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IN FOX STOCK POOL
Kenny, Chrysler and Others
Also Mentioned as Short
Sellers.
(Continued From First Page.)
came from David Stock, investigator
for the committee, and George L.
Gugle of Columbus, Ohio, a Continental
Shares stockholder.
The first witness today was Ferdi
nand Eberstadt, formerly a patrner in
the brokerage firm of Otis & Co., of
which Eaton was also a partner.
No Connection With Shares.
Eberstadt said he was a member of
that firm until 1931, but had no con
nection with Continental Shares.
Questioned by Gray, he said in the
Fall of 1930 he was asked by M. R.
Burwcll, president of Continental
Shares, to negotiate a loan for the in
vestment company from the Chase Na
tional Bank.
Gray questioned Eberstadt closely
as to whether the Chase National Bank
In October. 1930, used, to bolster Otis
& Co., a large proportion of a $30,
000,000 loan made by the bank to Con
tinental Shares.
‘-I do not know it,” responded Eber
stadt. “and I do not believe it is a
fact.”
"At a critical point in the affairs
of Otis & Co., can you tell us whether
the money required by Otis & Co. was
furnished by Chase Bank?" Gray asked.
“I don't believe it did,” Eberstadt re
siled. "Have you any evidence that
iShase furnished money to Otis & Co ?"
••Yes,” Gray replied. "Plenty—$30,- :
fOO.000.”
"If they did so, they did it with the
consent of officers of Continental
Shares,” Eberstadt said.
Gfav read a letter from a vice presi
dent of the Chase Bank to its presi
dent saying there had been "consider
able conversation” about the Otis firm.
It said, "Morgan, First National,
Guaranty ar^ ourselves took this up.”
MriKes oaiK.
Eberstadt struck back at Gray with
the assertion that "the way this par
ticular subject has been approached is
more in the sense of a prosecution than
an investigation.”
"I want to ask why this matter was
taken up and why it was taken up in
this way, particularly as It is a matter
which is the subject of litigation, and
particularly as one of the witnesses who
appeared here is the plaintiff in that
litigation.”
Gray replied that Eaton was given
opportunity to appear, but did not care ,
to do so. He added that all the charges
made yesterday were admitted in an
answer filed in a sun pending at
Baltimore.
"I think a committee of this promi
nence.” Eberstadt retorted, “should not
be made the dupe for tnose who pro
mot'’ investigations of this character
for their own interest.”
Leaves Stand.
He added he would be glad to have
Gray question him further concerning
this statement, but Senator Couzens,
Republican, of Michigan, said such a
matter would best be taken up in execu
tive session and Eberstadt was allowed
to leave the stand.
Gray then asked W. R. Daley, attor
ney for Eaton, whether he had brought
certain Continental Shares records.
Daley said he had been unable to pro
cure them.
Gray remarked that it appeared dif
ficult to get information and Senator
Bulkley, Democrat, of Ohio, cut in
sharply, "You know perfectly well you
can get anything else you want.”
The counsel reported he knew he
could have Eaton charged w’ith con
tempt, as he was subpoenaed.
Tells of Organization.
Gray then turned to the Fox cor- |
porations. He told of their organiza
tion by Fox, with the theater magnate |
holding control of the voting stock.
Fox Theaters entered a contract with !
a brokerage firm, Eisele & King, in 1925
to sell 500,000 shares of non-voting
stock at $25 a share, he said.
The brokers were paid $3 a share
commission. Gray said, and then en
tered an agreement with "one Taussig.”
Fox. Gray added, had told him that
was his daughter and he said she re
ceived about $411,000.
Later. Gray continued, Fox wanted
to acquire the Wesco chain of theaters
on the West Coast for Fox film.
Flans to Exchange Slock.
Unsuccessful at first, he then con
ceived the plan of exchanging Fox Film
stock for Wesco stock on the basis of
1 for 73-100, Gray added.
The brokerage firm of Hayden &
Stone then went out and bought Wesco
at 55, "with the knowledge that
ultimately it could be exchanged for
Fox Film stock at an advantage,” Gray
said.
Hayden & Stone was paid $375,000
by Fox Film for underwriting 125,000
shares “without having to do a stroke
of work.” Gray testified.
"At the same time Hayden & Stone
were underwriting the stock,” he con
tinued. “they started a short sale in
Fox Film.”
Altogether, Gray said, Fox Film paid
almost $1.000,000'to Hayden & Stone
for marketing stock.
u petal ion llisguiacu.
The short pools. Gray said, were
operated through five houses "in order
to camouflage."
"Fox bought and sold his own stock
to manipulate the market,” Gray said.
•'If he were here he would tell you
short selling Is a rotten thing, but that
he will do it as long as the exchange
allows it.” > ,
Fox, Gray said, dealt in Loew's stock
In order to get control of it for Fox
Film. . ,
At one time, he added, Fox had ac
cumulated 660,000 shares of Loew stock
and the transactions appeared on the
company's books showing he was op
erating for the Fox Film Co.
Fox also was dealing in Fox Theater
stock, Gray said, but these transactions
did not apear on the company’s books.
In November, 1929, Gray continued,
Fox had the Fox Theater Co. approve
his dealings in the stock and take
210.000 shares off his hands.
The stock cost $6,153,000, Gray said,
and the company took a loss of $3,
300.000. It was bought at an average of
29 2-10, and when the company took it
ever was selling for about 13, he added.
Companies Stood Loss.
Gray said his investigators had found
“about six instances” where Fox showed
as a loss on his own personal New York
State income tax sums on which his
companies actually stood the loss.
The counsel added that as that num
ber had been brought to light he be
lieved there must have been “many
more.”
As to the Federal income tax, he said,
no information had been obtained.
Gray said that he asked Fox about
the New York State income tax matter
in questioning him this week in New
York and that Fox replied that if the
facts were as Gray had stated, it must
have been the fault of the accountant,
Herbert Leitstein, who prepared the
tax return.
Gray said Fox agreed to produce the
accountant for questioning here yester
day. He did not appear, Gray added,
and has not been found, although a
subpoena has been issued for him.
As Gray concluded. Chairman Nor
beck. Republican, of South Dakota re
fused to allow Benjamin Reass, Fox’s
attorney, to make a statement.
Gray said he had received a report
from the physician the committee sent
to examine Fox and from the film man’s
own doctor saying there was nothing
the matter with him and no reason
why he could not come to the com
mittee room.
. "The only thing they flndJkaal4- 8ray,
Clarence Darrdw
Quits Sick Bed to
Fight Dry Seizure
Defends Chicago Official
on Possession of Goods
for Home Brew.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 17.—Clarence Dar
row has risen from a sick bed to come
to the defense of City Sealer Jce Grein,
from whose store Federal agents seized
$15,000 worth of material that might be
used for making home brew.
Apparently still suffering from the
strain and fatigue of his defense in the
now famous Massie “honor slaying” trial
In Honolulu, the veteran lawyer ap
peared yesterday before a jury in Fed
eral Court to denounce the Government
for seizing the goods, which the Gov
ernment seeks to destroy on the ground
that Grein and his partner. J. Pahls.
knew their customers intended to use
the merchandise illegally.
“There is not a shadow of a fact pro
duced by the Government to justify
seizure and destruction.” Darrow said.
"If this seizure was in accordance with
law and Justice, we shall have to re
model our ideas of law and justice.”
A sealed verdict of the jury was
awaited today. '
Proposes ‘Back to the Land’
Movement to Care for
B. E. F. Members.
Again stepping from the conventional
role of a police superintendent to play
the broader humanitarian part de
manded by an unusual police problem,
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford,
guardian of the entrenched bonus army,
has come forth with a "back-to-the
farm” plan for evacuating and caring
for the “B. E. F.”
In a statement issued last night the
soldier-police chief calls on Congress
to inaugurate a homesteading move
ment fer the benefit of unemployed
veterans. With the present “army,”
more than 20,000 strong, according to
late estimates, as a nucleus, Glassford
would have the Government co-operate
in organizing the veterans into agricul
tural units to turn vacant lands into
productive soil.
The Plan as Outlined.
Glassford's plan, as outlined in the
statement, follows:
"The bonus bill is doomed to defeat,
but it is well within the power of the
Congress now in session to enact leg
islation before it adjourns that would
turn the needs of the soldiers of the
World War into a motive force that
would transform the bonus expedi
tionary migration into a far-flung
home-making movement in every agri
cultural State.
“The breakdown of American in
dustrialization which extended even
to agriculture, required a return to
individual independence. This can be
accomplished by one means only—a re
turn of a large part of our urban popu
lation to rural communities.
“The thousands of veterans in Wash
ington, organized into the Bonus Ex
peditionary Force, have demonstrated
their discipline, their loyalty to the
flag, and their ability to take care of
themselves under very adverse circum
stances. They are repeating the acts
of our ancestors, the pioneers in this
country. They have demonstrated their
ability to provide extemporized shelter
and to subsist on the most simple and
inexpensive food. They should be
given the opportunity to devote their
proven abilities to building for them
selves ahd communities.
The Heroes of 1919.
“They were heroes cheered in 1919.
Today they are without employment;
without visible means of support, home
less and outcast. They cannot find
work. Surely they are entitled to an
opportunity to acquire a decent liveli
hood. Land is available and cheap.
Through Federal channels large areas
are falling under Federal control. The
States are acquiring vast tracts through
non-payment of taxes. Instead of re
maining idle in Washington camps,
these veterans returning to their re
spective homes should be organized
into new rural communities within
their own States on from 3 to 10 acre
farms with facilities for cultivating
them; firstly for their own food supply,
and secondly for a surplus that could
be exchanged through the channels of
trade to provide for their personal
necessities.
“It is obvious that the veterans will,
organized as they would be to carry
out this plan, build their own simple 1
shelters, such as they have erected in
Washington, and as soon as circum
stances would permit, they will build
better homes for themselves, and all.
improvements in their condition will
react favorably on commercial, indus
trial and agricultural interests. They
will gradually, as our forefathers did
who first conquered the American wil
derness for our benefit, improve their
standard of living.
Senator Bankhead Quoted.
“A few days ago Senator Bankhead
of Alabama said: ‘Food and shelter for
all who are willing to work and for all
who cannot secure gainful employment
is the paramount slogan in the heart
of every true American.’
“There are several bills before Con
gress which include elements of this
plan, and one of them in particular
formulated several years ago and intro
duced in the House of Representatives
by the Hon. William B. Bankhead.
“Should Congress turn to this idea
as a means of relieving the necessities
of the veterans now in Washington,
and all such other veterans who may
desire to acquire self-supporting rural
homes in organized communities, this
plan of rural development initiated by
these organized groups of veterans soon
could be extended to take in a vast
number of the unemployed of this
country.”
IDENTITIES CONFUSED
IN GOODACRE HOLD-UP
•
Prisoner a Brother of Maid, Not
Her Husband, as Originally
Published.
The Star's account of the arrest Wed
nesday of John McKeen Kirk, 28, in
connection with the attempted hold-up
of George L. Goodacre. chain restau
rant owner, described the prisoner as
the husband of the Goodacre maid.
Mrs. Josephine Kirk, arrested the day
before.
It was learned today, however,
that the woman arrested is not Kirk’s
wife, but his sister. His wife. Mrs.
Pauline Kirk, had no connection with
the case. The Star is glad to make the
correction.
The woman arrested gave her name
as “Mrs. Josephine Kirk” when booked
for investigation at the Women’s Bu
reau. She has since been released.
“is his own statement that he’s dizzy.”
Senator Couzens. Republican, of
Michigan, told the committee he would
move to call upon the Treasury De
partment for the income tax records
of all individuals named in today’s tes
timony.
He explained he referred to Pox and
all others mentioned as participants
in pools.
TATTERED W
SINGS AT CAPITOL
Veterans, on Good Behavior
Await Bonus Action
Outside Senate.
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.
The tattered bonus army invaders—
about 3,000 of them—are staging theii
big demonstration in front of the Capi
tol today in a supreme effort to impress
the Senate with the justice of theii
cause, their own destitution and the
misery in the vast American hinterland
which they represent.
The trooped out of their squalid shel
i ters this morning, realizing that the
crisis was close at hand, that the legis
lative cards were falling against them
and that the only hope of getting the
bonus bill in any form through the
Upper House lay in effecting a change
of heart in a considerable body of the
members. They gathered under the
great elms on the close-cropped lawn
facing the Capitol, and the demonstra
tion—the threat of which has caused
some apprehension—went on through
the morning as orderly as a farmer's
picnic.
Sing Familiar Tunes.
The men obviously were on their best
behavior. There was speechmaking,
but all of it restrained and sober. The
boys—voices sadly cracked with years
and with the bad colds they have ojn
tracted from the drenchings of the last
few days—sang the familiar songs ol
1918. “Over There.” "Keep the Home
Fires Burning,” "There’s a Long, Long
Trail A-Windlng" sounded over the
Capitol Plaza. They repeated the Lord's
Prayer with bowed heads. And through
it all there was no suggestion of dis
order.
It was a serious, but good-humored
crowd. The contrast was marked be
tween this and the various "red"
demonstrations which have been staged
in the same place during the last vear.
Obviously nobody was trying to “show
off.” Although police reserves were
present as a precaution, there was no
need for them. The men ate dinner,
such as was available, under the elms.
The Oregon contingent, in barracks at
Eighth and I streets, brought up their
rolling kitchens and fed the crowd to
the limit of their resources. The crowd
seemed to be entirely under the control
of the good-humored Doak E. Carter,
former Army captain and “chief sani
tary officer” of the B. E. F.. who acted
as chairman of the gathering.
There was a constant effort to keep
up the spirits of the men. sadly damped
by the rains, by the prospect of defeat
in the Senate, and to some extent by
the valid arguments concerning the
Nation’s financial plight that have been
brought against the bonus.
Tell Personal Needs.
Various men related their personal
experiences in justification of the bonus
payment, and in refutation of the claim
that the Government already has gone
to extreme lengths in caring for the
veterans. One man wanted his bonus,
he said, to pay the final installment on
a surgical operation which had saved
his life after he had been discharged
from Walter Reed Hospital as incura
ble. Since then he has become mayor
of an Illinois town. Others needed
the money to save homes from the
mortgage holders. Others were simply
hungry and ragged.
The men are trying to impress the
Senate with the good record they have
made since they have been in Washing
ton. "We have.” as one of them ex
pressed it. established the only military
camp ever where it is perfectly safe for
anybody to walk around in the dark.”
And this is very nearly the truth.
A new arrival at the bonus camp,
introduced as "Comrade Stafford of
Florida." led in the singing, using a
folded newspaper as a megaphone. He
brought with him a new song, "What did
they do when the boys came back?”
which seemed to make a hit with the
men. The big delegation in front of
the Capitol was making its best pos
sible appearance. Most of the men
were clean-shaven and had washed
their clothing. The police had nothing
to do except to keep the passageway
open up the Capitol steps. One of the
biggest cheers went up for Inspector
Headley, who has become quite pop
ular with the invaders.
Comfortable in Shade.
The men obviously were hoping against
hope that the bonus bill in its modified
form—providing for immediate payment
to the destitute, while all veterans with
jebs or private incomes wait for the
policies to mature—would pass the Sen
ate. Then there would be some justifi
cation for sticking in Washington in
the hope that additional lobbying would
bring strength enough to pass the meas
ure over the President's veto. Other
wise, they are asking, “what's the use?”
The shady Capitol lawn was a com
fortable place to spend the hot day,
even at the cost of a dinner. Many
were stretched out asleep under the
trees, having been unable to obtain
much sleep because of the drenchings
in their billets for the last few nights.
A notable factor in the orderliness of
these men—very obvious in the gather
ing today—is their age. It was no
crowd of boys, but of middle-aged men
who have long since. crossed the age
line when violent demonstrations are
likely. They have also reached the age
when a drenching and chilling brings
aching joints instead of the thrill of
adventure.
CITIZENS TO STUDY
B. E. F. CONDITIONS
Social Hygiene Society Maps Drive
to Eliminate Health
Menace.
The Social Hygiene Society today will
undertake to organize a citizens’ com
mittee to study conditions at the Ana
costia Bonus Camp with a view to mak
ing specific recommendations to the
D. C. Health Department for sanitary
and health improvements, according to
Paul L. Benjamin, spokesman for that
body, at a meeting with Dr. W. C.
Fowler, D. C. health officer, this morn
ing.
With Mr. Benjamin were repre
sentatives of the Monday Evening Club,
the Association for the Prevention of
Tuberculosis and the D. C. Medical So
ciety, who sought Dr. Fowler’s opinion
on conditions at the camp.
Dr. Fowler reiterated his previously
expressed opinion that the camp is
a health menace to itself and to the
District. Conditions, he said, were
being somewhat improved by the in
stallation of sewerage for field toilets
to replace the open latrines. Dr.
Fowler promised the citizens’ gToup
this morning that he would co-operate
with them in any way he could if only
they would present to him some “prac
tical” suggestions.
When he left the District Building
Mr. Benjamin said his society would
call a citizens’ meeting later in the
day for the purpose of organizing a
group which would make a personal
survey of the camp. Its findings, he
said, will be presented to Dr. Fowler.
Hildebrand Bites Held.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
DICKERSON, Md., June 17 —George
L. Hildebrand, 72, a well known fanner,
died at his home r.ear here, following
a long illness. He is survived by a son.
Nathan D. Hildebrand, and two daugh
ters. Miss -May Hildebrand and Mrs.
Bertha Painter, all of this vicinity. The
funeral took place from the home. Rev.
William D. King of the Poqjesville Meth
odist Church, conducting tne services.
VETERANS THRONG
SENATE GALLERIES
Thousands Wait Outside as
Debate Opens on Bill to
Pay Them Cash.
_(Continued From First Page.)
taken into consideration events be
tween the election and declaration of
war. Robinson retorted, "None that I
know of," adding. “I don’t want to en
ter into a political discussion."
Trammell shot back sharply "if you
don’t want to enter into a political
discussion why drag this in which has
no reference to the bill?”
One of the veterans, who claimed to
be a holder of a Congressional Medal
of Honor, attempted to get onto the
Senate floor, but the Senate parlia
mentarian ruled he was not entitled to
that privilege.
The veteran, Arthur Oreagh of the
New Orleans delegation, was told by
Senator Moses, Republican, of New
Hampshire, President pro tempore, that
holders of the medal were entitled to
the privileges of the floor.
Moses Is Overruled.
Moses’ verdict did him no good, how
ever. when the parliamentarian looked
up the rules and found no such clause.
Creagh also asked if he could obtain
I permission to address the Senate, but
Moses said that would take unanimous
, consent which he was sure could not
be obtained.
A burst of laughter was the first re
action from the veterans in the gal
leries to the debate on the floor.
It came when Robinson, reviewing
the passage of the bonus bill in 1924
said that Congress had decided then
“if you're still living well pay you”
in 1945. t J . .
Vice President Curtis banged his
gavel sharply—the laughter stopping
I abruptly almost in mid-chuckle.
Hawes Urges Waiting.
Senator Hawes i Democrat, Missouri)
offered the first opposition to the bill.
He said the original bonus law was "not
a fair settlement," but told the veterans
they "should wait a while" and not ask
for pavment when the Federal Govern
ment was struggling with the depres
sion
"Let's not think of one group of citi
zens but of all " Hawes said.
The Missourian spoke briefly, and
there was no demonstration from the
galleries. When he concluded, however,
there was a sudden outbreak of throat
clearing which Vice President Curtis
quelled with a few raps of his gavel.
Meanwhile Capitol authorities, great
ly concerned at the large number of
men who were organized overnight by
the pioneer Oregon contingent, had
under consideration a plan for "peace
ful dispersal of the army on the
grounds that the men were violating a
Capitol ordinance forbidding unau
thorized speeches and meetings in the
Cepitol grounds.
Hurried calLs to headquarters of the
metropolitan police brought police re
serves of more than 80 officers, who
stood bv to preserve order.
The cheerful but bedraggled veterans
appeared peacefully inclined and cheer
ed numerous of their leaders when they
warned against disorders of any kind.
As the Senate entered into debate
the doughboys' familiar chow call
was sounded by a bugle and the men
began a rush cn several field kitchens
that had been rolled into the Capitol
grounds. The police promptly ordered
the kitchens removed and the men
rolled the kitchen over to First street
near the Capitol, reformed the mess
line and had their noontime meal.
Capt. S. J. Gnash of the Capitol po
lice said it was the first time in the
history of the Capitol, so far as he
knew, that a kitchen had been set up
inside the Capitol grounds and an at
tempt made to serve food.
"It's contrary to the rules, regulations,
law and everything else, and I won't
permit it,” he declared.
Regulations Are Read.
Later Capt. Gnash, accompanied by
Inspector Albert J Headley of the met
ropolitan police and David Lynn, archi
tect of the Capitol, sought out leaders
of the "B. E. F." Legislative Committee
and advised them that the assembly was
"unlawful."
"The regulation.” Capt. Gnash said,
"prohibits demonstrations of this kind
here. It is unlawful for you to assemble
here.”
He handed a book containing the
resolutions to W. S. Reiser, a member
of the Veterans' Committee, who read
it aloud to other members of the group.
Reiser explained that the men had as
sembled merely to listen to the debate
on the floor of the Senate and requested
that as many men as possible be per
mitted to enter the Capitol to hear the
debate.
Capt. Gnash replied: "It will be im
possible to get in there today. The cor
ridors are now filled with men waiting
to get in.”
A veteran stepped up and requested
that the veterans be allowed to enter
the galleries in relays, and Lynn said
he would take this suggestion up with
other Capitol officials. The conference
between the officials and the veterans
ended with a request by the police offi
cers that the men "stand pat” until
a decision could be reached on the relay
proposal.
Three Thousand Massed on Steps.
More than 3,000 veterans were massed
about the Senate steps when the Cap
itol was opened to the public at 9
o'clock this morning, and a steady
stream of new arrivals were reported
coming from all the camps.
More than 500 marchers came with
their mess kits, to await rolling kitch
ens from the camp at Eighth and I
streets southeast to begin cooking their
noonday meal.
The first arrivals were orderly.
Several speakers addressed the crowds
congregated in groups in various sec
tions of the Capitol grounds. Each
speaker requested the veterans to re
main orderly. Their remarks were greet
ed with cheers.
Donkey Christened Hoover.
Prolonged applause greeted the ar
rival of a donkey. The veterans called
him Hoover.
Shouts of “Bring the mule up here!”
came from a group of veterans standing
on the top of the Senate wing steps.
Capitol police requested the veterans to
leave the animal on the ground. The
donkey was marched away from the
Capitol in the direction of the Senate
Office Building.
Approximately 500 veterans rushed
through the doors in the Senate wing
when they were opened to the public.
There was a stampede through the cor
ridors of this section of the Capitol by
veterans in an effort to obtain seats in
the Senate gallery. Within 10 minutes
the gallery was overflowing, and Capitol
police, augmented by a squad of metro
politan police, requested those milling
around the corridors to get outside of
the building.
Some obeyed the request and left the
Capitol for the Senate Office Building,
Others remained and were not molested,
Hundreds Mill in Lobby.
The march on the Capitol had its
genesis in the Oregon regiment billeted
at Eighth and I streets southeast,
George Klelnholz. the jegimental com
mander, ordering his outfit this morn
ing to go up to the Capitol to stand
around “where people can see you.”
Klelnholz told the men to stay there,
and informed them that the rolling
kitchens would be sent along to prepare
their noofl mess.
“I told them that they would be bet
ter off up there than lying around the
billets,” Klelnholz said. He explained,
however, that they were not to do any
"lobbying.”
It was said at national headquarters
that this move had not been author
ized, but that the men had a right tc
Waiting for Senate Bonus Vote
| stage it if they so desired. Commander
in Chief Waters addressed the veterans
at Camp Marks, in Anacostia, this
morning and urged them to stftk here
until they got their bonus. At the con
clusion of Waters’ speech many mem
bers of the bonus army at Camp Marks
headed for the Capitol.
Thomas Suggests Plans.
Shortly before the movement on
the Capitol began. Senator Thomas of
Oklahoma conferred with leaders of the
bonus army, after which he announced
that if the bonus bill fails in the Sen
ate, he would offer two amendments,
“one on the basis of need’’ and another
to finance payment through the Re
construction Finance Corporation.
Under the first amendment only
destitute unemployed veterans would be
paid their bonus.
Mud Trailed on Floors.
One hour before the Senate convened
a part of the mud-spattered contingent
in camp on the flats of Anacostia ar
rived at the Capitol. The members of
this group crowded into the corridors
of the vast building, leaving a trail of
mud on the floors.
A truck loaded with veterans put In
its appearance on the grounds and the
driver was directed to drive to the Sen
ate steps. One veteran, dressed in a
frock coat and overall pants, stepped off
the truck.
“Hi, Senator.” was the way the vet
erans greeted him.
The marcher addressed those assem
bled on the steps, declaring that he
would vote for full payment cf the
bonus. Cheers greeted his remarks.
Traffic Officer Jeered.
By 10:30 o’clock between 500 and
1.000 veterans were massed on the steps
of the Senate wing. A traffic officer of
the metropolitan police passed on his
motor cycle. He was greeted with
jeers.
"Get away; we don't want you around
here,” one veteran shouted. Others
took this up in chorus.
A delegation of veterans called on
Capitol officials and requested that a
loudspeaker be placed outside of the
building so that all those assembled
could hear the debate on the Patman
bonus bill. Officials told the delegation
they would take the matter under con
sideration.
Beneath a towering elm tree across
from the Senate steps. Representative
Blanton. Democrat, of Texas, joined
with leaders of the B. E. F. in com
mending the men for their exemplary
conduct while in Washington and re
questing them to "maintain this repu
tation.”
Blanton was cheered repeatedly in a
brief address from a stone coping as
he expressed confidence that the vet
erans would not do anything while
in the Capital to bring discredit upon
themselves or their cause and predicted
that the men eventually will get their
bonus.
Legislative Chieftain Foulkrod. lanky
and voluble leader of the lobby con
tingent, exhorted the men to maintain
strict ordeu Other leaders of State
units of the army mounted the im
provised rostrum and voiced similar
nlMJl
Placard Confiscated.
A tall, rangy veteran from Wheeling,
W. Va., raised a placard bearing the
single word, “Stick,” in the course of
the impromptu addresses, but a Capitol
policeman promptly took it away from
him.
"Men,” Foulkrod concluded, "we
have been here now for more than four
weeks without a sign of disorder. For
God's sake don’t let’s do anything that
will break that record.”
A travel-worn contingent of Michi
gan bonus marchers, who have just ar
rived here with their shoulder packs
and grotesquely bundled belongings,
marched across the Capitol plaza with
flags flying at the front and rear while
Foulkrod was speaking. The other
veterans gave the newcomers a tre
mendous cheer. The group did not
stop, being headed apparently for a
billet arranged for them by police in a
section near the Capitol.
While the men waited for the Senate
to convene, a group of 35 police reserves
arrived, quietly, at the Capitol under
leadership of Inspector Headley. The
metropolitan policemen were stationed
in inconspicuous places inside the Sen
ate wing and near strategic entrances.
Steps Are Cleared. ^
At 11:30 police cleared the Senate
steps of all veterans. They retreated
quietly to the lawn directly in front of
the Senate wing.
The speech-making broke up with -a
songfest. “America” was attempted,
but the voices of the veterans were weak
and this national song could not be
heard on the outskirts of the crowd.
“Sing ‘Over There’,” shouted a vet
eran The marchers then broke out
loudly chanting this old war song. "Now
sing ‘Over Here’, ” some one shouted.
The crowd laughed.
“How ’bout ‘Mademoiselle’, ” ex
claimed another. The veterans loudly
sang “Hinky Dinky Parley vous.” They
repeated the chorus several times.
Senator Blaine arrived while the vet
erans were slnglj|| this song, and he
HUNDREDS of veterans thronged the steps of the Senate wing of the
Capitol this morning when Senators arrived to start the debate on im
mediate payment cf the bonus. Later the veterans were ordered off the
steps and complied with the wishes of the police. Below: William
Hinkleman cf Wheeling, W. Va., yields a banner on the demand of Lieut.
Jones of the Capitol police. —Star Staff Photo.
shook his head and turned and walked
directly toward the Capitol.
A taxicab driver began shouting to a
group of veterans on the lawn. March
ers surged around him and police came !
on the run.
“You ain't gonna get your bonus—
ha. ha!” the ariver shouted. Two po
licemen escorted him off the grounds.
They said he was intoxicated.
A sharp blast of a whistle blown by
Capt. Doak Carter of Cleveland, Ohio,
broke up the singing. Carter, a mem
ber of the B. E. F. Legislative Commit
tee, yelled for attention and declared:
“I have something of interest to all
of you about the metropolitan police
force.
“Inspector Headley has just informed
me that of the 1,452 members of the
; Metropolitan Police Department, 1,209
are veterans.
"If any man among us attempts to
do any policeman any harm he will,
toy my opinion, be a mighty poor
soldier.”
The marchers greeted these remarks
with loud cheers.
Shortly before noon Waters arrived at
the Capitol and was cheered lustily by
the massed veterans. For the benefit
of sound picture photographers he made
a brief address, in which he said:
“I ask you. as real red-blooded Amer
icans, to carry on as you have, in an
orderly 100 per cent American man
ner. And if the Senate should not pass
the bonus bill, I urge that you stay
with me here in Washington until the
bill is passed.”
voudis rrcsiacm s »cw.
Waters issued a formal statement to
hB command last night in which the
aims of the bonus army were repeated
and in which the veterans were urged
to vote against those members of Con
gress who vote against the bonus.
The statement also expressed Waters’
belief that the President would not veto
the bill if it got by the Senate, declar
ing that this “is a presidential year.”
In conclusion, the statement expressed
the hope that the bonus expeditionary
force will form a permanent organiza
tion that in the future may act as a unit
whenever the need arises.
The Executive Committee of the B.
E. F. last night peremptorily removed
from office George Alman, national bil
leting officer, who yesterday engaged
in a verbal row with Capt. William G.
Stott of the Police Department over
the housing accommodations for the
men.
It was said that another billeting
officer would be appointed today and
that a man would be picked for the job
who would co-operate with the Police
Department rather than argue.
Alman announced today he would
demand a trial.
“Just because I demanded decent
housing for the men, the Executive
Committee has crucified me. I demand
a trial and I Intend to get one.
“The men of my camp, the Ore
gon division, are squarely back of me
and so are a lot of others in the other
camps. It is the second dirty deal I’ve
gotten, and I don’t intend to stand
for it.”
Alman said the first dirty deal was
his deposition as commander in chief
when the Executive Committee sup
planted him by Waters.
New Groups Diverted.
At the same time, orders were issued
that all new arrivals should go to Camp
Bartlett at Twenty-first and Alabama
avenue southeast and all the regimental
commanders were warned against har
boring new groups.
Since Camp Bartlett was established
Saturday night there have been a num
ber of instances where discontented
groups have pulled up stakes and come
downtown for quarters, declaring that
Bartlett was too far from the city. This
was done in utter disregard of an order
several days ago designating Bartlett
as the receiving camp for new units,
and last night’s order is designed to
break up this practice.
The new order said that men who
refused to go into this camp would be
considered to have severed their con
nection with the Bonus Expeditionary
Force.
As the result of the general dissatis
faction over the situation at Camp Bart
lett, company commanders there held a
meeting and decided that their morale
might be improved by the appointment
of a new camp leader. As a result, E. F.
Everett, who had been acting in that
capacity, was deposed and Maj. French
brought over from Camp Marks to take
hold.
A building at 1232 B street southwest,
which was taken over by the Govern
ment and emptied of its tenants,
preparatory to being demolished tj
make way for the building program,
had been taken over by one group of
veterans and others have found billets
elsewhere because they were dissatis
fied with Camp Bartlett.
Seek More Building*.
Meanwhile, Capt. Stott announced
this morning he would make an effort
to get a group of buildings at First and
B streets, which are being vacated to
day by the Census Bureau. Property
of the Emory estate, Capt. Stott hopes
to get the owner’s permission to use
them while the B. E. F. is here. He
said they would hold from 4,000 to
5,000 men and are in excellent con
tion as far as sanitation is concerned.
Three District refuse trucks pulled up
in front of police headquarters at 11
O’clock to carry out of the city any
veterans wishing to return home. Only
a handful of men were on hand, how
ever, and not more than 50 were ex
pected to leave the city. At the same
time, R. L. Smith of Detroit was lead
ing a group of veterans Into the
Capital.
Two veterans, who have been here for
some tima. Announced they were fcav
HOSPITAL SET UP
U. S. Heeds Urgent Appeals
in New Establishment
at Fort Hunt.
Heeding the urgent appeals of Po
lice Chief Pelham D. Glaasford for aid
in handling the thousands of World
War veterans here fighting for their
bonus, the Federal Government has In
stalled a complete field hospital at
Fort Hunt, Va„ a few miles below Al
exandria.
Twelve "soldiers” of the bonus ex
peditionary force were being treated
there yesterday by physicians and sur
geons detailed by the Veterans’ Ad
ministration, on orders of Brig. Gen.
Prank T. Hines, administrator, who a
fortnight ago denied his agency could
assist. Other sick and injured mem
bers of the vast "bonus army” were ex
pected to be removed to the hospital
today.
Work Started Monday.
The decision to establish the hospital
was reached at a conference last Sat
urday afternoon and work was not be
gun until Monday. But under the able
direction of Col. B. F. Hayden, a ram
bling old building on the-abandoned
Army post was completely renovated
and made ready for the hospital equip
ment, which was sent down by truck
from New York.
Four days before a dilapidated build
ing full of cobwebs, the new hospita'
yesterday had been scrubbed inside anu
out. fitted with new plumbing, electric
wiring and huge hot water heaters and
boilers and all its windows screened.
This work was done by carpenters,
plumbers and electricians brought in
from Washington, assisted by Col.
Hayden and his staffs of physicians,
nurses, cooks and dieticians, who worked
day and night to make the "sick bay"
available to the veterans who need
hospitalization.
46 Beds Already Set Up.
With 46 beds already set up and readv
to receive patients. Col. Hayden was
going ahead with plans today to enlarge
the hospital as necessary. And from
the amount of rain which has fallen
here within the last few days, hundreds
of men probably will need hospitaliza
tion soon, If the predictions of health
authorities prove true.
Under Col. Hayden, head pTiysician.
are three other doctors. Including Dr.
O. E. Herndon, clinical director, and one
dentist. Dr. M. M. Fowler, all attached
to the veterans’ administration. Miss
Grace Bulman. head dietician of the
veterans’ administration, has been
brought to the Virginia post to lay out
meal plans, while Miss Mabel Alexander,
formerly attached to the Mount Alto
diagnostic clinic, heads a group of six
nurses.
Food fit for a king is served at the
Fort Hunt hospital. Refrigerators yes
terday were stuffed with bacon and
eggs, hams, strawberries, crisp celery
and lettuce, fresh beef and a variety
of fowl.
"We intend to see that they feed
well, anyway,” said Clinical Director
Herndon.
Fakirs to Be Eliminated.
"But we’ve laid our plans to prevent
any one not actually a 'bed case’ from
being admitted, so no fakirs will get in.”
Dr. Herndon explained that only vet
erans bearing admission cards from the
Gallinger Hospital dispensary will be
taken in.
Somewhere in the neighborhood of
$10,000 apparently has been spent to
remodel and restore the old barracks
into a hospital.
GLASSFORD COMMENDED
FOR INTEREST IN MARCH
Advertising Club Hears Talk on
Conditions at Camp of
Bonus Seekers.
Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford,
superintendent of police, was com
mended "for the considerate and sym
pathetic interest he has manifested In
the bonus marchers” by the Advertising
Club of Washington at Its luncheon
meeting yesterday in the Raleigh Hotel.
M. L. Sperry, new head of the Wash
ington Gas Light Co., was honor guest
at the luncheon. Mr. Sperry, a native
of Annapolis, who was educated here,
gave his impressions of modern Wash
ington in contrast with the city he
knew as a youth.
Another speaker. Allen V. DePord,
described conditions in the campe of
the bonus marchers.
ing soon to return home and recruit
other armies to join the bonus fight.
An indication of the problem that
the District faces in the eventual evacu
ation of the Bonus Expeditionary Force
was demonstrated yesterday, when 143
men, comprising the remnant of the
two groups which marched on the Cap
ital last Winter, as well as some drifters
which have joined with them, made
their presence known and lined up
with the B. E. P. These men have
passed the Winter months, it is said. In
a building in the 2600 block of Penn
sylvania avenue.
The B. E. F. claimed today to have
more than 22.000 members.
The fourth day had passed without
any large unit arriving, the movement
to and from the Capital consisting only
of straggling groups.
Capt. Stott today advanced an evacu
ation plan of his own, Involving U6e of
two trains of 100 cars each to carry the
veterans to their homes.
Truck Rule* Relaxed.
Stott suggested that one trainload be
sent West and another South. One of
the cars would be used as a commissary,
supplied with food purchased from the
army's mess fund. The trains would
make convenient stops along the way
to unload the men at stations nearest
their homes.
Arrangements for securing use of the
trains would be made In conferences
with railroad officials.
Meanwhile the Commissioners lifted
some of the restrictions regarding
transportation of departing veterans in
municipal trucks. Instead of waiting for
groups of 40, the police now will taka
smaller contingents as far as Frederick,
Md.. or Fredericksburg, Va. Maryland
authorities are co-operating whole
heartedly In this movement, police said,
but some difficulty has been experienced
in securing aid of Virginia officials. An
effort will be made to enlist full co
operation of the Virginians.
The army's mess fund was enriched
nearly $2,000 by contributions yester
day aggregating $1,735 and donations
today totaling $251. Food supplies con
tinued to pour into the camps. Francis
F. Miller, director of welfare and relief
of the local department of the American
Legion, announced that two large
grocery chains will place baskets in
their stores requesting food donations.
Similar co-operation of two other chains
will be asked.
Police figures showed a total of 22,506
men In the camps today, 2,425 of whom
arrived last night. Capt. Stott esti
mated that 250 left the city yesterday.
The entire Michigan delegation with
the bonus expeditionary force will be
served a free lunch at the Anaccstia
camp today through the generosity of
A. M. Casper, a native of Detroit, who
operates a lunch room in the 400 block
or Ninth street. Mr. Casper expects to
»eed approximately 800 veterana.