Evening star. [volume], April 18, 1936, Image 1

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
WEATHER. I
'■’SZ I. ^ * Theonly evening paper
temperature about 37 degrees; tomorrow M^ 111 Washington With the
fair, slowly rising temperature. Tempera- M ■ . ► | 1 | ▼ Associated Prp«5<* Npwq
tures—Highest, 54, at 1:45 p.m. yester- ■ ■ ■ ■ 1/^ j ttV- ^ i x 6 « . WB
day; lowest, 38. at 5 a m. today. J ■ ■ ■ and WirephOtO Services.
Full report on page 9. M I
Cloring New York M.rket,, P,g, 10__
No. 33,590. postroflice5, 'Washington, "d.11" AVASHING TON, D. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1936—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ** , <*> M..n. A.MCi.t.d Pr..., TWO CENTS.
THREE CAPTURED
BY FEDERAL MEN
AS KIDNAPING OF
HAMMISSOLVED
Illinois Postmaster Among
Alleged Karpis - Barker
Gangsters Held for Plot
Against St. Paul Brewer.
“MORE ARRESTS SOON”
ARE HINTED BY HOOVER
New Round-up by G-Men leaves
Only Leader of Abductr/s Still
at Large—$100,000 Ransom
Collected Before Release of
Wealthy Prisoner in 1933.
Capture of three additional
members of the notorious Karpis
Barker gang and final solution
of the kidnaping of William A.
Hamm, jr„ wealthy §£. Paul
brewer, was announced today by
J. Edgar Hoover, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The arrests announced today were
those of Edmond C. Bartholomey, post
master of Bensenville. 111., in whose
home Hoover said Hamm was con
cealed: John P. Peifer, alias Jack
Pfeiffer, and Charles J. Fitzgerald.
This latest round-up by the Federal
agents leaves only Alvin Karpis. leader
of the gang and so-called ‘‘public en
emy No. 1,” still at large.
“More Arrests Soon.”
Hoover said there may be “more ar
rests soon.” The three now under ar
rest. he said, were charged in secret
warrants issued last Saturday.
Hoover said Fitzgerald was arrested
In Los Angeles, Peifer in St. Paul and
Bartholmey in Bensenville.
Bartholmey, who is 42. was named
acting postmaster at Bensenville on
April 1. 1935. The appointment had
not been made permanent, postal of
ficials said.
BensenvUle is rated as a third-class
post office with an annual salary of
$2,100.
Among Highest Candidates.
The department said Bartholmey
had been among the three highest can
didates for the place according to rat
ings of the Civil Service Commission.
What political backing Bartholmey
had for the appointment was not
made known. The department said
Bensenville was in Dupage County,
which had been a Republican district
In the last election.
Spokesmen at the department ex
pressed surprise at the arrest an
nouncement. They said they had not
been informed of it by the Justice
Department.
Karpis, hunted by the Federal men
Since the kidnapping June 15, 1933,
shot his way out of an Atlantic City
hotel when surprised by police of that
city more than a year ago. and re
cently escaped just before G-men
raided his hideout near Hot Springs,
Ark
Three Others in Prison.
Three other members of the gang
are now serving sentences in connec
tion with the $200,000 kidnaping of
Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul bank
president. These are Arthur “Doc”
Barker, serving a life stence in Al
catraz Prison: Byron Bolton, serving
time in St. Paul, and Elmer Farmer,
under a 20-year sentence in Leaven
worth Penitentiary.
Fred Barker, another leader of the
gang, and his mother, “Ma” Barker,
said to have been the brains of the
kidnapers, were shot to death in Flor
ida more than a year ago when the
pair opened fire with machine guns on
approaching agents.
Fred (Shotgun Zeigler) Goetz, since
killed, also was named as one of
Hamm’s kidnapers.
Hoover announced that Hamm was
kidnaped by two men shortly after
he left the office of his brewery to go
to lunch.
$100,000 Ransom Paid.
“He was taken to a hideout, where
he was held until June 19, 1933, when
he was released at a point near Wyo
ming, Minn., after payment of $100,000
ransom by an intermediary designated
by the victim.
“Investigation by special agents dis
closed the two men accosted the
brewer and asked if he were Hamm.
Upon receiving an affirmative answer,
Mr. Hamm's right hand was gripped
and he was forced Into an automobile
parked at the curb.
“At approximately 2:30 p.m. the
same day William W. Dunn, an offi
cial of the Hamm Brewing Co., re
ceived an anonymous telephone call
stating ‘we have Mr. Hamm.’ Mr.
Dunn was instructed to prepare a
ransom of $100,000 in $5, $10 and
$20 bills, and was advised instruc
tions for delivery of the money would
be given later.
“On June 16 a taxicab appeared
•t Mr. Dunn's residence and the
driver delivered a letter containing
further instructions as to preparation
of the ransom money. Later the same
day Mr. Dunn received a second note
threatening to increase the ransom
to $150,000 unless immediate com
pliance with demands was forth
(See KIDNAP, Page 9.)
i <
News of D. A. R.
Full reports of the D.
A. R. Convention, April 19
to 26, inclusive—
Mail—Postage Pre
paid U. S„ Mexico
and Canada. 35c
Foreign _$1.00
Leave orders with Star
representative at Consti
tution Hall or The Eve
ning Star office,
11th St. and Pa. Ave. N.W.
Alleged Kidnap Hideout
Above is shoivn the home of Edmond C. Bartholmey, post
master at Bensenville, III., which has been identified by William
A. Hamm, jr.,'wealthy St. Paul brewer, as the house in which
he was held while his kidnapers awaited payment of $100,000
ransom.
Bartholmey is pictured lower left. At the right is Charles J.
Fitzgerald, arrested along with Bartholmey and John P. Peifer.
DETECTIVES ADDED
BY G. OJ^PROBERS
Professors Held Disappoint
ed in Accomplishments
of “Aides.”
BY CARLISLE BARGERON.
In addition to their recently acquired
professors, it is learned the Republic
ans also have gone in for detectives in
the aggressive campaign which is get
ting underway against the New Deal.
A nationally known private detec
tive agency has been employed to dig
| up such material as will not be de
' veloped by the research work from the
j professors.
There is some question as to whether
these detectives are being employe^
directly by the Republican National
Committee. The impression is th?
} they are being employed by sources in
j New York who have to do with Re
I publican finances. But they are re
j porting to the Republican National
j Committee’s recently acquired brain
j trust. And this reporter’s information
i is that this brain trust, headed by
I Prof. Glenn Saxton of Yale, is rather
j disappointed in the information tne
detectives so far are turning up. Their
(See DETECTIVES, Page 3.)
. ■ » -.
WARMER FORECAST
FOR CITY TOMORROW
Mercury Is Expected to Drop to
About 37 Tonight—Cherry
Blossoms Are Poor.
Slightly warmer and fair weather is
in store for the Capital tomorrow, the
forecaster says, but today will continue
cool and clear. The mercury is ex
pected to drop to about 37 degrees
overnight.
The maximum this afternoon prob
ably will be in the middle 50s, whUe
tomorrow the temperature is sched
uled to rise near the 60 mark.
Falling off from the high mark of
52 at 2 p.m. yesterday, the temperature
dropped slowly after midnight, reach
ing a low of 38 at 5 o’clock this morn
ing. By 9:30 it had climbed to 46 and
was going up steadily.
A disappointing showing of the
double cherry blossoms around Hains
Point was predicted by park authorities
over the week end. Only about 20
per cent of the normal number of
blossoms are expected to appear at all
this year and these are expected to be
in bloom tomorrow.
The trees were damaged by the flood
and the roots of many are still under
water, horticulturists pointed out In
explaining the poor display.
Wirephoto Advance*.
BOSTON, AprU 18 (A1).—The Boston
Post today began publication of As
sociated Press wirephotos, becoming
the sixtieth newspaper to participate
in the service.
SINS MAY BAKE
TITTER10NKILLER
Clothing of Two Persons
Under Examination by
New York Police.
BACKGROUND—
Assaulted and slain, Mrs. Lewis
H. Titterton, wife of a broadcasting
executive, was found dead in the
bath room of her apartment last
Friday. The husband, questioned
by the police, has been unable to
supply an important clue.
ay the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 18.—Indications
mounted today that police believe they
may be close to a solution of the mys
terious slaying of Mrs. Nancy Evans
Titterton.
Dr. Alexander O. Gettler, chief city
toxicologist, rushed an examination of
the wearing apparel of two persons,
whose names were not disclosed.
While officials declined to comment,
it was believed that Dr. Gettler was
looking for stains comparable to those
found on Mrs. Titterton's skirt, bath
robe and bedspread.
Florist Clue Discounted.
Detectives classified as "highly
doubtful" a story told them yesterday
by a woman florist that an unidentified
man freauentlv bought flowers in her
shop for Mrs. Titterton.
Lewis H. Titterton, husband of the
victim, told the officers a plant found
in their apartment which the florist
said had come from her shop, actually
had been bought by himself at another
place.
The police said Titterton also de
nied reports that he had named a
possible suspect, and that he had
said his wife had been annoyed by
a would-be suitor.
A piece of cord found with the vic
tim’s nearly nude body in the bathtub
of the Titterton’s apartment, gave
increasing promise, however, of lead
ing to the man who assaulted and
strangled her.
Assistant Chief Inspector John A.
Lyons ordered a detective to go to
Hanover. Pa., where he was advised
officials of the Hanover Cordage Co.
plant had identified the cord as one
of their products.
Police believe the cord was used to
bind Mrs. Titterton's WTists while she
was being attacked.
LINER’S SPEED TESTED
Queen Mary Makes 30 Knots in
Trials Off Isle of Arran.
GOUROCK, Scotland, April 18 G4*>.—
Tl»e new British liner Queen Mary
established a speed of more than 30
knots (approximately 35 miles an
hour) in speed trials off the Isle of
Arran today.
The huge new ship made five trips
over a measured course, the results
of three of the trips being registered
at 20, 30.4 and 30 knots, respectively.
Radium Spray Effect Waited
By 2 Professors, Risking Death
By the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. J„ April 18.—A
Princeton University physics professor
and his assistant, sprayed with a
$4,000 radium compound, waited anx
iously today the results of blood tests
to determine if they will escape ra
dium poisoning.
Rudolph Ladenburg, brackette pro
fessor of physics, and Cletus Clinton
Van Voorhis. research associate, re
ceived radium “burns” when the sub
stance was scattered in a small ex
plosion in Palmer Laboratory.
The professor and his associate sub
mitted at once to blood tests that will
disclose whether they are to be vic
tims of the poisoning which affects
the bones and for which scientists say
there is no cure.
Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, chairman
of the Department of Health and
Physical Education at the Udlversity,
pointing out that the malady is “cum
ulative” and cannot be cured, said it
was impossible to state now "just what
danger Prof. Ladenburg and Van
Voorhis are in.” He said the disease
can be checked.
The men were attempting to seal
the < radium compound in a tube
Thursday night Prof. Ladenburg ap
plied a flame to the end of the tube
in which 200 milligrams of radium
sulphate had been mixed with five
grams of Beryllum. The mixture ex
ploded.
EUROPEAN PEACE
REQUIRES NATIONS
EIGUT AGGRESSOR,
BALDWINASSERTS
States Must Be Prepared to
Use Military Sanctions for
Collective Security, He
Tells Political Rally.
4-DAY HARAR ASSAULT
BY GRAZIANI REPORTED
Badoglio Communique Declares
Ethiopian Chieftains Surrender
as Italians Move From Dessye
Toward Addis Ababa—Musso
lini Fortifies Home Forces.
BACKGROUND—
Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia met
varying success until forces mov
ing from north extended their ad
vance as far as Lake Tana and
captured Dessye, Emperor Haile
Selassie’s field headquarters on the
northern front, routing Selassie't
crack troops.
Attitude of Mussolini toward
League of Nations and its peace
efforts stiffened with report Italian
troops are on the road to Addis
Ababa, less than 100 miles from
Dessye.
Tension with Great Britain
heightened by conquest of Lake
Tana's shores.
Bv ihe Associated Press.
WORCESTER, England, April
18. — Prime Minister Stanley
Baldwin said today the only way
to secure European peace was to
be ready to fight for it if neces
sary.
"Collective security will never work
unless all nations which take part In
it are prepared simultaneously to
threaten with military sanctions and
to fight an aggressor if necessary,” he
declared at a political rally.
Peare Held Up to Hitler.
The premier, who advised the nation
he had no intention of being forced
out of office, told his audience that
Adolf Hitler, "more than any man
living in Europe,” could make oi break
peace on the continent.
He admitted the League of Nations
has failed in its efforts to halt the
East African war and said:
“There does not seem yet to be
effective machinery for stopping war
if one of the parties Is determined to
go to war and will not submit its dif
ferences in the dispute to discussion
and arbitration.”
League of Nations influence has
been weakened by the non-member
ship of Germany, the United States
and Japan. Baldwin said, thus making
“the imposition of sanctions of much
less force.”
"Slow Sanctions Lose Force.”
‘‘Sanctions which are slow in action
lose a great deal of their force unless
they can be supported by an ultimate
sanction, which is a blockade,” the
prime minister asserted. "It is diffi
cult to see how under the existing
membership of the League the block
ade would be agreed to.”
Baldwin included the Rhineland in
his discussion describing the Reichs
fuehrer as ‘‘the dictator of Germany
who has it In his power to do more
at this moment to lift the black
(.See WAR, Page 9.)
PRESIDENT TO VISIT
CORCORAN GALLERY
To View Exhibition of His Ma
rine Collection This
Afternoon.
President Roosevelt late today will
visit the Corcoran Art Gallery to view
the exhibition of his collection of
paintings, prints and model of ships,
which has proved so popular with the
public since the exhibition opened
April 5.
Mr. Roosevelt probably will arrive
at the gallery after it is closed to the
general public. He will be shown
about the rooms by C. Powell Min
nigerode, director of the gallery.
Earlier in the afternoon Mr. Roose
velt planned to take an automobile
drive into the country and by the
Naval Hospital for a chat with Col.
Louis M. Howe, his secretary and per
sonal friend, who has been a patient
at the hospital for many months.
The President did not go to his
desk in the executive office today, but
did his work in his private study on
the second floor of the White House.
His principal occupation was the writ
ing of a speech he is to deliver to
night at the Gridiron Club banquet,
and another he will make at the open
ing session Monday of the Daughters
of the Revolution.
Readers’ Guide
Page.
Amusements ...C-18
Answers to Questions_A-6
Comics _C-13
Editorial _»_A-6
Finance .. A-10-11
Lost and Found _A-7
Radio _A-8
Serial Story -B-7
Short Story_B-7
Sports .C-ll-12
Washington Wayside -C-8
Women’s Features _B-8
Real Estate..C-l to 10
Churches _B-5-6-7
Music _B-4
Art .-B-2
Books _y_B'3
t 'St*
Police Charge a “Zionchcck”
Drove Car 70 Miles an Hour
“Can You Imagine Me Up at 6:30,*’ Asks
Representative From Washington,
Casting Doubt on Identity.
Marion A. Zioncheck, booked at No.
8 precinct as a Congressman of
Washington, “tried out” his big, new
gray roadster on Connecticut avenue
early today and ended up at the
j station, charged with speeding 70 miles
an hour.
At the station house, the police say,
Zioncheck renewed acquaintances
which he made there New Year day
when arrested for telephonic antics in
a Connecticut avenue apartment house.
Wearing a golfing sweater and
j crumpled felt hat. Zioncheck left about
6:30 a.m. and went for a “trial” spin
in the high-powered car he purchased
a few days ago.
| Out Connecticut avenue, a few min
utes later, a car whizzed to Chevy
Chase Circle. In hot pursuit came a
scout car bearing Policemen M. J.
Meenehan and C. E. Riley. They were
being outdistanced, they said, when
the circle forced the driver to check
his speed.
Returning south on Connecticut ave
nue, so the police story goes, the
! car slowed to curve around a lum
j bering Capital Transit Co. bus. At;
1 Fessenden street the pursuing police
; caught up. They had been following
i for 2 miles, they said.
The driver, whom the police booked
as Zioncheck, was taken to the eighth
| precinct station, where he explained
j he had been "trying out” his new car.
| He was allowed to go home to get $25.
I "(See ' ZIONCHECK?’ PagelT)
WOMAN IS SEIZED
IN BONDJHEfIS
London Police* Miss Hus
band as Search Spreads.
$10,000 More Found.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, April 18.—United States au- ■
thorities in Paris announced today
they were informed that British police !
found a woman, sought in connection
! with a New York bond-theft case, last
night in a London hotel.
The woman’s husband, also wanted !
for questioning about the activities of
an alleged bond-theft ring which dealt
in millions of dollars, was still missing,
the authorities said, while the search -
spread across all Europe.
Officials said two suspects arrested
here would be held in jail until a New
York detective, sailing from New York
today, arrived. Extradition proceed
ings were delayed by lack of evidence
connecting the suspects with the New
York bond robberies.
Connecting Evidence Sought.
The detective coming from New
York was expected to seek evidence
linking the two men held here with
thieves believed to be members of an
international gang.
Unitd States authorities said the
woman found in London was a ‘‘Mrs.
Frankenberg,” who the French surete
said apparently fled from Prance with
her husband. The authorities said she
was not arersted since there were no
charges against her or her husband.
French police said part of $440,000
already recovered in bonds, in connec
tion with the case, apparently came
from a theft last year from the United
States Trust Co. in New York.
Several other suspects were reported
being tracked through Europe, but the
officers declined to disclose their num
oer or luenuiy.
The two men held under suspicion
of complicity in the $1,507,938 theft
from a New York bank runner in 1935,
were identified as Bernard Klein, 39,
a Hungarian, and his cousin, Jacob
Schwartz, 34, a Czech.
$450,000 Bonds Recovered.
In Klein's possession officers found
$440,000 in bonds and Schwartz was
reported in possession of $10,000.
The French police said Klein pro
tested he had obtained the huge
amount of bonds from a total stranger
in a London hotel and that his only
Interest in them was a 40 per cent
commisison on any he should sell.
They added their suspicions were
aroused and arrests followed when
Klein and Schwartz tried to peddle the
bonds in large amounts in Paris banks.
Madrid Normal After Strike.
MADRID. April 18 (/PI—A one-day
general strike of Madrid workers,
which brought business in the capital
to a standstill, ended today and
normal operations were resumed after
leftist leaders said the government
promised measures against “fascist
provocation.’*
German General Injured.
BERGEN, Germany, April 18 (A*).—
Gen. Werner von Fritsch, chief of the
army general staff, suffered chest in
juries today when his horse stumbled
and threw him to the ground. 1
Language of Measure Due
for Approval Today
in Committee.
By the Associated Press.
The House Ways and Means Com
mittee gathered today amid forecasts
that the language of the new tax
measure will be approved before
nightfall and introduced Monday.
No estimates of the expected yield
were forthcoming last night, when
Democrats of a tax subcommittee
said they were virtually ready to ap
prove the measure.
Chairman Samuel B. Hill of the
subcommittee said there was a possi
bility that Chairman Doughton of the
full committee would introduce the
complicated measure Monday, and, if
so, the bill would be taken up Wed
nesday.
Exact Estimate Impossible.
While the measure has been called
the $799,000,000 revenue bill, a num
ber of changes made it impossible,
it was said, for legislators to an
nounce an exact estimate of the yield.
Hill said the figure would not be
known until the Treasury makes cal
culations on the basis of the altered
measure.
In answer to a question whether the
bill would balance the budget for ordi
nary Government operations, he said:
"We are not working to the definite
end of balancing the budget, but we
are hopeful that the revenue will
at least approximately balance the
budget.”
$792,000,000 Revenue Hoped for.
He said the major hope of the sub
committee is to have the revenue ap
proach the $792,000,000 figure men
tioned by President Roosevelt.
Four original provisions on which
the subcommittee worked were a re
vision of the corporation tax system
(expected to yield $591,000,000), a
"windfall” tax to recover a portion of
the unpaid or refunded A. A. A.
processing taxes ($100,000,000). tem
porary retention of capital stock and
excess profits taxes ($83,000,000) and
a tax on dividends to foreigners
($25,000,000).
I
Going Lihe a Blue Streah!
Because It Gives You Opening Market News—Racing
Selections—Scratches—Entries—All the Lat
est Pre-Noon News and Wirephotos
in the Complete Newspaper.
Blue Streak Edition of The Star
ON THE STREET BEFORE NOON
Get the Blue Streak Habit
i i
1
W.P.OjORKTYPE
Opposes Setting Aside
Funds for Use by Ickes’
P. W. A.
BACKGROUND—
Administration has tended to
place increasing reliance in made
work of light type of projects as
principal palliative for unemploy
ment. Tug-of-war over issue de
veloped last year when $4,880,000,
000 was appropriated with no quali
fications as to spending. W. P. A. I
Administrator Hopkins favored
light work, P. W. A. Administrator
Ickes favored heavier and more
lasting projects. Former won ,
decision.
This year, President Roosevelt
asked for Sl,500,000.000 with same
lack of strings as to disposition.
Appropriation bill now before
House committee
By the Associated Press.
Adhering to the W. P. A. type of re
lief, President Roosevelt set his face
today against demands in Congress
that about half of next year's proposed
$1,500,000,000 work fund be used for
Secretary Ickes’ heavy construction
projects.
This White House victory for Harry
L. Hopkins’ lighter, faster-starting
undertakings did not, however, induce
Representative Beiter, Democrat, of
New York to abondon his drive to
have the House earmark $700,000,000
of the fund for Ickes’ Public Works
Administration.
Beiter, head of the "P. W. A. bloc,”
announced:
”We're positively going ahead. We’ve
got the votes now to earmark the
P. W. A. funds.” *
At a press conference late yesterday
Mr. Roosevelt expressed opposition to
such a move on the ground the money
would not go so far in putting men to
work. The $1,500,000,000, he said,
was being sought to give a certain
number of jobs in the next fiscal year.
If an alteration of plans required the
purchase of more materials and a
longer time to complete the projects,
he said, then more money would have
to be appropriated to provide work for
the same number of people.
Petition to President.
Beiter said the P. W. A. bloc hoped
by the first of next week to have the
names of more than 200 House Demo
crats on a petition to the President
in addition to the signatures of a
number of Republicans.
As this fight went on. anti-New
Dealers continued their attacks on
Administration handling of relief.
Representative Bacon, Republican, of
New York, said in a radio address that
there are "manifestations of political
spoilsmanship shocking to the Amer
ican tradition of honesty in Govern
ment.”
As officials sought to figure out fu
ture unemployment and relief needs,
the American Federation of Labor
issued a statement dealing with the
sublect. It said the country was "on
(See RELIEF, Page 2.)
MONSIGNOR DIES
VATICAN CITY, April 18 UP).—A
brief dispatch reported today that
Monsignor Tito Crespi, auditor of
the Papal Nupziature at Madrid, died
aboard a boat carrying him from Bar
celona, Spain, to Genoa. Italy.
Moruignor Crespi had been suffer
ing from a serious nervous breakdown,
as a consequence of overwork during
the recent troubles in Spain, he was
en route to Rome to recover. The dis
patch gave no particulars of his death.
-1
RAIL MS III EAST
LOSE BATTLE FOR
POSTPONEMENT OP
RATES REDUCTION
Eastman’s Vote Breaks Tie
Among I. C. C. Members
and Assures Basic 2-Cent
Per-Mile Fare June 2.
LINES AGREE TO ACCEPT
3-CENT PULLMAN COST
i r
Co-ordinator Challenges Conten
tions of Carriers Floods Made
Cut Inadvisable and 2.5-Cent
Charge Would Provide Proper
Test.
By the Associated Press.
Eastern railroads today lost
their fight before the Interstate
Commerce Commission for an
18-month postponement in the
June 2 effective date of new low
passenger fares.
The roads had asked the postpone
ment of a basic 2-cent-per-mile rata
for passenger coaches recently pre
scribed by the commission and the
substitution of a trial 2.5-cent rate
during the interim period.
They agreed to accept a 3-cent Pull
man rate fixed by the I. C. C. Of tha
major Eastern roads, only the Balti
more & Ohio failed to join in the re
quest for postponement.
The commission divided 5 to 5 on
the postponement petition and the is
sue was referred to Transportation Co
ordinator Joseph B. Eastman for de
termination. Eastman is a member of
the commisison. but because of hit
position as co-ordinator votes only in
case of ties
Two Exceptions Noted.
In a statement. Eastman said tha
postponement petition presented noth
ing "either on the law or on the facts
which was not before the commission
and considered by it at the time of its
decision in this proceeding, with two
exceptions.”
These he listed as the carriers’ plea
that "extraordinary flood conditions’*
had made a rate cut inadvisable and
that they asked authority to institute
a 2.5-cent fare voluntarily.
Eastman challenged the carriers*
contention that they could get a “de
pendable test of experimentation” by
instituting the 2.5-cent rate.
Eastman said that any results from
this rate “would not be at all con
clusive” as to posr.ole effects of ths
2-cent rate.
Sees Accurate Test Assured.
“If experimentation is desired," ha
continued, “conclusive results can ba
obtained only by putting to the test
the fares which the commission has
prescribed, and such results should ba
available in a period of time shorter
than the 18 months proposed by tha
petitioners."
Eastman long has been an advocate
of lower rates as a stimulus to rail
travel. In its original decision, tha
commission voted without Eastman.
Chief effects of ‘he commission's
order will fall on Eastern railroads,
because low fares already are in effect
in the West and South.
In prescribing the reduced charges
the commission cited improved pas
senger traffic in those sections as in
dicative that similar benefits would
result from a rate slash in the East.
The Eastern carriers, however, con
tended commuters comprised a large
portion of their passenger traffic and(
a fare reduction would be unlikely to
bring any substantial Increase.
The commission's decision ‘ today
cleared the way for the court attack:
Eastern railroads had indicated would
be made if the commission denied
their plea for a postponement.
-•
STEAMER AGROUND
IN CHESAPEAKE BAY
Oil Barge Tries to Pull Her Into
Deeper Water, but Fails.
Tide Is Falling.
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. April 18 —Capt. Wil
liam Bennett, commander of an oil
barge, reported today that the steamer
Dorothy Bradford of Philadelphia was
ashore near Tolchester Light in Ches
apeake Bay.
Bennett said the vessel was in no
immediate distress unless the wind
should rise. The Dorothy Bradford,
which draws 22 feet of water, was
aground in 12, he said. He tried for
several hours to pull her into deeper
water, but failed. The tide was fall
ing and would hold it for several more
hours, the captain added.
He said the Dorothy Bradford was
bound from Philadelphia to Eastern
Shore points of Maryland. Whether
the ship carried any passengers could
not be learned immediately.
The Dorothy Bradford's home port
is Boston. The ship is of 1.747 gross
tons and was built in Philadelphia in
1889. She Is owned by the Cape Cod
Steamship Co.
RESPIGHI, COMPOSER
OF NOTED OPERAS, DIES
i4T tbe Associated Press.
ROME, April 18—Ottorino Res
pighi. 56-year-old Italian composer,
pianist and conductor, died today of
heart disease.
The author of the operas, “The
Sunken Bell'’ and “La Piamma,M
which have been presented In New
York, had been U1 for some time
with blood poisoning, which resulted
In the heart trouble.
Respighi was guest conductor for
the Philharmonic Symphony Orches
tra in New York in 1932.
He died, with his wife, other meat*
bers ol his family and friends at his
side.
I
v flk