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FA—=2 waw [TALIAN TREATY AWKWARDTOUS. Embargo Places America in Embarrassing Position Because of 1871 Pact. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. America is in an awkward position In having placed an embargo on war supplies to Italy. because such action may be held to be a direct violation of an existing trade treaty between the United States and Italy, it be- came known today The members of the League of Na- tions have no such embarrassment, because while many of them have treaties with Italy there is a provision in the League covenant which is in the nature of a warning to all other countries that any treaty inconsistent with the terms of the covenant is void. Treaty Dated 1871. Here is the provision in the treaty, however, between the United States and Italy. dated 1871. which is still 1n ‘effect “Nor shall any prohibition be im- posed on the importation or exporta- tion of any articles, produce or manu- | factures of the United States or Italy. to or from the territories of the, United States, or to or from the terri- | tories of Italy, which shall not ex- tend to all other nations.” The foregoing treaty can be ab- rogated on 12 months’ notice by either of the parties, but the United States has not given any such notice. Can the recent imposition, there- being held next Tuesday in New York, | What’s What Behind News In Capital Visitors at Hyde Park Often Come and Go Unseen BY PAUL MALLON. YDE PARK, N. Y., November | | l 2—There seem to be two rea- | sons why President Roosevelt slips off every few months to his Hyde Park hideaway. The official one is always the old rest-and-relaxation excuse. Mr. Roose- | the trees. It gets him way from the | boll weevils who always are pester- ing a President. The other unadvertised reason why he ducks out of the Washing- ton spotlight occasionally is to con- Jer with a few guests whose names he does not care to have advertised around the world. This time, on his fourth trip of the vear, he is supposed to be running in a considerable number of Democratic authorities from New York and nearby Eastern States whose names will probebly never reach the public prints. Elections Watched Closely. The Hyde Park ground moles say most of the invitations were issued by the President’s mother .and that the significance is more social than political. However, the moles may not know about all the local elections velt likes to be among the birds and | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1935. R.F.C.EFFORT SEEN 10 MUZZLE PRESS Publisher Asks Jones to Ex- plain Purchase of Paper With U. S. Funds. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., November 2.— | Col. James Hammond, publisher of |the Memphis Commercial Appeal, asked Jesse Jones, chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp, in a | telegram yesterday “whether through you the American Government is go- ing to muzzle editors and publishers by use of public funds.” Col. Hammond referred to the sale of bonds of the Tennessee Publishing Co., Nashville, publishers of the Nash- ville Tennesseean, by the R. F. C., to Paul Davis, president of the American National Bank of Nashville, and a brother of Norman H. Davis, President Roosevelt’s ‘“‘ambassador at large.” Col. Hammnod sent the telegram from Hot Springs, Ark. Hammond had sought to buy the bonds from the liquidator of the Canal Bank & Trust Co, New Orleans, early | l]ast Summer, offering $200,000. The R. F. C. announced this week that the | bonds had been sold to Davis for par, $250.000. Hammond's Charges. Hammond charged that facts of the sale “have been obscured,” declaring: | “The R. F. C. has used funds of the United States Government to finance the purchase of & newspaper. “Untll the bonds are paid for, if fore, of an embargo on war supplies Pennsylvania and other States, which | they ever are paid for, the United to Italy be construed as a violation of the treaty? State Department officials, while will be anything but social. It is more than a feathered guess that the President is getting a line | States Government is in the news- paper business.” refusing to be quoted about it, are: on What to expect, and what to do, ponds will be paid for by the desig- inclined to the belief that articles| affected with a particular political in- terest, such as war implements, can hardly be classed as ordinary articles of commerce such as the two parties had in mind principally when the treaty was ratified. Commodities Raise Question. But supposing the League of Na- tions extends its list of prohibited articles to commodities of commerce? Will the United States contend that | ghe is forbidden by treaty with Ita to go along with the League? And what would be the position of League | members toward enlarging the list of | forbidden articles if America insists on maintaining her trade with Italy? The answers to these questions are | bothering officials here a good deal because, while nothing has been said about the League's position except that which is contained in official | communications, it is apparent that | the United States does not wish to earn the antagonism of League mem- | bers or do anything which may pre- vent the termination of the Italian- Ethiopian dispute by pacific means. | It is possible. of course, that dis- butes may arise under the 1871 treaty and that Italy may some day ask for arbitration under another treaty @ signed between the two countries in . 1928 and proclaimed in 1931. Both | countries under this latter pact agree it anything. =i No less a public figure than Father Coughlin got in and out of Hyde Park a few weeks back with- out any one knowing about it. In fact, no one would know 1t yet if Father Coughlin did not have such a strong radio voice that he does not always require a micropiione for broadcasting. The tip that he had been here came from the general direction of Detroit about 24 hours after he led. News- men here asked a presidential spokes- man about it. The spokesman denled it. Next day, at a press conference, the President himself confirmed it, saying it was only a social visit. and that he had been saving the news. Protection Afforded. out of the presidential estate. impossible for any one to watch ali three or any one efficiently and State There are three ways to get in and It is nated purchaser,” Hammond said, "‘the R. F. C. through domination | of his bank will be in & position to | dictate the policies of his newspaper.” | Hammond declared that his offer to purchase last May was rejected “with- out explanation”; that the R. F. C. purchased the bonds September 20, but that the purchase was denied by | the R. F. C. from September 20 until October 8. Tells of Court Order. “On October 8. ‘he | “when your spokesman in Washing- | ton was confronted with a Louisiana court order which exposed the deal you announced by telephone from | Texas that the deal had in fact taken place and that the board of directors of the R. F. C. had authorized sale of | the bonds to Paul M. Davis * * *.” | Hammond said at that time the spokesman said Davis agreed to payl $200.000, “but now you tell us that Mr. Davis is going to pay $250,000 for the bonds.” “You do not tell us," he said. “why the R. F. C, which was organized as a lending agency for the purchase of | capital assets of banks in distress, | should take the cash of the United States and invest it in newspaper properties. You do not tell us by what authority this was done. “You have never answered my in- quiries concerning the ownership of “If it is to be assumed that the | This parked automobile fortunately was unoccupied when a crushing shower of bricks shaken from the front of a nearby building by the latest heavy earthquake tremor at Helena, Mont., flattened it out GRAND JURY HITS b.0.P. CANDIDATE | Charges Philadelphia Mayor Nominee Used Funds for Politics. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November 2.—A continued, | grand jury report of less than 100 words was the biggest sensation of | Philadelphia’s bitter campaign today. for it charged that the Republican | nominee, City Controller 8. Davis | Wilson, used part of $65,000 municipal fund “for political purposes.” The jury’s statement overshadowed even the harsh words the two candi- | dates—Wilson and John B. Kelly, Democratic nominee—have hurled at each other in the hotest mayoralty | fight the city has seen in years. The Democrats seek to end the half-cen- tury Republican hold on the mayor’s office. | The $65,000 fund was appropriated to Wilson, as city controller, by the City Council for use in a revaluation of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. |~ Wilson’s administration of the $65 000 was questioned a week ago by for- | mer Representative Benjamin Golden !in a political speech in which he de- manded a grand jury inquiry. 1 | | Shifted to Rome COL. PEDRO A. DEL VALLE. COL. P. A. DEL VALLE GOES TO WAR ZONE D. C. Man, Officer in U. S. Marine _— HOMES VACATED | —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. N HELENA QUAKES | More Than Half of City Re- ported Homeless, Fearing New Shocks. By the Associated Press HELENA, Mont., November 2.—More than half the homes in this quake- | shaken city were reported vacant to- day by Chief of Police Roger Smith. Some, he said, were empty because | of damage wrought by death-dealing i earthquakes. The others were left by families fleeing in fear of more shocks like those which in three weeks | have caused seven deaths and dam- age estimated at $3,500,000. Residents carrying bedding and pets crowded railroad platforms yesterday waiting for outbound trains. Women and children predominated. Subfreezing Weather. The Weather Bureau's count on earth tremors since October 12 was 765 Cold north breezes and subfreezing temperatures continued, adding to the | discomfort. ! The Reconstruction Committee rushing its work. reported the total homeless to be 450. but said only 235 DISTRICT ESCAPES QUAKE DAMAGES Recurrence of Tremors Held Likely, but They May Be Slight. A check-up today indicated that | Washington escaped unscathed from | the earthquake which early yesterday aroused Northeastern United States |and Canada. | | While many cities in the path of the temblors reported buildings had | | been cracked slightly, police her~ said | | no cases of the sort had been brought to- their attention, and the same | story came from the office of the building inspector. In the meanwhile, scientists were agreed that a recurrence of the quake was likely, but emphasized that | there was nothing to fear from fu- | ture disturbance. “There may be a few little things| like the disturbance Friday morning,” Rev. Frederick W. Sohon. 8. J, Georgetown University seismologist, told the Associated Press. “but as| time goes on they will be spaced farther and farther apart and will be of slighter and slighter intensity. We don't expect anything big for the future.” Addition t» Knowledge. The tremors yesterday, the seismol- ogist said, “should prove very valu- able” in adding to scientific knowledge of the speed at which such disturb- ances travel. Because earthquakes move at different speeds through dif- ferent types of rocks, additional data can also be gathered about the rock structure. Capt. N. H. Heck of the Coast and Geodetic Survey also agreed that other temblors were a likelinood from time to time and said buildings should be constructed with this in mind. “I venture to say that we will have other shocks in the general region of this one.” he said in a radio talk. “but it is unlikely that any will be felt so far away as Washingto prob- ably New York " | Quake Reasons Given. | Amplifying the reasons for yester- day's quake, Ma). Willam Bowie, authority on geology, of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, ascribed it to the earth shifting its surface load—dis- turbance of the “isostatic balance.” He explained the ea s composed of two materials, the first a solid outer crust about 60 miles thick which floats on top of the second. a dense plastic material which forms the co: of the earth and supports the much as water supports a float icenerg. “With erosion going on con- stantly and soil being caried from mountains and hlands to the sea a vast weight of soil i one part of the eart! other, thus balance of it, ing he added. P N Bankhead Spurns Judgeship BIRMINGHAM, Ala (#).—Senator John H. Bankhead elim d himself as an applicant Nove; Nor | lation of a city ordinance LIBERTY LEAGUE GETS LABOR PLEA Union Asks Aid for Leader Arrested for Trying to Make Speech, The American Liberty League to- day was caught in a cross-fire between organized labor and the American Bar Association. In York, Pa, the league was being importuned to back up its offer of free legal advice in matters where constitutional issues are at stake by coming to the assistance of the Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union Local 536, embroiled with municipal authorities as the result of holding a meeting in a park. On the other side the league is fac- ing an inquiry by the association's Committee on Ethics as the result of a complaint by Carl N. Davie, Atlanta lawyer, who asserts the legal aid ten- der is “an officious intermeddling in litigation that in -no way belongs to" those league members identified with thi. move, and calls for “public or private censure or expulsion” of the 59 lawyers involved. Many of them are nationally known. the ranks ine cluding James M. Beck, former so- licitor general. Ethics Canon Cited. Davie cited the association canon of ethics which says. “It is unpro- fessional for a lawyer to volunteer advice to bring a lawsuit except in rare instances where ties of bloodship or trust make it his duty to do so.” The York case is before a court to- day. It concerns Bernard Child, sec- retary of the union, who was fined $5 by Mayor Harry B. Anstine af attempting to address the gat in Penn Common last month, in v He pad the fine under protest, contendig the right of free speech was being in- fringed, and his appeal now is being heard. Calls for Aid. Child called on the league for help “offered on .your behalf by James M. Beck,” and W. H. Stayton, league secretary, last night made public the organization's reply, in which it was explained that the Administrative Committee had considered the plea, and added: “It authorizes me to inform you that you should address your request with full facts to R. E. Desvernine, chairman of the National Lawyers' Committee of the American Lib ue, 15 Broad street, New York that the Na- ee give it full looking to their doing he protection of your constitutional ! of peaceable assembly.” In New York Desvernine was quoted Associated Press as declining 1 probable action 1o arbitrate legal protests “made by | oo "o ve’ special parking rules for | the Knoxville, Tenn., Journal, which | Corps, May Act as the Federal judge: th A one against the other under treaty or otherwise which has not been possible to adjust by diplomacy” or by refer- ence to the pe]rmanent infernationalll Sicveatay St ilie ex=00 ts=toHices Lt commission set up between Italy and & hotel at Poughkeepsic. 6 miles the United Statec in accordance with | 2V, making frequent trips out to the Bryan treaty of May 5, 1914, catch those guests whom they are‘ _ 5 permitted to find out about. 1 Ratification Necessary. | | But this same special agreement sets This gives the President a nat- forth that the terms of arbitration | tral privacy, impregnable unless submitting the case must be ratified | t"e guests talk. But do mnot be by the Senate and by the Kingdom of misled into the assumption that he Italy. Then it becomes a question of has no privacy whatever at the whether America would wish to allow | White House. Last Summer, Praf. herself to be sued in a tribunal of | Felir Frankfurter was an unan- international character. nounced White House guest for Incidentally, there is also a treaty | weeks. Proj. Raymond Moley is between the United States and Ethio- always running in and out without pia, signed in 1914, which says: | being seen. Moley worked for “The two contracting governments weeks helping in the preparation shall reciprocally grant to all citizens | 0f those speeches made by Mr. of the United States of America and | Roosevelt on his Western trip. to the citizens of Ethiopia all the ad- | vantages which they shall accord to the most-favored power in regard to property is held by the Canal Bank & Trust Co. Am I to assume that vour failure to give me an answer means that you want to dominate this newspaper as well as the Nashville Tennesseean? “The American press and the Amer- ican people have a right to know | whether through you the American ! Government is going to muzzle editors | and publishers by use of public funds.” | merry on the Monumgnt Grounds and | in the two blocks of Constitution ave- | nue between Fifteenth and Seven- | teenth streets. Vincent Astor usually drops in at | _Fireworks, a huge bonfire, cheering, | Hyde Park, but they say Bernard SINZIng. some speeches and finally Baruch does not come around any 9ancing in the street marked the 1935 any one who comes too close. News- men are not allowed on the grounds. Homecoming l?nlx({n}md_n-org r“u:t Page.) customs duties, imposts and jurisdic- tion.” Now the practical effect of the | more, since the tax bill passed. Home Folks Less Attentive. | homecoming celebration. 20,000 Spectators Expected. | treaty controversy at this time is, of | When President Roosevelt first re-| The affair was a “pep” meeting in course, negligible so far as stopping turned to Hyde Park village as presi- | Which the student body and graduates the embargoes is concerned. But the | dent of the United States, a throng. ©f G. W. worked themselves into a precedent created is of far-reaching ' of about 20 persons gathered at the Pitch of excitement that indicated significance in international law. For | station to greet him. The other day, | this afternoon’s crowd at the stadium whether or not America thinks the ' the welcoming crowd consisted of the ' Will probably be the largest to attend Action was warranted by the circum- | station master, two railroad employes & Washington foot ball game in years. stances, the fact remains two treaties have been violated by an act of Con- gress that imposes an embargo on cer- tain articles of trade when the United States and the countries in question are not at war. For war between countries automatically abrogates treaties, but it does not relieve third parties of their treaty obligations un- less they themselves become belliger- ents, Provision of League Covenant. Many of the League members have ' commercial treaties with Italy, but they take refuge in the words of the | Covenant, article 20, which reads as it' for his New York newspaper. He | (ollows: “The members of the League sev- erally agree that this covenant is ac- cepted as abrogating all obligations or understandings inter se which are inconsistent with the terms thereof, and solemnly undertake that they will not hereafter enter into any engage- ments inconsistent with the terms thereof. “In case any member of the League ghall. before becoming a member of the League, have undertaken any cbligation inconsistent with the terms of this covenant, it shall be the duty of such member to take immediate steps to procure its release from such obligations.” The inference in the above is that any treaty signed subsequently to the ratification of the covenant in 1919 15 really null and void if it conflicts with the articles that require eco- nomic sanctions or embargoes. Here, therefore, is illustrated one of the disadvantages suffered by the United States in refraining from becoming & full-fledged member of the League of Nations. (Copyright. 1935.) —— MISTAKE IN LOCATION OF FIRE IS CORRECTED Blaze Actually in Marshall, but Erroneously Reported in .Warrenton. By the Assoclated Press. WARRENTON, Va., November 2— In reporting a fire in Fauquier County in a dispatch under Warrenton date October 28, the Associated Press gave the specific stores damaged, but did not make it clear that the fire was in the town of Marshall and not in War- renton. The well organized fire department ©of Warrenton aided in extinguishing the fire with its modern equipment. Other towns also sentid to Marshall. and a telegraph boy. L} . Gy Cn the previous trip a new news- man observed the absence of cheering crowds and wrote a big story about suggested indelicately that this is a | stanch Republican community, and | it is. It gave Representative Ham Fish to the world. The President did not carry his local precinct in the presi- dential election. ® The story caused a local uproar, The local paper emblazoned a de- nunciation of it on the front page with headlines 2 feet long. As the paper saw it, the townspeople knew that Mr. Roosevelt did not want them annoying him with demonstrations, | 80 they usually turned over and went | back to sleep after his early morning | arrivals. An apology was demanded trom the writer, but he returned to | New York, where no one ever apolo- gizes for anything. | Another Flag Incident. Equally disturbing to the inner decorum of the presidential retinue was a charge made by another writer that the Poughkeepsie post office did not have an American flag up to celebrate another of the President's arrivals. Whatever may be said against the community at large, the post- master is a Democrat. Such an accusation made his good New Deal blood surge. Heavy local pub- licity was stirred about this inci- dent also. It was adjusted finally when the | postmaster took the writer out and showed him the flag. It seems that it hangs behind a cupola and is not visible from the sidewalk. They're Still Hurling. There is a legend in the community that the Republican ex-Secretary of the Treasury, Ogden Mills, never got along with President Roosevelt as a boy. The Mills estate is a few miles down the road. The two boys are supposed to have tossed a few large sized pebbles at each other whenever the opportunity offered. The only difference now is that they use poli brickbats, (uwmx‘x]nal) Approximately 20,000 were expected to see the game. | This was anticipated in spite of | threatening weather and the fact that the Colonials will buck two all-Amer- | ica backs—Bill Wallace and John Mc- | Cauley—along with a wealth of other stars. In other contests on local flelds American University and Gallaudet | were to clash at Kendall Green and ‘Wilson Teachers played host at Cen- tral Stadium to the Millersburg (Pa.) Teachers. All three games were to | start at 2:30 p.m. battle Richmond University in the Viiginia capital, with the Hoyas ex- | pected to get even for a 14-13 sur- prise defeat last year. Tough Opponent for C. U. Catholic University, protecting a clean slate, meets a tough opponent in De Paul University at Chicago. Maryland is embattled with Virginia at Charlottesville in a traditional struggle, with the Tarrapins as strong [ tavorites. American U. is expected to defeat | its traditional foe. Wilson Teachers, | without a victory this year, expected further trouble from the Millersburg aggregation. Rice Institute of Houston, Tex., making its first invasion of the East, has brought to Washington a team rated as potential national champions. Averaging more than 200 pounds per man, the Texas Owls probably are the : biggest foot ball team ever to perform | here. Most of them stand well above | 6 feet. Rice has ruled at least & 3-to-1 favorite over the Colonials. G. W. has been dogged all season by infuries to key men that has kept its potential offensive from functioning properly. Collegiate “Pep” Displayed. This unfortunate handicap has not, however, daunted the wildly enthusi- astic “mob” that turned out last night and planned to turn out again this afternoon. Old grads and students jointly dis- played real collegiate “pep” at the rally last night. Beginning with a series of pyro- technic displays that were climaxed by a likeness of George Washington in sputtering fire, the alumni and undergraduates cheered lustily as President Cloyd Heck Marvin, Coach Jim Pixlee, Chairman Robert P. Smith and their nemesis, Coach Jim- my Kitts, addressed them. Kitts par- ticularly was given an ovation, Music from the university band con- tinued through the evening and the nw-\mu& musielans exe- Georgetown’s rising team was to| The Republican nominee immedi- ately insisted on the investigation. Early last night, the jury gave Judge Raymond MacNeille a prelim- | inary report in which it referred to | “the slanderous attack on Mr. Wil- | {mn." leading observers to believe its | decision would favor the city con- | troller. | |~ Four hours later. however, the final | statement was presented, and with it an amendment knocking the word | “slanderous” from the preliminary report. | The final short statement held that | there were “several cases’ where the | men hired by Wilson to conduct the revaluation work “were incompetent to do the duties,” and that “several the men were derelict in their duties { “We also find,” the jurors reported, | “that some of this money was used for | political purposes, being that several of the men were paid for the days they worked at the polls on registra- | tion days and primary election day.” | Wilson said the men “found in- competent by the grand jury were hired on the recommendation of Joseph R. Burns, chief lieutenant of Mr. Golder.” “If these men worked at the polling | places on either registration days or on primary election day it was without the knowledge or consent of the con- troller's office,” Wilson stated. | cuted a series of maneuvers in the street that will be repeated between halves at the stadium this afternoon. The Glee Club led the crowd in singing to the extent that at times it was completely drowned out in the | blended voices of the thousands who | took advantage of the public-speak- |ing system of amplifiers that were left | behind for the occasion by the Greater | National Capital Committee after its | annual Halloween carnival. Snake Dance Follows. The bonfire followed and a snake dance took the place of a grand march in inaugurating the street dancing. The party continued almost to mid- night. | After the game today the two foot ball teams—victor and vanquished— will s equally as guests of honor at the annual homecoming ball. Ad- var.ce ticket sales indicate the Willard bal' room will be filled to capacity. Alumni from as far west as Okl homa, east from New York, Pennsy vania, New Jersey and New England; south from Virginia and the Caro- { linas, and from several other States put in their appearance at the two ticket offices to see the game and at- tend the dance. A special box has been set aside for President and Mrs, Marvin, the deans of the university and their wives. An- other has been reserved for officials and teachers from Rice and members of the Texas State Society. At intermisison student leaders will be “tapped” for membership in the honorary student-activities fraternity. and at midnight a trophy will be pre- sented the fraternity chapter whose house is most appropriately deco- Llud for the homecoming celebra- lon. G. W. U. made no effort to register its former pupils and graduates who are in the city for the celebration, but, judged by the attendance at last night's rally and this afternoon's game, this is rated as the best at- tended fete of its kind since the tra- ditional annual return to the campus was begun. A number of special “side” parties also have featured the week end fes- tivities. Praternities and sororities welcomed their former active mem- bers; clubs have held special sessions for old-timers back on the campus again, and other student organizations have given or planned special dinners, dances and The will endwith the mid- Wiliard, night st the Observer. A Washingtonian—Lieut. Col. Pedro A. del Valle, United States Marine Corps, has been quietly shifted to Rome, as assistant naval attache, it was learned yesterday, with the in- tention of having him go later as a military observer to the war zone in Ethiopia. Col. Del Valle, who has recently been on duty here as a member of the Marine Corps Examining Board. left Washington about October 16. This fact was not published in the regular | course of Marine Corps orders. The information is that he will proceed to East Africa with the Italian forces, unless restrictions are placed by the Mussolini Government upon all the naval and military attaches. A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he was born August 28, 1893, Col. Del Valle was appointed a mid- shipman in the Naval Academy in | June, 1911, and was graduated four | vears later. duty in Haiti, Santo Domingo and Nicaragua. Control (Continued From First Page.) | the participating shares of stock would | be voted under the reorganization | plan. | The move, disclosed late yesterday, | was intrpreted as a step to conform | with provisions of the new public util- | ities holding company act. adopted by | Congress at the past session after a storm over the so-called “death sen- | the act in a modified form. The regjstration statement _filed American Co. said: “As a result of the proposed sale by the North American Co. of participat- ing shares representing the 62,197 shares of the common stock of the registrant (Washington Rallway & Electric Co.) owned by that company on the date of filing of this registra- tion statement, such percentage of voting power will be reduced to 8.55 per cent and the North American Co. will cease to be a parent of the regis- trant.” 50.02 per cent of the voting power in W. R. & E. Co. President McClellan of the W. R, & E. issued this statement: Exchange Commission providing for the registration of the 65000 shares of outstanding common stock of W. R. & E. Co, and for the registration of issued on the basis of 25 participat- ing shares for each share of Wash- ington Co. common stock,” against the deposit of shares of such common stock with a trust company de- positary. “The North American Co. will de- posit the 62,197 shares of common stock of the Washington Co. which it holds and receive 1,554,925 partici- pating shares. Owners of common stock of the Washington Co., not held by the North American Co. may also deposit their common stock and receive participating shares on the same basis. “Ur - th: gistration statements becoming effective the North Ameri- can Co. proposes to have its partici- pating s. ares publicly offered for sale by unde: sriters. Upon completion of this public sale co "-ol of Washing- ton's railway and electric company w1 pass out of the hands of the North American Co. to the public. “The North American Co.s sole investment in the Wi com- pany will then consist of 12,827 shares of preferred stock, representing 8 per cent §f the total voting power.” His service has included | | tence” clause, which was included in ! with the Féderal agency by the North | The North American Co. now holds | “Registration statements were filed | on Thursday with the Securities and | 1,625,000 participating shares to be | were dependent on outside help for shelter. The others had found tem- porary abodes, the committee said. Rail Coaches Refuge. Railroad coaches, lighted and warmed, were pressed into service again last night for the homeless, | many of them orphans. J. H. Rowe, special Federal repre- sentative, said that in addition to funds for public repairs and relief of destitution, the Government stood ready to send 100 men, equipped with to remove hazards to public MRS.HARRY HOPKINS' " AUNT DIES IN FIRE Miss Myrta Bradley's Home at Port Hope, Mich,, | Destroyed. | B the Associated Press | PORT HOPE, Mich., November 2.— | Miss Myrta Bradley, aunt of Mrs. | Harry L. Hopkins, wife of the works progress administrator, burned to| death today when fire destroyed her | home here. Apparently, firemen said, she was overcome by smoke as she attempted to escape the flames. | Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins were ex- pected today. to spend the week end at the Bradley home. Their infant daughter and her nurse left only two weeks ago after passing the Summer with Miss Bradley. Itvin S. Cobb Says: When I Wore Spats in Paducah I Needed Police Aid. SANTA MONICA, Calif., November 2.—Senator Joe Robinson, somewhere in Arkansaw. Dear Senator—I hear election because you've been guilty of spats in the first degree. If your home-folks predicate fitness for office on rug- gedness of feet, Primo Carnera is their man. But if they want brains at the other end to bal- ance the load, I insist you've got the credentials. | I know how | you've suffered. You put on spats, and, just about the time you quit being self-conscious, the weather turns warm on you. Still, a more tolerant day is dawn- ing. Why, the first time I wore spats in Paducah I needed police protec- | tion. It was a good thing for me I wasn't a Yankee. And on down in the tall timber my wrist watch was mistaken for a handcuff with a time- lock on it. I reckon they thought I | was a fugitive from a Vassar daisy chain. Now, just around every corner is a service station, a beauty parlor or & country club. And that, mind you, where once, when a boy came of age, they had to run him down with dogs to put pants on him. at least they f{ Buffalo bama made vacarn the dea: Judge Wil ‘He said he THE WEATHER i District of Columbia—Cloudy and | colder tonight and tomorrow. probably occasional light rain: lowest tempera- ture tonight about 48 degrees: mod- | erate north, shifting to northeast or east winds Maryland—Cloudy night and tomorrow sional light rain. | Virginia—Cloudy tonight and to- morrow, probably occasional light rain; colder tomorrow and in east por- tion tonight West Virginia—Cloudy and some- what colder tonight and tomorrow; provably occasiceial rain. River Report. and colder to probably occa- Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers | clear today. Report for Last 21 Hours. Yes'day. Temp. Baro. Todas. Temp. Baro Dez. Ins De ns. 4 3 a0 = Record for Last 23 Hours. noon vesterday to noon todas.) t noon today. 1 a.m. today. Ye: Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 98, on July 20. Lowest. —2, on Jan y Humidity for Last 23 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 9 per cent 1 T Lowest. 6S per cent, at noon todav. Tide Tables, (Purnished by United Stat Geodetic Survey Today s (Prom Highest, 10, Lowest. 61 es Coast and ) am pm The Sun and Moon. p.m. ghts must be turned on er sunset. Precipitation, hiv precipitation in inches in the tcurrent month to date) Septem Ocio some of the boys are agin you for re- | S ... Rain 0716 Cloudy Cle: Ba e Birmingham Bismarck N Beston. Ma Charleston §.C it | Chicao. | Cincinnati. Ohio it Cleveland. Ohi Columbia, S Denver. Colo Detroit. Mich. El Paso. T Galveston. Tex. Helena. Mont Huron Da Indianapolis Jacksonville New Orleans New York. N. Y 3 % Qklahoma City Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Clear Clear Clear Seattle. Spokane. Tampa F! Forelgn Sta (7 am. Greenwich time . tod:; ‘emperature. 36 ay ) Weather. Rain Bretkhomm. Sw eknol SibFaitar. spain -~- 55 (Noon. Greenwich time, toda. Horta (Fayal), Azores 66 (Current observations.) Cloudy v Cloudy So cheer up, Sena! didn't grove a monocle on you. (Copyright. 1938.) & Georges_ Bermu 72 n, Loerto Riss | Dr. today. | “A CROWN OF THORNS™ TO BE CHURCH THEME Frederick Brown Harris to Preach Preceding Lord's Sup- per Sacrament. At Foundry M. E. Church tomorrow morning Dr. Frederick Brown Harris will preach, preceding the administra- tion of the sacrament of the Lord's supper, “A Crown of Thorns” will his subject Dr. Russell J. Clinchy. pastor of the Mount Pleasant Congregational Church, will preach at 8 pm. Dr, Harris will go to Frederick where he is to be the guest preacher Sunday night. and each night during the week for a series of services. sponsored by 14 rches in the vicinity of Fred- erick, in the Calvary Methodist Church there. — G-Men (Continued From First Page.) that any information which may aid in ascertaining the present where- abouts of Robert Lee Cohen be re- ported to the director, Federal Bureau of Investigation.” | The notice pointed out that Cohen | left Western High School on the aft- ! ernoon of May 22 and “presumably, in accordance with his usual custom, | proceeded to the Key Bridge. where he endeavored to ‘thumb’ a ride to his nome in Lyon Park, Va." “No friends saw Cohen after ha left Western High School.” the bul- letin said, “and no word has sincs been received from him. At the tima | the boy disappeared he had in his pos- session approximately $30 in cash. but had not made any preparation or given any indication that he intended to leave home. Expected to Return. “He had. in fact, informed a maid at his residence on the morning of | May 22, when he was departing for school, that he would return home early in the aftejnoon in order ta 4 | construct a pen for a new litter of~ i | puppies which had just arrived. “He had not been the subject of parental discipline and had been mak« ing satisfactory grades in school There appeared to be no indication of any discontent socially or schole astically on his part. He was not sub- ject to fainting spells, dizziness ot mental lapses.” The description gave the missing | boy’s height as 5 feet 1113 inches, his | weight as 140 pounds, his hair as light brown and his eyes as blue-gray. ‘e had on his chest a large incision scar tha. was not entirely healed following removal of a tumor, and an appendec ton.y scar. At the time of his disappearance he wore dark blue trousers, black shoes, white shirt and a dark maroon pull over sweater. Friends of the distracted parents interested the F. B. I. in the case after virtually all possibilities in the mystery had been explored vainly. Fingerprints Unrecorded. In the search for Cohen the G- men are handicapped by the fact that | the boy had never had his fingerprints | recorded. If the boy’s prints had been filed in the civil identification sec- tion of the F. B. I. fingerprint collec- tion, a check could be made on finger- prints sent mm of persons suffering from amnesia, unidentified victims in accidents and of others whose prints are filed with the bureau by police of the country. “This case is an excellent example of the value of fingerprints for general non-criminal identification purposes,” Director Hoover informed the Coben family. [3