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HAWAIIAN LAW ABOVE NAVY, PRATT TELLS HOUSE
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CIVIL JURY
Naval Affairs Group Hears
Jurisdiction Lacking in
i., Charge of Murder
The Navy is powerless to
try Mrs. Granville Fortescue,
her son-in-law, Lieut. Thomas
H. Ma ssie. and two enlisted
men, before a,naval court for
their alleged killing of a na
tive accussed of criminally at
tacking Mrs. Massie, accord
ing to Admiral William V.
Pratt, chief of operations.
Appearing today before the
House Naval Affairs Committee,
Pratt said:
’ “It is pretty clear that we
have no authority to try Mrs.
Fortescue. The law is specific
that we have no civil jurisdic
tion in the Territory of
Hawaii.”
While Admiral Pratt was be
fore the committee, Victor S. K.
Houston, Hawaiian delegate in
Congress, put into the record a
communication from Gov. Law
rence M. Judd, of Hawaii, in
which he denied the Navy’s alle
gation that 40 women have been
subjected to degrading attack in
the islands during the i ast year.
Denial In Record
Judd characterized the estimate
as “absolutely and unqualifiedly
false,” and asserted territciial rec
ords only showed one criminal as
sault case and four assaults with
Intent to ravish cases during 1931.
Admiral Pratt reiterated the
Navy’s determination to allow no
shore leave to the 20.000 men of
the Pacific fleet because of the
ugly situation in Honolulu.
Governor Judd’s message to Del
gate Houston said in part:
"Two defendants defended by-
Judge Heen, former judge cir
cuit court, later sitting as
county attorney, and for sev
eral years and now a member
of the territorial Senate. Served
as aember governor’s crime
commission and record out
standing and unblemished. Two
defended by William Pittman,
brother of Senator Key Pitt
man (of Nevada) and also un
questioned record. Remaining
man defended by Robert lu
raka.ui, appoint by court, as
had no funds. Fee S2OO allowed
by court.
"After preparation, the actual
trial consumed three we*ks.
Senator Heen and Mr. Pittman
both make written statements
that ..heir fees were compara
tively small, and were made en
tirely by relatives of defend
ants.”
10-Story Garage
To Be Built Here
Plans are being made by a Rich
mond, Va„ firm to erect a 10-story
garage equipped with a spiral au
tomobile ramp, at Twelfth and E
Streets Northwest, on the site now
occupied by a gasoline filling sta
tion and O’Donnell's Seafood Res
taurant.
i MONARCHS TO MEET
The Monarch Club will meet to
inorow noon at the new Colonial
Hotel. Fifteenth and M Streets
northwest.
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MRS. THOMAS Hl MASSIE,
wife of Lieutenant Massie.
U. S. N„ as a child, during a
visit in Washington. Mrs Mas
sie’s husband and her mother.
Mrs. Granville Fortescue, are
being nelo in connection with
the slaying of a young Ha
waiian. who was alleged to have
been one of five men that at
tacked Mrs. Massie last Sep
tember.
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Navy Balks at Releasing
Hawaii Prisoners
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of the legislature was overwhelm
ingly approved, but a motion in
dorsing an investigation by the
United States Senate was de
feated.
The entire meeting was tense.
The speech of Bryant' Cooper,
scion of an oldtime Honolulu fam
ily. was received with thunderous
applause. He said:
"Honolulu is not only unsafe
for Navy wives, but for all wives.
When the law fails the citizens
take the law into their own
hands.
“We must sanely and calmly
seek some course of action. If
this Republican party of which
I am a member cannot forget
politics long enough to bring
reforms, we must seek some
other remedy.”
Mrs. Massie was at her home
the night Kahahawai’s body, shot
through the heart was found in
Mrs. Fortescue’s automobile as it
sped toward Koko Head. In the
car with the native’s body, police
said, were Mrs. Fortescue, Lieu
tenant Massie and Lord. Jones
was arrested later.
Mrs. Fortescue was cheered to
day by word that her husband,
Major Granville Fortescue, now
ill in New York, hoped to recover
in time to come here for the trial.
Defense counsel said they would
not seek a change of venue to
another jurisdiction of the island,
or to the mainland.
Easing of an ominous tension
in Honolulu seemed indicated by
action of Gov. Lawrence M. Judd
and Rear Admiral Yates Stirling,
naval commandant, who. after a
conference, restored shore leave
privileges to enlisted men of the
Army and Na’'y.
A special committee of terri
torial legislators instructed Robert
Shingle, president of the Senate,
and Roy Vitousek, speaker ot
the House of Representatives, to
send a letter to Delegate Victor
Stewart K. Houston in Wash
ington. requesing him to obtain
copies of all documents passing
between the United States Navy
and Hawaiian officials relative
to the Massie case.
Sheriff of Hawaii
Lauds Senate Action
HONOLULU, T. H„ Jan. 12
(I.N.S.).—“The United States
Congress has started something.
The sooner they finish it the
better.”
That today was the reaction of
Sheriff Patrick Gleason, of Ha
waii, to the action of Congress
in ordering a thorough investiga
tion of the civil administration in
Hawaii.
The investigation is to follow
offiical reports of criminal at
tacks upon 40 white women in
recent months.
Mrs. Henry Damon, president
of the League of Women Voters,
declared:
“We are facing a serious
situation. This being a terri
tory with the governor appoint
ed and responsible to the Presi
dent, it is proper that the Fed
eral Government investigate."
Her view was In sharp conflict
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with that of many other citizens
of Honolulu, including the Rev.
Markham Talmadge. president of
the Interchurch Federation, who
resented the ordered investigation.
The Rev. Talmadge said:
“The congressional investiga
tion is justifiable only if the Sen
ate did the same in New York,
Chicago and other American
cities where conditions* constant
ly Ure worse than in Honolulu.
The Territory of Hawaii has ca
pable men to handle its prob
lems.”
Governor Lawrence Judd has
drawn up a program dealing with
the outbreak of lawlessness on the
islands and the program may be
considered by a special session of
the Hawaiian legislature, which
also will consider financial condi
tions.
Cabinet Discusses
Hawaii Situation
President Hoover’s Cabinet took
cognizance of the ugly situation
that prevails in Hawaii today.
Secretary of the Navy Adams
brought the subject to the qabinet
meeting and there was consider
able discussion concerning it.
MWJORTESCME
IN DID CASE
WOOSTER, Ohio. Jan. 12 (IN.
S ).—Major Granville Fortescue,
whose wife is charged with mur
der in Honolulu, figured promi
nently in a court case which at
tracted nation-wide attention 27
years ago. it was recalled today.
Major Fortescue, soldier and au
thor, was named co respondent in
the Major Elmore T. Taggart di
vorce suit here in 1905.
During the hearing, evidence
dealt with life in United States
Army camps, including the Philip
pines. where Taggart was located.
Catholic Farewell
For 2 Missionaries
The Rt. Rev. John McNamara,
auxiliary bishop of the arch
diocese of Baltimore, will preside
at a “department ceremony” at
St. Patrick’s Church tomorrow for
two sisters who will sail from New
York Friday to take up a lifetime
of work in Bengal. India.
They are Sister M. Bonavita, of
Oakland. Calif., and Sister M.
Helen Xavier, of Granite City, 111.
Rev. Cox's Driver
Yields Collateral
Collateral of $7.50 was forfeited
in Rockville police court yesterday
by John Obermeir, of Pittsburgh.
Pa., arrested January 7 for speed
ing in Gaithersburg. The car is
owned by the Rev. James R. Cox.
of Pittsburgh, leader of the jobless
army in its march on Washington.
HONOLULU VICE
RAMPANT
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 12 (1.N.5.).
A woman alone is not sale in
Honolulu. Marian Dix, film writer,
said today, following her return
from a month’s visit in Hawaii.
She said:
“The feeling in naval circles
was that Lieutenant Massie was
justified in taking the law into
his own hands, if only to set an
example.
“Before the Massie incident
civilians in Honolulu had been
more or less apathetic to exist
ing conditions, but that act
created a furore which became
turbulent.
“Now the upper classes in
Honolulu are taking cognizance
of the wide-open vice conditions,
the prevalence and cheapness
of liquor, and are demanding
an investigation.”
Painter Hurt in Fall
In Shaft of Elevator
Falling down an elevator shaft
early today. Herbert Trussell, 21.
a painter of Lutz. Va., is in a
critical condition at Emergency
Hospital.
Trussell was working at the
Chestnut Farms dairy. Twenty
sixth St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
N. W„ when he fell down the
shaft from the first floor to the
basement, a drop of about 16 feet.
Hawaii Princess Believes
Island Faces a Crisis
Committee Woman
Hopes Peace Will
Soon Reign
Princess Kawananakao, Repub
lican national committee woman
and one of the few remaining
members of the old Hawaiian
royal house, has written exclu
sively for The Washington Times
her reaction to the celebrated
Massie case that has shaken the
islands.
By PRINCESS KAWANANAKAO
(Copyright. 1332. by international
News Service)
HONOLULU, T. H, Jan. 12.
(I.N.S.). —Hawaii today faces
a situation v.nparalleded in its
history.
It is my belief that faith in
our Government and courts will
bring us safely through this
crisis.
We Hawaiians, like other civil
ized peoples, have a horror of crim
in al assault and will centralize
and so direct our energies as to
stamp this serpent out of our
beautiful Eden.
There is no savagery in our na
ture. We are a peace-loving peo
ple and the dreadful events of the
Ike National Dailv
HOOVER ID GET
RELIEF BILL
NEXT WEEK
Bank Measure Passes Senate,
63 to 8, and Now Waits
Upon Lower House
The Administration’s $2,000,-
000.000 reconstruction corpora
tion bill, designed to breathe
new life into credit channels,
will go to the President next
week. Speaker John W. Gar
ner predicted today.
The bill, passed by the Senate
last night, will be voted on by
the House tomorrow.
The measure then will go to
conference with the Senate for
agreement upon many differ
ences.
A barrage of amendments
awaited the measure as the
House continued general debate
tod&y
The Senate passed the bill, 63
to 8.
Those voting against the bill
were Senators Blaine, Brookhart,
and Norris, Republicans, and
Bratton, Bulow, Connally. Mc-
Gill, and Wheeler, Democrats.
Senators La Follette (R.) of Wis
consin, Black (D.) of Alabama,
and Thomas (D.) of Oklahoma
were paired against the measure.
TRffiTHUIZ
PUT DEF AGAIN
The public hearing on the
valuation of the Washington
Rapid Transit Company, already
postponed half a dozen times, was
ordered delayed indefinitely today
by the Public Utilities Commis
sion.
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick,
chairman, pointed out that re
cently a petition was filed in the
District Supreme Court asking
that a definite set of regulations
be handed down by the court for
the procedure in valuation pro
ceedings. He said the hearing
was postponed until the court hact
acted upon this petition.
Gen. Patrick forecast delay in
other pending valuation proceed
ings.
Train Strikes Truck,
Driver Escapes Hurt
A leap from a delivery truck
when it stalled on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad tracks near
Washington Grove. Md.. last
night, saved Henry Lewis. 802
G St. S. W., as a fast express
wrecked the truck, carrying it
more than 180 feet.
The truck, from a downtown
department store, stalled at the
crossing just as the express, bound
from Cleveland to Washington,
came in sight. Lewis was unin
jured.
Tall Cedars Plan
For Biggest Year
Plans for the biggest year of
activity in the history of the
organization were made by the
Tall Cedars of Lebanon at a meet
ing last night. The festivities
will open with an anniversary
ceremonial at the Hotel Raleigh,
February 27.
DRIVER FINED $17.90
Thomas Riggs. 1718 First St.
N. W.. was fined $17.90 in Hyatts
ville police court for driving
without tags or registration card.
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PRINCESS KAWANANAKAO
past few weeks have shocked and
deeply grieved us.
The most forceful assistance we
can give our country in her time
of need is to help the administra
tion in its efforts to restore law
and order by calmness and self
restraint.
past few weeks have shocked and
deeply grieved us.
lUESDAY—JANUARY 12—1932
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EVA GLADSTEIN
MYSTERY surrounds the slay
ing of May Savage. 21. New
York beauty parlor worker in
the shop where she was em
ployed. Eva Gladstein, 18. dis
covered the lifeless body when
she returned from a Brooklyn
theater.
WELFARE PROBE
ACTION NEAR
The special House subcommittee
which is to determine the neces
sity of an investigation of the
Board of Public Welfare for its
conduct in the Riley case is ex
pected to arrive at a decision to
day, Representative Vincent L.
Palmisano <D.) of Maryland, and
chairman, said.
The subcommittee, consisting of
Palmisano, Representative Frank
L. Bowman (R.) of West Virginia,
and Representative Loring M.
Black, jr. (D.). of New York, will
report to the full District Commit
tee tomorrow.
Bowman, author of the resolu
tion which demands a Congres
sional inquiry, expects to lay evi
dence before the committee which
he contends will prove “outrage
ous neglect” by the Welfare Board.
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SURE TO ININ
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 12
il.N.B.).—Arkansas voters went to
the polls today with political ob
servers agreeing they will set a
precedent in American history by
electing a woman to the United
States Senate for the first time.
The woman is Mrs. Thaddeus
H. Caraway, widow of the late
Senator. Although she has hardly
lifted a finger to win today’s
special election, it was conceded
that it is extremely unlikely she
will be defeated. Arkansas has
never elected a Senator who was
not a nominee of the Democratic
party and Mrs. Caraway is the
Democratic candidate.
Her opponents are both inde
pendents. Sam D Carson and Rex
Floyd.
Mrs. Caraway has been the ap
pointive Senator from Arkansas
since shortly after her husband’s
death.
Chest Donors More
Liberal, Say Reports
Donors to the Community Chest
are contributing more generously
this year, according to reports
made at the meeting of campaign
leaders at the Willard yesterday.
The special gifts committee re
ported a total of $154,125. repre
senting 91 contributors.
169 Silk Dresses
Stolen by Burglars
Jesse A. Rosenbloom, propietor
ot a woman’s dress shop at 2918’
Fourteenth St. N. W.. told po'
lice ms shop was entered last
night and 160 silk dresses, priced
at $3 75 to $10.75 each, were
stolen.
WITNESS LINKS
SEC. STIMSON
AND LOAN
Banker Says State Depart
ment Interfered in Behalf
of Colombia
When the National City
Company objected to paying a
$4,000,000 balance to Colombia
on a $20,000,000 loan granted
that country, Secretary of
State Stimson sent a represen
tative of the State Department
to protest the bank’s action
and urged payment of the
money, the Senate Finance
Committee was informed today.
Victor Schoepperle. vice presi
dent of the firm, testified the
State Department interposed on
behalf of Colombia following his
complaint Colombia had failed to
balance its budget as it had prom
ised to do when the loan was
granted. Senator Johnson de
manded:
“Can you give any reason
why the State Department in
terfered in this private matter?”
The witness said:
“I cannot.”
Schoepperle, an extremely re
luctant witness, reversed himself
several times and vigorously de
nied Johnson’s charge there was
a direct connection between the
State Department’s interest in
the Colombian loan and the
enactment of legislation by Co
lombia which restored the valid
ity of the Barco oil concession,
owned by the Gulf Oil Company,
a Mellen corporation.
Grosvenor Jones, head of the
finance and investment division
of the Commerce Department, tes
tified last week that it was after
this loan that the Colombian gov
ernment restored a large oil con
cession, previously revoked, in
which the Gulf Oil Company, a
Mellon-owned corporation, had a
large interest.
Johnson Irate
Senator Johnson (R.), of Cali
fornia. promptly demanded that
the committee compel the wit
ness to submit the document.
Schoepperle objected on the
ground that he had not con
sulted the other “parties to the
agreement’’ and that the contract
has not as yet been completed.
Under questioning by Johnson,
the New York banker reluctantly
revealed that Freeman Mathews,
assistant chief of the Latin-
American division of the State
Department, had conferred with
him in New York regarding the
authenticity of the budget re
forms that Colombia had claimed
it nad made in 1930 and which
the bankers demanded before giv
ing further credits.
Imposed Four Conditions
Schoepperle testified the New
York bankers, before granting
additional loans to Colombia, re
quired the enactment of four
laws: (1) Floating a 6,000,000
peso internal loan, (2) estab
lishing a budget. (3) putting the
government on a business-like
basis and <4» revising the anti
quated customs system.
Four banks participated. The
credit. Schoepperle explained,
was paid at different times and
actually only $18,400,000 has been
given.
METEOROLOGYTToPIC
The history of the development
of meteorology was reviewed at
a meeting pf the Torch Club last
night by Dr. C. C. Clark, assistant
chief of the U. S. Weather Bu
reau.
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Gov. Roosevelt Leads
N. Y. College Poll
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Gov.
ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt re
corded a plurality of more than
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Hoover was fifth in the ballot
ing conducted by Microcosm,
the senior yearbook, as a supple
ment to its annual question
naire.
Although only slightly more
than half of the students par
ticipating admitted that they
themselves drank, more than 95
per cent favored revision or re
peal of prohibition.
Unemployed Employ
Selves With Inventions
That there has been a very
definite correlation between un-
employment.
p r o d u ctlon
s c h e d u les.
and pat ent
a p p lications
is the opin
ion of Com
missioner of
patents Thom
as E. Robert
son. It would
appear that
following the
stock market
co i lapse in
1929. unem
ployed men
turned their
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hands to inventions. Later, with
a possible shortage of funds on
the part o> unemployed who
temporarily had been turning
to inventing, a noticeable de
crease in applications developed
from December, 1930, until the
closing month of IP3I, the Com
missioner said.
Gallery of Notables
Laval Gift to Yale
NEW HAVEN, Jan. 12.—Pre
mier Pierre Laval brought from
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Poincare, Marshal Foch, Mar
shal Lyautey, Ambassador Jusse
rand. Ambassador Claudel.
Bourdelle, Paul Valery, Andre
Mau ois, Paul Morand, Julian
'"-reen and Jean Cocteau, mem
bers of the French Academy
and such women writers as
Colette and La Comtess'’ de
Noail!
DUES REDUCED
In keeping with the economic
trend, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase
Parent-Teacher Association has re
duced its membership fee from
one dollar a person to one dol
lar a family.
two to one
over his near
est opponent
as the out
standing can
dldate for
President in a
poll of the
senior class of
the College of
the City of
New York.
Dr. Nicholas
Murray But
ler finished
in second
place and
p resident
France a gift
to Yale Uni
versity of *135
signed photo
graphs of emi
nent contem
por a r y
French writ
ers, art 1s t s
and political
leaders, on
his visit to
the United
States last
fall.
The photo
graphs of
C1 emenceau,