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A—2 #¥%» THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1936. TOKIO ASKS HALT - TOSEAATTACKS Chinese Customs Cruisers Warned to Stop “Unlaw- ful” Interterence. BACKGROUND— . Relations between China and Japan have been growing worse steadliy since Tokio’s conquest of Manchuria and the establishment of a puppet state there. The suc- cess of the Manchurian adventure encouraged Japan in her inroads into China. During past few months many reports of fighting have been heard as Chinese have resisted alleged Japanese eflorts to penctrate coun- ~ try. Meanwhile, more Japanese troops have been pouring into gar- risons in North China under the - guise of protecting their nationals there. _By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, June 24¢.—Japan threat- ened “firm, appropriate action” today pgainst Chinese customs cruisers which attempt to halt alleged Jap- anese smuggling in North China. The warning came as a result of cruiser fire at a Japanese vessel off ‘Tangku Monday. “Unless Chinese customs authori- ties reconsider their policy and cease unlawful attacks on Japanese ships, the imperial navy will take firm, ap- propriate action to protect Japanese lives and property on the high seas,” eaid Cat. Hisaharu Kubota, resident naval officer. Consular officials previously termed the incident, in which two alleged Japanese smugglers were reported to have been wounded, “an insult which Japan is unable to ignore.” Delayed Japanese reports said a Chinese cruiser fired on the Japanese vessel Moekimaru off Tsingtao last Sunday, wounding four Japanese members of the crew. MUTINY IS REPORTED. HONGKONG, June 24 (#).—Troops from Hunan Province have mutinied against participating in a central gov- ernment invasion of Southwest China, reports from Canton declared today. The 173d Hunanese Regiment was gaid to have been disarmed after ob- jecting to an advance into Canton (Southern) government territory. VOTE MACHINES T0 BE PROVIDED Wheaton and Bethesda Districts to Be Relieved of Con- gestion. BY JACK ALLEN, 8taff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, June 24.—Ef- forts to relieve congestion in the poils of Montgomery County's two most heavily populated areas before the presidential and congressional elec- tions this Fall were one step nearer realization today, Conditional approval of the imme- diate purchase of voting machines for ‘Wheaton and Bethesda districts was voted by the county commissioners yesterday, the only stipulations be- ing the approval of laws for their operation and the terms for their pur- jchase. Thirty-five of the machines are to be installed in the two precincts at once to expedite the handling of voters and the compiling of returns 4 no barriers are encountered in the two stipulations made by the com- missioners. A formal request for an opinion on the strength of the laws governing the use of the voting machines was to be forwarded today to Attorney General Herbert R. O'Connor by Ira G. Whitacre, clerk to the commis- sloners. Negotiations likewise were to be bpened with the manufacturer in an ffort to purchase the machines on rms outlined by the board—a $5,000 initial payment and $5,000 an- nual installments. The machines will cost approximately $900 apiece. Proponents advocting installation of the new equipment claim the ma- chines eventuzlly will pay for them- selves by the saving realized through the elimination of extra clerks, over- time pay for clerks in computing re- turns and elimination of the need for dividing heavily populated precincts. In recent elections some of the precincts in the most thickly settled sections of Wheaton and Bethesda | have been nearly two days in com- piling their returns, the cost of cler- ical employment running into large | sums as a resuit. UNMANNED STRATO BALLOON TAKES OFF Piocard Experimental Ship Ex- pected to Soar 10 to 14 Miles. By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, June 24.—Prof. Jean Piccard’s unmanned experi- mental balloon took off from Me- morial Stadium at 6:58 a.m. today, stratosphere bound on a scientific mission, expected to carry it from 10 to 14 miles above the earth. The 30-foot-high bag, constructed of a non-elastic material, carried an automatic short-wave radio sending set to report the altitude once a minute. Prof. Piccard said at 10 a.m. a rip panel would be operated automatical- ly, allowing the hydrogen to escape: Prof. Piccard said the balloon prob- ably would drift “some 400 or 500 miles” and that a letter attached to it would give the finder instructions as to disposition of the instruments. The radio transmitter, the Belgian scientist said, “will operate just above or below the 5-meter band. Once each minute it will transmit automatically the identifying signals ‘U.M.,’ followed immediately by a series of dots. “These dots, when decoded, will in- dicate the altitude of the balloon at the time. Amateur operators are re- quested to log in chronological order the number of dots following the identifying signals and send the in- formation to the aeronautical depart- ment of the University of Minnesota.” e BAND CONCERTS. By the Navy Band at the Navy Yard at 7:30 pm. Lieut. Charles Benter, lJeader. Alexander Morris, assistant 7 By the Marine Band at the Capitol t' 7:30 pm. Capt. Taylor Branson, ader. Willlam F. Santelmann, as- Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. BUSY LADY. HE lady apparently had stayed down shopping & bit too long. As she rode home in the back seat of an auto she held a bag of peas on her lap. At intervals, on the way out Thir- teenth street, a handful of shells came flying out of the window. Probably by the time she reached home, judging from the number of shells which hit the pavement, she had enough peas ready for dinner and maybe dinner was not too dis- tressingly delayed. On the other hand, maybe she was playing fox and hounds and the shells were meant for the trail. * ok % % QUICK WORK. Miss Martha Allen of Resettle- ment Administration’s Suburban Division is laughing heartily over a recent erperience which was the outgrowth of her work as week-end guide to visitors to Greenbelt, the low-cost housing project in Prince Georges County, Md. She comes in contact with thou=- sands of people, of course, and re- members only a few. So she was surprised the other day when a man telephoned her and announced that he had been one of the visitors she had shepherded around the pre- vious Sunday and remembered her “very vividly.” He wanted a date. Miss Allen said she was sorry. * % ok X PARADE. i ONE motor cycle policeman, i. ap- | pears, prefers to follow rather than be followed. He was rolling along peacefully at | 20 miles an hour on his motor cycle on the Mount Vernon Boulevard headed toward Alexandria, A tourist, as any observing tourist | will, decided to pull in behind the' officer rather than pass. For three miles he stayed behind the motor cycle and other cars came along to form a procession. The officer turned to discover a' traffic jam, and swinging out, directed the tourist to pull alongside. | “Where in the —— are you going?” | asked the copper. “North Carolina,” chirped the | you get going Iflfl‘l quit following me,” barked the law. ‘The Tar Heel tourist stepped on the | gas and headed for home, making sure the needle on his speedometer did not | cross the 45-mile speed limit. The traffic jam soon disappeared as quickly | as it had been created. * kX X HEIGHTS. IN THE Camden R. McAtee family the Woolworth tower in New York is known as the place where young George McAtee learned to sneer at the Virginia mountains. { “You'll have a ringing in your ears,” young George's father told him on a recent trip up one of the Virginia peaks. At a certain point in the rarefled atmosphere, every one in the party confirmed the elder McAtee's predic- tion—every one except George. He maintained a disdainful silence while the others confessed to the physiolog- lcal change that had taken place. “How about you, George? Are your ears ringing?” his father asked. “No,” saild George. “I've been up in | the Woolworth tower.” ok MARATHON. WHAT is believed to be an all-time record .ror attending banquets was hung up by Harper Gatton, president of Kiwanis International, during the local convention. Gatton attended 29 simultaneous Kiwanis district banquets here in two hours—an average of four minutes being allowed for each visit, including the travel from one dining | room to the next. MURDER CHAREED N STRIKE DEATH Man, 51, Jailed in Probe of Bloody Riot at Ohio Steel Plant. By the Assoclated Press. PORTSMOUTH, Ohlo, June 24— Law enforcement agencies prepared today to charge one man with murder and hunted others as they pushed an investigation into yesterday's bloody riot at the Wheeling Steel Corp. plant at nearby New Boston. President Parker F. Wilson of the corporation broke off strike settlement negotlations with & committee of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and blamed it for a “cowardly attack” on company guards. Guard George Meyers, 38, was shot and killed and four other persons were wounded in a furious gunfight, which was set off by an attempt of the company to move food from one plant to another across a street in New Boston. Sheriff Arthur Oakes jailed James | Sexton, 51, and after an investiga- | tion said he would charge him with | murder. Oakes said Sexton was seen | with a gun following the riot. Local law enforcement officers, | aided by National Guard observe intensified attempts to identify mem bers of what Wilson described as a “rifle squad purposely located in am- | bush.” Members of the Amalgamated Strike Committee, which called the strike a month ago, asserted yesterday the company guards fired the first shots. “We cannot regard Tuesday's shoot= ing as anything other than cold- blooded murder and we absolutely re- fuse to negotiate or deal further with | any committee responsible for such | action,” Wilson said in a statement. | MISSING D. C. MAN IS FOUND IN SWAMP Former Policeman and Fireman, | on Trip to California, Is Lo- cated Near Mobile. | The object of a search since he disappeared from a train late Monday while en route to California, John H. Steep, 72, of 2215 I street was found wandering today near a swamp on the outskirts of Mobile, Ala. Advices received here said Steep, a former District policeman and fire- man, left a Louisville & Nashville train as it pulled into the Mobile station. A search was started when it was reported by the train crew that he had made repeated attempts to get off, without his baggage, be- tween Montgomery and Mobile. He was held at the county jail pending | communication with relatives in ‘Washington. Official records show Steep was in the Fire Department from 1389 to 1890. pointed to the police force. Acquaintances at the I street ad- dress, where Steep had a room, said he had left Sunday to visit a daugh- | ter in California. He was in a “highly nervous” state, they said, but his ex- | citement seemed to result from the | anticipation of seeing his daughter | again after many years of separation. | A son, T. M. Steep, lives in Mount | Rainier, Md. He is a mail carrier. | Friends said a daughter and sister also lived here. Arab Is Slain. JERUSALEM, June 24 (Palcor Agency) —Continued violence in var- | lous sections of Palestine caused the death of one Arab and the wounding of a British soldier last night. The Arab was slain when a band of ter- rorists attacked the Jewish settle- ment of Beth Alpha, in the Valley of Jeareel. A few years later he was ap- | | U..S. COMPILES AIDS 10 AIR NAVIGATION Conference Preparing List to Guide Airways’ De- velopment. Creation of a master list of aids to air navigation in the United States to guide the Federal Government in its development of the Nation's airways system was begun today at a confer- ence in the Commerce Department of representatives of all the country’s air transport lines, private aviation opertaors, the Bureau of Air Com- merce, aviation officials of the Post Office Department, Army, Navy and Coast Guard and heads of State avia- tion departments, Considered one of the most impor- tant conferences held on aviation during the past two years, the meet- ing follows hard on the report &f the Senate Alrcraft Safety Subcommittee, in which Federal airway aids were severely criticized. The result of the conference, it was pointed out, there- fore may stand either as a vote. of confidence in the Bureau of Air Com- merce by all of the leaders in Amer- ican aviation, or as an indictment of the present system. From the master list developed by the conferees the Commerce Depart- ment will draw up a set of projects scheduled for construction as funds become available during coming | months and years. Many projects of importance to air transport operations and to mili- tary and private flying in the Dis- trict are under consideration. Among them are relocation and in- stallation of airways weather broad- cast and radio range beacon service; completion of the Federal airway from Washington to Nashville, Tenn.; in- stallation of a lighted airway from Washington to Cincinnati; installa- tion of a blind landing system at Washington Aiyport; construction o(' a radio traffic control system at the local airport; straightening of the airways between Washington and Pittsburgh: modernization of local airways radio facilities, and establish- ment of direct teletype service between | | Washington and Cleveland. It was revealed at the conference | that the Army Air Corps is under- | taking a parallel development of mili- tary airways and now is preparing to | | install 17 simultaneous weather broad- | casts and radio range stations. The | | closest of these stations probably will | be at Langley Field, Va. 'MRS. A. C. STARKEY DEAD AT AGE OF 88 Bank of Washington Resident Here 70 Years. Mrs. Augusta C. Starkey, 88, mother | of the late George L. Starkey, presi- dent of the National Bank of Wash- ington, died today at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Marie Kimmer- ling, 1368 Euclid street. Mrs. Starkey had been a resident | of this city about 70 years and long | had been active in the Universalist | National Memorial Church. Her son, who headed the National Bank of Washington, died June 1. Her hus- band was the late George L. Starkey, sr., who died about 10 years after the Civil War. Surviving Mrs. Starkey are a daugh. ter, Mrs. Eva A. Stephenson, this cif her granddaughter, three grandsons, | George S. Cullen, this city; Edwin and Hartley Starkey, both of San Francisco, and four great-grandchil- dren. Funeral services will be held at 11 am. Fridav at Lee's chapel, Fourth street and Massachusetts avenue northeast, Rev. Dr. F. W. Perkins, | pastor of the National Memorial | Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Trio Enter Claims to Wine As Oldest Di Three candidates today tossed their hats into the ring for the distinction of being oldest Democratic voters in | the District and were prepared to | climb in themselves to defend their claims. Their immediate objective in each case was to capture the bottle of 1873 vintage wine offered by Roose- velt Nominators to the oldest voter of the Democratic ticket in the Dis- trict. Secondary, and cutting very little ice in each To cap his banquet marathon, Mr. Gatton attended the international ball and reception in honor of himself, the international officers and their wives, immediately after the banquets. * ok ok K MISSING. Turtles apparently have the right of way on Maryland roads. One morning it was noticed that several motorists pulled out of their way to avoid running over a baby turtle on University lane, near Col- lege Park. The next morning, at the same hour, the same turtle (apparently) was crossing the same road in the same leisurely manner, and all the drivers gave him the right of way. The third morning, however, he was missing. Some fear he may have become ambitious and tried to cross the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard to look at the huge bronze terrapin in front of Ritchie Coliseum. * ok * * DEBT PAID. "THAT Macomb street cardinal who took up the ways of civilization and spent his nights in a garage in- stead of in the traditional bush has become & victim of the civilization which he adopted. Looking for a place to clean some bits of grass from his beak, he chose instead of a tree some electric wires. Whatever the reason, suddenly the cardinal fell from his perch. When that whirling bit of crimson reached the ground the eyes were already glaz- ing. On the side of his beak was a scorched ring of brown, the bird had been electrocuted. And his mate has not returned to case, was the prospect of rid- ing in the Satur- day torchlight parade planned by the Nomina- tors. ‘Those stepping to the front this morning were Richard O. Mel- ton, 87, of 2018 PFirst street; George Combs, 85, of 916 Six- Tlehard O. Mclien teenth street, and John A. Schultz, 84, Seat Pleasant, Md. Mr. Schultz explains that he was born in the Dis- trict and started his voting career here in 1872, a combfhation which he believes should make him eligible for any distribution of free wine. Mr. Melton, who seems to have an age advantage over the two other “youngsters,” was born in St. Marys County, Md., but came here in 1868. It was not established definitely whether he did his first Democratic voting in 1871 or 1872, District elec- tions having been held in both years. Later he served in the Police De- partment for nearly 50 years. Mr. Combs, also born in St. Marys County, likewise came to Washington in 1868. In 1872 he voled for all the ... Democrats avail- able, and he says he still Is a Dem- ocrat. “I wouldn't be anything else” he declared with spirit. Asked if he would like to win the bottle of wine . and ride in the parade, he re- led: “Well, 'm not much for parades these days, but it strict Democrat the Orphans’ Court in Upper Marl- boro, Md., for many years, says he got the Democratic habit in the District and has been voting it ever since in Maryland. He seemed to feel about the same way as Mr. Combs about parades, but allowed as how he could take on a bottle of wine any old time. First candidate for the Nominators’ award showed up yesterday in the sprightly person of Richard F. Bicker- ton, 85, native and lifelong resident of the District. Mr. Bickerton voted Democratic in 1872 and thinks he ought to be allowed to vote somehow in 1936. He also pleaded guilty to some modesty about parades, but showed no reluctance in his interest Mother of Late Head of National | in the bottle of wine. The National Scene Victims of Tragedy at Sea Capt. Lindsay M. Bawsel, Army flyer of Atlanta, and his three small children were drowned | when Bawsel leaped overboard from the Army transport Chateaw Thierry, near Cuba. was returning from the Canal Zone to New York. He is shown in inset. to right: Lindsay L., 5; Robert Charles, 2, and Virginia, 3. DETAILS AWATTED | IN SHIP TRAGEDY War Bureau Denies Receiv- ing Report Flyer Jumped | With Children. | Details of the drowning of Capt.| Lindsay M. Bawsel, 35, and his three | young children Monday, when they hurtled from the transport ship| Chateau Thierry, bound from the Panama Canal Zone to New York City, were awaited here today by offi- cials of the War Department. | The officials said their latest in- formation, from the officer in charge| of troops on the transport, is to the‘ effect that Capt. Bawsel and his chil- dren “went overboard.” They denied receipt of any report that he jumped Despite reports that the children were swept overboard in a tropical hurricane and that Capt. Bawsel was drowned in a futile attempt to rescue them, the War Department declared | there had been no report of a storm.| Advices received by the department | the short time required for the feW enough,” when it is considered “that into the rough, hit Bawsel The children are, left —Copyright, A. P, Wirephoto. New officers of Kiwanis International, who were elected today. Left to right: F. Trafford Taylor, Winnipeg Canada, vice president; A. Copeland Callen, Urbana, Ill., president, and James M. Lynch, Florence, S. C., & ? 5 i Kiwanis (Continued From First Page.) vice president. was presented to the convention yes- | terday afternoon by Fred Field of Vancouver, British Columbia, who pointed out that although the great numbers of young people out of work present a problem that is “serious COTTONS 139 TOPS BRITISHGOLF FIELD Favorite Adds 71 to 68 in Qualifying for Open. Sarazen Has 143. By the Assoctated Press. HOYLAKE, England, June 24— Henry Cotton, the favorite, led the 36-hole qualifying test in the British open golf championship here today with a total of 139. His 71 over the Wallasey cot day, added to his record-break at Hoylake yesterday, put h shots ahead of Gene Sara American favorite, who shot a Wallasey today, and Percy Alliss, British Ryder Cup star, who had a 74 over the same course. Two American professionals—Ted Turner, Pine Valley, and W gin, San Francisco—also themselves of qualifying. Turr a 72 over the difficult Hoylake course for a total of 146, while Goggin's 73 at Wallasey gave him a score of 150. Errie Ball, Mobile, Ala., made a fine comeback today. He posted a 74 at Wallasey and appeared reasonabl sure of qualifylng with a total of 154, Two Americans Out. Two other Americans selves out of the tourna nis Boardman, South F added an 83 today to h day, and Frank Ba . Y., put himself out, was 10 shots Jay's score. Cotton started as if he ing to burn up the course, but after going out in 34, he three-putted the first three greens on the back nine. He got a great birdie at the par 5, 550-yard ninth, when he hooked second shot into the tall ass then pitched inches from the pin en dropped the putt. Every other green | on the first nine he hit in par. | His poor putting starting home was | due in part to the fact that the greens {on the back nine were much slower than the fi . | His card: | Cotton. Out -_444 343 444—34 Cotton, In ...545 455 324 —68—139 Storm Erased Record. Cotton broke the compet | with a 67 at Wallasey on Moni to have the mark wa: record by an electrical st favored in the betting at 4 to 1 Sarazen went out in 37 a playing typical “Sar: hit his second shot into th | the side of the second green and then holed the explosion shot for a three, but he blun d up the fourth, where s tee shot, hit his second | into the sand across the green and ibare, got on in three Sarazen, out 434 543 455—37 Sarazen's putter carried him through the last nine and gave him a 35. The American continued to come from all over the course to get his pars. At the thirteenth he drove second into a e toe 79 of yestere Tannersy were gc said & board had been appointed on! words which I have spoken in this many of these young people have | trap, but chipped out a yard from the the transport to investigate drownings, which occurred between|have been committed in the United more threatening.” They are wholly 3 and 4 am. | States. If this s amazing. I shall fur- 'untrained, he said, in any vital or worked. Capt. Bawsel, who had been sm‘!lher state that before this speech 18 real occupation. tioned in the Canal Zone, was en | route to Walter Reed Hospital for| treatment, it was said at the War De- partment. The ship is scheduled to arrive in New York Friday. Associ- ated Press reports said he was suffer- ing from a foot injury. Capt. Bawsel's ,wife, the former | Helen Falon of Flushing, Long Island, also was on the ship, the War De- artment was told. The children were | 5, 3 and 2 years old. Besides his wife, Capt. Bawsel leaves his mother, Mrs. Edwin Bawsel, At- lanta; two brothers, Charles M. Baw- | sel, Atlanta, and Everett E. Bawsel, | Birmingham, Ala., and a sister, Mrs Asa Beach, San Antonio, Tex. NEW DUTIES BEGUN BY COMDR. GRIFFIN Takes Post as Naval Air Station Head in Brief Cere- mony. The Naval Air Station at Anacostia today had a new commanding officer in Comdr. Virgil C. Griffin, jr., one of | the service's pioneer air men. In a brief ceremony at 1 p.m. Comdr. Griffin took over his new assignment. He was just graduated from Army War College. He is a native of Montgomery, Ala., where he was born April 18, 1891, Comdr. Griffin attended the Uni- versity of Alabama before appoint- ment to the Naval Academy. from which he was graduated in 1912. He qualified as a naval aviator at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., and is No. 41 on the Navy's list of flyers. Griffin took a course at the Army Pur- suit School and has had duty in various | t¥pes of flying. housing the of policemen. click. sirens. Alice Longworta. the cluh,” swallow without choking.” (George Combs. . -might -be differ- ent about, thay wine.”: } will miss it. BY ALICE LONGWORTH HILADELPHIA, June 24—It seems hardly necessary to say that I am not a delegate at this convention, and consequently am seeing the show from an excellent seat in the press section. Luckily, too, I have a hotel room from which I can look down upon the street scenes that are being extravagantly staged in front of the hotel Democratic National Committee. There are a score or more of brand-new official cars and a squad of motor cycle escorts. A scate tered handclapping in the crowd signals the emergence of Mr. Farley, surrounded by a wedge the throng while flashlights pop and cameras The sleek, unctuous, well-barbered ex- prizefight commissioner eases into his motor car and off he goes to the shrieking of many Last night there was a fire alarm somewhere in the neighborhood. The streets resounded with the clangor of engines and ladder trucks. No one even looked out the window. We said to one another, “There goes Mr. Farley to get a package of cigarettes at This was the Jobmaster General's day at the convention. true there was a keynote speech later, delivered by a mere Senator, but Mr. Farley had already delivered the keynote to the keynote. ‘With what was either humorous effrontry or ludricrous bravado, he made lahored reference to the business of keeping platform pledges. The well-disciplined delegates didn’t even snicker. platform “to which they can commit themselves without laughing and He majestically doffs his hat to It is He promised a If the platform is not to be used any more than the last one was, Mr. Farley can swallow it as soon as it is served up, and no one (Copyright, 1936.) | the United States every 45 minutes | and that every 20 seconds, hour after | over there will have been 90 robberies, | Those who protest the increasing the | introduction, at least two major crimes never had a job the problem becomes hole and dropped the putt. Again, at the fourtee: the putter Here he knocked in a 25- footer, and he followed up with a 15« | foot putt at the sixteenth. At the cases of arson, hold-ups, aggravated | cost of public school maintenance mis- | home hole Gene lost a stroke when he larcenies, assaults, rapes, manslaugh- ters and even murders within the limits of the United States. Murder in Progress. “I must augment this by revealing | that somewhere, as I speak, a human being is undergoing the pangs of death at the hands of a murderer and that his life will have been severed before | I cease speaking. These are not exag- gerations. I am merely giving you a | graphic analysis of cold-blooded sta tics, which tell us that a man or a woman is murdered somewhere in| hour and day after day. into the weeks and the months and the years, there is committed within our boundaries | some form of major crime, which an- nually reaches into one of every 16 homes in this country and which amounts to a total of 1.500,000 des- perate offenses against the law each Hoover said that the best insurance for a prosperous community is “that | of a crime-free community.” He pictured the country as being “in the midst of another war in which | we are threatened by a foe which outnumbers our armed forces two to | one.” He said that while the armed forces of the Nation number 250,000 | men, there are more than 500,000 criminals who make use of dangerous | weapons and that the swindlers, em- bezzlers, petty thieves, racketeers, chiselers, and others of their ilk aug- ment this number “until it runs into the millions.” Murderers Rapidly Freed. Every two and one-half hours, he said, prison doors swing open to re- lease a murderer, a majority of them by pardon or parole. The average | sentence served by persons convicted of murder in this country is only 4314 | months, he said. Human life has be- | come so cheapened, he said, that the penalty for murder “is little more than that supposed to be inflicted for af gravated robbery or the theft of a | motor car.” | “Largely because of this inadequate punishment, before the sun sets to- night, 35 persons who began this day with their usual hopes and dreams and plans of the average human being will have been wiped out by the hand of the murderer,” he said. “In this country of ours are 200,000 persons who will commit ‘murder before they die, and 300,000 persons now living will die by the bullet or the knife, or the club, or the poison of this army of murderers.” To Choose Trustees. In secret balloting later today six were to be chosen from a list of nine candidates to serve two-year terms as trustees. understand the situatisn, Mark A. | Smith, Thomaston, Ga.,, chairman of | & the Special Commitiee on Economy and Efficiency in Public Schools, said in a report to the convention this afternoon, Urges Citizenship Courses. He urged teaching of citizenship in all schools, recognizing that upon an intelligent citizenry depends the safety and integrity of the Nation, and ad- vocated a study in all communities t> determine what part of the tax dollar is spent for education. Relief costs will continue to go higher and higher until the unemployed who are on relief get back to the land where they can feed themselves, Joseph A. Frohock of Bradenton, Fla., chair- man of the Committee on Agriculture, said in his report. He urged bringing in an urban-rural relations program for 1936-7 for Kiwanis and urged a back-to-land movement. Yesterday afternoon was open for sightseeing for most of the delegates, 70 per cent of whom are strangers to Washington. President Gatton visited Arlington National Cemetery to place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Dinners Are Held. Last night 29 Kiwanis district din- ners were held and were followed by a reception to President and Mrs. Gatton at the Mayflower Hotel and by dancing. A miniature Washington Monument, made from a cherry tree, was pre- sented to the Western Canada district by Dr. Lonsdale J. Roper, Capital dis- trict governor, who presented the tiny shaft to Robert J. Prittie of Brandon, Manitoba, Western Canada district governor. After this morning’s session, the delegates were to be received at 12:15 p.m. at the White House by President | Roosevelt. There was to be a tour for the Kiwanis ladies this afternoon and three simultaneous conferences on club activities for the delegates. At 6 p.m. there will be a dinner for past international officers, past and present district governors and present international officers at the Mayflower, followed by a pageant at the Sylvan Theater, or, in case of rain, in Con- stitution Hall, at 8:30 pm. The day’s program will close with dancing at the Mayflower at 10 o'clock tonight. The convention will close about noon tomorrow after a fourth con- vention session at which the newly elected officers will be presented and trophies awarded. —_— LIEUT. BOLTON GIVEN DUTY AT WHITE HOUSE Nominees were Fred G. McAlister of London, Ontario; Sam Clabaugh of Birmingham, Ala.; Alfred . Syverson of Spokane, Wash.; Harry D. MacDonald of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Bennett O. Knudson of Albert Lea, Minn.; James P. Gallagher of Newton, Mass.. Dr. Arthur T. Post of Clarksburg, W. Va.; Franklin C. Haven of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Edwin F. Hill of Washington, D. C. Trustees whose terms expire in 1937 are Faber A. Bollinger, Atlanta; Charles 8. Donley, Pittsburgh; C. Harold Hippler, Eustis, Fla.; Vic H. Householder, Phoenix, Ariz.; George E. Snell, Billings, Mont., and Dr. W.E, Wolcott, Des Moines, Iowa. ‘The retiring president is Harper Gatton, Madisonville, Ky.,, and the retiring vice presidents are Clinton 8. Harley, Seattle, and Gordon 8. ‘Toronto. A five-point public affairs program Executive Officer of Presidential Craft Potomac Later to Be at Navy Department. Lieut. Alfred J. Bolton, executive officer of the presidential craft, Po- tomac, yesterday was assigned by the Navy Department to additional duty as aide at the White House. In the Fall, officials said, he is slated to relieve Lieut. Comdr. A. D. Blackledge in the information sec- tion of the office of naval intelligence at the department. Lieut. Comdr. Blackledge’s orders have not as yet been issued. Born July 25, 1902, in Maryland, he entered the Naval Academy in June, 1920, and received his commis- sion as ensign four years later. Un- til recently he was executive officer of the destroyer Herbert. He has completed a number of post-gradu- ate courses in various subjects. banged his second over, chipped shors nd missed the putt. Police arrested a pa |in the Sarazen gallery Sarazen, in 434 444 435 35—72 | Joe Ezar, the trick: Texas, took 40 strokes | Hoylake. Ezar made a fine comeback over the | difficult Hoylake back nine, racin | home in 35, after going out in | This was his second 75 of the qual | ing round and assured him of a place | in the field. Bert Hodson, former Welsh profese | sional champion, made the outstanding shot of the day when he holed out his | tee shot at the 165-yard fourth at | Wallasey. Other scores, all of Britons: At Hoylake, Ivor Thomas, 36—39— 75—148; Arthur Lacey, 38—40—78— | 151; at Wallasey, Percy Allis, 39—35— | T1—143; Ernest Whitcomb | 78—159; Norman Sutton, 3736 146; Aubrey Boomer, 36—3 Archie Compston, Alf Perry, 41—37—78—154, 'CONNELLY CALLED BEATER OF WIFE | Defense Puts Officers on Stand in' Second-Degree Murder Trial. complaints of pickpockets —143 t player from o the turn at Numerous and dise | turbances at the home of Park Polices | man John F. Connelly, 41, whose 38« year-old wife, Alice, is on trial in District Supreme Court charged with second degree murder in connection with his death, were testified to this morning as defense attorneys sought | to prove she shot her husband to protect herself. Capt. Patrick J. Carroll, comm r | of the park police, told the jury and Justice Peyton Gordon that he sent men to the Connelly home at 2200 Eighteenth street to answer calls that Connelly was abusing his wife. Several of Connelly's fellow officers said that Mrs. Connelly frequently bore signs of having been beaten, and two physicians testified they treated her for bruises and black eyes. The defendant, who wept frequente 1y during her trial, which began yes- terday, was represented by Attorneys James A. O'Shea and Alfred Gold« stein. | Assistant United States Attorney Henry A. Schweinhaut told the jury he would prove that Mrs. Conneliy shot her husband as he lay on a bed about 1 a.m. March 18 in their hyme Another assistant district attorney, Howard Boyd, was associated with Schweinhaut in the prosecution. Testimony by Miss Frances Con- nelly, 18-year-old daughter of the cou- ple, that her mother threatened to kill herself with a knife the night of the alleged slaying, was the high light of the trial yesterday. ‘The prosecution contends that Con- nelly, on leave at the time, drank heavily St. Patrick’s day and that his wife joined him during the afternoon. About 1 o'clock the following morning he lay down and then suddenly jumped up and made a dash for her, threatening to choke her, she told police, She sald she went to a closet and got a revolver she had hidden there and returned to the room where her husband lay. Police quoted her as saying Connelly seemed about to go after her again, so she shot him. The wife is said to have explained that she hid the gun because she feared that Connelly might harm him- self in & fit of melancholia over the death of his mother. ‘