waterway and flood-control projects afford ideal means for utiliz- ing funds under the administration’s public works-relief program, as Gov- ernment statistics show a larger per- centage of the money expended on this type of work goes to labor than almost any other kind of public con- struction, averaging more than 80| per cent. Increase National Wealth, Among other reasons cited why | these projects merit public works | funds are: 1. They will provide permanent in- Vestments which will increase the na- ,tional wealth. .. 2. They will strengthen the na- _tional defense. 3. They will afford protection to * human life and property. | S Complete and carefully pre- | pared plans and surveys have been “amade so that immediate construction €an be started. 5. They will assist rural and urban | populations as well and add to soclall security by providing (a) protection and restoration for millions of acres denuded annually by soil and shore erosion, (b) reforestation, (c) irriga- tion of arid and drought-stricken areas, (d) avoiding the menace of epidemics from polluted waters and (e) increased recreational facilities. i HAUPTMANN APPEAL WILL SOON BE FILED By the Associated Press. Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s attor- peys said today they would ask the Supreme Court before November 15 to save him from the electric chair for the kidnaping and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, jr. Egbert Rosecrans, one of the law- yers, visited the Supreme Court today making arrangements to file an appeal from the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals’ decision which sustained the conviction of Hauptmann and the death sentence imposed on him. Rosecrans said he and his associates had practically completed preparation of the petition asking the high court to grant a review. He came to Washington to examine records of the Supreme Court in for- mer similar cases, he added. SECOND DAY FREE OF DEATH CRASHES 48 Hours Elapse With 25 Acci- dents in Which but 8 Are Injured. ‘The District today had gone through a second consecutive 24 hours without a traffic accident expected to prove serious. Eight persons were reported injured in a total of 25 accidents in the 24- hour period ending at 8 a.m. Their hurts, however, were confined mostly to bruises and minor cuts. One possible exception was Jacque- line Lathan, 6, of 1329 Belmont street, who late yesterday was taken to Chil- dren’s Hospital, where it was said she may have suffered a brain concussion when knocked down by an automobile near her home. Inquests were being held today at the District Morgue into the two most recent traffic deaths here. One is in connection with the fatal injury Saturday night of Carl Ram- stad, 40, of 948 New York avenue, dur- ing a triple collision on the Arlington Memorial Bridge. The other concerns the death last ‘Wednesday in Freedmen’s Hospital of Adam Abraham, 38, of 1014 I street, ‘who was injured on the night of Oc- -tober 12 when struck by an automobile at Vermont avenue and R street. What’s What Behind News In Capital A. F. L. Convention Brawl Reported Inspired by Washington. BY PAUL MALLON. The brawl at the A. F. of L. con- vention is not over. It has only begun. The inside on that highly important labor background situation is this: A man named Roosevelt or Farley or something like that put Mr. John L. Lewis up to promoting the consti- tutional amendment idea at the con- vention. Denials will be in order now, but among the parties of the first part here it is generally understood that Mr. Lewis has become the outstand- ing labor leader as far as this admin- istration is concerned. His adversaries were Messrs, Duffy and Hutchinson, two able political ~carpenters who have sawed Republican wood exclusively in the past. Thus, when Mr. Lewis punched Mr. Hutchinson in the nose, cheek and lip at the final convention session it was, in a sense, the opening blow of the coming political campaign. At least there was more behind the punch than the highly publicized question of unionization methods. Third Party Unlikely. This version partly explains why there probably never will be a third | party representing labor in this coun- | try. The leaders all have political | ties. Furthermore, the A. F. of L. has | he most powerful lobby in Washing- | ton, even more powerful than the American Legion. Its influence is based largely on | political respect and fear of its bi- partisan voting power. Few Congress- | men of either party care to get on the | A, F. of L. blacklist. But if labor ever | ventured to put its own candidates in | the field, this threat influence would be eliminated. The issue was not put to roll call | vote at the convention. If it had been, | the inside check-up indicated that | | the third party idea would have been | i voted down five to one. Labor wheel- | horses know which bin the oats are in. A. F. of L. Break-up Rumored A rumor has been curling around | | headquarters here since the conven- | tion suggesting that the fight over | | unionization methods may bring the |A. F. of L. to a break-up within a| year. It is said that Mr. Lewis may break off from the federation and ‘aflempt to establish separate unions for each industry (steel, rubber, etc.) instead of for each trade (carpenters, | machinists, etc.). | | Mr. Lewis might if he saw a good opportunity, but he won't. That contest will continue more bitterly now, as a result of the convention fight, but wholly with= in the A. F. of L. It will center in the erecutive council and ezx- tend out into the field, where Mr, Lewls’ bright young men will cone tinue to try to extend their organization-by-industry idea. Mr. Lewis will prefer to remain within the A. F. of L., where no other xxn‘fi& person has as much strength as he. E All of this indicates that the well established trends of labor lately probably will continue for the next year without much deviation. Cash Trade With Italy Best Business men dealing with Italy should keep their commitments on a day-to-day cash-and-carry basis, YOU CANT HAVE THE APPLE, IF z‘w PLAY WITH | | It is quite true the Government| has no legal authority to stop trade with Italy, but State Secretary Hull is obsessed with the idea of stopping it one way or another. His associates are confidentially threatening some dire things which he may or may not do. One is for the Export-Import Bank to decline future credits to any business man who trades with Italy. The legal excuse would be that he is not a good risk. (Mr. Hull has two men on the Ezport- Import Bank Board.) Another undeveloped thought is to deny Government subsidies to ship lines and railroads cafrying goods des tined for Italy. It is unlikely that Mr. Hull will go to such extremes, but you never can tell about Mr. Hull. Outlaw Talk Revived. ‘Talk has started again lately about a Federal effort to outlaw all holding companies as a cmpaign issue. The President’s good friend, Sentor Nomsis, mentioned the matter mecently. An- other good friend, Representative Ray- burn, is supposed to have said the same thing off the record some time back. President Roosevelt’s holding companies message contained hin's along that line. The revival of this talk serves a good New Deal purpose now. They would not object at all if the holding companies became frightened and docile as regards existing law. Publicity Truce Signed. Senator Black of the lobby investi- gators and Senator Nye of the muni- tions investigators are supposed to have signed a publicity truce. Never again will they compete for front page publicity. Both will time their future sensational disclosures so as not to conflict with each other. The boys have been at loggerheads since last session because one was always spoiling the other’s show by HEAD OF REALTORS HITS .S ACTBTY Convention Hears Schmidt Urge Government Quit Housing Field. BY JAMES Y. NEWTON, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., October 23 —The Federal Government should abandon its activities in the field of housing and real estate and confine its work to encouragement of the private building industry, Walter 8. Schmidt of Cincinnati, president of the Na- tional Association of Real Estate Boards, told delegates to the associa- tion’s twenty-eighth convention which opened here today. The 1,000 realtors from all sections of the United States and Canada heard Schmidt criticize activities of the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration and the Rural Resettlement Administration as re- tarding recovery in building and real estate. He predicted a general building boom within the next few years throughout the country, but sald the boom would be held up unless the Government curtails housing activities which are in direci competition with private enterprise. Would Discontinue H. €. L. C. Schmidt said the H. O. L. C. had performed a valuable service to the country in time of stress, but that it has accomplished its purpose and should be discontinued as soon as pos- sible. He suggested that remaining business of the corporation be turned over to private financing organiza- tions. He praised the Federal Hous- ing Administration, but said it had not reached its maximum usefulness to the building industry. | The District of Columbia is repre- | sented here by twoscore realtors, head- | ed by F. Eliot Middleton, new president of the Washington Real Estate Board; William C. Miller and John Weaver, both of whom are former presidents | of the national association as well as | the Washington board. Continues Thremzh Tridaz General sessions of the convention | got underway today and were to con- tinue through Friday. Besides Schmidt, other speakers this morn- ing were Harold Hubbs of Muncie, Ind.; H. Merle Smith of Kansas City, Mo., and a welcoming talk by William S. Emley, president of the Atlantic City board. ‘Waverly Taylor, Washington realtor. addressed the home builders and land developers’ division of the convention | this afternoon on “Practical Uses of | New Materials and Equipment.” Taylor, ! former president of the division, called | attention to new material which should be incorporated in small home con- struction, but said “reaitors and build- ers need give little thought at this time to the so-called prefabricated house. I do not believe there is sufficient de- mand to make manufacture of this type of house profitable.” In advance of the general conven- tion sessions of the American Insti- tute of Real Estate Appraisers were held Sunday, Monday znd yesterday, while the National Mortgage Board, formed last Summer, held its first session yesterday. SIX SCOTTISH RITE OFFICERS ELECTED Filmer of San Francisco Lieuten- | ant Grand Commander of Southern Council. Six new officers of the Southern Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Mason- | ry were elected today at the annual session being held at the Scottish Rite Temple on Sixteenth street. The principal officers of the council re- main in office. New officers elected were: William T. Filmer of San Francisco, lieutenant grand commander; Frank C. Patton of Omaha, grand prior; Thomas G. itch, Witchita, Kans., grand chan- cellor; Robert S. Crump, Richmond, grand minister of state; Walter R. Reed, Faargo, N. Dak., secretary-gen- eral, and William Booth Price, Balti- more, grand almoner. ‘Two members emeriti of honour also were elected. They are William H. Wardrobe, 33d Degree, grand com- mander of the Canadian Supreme Council, and Amdrew D. Agnew, 33d Degree, grand master of the Knights Templar and deputy in Wisconsin for the Northern Supreme Council. The grand cross of the Court of Honour was eonferred on William R. | Hervey, 33d Degree, of Los Angeles, and Isaac T. Woodson, 33d Degree, of Louisville, Ky. WALKER UNCERTAIN ON RETURN DATE Start Tomorrow May Fail Due to Adjustments Following Fire. By the Associated Press. DORKING, Surrey, England, Oc- tober 23.—Former Mayor James J. Walker of New York said today he was holding in abeyance his plans to return to the United States, pending settlement of difficulties arising from the burning of the house of his moth- er-in-law, Mrs. Frederick Compton. “I had some business arrangements under which it was suggested I sail tomorrow on the Manhattan, but nothing definite has been arranged because of the fire and I won’t know before tonight or maybe tomorrow morning whether I'll be able to sail,” he said. “Of course, I hope to go home even- tually to resume the law business, but Betty and I are not leaving while Betty's mother has these difficulties. “Right now I am running around a bit, trying to get affairs here set- tled up. ‘ “I hope we can sail for America— but that will have to hang fire until we see how things come out here.” Walker has been under a self-im- stealing public attention with bigger and better sensations, (Copyright. 1935.) Friends of Wine Meet. “Doctors Friends of Wine,” physi- clang from many countries who be- 1leve in the medical properties of wine, recently held a conference in Lau- sanné, Switzerland. Dog Gets Rubber Leg. Run over by an automobile, the dog of M. Legarde, of Iver Heath, England, is to have a rubber lek posed exile in Europe for two years after resigning as mayor of New York City. The United States Govern- ment recently annoupced that it has dropped an investigation of Walker’s income taxes. Sir Malcolm Candidate: LONDON, October 23 (#).—Sir Mal- colm Campbell, the racing driver, last night notified the Deptford Conserva- tive Association he is willing to stand as a candidate for the division at the general election, succeeding Denis Harley, who is nt?l Last Salute at Gen. Greely’s Grave ———— SASSGER IS SILENT ONLEGAL GANING Grand Jury Recommenda- tion Fails to Provoke Com- ment of Politicians. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., October 23.—Prince Georgeans and others of the metropolitan area who like games of chance today are scanning the po- litical skies to see if there is any ray of hope for the adoption of the grand | jury’s recommendation that gambling | be legalized. ‘The fate of the recommendation, | made yesterday in the grand jury's | final report to Judge Joseph C. Mat- tingly, rests with the Maryland Gen- eral Assembly. The Assembly would either have to repeal the general statute against gambling or pass an | act enabling the county commission- ers to legalize games of chance by local ordinance. The Prince Georges contingent in the Assembly, headed by Lansdale G. Sasscer, president of the Senate, and Kent R. Mullikin, Democratic floor leader in the House of Delegates, ‘would no doubt have to sponsor the legislation, and their positions in this | respect could not be learned. Sasscer Refuses to Prejudge. ‘They took the position expressed by Senator Sasscer, who said that he A Fort Myer rifle squad is shown above firing the last salute at the grave of Maj. Gen. Adolphus Washington Greely in Arlington National Cemetery late yesterday. CHARLESTONWAITS 10 3EE PRESIDENT, Cruiser Houston Ends Trip. To Board Train for Washington. By the Associated Press CHARLESTON, S. C,, October 23.—| Southern admirers turned out today | for a rousing welcome to President Roosevelt, home from a three-weeks’ tropical fishing trip, before he speeds back to his White House desk. The crusier Houston reached the harbor last night after escaping a Caribbean hurricane. Looking over the latest mail and reports from Washington, the Presi- dent remained aboard while the vessel pulled into the navy yard for an early afternoon landing of his party. | South Carolinians assembled from all parts of the State to hear a speech by Mr. Roosevelt, to whom they gave | a 50-to-1 vote for President in 1932, Delegations f{rom other Southern| States also were here. | A fleet of 30 craft was organized to escort the cruiser upstream to the navy yard, with eight planes flying overhead and guns booming a presi- | dential salute. A thousand soldiers, sailors and Marines assembled for li | military parade. Before boarding a special train late | in the day for Washington, the Presi- dent agreed to speak at a celebration | on the campus of the citadel, State | Military College—his first public ut- | terance since he warned at San Diego, | Calif., against entanglements in the European situation. With him on his cruise were the two work relief chieftains, Secretary Ickes and Harry L. Hopkins. The big push to put 3,500,000 persons now on relief rolls to work by the middle of November is perhaps receiving the | major consideration of Mr. Roosevelt | as he turns to the Capital. Friends Ask Norris To Seek Re-election In 1936 Campaign New Deal to Support Senator, Now 74, if He Runs. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Pressure from his friends—both per- sonal George W. Norris’ consent to run for re-election in Nebraska next year. ‘The inclination of the Senator is to take himself out of the picture on the theory he does not wish to continue on in the Senate after his days of usefulness have passed. Senator Nor- ris was 74 last July and will be in his 76th year when his next term of office would begin, in January, 1937. The Nebraska Senator looks the picture of health and friends insist he has ahead of him many more years of useful service as a legislator and leader of progressive thought. Rur- thermore, they insist the withdrawal of Senator Norris from the political arena and from the senatorial race next year would bring about a chaotic condition in Nebraska. New Dealers feel confident that| with Senator Norris actively cam- paigning for the Senate and for the re-election of President Roosevelt the State not only would re-elect Norris but would undoubtedly go for Roose- velt for President. Norris out of the race and with Dem- ocratic discord in the State, they say, it might be a tough job carrying the State for the Democratic national ticket. ‘The more regular Republicans in Nebraska will make a serious bid for the senatorial seat, should Norris finally withdraw. And they might have a good chance to win. The opinion was expressed here to- day in informed circles that the de- mand for Senator Norris to run again would be so great that in the end he | would be a candidate. AUTO SHOW PUZZLE CONTEST, THIS IS PUZZLE NO. 16. T | Tendency to repeated action. ‘To place upon. | | A serving spoon. 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 oppo- 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) automobiles 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 Caivert Exhibit Hafl, 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. DODGE FORD HUDSON HUPMOBILE LAFAYETTE LA SALLE AUBURN BUICK CADILLAC CHEVROLET CHRYSLER DE SOTO LINCOLN NASH OLDSMOBILE TERRAPLANE PONTIAC STUDEBAKER The first puzzle appeared on October 8. The last will be published Oc- tober 28. mfimpumeswmmxmmdmmmummmmnuom of The Star. Solve each puzsle, and not earlier than October 29, but not later than midnight, October 30, send all of the solutions with 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 I street northwest, Washington, D. C. It is not 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. 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 Automobile Show, as follows: First prize, $50 and 12 tickets; second prize, $25 and 8 tickets; third prize, $3¢ 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 Sunday Star on November 3, 1935, should be addressed to Washington Auto- motive Trade Association, mnmmm’uhhmn. D.C. 1 and political—may” win Senator | With Senator | GRANTS ARE SEEN IN'LIEU OF TAXES New Law Forecast as Re- sult of McCarl Decision on Housing. By the Associated Press. A new law to permit Federal grants to States and counties in lieu of | property taxes was forecast in some quarters today as a possible solution for the administration’s low-cost housing taxation problem. Controller General McCarl ruled yesterday that the Government could not make a grant of $9,600 annually to the City of Atlanta to offset the | loss of real estate taxes from a Federal-owned housing project. Fed- eral property is held to be exempt from local taxation. | In anticipation of the demands of | local governments for tax returns | from suburban housing projects under construction or planned by the Re- settlement Administration, officials of that agency several days ago were revealed to be seeking a solution to the problem. The proposal to pay a grant to local governments to replace the prop- erty taxes had been one of several under consideration. Administration officials said added rentals might be collected to provide the fund for the grants. With this suggestion vetoed in the | controller general’s ruling, Resettle- ment Administration officials said pri- vately they expected a bill would be introduced early in the next session lof Congress to authorize Federal | grants. ; Officials predicted pressure for such | & law would come from the States and counties and not from the adminis- { tration. Some Resettlement Administration officials said it is possible that corpo- rations may be formed by occupants of the suburban housing projects, in which case the property would be sub- ject to the same realty taxes as any incoporated town. CO(;per (Continued Prom First Page.) sum, Goldstein asserted, Cooper got | $20,000 in Continental dividends. “Borrowings” Outlined. ‘Taking up what he called the loan| account, the assistant United States ' attorney declared Cooper as president of the Commercial would make out a note, sign it and borrow from the Commercial in order to make pay- ments to the Continental. “In other words,” Goldstein said, “he would make unsccured loans to himself, apd the Governmeny show that these loans have not been repaid and that as a result of the loans and other transactions the Com- mercial Bank suffered 2 total luss of $362,453.” The jury consists of: Mrs. Annabelle B. Buck, 1325 Thir- teenth street; Charles J. Yingling, 714 Nineteenth street, barber; Victor T. Delevigne, 519 Oneida place, auto re- pairs; Phillip Hirschel, 5027 Seventh place, window cleaning; Otto R. Stranley, 4807 Forty-first stregt, serv- ice manager; Harry Middleton, 3620 Newark street, salesman; Charles A. Knauff, 1841 Newton street, clothier; Miss Virgie Thorpe, 3311 Thirteenth street, telephone operator; Wallace N. Streeter, 20 Sherman Circle, National Coal Association; Thomas S. Mallon, jr, 2012 Jackson street, Hamilton Bank; Julius M. Sauber, 4018 Four- teenth street, florist, and Charles W. Schlater, 2200 Q street, clerk. The trial is being held in Justice Daniel W. O'Donoghue’s court, which was filled with a representative audi- ence of men and women, many of whom were said to have been deposi- tors in the closed Commercial Nation- al Bank and the Continental Trust Co. Goldstein announced the Govern- ment would call approximately a dozen witnesses, among them John F. Moran, receiver of the Continental ‘Trust Co.; Ralph W. Evans, assistant to Moran; Robert C. Baldwin, receiver of the Commercial National Bank; Fred H. Cox, an employe of the City Bank; Walter J. Harrison, brokerage house employe, and Nathan Scott, for- merly an employe of the Continental Trust Co. ‘The indictment under which Col. Cooper is being tried charges that he misapplied a total of $48,550 belong- ing to the Commercial National Bank through unsecured loans to the Con- tinental Trust Co., which had entered into & merger agreement with the Commercial Bank. The alleged of- fenses, Goldstein stated, began in Jan- uary of 1930 and continued until Pebruary 2], 1933, when the Commer- cial its doors. L3 will | —Star Staff Photo. INPRESSIVE RITES * HELD FOR ERELY Many Pay Tribute at Ar- lington to 91-Year-0ld Soldier-Explorer. A thundering artillery salute, three | | sharp volleys from upraised rifles, the | mellow notes of “Taps” from a {lone bugler and a grateful Nation had | rendered final homage to one of its most venturesome heroes, Maj. Gen. | Adolphus Washington Greely. | The impressive military rites, per- formed beneath colorful foliage bright- ened by a warm Autumn sun, took place near Arlington House in Arlis ton National Cemctery late yesterda: Relatives, friends, military and scien- tific associates and other mourners for the 9l-year-old soldier-explorer stood by. The artillery started booming at minute intervals as the flag-draped caisson bearing Gen. Greely's body entered the Fort Myer gate of the cemetery. Leading the funeral pro- cession in its slow march was a band with muffled drums, playing hymns and dirges. Behind the caisson walked a riderless horse, draped in black. Infantrymen formed aa escort. i Brief Service at Grave. | _ At the grave, Rev. Dr. Ulysses G. B | Pierce, pastor of All Souls Unitarian | Church, where preliminary services | were held, conducted a brief service. !In the church Dr. Pierce had read William Cullen Bryant's poem, “The Old Man"—a touching tribute to one who has lived out his allotted span. At the cemetery he read another Tennyson's “Crossing the Soldiers then lifted the flag from the casket and the body began its descent into the earth. At this in- |stant an Army captain lowered his {hand as a signal. A field telephone | flashed orders to the 16th Field Ar- tillery battery at Fort Myer. Big | guns boomed a 13-gun salute at 5-sec- ond intervals—befitting a major gen- eral. When the last shot by the artillery was echoing down Arlington’s slopes, a rifle squad raised its guns and fired three volleys. The bugler then sounded “Taps, and the ceremony was over. War Department Mourns. Harry H. Woodring, Acting Secre- | tary of War, expressed sorrow of the | War Department ovr Greely's death in a statement yesterday, as follows: “The country suffers a great loss in the death of Gen. Greely. Despite his advanced age, Gen. Greely continued | the alert interest in the advancement | of sclentific knowledge and the wel- | fare of the public that characterized his entire life. | “Gen. Greely was a soldier from | boyhood. He participated in two wars, and was wounded in action. Nevertheless, he is known and honor- ed for his superlative courage in his thrilling peace-time adventures in search of scientific truths, rather than for his demonstrated valor in battle. His contributions to universal know- ledge as a result of his terrifying experiences in the polar regions and his pioneering in wire and wireless communications in the West and | Southwest, in Cuba, Puerto Rico, the | Philippines and Alaska, have given him a place among the most advanced scientists of all time. | “The career of Gen. Greely is a| | striking example of the contributions a soldier may make to civilization. The | Army salutes a brave comrade, a great leader, a distinguished scientist, a devoted servant of the Republic.” G. 0. P. ‘MEASURE’ GIVEN | McCormick Says Candidate Must| Shun “01d Deal.” CHICAGO, October 23 (#).—Col. Robert R. McCormick, publisher of | the Chicago Tribune, outlining his| measurements of the Republican presi- dential candidate in 1936 in an ad- dress last night before the Evanston Young Republican Club, cautioned against “any candidate to whom the appellation ‘Old Deal’ could be applied. “The Democratic strategy already is evident,” he said. “The President will be renominated. The brain trusters will write the platform. The party al- ready has a slogan, ‘The New Deal,’ established and copyrighted. “It would be entirely inexpedient for the Republican party to nominate any candidate to whom the appellation ‘Old Deal’ could be applied. Nor should any man be nomifiated to whom objectionable associates have attached themselves.” Insurance Official Dies, CINCINNATI, October 23 (P).— Louis Brelling, vice president of the Union Central Life Insurance Co., died of & heart attack. could not comment upon the recom- | mendation until it reached the Legis- | lature. To do so would be prejudging |the case, the Senator explained. The recommendation yesterday was | the second made within a year by a | Prince Georges grand jury. A jury at |the October term last Fall reported | similar view in regard to gambling |and it was followed up by Robert W. |McCullough, a candidate for the | Democratic nomination for State’s attorney. In his campaign speeches McCul- lough claimed that every one knew that gambling was going on in Prince | Georges and for the people to shut | their eyes to it was no solution of the problem. He advocated a Tefer- sndum of the question of permitting zambling with the strict enforcement |of the present law should the people | vote against legalization. | MecCullough was defeated by Alan Bowie. Bowie did not comment on !me jury’s recommendation. ! Find No Evidence. The jury said in its final report that “indications are that gambling exists in Prince Georges County, but this grand jury has been absolutely unable to obtain any evidence. We therefore recommend that gambling be legalized.” Judge Walter J. Mitchell of La Plata, who charged the grand jury when it convened on October 7, in- structed the inquisitorial body to in- vestigate widespread reports of gam- bling. The jurist declared that the existence of gambling was a black | mark against the county's reputation. | A second recommendation of the grand jury was for an amendment to | the liquor laws so that an arresting officer might more successfully prose= | cute violations. It also strongly rec- ommended that the county police be adequately insured in case of accident or fatal injury in the line of duty. The police were “highly commended | for their efficient service in the ap- | prehending of criminals” and thanks were extended to the sheriff and | State's attorney for “their efficiens help and able assistance.” | PAPER DEFINES NEWS | Death Heads Varied List of Hap- | penings Interesting to Public. OMAHA, Nebr., October 23 (#)— Frank B. Cox, publisher of the Douge las County Weekly Gazette, in an ad- vertisement in this week's issue, says | news is when you have: Died, moved, eloped, been ill, sold out, sold hogs, been shot, been born, | had a baby, been drunk, been gyped, |had a fight, broke a leg, had a party, | caught cold, been robbed, had com- | pany, been married, bought a car, been visiting, broken an arm, been courting, been divorced, been arrested, | stolen anything, gone crazy, lost your | hair, had a birthday, had an anni- | versary, been bitten by a snake, had an accident, cut a tooth, or had an | operation. Early Ally of Hitler Dies. | BERLIN, October 23 (#).—Wilhelm | Loeper, 52, a veteran supporter of | Reichsfuehrer Aglolf Hitler, died to- day after a long illness. He was ap- pointed Reich's statthalter, or gover nor, for the German states of Bruns- wick and Anhalt May 5, 1933. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Blood’s Thicker Than Water But Wide Ocean Is Nice, Too. SANTA MONICA, Calif, October 23 —Various subtle diplomatic tricks having failed to lure us into pulling England’s chestnuts out of the fire for her—and who ever saw Bogland with a burnt paw if there was a suck- er handy? —it's almost time for : our devoted kins- men of the : mother country i to dig up the line about hands jlacross the sea and that other 2qually lovely line Y which goes so well when played on your Anglo- Saxophone — the cae about blood bein g thicker than water. No use reopen- ing ancient sores, but students of our Revolutionary history will perchapce recall«that the first hands across the sea were what you might call hired hands, being Hessian mercenaries rented at so much a head to conquer us. Whereas of later years, the most familiar hands across the sea were those greedily outstretched to clutch the Yankee's dollars, then clenched into angry fists did the said Yankee so much as hint he'd like a little something on account. So, while the League of Nations stews in its own thin and impotent gravy, let us acknowledge that blood is indeed thicker than water—but piously continue to give thaoks for 3,000 miles of the water. (Copy;ight, 1935, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) L 4