Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Falr and warmer tonight; mostly cloudy followed by showers and colder at night. Temperatures—Highest, 73, at noon today; lowest, today. Full report on page A- Closing New York Markets, Page 16 84th YEAR. No. PARKER AND SON ARE. ARRESTED IN WENDEL KIDNAPING New Jersey Investigators to Face Federal Judge in Trenton October 27. BAIL TOTAL OF $35,000 SUPPLIED BY FRIENDS Action Comes 24 Hours After U. S. Grand Jury Hands Up Indictments. By the Associated Press. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J, October 20.—Ellis Parker, renowned chief of Burlington County detectives, and his son, Ellis, jr, indicted by a Federal grand jury in connection with the Paul H. Wendel kidnaping, were ar- rested today on bench warrants issued by Federal Judge Guy L. Fake. They were taken into custody at the office of United States Commis- | sioner Ralph W. Haines by United States Marshal William P. McDermitt | and Chief Deputy Marshal W, B.| Bnowden. | Bail for the senior Parker was set | at $10,000 and that for his son at| $25,000. Personal friends and local | merchants supplied the bail and the men were released pending their ap- pearance before a Federal Court judge in Trenton October 27. No Charge Is Cited. No specific charges were cited in the warrants. United States Attorney John J. Quinn said at his Red Bank office the | Parkers were indicted for conspiracy under the Lindbergh act, a law passed by Congress after the Lindbergh kid- naping. The penalty on conviction, he said, was life imprisonment if the jury recommended the maximum, otherwise it would be left to the discretion of the court. Quinn said the trial date “would de- pend on the court calendar.” er arrests were anticipated today, he said. The Parker arrests came 24 hours after a Federal grand jury in Newark handed up indictments to Judge Fake. ‘The court ordered the true bills kept sccret until United States Attorney John J. Quinn wished to release them. Indicted in Brooklyn. The Parkers and three Brooklyn men were previously indicted in | Brooklyn in connection with the kid- | naping of Wendel, former Trenton at- torney. Wendel charged he was ab- | ducted in Manhattan, taken to Brook- | lyn and tortured into making a false | confession in the Lindbergh baby | kidnaping case, and then brought to | New Jersey. A Mercer County | (Trenton) grand jury’s investigation | of the “confession” delayed for three days the electrocution of Bruno Rich- ard Hauptmann, convicted of killing the first-born son of the famous aviator. Detective Parker, who contended Hauptmann was not guilty of the crime, investigated the case for Gov. Harold . Hoffman. His son, at- tached to the Motor Vehicle Depart- | ment, also aided in the inquiry. Hoffman turned down New York's first request that the elder Parker be extradited. Asked by Gov. Lehman to reconsider and to extradite the Junior Parker also, Hoffman held a public hearing. He indicated at its close he would stand by his refusal, but he has not yet rendered an offi- cial decision. AIRLINES MERGER . IS RECOMMENDED Change in Mail Service Line-up| Involving Washington Is Proposed. . Merger of Pennsylvania Airlines, | operating between Washington and | Milwaukee, with airmail service be- tween Detroit and Milwaukee, and Central Airlines, operating airmail and | passenger service between Washington | and Detroit, was recommended to the | Postmaster General today by Solicitor Karl Crowley following a hearing of | officials of both lines. Approval by | Postmaster General Farley is expected. The merger, if approved, will be one of the most important changes in the | airmail line-up since the wholesalei reorganization of the domestic airmail system nearly three years ago. The new company will be known as Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Corp. ‘The merger would involve the transfer by the new company of 51,340 shares of capital stock to shareholders of Pennsylvania and 41,100 shares of capital stock and other securities to shareholders of Central. It also will | involve issuance of $410,000 of new stock as new working capital. ‘The merger would involve combina- tion of airmail routes No. 14, of 464 miles in length, and No. 32, of 263 miles, to provide unified airmail, pas- senger and express service between ‘Washington and Milwaukee by way of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit and Grand Rapids. QUEBEC CIT? SHAKEN AS OIL TANKS EXPLODE One Man Reported Killed in Blast of Large Storage Con- tainers. By the Associated Press. QUEBEC, October 20.—Quebec was thaken today by the explosion of two large storage tanks of the Canadian Oil Cos., Ltd. One man was reported killed. The blast awakened sleeping citi- zens and sent firemen and police rushing to the northwest end of Quebec City. The blaze shot hundreds of feet into the air. Heat from the burning tanks was 30 intense firemeén could not get near enough to fight the blaze. Strong police lines were established to keep crowds from the danger area. P 33,775. No oth- 1 | tomorrow 52, at 6:30 a.m. 1. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ELLIS PARKER. | ELLIS PARKER, JR. ROOSEVELTLKELY MSOUR! VTR ;Odds Declared Against Lan- (don, Although President Will \’ Not Have 1932 Margin. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. KANSAS CITY, Mo., October 20— The odds against Landon in Missouri look to be too heavy for the Republi- can presidential nominee to overcome. | The State is likely to give its electoral | votes to President Roosevelt, though by a very greatly reduced plurality from the 460,000 which he had over | Herbert Hoover in 1932. Missouri is sick of dirty politics and the Pendergast Democratic machine. But sick or no, unless there is a tre- mendous political upheaval, Missouri | will turn in for Roosevelt, probably by 1100.000 to 150,000. Despite the com- plications in the Democratic party over the gubernatorial contest, and | despite the distaste which the great rural section of the State has for Tom | | Pendergast, the Kansas City boss, who has sought to extend his power over all Missouri, the Roosevelt sentiment | still prevails. i Both Kansas City and St. Louis— | at opposite ends of the stau—hlve] larger registration of voters than ever before in their history. The great in- terest in the election is reflected in | the increased registration throughout the State. In Kansas City, with a population of 417,000, there are 263,000 registered voters, and in St. Louis, where the population is 860,000, the total registration of voters is 427,000. Democratic Units Efficient. Frequently large increases in regis- tration mean a protest vote, the people are out to kick somebody around. Re- publicans, however, admit that in these big Missouri cities the Democratic organizations have been very efficient and that probably much of the regis- tration increases have been due to the work of the organization. Indeed, the Republicans themselves have been very active in getting out new registered voters. In the old days St. Louis was a Re- publican stronghold, while Kansas City was usually overwhelmingly Democratic. St. Louis, however, fell by the wayside in 1932, from the G. O. P. point of view, and it now has a Democratic municipal administration. The biewers are grateful to Roosevelt for giving them back their beer. While Landon has insisted that national prohibition is a closed issue and that there is no chance of its being brought to the fore, the fact that he hails from traditionally dry Kansas is being used against him in St. Louis and other wet centers of population. Instead of turning in a Republican majority of 30,000 to 40,000, St. Louis is likely to See LINCOLN, Page A-3.) Women Disrobe b WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1936—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. **x* REBEL GUNS HEARD, MADRID THRONGS PREPARE T0 FIGHT Vast New Army Called Out of Factories as Fas- cists Near. MILITANT DEFENSE DEMANDED BY WOMEN Government Sets Self for Great Massed Thrust to Carry Battle to Enemy. BACKGROUND— For several weeks hard struggle of Spain’s rebel Fascist jorces to capture Madrid had been in prog- ress. The rebellion, beginning last July in Spanish Morocco, spread gradually througout Spain. Hardest fighting was in Toledo area and on French border. After victories in both sectors, the rebels turned their attention to a gradual closing in on the capital, defended only by the depleted forces of the Loyalist So- cialist-Communist regime. Victory for Gen. Franco’s Fascist soldiers has been predicted many weeks, By the Associated Press. MADRID, October 20.—A vast new army, called out by shouting bands of women, poured out of Madrid's fac- tories, shops and offices today as the | wind carried the boom of besieging Fascist artillery into the capital's very streets. A thousand housewives and serv- ants, shrieking their frenzied demands for & militant defense of Madrid, ran through the business section and dashed back and forth in the side- streets, waving shopping baskets and calling upon anti-Fascists to abandon their benches and desks and take up | arms, | In grim and resolute reply, the workers poured from office buildings and plants, big and small. Arms were passed out hastily and the govern- ment set itself for a great massed thrust to carry the battle to the enemy, already virtually within strik- ing distance of Madrid. REBELS SHELL GATE CITY. Gains in West Put Forces Nearer Capital Goal. BY the Associated Press. Overlooking ancient El Escorial, burial place of Spanish kings, Spain's Fascist Armies dragged artillery to the heights today to shell and assault another inner gateway to their goal— Madrid. El Escorial, 24 miles northwest of the capital, and Navalcarnero, on the Maqueda-Madrid road to the south- east of El Escorial, stood as the two last bulwarks in the government de- fense on the western front. Naval- carnero is slightly less than 20 miles from Madrid. Priceless art Escorial, Spain’s a doubtful fate. In the south the Fascists, again within 20 miles of Madrid, mopped up around Illescas and laid plans for new attack on Torrejon de la Calzada. In the north the insurgents solidified their occupation of Oviedo. South- east of lllescas, 3,000 Moors formed a shock troop battalion for attack on Aranjuez, vital rail center on the Madrid-Valencia road. Spain’s President, Manuel Azana, rushed to loyal, autonomous Barcelona with three ministers from his be- sieged capital. Officials said the trip was the first of a “series of tours” to rally government-dominated territory. Back in Madrid, the high command (See SPAIN, Page A-2) COUZENS IN HOSPITAL WITH KIDNEY AILMENT treasures in El “pantheon,” faced Physicians Hopeful Senator Will Respond to Treatment, Al- though Condition Is Serious. ®y the Associated Press. DETROIT, October 20. — United States Senator James Couzens is ill in Harper Hospital with a recurrence of a kidney ailment from which he has suffered for several years. His condition was described as “rather serious,” but physicians at- tending him said they were nopeful the condition could be cleared up with treatment. Senator Couzens entered the hos- pital more than a week ago, but in- sisted on leaving the hospital to greet President Roosevelt on his visit here last Thursday, and sat through the President’s speech at City Hall He returned to the hospital after the program, and Spank Rail Official in Strike Row BY the Associated Press. MINDEN, La., October 20.—Women strike sympathizers stopped a train here, beat the engineer, tore the cloth- ing from an official, chased the crew into nearby woods and left the frightened passengers stranded. ‘The women, several hundred strong, surrounded the northbound “Shreve- porter” of the Louisiana & Arkansas stalled train later ir. the night, shut off steam to keep the locomotive boiler from exploding and moved the engine into the round house. Between 300 and 400 members of the auxiliary of the striking railroad work- ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION DONT LET BIG CROWDS 12 MISSING AT SEA AS SHIP CAPSIZES Survivors of Dutch Steamer Off Coast of Java. 8Y the Assoctatea Press. SURABAYA, Java, October 20— Seventy-two persons were missing to- day following the capsizing of the Dutch steamer Van Der Wijck off the northern cost of Java. The 2,633-ton ship, with 250 pas- sengers on board, sent out a distress signal reporting a “heavy list.” Naval planes and ships raced to the Van Der Wijck's assisiance. Seaplanes picked up 43 survivors and | landed them at Surabaya. Two hundred and twelve persons, including all of the ship's officers, two children, the wireless operator peans and 61 natives, Survivors were seen floating on chairs, tables and in one of the vessel’s lifeboats. AGENTS GET REPORT. Learn 24 Are Missing From Dutch Steamer. LONDON, October 20 (#).—Steam- ship agents for the capsized Dutch | ship Van der Wijck said today they received word 24 persons were missing in the mishap, including 9 Europeans and 15 natives. FREIGHTER ABANDONED, Crew of Greek Ship Saved 20 Miles Off Zandvoort. AMSTERDAM, The October 20 (#).—Foundering in high seas, the 4,843-ton Greek freighter Okeania was abandoned today by her crew, Lloyds agents reported. All the crew men were believed saved by another Greek steamer at a point about 20 miles from Zandvoort. ‘The Dutch steamer Bluersplein was standing by. Summary of Sports A-12-13-14 Lost & Found A-3| Woman's Pg. B-14 POLITICAL. Roosevelt plans last-minute campaign in Midwest States. Page A-1 New Jersey G. O. P. goes to court to demand W. P. A. files. Page A-1 Roosevelt likely Missourl victor by 150,000, Page A-1 Landon reaches California on cam- paign journey. Page A-6 Knox launches second campaign expe- dition into Iowa. Page A-4 Radio firm denies “influence” in Van- denberg incident. Page B-2 Morgenthau replies to Hoover's Treas- ury charges, Page B-20 NATIONAL. Ellis Parker and son arrested in Wendel kidnapping. Page A-1 John L. Lewis calls labor meeting for November 9. Page A-2 Mrs. Macy, teacher of Helen Keller, dies after illness. Page B-5 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. A. A. A hears of possible milk shortage in Washington. Page A-1 Hoeppels ordered to court to be re- manded to jail. Page A-1 Petition for mandamus writ in abat- toir row up Thursday. Page A-2 1 | London court, first low-cost rent pro- Railway when it stopped here for | Arl aboard water last night, clambered and collared Mark Willis, senior engi- neer of the line, and a colored brake- man. Other crew members leaped from the train and fled to nearby woods. W. F. Selisbury, chief engineer of the road, protested vigorously when ‘Willis was hauled into the station and forced to telegraph his resignation to C. P. Couch, president of the railway. The women turned on Salisbury, witnesses said, ripped his clothing from his body, slapped him reundly, and let him go. A shop foreman went out o the ’ ject, dedication today. Page B-1 Detectives uncover immediate past of 3 Page B-1 to present creden- Page A-3 Search continued for bodies of Chesa- peake Bay tragedy. Page A-4 New Italian envoy tials today. Naval Planes Pick Up 43 were rescued. The missing ‘ncluded | | of the Van Der Wijck, eight Euro- | Netherlands, | John Marshall Tomb Is Cache 'l For Illicit Rum Richmond Cemetery Superintendent Re- veals Discovery. By tne Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., October 20.— Supt. Thomas B. Morton, of Shockoe leggers have been using the tomb of | John Marshall, one-time Chief Justice | of the United States, as a cache for their bottles of hooch. Inspectors, noting that the square, boxlike tomb had a loose slab, pulled it aside to reveal the cache several | months ago, he said. The superin- | tendent expressed the opinion that | the bootleggers selected it because | many tourists visit it and the pres- ence of visitors was not unusual. | Other tombs in the vicinity were also | used, he said. POUND MAN PAYS $20 ASSAULT FINE Attacked Youth Who Protested Rough Handling of Dog, Witness Says. Clyde Underwood, 41-year-old Dis- tricc Pound employe, was fined $20 a 17-year-old messenger boy who pro- tested what he said was rough handling of a lame German police dog. Underwood, who pleaded not guilty and waived a jury trial when the case was first called last Wednesday, changed his plea to guilty. He testi- fied the dog tried to bite him. Judge Walter J. Casey sentenced him to a $20 fine or 20 days in jail. Under- wood paid the fine. Mrs. Cristabel Cummings, 2017 S street, an artist, testified she put aside her paint brushes and went to her window when she heard a dog's howling. She said she saw Under- wood throw the dog into the pound wagon, and hit the messenger boy, Clifton Plummer, 4300 Reed terrace southeast. Plummer was knocked from his bi- cycle to the pavement, she said. Today’s Star t Representative Brewster attacks New Deal at Arlington rally. Page B-5 Arlington jury indicts Hangar Club manager for perjury. Page B-20 FOREIGN Rebels shell El Escorial, gateway to Madrid. Page A-1 Mrs. Simpson’s divorce due to be heard next Tuesday. Page A-1 Goering becomes Reich's economic dis- tator over 4-year plan. Page A-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. Alice Longworth. Page ‘This and That. Page Answers to Questions. Page Stars, men and atoms Page David Lawrence, Page Paul Mallon. Page Mark Sullivan. Page Jay Franklin. Page Headline folk. Page SPORTS G. W. faces real threat in Wake For- est y. Page A-12 Six of top 20 grid teams week. meet this X Page A-12 Hoyas hold secret prepping for N. Y. U. game. Page A-12 Duke acclaimed monarch of grid teams in South. Page A-12 Stress of putting nullifies general golf- ing skill. Page A-13 C. U. to meet desperate eleven in Mis- sissippi U. Page A-13 Jadick proves set-up for fast-slippipg Leto. Page A-14 Hubbell most valuable player in Na- tional League. Page A-14 FINANCIAL. Bonds turn downward (table). Stocks irregular (table). D. C. phone total gains. Utilities rise on Curb (table). Corporate PREERIEBD bbbbobhdk ke Page A-15 Page A-16 Page A-16 Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-17 earnings higher. Daily oil output jumps. MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. Young Washington, City News in Brief, Page A-2 Page A-4 Page B-11 Page B-13 Page B-14 Page B-14 Page B-20 PageA-11 Cemetery, revealed today that boot- | in Police Court today for assaulting {hour Jjourney into Ohio, Pennsylvania | ng Star ROOSEVELT TURNS WESTWARD AGAIN [Plans Last-Minute Trip to Ohio, Western Pennsyl- vania and Indiana. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt today was work- | ing out plans for a whirlwind cam- paign swing to include Ohio, West- | ern Pennsylvania and possibly In- diana, to follow immediately the stumping trip into New England on which he will embark tonight. The President is understood to be- lieve a final appeal to the voters in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana at this time would be very effective prelude to his wind-up address before a tremendous Democratic rally at Madison Square Garden the night of October 31. The President also was busy today trying to catch up with the routine business of his office as well as try- ing to find time to write the major address he is scheduled to deliver tomorrow night at Worchester, Mass. Mr. Roosevelt will leave Washington before midnight tonight on a special | dash into a taxi. train and, according to his tentative to return here instead of going to Hyde Park, as originally scheduled, was decided upon because it fits in better with his contemplated eleventh- and Indiana, it was said. | make a brief radio speech at the business men in that many cities throughout the country. Despite his busy program today the President took time to join the Ameri- can Red Cross drive. Among the long list of callers were Secretary of Com- merce Roper, Secretary of Interior Ickes, Senator George of Georgia, Ad- miral Wiley, acting chairman of the newly created Maritime Commission. Secretary of State Hull was a luncheon guest and later the President received Joseph C. Grew, Ambassador to Japan. Because of the pressure of business the President canceled the press con- ference scheduled for 4 p.m. today. LONERGAN PROMISES PROBE DEVELOPMENT “Very Interesting” Campaign Funds Disclosure Held Due ‘Within Two Days. By the Associated Press. Disclosure of a ‘““very interesting” development within the next two days in the Senate Campaign Expenditure Committee’s investigations was prom- ised today by Chairman Lonergan. He declined to say more for the time being other than that he had conferred yesterday with Walter Myers, commit- tee counsel, and Louis R. Glavis, chief investigator. Lonergan said he was being besieged with demands for investigations by both Democrats and Republicans as election day approaches. “Everybody gets the jitters during the last two weeks of a campaign,” he remarked. A baby boy was born to a gypsy woman in the cell block at Police Court this morning while the woman awaited a hearing on a charge of at- tempted robbery. The woman—Mrs. Delphia Marks, 26, who said she was from Atlanta, Ga.—began to call for help while in a cell. Her cries summoned assistance, and an ambulance was ordered. Meanwhile, the woman was attended by the matron at Police Court. The stork arrived at about the same time as Dr. Warren Fletcher of Casualty Hospital. The mother and infant were re- they were reported “doing nicely.” The baby seemed normal in every respect, it was said. Mrs. Marks and Mary Marks were to have been arraigned before Judge Walter J. Casey on a charge of at- tempting to work the old “blessed” money trick on William L. Curry, 3701 Massachusetts avenue. ‘The two women were arrested Fri- day, along with three other gypsies, Bostonis Mundrs, Sylvia Kalltins and | plans, will return here late Thursday | night or some time Friday. His plan | Friday night the President will| White House to about 15 banquets of | Boy Is Born to Gypsy, in Cell Awaiting Robbery Hearing The only Associated King’s Personal Guard Is Escort To Mrs. Simpson Scotland Yard Detec- tive Shields Her in Ruler’s Absence. Bv the Associated Press. LONDON, October 20.—The tower- ing 200-pound detective who is King Edward's personal bodyguard has been assigned to watch Mrs. Ernest Simp- son, the monarch’s American-born friend. He is Chief Inspector David Storier of Scotland Yard. His assignment is to shield the former Baltimore debu- tante pending hearing of her divorce suit against her shipping broker hus- band. Every time Mrs. Simpson leaves her new Cumberland Terrace residence in the fashionable Mayfair district until she is safe inside again Storier's bulk hovers close by. Any one venturing near her receives a sharp warning from the detective. Mrs. Simpson makes frequent ex- cursions in a big closed automobile, identical with one belonging to the monarch himself. Detective’s Ruse Fails. ‘The first evidence that the vivacious American woman was enjoying royal protection while Edward was away grouse hunting at Sandringham was disclosed today when she visited a | fashionable Dover street hairdresser's Apparently suspecting that the front of her home was being watched, Storier superintended the “planting” of her automobile on the grounds at the rear so she could leave without being seen. But the ruse failed. Not until Mrs. Simpson emerged | from the beauty parlor after a 1 hour | and 40 minute treatment, evidently, | did the detective realize his stratagem | had not worked. | Mrs. Simpson, obviously flustered, | dived into the car and her chauffeur | whisked her to a bank several blocks away. She stayed inside and her chauf- | feur departed. A few minutes later | Storier appeared. looking as dark as| two thunderclouds, and cleared the sidewalk until Mrs. Simpson could Observers recognized her chauffeur (See SIMPSON, Page A-2) MILK SHORTAGE SFORECAST HERE Secretary of Producers’ As- | sociation Informs A. A. A, of Situation in Capital Area. | Washington faces a milk shortage, B. | B. Derrick, secretary of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Associa- tion and representative of 1,100 dairy- | men on the District market, told the | Agricultural Adjustment Administra- | tion today. “The present price of milk is not adequate to bring forth an increased | supply to meet the growing demand,” ! Derrick said in the Agriculture Depart- | ment auditorium during a hearing | called to consider amendments to the | Washington milk-marketing agree- ment and order. “Hardly enough milk has been pro- duced since October 10 to satisfy | Washington's fluid milk and fluid | cream needs, and the consumption trend is upward. I just this minute | talked with one distributor who wanted an extra 1,000 gallons tomorrow, and I cannot deliver it to him. “The population of the Washington metropolitan area is 22 per cent over | what it was in 1930, but the produc- tion of milk for that area has increased 84 per cent over 1930. There are only two more cows producing milk for Washington this year than there were last year.” Session in Turmoil. Quietly begun, the session was soon in a turmoil as the antagonism of association farmer, farmer, consumer and distributer as- serted itself. “Mr. Derrick does not know pro- duction costs,” charged Matthew Boyd, second vice president of the in Washington wit (®) Means Associated Press. | campaign a independent | evening paper the Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 138,942 (Bome returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. REPUBLIGANS ASK COURT T0 ORDER WP OPENBOOKS Hopkins Must ‘Show Cause’ in Reply to Jersey Party Leaders. “BREACH OF TRUST” LAID TO DEMOCRATS Roosevelt Uses Data Denied to Public, Petitioners Charge in Action Filed Here. Charging the Democratic Adminise tration with a “breach of trust” in using Works Progress Administration | records for campaign purposes and denying Republicans access to them, a group of New Jersey Republican officials appealed to the District Court today for an order compelling Ad- ministrator Harry L. Hopkins to give them access to W. P. A. files. Information sought concerns the entire country, as well as New Jersey. Accusing Government officials of gross waste and extravagance and abuse of public funds for political purposes, the Republicans told the court it was vital that they have access to the records to present to voters in the current presidential true picture of the handling of some $6,000,000,000. Petitioners were former Senator Walter E. Edge, now chairman of the New Jersey Republican Campaign Committee; Henry W. Jeffers, sr., chairman of the Republican State Committee for New Jersey, and Daniel E. Pomoroy of Englewood and Edna B. Conklin of Hackensack, members of the Republican National Committee representing New Jersey. They said they brought the suit for a writ of mandamus in their representative ca- pacities and as taxpayers and qualified voters. Hopkins Must Answer. Justice Joseph W. Cox signed a rule requiring Hopkins to show cause Mon=- day why the writ should not be granted. The petitioners said they want ac- cess to W. P. A. records showing the employes of the organization, the scope of their duties, the salaries or other compensation they have re- ceived since they have been connected with W. P. A, their present salaries and compensation. They also seek access to records which will show the details of costs of various projects, the amounts of money which have been spent and all underlying data. With President Roosevelt using W. P. A. records in his campaign speeches, all such information except statistie cal information and a general classie fication has been rufused to the pube lic, the petitioners charged. The petitioners asserted that the President has given in his speeches only excerpts from the records, and that a true picture has not been pre= sented. Data Held Refused. The Republican candidate for President, various Republican organie= zations and newspapers have dee manded concrete information from W. P. A. officials, but have met with refusals, it was claimed. On October 14 the petitioners said, they demanded of William H. J. Ely, New Jersey State W. P. A. director, access to his records, and he replied authority for such a step would have to come from Washington. The Republican officials said that they wrote Hopkins the next day re- questing access to the records and that he answered October 16, refusing their request. The Federal emergency relief act of 1933, the emergency relief appropria= tion act of 1935 and the emergency relief appropriation act of 1936 were attached as delegating improper leg- islative control of expenditures to the | Executive Department. | “Gross Waste” Charged. | By use of these funds, totaling about $6.000,000,000, it was said, a “vast Fed~ eral agency” subject only to executive control has been built up. Edge and his associates cited charges of “gross waste and extravagance” throughout the | United States, and said they believe Washington Consumers’ Council. “What you know about the milk| business,” replied Derrick, “could be! written on a postage stamp and you would have a lot of room left.” The farmers cheered. Boyd con- tinued an attempt to prove that the farmer did not receive the 25.17-cent- | a-gallon average Derrick described. Mrs. Robert Lewis, a woman dairy farmer of Frederick County, Md. arose to ask: “Is this going to be another meeting of economists, statisticians, doctors, lawyers, business men and the rest? It's ridiculous the things those people (See MILK, Page A-2.) John Marks. No charges were made in Police Court againt the latter three. Capt. Rhoda Milliken, chief of the ‘Women'’s Bureau, said a physician ex- amined Mrs. Delphia Marks before she was taken to the House of Detention Priday afternoon. The physician, it was said, offered to make out a permit admitting the ex- pectant mother to the hospital, but, ac- cording to police, she refused to go. Cases against the two women were to be continued today until the mother recovers sufficiently to attend court. Another complainant against the gypsies, prior to their arrest Friday, was Canon Anson Phelps Stokes of Washington Cathedral, who tele- phoned police that he was stopped while driving his car at Thirty-fourth and Garfleld streets. ‘The minister said the gypsies offered to tell his fortune and tried an old “trick” to get at his pocketbook. He said he did not wish to press charges against them. the charges to be true. They said appointments in the ad- | ministrative establishment have been | dictated through political motives and | that excessive salaries have been paid, | reducing the money available for legiti- mate relief purposes. The suit was filed by Attorneys Ed- win F. Colladay, Republican national committeeman for the District: Merritt Lane and Joseph C. McGarraghy. FAIR AND WARM TODAY; SHOWERS TOMORROW Colder Weather Predicted After Rain Wednesday Night—Tem- perature 52 This Morning. Showers and colder weather are due in the Capital by tomorrow night, the forecaster predicted today. This afternoon and tonight, he said, will be fair and warmer, and Wednes- day morning and afternoon will be mostly cloudy. The temperature dropped to a low of 52 degrees at 6:30 am. today, but at 9:30 it was up to 66. 11 SAVED FROM TUG Coast Guard Rescues Crew After Vessel Springs Leak. MUSKEGON, Mich., October 20 (#). —Eleven men were rescued by Coast Guardsmen today after a tug owned by the Rea Powers Corp. of Boston, Mass., sprang a leak while towing two barges loaded with crude oil from Chicago to a Muskegon refinery. The engineer of the tug, commanded by Capt. Bernard J. Manken of New London, Conn., stood waist deep in water when the Coast Guard crew The gypsies were attending some sort of gathering of the tribes near the Richmond Highway about 3 miles south of m came alongside in a ‘moderate sea three miles outside the Muskegon Harbor. The tug and both barges were towed into port. A F 3