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Evening star., 1931-12-23
MAN Is FOUND DEAD
FROM GAS IN KITCHEN
Burton c. Rogers, SO, Leaves Note
Asking Family to Think
Well of Me

Leaving a note in which he asked his
family to think we'll of me-" Burton
c. Rogers, SO years old, was found dead
of Illuminating gas in the kitchen of his
home in the Coolidge Apartments, at
3l00 Wisconsin avenue, today.
His mother-in-laW, Mrs. Elizabeth
Club, found the body lying on the floor
near gas range, c. which four jets
had been opened, when she returned
from downtown shopping trip at noon.
She called the family physician, Dr.
Edward Grass, who pronounced Rogers
dead.
Neither his wife, Mrs Nicrotia Rog-
ers, nor Mrs. Clubb were able to ex-
plain any motive for Rogers act Mrs.
Rogers said that her husband had been
suffering for several days from indiges-
tion and did not work for that reason
yesterday. He was employed as a clerk
by the Fruit Growers Express.
Members of the homicide squad found
papers stuffed beneath the doors and
windows of the kitchen. The note was
left on his Wife's bed. Mrs, Rogers was
downtown shopping when Rogers body
was found. A l2-year-old son, Burton
Rogers, jr., was in school. Coroner
Joseph D. Rogers was notified.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
LABOR PARTY SEEKS
100000 MEMBERS
Headquarters in London An
nounces Recruiting Campaign to
Fight for Come Back.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 23-The Brit
ish Labor party. victim in the last gen.
eral election Of one Of the most devas-
tating political landslides in English
history, will begin fight for a come
back in 1882
The headquarters Of the party has
announced it will begin the new year
with recruiting campaign to secure
100000 additional members
The Executive Committee of the party
will meet next month to consider list
Of prospective Labor candidates for
Parliament in every electoral division
OF the United Kingdom, and will study
methods for reviving enthusiasm in the
Labor program.
The party has suffered heavy numeri-
cal losses through the depression of
trade in Great Britain and the accom-
panying lack Of funds for political and
trade union subscriptions. leaders said.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
COTTON MILLS TO RUN
TEN WEEKS FULL TIME
Twenty-one Yarn Plants in North
Carolina to Resume Operation
on January l.
BY the ASSnclpted Pres

BY the Associated Press.
GASTON1A. N. c., December %
Full-time operation for the 21 yarn
mills in the chain OF Textiles, Inc. is
assured for 10 or Is weeks, beginning
January l. officials of the chain said
here today
A. G. Myers and J. H Separk execu-
tives Of the combine, said business on
their books for delivery after January
lustifcs the belief that beginning early
IN the new year there will be a decided
upturn in the textile business.
Many of the orders now waiting to
be filled came by telegraph, indicating
that the buyers wanted speedy action
they said
Myers and Separk issued a Joint
statement, in which they said that
stocks and shelves are depleted ana
must be replenished Retailers, man
ufacturers and jobbers have been buy
ing from hand to mouth and now find
themselves with low stocks and empty
shelves
Evening star., 1931-12-23
sweeney GETS 3-YEAR
TERM IN DAY Staying
Sentence Imposed by Justice Proc.
tor After Plea of Guilty to
Manslaughter Charge.
From the $50 Edition OF Yesterdays Star

From the $50 Edition OF Yesterdays Star
Entering plea of guilty to a charge
OF manslaughter, Elmer j. Sweeney
this afternoon was sentenced to three
Years lmprisonT ent for Staying Tally
Da", police character, last May. The
punishment was imposed by Justice
James NJ. Proctor Of District Supreme
Court
On the motion of Harold R. Ste
phenson, an associate Of Bertrand
Emerson, jr., counsel for Sweeney. Jus
tice Proctor ruled the prisoner should
be credited with eight months he spent
IN Jail while awaiting trial Sweeney
was tried recently on a charge of first
degree murder.
The jury had been discharged be-
cause it could not agree on a verdict
The last vote was 10 t. in favor OF
conviction of manslauGhtcr
James r. Kirkland. ar assistant
United States attorney. today cor
sented to Sweeney's msnslaughter ~.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
MISSING BOY FOUND
AS KILLER is SOUGHT
IN SLAYING OF GIRL
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Continued From First Page.)
black belt were discovered in the room
OF relative of Bischcf.
The relative declared the liquid was
chilli and denied knowing how the
belt came to be in his room. The belt
was to be shown to Mrs Mildred Nc
Lean, mother of the slain girl.
Man Grilled on Discovery.
Bischoff. still being questioned about
his discovery of the body, said it had
not been in the basement Monday night.
Police and firemen have spread
out over the neighborhood in a deter
mined search for the slayer 1t was
believed that Marian had never been
far from her home. She had not been
dead more than Is hours when her
BODY was found. an examination indi-
Gated, and died from internal hemor-
rhageS after being assaulted.
Mrs. Mclean was heartbroken as she
faced Christmas. Her estranged hus-
band, Joseph Mclean, however, plan
ned to arrive here tomorrow evening,
flying from Phoenix, Ariz., where he
had been looking for work An air
passenger line offered him a free ride
Marian will be buried Saturday after
services in st. Patricks Catholic Church
IN Covington, KY, across the Ohio
River from here Six of her playmates
Will be her pallbearers
Evening star., 1931-12-23
.HARR|SONDEMANDS
S3OO,0DO,O()O SLASH
Cut in Federal Expenses by
Trimming Budgets Urged
on Senate.

A Democratic demand for a $780,
100000 slash in Federal expenditures
was placed yesterday before the Senate
Senator Harrison of Mississippi. a
party spokesman on tax and revenue
legislation. called for the cut in appro-
priatlons to save increasing taxes by
that amount.
He offered a resolution proposing the
Senate Appropriations Committee trim
S300000.000 off the budget estimates
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1888.
They total $3,942 ,754,6l4.
The resolution was in line with rec
concentrations of the Democratic Policy
Committee of the House and Senate.
The MissisSippian said he would leave
the decision as to where the reductions
should be made to the Appropriations
Committee for investigation.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
Frankness Held Demand.
GERMANS HIT CREDIT PLAN
Amortization Proposed By Creditors Is
Declared EXOrbitant.

BERLIN. December % CP-Terms
offered by Germany's creditors for
thaWlng out her frozen credits have
been found unacceptable by the Ger
mans, It was learned unofficially yes
terday.
The international committee of
bankers considering the problem con-
sequently adjourned last night until
December % without arriving at a
conclusive agreement
While nothing was officially an
nounced, it was learned that the rep
resentatiVes of Germanys creditors mad
settled on a common program and sub
mltted it to the German delegates.
After detailed examination the
Germans declared that the creditors
terms were Unacceptable in view of the
Feich's economic plight They objected
Chiefly to the amortiZation plan which
they considered eXorbitant.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
WOMAN VICTIM OF RADIUM
POISONING DIES IN MARYLAND
Believed to Have Contracted
Fatal MaIady While Paint
ing Watch DiaIs.
Battles Against Disease Sew
eraI Years After Specialists
Detect Symptoms.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Md, December %
Pauline De Haven Kenton 30-year-
old victim of radium poisoning, died
here today Of the malady which, physi-
clans believed. she contracted while
painting watch dials in a Chicago
factory
The woman entered the Cambridge
hospital last October % in a serious
condition and grew steadily worse She
had battled against the poison for sew
eral years, keeping in the fresh air as
much as possible and living on an egg
and milk diet.
Miss Kenton left the employ of the
dial factory nine years ago. She was
believed to have contracted the poison
ing while pointing a fine camel hair
brush with her lips. 1t was not until
1923, however, that she noticed the
Evening star., 1931-12-23
LAND BANK BILL
BOOST SUGGESTED
Chairman Carey Urges In
crease of S25 100000 to
Aid DeInquents.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An addition of S25,0OO00O to the
S1OO,O0O000 land bank bill. designed
specifically to allow the banks to be
lenient with delinquent borrowers, was
suggested today at a Senate committee
hearing
1t came from Chairman Carey of
the banking subcommittee which has
the measure before it. Previously
Paul Bestor. Federal farm loan COM
missioner testified that of sll71, ,0OO,-
OGO in outstanding land bank loans,
S275, 100000 was delinquent.
The bill has already passed the
House. 1t is designed to help'ease the
pressure on the farmers, but Carey
said the S25.OOO000 would give the
banks funds to permit the suggested
moratorium on loans. Carey said his
proposal was tentative.
The new proposal the Wyoming
Senator said, was the OutgroWth of
discussions among Senators interested
in relief Of unfortunate borrowers.
Commodity Price Drop Blamed.
Bestor told the committee the num-
Der of delinquent loans owed the Fed
eral Land Banks has increased from
10.l per cent of the total a year ago
to 23.5 per cent this year
BestOl gave the figures in urging
passage of President Hoover's proposal
for increasing the capital of the land
banks by Sl00000,0o0. The bill has
already passed the House.
Bestor attributed the increase in de-
linquent loans to the fall of COM
modify prices rather than any general
breakdown in the value of the loans"
He gave figures to show how cotton
beef cattle, hogs and corn prices have
declined in the last year.
In the South, Bestor said the low
price of cotton has had "a very serious
effect"
1T is an excellent showing under the
circumstances" Bestor said, that 76
per cent of our loans are still not de-
linquent, but with % per cent delin-
quent it seems that in order to fully
protect the banks in the future ade-
quate provision for additional capital
should be made"
Hits Foreclosure Policy.
The foreclosure policy of the Federal
Land Banks was sharply criticized by
Senator StelWer, Republican Of Oregon.
He said there had been complains
from the West" that the banks were
foreclosing inexorably on the farmer
unable to pay, even to the extent Of
putting him and his family out into
the road"
Steiwer called attention particularly
to a report which he said had been in
troduced into the Congressional Rec
ord. accusing the st. Paul. MINI, land
bank of taking away from the farmer
his essential seed, wheat and feed for
live stock"
Bestor agreed that if this were so It
represented "short-sighted foreclosure
policy"
Bestor said that so far as he knew
the land banks Have not pursued a
harsh proeclosure policy"
The number of loans in foreclosure,
he added. is only nine-tenths of per
cent of the total loans outstanding, and
only ST per cent of those delinquent.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
SEEKS BOND ISSUE
OF S5,5(O,ODO,ODO
La Toilette AssaiIs Hoover
Relief Organization in Own
Plan to Spur Work.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
A plea for a $500 900 900 issue OF
prosperity bonds" for immediate ex-
pansion of Federal. State and local
building was made today by Senator
La Toilette, who introduced such a bill
last night
The Wisconsin Republican, in state
ment today, aSsailed the public works
report of President HooverS Unemploy-
ment Relief Organization and said it
left the case for an adequate public
works program unweakened
Public works expansion by his bill. La
Foll2tte sad. "embodies the only emer-
gency program which can be adopted
without long political controversy.
He termed immediate consideration OF
Congress urgent.
Offer No Hope, He Says.
The measures proposed by the ad-
ministration are merely attempts to
keep us from slipping deeper into the
depression and offer no hope of raising
commodity and security prices, which
must be achieved if we are to bring
about quick recovery" he said,
The best estimates indicate that eX-
penditure of $500 ooOo 900 for construc-
ton would give jobs to 100000 OF ths
unemployed directly.
He said the Unemployment Relel
Organization Committee. in its oolec--
ton ito such a program, exaggerated
the claims of proponents of the puohc
works program misrepresented the eco
nomic possibilities and counseled inc
Nation to resign itself to a poEcy OF
inaction and despair
Assails Wage Cuts.
"The Presidents Committee seemingly
views with complacency policy, OF
continued wage cuts and of a reduc,
ton of standards of living to Worlo
levels" he said.
He added that the Presidents COM
mittee seemed concerned less with as
passionate examination of the posslolll-
ties of business recovery in program
of public works than with the proolem
of plausibly defending the adminlStra-
tons refusal to do anything except nos
pitalize the economic casualties OF tne
depression" ,uo
THE committee apparently Is more
anxious to protect the income taxpayer
than to prevent catastrophe contlnu-
ance of the depression" he SAID.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
DENIES $4,000 THEFT
Californian Enters Not Guilty Plea
in Salem, Mass, Court.

SALEM, Mass, December % (P.-
William H. Hood alias Tilden, of Long
Beach, Calf, today pleaded not guilty
to an indictment charging him with
the larceny of $4,000 from Lillian A.
Field of Brookline. At the request of
his counsel the case was continued for
two weeks, and in default of $4,000
bail Hood was committed to Jail.
Hood was brought back to Massa-
chusetts recently by District Attorney
Hugh Gregg, who informed the court
that since the indictment was returned
in 1929 Hood had engaged in business
in California and had gone straight"
Counsel for Hood said he had made
$1,000 restitution and had attempted
to repay more of the money. 1t was
alleged that Heed obtained the money
through psychic" methods.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
CANNON CHARGES
NYE |GV0REDFAC
Bishop, in Reply, Accuses
Committee of "Amazing
Misstatements."
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In a quick comeback to the Nye re-
port to the Senate charging him with
numerous apparent violations Of the
corrupt practices act, Bishop James
Cannon, jr.. now accuses the committee
Of making amazing misStaJementS Ct
facts.
Senator Nye presented the results OF
investigations into the Bishops anti
Smith political activities to the Senate
Yesterday Bishop Cannon retorted last
night that the report ignores the main
facts" with relation to some Of the
contributions and 'misconstrues the law
applicable to them"
Bishop CannOn'S statement follows.
The report of the Nye Committee
to the Senate on Tuesday ignores the
main facts with reference to the jane
son and other contributions and mis-
cCnstrues the law applicable to them.
Moreover. the report contains many
amazing mlsstatementS Of facts and
many amazing unWarranted conclu-
sions. and contains unWarranted re-
fecti0nS upon other innocent parties
besides myself.
There is nothing whatever in the
testimony at the hearings before the
committee which cannot be satisfac-
torily explained to any fair-mlnded
person. and 1 requested and was granted
al the opening of the hearings on Feb
ruary II the right to file sworn state
ment in reply to any testimony which
l thought required to be answered.
"AlthOugh l wrote to the committee
on, December that l desired to make
such statement, l have never yet had
the courtesy of reply to my letter by
the committee. although sending dupli-
cate letter to the committee on De-
cenber Is and again December II.
After consultation with my attor-
neys 1 shall make such statement as
is proper in view of the litigation
pending IN the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Evening star., 1931-12-23
INDIANA BABY DISAPPEARS.
Musician Finds Wife Unconscious and
Infant Son Missing,

HOBART, Ind, December % (P).-
David Piper, 4-month-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Piper. was sought to-
day by Lake County authorities follow
ing report of the baby's mysterious
disappearance from his home here.
Piper, who is employed as a musi-
clan at a Chicago Heights cabaret, told
officers he returned home Tuesday
morning and found his wife, Esther, ly-
ing on the floor unconscious. The radio
In the room was turned on and the
lights were burning, The baby was
missing.
Mrs, Piper apparently had been
drugged, her husband said Neither
Piper nor his wife could advance any
explanation for the disappearance OF
the baby.
Neighbors told police they saw man
and woman admitted to the Piper home
about pm. Monday, but Mrs. Piper
says no one came to the house She
says she remembers nothing after sitting
down to listen to q radio pfesram.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
HORSE COLLAR" CURE
BRINGS 9O-DAY TERM
Washington Man Sentenced in
New York for Selling Alleged
Panacea.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, December 23.-Howard
B. Drollinger, manufacturer of horse
collar apparatus which was widely ad-
vertised by radio as panacea was SEN
fenced today to serve three months in
the work house for the unlawful prac-
tice of medicine.
Justice Henry w. Herbert character
lied Drollinger as a fragrant offender
who had caused ignorant purchasers of
the horse collar" an electrical appara-
tus, to delay recourse to recognized
medical treatment while the ailments
were becoming more complicated.
Drollinger, who is 48, and gave his
address as 1920 New Hampshire avenue
northwest. Washington, was president
of the I-oni-zir Corporation and also of
DR.. Drollingers Ionizer.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
SENATORS DELAY
MAPES BILL STUDY
Committee Will Not Take Up
Fiscal Relations Measures
Until After Recess.

With Congress in recess until jan
uary 4, further developments on the
Mapes bills, relating to District taxa
ton and fiscal relations, will await
the next meeting of the Senate Dis
trlct Committee, some time during the
second week of January.
At that time Chairman Capper will
discuss with his colleagues on the COM
mittee the procedure to be followed in
considering the measures, including his
suggestion that the Bureau of Efficiency
be asked to study and report on the sew
eral bills.
Capper Withholds Comment.
Pending committee consideration of
the bills, Chairman Capper has re-
trained from commenting on their de-
tailed provisions. but has indicated he
wants all the light possible on them
when they are taken up in committee
Early in its deliberations last year,
The Mapes Committee of the House re-
celVed comprehensive report on fiscal
relations from the Efficiency Bureau,
put at that time the bills recently passed
by the House had not been drafted.
Urged Higher Contribution.
In its report year ago. the Efficiency
Bureau reached the conclusion the Fed
eral contribution should be Sl0.l83,39I
At the present time, it is $500 900, and
the aim OF the House program in pro-
posing various new taxes. is to reduce
the Federal share to S6.5OOO0O.
In arriving at its recommendation on
the Federal contribution. the EfficieIc,
Bureau considered the liability of tn
FcGcral Government as a municipal tax
payer and the loss OF revenue to the
District by reason of the fact that this
is the National Capital Again, IN com
pairing Wash!ngton's tax burden with
other cities. the bureau prepared tables
including te Federal properties actually
useC by Uncle Sam in the conduct OF
his business in Washington.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
SUSPECT REPORTED IN KENTUCKY

ERLANGER. KY, December % LP).-
Reports that a man resembling the one
sought in Cincinnati for the kidnapping
and killing of Marian Mclean was in
this vicinity were being investigated
today.
Claude Kendall of Erlanger said he
picked up man and woman in Gov
ington, KY, last night, when they
asked for lift" and was compelled to
drive speedily away with a revolver
pointed at him. The man, described
by Kendall as answering the kidnaper's
description, said, They are making 1t
not for me in Cincinnati and 1 want to
get away"
Kendall reported the man became
alarmed when he noticed another ma
chine following, and demanded to be let
out near here, He disappeared in the
darkness with the woman. Two bus
drivers later reported having seen the
couple near Florence Ky.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
BRET0NS HONOR DEAD
AT CHRISTMAS TIME
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
AURAY, Brittany France. - The
F!sher-folk about this little port, where
Benjamin Franklin landed about Christ
mas time in 1776 as the envoy of the
continental Congress, commemorate
their dead on Christmas as well as the
nativity.
Groups of singers go from cottage to
each and aohg sn tne n sxe fher
program If met with silence, they pass
on. IT not, they enter. chant their
carols and, at the end, are offered
Breton cider and small sums of money.
The proceeds are divided. Half goes
for fees for saying masses on behalf of
nshermen lost during the past year. The
other half goes to the carolling was
sallers, to brighten their Christmas eve.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
FORMER BANK HEAD
SENTENCED TO PRISON
Ex-President Gets 10 to 20 Years
on Charge of Embezzling
$52,742.
By the Associated Press.

by the ASSOCIATED Press.
DETROIT, December 23.-Robert M.
Allan, former president of the defunct
American State Bank, was sentenced to
10 to 20 years in the Michigan State
Prison at Jackson for embezzlement by
Judge W. Mckay Skillman today There
was no recommendation of leniency.
simultaneously defense counsel in
dicated they were prepared to offer two
motions: One asking a stay of judg-
ment and tie other a new trial In
even these motions are denied the case
will be appeald to tn Supreme Court,
they said.
Allan was last week convicted of en-
bezzling S52,742 from the American
State Bank.
The original indictment charged en-
bezzlement of Sl06,565 but before the
case went to the jury the State dropped
all but one of the five counts.
Evening star., 1931-12-23
Green Christmas
Promised in East;
Rains Indicated
Fair, Mild Day Forecast
for Atlantic Region;
Snow in Far West.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
1t will be a green Christmas east OF
the Mississippi
r n WeightmAn weather forecaster
made the prediction today as ne sur
veyed his charts THAT did, however, snow now
some indications of rains. The Nation
today was virtually Npare OF snow WIN
the exception of high Western noun
tains.
Weightman said Christmas would DC
fair, mild day in the Atlantic region
Ee was uncertain whether rain "oulo
dampen the Ohio Valley, lower lake
region and Tennessee region
Forecasts far the Far west indicated
probably snow in parts of Colorado,
Montana, Wyoming, Northern NeVada
and Idaho tomorrow. -.
Rain and snow are due In Washing
ton and Oregon and rain is in prospect
for Southwestern California, Western
Louisiana, Northwestern MISSISSIPPI
Eastern Arkansas and exas.