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83th YEAR. No. 33.903. “M*?. wSSfin,^"1"ST WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1937—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. **** <*> Mem. Associated Pr..». TWO CENTS.
BORAH INTRODUCES
AMENDMENT FOR
STATE HANDLING OF
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Idahoan Proposes Revision
of Due Process Clause to
Limit Its Effect to Proce
dure of Legislation.
TENDENCY TO RESTRICT
U. S. IS SEEN IN PLAN
Senator Says Power of Supreme
Court Would Be Limited to Rul
ing on Regularity of Legisla
tion—Substance of Laws Would
Be Exempt.
Senator Borah, Republican, of
Idaho introduced today a constitu
tional amendment to limit the due
process clause of the fourteenth
amendment so as to permit States to
handle social and economic problems
within their own borders.
Borah's proposed amendment
would repeal the fourteenth amend
ment and rewrite it to limit the due
process clause to procedure, rather
than substance, of laws.
He told newspaper men it would
make constitutional the New York
minimum wage law, which the Su
preme Court held invalid last year.
Borah tossed his proposal into the
legislative hopper without comment
on the Senate floor, as the battle was
raging warmer and warmer over
President Roosevelt's proposal to re
organize the Supreme Court in an
effort to broaden the Federal Gov
ernment's power to handle such
problems.
Would Limit LT. S. Activities.
The Idaho Senator, a long-time
student of constitutional problems
and one of the outstanding opponents
of President Roosevelt's proposal, said
it would have a "decided tendency to
limit the activity of the Federal Gov
ernment” in the field of social and
economic legislation.
"These problems of today could be
met," the Senator told newspaper men.
‘‘The State of New York, for instance,
ought to be permitted to work out its
own problems without being censored
by a foreign government, which the
Federal Government is, so far as local
problems are concerned.
"My amendment would give the
States full power to handle social and
economic problems within the States.
Their laws could not be set aside pro
vided the procedure was regular. The
due process clause would be limited to
procedure. The Supreme Court has
held it covers the substance of legisla
tion.”
Willing to Go Further.
Borah disclosed he had been work
ing on the amendment since the Su
preme Court's decision against the
New York minimum wage law.
"I would prefer to go further than
this if I felt it was possible to get it
through.” he said. “I would provide
that persons' tin the legal sensei !
does not include corporations. But !
nevertheless I think this amendment
has got merit, though it does not go
«o far as I would like.”
Under procedure set out in Borah's
resolution the amendment would be
considered by State conventions, as
(See JUDICIARY. Page A-3.) |
Spring on Way,
But Forecast
Is 16 Tonight
W/eather Bureau Re
fuses to Join Parade
of Welcome.
Despite assurances from many sides
that Spring definitely is 'way ahead of
schedule in Washington, Weather
Bureau officials declined today to get
Into the spirit of things.
Basing his belief on the early mat
ing of birds and blooming of flowers
in the parks. Edward Kelly, admin
istrative assistant to the superin
tendent of the National Capital Parks,
said Spring is riding ahead of
schedule.
24 Hours of Cold Forecast.
The forecaster looked at things
from another angle, noted the snow
flurries outside his window, studied
his charts and predicted 24 hours of
cold weather—close to the coldest so
far this Winter. He predicted the
temperature will drop to 16 tonight.
Although clear skies will accompany
the change in temperature, the light
snow flurries were expected, and to
moirow is due to be fair and slightly
colder.
Kelly, in a radio speech last night,
quoted Park Naturalist Donald Edward
McHenry as authority for the state
ment • that cardinals are mating a
month ahead of schedule. Due to
the n^ild Winter, grass cutters had
to be brought out of storage to mow
the parks.
Starlings Leave Perches.
Kelly said Dr. Paul Bartsch, Smith
sonian Institution scientist, said star
lings are leaving their perches on
the public buildings three weeks ahead
of schedule to make their nests in
hollow trees. Paul Hodge, caretaker
of the Roaches Run bird sanctuary
on the Mount Vernon Highway, says
the great blue heron remained here
all Winter, instead of going south,
and that ducks stayed in the Potomac
River, rather than at the sanctuary.
Early flowers now in bloom include
hepatica, Jacob’s ladder, skunk cao
bage, trailing arbutus, yellow jasu
mine, forsythia. pussy willow and
Japanese quince.
The temperature climbed to 36 dur
ing the afternoon yesterday, reaching
that point at 3:15. This morning's
a^pw” was 30, at 6 o'clock. <
Executed
RAS DESTA DEMTU.
RAS DESTA SLAIN
Son-in-Law of Haile Selassie
Is Captured and
Executed.
BACKGROUND—
Ras Desta Demtu. uho married
Emperor Haile Selassie's daughter
and became one of Negus’ principal
warriors against Italian invasion,
was successful merchant.
New York met him in July. 1933,
when he arrived as special Ambas
sador to Washington. With large
entourage, he swept through various
American cities and visited Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
On return to Ethiopia Ras Desta
took over double duties—publicly as
Governor of Provinces of Sidamo
and Borona and privately as man
ager of rich coffee plantations, cat
tle ranches and hotel in Addis
Ababa.
By the Associated Press.
ADDIS ABABA, February 2o.—Ras
Desta Demtu, son-in-law of Haile
Selassie and last of the Ethiopian
chieftains to dispute Italian occupa
tion, has been captured and executed,
an official communique announced to
day.
He was killed yesterday immedi
ately after an Italian scouting party
seized him in the mountain region
west of the lakes stretching south of i
Addis Ababa.
The Fascist soldiers surprised the
Ras with a few followers. Thfre was
a quick exchange of shots, then cap
ture.
His death was interpreted by in
formed circles as marking the re
moval of the final vestiges of organ
ized resistance to Italy’s colonization
of Haile Selassie’s former domain.
Colonial authorities believed Ras
Desta's forces were the only sizeable
opposition to Italian rule.
Grenades Hurled at Graziani.
Last Friday 3.000 of Ras Desta's
followers battled four Italian columns
70 miles south of Addis Ababa at the
moment hand grenades were hurled
at Marshal Rodolfo Graziana, viceroy
of Ethiopia, in the capital.
Although practically all Ras Desta’s
chiefs were killed in the battle or
executed after capture, the Ras him
self escaped. He had been wounded,
however, it was said.
Italian scouts took up the trail of
the Ras and his followers and were
able to surprise them finally and
seize their leader.
“Hundreds" Executed.
The number of Ethiopians exeeuted
in Addis Ababa as a result of the
bomb throwing was unofficially placed
in the hundreds. There still were
no official figures on the number of
natives dragged before firing squads.
If Ras Dcsta's forces, as colonial
authorities believed, were the only
sizable opposition to Italian rule, his
capture marked the collapse of the
present insurgence.
Small, war-bent groups, however,
still roamed Southern Ethiopia, com
manded by cadets from the Ethiopian
Military Academy, at Oletta, near
Addis Ababa. Air surveys of the
southern reaches of the country
showed no important concentrations
of natives.
Addis Ababa and Dessye, which was
Haile Selassie’s headquarters for a
time during the Lalian conquest, bris
tled with military prepartions after
last week's outbreak of hostility. Des
sye is 175 miles north of the capital.
Machine guns were mounted strate
gics y and the 30,000 soldiers of the
Addis Ababa garr on and thousands
at Dessye and elsewhere were held in
readiness 'or further trouble.
SUE EPIDEMIC
KEEPS 27.000 IDLE
IN SO COMPANIES
Women and Men Partici
pate, Using Walkout and
Sit-Down Methods.
GENERAL MOTORS PEACE
CONFERENCE CONTINUES
U. A. W. A. Demands Wage “Com
mensurate With American
Standard of Living.”
background—
Using walkout and picket method
and the new sit-down technique
thousands of workers are idle in
many industries as strike epidemic
meeps the Nation.
Sit-down strike was introduced
into America from France and was
first used on a big scale in General
Motors-United Automobile Workers,
of America dispute, which ended in
a temporary truce this month. Par
leys are now being held on perma
nent peace.
By the Associated Press.
An epidemic of strikes that spread
to all sections of the Nation held
a check on production in scores of
industrial and business establish
ments today.
More than 27,000 workers were made
jobless by labor disputes in at least
50 firms.
New strikes broke out or old ones
were settled almost hourly. Women
as well as men participated, using
both the walkout and picket method
and the new sit-down technique.
The strikes involved firms manu
facturing such diversified products as
airplanes, wallpaper, rubber tires,
stoves, ships, cigars, watches, auto
parts, shoes, pens, clothing and jew
elry.
The dozen strikes in the Detroit
area made that city the “strike cap
ital” of the Nation, but the num
ber of workers made idle by the dis
putes was smaller than in some other
cities. Six strikes were settled yes
terday.
Mortimer said before the conferees
entered their fifteenth meeting in
their attempt to compose issues re
maining from recent strikes:
Delay Wage Discussions.
Representatives of General Motors
and the United Automobile Workers of
America seeking to settle issues re
maining from recent strikes delayed
wage discussions to consider the
union’s demand for a 30-hour work
week and six-hour work day.
C. E. Wilson. General Motors vice
president, emerging from the confer
ence, said the group discussed "the
theory of the 30-hour week,’’ and
added:
"I don’t think the country is ready
for it yet. Nor is the industry ready for
it. and I don't think any one who
really thinks about it Is in favor of it
right now.”
General Motors plants, many of
which were shut down by widespread
strikes called by the U. A. W. A., \
operate on a 40-hour, 5-day work
week.
Wyndham Mortimer, union f.rst
vice president, shrugged his shoulders
when asked if the union expected to
attain the 30-hour objective in the
conference, and made no comment.
Further discussions was on the day’*
program.
The negotiators had intended this
morning to discuss the union demand
for minimum wage rates “com
mensurate with an American standard
(See STRIKES, Page A-3.)
ICKES IS SHAKEN UP
IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH
Cabinet Member Figured in Traf
fic Accident on Way Home
Yesterday.
Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes
was thrown from the back seat of
his car and shaken up in an auto
mobile accident late yesterday.
The mishap occurred at Thirty
fourth and Ordway streets while the
Secretary was being driven to his home
beyond Chevy Chas^ from the office.
The departmental car in which
Ickes was riding, operated by Carl
Witherspoon, 46, of 1901 Fifteenth
street, was damaged about the fen
ders.
The other car figuring in the crash
was driven, police said, by Willard B.
Jones, 28, of 4901 Forty-third street.
The accident occurred, according to
police, when Jones tried to stop and
skidded against Ickes’ machine after
a taxicab made a left turn in between
both vehicles.
Ickes' shaking-up was not enough
to keep him from the office today.
Jefferson Memorial Bedrock
Cannot Be Found at 80 Feet
<Picture on Page B-l.)
Array engineers, seeking data for the
foundation of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial, this morning had drilled
down to 80 feet without striking solid
rock on the south shore of the Tidal
Basin, where the memorial is to be
located.
When the Lincoln Memorial was
constructed it was necessary to bore
only 40 feet to find firm foundations,
but because the bedrock slopes down
ward toward the basin it was expected
that boring would have to go to 70
feet there.
It was emphasized that the deeper
the drills have to go to find rock, the
slower will be construction work on the
prospect. The drillers encountered sand
at a depth of 68 feet and bored down
to 80 feet, still experiencing sand with
no solid rock in sight.
The engineers are working under
direction of Maj. Walter D. Luplow,
district engineer for the War Depart?
ment for the Washington area. rj
E. J. Merrick, civil engineer in Maj.
LuploWs office, is directly supervising
the job, which is being done for the
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commis
sion and the National Park Service of
the Interior Department, which will
construct the memorial.
Under the program of the National
Park Service, nine borings wil be made
altogether to test the subsurface con
ditions on the site of the memorial.
Rapid progress was made by the Army
engineers, as they started drilling
only yesterday morning. C. W. Felton
is directly in charge of the drilling
crew.
After the engineers strike solid rock
at the south shore of the Tidal Basin,
a couple of steel pontoons will be
floated into the basin, by way of the
Inlet Bridge. The engineers will as
semble a float from these; the drill
will be placed aboard and then boring
will be resumed off the south shore
of the basin, in the water, where the
>futun memorial will arise. M
^BOYS.YOU DO
THAT BEAUTIFULLY! V
I WISH I HAD MORE J
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REORGANIZING
President Seeks Blanket
Authority to Revamp All
Executive Agencies.
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.
Blanket authority for the President
to reorganize the agencies of the Gov
ernment is embodied in an administra
tion measure that went before the
Congressional Joint Committee on
Reorganization today.
The bill Is a substitute for an earlier
measure, drafted in connection with
the Brownlow reorganization report,
and withdrawn yesterday.
It provides that the general audit
ing office shall be intjppendent of the
executive branch, and shall be an agent
of Congress.
It also throws safeguards around the
decisions of such quasi-legislative and
quasi-judicial agencies as the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
If Congress should be dissatisfied
with the reorganization it would have
to pass an act, which the President
could veto, and then It would require
a two-thirds vote in Congress to
override the veto.
The bill proposes to abolish the j
Civil Service Commission and to put i
In charge of Government personnel an
administrator, who must pass a
j civil service examination given by
[ a board of seven members, not
i necessarily bl-partisan, to be ap
pointed by the President. This ad
ministrator could not for five years
j prior to his appointment have been a ;
. public official nor been on a political
' committee. His job would be to de
velop a career service in the Gov
! ernment.
It would take away from the Sen
ate practically all its check by con
firmation on appointments by the
Executive.
“Particulars” Are Given.
The joint committee also received
a memorandum covering “particulars”
asked for by the Joint Committee as
to' charges against the General Ac
counting Office that the controller
general had interfered with the de
partments. This memorandum covers
29 complaints covering 15 years—six
under contract cases, acceptance other
than the low bid; four under inter
ference with the exercise of discre
tion vested in the administrative
officers; three under cases Involving
Government checks; two under the
heading miscellaneous and 14 under
the heading general These covered
(See REORGANIZATION, Page A-47)
Girl Testifies Against Father
At Murder Trial in Arlington
Daughter, 14, Says John Francis Hunter
Was Drunk on Day of Slaying,
Refutes Defense Statements,
Ej a Staff Correspondent ot I'he Star.
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE. Va„
February 25.—Anne Dalmas Hunter,
pretty 14-year-old daughter of John
Francis Hunter, on trial in Circuit
Court here on a charge of murdering
his wife on May 7, 1934, today took
the stand to testify that he was drunk
on the day Mrs. Hunter and Henry
E. Corcoran were shot to death.
The child, produced by Common
wealth Attorney Lawrence W. Doug
las as a surprise rebuttal witness, told
the jury "I have seen my father drink
several times.”
Douglas previously had announced
he would not summon the girl to
testify. The three Hunter children
| are living with their grandmother in
Roanoke.
Refuting previous testimony offered
by Hunter in his own defense that
he had prepared lunch for Corcoran.
Mrs. Hunter, himself and the three
children when two of them came home
from school, the girl said no one was
in the kitchen when she got home,
| shortly after noon, and that she went
in the kitchen and prepared some milk
and bread for herself. She said her
father did not come in the kitchen
while she was there. She testified her
mother and father and Corcoran were
seated in the living room and they
i (See DAUGHTER. Page A-2.)
BILL PRESENTED
Wagner and Van Nuys In
troduce Measure as Attack
on Mob Rule.
BY J. A. O LEARY.
A Federal anti-lynching bill was
added today to the major problems
confronting the present Congress.
Senators Wagner, Democrat, of New
York and Van Nuys. Democrat, of In
diana introduced a measure embody
ing the basic provisions of the Wagner
Costigan bill, on which action was
blocked in the last Congress. Its main
features are:
Punishment by Federal law of any
legal officer whose negligence leads to
the lynching of a prisoner intrusted
to his custody: in addition, a penalty
ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. levied
against any local subdivision of gov
ernment which falls to protect and give
fair trial to persons accused of crime.
Attack on Mob Rule.
“This is not an assault upon States'
rights," Wagner and Van Nuys de
clared. “It is an attack only upon
mob rule. When the Federal Govern
ment helps the localities to do what
the sober element in the localities has
(See "ANTI-LYNCHING!-Page A-2T j
Summary oi Today’s Star
Page.
Amusements A-17
Comics -C-l
Editorial --A-12
Financial — A- 21
Lost*Found A-3
Obituary-A-14
Page.
Radio .A-20
Short Story B-15
Society _B-3
Sports .C-l-3
Woman's Pg. B-14
FOREIGN.
Haile Selassie’s son-in-law executed by
Italians in Ethiopia. Page A-l
Loyalist troops closing in on Oviedo
defenders. Page A-4
NATIONAL.
Major features of farm program be
fore Congress. Page A-3
New clues are studied in Cleveland
torso slaying. Page A-4
Government may have to make own
steel for Navy. Page A-7
Youth shot dead after girl he abducted
escapes. Page A-10
Harmony rules preliminary mine wage
parley. Page A-5
Mrs. Trader asks ban on all visitors
except counsel. Page A-10
Senate near vote on reciprocal trade
extension. Page A-ll
Uniform national power policy seen in
Bonneville plan. Page A-18
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Daughter. 14, testifies against Hunter
in murder trial. Page A-l
D. C. traffic toll mounts to 26 for
year. Page A-t
Alleged members of "red-haired ban
dit’s gang" held. Page A-S
Wage-hour proposals by Roosevelt are
expected soon. Page A-4
Military called to halt mine hunger
strike spread. Page A-4
Methodist preachers meeting opposes
court change. Page A-ll
Mails Supt. C. K. Schooley dies sud
denly. Page A-14
Cary Hardee new Commercial National
Bank receiver. Page A-15
Cat fanciers go to court for
*MJ0* fea«a |4
Nagle may supervise Jefferson Me
morial construction Page B-l
Quick response to Mount Vernon
bank plan. Page B-l
Church Federation officers assail
Keddy’s view on aid. Page B-l
Townsend presses organization drive
here despite conviction. Page B-l
D. C. may share in Wagner-Steagall
bill benefits. Page B-l
EDITORIAL AND COMMENT.
Editorials.
This and That.
Answers to Questions.
Stars. Men and Atoms.
David Lawrence.
Paul Mallon.
Jay Franklin.
Mark Sullivan.
Delia Pynchon.
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SPORTS.
Dixie college ring meet opens at Mary
land tomorrow. Page C-l.
Dean’s “retirement” from base ball
eyokes laughs. Page C-l
Feller heads for camp with new curve
in repertoire. • Page C-l
Braddock, eager to box, sure he can
lick Louis. Page C-l
Pastor bout fading, Baer may fight
abroad. Page C-l
C. U. in final boxing meet with Miami
tonight. Page C-l
Walthour upholding family name in
bike racing. Page C-Z
U. S. G. A. lacks “crowd puller” for
tournaments. Page C-3
MISCELLANY.
Washington Wayside.
City News In Brief.
Young Washington.
Vital Statistics.
After Dark.
Nature's Children.
Betsy Caswell.
Dorothy Dix.
Bedtime Story.
Crossword Puzzle.
Letter-Out.
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FILM WRITER SHOT
TO DEATH IK BED
Wife, Hysterical, Unable to
Give Coherent Story of
Palm Springs Tragedy.
By the Associated Press.
PALM SPRINGS. Calif., February
25.—Humphrey Pearson, prominent
f.lm writer, was found shot to death
in his bed at his desert cottage at
midnight here at this wealthy resort.
Deputy Sheriff W. W. Walrath said
Pearscn's wife, weeping and hyster
ical, was in the same bed when the
tragedy was discovered. She was un
able to give a coherent story of what
occurred.
Pearson was shot twice through the
chest, the deputy said, and had been
dead more than an hour before a
butler summoned the officer to the
Pearson home. The butler reported
his attention had been attracted by
Mrs. Pearson's sobs.
Police Chief Lloyd Boiler announced
later the death pistol had been found,
but declined to disclose its location.
It had been discharged twice.
The chief said he learned the
Pearsons had dined at a cafe with
another couple, leaving about 9:35
p.m. for their residence by automobile.
Pearson was shot an hour later. He
and his wife apparently had been
drinking. Boiler declared, and his body
fell across the bed, pinning Mrs.
Pearson beneath.
Pearson had been in ill health in
recent years, associates said, and
spent most of his time at this desert
resort. He was about 40.
A former advertising man, he wrote
for both the radio and films. He did
dialogue for "Broadway Babies" and
collaborated on “What Price Holly
wood. ■ His adaptations include “Top
Speed,” “Going Wild,” “Sunny” and
'The Great Flirtation.”
FOUNDED OHIO FIRM.
Pearson Former President of Colum
bus Advertising Agency.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 25 OP).
—Humphrey Pearson, found shot to
death today in his Palm Springs,
Calif., desert cottage, founded and was
president of the former Robbins &
Pearson Advertising Agency here. He
and his wife, the former Rive King
Bowman, left Columbus 10 years ago.
He was graduated from Ohio State
University, where he was prominent
in campus circles.
Strikers Evicted
After Devouring
40 Dozen Pies
1 1
By tfce Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, February 25 —The
11 pie-eating sit-down strikers were
not down today—but they were out.
They were out of the bakery where
they struck for higher wages and also,
said their boss, out of a job.
And he was out “35 or 40 dozen
pies.”
Obeying a temporary injunction
granted by the Superior Court, 10 of
the pie-makers peacefully walked out
of the oven room last night after a
three-day residence. The eleventh
man left earlieT through a police
guard.
A union organizer, Eli Epstein, in
dignantly declared the "boys were
bluffed out" by threats of violence if
they refused to move.
Manager William Plecity, refusing
to let the strikers get food from out
side sympathizers, had offered them
all the pies they wanted. Even with
10 to 12 flavors for their selection,
the diet palled on the bakers.
The strike began Monday when the
men were refused demands for a 25
per cent wage increase and a 44
hour week. They claimed they had
been working from 54 to 65 hours for
an average of $15.
Enforce “Snow-Removal”
Regulation Despite Judge’s
Attitude.
Despite Traffic Judge Isaac rt. Hitt’s
action in holding the new "snow
removal” parking ban unnecessary
until enough snow falls to warrant
its provisions. Police Chief Ernest
W, Brown announced today his offi
cers would continue to enforc. the
new regulation until a court declares
it null and void, or until it expires,
March 15.
The number of tickets handed out
has doubled since Judge Hitt an
nounced Monday he would take the
personal bonds of motorists until
there is enough snow to justify the
restriction.
The Commissioners’ new regulation,
banning parking from 2 am. to 8
am. on downtown streets and out
lying thoroughfares, went into effect
10 days ago.
Accepts Personal Bonds.
Meanwhile, Judge Hitt said he will
continue to accept the personal bonds
of motorists brought in under the
regulation until he feels the ban is
justified by snowfall, making the
necessity for its removal a necessity.
The situation created by Judge
Hitt's attitude toward the regulation
may be altered Monday when Judge
John P. McMahon assumes the bench
in Traffic Court for his month of duty
there. Judge McMahon declined to
comment on the question until it is
j brought before him in court.
Judge Hitt has been taking on an
average of six personal bonds daily
since he expressed himself on the new
parking ban. The judge said he
doubted if the law would be upheld
should a motorist appeal to a higher
court.
Maj. Brown reported violations of
the regulation have been doubled in
the last few days. He added he was
unable to determine if the viola
| tions were due to a belief on the part
of motorists that they would "get
off” because of the court's attitude.
Total Not Estimated.
There was no way of estimating
how many motorists have tossed away
their parking tickets, inasmuch as po
licemen have from three days to two
weeks to obtain warrants under the
tickets.
The warrant clerk at Police Court
today said there was no increase as
yet in applications for warrants for
night parking on the streets in ques
tion.
The first "snow removal" parking
ban was questioned by the Court of
Appeals on the ground that it called
for enforcement in case of emergency
and there was "no emergency.” An
other regulation was derribed by
Judge Edward M. Curran in Police
Court as "not reasonable.” since it
set no date when the ban would be
lifted.
A third regulation was drawn up
with a proviso that it expire March
15. In the opinion of Judge Hitt,
the ban already has expired unless
enough snow falls in Washington to
justify its provisions.
EARLE IN ACCIDENT
■
Escapes Injury When Car Leaves
Road Near Williamsport.
ROCHESTER. N. Y., February 25
(>P>.—En route to Rochester to judge
at the dog show. Gov. George H.
Earle of Pennsylvania lost control of
his car and was slightly injured as it
slipped into a ditch near Williams
port early today.
News of the accident reached
Rochester in a telephone call from
the Governor's secretary to Donald A.
Dailey, Monroe County Democrat
leader.
The secretary told Dailey the Gov
ernor had recovered from the mishap
and was resuming his drive to
Rochester.
Quints, Note Worth $543,046,
To Be Returned to Parents
By the As«'-~iatea Press.
TORONTO, February 25.—The On
tario government—like a father who
sees his children growing up—planned
a future “normal life" today for the
Dionne quintuplets with their reunited
family.
David A. Croll, welfare minister of
the province, who has made the famous
babes virtually millionaires in the two
years he has been their special guar
dian, outlined the plans for their fu
ture yesterday in discussing a bill to
relieve him of his stewardship.
At present, Crolhsaid, the five sis
tera an north $Mk>46.3» in govern
ment bonds or government guaranteed
securities, and in two more years will
be worth $1,000,000.
Contracts already signed will bring
in $200,000 a year for the next two
years, he said, in explaining the On
tario government's desire to see Oliva
and Elzira Dionne have more and
more of a share in the lives of their
children.
“They have wealth, they have
money." he said, “what they need most
of all is a normal domestic life, asso
ciation with their brothers and sisters,
the love and discipline which their
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D. C. BANK LOANS
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC
116 NEW BUSSES
AND SIREET CARS
Capital Transit to Get
More Than $1,500,OOOfor
Equipment Under Plan Ap
proved by Commission.
DEBT TO BE AMORTIZED
OVER FIVE-YEAR PERIOD
Company Unable to Supply Funds
for Needed Improvements Out
of Income, Representative
Pleads in Asking Sanction of
Project.
Virtually all Washington banks have
come to the aid of the Capital Tran*
sit Co. by providing loans totaling
$1,507,000 for purchase of 45 modern
street cars and 71 up-to-date busses,
it was disclosed today, when the plan
was approved by the Public Utilities
Commission.
Under the plan, which is believed
unique in financial operations of Dis
trict public utilities, the loans are to
be amortized over a period of five
years. They are secured by a chattel
mortgage on the new busses and cars,
provision of which has been ordered
by the commission to take care of serv
ice demands.
The Riggs National Bank has
agreed to provide 40 pnr cent of the
total loan, or $607,000.
Trust to Be Set I'p.
The plan is to set up a trust which
would borrow the $1,507,000 from the
banks, with the National Savings &
Trust Co. acting as trustee. The trus
tee would use the money obtained from
loans to buy the busses, taking chat
tel mortgages from the company as
security. These would be wiped out
when the concern has paid off in full
at the end of five years.
One-half of the loan would begin
April 1, and the company would re
pay 25 per cent of that sum April 5.
and the remainder in 10 equal semi
annual installments, in the five-year
amortization plan.
The second half of tha sum to be
borrowed would be available July 1,
and the concern would be required to
pay off 25 per cent of that amount on
July 5. and the remainder in 10 equal
semi-annual installments, over a
period of five years. The loan would
bear interest at 4 per cent.
Loans to Be Divided.
Each of the 20 banks, it is re«
vealed, has agreed to divide its loans
equally between the half to be made
available April 1. and the balance to
1 be made available July 1. The
amount of loans advanced by the
\ various banking institutions is as fol
: lows:
Riggs National Bank, a total of
$607,000.
American Security & Trust Co,
$230,000.
Union Trust Co., $110,000.
Washington Loan & Trust Co,
$80,000.
Hamilton National Bank. $80,000.
National Bank of Washington,
$60,000.
National Savings & Trust Co,
$60,000.
Security Savings & Commercial
Bank, $40,000.
Second National Bank, $40,000.
National Metropolitan Bank, $40,000.
Liberty National Bank, $30,000.
Munsey Trust Co., $30.00u.
McLachlen Banking Corp., $20,000,
Prince Georges Bank & Trust Co,
$15,000.
Lincoln National Bank, $15,000.
Anaco6tia Bank. $10,000.
Bank of Commerce & Savings, Inc,
$10,000.
Bank of Bethesda. $10,000.
East Washington Savings Bank,
$10,000.
National Capital Bank. $10,000.
Transit Company's Plea.
John H Hanna, president of the
Capital Transit Co,, in applying for
approval of the financial program,
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VICTIM OF ROBBER
SENT TO HOSPITAL
Miss Josephine Scholl Is Recov
ering From Shock of Finding
Colored Men in Room.
Frightened at finding a burglar in
her room. Miss Josephine Scholl. 130
B street northeast, assistant secretary
to Senator Duffy of Wisconsin, was
confined today to Providence Hospital,
where she is recovering from shock.
The intruder, a tall, thin colored
man, dived through a screen and fled
down a fire escape, taking with him
jewelry valued at $3,000, police wer«
told.
Surprising the man in the act of
looting her room when she returned
from a walk late last night. Miss
Scholl, according to police, ran when
the burglar darted at her.
The Jewelry included a platium ring
set with pearls, a gold ring set with
diamonds, a platinum and gold brooch
set with 40 small diamonds, a pair of
ebony earrings set with pearls and
several gold bracelets.
Several other burglaries were re
ported overnight, one of them by Lloyd
W. Chisholm, 1515 R street, a sales
man, who said his parked car was
robbed of cooking utensils valued
at $187.
An armed white man held up
Thomas H. Bradford, manager of a
Sanitary grocery store at 1738 Vermont
avenue, today and escaped with about
$15. The bandit entered the store
while no customers were present, com
manded Bradford to turn over the con
tents of the cash register and forced
him into a back room while he mad*
his escape. He was described by the
manager as t^out 32 years old and
wearing a grajhat and blue overcoat.