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ENLARGED POWER
Ashurst to Reintroduce Reg
ulatory Constitutional
Amendment.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Chairman Ashurst of the Senate
Judiciary Committee said yesterday
he plans to reintroduce his constitu
tional amendment of last session
which gives Congress authority to reg
ulate agriculture, commerce, Industry
and labor.
The Arizona Senator expressed a
certain disappointment that Presi
dent Roosevelt in his address to Con
gress on the state of the Union seem
ingly had turned his back on an
amendment to the Constitution for
auch a purpose. He had no criticism
of the President or his address.
Ashurst. however, believes his amend
ment. or one similar, could have ob
tained speedy and .favorable action in
Congress and that within a short time
it would have been ratified by the
requisite three-fourths of the States
If it had received the backing of the
President.
"I &m in no hurry about the
amendment," Ashurst said. "Indeed,
it Is a matter of such importance that
it should be given time for consider
ation. I believe that it should go for
ratification to State Legislatures which
shall have been elected with the
knowledge that this question was com
ing before them, rather than to al
ready elected Legislatures."
Brief ana uireci.
The Ashurst amendment is exceed
ingly brief and to the point. Its first
section reads:
"The Congress shall have the power
to make laws to regulate agriculture,
commerce. Industry and labor.”
Its second section merely provides
that to be effective the amendment
must be ratified within seven years
after the date of its submission to the
States by Congress.
The President, having declared the
need for more liberal interpretation
of the Constitution by the courts, and
having said "means must be found
to adapt our legal forms and our
Judicial interpretation to the actual
present needs of the largest progres
sive democracy in the modem world,"
apparently has roused some of the
members of Congress to look for the
"means.” And some of them already
have introduced or are preparing
measures for that purpose. Whethei
Mr. Roosevelt plans to make recom
mendations along this line none ol
them seem to know. There are thost
who say they believe he will let the
matter rest with his admonition tc
the Judiciary that greater co-opera
tion is expected between it and the
legislative branch.
On the other hand, it has been
rumored the administration might
back a measure defining, though con
gressional action, interstate com
merce. With such a definition as a
base, Congress would proceed to legis
late accordingly. In some adminis
tration quarters such a plan is not
highly regarded, however. In the end
the matter of the Interpretation of
the proposed law and its definition
fef interstate commerce would go to
the Supreme Court for its opinion.
Two Camp* Forming.
The field of discussion is dividing
■pparently, between those who be
lieve the better method of dealing
With the situation arising out of Su
preme Court decisions invalidating
brew Deal laws is by constitutional
amendment and those who believe
that steps may be taken otherwise
to obtain a more liberal interpreta
tion of the Constitution by that tri
bunal.
In the group which desires a con
ititutional amendment there Is a
difference of opinion. Some, like
Senator Ashhurst, would amend the
Constitution so as to give to Con
gress the power to regulate by law
agriculture, industry and labor. Others
would give these powers to the States.
The latter say this could be done
through the repeal of the "due pro
cess of law” portion of the four
teenth amendment to the Constitu
tion.
me memoers oi uongress wno o»
gire to go along with the President and
to bring about more liberal interpre
tation of the laws enacted by Congress
•Iso are divided. Several of them al
ready have proposed measures which
would prevent the Supreme Court from
holding an act of Congress unconstitu
tional by a 5-to-4—a majority—de
cision. They would make a two-thirds
vote of the court necessary to invali
date such a law. Representative Wal
ter of Pennsylvania, Democratic mem
ber of the House Judiciary Committee,
la the author of such a bill.
“ Rule Might Be'Refused.
There is always the question wheth
er the Supreme Court would accept
aueh a rule at the hands of Congress.
The tribunal might hold the act itself
uonconstitutional. On the other hand,
the court, it is believed, could, if it
wished, impose such a rule on Its own
proceedings. The principal criticism
of the proposal to make a two-thirds
vote necessary to hold an act uncon
stitutional lies in the fact it makes it
possible for a minority of the court
to sustain the constitutionality of a
law, even though the majority believes
It to be unconstitutional.
Other members of Congress in this
group, which hopes by legislative ac
tion to make the judicial branch more
"co-operative" with the legislative, un
dertake to do so through restricting
the Jurisdiction of the lower courts.
Representative Rankin, Mississippi,
Democrat, for example, has offered a
bill to take away from the inferior
courts the right to issue injunctions
against the enforcement of acts of
Congress. He proposes to have ques
tions involving the constitutionality of
acts of Congress go immediately to the
Supreme Court.
The matter or obtaining more liberal
Interpretations of the Constitution
from the Supreme Court might be
tackled through a change In the
personnel of that body. The immediate
way would be to Increase the personnel
of th« court. At least one influential
Democratic Senator Is heartily in
favor of such a procedure, without
further delay. Congress could pass
a bill for the Increase In personnel,
which could not be assailed as un
constitutional. For Congress by law
always has fixed the size of the
Supreme Court. The slower way would
be to fill vacancies in the court when
they occur by appointment of
••liberals."
Contains Amendment Methods.
Senators and Representatives who
favqt a constitutional amendment
granting Congress powers to regulate
agriculture, Industry and labor, point
out {hat the Constitution is a written
document, and contains provision for
its ttrm amendment when the times
and conditions of the people warrant
change. In this respect* the Ccnstltu
Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday Star, Jan. 10, 1937.
PART ONE.
Main News Section.
FOREIGN.
Madrid Is shelled by heaviest bom
bardment of siege. Page A-l
French and British fleets steam to
Spain to answer Nazis. Page A-l
Italy’s military appropriation is in
creased 15 per cent. Page A-3
NATIONAL
General Motors will meet union only
if strikers leave plants. Page A-l
$200,000,000 increase in relief estimates
to be demanded. Page A-l
Conference on constitutional amend
ment planned here. Page A-l
Thirty-six persons indicted for vote
frauds in Kansas City. Page A-l
Einstein's gravitation analysis may ex
plain new atomic force. Page A-3
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Baby taken from locked ear restored
to parents. Page A-l
House Committee first battleground
for D. C. fiscal report Page A-l
Three new apartments planned on Six
teenth street. Page A-7
Community Chest hospitals to confer
on health situation. Page B-l
Three persons injured by hit-and
run drivers. Page B-l
Civ'll service legislation prospects
hailed by Rams peck. Page B-l
Wave of resentment against fiscal re
port sweeps Capital. Page B-l
Senate bill offered for "red rider”
repeal. Page B-3
SPORTS.
U. S. G. A. votes to return to qualifying
round in title play. Page B-5
Nationals will take a squad of 32 to
Orlando training camp. Page B-5
Jews, attack on Braddock-Schmellng
fight is growing. Page B-6
Budge and Grant rated best of amateur
racketers in America. Page B-6
Catholic U. and Maryland easily annex
opening ring matches. Page B-“
Check reveals more than 2.600 took
part In Star pin event. Page B-8
Gamer's comeback with Cavalcade is
great turf drama. Page B-9
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside. Page A-2
Lost and found. Page A-3
Obituary. Page A-12
Vital statistics. Page A-12
Traffic convictions. Page A-15
j City news in brief. Page A-15
Educational. Page B-4
Winning contract. Page B-l#
PART TWO.
Editorial Section.
Editorial articles. Pages D-l-S
! Editorials and comment. Page D-2
[ Civic news. Page D-4
i Military and veterans’
j news. Pages D-5-7
j Women's clubs. Page D-6
Parent-teacher activities. Page D-«
i Stamps. Page D-R
Cross-word puzzle. Page D-8
PART THREE.
Society Section.
Society news. Pages E-l-9
Well-known folk. Page E-5
Barbara Bell pattern. Page E-8
PART FOUR.
Feature Section.
j News features. Pages F-l-4
! John Clagett Proctor. Page F-2
! Dick Mansfield. Page F-2
, Radio programs. Page F-3
Amusements. Page F-5
Automobiles. Page F-B
Aviation. Page F-6
Children's. Page F-"
1 High lights of history. Page F-«
PART FIVE.
Financial, Classified.
j D. C. deposits set record. Page G-l
I Industry active despite
strikes. Page G-l
Staples advance further. Page G-l
Stocks irregular (table). Page G-2
High-grade bonds gain
(table). Page G-3
Curb list down (table). Page G-4
Classified advertising. Pages G-5-i3
Resorts. Page G-14
TROTZKY ARRIVES
AT MEXICO HAVEN
Breaks Silence to Denounce '’Mo»
cow Frame Up’’—Pledget
“No Politics.”
Bv the Associated Press.
TAMPICO, Mexico, January 9.—
Leon Trotzky came to Mexico today
to the haven that European nations
had refused him.
The tanker Ruth brought the one
time co-leader of Soviet Russia to
Tampico from Norway, where he had
been living in exile until Mexico in
vited him to come here and Norway
expelled him.
The 57-year-old Russian looked well.
His gray goatee was trimed neatly and
his hair was bushy. He broke the
silence of his last four months’ inter
ment in Norway—where police closely
guarded his villa—to denounce what
he called the “Moscow frame-up.”
He referred to the execution of 16
men in Moscow—including Gregory
Zinovieff and Leon KamenefT, Trotzky
followers—convicted of plotting to
overthrow the Soviet administration.
Defendants testified Trotzky direct
ed the alleged plot in an attempt to
make Russia a Fascist state.
Trotzky declared he would soon
publish an article which would de
scribe. among other things, “the meth
ods used to extort the so-called volun
tary confessions” at the trial.
Mrs. Trotzky sat quietly beside her
husband as he read his prepared state
ment in which he pledged himself to
“complete and absolute non-interven
tion in Mexican politics."
Tailors’ Group to Meet.
Arrangements have been made for
the National Convention of the Mer
chant Tailor Designers’ Association to
meet at the Washington Hotel Febru
ary 9-13. Convention officers are P. J.
Foley, convention chairman: F. K.
Helndrich, Finance Committee, and
Frank E. Mikkelson, Reception Com
mittee.
tlon Is unlike the "unwritten" consti
tution of the British.
They contend the President's ad
dress to Congress, in which he said
from reading the debates in the
Constitutional Convention 150 years
ago, “I obtain the very definite thought
that the members of that convention
were fully aware that civilization would
raise problems” which would require
liberal Interpretation of the Consti
tution did not go far enough. The
framers of the Constitution, they In
sist. might have been aware, and
probably were aware, of the need of
future changes. But they provided for
that by inserting a provision for the
amendment of the Constitution when
euch change# wen required
PROOF BOY LIVES
“Mable” Ad Indicates Once
Family Was Certain He
Was “Alive and Well.”
BACKGROUND—
Kidnaping of Charles Mattson,
10, on December 27 again turned
eye* of law enforcement agents to
Tacoma, Wash., where the Weyer
haeuser abduction occurred in
1935.
, Kidnaper left note demanding
$21,000 in "old bills." Frantic ef
forts to make contact through ad
verisements believed unsuccessful
so far. Federal agents entered case
on basis of "Lindbergh” law. Save
for dash to Shelton area by 20
officers Friday morning, little is
known of more recent activities as
family pldads for "hands off" pol
icy to insure safe return of boy.
Br the Associated Press.
TACOMA. Wash.. January 9 —Kid
naped Charles Mattson's family to
night requested "new proof” of his
abductor the boy is alive before a
$28,000 ransom demand is met.
The sixth of a series of "Mable
Ann” communications between the
family and the 10-year-old boy's ab
ductor, an advertisement in the early
Sunday edition of the Seattle Times,
contained the sentence: "In view of
the lapse of time, also desire new
proof my son is alive and well.”
Known to have been inserted by an
intimate of the Dr. W. W. Mattson
family, as were the preceding ads.
the message led to the conclusion the
family once had received definite
proof the boy was alive.
Advertisement in Full.
ine iq read:
"Mable—We are still waiting. All
arrangements have been carried out
in accordance with instructions con
tained in notes received. Be certain
to give me information so that I
may guard against imposters and hi
jackers. and be more specific in your
instructions. In view of lapse of
time also desire new proof my »on
is alive and well.—Ann.”
With the exception of the last sen
tence, the advertisement was the one
that appeared in late editions of
the Times yesterday and today.
The preceding ad was inserted after
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents assigned to the kidnaping case
rushed to three different places in an
undetermined number of automobiles
yesterday morning.
Dr. Mattson waited at his home for
additional word from the kidnaper.
Some undisclosed "hitch” in negotia
tions was believed to have prevented
his payment at a scheduled time
Thursday.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents, though they were known to
have snowshoes and other equipment
suitable for heavy weather, remained
in their offices, reverting to the policy
of "non-interference.” which they
temporarily abandoned early yester
day.
Snow Falls Before Dawn.
Disinterested observers predicted a
delay in the climax of the case when
the snow, which totaled 3 inches,
started falling shortly before dawn
today.
They pointed out the weather would
prevent any safe meeting between the
kidnaper and an intermediary for the
family, since officers or "hi-jackers.”
bent on securing the ransom money
would be able to follow the trail.
That Imposters or other meddlers
prevented the ransom payment Thurs
day was generally believed, though
there was no confirmation.
Travel difficulties also would make
release of the kidnaped boy unlikely
it was believed, either because the
kidnaper—if he is at all humane—
would fear for the child’s safety in
the snow, or because his own get
away would be made more difficult.
If Charles Is held at some back
woods hideout, as several rumors have
indicated, any attempt to collect the
ransom or deliver the boy to his par
ents would be very conspicuous, oo
servers said.
Western Washington residents, un
used to snow in the low lands, seldom
venture out when it la falling except
on urgent business.
Most Roads Unimproved.
The district near Shelton, Wash,
locale of several of the kidnap rumor*,
is particularly isolated in such weather.
With the exception of three or four
main highwaya, all roads there are
unimproved.
SLAYING OF MAN, 77,
IS LAID TO FARMER
Detectives Told He Beat Former
Convict to Death With
PIknk.
By the Associated Press.
KNOX, Ind., January Carl A.
C. Johnson, 38-year-old farmer, con
fessed today, State Police Detective
Fremont Lemeler said, that he beat
to death Morris Siegl, 77, ex-convict
and Chicago confidence man, whose
battered body was found Thursday in
a farm house near here.
Johnson told the detective he
banged Siegel over the head with a
plank Thursday morning.
“It was just a fit of temper,” the
detective said Johnson told him.
Despite Johnson's admission, au
thorities went on with an investiga
tion into the death of the elderly man.
whose activities recently were under
scrutiny In Chicago in connection
with inquiry into an ambulance-chas
ing racket.
Siegel several months ago con
tracted to purchase from his alleged
slayer the farm where he was killed.
Sheriff Frank B. Lough said John
son’s admission still left unexplained
two mysterious fires at Siegel’s farm
last Wednesday, the day before his
body was found by an insurance ad
juster, who had called concerning the
fires.
SLAUGHTER RECORD SET
14 Per Cent Increase Over 1935.
Volume Largest Since 1918.
CHICAGO, January 9 (A>).—United
States cattle slaughter in 1936 was the
largest of any year for which the
Government has records, except 1918,
the Institute of American Meat Pack
ers' analysis of Department of Agri
culture figures stated today. Govern
ment records go back to 1880.
Federally inspected commercial
slaughter of cattle totaled 10,972,000
head, an increase of 14 per cent over
the 1935 volume. In 1918 the total kill
was 11,829,000 head.
Slaughter of all live stock totaled
70.313.000 head, compared with 69,
046.000 ha 1938k
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Dictator Lends a Hand
Smiling broadly, Josef Stalin, iron man of Russia, helped a
daughter of one of the Red army commanders climb up on the
speakers’ table at the All-Union Conference of Wives of the
Red Army Commanders held in Moscow. The children, in
chorus, greeted the congress, which was held in the Grand
Kremlin Palace. —Wide World Photo.
“Cliiselers” Hinder Ransom
Negotiations in Kidnapings
Fear of “Impostors and Hijackers99 Ex
pressed by Mattson Boy’s Father Has
Plagued Officials in Other Cases.
BY REX COLLIER.
"Chiseler*” have complicated ran
som negotiations in many of the
| major kidnaping*, and apparently the
| current Mattson case in Taooma,
I Wash., is no exception.
The fear of "imposters and hi
| jackers” expressed by the father of
; the Mattson boy in an advertisement
is one that has plagued investiga
tors and families of kidnap victims
in the Lindbergh. Urschel, Bremer
and other "snatches.”
Gaston Means collected $104,000 as
a result of his Munchausenlike
| claims of gang "contacts” in the
[ Lindbergh case. He went to Federal
| prison for committing fraud. John
I H. Curtis, self-styled "intermediary”
in a Norfolk offshoot of the same
j rase, was convicted of obstructing jus
! tice. Several underworld figures
"muscled in" on the celebrated Hope
j well case.
Fake Demand* Received.
When Charles Urschel. Oklahoma
oil magnate, was kidnapad for $200.
000 ransom by the Bailey-Bates-Kelly
gang In 1933. fake ransom demand*
were received by the Urschel family.
On one occasion Mrs. Urschel
j slipped out of the house under cover
| of darkness and drove to a lonely
j spot designated by the author of a
j spurious "ransom letter.” She hand
ed this Impostor a bundle containing
a large sum of money, with a re
quest for proof she was dealing with
her husband's captors.
This money, it later developed, never
reached the real kidnap gang. The
Bailey gang eventually supplied Mrs.
Urschel with incontrovertible proof
that it was holding the oil man and
that he was well. This proof came in
an envelope containing three notes
written by Urschel and inclosing sev
eral of his identification cards.
Because of the prior experience with
fakers, special precautions were takea
by the family's representative to avoid
hijacke/s during a train journey to
Kansas City, Mo., where the ransom
was paid. Two suitcases were pre
pared. one containing the $200,000 and
the other filled with old magazines,
the plan being to substitute the dummy
suitcase in the event of any hold-up
attempt. The money was delivered
safely to George (Machine Gun) Kelly
on a deserted street.
Letters from swindlers and cranks
imperiled negotiations for the release
of Edward G. Bremer and William A.
Hamm in St. Paul several years ago.
The Karpis-Barker gang forced Bre
mer and Hamm to sign letters to their
families and thereby succeeded in es
tablishing its "right” to a total of
$300,000 in ransom demanded for re
turn of the men.
Ordered to Stand By.
Because of their policy of doing
nothing during the course of ransom
negotiations that might endanger the
life of the victim In a kidnaping, spe
nal agent* of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation are powerless to prevent
'•chiselers” from attempting to collect
money in such case*.
The agents are under strict orders
to stand by until the captive is safely
returned home. Thus the way is clear
not only for the actual kidnapers to
communicate with the family of the
| victim, but for fakers as well,
i As soon as the victim is home, how
ever. the full forces of the Federal
Government are unleashed and the
quarry includes not only the collectors
of the ransom but all who have had
any illicit connection whatever with
the crime.
LANDON BUYS LAND
FOR COUNTRY HOME
G. 0. P. Nominee Purchased 160
Acres Near Topeka and Will
Build House.
By the Associated Pres*.
TOPEKA, Kans , January 9.—Gov.
Alf M. Landon will become a "coun
try gentleman” after he retire* from
j office next Monday.
I The Republican presidential nom
i inee in 1936 has purchased two sub
urban tracts totaling 160 acres west
of Topeka and will build a Colonial
type home there.
Landon, who will turn over affairs
of State to Walter A. Huxman, a
Democrat, said he probably would
landscape his new property and sell
part of it In 5-acre lots. He has in
dicated he will resume active direc
tion of his inde>pendent oil Interests
in Southern Kansas in addition to his
real estate operations.
The man whose record during two
terms as Governor of Kansas brought
him national recognition, was in a
jovial mood as ha talked of his plans
after retirement.
150 MARCH ON W. P. A.
“Starving Is Un-American,” Says
One of Several 8igns.
Br the Asioelatfd Preji.
CHICAGO, January 9.—Demon
strators marched to the Works Prog
ress Administration headquarters to
day in the huge merchandise mart,
where recently they engaged in an
eight-day “sit-down,” pressing de
mands for a congressional appropri
ation of *1,250,000,000 for W. P. A ac
tivities.
Police Sergt. l#il Kahler estimated
the marchers at 150 strong.
They carried signs which bore the
legends: "Starving Is un-American,”
“Leas for War, More for Jobs,” "Over
alls, Not Pink Slips!”
Byrd Will Talk in Forum
GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION IS TOPIC TOMORROW NIGHT.
Government reorganization,-:
slated to be one of the live
issues in the Seventy-fifth
Congress, will be outlined to
the country by Senator Harry F. Byrd,
Democrat, of Virginia, in the National
Radio Forum at 10:30 o’clock Monday
night. The forum program is arranged
by The Washington Star and broadcast
over a Nation-wide network by the
National Broadcasting Co.
Senator Byrd is one of the leading
authorities on the subject in Congress.
As chairman of the special Senate
Committee on Reorganization, the Vir
ginian has had experts at work since
last Summer gathering data on the
present layout of Federal department*
and agencies to guide the committee
when it meets to determine where
functions could be co-ordinated in the
interest of economy and efficiency. Two
other committees have been appointed,
one by the House and another by the
President, to Join in studying the ques
tion.
This is not Senator Byrd’s first ex
perience with reorganization problem*.
'Wbtts Oorara»«| Mai* a auabw
4
SENATOR HARRY F. BYRD.
of yean ago, he succeeded In reergan- j
Criminal Syndicalism Law
Invoked Against Al
leged ‘Black Legs.’
By the Associated Press.
PRESTONBURO, Ky., January 9.—
A story of Kentucky mountaineers who
wore old stockings with eyeholes over
their heads on midnight raids on
cabins to beat up neighbors of whom
they didn't approve was related here
today, following indictment of 25
alleged "black legs.”
The indictments, specifically charg
ing them with beating a country store
keeper and farmer, were returned
under Kentucky’s criminal syndicalism
and sedition law. Its maximum
penalty is 21 years and $10,000 fine.
In addition, five of the band were
indicted on charges of banding and
confederating and bonds fixed at $2,
000 each.
Commonwealth’s Attorney O. C.
Hall said the indictments followed
investigations of beatings of men and
women by groups of hooded men and
of reports that in some cases they
ravished wives of victims of the
"switchings.” Miles Barnett, the
. storekeeper-farmer who told the
grand jury about being whipped, was
said to have been punished for criticiz
ing the gang's activities. "I’m going
to send them all to the penitentiary
in that case,” Hall declared. He said
they probably would be tried before
the end of the present term of court
here.
15 indicted Year Ago.
The band operated along the border
of Floyd and adjoining Magoffin
County, and some 15 of them were in
dicted in Magoffin more than a year
ago for beatings. Hung juries followed
their trial*. Two pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor and paid *150 fines. The
others were put under *1,000 peace
bond* and the Magoffin beatings
stopped, according to officials in that
county.
Eight of the 25 indicted here were
placed in jail in default of *10.
000 bond each, and one, George Cole,
came in today and gave *10.000 bond.
It was signed by S. B. Allen, county
cleric of Magoffin County, and Lewis
Marshall. Albert Marshall also sur
rendered today but went to jail. Seven
were arrested Wednesday and bench
I warrants have been issued for the
others.
Aiex Aaams. Magomn county attor
ney, said Carl Hall, a country store
keeper, was the leader of the band
and that It appeared the black legs
helped him collect bad debts. Cole
blamed the indictment here on his
having aided in evicting one of the
band from a house owned by a friend.
Jim Marshall, a 30-year-old farmer,
: one of those Indicted and who Hall
said had offered to turn State's evi
dence, told about the band today in
the presence of Hall and County At
| torney Forrest Short. "And I'd rather
stay right here in jail than go back
to Magoffin County," Marshall said.
25 or 30 in Band.
"They called themselves the black
legs," said Marshall, who at times
also referred to the band as "the
legion." "There were 25 or 30 of them
; in it. They were part of an unem
ployment league over in Magoffin
County, and their job was to go out
and whip anybody who talked about
them or wouldn't work or had bad
character.
“The legion members decided for
themselves who should be punished.
Groups o? five to eight men then pro
ceeded to carry out the punishment
! decided on. It was a sort of a lodge
affair. There were regular meetings
and we were going to have aome signal
to give us warnings, but we never
got that worked out. The members
paid 37 cents to join the legion and
the dues were 12 cents and more a
month. The president got the dues.
"We met wherever we could when
there was a beating to be done. The
ones that did It went armed. They
wore sacks, dresses or anything else
they could find and put old stockings
over their heads, with hole cut for
the eyes. Switches were used for the
beatings. They whipped anybody who
was having bad carryings on.”
Oath Permitted Killings.
Besides seven whipping instances
he knew about, Marshall said, "I heard
of others being whipped. Whenever a
man joined the organization he took
an oath to stand by the others and if
it meant taking anybody's life to save
one of the gang from being hurt it was
all right to do that.”
Marshall said "a whole lot of the
members of the gang went to the
court house for the trials (in Magoffin
County). Every member of the gang
was warned that he would be killed,
hanged or burned up if he talked.”
"I don't know what the purpose of
the gang was or what was its aim,”
Hall said. "They just wanted to be
smart and band themselves together
and take the law in their hands and
they did that. Sentiment here is high
against them.”
Hall said he did not believe the
band had any outside connections, but
that he was investigating reports that
automobiles with other States' licenses
had been seen at some of the meetings.
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REICH CHURCH GROUP
PUT IN BANKRUPTCY
Proceedings Begun Against Fran
ciscan Lay Brothers by
Nazis.
By the Assocltted Press.
WELDBREITBACH. Germany. Jan
uary 9.—Nazi authorities renewed ac
tion today against Franciscan Lay
Brothers, charged in the past with im
morality and smuggling money from
the country, with a bankruptcy pro
ceeding.
A brief announcement said bank
ruptcy proceedings had been insti
tuted by a court against the total as
sets of Caritas, Ltd., of St. Joseph’s
House, near Weldbreitbach, a Rhine
land town.
Brother Bertinus, a member of the
order, charged insolvency of the Cath
olic organization, the mother house
of Franciscan Lay Brothers, was the
result of two moves by the govern
ment: The ministry of education can
celed the permits of all the Franciscan
houses to continue their tasks. Fines
of more than $1,745,000 were imposed
on several hundred brothers for smug
gling and alleged immorality.
Despite the bankruptcy proceedings,
the Order of Franciscan Lay Brothers,
the legal owner of Caritas, Ltd., will
continue to exist, a spokesman said.
The announcement said the action
against the mother house included "all
its establishments and possessions at
Buchholtz, Oberbuchenau, Llnz-on
the-Rhine, Ebernach, Bad Kruznach,
WaldnleL Darnstedt, Doisburg, Koeln
Lindenthal and Lugano, Switzer
W ashington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
PROJECT.
HERE’S going to be a Society
for the Prevention of Nick- ;
names If Mfs. Lawrence Gra
ham has anything to do
about it.
The custom is bad enough some- |
times fer the nicknames, she says, i
but when there's a wife to be con- !
sidered it's even worse. Mr. Gra
ham. It seems, has gone through life
known to his intimates as ,'Hic.”
So Mrs. Graham gets mail addressed
to Mrs. “Hie” Graham, and that she
does not like too much.
The worst blow fell recently, how
ever. when a friend of Mrs. Graham's
passed through town without look- \
ing her up. The friend explained ;
later she was in Washington for only
a few hours between trains and, so
help her, she couldn't find any Mr.
or Mrs "Hie” Graham listed in the
I phone book.
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COMMENT.
The midshipmen from Annapolis
and the cadets from West Point
won't like it a bit, but tne lady
really said it. *
The girl, in her 20s, arrived from
the South for a post-holiday visit,
was met at the station by a friend.
On the way through the waiting
room the friend commented upon
the large number of cadets and
midshipmen in the place.
"Yes," said the lass (still in her
20s. mind you), "the train coming
up was just filled with children on
their way bark to school."
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REX AGAIN.
T)ORIS MAJOR and that pony
j sized Great Dane of hers. Rex.
J caused no end of consternation in
the office of the drama department
the other afternoon. The junior mem
ber of the staff had just returned
from reviewing a movie, the ertitral^
character of which was a young lady”
who lived in a jungle with a full- j
blown man-eating tiger for a pet.
j Then Miss Major breezed in the
door. Bounding at her heels, with
I his enthusiasm bigger than even he
I is, galloped the Dane. At first glance
! at the scene, out of the corner of
his eye, the poor young drama re
porter almost went out the win
dow. He hasn't quite recovered yet.
* * * *
MYSTERY.
| JT WAS in the forenoon at a fash
! - ionable hotel on Sixteenth street
i that some one knocked on s lady oc
i cupant's door.
-Who is it?" she railed,
j No answer. Apparently knowing
who she was, there came the second
knock. This was repeated a num- I
ber of times, no one saying anything t
but the lady. She flatly refused to
open the door until the intruder
; identified himself.
Frightened, she called the desk. An
assistant manager appeared promptly. |
The mysterious knocker turned out
to be the foreman painter who. unfor
tunately. is deaf and who'd come to
do some touching up at the lady's
request. He. being a good-natured
fellow of fluent speech, laughed with
them, since all were in long stand
ing in their respective places.
* * * *
PREDICAMENT.
y\ CONNECTICUT avenue bus driver
lost his temper when a man mid
way of the vehicle refused to budge.
Glancing in the mirror, he made
polite requests such as "Move to the
rear, please,” and "Don’t block the
aisle, please,” then turned his head
and stormed out: "I've asked you sev
eral times to move on back. What's
• the matter with you, anyway?”
_ v
The trouble was that the man was ,
■ one of those polite, timid persons who
j felt embarrassed at his hesitance to
! inform the extremely fat lady sitting
before him that her foot was on top
of his.
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NAMES.
Two little girls named Nancy and
Jeannine have reached the parting
of the ways, and over a point
which parents might bear in mind
when selecting names for their
children.
If you will look closely, you will
see that there are five "n’s" in those
two names—many more "n’s" than
you can find in the average set of
alphabet blocks with which chil
dren play. Each two sets of blocks
will not permit Nancy and Jeannine
to spell their names at the same
time, and it makes for pretty much
of a row when spelling happens to
be the amusement of a given mo
ment.
* * * *
TEST. >
AN SON COOK, who was in the col
umn recently with a tale involv
ing drivers’ permits and political
knowledge, comes forth with another
experience he encountered while ex
amining applicants for driving li
censes in Ohio.
He was testing a young lady’s
knowledge this time. "Would you.”
he asked, "always obey the Instruc
tions of a policeman?”
"Well,” said the lass, flickering her
eyelashes and suddenly becoming coy,
"that all depends.”
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MILD IN RHODE ISLAND
Flowers Bloom ns Temperature
Hits 65, Nearing Record.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. January 9 W). |
—Spring flowers bloomed in Rhode
Island today as the temperature rose
to 65, a record for January 9, and
reaching within 3 degrees of the Jan- j
ufcry record for the State, recorded 1
on January 14 in 1932.
L. W. Jones, president of the Rhode
Island Horticultural Society, reported j
pansies, snow drops and English vio
late ia bloom In his Nyatt garden.
POPE ENIOVS DAY
FREEFROM PAIN
Pontiff Is Cheerful, But
Paralysis of Leg Se%n
Extending.
Bt the Associated Presi.
VATICAN CITY, January 9 — Pope
Pius XI, cheerful and serene, enjoyed
a day free of pain today, but paraly.
sis of his right leg was said to be
extending.
His physician. Dr. Aminta Milani,
was able to alleviate the pain in his
partly paralyzed left leg. aggravated
by open sores which resulted from the
breaking of a varicose vein.
The brilliant Winter sunlight stream
ing through the 79-year-old pontiff #
bed room windows helped to raise his
spirits.
Vatican sources reiterated, however,
that the Pope, who has been bed
ridden for more than a month, prob
ably could not be cured of his funda
mental ailments—heart disease and
hardening of the arteries.
He sent this plea to the eucharistic
congress to be held in Manila Feb
ruary 3 to 7:
"Pray for the re-establishment of
peace in a world which needs it
badly."
The message was given to trie papal
mission to the congress, led by Den
nis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadel
phia, by Cardinal Pacelli, papal secre
tary of state.
Cardinal Pacelli received the group
in his offices, presenting to Cardinal
Dougherty a gold and silver casket,
the Pope's gift to the eucharistic con
gress.
The pontiff was fatigued greatly to
night, and injections were adminis
tered. They soothed him and per
mitted him to rest.
GOES TO BIFFALO.
Bishop Duffy to Leave Diocese of
Syracuse With Regrets.
8T. PETERSBURG, Fla , January
B <£*>.—Bishop John Duffy of Syracuse
said in a dictated atatement today
that his appointment to the diocese
of Buffalo came to him as a "great
surprise.”
Bishop Duffy was found on the
Gulf of Mexico Beach, not far from
the hotel where he has resided the
last two weeks.
"I will leave the diocese of Syra
cuse," the bishop's statement said,
"with the sincerest regrets. The friend
ship of priests and people and their
generous support and eo-operation
created ties of esteem that will be
hard to break.
"The diocese of Buffalo has had a
long line of distinguished prelates
who have contributed greatly to the
religious education and welfare work
of the State of New York. I pray
that God will grant me the strength
to follow in their footsteps ”
Bishop Duffy said he did not know*
when he would take over his new
duties in the Buffalo diocese.
BOY, 17, WILL LEAD
JUNGLE EXPEDITION
Worried Over Secretary as He
Plans Trip to Look for
Umbrella Bird.
By >he Aaaoeiated Prew.
NEW YORK. January 9—The lat
est thing in scientific expedition*,
headed by 17-year-old Orlando Weber,
jr.. son of the president of the Allied
Chemical & Dye Corp. will sail
from here Thursday looking for an
umbrella bird in the jungles of Vene
zuela.
Among his associates will be Arthur
Hartwell of Minneapolis. Bryce Met
calf of New York and two women,
Mrs. Gladys Gordon-Fry, ornithologist
from the National History Museum,
and Fridy Enkerli. Weber’s secretary.
They feel fairly confident of finding
an umbrella bird in the Paris Penin
sula country of Venezuela, because no
one has looked there before, and
Weber's worries are chiefly over hij
secretary and how she will get along
in jungle country.
"She is a fine secretary.” he said
today. "She doesn't write very well
on a typewriter, but she is excellent
at research, keeps things neat, and
can sew buttons on (which should
be of great help looking for umbrella
birds.)
"But she is nervous about snakes
and things.”
MAN FEARED VICTIM
OF SPINAL MALADY
Harry Carton. Sr., Found in Semi
Consciout Condition on
Bath Room Floor.
Harry Carton. *r., 35. yesterday wes
found in a semi-conscious condition on
the bath room floor of his home, 1611
Gales street northeast, several hours
after a Casualty Hospital physician
responding to a "sick man" call found
Carson had symptoms of spinal menin
gitis. A gas light fixture had been
turned on in the room.
A Health Department physician ar
rived for an investigation after being
notified by Casualty Hospital author
ities and found two policemen tending
Carson. After viewing the patient,
Dr. Fletcher ordered him sent to Gal
linger Hospital's isolation ward for ob
servation. It may take until tomorrow
to diagnose Carson's ailment, it waj
said.
Policeman D. A. Higgins and H. M.
Hilldrup of the ninth precinct, who
answered the gas call, were ordered
home for a fumigation of their uni
forms and general disinfecting as a
precautionary measure.
Gillette Yacht Floated.
KEY WEST. Fla., January • UP—
The yacht Seaward, owned by P. M.
Gillette of Miami Beach and Detroit,
was floated under her own power to
day from a sandbar where she went
aground Thursday night. The 75-foot
craft was not damaged.
A1 Smith at Palm Beach.
PALM BEACH. Fla.. January 9 <JP.
—Former Gov. and Mrs. Alfred E.
Smith of New York arrived today with
their friends, Mr. and Mrs. William
F. Kenny of New York. The Smiths
will be house guests of the Kennya.
. --# ... —
28,000 Carloads of Fruit Shipped*
California shipped 38.000 carloads
of tree fruits and table grapes is
1936, In addition to tbs heavy citrus
fruit movement,
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