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Army-Navy Consolidation Assailed in House
THE WEATHER
Cloudy, with shower* tonight and possibly
tomorrow morning; slightly cooler; minimum
temperature about 54 degrees; moderate south
west winds.
Temperature yesterday—Highest, 79; lowest,
44. (1931 —Highest, 60; lowest, 46.)
Humidity yesterday—Highest, 86; lowest, 14.
Full Weather Report on Page 11.
The Washington Times is the only afternoon paper in
this city publishing the news dispatches of International
News Service and Universal Service.
MRS. FORTESCUE AND MRS. MASSIE COLLAPSE
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Girl, 11, Feared Kidnaped By Workman
‘KIDNAPED’ GIRL AND SISTER
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ISABEL ROSALIE
THE DISAPPEARANCE of Isabel WolN, 11, of 4929
Fourth St. N. W., from her home yesterday afternoon
has started a widespread police search. The girl, shown
with her sister, Rosalie, is believed to have been kidnaped.
Army-Navy Merger Faces
Defeat in House Fight
The fight against proposed
Army and Navy consolidation into
a Department of National De
fense was opened in the House
today by Representative Charles
H. Martin (D.) of Oregon, a re
tired brigadier general of the 1
United States Army, who charged
that the merger would be danger
ous, extravagant, and would im
pair national defense.
Martin quoted Newton D.
Baker, former Secretary of War,
as being “bitterly opposed'” to
consolidation.
He said the economy com
mittee report which estimated
that savings by consolidation i
would amount to between SSO,- i
000,000 and $100,000,000 were
false.
Defeat Predicted 1
As Martin began his attack on ,
consolidation, opponents of the '
merger predicted that it would
be defeated by a vote of 3 to 1.
In the opening session, as the
House continued consideration of
the economy bill, it adopted pro
visions providing for consolida
tion of public works under a pub
lic works administrator.
The administrator would be in
charge of administration of pub
lic works which would handle all
TAXICABS
The taxicab situation in
Washington ia one that inter
ests every resident of the Cap
ital. The streets are crowded
with them Every day they
figure in accidents. The driv
ers hog the road. They are
cheaper to ride in than street
cars in many instances.
With this in view, THE
WASHINGTON TIMES sent a
reportei out to look Into the
situation. He drove a cab dur
ing th» day and at night.
Maybe you rode with him. He
tells of the hardships and joys
of driving a taxi Cells vou
what you are up against when
you re* -nto a taxicab.
The Series Starts in
MONDAY’S TIMES
Baseball Averages Up To Date Published In Sports Section Today
construction activities of the
Government which are now di
vided into many scattered agen-,
cies.
Amendments offered by Repre
sentative Marvin Jones <D.) of
Texas, to abolish the Merchant
Fleet Corporation and the Fed
eral Trade Commission were re
jected on points of order.
•Byrnes Leads Defense
The debate on the Army and
Navy merger was expected to
occupy a large part of the after
noon and Representative Joseph
W. Byrnes (D.) of Tennessee,
chairman of the House Appropria
tions Committee, and a member
of the economy committee, was
to lead the supporters of the
merger.
With the House wrecking the
$200,000,000 money-saving plan
presented by the Economy Com
mittee after two months’ work, ■
those in charge of the bill strug- i
gled to save what they could in
the hope the Senate will re- 1
vamp it. !
The House accepted the provi- ■
sions of the bill giving the Presi
dent power to reorganize Govern-
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F. A. Gimble Victor
In $2,000,000 Suit
NEW YORK. April 30 (1.N.5.). 1
Frederick A. Gimbel, treasurer of
Saks and Company and a direc
tor of Gimbel Brothers, today
emerged a victor tn a $2,000,000
damage suit brought by Lillian
Mendal Popielawski.
The suit involved a marriage
arrangement and alleged con
spiracy.
CAMERAS STOLEN
Four valuable cameras, valued
at more than SI,OOO. were re
ported stolen from the Commerce
Building yesterday by S. W. Lib
bey, chief clerk.
WASffIBIWIWE S
NO. 15,841
SEEN IN AUTO
YESTERDAY
BY 2 MEN
Neighborhood Laborer, Absent
From Work Today,
Is Sought
Police today are searching
Washington and its vicinity for
Isabel Wolfe, 11, of 4929
Fourth St. N. W., who disap
peared from her home shortly
after 1 o’clock yesterday after
noon.
They suspect the child may
be kidnaped.
Detectives are working on a
report that the girl went for an
auto ride with a 25-year Id work
man employed on a building
project a block from her home.
Workman Disappears
The suspected man, it is re
ported, failed to appear for work
today. It is also said that he
changed his residence recently.
Isabel is described as being
exceptionally mature. She is a
brunette, with black hair, and
wore a brown dress when last
seen. She did not' take her coat
or hat.
Isabel and a playmate were
seen to get into an automobile
and go for a short ride about
10:30 yesterday morning. Both
girls returned before noon.
Joins Man in Car
About 12:30 Isabel was seen
getting into the same car, parked
at the corner of Third and
Emerson Street Northwest, by
Alec Queen, 420 Canal St. S. E.,
and Melvin Wright, 218 Second
St. S. E.
According to Queen, a man
was in the machine, apparently
waiting for the girl. The car dis
appeared out New Hampshire
Avenue toward the northwest.
Police are investigating reports
that two automobiles, one of
them a taxicab, had been seen
in the neighborhood of the girl’s
home last evening. The behavior
of the drivers of both cars
aroused the suspicion of the
neighbors.
The girl’s mother, Mrs. Severo
Julia, whose husband was killed
in an accident some years ago,
told police she had no relatives
to whom the child might have
gone.
FOB ITS HOF
OF GOVERNORS
CINCINNATI, Oho, April 30 (I.
N.S.).—Still confident that they
will be able to arrive in Los An
geles for dinner tonight, Govern
ors James Rolph of California and
Fred Balzar of Nevada resumed
their flight to the West coast at
10:10 a. m. today.
The flight was resumed after
nearly a three-hour delay here be
cause of foggy weather.
Col. Roscoe Turner, the pilot, in
dicated that he would fly byway
of Springfield, Mo., Amarillo, Tex.,
and Winslow, Ariz.
The first dawn-to-dusk guber
natorial flight started here at
daybreak today with Gov. James
Rolph of California and Gov.
Fred Balzar of Nevada as the
distinguished passengers.
The western executives ate
breakfast here at 4:30 a. m., and
hoped to dine tonight in Los
Angeles.
FILM DIRECTOR DIES
PARIS, April 30 (1.N.5.).
Louis Mercanton, one of the best
known film directors in Europe,
died here today of a stroke.
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At Postoffica of Washington. D. C.
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JONES MRS. FORTESCUE LORD LIEUTENANT MASSIE
THESE FOUR defendants in the “honur slaying”
were found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in Hono
lulu last night. They are Albert O. Jones, Mrs. Gran
ville Fortescue, Edward Li Lord and Lieut. Thomas
Massie. They were convicted of slaying Joe Kaha-
CURTIS MAKING
NEW ‘CONTACT
NORFOLK, Va., April 30
(1.N.5.) .—Departure of the yacht
Marcon to a mysterious destina
tion, with John Hughes Curtis
aboard, revived belief in some
quarters today that perhaps a
contact is being established with
the kidnapers of the Lindbergh
baby.
With Curtis, chief of the Nor
folk negotiators, aboard the Mar
con are Edwin B. Bruce, retired
Elmira (N. Y.) banker, and Lieut.
George L. Richard, Navy flier
who has accompanied Curtis on
various other missions in connec
tion with the case.
Significance was attached to
the fact that two new telephone
trunk lines have been ordered put
in at the Monticello hotel today.
The Monticello is owned by Col.
Charles H. Consolvo, who also
owns the yacht Marcon. A suite
of rooms is also held in readiness
for any emergency.
Wo Room for Poetry
Poet Suicide in Sea
NEW YORK, Ap'J 30 (1.N.5.).
Hart Crane, Cleveland poet, who
was lost at sea last Wednesday,
committed suicide, according to
passengers on the Orizaba, which
docked today.
Despondent because “there was
no place in the world for poetry,”
the young writer leaped from the
stem of the ship and despite an
intensive search his body was
not recovered.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1932
WHA T MASSIE CASE
PRINCIPALS SAY
CLARENCE DARROW, chief defense attorney: “I
can’t understand it. The verdict is a travesty on justice
and on human nature and on every emotion that has
made us what we are from the day the human race was
born.”
MRS. GRACE H. FORTESCUE, Washington society
woman, defendant: ‘‘l expected it. I felt all along that
we would be unable to get a fair and just trial in Hono
lulu. American womanhood means nothing, even to
white people in Hawaii.”
LIEUT. THOMAS H. MASSIE, who took blame for
firing fatal shot: ‘‘lf I have done wrong, I am not
afraid of punishment.”
ALBERT O. JONES, sailor defendant: ‘‘lt didn’t sur
prise me. I knew we would take a licking.
E. J. LORD, sailor defendant: ‘‘The verdict knocked
me off my feet.”
FMPIDAN LURES
HODVER MBH
President Hoover gave himself
over to a weekend of play today
after a seven-month grind with
out respite.
He and Mrs. Hoover and the
“medicine ball Cabinet” and their
wives left the’ White House by
motor for the now-famous fish
ing camp on the Rapldan. The
party of twenty-one will remain
until Sunday night or Monday
morning with all work banned.
This weekend’s outing formally
opens the Blue Ridge Mountain
camp for the year.
Later in the season the Rapi
dan will be the scene of many
important conferences between
Mr. Hoover, Government officials,
congressional leaders, and prom
inent business leaders.
“Draft Coolidge,”
Is Plea of Banker
NEW YORK. April 30 <1.N5.),
America should draft Calvin
Coolidge to serve again as Presi
dent to lead the country out of
the economic situation existing
today, John W. Prentiss, invest
ment banker, told a meeting of
the Economic Club.
THREE CENTS
rublinhed
Week Day*
hawai, a Hawaiian youth, alleged to have been one of
five men who attacked Mrs. Thalia Massie, wife of
Lieutenant Massie. Photo by International News
Photographic Service.
HIGH GROCER'S
SON KIDNAPED
JOLIET, 111., April 30 (1.N.5.).
Gustav Miller, 22-year-old son
of Max Miller, a wealthy whole
sale grocer, was being held for
ransom by kidnapers “somewhere
in Northern Illinois,” Joliet po
lice announced today.
The gangsters are demanding
$50,000, according to chief of
police Nicholas Fornango.
The kidnaping took place at 11
p. m. Thursday but was not
announced until today. Young
Miller had been spending the
evening at the home of his
fiancee, Katherine Mesirow.
The family of the young man,
terrified by the kidnaping, refuses
to co-operate with the police.
Student Carnival
Climaxed With Pie
NEW YORK, April 30 (1.N.5.).
New York University students to
day celebrated the final day of
their first annual carnival week
with a pie-eating contest which
was won by George Beilina and
David Sanders because “their
faces carried more than those of
any others” after 200 pies spat
tered the campus.
Convicted of Killing
4 Americans Face
Prison Terms
HICTSHIffi
FRIENOS HERE
Friends of Mrs. Granville
Fortescue in Washington ex
pressed themselves today as pro
foundly shocked at the unex
pected verdict of manslaughter
returned against her and three co
dcfendants in Honolulu yesterday.
Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, a cousin
of Mrs. Fortescue, said that she
was too “terribly upset” to discuss
the verdict, which was to her a
profound surprise.
She said:
“I have not heard from the
island as yet and I am waiting
for news before talking. I can
say, however, that I never
dreamed the verdict would be
other than ‘not guilty.’ I know
the family will do everything
in their power to obtain the
leniency recommended by the
jury.”
Other friends of Mrs. Fortescue
and her daughter, the former
Thalia Fortescue, described the
mother and daughter as martyrs
to the cause of womanhood.
Carnegie Hero Fund
Medals Given to 23
PITTSBURGH, April 30 (I.N.
S.). —The Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission today announced of
ficial recognition of 23 acts of
heroism in which those honored
placed their lives in jeopardy—
and in five cases lost their lives
—in going to the aid of fellow
humans whose lives were in >
: danger.
Bronze medals were awarded in
each instance. In addition,
awards to the widows and chil
: dren of those who lost their lives
; in attempts to save others were
; made by the commission.
Roosevelt Ignores
i’ Manning Challenge
NEW YORK, April 30 (1.N.5.).
Franklin D. Roosevelt, on vaca
tion at Warm Springs, Ga., to
day, issued no reply to the chal
lenge made by Bishop William T.
• Manning that he lead the fight
i to purge New York city of civic
corruption.
[ CONDITION OF TREASURY
Treasury balance as of April
• 28, $328,439,790.85; expenditures
. $9,394,147.20; customs receipts,
$19,615,404.75. 1
FINAL
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EDITION
LT. MASSIE
ALSONEAR
BREAKING
POINT
Honolulu Calm, Jurors Leave
For Homes; Darrow Says:
‘Tight Is Just Started”
HONOLULU, T. H., April
30 (I.N.S.).—Mrs. Grace Hub
bard Fortescue, one of the
four defendants convicted of
manslaughter in the “honor
slaying” trial, collapsed today
after remaining up all night in
a vain attempt to console her
grief-stricken daughter, Thalia
Massie.
Both women were placed
under care of a Navy doctor
in the quarters aboard the old
U. S. S. Alton on the mud
flats of this grim naval base.
The physician ordered both
women kept in bed and was
forced to administer opiates
to soothe their frayed nerves.
Mrs. Massie crumpled after the
verdict and spent a sleepless
night, weeping continually in a
state of utter despair.
Massie Near Break
Mrs. Fortescue, after an all
night vigil, collapsed herself,
worn out with worry over the
conviction and with alarm over
the weakened condition of her
daughter.
Mrs. Massie’s husband, Lieut.
Thomas H. Massie, pleaded in
vain with the two women to
“pull yourselves together.”
He was reported near collapse
himself.
In addition to Mrs. Fortescue
and Lieutenant Massie, the other
two defendants in the sensa
tional trial. Albert O. Jones and
E. J. Lord, were aboard the
Alton. Although at liberty under
bail, all are in technical custody
of Capt. Ward Wortman, special
officer of the court.
Clarence Darrow, 75-year-old
chief of defense counsel, has al
ready moved to appeal from the
manslaughter conviction.
Sailors Ordered to Base
Honolulu was calm, with armed
police and Navy patrols doubly
vigilant. All sailors were ordered
to the N val base to prevent
demonstrations.
Darrow, who had come out of
retiiement to plead fc~ the four
Americans reiused to admit de
feat. He said:
“We have just begun to fight.”
He will set th” machinery of
the law into action next Friday,
when Judge Charles S. Davis will
pronounce sentence. The maxi
mum under the law is 10 years,
b't the jury recommended len
iency.
The verdict was in the nature
of a compromise, as the original
charge had been second-degree
murder. A manslaughter pro
vision was included in the judge’s
instructions at the behest of the
state, along with the possibility of
a “not guilty by reason of insan
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