Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1936, Page 2

DIGEST ANSWERS QUERIES ONVOTES Publication, Still Baffled, Won't Quit Forecasts' Because of Error. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 13.—The Literary Digest, whose 16-year record for accurate forecasting of election results, was wrecked in the Roosevelt landslide, answers questioners of its straw vote methods in an article pub- lished today with another question: “So what?” “So we were wrong,” the Digest answers, “although we did everything we knew to assure ourselves of being right.” As to whether it will change its methods in future election years, the Digest says “we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.” Not to Quit Polls. As an answer to the question of whether it will conduct another poll, the article says: - “Should the Democratic party have quit in 1924 when it reached a modern Jow ebb * * *? Should the Repub- lican party have quit in 1912 when it carried only two States?” After pointing out four previous Di- gest polls “were right,” the article disputes several “familiar” explana- tions of its error this year, and de- clares it is still trying to find out why it indicated a Landon victory in the face of the Roosevelt landslide. The Digest says “we had no stake {n the result other than the wish to preserve our well-earned reputation for scrupulous bookkeeping.” Contention that Digest ballots did not reach the “so-called ‘have-not’ strata” who in the 1936 election were reported “all on one side,” is denied {n the article. It holds that the Presi- dent received majorities from all strata. Allentown, Pa., Bianketed, “The fact remains,” it states, “that (besides the ‘have-nots’) a majority of farmers, doctors, grocers and can- dlestick makers also voted for the President.” Furthermore, the article asserts that ballots reached every registered voter in Allentown, Pa., and other cities, every other registered voter in Scran- ton, Pa., and every third in Chicago, and yet the results from these towns were “as badly off as we were on the national total.” It expresses the belief that a ma- Jority of ballots went to Roosevelt voters of 1932, as “the 1936 malling list was the 1932 mailing list.” but 1t said that a majority of replies came from apparent Republicans. But “the fact is we've al s got too big & sampling of Republican vot- ers,” it said, and yet “in 1932 * * * we overestimated the Roosavelt popular vote by three-quarters of 1 per cent.” Chicago Error Cited. “In 1928,” the article continued, “in Chicago, we underestimated the Demo- eratic vote by a little more than S per cent, overestimated the Republican vote by the same margin. “We wondered then, as we have wondered before and have wondered since, why we were-getting better co- operation in what we hgve always re- garded as a public service from Re- publicans than we were getting from Democrats. Do Republicans live nearer mail boxes? Do Democrats generally disapprove of straw polls?” ‘The article also discounts the argu- ment that “we sampled too many vot- ers,” pointing out that the Baltimore Sunpapers poll, “a lot nearer right in Maryland,” went to many more per- sons.” BOOTLEGGING IS HIGHLY ORGANIZED, SAYS REPORT Institute of Public Administra- tion Calsl for Enlargement of Enforcement Agencies. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 13.—Assert- | ing the bootlegging business “is as highly organized since repeal as it was during prohibition,” the Institute of Public Administration last night called for an enlargement of law-enforce- | ment agencies. The institute, announcing the first of a series of conclusions based on & two-year study of the liquor problem, estimated 40,000,000 gallons of un- taxed liquor were produced in 1935 as compared with the withdrawal of 82,816,000 gallons of tax-paid spirits. Luther Gulick, director of the insti- tute, which has engaged in the study of State and national governmental problems since 1921, said the organi- ration reported the results of the sur- vey “not because the institute has any interest in the liquor problem as such, but because the key to success or fail- ure is apparently in administration.” At present we lack the police man- power to defeat the bootleggers; we can eliminate some of them and only harass others,” the report said. “The alcohol tax unit should have at least & thousand additional men. State Jiquor law enforcement units should 8130 be considerably increased.” — GEN. PERSHING’S LEGAL ADVISER DIES SUDDENLY Franklin Warner M. Cutcheon Planned to Leave Long Island for California Today. BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 13 —Frank- lin Warner M. Cutcheon, retired civil worker and lawyer, former secretary general of the American Red Cross and special legal adviser to Gen. John J. Pershing during the World War, died yesterday at his home at Locust Valley on Long Island. A sufferer for several years from a heart allment, Mr. Cutcheon had re- turned from his Winter home in Santa Barbara, Calif., last month and had expected to leave today to return to Santa Barbara for the Winter. He retired in 1924 after practicing for nearly 40 years in St. Paul, Minn,, and New York. In 1920 he was_named director of the United States War Finance Corp. and from 1927 to 1929 served as one of the American members of the Rep- arations Commission. Honors were bestowed upon him by several nations. His widow is the former Sarah Gib- son Flanrau of Boone County, Ky., whom he married in 1891. Bird Abandons Foot Ball. A kingfisher pecched on & goal post viewed a foot ball game at Hastings, New Zealand, until & -kicked ball drove the bird away. THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON [Washington|ANDON DEFENDS |PRESIDENT GETS Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. STOPPED. OL. E. W. STARLING, chief of ‘White House Secret Service, which guards the President, had to take some of his own medicine the other day, Bound for the Armistice ceremo- nies at Arlington, he attempted to drive past one of the sentries who had strict orders to keep every one out of a certain part of the grounds. “You can't pass here,” said the sentry. .The colonel told the sentry who he was. The sentry said he was sorry, but orders were orders, It took the commanding officer to get Col. Star- ling to his destination, but he finally got there, * * % % POSEY. One of Judge Edward M. Cur- ran's most ardent admirers is totally unknown to him and so far the admirer doesn’t even kmow the judge. The “aflair” began when @& prac- tical-joking Police Court lawyer picked a faded yellow dahlig out.of a waste paper basket. He handed it to the first woman he met in the hall, a rather homely-looking one, with the statement: “Judge Curran wanted me to give you this lovely flower.” “Who is Judge Curran?” the honored one wanted to know as she took the flower and pinned it to her coat lapel with the remark: “That's the nicest thing that ever happened to me.” *x k% ALL GREEK. ’I‘Hl Post Office Department has no | fault to find with the old saw, | “When as in Rome, do as the Romans do,” but it does believe firmly that | when Greeks send letters from Amer- | ica they should do as Americans do. Harllee Branch, second Assistant Postmaster General, tells postmasters throughout the country that “It has | been brought to the attention of the Department that many letters and other articles of mail destined to for- eign countries bear addresses written in foreign languages only. “This is particularly true,”® Branch said, “of articles intended for Greece. | Inasmuch as the characters, print or | script, of Greek and many other for- eign languages, are not always under- | standable by the United Statesepostal clerks engaged in distributing mail ‘;Ior foreign destinations, frequently there is doubt &s to the proper ex- | change office in the country involved.” | | He has asked postmasters to remind employes of the Department’s regula- tions regarding foreign addresses, *x ko | UNFAIR. ;DUEINO one of the recent games | at Catholic University an ardent rooter was enjoying the grid sport from a 40-yard line box, and whet- ting his already keen enthusiasm by an occasional nip from a pocket con- tainer. Bill Coyle, the sports announcer, following the plays along the side- lines with his portable mike, was having tongue trouble with the names of the players of both teams. The names of the young collegiate stal- warts had a distinctly Russian- Lithuanian—Hungarian—Polish flavor —that kind of flavor which has flocks of B-N-8-K's right together. ‘There was a sharp blast from an official's whistle as a replacement man rushed in from the visiting team's bench. “Substitution, Smith replacing Kazilizitch at left half for A. B. C. University,” bawled Coyle over the public address system. |on the 40-yard stripe: ‘Hey—they 'un't do that—hey, umpire, referee, penalize 'em! Th’ dirty bums have rung in an American on us!™ * x x x NICKNAMES, | "THE propensity of public enemies to } adopt nicknames is already known, increased perhaps by the notoriety of “Machine Gun” Kelly, “Pretty Boy” Floyd, “Baby Face” Nelson and others, but G-men’s weakness for nicknames is not as widely known. € Here are just a few sobriquets from ,\e Federal Bureau of Investigation: ‘Baby Face” Abbaticchio, *“Osmosis” Walsh, “Ag’iner” Meekins, “Censor” Jenkins, “Prof” Temple, “Daddy” Cunningham and “Chico” Cassidy. *x kX NO LAMBS. The bull market that jollowed the election has created a seating problem in Washington brokerage raoms and has fired anew the spirit of possessiveness which marks & Jull-time stock or commodity trader. This possessivepess manifests it self in connection with choice seats bejore the ticker tape or the elec- tric or chalk quotation board. The Jull-time operators become wedded to their seats and believe in rights ©of squatter sovereignty. The influx of new customers has upset their plans. At last report, however, the pros were reperting early and clinging to their old seats. COINAGE NEAR RECORD Peace Time Mark Set by Mint, With 499,554,280 Pieces. Record peace-time coinage during the first 10 months of this year was reported yesterday by the Mint. 280 coins valued at 4,141,000 val- ued at $28,186,143 in the ing 1935 period. Last year recorded the peace-time high, and officials said in- dications were that tigs total for 1936 would be well over for 1935, Came a shrill yell from that box | CAMPAIGN PLANS Would Not Change Thing, He Says—Sees “Gain All to Good.” BY CECIL MOWES. TOPEKA, Kans, November 13 (N.AN.A.).—Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican nominee for the presi- dency, looks back over the terrific campaign waged throughout the Na- tion and finds the net gain is “all to the good.” A week after he began getting the election returns which in- dicated his defeat for the presidency, the Kansas Governor sat in his of- fice in the State House at Topeka and viewed the last six months in retrospect. And he smiled broadly as he Jooked back over the most hectic year of his life and contemplated the trials and pleasures, and, as he weighed these carefully in the balance of his own mind, he remarked, “The net gain is all to the good.” ‘There had been brought before him some of the ordeals of the campaign, things which may have been greatly disturbing at the time. As he thought of these and discussed some of them, he continued to smile and again he remarked: “The net gain is all to the good.” Realized “Desperateness.” “It is an experience that comes to few men,” said Gov. Landon. “I did not go into it unwillingly. I knew the desperateness of the situation, as I saw it and I did not run from the gruelling task that faced me. | “There is great satisfaction to any man to receive the thousands upon thousands of letters I'am getting now and know the writers feel the job has been well done, These letters come from every section of the country, from men and women of every walk of life, and reading them cannot help | but give ope a glow of gratification that is full recompense for all the hard work of the campaign.” Gov. Landon has had long experi- | ence in politics in Kansas, but it was | only after he was elected to a second term as Governor that he became a National figure and a potential can- didate for the presidency. During his lifetime, he had visited every section | of the country. But during the cam- paign just closed, he viewed the coun- try with different eyes than ever before. “What & world of beauty there is in the United States,” he remarked. “What vastness, what desolation, what | richness, all combined within & single | country. Calls People ‘“Marvelous.” “And the people of this great coun- try are marvelous. They are earnest, | active and enthusiastic. They are| friendly and fair, live decent lives, take their politics seriously and stu- diously. This country has been welded | |from s0 many races and types that| the most impressive thought that comes to one, traveling it as I did,| |is that it could be made into such a | | homogeneous structure as we have in | this country.” | “What about presidential eam- paigns as an American institution?” | he was asked. “I think they are wonderful” he replied. “They should be maintained | as they are now. They bring the people into closer relationships with 'thelr Government. They bring home | to the people many facts of wide im- portance to them in their ordinary |lives and business activities. They | develop enthusiasm and deep interest | in public affairs, which many are too prone to neglect. The presidential campaigns are too important for the | whole people of the United States to | even contemplate a vital change in it, in my opinion.” “Would you, if nominated again. | undertake the same type of form of campaign?” Sees Course Correct. “Absolutely,” was the emphatic re- iply. “Of course, there were mistakes | made. That is natural. Also, possibly, | we made & few more mistakes because Republican party in so many States as the result of the elections of two and foar years ago. to do over again, I do not know of a single vital change which we would make in the campeign. “I think John Hamilton accem- | plished wonders in the way of organ- | the few months he had at the begin- ning of the campaign. “We stuck to what we believed were the fundamental issues of the cam- paign throughout. We tried not to waver or wander from them in any respect.” “What was the greatest thrill that came to you in the campaign?” | “There were many of them,” he said. “I think possibly the outstand- ing one was the amazing crowd, the parade, the reception of my own home State when I made my acceptance speech on the State House steps in Topeka. But there were many oth- ers where I got a real thrill.” “What was the most severe shock that came to you during the cam- paign?” Hits Booing of President. “The booing of the crowd when the name of the President of the United States was mentioned. “To me, that was the most severe stricture upon the fairness and de- cency of the American people. I had not_experienced it before, and I un- derstand 1t just started in the cam- paign four years ago. I feel that the President of the United States occu- pies too big an office that a discus- sion of his policies should be greeted with boos. It was really distressing to me, and I hope it can be stopped.” In this connection, it may be re- marked that no candidate for the presidency was ever denied s hearing in Kansss, and every one of the five candidates made at least one speech within this State during the cam- Ppaign. Gov. Landon is recélving more Jet- ters now than at any similar perjod of the campaign. “Really,” he said, “I think possibly the greatest thrill of all is the letters I am getting now. The expressing of Joyalty and friendship, of confidence and faith sre overwhelming.” Takes Lefter Irom Pile. Gov. Landon picked one off & pile that had just been handed him, It came from Vermont. It resd: “You made an honest campaign for good government, and put up a good fight. I have been a Democrat all my life. T didnt vote for you, but that does not mean that I do not ad- things that you only master that I recognize is my conscience and my God.” Another letter, this one from Cin- | which this action is predicated.” | Tracy, 26, daughter of Maj. Gen. | of the disorganized condition of the But if I had it | | couraging” last might. | | the day. During a moment of con- | izstion of the Republican party in SECURITY QUERY Gov. Hoffman Asks if Time Extension Is to Be - Allowed. B the Associatea Press. TRENTON, N. J, November 13.— Gov. Harold G. Hoffman asked Presi- dent Roosevelt today whether he ine tended recommending to Congress an extension of time for States to comply with the Federal social security act or whether collection of the unemploy- ment insurance tax would be deferred until & majority of the States com- plied. The Governor made public a tele- gram to the President in which he said the State had not yet enacted legislation to conform to the provie sions of the Federal act relative to old age and unemployment insurance. The Btate Social Security Com- mission, meeting in Newark today, is expected to recommend a State un- employment insurance program, which may be submitted to a special session of the Legislature next month. State authorities have estimated that if the State falls to enact a State pro- gram by January 1, the effective date for the unemployment tax, the State may lose $12,000,000 benefits the first year. “In view of short time remaining for legislative action this year,” the Governor’s telegram said: “I respect- fully request advice as to whether there will be presented to the Con- gress executive recommendations for legislation to extend the tme in which States may comply with the provisions of the Federal act or to defer the * * * collection of the tax until & majority of the States have HECKSHER ORDERED TO PAY OPERA STAR New Yorker Loses Fight Against Paying $15,000 Yearly to Freida Hempel. BY the Associrtea Press. NEW YORK, November 13.—Au- gust Hecksher, wealthy real estate operator and philanthropist, was or- dered today by the appellate division to continue paying $15,000 yearly to Frieda ‘Hempel, former opera star, under an agreement he signed in 1928, Despite Hecksher's contention he was a “victim of extortion,” the ap- pellate court upheld an order of Supreme Court Justice Bernard L. Shientag last June, under which the philanthropist was ordered to pay Miss Hempel, $3.879.48, which she said was due her last December. Counsel for Hecksher asserted Jus- tice Shientag's ruling was & summary proceeding which denied him a trial on his claim that even if the agree- ment were good it was broken by Miss Hempel's continued “annoyance” 10 him in violation of the agreement. “It is the contention of the appel- lant (Hecksher) that he has been the victim of extortion and it appears| conclusively that the instrument upon which this suit is based was given to obtain relief from further attempts at extortion” said George F. Thomp- son, counsel to Hecksher. “These at- tempts have been renewed constantly up to the Summer of 1935 and in strict violation of the agreement upon MAJ. GEN. KILBOURNE’S DAUGHTER RECOVERING Mrs. Maxwell W. Tracy's Con- dition “Encouraging”—In- jured as Horse Fell. By the Associated Press. FORT SHERIDAN, I, November 13.—The condition of Mrs. Elizabeth Charles E. Kilbourne, who suffered serious injuries Wednesday when a saddle horse fell upon her as she about to mount, was described as “en- | Gen. Kilbourne, commander of the ! 6th Army Corps Area, said his daugh- | ter had rested comfortably throughout | sciousness, the general said, Mrs. | Tracy spoke to her parents, telling | them “not to worry.” | Mrs. Tracy is the wife of Capt. Maxwell W. Tracy, who was called to her bedside from his station at Fort Monroe, Va. Bottle Tells Ocean Drift. ‘When a quartermaster on the Aran- dora Star threw a bottle overboard near Jan Mayen' Isiand in the Arctic Ocean, in July, 1934, he did not ex- pect to receive on official letter of con- gratulation, but that is what hap- pened. In & letter of commendation | from the Meteorological Office he has been informed that the bottle has turned up off the coast of Rosshire near Loch Alsh, Scotland. The official meteorologists will try to trace the course of its two years’ drift from the point where it entered the water half- way between Iceland and Spitzen- bergen. e for the American people, even though they may not, at the moment, recog- nize it. You have taken the first steps to show a way slong the path to which our people will surely return, let us hope before the cost and sac- rifice will have been too great.” Throughout the thousands of let- ters and telegrams the Governor is receiving; is an expression of approval of the educational work accomplished by Gov. Landon in his campaign and by the other speakers who partici- pated in it. “American Spirit Guide.” “The spirit of America is the guid- ing band in our affairs” said Gov. Landon. “The expressions of con- gratulation for & good fight well done, the commendations, the expressions of loyalfy and friendship which have come in such large numbers cannot but give satisfaction and at the same time impress upon one the wide re- makes me return to my original view: einnati: the good fight, “You have foug Jou have perf: great service *The net gain is all to the good.” 1Cepyright, 1. by the North American N Allianes, Inc.) Aerial photo showing some of the tens of thousands of cars that swarmed over the San Francisco Bay Bridge yesterday when it was opened. Picture includes east part of the suspen- sion section, Yerba Buena Island and the cantilever span. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto, DENHARDT AWAITS TRIAL IN'SLAYING National Guard Figure Is Arrested at Inquest for His Fiancee. BY the Associated Press, NEW CASTLE, Ky., November 13.— Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, ac- cused of shooting to death Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, comely 40-year-old La Grange, Ky., widow, secluded himself at the home of friends in Louisville today, awaiting an examining trial here November 20 on a murder charge. He was at liberty on $25,000 bond. Dr. Arthur T. McCormack, head of the Kentucky Health Board and his friend since boyhood, said he advised the general, who has been ill since the tragedy, to go to Louisville for a rest. He had been treating the general for an “overwrought condition” at Denhardt’s home on an 800-acre es- tate near La Grange. It was not dis- closed where Denhardt would stay in Louisville. The arrest of the 60-year-old sol- dier, lawyer, politician, whose colorful career included service in three wars and bitter clashes in Kentucky politi- cal campaigns, abruptly halted an inquest yesterday afternoon into the death of Mrs. Taylor. Her body, shot through the heart, was found in a roadside ditch near La Grange a week ago tonight. Denhardt's .45-caliber revolver lay nearby. Denhardt, the first witness cafled by Coroner D. L. Ricketts, declined, on “advice from my counsel” to testify. “I would like to testify very much,” he said nervously, “but my counsel insists that I should not. I have argued with them for hours about it.” Brother Signs Warrant. As his attorneys started to argue a motion by Commonwealtn's Attorney H. B. Kinsolving to continue the hear- ing indefinitely, up stepped Evan Har- rod, strapping sheriff of Henry County. “Mr. Denhardt,” he said, “I have warrant for your arrest” The wi rant, charging murder, was sworn to by Dr. E. 8. Garr, La Grange, brother of Mrs. Taylor. 7 While an estimated crowd of 1,200 spectators in the court room gasped, the sheriff,. his prisoner and attorneys left the room and walked to the chambers of County Judge A. S. Mor- gan. There bail was arranged by Dr. Arthur T. McCormack, head of the Kentucky Health Department and boy- hood friend of Denhardt. Meanwhile, the coroner announced the inquest would recess immediately without examination of the 10 other witnesses subpoenaed. Denhardi's counsel sought to have the hearing continued, Claims to Know Slayer. Defense attorneys refused to discuss the situation, but Denhardt declared: “If they had let me testify, I'd have told them quick who killed her.” ‘The body of Mrs. Taylor was found by four men, including Denhardt, who began searching for her after two shots ters opposed her marriage Dr. McCormack said Denhardt, di- vorced from his wife three years llo-} and Mrs. Taylor expected to be mar- | | ried soon, culminating a romance that | began last June. Wounded in 1931 Duel. | Denhardt served as Lieutenant Gov- ernor of Kentucky from 1923 to 1927. | 1931 he was wounded seriously by a pistol shot as a result of a political | controversy. | He was adjutant general of the | State during the Ruby Laffoon ad- ministration, 1931 to 1935, and led State Militia into occupations of sev- eral counties to investigate disorders and supervise primary elections. He was indicted last year for crim- | inal contempt after leading a Na- tional Guard expedition into Harlan County in violation of a temporary order issued by Circuit Judge James | M. Gilbert. Gov. Laffoon arranged for dismissal of the charges. - Denhardt resigned as adjutant gen- eral in December, 1935, following election of Gov. A. B. Chandler. e e Clashing Views Are Presented in Test Case Before Supreme Court. BY the Associated Press Clashing views on the constitution- ! ality of the New York unemployment insurance act were presented to the | Supreme Court yesterday as argu- ments were closed and the case went | to conference for decision. Defending the legislation, which taxes employers to aid those out of | work, Henry Epstein, New York solici- | tor general, contended it was a func- tion of the State to prescribe for so- cial ills. Frederick H. Wood, New York at- | torney, asserted unemployment was | not the fault of the employers, but world conditions that affect supply and demand. Another opposing lawyer, James McCormick Mitchell of Buffalo, ar- gued the legislation would increase unemployment because employers would tend to reduce their force to keep from paying taxes into the job- less fund. A decision on validity of the act, which embodies New Deal principles and is supplementary to the Federal social security law, is possible on De- cember 7. The ruling, Epstein said, will affect unemployment insurance acts in 14 other States. Lake to Be Surveyed. Lake Tsana, which discharges its waters into the Blue Nile, is to be surveyed by an Italian expedition, whose members will report on the | hydraulic and agricultural possibilities | in the region. Race Results, Complete Market Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, you'll ind it in The Night Hnu'!poru Edition. THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered | Call National 5000 and service | by. carrier—70c a month, grew out of a variety of national and | Nigt Final Delivered by Carrier Anywhere in the City Full SM: PRESIDENT MAKES BUDGET PROGRESS Job Two-Thirds Done, He Says—To Decide on Trip Sunday. President Roosevelt is two-thirds finished with the budget for the next fiscal year, he said at his press con- ference today. Estimates for two more Federal departments were com- pleted yesterday, he said, and he will be pretty well through with the job before he leaves next week for South- ern waters. Although every indication points to his going to Buenos Aires for the opening session of the Inter-American Peace Conference December 1, Mr. | Roosevelt said the definite decision would be postponed until Sunday. Other questions brought these re- | sponses: He agreed with Chairman Arthur E. Morgan of the Tennessee Valley Au- thority that certain minor amend- ments to the T. V. A. act might bc necessary to stress a little more the population and social factors in the Tennessee Valley. This did not mean however, that power development would be submerged in the general | program. No special Federal mediation was planned for the immediate future in the maritime strike. He discussed yesterday with Charles Sawyer, Democratic national commit- teeman from Ohio, the majority given the New Deal in the recent election there. He has no immediate plans to confer | with business leaders. He has not received an invitation He is not framing any anti-war legislation nor any other legislation. He said he was not in a framing mood. He had no comment cn the tribute paid Chairman James A. Farley of the Democratic National Committee by John D. Rockefeller, jr. He expressed hope that John G. Winant would return to the Social Security Board, from which he re- signed to answer Republican attacks on the social security act. No plans are under way now for new “labor legislation. He hoped that the farm tenant bill would be enacted. New Railroad Opened. Providing the shortest possible con- nection between European Russia and the Soviet Republics of Central Asia, the Ural-lletsk Railway, 200 miles long, has just been opened. News of the Day, Latest News | testified that Parker waited to atlend any conference in London. | “BLACK DILLINGER" SURVIVOR INDICTED Donald Parker, Serving Life Sentence, Accused in Storekeeper Slaying. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 13.— The lone survivor of the notorious “Black Dillinger” gang, which terror= ized Prince Georges County two years 8go, was indicted by the Montgomery County grand jury today for the slay- ing of Horace Waters, Germantown merchant, during a hold-up on Jan- uary 20, 1932, The indictment named Donald Parker, 27-year-old Washington col- ored man, who is serving a life sen« tence in the Maryland Penitentiary, at Baltimore, in the killing of John T. Geary, jr, 43, at Priest Bridge, on Memorial day, 1934. The slaying of Geary, also a mer chant, occurred during a hold-up, Came From “Tip.” In announcing the indictment of Parker, who will be brought here shortly for trial, State’s Attorney James H. Pugh named James A. Gross and Gordon Dent, both colored, the other members of the “Black Dillin- ger” gang, as accomplices in the Waters’ slaying They were hung last June for the murder of Geary, but Parker’s sentence was commuted to life by Gov. Nice. Authorities said information which led to indictment in the five-year-old murder mystery came in the form of a “tip” from an inmate at the peni« tentiary. Parker is said to have boast= ed to fellow prisoners following the execution of Gross and Dent that their deaths removed all witnesses that he would be afraid of in the Waters case. The slaying of the elderly stores keeper occurred early in the evening, while Waters was engaged in flling the orders of three customers. Two armed colored men entered the store, and one of them shot and killed the storekesper when he failed to obey their command to “stick 'em up.” Escaped in Automobile. ‘They escaped in a waiting automo- bile, driven by an accomplice, without getting any money. It is believed that Waters, whose | hearing was impaired, failed to under stand the command of the bandit pair. Police said that Parker was not the gunman in the hold-up, but accom- panied the slayer when he entered the store. One of the customers, police say, has identified Parker as the gun- man’s companion, while another told officers after seeing Parker at the pen- itentiary that he was “almost cemain™ of identification. The third customer is dead. The first “tip” on the murder mys- tery was obtained by police a vear ago and the indictment of the Washington man brought to an end an intensive investigation staged by Police Chief J. | William Garrett, Sergts. James S. Mce Auliffe and Ray Bodmer of the Mont= gomery County force and Detective Sergt. Steward Deal of Baltimore. At the “Black Dillingers” trial it was in an automobile outside Geary's store while | Dent and Gross went iuside, rified the | cash register and killed Geary. REV. DR. A. F. ANDERSON EXPIRES IN NEW YORK Former Assistant Pastor of Cal- vary Baptist Church Here Dies of Heart Attack. Rev. Dr. A. Freeman Anderson, 73, minister of the First-Park Baptist Church at Plainfield, N. J., since 1929, and formerly assistant at Calvary Baptist Church here, died today of a heart attack in Presbyterian Hospital, New York, it was learned through the Associated Press. Dr. Anderson was assistant pastor of Calvary Baptist Church from 1900 to 1903 and again assistant from 1914 to 1924. He conducted a eulogy serv- | ice for the late President Warren G. | Harding. | He also had served as paster of a church in Normal Park, IIl. He is | survived by his widow, Mrs. Lulu An- | derson, and two sons. \PRICE FIXING CHARGED IN TURKEY STRIKE Texas Growers Demand Investi- | gation by Federal and State ‘ Authorities. | Br the Associated Press. GONZALES, Tex., November 13.— A growers' strike becalmed this vast turkey market last night on the eve of the annual holiday buying rush. A quarter of a million turkeys—po- tential Thanksgiving dinners—strutted | the Gonzales ranges, ' while growers | stubbornly refused a top price of 12 cents and demanded an investigation |of a “uniform market” and alleged | “price fixing." The average price for No. 1 birds | last year was 25.13 cents. Seven leading raisers telegraphed | Attorney General Homer S. Cummings |and State Attorney Willlam McCraw | urging investigation of what they termed anti-trust law violations. |BODY OF BABY IS FOUND IN DEAD LETTER OFFICE B7 the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 13.— Federal inspectors here said today the body of a baby was found in a pack- age opened at the dead letter office of the post office. They said that due to its condition they could not tell its age or sex. The package was addressed to the “St. Mercie Hospital, San Frisco." 'bore 81 cents postage and gave an Oakland return address as “2745 Mal- don.” | There 1s no St. Mercie Hospital in San Prancisco. Postal inspectors called police and Deputy Coroner Thomas F. Gavin. ASTEROID ELUSIVE CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 13 (#)—Dr. Harlow Shapley, director of the Harvard Observatory, said last night Harvard had received reports from Poznan Observatory, Poland, it had been unable to confirm a Polish astronomer’s reported discovery of & new asteroid. The Harvard Observatory an- nounced Monday that a Dr. Kwiek of Poznan had reported the new star- like body in the constellation of Ceuts. Dr. Kwiek said it was a peculiar type of small asteroid similar to the “Dele last Spring. te Object,” which stirred astrono- &