Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1935, Page 5

“BI6 TRIAL” COST ASKED BY JERSEY Budget Advisory Committee Queries Wileniz Without Mentioning Hauptmann. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, N. J, December 16.— Without mentioning the Bruno Rich< ard Hauptmann case specifically, the State Budget Advisory Committee asked Attorney General David T. Wilentz today how much he would need “in case of another big trial.” The Hauptmann trial cost $125,000 and Speaker Lester H. Clee, commit- tee member, asked Wilentz if a second one would cost “around $100,000.” “It wouldn't cost that much,” Wilentz said, “but there won't be another trial.” Clee told the committee, hearing Wilentz's appropriations request for next year, that the attorney general “worked 24 hours a day for 3 months without extra pay.” LINDBERGH VETOES PLAN. Reported to Have Considered Con- fronting Brune in Chal.. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 16.—The Daily News in a dispatch from Tren- ton, N. J., said today that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has veteed a plan to have him appear before Bruno Richard Hauptmann dn the electric chair in an attempt to obtain a full confession regarding the Lindbergh baby kidnap- ing. The News said the plan was con- ceived immediately after Hauptmann's conviction last February and that Col. Lindbergh was reported to have re- ceived the idea with interest. The plan was for Lindbeérgh to appear be- fore Hauptmann as he was being fastened in the chair with only a few moments more to live. The paper said, however, that activi- ties of the last few weeks, culminating in the revelatiin of Gov. Harold G. Hoffman’s midnight death-house visit to Hauptmann, have caused Lindbergh and his advisers to abandon the idea. The aviator is said to feel that his ap- pearance might be construed as an admission of doubt as to Hauptmann's guilt. Denial by Schwarzkopf. Earlier Col. H. Norman Schwarz- kopf, State police superintendent, said he had no knowledge "of a reported plan to have Col. Charles A. Lindbergh face Hauptmann in the hope of ob- taining a confession from him. Gov. Hoffman was not in Trenton today and Attorney General David T. Wilentz was not immediately avail- eble. Meanwhile Hauptmann's attor- neys met to draw up a petition for clemency, almost the last move re- maining which may save him from the electric chair the week of January 13. In the office of Judge Frederick A. Pope at Somerville, Egbert Rosecrans, C. Lloyd Fisher and Pope will frame the petition asking the New Jersey Court of Pardons to intervene in be- half of the convicted kidnap-slayer of the Lindbergh baby. The petition will then be presented to the clerk of the court, who will notify Gov. Harold G. Hoffman. The Governor, who aiready has vis- ited Hauptmann in the death house, ‘will arrange the court session. Chances Held Slight. Hauptmann’s chances for clemency, however, are generally conceded to be slim due to the set-up of the pardon body, which is composed of the Gov- ernor, chancellor and six lay judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals. Clemency would require a majority of the members, including the Gov- ernor. The Court of Errors and Ap- peals by unanimous vote already has refused him a new trial. Besides the Court of Pardons, one other avenue lies open. Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, who Friday night signed Hauptmann's death warrant—to be carried out as quickly as statutes permit—may be asked to grant a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence. Meanwhile James Capizza, 30, alias Joseph Schaz, was brought back to Trenton today from Dallas, Tex., to stand trial on a charge of partici- pating in a $3,240 robbery five years ago. Reports that Capizza was a “secret witness” for Bruno Richard Haupt- mann were ridiculed by the Mercer County detective’s office and local police. —_ WEDDING IS DENIED NEW YORK, December 16 (#).— Laura Hampton Hover of Santa Mon- ica, Calif., and Homer Leslie Loomis, jr., denied today they were married despite an official wedding certificate at Armonk, N. Y. Miss Hover, daughter of an oil oper- ator, and Loomis, son of a Park ave- nue lawyer, were married at 5 a.m. last Thursday morning by Justice of the Peace Julius A. Raven, the official record showed. Loan of $2,000,000 Revealed Made on Insull Reputation Bank Tries to Collect $1,484,225 Balance on Obligation. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 16.—How Samuel Insull obtained a $2,000,000 loan on his reputation was disclosed yesterday in the records of ‘Federal Master in Chancery Jacob I. Gross- man. ‘The money was advanced to Insull’s Chicago Rapid Transit Co. by the Continental Illinols Bank & Trust Co., it was brought out before the master in recent hearings on the bank's at- tempt to coliect the $1,484226 out- Americans in Philipp THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1935, ines See Independence Against Interests of Both U. S. and Islanders Investment Total of $250,000,000 Held Jeopardized. Doubt Common- wealth Can Give Ample Protection. Note: This is the seventh in a series of articles by Mr. McKelway on the Philippine situation. The eighth will appear tomorrow. BY BEN McKELWAY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. MANILA, P. I—No one who talks with the American business men who live in the Philippine Islands or the “old-timers” who have made this their home for many years can fail to be impressed by the extraordinary una- nimity of opinion among them over what they believe to be the deplorable mistake the United States has made in granting independence at this time, even under the conditions imposed by the Tydings-McDuffie act. 1 talked to many Americans in va- rious portions of the island and be- lieve it is accurate to say that pre- vailing sentiment considers that the step represented in establishment of the commonwealth is against the best interests both of the United ‘States and the Filipinos. Their views differ only in the man- ner and degree of their condemnation of the United States for what they regard as an act of unbelievable folly. Some of the embittered and disillu- | sioned among them speak loosely and | unconvincingly of seeking citizenship under some flag that backs up the interests of its nationals. Others, having witnessed the sometimes curi- ous whims and vagaries of a long line of good, bad ead indifferent governor generals sent to the Philippines as political reward, temporary banish- ment or as a place to rest until some- thing better turns up, philosophically accept establishment of the common- wealth as merely another stage of progress in a circular direction. The American flag, they contend, will be flying for 10 years at least and in all probability will remain here indefl- nitely. Point of View Warped. Most of the Americans in the islands, it is true, are influenced by | their own interests, and their point of view is consequently warped by some understandingly wishful think- ing. A great many of them came out here with the Army and remained to |go into business which has been profitable. They live a long way from home. They have been colonists, and they have taken the view of colonists. They have been able to live on a scale in the islands that might have been denied to many of them at home, and the prestige of their native land has given them a sense of superiority {which is not unpleasant. There are | about 3,000 Americans in business on the islands, and their investments in gold mines, sugar, hemp and coconut plantatiens&nd tn business—including the investments of Americans living in the States and including Philippine bonds held in the United States— amount to something in the neighbor- hood of $250,000,000. ‘They feel that these investments are placed in jeopardy through even- tual withdrawal of American protec- tion, for they doubt the ability of the commonwealth to maintain order un- assisted. They doubt the ability of the government to raise in taxation the money necessary to give the same assurance of protection enjoyed un- der the American flag. They fear higher taxation and the results of higher taxation on a people whose average daily wage is 2212 cents. ‘They are afraid of discriminatory and whimsical legislation. Tried to Teach Visitors. Their attitude toward the visiting Congressmen was not one of un- bounded admiration. They seemed to feel that the ignorance of the Congressmen who had not been here before towsard the Philippines and the Far Eastern situation was practically without limit. And though some of them worked long and faithfully at the task of educating the Congress- men, the impression seemed to pre- vail among them that a Congress- man was a lot more interested in learning how an Igorot tied his G- string than in the decline of the white race in the Far East, and with | | By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 16. —A pretty young graduate student in genetics at Ohio State University made public today results of a study which she said would be valuable in helping determine the paternity of children at birth. - Miss Harriet Hyman of Bluefield, W. Va., said that her work on heredi- tary blood groups or types of new- born infants showed that these groups are present in children six months before birth. Her discovery, she .said, carries further a study by Dr. Karl Land- steiner, Rockefeller Institute research geneticist. Its value she described as one of “negative proof.” FRANK MURPHY. —Underwood & Underwood. a few notable exceptions the Con- gressman would rather learn the price of a fancy Moro dagger than the de- tails of how a duty on sugar was go- ing to knock the standard of living on the island of Negros. Some of them concluded that if it were pos- sible to talk to a Congressman about the problem of Philippine independ- ence from the standpoint of possible Philippine votes they might have got somewhere, but as long as Quezon was getting the votes the Congress- men were more interested in meal time. Toward Governor General, now High Commissioner, Prank Murphy their attitude has been one of more or less tolerant skepticism of his understand- ing of the Philippine problem along with a rather affectionate personal Te- gard for this eloquent and idealistic red-headed Irishman who, they be- lieve, will go places in American poli- tics after he has left the stepping stone of his present position. Little Faith in Idealism. They have little faith in the Gover- nor's idealism, manifested in his pleasant and sometimes moving ora- tory regarding America’s fulfillment of promises and expressed in such terms as “the political faith of the United States has flowered and is nearing fruition,” for, they ask, was it the flowering of America’s political faith or the pressure of the sugar lobby and the farm bloc that really brought about “this steady advance in the art of democratic and constitu- tional government toward the goal of complete independence?” When Governor General Murphy was sworn in as high commissioner and left historic Malacanang Palace, traditional seat of power in the is- lands since the days of the Spanish Governors, President Quezon took over the beautiful old mansion and its spacious gardens. The transfer was regarded by many as symbolizing the unselfish altruism of the United States toward the islands. But it got under the skin of a good many hard-boiled, realistic Americans who have lived most of their lives in the Philippines, From the alry rooms of Malacanang Palace, Commissioner Murphy and his staff went to the Elks' Club, which prvoided the only available quarters for an office. And to the American residents of Manila the descent from Malacanang Palace to the Elks’ Club contained a sym- bolism all its own, representing their opinion of what had happened to American prestige in the Philippine Islands and the Far East. Controversy Over Salute. When it became known through underground channels that President Quezon was to receive a salute of 21 guns from the American Army on the assumption of his cath of office there were several cases of aear apoplexy on the part of Americans—military as well as civillan. That would mean that the United States was recogniz- ing Quezon as the sovereign of & sovereign power—for the 2l-gun salute is reserved for such personages alone. The night before the inau- gural ceremonies an “important no- tice” was distributed among the official guests at the Manila Hotel, stating that the salute to President Quezon would be 19 guns and not 21. Even that concession—reportedly made from the White House in Washington—did not satisfy the Americans, who re- garded placing President Quezon on the same footing with the high com- missioner in military salutes as im- proper. The fact that the offices of the high Hereditary Blood Group Study Seen Paternity Determining Aid “It can show who is not the father of a child” she said, “but not who is. More than one man may have the blood group found in the child, but & man lacking the blood group could not be the father.” Dr. Landsteiner first recognized hereidtary characteristics of human blood cells in 1900. For purposes of transfusions, medicine broadly classi- fies blood in three groups, A, B and C. In 1927, Dr. Landsteiner discovered blood groups he classified as “M and N” Up to now, Miss Hyman said, workers have recognized the existence of the groups only after the age of five months. - The groups are present when the embryo is three months old, she said, and remain unchanged after birth. Replacement of Flag by Another Foreseen. Political Education of People Termed Inadequate. commissioner are in the Elks’ Club is one complaint, and another, uttered vehemently by the military. men es- pecially, is that the new residence of the high commissioner for which Con- gress has appropriated funds, is to be built on made ground which will cut the Army and Navy Club off from its fine location on Manila Bay and move it inland. Trivial and unim- portant as such things may be in re- latfon to the significance of the in- auguration of the commonwealth, they are nevertheless an accurate reflection of the attitude of Americans in Ma- nila. Filipinos’ Readiness Doubted. According to this “old-timers’” point of view, it is well enough to talk of idealism and self-determina- tion for the Filipinos when one is 8,000 miles away from the Philippine Islands. Out here the picture changes. Americans who have lived among the Filipinos for many years, who ha¢ an affectionate regard for them as a people and a sincere admiration of their many fine qualities, are none the less far from convinced that they are ready to paddle their own ca- noes in the rough waters of the Orient. They have faith in such men as President Quezon and Vice Presi- dent Osmena and a few other strong leaders of the independence move- ment, but they have little faith in the ability of such men to carve an independent nation out of the Philip- pines and retain its independence. They are not convinced that even President Quezon wants to cut loose from the United States, or that more than a few of the 13,000,000 Filipinos, about half of those over 14 years old being illiterate, know or care anything about independence. ‘They are unwilling to grant that the Filipinos, a dependent people for the last 500 years, have been edu- cated in western ideals and western democracy in 37 years of American occupation to the extent that they can create a nation out of people of different language and racial tradi- tions who live on the 1,000 inhabit- able islands of an archipelago 1,000 miles long, in sight of the Japanese island of Formosa to the north and of British Borneo to the south, in a part of the world where might is right. To Americans living in the Philip- pines withdrawa) of American sover- eignty merely mieans withdrawal of the American flag, in favor of some other flag that will not be the na- tional emblem of the Philippines. PRESIDENT TO LIGHT NATIONAL YULE TREE Assistant Interior Secretary Theo- dore A. Walters will preside at the National Community Christmas Tree service at 5 p.m. on Christmas eve, introducing President Roosevelt, who will press the button to illuminate the big evergreen. Boy and Girl Scouts, with Washing- ton High School Cadets, will act as a guard of honor for the President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the exercises, which will be held in Lafayette Park. Rev. Frederick W. Perkins, pastor of the Universalist National Memorial Church, will pronounce the invocation. while the benediction will be given by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. Music will be furnished | by the Marine Band,.the Franciscan | Friars from the Brookland Monastery and the Lincoln Cathedral Choir of Lincoln, Nebr. President Roosevelt, in lighting the tree, will wish the Nation a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Secretaire The Private Office in Miniature $2 3 75 Especially appropriate for Home or Private Office. A handsomely finished, beauti- fully proportioned, all-metal cabinet, with large storage and file drawers. Secret Compartment. Come plete with index folders and guides. Contents safely guarded by three-figure Sesa- mee lock. 5 FIRE HAZARD SEEN ATST. ELIZABETH'S Available Water Supply. Is Outgrown, Interior Re- port States. Directing attention to fire hazards at St Elizabeth's Hospital, where more than 5,000 patients are crowded into inadequate quarters, the annual report of the Interfor Department warned today that the hospital has “outgrown the available water sup- ply and the danger line has been reached” in case of fire. ‘The report said: “In case of outbreak ‘of fire, it is questionable whether sufficient water could be furnished for the full op~ eration of the District fire apparatus.” Despite the difficulties of fighting a large conflagration, 27 fires were reported at the hospital during the 'fiscal year which resulted in a prop- erty damage of only $113. Prompt action by the hospital fire depdrt- ment prevented heavier losses. Growth Increases Need. The rapid growth of the hospital 1in patients, buildngs and farm equip- ment is responsible for the need of increased water supply, which de- mands, the report said, more than the District can furnish. It has been necessary to put pumps in several of the new bufldings to furnish water to the upper floors and the report ‘warns that “the danger line has been reached.” An engineer of the Public Works Administration was detailed by Secre- tary Ickes to make an investigation and he reported as follows: “The water supply question at St. Elizabeth's Hospital is extremely urgent. The fire protection is wholly inadequate and the demand during the Summer months can barely be met by the present arrangement. “Steps should be taken immediately to provide an adequate supply for the hospital.” Cost Is Put at $82,000. The same engineer made an esti- mate that to provide adequate water either by sinking a 24-inch well, or by cross-connections with mains, increas- ing size and elevation of the water tank, and further connection with the District mains could be secured at & probable cost of $82,000. Fire inspections and fire drills are regularly made at the hospital, it was said, and this efficiency did much to maintain a minimum amount of dam- age by fire. The Interior Department submitted | a8 W. P. A program in excess of $3,000,000 for improvements at St. Elizabeth’s, but only small sums have been made available. Included in the program were measures to improve water mains and replace some of the semi-permanent buildings built dur- ing the war which constitute a fire | menace. CLUB MEMBERS PROFIT Page County 4-H Members Real- ize More Than $500. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. LURY, Va, December 16,—Page County 4-H Club members realized a profit of over $500 on projects for the year, it was reported here, To-| tal income from members was| $1,336.46. Charles N. Spitler, jr., won a gold meday for the best meat animal proj- | ect in Page County. Gladys Bailey of Rileyville, with a turkey project and Earl Morris of Grove Hill, with a to- mato project, won watches. The county was represented at the State Fair by a live stock judging | team for the first time. The team was | awarded third place. They are Harry | Keyser, jr.; Richard Koontz, Carroll Comer and Ray Strickler. If You Suffer With Kidney Trouble che, backache, unu: ing te Valley W Hot Springs, Arkansas. ive. Phone for free MITHCRAFTED PRODUCTS for Home or. Office EXECUTIVE A handsomé compart- m ment work organizer in 51- rich variegated brown _Jeather-like fibre, & DESK LETTER TRAY | » Substantial wooden i 1 that §1.% fits snugly into tray. SAN BENITO, Tex, December 16 (). —Paul Henderson, parachute jumper, survived an airplane crash without hurt yesterday, only to be critically injured a few minutes later when his parachute failed to function properly. Filot “Slats” Rogers and Henderson crawled oui unhurt after their plane nosed through a wire fence and was wrecked. Henderson immediately climbed into another plane and essayed a delayed % %% | TIP FOR PHONE PATRONS - Kansas City Company Requests* Subscribers Answer Quickly, KANSAS CITY, December 16 (£).— Kansas Citians chuckled today over this “tip” offered by the telephone company in a pemphlet for sub-. “Try to answer your telephone promptly. The person you are calling . | may decide you are not at home and hang up.” "Bond’s Christmas Spree saved me a nice piece of chan on my new suit. " We've tagged a corki line-up of double-tex CAMERON WORSTEDS to save you *7.50] 25 including two trousers It's high time somebody did something for the many men who want new clothes for the holidays. We don't see why they should always have to put-up with the season's ‘left-overs. That's why we planned this one week *Christmas Spree”! It brings you an entirely ney, and very complete selection of distinguished Cameron Worsteds —featuring a world of double-woven oxford greys, keen-looking check-weaves, and the popular new varsity plaids Y And to complete the job, we've added a timely dash of price appeal. All of these Camerons are today's accepted $32.50 quality. Qur "Christmas Spree” price is $25 (including 2 trousers) Y Make a date to make merry—and save money—at Bond's Christmas Spree. It has only a few more days to go! Park Lane Tuxedos (with dress vests) $25 —and of course, OVERCOATS! Briar Weaves and Royal Meltons 450 of ’em going at *22 1 “Charge it” with our popular TEN PAYMENT PLAN It permits you to pay weekly or twice @ month. No extra charge for this convenient