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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
R. 0. LEE OF TEXAS
DIES FROM STROKE
Representative Suffered Pa
raIysis Five Weeks Ago.
Hope Given Up Yesterday.

Representative r. @. Lee of Texas
died at 10 o'clock this morning at
Emergency Hospital after an illness of
five weeks. Physicians abandoned hope
for his recovery yesterday. He was 81
years old.
Mr.. Lee was stricken with paralysis
five weeks ago and it was thought for
some time he would recover. Wednes-
day night he suffered a relapse.
Mr.. Lee was born near Coldwater,
Miss, January IL, 1869. and moved
with his father to Fort Worth in 1886,
then to Caddo, Stephens County, Tex,
and finally to Cisco in 1918.
He was merchant, farmer rancher
and banker and was elected to the
House in 1928 without opposition.
Mrs. Lee and their children are in
Washington. They make their home
at 1851 Irving street.
Besides his widow, Representative
Lee is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Leonard Simon of Cisco and Mrs. Har-
old Ochler of Dayton, Tex, and three
sons, Edward, Robert Stein and r. @.
Lee, ir.
The body is to leave Washington to-
night for Cisco, where the funeral will
be held, probably on Monday. A con-
gressional delegation will accompany
the body, along with the members of
the family who have been in Washing
ton during the illness.
Mr. Lee succeeded former Repre-
sentative Tom Blanton from the sew
enteenth Texas district and had an
nounced for reelection.
Mr.. Blanton also has announced his
candidacy.
The House adopted a resolution of
sorrow over the death of Representa-
tive Lee and adjourned out Of respect
to his memory.
The announcement of the Texan s
death was made by Representative
Garrett, Texas, who attributed his COL
leagues death to his devotion TO duty
Speaker Longworth appointed a
committee of "a members to attend the
funeral at Cisco, including the ia
members of the Texas delegation, Rep
resentative Parks of Arkansas, McClin-
tic and McKeown of Oklahoma, Sand
lin of Louisiana, Democrats. and Knut-
son of Minnesota, Underhill of Mas
sachusetts and Curry Of California
Republicans.
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made to the contractor and $500 each
out of the fourth and fifth payments.
Again, shortly before January IL,
1925, the committee reports that Dom
aldson offered to obtain for the con-
struction company a contract to erect
an apartment house to be known as
the Fifth Avenue Apartments, in Pitts
burgh, for which the Smith company
would have control of the letting of the
contract. Under date of january IL,
1925, Donaldson, it is reported, accepted
an offer of the construction company
to pay him $35 900 to secure the new
Pittsburgh contract He was to be paid
$4,000 out Of each of the first three
payments and $4,000 out of each of
the next two payments received by the
company on the contract.
Demand Called Unjustified.
The committee calls the attention of
the court to the fact that the Smith
company was already dealing with and
knew of thea reputation and qualifica-
lions OF the construction company as a
builder before the contracts of July 8,
1925, and January IL, 1926, were made
and had invited bids from the construc-
ton company for the erection of the
particular buildings. The committee
charges that Donaldson performed no
services Of value to the construction
company in connection with the build
ing contracts and was not entitled to
charge or justified in demanding and
accepting 100000 or any sum what
ever, but the officers of the construc-
ton company were induced to enter
into the contracts because they were
given to understand, although not ex-
pressly told, by Donaldson, that If they
refused to do so he was in a position
to and would influence the officers of
the Smith company to let the contracts
to one or more of the construction COM
pany's competitors.
Donaldson, it is stated, did not dis
close to the Smith company or to any
responsible officer, his agreements with
the construction company for the $780,
600 compensation, or the fact that he
was to receive or was receiving such
compensation and the officers of the
Smith company did not learn thereof
until some months after the respective
dates Of the agreements and until after
large part of the payments had been
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
EGG ROLLING DUE
ON EASTER MONDAY
White House to Throw Open
Gates to Children as
Usual for Fete.

President and Mrs. Hoover will throw
wide the gates of the White House on
Easter Monday for the traditional
Easter egg rolling of thousands of
Washington children. The rolling is
expected to start at 9 o'clock in the
morning.
1t will be a day for children only
as Easter Monday has been in the past.
Adults are to be permitted as the
Capital has come to phrase it, only If
"a little child shall lead them"
At least this restriction will be fol-
lowed between the hours of 8 o'clock
in the morning and 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. At the later hour the gates
will be thrown open to the general
public and the United States Marine
Band, attired in its colorful dress uni
forms, will give concert for the next
two hours.
President and Mrs. Hoover will 60 10
the rear portico to look on at the chill
dren at play probably twice during the
festival. Mrs Hoover has invited ladies
of the cabinet and the cabinet children
and the children of George Akerson,
the Presidents secretary, and the chill
dren of other close friends.
This annual Easter custom seems TO
increase in popularity with the years.
More than $1,000 persons passed through
the White House gates last year, and it
is expected that this record number will
be broken on Monday unless the
weather mars the day.
Allan Hoover, the younger of the
Hoover boys, who is taking a course in
business administration at Harvard, will
not be with his parents during the
Easter holidays. Both the President and
Mrs. Hoover, who have been suffering
from colds, were reported to be con-
Siderably recovered and Mrs Hoover's
back, which was Wrenched painfully as
a result of fall in her bedroom several
days ago, was said to be greatly i'm
nr0Ved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
Favorable Weather
For Fashion Display
Here Easter Sunday

The Weather Man took a peek
at his thermometers, barometers
and kindred gadgetS today and
decided Easter Sunday will be a
day of days. Unless his instru-
ments lie, the sun will shine and
there won't be any clouds except
the fluffy white kind that look
like vanilla ice cream and don't
drip raindropS.
All of which may mean that
Washington, what with these new
style flowing dresses, will see an
Easter fashion parade such as it
never fas seen before. There may
be so much color aboard, in fact,
that the men about town who
know their F. street will find it
necessary to wear shaded glasses.
To add to the indications of
what the Weather Nan termed a
big and constructive Easter"
flower stores reported a big bust
ness today. Clothing stores also
were rushed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
NEW COURT ACTION
NAMES SMITH CO.
Firm Is One of Defendants
in Suit for Jefferson Apart
ments ReceiverShip.

Application for the appointment of
receiver for the Jefferson Corporation
and the Jefferson Apartments, Inc,
Twelfth and M streets, was made today
to the District Supreme Court by Miss
Grace Cauldwell, 1919 Oak street,
through Attorney w. Gwynn Gardiner.
Miss Cauldwell owns one Of the first
mortgage bonds of a total issue of
$685., 900 secured on the property. She
also asks that the F. H. Smith Co.,
which distributed the bonds, be required
to deliver to the Southern Maryland
Trust Co. all monies received by the
company since December 20 last on &C
count Of interest payments on the
bonds.
Joined as defendants in addition to
the two corporations and the Smith Co.
are O.. Bryan Pitts and Henry, C. Mad
dux of this city, John r. Thomas OF
New York City, Charles H. Wiltsie OF
Rochester, N. Y, and the Southern
Maryland Trust Co.
Miss caldwell tells the court that
the jefferson Apartments are valued by
William p. Richards, district assessor,
at only SCOOPS and has secured on
the property a first mortgage OF $780,
600 and a second mortgage OF S35O,OOO,
making a total idebtedness of $1,0l5,-
600. She attaches an affidavlt from the
assessor in which he values the ground
at SIS per square foot for ll,735 square
feet, making a valuation OF $l76,025 10
which he adds, $450,000 as the value
of the building.
The plaintiff reviews the litigation
over the affairs of the Smith Co. and
charges that security Of the BONDS OF
which she owns one, is being leopard
lied by the publicity given the matter
in the halls of Congress and elsewhere.
Occupied by Pitts.
Miss Cauldwell declares that the Jeff :
erson Apartments are being managed
by Henry c. Maddux, who has been In
structed and directed by the F: Il.
Smith Co. to send all collections from
the property by way OF rentals or M
come to the New York office OF the
Smith Co. She says she has been IN.
formed that the rental is between 5000
and $4,000 monthly, but that one
eighth of the entire building has been
for a considerable period OF time oc-
cupied as a private abode OF G. Bryan
Pitts. former chairman of the board OF
the Smith Co., for which he owes q
balance of $4,000. He has recently
removed his belonging to place I'M
known to the plaintiff, it is asserted.
The property has been sold for non
PAYMENT of taxes, it is declared, to
Charles H Whsle of Rochester, N. X,
who is also made a party to the suit,
Thomas is sued as a trustee under one
| of the mortgages placed on the prop
erty.
Under the first trust, it is pointed out,
payments from income are required to
be paid to the Southern Maryland Trust
| Co., and it is charged this has not
been done since the last interest period.
DrrrTXyEnS NAMEn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
RECEIVERS NAMED.
Buffalo Supreme Court Acts After Bond
Issue Ruling.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BUFFALO, N. Y, April 18.-The F.
H. Smith Co. of Washington and the
Fairfax Apartment Corporation of Buff
falo today were in the hands of re-
ceivers appointed yesterday by Supreme
Court Justice Samuel j. Harris, who
ruled last week that a $1,000 900 bond
issue floated by the two concerns to re-
fund a first mortgage on the Fairfax
Apartments here was fraudulent and
violation of the Martin act.
The receivers are George D. Crofts,
treasurer of University OF Buffalo; VIII
liam j. Hickey, State Senator and
Stanley G. Falk, Buffalo attorney. Each
receiver is required to deposit a $780,
600 bond, while the receivers fee al
lowed by law in such cases will be Gi-
vided among the three receivers by
court order.
Frank G. Raichle Of New York, who
has been retained to defend the Smith
Co. IN the Buffalo action, said yestcr-
day that he had appealed Justice
Harris decision to the appellate court
of Buffalo 1T is my understanding,
he said, that pending decision of my
appeal the receivers will be appointed
but will not function. In other words,
the assets of the Smith Co. will not be
liquidated until the appellate court mas
passed on the ruling by Justice Harris"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
MACHINE GUIDES
BOMBING AIRPLANE
Feasibility of Air War Without
Human Pilots Proved in
California Tests.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1S-The
feasibility of waging war in the air
without the use of human pilots and
of sending huge planes, niloted only by
machinery, on cross-country trips, has
been demonstrated by the Army Air
Corps.
A big Army bomber took of from
Mather Field. Sacramento, last night
bearing four men and q queer-looktng
machine about the size of a hat box
when the plane was well in the air the
pilot. Mai. Hugh Knerr, turned the
controls over to the little machine,
which few the ship straight as an
arrow to San Francisco.
Course Precise Mechanically.
Over the bay city Knerr touched a
button and the machine guided the
1soo0-pound plane in circles for 20
minutes and then headed it back for
Sacramento Except for the take-off
and Iauding. the machine did all
navigating, keeping the plane on An
even keel through the rough air and
maintaining the course with mechanical
precision.
Besides Knerr the plane carried Hans
Adamson. representing the Assistant
Secretary Of War for Aviation; Lawrence
3. Sperry, inventor Of the automatic
pilot, and Master Sergt. Budof, radio
The purpose of the fight, Army
officials said, was to prove the feasibility
Of using automatically piloted planes as
huge instruments of destruction TO be
hurled against an enemy without the
aid of human hands. While the flight
was in progress Budoff sent message
90 Mather Field that the automatic
pilot was giving perfect demonstra-
Zion of its usefuless." Just before land
ing the plane radioed that the expert
rnent had been highly successful"
Two GyrOscOpes Used.
eberry's invention consists of two
horoscopes. The instrument weighs less
than 50 pounds in all and was installed
in the forward cockpit. Delicately
sensitive. it detects every movement OF
the plane and dramatically rights the
ship whenever it strays from its course.
when Knerr left the control OF the
plane to the automatic pilot he retired
to a rear cockpit of the ship, and except
for going forward to press the buttons
tor turns, remained away from the
instrument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
80 TAKING AIR TOUR

BRUSSELS, April 10 UP).-Twenty
gayly painted airplanes, carrying a
party of 80 Easter holiday tourists from
Great Britain, landed at the air station
near here today. Later they continued
to Germany.
The flight was the first continental
air tour by fleet of privately owned
light machines and will last IL days,
covering Brussels, Bologne, Vienna,
Prague, Berlin and Amsterdam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18

Future contributions will be published
as they are received. Checks, money
orders or cash may be mailed to the
cashier of The Star. Donations in any
amount will be acknowledged.
Meanwhile good news came to the
family today in the announcement by
the United States Employees Compensa-
ton Commission that compensation of
S96.25 a month would be paid the
widow and her children. The first
check will go forward May /. However.
friends of Mrs. York pointed out today
that the family is in desperate need of
ready cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
Slayer Gets 81 Years.

BATESVILLE, Ark, April 10 (P).-J.
P. Barber, %, formed high school ath-
lete, was convicted of second-degree
murder by jury in Circuit Court here
today and his sentence flxed at 81 years
imprisonment for the Staying year ago
of Maurice Osborne, a young merchant
Of Cord, Ark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
Former Miss Klotz Declines Trip.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, April 18 (P).-
AIRS Austen Pardue, formerly Dorothy
Klotz OF golfing fame, has turned down
an invitation to accompany Glenna
Collet and the American golf team on
an invasion Of England this Summer
because of maternal duties. Her chill
bred are less than years Of age.
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Of Charles nving's stay in the hospital
and. later, his funeral.
''They told me I ought to try TO re-
cover something for my boys death,
Mrs. York said, but I'm afraid that
would be hard; there are so many
stories about accidents, and then a
judgment mightn't be collectable any
how. s
Mrs. York wasn't sure Just what she
would do. whether to keep the little
house or perhaps 60 live with relatives
There was 9-year-old Robert Lamar to
consider, and James Henderson, who Is
just 9 months old.
The agent, too, had been forced 70
borrow some on his life insurance. Mrs.
York wasn't sure Just how much, but
expenses had been very heavy last
year she said, with sigh.
Pleads for BereaVed.
observation-disclosures would almost zap
pear to participate in the crime were
we to allow the widow and children OF
this noble officer to suffer want and
privation," wrote j. Maurice Bird.
prominent merchant, in contributing
$40 to the fund. His letter follows, In
part:
1--WE welcome the opportunity
through your initiative in testifying to
the heroic integrity and valor OF one
of the finest.
"Of1cer York proved concrete evil
dence of the heroism our sometime
maligned police force produces; like
wise we voice our appreciation to Lieut..
Kelly and his efficient aides in so
quickly experimenting murderous
group of poison bootleg vendors.
1--WE pause to view the grief, hard
ship and suffering entailed on those
left behind. We should almost appear
TO participate in the crime were we to
allow the widow and children Of this
noble officer to suffer want and priva-
ton.
For Advanced Provision.
"There should be advanced provision
provided through the appropriation
for prohibition enforcement to avoid
ieopardizing dependents and loved ones
of the growing number of martyrs"
Frank v. A. Brown of the Auth Pro-
vision Co., another supporter OF the
movement. advanced the suggestion that
the public pay off the $4,000 mortgage
on the York home. He wrote:
please find inclosed a check for $40
to help the fund for the York family.
What more appropriate gift could the
washington people give at this Easter
time than enough to pay off the mort
gage on the home and little surplus
to help them carry on until better days
meet them? Best wishes for a huge
success"
There were 10 donations in addition to
that of the Evening Star Newspaper
Co. within less than "a hours after
the fund was launched, while others
were believed to be in the mails. Mean
while. The Star was informed that en-
ployes of the Postal Telegraph Co. were
raising a purse to be added to the fund.
Officials of the Anti-Saloon League
announced they would make substan-
tial contribution soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
Schooner's Crew Held.

NEW YORK, April 10 (P.-Six MEM
bers of the crew of the auxiliary
schooner Alamac were held by Treasury
| ofilcials today after a cargo of liquor
had been discovered in a false bottom
Of the boat. aInExaAH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
$222.5O is RAISED
FOR YORK FAMILY
IN FUND CAMPAIGN

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18
DISBARMENT PLEA
Is FILED AGAINST
R. G. DONALDSON

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-18

Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather cloudy; track muddy.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12
LINDRERG TALKS ON
 FUTURE AVIATION

NEW YORK. July 8. P)-Re- spending to request of the Lea que of Nations for his views on International aspects of conner cial aviation. Charles Lindberg ca ab4ed comprehensive outline of what can be done for flying and suggested that now is the time while the atrplanes of the world are, in the formative. stage to es- tablish principles and practices. He offered the board a basis of development which when recogniz ed said would break down Nation al barriers, prejudices and isola- tion He further said that a uni form system of markings and sig nals should be made upon a com prehensive basis and that metro logical radio reporting system es- tablished.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12
CHAS. FRANK MURDER
 CASE IS REVERSED

SAN FRANCISCO. July [. (P The United States Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of Chas. Frank in the District Court at Nome, Alaska. Frank was convicted and sentenced to life Imprisonment on a charge of first degree murder of Joseph A. Spar row. at Nome, December 4th, 1928. The Circuit Court said that where there is any doubt whether a man killed another in self defense. the defendant should be acquitted.
 Frank based his plea on self defense, charging that Sparrow at tackled him with hammar dur ing a quarrel in disorderly house. The Circuit Court of Ap- peals ordered a new trial.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12
THIS YEARS FOURTH JULY RESULTS IN 226 DEATHS

CHICAGO, July z, P)-This years celebration of the Fourth of July which was one of three days of holiday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, resulted in the ma tion paying with two hundred and twenty-six lives. Altogether the loss of lives amounted to four hundred and four lives for the three days.
 Fireworks and toy pistols cost twenty-nine lives; automobile ac- cidents one hundred and seventy eight; and drowning one hundred and twenty-one; airplane accidents heart attacks, heat, etc., caused seventy six deaths.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12
MONDAY
A. CONAN DOYLE DEAD
 71 YEARS OF AGE

LONDON, July 2. @-A. Con an Doyle. aged seventy-one, died today of a heart attack. and is survived by his wife and two sons
 He was stricken seriously ill about two months ago and his condition was aggravated recent ly, which took his family by sur prise. His series of lectures last October is blamed for his pri- mary condition, and cold contract ed few days ago is blamed for his death. His last words were to his wife: You are wonderful" His family believe that he will communicate with them from the other world.
 In. his time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle played many parts. and most of them famously. To SCOT es of country folk along the sands of the English Channel at South sea, he was family physician. That was in the eighties. To millions of headers all over the world, he became teh doylen of detective story writers. That was in the nineties. The chief character of his imagination, Sherlock Holmes, got to be the common coin of con versation. Any detective felt flat tered to be called 4 veritable Sher- lock Holmes.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12
AIRPLsANE WRECK
 ON, NOME LANDING FIELD

A mystery plane wreck occur red on the Nome landing field dur ini the early hours of Sunday morning last. when the Standard plane owned by Thomas Roust was maliciously started up by some person or persons. evidently in an effort to take a joy ride.
 MT. Roust had just completed repairs Saturday night and was to give the plane a tryout Sunday. but much to his disappointment, he was awakened early in the morning with the news that his plane was total wreck on the tundra short distance off the field.
 The marshal's office is en- gagged in running down the van dals and a. thorough investigation Of the matter will be made.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12
NAVAL TREATY DEBATE ON

WASHINGTON. D. C., July Sth, (P)-The Naval Treaty was cham pioned from the outset il Sen ate debate by Senator Swanson. the famous wartime chairman of the Senate Naval Committee. in a twelve thousand word address.
 Swanson made detailed analysis of the agreement which called for ratification. which he claimed was for the 'best interests of the Un- ited States" He further stated that the treaty gives America a we'll balanced fleet for the first time and establishes naval supre- macy for the country and the Western Hemisphere.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12
ROCKEFELLER OBSERVES
 HIS 91St BIRTHDAY

TARRYTOWN. N. Y. July Sth, (P)-In the privacy of his Pecan tico Hills estate, John D. Rocke- feller observed with the utmost his ninety first birth day, Around this estate is a IS foot wall, and on his birthday as well as on other days, nobody gets in who is not invited. Very few were invited today except few neighbors to play golf and join the member of his family at din- ner tonight. His son John jr.. is in the West on business trip.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12

Mooney until some further light is shed upon the case which I do not possess. must manifest ly accept the conclusions of the Supreme Court and the Advisory Pardon Board" The Governor further said that he considered the Billings and Mooney case on paralell. that both men were either innocent of the cases on which they were tried or that they are both guilty.
The Nome nugget., 1930-07-12
EFFORT ESTABLISH NEW
 NON FUEL ENDURANCE
 FAILED AFTER 15 HRS.

JACKSONVILLE BEACH. Fla, July S,P)-Excessiye oil consump ton forced George Halderman and Stewart Chadwick to land their plane after being in the air fifteen hours in an effort to es- tablish a new worlds record for non stop fuel endurance flight
 Halderman said that the motor burned forty out of seventy gal Ions of oil during the fifteen hrs. He further said that another at tempt to break the sixty seven hours and fifteen minute record would be made soon.