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A2 FIDELITY'S FATE BEING CONSIDERED Experts of Controller’s Of- fice and F. H. A. Study Voluminous Report. Conferences got under way today between experts of the office of the controller of the currency and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board on proposed reorganization of the Fidelity Building & Loan Association. The conferees had before them a voluminou -eport, with recommen- dations, su..uitted yesterday by the Home Loan Board. Details were not disclosed, but it was understood the proposal was for reopening the insti- tution under reorganization as a new Federal savings and loan association. Length of Time Uncertain. There was no indication as to how long it would take the conferences to work out a solution to the problem. In an official statement late yester- day the controller’s office said con- ferences between experts would get under way “for the purpose of work- ing out the many details incident to the development of the suggestions contained in the report of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. “As soon as a decision is reached as to whether or not a reorganization of the Fidelity Building & Loan Asso- clation is feasible,” the statement con- tinued, “further announcement will be made by the office of the controller of the currency.” Dual Jurisdiction. ‘While the problem is in the hands of both agencies, it rests under a sort of dual jurisdiction. So far, however, authority over the institution is with the controller of the currency, whose receiver is in charge. The controller still has the power of rejection of the _plan, under law, because he is charged with examination and supervision of banks and building and loan associa- tions in the District. If it should be decided to reopen the Fidelity, there would be a “write- down” with all members of the asso- ciation taking a proportionate loss. ‘They could then either get cash or reinvest in the new institution. The proportion of the estimated ‘“write- down” or loss, has not been disclosed. La Follette PER (Continued From First Page.) Laboratories, Inc.,, through R. A. & I, to the police department of West Point, Ga., it was developed through tommittee evidence. Payment, how- ever, was made by the textile firm, with its Railway Audit strike-break- ing guards having the use of them. Tells of Soviet Trade. John W. Young, president of Fed- eral Laboratories, told the committee his concern sold gas and equipment to Russia through Amtorg, the Soviet trading organization in New York. “You don’t turn down their good hard dollars,” Senator La Follette re- marked. The chairman then introduced a letter frpm J. M. Roush, Federal sales- man in California, to B. H. Barker, vice president and sales manager, tell- ing of the “fun” he had firing gas shells into crowds of striking long- shoremen in San Prancisco in July, 1934. The following paragraph was eon- tained in the letter: “I plan next week to get pictures of Ban Francisco riot squads and of the riots themselves, which I shall for- ward to you. I might mention that during one of the riots, I shot a long- range projectile into a group, a shell hitting one man and causing a frac- ture of the skull, from which he has since died. As he was a Communist, I have had no feeling in the matter and I am sorry that I did not get more. The inclosed handbill shows a picture of me after I had just fired the shot. I imagine that this is the first time that one of your agents has had his picture posted all over town by Communists.” Sales to San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland immediately improved, Roush Teported. Denies Victim Was Red. An affidavit from a witness of the shooting next was read, containing the statement that James “Kentucky” Engle, the victim, was not a Come munist and that no riot was in prog- ress when the shooting occurred. The afdavit charged that the shooting seemed “staged” for the movie camera men and as a means of demonstrating “effectiveness” of the equipment. Engle eventually recovered, al- though he was bedridden for a year and Roush believed he had killed him. As today's hearing opened, it was disclosed through questioning of John W. Young, president of Federal Lab- oratories, that his concern and Rail- way Audit & Inspection Co., strike- breaking organization now under charge of contempt of the com- mmittee, sell their services through the same office in New Orleans and formerly through joint offices in other cities. In addition, Young said, W. W. Groves, an officer of R. A. & I, is 8 stockholder and former director in Federal Laboratories. Central In- dustrial Service, a subsidiary of R. A. & 1, also has been a holder of Federal Laboratories stock. In the co-operative selling set-up invoices showed that $71,830 of Fed- eral Gas and Equipment was sold through Railway Audic during the :R’u;e-yelr period ending January 1, Subsequently, 1t was revealed, ink eradicator was used to obliterate the name of Railway Audit and a key designation employed to indicate such transactions. “Why was that?” La Follette asked. “I presume it was to keep the in- formation from investigators of the committee,” Young answered. “We'd have to be magicians to get information from these books,” La Follette remarked. “It’s a fact, isn’t it, that through your tie-up with Railway Audit all the weapons and equipment of indus- trial warfare may be obtained through one office?” La Follette continued. u“,‘ln some localities,” Young admit- An instance of this centralized sup- Dply arrangement was {llustrated in evi- dence showing the furnishing of guns and guards to West Point, Ga., manu- facturing company during the textile strike in 1934. At this point, the committee called Groover, who said he ran a cleaning plant in Lannett. He told the com- mittee that during the strike there Was 8 .mu:::dclrcuhud by the com- pany Foechers and othor that thoy, wend “shut down” if & strike was called. Groover said the preachers .and doctors and teachers all worked for the company. Washington Wayside and Things. A to do a bit of shopping. She A newsboy at the corner took up STREET SCENE. T NOON time the other day a ran toward the intersection of Ninth and G street, unaware that a girl the cry. “Wait here, lady, I'll get Janie for you,” he said, and dashed Random Observations of Interesting Events young girl employed in the Bureau of Mines skipped out friend was pursuing her crying, “Janie! Janie! Stop, Janie!” into traffic, jumping up and down and swinging his newspapers over his “Janie, Janie, stop Janie, stop Janle, Janie, stop Janie,” he chanted in rhythmical bellows, like a newsie with | & hot extra under his arm. Suddenly Janie heard. She stopped dead in her tracks. Also in those of 8 street car that was rounding the corner at & good clip. The motor- man jammed on brakes. Janie fainted. ‘The newsboy stood surveying the won- ders he had wrought. A crowd gathered. Janie’s friend ran to the scene, panic- stricken. Janie, unhurt, revived. “Where were you going to lunch?” said the pursuing friend. “I wasn't. I was going shopping,” said Janie. “Oh,” said the friend. * k kX WHIMSY. Practically the only pizie spirit we've heard about among the town’s street car conductors is the operator of a Potomac Park one- man job, who, when the mood is upon him, jolts along gaily chant- ing, “Use both sides, please.. Use both sides, please. They're going the same way.” ko x ¥ ABRIDGED. LADY who is an aunt of a local sports writer was playing bridge the other night. Her partner bid, we forget what. Auntie partner got the contract nevertheless, and Auntie laid down her hand, which was simply crawling with face cards. “Why didn’t you bid?” Auntie was asked, in the words bridge players use to ask bitter questions of that sort. “Huh,” said Auntie, contemptuously, “bid on that hand? Look at it. Four kings and none of them the same suit!” *® %k * X $SLOVESS. SINL‘!: nothing would be so dear to our heart as a savings account, if we had one, this little tale touched us deeply because it involves romance and three per cent all at the same time. About a year ago a Washington lass became much enamoured of a swain whose business is in another city. He made semi-monthly trips to the Capi- tal, wrote numerous letters per week. On each visit he presented her with a sum of money to be deposited in & savings account, intended to finance them when they launched their matri- monial bark. The account was be- coming quite substantial, the letters more frequent, when suddenly cor- respondence ceased. Silence of about a week. Then the young man wrote, explained he had fallen in love with another girl. Would Miss Washington please forward the savings fund, as he probably was going to need the money to marry the new girl. And many thanks for managing the account. * kX ¥ AWAKENING. YOU have previously been intro- duced to Pat McGroarty, the Irish scribe, as the man who could 80 hungry all day and then eat three square meals at night. Now we hear legends of Mr. McGroarty’s difficul- ties with getting out of bed. After years of wrestling with the problem, persuading friends, Western Union, switchboard operators and random others to check up on him to find out if he’d obeyed the alarm clock, the newsman has at last perfected a sys- tem. He bought three alarms clocks. The first one is set two hours ahead of the time he must arise. The second is set one hour ahead. The third alarm brings out the McGroarty. Or else his roommates come in and throw cold water on him, which is necessary only about twice a week. * kX % SUBMISSION. After resisting all pressure for weeks, we at last yield to the per- sistence of the correspondents who have pointed out that the new Simpson Building, at Connecticut avenue and Calvert street, has as -one of its tenants the Palace Laun- dry, while a restaurant across the street is named the Duke of Wind- sor. You can make of it what you will. One informant, who obviously never gets enough play out of words, said it had him thin-king. —_—— CLUES FOUND IN HOME OF SLAYING SUSPECT “Shield Against Black Magic” Discovered by Officers Prob- ing “Hex” Murder. BY the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 5—Sherift’s deputies said yesterdasy they found the talons of a chicken hawk, regarded by some Mexicans and Indians as & shield against black magic, in the home of Salvatore Corona, 28, charged with killing Mrs. Netalie Lopez, 38, whose death officers believe was a “hex” slaying. The officers also found two pistol cartridges, of the same caliber as the bullets which killed Mrs. Lopez, in Corona’s home, they said. The deputies, John Morrell, had accused Mrs. Lopez of being s passed. The | : THE ‘EVENING STAR, -WASHINGTON, D. C. GTZENSNOORE FARFAY BUDGET Real Estate Reassessment Also Advocated at Annual Hearing. Spectsl Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, March 5—Over- whelming indorsement of the proposed Fairfax County school budget for the 1937-38 fiscal year, and & recommen- dation from several quarters of the county for a re-assessment of real estate, were voiced before the Board of Supervisors Wednesday at the an- nual public budget hearing held in the court house. Local taxpayers laid a mandate be- fore the supervisors to provide during the coming flscal accounting period the necessary school facilities as set up in the tentative budget, even though a substantial increase in the school tax rate may be necessary to do so.’ Need for a reassessment of real estate came as a side issue to the pub- lic hearing, since no provision was made in the budget this year for a new taxable valuation on realty. An effort last year to include a $7,500 item for a reassessment met with strong oppo- sition from nearly every quarter. Holden S. HarTison yesterday de- clared at the meeting that the sound- est method of raising sufficlent tax revenues is through the increased values that would be revealed through an equitable county-wide real estate reassessment. He asserted a striking inequality exists between assessments in the rural and urban sections of the county, with the former, in most in- stances, carrying the highest tax val- uations in proportion. Harrison's remarks were concurred in by Mrs. Florence Jodzies, secretary of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce, and others, all of whom stressed the importance of an “equit- able” revaluation. Labor (Continued From First Page.) group came as an open declaration of war on Lewis' union which the corpo- ration formally recognized Tuesday by granting a signed contract to Philip Murray, chairman of the Steel Work- ers’ Organizing Committee. A resolution, adopted by all except one of the 25 members of the 36-man Pittsburgh District Employe Repre- sentatives Council, empowered a Grievance Committee to act for them in the new negotiations. The resolu- tion stated: 2 “We cannot permit the representa- tives of the small minority to dictate the policy which shall govern our constituents and possibly prove det- rimental to their welfare.” A spokesman for the representatives announced their decision following & two-day meeting, in which Benjamin F. Fairless, president of Carnegie- Illinois, participated yesterday. Won Concessions. The C. I. O. faction recently won hour and wage concesslons from Gen- eral Motors Corp. and many large steel mills. Industrial leaders followed with announcements that they would con- tinue to mnegotiate with other labor groups and had not granted sole bar- gaining power to the C. L O. Indicative of the A. P. of L.'s de- termination to halt the advance of John L. Lewis’ followers was an order to fight the C. I. O. shoe workers' organization campaign in New Eng- land. Two A. F. of L. units responded to President William Green's call to bat- tle. The Maryland State Federation of Labor ordered city central bodies to suspend Lewis locals. The Cleveland central body suspended unions affiliat- ed with the C. I O. Other federation units were expected to take similar action. The C. I O. drive in the shoe In- dustry sought organization of all workers in one union. It was the issue of organization by industry or by craft that caused the split between the Lewis and Green groups. A. F. L. Organizers Chased. Several A. F. of L. organizers who solicited employes of the General Motors' Pisher body plant in Cleve- land were chased from plant entrances by & group of 200 C. 1. O. sympathizers. At New York Alfred P. Sloan, jr., president of General Motors, said the corporation will regard the C. I. O. union as bargaining agent only for its members and would continue to deal with other employe groups. Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corp. previously an- nounced a like policy. At Washington Francis J. Gorman, president of the United Textile Work- ers of America, was quoted as an- nouncing the impending unionization of the industry’s 1,200,000 workers under the C. I O. banner. Telegram to Green. The Carnegie - Illinois employe group’s telegram to Green, asking him to come to Pittsburgh, read: “In view of recent developments in the field of labor relations, the com- mittee of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. plan of employe representation is taking steps to improve the system under which the plan operates. The committee proposes to make the organization entirely self-supporting and entirely independent of all out- side influences. This step is being taken with the support and approval of the majority of the employes of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp., which the committee represents. “Without obligating you or your or- ganization or the employes’ repre- sentation plan which the committee represents, in any way, the commit- tee’s members invite you to come to Pittsburgh at your earliest conven- jence to offer suggestions concerning the future course of the Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corp. plan of employe representation.” This invitation offered Green a new opportunity to oppose Lewis” indus- trial union campaign, which resuited in the suspension of the Lewis ad- herents by the A. F. of L. Call for Purge Issued. Green isued a call this week to all federation groups to purge themselves of Lewis’ influence. The resolution changing the future course of the employe representation plan follows: “Whereas it is utterly impossible for the management of Carnegie-Illi- nois Steel Corp. to bargain collectively with all employe representatives at the same time, and “Whereas the management with & committee of agreed to meet the Association (of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers) not later than March 10, 1937, to discuss wages, hours, etc, and “Whereas we, the representatives of the great majority of the employes, do not Have s commitiee vested with the t has S " FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1937. Picture Story of ’-Dr. Miller’s Confession * Photos reveal the drama enacted when Dr. Richard G. Miller signed a confession in the chloroform slaying of 18-year-old Cleo Sprouse in Charlottesville, Va. Upper left: Dr. Miller confronted by detectives. Upper right: Apparently stunned by the swift turn of events. Lower left: His head drops into his arms. Lower right: He sinks, exhausted, to his desk. Authorities, however, today said they were not satisfied with the confession and are continuing their investigation. power to make agreements with man- agement, and “Whereas we cannot permit the rep- resentatives of the small minority to dictate the policy which shall govern our constituents and possibly prove detrimental to their welfare, “Be it resolved, That for the time being the Grievance Committee be given full power to negotiate with the management regarding hours, wages and conditions of employment with the great majority of the em- ployes whom we represent. “Be it further resolved, That the | Greivance Committee shall retain this | power until the employe representa- tives have had time to reorganize the plan of employe representation and elect an Executive Committee to bar- gain for us in these matters.” Owen Jones of Martins Ferry, Ohio, headed the Grievance Committee, which included Ralph H. Martin, Homestead, Pa.: Joseph Budday, Du- quesne, Pa., and R. Elmer Glover of Farrell, Pa. William R. Hill of Can- ton, Ohio, president of the Employe Representatives' Council, served as an ex-officio member. Philip Murray, Lewis’ fleld marshal in the union drive, issued a denial of the employe representatives’ claims. He said: “They don't represent a majority of the employes of Carnegie-Illinois. “They don’t represent anybody. The company union is as dead as the pro- verbial do-do bird. That's all I have to say.” Meanwhile, the ranks of jobless increased as new strikes broke out. Approximately 10,000 workers were made idle by the closing of the Fire- stone Tire & Rubber Co. plants at Akron, Ohio. Disputes at three Detroit plants of the Bohn Aluminum Co. and its sub- sidiary, Michigan Smelting & Refin- ing Co., kept 1,200 workers idle. An agreement including provisions for a 40-hour week and wage adjustments ended a strike at the Peninsular Metal Products Corp., employing 1,050. The strike at the Thompson Products Co., employing 800, also was settled. Both Detroit companies make auto parts. A sit-down strike for higher wages and involving 750 workers dalted operations at the Ohio Match plant at Wadsworth, Ohio. More than 100 salesgirls demanding more pay started the sixth day of their sit-down strike at an F. W. Wool- worth Co. 5 and 10 cent store in Detroit. Eleven women clerks occu- pled a second store. Steel Plant Closes. A disagreement over wage increases caused the closing of Lebanon Valley (Pennsylvania) plant of the Bethle- hem Steel Corp. C. I O. spokesmen said the 2,500 employes demanded the same concessions gained by Carnegie- Tllinois Steel Corp. workers. A sit-down closed the W. A. Anthony mill employing 100 at Sinking Spring, Pa., the seventeenth mill affected by the dispute in the past three days. ‘Union officials said 5,500 hosiery work- ers were idle and that the Rosedale | employing 3,000 was next on | plant the list. Only 500 of Seattle’s 1,500 lumber and sawmill workers were on the job after a walkout of unionists at six major plants The strikers demanded wage adjustments. The Rhode Island truck drivers’ strike, which had paralyzed highway shipping in the State, was settled to- day. Unions ratified an agreement under which the 2,000 strikers will receive s 10 per cent wage increase, 48-hour week and a closed shop. More than 100 bus and coach oper- ators of the Flint (Mich.) Trolley Coach, Inc., headed back to work after 86 days of idieness. They were granted increased wages and arbitration privi- Fear of another maritime dispute at San Prancisco was allayed when the saflors’ union announced it would withdraw picket lines which kept some longshoremen idle. The United Automobile Workers, Afrcraft Division, negotiated at Los Angeles for settlement of an 11-day- old strike after receiving a majority of votes in an election to determine the Northrop Aircraft Co. employes’ bar- gaining agency. ‘The National Enameling & Stamp- ing Co. at Granite City, Ill, announced signing of an agreement recognising s C. L O. union as sole bargsining agendy for its 800 to 900 empioyes. Political Experts Speculate On Byrd as Governor Prospect Point to University Pres- ident’s Winning Way With Assembly. i BY the Associated Press. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 5.—State House political observers have just about come to the conclusion that Dr. H. C. “Curley” Byrd, president of the University of Maryland, already has & fine background before which he could pose 1942 gubernatorial aspirations. There has been no doubt for years that Dr. Byrd—he became doctor in recent months only and is a former | foot ball coach—was a power in legis- lative circles. He never has been & member of the General Assembly, but was regarded during the administra- tion of the late Gov. Albert C. Ritchie [ as one of the Ritchie lieutenants who | could bring recalcitrant legislators | back into line. His power in legislative halls was demonstrated easily and fully again this week. The House Ways and | Means Committee—with only 17 mem- | bers present—voted 9 to 8 to cut $74,- 000 yearly from the university’s budget. Dr. Byrd evidenced not a bit of worry. The committee met again yes- terday. It restored the slashes. And, sources close to the committee indi- cated the university would receive $273,000 yearly which Gov. Harry W. Nice included in his budget which was marked “contingent” upon the Legis- lature providing revenue for those items. The budget alone, without the contingent item, gives the university $149,000 more yearly than it now re- | celves. Told of University’s Power. Dr. Byrd himself told the Finance Committee exactly what political | power there is behind the University | of Maryland. He did that while ex- plaining his budget. He outlined the ramifications of the university, which include work among miners, oystermen, fishermen, farmers, farm wives, poultry dealers, live stock dealers and others through the various farm agents, home demonstration agents, poultry specialists, live stock specialists, ete. In effect, he told the committee that: The university itself is not asking the Legislature for this appropriation. The miners, oystermen. fishermen, farmers, farm wives, poultry dealers, live stock dealers and others are ask- ing the university for that money. Could Prove Point. He told the committee that, if nec- essary, he could bring large numbers of those people to the State House & prove his point. A good example of the manner in which the University—and Dr. Byrd— knows how to go about securing the votes of legislators came during the Byrd campaign for retsoration of the ‘Ways and Means Committee cut. Dr. Byrd approached one member of the committee who was not present at the meeting when the cut was made. That particular legislator deals in horses. Dr. Byrd reminded him of the fine work university live stock special- ists had done in curbing a horse dis- ease which was prevalent at one time in recent years in that particular leg- islator’s county. Whether Dr. Byrd actually would: consider leaving the academic office of president of a university—he be- came president during the past year— for the more political atmosphere of the Governor’s mansion is not publicly known. Named Acting President. However, this story has been told the State house this week: When the University of Maryland Board of Regents decided to ask for the resignation of Dr. Raymond A. Pearson as president, it was generally conceded that the then university DR. H. C. BYRD. acting president. For a few months he was acting president, then was formally named president. Those few months, one Senator said, passed as Byrd and his friends puz- zled over the question of whether a university president could step out six years later and become a Governor. The question hinged, the Senator said, as to whether Byrd would “pigeon hole” himself as gubernatorial caliber | gpectators became enraged at & New York newspaper photographer, who if he took the presidency. PUBLIC MAY VISIT BOTANIC GARDENS Paget Will Be Host Sunday to Show Tropical Flowers Now in Bloom. Wilmer J. Paget, assistant director of the United States Botanic Gardens. will be host to the public on Sunday afternoon to show the tropical at- mosphere now existing there. From 1:30 to 4 pm, Paget and William A. Frederick, assistant to the architect of the Capitol, will person- ally conduct the visitors through the gardens. Your Income Tax Widowers, Widows and Divorcees Classified as Single Persons. v. Returns are required of every single person who for the year 1936 had a gross income of $5,000 or more or a net income of $1,000 or more and of every husband and wife living to- gether who for the year 1936 had an aggregate gross income of $5,000 or more or an aggregate net income of $2,500 or more. Widowers, widows, divorcees and married persons sep- arated by mutual consent are classed as singles persons. The personal ex- emptions are $1,000 for single persons and $2,500 for married persons living together and for heads of families. Husband and wife living together may make separate returns of the in- come of each, or their income may be included in a single joint return. If separate returns are filed, one may not report income which belongs to the other, but must report only the income which actually belongs to him. If & joint return is filled, such return is treated as a taxable unit, anu the in- come disclosed is subject to both the normal tax and the surtax. Husband and wife may elect each year whether to file a joint return or separate returns. Where, however, joint or separate returns have been filed for a particular year neither hus- band nor wife may after the due date of the return file an amended return or returns on a different basis for that year. L4 —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. Chloroform (Continued From First Page.) versity of Virginia students Tuesday in a wooded strip near the University Cemetery. In seeking & murder indictment | when the grand jury meets here this month or next, Fife disclosed that the case may have many unexpected rami- fications, and that persons not yet brought into the case will be “key | witnesses.” He did not amplify this statement. However, the girl's widowed mother, Mrs. Lulu Sprouse, who was { near collapse at her daughter's fu- neral yesterday, declared she would ask police to question a colored woman, who lives along the route Dr. Miller said he drove Cleo when she died Monday afternoon. Fife already has expressed doubt on some phases of Dr. Miller's statement, in which he is alleged to have con- | paring to perform an illegal operation in a borrowed automobile. tossed away somewhere along | curred. Mrs | him to perform the illegal operation. The funeral services were twice in- terrupted, once when Mrs. Sprouse and her daughter, Mrs. Alice Poole, | became hysterical, and again when exploded a flashlight bulb directly over the head of the preacher con- ducting the service. Angry members of the family chased him away. Regaining her composure after her kneeling and kissing the casket as it | was taken from the hearse. Burial father lies, but in the Riverview Cem- etery in the opposite end of the city found, a chloroform-soaked towel tied over her month, Tuesday morning. The autopsy report was not com- | pleted today. e Usher (Continued From First Page.) ton, Va. Officers Harry L. Woodyard and Hugh Jones to the investigation. After the dispute the ushers put started for Emergency Hospital. The injured man died en route. The five were arrested at the hospital and held for investigation. against any of the five, however. Harry Hull, night attendant at the filling station, on United States High- way No. 1, near the Washington Air- port, said “five or six men” drove up in two cars last night, and as he was wiping one of the winshields heard one of the men fall and saw the' others bending over him. Hull said he heard no sound of blows or harsh words. the theater. at the home of one of the ushers. 4526 Thirteenth street, v fessed that Cleo died as he was pre- Police continued their search for the instrument Dr. Miller stated he took | along to perferm the operation, and the wooded roadside where the tragedy oc- | Sprouse has steadfastly re- | fused to believe her daughter was an | expectant mother, and has scouted Dr. | | Miller’s statement that Cleo asked near collapse, Mrs. Sprouse insisted on | ‘was not in the family plot, where her | from the graveyard, where she was day were Mooney, William Daniel Whalen, 18, 1656-A Avon place; F. L. Ankers, 20, 310 Cedar avenue, Takoma Park, Md.; Jerold C. Adams, 17, 3743 Twelfth street northeast, and Curtis Coons, 25, 1774 Troy street, Arling- The five were to be questioned this afternoon by Sheriff Howard B. Fields of Arlington County, who assigned Hilderbrand in one of the cars and Police booked no formal charges Attendants at the hospital said Hil- derbrand had a cut on the back of his head and abrasions on his left eye. Besides his wife and children, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Hilderbrand, and four brothers and three sisters. The family lives at ' 4 INSURGENTS LAY PLOT T0 FRANGE Morocco Disturbance Would Be Pretext for Attack, Say Protests. Special Dispatch to The Star SALAMANCA, Spain, March §.— The Spanish insurgent regime today accused France of fomenting disturbe ances in Spanish Morocco in order to force a pretext for invading the territory held by Generalissimo Fran- cisco Franco's armies. Declaring any attempt at aggres- slon against Spanish Morocco would be met with “an adequate reply,” the | insurgent diplomatic cabinet lodged a strong note of protest with all signa- tory powers to the Algeciras conven- tion. Franco's diplomatic cabinet an- nounced the note “denounced maneu- vers in the frontier region of French and Spanish Morocco which permit the authorities of French Morocco, un= der pretext of re-establishing order and avoiding the danger of exciting the natives of the territory, to invade our zone, violating in this mgnner all international conventions and creat- ing a dangerous situation to the peace of Europe.” “Secretly Concentrating.” The insurgent diplomatic staff charged the French were secretly con- centrating arms on the border and planned to introduce them into the Spanish Riff. The French arms concentrations, the insurgents charged, were being made at Ouezzan, Buzed and Gueznaya, near Alhucemas in Spanish Morocco. Heavy concentrations of French troops along the frontier were re- ported by the insurgent diplomats as constituting “an action of ineiting the natives of the frontier zone.” The note declared the French activi- ties constituted a “flagrant violation” of the agreements of 1912 and asked the signatory powers to the Algeciras convention to send a committee to Spanish Morocco to investigate the charges. The insurgent command today called to arms all men, aged 21 to 23, formerly registered by the government, but now in insurgent-held territory, also all recruits declared capable of auxiliary service and the first half of the 1936 class. The insurgent accusations against France marked the second flareup of danger that the Spanish civil war might spread to the rest of Europe through the Moroccan protectorate held by both France and Spain. Shortly after the first of the year France accused Germany of violating the Moroccan agreements of 1912 by attempting to set up a sphere of in- fluence in Spanish Morocco as a re- ward for volunteer aid furnished the insurgents. North African Protectorates. ‘The two North African protectorates were assigned to France and Spain under a treaty signed November 27, 1912, putting into effect a secret treaty made in 1904. Under the agreement, the northern part territory of the Sultan of Moroc- co, amounting to some 18,300 square miles, was placed under Spanish pro- tection, while the French took the vastly greater southern portion. The Sultan remained nominal ruler of both divisions, with the two coun- tries conducting the administration in his name. Both the Algeciras convention and the 1912 agreement recognized French and Spanish interests as paramount for the people of their respective zones although assuring equality of economic opportunity to all except Germany, who agreed not to press for special advantages. FRENCH DISPUTE INSURGENTS. PARIS, March 5 (#).—Informed French sources said today any accusa- tion that France is attempting to stir up trouble for the insurgents in Span- | ish Morocco is “absurd.” They said it was likely Gen. Fran- | cisco Franco, the insurgent dictator- | designate, was trying to create trouble for France with Germany and Italy. ETHIOPIAN ENVOY WITHDRAWN BY U. S. Question of Italian Recognition Not Involved, Says State Department. BY the Associated Press. The State Department decided today to withdraw diplomatic representatives from Ethiopia In so doing. the departmeat said. the question of recognizing the Af- rican nation as a part of the Italian Empire was not affected. Cornelius Van H. Engert, American Minister resident and Consul General at Addis Ababa during the Italian conquest, is en route to the United States “on leave of absence.” He will not return to Ethiopia, officials said. Morris Hughes, American Consul at the Ethiopian capital, will take charge of American interests temporarily, but has been instructed to close the office at the end of March. In asserting the recognition issue was not involved the State Depart- ment said the consulate is being closed “in accordance with its usual practice of terminating consular activities in any district where American interests no longer require such services.’ he consulate at Addis Ababa was the scene of defensive fighting several times during the Italo-Ethiopian War. ROME, March 5 (#).—Fascist offi- cials said today the departure of Cor- nelius Van H. Engert, United States Minister to Ethiopia, was regarded as “virtual American recognition of the Italian empire.” Authoritative news- papers declared Engert ‘will not re- turn to Addis Ababa” and “American Consul Morris Hughes will take charge of the legation, which will shortly be transformed into a consulate.” Hilderbrand, father of two boys, one 2 years old and the other 6 months old, left his wife, she said, after they had attended a movie last night “to g0 to a farewell party with some friends” in honor of another usher at Mrs. Hilderbrand said she knew the men her husband was going with and they were “all friends.” She said she did not know where the party was to be, but thought it was Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: In recess until Monday. La Follette committee continues in- vestigation of gas and machine gun sales. ‘Wheeler committee continues inquiry into railroad financing. House: Merchant Marine Committee studies repeal of seamen’s discharge book law. TOMORROW. Senate: District Subcommittee meets at 10 am. on Juvenile Court bill. A