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HOEPPELS RELEASE Diétrict Attorney Goes to Richmond to Thwart : Bond Move. United States Attorney Leslie C. Gainett and an assistant, Samuel F. Bedch, left today for Richmond to ap- pear in Federal Court there this after- nodf to contest habeas corpus pro- ceedings instituted by Representative John W. Hoeppel of California and his! son, Charles J. Hoeppel, in an effort to avoid 2 jail sentence, Advised by Jessie C. Duke, defense counsel, that the Hoeppels disputed the’ legality of their conviction on a charge of soliciting pay for a West Point appointment on the ground that the jury included two members in- eligible to serve because of Govern- ment connections, Garnett said the defendants had not challenged the presence of these two at the trial, and could not raise the question now. The Hoeppels were arrested in a Richmond apartment Saturday by special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F. B. I, expressed “amazement” today over the reported statement of Detective Capt. A. S. Wright in Richmond that G-men “hdd no part in the arrests.” Director Hoover said the Hoeppels were arrested by F. B. I agents un- assisted and unaccompanied by any other officers. An Associated Press dispatch in The Star Saturday quoted Capt. Wright as saying the pair was seized “after a search by their bonds- man and & deputy marshal” and that Richmond police “aided in the arrests,” but Justice Department agents were not involved. It was said at the F. B. I that, as a matter of fact, Richmond police knew nothing of the arrests until the Hoeppels were brought to the jail by F, B. I agents. The F. B. I. had launched a hunt for the pair after they had failed to appear for commit- ment to Lorton Reformatory under sentences of from four months to a year, It was following announcement by Hoover here of the arrests that Capt. Wright was quoted as denying partici- pation by the G-Men in the appre- hensions. In the formal announce- ment Saturday Hoover said the ar- rests were made by F. B. L agents. Bond Is Denied. The Hoeppels were denied bond in & preliminary hearing Saturday be- * Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events . and Things. SLIP, BAILIFF had spent five min- * utes yelling loudly into the ear of the defendant to make him understand what Judge Robert E. Mattingly was saying. His apparent deafness prevented him hearing such questions as, “When were you here before?” and, “How many times have you been in jail on this charge?” He was charged with soliciting alms. “I'm going to give you a chance this time,” the judge spoke to the bailiff-interpreter in a low voice. “Thank you, your honor,” replied the defendant before the bailiff could cup his hand to a deaf ear. But he got his chance, anyhow—to get out to the city within the hour, * ok kX X SURVIVAL. Many of the stranger sights, in this automobile age, are reserved Jor those who still walk. Thus, the Joot-traveler along Pennsylvania avenue, is likely to pull up with a start around Sizth street northwest at the sign “Undertaker” staring from the sidewalk. The building, of course, has gone the way of all old brick, but the word written into the asphalt has not yet been re- moved. * x % % TOLD. A HIGH police official's face still tingles when he thinks about & conversation he had in Mount Allo Hospital recently with a fellow suffer- er. Both were there for operations. The sum and substance of the one and only conversation was the merits and demerits of the police force in & certain precinct. “They're all a fine bunch of boys | down there, except _ said his tete-a-tete with spirit far an THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1936. GARNETT FIGHTS | [Washington] PRESIDENTTOILS | HENRY CLAY HALL, ON BUDGET SUMS Tries to Complete Estimates for Next Year Before Sailing to Argentine. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Denying himself to all callers except administrative heads with whom he desired to discuss budget figures, President Roosevelt today continued laboring on the estimates for the next fiscal year. He hopes to have the figures in completed form before leav~ ing Washington next week on his contemplated trip to Buenos Aires to attend the opening session of the Pan- American Peace Conference. In making known his plans for his journey several days ago, the President made it plain that, while it is his aim to make the trip, he would not make a definite announcement of the fact until some time this week. For nearly an hour, during the fore- noon, the President was closeted with Daniel W. Bell, acting director of the budget, laboring over the estimates. Immediately after his conference with Bell, the President went into session with Harry L. Hopkins, works Progress administrator, who was accompanied by Aubrey L. Williams, deputy admin- istrator. The President also took up with Williams the budget require- ment for the National Youth Admini- stration, of which he is Advisory Com- mittee chairman. Other budget conferences held by the President were with Secretary of the Commerce Roper and Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of Vet~ erans Affairs. The President had as his luncheon guest George Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago, an old friend. At Mr. Roose- velt's stop in Chicago Tecently, while campaigning, Cardinal Mundelein made a brief call abroad the Presi- dent's campaign train, during which the President said he hoped the pre- late would visit him soon in Washing- ton. ‘The White House announced today that the only plans the President has for the armistice celebration Wednes- day are to go to Arlington National Cemetery to place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and to send a personal representative to Washington Cathedral to place a wreath on the tomb of President Wil- son. President Roosevelt received a great ovation during his automobile ride to and from church yesterday. In spite of the stormy weather, there was a LAWYER, 76, DIES Former I. C. C. Chairman Was Colorado Springs Mayor in 1905-07. Henry Clay Hall, 76, lawyer and former chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, died early today after a short illness at Ashfield, Mass. He lived at 2238 Q street and maintained offices at 716 Jackson place, but had been away since July, Appointed to the I. C. C. by Presi- dent Wilson in 1914, Mr. Hall served until 1928, when he resigned to re- sume law practice. He was chair- man of the commission during the ‘World War and again in 1924. He was graduated from Amherst in 1881 and received the degree of bachelor of laws from Columbia Law School, N. Y, in 1883. He practiced in Paris from 1885 to 1892 and served as counselor to the United States Legation there from 1888 to 1892, Moving to Colorado Springs, Colo., for his health, he was mayor for two years, 1905-07. He was vice president for Colorado and member of the Gen- eral Council of the American Bar As- sociation, 1912-13; commissioner for Colorado on uniform State laws, 1912, and president of the Colorado State Bar Association, 1911-12. Following his appointment to the I. C. C. he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree by Amherst. Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at his ancestral home in Ashfleld, and the body will be taken to Colorado Springs for burial. Two of his five children, Mrs. Sidney Paige and Mrs. Oliver B. Lerch, live here. — C. S. ALBERT DIES OF HEART ATTACK Deceased Was Chief Clerk of Telephone Company Traffie Department. Charles S. Albert, 60, chief clerk of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co. traffic department, died Saturday of a heart attack at his home, 737 Alli- son street. Mr. Albert, & native of Baltl- more, had been in the service of the telephone company for the Fascist soldiers carrying a wounded comrade to safety on a stretcher during the fight. Photo sent by courier to Paris, thence to London by telephoto, by radio to New York and wirephoto to Washington. —A. P. Photo. DUBINSKY GROUP CONSIDERS STEP Statement on Whether to Return to A. F. L. Is Ex- pected Today. BY the Associated Press. The Executive Board of the Ladies® Garment Workers’ Union today studied its future course in the “family quare rel” between the American Federae tion of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization with which the Garment Union is affiliated. A break-up yesterday of peace nee gotiations between John L. Lewis, Committee for Industrial Organiza- tion leader, gnd Willlam Green, A. P, of L. president, prompted todz s ses- alon to determine if the C .rment ‘Workers, the country’s third largest unjon, will seek reinstatement in the A. F. of L. at its Tampa, Fla.,, cone vention next week. Such a step was regarded as tantamount to desertion from the Lewis committee ranks. Statement Likely Today. ‘When the Garment Workers’ Board adjourned at noon, members declined to discuss the session, but said a state= ment probably would be forthcoming at the end of the day. David Dubinsky, president of the garment workers, declined to foree cast his board's action further than to say he “probably” would go to Tampa. He said the board would consider the whole situation. The Ladies’ Garment Workers, Lewis’ United Mine Workers and eight other unions were suspended by the federation two months ago for form- ing the Committee for Industrial Or- ganization and attempting to bring all the workers in each big industry into one big union, regardless of traditional A. F. of L. craft lines. Start of Maneuvers. Lewis started the unsuccessful week end peace maneuvers Saturday night in Pittsburgh, where the Committee for Industrial Organization was meet- ing to hear reports on progress of its steel organization campaign. Lewis asked William Green, federa- tion president, by telegram, whether just the two of them could get to- gether to work out a peace agreement that would restore the suspended une ions to membership. Green replied that the A. F. of L. Executive Council had named a com- mittee to negotate a peace agreement and that he lacked the authority to change the council’'s “policy.” He would gladly meet Lewis, however, he said. last 31 years. He Wwas & member of the Alexander Graham Bell beyond his sick-bed manner. And then ended by telling how many kinds of a so-and-so the one official was. Lewis said in a second telegram to Green that ‘“under such circume stances, a conference between you and fore United States Commissioner Mel- vin Flegenheimer, Duke, who asked bail “to save them | huge crowd in front of St. Thomas’ | Episcopal Church when he arrived, | and on his departure the throng was unnecessary embarrassment over the | week end,” contended they were being | held illegally and asserted they would | fight extradition. Flegenheimer said “in view of what happened in Washington” their re- | lease in any amount of bond was im- possible. Bench warrants were issued at | Washington after the two men, aged 56 and 24, respectively, could not be located for commimment to jail fol- lowing refusal of the United States Supreme Court to review their case. An intensive hunt by Federal au- thorities ended with their apprehen- sion. They face jail sentences of from four months to a year on conviction of soliciting $1,000 from James W. Ives, 22, of Baltimore, for an appoint- ment to the Military Academy. Government Connections. In raising the jury issue, Duke said that one member was the wife of a Government employe and another was | the son of a man employed for years | by the Government and now drawing & pension. He pointed out that the | United States Supreme Court is to | pass on the right of Federal employes | or persons deriving their living from | Federal funds to serve on juries here. The Court of Appeals has barred | them by holding the new District jury law invalid, Duke also said he had an order from the Supreme Court extending the time for filing & petition for re- | hearing on a writ of certiorari until November 12, and that this gave the Hoeppels until that time to start serv- ing their sentences. Hearst (Continued From First Page.) and the welfare of the people as the courts; and in this view the assump- tion may properly be indulged that, attention being called to the unlaw- ful nature of the search, the Senate will not use its proceeds in disregard of the appellate's rights.” Resolution Is Criticized. The resolution adopted by the Com- munications Commission under which its agents examined thousands of pri- vate telegrams received and sent over & seven-month period was character- ized by the court as “without author- ity of law and contrary to the very terms of the act under which the commission was constituted.” Even without the express prohibi- tion against disclosure of telegrams contained in the Federal communica- tions act, the disclosure by the com- mission to the Lobby Committee of private messages was improper, Jus- tice Groner declared. He said the contents of telegrams are as much inviolate as letters. But for the assurance by the Com- munications Commission that it would cease seizure of telegrams, Chief Jus- tice Wheat could properly have en- Joined the commission, the appellate court said. The telegraph companies could have been restrained by injunction from turning telegrams over to the Senate committee as was done in a suit brought last Winter by Silas Strawn, former president of the American Bar Association, it was as- serted. In his suit, Hearst asked that the Senate Lobby Committee be en- Jjoined from making any use of the Ppublisher’s telegrams which it had re- ceived from the Communications Com- mission. The case was argued both in Dis- trict Court and in the Court of Ap- peals by Elisha Hafison, representing Hearst, and Crampton Harris of Bir- mingham, Ala, for the committee. Harris is a former law partner of Senator Black, committee chairman. Nanjemoy Women Elect. LEONARDTOWN, November 9 (Special) —Mrs, Wendell Reed has been elected president of the Nan- jemoy Women's Club, it was an- nounced today. Other officers are: Vice president, Mrs. P. H. Hender- son; secretary, Mrs. Samuel Linton; publicity, Mrs. Wallace Miller. The club has made plans to purchase & new sewing machine fop the school’s 4-H girls. 3 The s0-and-so hopes they meet again. * ok * % NUMBERS. JUDGE ISAAC R. HITT under- stands the “numbers” racket—but he likes te dictate the terms of the writing. Trying a case in Traffic Court the |other day in which a youth was | charged with tampering with an | automobile—which to the legal mind | means that he is trying to steal it— the dignified judge listened while the | defendant testified he was merely | writing numbers, using the windshield | of the car for a desk. “You understand the numbers, don’t you?” he asked Judge Hitt. “Sure, we all know about numbers up here,” replied the jurist. “I'm | writing one now. It's five Ooh.. And | you win a sentence of $50 or 30 days | on it.” | * Kk k% FREE NOW. FR.M of the press, guaranteed | by the Constitution and taken for granted by American newspaper men, is still a new experience and a new freedom to Patrick McGroarty, who has just joined the Washington press | corps. Pat recently concluded four years on the Panama American, daily news- paper published by American-born Nelson Rounsevell in the republic of Panama. Rounsevell is famous for printing virtually anything and everything. He never pulls a punch. phliDe e o Every time the American printed & great expose of conditions affecting the life and politics of the isthmus republic, some member of the edi- torial staff usually was jailed by the high court. Usually it was Pat, some- times his boss, Pat did four brief stretches in the Panamanian bastille, and said he might have done a fifth had he not returned to the United States at the right time: Usually it was just a matter of a few hours or days before Editor Rounsevell's intercession with the President of the republic would secure the release of Newshawk McGroarty. Since his return to the homeland, Pat has enjoyed a life of peace and quietude, and real freedom of the press. ok ok % NAME. ONE person in Washington is very much impressed with the poten- tialities of a name on the door of a Social Security Board executive. It reads: INFORMATION SERVICE. Kathleen Bitzer, Chief. Our informant wonders if Miss, or Mrs.,, Bitzer ever is in such a rush that she merely signs herself K. Bitzer, * ok ok % BANK NOTES. A YOUNG Washington woman who, so far, has avoided all matrimo- nial pitfalls and continues able to put part of the pay check she draws from Uncle Sam in a savings account, met a recently married male acquaint- ance in the bank last pay day. “I didn’t expect to see you here,” she said. “I thought married men had to spend all their money.” “I'm not depositing any,” admitted the benedict. “I'm drawing out some I saved before I got married.” LEAGUE HEADS MEET ‘The semi-annual board meeting of the National League of Women Voters convened today at the Hay-Adams House for & five-day session. Selection of a legislative program in the Sev- enty-fifth Congress and next steps in the league's “trained personnel in public service” campaign will be the principal business. Fifteen directors, headed by Miss Marguerite M. Wells of Minneapolis, president, are in atf ice. even larger. If the President does decide to make the cruise to Buenos Aires he will leave November 16 to sail aboard the Indianapolis, one of the Navy’s speed- iest cruisers, the following day. Ac- cording to his plans, he would be back in Washington about & fortnight before Christmas. T. G. BURGESS, 65, DIES; ARCHITECT IN TREASURY Funeral Services Tomorrow in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish. Thomas G. Burgess, 65, an asso- ciate architect of the Treasury De- partment, died of a sudden fillness Saturday at his home, 628 B street northeast. A native of this city, Mr. Burgess had been a Treasury architect more than 25 years, Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Alice Burgess: two daughters, Miss Mary Louise Burgess and Mrs. Jean- ette B. Lewis, both of this city, and a brother, George Burgess of Montgom- | ery County, Md. Funeral services will be held at 11 am. tomorrow in St. Paul's Episco- | pal Church, Rock Creek Parish, Burial will be in Rock Creek Ceme- tery. e Ruling (Continued From First Page) authorized by the act, and no special or unusual damage is charged in any of the bills. “In saying this, we are by no means unmindful that the threatened pro- ceedings of the board in any one or all of the cases may result in creating inharmonious relations between the employer and the employe. Nor have we any doubt that the employers’ participation in the proposed pro- ceedings will involve some expense of time to the officials of all of the ap- pellates. And if the act should sub- sequently be held to be unconstitu- tional in a proper case these losses will have to be borne without redress. But—as was said by Judge Sibley in a similar case in the fifth circuit— these things are incident to every sort of trial and are part of the social burden of living under gov- ernment. They are not the irrepar- able damage as to which equity will interfere to prevent.” Three of the seven suits were brought to enjoin the board from conducting hearings to determine whether the em- ployers were guilty of unfair labor practices. In another suit an injunc- tion was sought to prevent the board from conducting a hearing to deter- mine whether an election should be held. Two of the suits were to enjoin the board from holding an election for choosing of employe representatives for collective bargaining and the re- maining case was brought to enjoia the board from conducting hearings to determine collective bargaining repre- sentatives and on the question of un- fair labor practices. In all the cases the manufacturing concerns bought their raw materials partly in the State where the concern operated and partly in other States and the finished product was sold both within and without the State of manu- facture. Chapter, Tele- phone Ploneers of America, and the Eks Lodge of Hagerstown, Md, having | joined the latter group while doing work for the company there, Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Hilda J. Albert; two sons, Charles S., jr, and William L. Albert, both of this city, and two sisters, Mrs. James Bristol and Miss Linda Albert, both of Philadelphia. Funeral services will be held at 11 am. tomorrow in Hines funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. . CAUTION SIGNAL STAYS AS COIL BURNS oUT Electric Timing Clock Causes Lights to Remain “Neutral” Hour Overtime. The caution signal on traffic lights in several sections of downtown Wash- ington blinked an hour longer today because of a burned-out coil in an electric timing cloclk. ‘The lights failed to change from the blinking signal to normal operation C. 8. Albert, Traffic Department workmen found the time clock controlling zone 1 out of order. It was back in working order an hour later, The area affected included parts of Fifteenth, Sixteenth, E, H and Sixth streets and Vermont, Rhode Island and Indiana avenues. e PHILIP CHIRIELEISON DIES OF HEART ATTACK Philip Anthony Chirieleison, 27, president of Jimmies, Inc., local beauty parlor chain, died yesterday of a heart attack at his home, 5914 Sixteenth street. A native of this city, Mr. Chirlelei- son was taken to Italy by his parents for his health when a young boy and returned here about 11 years ago. He went in the beauty parlor business with his father, James A. Chirieleison. Surviving him are his parents, a sister, Mrs. Diane Ronsaville, and two brothers, Febo and Hugo Chirieleison. Funeral services will be held at 9 am. tomorrow. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. MRS. MARIAN J. RIGGLES DIES OF LONG ILLNESS Mrs. Marian J. Riggles, 85, died Sunday at her residence in the Alban Towers Apartments after a long ill- ness. She was a lifelong resident of ‘Washington. Mrs. Riggles' father, the Ilate ‘Thomas F. Lewis, was a prominent District builder and contractor. Her husband, the late John R. Riggles, was a member of the Masonic order and for 50 years was active in supply- ing paint to local artists. Mrs. Riggles is survived by two sons, Dr. J. Lewis Riggles and J. Richard Riggles, and two grandsons, all of this city. Services will be tomorrow at St. Alban’s Church, Wisconsin and Massa- chusetts avenues, at 2 pm. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Night Final elivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest News Flashes from Around the World, Whatever it ;:, you'll ind 1t in The Night Final Sports Edition, . THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month, Call National 5000 and service will start at once, Full Sports ’ | i J at the customary hour of 7 am.,, lnd| end during Fascist attack. Court (Continued From First Page.) Spain (Continued From First Page.) his inability to pay the costs or to ob- tain a review.” Wood sald Fox could apply for a writ of habeas corpus. Benjamin Reass, New York attor- | ney for Fox, insisted the Circuit Court had jurisdiction to pass on the appeal. ‘The subpoena was served on Fox at the Prankford, Pa., railroad junction. He contended that was illegal because outside of New York. Wood said he was “evading payment of the judg- ment” and “obviously evading service” of the subpoena. ‘The Supreme Court also ruled today that States and cities must share alike {in collecting unpaid taxes from an | insolvent concern. A unanimous opinion read by Justice | Sutherland affirmed a ruling by the | Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals that Missorui and St. Louis were on an equal footing in regard to their claims to the $11,867 remaining assets of the | Laessig’s Oil Products Co. The State | claimed $8,580 and the city $9,026, both for motor vehicle fuel tax. In another decision a Texas statuie imposing an occupation tax on oil pro- duced within the State was held con- stitutional. A decision by the Texas Court of Civil Appeals upholding the law was affirmed by the high court ina unanimous ruling delivered by Justice Van Devanter. - The legislation was challenged as unconstitutional by Joseph H. Barwise and George Thompson, jr., trustees of the estate of Mrs. M. M. Cook, who owned a well in Shackelford County. They contended the 2 per cent tax im- paired their contracts with the lessee of the oil well. The Supreme Court, after handing down its opinions on a variety of con- troversies, was to hear arguments on a New Deal dispute for the first time this term. Up for mid-afterncon debate was the Government’s effort to postpone action by lower tribunals on cases challenging the constitutionality of the public utility holding company act until & final decision is obtained on proceedings it has filed against the Electric Bond and Share Co. The Government has said it wanted to avoid a flood of “complicated and expensive suits,” and let one case decide the issue. ‘That is the first of five cases involv- ing New Deal legislation scheduled for argument during the next two weeks. Others pertain to P. W. A. loans for publicly-owned hydro-electric plants, & 50 per cent tax on profits made be- fore the silver purchase act became effective, an embargo on arms to Bo- livia and Paraguay for their Chaco War, and the Ashurst-Sumners meas- ure, to require labeling of prison-made goods. Other cases to be argued during the gext fortnight involve the New York unemployment insurance law, Cali- fornia and Illinois “fair trade” acts, and an injunction granted the Asso- ciated Press by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, to restrain Radio Station KVOS of Bellingham, Wash- ington State, from broadcasting the Press Association’s news until 18 hours after publication. The court also was expected to announce this afternoon whether it would add three new cases involving the Wagner labor relations act to the two it already has agreed to review. Pay Raise Granted. CUMBERLAND, Md., November 9 (). —Officials of the South Cumber- |land Mills of the N. & G. Taylor Tin- plate Co. said more than 500 employes here would benefit by wage increases announced by the Republic Steel Corp., of which the local plant is & subsidiary. v heard the shrill whistle of the shells. | It was reported 30 persons were injured in the morning bombardment. ‘Twenty-three persons, it was estab- lished, were killed in the Puente Val- | lecas section yesterday, when six flim- sy workers’ apartment buildings col- lapsed under the bombardment. | Many other persons were hurt in the | falling debris. | ‘There still were no officlal figures | as to the total casualties in yesterday's bombardment, but they were estimated | s at between 100 and 200. | One Red Cross official said three | | large trucks full of dead had been | taken to the morgue. | Passing over the southern and west- | | ern limits of the city this forenoon, | the enemy bombers dropped a number | of small projectiles without serious | | damage. A number of small buildings | were set afire, however. In all, 14 planes participated in the morning raids, dropping a number of incendiary -bombs. The Casa de Campo, formerly the private estate of | the King, felt the brunt of these. The battle of machine guns was plainly audible in downtown Madrid, | punctuating the artillery broadsides as | the fighting drew nearer. Operations in the trenches at the edge of the city were plainly visible from the higher buildings. From the offices of the Associated | Press Madrid bureau were heard three | loud explosions near the ministries of | war, communications and navy. ‘The bark of rifle and revolver fire | punctuated the roar of aerial and | artillery bombardments. Military circles, laboring to hold the | city from the Fascist assaults, said | the bombardment was the heaviest on any capital in history. Some sources | estimated the death toll of yesterday's dual attack at 30 dead and 170 in- Jjured Shelled Throughout Night. ‘Throughout the night, shells dropped into the very heart of Madrid. Onme| exploded only 100 yards from the offices of the Associated Press. The pbantom “fifth column” swung into action in the city in an appar- ent effort to lend interior support to the insurgent siege. Its members de- fled government curfew orders until | strong guard detachmehts were or- dered to patrol the streets. The Socialists directed machine gun | and rifle fire at the hidden positions while Fascist snipers tried to pick off the government sentries. The defense council threw every available militiaman into the con- solidated positions which run from Vallecas, a southeastern suburb, to the Escorlal road which enters the capital from the northwest. | Under the personal direction of Gen. Jose Miaja, the council sat in session throughout the night, direct- | ing the battle on front line reports | delivered by motor cycle dispatch | riders, ‘The Junta praised the heroic stand of the Socialist troops which have been almost without food since the siege started four days ago. A short- age of cartridges was reported as the militia massed in & human wall which withstood the terrific insurgent at- tack. Gun crews in the city stood fast in their positions, undismayed by the unprecedented bombings. Strained Gayety in City. In the city, cheering radio music echoed through the few cafes and restaurants which were still open. Diners kept up & strained gayety amid the reverberations of the cannonad- mllflll\l. continued to receive bodies of air raid victims. Doctors and nurses worked feverishly in first aid A view of the main thoroughfare in Madrid, where heavy loss of life occurred over the week —Wide World Photo. just outside the telephone building, company officials debated whether to send the switchboard operators home and suspend service. Insurgent headquarters at Talavera de la Reina announced that its troops entered Madrid proper yesterday, but an Associated Press dispatch from Madrid sent early this morning said the battle Sunday occurred “at the gates” of the capital. FASCISTS CROSS MAZANARES. Fighting Outside Madrid Prelude to Heavy Battle. WITH THE SPANISH FASCIST ARMY OUTSIDE MADRID, November (#).—Moors and Fascist foreign legionnaires waded into the Mazanares River today to ford the shallow stream | and fight their way into Madrid. Insurgent artillery, operating in the vicinity of the Toledo and Segovia bridges, fired scattered houses in the extreme southwestern part of the capital. A large part of the district already was evacuated. The Moors and Legionnaires were ordered to ford the river to the south of the Toledo bridge because the spans were reported to have been mined. Reinforced Fascist troops assaulted | the northwestern sector of the city, but the extent of their penetration was not known to correspondents, Just before dawn, during a short | pause in the almost incessant battle, thousands of Fascist and Carlist re- serves filed into the front lines of the insurgent army. Officers expected the onslaught would drive stubbornly resisting gov- ernment militiamen from the city-side approaches of the mined Manzanares River bridges back into the capital's own streets. Artillery shells dropped into the government entrenchments at closely spaced intervals, while the Fascist front lines peppered the defense forces with machinegun and rifle fire. The attack, insurgent commanders said, was the prelude to one of the biggest battles of the civil war. Fascist artillery showered shells into the Madrid first-line trenches to | support infantry charges which ad- vanced the attackers’ positions to the banks of the river on the south side of the city. Withering fire blasted a hole in the government battlements and was reported to have almost wiped out a Socialist battalion of women. Heavy casualties were inflicted the whole length of the government line and tremendously damaged the city, already partly in flames, behind it. SOCIALISTS DEFEATED. “Amateur” Army Repulsed Under __ Heavy Fire. - - — e TALAVERA DE LA REINA, Spain, November 9 (#).—A Socialist army estimated at 25,000 falled today to turn back & Fascist attack on the northwest side of Madrid. The defense force, reputedly a con- scripted and disorganized army of youths and men of all ages, counter- attacked the charging insurgents in a flanking movement in the Casa de Campo region. The Madrilenos poured out from Madrid on the Guadarrama road dur- | ing the forenoon, but were repulsed quickly under heavy fire. Fascist artillery played havoc with the poorly trained army and turned its retreat into a rout. A few hours later the army was in & confused flight back into the city. Fascist officers here said they had been informed Madrid streets were being barricaded and women Were being recruited to bolster the defense. EEEERS New Zealand will make loans to he%p establish new industries. the undersigned would be futile.” . Garfinckel (Continued Prom First Page.) to his employes, other associates and employes were remembered in the will | by annuities payable during their lives | as follows: | James Herbert Johnson (who died | several months ago and cannot receive {the annuity), $6,000 per year; | William E. "~ Schmid, store control- ler, $4200 a year; Miss Bessie Fairall, who had been with him since 1905, $1,800 per year; Mrs, Irens Streeter, $1.800 per year; Harvey J. Cheston, $1,500 per year; Miss Mable Ryland, $1,200 per year; Frank Flane nigan, $1,200 per year; Herbert S, Endor, Wilbur Clafin, Miss Florence Galvin, Miss D. Magee and Mrs. Thelma Cecil, $600 per year each, and Rice Gaskins, $300 per year. Mr. Garfinckel's prized collection of 25 etchings, by Whistler, is left to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. They were said to be worth from $500 to $750 | each. The petition for probate, filed with |'the will, estimated the value of the | estate at $5,959,000. The real estate, { consisting of business properties at | Fourteenth, F and G streets, and three | other F street properties, has an | assessed value of $4,584,263. The real | estate is subject to a mortgage amount« | ing to $3.427,500. The value of his | personal property, consisting of $260,- 000 cash on hand, stock of merchandise in his department store and debts due him, was fixed at $1,375.000. The executors did not report any estimate of the value of the business |of Julius Garfinckel & Co. as a | Boing concern, leaving that to be de- termined when an official appraises ment is made. The Riggs National Bank, Mr. Gar- | finckel's nephew, William Townsend Pheiffer of Amarillo, Tex.; Mr. | Schmid, and Frank J. Hogan, at- torney, were named executors and trustees of the estate. The will was proved in court by the witnesses to its execution un | October 23, 1935. They are William | H. Donovan, law partnew of Mr, Hogan, and Miss Marie McDonald and Miss Virginia Warren, Hogan's bookkeeper and secretary. NEIDECKERS’ RETURN TO FRANCE REFUSED Supreme Court Bars Extradition, Holding No Authority Under 1909 Treaty. BY the Assoclated Press. Extradition of the three Neidecker brothers—B. Coles, George W. and Aubrey—to France to face charges of larceny and other crimes in connection with the closing of their Travelers’ Bank in Paris was barred today by the Supreme Court. The justices unanimously affirmed in an opinion read by Chief Justice Hughes a ruling of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that native-born American citizens could not be extra= dited to France under a 1909 treaty, Similar treaties with 32 other nations were affected by the decision. Counsel for the French government and the New York police commissioner contended that under the lower court's opinion “an American citizen can murder the head of a foreign state and, if he makes good his escape to this country, no punishment can touch him.” The Neideckers came to the United States when their bank closed iis doors. They were taken into custody |at New York on & warrant requested by the Acting Consul General of France. Their discharge was directed by the Circuit Court after the Federal District Court had dismissed writs of a habeas ‘corpus petition, Lloyd George Embarks. SOUTHAMPTON, England, Novem- ber 9 () —David Lloyd George, war- time British prime minister, sailed today on the liner Amerika for a holiday trip to the West Indies. ‘