Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1935, Page 1

WEATHER (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and somewhat colt_!er today, followed by light rain beginning late this afternoon or night; tomorrow rain, Temperatures—Highest, 72, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 61, at 10 p.m. yes- terday. Full report on page 5. Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday Morning and Every Afternoon. he TH DAILY EVENING EDITION + brakes when he saw the machine con- / (#) Means Associated Press. o. 1,598—No. 33,423. 4 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. FASCISTS START DRIVE ON MAKALE IN ADVANCE ALONG ALL NORTH FRONT Main Body of Troops Moves | From Edaga Hamus—Na- tive Eritrean and Surrend- ered Ethiopians Marching. JTALIANS ARE PREPARED TO STRIKE WITH SPEED | Definite Concessions by Rome for Peace Reported After League’s| Committee of 52 Fixes Novem-‘ ber 18 as Opening Date for| World-Wide Economic Siege. By the Associated Press. ROME, November 3 (Sunday).— Full troop movements in the con- quered province of Tigre in Northern ‘Ethiopia were reported early today by Jtalian correspondents, indicating the Italian advance on Makale will extend over the entire northern front. Blackshirts and native Eritrean troops alike were on the move toward the Ethiopian stronghold, the dis- patches said. They were joined by the warriors of Ras Gugsa, the Ethiopian chieftain who deserted Emperor Haile Selassie. At the same time, the correspond- ents reported Italian airmen on the southern front had launched a blasting | attack on Ethiopian caravans, No Activity in South. No general troop movement on the | southern front was reported, however. As Italian soldiers left Adigrat on the northern front for their drive southward in one of the most decisive thrusts of Italo-Ethiopian hostilities | to date, many of the men left chalked | m ssages on the walls of huts: “We will march ahead. No one but | Mussolini can stop us.” | Although the forward movement war scheduled to begin at dawn, the | Italian dispatches said the advance | began shortly after midnight. The main body of troops started ! moving from Edaga Hamus, under | Gen. Santini, accompanied by another colymn, including Italian Blackshirts and regulars. Eritreans Move Forward. Gen. Pirzio-Birioli also advanced ‘with native Eritrean troops. The war- riors of Ras Gugsa, stirred to fight- ing pitch, also slipped forward in the darkness. Auxiliary forces of “numerous” ‘war-like tribesmen of the Dancalia region, with their wives and children, ‘were reported allied with the Italian forces, with a marching ability of 80 miles daily. The air activity on the southern | front, launched as the northern forces prepared for .heir move on Makale, resulted in the destruction of four tricks carrying rifles trom British Somaliland, the correspondents re- ported. Caravan routes were bombed in fnany places in the Jijiga zone. READY FOR RAPID FIGHT Fascist Troops Stripped of All Non- Essentials. NORTHERN FIELD HEADQUAR- TERS, ITALIAN ARMY IN ETHI- OPIA, November 2 (#).—Tractors | hauled field artillery into position and supply wagons brought up other war materials as the Italian northern ermy prepared tonight for its second Important advance into Ethiopia. Stripped of ell non-essentials, the Fascist troops retained only the equipment to be used in a rapid-mov- | ing fight, as they made ready to strike southward. It was understood their first ob- Jective was Makale, 50 miles south of the center of preparations at Adigrat, which the Italians gained early in their campaign. Scouting patrols had already penetrated to Hauzien, half the distance to Makale. Troops Eager For Fray. Each soldier retained his rifle and bayonet, his cartridge belt containing 60 rounds of ammunition, some coarse bread and a canteen of water. The troops were tense and eager to (See ETHIOPIA, Page 4.) - 6 CRITICALLY HURT AT GRADE CROSSING Fast Interurban Electric Car De- !a prompt halt. | Stutz suggested that WASHINGTON, D. C, 9,000 D. C. DIRECT RELIEF NOTRE DAME TRIPS | CASES WILL BE DROPPED Reinvestigation to Unemployables to Rolls—Wait for P. W. A. Jobs Faces Others. All direct relief by the District will be halted temporarily November 15, to be resumed only on a drastically re- duced scale after a reinvestigation of each case, Commissionsr George E. Allen announced yesterday. The decision affects some 9,000 cases now on the District relief list who have not been included in the new work-relief program for the un- employed and destitute under the banner of the Works Progress Admin- istration. About half of these are eligible for the new works program, but must await Federal approval of further W. P. A. projects before they can be transferred, Allen said. The other half are classed as unemployables who must be cared for by the District, under Federal rules. Allen said he was forced to order the shift and slash in direct relief because of several new Federal orders | intended to bring the Federal dole to | Reduced Federal re- lief grants, the “final” one of which! Permit Return of was given for November, and the limited District relief appropriations, dictate heavy slashes in the program, said Allen, who is District relief and works administrator. In conference yesterday with several District aides Allen ordered numer- ous upheavals in the present local programs, with the exception of those now under the wing of W. P. A. On or about November 15 all work- relief programs under the relief sys- tem will be ended. This means the aoandonment of the free lunches for needy school children unless the Fed- eral Works Progress Administration meantime approves a proposal to con- vert this into a W. P. A. project, Allen said. Other work programs conducted un- der the present relief system which would be abandoned, he said, would be the nursery schools, adult education projects, sewing projects for women and a long list of clerical projects for (See DIRECT AID, Page 4.) KANSAS RESENTS HOPKINS WORDS { Relief Head Asks Statement About No Funds Spent Be “Corrected.” By the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, November 2.— John G. Stutz, executive director of the Kansas Emergency Relief Com- mittee, made public tonight a tele- g m he sent Harry L. Hopkins Thursday night requesting a “correc- tion” of the works progress adminis- trator's statement Kansas “has never 1ut .p a thin dime for relief.” Stutz said that he had not received a reply from Hopkins or a ‘“correc- tio..” of the statement. Calling attention to press reports that Hopkins had also stated that “as far as I krnow, Gov. Landon has never de an effort to raise any money,” “possibly you have been misquoted.” Appointed by Woedring. Stutz was appointed secretary of the Kansas Emergency Relief Com- mittee by former Gov. Harry H. ‘Wodring, now Assistant Secretary of War, in 1932. The relief set-up was retained by Gov. Alf M. Landon when the latter became chief executive in 1933. or the 30-month period ended June 30, 1935, State and local gov- ernments in Kansas paid 26.6 per cent o all relief and works-relief costs, which approximates the national aver- age, and ranks Kansas among the first 16 or 18 States in spite of suc- cessive years of devastating drought,” s:'d Stutz's telegram in part. “The local political subdivisions paid | 100 per cent of all relief cost for un- | employables. Not one dollar of W. F. C. or F. E. R. A. funds have been spent for direct relief except to tran- sients on Federal program up to Sep- | tember 15 this year, when we were required to discontinue work relief. | “Local political subdivisions also | have paid a fair proportion of the administrative costs of the whole com- bined program. * * * Local political | subdivisions were able to bear these costs because of their good manage- ment under State enabling legisla- tion, ¢ = * Budgets Kept Balanced. “Local political subdivisions’ budg- ets are now required by State law to be kept balanced. Pursuant to your request last February, the Governor asked the Legislature for an appro- priation of the amount Mr. Williams and Mr. Braught agreed upon. “This amount was appropriated out of State funds and every dollar of these State funds has been provided by the State and extended by the administration in accordance with that plan. “The press has asked me to make a public statement. I am wiring you these statements of facts instead.” Gov. Landon, mentioned as a pos- sible candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has declined to comment on Hopkins’ statement. The Kansas appropriation referred to by Stutz was for $875,000, of which $215,000 has been spent, according to Ed Fehr, assistant to Ed Powers, Dem- ocratic State auditor. Diamond Cab Aids Safety Drive, 2,000 Drivers to Be Signed railed by Auto in Ohio Crash. By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, November 2.— More than a score of persons were in- Jured, six critically, late tr.ay when @ Cleveland-bound Lake Shore elec- tric car crashed into an automobile and overturned at a crossing 4 miles past of here. ‘Those seriously hurt were: George Smith, 25, of Toledo, driver of the automobile; May Vaughan of Toledo, Mrs. Tl Sampson, 47, of Norwalk, Ohio; Irene Dye, 27, of Gib- sonburg, Ohio; Rev. E. C. Walters, 36, of Lorain, Ohio, and Mrs. Margaret Fredericks, 33, of Toledo. Conductor Harry Myers said there ‘were 54 passengers on the interurban, which, he said, was traveling between 60 and 55 miles an hour. “7. H. Stotz, motorman, told sheriff’s deputies he saw thée automobile ap- proaching the Woodville road cross- ing from a side road. He sounded the ‘whistle, he said, and applied the air- tinue toward the crossing. The motorman said the auto was thrown 20 feet down the tracks. Parts of the vehicle caught beneath the in- terurban's front truck, throwing it QJrom the tracks, . Head of Firm Submits Proposal for Awards for Outstanding Services Performed by Taxi Operators. The Diamond Cab, operating miore than 2,000 taxis, the largest trans- portation company of its kind in the city, has joined in The Star safety campaign and begun the task of getting its many drivers to sign the careful-driving pledge. Long active in safety interests, the Independent Taxi Owners’ Associa- tion, Inc., through its president, Harry C. Davis, is throwing its full support to this newest safety drive to be carried on in the National Capital. Pledging of the members is being directed by Edward A. Abner, director of safety; A. G. Hipson, personnel manager, and Miss Christine Lang- stream, custodian of accident records for members of the corporation. “The Diamond Chatterbox,” a publicity pamphlet of the organiza- tion, published by Miss Anne L. Gra- ham, recently carried on its cover & message of safety as follows: “Rogds are safer, cars are safer—is your driv- ing safer?” Mr. Davis believes that an added RELIEF PROGRAM LAGGING IN J0BS Only 1,543,185 Transferred| From Aid Rolls Up to October 26. By the Assoclated Press A report on the progress of the $4,- | 000,000,000 program to end the dole revealed yesterday that it has not yet | provided as many work-relief jobs as | the Relief Administration did Ilsti year. | The Works Progress Administration 1,543,185 persons from relief rolls to | “ work-relief jobs up to October 26, the | | latest date for which figures were | available. The number of relief cases receiving | work program earnings in October | last year was 1998.161. ‘The October 26 job total announced yesterday showed the relief chiefs| were still 1,956,815 jobs away from | the 3,500,000 aggregate that was to| bave been achieved by November 1. 1t disclosed, too, that W. P. A, faced the tremendous task of providing an| average of 55,909 jobs a day between October 26 and the latest dole-ending deadline of November 30. 181,715 Transfers in Week. The latest statistics showed further | that in the week between October 19 and 26 a total of 181,715 transfers were made from direct relief to jobs. This was an average of 17,388 jobs a day. More than a third of the jobs now | listed by W. P. A.—582,704 to be exact | —are in the Civilian Conservation Corps. Officials have asserted they expect a sharp pick-up in the job-giving rate, | | and have reported plans for spurring | | the drive as much as possible. Harry L. Hopkins, the works progress | | administrator, was not in the Capital, but he left his aides instructed to pro- ceed with arrangements to cut 2 more States and New York City off | 15 and to stop the flow of direct re- lief money into all States by December 1. Six States already have been cut off. Funds Given to End Relief. The employment given persons on relief last year was provided by proj- ects under State Relief Administra- tions, which were financed largely by the $1,373,075,795 of relief grants they obtained from the Federal Govern- ment. This year the Government has (See RELIEF, Page 5.) Squadron Begins Transfer. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., November 2 (#).—Maj. C. H. Lober and a per- sonnel of 63 attached to the 15th Airhip Squadron at Langley Field boarded the St. Mihiel, U. 8. Army transport, here this afternoon in prep- aration for transfer to Moffett Field at Sunnyvale, Calif. The contingent, along with about 700 other enlisted men being transferred to various points, is expected to leave here to- morrow. * stimulus to the causé among the taxi said the new program had transferred | | immediate dange: drivers of Washington would be to have some reward for merit given the drivers who have gone through a long period without accident or have rendered some valuable service to the public. “Most cab drivers,” Mr. Davis states, “feel that they are the ‘forgotten man’ in Washington. Very often newspaper publicity causes resentment and fre- quently a demoralizing effect, as they feel nobody understands their prob- lem as they do. They see no reason why a newspaper should comment detrimental to their best interest, and I believe if The Star would aid in getting across the plan of awards for merit they would not only appre- ciate The Star’s efforts, but display an even greater enthusiasm in the safety campaign. “There are many cab drivers in Washington who have been driving taxicabs from 1 to 10 years without being involved in accidents. (Bee BATETY, Page 12, OHI0 STATE, 1813, IN DAZZLING RALLY Amazes 81,000 Crowd With Great Scoring Splurge in Last Period. “IRISH” VICTORY SEALED BY SHAKESPEARE’S PASS Buckeyes Roll Up Count in First Half Then Collapse Under Aerial Barrage. BY ALAN GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 2.— In a melodramatic finish that has had few parallels in college foot ball history, the fighting “Irish” of Notre Dame soared back to the heights today with an aerial attack that simultaneously snatched victory from apparent defeat and shattered the na- tional championship dreams of Ohio State’s famed “Scarlet scourge.” The final score was 18 to 13 as Notre Dame came from behind in the final period to score three touch- downs, barely miss a fourth, and leave a tremendously excited capacity crowd of 81,018 spectators literally limp with the excitement stirred by one of the greatest comeback any gridiron has witnessed in years. ‘There wag only one period to play when “Handy Andy” Pilney of Chicago, hero of the dazzling uphill fight to triumph, touched off the fire- works that turned the tide. There was a scant five minutes left when Notre Dame’s desperate aerial bid for the tying touchdown failed, a yard short of the Ohio goal, because of a fumble. Millner Grabs Pass For Win. ‘The “Irish” fought back again, but there was less than a full minute to play when big Wayne Millner, crack Notre Dame end, pulled down a long pass from Bill Shakespeare in the end zone for the deciding touchdown that wiped out the last vestige of Ohio State’s first half lead. Throughout the last thrilling quar- ter, rapidly under the stabbing aerial thrusts of the “Irish,” Pilney was the electrifying factor in the surge of a team that simply refused to be licked The speedy little half back’s 26-yard return of a punt and 12-yard pass to (Continued on Page B-11, Column 1) NORTHERN HURRICANE MOVES TOWARD FLORIDA Storm on Freakish Course Is Re- ported Off Atlantic Coast Line. E the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, November 2.—A northern storm, carrying winds of hurricane force, was southbound tonight on a freakish cou:sse off the Atlantic coast line. An advisory warning this afternoon placed the center 320 miles off Sa- vannah, and said the direction of movement was southwest or south. Walter J. Bennett, meteorologist here, s:°d the storm did not offer any to the Florida r-ainland. He scd if it continues its | the Federal relief dole by November | present course it will have no effect on weather conditions on the coast and t-at even a sharp westward curve would not brinc it into this area be- fore tomorrow night. Readers’ Guide PART ONE. Main News Section. General News—Pages A-1, B-16. Changing World—A-3. Washington Wayside—A-9. Lost and Found—A-13. Death Notices—A-13. Sports Section—Pages B-11-15. Conquering Contract—B-16. PART TWO. Editorial Section. Editorial Articles—Pages D-1-3. Editorials and Editorial Fea- tures—D-2. Civic News and Comment—D-4. Veterans’ Organizations, Na- tional Guard and Organized Reserves—D-5-6-7. Women’s Clubs—D-6. Cross-word Puzzle—D-7. Stamps—D-8. Public Library—D-10. PART THREE. Society Section. Society News and Comment— Pages E-1-12. Well-Known Folk—E-4. Barbara Bell Pattern—E-11. PART FOUR. Feature Section. News Features—Pages F-1-3, F-6. John Clagett Proctor’s Article on Old Was n—F-2. “Those Were the J)py Days,” by Dick Mansfield—F-2. Art Notes—F-4. Books—] F-5. . Stage and Screen—F-17. Music—F-8. Radio Prtigmm.s and Com- ment—F-9. Aviation—F-10. Parent-Teacher Activities—F-10. Children’s Page—F-11. %}gh Lights of History—F-11. 0 Are You?—F-12. PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. Financial News and Comment, Stock, Bond and Curb Sum- maries—Pages G-1-4. lsieducatloml—e-s. rial Story—G-5. Clngflgl Advertising — Pages Resorts—G-14. - PART SIX. Auto Show Section. tomoblles—Pages j§-1-18, with Ohio’s defense crumpling | SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, Sunday Sthae 1935—-140 PAGES. News Note:” Chairman Farley Appeals to Business to Stand by New Deal Policies. |First International of Mexico City and the public high | min] of 30 Mexican boys will come here | for the contest. Promoticn of international good will through the youth of the two | neighboring republics is the reason for | the game, and already United States | Government officials, the Pan-Ameri- | can Union, and many local officials have joined in lending their morsal support to the presentation of the game. A committee of distinguished resi. dents and officials of the Capital is| 'MEXICAN BOYS TO PLAY D.C.SCHOOL GRI D STARS Game Ever Played Here Nov. 29— Famous Band to Come as Good Will Gesture. Two all-star high school foot ball teams—representing the high schools scheels of Washington—will meet at | Griffith Stadium on the afternoon of November 29 in the first international | foot ball game ever staged in the National Capital. ‘Through the efforts of President Lazaro Cardenas of Mexico and the ister of education, Gonzelo Vasquez-Vela, and Juan Batisto Batiz, super- | intendent of schools, a picked squadeg—— OVER BRIDGE GAME Tragedy in Maryland Home as Three Children Are Asleep. PISCATAWAY, Md., November 2.— While three of their nine children slept peacefully in a bed room over- | head, Melvir. Underwood, 48-year-old | farmer, murdered his wife, Clara, 40, | and then fatally wounded himself to- FIVE CENTS IN ‘WASHINGTON AND SUEURBS HOUSE MAY SLAYS WIFE, SELF | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE PROBE NORTHANERCANS PLANTO QUITD.C. Lobby Committee Also May Look Into Rival’s Vir- ginia Activity. ROBERTS TO STUDY HOLDING FIRM’S MOVES Ham, Fleming and Callahan Re- sign Washington Railway & Electric Co. Directorships. The House Lobby Investigating Committee, it was learned last night, may delve into the unexpected move of the North American Co., one of the country’s largest utility holding combines, to divest itself of indirect control of the Potomac Electric Power Co. and the Capital Transit Co. At the same time the committee will inquire into the recent acquisi= tion by the Associated Gas & Elece tric Co. a rival of the North Amer= ican, of the Virginia Public Service Co. Plans have been made by Chaire man O'Connor of the Lobby Commite tee to resume about November 15 in- | vestigation of the campaign waged | last Winter against the Wheeler-Ray« burn holding company bill by a num= | ber of the country’s leading utility interests. Meantime. William A. Roberts, peo- ple’s counsel, told the District Publie Utilities Commission he would make an exhaustive investigation of the North American Co.’s move to leave the Washington utilities field. 3 Motives Suspected. Roberts expressed the opinion the North American Co. apparently had three motives in view when it decided to relinquish control of the transit and power companies. 1. To comply with the public utili- ties act of 1935, which, however, will not be necessary for two YVears. 2. To release its control over its being formed to sponsor the game and | Dight in the tragic climax to an Washington interests at a time when the personnel will be announced within the next few days. As a gesture of good will President Cardenas has euthorized the Mexico City Police Band, one of the most fa- mous musical organizations in the world, to accompany the high school team here. The band, consisting of 90 musicians and elmost equally divided | between a military band and a typical orchestra, will be present at the game " (See GOOD WILL, Page 5) TUESDAY T0 SWING (930 VANES LITILE Barring Surprising Upsets, Political Seers Will Get Small Pickings. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Political lightning, if it strikes at | all, will strike only in isolated spots on Tuesday, election day. In only two States are there guber- natorial elections this year—Missis- sippi and Kentucky. In Mississippi it is all over but the shouting. When White, the Democrat, was nominated there, it was tantamount to election. The Blue Grass State, on the other hand, is the scene of a real battle, although it is a battle which the Roosevelt New Dealers feel confident of winning. Three congressional districts, one in Kentucky and two in New York, hold elections to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives. New York State elects its Assembly, or Lower House. In New Jersey one- third of the membership of the Senate is to be elected, and the entire House of Representatives. Virginia elects the delegates to its Legislature. Two Big City Elections. Outstanding in political interest among the municipal elections which are to take place Tuesday are those for mayor in Philadelphia and for mayor in Cleveland, Ohio. Take it by and large, however, the pickings for the political diagnosti- cians from Tuesday's vote are not likely to be large. Of course, if Kentucky should "elect a Republican Governor and New York should crash through with a Republican majority in the Assembly, these results would generally be interpreted as meaning that the frost was on the Roosevelt New Deal. Kentucky has now a (See ELECTION, Page 3.) COLD HITS NORTHWEST, READY TO SWEEP EAST 30 Below in Montana—Part of Kansas Has Third Snow- storm of Season. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 2.—Biting Winter weather nestled. along Can- adian border States of the Northwest tonight, ready for an advance south and east. Arctic temperatures were reported from Montana and North Dakota. The extreme was 30 below zero at Cutbank, Mont., on the east edge of Glacier Park. At Chinook it was 20 below. Minot, N. Dak., endured 10 below. 5 Snow covered the ground at Be- midji, Minn,, and the weather man forecast that the heavy clouds which blanketed Iowa today would likely produce snow Sunday. Raw, chilly weather in Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado, with rain in Missouri and Kansas, was to be followed by lower temperatures over most of the area, the Weather Bureau predicted. ‘The northwest section of Kansas These | News and Comment on New Au- | experienced its third saowstorm of the season, ’ RHEEM PAROLED 10 BUFFALO MAN 'Former Financier in D. C. Serves 4 Years of 7-Year Lorton Term. Edmund D. Rheem, once a youthful ; power in the District financial world, | yesterday was released from prison | after serving more than four years | of & seven-year sentence for a busi- | ness collapse that carried hundreds | of investors down. Freed on parole early in the morn- ing from Lorton Reformatory, where he went in July, 1931, Rheem now 43, hastened into Washington; avoided lpublicny by meeting Wallace Hales, | parole officer, at the rear of the Dis- trict Building to receive final instruc- tions covering the terms of his parole, |and was ordered to depart in the course of the day for Buffalo, N. Y., where he has been paroled to a prominent business man. Rheem was given his liberty nine months in advance of the time his sentence—shortened by good behavior —would have expired, on condition | that he leave Washington, where he was reared. It was understood that the Parole Board decided on this course because of threats against Rheem by those who were impover- ished by collapse of his brokerage firm. There were 1,200 creditors; and just a few days "ago, their last hope of recouping losses even in a small measure, was swept- away, when the Supreme Court upheld as a prior lien against Rheem’s holdings, a Govern- ment tax claim for $114,877. Directing Head of Firm. Rheem was executive vice presi- dent, and actually the directing head of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey, which closed its doors as a bankrupt on January 31, 1931, after a 60-year career in which it had sold millions of dollars worth of mortgage bonds (See RHEEM, Page 4. LOCAL Rice, 41; George Washington, 0. Maryland, 14; Virginia, 7. Georgetown, 7; Richmond, 0. De Paul, 9; Catholic U, 6. MAJOR Notre Dame, 18; Ohio State, 13. Dartmouth, 14; Yale, 6. Mississippi State, 13; Army 7. Princeton, 26; Navy, 0. Columbia, 7; Cornell, 7. Fordham, 0; Pittsburgh, 0. Harvard, 33; Brown, 0. Villanova. 13; Detroit, 7. N. Y. U, 14; Bucknell, 0. Syracuse, 7; Penn State, 3. Michigan State, 12; Temple, 7. Duke, 19; Tennessee, 6. North Carolina, 35; N. C. State, 6. argument over a card party. Neighbors found Mrs. Underwood the head and face riddled by slugs | from two shotgun shells, while the | husband was lying unconscious on | the living room floor with a horrible | head wound. He died soon after- ward. Forced to Stay Home. Prince Georges County police were told by the dead couple’s children that the well-to-do agriculturist and his wife had quarreled bitterly when Underwood objected to his wife at- tending a card party in the com- munity this evening and forced her to remain at home. They were still arguing, investiga- | tors learned, when four of their sons |left on a coqn hunt several hours | later and three other children—Betsie, | 16; Nellie, 6, and William, 7—retired }m their bed room on the second floor of the Underwood residence. Betsie told officers she was awakened shortly by several shots. ! Nearly hysterical:- with fear, she | leaped from the bed in which her brother and sister still slept and ran | downstairs. but neither answered and she raced | to the home of & neighbor, Postmaster D. O. Dyer, who returned with her | to the Undewood residence and made the gruesome find. A shotgun lay near Underwood's unconscious form. Husband Lingers Briefly. Dr. E. O. Monroe was summoned from Waldorf and he pronounced Mrs. Underwood dead. Her hus- band lived but a short while after Prince Georges County officers ar- rived from the Marlboro station. The Underwoods were life-long resi- dents of Prince Georges County. Mrs. Underwood was Miss Clara Baden before her marriage. The children surviving the couple, who occupied a six-room frame house near here, are Lederer, John, Baden, William, Louis, Robert, George, Betsie and Nellie. Acting Coroner J. E. Wilson said he would issue a certificate of mur- der and suicide. COUZENS IS CANDIDATE ‘'FOR CONGRESS IN 1936 By the Associated Press. DETROIT, November 2.—Senator James Couzens, Republican, of Michi- gan, said today before leaving for the Southwest that he planned to run for re-election next year and “to run like hell.” “While T was flat on my back in the hospital, I had some doubts about run- ning again,” the Senator said, “but now that I begin to feel my old self, I have made up my mind definitely to run. I intend to make as hot a cam- paign as seems necessary.” Leading Foot Ball Scores TEAMS. American U., 24; Gallaudet, 6. Millersville, 13; Wilson Teachers, 7. Morgan, 39; Howard, 0. Miner, 20; Cheyney, 6. GAMES. Alabama, 13; Kentucky, 0. Georgia, 7; Florida, 0. Tulane, 14; Colgate, 6. L. 8. U.. 6; Auburn, 0. Vanderbilt, 14; Georgia Tech, 13. Southern Methodist, 20; Texas, 0. Michigan, 16; Penn, 6. Nebraska. 19; Missouri, 6. Northwestern, 10; Illinois, 3. Minnesota, 29; Purdue, 7. Indiana, 6; Iowa, 6. California, 14; U.C. L. A, 2. Stanford, 9; Santa Clara, 6. Details of the above foot ball games and also of Hollyrood's win over the favorite, Grand Slam, in- the Futurity at Pimlico, worth $45,930 to the owner of the horse first under the wire, will be found in the Sports Section. dead in the kitchen of her residence, | | She called to her mother and father, | there is a good market | security. 3. Threatened invasion of the Wash- ington utility field by the Associated, which now controls indirectly t stock of the Washington. Georgetown, Rosslyn and Alexandria gas companies, | The North American Co.s action in attempting to rid itself of the Washington holdings resulted in the resignation of Willlam F. Ham as | president and director of the Washe | ington Railway & Electric Co.. a hold- }lng company for the Potomac Electrie | Power Co. Ham, howaver, will remain |as a director and chairman of the lboard of both the power company and the transit company. He explained his resignation was due to the severity |of “onerous” liabilities and penalties | of the securities act. | Fleming Also Resigns. Two other directors—Robert V. Fleming, president of Riggs National ;Bnnk_ and first vice president of the | American Bankers' Association, and D. J. Callahan, supreme treasurer of the Knights of Columbus and former president of the Norfolk & Washing= ton Steamboat Co., also resigned for almost similar reasons. Ham was succeeded as president of the railway company by Dr. William | C. McClellan, who is also president of | the Potomac Electric Power Co. Al- though they resigned as directors of the railway company, both Fleming and Callahan remain as directors of the Potomac Electric Power Co. The resignation of Ham and the two directors came on the heels of their refusal to sign a statement to the Se- curities and Exchange Commission for registration of the stock involved in the plan of the North American Co. to relinquish control of its Washing- ton holdings. The action of the North American Co. came to light when it filed with the Securities Commission a statement proposing that the 65,000 shares of common stock of the railway company be deposited, and that there be issued in its stead 1,625,000 participating cer- tificates. The North American Co. owns 62,197 shares, or 95.68 per cent of the 65,000 shares of the $100 com- mon stock of the railway company and 1,927 shares or 15.09 per cent of the preferred stock of that company. The two holdings combined give the North American_more than 50 per cent of (See PROBE, Page 2.) G. U. PAIR HURT IN RIGHMOND MELEE Attempt to Take Down Goal Posts After 7-0 Victory Re- sults in Injuries. Two Georgetown University students and a student from Richmond Uni- versity were treated at Richmond Hospital yesterday afternoon and seve eral other Georgetown students were arrested as an aftermath of the Georgetown-Richmond foot ball game and an attempt by the Georgetown students to take down the goal posts. Those injured were Richard Otto Ballschmider, 19; George Nicketakis and George Reid, 21. Ballschmider, the most seriously injured, suffered a severe cut on the head. His condition was undetermined. Nicketakis suffered a black eye and other injuries. George Drew, 20, a student at Richmond, also was injured. The fight was between the visiting team supporters and Richmond police, who wielded night sticks to quell the near-riot. The fight started when police interfered with attempts of the visitors to take down the goal posts. Associated Press reports from Rich- mond quoted police as denying that several of the spirited Georgetown sup- porters had been arrested, but officials at the university here said they had been informed that some of the visitors were still in jail at Richmond at a late hour. The fighting spirit of the George= town team spread to the crowd when Georgetown whipped Richmond, §-0. for the