Evening Star Newspaper, September 23, 1936, Page 3

D. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1936. R[]B'NS[]N H"’S Man Watching Parade Today THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. - BROTHERS HANGED NOW I EAT INKIDNAP-MURDER “Rope Too Tight—Can’t Pray,” Complains Daniel Bannister, 20, Special Dispatch to The Star. DORCHESTER, New Brunswick, September 23.—Two brothers—Arthur Bannister, 19, and Daniel, 20—were hanged together today for killing a ‘woodsman-squatter . during the kid- naping of his infant daughter for their mother to use in the “baby doll” extortion plot. Resigned to death after rejec- tion of the appeals for ciemency, the brothers walked silently to the gal- lows, where they stood back to back as the nooses were placed over their heads. “It's too tight, I can't pray,” com- plained Daniel shortly before the traps wers sprung simultaneously at 2:06 am. Atlantic daylight time (12:06 a.m. Eastern standard time). Given Single Coffin. Both were pronounced dead at 2:27 am. Their bodies were cut down and placed together in a single pine coffin covered with black cloth. The same ropes used for the execution lowered the coffin into a grave in the prison yard, 50 yards from their cell. Their final visitors before the death walk began were their father and two sisters. “I won't see you any more, but be good girls,” Arthur told his sisters. The brothers were convicted of killing Phillip Lake, 30-year-old woodsman living near Pacific Junc- tion, New Brunswick. The crown charged the Bannister brothers were responsible for. Lake's death during the abduction of his four-months-old daughter last January. Mrs. May Bannister, their mother, wanted the baby to aid in an alleged extortion plot against two men who, the crown charged, were under moral ohligation to her. Kidnap Plan Devised. ‘The prosecution during the brothe ers’ trial asserted Mrs. Bannister at- tempted to fake motherhood by ap- pearing with a life-size baby doll. Her effort to get money from the two men with the doll failed, it was charged, and she, her two boys, and her 15-year-old daughter, Frances, devised the plan to kidnap the Lake | baby. During the kidnaping, Lake was | killed, his common-law wife fatally injured and his young son left to die outside their lonely cabin in Mid- winter, the prosecution alleged. The brothers were charged with killing only Lake and were found guilty in separate trials. Mrs. Ban- nister was convicted of harboring the stolen child and was sentenced to| serve three and one-half years in the penitentiary. PFrances Bannister has | been charged with abducting the Lake | baby and her trial set for Friday. | Youngest Veteran Carries Oun Flag | To Joinin Parade Lewis H. Easterly, 84, Can Still Play Fife, He Says. The Nation's youngest surviving | veteran of the Union Armies, Lewis H Easterly, 84, of Gunnison, Colo., who became a drummer boy in Tlinois at the age of 9, carried his own big| American flag to the corner of Penn- sylvania avenue and Twelfth street today to make a place for himself in the G. A. R. parade. Policemen held Easterly’s flag untii the Illinois Department came along. He proudly placed the standard in the leather socket strapped around his waist and marched up the Avenue be- side Maj. Albert Gates, 91, Chicago. | “I can still play the fife,” Easterly #aid. “but I don't have a drum any more. I beat it all to pieces.” For the last 10 years he has been a flag bearer in G. A. R. parades. At the reviewing stand, a veteran bugler, Lee Cummings, 94, of Silver Hill, Fla., gave a few toots for the benefit of newspaper and sound camera men. LOST. ILLFOLD—Will person fini T yon Village service f}{ n foding BITold T and return contents. . B. 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Freauent trips to other East- {he "%y DRBENE S SR BTORAGE CO. Phone Decatur 2500. SPECIAL RETURN-LOAD RATES ON FULL and part loads to all points within 1.000 dded vans: guaranteed 3 Landon Waves to Throng Perched on the rear seat of an open car, Gov. Landon waves to a throng in Des Moines, where he spoke yesterday. A lon parade across the business open-air discussion of the farm problem. Payments to Idle Contingent On State Job Insurance Law Many W ait Court Test of Pay Roll Levy Before Legislative Action of Plan, Observer Asserts. The far-reaching effects of the new social security program, now & leading topic in the national po- litical field, are discussed here in the fourth of a series of articles based on a first-hand survey of the operation of the system in sev- eral States, as well as of the cen- tral administration in Washington. BY BLAIR MOODY. What will America’s new system of unemployment compensation mean to John W. Workingman? Stripped of dispute over method, possible future changes and argument over constitutionality, what does this vital section of the social security act, as it stands today, do for him in dol- lars and cents if he loses his job? In the first place, it does absolutely nothing for him unless his State passes a law dove-tailing with the | Federal act, and making it possible to |set up as a reserve for him 90 per cent of the pay roll taxes which his employer, or the employers of the State in aggregate, must pay to the Government anyway. Only 14 States and the District of Columbia have such laws. Thirty- four have not. From these States, millions in taxes will roll into the United States Treasury this year. That amount will be doubled next year |and trebled the following year as the rate of tax rises from 1 to 3 per cent. But where the State Legislature has failed to act, the worker, to use good, old-fashioned Anglo-Saxon, is being “royally gypped.” Effects Vary Widely. Since, after long and bitter dis- pute, the idea of a strictly Federal job insurance program was abandoned and a joint Federal-State plan enacted, the effects of the act on workers vary widely, even among States that have passed laws. The purpose of the Federal act was to encourage States to pass job insurance laws. It permits any employer in & State with an approved law to claim an “offset” for the pay roll tax paid to the State up to 90 per cent of the Fed- eral tax. By withholding 10 per cent of the pay roll tax, then redistribut- ing most of it for administrative purposes, the Government keeps a loose check-rein holding the States within “decent limits.” But within those limits they have wide latitude. In most States, an employe is eligible for unemployment benefits and his employer is subject to the pay roll tax only if he works for a company having eight or more em- ployes, the “standard” required by the Federal act if the offset of 90 per cent is to be allowed. But in New York, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington, the size of the “minimum” firm has been set at four employes, and in the District of Columbia it is one. It is probable the Federal requirement will shortly be reduced to four. Wisconsin Starts Payments. ‘The pay roll tax money (90 per cent) goes into a State reserve fund. ‘Wisconsin, pioneer in the movement, started paying checks to the jobless in August. It already has piled up a reserve of approximately $15,000,- 000. Other States are now building their reserves to “get ahead of the game” before starting to pay benefits. ‘There are three systems of handling the reserve, all of which have Uncle Sam’s stamp of approval. The first, effective in Wisconsin and Utah, puts the money in one bank account, but keeps the tax payments of each em- ployer separate and “earmarked” for his own employes. 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Don't waste ‘“insurance money.” ~ Call m’.fi”{:‘l&h 25 vears’ experience Lin- o e S B an 3 B AR S oBE R TNC 33 Weynost ave. ne Phone Hillside 0530 RE| S—Call on was _di t] stickers, -etc—We ' reproduce d white. ree sample; IHT estimates—phone us. he is exempted from further taxes. The second plan taxes all em- Lint | ployers equally, whatever their record of regular employment, and “pools” all the money without earmarking. The third, toward which most States are trending, pools the money, but provides for Teduced taxes on a “merit rating” basis for employers who provide regular employment. The relative advantages of these three ANY | plans are hotly in dispute, but that's another story. Now, how is this money handled? ‘What does & workman have to do to be eligible to draw money from the fund? Does he have to contribute to it? How much does he get, and how? Are all workers eligible? Base .of Payments, ‘The base of insurance payments is generally 50 per cent of previous pay, but not more than $15 a week. In Utah the maximum is $18 a week. Some States have no minimum. In others it ranges from $5 to $7.50 a Colum| FRINTS ti fl'n.mn e s'.'"'?f'fm?enu.’ Teports, by photograph—save time and money. lors or black Columbia P! ph C S0 L Bt NE letropolitan sation check. He must have lost his job through no fault of his own. He must be ready to accept suitable em- ployment. If he fulfills all require- ments, he will draw his half pay for 12 to 20 weeks after losing his job. Some States pay for a longer period under certain conditions. The surance cannot last more than cne- the number of weeks he has worked | during the preceding two years. What about the fellow who has a part-time job, whose wages may be even less than he would receive if un- employed? In most States, he is total income to a point $1 or $2 raore a week than he would be getting if he had no job. Is everybody included in the pro- gram? By no means. Farm laborers, domestics, Government workers, em- ployes of non-profit, religious, chari- table, scientific, literary or educa- tional organizations (which put up a terrific lobby when the bill passed Congress so they could be exempt from the pay roll tax) are exempted. So are, in sqme States, teachers, sailors, physicians and nurses in hos- pitals, children working for their par- ents and some others. Salary Standards Item. In some States salary standards serve as a disqualification for recep- tion of benefits. In New York and | Massachusetts, for example, & non- manual employe paid more than $50 a week is out of luck. Will the workman's pay check be reduced while he is employed? In New York, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina and Utah it will not. In eight States he con- tributes, with the general average 1 per cent, the low !; per cent (Lou- isiana) and the high an eventual 11; per cent (Massachusetts). Why have 34 States been so slow in acting, when the Federal law pro- vides that the 1 to 3 per cent pay roll tax applies whether they pass a law or not? The real answer to that, aside from the general sluggishness of legisla- tures, is that many employers are op- posing the system because they don't want to pay pay roll tax. They plan to attack the constitutionality of the act when Uncle Sam tries to collect the tax for the first time, next Spring. The New Jersey Social Security Com- mission has already moved for a court test of the law. : If the Supreme Court invalidates the Federal tax, this group of oppo- nents does not want to find on the books State taxes that are valid. Partly for this reason, several laws are now written so as to go off the books if the Federal law is ruled out. You can lay down a heavy bet that all or most of the States will pass un- employment insurance laws if the Federal act is upheld by the Supreme Court. But that's a big “if"—and another story. (Copyright, 1936, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) Landon __(Continued From Pirst Page.) crops and developing greater domestic demand and different uses. “I am far more interested in seeing farmers paid for growing the things we think we need than in paying them for not growing the things we think Wwe don't need,” he said amid laughter and applause. He also advocated a Federal-State program linking soil and water con- servation under local administration in the hands of the farmers; freeing the farm “and the rest of the country from the impending of ruinous debt and taxation,” afd extension, “within the limts of sound finance,” of “adequate credit at reasonable rates, to capable tenants and experienced farmers, for the purchase or refinanc- ing of farm homes.” 3 publican party, in other words, does not believe in having our farms oper- ated by large corporate enterprises.” “You will see that everything I have said points to but one end—that is the protection of the family type farm. This philosophy runs like a thread through the Republican plat- form. * * * But you will not find it even mentioned in the platform of the opposing party.” Applause and laughter interrupted the Governor. repeatedly as he shook his head and lifted a clenched fist in emphasis. | Landon will remain overnight in Des Moines, resuming his rear plat- 4 EE) third (in some States one-fourth) of | | given a partial payment to bring his | section served as a prelude to —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. form campaign tomorrow with eight speeches before arriving in Minneapo- ls at 5:15 pm. (C. 8. T.) for his second major address of his Midwest- ern swing. It will amplify his criti- cism of the reciprocal trade treaties, Look to Jones for Reply. With their first reply to Gov. Lan- don's farm program already entered by Lieut. Gov. Nels G. Kraschel, Iowa Democrats looked today to Repre- sentative Marvin Jones of Texas, chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, for the national admin- istration’s answer. Jones is scheduled to speak at Keokuk and Des Moines tomorrow afternoon and night.” Kraschel, talking on a five-station Towa radio hookup an hour and a quarter after Landon concluded his Des Moines address last night, de- clared that the Kansas governor's program “in the main” is & “no pro- gram.” “I have listened intently to the long-awaited statement of Gov. Lan- don on his agricultural program,” said Kraschel, Democratic candidate for governor. “I find he is against the Triple A. He says the farmer has no right to control production. He is against the soil conservation act. He says it was a ‘stop-gap and a sub- terfuge.’ He is against effective corn loans. “Landon says that ‘where the farmer is unable to afford proper conservation practices cash benefits should be made for actual perform- ance’ Who is to decide which farmer can afford co-operation? Does he mean it will be necessary for a farmer to sign a pauper’s oath to obtain cash benefits?” Japan (Continued From First Page.) lished by Japanese, with machine guns, during the 1932 Shanghai war. Foreign Hotels in Area. Numerous foreign hotels, the Inter- national Settlement post office and other prominent public institutions are within the Japanese-controlled area. The cruiser Idzumo, flagship of the Japanese third fleet, landed 100 Jap- anese marines, who immediately took up special guard duty around the local Japanese consulate, | Hotel. Other important Japanese centers the International Settlement, where & majority of Shanghai’s Japanese residents reside. The local Japanese colony was thrown into an uproar, with residents protesting continued incidents in which their nationals have been slain throughout China and demanding that ‘Tokio undertake immediate and force- ful action to crush what they termed a reign of anti-Japanese terror. Tonight’s killings brought the num- ber of Japanese slain by violence in the last 30 days to five. Four others have been injured in the incidents, which have occurred at Chengtu, Pakhol, Hankow and now Shanghai. JAPANESE FLEET AT TENSION. Admiral Nagano Takes Active Com- mand With Shootings, By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 23.—Admiral Osumi Nagano, minister of the navy, assumed active command of the Jap- apese fleet tonight following news three Japanese sailors had been shot, one fatally, at Shanghai. Nagano canceled a previous sched- ule to accompany Emperor Hirohito on his tour of army war maneuvers to remain here to direct disposition of naval forces in Chinese waters. Poltical circles considered the navy minister’s decision, coming after re- ceipt of the report, of vital impor- tance due to the tension in Shanghai. All cabinet members regard it their highest duty to accompany the em- peror on his inspection trip. The Domei (Japanese) News Agency reported from Shanghai three Japanese bluejackets were shot by an unidentified Chinese gunman in the International Settlement. ~ "No other type roer has | . “ball flame”ean excusive scon. " omy feature of located | | across the street from the Astor House | are located in the Hongkew district of | LANDON PROGRAM Arkansas Senator Says Farm Plan Is Inconsistent With Budget Policy. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 23.—Sena- tor Joseph T, Robinson said today the farm program of Gov. Alf M. Lan- don, made known last night, “is incon- sistent with his proposal to balance the Nation's budget.” “In one breath,” the majority leader of the Senate said, “Gov. Landon advocates the balancing of the budget, and in the negt, he recognizes the necessity of continuing, while the present conditions prevail, the great expenditures from the Treasury for cash benefits to farmers and for un- employment relief. “Every one recognizes that these two courses of expenditure are what have kept the budget out of balance.” The Arkansan made the comment at Democratic national headquarters, where he stopped off en route to Hyde Park for a political conference with President Roosevelt. Assails Tax Statement. Robinson said the Republican nom- inee insists that taxes shall be re- duced, at the same time as the ex- penditures referred to are being car- ried on—"which, of course, is calcu- lated to throw the budget further out of balance.” “It is also interesting to note that the only taxes which he proposes to reduce or eliminate consist in the so- called corporation surplus profit tax or earnings tax.” Citing that this tax is estimated to yield around $600,000,000 yearly, Rob- inson continued: “I ask any one who thinks he is able to answer it, including Gov. Lan~ don, how is it proposed to balance the budget promptly, while continuing payments of cash benefits to farmers and expenditures for unemployment relief, and at the same time reducing by some $600,000,000 the Federal tax incomes. , “The opposition to the Roosevelt ad- ministration may take from now until the election to answer this question. They will be unable to do s0.” Attends Press Conference. The Arkansas Senator, who con- ferred with Chairman James A. Far- ley during the day and attended the chalrman’s press conference, said the speeches of both Gov. Landon and Col. Prank Knox, the Republican Vice Presidential nominee, “are, in my Jjudgment, helping the Democratic ticket.” Col. Knox, Robinson said, “fails to recognize the general intelligence of the public,” and he criticised the Vice Presidential nominee for his re- cent declarations that insurance poli- cies and savings accounts are unsafe today. In making such statements, the Senator said, Col. Knox “shows a reckless disregard for the commonly recognized condjtion” of insurance companies and savings banks. Chairman Farley announced that Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. ‘Wallace would reply to Gov. Landon's farm address next Friday night. Spain (Continued From First Page.) directions from Maqueda, important crossroad position 45 miles southwest of the Spanish capital. Headed by advance Moo patrols, one insurgent column marched north- east along the main highway toward hastily-reinforced government lines near Santa Cruz del Retamar. objective of this Fascist force was Navalcarnero, 26 miles northeast of Magqueda. Second Column Advances. A second column was ordered to advance southeast toward Toledo | point six miles south of Maqueda which the Fascists occupied yesterday. A third column hit out straight north from Maqueda toward Escalona and Almonox in an effort to subdue the region west of Madrid before turning for a fresh drive on the capital. Headquarters of Gen. Franco an- nounced the insurgent advances were meeting onl ysporadic resistance from Soclalist soldiers and the government defenders were easily routed in most sectors. Eighty Socialist militiamen, includ- ing the commander, were killed dur- ing skirmishes before the capture of ‘Torrijos yesterday, headquarters as- Gen. Franco established operations offices in Talavera and personally as- sumed direction of the new campaign toward the two government-dominated cities before the advancing Fascist columns. Five thousand residents and 20,000 Fascist soldiers strained the housing facilities of Talavera, and hotels, apartment houses and garages were requisitioned for military billets. Food was scarce. Cafes, their liquor and wine sources depleted, offered only water to diners. Housing arrangements were concen- trated under the supervision of Mayor Emilio Borrajo, a retired general in the regular Spanish army. Emergency hospitals were estab- lished to care for several hundred wounded soldiers. LOYALISTS TIGHTEN DEFENSE. Socialists Have Only Watermelons and Grapes for Food. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press.) ‘WITH GOVERNMENT FORCES AT SANTA ORUZ DEL RETAMAR, burner it The | from Torrijos, secondary highway | | -Saw Custer in Review of °65 Charles Fisk Tansill Re- calls Thrills as Small- Boy Spectator. As Charles Pisk "Tansill quietly watched the “boys in blue” march by his thoughts traveled back to an- other day and another parade—71 years ago: Then, as a lad of 5, clinging to his mother’s skirts, Tansill watched the grand review of 1865. Custer on his prancing charger. Talls of Pennsylvania. He saw them all from a large wooden stand which had been erected on the northwest corner of the Twenty-first and Eye streets. ‘Today he again took a place along the avenue as an onlooker to view what probably will be the last parade and review of the G. A. R. He's seen practically all the others, too, but the thrills of the grand review 71 years ago—- “I was only 5, but I'll never forget the thrill I had when Gen. Custer, who later was to meet such a tragic fate, came by,” he said. “I remem- ber he was on a very flery horse. The picture is vivid in my mind. “And the Buck-Talls—the 41st Pennsylvania Infantry—there was a sight.” Tansill, now in his seventy-seventh year, was born in the house built by his father, Gen. Robert Tansill, on I street between Twentieth and ‘Twenty-first streets, right next to the home of the famous Peggy O'Neale. He served in the Signal Corps of CHARLES F. TANSILL. ~—Star Staff Photo, the Army on the Texas frontier from 1877 to 1881, then returned to Wash- ington to stay. He has been active in civic movements. Tansill, who lives at 3220 Twelfth street northeast, was retired from the Pension Bureau in 1929 after 37 years’ service. Tansill claims to be about the old- est living continuous reader of The Star. “When I learned to read, in 1866, I began to read The Star—and now it's been 70 years,” he said. “Even while I was in Texas I had it sent to me.” Spain, September 23.—Exhausted So- cialist soldiers, fighting a losing battle in heavy rains with only watermelons and grapes for food, tightened their lines today for a daring counter-of- fensive against onrushing Fascists. Leaders of the tattered government militia sent their war-weary troops to a few hours’ rest as they mapped plans for bolstering the government defenses, now pushed back to & point only 38 miles from Madrid. Government commanders, desperate in the face of the relentless insurgent advance, decided to risk everything on a reorganization of their depleted and discontented forces. Militiamen Grumbling. Heavy rains churned the lines into fields of mud. Militiamen grumbled as they recounted the serious need for re- plenishment of food and munition sup- plies, For the last three days, they said. they have had only watermelons and grapes and not for 11 days have they had a hot meal. The government retreat was de- clared partly due to lack of muni- tions since the Socialists were forced to abandon Maqueda, strategic high- way junction 45 miles from the capi- tal, when they ran out of shells for their fleld guns. Gen. Jose Asensio, commander of all government troops in Central Spain, mapped a two-point military campaign with his aides: Strengthening of their lines near Santa Cruz del Betamar with a sub- sequent offensive by which they hoped to force the insurgents back along the Talavera-Madrid Highway in the path of a projected government attack by forces of Gen. Julio Mangarda, who ‘was reported to have broken through the Pascist rearguard at Oropess, 20 miles west of Talavera de la Reina. Torrijos Reported Taken. An onslaught southeast of Torrijos to complete a triangular drive against the insurgents. Torrijos, 6 miles southeast of Ma- queda on the road to Toledo, was re- ported occupied by Fascists marching toward the provincial capital. Militia officers, however, expressed grave misgivings on the chances of carrying out successfully two such operations. They pointed out their soldiers were badly in need of rest| after three days of grueling hand-to- hand fighting and little food. The commanders, nevertheless, at- tempted to stifle discontent in the ranks by announcing ‘“breaches of discipline would be tried by martial law.” Eleven men who attempted to desert were shot by firing squads. ‘To restore the ebbing morale, Gen. | Sensio told the troops he had ordered | militiamen in Toledo to launch a “final” attack on the Alcazar where Fascists have fought off repeated as- saults. Fortress Ordered Captured. The supreme military commander said the order had been given to cap- ture the fortress “cost what it may” for the “tremendous moral effect” s victory would have and also to release thousands of government soldiers for action near Torrijos. Throughout the embattled ares, refugees streamed toward the capital, their belongings hurriedly assembled and piled on the backs of donkeys. From every village, the plodding caravans headed for Madrid through the soaking rain. Families fortunate p———— , * Don’tPoison Baby Through Your Constipation Nursing mothers must avoid constipation. Slow bowel m‘om dangerous for safe for every- o o . body. It does not affect mn’-dundhm | ministry announced. enough to possess wagons crouched under the tops amid jumbled house- hold possessions. At Valmojado and Navalcarnero they collected into groups, aiding each | other to flee from the advancing Moorish patrols of the driving Fascists. FIGHTING NEARS BILBAO. 2,000 Socialists Form Last Line of Defense. (Copyright, 1936, by the Associated Press ) | BIMUA, Spain, September 23 (By Warship to St. Jean de Luz, France). — Government militiamen fought dog- gedly today to stave off a Fascist on- slaught 20 miles east of Bilbao. | Fewer than 2,000 men formed the Socialists’ last line of defense ex- tending from Ondarroa, on the coast, to Elgoibar. Of these, 200 were foreigners led by Jacques Manachem, a French re- serve officer. | Government officials declared the arrival of new supplies of munitions | had furnished adequate war materials for the defense of Bilbao, but militia- men on the front line said a short- | age was making it difficult to halt | the surging Fascist advance of more than 12 miles daily. | Socialist officers acknowledge the | Hot Dogs Upset Stomach Goes in Jiffy with Bell-ans BELLANS g2 LAWTERS' BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON 8. ADAMS Top Recovering ||a|¢y’ 2020 M ST. N.W. Let Haley’s Do It Right! 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