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ENLARGED POWER IS CONGRESS GOAL Ashurst to Reintroduce Reg- ulatory Constitutional Amendment. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Chairman Ashurst of the Senate Judiciary Committee said yesterday he plans to reintroduce his constitu- tional amendment of last session which gives Congress authority to reg- ulate agriculture, commerce, industry and labor. ‘The Arizona Senator expressed a certain disappointment that Presi- dent Roosevelt in his address to Con- gress on the state of the Union seem- ingly had turned his back on an amendment to the Constitution for such a purpose. He had no criticlsm of the President or his address. Ashurst, however, believes his amend- ment, or one similar, could have ob- tained speedy and favorable action in Congress and that within a short time it would have been ratified by the requisite three-fourths of the States if it had received the backing of the sident. Pf"'lmu.m in no hurry about the amendment,” Ashurst said. ‘“Indeed, it 1s & matter of such importance that it should be given time for consider- ation. I believe that it should go for ratification to State Legislatures which ghall have been elected with the knowledge that this question was com- ing before them, rather than to al- ready elected Legislatures.” Brief and Direct. The Ashurst amendment is exceed- ingly brief and to the point. Its first section reads: “The Congress shall have the power to make laws to regulate agriculture, commerce, industry and labor.” Its second section merely provides that to be effective the amendment must be ratified within seven years after the date of its submission to the BStates by Congress. The President, having declared the | need for more liberal interpretation of the Constitution by the courts, and 3 having said “means must be found | to adapt our legal forms and our judicial interpretation to the actual present needs of the largest progres- sive democracy in the modern world, apparently has roused some of the| members of Congress to look for the “means.” And some of them already have introduced or are preparing measures for that purpose. Whether Mr. Roosevelt plans to make recom- mendations along this line none of them seem to know. There are those who say they believe he will let the matter rest with his admenition to the judiciary that greater co-opera- tion is expected between it and the legislative branch. On the other hand, it has been rumored the administration might back a measure defining, thgough con- gressional action, interstate com- merce. With such a definition as a base, Congress would proceed to legis- late accordingly. ‘In some adminis- tion quarters such a plan is not Fl.ghly regarded, however. In the end, ke matter of the interpretation of fhe proposed law and its definition bt interstate commerce would go to the Supreme Court for its opinion. Twe Camps Forming. The fleld of discussion is dividing, apparently, between those who be- fieve the better method of dealing with the situation arising out pt Su- preme Court decisions invalidating New Desl laws is by constitutional | emendment and those who believe | that steps may be taken otherwise to obtain a more liberal interpreta- tion of the Constitution by that tri-| bunal. In the group which desires a con- stitutional amendment. there is a/ difference of opinion. Some, like Benator Ashhurst, would amend the Constitution so as to give to Con- gress the power to regulate by law sgriculture, industry and labor. Others would give these powers to the States. The latter say this could be done through the repeal of the “due pro- cess of law” portion of the four- teenth amendment to the Constitu- tion. ‘The members of Congress who de- sire to go along with the President and to bring about more liberal interpre- tation of the laws enacted by Congress | also are divided. Several of them al- ready have proposed measures which would prevent the Supreme Court from holding an act of Congress unconstitu- tional by a S5-to-4—a majority—de- cision. They would make a two-thirds vote of the court necessary to invali- date such a law. Representative Wal- ter of Pennsylvania, Democratic mem- ber of the House Judiciary Committee, 1s°the author of such a bill. Rule Might Be'Refused. There is always the question wheth- er the Supreme Court would accept sueh a 1ule at the hands of Congress. The tribunal might hold the act itself uonconstitutional. On the other hand, the court, it is believed. could, if it wished, impose such a rule on its own proceedings. The principal criticism of the proposal to make a two-thirds vote necessary to hold an act uncon- stifutional lies in the fact it makes it possible for a minority of the court to sustain the constitutionality of a 1aw, even though the majority believes 1t to be unconstitutional. Other members of Congress in this group, which hopes by legislative ac- tiap to make the judicial branch more *“co-operative” with the legislative, un- dertake to do so through restricting the jurisdiction of the lower courts. Representative Rankin, Mississippi, Democrat, for example, has offered a bill to take away from the inferior courts the right to issue injunctions against the enforcement of acts of Congress. He proposes to have ques- tions involving the constitutionality of acts of Congress go immediately to the Supreme Court. ‘The matter of obtaining more liberal interpretations of the Constitution from the Supreme Court might be tackled through a change in the personnel of that body. The immediate way would be to increase the personnel of the court, At least one influential Democratic Senator is heartily in favér of such s procedure, without further delay. Congress could pass & bill for the increase in personnel, whith could not be assailed as un- constitutional. For Congress by law always has fixed the size of the Supreme Court. The slower way would be to fill vacancies in the court when they occur by appointment of “liberals.” Qontains Amendment Methods. Senators and Representatives who favét a constitutional amendment granting Congress powers to regulate agrifulture, industry and labor, point out that the Constitution is a written document, and contains provision for its Gwn amendment when the times and tions of the people warrant In this respect, the Constitus Readers' Guide and News Summary The Sunday Star, Jan. 10, 193%. PART ONE. Main News Section. FOREIGN. E Madrid is shelled by heaviest bom- bardment of siege. Page A-1 French and British fleets steam to Spain to answer Nazis. Page A-1 Italy's military appropristion is in- creased 15 per cent. Page A-3 NATIONAL. General Motors will meet union only if strikers leave plants. Page A-1 $200,000,000 increase in relief estimates to be demanded. Page A-1 Conference on constitutional amend- ment planned here. Page A-1 ‘Thirty-six persons indicted for vote frauds in Kansas City. Page A-1 Einstein’s gravitation analysis may ex- plain new atomic force. Page A-3 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Baby taken from locked ear restored to parents. Page A-1 House Committee first battleground for D. C. fiscal report Page A-1 Three new apartments planned on Six- teenth street. Page A-7 Community Chest hospitals to confer on health situation. Page B-1 Three persons injured by hit-and- run drivers. Page B-1 Civil service legislation prospects hailed by Ramspeck. Page B-1 ‘Wave of resentment against fiscal re- port sweeps Capital. Page B-1 Senate bill offered for “red rider” repeal. Page B-3 SPORTS. U. S. G. A. votes to return to qualifying round in title play. Page B-5 Nationals will take a squad of 32 to Orlando training camp. Page B-5 Jews, attack on Braddock-Schmeling fight is growing. Page B-6 Budge and Grant rated best of amateur racketers in America. Page B-6 Catholic U. and Maryland easily annex opening ring matches. Page B-7 Check reveals more than 2.600 took part in Star pin event. Page B-8 Garner’s comeback with Cavalcade Is great turf drama. Page B-9 MISCELLANY. Washington Wayside. Lost and found. Obituary. Vital statistics. Traffic convictions. | City news in brief, | Educational. | Winning contract. PART TWO. | Editorial Section. | Editorial articles. Pages D- | Editorials and comment. Page D-2 | Civic news. Page D-4 | Military and veterans' news. Women'’s clubs. | Parent-teacher activities, Stamps. | Cross-word puszle. PART THREE. Society Section. | Society news. PagesE-1-9 | Well-known folk. Page E-5 Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-8 PART FOUR. Feature Section. | News features. Pages F-1-4 John Clagétt Proctor. Page Dick Mansfield. Radio programs. Amusements, Automobiles. Aviation. Children’s. High lights of history. PART FIVE. Financial, Classified. D. C. deposits set record. Page Industry active despite astrikes. Page Staples advance further. Page Stocks irregular (table). Page High-grade bonds gain (table). Curb list down (table). Classified advertising. Resorts. TROTZKY ARRIVES AT MEXICO HAVEN Breaks Silence to Denounce “Mos- cow Frame Up"—Pledges ° “No Politics.” By the Associated Press. TAMPICO, Mexico, January 9.— Leon Trotzky came to Mexico today to the haven that European nations had refused him. The tanker Ruth brought the one- time co-leader of Soviet Russia to ‘Tampico from Norway, where he had been living in exile until Mexico in- vited him to come here and Norway expelled him. The 57-year-old Russian looked well. His gray goatee was trimed neatly and his hair was bushy. He broke the silence of his last four months’ inter- ment in Norway—where police closely guarded his villa—to denounce what he called the “Moscow frame-up.” He referred to the execution of 16 men in Moscow—including Gregory Zinovieff and Leon Kameneff, Trotzky followers—convicted of plotting to overthrow the Soviet administration. Defendants testified Trotzky direct- ed the alleged plot in an attempt to make Russia a Fascist state. Trotzky declared he would soon publish an article which would de- scribe, among other things, “the meth- ods used to extort the so-called volun- tary confessions” at the trial. Mrs. Trotzky sat quietly beside her husband as he read his prepared state- ment in which -he pledged himself to ‘“complete and absolute non-interven- tion in Mexican politics.” « Page A-2 Page A-3 Page A-12 Page A-12 Page A-15 Page A-15 Page B-4 Pages D-5-7 Page Page D-6 Page D-§ Page D-8 Page Page Page Page Pages G-5-13 Page G-14 Tailors’ Group to Meet. Arrangements have been made for the National Convention of the Mer- chant Tailor Designers’ Association to meet at the Washington Hotel Febru- ary 9-13. Convention officers are P. J. Foley, convention chairman; P. K. Heindrich, Finance Committee, and Frank E. Mikkelson, Reception Com- mittee. tion is unlike the “unwritten” consti~ tution of the British. They contend the President’s ad- dress to Congress, in which he said from reading the debates in the Constitutional Convention 150 years 2go, “I obuain the very definite thought that the members of that convention were fully aware that civilization would raise problems” which would require liberal interpretation of the Consti- tution did not go far enough. The framers of the Constitution, they in- sist, might have been aware, and probably were aware, of the need of future changes. But they provided for that by inserting s provision for the amendment of the Constitution when such changes were required. ’ Page B-10 | T MATTSONS REQUIRE PROOF BOY LIVES “Mable” Ad Indicates Once Family Was Certain He Was “Alive and Well.” BACKGROUND— Kidnaping of Charles Mattson, 10, on December 27 again turned eyes of law enjorcement agents to Tacoma, Wash., where the Weyer- haeuser abduction occurred in 1935. Kidnaper left note demanding $28,000 in “old bills.” Frantic ef=- Jorts to make contact through ad- verisements believed unsuccessful 30 far. Federal agents entered case on basis of “Lindbergh” law. Save for dash to Shelton area by 20 oficers Friday morning, little is known of more recent activities as Jamily pléads for “hands off” pol= icy to insure safe return of boy. By the Associated Press. ‘TACOMA, Wash., January 9.—Kid- naped Charles Mattson's family to- night requested “new proof” of his abductor the boy is alive before a $28,000 ransom demand is met. The sixth of a series of “Mable- Ann” communications between the family and the 10-year-old boy's ab- ductor, an advertisement in the early Sunday edition of the Seattle Times, contained the sentence: “In view of the lapse of time, also desire new proof my son is alive and well.” Known to have been inserted by an intimate of the Dr. W. W. Mattson family, as were the preceding ads, the message led to the conclusion the family once had received definite proof the boy was alive. Advertisement in Full. ‘The ad read: “Mable—We are still waiting. All arrangements have been carried out in accordance with instructions con- tained in notes received. Be certain to give me information so0 that I may guard against imposters and hi- jackers, and be more specific in your instructions. In view of lapse of time also desire new proof my son is alive and well—Ann.” With the exception of the last sen- tence, the advertisement was the one that appeared in late editions of the Times yesterday and today. The preceding ad was inserted after Federal Bureau of Investigation agents assigned to the kidnaping case | rushed to three different places in an undetermined number of automobiles yesterday morning. Dr. Mattson waited at his home for 2| additional word from the kidnaper. Some undisclosed “hitch” in negotia- tions was believed to have prevented his payment at a scheduled time | Thursday. | Federal Bureau of Investigation | agents, though they were known to | have snowshoes and other equipment | suitable for heavy weather, remained in their offices, reverting to the policy of “non-interference,” which they :empcnrlly abgndoned early yester- ay. | Snow Falis Before Dawn. Disinterested observers predicted a the snow, which totaled 3 inches, | today. They pointed out the weather would | prevent any safe meeting between the | kidnaper and an intermediary for the family, since officers or “hi-jackers.” ‘bent on securing the ransom money | would be able to follow the trail. That imposters or other meddlers day was generally believed, though there was no confirmation. release of the kidnaped boy unlikely, it was believed, either because the kidnaper—if he is at all humane— would fear for the child's safety in the snow, or because his own get- If Charles is held at some back- woods hideout, as several rumors have indicated, any attempt to collect the ransom or deliver the boy to his par- ents would be very conspicuous, ob- servers said. Western Washington residents, un- used to snow in the low lands, seldom venture out when it is falling except on urgent business. Most Roads Unimproved, The district near Shelton, Wash., locale of several of the kidnap rumors, is particularly isolated in such weather. With the exception of three or four main highways, all roads there are unimproved. SLAYING OF MAN, 77, IS LAID TO FARMER Detectives Told He Beat Former Convict to Death With Plank. By the Associated Press. KNOX, Ind, January 9.—Carl A. C. Johnson, 36-year-old farmer, con- fessed today, State Police Detective Premont Lemeler said, that he beat to death Morris Siegl, 77, ex-convict and Chicago confidence man, whose battered body was found Thursday in a farm house near here. Johnson told the detective he banged Siegel over the head with a plank Thursday morning. “It was just & fit of temper,” the detective said Johnson told him. Despite Johnson's admission, au- thorities went on with an investiga- tion into the death of the elderly man, whose activities recently were under scrutiny in Chicago in connection with inquiry into an ambulance-chas- ing racket. Siegel several months ago con- tracted to purchase from his alleged slayer the farm where he was killed. Sheriff Frank B. Lough said John- son’s admission still left unexplained two mysterious fires at Siegel's farm last Wednesday, the day before his body was found by an insurance ad- juster, who hed called concerning the fires, SLAUGHTER .RECORD SET 14 Per Cent Increase Over 1935, Volume Largest Since 1918. CHICAGO, January 9 (#).—United States cattle slaughter in 1936 was the largest of any year for which the Government has records, except 1918, the Institute of American Meat Pack- ers’ analysis of Department of Agri- culture figures stated todsy. Govern- ment records go back to 1880. Federally inspected ocommercial slaughter of cattle totaled 10,972,000 head, an increase of 14 per cent over the 1935 volume. In 1918 the total kill was 11,829,000 head. Slaughter of all live stock totaled 70,313,000 head, compared with 50,- £46,000 in 1238, delay in the climax of the case when | started falling shortly before dawn | prevented the ransom payment Thurs- | Travel difficulties also would make | away would be made more difficult. | HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 10 Dictator Lends a Hand Red Army Commanders held chorus, greeted the.congress, Kremlin Palace. Fear of “Impostors BY REX COLLIER. “Chiselers” have complicated ran- som negotiations in many of the major kidnapings, and apparently the current Mattson case | Wash., is no exception. The fear of “imposters and hi- | jackers” expressed by the father of | the Mattson boy in an advertisement is one that has plagued investiga- tors and families of kidnap victims {in the Lindbergh, Urschel, Bremer | and other “snatches.” Gaston Means collected $104.000 as a result of his Munchausenlike | claims of gang “contacts” in the | prison for committing fraud. John iH. Curtis, self-styled “intermediary” in a Norfolk offshoot of the same case, was convicted of obstructing jus- tice. Several “muscled in” on the celebrated Hope- well case. Fake Demands Received. oil magnate. was kidnapad for $200.- 000 ransom by the Bailey-Bates-Kelly gang in 1933, fake ransom demands were received by the Urschel family. On one occasion Mrs. Urschel slipped out of the house under cover of darkness and drove to a lonely spot designated by the author of a spurious “ranscm letter.” She hand- ed this impostor a bundle containing & large sum of money, with a re- quest for proof she was dealing with her husband'’s captors. This maney, it later developed, never reached the real kidnap gang. The Bailey gang eventually supplied Mrs. Urschel with incontrovertible proof that it was holding the oil man and that he was well. This proof came in an envelope containing three notes written by Urschel and inclosing sev- eral of his identification cards. Because of the prior experience wi fakers, special precautions were taken by the family's representative to avoid hijackers during a train journey to Kansas City, Mo.,, where the ransom was paid. Two suitcases were pre- pared, one containing the $200,000 and the other filled with old magazines, the plan being to substitute the dummy suitcase in the event of any hold-up attempt. The money was delivered safely to George (Machine Gun) Kelly on a deserted street. Letters from swindlers and cranks imperiled negotiations for the release of Edward G. Bremer and William A. Hamm in St. Paul several years ago. The Karpis-Barker gang forced Bre- mer and Hamm to sign letters to their families and thereby succeeded in es- tablishing its “right” to a total of $300,000 in ransom demanded for re- turn of the men. Ordered to Stand By. Because of their policy of doing nothing during the course of ransom negotiations that might endanger the life of the victim in a kidnaping, spe- in Tacoma, l | Lindbergh case. He went to Federal | | underworld figures When Charles Urschel, Oklahoma | Smiling broadly, Josef Stalin, iron man of Russia, helped a daughter of one of the Red army commanders climb up on the speakers’ table at the All-Union Conference of Wives of the in Moscow. The children, in which was held in the Grand —Wide World Photo. “Chiselers” Hinder Ransom Negotiations in Kidnapings and Hi-Jackers” Ex- pressed by Mattson Boy’s Father Has Plagued Officials in Other Cases. cial agents of the Federal Bureau of ‘ln\'esngluon are powerless to prevent | “chiselers” from attempting to collect money in such cases. The agents are under strict orders | to stand by until the captive is safely | returned home. Thus the way is clear |not only for the actual kidnapers to communicate with the family of the | victim, but for fakers as well. | As s00n as the victim is home, how- ever, the full forces of the Pederal | Government are unleashed and the quarry includes not only the eollectors of the ransom but all who have had | any illicit connection whatever with the crime., LANDON BUYS LAND FOR COUNTRY HOME G. 0. P. Nominee Purchases 160 Acres Near Topeka and Will Build House. | By the Associated Press. | TOPEKA, Kans, January 9.—Gov. | Alf M. Landon will become a “coun- try gentleman” after he retires from office next Monday. The Republican presidential nom- | inee in 1936 has purchased two sub- ‘:urban tracts totaling 160 acres west | of Topeka and will build a Colonial- type home there. Landon, who will turn over affairs of State to Walter A. Huxman, a Democrat, said he probably would landscape his new property and sell part of it in 5-acre lots. He has in- dicated he will resume active direc- tion of his independent oil interests | in Southern Kansas in addition to his Teal estate operations. The man whose record during two terms as Governor of Kansas brought | him national recognition, was in a | Jovial mood as he talked of his plans after retirement, 150 MARCH ON W. P. A. “Starving Is Un-American,” Says One of Several Signs. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 9.—Demon- strators marched to the Works Prog- ress Administration headquarters to- day in the huge merchandise mart, where recently they engaged in an eight-day “sit-down,” pressing de- mands for & congressional appropri- ation of $1,250,000,000 for W. P. A. ac- tivities. Police Sergt. NBil Kahler estimated the marchers at 150 strong. They carried signs which bore the legends: “Starving Is un-American,” “Less for War, More for Jobs,” “Over- alls, Not Pink Slips!” Byrd Will Talk in Forum slated to be one of the live issues in the Seventy-fifth Congress, Wwill be outlined to the country by Senator Harry F. Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, in the National Radio Forum at 10:30 o'clock Monday night. The forum program is arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over a Nation-wide network by the National Broadcasting Co. Senator Byrd is one of the leading authorities on the subject in Congress. As chairman of the special Senate Committee on Reorganization, the Vir- ginian has had experts at work since last Summer gathering data on the present layout of Federal departments and agencies to guide the committee when it meets to determine where functions could be co-ordinated in the interest of economy and efficiency. Two other committees have been appointes, one by the House and another by the President, to join in studying the ques- tion. ‘This is not Senator Byrd's first ex- GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION IS TOPIC TOMORROW NIGHT. OVERNMENT reorganization,« s SENATOR HARRY F. BYRD. of years ago, he suceseded in reorgan- ixing Btete epancien, 1937—PART ONE. HOODED BEATINGS ARECHARGEDT02, Criminal Syndicalism Law Invoked Against Al- leged ‘Black Legs.’ By the Associated Press. PRESTONBURG, Ky., January 9.— A story of Kentucky mountaineers who wore old stockings with eyeholes over their heads on midnight raids on cabins to beat up neighbors of whom they didn't approve was related here today, following indictment of 25 alleged “black legs.” ‘The indictments, specifically charg- ing them with beating a eountry store- keeper and farmer, were returned under Kentucky's. criminal syndicalism and sedition law. Its maximum penalty is 21 years and $10,000 fine. In addition, five of the band were indicted on charges of banding and confederating and bonds fixed at $2,- | 000 each. Commonwealth's Attorney O. C. Hall sald the indictments followed investigations of beatings of men and ‘women by groups of hooded men and of reports that in some cases they ravished wives of victims of the “switchings.” Miles Barnett, the storekeeper-farmer who told the grand jury about being whipped, was said to have been punished for criticiz- ing the gang's activities. “I'm going to send them all to the penitentiary in that case,” Hall declared. He said they probably would be tried before ;he end of the present term of court ere, 15 Indicted Year Ago. The band operated along the border of Floyd and adjoining Magoffin County, and some 15 of them were in- dicted in Magoffin more than a year ago for beatings. Hung juries followed their trials. Two pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and paid $150 fines. The | others were put under $1,000 peace bonds and the Magoffin beatings | stopped, according to officials in that | county. Eight of the 25 indicted here were | placed in jail in default of $10.- | 000 bond each, and one, George Cole, | came in today and gave $10.000 bond. It was signed by S. B. Allen, county clerk of Magoffin County, and Lewis Marshall. Albert Marshall also sur- rendered today but went to jail. Seven | were arrested Wednesday and bench | | warrants have been issued for the others. Alex Adams, Magoffin County attor- | ney, sald Carl Hall, a country store- keeper, was the leader of the band | and that it appeared the black legs helped him collect bad debts. Cole | blamed the indictment here on his | having aided in evicting one of the | band from a house owned by a friend. | | Jim Marshall, a 30-year-old farmer, | {one of those indicted and who Hall | said had offered to turn State's evi- | | dence, told about the band today in | the presence of Hall and County At- | | torney Forrest Short. “And I'd rather stay right here in jail than go back to Magoffin County,” Marshall said. 25 or 30 in Band. “They called themselves the black legs,” said Marshall, who at times| also referred to the band as “the | legion.” “There were 25 or 30 of them {in i. They were part of an unem- ployment league over in Magoffin County, and their job was to go out | and whip anybody who talked about | them or wouldn't work or had bad character. “The legion members decided for | themselves who should be punished. | | Groups of five to eight men then pro- | ceeded to carry out the punishment | decided on. It was a sort of a lodge affair. There were regular meetings and we were going to have some signal to give us warnings, but we never got that worked out. The members paid 37 cents to join the legion and | the dues were 12 cents and more a i month. The president got the dues “We met wherever we could when | there was a beating to be done. The | | ones that did it went armed. They | wore sacks, dresses or anything else they could find and put old stockings over their heads, with hole cut for the eyes. Switches were used for the | beatings. They whipped anybody who was having bad carryings on.” Oath Permitted Killings. Besides seven whipping instances he knew about, Marshall said, “I heard of others being whipped. Whenever a | man joined the organization he took | an oath to stand by the others and if | it meant taking anybody's life to save one of the gang from being hurt it was all right to do that.” Marshall said “a whole lot of the | members of the gang went to the | court house for the trials (in Magoffin County), Every member of the gang was warned that he would be killed, hanged or burned up if he talked.” “I don’t know what the purpose of the gang was or what was its aim,” Hall said. “They just wanted to be smart and band themselves together and take the law in their hands and they did that. Sentiment here is high against them.” | Hall said he did not believe the band had any outside connections, but that he was investigating reports that automobiles with other States’ licenses had been seen at some of the meetings. REICH CHURCH GROUP PUT IN BANKRUPTCY Proceedings Begun Against Fran- ciscan Lay Brothers by Nazis. By the Associated Press. WELDBREITBACH, Germany, Jan- uary 9.—Nazi authorities renewed ac- tion today against Franciscan Lay Brothers, charged in the past with im- morality and smuggling money from | the country, with & bankruptcy pro- ceeding. A brief announcement said bank- ruptcy proceedings had been insti- tuted by a court against the tofal as- sets of Caritas, Ltd, of St. Joseph’s House, near Weldbreitbach, a Rhige- land town. Brother Bertinus, a member of the order, charged insolvency of the Cath-~ olic organization, the mother house of Franciscan Lay Brothers, was the result of two moves by the govern- ment: The ministry of education can- celed the permits of all the Franciscan houses to continue their tasks. Fines of more than $1,745,000 were imposed | on several hundred brothers for smug- | gling and alleged immorality. Despite the bankruptcy proceedings, the Order of Franciscan Lay Brothers, the legal owner of ‘Caritas, Ltd., will continue to exist, a spokesman said. The announcement said the action against the mother house included “all its establishments and possessions at Buchholtz, Oberbuchenau, Linz-on- the-Rhine, Ebernach, Bad Kruzach, ‘Waldniel, Darnstedt, Doisburg, Koeln- Lindenthal and Lugdno, Switzer- # ¥ Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. PROJECT. HERE'S going to be a Society for the Prevention of Nick- names if Mys. Lawrence Gri ham has anything to do about it. The custom is bad enough some- times fer the nicknames, she says, but when there's a wife to be con- sidered it's even worse. Mr. Gra- ham, it seems, has gone through life known to his intimates as ,‘Hic.” So Mrs. Graham gets mail addressed to Mrs. “Hic” Graham, and that she does not like too much. The worst blow fell recently, how- ever, when a friend of Mrs. Graham's passed through town without look- ing her up. The friend explained later she was in Washington for only a few hours between trains and, so help her, she couldn't find any Mr. or Mrs. phone book. * x x COMMENT. The midshipmen jrom Annapolis and the cadets from West Point won’t like it @ bit, but tne lady really said it. » The girl, in her 20s, arrived from the South for a post-holiday visit, was met at the station by a friend. On the way through the waiting room the friend commented upon the large nmumber of cadets and midshipmen in the place. “Yes,” said the lass (still in her 20s, mind you), “the train coming up was just filled with children on their way back to school.” * x * x REX AGAIN. DORIS MAJOR and that pony- sized Great Dane of hers, Rex. caused no end of consternation in the office of the drama department the other afternoon. The junior mem- ber of the staff had just returned from reviewing a movie, the central character of which was a young lady who lived in a jungle with a full- blown man-eating tiger for a pet. Then Miss Major breezed in the door. Bounding at her heels, with Mis enthusiasm bigger than even he is, galioped the Dane. At first glance at the scene, out of the corner of his eye, the poor young drama re- porter almost went out the wine dow. He hasn't quite recovered yet. L MYSTERY. T WAS in the forenoon at a fash- ionable hotel on Sixteenth street that some one knocked on s lady oc- cupant’s door. “Who is it?>" she called. No answer. Apparently knowing who she was, there came the second knock. This was repeated a num- ber of times, no one saying anything | but the ladyv. She flatly refused to open the door until the intruder identified himself. L LE_ e 77 'Y o 7 \ > N 7 Frightened. she called the desk. An assistant manager appeared promptly. The mysterious knocker turned out to be the foreman painter who, unfor- tunately, is deaf and who'd come to do some touching up at the lady's request. He, being a good-natured fellow of fluent speech, laughed with them. since all were in long stand- ing in their respective places. * % o* % PREDICAMENT. CONNECTICUT avenue bus driver lost his temper when a man mid- way of the vehicle refused to budge. Glancing in the mirror, he made polite requests such “Move to the rear, please,” and “Don't block the aisle, please, and stormed out: “I've asked you sev- | eral times to move on back. What's the matter with you, anyway?” The troublé was that the man was | one of those polite, timid persons who | | felt embarrassed at his hesitance to | | inform the extremely fat lady sitting | before him that her foot was on top of his. . * %k k% NAMES. Tuwo little girls named Nancy and Jeannine have reacied the parting of the ways, and over a point which parents might bear in mind when selecting nmames for their children. If you will look closely, you will see that there are five “n’s” in those two names—many more “n’s” than you can find in the average set of alphabet blocks with which chil- dren play, Each two sets of blocks will not permit Nancy and Jeannine to spell their names at the same time, and it makes for pretty much of a row when spelling happens to be the amusement of a given mo- ment, % % ¥ % TEST. ANSON COOK, who was in the col- umn recently with & tale involv- ing drivers’ permits and political knowledge, comes forth with another experience he encountered while ex- amining applicants for driving U- censes in Ohio. He was testing a young lady's knowledge this time. “Would you,” he asked, “always obey the I.Dl‘-fl-l. c- tions of a policeman?” “Well,” said the lass, flickering her eyelashes and suddenly beeoming coy, | “that all depends.” MILD IN RHODE ISLAND Flowers Bloom ‘as Temperature | Hits 65, Nearing Record. PROVIDENCE, R. I, January 9 (®). —Spring flowers bloomed in Rhode Island today as the temperature rose to 65, a record for January 9, and | reaching within 3 degrees of the Jan- ubry recorc for the State, recorded on January 14 in 1932. L. W. Jones, president of the Rhode Island Horticultural Society, reported pansies, snow drops and English vio- lota in blocom in his Nystt garden. POPE ENJOYS DAY FREE FROM PAIN Pontiff Is Cheerful, But Paralysis of Leg Segn Extending. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, January 9.—Popa | Pius XI, cheerful and serene, enjoysd a day free of pain today, but paraly- | sis of his right leg was said to be | extending. “Hic” Graham listed in the | then turned his head | His physician, Dr. Aminta Milani, | was able to alleviate the pain in his | partly paralyzed left leg, aggravated | by open sores which resulted from the | breaking of a varicose vein. | The brilliant Winter sunlight stream= ing through the 79-year-old pontiff's | bed room windows helped to raise his spirits. Vatican sources reiterated, however, that the Pope, who has been bed- ridden for more than a month, prob- ably could not be cured of his funda- | mental ailments—heart disease and hardening of the arteries, He sent this plea to the euchasistic congress to be held in Manila Feb | ruary 3 to 7: “Pray for the re-establishment of peace in a world which needs it badly.” The message was given to the papal mission to the congress, led by Den- nis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadel- phia, by Cardinal Pacelli, papal secre- tary of state. Cardinal Pacelli received the group in his offices, presenting to Cardinal Dougherty a gold and silver casket, the Pope's gift to the eucharistic con- gress. The pontiff was fatigued greatly to- night, and injections were adminis- tered. They soothed him and per- mitted him to rest. GOES TO BUFFALO. | Bishop Duffy to Leave Diocese of Syracuse With Regrets. 8T. PETERSBURG, Fla., January | 9 (#).—Bishop John Duffy of Syracuse |sald in a dictated statement today that his appointment to the diocess ., of Buffalo came to him as a “great surprise.” Bishop Duffy was found on the Guif of Mexico Beach, not far from the hotel where he has resided the last two weeks. “I will leave the diocese of Syra- cuse,” the bishop's statement said, “with the sincerest regrets. The friende ship of priests and people and their | generous support and co-operation created ties of esteem that will be hard to break. | “The diocese of Buffalo has had a long line of distinguished prelates who have contributed greatly to the religious education and welfare work of the State of New York. I pray that God will grant me the strength to follow in their footsteps.” Bishop Duffy said he did not know when he would take over his new duties in the Buffalo diocese. 'BOY, 17, WILL LEAD JUNGLE EXPEDITION Worried Over Secretary as He Plans Trip to Look for Umbrella Bird. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 8.—The late est thing in scientific expeditions, headed by 17-year-old Orlando Weber, jr., son of the president of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corp. will azail from here Thursday looking for an umbrelia bird in the jungles of Vene= zuela. Among his associates will be Arthur Hartwell of Minneapolis, Bryce Mete calf of New York and two women, Mrs. Gladys Gordon-Fry, ornithologist | from the National History Museum, and Pridy Enkerli, Weber's secretary. | They feel fairly confident of finding an umbrella bird in the Paria Penmn- | sula country of Venezuela, because no jone has looked there hefore, and Weber's worries are chiefly over hiy | secretary and how she will get along in jungle country. “She is a fine secretary,” he said today. “She doesn't write very weil on a typewriter, but she is excellent at research, keeps things neat, and can sew buttons on (which should be of great help looking for umbrella birds.) “But she is nervous about snakes end things.” el MAN FEARED VICTIM OF SPINAL MALADY Harry Carson, Sr., Found in Semi- Conscious Condition on Bath Room Floor. Harry Carson, sr., 35, yesterday was found in a semi-conscious condition on the bath room floor of his home, 1611 Gales street northeast, several hours after a Casualty Hospital physician responding to a “sick man” call found Carson had symptoms of spinal menin. gitis. A gas light fixture had been turned on in the room. A Health Department physician are rived for an investigation after being notified by Casualty Hospital authore ities and found two policemen tending Carson. After viewing the patient, Dr. Fletcher ordered him sent to Gal- linger Hospital's isolation ward for ob< servation. It may take until tomorrow to diagnose Carson’s ailment, it was said. Policeman D. A. Higgins and H. M. Hilldrup of the ninth precinct, who answered the gas call, were ordered home for a fumigation of their unie forms and general disinfecting as & precautionary measure. Gillette Yacht Floated. KEY WEST, Fla, January 9 (#).— The yacht Seaward, owned by P. M. Gillette of Miami Beach and Detroit, was floated under her own power to- day from a sandbar where she went aground Thursday night. The 75-foot | eraft was not damaged. Al Smith at Palm Beach. PALM BEACH, Fla., January 9 (). —Former Gov. and Mrs. Alfred E. Smith of New York arrived today with their friends, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Kenny of New York. The Smiths will be house guests of the Kennys. 128,000 Carloads of Fruit Shipped. California shipped 28,000 carloads of tree fruits and table grapes in 1936, in' addition to the heavy citrus |