Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Generally fair tonight possibly showers tomorrow night; much change in temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 77, at 6:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 63, at Full report on page A. Closing New York Markets, Page 12 No. 33,702. and tomorrow; not 5 a.m. today. -9. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. FRANCO LEADING MADRID MARCH, REBELS REPORT & Broad Victories Are Claimed by Liberals. REICH WILL FIGHT TO PROTECT LIVES | Eight German Warships Are Silent Threat of Force BACKGROUND— Flaming civil war in Spain cen- ters in Fascist and Monarchist out- burst against repressive measures taken against them by government of Popular Front, Left coalition vic= torious in February 16 election. Madrid itself menaced by in- surgents as France attempts to win agreement among principal Euro- pean nations for neutrality in the Spanish embroglio. Russia and Italy already have adhered to the neutrality plan in principle, with reservations. By (be Associated Press. Gen. Francisco Franco marched to- | day at the head of Moroccan troops in what was described at rebel head- ‘! quarters in Burgos as a thrust at the heart of government power in Madrid. Other reports placed the general, Who led in the first Fascist blow at Melilla, Spanish Morocco, at Seville and also in Morocco, still attempting | to land troops in Spain. No less enthusiastic reports from | &he Liberals asserted substantial vie- tories were achieved over Fascists in hammering attacks throughout the nation. Loyalists were defeated in engage- ments at Badajoz and Caceres in the South by native troops, Burgos rebels said, but within the Province of Badajoz the government declared it had suppressed a Rightist uprising in | the southwestern section. | Backs Agreement in Principle. | Germany joined the French-spon- sored eight-power neutrality agree- ment *“in principle,” but maintained 8 reserved stand. Russian neutrality must be assured, the Germans said, before a general European non-inter- vention policy can be effective. While standing for peace, the Nazi government announced intention to protect its nationals by force if neces- | sary. Eight German warships idled in Bpanish waters, a reminder of the nation's intention to back the word with weapons. ‘The British government, determined ¢o evacuate as soon as possible every subject of the crown who can be in- duced to leave Spain, arranged to have British ships visit every port on the northern and eastern coasts of the peninsula within the next few days. | It is estimated that 2,000 British subjects already have been evacuated | and that 1,000 are left. The ships also | will visit the Balearic Isles to pick up any refuges desiring to leave, H Portugal Points Considered. Meanwhile the British and Frenca governments were stated to be giving urgent consideration to some points| raised by Portugal in its reply to| French proposals for non-intervention Informed quarters indicated Portugal favored an accord in principle, but Taised a number of points hinging on 4ts geographical position. | The German Charge d'Affaires in Yondon pledged that Germany would not send war materials to the rebels. The Madrid government insisted the febels had been forced definitely on | the defensive. | Claims of victory were compre- | hensive. Listed as having been centers | of successful offensives were Guada- | lajara Province, in Central Spain; the | Guadarrama Mountains north of the | capital, key to the capital’s doorways; | Zaragoza, rebel stronghold in the northeast, where advances were made | but actual capture must yet be con- | summated; Aleciras, on the peninsula’ extreme southern tip, where Leftist | warships fired the town; Cadiz and | ‘Huelva, extreme southwest, both pro- | vincial capitals being cut off from the sea; Cordoba and Granada. south-| central provinces; Seville, Avila and the Balearic Isles. Rebels asserted two government air- planes had been shot down near Rio de Leon Pass. In Madrid the Cortes (parliament) was suspended indefinitely in the lib- eral’s drive against political enemies. | The government continues to seize | yeligious property and to hoard money. A commentator writing in a French newspaper put forth the premise that (See SPAIN, Page 3.) ROGERS’ HOMESTEAD TAX SALE IS SOUGHT Petition for Auction Is Filed by Nephew, Administrator. Hearing September 4. By the Assoctated Press. CLAREMORE, Okla.,, August 8.—A fpetition in County Court today asked that the birthplace and homestead ranch of Will Rogers, the late cow- boy humorist, be offered at a public gale to pay taxes owed by his estate. Herb McSpadden, the humorist's pephew and administrator of his Oklahoma holdings, filed the petition yesterday. A hearing was set for Eeptember 4. . 3 ‘The petition stated it was necessary to sell the Oklahoma property to pay various taxes, State and Federal, which were unofficially reported to be $175,000. Rogers' Oklahoma holdings at the time of his death, in an airplane crash with Wiley Post in Alaska last August, were listed as $2,915 in per- sonal property and $16,321 in real estate near here and Cologah. The petition gave his California estate as being “in excess of $10,000.” | | | < L Leads Attack GEN. FRANCISCO FRANCO. GERMANSAPPROVE NEUTRALITY PLAN Russia’s Adherence Must Be | Assured, However, Say Berlin Officials. By the Asscociatec Press. BERLIN, August 8.—The neutrality of Soviet Russia in Spain’s civil war must be assured before a general European non-intervention policy, such as is proposed by the French, can be effective, the foreign office stated today. The Nazi government agreed “in principle” with the French proposal that the rest of Europe keep its fingers out of the Spanish situation, but attached reservations as to the character and scope of its neutrality. Fully aware of the catastrophic po- tentialities of the Spanish embroglio, Germany is co-operating with other European powers in an effort to evolve a really effective neutrality plan, the foreign office made plain. Will Use Arms if Necessary. Nevertheless, the Hitler government made no secret of the fact it in- | tended to protect its nationals by force of arms if necessary. i It emphasized its demands on Ma- drid and Barcelona for reparation for loss of life and property in Spain with a display of naval force around | the coast of the Spanish peninsula. Eight German warships lay in Span- ish waters to emphasize the deter- mination of the Wilhelmstrasse to brook no further interference with the rights of German citizens in the | war-torn infant republic. Andre Francois-Poncet, the French Ambassador to Berlin, who twice this | week has visited Konstantin von Neu- | rath, was assured by the German foreign minister that this country | welcomes in principle the idea of neutrality agreements if they could be made collective. In the first conversation with Von Neurath, the ambassador merely asked the views of the German gov- ernment on the neutrality agreement. On a second visit he submitted specific proposals for carrying out neutrality — such as embargoes on arms and airplanes. Von Neurath replied the German government welcomed the ideas and would give them most careful study. | Alfonso Talks Denied. A report that former King Alfonso of Spain was coming to Berlin for a conference with Chancellor Hitler, or that he planned to talk with both Hitler and Count Ciano, the Italian minister of foreign affairs, was des- cribed here as “foolish.” hint of German strong-arm methods to obtain satisfaction for alleged mistreatment of German na- tionals in Spain was contained in a statement published by the Kreuz- | Zeitung, which said: “If the Madrid and Barcelona gov- ernments are no longer able to pro- tect the lives and property of for- eigners, they need not be surprised if official recognition is withdrawn from them and if other nations adopt a joint scheme of protection for their subjects against Bolshevist fury.” The Britisn press in London sug- | gested ‘formation of an international (See BERLIN, Page 3. @h WASHINGTON, D. C, OWENSHELPSU.S 10 EQUAL RECORD INOLYMPIGRELAY Colored Flash Drafted for Four-Man Team in 400- Meter Race. JAPANESE SWIM STARS DOMINATE COMPETITION Taguchi Sets New Mark in Trials and Wins Semi-Final Over 100-Meter Course Point Totals. Men’s Track and Field. u. -169 Poland . 51-11 Finland 754 Norway . 5 Ger’'any 58% Philip'es 4 Japan. 3713-22/ Latvia_. 4 G. Brit. 28 1-11 | Australia 4 Canada 171-11 | Czecho'ia 31-11 Italy_. 1513-22 Brazil_.. 2 Sweden 16 1-11 | Greece_. 2 N.Z'nd 10 Argen'na 1 Holland 9 Austria.. 2-11 Switz'nd 8 Hungary 2-11 ‘Women's Track and Field. Germany ....44 Canada -14 Austria -13 Holland -12 Sweden Sl (Points based on unofficial count of 10 for first place and 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 for next five places, respectively.) BY ALAN GOULD, Associated PréSs Sports Writer. BERLIN, August 8 —Drafted from an emergency, Jesse Owens sent the American team off to a flying start | today as it equaled the world record |of 40 seconds flat in the Olympic | 400-meter relay trials, while the | American girls' quartet also won their | opening sprint relay test and Fin- | land’s Volmari Iso-Hollo captured the ond straight time. ! Meanwhile, on the turf within the boundaries of the brick-red 400-meter running track, America’s decathlon trio of Glenn Morris, Bob Clark and Jack Parker, continued to dominate the rigorous all-around competition which found Morris leading Clark by 236 points after seven events, Owens, jumping at the chance to retura to competition after three days of idleness following his triple con- quest earlier in the week, started per- fectly, giving America a 5-meter lead during his assignment, which his mates, Ralph Metcalfe, Foy Draper and Frank Wykoff steadily swelled to 15 meters over the Italian team. 1932 Record Equaled. koff equaled the record established Angeles, where Wykofl, the three-time Olympian from Carpenteria, Calif., also ran the anchor leg. Italy, finishing second to the United States, and Germany, beating out Canada by one-tenth of a second, were clocked in 41.1 seconds. other qualifiers for the final, to be run tomorrow, were Holland and Ar- gentina. The Dutch, regarded among America’s main threats, were timed in 413. The American women's team of Harriett Bland, Annette Rogers, Betty Robinson and Helen Stephens, the Olympic 100-meter champion, was timed in 47.1 seconds, beating Can- ada, but the German girls stole the show, winning their heat in 46.4 sec- onds, one-tenth of a second under their world record. Iso-Hollo crowned his feat of being " (See OLYMPICS, Page 3.) CREW OF FIVE SAVED FROM BURNING SHIP Schooner Destroyed by Flames Off Nantucket Island After Men Take to Boats. By the Associated Press. NANTUCKET, Mass., August 8.— The five-man crew of the schooner Massasoit, destroyed by fire off this 1sland, was brought ashore today by the schooner Ivanhoe of New Bedford. Members of the crew were: Douglas Malone, 43, New Bedford, captain and owner; Roy Nickerson, 53, New Bed- ford, engineer; Charles Clemens, 56, New Bedford; Lewis Salisbury, 51, Fairhaven, and Horton Quinlan, 35, Fairhaven. Nickerson said the crew abandoned the ship around 10:30 a.m. yesterday after fire broke out in the engine room. King Edward Flies to France To Join Friends for Cruise BULLETIN. CALATIS, France, August 8 (#).— King Edward of Great Britain landed on the outskirts of Calais at 4:32 pm. today. He boarded a train for Strasbourg en route to Yugoslavia. i By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 8 —Piloted by the new official “Captain of the King's Flight,” King Edward took off today from Heathrow Airdrome, at Middle- sex, for Calais, France, for the start of his month’s holiday with a party of friends on the steam yacht Nahlin. His majesty, incognito as the Duke | of Lancaster, established a precedent | as the fisst British King to fly abroad. He will board the Nahlin “some- where in the Adriatic Sea.” The exact route of the cruise was kept a | closely guarded secret. | ‘The crew of 50 on the yacht wore | spick-and-span new uniforms from caps to shoes. They were pledged lovely, fabled little islands of the Dalmatian Archipelago, off the coast of Yugoslavia, across the water from the heel of Italy’s boot. Two British destroyers will accom- pany the royal party, which will be absent from England about a month. The King had the yacht’s library converted into his own cabin because it was isolated and spacious. When he visited the Nahlin at Southampton he found a big imposing walnut bedstead installed. He ob- Jected it was too formal and unsuit- able for the ship and had a simple divan bed substituted. Edward earlier canceled his pro- posed visit to the Chateau de L'Hori- | zon, Maxine Elliott's picturesque villa at Golfe Juan on the French | Riviera because of the bloody strife in nearby Spain. Since Anglo-Italian tension, arising out of Britain's leadership in the ap- plication of sanctions, has appreci- ably eased in recent weeks, King Ed- to secrecy about the royal holiday. On the $1,390,000 boat the King is expected to sail leisurely among the - A wards' second choice of the Adriatic for his holiday was expected to prove reasonably safe. the ranks of the unemployed to meet | 3,000-meter steeplechase for the sec- | | received a stipulation from the plain- | tiffs in the Davis suit agreeing not | | holders of this bank. Owens, Metcalfe, Draper and Wy- | by the 1932 American quartet at Los | The | | dividend will be forthcoming immedi- ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION N STILL WALKING! OBSTACLE CLEARED FORBANK DIVIDEND $1,100,000 to Be Released ' for Depositors of Federal- | American. One of the biggest stumbling blocks | to another possible dividend for 23,000 depositors of the Federal-American National Bank & Trust Co, was| cleared away today. Receiver Cary A. Hardee of the closed institution announced he had to contest further a court decision upholding the right of the receiver to collect an assessment from stock- | The plaintiffs had lost their court | battle in both the District Court and the Court of Appeals, and the stipula- | tion agreed not to request either a | rehearing in the United States Cir- cuit Court of Appeels or to apply for a writ of certiosari to the United States Supreme Court. To Release $1,100,000. This stipulation, Receiver Hardee explained, “will end this case and re- | lease approximately $1,100,000 hereto- | fore collected by the receiver from the | stockholders of the bank and held 1n; trust pending the outcome of the Davis Trust Co. suit.” Receiver Hardee also stated that col- lections on the stock assessment have | been “more than satisfactory, espe-‘ cially in view of the contest.” He added that it was now his intention “to make a special effort to collect the remainder, it being realized that some few have withheld payment pending the outcome of the suit. The collections heretofore had are far| above the average from stock assess- ment claims,” he explained. While the clearing up of this case removes one of the principal obstacles which for months has delayed con- sideration of a second dividend to de- positors, it does not mean another | | | | | ately. Many other steps will have to be taken by the receiver, and there was | no prospect today as to when a divi- dend could be paid, nor how much it would be. Still Owes R. F. C. Sum. The closed bank still owes some- thing less than $900,000 to the Re- construction Finance Corporation on an original loan of $2,650,000. It is understood the receiver might take steps next to pay off this loan if pos- sible and look forward in the future to another loan from the R. F. C. on the remaining assets of the institution when possible. The Davis suit was brought by the Davis Trust Co., of Elkins, W. Va, as trustee for Hallie D. Elkins and John T. Davis and others, who con- tested the stock assessment levied against the stockholders of the Fed- eral American National Bank & Trust Co. The assessment was upheld in the District Court, then known as.the District Supreme Court, and the case dismissed on motion of the receiver. Appeal was taken by the Davis interests to the Court of Appeals and the as- sessment was again upheld. The plain- tiffs in this case represented approxi- mately $140,000 of the $2,000,000 stock outstanding. . RANSOM NAMED Georgian Vice Chairman of Fed- eral Reserve Board. The Federal Reserve Board an- nounced the appointment today of Ronald Ransom of Atlanta as vice chairman of the board. President Roosevelt, he did not des- ignate a vice chairman at that time. The vice chairman of the old Re- serve Board which was superseded by the present organization was J. J. Thomas, now head of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. FLOOD WARNING ISSUED Arkansas River in Colorado Reaches Bank Level. LA JUNTA, Colo, August 8 (P).— lood warnings were sent east of here Arkansas River rose to An 8-foot-4-inch “No Man’s Land” In Colorado 1Is Annexed by U. S. American Flag Rip- pled Over New Territory. B3y tne Associated Press. BRECKENRIDGE, Colo., August 8. The American flag rippled over “new territory” today as the conquest of the West was completed. Thirteen hundred square miles in the heart of Colorado was formally annexed with flag-raising ceremonies ;and an address by Gov. Ed C. John- son. The land, rich in mineral and tim- ber. lies between the region acquired | | through the Louisiana purchase of | 1803 and the area north of the Rio | Grande River, which Mexico ceded to | the United States after the war of | | 1846-48. | Scant knowledge of Western geog- | raphy was responsible for the oversight by which the area was not included in other formal additions to American | territory. Discovering that old Government maps designated the area as “no man’s land,” residents of this moun- tain mining town made inquiry at the land office in Washington and were assured thelr land titles were se- cure because no one claimed the land. | U. S, DIGTATORSHIP VIEW HIT BY BAR Committee Majority Thinks | New Deal Is “Uncertain,” but Franchise Safe. New Deal legislation and policies are | “uncertain,” but the ‘“careless asser- tion” that a dictatorship has been substituted for political democracy is “distorted,” a committee of the Amer- ican Bar Association reported today. ‘The report was prepared by a “spe- cial committee to study Federal legis- lation and policies as affecting the rights and liberties of American citizens,” and will be presented to the association at its convention in Boston later this month. Three members of the committee signed a minority report describing the work as “superficial,” but the four members forming the majority, includ- ing Charles P. Taft, 2d, of Cincinnati, now an adviser to Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, praised the Supreme Court and questioned the “true character” of the New Deal. Majority View Stated. But, asserting that the people have not been stripped of any electoral Power by the present administration, the committee majority said: “The careless assertion that the (See BAR REPORT, Page 2.) DIRIGIBLE DELAYS LANDING 7 HOURS “Bumpy” Wind at Lakehurst Be- lieved Cause as Hindenburg Takes Cruise. BY the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J., August 8.— The German dirigible Hindenburg Passed over the United States Naval alr station at 10 am. (Eastern stand- ard time) today, but informed station officers by radio it would remain in ‘the air until 5 pm. After cruising over the hangar, the huge airship turned toward the West and then about faced to come in toward the moorning mast against the wind. It came down to 300 or 400 feet and approached within a quarter mile of the mast when it suddenly pointed its nose upward and pulled away. Station officers expressed belief Capt. Ernst Lehmann decided against the landing in the “bumpy” wind. They later received word the ship would not land before 5 o'clock. The Hindenburg left its German base at 2:29 pm. (E. 8. T.) Wednes- day, traveling over the Azores route. The ship carries a capacity pas- senger load, including Max Schmeling, who is returning to prepare for his championship fight with Jimmy Brad. dock, and Douglps Fairbanks and his Wife, the former Lady Sylvia Ashley. L] ¢ Foening Star SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1936—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. COURT OVERRULED, i ;BUY 10 BE FREED Judge Bentley Exceeded Her | Authority in Sentencing | Youth, Bailey Holds. | | Holding that Juvenile Court Judge Fay Bentley had exceeded her author- |1ty in sentencing 15-year-old Charles L Johnson to the National Training School for six years, Justice Jennings Bailey today signed an order in Dis- | The only Yesterday’s in Washington wit Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. evening paper the Circulation, 129,176 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. Eleanor Jarrett IsBarred From Amateur Swims No Reason Given for Action on Future Competition. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, August 8. —Robert Donath, secretary of the International Swim- ming Federation, today told Eleanor Holm Jarrett that she was to swim in no more amateur meets upon the instruction of Avery Brundage, presi- dent of the American Olympic Com- mittee. Brundage told Donath that, as presi- dent of the American Amateur Ath- letic Union, he already had disqualified not say. Mrs. Jarrett, disbasred from the American Olympic team for violation (See JARRETT, Page 3.) COTTON CROP SEEN AT12.481 000 BALES 1,842,609 Increase Fore- cast in First Report on Production. Py the Associatea Press. A cotton crop 1,842,609 bales larger than was grown in the United States last year was forecast today by the Agriculture Department. In its first production report of the season it estimated the amount to be grown this year at 12,481,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, compared with 10,638,391 last year and 9,636,000 in 1934. A larger yield per acre and better crop condition generally than average also were reported. The department said the indicated yield per acre was 199.7 pounds, 13.4 pounds more than for 1935, 28.1 higher than 193¢ and 298 higher than the 10-year average of 1923-1932. Condition 72.3 Per Cent. | trict Court directing that the youth be released. | Johnson was convicted January 20 1935, on an illegal entry charge and placed on a year's probation by Judge Bentley. During the following June, | however, he missed several days from school and the Juvenile Court judge revoked his probation and placed him in a home maintained by the Board of Public Welfare. Two months later, the youth escaped. He went with his mother, Mrs. Eva H. Johnson, to Capitol Heights, Md.. where he lived with his grand- mother for several months. Then he obtained a job at $14.50 a week in the Agriculture Department, staying there until he was arrested again by order of Judge Bentley. She ordered him sent to the National Training School until he became of age. Mrs. Johnson, through Attorneys Fred Icenhower and William K. Teepe, instituted habeas corpus pro- ceedings, contending the boy had been deprived of his contitutional rights in the Juvenile Court proceedings. Her principal contention was that Judge Bentley had no authority to commit the boy for what, in effect, was a six- year term since his original sentence was for one year. Justice Bailey, in granting the ap- plication for the writ and ordering the boy's release, did not state the reasons behind his decision. YOUTH, 19, FACES LIFE IN CELL FOR SLAYING By tnc Associated Press. CINCINNATI, August 8.—Alonzo ‘Thompson, 19, who came from the ‘West Virginia hills with hopes of becoming a night club star, faced life behind the bars of Ohio Penitentiary | today, but avowedly thankful escaped the electric chair. A jury found him guilty late yes- terday of the fatal shooting of Patrol- man Lawrence Robbins June 25. In returning a verdict of “guilty of first degree murder, with mercy recom- mended,” the jury heeded a defense plea that Thompson be sent to the penitentiary, “where he may learn a trade.” Judge Robert N. Gorman said he would sentence Thompson next Satur- day unless the defense should request it sooner. Thompson, whose home is at Chesa- peake, W. Va., accepted the verdict he with the barest flicker of a smile and, | grinning later, told Court Bailiff Charles Stagnaro: “Thank God, I don’t have to go to the electric chair.” The condition this year at 72.3 per cent of normal was slightly under the 73.6 percentage for last year, but well above the 1934 average of 60.4 and the 10-year average of 67.7. States adjoining the Mississippi River were said to “have especially favorable prospects.” Record yields were forecast for Missouri and Mis- sissippi. Better than average yields per acre were listed for all States except Vir- ginia, the Carolinas and Oklahoma, the latter being hard hit by the | drought. Drought Affects Four States. also affected cotton in Virginia and | the Carolinas and part of the crop in North Georgia. | Earlier private forecasts of the crop | had ranged from 11,500.000 bales to 12,700,000. The crop in Texas, largest producing State, was estimated at 3,850,000 bales, well above the 1935 crop of 2,- 956,000. Loss caused by boll weevil this sea- | son was indicated at less than average. CHICAGO FUTURES SLUMP. After U. S. Report. | CHICAGO. August 8 (#).—Cotton futures on the Board of Trade broke | 28 to 42 points today after release of the Government's report estimating the crop at 12,481,000 bales. The market had closed for 20 min- utes to receive the report. This was the only cotton futures market open after the figures were released. Trade interpretation of the Govern- ment’s forecast was bearish. Many private market authorities had antici- pated the estimate on productiox would be smaller. The market generally had worked slightly lower from the previous close at the time trading was halted tem- porarily at 10:55 a.m. (Eastern stand- ard time). Prices at that time were off 3 to 10 points. ‘When trading was resumed it was active but orderly. Brokers estimated approximately 10,000 bales were ex- changed during the first few minutes. King to Study Puerto Rico. SAN JUAN, P. R, August 8 (A).— Senator King of Utah, arriving today from Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Re- public, said he planned to study com- prehensively the political, social and economic aspects of Puerto Rican life. Chairman of the United States Sen- ate Sub-committee on Tertitories, King came here as the guest of the Government. In the Land of the Big Horn Mountains an Empire Is Building Thomas R. Henry of The Star staff has concluded a tour of the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana and has written a series of intensely inter- esting articles which will begin in tomorrow’s Sunday Star. OU will want to read the: m,ileaming something of the work of Robert Yellowtail and his efforts to resurrect an empire on the sturdy backs of the bison—of the mys- terious circle of stone, America’s Stonehenge, unexplained relic of a lost past—of the legend of the hair of Red Plume—of the great stone cross in a cloud-wrapped pasture in the mountains—of the foot ball hero of another generation, educated to be a blacksmith, who has become what he always wanted to be, an artist, and of many other unusual and little-known facts about the Crow Indians. The First Article Wi ill Appear Tomorrow IN THE SUNDAY STAR Mrs. Jarrett. On what grounds he did | | The department said dry weather | Losses of 28 to 42 Points Recorded BANKHEAD NAMES GROUP TO ATTEND [IONCHECK RITES |Washington Colleagues, Hill, Smith and Wallgren, Committee. FIVE-STORY PLUNGE WITNESSED BY WIFE | Representative's Relative Reports Effort to Prevent Suicide—U. S. | Inquiry Denied. | A committee of House members was | designated by Speaker Bankhead to- day to attend the funeral of Repre- sentative Marion A. Zioncheck, 35- year-old Washington State legislator who was killed last night in a plunge from a fifth-floor window of his re- election campaign headquarters in | downtown Seattle, Wash. | At the rites for the young member | of oCngress, who, spectacular to the last, broke away from a relat dived through the window and d: | before the eves of his pretty bride of | four months, will be Representat: Knute Hill, Martin F. Smith an: C. Wallgren, all Democrats of W ington and William A. Ekwall, publican of Oregon An earlier dispatch from Seatt! which said three Justice Departmer agents were preparing to invest “events leading up to the deat Zioncheck,” was denied at the offi of J. Edgar Hoover, chief of th Bureau of Investigation, where it was said the Federal agency had no official interest in the case. “There is no indication that viola- tion of any Federal statute had thing to do with this case,” Hoover said. The dispatch said the three Justic agents were seen conferring last night with Seattle Coroner Otto Mittelstadt who had expressed the belief Zion- check’s death was a suicide, but said the agents would study events preced- ing the tragedy. | The coroner added an inquest | take place “most any time,” acc to Associated Press dispatches though it had been officially set for Friday. “Persecution Complex.” News of Zioncheck’s death withheld temporarily from his mo who has been ill for some time an whose wish was said to have caus: the Representative to change his m: {and run for re-election. Meanwhile, congressional leader prepared to pay full honors to e young legislator, whose escapades in the National Capital and elsewhere | brought him widespread notoriety. Speaker Bankhead said he was “very much distressed to hear of Zioncheck death.” While friends, who had feared for some time Zioncheck would meet o tragic end. expressed their grief. William Nadeau, husband of the Rep- resentative’s sister, blamed himself for failing to intercept the Representative ‘as he dashed for the window. Pens Incoherent Note. “I missed him by a foot” said Nadeau, who had found Zicacheck penning an incoherent note behind a locked door. Nadeau had gone to the office to get his brother-in-law to attend a postal employes’ diner and Mrs. Zioncheck, the former Rubse Louise Nix, who was married to the Representative last April in Annapolis, Md.,, following a whirlwind courts had waited in an automobile on the street below. Close Watch Advised. Nadeau said a psychiatrist, Dr. Ed- ward D. Hoedemaker, had warned the family to keep a close watch on Zion- check as the Representative seemed “moody and despondent over pub- licity he had received.” “When I got to the office,” Nadeau told the coroner, “I found the door locked, and Marion didn't answer | when I rapped. So I got the janitor to let me in. | “Marion was sitting at his desk (See ZIONCHECK, Page 3.) ARMY PARLEYS REVIVED French and Polish General Staffs | to Resume Conferences. | PARIS, August 8 (®).—A revival ot the army general staff talks between France and Poland., which occurred | regularly for a long period immediate! | following the World War, was disclosed today. Maj. Gen. Marie Gustav Gameli chief of staff of the French army going to Warsaw next Wednesday for a five-day visit with Gen. Edward Rydz-Smigly, the Polish chief of staff. Gen. Rydz-Smigly is expected to come to France in September to watch the Army maneuvers. Amusements Answers to Questions Art __ Books Church News _. 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