Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1935, Page 2

EXTRA COSTS ADD T0 RAILWAY WOES $379,500,000 Imposed by Economic Planning Hit Boads and Patrons. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Passengers on American railroads who wonder why the fares aren't re- cuced, shippers who frown about freight rates and colleges and univer- | sities and savings ‘banks that own | railroad securities and wonder why their interest charges aren't being met | will be interested in some figures just completed that show something of the | new burdens that face rail transpor- gation systems. Here are the items which may be | attributed directly or indirectly to| *“economic planning,” or in some re- | spects lack of it. artificial control, and legislative interference whereby the Government has encouraged costs | about to be imposed on the railroads: | Increased wage rates (restoration of | 10 per cent deduction), $160,000,000. | Increased prices of materials and supplies (20 per cent), $125,000,000. Increased Federal income tax (1934 | basis), $2,000,000 Tax for unemployment insurance, 1936, $16,000,000 Tax for sbecial railway pensions, | £54,000,000. Increased cost of coal (Guffey act), £22,500,000. | Total, $379,500,000. | ‘The above bill will increase in 1937' to $395,500,000, and to $411,500,000 in | 1938, due to increases in the tax rate for unemployment insurance. The foregoing does not include the cost to the railways of their own pension systems, which are not cred- Yted to them in the new railway pen- sion bill and which cost them in 1934 ®bout $36,200,000. i Tt may be asked how the increase 4n wages may be attributable to Gov- | crnment. The railroads are no longer | iree agents in the negotiation of the | cost of labor. They are virtually com- pelled to accept demands of organized groups or face the pressure of a leg- islative bloc which is already arguing for Government ownership of rail- roads. As for the pension legislation, this is distinctly the responsibility of a Congress in which the labor men have a substantial majority through their pressure groups back home in the election districts The increased cost of coal due to the Guffey act is another result of pressure group legislation. The in- creases in the prices of materials can | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. T, WEDNESDAY, What’s What Behind News In Capital 'Farley Diagnoses the Situation as Duplex Voting. BY PAUL MALLON. EW YORK. November 6.— Seer Farley is supposed to have made a novel personal diagnosis of the political sit- uation for President Roosevelt prior to the elections. His scouts are sup- posed to have reported that the country is against a considerable por- tion of the New Deal. but not equally against Mr. Roosevelt. That is, the Literary Digest prelim- inary trend poll may have been nearly accurate in sensing that the voters are roughly 3 to 2 against some parts of the New Deal program. But the Farley contention is that Mr. Roose- velt’s personal following is such that, if he bad been running Tuesday against no one in particular, the national result would have been 3 to 2 in his favor. Specifically, the Farley boys ex- pected to sufler losses in New York and Pennsylvania Tuesday, but believed they could have carried the States if Mr. Roosevelt had been running. In other words. the consoling offi- { cial New Deal inner viewpoint is that the country is now enigmatically in a duplex voting humor. New Dealers Believe It. This is a ponderous thought, if RETURN OF STORM | CAMPAIGN FUNDS FEARED IN FLORIDA Disturbance Turns North- ward After Being Lost in Gulf. By thy Associated Press, JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 6. —Floridans braced today for a return visit of a freak hurricane which left | more than §2,000,000 damage and| seven deaths. | The storm hammered 215 miles out | into the Gulf of Mexico, then slowed | down and began to curve northward. | The New Orleans Weather Bureau | issued the following storm warning at 830 am “Advisory—Disturbance apparently | central about 275 miles southeast of Port Eads, La., moving very slowly westerly or west-northwesterly, at-| tended by dangerous gales and winds of hurricane force over very small area near center. Caution advised vessels in east and central Gulf of Mexicol and fishing and other small craft | should not venture far out into central | or east Gulf waters. All interests on | | Guif coast urged to keep in touch with | | advices from Weather Bureau. Storm | | warnings displaved from Cedar Keys | | to Carrabelle, Fla." Due North of Tampa. Grady Norton, Jacksonville Weather | Bureau metcorologist, said it was| | “fairly certain” the disturbance would | pass over Florida again within 24 | hours, this time somewhere north of | | | { t | ! Tampa. | He expected it to gain slightly in| LAID TO UTILITIES $589,000 Contributed to Two Parties in Three Elec- tions, Report Shows. By the Associated Press. A report showing public utility of- ficials and directors contributed $468,- 900 to Republican campaign funds and $120,100 to Democratic funds in 1924, 1928 and 1932 was put today into a Trade Commission hearing record. The report was prepared by W. B. Horne, commission investigator, as part of the commission’s congression- ally ordered utility investigation. W. T. Chantland, commission coun- sel, stated he ordered Horne to pre- pare the report from statements of | such contributions filed with Congress after commission attempts to obtain the data directly from utility com- panies had produced “meager” results. To the commission, Chantland said. the utility companies “made blanket denials of contributions coming within" the resolution ordering the investiga- tion. Horne said there was no record of direct contributions by companies themselves, but “quite a few” by offi- cials and directors. Horne was “rather | sure,” he added, that totals were in- | complete. $32,000 One of Largest. One of the largest contributions was | $32,000 by John D. Ryan, director of Brooklyn Edison Co. and president of | Montana Power Co0.—$5.000 in 1924 and $27.000 in 1928—to the Demo- cratic National Committee. | In 1928 George F. Baker, jr. di- nothing else. It may sound, offhand. | intensity on a northeastward course, | rector of General Electric Co., gave | like an enigmatic advance excuse for | e “proper” direction for the average | $25.000 to the Republican fund =nd | some bad news which Mr. Farley was expecting. At the same time, there can be no doubt that the foremost New Deal politicos really believe it. POLITICAL SyTUATION | | | Likewise it explains why there has hurricane. ! | The storm howled in from the At- | lantic Monday, swept past Miami and | into the Everglades, leaving a trail of sunken boats, smashed homes and up- | rooted trees. The steamship Elizabeth was blown aground off Miami Beach and two barges were adrift on the east coast. | Two other ships, the Florida and | Sneland, won through after battling the seas and winds. | On the State’s west coast the tug | Lapwing, en route from Tampa to Charleston, S. C.. was reported by the Coast Guard to have been disabled | in 1924 $5.000. George F. Baker, as director of Con- | solidated Gas Co. of New York, gave $7.500 to the Republicans in 1924 and $21,000 in 1928, as director of United Electric Light & Power Co. Contributions of $12,500, $26.000 and $26.000 were made by William | Nelson Cromwell. director of American | Water Works & Electric Co., in 1924, 1928 and 1932, respectively, to the G. | O. P. fund. Whitney Gift $50,000. The largest single contribution was $50.000 to the 1928 Democratic fund | by Harry Payne Whitney, director of been a lack of political perturbation | ana’jts three tows, a barge, a derrick | the Montana Power Co. The Mon- on high lately. Hoover Keeps Own Counsel. Mr. Hoover has not yet weakened to the demands (largely from his ad- versaries) that he get on the '36 horse or get off. Contrary to general reports, he will |and a dredge, cast loose in the face of the storm. Hunt Drifting Craft. ‘The cutter Nemesis towed the Lap- wing to Punta Rassa and then went in search of the three drifting craft. tana Power Co. also was represented by Nicholas F. Brady, who gave $25,- 000 to the Democrats in 1928, and | again by Whitney. who gave $15.000 in 1924 to the Republican campaign fund. In 1928, A. H. Wiggin, director of the Montana Power Co., gave $5,000 In the Wake of Florida Hurricane Nothing Miami. Debris such as this littered many streets in Miami after the storm, damage in which was estimated as NXOVEMBER 6, 1935. s ENDOF WORK NEAR AT MERIDIAN PARK Cost Will Be $872,000 on Completion—Final Con- tracts Drawn, Meridian Hill Park. the only formal much but the furniture was spared when the Florida hurrfcane finished with this home near The family is shown as it returned to gather up belongings. | development of its kind in Washing= | ton, which has been under construc- tion for more than 20 years, will be completed at a 'otal cost of $872,000, Frank T. Gartside, assistant superine tendent of the National Capital Parks, announced today. Contracts now are being prepared for | the final stages of tne work, which has been made possible by the ailocation of Public Works Administration funds as part of the $1,000,000 Washington | parks improvement program, Gartside said. The new work includes work on | walks, at the west ascent; the com- pletion of planting of the lower gare | den. sealing in the niche of the upper | wall on the Sixteenth street side, closing the gap in the lower wall and miscellaneous items, including drain- | age problems, topsoiling and sodding. Lighting Major Item. ’ Completion of lighting of the park | will be another major item under the | current program. Mass planting of | evergreens on either side of the cas- ; cade will take away the present barren | appearance, Gartside said At one time a bandstand was projected in Meridian Hill Park, but | this has now been abandoned in the final plans for development, which have received the indorsement of the Fine Arts Commission Park authorities have declined to authorize construction of a rocque court in the formal development | that is Meridian Hill Park. Thev | have notified those interested in this | game, however. that if they desire a rocque court, one can be constructed at the old reservoir at Sixteenth and KPJ vy streets, which is now pro- posdd as a recreation area As yet, however, Gartside and his colleagues have heard nothing from these players. The assistant parks chief pointed out that the number of players, judged by the past, is come paratively small, and the development of a rocque court is expensive, he said, requiring a formal concrete coping. Bare earth ilar to a clay tennis court, forms the surface on which the plavers engage in the game, with the aid of wickets. Sphere Is Kept Covered. In the southern end of the park is an armillary sphere. which is still in the construction stage. Gartside said | to the Republican fund. | In addition to the national cam- | paign tunds, $16,950 was given to | senatorial campaign funds in 1924, | 1928, 1930 and 1932. Most of this | was for Republican senatorial con- The Coast Guard ordered three cut- ters to clear the Gulf waters of small boats. Stories of exciting rescues or escapes from death came out of the southern part of the State after the passage of the storm there. | tests: Howard Cates, 20, was washed Of the Republican total of $468,900, | ashore at Miami Beach after seven ! $199.300 was given in 1924; $205,350 hours in a raging sea. His two com- | in 1928 and $64,250 in 1932. {chapel during the ceremony, bring- | panions, Grady Slade. 23, and a Negro, | Of the Democratic national total|ing into brilliant relief the colorful | Jim Cox, drowned when their fishing | of $120.100. $5.000 was given in 1924 'yniforms and rich dresses ot the 125 and $115100 in 1928. No contribu- { this will be kept covered until the | authority under the immediate Public | Works Administration program can place a protective planting strip and fence aro the perimeter of the sphere. No date for dedicatory exercises for the armillary sphere has vet been set, Gartside declared, and there is a dif- ficult engineering job in placing it ex- actly on the meridian on which Wash- ington is located. The armillary be traced to the administration’s en- | N0t make known his intentions in couragement of higher prices through his speech here 10 days hence. The the N. R. A. speech will be in the general tone of g = his Oakland address recently. It will ’n":‘l‘m”ér::leiir: m"g;t‘h‘;"‘;;“&'g ;‘,::: make specific indictments against the 74 out, of 95 first-class railroads failed | N¢* Deal on specific poinis. by $124,000,000 to earn their fixed All of which indicates that Mr. charges. The entire net income of all | Hoover still knows how to obtain the railroads is not enough to absorb the widest possible advertising for these increased burdens and pay the | his viewpoint. His remarks will security holders a fair return on their | COmtinue to be on the front page. investment, unless, of course, there| I/ he ever remounces the G. O. P. high as $3,000 000. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephot Wedding Oehmann MRS, W.T. GORDON - KILLED N WEST (Conti = nued From First Page) (Con ed From Pirst Page) associated with Seal in the prosecu- tion ‘Wheatley's announcement of the is some way of giving the railroads a | larger share of the freight of America. | The Government has subsidized | freight carriers on the highways | through furnishing the roads at no cost to the motor carriers. So also | have the inland waterways and the Panama Canal been a source of much irritation to the railroads, because the water and motor carriers haven’t had | servation, you are too credulous to be | to face the same burdens. The latter, | of course, will have to pay unemploy. | men have suspected that the excelleat | ment insurance, but they do not face (&n increase in the fuel supply costs | Start were conceived in British minas, | Also tne | although they have never been able! such as do the railroads. special pension legislation, added to already existing pension systems, pre- | sents a tangle which Congress is going | to be asked to straighten out at the ! next session. The railroad problem grows worse @s the extra costs are added on from year to year. The advocates of Gov- ernment ownership are happy because the situation in a sense plays into | their hands. But the taxpayers of the country who face the payment of these heavy annual charges and others of a political nature, if the Government is compelled to take over the railroads, may not be so happy when they begin to learn what the ul- timate cost of transportation is going to be. Such costs will tend to rise if ‘minority blocs in the electorate ac- quire further control of a majority of ’Congress in the one business which is distinctly interstate and over which e Federal Government has by con- itutional interpretation been given Jurisdiction. Already the railway labor organiza- +tions have set up an office in Wash- :ington to lobby for Government own- -ership of railways at the coming ses- &ion of Congress. (Copyright. 1935.) HIGH COURT HEARS REPORTERS’ PLEA ‘Washington Men's Contempt Sen- tences Argued Before Ap- peals Bench. By the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, November 6.—The appeal of two Washington newspaper reporters from a sentence of 90 days each in jail for contempt of court was heard today by tig Court of Ap- peals. The case marked the first appear- ance of former Gov. Albert C. Ritchie as an attorney before the appellate bench since he retired as chief ex- ecutive of the State. He represented | Pat Frank and David Lee, reporters for the Washington Herald. The contempt action grew out of the trials of John Martin Boland, Mrs. Anne M. Lyddane and John H. Carnell, who were jointly indicted by the Montgomery County grand jury for unlawfully conspiring to murder Francis H. Lyddane, husband of Mrs. Lyddane. Boland was granted a sev- erence and was tried first, before Judges Hammond Urner, Arthur D. Willard and Charles W. Woodward. ‘The trial of Boland was completed the morning of June 11 and the Jjudges retired to agree upon a verdict. In the afternoon the court reconvened and Judge Urner announced that the verdict would be withheld untit the conclusion of the Lyddane case. The Washington Herald, in the edition that reached Rockville about midnight, published “what purported to be an account of the secret delibera- tions of the court and the conclusions they had reached.” As a result of the contempt proceed- ings, Frank and Lee were sentenced and the American Newspapers, Inc., was fined $5,000, which was paid. The reporters appealed from the judge- ment and sentence of the lower court, and from an order of the court over- ruling the motion filed on their behalf ‘t:n strike out the judgment and sen- i ’ leadership, you may look for him on the stock market page, or far- ther back. British Tactics in Ethiopia. Best diplomatic authorities in this country have word that the British are sending two more military ob- servers into Ethiopia. If you thirk they are going there merely for ob- running around loose. Top military Ethiopian defense tactics from the to find evidence to prove it. Threat Against New Deal. Democrats are buzzing among them- selves already about taking advantage | of Mr. Farley's duplex voting situation | ot stop the New Deal at the next ses- sion of Congress. In fact, the word among them is that a sufficient number of Demo- | cratic Representatives have already agreed on such a course. They are to stand against any more $4,000.000,~ 000 appropriations, extreme social leg- | islation, etc. They are to halt the New Deal in its present tracks. The fact is a number of Repre= sentatives tried it last session, but were pushed into reluctant accep- tance of most of the New Deal recommendations. You may be certain that whatever understand- ing erists among them now IS purely personal and unofficial. Also, don't forget that White House prestige is higher in Congress in cam- ‘The influential Republican crowd here seems to like Coi. Knox. He nas attended some unreported luncheons lately with men of national reputation and appears to have impressed them. What they are saying to each other is that he is energetic, strong-willed and sound. (This is not the downtown financial crowd, but the midtown business authorities.) For one very strong reason, they are not inclined to favor Gov. Landon of Kansas. They suspect him of being & prohibitionist. &, No other Republicans scem to have been considered seriously, especially not Senator Borah. Coalition Ticket Unlikely. A private survey by State election laws has been made by a well-known Republican figure to show the futility of trying to organize a coalition ticket against the New' Deal. It indicates that the coalition ticket probably could not even get on the ballot in 10 States. That means the end of the movement. x Also, the idea of nominating Col. Lindbergh has died a natural unnoticed death. It is probable that, some one here will start a morement for Babe Ruth mnext, but not much can be expected from either. Political lines are getting back on the old double-track, Democrat and Republican system, where they were sure to go from the start. Bankers may be interested to learn that Representative Steagall, success- ful champion of the Federal Insurance Co., law, keeps his money in his Alabama home town bank, which is not insured. (Copyright, 1935.) Former Kaiser Celebrates. DOORN, Netherlands, November 6 () —Former Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger- many celebrated the thirteenth anni- versary of his marriage to former Princess Hermine yesterday. He en- tertained friends at ldfinnet. | boat upset Three youths, Rob Ford, Don Put- nam and Arthur Burke, were thrown into the water when their boat cap- sized and were picked up by Casper Hefty, jr., and Deblois Milledge. | All were rescued by a motor launch from the Vanderbilt yacht Alva after the storm blew their craft on a flat. R, SOFT GOAL STUDY BELIEVED CERTAIN {Commission Member Says “Bogged-Down” Report Is Untrue. By the Associated Press. An immediate $100,000 investigation | of the need for Federal control of soft coal production was reported assured | the National Bituminous Coal Com- | mission. | His announcement came on the heels | of court testgnony that such control | was an “essential element” to stability of the industry, and that the Guffey | law would have to be amended to pro- vide for it. Charles O'Neill, president of the Eastern Bituminous Coal Association, gave the testimony as the first Govern- ment witness in James Walter Carter’s suit challenging the l:«'s constitu- tionality in District Supreme Court. Price control provisions in the act, O'Neill said, would control production for “perhaps a year,” but he insisted that ultimately specific regulation of | both output and capacity would be necessary. Draft of Bill Changed. Provisions for such control were stricken from the original draft of the Guffey bill and a section substi- necessity. O'Neill was chairman ot ithe operators’ Legislative Committee, | which helped draft the bill. Smith, aroused by reports published in Pittsburgh that the commissior had “bogged down” and was restrict- ed by lack of finances from carrying far from the truth. “Every department of the commis- sion is functioning” he said. “and within the week we will have doubled our personnel. Our only handicap is lack of space, and that is merely temporary. We are going ahead full blast.” Held Past 50 Per Cent Mark. Smith said tonnage represented by producers who have accepted the code prescribed by the Guffey act hac | “passed the 50 per cent mark,” and | he predicted that signatures would in- crease from now on with “great rapid- ity.” He said the commission probably will set a date today for begirning the production control inquiry. Previously he announced the investigation would continue through the Winter, with a preliminary report to Congress in January. O'Neill expressed belief that organi- zation of co-operative marketing agen- cies, without governmental regulation, would not solve the industry’s prob- lems. He recited his own failure to organize a regional sales agency of sufficient strength to show the scheme “just wouldn’t work” as a stabilizirg agency for the entire industry. Conceding, under cross-examination, that marketing agencies would be “helpful” in individual producing dis- tricts, O'Neill declared he could “visualize competitive price wars be- tween regional sales agencies.” explained such wars would be in- evitable unless the regional agencies were permitted to make agreements among themselves, and added he felt this would constitute, an “unhealthy” monopolg. < last night by C. E. Smith, member of | tuted calling for investigation of their | out its duties, told newsmen that was | tions to the Democratic national fund | were listed in 1932. | Some of the senatorial gifts were | for the late Dwight W. Morrow of ‘an Jersey; George H. Moses, former | Reublican Senator from New Hamp- | | shire: Senator Wagner, Democrat, of | | New York; Senator Vandenberg, Re- | publican, of Michigan; Senator Bulk- ley, Democrat. of Ohio; Senator | Steiwer. Republican, of Oregon: the | late Senator Burton, Republican, of Ohio, and former Senator Sackett, Republican, of Kentucky. GOOD-WILL FLYER ARRIVES iN CAPITAL Frank Kurtz, 21-year-old Los An- geles fyer, arrived at the airport here today from Newark, N. J., and sought at the White House to make arrange- ments to deliver to President Roose- velt & message from the President of Mexico. | He flew from the Mexican capital | more than a week ago, delaying his trip here because of the absence of Mr. Roosevelt. He conferred briefly with Marvin McIntyre, a secretary to the President. Mr. Roosevelt is in Hyde Park await- ing completion of repairs to the White N.R. A (Continued From First Page.) voice their views so the conference would not create the impression that N.R. A. ! In this connection, it was recalled that the National Association of Man- ufacturers has come out against a new N. R. A. and recently asserted the con- ferences were being called to force new N. R. A. legislation. This Berry has denied. He said the | meeting was to be as “self-determining | | as humanly possible” and that he was not trying “to push anything down anybody’s throat.” Berry said that, far from signifying an end to the President’s “breathing spell,” he hoped the meeting would make it “easier to breathe.” Questioned exhaustively at his press | conference yesterday, Berry said auto- mcbile manufacturers gave a negative | response to the invitation and that the iron and steel industry was non-com- mittal. Although he declared the Lumber Manufacturers’ Association had agreed to send a representative, an association official said no accept- ance had been sent. Whether the chemical industry would: attend was “in negotiation.” Labor, Berry declared, was “virtually unanimous” in accepting, although there was some delay in responses. A few days ago Berry wrote 30,000 labor union secretaries asking them for data on changes in hours and wages since N. R. A. Some industry representa- tives attacked this move as indicating Berry wanted to prove the need for new legislation. Berry was appointed to his post as co-ordinator about a month ago on the eve of President Roosevelt's vacation trip. The President had said previously that the future of N. R. A. depended on the desires of business. Berry asserted today he had no preconceptions about what the conference would do. The procedure for the December conference was outlined as follows: Industry, labor and consumer rep- resentatives will meet at 10 a.m. for a session “exclusively for the pur- pose of submitting a suggested pro- He | cedure.” Representatives of related industries then will meet, while labor leaders hold ing meetings. Each group will be asked to reach deter- minations to express group point of view. | business as & whole desired & new | to select a member | riage. persons assembled. Behind the Duke of Gloucester stood his two supporters, the Prince of Wales in the uniform of colonel of the Welsh Guards and the Duke of York in the uniform of colonel of the Scots | Guards. { King George wore a field marshal's uniform and Queen Mary a jewel-blue chiffon velvet gown. Beside the King and Queen were the recalled King George of Greece and Queen Maud of Norway. The bride's mother, the dowager Duchess of Buccleuch. sat in the balcony usual- ly occupied by the King and Queen during divine services. The congregation rose as the bride entered the chapel shortly before 11:30 | am. and joined the duke at the altar | rail. The eight bridesmaids remained 12 | paces behind the couple. The Bishop of London began the service and the Archbishop of Conterbury continued it, receiving Lady Alice’s hand from her brother, the new Duke of Buc- cleuch. | ! Duke Repeats Vows. | With his right hand joined to that | of Lady Alice. the duke repeated after | the archbishop: I, Henry William Frederick Albert, | take thee. Alice Christabel. to my | wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse. * * * Thereto, I plight thee my troth.” The royal couple then loosed and rejoined their hands, Lady Alice re- peating after the archbishop: “I. Alice Christabel, take thee, Hen- ry William Frederick Albert, to my wedded husband, to have and to hold * * * to love, cherish and obey 'til death do us part.” The Duke of Gloucester, taking the | | Welsh gold wedding ring from the Prince of Wales, placed it on Lady Alice’s finger, repeating after the archbishop: “With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.” 67th Psalm Sung. After the prayer and blessing the‘ congregation sang the 67th Psalm, following which the bride and groom knelt before the altar as the precentor of the chapel said responses. ‘The ceremony was completed with prayers by the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, singing of hymns, an address by the Archbishop of Can- terbury and a short blessing. As the strains of the Mendelssohn wedding march filled the chapel the duke, with his bride on his arm. faced the King and Queen and bowed, while the bride and bridesmaids curtsied in unison. Slowly the wedding procession filed out of the chapel into the household drawing room to sign the register. The duke and the new duchess signed first, followed by the King and Queen, the Dowager Duchess of Buccleuch, the Duke of Buccleuch, Prime Min- ister Stanley Baldwin, Home Secre- tary Sir John Simon, the chancellor of the exchequer, Lord Hailsham, and other guests. ‘The pubic massed before Bucking- ham Palace after seeing the bride drive from her home in Grosvenor place to the grand entrance in a black, red and gold royal coach before the ceremony had its first view of the newlyweds when they stepped out onto a palace balcony and waved in response to cheers. Another wave of cheering rose as King George and Queen Mary ap- peared, followed by Princess Elizabeth, carrying a bouquet of roses, and Prin- cess Margaret. The party quickly re-entered the palace for a wedding breakfast, after which the royal couple was to leave in the afternoon for a honeymoon at Broughton Hall, Kettering, one of the Buccleuch family homes. The ceremony gave the British Army its turn to rejoice over & royal mar- ! wflmtl‘b‘fleu{!fiw Details of Death of Patent Lawyer’s Widow Un- revealed. Relatives of M Rosali Gordon widow of Will T. Gordon, prominent Washington patent attorney, were mystified today over reports from San | Francisco telling of her sudden death from a crushed skull. A wire from a San Prancisco hos- pital brought only these bare details— that Mrs. Gordon had been picked up in the street unconscious and died shortly afterward. How she was in- Jured was not disclosed Left D. C. in May. Mrs. Gordon. who was about 45, had left Washington in May. five months after her husband's death, to visit relatives in California. Three weeks ago her brother, C. Dudley Shreve, also a Washington patent attorney, received a cheerful letter from her. It was the last word until the death message. Mrs. Gordon had lived in Washing- ton since 1911. At the time of her husband's death. last Christmas eve, she was living in the Royal Arms Apartments, In Firm With Brother. Her husband was associated with her brother in the firm of Shreve, Crowe & Gordon. Aside from the brother, she is survived by another brother, Raymond D. Shreve, who is, connected with the Virginia Highway Commission and staticned in Culpeper. and a sister, Miss Emma B. Shreve of Boston. Plans are being made to have the body brought to Washington for burial. ——— i Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 the air force, in which the duke holds a commission, held special celebra- tions. The navy had to wait 11 years for | a similar chance—the wedding, No- vember 29, 1934, of the Duke of Kent to Princess Marina of Greece. Today in every barracks from Ald- ershot to the northwest frontier of India British officers and tommies drank to the health of the brevet major, the Duke of Gloucester. The duke, born March 31, 1900, is 35 years old—less than two years older than his bride, born Christmas day, 1901, Lady Alice, the athletic type of Scotswomaa, small and finely fea- tured, wore a bridal veil of tulle and a halo headdress of orange blossoms, studded with diamante. Gown of Simple Design, Her gown. with a silky satin finish, was of simple design, the silhouette showing form-fitting lines with full- ness at the hem. A scarf sash draped around the waist, long tight sleeves came to a point over her hands, and three gatherings at the back caused the material ta fall in three folds. The train was not long, widening at the end. Her shoes were covered with crepe alalice. Bridesmaids were Lady Angela Scott, one of the bride’s sisters; Miss Moyra Scott, a cousin; Princess Elizabeth, 9; her 5-year-old sister, Princess Mar- garet Rose; Lady Mary Cambridge, 11; Lady Elizabeth Scott, 13, daughter of the bride's brother, and Miss Ann Hawkins and Miss Claire Phipps, 7 and 14, respectively, each a daughter | of a sister of the bride. —— Parmelees Have Son. TOLEDO, Ohio, November 6 (#).— Leroy Parmelee, ace pitcher of the New York Giants, is the father of a boy born to Mrs. Parmelee today. Par- melee’s b’w is in Lambertsville, Mich. decision covered each of the charges in some detail After reviewing the conflicting tes- | timony of Col. Oehmann and Inspector | J. J. Kimball in the first case. the | granting of a razing permit without | fee. Wheatley declared the weight of | endence in favor of the former. “We think the whole charge grossly mag- ! nified ® ¢ * too little to be dignified ® ® * not proved.” “Packing the Jury.” Describing the second charge as tantamount to “packing the jury” and admitting its seriousness, if true, Wheatley continued: “There is not a scintilla of evidence to support the charge that he knowingly did this.” | This involved appointment of an in- | terested party to a board of survey. | In the third count that a permit to repair had been issued for a building previously condemned, Mr. Wheatley reviewed the steps by which Col. Och- | mann had changed his mind about | the structure and declared a public | officer need not “be adamant * * * no culpability.” “We take a different view of the | fourth charge,” he said. “We think | ]me answer they were too busy to | serve a fire escape notice not an an- | swer at all. * No evidence to connect Col. Oehmann directly with | failure. It was inexcusable. The find- ing. however. does not require dis- | ciplinary measures, but rather cor-! | rective | The fifth charge he termed a “bor- der-line case * * * not proved.” | The sixth charge was similarly cat- | | alogued and declared a “question of | }mv:rpretalion of regulations * * =« we're inclined to believe conclusions r‘f)rrnct, * * * no warrant for dis- | | ciplinary action.” The seventh, he said, could be re- | duced to consideration of a single wall, and was “not proved” in the | form submitted. In the eighth, involving a permit to | replace a wood roof with one of con- | crete, Wheatley said he beiieved Col. | Oehmann entitled to rely on prece- |slent cited by defense and declared | the charge “not proved.” Ninth Charge Vindication. Most complete vindication of the | defendant came on the ninth charge, that involving an evacuation order for | { the Logan Hotel. If Col. Oehmann | had used his office to aid the tenant, | Mr. Wheatley explained, he would | nave been guilty of gross misconduct. i If, one the other hand, he believed the building unsafe and had not or- ! dered its evacuation he would have been derelict in his duty. Citing re- | | ports and testimony of those who de- | clared such condition to exist, Mr. | | Wheatley said: “We believe the byilding was unsafe and we believe on this charge Col. | Ochmann should be commended | rather than condemned.” | In a short summation Mr. Wheat- | ley referred to the good character of | many of the witnesses for the de- | | fense. On the other side, he referred | | to a “man who would not tell us who | |acted with him in preparing his| charges, who refuses to submit proof | and who comes out with a fly-by-| | | | | i | night excuse that his charges were | directed against two persons.” Explaining that his verbal report represented the findings of both himself and Commissioner Allen, Mr. ‘Wheatley said that a stenographic | copy of it will be forwarded to Com- missioners Melvin E. Hazen and Lieut. Col. Dan 1. Sultan for such action as they see fit. No further recommen- dations will be made by the special hearing board, Mr. Wheatley said. Taxes Paid in Bricks. After receiving several summonses dor taxes, M. Caullet of Carvin, France, elivered 1,500 bricks to the tax col-, | lector's office as partial payment. sphere is the work of the New York sculptor, C. Jennewein Meridian Hill Park comprises some 11.88 acres and has about half a dozen croquet courts and about five sand- boxes. the latter for the numerous children who frequent the area. REPORT AWAITED ON DAYTON CRASH Army Air Corps Officials Yet to Hear From Inquiry on Super- Bomber Accident. By the Associated Press. Army Air Corps officials said today they had not received a report from a board of inquiry investigating the crash of a super-bomber du; a test a week ago at Wright Field, Day- ton, Ohio. Only a preliminary report, which stated that engine failure was not responsible for the accident to America’s biggest land plane, thus far has reached Washington, it was said. Published reports stated that Air Corps headquarters had been advised that failure of the pilots to unlock the controls resulted in the crash, in which one person was killed and four PAIR A&)UITTED BY JURY SAN DIEGO. Calif.. November 6 {#)—Virgil McComas and Mrs, Vira Anderson, charged with the murder of Arthur A. Quist, retired Navy man, were acquitted by a Superior Court jury late last night. McComas and Mrs. Anderson, charged with having shot and killed Quist the night of September 5, said Quist shot himself while the three of them were rabbit hunting. Irvin S. Cobb Says: Finds He Is on Sucker List and Sees Sign of Normalcy SANTA MONICA, Calif., November 6.—We must be headed for normaley. I'm back on somebody’s sucker list. As a charter member of the original mother lodge, 1 | belong there. I'm a boob whose name led all the rest. Today ceived, of sclected for- eign bonds — that'll come later —but a prospec- tus about a gor- geous gold min- ing proposition with all the reg- ular by-products | guaranteed, such as quicksilver, 1lead, copper, mothballs and, I think, amalgam fillings. Such ravishing literature so smacked of the good old times I went out expecting to find a flagpole sitter perched alongside a Tom Thumb golf course, eating esquimaux pie and, be- tween bites, chanting, “Every day in every wyay I'm getting couie and cou- ier and cuckooier.” Sorry I can't invest in this new bonanza. But I'm saving up to go into an equally timely enterprise. It's a buggy-whip factory, and on the side we're going to turn out flintlock mus- kets for the United States Army. (Copyright. 1035 ¥y the North Americ < Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)