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HOPKINS 10 FILL
NEW WORKS IOOS
FROM RELIEF ROLL
Key Post in $4,800,000,000
Set-up to Ace Spender.
White House Conference
Is Scheduled for Tonight.
WALKER MAKES READY
TO TAKE APPLICATIONS
Ickes. Tugwell, West. Morgen
thau and Kennedy to Be Among
President's Conferees—F e u d
Between House and Interior
Secretary Flares Anew.
By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt today completed
his works-relief organization with ap
pointment of Harry L. Hopkins as
administrator of the Works Progress
Division.
He charged the progress division
with the task of making certain that
»,ni-pnr\c nmnlnvorl nn thp nrniprt.g rnmo
Xrom the relief rolls.
The United States Employment
Set- vice was given general charge of
re-emplovment of persons on work
relief who desire to return to private
employment.
Principal Aides Called.
With the completion of his ad
ministrative machinery the President
called in the principal aides in the
works set-up for a general discussion
tonight.
The President also added to the
Important Allotment Board, headed
by Secretary Ickes. a representative of
the Mayors’ Conference. It was un
derstood the mayors have selected
Mayor La Guardia of New York for
this post.
Rear Admiral C. J. Peoples, now
procurement officer of the Govern
ment. was placed in charge of pro
curement of materials for the works
projects. This will come under the
Progress Division.
Hopkins will continue his present
post of relief administrator to take
care of those remaining on relief rolls
until the goal of the works campaign
is reached. That is the removal of
3.500.000 persons from relief rolls and
giving them Jobs.
States Action Expected.
Mr. Roosevelt said again today he
expected the States and municipali
ties to take over the case of unem
ployables on relief rolls.
Tonight's White House conference
will include the big four of the $4,000,
000.000 undertaking—Frank C. Walker,
director of the Emergency Council;
Secretary Ickes, chairman of the Al
lotment Board; Hopkins and Rexford
G. Tugwell, head of the Division for
Rural Resettlement.
In addition. Joseph Kennedy, chair
man of the Securities Commission;
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau
ana former Representative West of
Ohio, the President’s liaison man with
Congress, were summoned.
Robert E. Wood. Chicago business
man. will be the representative of the
Business Advisory Council on the Al
lotment Board, which will pass on the
distribution of funds for the projects.
The White House announcement
*aid accurate information must be
available on the actual number of em
ployables whose names are on relief
rolls.
Proportional Allocation.
“As the works relief program Is in
tended to take care primarily of these
people.” the statement said, “the
projects must be allocated in propor
tion to the numbers within a given
work area. The Progress D.-ision will
be in charge of these figures and will
keep the other divisions informed at
ail times.
“Next, after allotments have been
made, it will be the duty of the
Progress Division to see that the Ac
tual persons to be employed on the
•eparate projects will come from those
whose names are on the relief rolls.
It also will be necessary to determine
the amounts of security payments in
different areas of the country.
’"Jhe general work of the Works
Progress Division also will include
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CHICAGO EXHAUSTS
ALL RELIEF FUNDS
Work Halted and Gov. Horner
Plans to Take Problem
to Washington.
By th® Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 26—Robert J.
Dunham, chairman of the Illinois
Emergency Relief Commission, an
nounced today that, because of the
exhaustion of funds, all work relief
activities in Cook County (Chicago)
have been halted. A special meeting
Of the Cook County Board of Com
missioners was called to consider
Dunham’s appeal for immediate ac
tion by the county board.
Gov. Henry Horner, here to at
tend a meeting of the State Re
lief Commission, said today he
will leave tomorrow or Sunday for
Washington to confer with Fed
eral officials concerning the Illinois
relief crisis, precipitated when Fed
eral funds were denied the State until
Illinois furnishes $3,000,000 monthly.
All relief activities were halted in
8 counties, and 10 other counties re
ported relief funds would last only
» few days
A measure, designed to raise $26.
000,000 by increasing the sales tax
from 2 to 3 per cent, was no nearer
final enactment as the Legislature ad
journed until Tuesday. The bill has
been approved by the State Senate,
but administration leaders were ex
pected to encounter difficulty in mus
tering the required 102 votes Mr pas
sage next week.
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HARRY L. HOPKINS.
i Federal relief administrator, who
today v.ns named by President
Roosevelt as adminislratoi#of the
Works Progress Division under the
new work relief set-up.
84.04-CENT SILVER
New Price Rise Hoped For
by Western Senators in
Booming Mart.
By the Associated Press.
Senators from silver - producing
1 States watched the Treasury today
, in the hope that its prire for the
j newly mined metal would be raised
to a new high of 84.04 cents an
ounce or more.
Committed by Secretary Morgen
thau to a policy which some of his
subordinates said meant keeping a
jump ahead of world prices, the
Treasury was described as being on
an hour-to-hour basis regarding the
metal.
The Senators who advocate giving
it a larger place in the monetary
system were elated at the advance
of world quotations yesterday fol
lowing an increase in the Treasury
I price to 77.57 cents the night be
I fore. When the New York price
1 for foreign silver reached 77 cents
late yesterday. Morgenthau called a
special press conference to say the
Treasury figure would remain un
changed at least overnight.
World Quotations Zoom.
Should the Treasury follow past
procedure In its next move, the
seigniorage charge would be cut from
the present *0 per cent to 35 per
cent. This would mean an advance
in the price for newly mined metal
to 84.04 cents.
Wednesday night’s price advance,
acting as a powerful magnet, drew
world quotations upward In a fashion
that delighted silver Senators and
brought a pledge from Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana to
press his fight for free coinage on a
16-to-l ratio with gold.
However, in some quarters reactions
were more disturbing. As the Shang
hai Yuan dollar, despite an export tax
on silver, moved up to 40.75 cents. Dr.
Alfred Sze. the Chinese Minister, ex
pressed to Secretary Hull his Nation *
concern over the United State* silver
purchase policy.
Depression There Deepened.
As the price of silver mounts, Sze
told newsmen. China is plunged deeper
into the deflationary condition in
which the United States found itself
in 1933 as the result of too great pur
chasing power of the dollar.
In Mexico, too. banking circles were
worried as world prices reached a level
that made it profitable to melt down
Mexican coins into commercial silver.
With two Treasury silver price
boosts within two weeks, observers
here believe the metal's price will
reach $1.29 long before the Treasury’s
holdings reach one-third the gold
stock. During the past week alone,
gold stocks moved upward $29,000,000
to $8,701,000,000. On this basis, the
Treasury still was more than $1,900.
000,000 short of the silver needed for
the required 75-25 ratio with gold.
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INTRUDER AT D00RN
Belgian Womans Tries to Force
Way In to See Ex-Kaiser.
DOORN, Netherlands. April 26 </P)
A Belgian woman, whom police said
they believed demented, tried to force
her way Into Doom House to see the
former Kaiser today.
On the plea that she wanted to
inquire concerning Wilhelm's health,
she tried to enter the grounds, but
was turned back. Later she tried to
throw herself under the former Ger
man monarch's automobile as it was
driven out of the grounds, but a po
liceman prevented and took her into
custody.
The Netherlands authorities sent
her back to Belgium.
C. I
REPORT ADOPTEE
IN MR PARLET
Proposed Removal of Gar
nett and Police Officials
Reported Eliminated.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
REFUSE INFORMATlOf
Chairman Say»^ Body Deplore
and Resents Speculation
Concerning Findings.
BY JAMES E. CHINN.
The Special Crime Committee c
the House today adopted the repot
| it is to make to the full District Com
m ttee next week, after making a num
bet of revisions and deletions in th
tentative report drawn up by it
counsel. John R. Fitzpatrick.
Action was taken at a special three
heur executive session, which was de
toted chiefly to a discussion of ccr
, tain recommendations in Fitzpatrick'
! tentative draft that were completel
j out. of harmony with the views c
several members of the committee
These recommendations, it is un
derstood, railed for the immediat
removal of United States Attorne
Leslie C. Garnett, the retirement c
Police Supt. Ernest W Brown an
several other police officials, inrlud
ing Inspectors Thaddeus R. Bea
and Albert J. Headley.
Randolph Makes Statement.
There were rumors that thes
recommendations in the draft of Fitz
Patrick's report were eliminated b
the committee, but all of the member
frankly refused to discuss any of it
contents. The only information give:
out for publication at the conclusio
of the meeting was a statement issuei
by Representative Randolph. Demc
crat. of West Virginia, chairman c
| the Crime Committee.
It said:
"The special committee has agree
on its report, which will be submitte
next Wednesday to the District com
] mittee.
“The special committee deplores an
resents speculation concerning it
findings. Neither directly nor indi
rectly has the committee given on
j any information as to the contents c
I its report.”
The committee was aroused par
, ticularly by premature publication c
! several of the recommendations i:
Fitzpatrick's tentative draft which th
members had not seen or approver
These recommendations, which re
iated to the proposed removal of Gar
nett and the retirement of the polic
officials, were especially objectionabli
While Chairman Randolph decline
to discuss details of the report, h
, indicated that during the three-hou
session various members of the com
1 mittee made suggestions for altera
tions and deletions of some of th
contents. Representative Virgin:
: Jencices. Democrat, of Indiana, too
1 an active part in the proceeding an
! she is one of the members who. it 1
understood, objected to the propose
recommendation that Garnett be re
j moved and that MaJ. Brown an
several other police officials be place
on the retired list.
The early portions of the commit
tee's meeting was devoted to an in
vestigation to determine how certai
of the recommendations in the ten
tative draft of the report had ' leake
out.”
Deny' Giving Information.
All of the committee members, a
well as Fitzpatrick and William Seal:
who served as committee secretary
denied vigorously that they had give
any information to newspaper men.
The full House District Commute
will pass on the report Wednesday an
transmit it to the House. The repor
according to Chairman Norton of th
District Committee, will not be mad
public until it has been approved b
the full committee.
Publication of the* r^rnmmpnHfltinn
| prior to committee action on the re
! port also aroused Chairman Norta
and for the first time she met wit
the crime investigators in a protractei
session behind closed doors in the of
flee of Representative Randolph.
The report is a voluminous docu
ment covering 120 pages of closel
typewritten copy. In addition to rec
ommendations for improving the.Dis
trict's prosecution and law enforce
ment machinery, it summarize* th
testimony of more than 50 witnesse
who appeared before the committe
during its two-month investigation.
Fitzpatrick is understood to have ex
plained to the committee that i
drawing up the recommendations h
followed the evidence presented durin
the Inquiry.
Fitzpatrick was formerly an ass is
lant United States Attorney for th
District and served under Garnet
until he resigned last Fall as a re
suit of a controversy with Justic
Proctor. Seals was formerly em
1 ployed by a Washington newspape
| to write a series of stories on crim
I conditions in the District.
Diagnoses of Liver Troubles
Easy Now With Electric Eyt
BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor.
NEW YORK. April 26—How the
photoelectric "eye” can check up on
liver troubles was described to the
American Chemical Society today by
Dr. Arnold E. Osterberg of the Mayo
Clinic. Rochester, Minn.
The eye. adapted to a device called
a photeletometer, records the color
*' blood samples on a dial. As the
dial needle rises it signifies an in
creasing amount of bilirubin in the
blood. Belirubln is a direct index
to liver diseases.
Dr. Osterberg said that with this
electric eye a physician can watch
the progress of treatment and make
more accurate diagnoses. The elec
tric eye sees the same thing that the
human eye observes in jaundice, ex
cept that it can read changes in
visible to man.
Liver troubles produce jaundice in
two ways. One is by stopping up
bile acid ducts, so that the bilirubin
is discharged into the blood. In th
other blood pigments are split up b
faulty liver action. The electric ey
distinguishes between the two througi
use of a little alcohol on the bloo
under observation.
An explanation of convulsions wa
given by Dr. Mona Spiegeladolf an
Dr. E. Spiegel of Temple University
Philadelphia. They believe that con
vulsions of all kinds may spring fror
cne common type of brain mechanist
going wrong.
Under their idea, convulsions woul
occur when brain tissues lost thel
normal density, so that they woul
dent more easily.
This theory they tested electricall
rn brain swellings, one of the cause
of convulsions. They found that wit]
swelling brain tissues lost density
regained it when the swelling wen
down.
"These experiments,” they state*
"are a first step in the search fa
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: HOLLYWOOD PARTY
I SLAYING, SUICIDE
' LAID TO DEBT ROW
• Style Creator Killed; Chauf
feur, Former Ensign, Ends
Life Later.
LAW FACULTY MEMBER,
I ALSO SHOT, MAY DIE
s Quarrel. Heard by Invalid Mothei
of Victim, Preceded
Gunplay.
By the Associated Press.
f HOLLYWOOD, April 2fi.-M.vste
t rious shootings that brought death tc
- a movie style creator and his chauffeut
' and possibly fatal Injuries to anothei
s in the film capital during the night
I were reported as murder and suicide
‘ today by sheriff's officers.
O. H. Cloud, sheriff’s deputy lr
s charge of the case, said Paul Ivat
r Wharton. 25-year-old designer ol
f clothes for film actresses, was shot by
William Howard. 35. former Navy
- ensign an0 later Wharton's chauffeur
p Cloud said Howard later shot and
V probably fatally wounded Henry E
f ■ Bolte. 38. law iastructor at the Uni
1 versity of California at Las Angeles.
After injuring Bolte. Cloud said.
1 Howard shot and killed himself.
r«riy rrrrruru
The slaying of Wharton was the
? tragic climax of a supper attend'd by
- 1 two guests in his Hollywood apart
V ment studio. The other shootings oc
5 eurred later in an apartment several
s blocks away.
1 Cloud said the sheriff's office was
1 convinced the shootings were moti
I vated by financial differences lnvolv
■ ing the three men, and that a violent
f quarrel concerning money which
Wharton and Bolte owed Howard pre
ceded the shootings.
1 "Our investigation has established
i that a man we know only as C. M.
■ McDermott was the third person in
the room at the time Wharton was
1 slain." Cloud said. "We believe he
s w'as not involved in the shootings, but
- other officers now are looking for him
t in the belief he can clear up mlnot
f details pertaining to the tragedy.”
Cloud said McDermott leaped from
- Wharton's apartment after th. %
f shots had been fired. The deputy sai„
i the man’s fall was broken by shrub
e bery. and investigators later found i
■ brown hat and a piece of white shirt
Mother Saw Flight.
B The articles of clothing. Cloud said
' had been identified as belonging to th<
i man who confronted Wharton's foster
s mother, Ada E. Wharton, an invalid
r as he fled from the scene of the shoot
- ing. ran into a hallway and then lnu
- he kitchen, where he leaped to th<
e ground.
v Cloud said as far as the sheriff'!
i office Is concerned the case is closed
i except for the apprehension and ques
s tioning of McDermott,
i "We are convinced it Is a case ol
- murder and suicide, and the coroner'!
1 office agrees with this theory and nr
J inquest will be held." Cloud said
"However, it is possible future devel
- opments may warrant entrance ol
- police into the case, in which case 8
l 1 coroner's investigation might be con
- sldered necessary."
i Police today said they were not par
ticipating in the investigation at thi.<
time.
Knew Victim’s Sister.
! ! The deputy said Howard until re
cently had been a frequent escort ol
1 : Eolte's sister.
] Mrs. Wharton said her son was born
? in Billings. Mont., and was the adopted
j son of a doctor and his wife who came
to Los Angeles from Billings. They
„ died in 1927 and through the medium
t of a church she became his foster
er mother.
"Several members of Angelus Temple
s told me about Paul.” she said, "and
. said they wanted to find him a good
j home. He came to me and told me
, he was anxious to follow his designing
j work and already had managed to ob
. tain a fashionable clientele.”
(t'oe ciimmnncH tn TX7ho rtnn 'i
. studio by startled neighbors began an
y Investigation of the murder—and were
. interrupted when • a call sent them
. dashing to the apartment house oc
. cupied by Bolt*.
? There they found the instructor
s wounded in the back and neck, lying
e just outside his door, and a few feel
away was Howard, dead.
. Mrs. Bolte told Berry she had gone
i to the door to admit her husband
? when the shooting occurred and he
j slumped at her feet. She said she
saw Howard step toward the front dooi
. and stop. She said he placed a pistol
e to his temple and fired.
1 Saw Man Near Door,
" Bolte told officers he had seen the
man outside as he drove up In front
" of his home with Mr. and Mrs. Karl
[ Schlichter, but paid no attention tc
' him.
He said he remembered nothing
after he was shot until police arrived,
Bolte is an Instructor of law in the
emergency educational program spoh
sored by the U. C. L. A. The couple
have two small children.
> Wharton's foster mother, a bedridden
' paralysis victim, said she heard Pawl
and his dinner guests chatting aftei
they had dined. Then, she said, she
• heard them quarrel and a moment
f later several shots rang out.
e Crawling from her bed she managec
l to reach the room just as her adoptee
1 son lurched to the floor. He died i
moment later.
5 Mrs. Wharton said Paul bad de
. signed clothes for Jean Harlow, Con'
stance Bennett and Mrs. McPherson
’ Prom police investigation it appearec
. that his career as a fashion makei
, was on the wane, at least In recent
months.
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; STOREKEEPER KILLED
1 Eighteenth Street Proprietor Ii
• Found Dead From Bullet Wound.
David Israel, 35 years old, proprietor
t of a small market at 1904 Eighteenth
street, was shot and killed early this
• afternoon. Police after a preliminary
[ investigation said the evidence indi
cated Israel shot himself.
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CONFEREES AGREE
l DN It AUTO BILL
House Yields to Clause That
Non-Resident Drivers
May Be Sued.
House snd Senate conferees reached
an agreement this afternoon on the
District motorist responsibility bill
when the House group yielded on the
non-resident clause, the only differ
ence.
All that remains Is for the House
and Senate to approve the conference
report, which probably will be done
early next week. This is the second
important local measure agreed on in
two days, the Senate having yielded
1 to the House yesterday on an amend
ment which made possible a settle
ment of the District P. W. A. loan bill.
The safety responsibility bill is not
a general compulsory liability plan,
but is designed to reach drivers con
; vlcted of certain major traffic of
, lenses by requiring them to have
Insurance or post a bond before being
permitted to drive after auch con
viction. The amount of liability to1
be required of such drivers would
be at least *5,000 for personal in
; jury or death of one person, with
a limit of $10,000 for two or more
; persons and *1.000 limit for property
1 damage resulting from any one ac
cident.
Conferees at Meeting.
Those who reached the agreement
were Senators King of Utah. Cope
land of New York. Capper of Kansas
and Representative Palmisano of
Maryland. Patman of Texas and
Dirksen of Illinois.
The restoration to the bill of the
clause by which non-resident drivers
could be sued in accident cases
is regarded as extremely impor
tant by District officials, wl.%/ have
pointed out that more than 30 States
a# f Ua TTninn Knim rimilnn neni’iciAne
applving to non-residents. For this
j reason, the omission of the section
| would place the District of Columbia
at a disadvantage, particularly in the
rase of nearby States. The local au
thorities also have pointed out that
the question of reciprocity between
the District and the States in dealing
with motorists who become subject to
the bill would be interfered with if j
the District does not have the same I
procedure in non-resident cases as the
States.
The provision in question provided
that a non-resident could be given no
tice by registered mail when a suit
growing out of an accident was filed in
the District. The papers in the case
would be served on the director of
traffic, after which the notice would
be mailed to the non-resident. As
a measure of protection to the non
residents the Senate bill went further
and required the person filing the
suit to furnish a bond sufficient to
reimburse the defendants for neces
sary expenses if the suit should not
be sustained.
Showing Responsibility.
Financial responsibility. In order to
have the permit restored after convic
tion of a major traffic offense could be
shown in any one of three ways: By
taking out Insurance, by putting up a
surety bond or by making a cash
deposit.
Following conviction of driving
while under the Influence of liquor or
drugs, or of leaving the scene of an
accident in which personal injury oc
curs. without making identity known,
motorists would have to show financial
: responsibility to respond thereafter in !
order to have their permits restored.
BLAST WRECKS BUILDING
Motive Is Mystery as Dynamite
Is Hurled in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, April 26 (4»).—'The front
of a /Building housing the firm of
Charles W. Bernhardt, building con
tractor, was demolished and windows
in neighboring houses broken In a
dynamite blast here early today. No
one was injured.
Bernhardt estimated the damage at
about <600. Both he and police said
they did not know a motive
‘T've always tried to treat every
body fair and square," Bernhardt said.
"I guess somebody just disagreed with
me."
Officers said the dynamite was
thrown from a passing automobile.
No one was in the building at the
time. ,
Babies Seize 50 Portuguese.
LISBON. Portugal, April 26 <JP).—
Fifty persons suffering from rabies
were brought to a hospital here todey
from the village of Aldela Nova de St.
Bento. The population was in a
panic and a wholesale slaughtering of
dogs was started.
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Locked-Out Pupils
Study Beneath Tree
Until Term Ends
By th# Associated Press.
DECATUR. Tex.. April 26 —
The term of the Nickelville
School came to a close today—
not in the building, but under a
spreading oak tree.
The School Board locked end
barred the doors of the building,
contending they had hired the
teacher. Mrs. Emma Schultz, for
only an eight-month term. She
insisted she had been hired for
nine months, auctioned oft a
turkey to raise funds and held
classes under the tree in the
school yard.
"I'm not going to close it." the
teacher said. "I can't close on
such brief notice, especially since
final examinations have not
been conducted."
ICE SMASHES SHIP;
Rescue Vessel, Under Fu
Steam, Departs From
St. Johns.
By the Associated Pres*.
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland. Api
26 —With her stem badly damaged :
a heavy ice field 150 miles ofl Nei
foundland. the British motor ahl
Titanian. requested immediate assis
ance today.
The sealing ship. Imogene. con
tnanded by Capt. Wes Kean, in
mediately left this port under fu
steam.
The message indicated that the ic<
locked British ship, which has a ere
of 30, had been damaged in other par
of the hull and probably could 1
assisted only by an ice breaker It mi
estimated that the Imogene would ri
quire 12 to 15 hours to reach tl
Titanian's position.
The motor ship, owned by W. .
Souter St Co., a British firm, saile
from Newcastle, England, on April l
for Port Alfred, Quebec. It is of 4,9(
tons.
The Titanian's plight recalled thi
less than two weeks has elapsed sim
the twenty-third anniversary of tl
Titanic disaster 550 miles off Halifa
when the liner sank, after striking a
iceberg, with great loss of life.
OKLAHOMA EXPECTS
PALL OF DUST TO LIF
Showers Reported in Eastern Sei
tion but Drought Area Still
Lacks Moisture.
By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY. April 26 —Vii
Ibility of only one-fourth mile wi
reported at scattered Oklahoma poin
today because of dust, but State Pori
raster Harry Wahlgren predict*
bearing weather by night.
Eastern Oklahoma received shower
Among the cities reporting restrict*
risibility were Ardmore. Guthrie, W(
woka, Frederick and Blackwell.
But nowhere in the dust belt prop*
—Southeastern Colorado. Southwesi
•rn Kansas, the Oklahoma Panhand
and part of the Texas Panhandle
was there any considerable rainfall (
hope for immediate moisture.
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Lehman Meets Ruling by
Signing New Bill, Cor
recting Flaws.
j By th« Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y., April 26— New
York Slate's N. R. A. enforcement
law, known as the Schackno act. was
held unconstitutional by the Court of
Appeals today, but within two hours
Gov. Lehman signed amendments de
signed to meet the court's objections
to the law.
The effect of the amendments is
to return to the State the power as
signed to the Federal Government by
the legislature of 1933 to decide what
I codea shall become law.
I I The Court of Appeals, the Stale's
t high court, ruled that the 1933 legis
j lature improperly delegated to Wash
ington powers that the State con
I atitution intends shall be wielded by
no one other than New York's legisla
tive body.
The court by a vote of four to three
ruled that the Legislature had no right
to "leave to a national administrator
to declare what shall or shall not be
a crime in New York State.”
"This law is a mere shell, leaving to
h national bodies or officials the power
n to make the laws of New York State,”
■_ the court's majority opinion said.
”We conclude," the court said, "that
this State law which we are reviewing
•" is unconstitutional, as an unauthor
ized delegation of legislative functions
" i contrary to our State constitution.”
'* The test of the law was the result of
II a protest by a Binghamton coal dealer,
Gustave C. Darweger. Darweger con
'• tended the Legislature was delegating
*' its powers unconstitutionally.
ts
; WOMAN AND SON
* SENTENCED TO HANG
d -
l Another Son Gets Life in Slaying
of Delaware Man Seven
it
* Years Ago.
i.
n By the Associated Press
GEORGETOWN. Del.. April 26.—
Mrs. Mary H. Carey, 52. and a son.
Howard Carey, were sentenced today
to be hanged in Sussex County Jail on
rJune 7 for the slaying of the woman’s
brother more than seven years ago.
I Another son, James Carey, 23. was
._ sentenced to life imprisonment.
Mrs Carey screamed and became
hysterical as sentence was imposed.
The jury had recommended mercy in
returning a first-degree conviction
against the woman and her older son.
who is 27. James was convicted of
ji second-degree murder, which carries
a a life Imprisonment penalty in Dela
ware.
d The man slain was Robert Hitchens
a bachelor living near rrankford. Del.
, The motive, the State charged, was to
d obtain *2.000 from a life insurance
- policy.
Sentence was imposed by Chief Jus
r tice D G. Layton and Associate Jus
- tires C. S. Richards and W. W. Har
e rington. They declined to act on the
- recommendation of mercy.
*■ Records do not show that Delaware
' ever hanged a woman.
Divorces Net Reno $7,000,000
From 13,500 in Four Years
By the Associated Press.
RENO. Nev., April 26. — Nevada’s
six-weeks divorce law begins its fifth
(rear on the statute books next month
with the record of having already
brought nearly 13,500 divorce seekers
ind at least *7,000,000 to the world
famous divorce capital, Reno.
Jammed through the State Legis
lature in 1931 as a "bold experiment
in liberal legislation.” the law that
has made the words "Reno” and
•divorce" synonymous will pass its
fourth anniversary May 1.
In its comparatively brief history,
marital malcontents have flocked here
from virtually all parts of the world.
It is estimated that Washoe County,
sf which Reno is the seat, has col
lected at least *370,000 in court costs
ilone during the period. The city’s
140 lawyers hav- been paid many
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
fees. MllUans hart gone to hotels.
4
dude ranches, stores, night clubs and
gambling casinos.
If each of the 13,500 spent only
*500 for all expenses, including at
torney fees and court costs, during
their sojourns here, Reno’s "take”
from the six-weeks divorce business
would be *6,750,000. The average
person seeking a divorce, however,
spends considerable more and only a
very few are able to get a decree for
less.
Blue-blooded members of America’s
"first families,” actors, artists, and
other persons of distinction, and
thousands more obscure, without dis
tinction socially, financially or other
wise. have joined the Reno parade of
the last few years.
In' the first fiscal year of the six
weeks residence law’s operations. Reno
had 5,011 divorce suits. In the fol
lowing period, from May 1, 1932,
through April 30. 1933, 2.794 suits
were filed. In the year ending April
30,1934, the figure slumped to 2,560.
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*
ESTATE TAX PLAN
TO PAY OFF BONUS
Morgenthau Proposes Sys
tem Designed to Raise
$600,000,000 Yearly.
SLIDING SCALE ASKED,
WITH 60 PER CENT PEAK
Secretary Says Method Has Ad
vantage of Being Immediately
Feasible.
By the Associated Press.
Chairman Harrison of the Senate
Finance Committee today made uib
lic a letter from Secretary Morgtn
thau proposing an inheritance tax
system which could be used to cash
the bonus, based on progressive iates
running up to 60 per cent.
Morgenthau estimated that such a
tax would yield about S300,000.000 in
1936 and might bring in as much as
$600,000,000 annually thereafter. His
letter to Harrison follows:
"In accordance with the commit
tee's request during yesterday's hear
ing. I am glad to outline beloy a
revenue measure which would preside
funds for the payment of the sol
diers' bonus.
Held Most Feasible.
“1. From the standpoint of im
mediate feasibility no less than that
of our fundamental objectives, the
best source of additional revenue at
this juncture would be a system of
taxes on the receipt of inheritances
and gifts.
"Such a system, supplementing our
present estate and gift taxes, would
fit in well with the rest of our Fed
eral tax structure: would add to its
balance and strength, and would not
materially interfere with the present
estate and gift taxes.
“2. The program that Is here sug
gested would be relatively simple to
fnrmilld t#» onH to oHmirticfcr • vaP 4*
would be effective. In brief, it is. with
certain qualifications to subject all
inheritances and gifts to a system of
rates similar to that of the Federal
income tax law.
“3. The result of this proposal
would be that gifts and inheritances
would be taxed at progressive rates,
and. tinder it, the Congress could
provide for the effective rates to vary
with the tax-paying capacity of the
recipients of bequests and gifts. On
very large bequests or gifts during
a single year—one million dollars or
more—if the existing income tax
rates are applied, the total tax would
approximate 60 per cent.
Installments Proposed.
"4. To prevent the necessity for
hasty liquidation of large properties
in order to pay the tax, it might be
provided that inheritance taxes be
payable in a convenient number of
installments.
"5. The preliminary estimate Is
that such a tax would yield in 1936
approximately $300,000,000 and might
range upward to $600,000,000 annually.
Our present estate tax is estimated
to yield some $190,000,000 in 1936. It
may be observed that, from estate and
inheritance taxes. England, with a
population of approximately one-third
that of the United States, and a
smaller per capita wealth and income,
collected more than $400,000,000 in
death duties in the fiscal year ended
March 31. 1935."
G. O. P. for Vinson Bill.
Meanwhile the Harrison plan for
compromising the troublesome bonus
issue ran into threatened difficulties
today in the form of a Republican
drive for the Vinson bill to pay the
bonus in full immediately.
Senate Republicans were lining up
almost unanimously for the Vinson
measure, which was defeated in the
House by a narrow margin. Senator
McNary. minority leader, issued a call
for a party conference tomorrow to
discuss the issue.
The stand of the Republican forces
threw a scare into the administration
leaders, who were seeking to put
through the Harrison measure as a
compromise which, its author says,
would be acceptable to President
Roosevelt.
Plans Could Be Upset.
A combination of Republicans and
Democrats pledged to support full cash
payment might easily upset the plans
of the administration leaders to save
President Rosevelt from the necessity
of vetoing a cash payment plan.
The compromise bill, which was
approved yesterday by the Senate
Finance Committee, was introduced
Kir PKairman Uaeeienn rtf that onm _
mittee after a conference with the
Chief Executive. While the White
House has shied off from definite
commitments. President Roosevelt's
friends were sure he would sign the
bill if it is sent to him by Congress.
They have hoped it would solve the
question, for the present at least.
In the committee, the Republicans
voted almost solidly for the Vinson
plan rather than the Harrison bill.
Even those like Senators Couzens. Re
publican. of Michigan, and Hastings.
Republican, of Delaware, who flatly
oppose cash payment, voted for the
Vinson measure in preference to the
compromise.
Under present plans of adminis
tration leaders, the bonus bill will be
called up in the Senate Monday. De
spite the Finance Committee's re
jection of the fllll cash bonus plans,
they will be offered In the Senate, as
though they had never been voted
upon by the committee, as fresh sub
stitutes for the Harrison compromise.
Their submission will bring the issue
of cashing the adjusted service cer
tificates to the supreme test. For
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