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NOMINEES WARNED 10 FILE REPORTS Lonergan Asks Accounts Separate From Those for, U. S. and States. By the Associated Press. riodic expense accounts must be filed" with the special Senate Cam- paign Expenditures Committee by all nominees for President, Vice Presi- dent and the Senate, aside from sim- flar reports required by Federal or State laws, it was announced today by Senator Lonergan, Democrat, of Con- mecticut, chairman. Steps are being taken to notify all eandidates, he said, because of doubt among some nominees as to whether they should file with the Special Com- mittee, in addition to the regular ex- penditure reports called for by law. Senator Lonergan pointed out that his committee is authorized by resolu- tion to go into broad general phases of campaign outlays for these offices, and s not limited by other laws. “It is the purpose of the commit- tee.” he said in a statement, “to keep & check on expenses of every nominee. Reports required of the nominees themselves are checked with reports from contributors whom they list and with reports obtained from party oragnizations and officials. This in- formation will be compared with the total number of votes cast for the same office in the last election to determine the trend of expenditures. “If a complaint is made to the committee regarding the expenditures of any candidate the committee will immediately be in a position to de- termine from its reports whether the complaint is justified, thus protecting candidates against unwarranted in- vestigations and publicity, but at the same time providing the committee with complete information on which | to proceed should any actual ir- regularities be discovered.” The Senator said that until the next meeting of the committee, prob- ably before the end of August, he is| not in a position to say whether any.| complaints had already been received. | TRIO BURIED ALIVE | BY MINE CAVE-IN| Rescue Squads at Kirkland Lake Attack Slide in Frenzied Effort. By ihe Associated Press. KIRKLAND LAKE, Ontario, August 15.—Three miners working on the 2.700-foot level of the Lake Shore Gold Mine were buried today in a cave-in. They were believed to be alive, Two others escaped. The entombed men are Jack Boi- trell, the shift boss; Jack Casey and ‘William Morgan. Mining experts hoped to reach them today. Rescue squads began to work frantically through the fallen rock. E. W. Todd, general manager of the mine, assumed personal direction of the rescue efforts. He declared every resource of the large mine was being rushed into service in an endeavor to bring the men to the surface with all Ppossible haste. The imprisoned men were reported working in a gallery cut downward toward a horizontal tunnel, called a drift. NEVADA DEAD TOTAL SIX. MOUNTAIN CITY, Nev., August 15 (#).—A helmeted rescue crew recovered last night the last two bodies of six men who perished in the gas-filled depths of a copper mine. Grim-faced miners and their wives and children crowded about the en- trance of the Mountain City Copper Co. mine shaft as the bodies of Albert Atel, 41, and Frank Teixera, 44, both of Mountain City, were lifted from the 600-foot shaft. The bodies were taken to a mor- tuary and placed beside those of four other victims. The six died last night. James O. Elton, president of the In- ternational Smelting Co., which oper- ates the mine, said the men failed to don gas helmets and all perished in fumes believed released by blasting. DON’T “Thou Shalt Nots” for Capital’s Citizens. DO YOUR loitering in a safe place, is a motto which may be based on one section of the District Police Regulations. Just in case some one may chose a railroad track as a loafing place, the commissioners have incorporated & ban on that in their rules. To put “'teeth” into the rule it carries a possible maximum penalty of $300. Loitering is just one form of tres- passing on the railroad rights of way which has been banned. Persons ‘without authority for being on such property are forbidden to walk, ride, drive or otherwise make use of the tracks, or bridges, or elevated or de- pressed structures carrying tracks. Neither may an unauthorized per- son catch a ride on a locomotive or cars operated on railroad tracks. If the fear of being struck by a rail- road engine does not deter one from entering the railroad tunnel, which Tuns under the Capitol, authors of the rules believe, perhaps the hazard Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. ‘WRITER'S WAY. F YOU have tried every other method for writing a successful novel and found them wanting, you might have a go at the one which started Margaret Mitchell on “Gone With the Wind.” One of our operatives, yes, they do get around, tells us of Mrs. Mitchell's way. She was ill, it seems, and spent many weeks in bed. Every day her husband brought her books to read, books on science, on history, on re- ligion. He bought books, borrowed from libraries, begged them from friends. Finally, every resource of books in the area was exhausted. The husband was nonplussed, but only for & moment. He went down- town, purchased some scratch pads and a supply of pencils and took them home to his wife. he said, “write your own book. “There’s “Gone With the Wind” to prove that it is as simple as that. * X kX DISDAIN, One small squirrel caused quite a trafic jam on Massachusetts avenue near Scott Circle the other afternoon. He strolled in front of a tazi, which slowed down and swerved suddenly. The car behind hooked bumpers with the taxi. Automobiles jammed for three dlocks while the bumpers were be- ing disengaged. Meanwhile, the squirrel climbed a tree overhanging the sidewalk and surveyed the trafiic jam of his own making with an air of calm indiflerence. %ok % MYSTERY. THE members of the Roadside The- ter company were rehearsing their next melodrama up at 1212 G street the other night when two se- date ladies happened to stroll by just at the moment the villain was sinking his claws into the heroine’s throat, allowing enough space for her still to put out a bloody-murder scream. The ladies paused in the doorway downstairs for a minute and heard & mighty crash, sounds of men grunt- ing and clubbing one another as the hero came dashing to the rescue. " W' Rescor A few minutes later the nearest police precinct received a call. “I think,” said a gentle voice, “there is murder going on at 1212 G street. Maybe two murders.” ‘This hadn’t happened in such a long time (it did once before about two years ago) that a whole squad of gendarmes went flying off to the scene. They'd hardly opened the door when they re- membered what the score was. They entered, nevertheless, just to say “Hullo” and show the friendly spirit. “Listen,” sald one of them as the officers were about to depart: “I know ya gotta keep doing this and all, but after every murder couldn't you yell ‘0. K. Toots’ or something just to let people know it was all in fun? * kK % QUESTIONS. George Stimson, president of the National Press Club, who has just published his fourth book of Questions and answers, says the question about Washington asked most frequently by mon-residents is: “Why can’t the people of Wash- ington vote?” The question is something of a poser, even for a veteran like Stimson, * x % % SOUVENIR. LOT of passengers were amused and one or two discomfited when consin avenue street car almost col- lapsed into the lap of a woman after knocking her hat askew. The one- man car had negotiated a turn with car parted company with its anchor- age. The discommoded passenger left the car with the strap under his arm, possibly to retain it as a souvenir. * ok X * : ‘TEMPER. AMILTON WATERS, one of the huskiest golf enthusiasts who trods the fairways of the Rock Creek course and who shoots somewhere in the vicinity of half his weight, lost his temper the otner day. After putting is ball in the rough- est-looking rough for miles around, he cogitated for a moment, swung the club around his head a couple of times and let it fiy in the general di- rection the ball had taken. Then, believe it or not, the ball which he was certain had been hope- lessly lost was found immediately. Not s0 the club, however. It was not lo- cated for 15 minutes, a circumstance that may or may not be a lesson to of a fline may do so. Anywhere i Full Base Ball Scores, Race Results, will start at once. golfers. It was to Waters. Night Final Delivered by Carrier n the City . Sports Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World. What- ever it is, you'll find it in The Night Final Sports Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service a straphanger on a northbound Wis- | & jerk and the strap on the -m:lemK THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. (. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15. 1936. LABOR FEUD SEEN INFATAL SHOOTING New Yorker Is Killed, Three Wounded in Attack in Rochester. By t=+ Associated Press, ROCHESTER, N. Y., August 15.— An unidentified gunman who shot three delegates to a Bartenders’ Union Convention, killing one, was sought today while police expressed the opinion the shooting resulted from a labor feud. A woman passerby was wounded. Harry 8. Koenig, 44, of New York, died in a hospital early today from three bullet wounds in the head. Two Dozen Offer Blood. ‘Two dozen convention delegates vol- unteered their blood, but the labor leader failed to rally after a trans- fusion. In the same hospital in “fair” con- dition were Benjamin Paul, 34, of Philadelphia, shot in the leg; Jack Gold, 47, of (3272 East 135th street) Cleveland, shot in the chest and arm, aad Mrs. Jennie Graf, 49, of Roches- ter, shot in the leg. ‘Witnesses told police that a man, lurking between two parked cars, stepped to the sidewalk last night as Koenig and his companions emerged from the restaurant. The men fell as a half dozen shots | rang out. Mrs. Graf, who was passing | with her husband, was hit by a stray bullet. Escaped in Waiting Car. Police learned that the gunman | escaped in & waiting automobile. The | car later was found abandoned. Koenig, Paul and Gold were dele- gates to the convention of the Hotel and Restaurant Employes’ Interna- tional Alliance and the Bartenders' International Assoclation which closed today. (Continued From FPirst Page) mpics meters, with Medica trailing his team- mate by another length. | ‘Terada shot into a 50-meter lead at | the half way mark as Medica moved | up to second place and Uto was a| close third, Flanagan falling back to Afth. Medica, who won the 400-meter free ' style championship, picked up 30 meters in the next 450, trailing the Tokio pace-setter by almost 20 meters at the 1200 mark, with Uto 15 meters | further back and Ishiharada in fourth | place. | Japan First in Breast Stroke. Detsuo Hamuro of Japan, Olympic | record holder, captured the 200-meter breast stroke championship as Johnny Higgins of Providence, R. I. lone American finalist, finished fourth. Hamuro, clocked in 2 minutes 425 | seconds, equaling the mark he estab- | | lished in the preliminary trials, won the title by a length over Sietas of Germany, who was 1 foot ahead of Reizo Koike of Japan. Saburo Ito of Japan was fifth, Joachim Balke of | Germany. sixth, and Teofllo Iidefonzo | of the Philippines last. | Miss Mastenbroek passed the favored | Miss Hveger 15 meters from the finish | and won by a full length, timed in 5 minutes 26.4 seconds, lowering the | former Olympic record of 5:28 made | by Miss Hveger in the trials earlier | this week. Miss Hveger herself lowered her former standard, clocked | | in 5:27.5. No time was given for Mrs. | Wingard. but there was no doubt about | her placing third, officials said. Mary Lou Petty of Seattle was fourth. | In diving Stork of Germany was third with 11031 points, Erhardt Weiss, also of Germany, fourth with 110.15; Frank Kurtz of Los Angeles | fifth with 108.61, and Tsuneo Shiba- hara of Japan sixth with 107.40. The crowd booed so lustily as some of the figures were announced that the announcer once stopped and threatened to postpone the event “in- definitely” unless they stopped. They were equally disgusted with the fail- ure of the judges to score both Aier- icans and Germans higher. Wayne admitted that he was scared silly before his final dive. “T was so sick at my stomach all night with nervousness that I didn't | know whether I'd be able to finish the event,” he said. Smith Commends Stork. Harcld “Dutch” Smith, winner of the event at Los Angeles, and now coach of the American team, paid his respects to Stork for finishing third. It was the first time since 1920 that | American-trained divers have not won the first three places in the event. Farid Simaika of Egypt finished sec- ond at Amsterdam, but he received all | his training in California. Here’s how the first six men scored: Wayne46.65 16.72 ROOt_ 440 | | | Stork 4457 Weiss 46.00 Kurtz 41.71 16.9- Shibaharaz. = 43.39 15.84 15.18 15.41 17.48 107.40 U. 8. TEAM WINS IN LONDON. Woodruff Anchors 2-Mile Relay to Beat Britain. By he Assceiated Press. LONDON,. August 15.—An American combination, anchored by John Wood- ruff, Olympic 800-meter champion, cracked the world record in beating Great Britain in the 2-mile relay, first event in the sixth quadrennial track and field meet between the two nations. ‘Woodruff beat off a desperate home- stretch challenge by J. V. Powell as the American team was clocked in 7 minutes 35.8 seconds. The listed world record of 7:41.4 was set by a Boston A. A. combination in 1928 at Phila- delphia, Powell, British half-mile champion, brushed shoulders with Woodruff, University of Pittsburgh Negro star, around the last turn, but the Amer- ican unleashed a burst of speed and | hit the tape 3 §ards in front as Pow- | ell faded and nearly collapsed. Owens Leads in Relay Jesse Owens, Ohio State's great col- ored sprinter and broad jumper and triple Olympic champion, led the United States’ 400-yard relay outfit to a smashing victory in the second event, winning by 8 yards in the new meet record time of 37.4 seconds. No world record for the 400-yard distance is listed in athletic almanacs, but the. Americans’ time clipped one- tenth of a second off the mark set by an American quartet made up of Russell Sweet, Cy Leland, George Simpson and Eddie Tolan at Chicago in 1930. Running with Woodruff in the 2-mile relay were Chuck Hornbostel, Bob Young and Charley Williamson. Owens’ teammates in the sprint rejay were Frank Wykoff, Marty Glickman and Ralph Metealfe, with Metcalfe A FARM PROGRAM SCORED BY PEEK Declares- Agriculture Lost Ground in Fight for “Equal- ity With Industry.” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 15.—Presenting what he called an “indictment” against the New Deal farm program, George N. Peek sald today that under it “agriculture has definitely lost ground in its fight for equality with industry.” Peek, formerly trade adviser to President Roosevelt, but now on the warpath against the administration foreign trade and farm policies, said: “The loss of foreign markets has led to attempts at crop restriction at home while stimulating production abroad. It has reduced the purchas- ing power of our agriculture. It has prolonged the farm crisis and ex- tended the relief rolls.” Peek made his attack in a speech prepared for delivery on a radio broadcast of the National Grange. Saying he spoke as a “non-partisan” Peek asserted Secretary of Agricul- ture Wallace had declined to talk on the same program. He accused Wal- lace of “preferring to treat the prob- lem of dgriculture on a partisan! basis.” Disregard Nature. He said the first count in his “in- dictment” was that New Dealers gave “no adequate consideration to the fact that the laws' of nature transcend the laws of men, even New Dealers.” | “By controlling the farmers' indi- | vidual initiative,” he said, “they thought they could control his produc- tion; this in the face of the Bureau | of Agricultural Economics’ report of 1927 that 75 per cent of the variation | in yield of all growing crops, from | | year to year, is due to weather and pests, and not to the acreage planted.” Discussing loss of foreign markets, | Peek said “responsible administration | officials” have “prevented important | sales of farm products to foreign na- | tions.” | “For example,” he said, “in the Fall | of 1933, at the very time the Govern- | presented to sell a substantial quan- tity of surplus butter to England at competitive world prices.” Blocked by Chiefs. id Wallace and Rexford Tug- vell “frustrated” this on the ground that “our agricultural trade cannot possibly be improved by selling abroad at a price lower than at home.” ! Declaring that “We must get back to fundamentals of common sense and Americanism,” Peek outlined a pro- | gram. It included & plan to “check competitive agricultural and industrial | imports by tariffs, quotas, embargoes or otherwise and give the American farmer and industrial worker the full benefit of the domestic market * * *.” Urging that the present trade policy be scrapped to “regain our bargaining power,” Peek said, “We should trade selectively both as to imports and ex- ports, dealing country by country.” Legionnaires Donate Blood. LAKE WORTH, Fla. August 15 (#) —Former soldiers here are giving their blood in the cause of life in- stead of death. Members of the Carl Vogel Ameri- | can Legion post have organized a “blood donors’ club” and already several have been called to nearby hospitals for transfusions in charity cases. FIRST OCCUPANTS | By the Associated Press. the market | New Baby Absorbs Interest of Dionnes This new picture from the Dionne farm in Canada shows Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne affec- tionately regarding their new son Joseph, The tiny brother of the famous Dionne quintuplets is now 5 weeks old. ~—Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. ENTER TECHWD 16 Families Take Quarters in Atlanta Low-Cost | Housing Project. | ATLANTA, August 15.—Moving | vans backed up today to the doors | | ment was supporting the butter mar- | Of $3.000,000 Techwood—the P. W. A s | | ket through loans, an opportunity was | frst low-cost housing project—and 18 families began adjusting themselves | to shiny, new surroundings. | Drawn from too-crowded boarding | houses, country shacks and other types of “substandard” accommoda- | tions, the tenants were the forerun- | |mers of 25000 families who are to occupy the 50 projects being erected throughout the Nation at a cost of $130.000,000. | Techwood, when full, will accommo- | date 604 families. | Applications are being accepted only from low-income groups, said D. A Calhoun, district manager of the P. W. A. Housing Division | The first man to sign, he said. was an engineer in a cotlon bag factory. Others have included street car con- ductors, store clerks and bellboys | at hotels. Calhoun pians to have 50 families in the project before September 1, the official opening date. Of the first 1916 families who ap- plied for occupancy, 1,158 were re- jected because, Howard A. Gray, P. W. A. housing director, said in Washington, they “could afford stand- ard housing provided by private en- terprise.” ‘The apartments, renting from $16.40 for three rooms, to $27.85 for six rooms, are located on 25 acres | that formerly was a Negro slum dis- | trict. Much of the site is devoted to lawns, playgrounds, stores and cen- tral laundries. | | Who’s Who at the Zoo Cobra, Which Spit: Ranks Next to This black, hooded cobra ca: Jeet.or so beyond the range of his ongest strike. s Blinding Venom, Man as Killer. Accuser | RUTH COLBY, One of seven discharged W. P. A. actors and actresses, who charged Massachusetts Fed- eral drama projects included “style show” before W. P, A men from Washington. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. IR SHYS PARTY LOSTW.P.A0B Actress One of Seven Seek- ing Ouster of Gallagher as Projects Supervisor. | By he Associated Press. BOSTON, August 15.—Three former W. P. A. s@tresses accused drama proj- ect officials of firing them because they refused to entertain “Federal men” st a stag party at which they were ordered to model clothes. Four men, joining in a general com- plaint to W. P. A. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins, complained of dis- | eriminatory treatment in being drop- ped from the drama project rolls. All seven sought the ouster of | | Leonard L. Gallagher, appointed five | | months after the alleged irrezularities and discrimination occurred. Gal- | lagher replied that the complaining | actors and actresses were among those | dropped from the rolls when a Federal | order required a cut in quotas. Standing Questioned. ‘They had been discharged, he said, because they were unable to prove before a hearing that they had any standing as professionals in theater. Gallagher admitted the charge of one girl actress, who reported several months ago being annoyed by the advances of a minor oficial, had been substantiated and the official dis- missed. The charges of the seven were re- layed to Administrator Hopkins by At- torney Harry Lewin who claimed a hearing had been denied in the matter by a State supervisor, and requested an investigation. One of the three women. Miss Ruth Colby, related the tale of being forced to appear at a hotel stag party, and asked to stay and “entertain” the men. Says Many Were Drunk. When she reported at the hotel, ostensibly to participate in a “style show,” she said she found “the room littered with bottles of liquor, and n spit venom with accuracy five —Star Staff Photo. BY W. H. SHIPPEN, Jr. S A MAN-KILLER among the | earth's creatures, the cobra ranks next to man himself. He disposes of about 4,000 men yearly, a higher death toll than that of the tigers of India or the lions of Africa. This black, hooded cobra from Su- matra is by far the most dangerous denizen of the reptile house. His keepers approach him with caution. They wear goggles and remain at least 6 feet beyond the range of his longest strike. For this specles not only injects venom from his long fangs, but can spit the fluid 5 or 6 feet with accuracy. He usually aims at the eyes of his intended victim ,and can blind & man who keeps well out of reach of his fangs. The cobra and the mamba are said to be the only snakes likely to attack & man unprovoked and to pursue him it he runs. This ‘5-foot specimen is particularly vicious and ve. His four years at the Zoo have put him in fine fighting trim. ‘The cobra inhabits Afries, India | S and the Malay region. He is a great | rat hunter and, since rodents seek out the haunts of man, is frequently en- | countered in inhabited areas—even in homes. The barefooted brown men of | India pay heavy tribute to the cobras. A cobra’s venom attacks the nerve | centers. A man has been known to die & few minutes after being struck. The cobra has a series of loose ribs just behind the head which spread when he becomes frightened or angry, to form the hood. Indian fakirs pre- tend the cobra can be charmed by music, but the snake spreads his hood and seems more annoyed than pleased as he follows the motions of the fakir's pipes. It is said that these snakes have had their fangs extracted. In addition to tne niack specimen, the Zoo has a 5-foot golden cobra from Egypt. A huge king cobra, at least twice as large as the present snakes, died recently after his skin iled to shed properly over his head and partially blinded him. | several of the men very drunk.” The men told her, she declared. they were members of the “Federal Survey Board” from Washington. A. W. P. A. spokesman in Washing- ton said the matter was in the hands P. A. administrator. within his jurisdiction, the Drama division being directed by the Wash- ington offices. ‘Washington officials of the Drama Division said they had had no cum- munication with Lewin, reported on his way to the Capital to present the protest of the dismissed actresses. Mrs. Hallie Flannagan, director of the W. P. A, theater, was reported not in Washington and John Farns- worth, her assistant, declined com- ment. Stack Club Outing Tuesday. A moonlight excursion will be held Tuesday at 8:45 p.m. 6n the Steamer Potomac by the Stack for Congress Club, composed of local Pennsylvania Democrats supporting Representative Michael J. Stack, Philadelphia, for re-election in the Sixth Pennsylvania District, the | of Paul Edwards, Massachusetts W.| Edwards replied the matter was not | OFFICHLS DEPART - ONDROLEHTTOUR LMembers cf Great Plains Committee to Start Trip in Texas. By the Associated Press. Eight members of the Great Plains Drought Committee left here early to- day by train for Amarillo, Tex., where they will start a 3,000-mile first-hand inspection of drought areas. ‘The office of Morris L. Cooke. chair- | man of the committee appointed by President Roosevelt to suggest long- | range national measures for combat- ting drought, announced the itinerary of the tour had been changed. The changes were made, it was said | to avoid main traveled highways and \isit localities believed to be hard hit | by arid weather in recent years. i | The group expects to meet Mr. | Roosevelt somewhere in South Dakota at the end of the tour and present its recommendations. | Hopkins to Send Aide. Col. F. C. Harrington, an assistant | to Harry L. Hopkins, W. P. A. admin- | istrator, planned to leave here by air- plane tomorrow and join the group at Amarillo. He is acting for Hopkins, who is a member of the President's committee. Col. Richard C. Moore, Army En- | gineer. will meet the group at| Amarillo with four Army automobiles, | which will be used for the tour. Moore also is a member of the committee. Secretary Wallace, recently ap- | pointed to the long-range planning group, will accompany the President when he meets the committee. Meanwhile Dr. R. H. Weightman, principal Weather Bureau forecaster, | announced a method wused ‘“quite successfully i India” in predicting “famine years” was being tested in the hope of adapting it to this country. The tall, scholarly meteorologist said wide variations in rainfall in India had been forecast with an ac- curacy of 89 per cent—or almost nine ‘ | out of ten years. | “I feel convinced we can get some | very worthwhile results in the United States,” he said. “It may not be quite so good as in India, or it may be better.” The United States has been di- vided into the 12 “distinct natural | climatic divisions” and all weather data charted. This is being checked | with similar data at 73 foreign sta- tions. | Weightman said “teams” of workers | from relief rolls are making the ex- haustive checks. The value of the long-range fore- casts—if they can be developed— would be worth millions of dollars in | savings during a drought year, ob- servers agree. But Weightman said | chief value would be in “avolding human misery.” | (Fox) A.F.G.E.OFFICERS DUSTER 15 SOUGHT Lodges Split-on Move to Recall Four Executives. Radicalism Held Issue. More internal strife has broken out in the ranks of the American Federa tion of Government Employes. Six lodges of the A. F. G. E. are trying to oust by a recall resolution four officers: Cecil E. Custer, national treasurer; Ira Y. Bain, G. Carroll Di- mond anc Michael D. Schaefer, vice presidents. This move is being stoutly opposed by several other lodges, particularly Civil Service Commission Lodge, No. 32, which was written a sharp letter criticizing those who started the ouster movement. In a letter signed by James Baugh, jr., president, and E. B. Peters, secre- tary, the Civil Service Commission Lodge defends the national officers, and makes counter charges against certain members of Lodge 206, of the Resettlement Administration, which is one of those behind the ouster movement. The letter was ad- dressed to Mrs. Janet Gains, president of Lodge 206. The four Washington members of the National Executive Council were accused by the proposed recall reso- { lution of “dictatory abuse of office without regard to and in violation of the national constitution” of the A. F. G. E. Six numbered charges were filed against them by the six protesting lodges, but these were all | disagreed to with spirit by Civil Service Commission Lodge. The C. 8. C. Lodge letter went to all lodges of the A. F. G. E. National officers against whom the proceedings were instituted were rep- resented as welcoming the fight, in order to clear the issue, which they said had been increasing between the so-called radical” lodges and others. | | \FUNERAL RITES MONDAY FOR PERCY C. LOWE Property Man at Fox Theater for Nine Years Dies at Stage Entrance. Funeral services for Percy C. Lowe, 56, property man at Loew's Capitol Theater, who died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack at the stage entrance, will be held at 2:30 pm. Monday at the Chambers un- dertaking establishment, 1400 Chapin street. Services will be in charge of | the National Masonic Lodge, of which he was a member. Mr. Lowe, who had been connected with the local theater since its open- ing here nine years ago, died just be- fore its rechristening. He resigned from the District Fire Department in 1900 to become a property man, serv- ing with the Cohan-Harris road show before associating himself with the theater. He was a member of the | local stage employes’ union Mr. Lowe, a native of this city, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Helen Lowe; five brothers, Lewis, James E., George P. and Edward Lowe, all of | this city, and Robert F. Lowe of New York City, and a sister, Mrs. Ralph Manning of this city. Coughlin (Continued From First Page.) Lemke. There was some slight dis- sension. but the New York and Mich- igan delegations decided to support Lemke’s candidacy.” The twenty-fifth New York district delegation, late yesterday submitted a resolution to restrict the convention's indorsement to congressional candi- dates only. More than 5,000 resolutions were submitted to the Resolutions Com tee during the night, Father Coughiin said, and almost as meuy suggestion given the Constitutional Commitiee, of which the priest is chairman. “We encountered no controversy in drafting the constitution,” Father Coughlin said. *“The draft is the sam> as the cne we followed since last year The only questions involved were those raised by attorneys, seeking to smooth it from a technical stand- point.” Chairman Sylvester B. McMahon called the convention to order at 9:25 am. with reports of Credentials, Rules, Ccostitution and Resolutions | Committees the only order of business for the morning. | Virginia Native, 98, Had Lived | Here Many Years. | Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Vir- ginia Hess, 98, who died yesterday | at the home of her grandson, Thomas L. Allen, 435 Delafleld place, as & result of a paralytic stroke, will | be held at 2 pm. Monday in the | Chambers’ funeral home, 517 Eleventh street southeast. Mrs. Hess was born in Fairfax, Va., and came to Washington as a child. She was the widow of a Civil War veteran. { Surviving are a son, Joseph Hess, | who lives with Allen, and two grand- daughters living in Chicago. B last year and | I | dramatize and Alice Longworth lean years, | scheduled Lemke, who is to speak with Father Coughlin and Thomas C. O'Brien, Union party vice presidential can- didate, at a mass meeting tomorrow, arrived today. Father Coughlin said he antici- pated, “naturally,” that Lemke would receive the indorsement of the con- vention, but that it he did not “the program, of course, would have to be changed.” The priest said two resolutions would be submitted on Lemke's in- dorsement, one favoring it and another proposing to restrict indorse- ment to congressional candidates. Mayor Harold H. Burton, unable to be present at the opening session yes- terday because of President Roose- velt's visit, welcomed the delegates and Father Coughlin responded. Representative The National Scene BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH. EVERLY HILLS, Calif, August 15.—As the dry weather con- tinues, administration chiefs are scurrying about trying to devise schemes to remedy the schemes they devised yesterday, the year before that. It is now hinted in Washington that the system of paying farmers for non-production will be abandoned, at least for 1937. There is a budding plan that is being nursed along by Mr. Wallace for what he calls an “ever normal granary.” As usual, the New Deal must sloganize its simple doctrine. The ever normal granary, which springs full fledged from the mystical brain of Mr. Wallace, is in less poetic language, merely the storage of this year’s surplus for next year's shortage. If the New Deal leaders had been reading their Bibles they would have known before they started killing the pigs and turning under the crops that it is wise to save the production of the soil during the scven fat years for consumption during the seven (Copyrisht, 1936.)