Evening Star Newspaper, June 16, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly cooler tonight; moderate northerly winds. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 84, at 5:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 62, at 5 a.m. today, Full report on page A-7. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 No. 33,649. LANDON® GREET Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Veteran Killed While Planning he WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1936—FORTY PAGES. $40,000,000 ORDER KNOX AND PARTY|| 7o Cash Bonds | |SVOIDEDBYICKES KEYMEN INTOPEKA Vice Presidential Nominee Eager to Start Cam- paign at Once. “ WILL TAKE ORDERS FROM “BOSS,” HE SAYS Fletcher, Hilles, Williams and Others Gather for Conference on Strategy. By the Assoctated Press. TOPEKA, Kans, June 16—Gov. Alf M. Landon and Col. Frank Knox clasped hands today with an avowed determination to “let the truth be known about the vital issues of the campaign” and to lead the Repub- lican party to victory in the Novem- ber presidential election. Meeting for the first time as Re- publican presidential and vice presi- dential nominees the two men stood on the steps of the Kansas Capitol *in good corn-growing weather” and chatted confidently preparatory to a vital study of strategy with the high command of their party. ‘The robust former “Rough Rider” and the Kansas executive mopped their brows as they smiled at a cheering crowd of several hundred which had brought Knox and the Republican leaders to the Capitol with bands playing and banners wav- ing. Depends on the Boss, Knox Says. “I expect to spend a couple of days here,” said Knox, “and then back to Chicago. “What I do then, depends on the boss here.” “This is going to be & real partner- ship,” Landon put in. Knox said he would like to go to New Hampshire, but his plans were in the hands of the national com- mittee. Asked if he were anxious for the campaign to begin, Knox said, “The sooner the better. How do you feel, Governor?” “That’s right,” replied the Gover- mor, “the sooner, the better.” Across the luncheon table at the executive mansion of Landon the con- ferees hoped to get down to brass tacks—the speaking engagements of Knox and Landon, the campaign par- ticipation, if any, of Herbert Hoover and the Idaho Independent, Senator Borah, as well as the all-important question of raising campaign funds. Knox said he had received no word from Senator Borah, who has not yet defined his position toward the Re- Ppublican ticket. Hamilton Is Present. John D. M. Hamilton, the new Re- publican national chairman, was at Landon'’s elbow with Henry P. Fletch- er, the retiring chairman, nearby to render advice. Hamilton said he would fly to New York Wednesday for an informal meeting with the powerful Republican Finance Committee. Present with the new party leader- ship also were such veterans as Charles D. Hilles of New York, J.! Henry Roaraback of Connecticut and Ralph E. Williams of Oregon, all national committeemen. “The typical prairie States are go- ing to have typical Republican ma- Jorities,” Knox said. “Indiana is de- batable territory, good fighting ground. New York is very good ter- ritory for us, developing all of the time.” As their press conference opened, Col. Knox turned to the Governor with perspiring brow and remarked, “This is good corn-growing weather.” “Yes, this is fine,” said Gov. Landon, “I'm glad you are interested in our Kansas crops.” “Well, Illinois is a leading corn Btate,” Knox replied. Knox Confident of Victory. Knox said to Gov. Landon: “Like you, I have been receiving an unusual number of telegrams and letters and there is an unmistakable swing disclosed for the first time to the Republican side of this contest, particularly in the Middle West. “My entire time is at the disposal of the national committee. I think Illinois can safely be put in the Re- publican column.” A plan for Gov. Landon to open his presidential campaign with an address at his birthplace, West Middlesex, Pa., had the tentative approval of the Re- publican strategists. Mrs. Marion M. Scranton, national committeewoman for Pennsylvania, said: “I think West Middlesex is the logical place for Gov. Landon to start his campaign. We would be delighted to have him start the battle there.” Hilles commented: “This is my first time to meet Gov. Landon. I am most anxious that the East see and hear him so I might learn What manner of man he is.” Hilles said he understood the lead- ers had virtually agreed on the plan to open the campaign at West Mid- dlesex, Pa. Gov. Landon would go from there to Chautauqua, N. Y, for another appearance. After a speech at either Buffalo or Rochester, N. Y., the presi- dential nominee then would make a swing into the New England States, Hilles said. Gov. Landon then would return to the Midwest for a tour. Landon had a busy day yesterday " (See LANDON, Page A-5.) DANIELS CANNOT VOTE RALEIGH, N. C. June 16 (#).— The record of Josephus Daniels, - bassador to Mexico, in voting for every Democratic presidential nom- inee since Grover Cleveland may soon be broken. Daniels for years campaigned for # new registration of voters in Wake (Raleigh) County and upon his re- cent return from Mexico City found he had arrived too late to enter his name in the new registration ordered Fall Down Elevator Shaft Ends Hopes to Unite Family, GUY E. HINES. A fatel plunge from the fifth floor to the bottom of an elevator shaft brought to a tragic end early today the plans of a World War veteran to use his bonus money to bring his wife and two children here from Iowa to live. Guy Edward Hines, 48, watchman for National Capital Parks, was on duty at Federal Government offices in the Standard Oil Co. Build- ing at Constitution avenue and Sixth (See PLUNGE, A-4) THIN MAN SOUGHT IN MOORE SLAYING Trail Leads to Brooklyn in Murder of Former Edison Associate. By the Associated Press. EAST ORANGE, N. J, June 16.— Seeking to trace the “thin man” of the perplexing D. McFarlan Moore slaying, detectives went to Brooklyn today on a freshly developed lead. Detective Joseph Coccoza of the county prosecutor’s staff sald the Brooklyn clue resulted from informa- tion given by Beatrice Moore, the | slain engineer’s 23-year-old daughter, | with whom he lived in his spacious | Park avenue home. It was Miss Moore who first gave police the information that & courte- ous, soft-spoken thin man had called to see her father Sunday night about nine hgurs before the one-time in- ventor iate of Thomas A. Edison was found slain on his lawn, She told the visitor her father had retired for the night and he left. Later, however, she saw him pacing back and forth in the rain in front of the house and, disturbed, she went up to her father's room. She recalled today, Coccoza related, that her father glanced out the window, saw the man and remarked: ““Oh, that's that nut from Brooklyn.” He also said, the young woman recalled, that the thin man had talked to him about inventions three years before. é Detectives, meanwhile, started their examinatiof of the slain man’s private papers in hopes of finding definite information as to the identity of the thin man who, they believe, may be able to shed much light on the mystery. Prior to the development of the Brooklyn lead, the authorities had these clues to follow: A plaster cast of the killer’s footprint, two discharged .22-caliber shells and, most important, “|the description of the stranger who was turned away from the Moore home Sunday night. Miss Moore, 24-year-old assistant buyer in a Newark department store and chosen the most beautiful senior at Wellesley College in 1934, described the caller as about 34 years old, weighing 180 pounds and wearing eyeglasses. Of the four footprints in the mud beside the body, one only produced a perfect cast. A shoemaker, ex- amining the cast, said the maker of the print was tall and slender and wore & size 11-E shoe. Seven Burn to Death in Plane. OSLO, Norway, June 16 (#).—Seven persons, all Norwegians, were killed today when an airplane. crashed into & mountain at Sognefjord and burned. The plane was flying in & fog from Bergen toward Trondheim. INLABOR DISPUTE “Unfair Practices” of Steel Firm Cited in Cancellation of Contract. CAMPAIGN TO THROTTLE EMPLOYES IS CHARGED TIdentical Bids of Rival Companies Studied to Determine New Award. By the Associated Press. Secretary Ickes today canceled a $40,086,000 contract with the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. of Pittsburgh be- cause, he sald, it had been “found guilty by the National Labor Relations Board of unfair labor practices.” Jones & Laughlin, with three other companies, had submitted identical Dbids for sheet steel piling in construct- ing the Imperial Dam on the All- American Canal in New Mexico. Ickes sald the award was canceled because the Labor Relations Board had notified him of its decision that the company had conducted a campaign of “systematic terror” against organi- zation efforts of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin ‘Workers of North America. The Labor Board’s suit to enforce an order against the company was denied yesterday by the Federal Court of Appeals at New Orleans. Interior Department officials assert- ed, however, that Ickes' decision to cancel the contract was reached before the court decision and that he was simply utilizing his discretion in decid- ing among identical bidders. Bethlehem Firm Out. After eliminating the Bethlehem Steel Co. on the grounds of a “dis- crepancy,” Ickes had decided to award the contract to Jones & Laughlin be- cause its plant was farthest from the Imperial Dam. He had hoped ihis would discourage identical bidding. The other two bidders were the Inland Steel Co. of Chicago, with a plant at Indiana Harbor, Ind., and the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Co. of Denver, with a plant at South Chicago, Il Ickes, who had announced award of the contract to Jones & Laughlin on May 15, sald bids of the two latter companies were being restudied to de- termine the new award. “In the case of between identical bids,” Ickes said, “I shall always prefer that of the bidder which is falr to its workers. I disapprove of the practice of identical bidding, and would reject all such bids except for the fact that to reject them would CarTy no assurance of getting any- thing but more identical bids after readvertisement and delay. “Glad” of Opportunity, “I am glad to take advantage of a case of identical bidding to throw additional weight behind the Govern- ment’s effort to obtain and enforce fair treatment of labor. “It has always been the policy of work-giving agencies under my direc- tion to see that labor gets a square deal. It certainly would not be fair for the Government to give considera- tion to a bid from a company which has demonstrated that it is unwilling to deal fairly with the general public by placing a competitive bid and, in addition, that it is unwilling to deal fairly with its own employes.” Charges against Jones & Laughlin were brought before the Labor Rela- tions Board by Beaver Valley Lodge, No. 200, of the amalgamated. The New Orleans court rejected the board'’s request that the company be forced to re-employe certain men it had dis- charged and pay them back wages. Meanwhile, the Labor Board gathered to study the ruling and chart a future course for adminis- at New Orleans in & unanimous de- cision yesterday ruled the Constitu- tion “does not vest in the Federal Government the power to regulate the ~(8ce LABOR ACT, Page A-2) —_— PONSONBY AROUSED Labor Peer Asks Arrest of Sec- retary of War, LONDON, June 16 (#).—Lord Pon- Cooper, secretary of war, “as & delib- erate, dangerous and disgraceful scaremonger.” Lord Ponsonby’s ire was aroused by out of their wits.” Court Obliges as Father Asks Son Be Punished for Speeding by the 1935 Legislature. He was @& |punishment to victim of the reform he advocated, ' pay.a fine, Iam . 2 ished and he will soon forget the whole matter. “He is not & bad youngster, but has g a il it | if : ] E i el 1k E E g g ; | E Figz g :i* i £ ¢ | : | ; ; i 1 i i I ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star LAN SAKES! ‘BOYS,BoYS! L5 LD ANTIE HGLE'; TOGETHER- PLEASE,PLEASE.! KNG TINGS NTHE GOP Blanton Quizzes D. C. Teachers On Communist, Economic Views Questionnaires Are Sent to Al In- structors “to Obviate Hearing and Save Time.” Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, sponsor of the so-called “red rider” to the 1936 Distfict appropria- tion act which forbids teaching or advocacy of communism in the public schools, undertook an investigation to- day to learn what the teachers think of communism as well as their re- liglous and economic beliefs. Questionnaires were sent by Blan- ton to all teachers with the explanation that this procedure was adopted as a means of getting the information “to obviate 8 hearing and save your time and inconvenience of coming before us.” The word “us” referred to ob- viously meant the Appropriations Sub- committee which Blanton heads. Some of the questions picked at random, follow: “Dg you belleve in any of the doctrines of communism, {if so, which?” “Do you believe communism is given any favor or support in the schools?™ “Do you belleve in God?” “Do you believe in some form of religion?” “Are you & member of the N. E. A.” (National Education Association.) “Do you approve of Dr. George 8. Counts’ and Dr. Charles A. Beard's writings?” GIRL AND MINISTER FLOGGED BY M0B Beaten While Probing Re- port of Tenant’s Murder in Cotton Strike. Ry the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 16.—A prominent young Memphis woman Sk EEE 7l rjid B§d Ed 2 (Blanton recently charged that Dr. Beard and Dr. Counts, together with Dr. W. W. Charters and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of the District public schools, “were the master minds who, aided by Ada Comstock, Harold O. Rugg, Carleton J. H. Hayes and Charles E. Merriam, confederated, conspired and worked together for five years in a deliberate, pre-concerted plan to communize schools and col- leges in the United tates, and par- ticularly the public schools of Wash- ington * * *") “Have you been to Russia? you attend school there?” “Have you read ‘Boy and Girl Tramps of America?” Do you ap- prove of it? Would you read it aloud?” Blanton declined to make the questionnaire public or even discuss it. He said he might issue a state- ment in connectlon with it tomorrow. ‘The questionnaires were sent to the teachers at their homes. It is believed that Blanton used a list of names and addresses furnished recently by Charles B. Degges, secre- tary of the Board of Education. Degges was criticised by the board for giving Blanton the information with- out the board’s approval. MLWAUKE BAN POLIGE POLTIS D. C. Delegation Hears Chief on Workings of Model City. . BY JOHN H. CLINE, Staff Correspondent of The Star. MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 16— Politically minded policemen are ta- boo in Milwaukee. From the chief on down to the rawest rookie, the men in the de- partment know they must rise or fall on their own merits as policemen and can expect no help from a “friend higher up.” This, in substance, was the mes- sage of Police Chief Jacob G. Lauben- heimer to six Washington officials who arrived here yesterday to make a survey of trafic conditions and law enforcement methods in this “model” city. The Washington delegaton, com- posed of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, chief of police; Wililam A. Van Duzer, director of traffic; Capt. H. C. White- hurst of the District Highway De- partment, Richmond B. Keech, vice chairman of the Public Utilities Com~ mission; John Nolen, jr., of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Commission and George E. Keneipp, director of the Keystone Automobile Club, conferred with Chief Lauben- heimer for about two hours. The visitors received their first Did - | surprise when they were ushered into benheimer’s County promised an investigation of (8ee FLOGGING, Page A-3.) Page. Answers to Questions....A-10 ---B-14 Cross-word Puzsle ....._B-14 Death Notices -.--eo---A-12 -----A-10 Sports -A-14-15-16 Washington Wayside...-A-2 Women's Features ......B-13 4 Chief Laul office. ‘The walls are artistically deco- rated in green, with the ceiling treated for accoustic effect. Four oil paint- ings hung in the room. A dozen comfortably upholstered leather chairs were placed around the room for callers. In addition to these aids to per- (8ee MILWAUKEE, Page A-5.) SWEEPING TAX CHANGES ADVOCATED BY QUEZON B) the Associated Press. MANILA, P. I, June 16.—Sweeping tax revisions to place the burden S¥¥ M =\ TIITTe 5 THEY KL THE OLD CROWD AND TURNED To NEW COMPROMISE ON TAX OFFERED Proposal by Senate Con- ferees, However, Fails to Break Deadlock. By the Associated Press. Senate tax bill conferees today pro- duced a new compromise plan for settling the key troubles over corpora- tion taxes, but it met with no im- mediate favor among House conferees. Chairman Doughton of the House group, seeking to reconcile differences with the Senate, said the Senators, who left a morning session early, had submitted a “counter proposal.” No details were given out. The House conferees said they wanted to study it before giving any intimation as to whether they might be inclined to accept. May Meet Tonight. Doughton said the conferees prob- ably would meet tonight in an over- time attempt to negotiate some sort of compromise to break the deadlock which has gripped them a week and s half and which threatens to delay adjournment of Congress past the opening of the Democratic National Convention. ©One source intimated the new Senate proposition called for retention of a corporation income tax somewhat along lines of the exisling levy, with a superimposed tax on undistributed corporate earnings @ bit higher than the 7 per cent approved by the Senate. Word came from the White House during the day that President Roose- velt, before he left on his Western trip last week, had invited the conferees o meet with him again if their deadlock persisted. It was said no request for such a conference had been made as yet, however. Senate sources later said the new proposal would place a flat 15 per cent tax on corporation income, & graduated tax on undistributed cor- porate earnings and allow a $2,000 exemption from the latter. The undistributed profits tax would be 5 per cent on undistributed net in- come under 20 per cent of total net income, 12 per cent on undistributed net between 20 and 40 per cent, 20 per cent between 40 and 60 per cent and 30 per cent on all over 60 per cent undistributed. Remains Stumbling Block. Indicative of the desire to wind up the Seventy-fourth Cqngress before the start of the Democratic National Convention next week was the action of House leaders in keeping the chamber in session until after 10:30 o’clock last night, but taxes remained & stumbling block. The tax conferees yesterday looked into & dozen or more proposals de- signed to strike a middle road be- tween House provisions calling for a graduated tax up to 42} per cent on undistributed corporaté dividends and the flat 7 per cept in the Senate's bill. After a 2-heur session was over without any indication of accord, there arose the possibility that Mr. Roosevelt would talk again with the conferees. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. (UP) Means Associated Press. JURDRS' DENOUNCE FAILURE TO PUSH LONG AIDES' TRIAL Nine of Grand Panel Demand Release of One Convicted in Tax Fraud. ABANDONMENT OUTRAGE, LOUISIANA GROUP SAYS Letter to Attorney General Cum- mings Holds Fisher Victim of Discrimination. BACKGROUND— Rule of Huey Long, until his as- sassination more than a year ago in Louisiana bitter foe of the ac- ministration, attacked by means of tax fraud investigation by a grand ury in 1934. Number of Long’s friends indicted, but onmly former State Representative Joseph Fisher and Abe Shushan, president of New Orleans’ Levee Board, were brought to trial. Former convicted and sentenced to year and a half; latter acquitted. By tbe Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, June 16.—Nine members of the grand jury which in- dicted friends of the late Senator Huey P. Long for income-tax fraud today General for abandoning prosecution Yesterday’s Circulation, 134,605 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. CERTFYING UNTS TOL T0 CONVER BONUS O ASH Most of Veterans Receive Bonds as Mail Carriers Labor Overtime, BURKE IS “DELIGHTED” WITH DISTRIBUTION Former Service Men Hail Pay- ment—Morgenthau Sees Errors Inevitable. With most of the veterans’ bonus bonds delivered here and throughout the Nation yesterday, attention was turned principally today to ways and means of “certifying” bonds of vete- rans who want to turn them into cash. Throughout the city action began early today in a series of certifying units sent out by Postmaster Vincent C. Burke, to help veterans in Govern- ment houses, The only postal station open for this business of certifying was at the mmain Post Office, but a number of postal stations will open at 8 o'clock tonight for carriers to certify bonds for persons known to them on their routes. Method of Certification. In certifying bends, the city postal dgplrtmenu and business veteran wishes to cash, “certifies” scored the United States Attorney l‘:mployu accept the bonds which the of the cases. In a letter to Attorney General Homer Cummings, the jurors demand- ed immediate release from the Atlanta Penitentiary of former State Repre- sentative Joseph Pisher, one of the two men tried before the criminal cases against others were dropped. ‘They said there was a “gwoss and unwarranted official disérimination” against Pisher, who is scheduled to complete a sentence of a year and a half on July 9. Abe Shushan, presi- dent of the New Orleans Levee Board, the other man brought to trial, was acquitted. “Pisher was tried before the death of Senator Long at the time Long was waging a vigorous fight against the administration of President Roosevelt. Shushan was tried after Long's death. “The statement was announced here by Arthur C. Waters, who served as foreman of the grand jury which returned the income tax indictments.” The jurors, in their letter, said that during the investigations which led to the indictments it was re, that those under investigation “were trying to make their peace at Wash- ington, by political pull or by pay- ment of the taxes claimed, or even by both means.” “The reported answers out of Washington,” the letter stated, “either from your office, Mr. Attorney Gen- eral, or from the office of the Secre- tary of the Treasury, were in effect that the Government of the United States would not compromise itself by condoning the commission of crime for s pecuniary consideration—an- swers which wholly comported with the dignity and honor of the United States.” The jurors said that, excluding Pisher and Shushan, the others “had not even been brought to nominal trial,” apd if the cases are abandoned they felt they had “every cause to feel aggrieved and outraged.” Can’t Understand Dismissal. “If the evidence revealed in the grand jury room under the guidance of the assistants of the United States Attorney General's office was suffi- clent to indict, then we fail to under- stand under what proper theory eon- sistent with the integrity and sacred- ness of the proper administration of justice how this identical evidence has now become so weakered as to warrant the dismissal of criminal charges. * * *" “The newspapers seem to say that you, Mr. Attorney General, have given a free hand in these matters to the local United States attorney (Rene A. Viosca), and we realize that you must, in the magnitude of your duties, rely in large measure upon others, But it is significant that these same press reports uniformly give emphasis to the statement that the department of the Secretary of the Treasury strongly disapproves.” District Attorney Viosca, when criminal prosecutions were dropped in the remaining cases, said they were too “weak” to bring to trial and added Public Not to Get Television For Several Years, F. C. C. Told By tho Associatec/Press. Representatives of the radio indus- try today were told television would not be ready for the public for several years and home sets when perfected would cost about as much as the automobile. W“W“m opinions were offered by James M. Skinner of Philadelphia, chairman years to ularize the motor car and sound ngs? with the public, and that & similar time probably would be need- ed for television. He said “will mever sup- plant the movie” and asserted radio had increased public interest and at- tendance in all fields of entertainment. Skinner said “television in too large doses would be tiring to the public.” He pointed out that the radio was en- “now while reading, resting or bridge.” P trast. he sald, “television re- quires concentration” and suggested that only & few hours of during the day should be offered. spokesman for manufacturers be “many years before money out of the experimentation, dollars, must hem for payment, gives the veteran a receipt, sends the bonds back to the City Post Office, where a check is written and mailed to the veteran for the fage value. Certain officials of banks in the city also are authorized to certify bonds, but they will send them'to the Treas- urer of the United States for pay- ment, instead of the City Post Office. Postmaster Burke, after a final check last midnight on his night de- livery of bonus bonds, reported that his earriers, starting at 5:30 p.m., had succeeded in personally deliver- ing 21,075 envelopes out of the total of 25833 with which they started. This means a delivery of about 85 per cent. This was in addition to the 1,100 envelopes delivered to hos- pitals. Leaving their stations with no mail but the registered mafl bonus at 5:30, the carriers were eagerly met by vete- rans. Not only were the bonds delivered at offices and homes, but in many cases to veterans in passing automo- biles, on the sidewalk and street, when met by carriers who knew them well. “Got One for Me?” One carrier in nearby Virginia, while delivering a bond to'a veteran in his home, heard the screeching of brakes and a shout: “Hey, have you got one for me?” “Sure,” replied the carrier. *“Here it is,” and the carrier handed the bonus to the veteran in his automo- bile. getting the necgssary receipt. In some apartment houses thie car- riers went to the trouble of attempt- ing to identify veterans before the veterans found the carrier. Resident managers and neighbors helped in this. Many veterans received their envelopes at headquarters of veterans’ organizations. Some of the first bonds were de- livered in the downtown section just outside the Benjamin FrankEn postal station, where carriers met veterans whom they knew by appointment. One veteran had made an appoint- ment with his carrier on a sidewalk in front of an office building. On the 5:30 delivery yesterday 408 (See BONUS, Page A-4.) TROUBLE IN OFFING IN SULTANATE FIGHT Sulu Chieftains Fail to Meet as Scheduled to Name New Rauler. By the Assoclatgd Press. MANILA, June 16.—The throne of the Sultan of Sulu remained vacant today, and Philippine Commonwealth officials regarded as ominous the fail- ure of Datus (chieftains) to meet Sunday, as scheduled, to elect a spir- itual leader of Moroland. Advices received by the Government yesterday that Rajah Muda, powerful brother of the late Sultan Jamalu'l Kiram, had been elected to the office, were disclosed today as erroneous. The telegram recéived by the Bu- reau of Non-Christian Tribes stating that Muda had been elected was re- garded here as having been sent by his as & move which might enhance their leader’s candidacy. Officials hese expressed belief trous ble was in the offing, and failure to get a reply to their query to James R. Fugate, American Governor of Sulu, left unexplained the postpone- ment of the meeting Sunday at Jolo, principal island of the 500,000 tribes~ . ‘The newspaper correspondents at Jolo also failed to answer ine quiries. W.C. FIELDS.RESTLESS, BUT MAINTAINS GROUND By the Assoctated Press. RIVERSIDE, Calif, June 16— W. C. Fields, film comedian, spent & Testless night, but maintained his ground today against an attack of pneumonia, his special nurse said. The ex-vaudeville juggler has been 102, the nurse said. Dr. Jesse Citron, the actor’s per- sonal physician, consulted with Los Angeles specialists on the case lasi ht, their judgment being thes Pkldlwl:"dmuwennmldbt