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Warning Issued by Judge in
Charge to Prince Georges
Jury.
Bj a Staff Correspondent of Thp Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Me!.. April
4 —In his charge to the April grand
jury of the Prince Georges County*
Circuit Court today. Judge Joseph C.
Mattingly warned against a possible
invasion of the county by numbers
racketeers driven out of Washington
by new "clean-up" legislation.
Judge Mattingly warned members
of the grand jury that Washington
officials have been conducting a cam
paign against law violators, and that
these men can be expected to carry
on their operations in the metropol
itan area.
Grimes Foreman of Jury.
Members of the grand jury are
Walter M. Grimes, foreman; Henry
R. Eskite. Herbert R. Davis, Charles
J. Hall, Hunter C. Hibbort, Peter W.
Compton, Thomas H. Jamison, jr.;
Charles P. Lubner, Frank Hazelton,
G. J. Lucehessi. George W. Steckman.
John E. Quinn, Pinkney A. Earnshaw,
Anthony B. Paula, Ellsworth W.1
Owens, Mortimer Cranford, J. Wi’.lis j
Lancaster. Baxter Denny. John W.
Bond. William Wilkes. Chester L.
Freidman, George W. Beers and Ed
ward F. Simpson.
The April term opened with the
docket clogged by a large increase in
the number of criminal appeals. This
Increase, more than double the four
year average, was aitributed to the
invalidation of the Police Court Act;
by the Maryland Court of Appeals
last September which turned traffic 1
cases back to justices of the peace for
trial.
Two Murder Cases.
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Before the grand jury will bo two !
murder cases, five of assault with
intent to kill, four of manslaughter,
three of statutory offenses, five of ;
robbery. 11 of larceny. 18 of house- 1
breaking and 11 of non-support, j
Among the cases to be studied will be
those of three Pennsylvania youths
charged with assault with intent to
kill two county police officer.-.
The first few days of the April term
will be taken up by 40 civil appeal
cases. After this docket is closed, the
court will hear the criminal appeals.
Scheduled for presentation to the
grand jury today were 11 cases. Court
officials predicted the grand jury will
probably be in session for at least three
weeks.
‘FOREIGN DOMINATION’
IS DOOMED IN AUSTRIA
By A^sociaicd Press.
VIENNA. April 4—Elimination of
foreign domination and influence in
Austria's economy was c led today b\
Walther Funk. German minister of
economics, as one of the prime objects
of National Socialist leadership.
Speaking before representatives of
Austrian business and industry. Funk
said "Austrian economy hereafter will ;
be conducted according to Nazi j
principles.”
"That means turning the back on j
principles employed thus far,” he ex- i
plained. ' Austrian economy hitherto ;
was conducted according to the wishes
and necessities of international fi
nancial capital.
"The most important aim of Nazi
economic leadership in Austria must
be the elimination of Austrian eco- j
nomir dependence on foreign coun
tries.”
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Panda Capture
Spurs Interest
Of Chicago Zoo
A meric a n Hunter, j
Returning W ith 4
From CAiina.
By tht Associated Press.
CHICAGO. April 4.—The world
market in baby giant pandas pointed
downward today after the arrival in
Chengtu. China, of Floyd Tangier
Smith. American big game hunter,
toith four of the beariikc animals.
News of his record catch came only
a few days after the death of Su-Lin, ;
which was purchased by the Chicago 1
Zoological Society for approximately j
SI0,000. Mei-Mei, a younger panda, ]
was placed in the society's zoo at
Brookfield a short time ago. Both
females were captured by Mrs. Wil
liam H. Harkness, jr.. in the wilds of
Western China.
Su-Lin, who completed a year at
the zoo on February 8, won fame as!
the first giant panda ever exhibited in !
the United States.
Commenting on Smith's big capture, j
Francis E. Manierre, a member of the
society's Animal Committee, said. “We [
certainly are interested.”
"That fellow got right in the middle
of panda town. Whether we will buy ’
any or not is another question. We i
don’t even know whether he will sell !
them.”
President Returns From Vacation
President and Mrs. Roosevelt returned, to V/ashington yesterday after the Chief Executive’s
vacation at Warm Springs. Ga. They were met at Union Station by Mrs. James Roosevelt, their
daughter-in-law. who is shown here with them. —a. P. Photo.
Reorganization
(Continued Prom First Page.)
extend greater credit to business and
industry
Foes of the reorganization bill, in
the meantime, were revising their
strategy in view of the compromise
“proposals. Father Coughlin advised
his hearers against sending any more
telegraphic protests to legislators, who
received more than 150.000 of them
last week.
"Thr messages have had their salu
tary effect.” he said, proposing instead
that every congressional district send
a delegation to Washington to urge
Congressmen to oppose any Senate
House agreement on reorganization
legislation.
i Thr Senate already has passed a
bill d.ffering in some respects from
the House measure. These differences
would have to be compromised before
the legislation finally could be ap
proved. i
Shorely before the priest delivered
his weekly radio address, Speaker
Bankhead, Representative Rayburn
and several members of the Reorgani
zation Committee canvassed the situa
tion with Mr. Roosevelt.
They outlined to him these two
amendments on which they had
agreed:
1. Let Congress override a presiden
tial reorganization order by a concur
rent resolution, which could be
adopted by a simple majority and
which would not require the Presi
dent's signature. The bill in its pres
ent form would require a two-thirds
Numbers
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the numbers business made a net
profit of $83,753.15. and the Warrings
should have filed a partnership return
reporting distributive shares of $27,
917.72 each.
For 1936, according to the records
cited, they did file a partnership re
turn for the numbers business, but
placed their net income at $57,524.56,
whereas the Government charges it
actually wras $124,689.40
Only Emmitt Warring's income tax
is under fire for the first year covered
in the indictment—1934—but his
brothers, although they are not al
leged to have made taxable incomes
that year, are accused of conspiring
with Emmitt to conceal his income.
For this year, the bill said. Emmitt
made a net income of $29,166.57. but
reported from his “gaming business"
a profit, of $10,685.28.
The partnership dated from the be
ginning of 1935. according to the
Government. •
Records Cited.
The records cited said Emmitt paid j
a tax of $656.53 for 1934 and should
have paid $3,754.98.
For 1935 Emmitt and Charles were
said to have paid $27.28 each, while j
Leo, claiming certain exemptions, paid
no tax at all. The indictment said ;
the three brothers owed something
over S3.000 each for that year.
The three paid taxes of approxi
mately $1,734.38 each for 1936 and
should have paid close to $7,000 apiece,
it was charged.
The indictment accused the defend
ant- of furthering their alleged con- i
spiracy "to defraud the United States
of large sums of money In income |
taxes" by "keeping and maintaining |
false and inaccurate books and records ]
of said gambling business."
Emmitt Warring, as director of the
business, also was alleged to have
neglected to make complete “infor
mation returns” on the salaries and
commissions paid his employes.
The bill appended 19 overt acts of
conspiracy, including the filing of in
income from said gambling business
and the distributive shares in said
partnership subject to income taxes.”
The indictment climaxed an investi
gation of more than a year by spe
cial agents under the direction of
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vote to kill reorganization orders on
which the President insisted.
2. Retain the Education Bureau in
the Interior Department instead of
transferring it to a projected depart
ment of welfare. Some opponents had
declared the change would set up a
system of Government control of edu
cation.
“The President expressed no opposi
tion to these revisions," Representa
tive Rayburn said, “although he
didn't specifically say he was in fa- ,
vor of them."
Representative Rayburn did not dts- '
close whether the President had
changed his mind about there being
a constitutional question involved in j
the exercise of veto power by Con- !
gress through a concurrent resolution. 1
In his letter disclaiming inclina
tions to be a dictator, Mr. Roosevelt
declared a concurrent resolution was
simply an expression of congressional
sentiment and could not nullify presi
dential orders issued in accordance
with the law.
Opponents have interpreted that
statement as meaning the President'
would not sign a reorganization meas
ure containing such a provision. They
have called the compromise proposal
bait" intended to lure votes.
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Pink Rattlers Do Exist.
The National Parks Sendee won't
confirm the existence of pink
elephants, but it has O K.’d the pink
rattlesnake. It reported finding of
such a specimen in the proposed Big
Bend National Park in Texas.
Elmer L. Irey. chief of the Inteili- j
gence Unit of the Internal Revenue .
Bureau, and John R. Cox. chief agent
of the Washington office. i
The bureau recommended the case ,
for prosecution to the Department of
tax liability of said Emmitt R. War
ring, Leo Paul Warring and Charles
Richard Warring, and for the purpose
of obtaining the allowance as proper
items of deductions of payments of j
large sums w hich were not proper j
ifems of deductions and which repre- I
sented money expended to persons un- j
known to this grand jury, for the pur- ;
pose of securing to said gambling busi
ness immunity from prosecution for
violations of the laws of the District of
Columbia prohibiting gambling, would
cause the amount of said payments to
be concealed in the entries in the
books and records of said business in
such a way as to make it appear that
said payments were proper items of
deductions from income and would
thereby reduce the amount of the net
"And it was then and there further
a part of said unlawful and felonious
conspiracy, combination, confedera
tion and agreement that for and dur- !
ing said calendar years 1934. 1935 and
1936 the said defendants, in order to :
deceive such agents, officers and em- ,
ployes of the Bureau of Internal Rev- i
enue of the United States as might be
charged with the duty of investigating
and auditing said income tax returns j
and ascertaining the said true income I
come tax returns and attendance at
conferences at the Internal Revenue
Bureau.
Indictment Quoted.
The paragraph in the indictment re
lating to the alleged purchase of "im
munity” from prosecution follows:
Justice, which referred it to United
States Attorney David A. Pine for
action. For several weeks Mr. Pine
and Assistant United States Attorney
John Wilson have been investigating
the case. Last week Mr. Wilson pre
sented it to the grand jury.
Attorneys say this is the first in
come tax fraud case brought in Wash
ington. Usually such cases are prose
cuted in Baltimore, where income
Bonds
(Continued Prom First Page.)
said he and his wife separated in June,
1937, was the complaining witness.
The husband, Thomas J. Silcott, 1609
block of Avon place N.W.. allegedly
told police the signature on a $20
check, said to have been passed hv
Mrs. Silcott at a store, was not his.
In the other rase Mrs. Silcott allegedly
passed a forged $15 check bearing the
name of Mrs. Lolan I. Gibson, 618 Pern
place N.W.
Three colored men arrested recently
were indicted today on charges of
robbing nine stores between August
22 and December 10, 1937 According
to Detective Lt. Joseph W Shimon
and Detective Serg. Harry Britton, the
defendants admit participation in all
the hold-ups. They are George Robin
son. Ulysses Robinson and Brainard
C. Butler.
Others indicted are Albert Benton,
Albert G. Nipper and William Hard
man. jr., toy riding; William Hard
man. jr„ Sylvester L. Brown, Howard
A. West, Edward R Allison and El
more Henderson, robbery; Eugene E.
Hill and William A. Brooks, house
breaking and larceny; William Bran
nock. Marcel Pant, James W. Jenkins
and Charles Moore, forging a Govern
ment check; Edward M. Lyons, false
pretenses: Harry B. Hammerer, forgery
and uttering: John C. Wilson, Homer
Edgerton anti Arthur P. Bledsoe, false
pretenses and conspiracy to commit
false pretenses, and John Bussey and
Harry R Rapley, assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
taxes from the District are received.
The Warring prosecution is based on
the theory that the alleged conspiracy
occurred here, although the brothers
sent their tax returns to Baltimore.
This also marks the first attack of
the Government on assertedlv un
taxed profits of Washington's huge
numbers racket.
Charles (Rags) Warring is serving
out a term of 18 months to 2 years in
the Atlanta Penitentiary for com
plicity in the gang shooting of Joseph
Edward O'Brien, who was seriously
wounded, but recovered.
Police records show Emmitt War
ring has been arrested 11 times on
various charges, but the only convic
tion reported was for possession of
liquor. October 5. 1928. for which a
sentence of 10 to 30 days was im
posed. Leo was arrested 15 times, ac
cording to the records, several times
on serious charges, but no convictions
appear against him except two »for
transporting liquor during prohibition
days, both of which brought fines of
$100.
Apartment Raided.
During the years the conspiracy in
dictment says the brothers were en
gaged in the numbers business none
was ever convicted on lottery or gam
ing charges.
The only surh arrest that appears
in the records is one in which Emmitt
on February 19. 1937. was charged
with operating a lottery—the result
of a raid on the apartment of an al
leged Warring pick-up man in an
apartment in the 2400 block of
Pennsylvania avenue N.W. This case
was dropped for lack of evidence.
When the District numbers bill,
which awaits President Roosevelt's
signature, was the subject of recent
hearings before the House District
Committee, police and prosecuting offi
cials explained that they were unable
to make much progress against the
racket with present laws. They prom
ised If given the more drastic law to
make It extremely difficult, if not im
possible, for the numbers men to
operate.
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FACES BUSY TIME
Leaders in Congress and
Rail Group Confer at
White House.
By J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
Refreshed by his 10-day vacation at
Warm Springs, Ga„ President Roose
velt returned to his desk in the White
House today to face a busy schedule
that included a mass of routine papers
demanding his attention.
The President arrived back in Wash
ington yesterday afternoon appearing
to be in the best of health and speak
ing enthusiastically of his brief vaca
tion.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Roose
velt.
The President started the day with
a conference with a group of House !
and Senate leaders, including Vice
President Garner, Speaker Bankhead
and Representative Rayburn of Texas,
majority leader of the House, with
whom he made a quick check-up on
the general legislative situation. The
greater part of the morning was taken j
up with a conference with representa- \
tives of the Association of American ’
Railways and of various railway
brotherhoods and unions.
Among those with whom the Presi
dent conferred during the forenoon
were Secretary of Commerce Roper,
Senator Murray of Montana, George H.
David, president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, and Secretary
of Agriculture Wallace. The last was
the President’s luncheon guest.
In the batch of papers piled on the
President’s desk this morning was
the District appropriation bill, ready
for his signature. The President inti
mated he would probably get down to
the bill today or tomorrow. He soon
will be ready to act on the amend
ment to the District lottery law, which
is aimed at the numbers racket. This
measure had not reached the Presi
dent today, being on the desk of the
Attorney General, who, after reading
it, will send it to the President with
his recommendations.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who has been away
for a number of weeks on a lecture
tour, which included a visit in Seattle
witli Mrs John Boettiger, only daugh
ter of the President and Mrs. Roose
velt. visited the executive offices dur
ing the forenoon, and. while passing
through the main lobby was greeted
by Representative McSweeney, Ohio,
who accompanied the Wooster, Ohio,
Glee Club on a visit to the White
House. Mrs. Roosevelt was intro
duced to members of the college
group and welcomed them to the
White House.
The President signed an art of
Congress limiting the duties of the
rhief clerk and chief inspector cf
the Health Department of the District.
Under this act the officers will be
prevented in the future from acting
as deputy health officers.
DANCER, 19, FOUND
DEAD OF GAS HERE
Police Discover Note From
Night Club Girl in Rooms
of Man Friend.
Ruth Everett Duff, pretty 19-year- i
old night club singer and dancer, be
lieved to have come here Saturday
from Baltimore, was found dead early
today in the gas-filled kitchenette of
the apartment of Theodore Watkins,
at 1719 Twentieth street N.W.
Mr. Watkins, employe of a local
title guaranty firm, told police he
found the girl's body when he returned
home at 2 a m. after leaving her alone
in the apartment when he went out
with another man about 10:30 o’clock
last night.
Police quoted a note which was;
lying on the kitchenette floor, signed
"Dolly” and addressed to "Ted,” as
saying:
”* * * I am just a fool. Please !
forgive me. I don’t want you to think
you are responsible for this. This is
the easy way out. I love you. Lots !
of luck ”
Police said Miss Duff danced under
the name of Dolly Duff and sang as
Jane Lee.
Coroner A Magruder MacDonald
said an autopsy would be performed
today to determine the cause of death. 1
All the jets on the kitchenette stove
were said to have been open when
Mr. Watkins found her, lying fully
clothed on the floor.
Mr. Watkins called an ambulance
and the fire rescue squad, which
worked for half an hour in a futile
attempt to revive the girl. She was
pronounced dead by an ambulance
physician at 2:40 a m.
Mr. Watkins was questioned by po
lice at the third precinct and later
returned home. Police quoted him as
saying Miss Duff came to his apart
ment Saturday when she arrived in
Washington. She had worked in Balti
more and in Florida night clubs, but
police did not learn immediately where
she had worked last. They were
checking information indicating that
she had lived recently at the Franklin
Hotel in Baltimore.
Police also were attempting to com
municate with Miss Duff's grand
mother. Mrs Mattie Robertson, who,
they said, lives in the 100 block of
Twenty-fifth street N.W. She also
is said to have other relatives here.
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