Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Occasional rain late tonight and to- morrow; lowest temperature tonight about 33 degrees; slowly rising temper- ature tomorrow, Temperatures—High- est. 39, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 33, at 9 am. today. Full report on page A-3. Closing New York Markets, Page 16 85th YEAR. No. 33,853. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. @ ¢ Foenir WITH SUNDAY MORNING EBITION g Slar WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1937—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. #**** The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 139,619 (P) Means Associated (Some returns not yet received.) Press. TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT DEMANDS COURTS CO-OPERATE JUDICIARY IS MAJOR SUBJECT OF HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS; SPANISH ARMS BAN S % | The President’s Message Praises Other Government Branches. N. R. A. SOUND, HE DECLARES Gets Great Ovation on Appearance in Chamber. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A demand for greater co-operation on the part of the judicial branch of the Government with the legislative and executive branches for the proper advancement of the American people was the main theme of President Roosevelt's address to Congress today. Appearing before the House and Benate in joint session in the House chamber, the President praised the measure of co-operation which has ex- isted between the legislative and the executive branches, a co-operation which has succeeded in bringing a great measure of recovery. He expressed the belief and the hope that this co-operation would continue during the next four years. The Pres- ident added most significantly: “The judicial branch also is asked by the people to do its part in making democracy successful. We do not ask the courts to call non-existent powers into being, but we have a right to ex- pect that conceded powers or those legitimately implied shall be made effective instruments for the common good.” Implications Unavoidable. If Mr. Roosevelt has in mind asking the Congress for an amendment to the Constitution to validate New Deal laws, particularly those dealing with hours of labor and wages and control of production, he did not disclose it. Indeed, he seemed to take the posi- tion that a constitutional amendment is not needed so much as a different attitude on the part of the judiciary. The President made no mention by name of the Supreme Court. The implications in his address, however, were unavoidable. “During the past year there has‘ been a growing belief,” Mr. Roosevelt said, “that there is little fault to be found with the Constitution as it stands today. “The vital need is not an alteration of our fundamental law, but an in- creasingly enlightened view with refer- ence to it. Difficulties have grown out of its interpretation; but rightly con- sidered, it can be used as in instru- ment of progress and not as a device for prevention of action.” “With a better understanding of our purposes, and a more intelligent recognition of our needs as a Nation, it is not to be assumed that there will be prolonged failure to bring legislative and judicial action into closer har- mony. | “Means must be found to adapt our legal forms and our judicial interpreta- tion to the actual present national needs of the largest progressive de- mocracy in the modern world.” What steps along this line will be proposed, the President did not enu- merate or describe. There have been demands in other quarters that the powers of the Supreme Court to de- clare acts of Congress unconstitutional be curtailed. Holds N. R. A. Sound. The President has not been so forthright in his criticism of the Judiciary since his comment to the press after the Supreme Court’s de- cision nullifying the national recovery act, when he referred to the ‘“horse and buggy days.” The President made no promise of reviving the N. R. A. in its old form. He did say. however: “Sober second thought confirms most of us in the belief that the broad objectives of the national recovery act were sound. ‘We know now that its difficulties arose from the fact that it tried to do too much.” He continued: “The statute of the N. R. A. has been outlawed. The problems have not—they are still with us.” Receives Great Ovation. The President was accorded a great ovation when he appeared in the House chamber for his first address to (See CONGRESS, Page A-2) James Roosevelt Full Secretary to + President July 1 By the Associated Press. 3 ‘The White House announced today that James Roosevelt, 29- yeat-old son of the President, ‘would become a full fledged pres- idential secretary next July 1. Meanwhile he will take over sec- retarial duties, beginning today, under the title of an administra- tive officer. Stephen T. Early, press secre- tary, said there would be three full secretaries with the begin- ning of the new fiscal year, in- cluding himself and Marvin H. MclIntyre, who now hold the rank of assistant secretary. The late Louis McHenry Howe To the Congress of the United States: For the first time in our national history a President delivers his annual message to & new Congress within a fortnight of the expiration of his term of office. year, change will occur in future years, While there is no change in the presidency this It is my belief that under this new constitutional practice the President should in every fourth year, in so far as seems reasonable, review the existing state of our national affairs and outline broad future problems, leaving specific recommenda- tions for future legislation to be made by the President about to be inaugurated. At this time, however, circumstances of the moment compel me to ask your immediate consideration of: First, measures extending the life of certain authorizations and powers which under present statutes expire within a few weeks; second, an addition to the existing neutrality act to cover specific points raised by the unfortunate civil strife in Spain, and, third, a deficiency appropriation bill for which I shall submit estimates this week. In March, 1933, the problems which faced our Nation and which only our national Government had the resources to meet, were more broken down. the forms of government as a process government exact. traditions to the complex modern world. our democratic form of government itself. Ours was the task to prove that democracy could be made to function in the world of today as effectively as in the simpler world of a hundred years ago. Ours was the task to do more than to argue a theory. The times required the confident answer of performance to those whose instinctive faith in humanity made them want to believe that in the long run democracy would prove superior to more extreme serious even than appeared on the surface. 3 It was not only that the visible mechanism of economic life had More disturbing was the fact that long neglect of the needs of the underprivileged had brought too many of our people to verge of doubt as to the successful adaptation of our historic In that lay & challenge to of getting action when action was wisdom, without the spiritual sacrifices which those other forms of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) KNG Y QU ). COMMITE Chairman “Undecided” on Keeping Post—House Group Changes Seen. ‘With Senate and House District Committees getting lined up for the | new session. Senator King, Democrat, | of Utah, indicated today he still is undecided if he will continue to head the Senate group. The committee this year will be composed of 12 Democrats and 3 Re- | publicans, conforming to the new strength of the majority, according to Senate leaders. Majority Leader Robinson said this would mean the ap- pointment of three new Democrats and one Republican, but there was no word as to who the new appointees would be. At the last session the committee was divided 10 Democrats and 5 Republicans. Meanwhile, drastic reorganization of the House District Committee also appeared inevitable, as 12 of the 21 members want new assignments. At ‘(See KING, Page A-2) FORM OF BARGAINING SPLITS STEEL LABOR | Leaders of Company-Sponsored Groups Differ on Agency, Some Urging C. I. 0. Plan. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 6.—Lead- ers of company-sponsored employe representation groups of the Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corp. clashed today over the form of cellective bargaining agency to represent them in dealing with the management. One faction sought recognition of the employe representation plan, while another backed the movement of the Committee for Industrial Organization to create one big union in the steel industry. The National Labor Board next Monday will resume hearings in Washington on a complaint charging that the employe representation plan violates the Wagner labor act. The group meeting today, repre- senting workers in 16 district plants of Caregie-Illinois, discussed at a stormy executive session the stand it will take at the hearings. Elmer J. Maloy, chairman of the group, is an acknowledged member of the John L. Lewis movement for in- dustrial organization, and his friends prepared eight resolutions designed to record support for the Lewis union. Opponents of the Lewis plan, led by F. W. Bohne of Youngstown, Ohio, and William B. Hadden of Vander- grift, Pa. secretary, prepared other resolutions expressing resentment over the Labor Board’s intervention. Nazi Song BY the Associated Press. HAGUE, January 6—A Dutch orchestra leader’s refusal to conduct the Nazl “Horst Wi royal entertainment rivaled interest today in the climax of festivities for Crown Princess Juliana’s wedding to- morTow. The incident occurred before 1,500 guests, including the bridal couple and’ Queen Wilhelmina, at a gala festival last night. It marked the was “secretary to the President” until his death. The ‘office has been vacant since. tional & latest setback to the Netherlands’ hopes of keeping the wedding & “family affair” and avoiding interna- complications becsuse of the b | 4 DEADLOCK HOLDS INMOTORS STRIKE Federal Conciliators Seek to Arrange Meeting of Rival Leaders. BACKGROUND— Occupational strike method, widely used for first time last Summer in European labor dis- putes, particularly in France, after advent of Popular Fromt govern- ment. Practice quickly adopted by American labor, first major strike of this kind occurring last Novem- ber at the Bendir plant in South Bend, Ind. Present wave of stay-in strikes which have hit automobile indus- try began November 18, when the Fisher body plant at Atlanta was closed. Movement spread, becoming aggravated to the point more than 50,000 automobile workers are idle. Automobile industry opens year curtailed when leaders were ez- pecting a 5,000,000-unit year. By the Associated Press. Opposing leaders in the struggle be- tween the United Automobile Workers of America and General Motors Corp. in Detroit showed no sign of a truce today in the labor conflict which has taken 50,000 men from their jobs, Alfred P. Sloan, president of the corporation, arrived from New York and entered his office without a state- ment. Federal labor conciliators renewed efforts to bring him together with Homer Martin, youthful president of the automobile workers, for a discus- sion of peace terms. Discussed With Cabinet. President Roosevelt and Labor Sec- retary Frances Perkins discussed the automotive strike with the cabinet and at a White House dinner last night. In Detroit the Ternstedt Manufac- turing Co., maker of automobile hardware, laid off 7,000 workers. It was the twentieth G. M. unit to halt or reduce operations. Reduced auto- motive demands caused the Fisher Lumber Corp. at Memphis, Tenn,, to lay off 800. At Janesville, Wis,, offi- cials of Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants agreed to close them after a sit-down strike affecting 2,500. ‘The Works Progress Administration at Washington reaffirmed that Federal relief rolls are open to strikers. Cases will be accepted on a basis of need only, however, since the strike status alone does not entitle a person « W. P. A aid. Akron Group Strikes. A strike of 500 gasoline station at- tendants last night in Akron, Ohio, sharply curtailed motor fuel supplies. The atendanis joned 15 gasolne truck (See STRIKE, Page A-4) Conductor Refuses to Lead at Dutch Fete German origin of Prince Bernhard su Lippe-Biesterfeld, Juliana’s flance. Dr. Peter van Anrooy, s well- known conductor, explained later he did not object to leading “Deutsch- land Uber Alles,” which also was on the program, but would never play & poltical party song such as “Horst Wessel.” The leader” of s Dutch military band conducted the two German se- lections and Dr. van Anrooy directed the rest of the program. Political observers speculated whether the Nazi party in the Nether- (See JULIANA, Page A-5) PE [] EDED Pittman Acts to Halt Plane Exports. VOTE IS HOPED FOR TOMORROW Resolution Would Void Previous Licenses. BULLETIN. NEW YORK, January 6 (#).— ‘The Spanish freighter Mai Canta- brico sailed for Cartagena, Spain, at 1:45 pm. (Eastern standard time) today, winning her race to leave the country with war ma- terials for Spain before new eme bargo legislation is passed by Con- gress. By the Associated Press. Racing to block shipment of more than $7,000,000 of munitions to the Spanish Loyalist government, congres- sional leaders strove today to enact a special neutrality measure by to- morrow afternoon. Chairman McReynolds of the House Foreign Affairs Committee expressed hope that the resolution could be passed—under a unanimous consent agreement—by the House today. Senate passage tomorrow was the goal of Chairman Pittman of the cor- responding Senate committee, which was called to meet this afternoon. He made public the text of a strongly- worded resolution which he will in- troduce this afternoon. The resolution would cancel all licenses already granted for arms shipments to the war zone. It characterized the Spanish revo- lution as & war “of unusual brutality,” which threatens to extend “beyond the borders of Spain.” $10,000 Fine Provided. A penalty of $10,000 fine or five years’ imprisonment or both was pro- vided for any one who should: “Export arms, ammunition or imple- ments of war from any place in the United States or possessions of the United States to Spain or to any other foreign country for trans-shipment to Spain for use of either of the opposing forces in Spain.” “Implements of war” were defined as all commodities listed by the Pres- ident in his proclamation of April 10, 1936, forbidding munitions shipments for use in the Itale-Ethiopian con- flict. Military and non-military planes were listed as such commodi- ties in that proclamation. May Win Only Draw. Even with this unprecedented par- liamentary haste, it looked as if Con- gress might win only a draw in its race to maintain neutrality in the Spanish crisis. Robert Cuse, whose license to export $2,777,000 of airplanes and engines inspired the legislative drive, loaded part of his shipment on a Spanish vessel in New York harbor. The work was halted last night, but if the ship should depart before the resolution is enacted, Congress could do nothing about it. The State Department last night reluctantly gave the second license to Richard L. Dineley of San Francisco for a $4,507,000 shipment of planes, rifles, machine guns and ammunition. Dineley said his entire contract called for about $9,000,000 worth of goods, including gas masks. “What right does any one have to ALL GIVILIAN UNITS BARRED IN PARADE Grayson Regrets Inaugural Line Will Be Too Long for Guards, Cadets. All civilian marching units, such as the District National Guard, the Richmond Blues and the High School Cadets, have been barred from Jan- uary 20 inaugural parade, Rear Ad- miral Cary T. Grayson announced to- day. The Inaugural Committee chair- man said this was done in keeping with the wishes of the President that the parade line-up be limited primar- fly to representatives of the regular military establishments so the dura- tion of the parade could be held strict- ly to the planned two-hour limit. Admiral Grayson said the decision ached with regret, but that the line” simply had to be drawn some- where unless the parade grow to such length “we would be marching all night.” Exception Not Granted. Last week Admiral Grayson said he personally was sympathetic to in- sistent pleas that the District Na- tional Guard and the Naval and Ma- rine Corps Reserves here be allowed parade places. He said he hoped an exception would be made in these instances, but found it could not be done. He said the President had received petitions for the inclusion of National was found that the parade would be entirely too long. It was by personal wish of the President that several hundred from the C. C. C. and the National Youth Administration are to be included in the parade. All Guard Units Out. Virginia Congress members have been requesting that the famous Rich- mond Blues, & National Guard organi- zation, be admitted, but Admiral Gray- son said this had been denied, since $100,000 Pledges Assured. Meanwhile, collection of the entire guarantee fund of $100,000 as a pledge for payment of bills for the inaugural ceremonies was assured when Robert V. Fleming, chairman of the Inaug- ural Finance Committee, reported re- ceipts to date totaling $91,515, only $8,485 short of the goal. Fleming called a meeting of the Executive Committee of his group to (See NEUTRALITY, Page A-3.) Summary of Page. Amusements B-16 Comics - B-11 Editorial A-10 Financial -._A-17 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary ....A-12 NATIONAL. All civilian marching units barred from inaugural parade. Page A-1 Congress to "hear President today, then push embargo. Page A-1 Congress in race against time to block munitions shipments. Page A-1 U. 8. conciliators press for accord in General Motors strike. Page A-1 FOREIGN. Madrid rushes troops to hold highway besieged by rebels. Page ‘A-1 British to help if France sends troops to Spanish border. Page A-1 Pope Plux XI has spells; doctor at side. Page A-5 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Senator King may quit District Com- mittee. Page A-1 Nice recommends pay restoration as Legislature convenes. Page A-1 Victory claimed for owls in campaign against starlings. Page A-4 Clerk dashes into ice box, saves firm's money during hold-up. Page A-5 Senator Copeland backs move for high- er Federal pay. Page B-1 ‘Widening of Seventh street for art gallery proposed. Page B-1 Bill would forbid one-man cars_in District. Page B-1 Commission opens ‘today. (See INAUGURAL, Page A-2) Today’s Star . EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. This and That. Answers to Questions. Washington Observations. David Lawrence. Paul Mallon. Constantine Brown. Jay Pranklin. Headline Folk. MISCELLANY. Young Washington. ‘Winning Contract. Bedtime Story. City News in Brief. Vital Statistics. Nature's Children. Men’s Fashions. Betsy Caswell. Dorothy Dix. Traffic Convictions. SPORTS. Bill Tilden picks Vines to beat Perry in Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-10 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-5 Page A-8 Page A-8 Page A-12 Page A-12 Page B-6 Page B-6 Page B-10 Page B-10 Page B-12 rated 1-2-3 in foot ball. Page A-18 Giants may send Outflelder Ott to third in shake-up. Page A-18 Welsh due credit for attaining high net ranking. Page A-19 Muny players enjoy first Winter golf Page A-19 Guard units from many States and it | all Guard units had been eliminated. | to Film Stars and Heads of Industry Lead, Congress Told. By the Associated Press. A peek into the pay envelopes of some of the Nation'’s big men and women, afforded by a Treasury De- partment report to Congress, showed today that top salaries went to movie stars and captains of industry. ‘The voluminous document, made public by the House Ways and Means Committee, answered at least some of the questions concerning what “the other fellow” made in 1935. Salaries of more than $15,000 were listed. William Randolph Hearst, the pub- lisher, maintained his position as the country’s leading wage earner with pay cheeks of $500,000. Mae West, the throaty-voiced siren of the screen, ran him a close second with earnings of $480,833. She topped | all film stars, including Janet Gaynor, last year's highest paid actress, whose 1935 income totaled $168,750. Charlie Chaplin's salary was listed ‘Mae West’s Salary $480,833, Hearst’s $500,000 for 1935 MAE WEST. at $260,000. The late Will Rogers earned $25! 'OM',BS“,A{@}EE_"ECHW'“ | (See SALARIES, Page A-5.) MATTSON CALLERS NADRID BOMBED: CLUE TO HIDEOUT Pair Refuse to Discuss Trip, to Tacoma to Confer With Federal Agents. By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash, January 6.—A visit by two Southwest Washington men to kidnap investigation headquar- ters today revived speculation the ab- ductors of 10-year-old Charles Matt- son may be hiding the boy near Shel- n. The pair was identified as a Shelton business man and a resident of Hoods- port, near Shelton in a heavily tim- bered and sparsely populated area southwest of Tacoma. They were closeted with agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's special office here for more than an hour and a half. Neither would publicly discuss the reason for driving 50 miles over icy roads through early morning fog and darkness. Their only words were: “We can’t talk.” Manhunt Called Off. G. R. Grubbe, watchman at a mill in Shelton at the south end of Puget Sound, touched off & great man hunt in that area Sunday night by report- ing one of two “tough-looking” men in a coupe ordered him to tell the child’s father, Dr. W. W. Mattson of personally “everything is well.” The hunt for the men and the car was called off Monday upon Dr. Matt- son’s plea nothing be done that might endanger his smiling, freckle-faced son. Whether the trip of the Shelton and Hoodsport men had any connec- tion with Grubbe's report could not be learned. Hoodsport lies on the west side of Hood Canal, an arm of Puget Sound, and is on the olympic Peninsula “loop highway,” which skirts the wild, high Olympic Mountains with ther dense timber and thousands of canyons, where a person could remain hidden for years. Dr. Mattson stirred mild excitement when he left his home at 4:30 am., until sttendants at s hospital dis- closed he had been called to see & patient. School Children Pray. School children prayed todsy for the safety of frail Charles, whose kidnaper appeared o be ignoring all avenues left open for him to negotiate with the boy’s agonized parents con- cerning demands for $28,000 ransom. Of the 14 major kidnapings in the United States since 1933, in only 5 cases have the victims been held longer than 10-year-old Charles, ab- ducted 10 days ago. Authorities said all of the five but ( ROAD AT RACES Shelling Halts Celebration in Capital—Troops Rushed to Front. BACKGROUND— When Spanish civil war began last July the Fascist Rebel troops swept quickly and edsily across the mainland and ringed Madrid. Com- plete victory seemingly was theirs. Then began the seige of Madrid in October. For weeks it continued with the Rebels failing to make the expected gains. Socialist Loyalists defenders kept their positions, and in recent weeks have even made BRITAIN WILL HELP IF FRANCE SENDS TROOPS TO PATROL SPANISH- FRONTIER Naval Blockade Is Rumored in Official Circles as Lon- don Orders Mass Move- ment of Ships in Area. DECISION DEPENDS ON INTERVENTION REPLIES Madrid Protests to League Against “Violation of Sovereignty” by Italy and Germany—Insurgents Halt Russian Ship Near Gi- braltar. BACKGROUND— Spanish Loyalists last week seized the German ship Palos and im- pounded the cargo as contraband and one passenger as an aide to the rebels. There followed a series of ship seizures and firing on vessels of other nations in Spanish waters. The Germans are holding two Spanish cruisers and yesterday de- livered an ultimatum to Madrid saying they will turn over these ships to the rebels unless the Palos cargo is freed by Friday. These naval difficulties are looked upan in Europe as possible overtures to a war involving reincipal Fascist and non-Fascist g untries — Germany and Italy and England and France. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 6.—France was re- ported today considering the dispatch of troops to the Pyrenees Mountains to guard her undefended Spanish frontier against the implied threat of massed German volunteers in Spain. A source close to the foreign min- istry said the French and British gen- eral stafls likely would confer immedi= ately on British “preparedness” to aid France in event the troops movement is ordered. First steps to work out such a proe- gram were said to have been taken in a conference between British War Secretary Alfred Duff Cooper and Edouard Daladier, minister of defense, Monday night. The conference gave rise to reports today that, if German and Italian re- plies to the British demand for a non= | intervention answer are unfavorable, France and Great Britain would order a naval blockade of the Spanish coast to enforce strict neutrality. The Italian answer was awaited mo= mentarily, and the French Ambassa« dor to Berlin, Andre Francois-Poncet, was expected to bring Reichsfuehrer Hitler's answer to the French cabinet tomorrow. Despite the reported double military and naval program to compel neutrale ity, France bent all effort in a last ate tempt to solve the troubled situation and confine the civil war to Spain without the threat of armed action. Immediately after the private con- ference with Duff Cooper, Daladier hastened to join the concentration of France's highest-ranking cabinet mine isters on the Riviera. Premier Blum and several of his associates were already on the Med- iterranean coast, where they could hurriedly convene an emergency sese sion. Significance was seen in the fact these ministers form the principal (See EUROPE, Page A-4.) slight gains, indicating that the Rebel victory in Madrid is not in- evitable. BY the Associated Press. MADRID, January 6 (#)—Fascist artillery and air attacks disrupted the capital’s celebration of the feast of the Magi today as insurgent gunners dropped 6-inch shells into the central | district and airmen bombed University City. ‘The shelling started shortly after 1 pm. and broke up traditional ob- servances of the Epiphany. Sixteen tri-motored bombers, escort- ed by 24 pursuit planes, bombed So- cialist lines in the Northwestern Uni- versity city area and near Las Rozas, 10 miles from the capital. ‘The air squadron flew over the city, but pilots held their explosive missiles for the fortifications. The situation in the Northwestern sector, Political Commissar Mario Nocoletti acknowledged, is “serious but not desperate.” Forces of militia were rushed to the Las Rozas sector to bolster defense of the vital El Escorial Highway. Pascists were known to have gained a foothold on the important com- ‘munications line to the Guadarramas in what military commanders believed was & new attempt to drive a wedge through the besieged capital's western defenses. Militiamen and international volun- (See MADRID, Page A-3.) Postal Robbery Solved. OMAHA, Nebr., January 6 (P).— Postal Inspector J. A. Bradley said last night Joe McDonald, alias James O’Leary, 42, Detroit, Mich.,, now in custody in Lincoln, will be prosecuted for the robbery of the Brainard, Nebr., Post Office last December 20. Bradley said O'Leary and an accom- plice escaped with $75 in stamps and GARBLED NOTE CLUE IN WOMAN’S DEATH Body Badly Bruised—Police Be- lieve Victim Was Murdered in Bed. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 6.—The body of a 38-year-old woman, her right side covered with bruises, was found dead in bed in a boarding house here today. Coroner Thomas H. Phil- lips said he believed she had been mur- dered. Police said a 6-foot coil of clothes line lay on the floor near the bed. On a table at the foot of the bed was & garbled note which, officers said, read: am Russell Black. My sister, Mrs, W. Cadwalader, Bala avenue, Phila- delphia.” The paper was signed “Margaret Cassidy, 2936 Waterloo street, Phila~ delphia.” Other occupants of the boarding house identified the dead woman as Mrs. Cassidy. One roomer, who lives in the front of the house, said that Monday night she heard a voice from the rear pleading: “My God, can’t somebody help me?” Sergt. William Link and Patrolman Herbert Helfrich said the woman ap- peared to have been dead for several days. She was wearing a dotted white dress, torn at one shoulder. A whisky glass had been ground into the carpet beside the bed and the two-room apartment was littered with burnt matches. Charges Damage in Towing. BUFFALO, N. Y. (#).—Police col- lected $1 from August Merckens, jr., for towing away the car he left parked too long. Merckens filed a claim for $20.40 $205 in cash after locking Postmaster A. J. Kriz in the vault. against the city, claiming the police tow car damaged his automobile,