Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (0. 8 Weather Buresu Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and colder, probably light rains tonight; lowest temperature tonight about 35 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 60, at 3:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 39, at 10:30 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-11. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 Entered as second class post office, Washiugto: No. 33,553. matter s, D. C. e i e S s Y i s LOBBY COMMITTEE ATTACKED IN NEW TELEGRAM BATTLE Hearst Asks Injunction to Keep Single Message Private. PUBLISHER’S ORDERS TO EDITORIAL WRITER Black Group Already Hampered by Wheat Ruling in Dis- trict Court. BACKGROUND— Empowered to investigate activi- ties of special interests who have attempted to influence course of legislation, Senate committee has . directed principal inquiry at Amere dcan Liberty League and private utility interests. Finding that wholesale tele- graphic protest has been favorite means of exerting pressure against individual members of Congress, committee, with aid of Communi- cations Commission, has been going over files of telegraph companies in eflort to trace source of mes- sages. Protesting, Chicago law firm sought injunction against practice on grounds it violates constitutional guarantee against unlawful search and seizure. BY WILLIAM S. TARVER. Hampered in its investigation by a ruling yesterday by Chief Justice Al- fred A. Wheat of District Supreme Court denying its right to seize large numbers of telegrams by blanket sub- poena, the Senate Lobby Committee | was attacked on another front today when William Randolph Hearst asked | the District court for an injunction to prevent the committee from obtain- ing a single message, which allegedly | contained instructions to an editorial | writer, The publisher maintained that Con- gress had no authority under the constitution “to regulate, interfere with, restrain or restrict the business of the press.” Order Refused. Saying the subpoena called for a particular document, and thereby seemed on its face a valid exercise of senatorial power, Chief Justice Wheat refused to sign a temporary restrain- ing order., This left the Senate free to insist that the Western Union Telegraph Co., defendant in the injunction suit, | comply immediately with the sub- poena. Elisha Hanson, attorney tm-{ Hearst, gave newspapermen to under- | stand, however, that the Western | Union would come into court shortly with its answer, thereby speeding a hearing on issuance of a temporary injunction. . No hint of the contents of the tele- | gram concerned was given to the| court, although Hanson stated in an afidavit which accompanied the pe- | tition that the Lobby Committee has @ copy of it and now wants the priginal. . The telegram, dated April 5, 1935, was sent from Hearst in Chicago to James T. Williams, jr, his chief ‘Washington editorial writer. On Feb- ruary 8 of this year, T. B. Kingsbury, superintendent here for the telegraph company, was served with a Senate subpoena ordering him to produce the (See LOBBY, Page 5.) MOTHER TO ACCUSE POISON CASE GIRL Bays She Thinks Daughter Should Be Sent to Reform School. By the Associated Press. HAMLIN, W. Va, March 12—The mother of 14-year-old Gladys Dillon asked to go before the grand jury today to testify against the girl ac- cused of poisoning her family in re- taliation for parental correction. Prosecutor W. F. Damron said he ‘Will accept the offer and quoted Mrs. Edgar Dillon as saying: “I can’t control Gladys, so I want her to go to the reform school. I think she will be better off there than any place else.” : Damron also offered the grand jur- ors at their opening session an al- leged confession by the buxom school girl that she mixed poisog in the flour used for baking. Edgar Dillon, 40-year-old P. W. A. Wworker, his wife and five of their children became critically ill after eating biscuits and gravy made from the poisoned flour. They later re- covered. The case of Ellsworth Payne, Glayds’ 16-year-old cousin, also came before the grand jurors. Damron ac- cused the pair of conspiring to poison the family, kill the live stock and burn the barn because Gladys’ parents objected to their visits to Logan, where their sweethearts live. Damron said Payne did not carry out his part of the alleged conspiracy. SRR AN, SECOND IN CRASH DIES Third in Serious Comditiom After Arfzona Wreck. Cuthbertson, jr., 22, died today of in- juries received last night in an air- plane crash that killed Daisy Zitlau, 20. Ross Murphy, 25, pilot, was in a « gerious condition. The plane fell 800 feet soon after *h‘hknfl. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - @he Zoening WASHINGTON, D O, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1936—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. Dr. William Holland Wilmer, Vil Hollowd, Wime: TN REFSES L] Sudden Heart Attack Is Fatal to World Authority. Headed Institute at Johns Hopkins—Had Famous Patients. Dr. William Holland Wilmer, world | authority on eye diseases, who has numbered Presidents and Kings among his patients, died this morning at his home, 2101 R street. %{e was in his 73d year. Although complaining of not feeling well during the last few days, Dr. Wil- mer had not been seriously ill. This morning, preparing to go tc his office at 1610 I street, he felt ill and called his son, Richard H. Wilmer. Return- ing to bed, he died ac 9:15 am. His death was due to a heart attack. The body of Dr. Wilmer will be interred in the Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimathea, Washington Cathedral, Saturday. It was announced at the Cathedral offices this afternoon that “the right of sepulcher has been ac- corded in recognition of Dr. Wilmer's DR. WILLIAM H. WILMER. great services to the church and to science.” Dr. Wilmer was a trustee of the Cathedral. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Re Smith Wilme-; two sons, Richard H. and Willlam H. Wilmer, jr., and (See WILMER, Page 13) CONTINUEDW.P.A ASKED BY MAYORS Roosevelt Urged to Assist $2,340,000,000 Spending for Fiscal Year. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Continuation of the Works Progress Administration as a major agency of unemployment relief was _strongly urged in a report made to President Roosevelt toiay by the United States conference of mayors. The confers ence of mayors, composed of more than 100 mayors of large cities in the United States, declared the W. P. A. method of providing work re- lief is the true American system, ,As compared with the European dole. Mayor La Guardia of New York City, president of the conference, who brought the report to President Roose- velt at the White House today, stated that the minimum expenditure of the W. P. A. for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, should be $2,340,- 000,000. He emphasized that this amount is regarded as the actual need to meet unemployment next year. He said that this is the unanimous opinion of the mayors. Opposed to Dole Plan. According to La Guardia, the mayors, after a long and thorough study, are bitterly opposed to the so-called dole system. In the re- port. it is shown they are of the opinion that the needy people of the country do not want charity, but em- ployment instead. The report showed also that the mayors are unanimous in the opinion that there is useful work still to be done under a continued W. P. A. pro- gram. In discussing the report, Mayor La Guardia pointed out the signifi- cance of the unanimity of opinion of the mayors, who actually are on the firing line “of the battle against destitution and unemployment.” ‘The report was accompanied by a summary which explained that the time has come when the Conference of Mayors, on behalf of the larger cities of the country, feels that it is essential to make public the views and opinions of the mayors. Merit of Projects Upheld. ‘The report declared that the in- tegrity and permanent usefulness of the city projects under the W. P. A. which have been approved by the Federal Government, need no apology from any one. It was pointed out that these projects are the cities’ own (See MAYORS, Page A-4.) BT DAY OF GRACE ALLOWED Income Tax Penalties Deferred Until After Monday. Income tax payers will be allowed one day of grace in filing initial re- turns on 1935 incomes. Because March 15, the date first installments are due, falls on Sunday, they will be permitted to file returns until midnight the following day. All returns postmarked before mid- night March 16 will be accepted by the Treasury without penalty. | HOLTCALLSW P INGURY FRAUD Senator Says Sending Hop- kins There Like Nelson In- vestigating Dillinger. BACKGROUND— Senate Republicans retired to the sidelines and enjoyed themselves hugely over period of some three weeks, starting in middle February, while Rush Holt, young West Vir- ginia Democratic Senator, hirled biting charges at Harry Hopkins, New Deal Spender No. 1, and the W. P. A. administration in West Virginia. Major complaints were that Senior Semator Neely was using administration to build up political machine and that brother of Holt had been discharged with« out due cause. Such attitude, arising from Dem- ocratic side, may lead to sweeping national review of W. P. A. admin- istration, already sought by several Republicans. B7 the Associated Press. Calling Administrator Harry L. Hopkins' investigation of the West Virginia Works Progress Administra- tion “a sham and a fraud,” Senator Rush D. Holt, Democrat, of Wast Virginia, planned a new attack on the W. P. A. in the Senate today. Hopkins’ report said “not a person on relief rolls in West Virginia ob- tained work through political influence on W. P. A. projects.” It exonerated Senator M. M. Neely, Democrat, of West Virginia of Holt's charges that he sought to build up a political ma- chine through dictating W, P. A. ap- pointments. In addition, Hopkins upheld F. ‘Witcher McCullough, State W. P. A, administrator, in dismissing Matthew 8. Holt, sr., brother of the Senator, as ‘W. P. A. engineer in the Parkersburg district. Hopkins asserted all W. P. A. appointments were made on the basis of merit, cver 60 per cent hav- ing no political indorsements. Hopkins' sweeping report brushed aside Holt's charges of political ex- ploitation and domination of the State W. P. A, his criticism of ad- ministrative costs and his attacks on the fitness of Administrator McCul- lough. The branded the ac- cusations as ounded.” Holt immediately issued a state- ment saying there “is mot enough whitewash in the world” to conceal the things which he intends to take directly to the people. “Using Mr. Hopkins’ own -favorite expression,” Holt said, “he is ‘too damn dumb’ to know what is going on in West Virginia.” ¥ The Senator said an investigation (See Wi P, A, Page &) . Chuyches Reopen. MEXICO CITY, March 12 (/) —All Smith Wins Delegate Fight - As Opponent Is Ruled Out|=: By the Assoclated Press. The O'Neill faction had filled gen- NEW YORK, March 12.—Alfred E. | eral objections to the Smith petition, Smith, without putting in an appears ance, gained a perliminary victory to- day in his fight to carry - tion to the Roosevelt § i £ s § £ ; : E § : f ] | § 1] i g 1 I | BF i | g 88 i g i L Fpl 2 gs 52 g g5 b but 8. Howard Cohen, president of the Elections Board, explained that the complaint would not be considered, in- asmuch as there was no bill of speci- fications accompanying the general objections. s Smith did not attend the hearing. His interests were looked after by the Richmond County Democratic organi: zation, the Staten Island ally of Tam: many Hall, The former Governor and 1928 Democratic presidential candidate had been placed on the Tammany Hall slate without any accompanying con- AGAIN T0 DELAY BRUNO EXECUTION Hauptmann Apparently Is Doomed to Die Week of March 30. HOPE NOW IS PINNED IN JAFSIE QUESTIONING Defense Counsel Will Fight to Reopen Case After Quizzing of Dr. Condon. TRENTON, N. J.,, March 12.—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman announced today —the last day on which he can legally reprieve Bruno Richard Hauptmann— that he has no intention now of again staying execution, which is set for the week of March 30. ‘Through his press aide, William 8. Conklin, the Governor said his state- ment of January 17, in which he said there would be no further reprieve, still stands and “I have never indi- cated any change.” “I have no intention at the present time,” he said, “of granting another reprieve.” Hope Lies in Condon. Hauptmann’s counsel clung to the idea he still has a fighting chance if the Governor will question Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon. Defense hopes, it was indicated, are largely dependent upon the possibility that the planned questioning of Dr. Condon, now returning from a vaca- tion cruise to Panama, may develop some important new evidence irn the case. Hauptmann, convicted as the lone kidnap-siayer of Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh’s first-born son, is scheduled to be electrocuted the week of March 30. “Jatsie” Arrives Tuesday. Dr. Condon, who testified he pald $50,000 of Col. Lindbergh’s money to Ha in g ransom attempt, is due to arrive in New York by boat next Tuesday. When the Governor manifested active interest in the case after secretly visiting Hauptmann in the death house the night of October 17 last he said he did not believe the crime had been completely solved. After reprieving Hauptmann on January 16, he ordered the State police to reopen their in- vestigation of the case. That investigation and the Gov- ernor’s own investigation still are go- ing on, although the Governor has said he sees no chance of staying ex- ecution again. Writ May Be Demanded. Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, r., of Hunterdon County was reported prepared to seek a writ of certiorari forcing Col. Mark O. Kimberling, war- den of the State Prison, to follow the instructions to the death warrant. A high legal authority pointed to- day to an opinion of the Court of Errors and Appeals upholding the right of the judicial branch of the Government to set aside illegal orders from either the legislative or executive branch. The authority said the opin- jon probably would be applicable should the Governor decide at the last aunum to halt Hauptmann's execu- lon. C. Lloyd Fisher, Hauptmann's coun- sel, said he would insist that Dr. Con- don be questioned, and the Governor's press aide, Willlam S. Conklin, said yesterday he thought an arrangement rord questioning probably would be made. COLD IS FORECAST; RAIN WILL CEASE Drop to 35 Degrees Is Due To- night—Potomac River Bank Full in Upper Reaches. Near-freezing temperatures are ex- pected ovefnight, the Weather Bureau said today in predicting a break in the steady rain that has fallen to a :epl.h of nearly 2 inches since Tues- 8y, ‘The minimum temperature tomor- row probebly will be around 35 de- grees, the forecaster sail. The day probably will be fair and somewhat colder than during the last few days. Up to 11 a.m. today 1.69 inches of N\ 'fhe only evenin, r in Wasli'ington ng agle]e Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Circulation *kokk AN \\\ - IDEAL BOONDOGGLING AS SEEN BY LEADER ROBINSON. NEW YORK STRIKE PEAGE MOVE MADE Employers Indicate Willing- ness to Compromise With Union Leaders. BACKGROUND— Determination on both sides is being shown by building service employes and realty management as former continue city-wide New York strike in favor of increased pay, shorter hours and closed shop agreement. Strike began on March 2 and has spread steadily. Meanwhile, new complication enters in circumstance that unqual- ifled substitutes and even men with criminal records have been hired as replacements in haste to maintain building operations; in several cases tenants have complained of dangers eristent in presence of such employes in apartment bduildings. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 12.—Repre- sentatives of realty interests today in- dicated a willingness to compromise with union leaders on the one ap- parent obstacle to settlement of New York’s building workers' strike—the question of whether replacement work- ers should be retained as permanent employes. Even at Willlam D. Rawlins, execu- tive secretary of the Realty Advisory Board, made the conciliatory gesture officials of the Building Service Em- ployes’” Union announced they had called workers out of the Gotham, ‘Warwick and Dover Hotels. Expresses Employers’ Side. Informed that James J. Bambrick, local head of the Building Service Em- ployes’ Union, had declared he would participate in no further peace nego- tiations if striking employes were not re-employed, Rawlins said: “We recognize that the union has an obiigation of taking care of its member strikers. The employers, too, have their problem of taking care of honest-to-goodness replacements who have been assured of permanent jobs. “We ought to work out some com- promise plan whereby each would make some contribution or each bear some part of the burden.” Rawlins was optimistic about set- tlement of the strike, and expressed eagerness to continue the peace parley which broke up early today after an all-night session. The union and operators’ repre- sentatives in their all-night session brought one of the first optimistic notes of the strike by agreeing on an impartial arbitrator and. were balked on a settlement by only one point when they adjourned. Adjournment Forced. Adamant refusal of both sides to give in the issue of re-employment of the striking Building Service Employes T (See STRIKE, Page 5) nign | PATTERN FOR BLOOMERS , although it is generally un- |- SIZE 58 IS SOUGHT Director for 'W. P. .A. Sewing Project Declares He Is Unable to Find Model. B the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Nebr., March 12.—Work- ers at the Gordon, Nebr, W. P. A, sewing project are conducting s search , the maker of tents, White House Held Firetrap by Ohio Volunteer - Fighter By the Associated Press. After looking over the White House with the practiced eye of a volunteer fireman. Representative Karl Stefan warned today that some night the presidential fam- ily may have to flee down fire ladders. “It’s s firetrap,” he said. “I saw numerous dusty cubbyholes that would burst into flame the first time a match was dropped in them.” In his home State of Nebraska Stefan became a member of an old hand pump crew years ago and has been a volunteer fireman there ever since. COMMITTEE VOTES FULL-ARMY FUND Senate Appropriations Body Boosts Bill to Allow for 165,000 Men. By the Associated Press. The Senate Appropriations Com- mittee today voted the largest peace- time fund in history for the War De- partment — $600,000,000 — including money to maintain the Army at the full authorized strength of 165,000. As the Army bill passed the House funds were provided to maintain an Army of only 150,000 men. The Senate Committee boosted the House total of $545,226,000 for both military and civilian activities of the Army by adding $50,000,000 to the House $168,360,000 for rivers and harbors and flood control work. While not earmarked, the added $50.000,000 will go for projects all over the country. Favored by the War De- partment and offered by Senators Connally and Sheppard, Texas Demo- crats, part of the added sum is ex- pected to go for widening and deepen- ing the Houston ship channel and for improvements at Corpus Christi and other Texas ports. ‘The committee clerk withheld exact figures for the military and civilian portions of the bill until they could be rechecked. The committee was understood, however, not to have disturbed ma- terially the $376,000,000 House total for purely military activities beyond meeting needs for the larger enlist- ment strength. HOUSE TAX GROUP FINDS NO SOLUTION Cushion Sought for Safety of Firms Hit by Cor- porate Levies. BACKGROUND— Mounting Federal erpenditures during past three years have made it certain that increased Federal revenue must be sought through heavier tazes or inflation. With invalidation of farm pro- gram and passage of cash bonus bill, incidents for which New Deal administration may claim no re- sponsibility, President Roosevelt requested enactment of new tar legislation. Proposal was for taz on undistributed corporate profits, levy to take place of ezisting capital stock excess profits and corporate income tazes. Indications are that House com- mittee will recommend plan, but with certain portion of reserves exempted for emergency use. By the Assoclated Press. Two hours of discussion today brought a House Ways and Means Subcommittee tc no definite conclu- sion on machinery for taxing un- distributed corporate income which still would allow corporations to build up adequate reserves. Chairman Samuel B. Hill, Democ- crat, of Washington told reporters: “We discussed the question of some of these tables we have had before us as to how we could arrange the brackets and the rates in the. lower percentages of income which would enable the corporations to build up pecessary reserves without too much burden on the reserves so withheld from distribution. “We didn’t come to any conclusion.” He added that exemption of banks from the corporate tax was considered, but no final decision was reached on that either. Majority Want “Cushion.” A majority of the subcommittee has been reported in tentative agreement, however, on the problem of a “cushion” reserve to carry corporations through poor years and on making the cor- porate tax inapplicable to banks, in- surance companies and similar corpo- rations. The “gag” imposed by the subcom- mittes yesterday came off after Chair- man Doughton, Democrat, of North | Carolinia of the full Ways and Means Committee said he was not responsible for its imposition and told Hill that, | so far as he was concerned, any type of information might be given out which Hill considered proper.. Hill said the subcommittee planned to dispose of the corporate tax, sug- gested by President Roosevelt as a (See TA;, Page 2.) Joyous Rhineland Welcomes " Hitler for Speech Tonight By the Associated Press. KARLSRUHE, Germany, March 12, —Reichfuehrer Hitler came to this city of the Rhineland today to & de- Rhine; not far from the fortified lands. () Means Associated Press. Over 140,000 TWO CENTS. FRENCH STAND PAT IN RHINE CRISIS 9 HITLER'S THREAT 10 SEEK ISOLATION LEAVES OFFIGIALS N PARIS UNMOVED Germany, France Reaffirm Determination as Locarno Signers Meet to Discuss British “Compromise.” LONDON WILL INSIST ON ‘CAREFUL’ HANDLING Flandin Has “Every Confidence,” He Says, Believing He Has Virtval United Front on Issue of Violated Pact—Sees 40, 000,000 Men Armed. BACKGROUND— 7 Major objective of Hitler since coming to power in Germany has been to return nation to place among world’s first-rank powers rather than level of subjugation to which Versaille treaty consigned it. Open reconstruction of army and navy, started about year ago, was first eflective step. Movement of German troops into Rhine zone, revealed last Saturday, seemingly was in answer to French ratification of alliance with Soviet Russia. Britain, not anzious for war, holds key to present situation as France calls upon allies and signers of Locarno pact to pledge force of arms against Germany. In midst of situation, Italy sees opportunity for concessions in Africa; Japan, planning further ez~ pansion in Orient, waits to see whether Russia or Britain are to become involved in Europe. BULLETIN. (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, March 12—A high source disclosed today that France has drawn up a virtual ultimatum to other Locarno treaty signatories hinting that single-handed action against Germany might be neces- sary if no agreement is reached in diplomatic discussions here. This disclosure followed within 2 hours a German government an- nouncement, issued in Berlin, that Reichsfuehrer Hitler would with- draw his recently offered peace pro- posals if other powers tried to force Germany to cede any of her sovereign rights. Such sovereign rights, it was un- derstood, included Germany'’s thesis that she could move troops wher- ever she chose in Germany. (Copyright. 1936, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, March 12.—The French announced today that unmoved by a German threat to seek isolation, they would insist absolutely on the removal of German troops from the Rhine- land. This arnouncement came as dele- gates from the Locarno treaty sige natories met to discuss a British plan which informed sources said they be- lieved sought a middle course of action in the present crisis. There was no immediate official hint as to what the British plan con- tained, but it was believed that it stopped short of laying down an ultie matum to Germany to remove its troops from the long-demilitarized zone. “Act, Ther: Talk Peace.” A French spokesman declared: “We shall not discuss the ‘peace proposal’ made by a power which has broken treaties " until the broken provisions of those treaties are restored.” The British were understood to be insisting that the situation be handled firmly but carefully. The British argument, it was said, did not change the French position. Said the French spokesman: “We are not interested in Hitler’s propo- sals as long as his troops stay on the Rhine.” The German threat of isolation came in a warning to the rest of Europe that if any attempt is made to force the Reich to renounce sov- Epign slgirie, Ui heacs; ofters mace (See GERMANY, Page 3.) TWO UNHURT IN CRASH Navy Officers Safe After Plane Wreck in Philippines. MANILA, March 12 (P).—Twa naval officers narrowly escaped death today when their seaplane crashed as it attempted to land in San Juanico Strait, near Tacloban. Lieut. L. C. Simpler, executive of- ficer of the U. S. 8. Augusta, and Comdr. O. O. Kessling were picked up uninjured by a nearby motorship. Readers’ Guide Sports . C-1-2-3 Washington Wayside_.__C-12 Women' [mms..!‘:l—kl"l