Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U 8 Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cold, with lowest temperature about 28 degrees tonight; tomorrow fair, with slowly rising temper-~ ature. Temperatures—Highest, 35, at 2:15 p.m. yesPerday; lowest, 28, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page A-6. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 h 00 85th YEAR. No. 3,9 Entered as second class matter 929 post office. Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, URPHY APPEAL OVACATEPLANTS SEEN AT DETROIT Governor Arrives to Take | Hand in.Peace Negotia- tions of Strikes. WORKERS SEEN READY TO DEFY COURT ORDER Union Leader Thinks Employes Won’t Quit Chrysler Factories. Deadline Nearing. BACKGROUND— The Chrysler motor strike was called by the United Automobile Workers of America March 8 after the corporation rejected a demand for sole collective bargaining rights. The conference was continued, dis- cussing that and other issues, but no progress was reported. About 60,000 workers were made idle; plants were occupied by the strikers. Yesterday at Detroit a court order directed the strikers to evacuate the plants. Strikers’ action was un- known. During General Motors strike court orders for evacuation were given, but sit-downers refused to obey and corporation never sought enforcement. BY the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 16.—Gov. Frank Murphy came to Detroit this after- hoon to essay once more the role of mediator in the labor troubles of a strike-harassed city. His immediate objective was reopening of four hotels, three was understood he planned also to endeavor to find a basis of under- standing between the closed Chrysler Corp. and the United Automobile Workers of America, whose sit-down the one closed by strikes to enforce demands for exclu- | sive bargaining rights have rendered | 60.000 Chrysler workers idle. Because of the Governor's state- ments following the issuance of an injunction against the sit-downers, the belief grew here today that he planned to ask the Chrysler strikers to vacate the occupied plants before 9 am. tomorrow. The injunction is returnable at that hour. There was no indication from the strike leaders, however, that they would consider such a request from the Governor. “The constitutional authority the courts must be respected if we are to have orderly government,” Gov. Murphy said. “Neither party to any dispute can afford to take a position In defiance of the law.” Conference Held. Representatives of Chrysler and the union held another conference today in the temporary downtown quarters rented by the corporation after its office force as well as non-union plant workers were denied admittance to the struck plants Union conferees asked the Chrysler executives to present a counter pro- posal, as a basis for further negotia- tions. The corporation, however, has large downtown | a strike and | by their managements, but it | of | declined thus far to present any pro- | posal and there was no certainty that its conferees would deviate from that policy. The corporation’s position has been that it is conferring with the union, at the union’s request, to consider any provosals short of exclusive recogni- tion. which it has refused to grant. In addition to his conference on the hotel dispute Gov. Murphy had before him the completion of plans for his general meeting here tomorrow with 20 representatives of employers, em- plores and the general public to de- | termine upon a program acceptable to | eli sides for handling pending and threatened labor difficulties. The con- ference room of the hotel representa- tives and workers was only a few blocks distant from the meeting room of the Chrysler conferees. Declines to Discuss Reports. Gov. Murphy declined to discuss reports he planned to ask the union to withdraw the sit-down strikers from the strike-bound Chrysler plants. Neither would he say what action, if any, he planned should they ignore | of | | the injunction of Circuit Judge Allan | Campbell. In addition to the 60,000 Chrysler | workers, more than 10,000 Hudson Motor Car Co. employes here and 2,200 Reo Motor Car workers at Lansing continued idle, while negotia- tions for settlements appeared to be at a stalemate. The strikers gave no indication of (See LABOR, Page A-2.) ARMY PILOT KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES Bix Other Members of Crew of | Transport Escape by Para- chutes, Is Report. BY the Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 16.— Maxwell Pleld was advised today a United States Air Corps transport plane had crashed 10 miles east of Greenville, Ala., and Lieut. Carlisle W. Phillips, pilot, was killed. New Puppet? PRINCE TEH WANG. BULLETIN NEW YORK, March 16 (#).— Rear Admiral Richmond P. Hob- son, U. S. N. Spanish-American War naval hero, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home today. FOUR BIG HOTELS CLOSEDIN DETROIT 2,500 Guests Put “on Own” as Managers Act After Statler Strike. BULLETIN. DETROIT, March 16 (#).—Police threw a line of guards around the Book Cadillac Hotel shortly after noon today following a scuffle be- tween union organizers and a ho- tel guard in which a shot was fired A group of 30 men, said by po- lice to have been led by Floyd A. Loew, organizer for the Waiters and Waitresses' Union, brushed aside two policemen and entered the Book Cadillac through a rear door. They were stopped by Har- old Ward. a hotel guard. Ward said the men demanded his keys. A scuffie followed, during which a pistol belonging to Ward was dis- charged. The shot went into the floor. Biahe Associated Press. DETROIT, March 16 (#).—A shut- down of Detroit’s four largest hotels— with virtually all service suspended— put about 2,500 guests “on their own” today, to the amusement of some and | | carved out of Northern Chahar Prov- | disgust of others. Scores of traveling men, stage. ¥creen and concert performers were caught unawares by the surprise move Managers closed the 29-story Book- Cadillac Hotel, the 2l-story Fort Shelby and the 15-story Detroit Leland because of a strike at the Statler, a 15-story hostelry where 40¢ | employes quit work yesterday. ' Gov. Frank Murphy arranged to come here from Lansing for a con- | ference this afternoon with hotel men | and representatives of the several unions which called the Statler strike. Guests of the hotels had the option staying—which meant trudging long stairways to get food, and mak- ing their own beds—or leaving, an action which involved hauling their | own luggage down to the lobbies. Lily Pons Marooned. *Perhaps the loveliest wail was sung by petite Lily Pons, star of opera, screen and radio. “Thees place—she’s crazy—what am I to do?” she pleaded up on the twelfth floor of the Statler. One unlucky guest was Mrs. Osa Johnson, widow of Explorer Martin Johnson, who was in a wheel chair in an eleventh-floor Book-Cadillac room. She was assured an elevator would be ready to remove her when she leaves to resume a lecture tour. Her leg was fractured in the airliner crash in which her husband was killed. Several English men and women in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Co. were | among the victims. | “We have our rooms—but that’s about all,” Frederick Hobbs, manager, said. | “But the chaps here have been most obliging. An_ elderly porter escorted | me up eight flights of stairs to my room. And the policemen—there’s one on every floor—have been most polite.” Police Guard Entrances. Other policemen stood at entrances, | the only indication from the streets | that anything unusual had happened inside the hotels. The tall buildings, although hun- dreds were stranded on upper floors, seemed strangely deserted. There were no scurrying bell boys, no (See HOTEL, Page A-3.) Southern Pine Pulp Used. SAVANNAH, Ga., March 16 (#).— The S. S. Mallory of Wilmington, Del., began loading Southern pine pulp at docks here today for use in the Hud- son Falls, N. Y., plant of the Union Bag & Paper Corp. Advices from Greenville said six | other members of the ship’s crew es- eaped by jumping with parachutes. Capt. Ray Owen, adjutant of the Air Corps Tactical School here, said the only information received was a brief telegram from a member of the crew that the pilot was killed. The P-24 transport left Valparaiso, Fla., early today en route to Scott Field, IlL Names of the six men in addition to the pilot had not been learned at the Jocal post. They were members of the 15th Observation Squadron at Scott Field and were returning from training activities at Valparaiso. Lieut. Carlisle’s record here showed he was born in Missouri in 1908 and ‘was commissioned a lieutenant in 1934, Heretofore the Hudson mill used foreign pulp exclusively. has WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1937 WONGDLS SET UP IPANESEPUPET STATE I EPOR Chahar Hordes Declare In- dependence From China, Rumors Say. WAR THREAT SEEN IN NORTHERN SECTOR | | | New Nation, “Mongokuo,” Held Produced by Rebellious Prince and Tokio Aides. | | BACKGROUND— Four months ago Teh-wang, re- belliqus Mongol prince. organized Mongol and Manchu hordes and in= vaded Suiyuan Province, in North= ern China. The province’s well-or= ganized and well-equipped troups delivered a series of crushing de- feats to Teh. His men were reported to have been trained and officered by Japanese and Manchukuoans. After this invasion was repulsed the military command of Suiyuan repeatedly has declared it would not allow a situation endangering its integrity to exist in Chahar, see- | ing there a new Manchukuolike | venture by Japan. | By the Associated Press | KALGAN, cHahar Province, China, March 16.—The Mongol hordes of | Northern China were reported by mis- sionaries today to have declared their independence from China and pro- claimed themselves a new nation— | Mongokuo—"similar” to the Japanese- | | inspired State of Manchoukuo. ‘Wholly unconfirmed reports, brought | to this last nerthern outpost of Chinese | influence by missionaries from the | snow wastes of Northern Chahar, said the irregular troops of the rebellious Mongol prince, Teh Wang, had estab- lished the new state, with the as- | sistance of Japanese advisors and | military men The startling advices caused Kalgan | political circles to seethe with uncer- | tainty over the future of all North | China, many seeing in the alleged | establishment of the puppet state of | Mongokuo a threat of possible war | between Japan and China. Adding to the dangers of the situ- | | ation, Mongols here said, was the | fact that Prince Teh's going over to zthe Japanese had cost him his in- | | fluence with his own people to such | an extent establishment of a new | regime would have been possible only | under compulsion. | Area Size of Ohio. | The reports said the new nation lince included an area roughly size of the State of Ohio. Bounded on the north by Outer Mongolia, on the east by Jehol Prov- ince, already under Japanese domina- tion, and on the west by the strongly fortified Chinese Province of Suiyuan, its southern border was said to have been placed along the great wall ex- tending at one point to within 20 miles north of Kalgan Associated with Prince Teh, long an opponent of the Nanking central gov- ernment, at Chapser, capital of the new nation, were reported to be som the (See MONGOLS, Page A-4) RHODES RETRIAL SET FOR APRIL 12 Jury Deadlocked After Hearing Evidence on Forgery Charge Against Former Banker. Fred B. Rhodes, former head of the closed Fidelity Building & Loan Asso- ciation, concerning whose guilt a Dis- trict Court jury could not agree last Saturday, will be retried April 12 on | the.same forgery charge, Assistant United States Attorney John J. Wil- son announced today. After deliberating almost 24 hours, a jury, which had listened to testi- mony in the case for a week, reported to Justice Peyton Gordon that it was | hopelessly deadlocked. Later it was learned the vote stood 11 to 1 for conviction. Professing confidence as to the out- come in the new trial, Wilson said it will be “on the same charge, in the same court and on the same evi- dence.” Rhodes, who was arrested last July simultaneously with the closing of Fidelity, was tried on an indictment charging that he forged a $1,500 withdrawal slip in the name ‘of Desire A. Irr. Twenty-seven other charges are pending against him, seven of them alleging forgery and twenty larceny. The other charges will be disposed of after the Irr forgery accusation. 41 Die of Suffocation. TOKIO, March 16 (#).—At least 41 men were believed to have died of suffocation today in a battle with a fire raging deep within the Ozawa coal mine in Shizuoka prefecture. Warned ‘Hatchet Men’ on Way, Western Town Fears Tong War BY the Associated Press. FRESNO, Calif., March 16.—Warned that “hatchet men” were coming, po- lice watched the quiet flow of China- town life alertly today for sudden bursts of gunfire signaling the out- break of a tong war. Police fears were caused by the fail- ure of powerful groups of Chinese, en- gaged in a “face saving” dispute in | Sacramento, to reach a settlement after numerous conferences. The con- troversy arose over a police court case in which parents of a 15-year-old Chinese girl charged a M-ynr-j Chinese teacher with being the father of her unborn baby. The charge later was dismissed. Chief of Police Frank Truax of Presnc said his men were looking for new Oricutal faces. “We don't expect trouble from the Chinese living here, but we are afraid of outsiée ‘hatchet men’” the chief said. “Hatchet men,” Chief Truax de- clared, “may be on their way here. A tip we received from an apparently reliable source placed us on our guard.” BE AN JUST-THINK! AT ONE TIME 1 THOUGHT IT WOULD HONOR To BE A MEMBERY HIRTY-SIX PAGES. *%*x* The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s (Some_retu Circulation, 142,449 rns not yet received.) (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. | | BY GEK. CORRING |Words Interpreted as Inti- | mating Plot on Leaders Has Been Discovered. By the Assoctated Press BERLIN, March 16—Col. Gen Hermann Wilhelm Goering called down “woe” today upon the heads of those who “believe, perhaps as a last resort, that they can overpower Ger= many by murder or cowardly assassinations.” In a rearmament day speech, which | some interpreted as an intimation that a possible attempt on the lives | of leading personalities had come to the attention of the government, Ger- many’s No. 2 man warned “all” at | home against “playing with fire.” The reference to a possible attempt at “murder or cowardly assassina- tions” was not contained in the pub- lished version of Gen. Goering's speech, but the propaganda ministry | acknowledged he had said it. The propaganda ministry said the | phrase was merely an impulsive out- burst against Communists and denied it had any special significance. Love of People, Wall. | A stenographic transcript and care- ful translation of the radio speech— which corresponded with the version: | of other listeners—showed Gen. Goer- | ing said | “Let all those who believe, parhaps | as a last resort, that they can over- | | power Germany by murder or cow- | ardly assassination, be told that in such a case, too, the ardent love of the whole people will form a most | secure wall around Der Fuehrer and his trusted followers. “Woe to him who there plays with | fire! Not only he. not only a num- ber—all those who are of this view and this spirit will burn to cinders!” Gen. Goering, who has virtually the | functions of German prime minister, Espoke for only 17 minutes in com- (See GOERING, Page A-4) Pearling Fleet Safe. | SYDNEY, Australia, March 16 (#).— | |The Northern pearling fleet of 50 |Japanese and Australian vessels, un- ]reporbed since March 10, was found | safe today. The ships had dodged B‘ severe storm. Summary of Amusements B-16 Comics - B-12 Editorials - A-10 Financial A-17 Lost & Found A-3 Obituary _._A-12 SUPREME COURT ISSUE. Favor increases for plan to amend | bill. Page A-5 | | Green urges “new blood” for Supreme | Court. Page A-1 | LABOR SITUATION. Four big hotels closed in Detroit labor | dispute. Page A-1 John L. Lewis wins victory without ultimatum. Page A-1 | Ambassador Hotel strike lasts only 15 minutes. Page A-1| Radio ... A-8 Short Story .B-10 | Society ... B-3 | sports .. A-14-16 ‘Woman’s Pg. B-11 FOREIGN. | Duke of Windsor's name not on civil list for pension. Page A-1 Mongols set up Japanese puppet state, 1s report. Page A-1 Gen. Goering warns {oes of Nazis “not to play with fire.” Page A-1 NATIONAL. Cool reception greets Eccles’ tax in- crease proposal. Page A-1 Earhart plane take-off is likely to- morrow. Page A-2 Weather gives President i extra rest. Page A-6| Adams, in Forum, urges passage of sugar bill. Page A-7| WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. Sale of half-pint bottles of whisky | may be banned. Page A:l Treasury authorities charge bonus hoax to D. C. man. Page A-2 Income tax returns here 10,000 above last year. Page A-2 Bonus hoax is charged to Washington man. Page A-2 Ambassador's daughter, 10, named cherry blossom queen. Page A-3 District parole and probation systems seen inadequate. Page A-3 Skull operation may save injured | By « Staft Correspondent of | Mark Sullivan. { {fencer, Iue A-5 v New Tour Puts Lewis Home on List for Visit C. I. O. Leader Wins Victory Without Ultimatum. The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 16— John L. Lewis, generalissimo of the Committee on Industrial Organization can chalk up another victory without even issuing an ultimatum Apparently cast out of Alexandria’s tour of old homes by a one-woman “stayout” strike, Lewis’ historic home, built and once occupied by the physi- cian-general to the Revolutionary Army, at 212 Fairfax street, now ap- pears on another, and even more im- posing list of houses to be shown by the Alexandria Association tour April 17 The “Battle of Tours” started several weeks ago when Mrs. Bernice Flem- ming Holland announced over teacups in her antique-filled drawing room at 415 Wolfe street thal she could not allow her home to be shown tnless | | Lewis was dropped from the list ‘The tour was postponed from April 15 0 " (See TOUR, Page A-4) HALF-PINT BAN URGEDFORD. . Bootlegging and Violation of A. B. C. Rules Would Be Prevented, Is View. Sale of liquor in half-pint bottles would be banned in the District under a proposal laid before the Commis- sioners today by the Alcoholic Bever- age Control Board. The new regulation, Mrs. Agnes K. Mason, acting chair- according to | man of the board, is needed to pre- vent bootlegging and violation of A. B. C. rules, which prohibit drinking hard liquor in public places or in stores or restaurants not licensed to sell liquor The Commissioners were in semi. weekly meeting today, but took no ac- tion on the proposal. It was referred " (See LIQUOR, Page A-2.) Today’s Star New snow-removal parking ban under consideration. Page B-1 Industrial Council meeting in second | day sessions. Page B-1 Mellon art gift acceptance due in few days. Page B-1 Maryland convict, freed, arrested by D. C. police. Page B-1 Fine Arts Commission to take up Jef- ferson Memorial plans. Page B-1 Two D. C. babies among lucky “‘sweeps” ticket holders. Page B-1 EDITORIALS AND COMMENT. Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Stars, Men and Atoms Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Page A-11 Jay Franklin. Delia Pynchon. SPORTS. Cohen earns berth as Nationals’ relief pitcher. Page A-14 Powell in battle for outfield post with ‘Yanks. Page A-14 Western debuts in Star court tourney today. Page A-15 Ingram’s win over De Foe puts Gevin- son on spot. FINANCIAL. U. 8. bonds ease (table). Business loans gain. - D. C. phone total climbs. Stocks recover quietly (table). Curb list improves (table). Rubber quotas boosted. MISCELLANY. ‘Washington Wayside. Young Washington. Service Orders. City News in Brief. Nature’s Children. Bedtime Story. Traffic Convictions. Dorothy Dix. Crossword Puzzle. Vital Statistics, Letter-Out. Page A-17 Page A-17 Page A-18 Page A-19 Page A-19 Page A-2 Page A-6 Page A-18 Page B-5 Page B-7 Page B-8 Page B-9 Page B-11 Page B-12 Page B-13 Page B-13 Page A-16 | Page A-18 | EOCLES PROPOSAL GREETED COOLLY Tax Increase Suggestion Meets Little Enthusiasm on Capitol Hill. BACKGROUND— New Deal theory of stimulating recovery by financial “pump prim- ng"” has knocked the Federal bud- get increasingly out of balance Thus far, however, no steeply in- creased tazes have been levied by any New Deal Congress on rank and file of voting citizenry. Along with free spending policies of stimulating business, Govern- ment also has hammered at high interest rates charged by private sources with result that record lou returns now are accruing to capital Factors of increased public debt and increasing costs of labor and raw materials are now causing | jears of price and currency infla- | tion. j By the Associatea Press | | A blunt suggestion by Chairman | Marriner S. Eccles of the Federal Re- | serve Board that the Government in- | | crease taxes on incomes and profits if | | necessary to balance the budget met | | & cool reception today on Capitol Hill. | Wall Street bankers and several economists indorsed his goal, but ex- pressed less enthusiasm about his sug- gested methods. | Eccles in a statement last night said | | it would be preferable to jack up Fed- eral income to meet outgo than to | keep the Government in the red. | Calling for prompt action, he saxd‘ | a balanced budget would mesh with | the Reserve Board's “easy money” pol- | |icy for achieving and maintaining a balanced recovery. “I have not been and am not now,” he said, “in favor of balancing the budget at the expense of the destitute | and the unemployed * * * but I am | in favor of increasing taxes on incomes | and profits if necessary to sustain the | | volume of relief and bring the budget | | into balance and permit the paying down of public debt as private debt expands. | “Only by this process can monetary | inflation be prevented.” | “I have been and still am an advo- cate of an easy money policy,” he said, ‘and expect to continue to be an advo- | cate of such a policy so long as there | are large numbers of people who are unable to find employment in private industry, which means that the full | productive capacity of the Nation is | not being utilized. Under such condi- | tions, to restrict the available supply | of capital and thus to make it difficult, | if, not impossible, to employ these (See ECCLES, Page A-3. | et e DR. COOK, EXPLORER, | WILL GO UNDER KNIFE | By tne Asscciatea Press. | EAST AURORA, N. Y., March 16— | Dr. Frederick A. Cook, Arctic ex- | plorer, planned today to go to the hos- | pital for an operation to save his foot | from an occupational disease. | The 82-year-old Arctic Circle in- | vader complained at his home here | that long and continued use of snow- shoes has permanently cramped and crippled his foot. “About 10 days ago an infection set | in on my warped toes,” he said. “The | foot will not have to be amputated, I {behev%)ust a precautionary opera- | tion to prevent bone infection.” CREENSAYS ALF.L ASKS ‘NEW BLOOD INSUPREME COURT {Jurists ‘Fresh From Life’ Needed, Senators Are Told. ‘CONSTANT REMAKING’ OF TRIBUNAL IS URGED Labor Leader Answers, However, That Justice Brandeis Has Not Lost Touch. BACKGROUND— Vezed at “horse and buggy” in- terpretations of the Constitution by the Supreme Court, President Roosevelt last month startled Con- gress and the Nation by submitting a proposal for extensive renovations in the judicial set-up. Major fea- tures of his suggestion were the in- crease of justices from 9 to 15, re- tirement of justices at 70 and the direct appeal of constitutional cases to the highest tribunal. Alternative proposals have been made for constitutional amend- ments centering upon the idea of the court voiding laws only by a two-thirds vote. Hearings began on President's proposal before Senate Judiciary Commuttee last week. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, today appeared before the Senate Judiciary Comnmittee, strongly urging the “in- fusion of new blood” into the Supreme Court, as recommended by President Roosevelt Green expressed for himself and for the federation the “greatest reverence” for the Supreme Court. He added “But the American Federation of Labor feels that the greatest security for the preservation of our democratic form of Government lies in the willing acceptance by all as the law of the land of the decisions by the majority of the court composed as contemplated by the President’s program.” The labor leader contended that “an enlightened judiciary at this time” can be obtained only by the appointment to the bench of men who have been in close touch with the industrial and modern life of the day. Wants “Constant Remaking.” “Labor is quite willing,” he said “to take its chances with the Supreme Court in its determination of Consti- tutional questions which vitally affect the lives and happinese of the workers if the court is constantly remade and reconstructed with men who come from close association with their fel- low men as recommended by the President " Green insisted, however, that the A. F. of L. would be strongly opposed to the appointment of any justice “whose basis for appointment is a pre-determination on his part on any specific program.” WINDSOR PENSION DENEDBY BRTAN O LIS SHOWS ‘Royal Family Will Make Al- lowance From Its Own Pockets. {HEREDITARY REVENUES OF CORNWALL RETURNED Commons Asked to Provide for | Queen, Children of Royal Family and Gloucester. | BACKGROUND— Balked by state and church in his desire for morganatic marriage with Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson twice-married Baltimore woman King Edward VIII of Britain on De- cember 10, 1936, abdicated His “irrevocable” decision came ajter several conjerences with Pre- mier Baldwin at Fort Belvedere, his country retreat On afternoon of December 11 he. bid farewell to his former subject in a radio address, and the same evening departed from British soil on board a naval destroyer, landed in France and later took refuge in the home of Baron Rothschild, near Vienna, where he has remained the Duke of W King George disclosed today Instead, the royal from its own pockets, will make an allowance to former King Edward VIII There was no mention of the Duks Vindsor in the message, presented in the House of Commons. It turn over to Commons the hereditary re: enues from the hy of Cornwall, formerly held by Edward. It asked in return that Commons make provisio: for ce n members of the royal fam- ily Those for whom provisions were re- quested were the Queen, the c ren of the royal couple and the Duke of Gloucester. The size of the Duke of Windsor's income since he abdicated has bee: matter of speculation. Some rej state his grandmother, Queen Alex- andra. left him about $5,000,000. Under last year's civil list, Edward, as King, received about $2,050,000, but agreed not to draw about $595,000 of it. He lost that income when he quit the throne, along with the duchy revenues he had held as Prince of Wales The Duke of Gloucester, under the former list, was granted approximate- ly $119,000. The wife of the then Duke of York, now the Queen, re- ceived no annuity under that list, nor did the children of the present mon- archs. tion of message family MAY BUY MARYLAND HOME. He said he did not believe President | Roosevelt desires to make any such appointments or that the Senate would ever confirm such appointments if made. For the first 8ime since the court hearings opened last week committee members were late in arriving. Green sat alone before the empty committee table for nearly 10 minutes before the Senators filed to their seats. Audience Small Then. Only 10 of the 18 committee mem- bers were present when the labor leader finally began to read his state- ment. Many of the press seats also were unoccupied, and the audience did not quite £l the velvet-hung hall. Chairman Ashurst, of irritation when photographers touched off a prolonged barrage of flash-bulbs, ordered guards to “assist in removing cameras and tripods” be- fore the session opened Unlike earlier witnesses, pushed aside his red Green leather chair and stood up to deliver his testimony. | He reaa from penciled notes in & locse-leaf handbook, speaking in roll- ing. oratorical sentences. The labor leader made it entirely clear that the federation is supporting the President’s court bill. “The men (See JUDICIARY, Page A-5.) Drivers Should Pay Attention to Speed, He Says. Automobile radios today were blamed for speed by Police Judge John P McMahon. Recalling the number of recent cases in which defendants pleaded they unwittingly exceded the speed limit while listening to radio programs the judge said: “Radios should be taken out of auto- mobiles if people insist on listening to them instead of paying attention to their speed.” Thirteen chambermaids at the Am- | bassador Hotel went on a sit-down | strike at 8 a.m. today, but returned to their work 15 minuates later after the management promised to give consideration to their demands for a wage increase. Russell Conn, manager of the hotel, said the sit-down occurred in the maids’ locker room. There are ap- proximately 40 maids employed there, but only 13 participated in the abbre- viated strike, Conn said. Conn said the maids vacated the locker room and went about their duties after being told their request for a wage increase would be dis- cussed by officials of the hotel. Meanwhile, three National Pants Co. pickets who were charged with assault after they allegedly attempted | to keep several employes of the firm from entering the factory in the 400 Ambassador Hotel “Sfi” Strike Called Off After 15 Minutes block of First street southeast were arraigned before Police Court Judge ' Edward M. Curran. Upon advice from their attorney, Sidney Smith, the women pleaded not guilty and demanded jury trials. Those arraigned were Mrs. Anna Quick, 1501 Neal street northeast; Mrs. Edna Stet- ler of Benning and Mrs. Nora Howard, 719 Thirty-second street southeast. The women said that 150 employes of the pants company are out on strike. This statement, however, was later denied by Charles L. Pilzer, who operaces the firm’s two factories here. Pilzer denied a strike ever existed here and declared he has re-employed all | except 11 of the 41 employes who were | t5 France probably dismissed last week after they left showing signs | Windsor Reported Planning Talk With Baltimore Man. BY the Assoctated Press PARIS, Mar¢h 16.—A conference somewhere in France between the Duke of Windsor, Mrs. Wallis War- field Simpson and Sumner D. Parker of Baltimore, Md., at which the former King of England and Mrs. Simpson may consider purchase of an Americ: home, last night appeared a pos- sibility of the near future. Parker, landing from a trans- Atlantic liner at Cherbourg yesterday asserted he was negotiating with the Duke for sale of an estate at Brook- landville, Md, and indicated the transaction was near completion. Parker and his wife left Cherbo! by automobile for Paris, and frien expected them to arrive here today for a three-week stay to continue the negotiations. Persons close to Parker were unable | to say whether possible discussions of the sale of a Maryland home to the Duke would be held at Monts or whether the Duke and Mrs. Simpson would come to Paris. MARYLAND SHOW SPOT. Parker Mansion Blends Three Cen- turies of Gothic Building. BALTIMORE. March 16 (#).—The home of Mr and Mrs. Sumner A Parker, The Cloisters, which, Parker said in France yesterday, has been offered for sale to the Duke of Wind- sor, 1s an architecturally unique show-spot of Maryland Parker, a Baltimore steel manufac- turer, and his wife designed the struc- ture and directed its building atop a steep hill in a tract of rolling wood- Jand near Brooklandville about six years ago. In its design are blended the variations of three centuries of Gothic building The Parkers conceived the idea for the distinctly European-appearing | home more than 15 years ago and ’spem. years thereafter collecting vari- | ous materials in Europe which fitted in with the construction plan. The timbered gables were brought from Domremy, where Joan of Arc was born. EASTER MEETING PLANNED. Austrian Advices Say Windsor Will Meet Mrs. Simpson in France. LONDON, March 16 (#).—An Easter meeting in France with Mrs. Wallis Warfleld Simpson is being planned by ‘ the Duke of Windsor, trustworthy Aus- | trian advices reaching London said yesterday. ‘ The former British monarch, it was ‘sa.\d. still is planning to wed the woman for whom he gave up his throne ‘on about April 27 or May 1. (Mrs. lsxmpson's divorce decree from Ernest | Aldrich Simpson may become final | April 27.) | The informant said the Duke would be nounced from his Enzesfeld, Austria, o trip an- their work to attend a meeting called | retreat as a “three or four day Easter ias’i‘mmssagonfpiufiizo_ | excursion.” ;