Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Generally fair and somewhat colder; lowest temperature about 38 degrees to- night; tomorrow fair, slightly warmer in the afternoon. Temperatures-—Highest, 59, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 47, at 6:30 a.m, today. Full report on page B-19. Closing New York Markets, Page 18 Entered cs second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. G. M. C. PICKETS IN CANADA DEFY MASSED POLICE Premier Prcparod to Raise “Army” to Bar Lewis. 85th YEAR. No. 33,946. MOUNTIES READY TO ACT IN CRISIS Work Ended Unless Ac- cord Is Signed, Union Warns Officials. BACKGROUND— With sit-down strikes in Gen- eral Motors’ Detroit plant seitled. United Automobile Workers of America. in its fight to become sole bargaining agency for workers. ordered 3700 men in plant at Oshawa, Canada, out yesterday. Strike was called wken G. M. C. officials refused to meet with union organizer, At same time John L. Leuis, C., 1. O. chairman, launched drive to organize 150,000 employes of Ford Motor Co. PREMIER MITCHELL HEPBURN —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. COURT PROPOSAL LD BAD FATH {Dr. Angell of Yale Hits “Fla- grant Political Instance” in Senate Letter. BACKGROUND— Dropped in the collective lap of a startled Congress February 5, the President's request for authority to add sir new justices to the Su- preme Court unless present mem- bers over 70 retire has resulted in the greatest constitutional fight of the past 75 years. Opposition Senators, mostly Democrats, have waged bitter fight against the proposal, calling wit- nesses from all classes and sections of the country to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to the measure. Unde- terred by this apparent outcry against his plan, Mr. Roosevelt reportedly has served notice he will make no compromise with those who would accomplish same pur- pose by constitutional amendment. TORONTO. Ont nadian Pr , April 9 (Ca- sh reinforcements of union moved into the lines at the giant, strike-closed General Motors of Canada plant at Oshawa today, their leaders shouting defiance At a rapid concentration of police. A special force of red-coated Royal Canadian Mounted Police and On- tario constables, estimated at 300, massed in Toronto, ready for an em- ergency. There was no indication when ne- | gotiations would be resumed in an effort to return the 3,700 workers to their jobs. The United Automobile Workers of America, an affiliate of the John L lewis Committee for Industrial Or- ganization, reiterated demands for recognition of the union. Company Is Adamant. General Motors remained adamant in its position that it would not deal | with the C. I. O. Premier Mitchell Hepburn of On- tario Province, charging the C. 1. O. had “brought the United States almost | into the state of anarchy, concurred in General Motors’ position, and declared “if necessary we'll raise an army” to prevent the C. 1. O. from “dominating” Ontario industries. Protection Promised. The premier declared General Mo- tors of Canada “will get all the pro- tection from this government that | they require” i shipping automobile parts from their strike-bound Oshawa plant. “Repair parts will have to be moved tomorrow or the next day,” said the premier. “That is when the show- down will come.” Hepburn said an aide advised him | that union leaders had threatened they would prevent moving of parts from the factory. “That, of course, would be illegal,” the premier asserted Premier Hepburn said General Mo- | tors had not yet requested protection | with the view of opening the plmt‘ before a settlement was reached. | “The company has not m(nressedi BY JOHN H. CLINE. | Describing President Roosevelt's judiciary proposal as “ravaging the | Supreme Court,” James R. Angell,| president of Yale University, told the | Senate Judiciary Committee today the | undertaking is a “flagrant instance of political bad faith.” Dr. Angell's denunciation of the | proposal to add six new justices to the | high tribunal was contained in a let- ter submitted to the committee by | Senator King, Democrat, of Utah. Senator King presented the letter | after Prof. William M. Cain of Notre Dame University Law School and Frederic R. Coudert, chairman of a| committee of the New York City Bar Association opposing the bill, had | joined in urging the substitution of a | constitutional amendment. h | Speaker Bankhead referred to the | craft rather than by factory in elec- | wanted to be represented by the Ma- any desire to set the wheels going de- | spite the strikers, but it may come,” he said Hugh Thompson, union organizer from Detroit, answered Hepburn's threats of police action with the dec- laration that if he sends 50,000 militia into Oshawa. General Motors still must ‘‘sign an agreement before builds another motor car in Canada.” The mounted troopers, with their red coats, dark blue riding trousers with an inch-wide yellow stripe up the sides. big tan hats. glistening black (See STRIKE, Page A-5.) it | Angell's letter, addressed to Senator | Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts, follows: . | “While sincerely sympathetic to | many of the aims which President Roosevelt has sought to achieve, I re- | gard his proposal to enlarge the Su- | | preme Court as extremely unwise and quite unnecessary. Of its legality, strictly speaking, there seems no seri- ous question. Its grave political im- propriety seems equally certain. No Assurance Afforded. “The plan is unwise because it af- fords no assurance whatever of achiev- ing its alleged ends. The assertion that the court needs additional judges to dispatch its work with desirable Was Lincoln Shot For Personal Revenge? " (See JUDICIARY, Page A-5) GOLD RUMOR SCOUTED Roosevelt Denies Knowledge of Plan to Lower Price. President Roosevelt told a press conference today that neither he nor the Treasury knew of any plan to lower the world price of gold. Asked about contentions in finan- cial and other circlese that gold prices were too high, the President said that was very interesting, but he knew of no plan to lower the price. He 3uggested such reports evidently orig- inated in the foreign press, LINDBERGHS END TOUR LONDON, April 9 (#).—The Charles A. Lindberghs, anxious to see their little son Jon, ended a 10-week aerial tour of Europe and the East at 2:45 p.m. today (9:45 a.m. Eastern stand- What motivated America’s most tragic crime—the assassination of Abraham Lincoln? A half-for- gotten legend has been resur- rected to suggest that something more tangible than “patriotism” drove Booth to his ugly deed in Ford's Theater 72 years ago. Read this extraordinary tale TOMORROW IN THE STAR * % ¥ X% The Patronage Raid Goes On. Civil service reform pledged by the Democratic platform and urged in the President’s reorgan- ization message remains a pious hope. But undermining of the merit system continues as a practical reality. The generally WASHINGTON, BANKHEAD REFERS SIT-DOWN CENSURE 10° COMMITTEE Speaker Hopes Resolution Will Be Favored in Re- port to House. ‘UNFAIR’ LABOR TACTICS OF EMPLOYERS INCLUDED New Congressional Crisis Looms Over A. F. of L. Bill to Gain Craft Polls on Affiliation. BACKGROUND— One of important factors in split in American labor movement is Jear of old-line craft unions of A. F. of L. that their jurisdictional rights will be wiped out by growth of so-called industrial unions. Such might occur in connection with collective bargaining status if “appropriate unit” chosen by Labor Relations Board for election of bargaining representatives should be one in which craftsmen were in minority. Labor Board now has discretionary power in designating election unit. BY the Associated Press House Labor Committee today & Sen- ate-approved resolution condemning both sit-down strikes and ‘“unfair” labor practices of employers. “I trust it will be favorably re- ported.” the Speaker told reporters. I shall support it, personally.” Bankhead said the resolution prob- ably could not be brought up in the House before the middle of next week Whether it will be open to amend- ment. he said, will depend on the ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1937T—FIFTY-TWO PAGES.’ ¢ Foening Star & % sk ok . The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. ’ Yesterday’s Circulation, 142,690 (Some returns not yet recetved.) OH. Bov! ARE WE GONNA ENJOY THIS? BLOSSOM FETE PLANS IN DOUBT Decision on Holding Festival Tonight to Be Reached at 2 P.M. Parley. BULLETIN, kind of rule under which it is con- sidered. Even while Capitol tension over the sit-down strike issue was lessening | a new labor problem was shaping up for congressional consideration. The problem was created when the | American Federation of Labor asked Congress to aid its fight against John | L. Lewis. Wants Poll by Crafts. The federation wants the Labor Re- lations Board to poll workers by | tions to show who should represent the employes in mass-production in- dustries. Kepresentative Dies, Democrat, of Texas, author of the sit-down inquiry resolution which the House turned down by a voice vote yesterday, joined with Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Massachusetts in offering a bill to re- | quire the election procedure sought by the federation. If the bill should be enacted and the board should hold an election in an automobile piant, for instance. the machinists would vote whether they chinists’ Union or the United Automo- bile Workers Under the present Wagner labor re- | lations act, the Labor Board could decide whether the balloting would! be by craft or by plant. Because Lewis is trying to organize | all the workers in each mass-produc- tion industry into one big union, his | forces are expected to opose the Walsh- Dues bill The federation's metal trades de- partment, organized on craft lines, asked the A. F. of ‘L. last night to urge the measure’s adoption. Third Congress Labor Issue. ‘The prospective fight would be the third in Congress in which the A. F. of L-Lewis split has figured. Nearly three years ago, the ma- chinists union, an opponent of the Lewis faction, unsuccessfully fought for an amendment to the first Guffey | coal control act that would have given the machinists an opportunity to try (See SIT-DOWN, Page A-2) WAR ON MORO OUTLAWS DECREED IN PROVINCE 200 Believed Already S8lain in Ef- fort to Wipe Out Guerrilla Fighters. BY the Associated Press MANILA, April 9.—Philippine commonwealth constabularymen have been ordered to wipe out all Moro outlaws 1n the Binidayan district, in Lanao Province, on Mindanao Island, Maj. Gen. Paulino Santos, chief of staff of the constabulary, said on re- turning from Lanao Province today. Santos said he had ordered his men to press their attack on the Moros who have opposed the constabulary- men in guerrilla warfare for the last week. It has been estimated more than 200 Moros have been killed and many wounded in the fighting. Santos said the soldiers have the Moros besieged in their last strong- hold. He blamed the Moro uprising on action by the provincial board pro- hibiting filling vacancies in various unnoticed but effective attacks on | | 274 time). sultanates. the merit system by the Seventy- fifth Congress are described in an article in the Editorial Section of THE SUNDAY STAR * ok ok X% At last a lawyer has decided to tell & simple story simply, scorning & stilted phraseology which lost its pur- pose 600 years ago. From time immemorial, legal plead- ings have been written in the third person, a practice which sometimes contributed to the difficulty most lay- men experience in deciphering them. But today, for the first time within the memory of the oldest District Court attache, there was filed a di- vorce suit written in the first person, just as if the plaintiff herself were telling her story to the judge. “I suppose,” explained the attorney, Jean M. Boardman, ‘“that lawyers have hung onto this old moth-eaten, moss-covered style of pleading, first, Charity Racketeers In Washington. Over a quarter of a million dol- lars found its way into the pockets of hundreds of organized “charity chiselers” during the past year in one of the most vicious rackets practiced in Washington. How these racketeers, operating in the name of charity, ply their crooked trade, the methods they use to mulct and defraud their victims and to rob the poor, will be ex- plained in an article in the Fea- ture Section of THE SUNDAY STAR First-Person Divorce Suit Shatters Legal Precedent things as they have always done and, second, because lawyers like to make something easy look hard. “After thinking this matter over I have decided hereafter to write all my pleadings in the first person and in & simple, everydeay manner that any one can understand. At any rate, I intend to do so until the court holds that I am wrong, which I do not be- lieve it will.” Consequently Boardman’s client, Mrs. Leilla I. Snyder, 1440 Meridian place, who wants an absolute divorce from Eugene Synder, today addressed the court as follows: “During the month of November, 1933, while we were temporarily liv- ing in Arlington County, Va., my hus- The Wheatley School Children's Dance Festival, scheduled for 4 p.m. today at the Tidal Basin, has been postponed until Monday at 4 pm, because of inclement weather, it was announced shortly before 2 p.m. today. Definite decision as to whether the Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival will be staged tonight was to be decided at 2 o'clock today at a meeting of the pageant officials at the office of Com- missioner Hazen. Despite a prediction of clear skies for this afternoon and night, officials concerned Wwere not entirely satisfied the wet grounds would be dried suffi- ciently to make the Tidal Basin shores inviting to the general public and per- sons actively participating in the program Postponement of the pageant last night sent hundreds of tourists to night clubs and movie theaters. Managers reported unusual week-night crowds. C. Melvin Sharpe, general chairman | of the festival, said this morning “1 feel sure the children’s festival will be staged this afternoon, and the evening ceremonies will be held as planned, unless the skies threaten rain.” Weather Bureau officials forecast clearing skies in the forenoon and somewhat cooler weather tonight The original schedule will be fol- lowed—Marine Band concert at 7:45 Boy, 10, Adrift On Choppy Sea In Light Skiff By the Associated Press PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., April 9 | —The Pagss Christian lugger fleet and | airplanes from the Biloxi Coast Guard | statlon searched Mississippi Sound and outlying islands today for Willie Cox, jr., 10, adrift in a skiff in a wind- | driven sea | The youth is the stepson of Levi | Sprinkle, night policeman at Pass | Christian. Sprinkle said Willie and his elder brother, Ernest Cox. 15, entered the | | skiff about 7:30 o'clock last night to | row to the anchored oyster schooner Majorie D. to catch some crabs. | | _The little craft missed the Majorie | | D in choppy water, but the boys | ! made their way to the schooner Mis- sissippi. As Ernest boarded the Mis- | sissippi the skiff slipped away and was driven off by the winds. e Mississippi’s crew sounded an alarm Five luggers from the fleet and two | Coast Guard airplanes set out in search for Willie today. | The sole oer the boys had was | | broken and marine men feared that | |the boat, if it was not beached at Cat Island or Ship Island, had been | swept into the open sea The islands are about 10 miles off shore. y WAGELEGSLATION |Commissioners Against! | { | Amending Present Law to ; Apply to Male Workers, | (8ee BLOSSOMS, Page A-6.) After a conference at the White | House today, District Commissioner | Hazen declared the Commissioners would prefer that any efforts to estab- | lish minimum wage standards for | N | male workers in the District be Slander, Charges Not to Be Alred | through separate legislation rather | Before Coronation. | than by amendment to the presemi LONDON, April 9 () —The suit of | mlimm\xm wage law for women and f ing | minors. 5:;,?:, ?,ly““;,“,s_ S:,'Z'f:o "gufg’;fi;':;{ With the validity of the latter law | British society matron, in a sequel to | e-established by the Supreme Court, the divorce granted to Wallis Warfield | the question of setting standards for Simpson, was postponed today until | 8dult males, as well as women and | the next court term opening May 16. | children, has been under discussion. | The postponement removed any Hnun._ chairman of the Bogrd of | possibility of the slander charges be- Commissioners, was accompanied by ing aired until after the coronation of | EIWood Seal. corporation counsel, in SIMPSON SUIT DELAYED because lawyers have a habit of doing (See TRADITION, Pl% A-2) v King George VI on May 12. Summary of Page. | Amusements .C-4 | Radio Comics . . C-6 Society Editorials __A-10' Short Story C-7 Financial . A-17| Sports C-1-3 Lost & Found A-3 | Woman's Pg. .C-5 Obituary A-12| STRIKE SITUATION. Senate sit-down resolution sent to House Committee. Page A-1 Canada to bar C. I. O. with troops if necessary. Page A-1 FOREIGN. Italy's bachelors fear new taxes in “baby” program. Page A-2 Slump of French franc continues dol- lar advances. Page A-2 ‘Twenty reported slain in labor battle in Mexico. Page B-18 NATIONAL. Roosevelt relief message to be ready next week. Page A-1 Yale president emeritus hits court bill as “political bad faith.” Page A-1 New survey sets jobless figure at 9,773,000. Page A-3 Germany refuses to ratify agreement on wartime claims. Page A-3 Verbal dispute with Ford clouds U. 8. labor horizon. Page A-§ Textile union organizers come to aid of Covington strikers. Page A-4 American Bar Association head hits court proposals. Page B-18 Civil war threatens America, says Dr. Glenn Frank. Page B-19 WASHINGTON AND VICINITY. D. C. lawyer shatters tradition with first-person divorce suit. Page A-1 Mrs. Lisner wills $560,000 to five char- itable organizations. Page A-1 Clearing skies expected to permit blossom festival. Page A-1 Maryland Park Commission ousts three Republicans, Page B-1 Dr. Miller awaits transfer to peniten- tiary to start sentence. Page A-13 Winchester district Methodists vote for church unma:uthmi Page A-3 (See WAGE, Page A-6) Today’s Star Pennsylvanian’s death irtreases D. C. traffic toll to 39. Page A-3 Baby abandoned by middle-aged wom- | " an in downtown hotel. Page A-3 Amendment to bill to cut truck load allows increase. Page A-5/ Roosevelt’s “good - neighbor” policy lauded at textile parley. Page B-1 EDITORIAL AND COMMENT. | Editorials. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 Answers to Questions, Page A-10 Political Mill. Page A-10 Washington Observations. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-11 Paul Mallon. Page A-11 Dorothy Thompson. Page A-11 Constantine Brown. Page A-11 Lemuel Parton. Page A-11 FINANCIAL. Hupp proxies asked. Trade rise shown. Bonds irregular (table). Page A-17 Freight loadings drop. Page A-17 Stocks stage rebound (table). Page A-18 Page A-19 Page A-16 Page A-16 Curb list down (table). SPORTS. Nationals start for home with team in good trim. Page C-1 Dozen dark horses among entrants in Kentucky Derby. Page C-2 Three Maryland tilts top college card here tomorrow. Page C-3 MISCELLANY. City News in Brief. Vital Statistics. Service Orders. Traffic Convictions. ‘Young Washington. ‘Washington Wayside. Dorothy Dix. Betsy Caswell. Crossword Puzzle. Nature's Children. Winning Contract. Bedtime Story. Letter Out. B-6 B-6 B-6 B-6 B-8 A-2 C-5 C-5 C-6 Cc-7 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Cc-1 C-7 c-8 RELIEF MESSAGE READY NEXT WEEK |President Silent on Cut in| Funds Instead of Tax Raise. BACKGROUND— As unemployment rolls fail to decrease sufficiently and tar in- come falls short of estimated totals, question of how much money must be devoted by Federal Government to public relief becomes of increas- ing concern to legislators and offi- cials. Weighing the matter for weeks, President Roosevelt is ez- pected to prevail in his wishes as to amount when such wishes are made known. Persistent pressure for high re- lief erpenditures by the Federal Government has come from or- ganized local officials, such as Mayors and Governors. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt told his press conference today he will have his relie! message ready to transmit to Congress next week. At the same time he declined to comment today on the statement by Senator Robinson, the (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. MADRID IN THROES OF MAIOR BATTLE OF SPANISH WAR Heavy Fighting Continues After 14 Hours of Inces- sant Hostilities. REBELS FACE DEFEAT Semi-Circular Trap Is Being Closed on 15,000 of Gen. Franco's Troops. BACKGROUND— Spanish civil war, in its eighth montk, continues unabated, with the major battles centering about Madrid and Bilbao. Although na- tions have agreed not to give any aid, evidences of assistance have cropped out, especially from Rus- sia, Germany and Italy. Italian troops on Spanish soil have been prominent in the news recently. Claims and counter-claims of vic- tories have been made by the Loyalist and rebel sides as the battling finds no definite results. By the Assoclated Press MADRID, April 9—Government one of the fiercest battles of the siege of Madrid. After a night-long battle centered in the Casa de Campo district of Western Madrid, both forces still were bombarding each other heavily toward noon. | There had been nearly 14 hours of | incessant hostilities Shortly after daybreak, government | airplanes twice flew over the besieg- | ers’ rear guard positions and bombed the insurgents’ lines | Bursts of anti-aircraft tured the steady din of heavy artillery fire which kept Madrilenos awake | | throughout the night and closer to alarm than they had been since the first phases of the siege, five months | old now. Battle Opens Last Night. The battle broke out about 8:30 pm. last night with a roar of heavy cannon which chased the capital's inhabitants from their dinners to the shelter of basements and darkened | doorways | A squad of government pursuit planes patrolled the skies over -Mad- rid all through the night, dipping low reassure the populace. | said Gen. Jose Moaja's government of a slope called Cuesta de las Per- dicese, an eminence on the Coruna Democratic | Dighway adjoining the Case de Campo IN CORDOBA SECTOR | and insurgent trcops locked today in | fire punc- | ground forces had reached the crest .. OVERCHARGED 10,000,000 IN FIRE RATES, SAYS MOOR |Insurance Premiums Held Exorbitant by Superin- tendent in Report. |INFORMATION CONTAINED IN MESSAGE TO HOUSE Item of $4,600 Included in Supply Bill to Employ Expert for Adjustments. Charges that fire insurance rates |in the District are “exorbitant” are | contained in a report by J. Balch Moor, superintendent of insurance, | made public today by the House Subcommittee on Appropriations, 1\xhxch framed the 1938 District supply | bill. | Moor prepared the report during recent hearings on the appropriation bill, and as a result of the informa- i tion it contaired, an item of $4,600 was added to employ a fire insurance rate expert to adjust existing rates. | The report charged that from 1924 | through 1935 fire insurance policy- holders were “overcharged” more than $10,000,000 “It is generally understood,” said | Moor, “that companies are required | by law to set up reserves equal to 50 per cent of the premiums received against losses that are expected to occur. As a rule, the State rating | boards acit figure that the com- | pany should operate with fair profit on a basis of only 45 per cent of the premium received, allowing 55 per cent available for losses “Under the liberal formula of 50 per cent for expected losses the actual experience shown * * * ine dicates a liberal premium charge over these 12 years should not have exceeded $16,714.767.68, the actual overcharge thereby amounting to $10,276,679.34 during the period. Percentage of Loss. “Your attention is called to the fact that the highest percentage of loss occurred during the year 1930, | when only 4293 per cent of the | premium received was returned in the form of losses paid, this amount being considerably below the per- centage of losses which should have been fairly contemplated “Rates are usually calculated on over the roof tops several times to | .0¢ Dasis of the previous five-year average, which, if applied to the Five hours after the government's | €XPerience in the District, shows a | dawn aerial attack, official sources .05 Tatio of only 325.12 per cent, ning that out of every $100 paid the District during this period only $25.12 was required to cover all losses sustained. These figures undoubtedly indicate that the insur- mea leader. that proposed hew Governmeny | PATk, on the western edge of the city, | iD€ Public of the District of Columbia activity might be financed by reducing next year's relief funds, instead of raising taxes In his relief message, the President said. he will include a statement con taining the recasting of the estimated receipts and expenditures for next |tack under cover of a resounding | year. Mr. Roosevelt said he had not yet read of the relief fund-cutting idea | discussed by Senator Robinson at a press conference yesterday. The Presi- dent has indicated he hoped to keep the relief estimates within $1,500,000.- 000, but the majority leader of th Senate is clamoring for a relief ap- propriation considerably below that figure. Would Avold Distress. It is known that the President would like to reduce the relief appro- priation as much as possible, but will agree to nothing that would add to the suffering of those now in distress. At the same time the President is being urged from other quarters not to retrench in the matter of relief money. In this connection the Presi- dent this afternoon will receive a small group of Governors who will protest against the proposal on the part of Works Progress Administrator Hop- kins to drop many people from the re- lief rolls. This group of Governors saw the President on the subject about five weeks ago after a meeting with Gov. Lehman of New York. In the group to confer with the President will be Gov. Lehman and Govs. La Follette (See TAXES, Page A-4) ABSENT FROM BENCH Justice Van Devanter Has “Slight Cold.” Associate Justice Willis Van Devan- ter was absent today from the Su- preme Court bench for the “ourth con- secutive day. He was reported to be suffering from “‘a slight cold.” A secretary said Justice Van Devan- ter had not been confined to his bed, that he had been working in his study throughout the week, “but did not think it advisable to leave his apart- ment.” Justice Van Devanter will be 78 on April 17. | Gen Miaja himself was silent on the progress of the battle, but officers | near him declared the tide was swing- | ing in favor of the government The battle broke out last night | when insurgents launched an at- | bombardment which Madrilenos be- lieved at first came from the embat- tled northwestern University City sec- tor or the Carabanchel district to the south. Government forces held their bar- ricades for several hours, and when |is paying an exorbitant rate for fire | insurance protection.” Central Rating Bureau. | Moor pointed out that all stock fire insurance companies maintain a | central rating bureau which, on its own accord. inspects all risks and | calculates the rate that becomes es- ;{abhs'ned for all member companies |of the bureau. Generally, he said, mutual companies are not members of the bureau and either jointly or severally fix an independent rate re- gardless of the stock companies’ board the onslaught waned they launched & terrific counter offensive. | Mass Slaughter Threatened. A semi-circular trap of men and war | | machines was all but closed on Gen. | Francisco Franco's Cordoba Province | army of 15,000, it was reported today, confronting them with mass slaughter | or disorganized flight into the moun- tains. The position of the insurgent force, which the government has termed | largely Italian, was described as grow- | ing rapidly precarious in the face of | | continued advances. | The Madrid-Valencia troops lacked | 7 (See SPANISH, Page A-3) rate This is done, he declared, | “without any supervision whatsoever by the department of insurance.” Moor cited excerpts from various |laws regulating the insurance busi- ness and commented: “It appears that the superintendent is empowered to go a long way toward the regule- tion of fire insurance rates in the public interest if not under positive, specific provisions of the law. Such regulation, however, if attempted, cannot be expected to bring about any reasonable degree of information | or equity to the individual policy- holder unless the basis of the ad- ministration is founded on a pro- gram and procedure inaugurated by \PERSHING VISITS HERE BEFORE LONDON TRIP General in Good Health, Except for Cold, After Winter Spent in Arizona. Gen. John J. Pershing is back in ‘Washington for a brief visit before in London. His general health was described as good after a Winter in Arizona and a few weeks recently at Hot with the inclement weather, confined him to his room in a hotel today, however. This is Gen. Pershing's first visit to Washington since his appointment by President Roosevelt as one of the special American representatives at the coronation. The others are James W. Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, who has been designated “special ambassador,” and Admiral Hugh Rodman. Mrs. Lisner Leaves $560,000 To 5 Washington Charities Five Washington charitable organ- izations are to receive $560,000 under the will of Mrs. Laura Hartman Lis- ner, 1723 Massachusetts avenue, filed today in District Court. Her estate is believed to exceed $2,000,000. Her husband, Abram Lisner, former proprietor of the Palais Royal Depart- ment Store, is the largest beneficiary. Mrs, Lisner, who died here March 26, had been prominent in civic af- fairs and, with her husband, had con- tributed to most of the city’s chari- table enterprises. Institutions provided for in the will are the Washington Home for In- curables, $200,000; the Henry and Annie Hurt Home for the Blind, $200,- 000; the Presbyterian Home for the Aged, $50,000; the Washington Home for P‘oundlinn‘ $10,000, and the 1 Washington Sanitarium in Takoma Park, $100,000. These bequests are payable after the death of Mr. Lisner and must be usedy for building additions which in each case will be known as the ‘“Laura Hartman Lisner Memorial” The additions must be erected within two years after funds are available and the plans for each must be approved by Mrs. Lisner's executor. Under the terms of the will, a trust fund of $1,000,000 is to be set up for the benefit of Mr. Lisner, who will re- ceive the income for life. At his death the principal of the trust fund will be used to pay various bequests, includ- ing those to the charitable institutions. Had Mr. Lisner died before his wife, all he will now receive would have been (See LIGNER, Page A-1.) A sailing for the coronation ceremonies | Springs, Ark. A slight cold, combined | a fire insurance rate expert thorough- ly capable of developing exorbitant rates in certain classes and bringing about an equal distribution of the cost of carrying the insurance burden | a8 & whole.” e MIAMI SLIGHTLY HIT BY SMALL TORNADO Several Persons Are Injured and Half Dozen Houses Are Unroofed. Br the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, April 9.—Tornedic winds roared with a severe electrical storm through Miami's southwest resi- dential section before dawn today, in- juring & number of persons, demol- ishing a frame dwelling and damaging several oihers. Sam Scowins, about 58, suffering critical head injuries, and Mrs. Lil- lian Brewer, 40, less seriously hurt, were taken to a hospital. Other per- sons were treated by physicians. It was the second such disturbance along the coast this week. A torna- dic blow. damaged small buildings and other property at Oakland Park Tues- day. Today’s twister cut a swath about two blocks wide over a 2-mile area from the Tamiami Trail to Coconut Grove and passed out into Biscayne Bay. Downtown Weather Bureau instru- ments recorded a blow of 24 miles an hour. However, they were a mile or more from the center of the disturb- ance. About a half dozen houses were unroofed. Windows were broken in others. — sy Lindberghs Leave Munich. MUNICH, April 9 (#).—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, who have been sightseeing here since their flight from Zagreb, Yugoslavia, took off in their monoplane in a westerly direc- tion at 10:42 am. (4:22am, E. 8. T) today for an unannounced destination.