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The Washington times., 1930-12-08
Hancock WidOlU, 81,
Is Burned TO Death

HANCOCK, Md. Dec. 8.-Rush-
ing into the street, her clothing a
mass of flame, Mrs. Mollie Miller,
SO, a widow, was burned to death
here yesterday.
The aged woman was alone in
her home at the time of the acci-
dent. It is believed she was pour.
ing oil on a fire and that the oil
exploded, Showering her with the
flaming fluid.
Neighbors beat out the flames.
She died at a hospital. :
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P. o. Man, Wife, Four
Children Are Injured

SILVER SPRING, Dec. 8.-Wil-
liam L. NORM, Hagerstown mail
carrier, was seriously injured and
his wife and four children we're
slightly hurt in an automobile
wreck near here yesterday.
He told police, he was crowded
off the road by a woman driver,
the car hitting a telephone pole.
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THE WEATHER

Partly cloudy today and Tussdayi not much
shange in temperature. Temperature yestsr'
day-Highest, 46s lowest, 50.
Full Osather report on Page s..
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SPENCER AT AUGUSTA

AUGUSTA, Ca, Dec. Troy
Spencer, washington catcher, ar
rived here yesterday to spend the
winter golfing on the famous hill
and lake courses at the Augusta
Country Club,
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HOUSE SPEEDS
RELIEF BILL

Speeding the Congressional pro
gram to expand Federal public
works to provide employment, the
House Appropriations Committee
today reported a bill carrying
$4,000, 900 for work on highways,
rivers and harbors, flood control
and forest and national parks,
roads and trails.
The bill, a modification Of PreSi.
dent Hoover'S $150, 100000 relief
plan, was reported unanimously.
Passage in the House within few
hours was forecast.
Other Relief Urged
In slashing the Presidential re-
quest to $11O, 200, 900, Represents
tive Wood (R) of Indiana, chair
man Of the Appropriations Com
Inittee, announced that the $40,
00O, 900 allotmentS would be con-
sidered in regular appropriation
bills and approved if found to con-
tain real employment relief.
While the House Is taking
action on this measure, the Sen
ate may pass a bill authorizing
$50, ,000, 900 for seed and feed loans
to drought-stricken farmers. Sec
retary Of Agriculture Hyde de
nounced the $50, 900, 900 bill as TN.
necessary, but the Senate may
pass it anyway.
Wood Issues Call
Another bill designed to push
the public buildings program was
approved by the House judiciary
Committee. Under it the Govern.
ment can take title to postoffice
sites during condemnation pro
ceedings.
Representative Wood (R) OF
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
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TELLS PRESS
It PLAYSA
POLITICS
Denounces Relief Proposals
Exceeding Limit He Fixed
As Maximum in Message

President Hoover gave Con
gress a singing rebuke today for
the manner In which it has re-
ceived and dealt with his recona-
mendations on the economic
situation.
What he proposed to Congress
in his messages, he said, repre-.
sented the extreme limit to which
Congress could 60 without max.
ing inevitable an increase in
taxes, and, although the session
is now only little more than q
week old. enough proposals have
been advanced to run appro-
priations to above $4,000. .Oo0. .OO0s
Playing P0litics. He Charges
The presidential rebuke was
contained in q prepared state.
ment he gave 10 newspaper CORE
spondents at the regular Tuesday
press conference. He was plainly
concerned and aroused.
Some Of the suggestions adj
vanced beyond what he proposed
in his messages were ell adj
viSed," while others, he said,
care simply playing politics
at the expense Of human misery.
The American people viii not
be misIed by such tactics -
Scores Tax and Loan
If Congress appropriates any
thing like what the measures al
ready introduced provide for, he
pointed out, it will cause a Treas
ury deficit much greater than
that already enviSioned, $3.50, ,000,-
600, and this can be met only by
increased taxes or by a bond issue.
Neither meet with his approval.
A tax increase, he declared, win
fall on all classes and add to the
present unfavorable economic S1t-
uation, while a bond issue would
simply take away from private In
dustry that much working capital.
Had Set Limit
The Presidents statement fol-
lows:
81 observe that measures have
been already introduced in Con-
gress and are having advocacy,
which, If passed, would impose
an increased expenditure be.
yOnd the sums which I have
recommended for the present
and next fiscal year by q total
Of nearly $4,5OO, ,OOOO, 600, and
mostly under the guise Of giving
relief Of some kind or another.
"The gross sums which / have
recommended to carry ON the
essential functions Of the Gov.
ernment include the extreme
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
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DR.. Wilson Denies Church
Is Playing Politics

Insisting that the Methodist
Episcopal Church is not and has
not been active in party politics,
although it's people have. DR..
Clarence True Wilson, general
secretary of the board Of tenn
perance, prohibition and public
morals Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, in his annual report
to the board of managers Of that
body, forecasts that some day the
vets and drys will have to come
to a general agreement" He
said:
perpetual war between fac
tions is not q helpful state.
Some time we will have to
come to a general agreement.
"That agreement win not be
the repeal or modification Of
the Eighteenth Amendment.
That amendment is imbedded
i'm the Constitution as o per.
manency. 1t cannot be Jared
IOOse by agitation.
Sees No Compromise
TT win standS but Il b .
BAgt Of the peoples respOnsL
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SCORES
ARMS PACT

Frank disappointment over
what has been accomplished ir
the preparatory commission fol
the Geneva disarmament confer
ence was expressed by Ambassa
dor Hugh s.. Gibson, representing
the United States, when he ad
dressed the conference in its clos
ing hours today.
GibSon's speech, cabled to the
State Department, was made pub
lie here. He said:
"FOr four years we have been
endeavOring to reach an agree
ment.
Draft Is Short Of Hopes
1--WE have now completed a
draft convention which, after
study by the Governments, will
go forward to the general con-
ference. / should not be frank
If / did not say that this draft
falls far short or our hopes and
expectations.
at fails to contain many fac
tors in which we have always
believed and which in our Opin.
ion would lead to . real reduc-
Continued on Page ,, Col. -
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FINE ON TARIFF
BOARD UPHELD

Five of President Hoover's ap.
pointees to the reorganized Tariff
Commission received the indorse-
ment today of the Senate Finance
Committee after extensive inquiry
Those whose names were ap-
proved we're Chairman Henry p.
Fletcher, Pennsylvania; Thomas
w, Page, Of Virginia; John M,
Coulter, of North Dakota: A. P,
Dennis, Of Maryland, and Lincoln
Dixon, of Indiana.
The committee held up ap.
proval Of Edgar B. BrosSard, Of
Utah, for further examination.
The vote on all except Dennis
was unanimous. Senators Har-
rison CD of Mississippi and
Couzens (R.) of Michigan, voted
against Dennis.
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Suicide Wills
Skin to Bind
His Verses

Leaving a will in which he
directs that his skin be used for
binding a book Of verses he had
written, Martin Calhoun Burghard
committed suicide by inhaling
gas in the attic of the Lauderdale
Guest Home, 1921 Massachusetts,
Ave. N. W., about midnight last
night.
The body was found at noon
today by Edward Pierce, who
works at the house. The viii
was on a table beside the picture
Of a pretty girl.
Mr.. Burghard was about 30
graduated from Mercer University
at Macon, Ca, in 1929. He was
last seen about 1880 p. M, when
he called Edward Abbott, who
also works at the Lauderdale
Home, into his room to witness
the will.
Police did not go through the
will, as they had to await ths
coroner before disturbing any
thing, and it was from Pierce
that fragments of the contents
were learned.
He said that Mr.. Burgharc
was constantly gloomy and hac
said to him on one occasion thai
he had contemplated suicide
every day for the last five
months. Mr.. Pierce said thai
Mr.. Burghard treated life as .
joke and said it was not wortt
while to live.
he had no friends who looked
uuon things as he did, and com
planned that he was alone II
the world.
He Treated Girls Lightly
Mr.. Burghard occasionally wen
ont with girls who lived in tn!
house and others, Abbott said
but that he treated them NJ
more seriously than he did lie.
Identity of the girl In the pic
ture was not known.
Mr., Burghard gave his hom'
address as 431 Johnson Ave-, Ma
con, Ca, and his business azores
as the Pan-American Union Build
ing when he registered IN TIT
Lauderdale Home in September.
It was thought at the house
that he had been out Of employ
ment for some time. although h!
seemed to have adequate II
nances. Mr.. Pierce notified Pc
liceman Lester Parks when h
found the body and Parks anc
three other officers from the Sec
ond precinct took charge. They
notified the coroner.
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.BAER IS KILLED
IN AIR CRASH

SHANGHAI, Dec. 8 QN.S).
Paul Baer, veteran American
air pilot and former member Of
the famed Lafayette Escadrille,
was killed today with his Chinese
co-pilot and a Russian woman
passenger when their amphibian
west-bound air1nail plane struck
a junk mast and crashed into
Whangpoo River here.
Four Officers Hurt
Four prominent military men,
passengers on the plane, were
seriously injured.
Baer'S home is in Fort Wayne
Ind. He was credited with having
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
RECOGNITION
Of UNION IS
DEMANDED
BY men
Renewal Of Rioting Looms;
Armed Guards PatroIIing
Streets Of Virginia Town
Nv CARROLL PEEKE.
Staff Correspondent

DANVIILE, Va, Dec. 9.-The
first move to settle the textile
strike here today failed.
The mill owners sent emiSsaries
to tell the strikers they could re-
turn to work at the old scale Of
wages, but at shorter hours. The
owners agreed to cut the working
day from ten to eight hours. The
strikers refused to come back on
any terms but the recognition Of
the union.
In the meantime the situation
Is hourly growing worse.
Attack Threatens
eve are sitting on top Of .
volcano and we don't know
what minute the top win blow
off,"
situation given here today BY
col. Hiram Opie, commander Of
the 500 miIitian1ea on guard at
the textile mills at SchoolfleId
He said:
eve had information that q
mass attack was to be made
by the strikers on the troops
this morning. All our men were
out at daybreak, ready to break
M any demonstration, but 1t
failed to materialiZe. How
ever, we don't know when 1t
win come, but we are ready for
II.
owe are here to protect lives
and property and see that the
law is enforced. We want to
do this without violence, IL pos
sible, but we are going to carry
J out orders.
"Our men are all armed, but
their guns are not loaded. We
depend ON tear gas bombs,
rifle butts and bayOnetS. The
men carry ammunition, but
they are under orders not to
load their guns unless ordered
to do SO by an officer. We
want to avert shooting If posi-
bic.
eve all wish this strike
would end so we can get home.
We would like to be out Of the
trenches by Christmas"
Union Wages Fight
The situation here, it is ad-
mitted by union leaders, is the
key to the lnionization Of the
textile workers of the entire
South, and failure Of this strike
would result in a serious blow
to the union hopes.
There is q strong possibility
that President William Green Of
the American Federation o1
Labor may come here to make 9
personal study Of this strike
which is the major industrial con
flict Of the United States today
Meanwhile scores Of police and
deputy sheriffS are on patro
duty here while the troops, with
fixed bayonets, walk their posts
at the Schoolfield mills.
Riots May be Renewed
There is every likelihood of yes
terday'S rioting breaking out
again, union heads admitted, as
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
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Kentucky Pictured
Hard Hit by DrOuqht

BOSTON, Dec. 9 QN.S0-A.
B. Sawyer, jr., st. Mathews, KY,
today painted a sad picture Of
drought conditions in Kentucky,
before the annual convention of
the American Farm Bureau Fed
GRAFTON.
There still are ample foreign
markets for farm products, H. c..
Smith, New York, told the con-
vention. But an American mer-
chant marine, he said, was essen
tial for distribution.
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MenGced,
Government Admits

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 8 Q.N.
S0.-Frequent reports thae 1ri-
goyenists and anarchists were
combining forces to oust the gov
ernment of the Argentine have
rendered precautionary steps
necessary, an official government
communique made public today
stated.
The statement was designed to
quiet a growing uneaSinesS
among private citizens in regard
to recurring conspiracy rumors.
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bilities to say whether It shall
stand as q nuIlified part Of our
fundamental law, or as an OBJ
. served and enforced provision.
The compromise win not come
by any legaIizatiOn Of wine and
beer"
Bishop william F. Mcdowell,
resident bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, washington
D. c.. is presiding over the ses'
Continued on Page 2, Col. -
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Communists Elected
At Polish Session

WARSAW, Dec. g QNS0.-
Riotous scenes occurred today at
the opening session of the newly.
elected Polish Sejm, or lower
house of Parliament.
Communist members interrupt
ed the proceedings frequently
After several Intellectual attempts
had been made to call the SeS.
sion to order. the demonstrators
Eera sjected 4
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IS LAID
To DEFENSE
LAWYER
Ex-Smith Head Claims Pitts
Wore Gloves While "Fixing"
Records; Flags Former Aides

Records; Flags Former Aides
Fireworks exploded in every
direction today as the prosecu-
tion neared the close of its
case in the $5,oee, 600 embez-
element conspiracy trial Of @.
Bryan Pitts, O. Elbert Ana
dale and John a. Edwards,
jr., former r. II. Smith Com
pany officials, in the District
Supreme Court.
A sensational accusation Of
Samuel ]. Henry. former presi-
dent Of Smith Company, that
Frank @. RaichIe, defense coun-
SCI, scffered me. $4,000 to get
Pitts deposit slips from the
Southern Maryland Trust Com
pany' set off the xplosion.
Justice william Hitz threaten
ed to send Mr.. Henry to jail for
contempt of court for giving vol
untary testimony" and ordered
the accusation stricken from the
record after Mr.. Raichle had
sworn denial Of it.
MiStrial Again Denied
Wilton j. Lambert. Of the de-
fense counsel. entered a motion
for a. >mistrial-the third such mo-
ton made by the defense since
the start of the case more than
two weeks ago-aS q result OF Mr.
Henry's remark. Justice Hitz de-
MED the motion as court ad-
journed for the noon recess.
The thrilling proceedings oc'
Cured during croSS-examination
of Mr.. Henry by Mr.. Raichle.
Mr.. Henry was jointly indicted
with the three defendants and
gained a separate trial. He was
called as q Government witness.
The defense attorney was quiz
zing Mr.. Henry regarding his own
account as well as Of Mr.. Pitts
account at the Southern Mary
land Trust Co.
The attorney had interrupted
his line of questions and was con
ferring with Mr.. Pitts, when Mr..
Henry stated:
'You know you offered to
give me $1,000 to get Pitts de-
pOsit slips from the Southern
Maryland Trust Company and
/ wouldn't do it."
Attorney Is Aghast
The defense attorney was aghast
at the sudden accusation and sew
eral seconds elapsed before he re
piled:
"That's an untruth. I demand
that it be stricken from the
record"
The witness replied:
"Well, you know it's the
truth"
Mr.. Raichle then made a formal
denial Of the charge, swearing
that the accusation was not true
and asking the protection Of the
court from such voluntary testi
mony. Justice Hitz warned the
witness:
eff you cont stop this vOlun-
tary testimony, Pm going to
send you to Jail for contempt Of
court"
Just before Mr.. Henry left the
stand, he made a remark that:
"At the last minute Pitts
stole 100000 and walked away
with it,"
Bought q Rolls Royce
He was not questioned about
this statement.
Nugent Dodds and Neil Burkin
shaw, the prosecution counsel
called ten witnesses after Mr.
Henry had left the stand in ar
attempt to terminate their casC
before the end Of the days pro
ceedingS.
One of these witnesses, Fred r
Ditman, testified that Mr.. Pitt!
selected RollS-Royce automobile
priced at $40. 900, in New York city
during the summer OF 1928.
The witness identified an F. II
Smith Company check for $l2'SO'
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Mrs. Ralph De Palma
Ch1rqes DesertiOn

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Dec. 9
U.N.SO. - Charging deSertion,
Mrs. Clara De Palma, wife OF
Ralph De Palma, automobile race
driver, today had a suit on file
for separate maintenance.
The De Palmas were married
at Newark, N. j., June 80, 1909.
They have no children.
Mrs. De Palma stated her hus-
band deserted her last March.
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Indian Shoots TUO
At Battalion Parade

LONDON, Dec. 9 GNS0.-A
lance corporal at Lahore, India,
today shot and killed Capt. K. C.
Clenaghan and a sergeant while
a battalion Of Junjabis was on
parade, the Londan Evening News
reported.
The corporal then turned the
gun on himself and committed
suicide i. --...-.-.l.. ..l.ai.!.l =
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HAWKS FLIES TO N. Y.

CURTIsS AIRPORT, VALLEY
STREAM, N. Y, Dec. 9 lIN.S).
can't, Frank NJ. Hawks landed
here at 1900 a. m. unofficial
tinne) today, after a flight from
washington in ihs low-wing mono
plane. His flight from the Capt.
tai occupied 1 hour SA minutes
The Washington times., 1930-12-09

brought down eight German
planes during the war. He was
formerly a pilot for the Ford air
lines and connected with the
United States Department Of
Commerce.
Wing Torn Off
The injured included General
Hsiung Shih.Hui, commander OF
the Shanghai and Woosung gar
rSon, and three members of his
staff.
A wing was torn away from
the plane when it struck the
mast of the native junk few
moments after taking off from
Lunghwa airdrome en- route to
Eankow.
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Niles Of pleasure await nO-car-0wners
through the purchase Of q good used
car ss many attractive buys are listed
n tOday'8 Classified AdA.
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THE WEATHER

Fair tonight, not quite 80 cold with lowest
temperature about 81 degrees, Wednesday fair.
Moderate west winds. Temperature yesterday--
Highest, 46, lowest, 80.
Full Weather Report Page
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The Washington times., 1930-01-17
CITY,
SAYS HASTINGS

Citizens of Washington should
advertise the city as one In which
all Americans should take pride.
If they would get the things that
the city needs. Senator Daniel
o. Hastings Of Delaware, declared
In an address last night at the
mid-winter dinner Of the Colum.
bia Heights Business Mems Asso-
citation in the New Amsterdam
Hotel.
Rather than asking Congress
for appropriations that are in
sufficient, the Senator declared,
local citizens should teach the
nation to take pride in making
Washington the greatest as well
as the most beautiful city in the
country"
District Commissioner Proctor
L. Dougherty recalled some OF the
earlier days Of the city, 'compar.
ing 1t then with the Capital at
the present time. He declared
that public-spirited civic organiza-
tiOrS can do more than any other
type Of group to aid the progress
of the city.
Other speakers were Milton r.
Vollmer, president of the Georgia
Avenue Business Mems Associa-
ton; Capt. Ira Sheets, Tenth
precinct police, and A. B. Nc
Carly. who was POSTMASTER.
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PLAN FOR GREAT
D. c. T0BE TOLD.

At q meeting tonight In Constl-
tuition Hall. Eighteenth AMI D
Streets northwest, plans for the
development Of Greater Washing
ton win be made public by the
National Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission.
President Hoover has been in.
Vited to attend and it is ex-
pected q message from him will
be read, should he not be abls to
be present. Governor Pollard Of
Virginia and Governor Ritchie Of
Maryland will be guest speakers.
Many Senators and Representa-
tives will be present, as will mem
bers Of Virginia and Maryland
legislatures.
Frederic A. Delano, president
Of the commission, will preside:
Col. U. 8. Grant 3rd, director of
public buildings and parks and
executive officer of the commits
sion and his assistants win ex-
plain in detail the commissions
plans for expansion OF the Ma
tfoi1al Capital and its envir ons.
using for that purpose stereopti-
con slides. maps and exhibits as
well as models.
IN order to acquaint themselves
With the plans in advance, mem
bers Of both the Landscape Archi-
LectS Society and the American
Civic Association made tours
through Washington and sur
rounding territory as special fea
lures Of their programs yester-
day.
The executive board of the civic
association, which sponsored The
bill creating the National Capital
Parking and Planning Commits
sion. was in session yesterday
outlining It's years work and
studying the Greater Washing.
ton development plans.
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Films in Court Show
Airplane, Construction

The movies probably win be
used to a great extent in court
within a short time. a precedent
having been established by the
Court Of Customs Appeals this
week where films were displayed
showing the manufacture OF an
airplane.
A patent had been sought by
the plaintiff in the case before
the court and had been denied
him. When the court was asked
to permit the actual construction
70 be shown it was found that
this would not be practical.
After consideration the court
permitted the motion pictures of
the detailed construction to be
displayed in the court room.
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SPORTS SURVEY
IS GIVEN D. K.

The Association Of American
Colleges, in session 1t the willard
Hotel, yesterday indorsed the re-
port Of the Carnegie Foundations
study Of intercollegiate athletics.
OF 403 colleges which are mem
bers of the association, only 10
were given q clean slate" by the
Carnegie report. The report Of
the committee recommended also
that each school make a survey of
sts own athletics, and that greater
emphasis be placed on intellectual
aims.
Twenty. more schools were ad-
mitted to membership in the as
ISOLATION. Among them were Vir.
gjnia Military Institute, Lexing-
ton, Va. Of which Gen. John A.
Lejeune is head, and HollinS Col
lege. near Roanoke, Va.
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Cold Weather to Stay;
Snow Due Tomorrow

washington 5 in for several
days Of really cold weather and
skies are clouding for a snowfall
tomorrow.
The Weather Bureau did not
estimate the depth Of the snow.
fall to be expected, but predicted
it would bring no warm weather
with. it. Today will be cold and
clear, with the thermometer play.
ing around the 2O-degree mark.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
Western High School
Association to Meet

The Western High School
Home and School Association win
meet in the library of the school
tonight at 8:15 o'clock.
The parent-teacher conferences
IN classrooms will precede the
association meeting.
The Washington times., 1930-01-17
BOYS CLUB TO MEET

The ninth annual meeting OF
the Boys Club of Washington
will be held Tuesday a. 8 p. m.
in the clubhouse. $50 c st. N. w.
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