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The Washington times., 1932-09-13
D. T.. Boards
Answer to
GldSsfOrd

Following is the statement by
the District Commissioners made
last night in reply to General
GlGSsford::
With reference to the state
ments appearing in the press
and purporting to be made by
the Chief of Police concerning
the presence of troops on July
%, the Commissioners Of the
District of Columbia assert
positively that Major Glassford
stated to them the situation in
the affected area was beyond
the control of the police; that
in response to a direct queS-
ton as to whether the presence
of troops was necessary, Major
Glassford stated positively that
the presence Of troops was
necessary.
Two of the Commissioners
then visited the scene Of the
disturbance and likewise were
convinced that the presence Of
troops was necessary If lazy
and order were to be restored
and preserved. They there
upon asked that troops be sent
to the affected area. Inspectors
of police, who were at the scene.
were likewise of the same
opinion. The Commissioners
believe that the presence Of
troops alone prevented more
serious bloodshed and far
greater disorder.
They call attention to the
statement of fact which they
made to the Attorney General
dated August 2 and which has
been released by the Depart
nnnt nf T11Stice
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
ASSERTS ONLY ONE SMALL GROUP
T|NGED WITH COMMUNISM
CRIMINALS DECLAREDFEW

FoloaCing is the teT of General GdsSforTs statement
challenging the accuracy of the Mitchell report the
Bonus ETpediti0nary Force:
have had repeated requests from the to comment
upon the report of Attorney General William D. Mitchell
which appeared in the morning papers of September u do
not believe would be proper jusable for to COM
upon any contained in the report except
those which relate the police. find in the report
Der of assertions affecting the police which conflict
with police records with facts known to the police de-
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Mitchell Report on Hines
Refuted by Press Files

Times Staff Photo

estimated the m a x m u m
strength of the group at S,OOO."
HINES QUOTED
WASHINGTON HERALD
Universal Service), Aug. s.
Quotation of General Hines:
"A careful check byGthe Veter-
ans Bureau has convinced me
that 5000 was the peak strength
reached by the Bonus Expedi-
tiOnary Force before being ex-
PEELED from Washington. Of
this number only 500 could
safely be computed as men
without military ,ervice."
WASHINGTON POST, Aug.
5.-"Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines
reiterated yesterday his belief
that at no time werG there
more than 5000 veterans in
Washington. The Veterans
Administration head expressed
the opinion that not more than
500 of the bonus marchers
were not bona fide veterans"
Official Backing
The Veterans Bureau on July
% iSued a statement by Directo!
Hines, including the following:
General Hines states that,
from the most reliable infOrma-
ton received by him, he was
under the impression that not
more than 5000 had ever been
present at one time and, in
cluded in that number, were be-
tween 500 and 800 men who
could not be identified as
veterans of the World War, al
though it was possible that
some of them may have had
service in the Army, Navy or
Marine Corps after the World
War"
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
Mitchell Report Hit
As COP. MnneUUeT

CAMDEN, N. j., Sept. 13
ON.SO O.-Thomas Red" DON
Ion, national junior vice president
of the B. E. F., today charac-
terized the Attorney Generals re.
port of the Anacostia situation
"a mass of Misrepresentation"
Donlon charged the report was
a "bare-faced attempt to patch
up irreparable damage" done the
Republican cause, he said, as a
result of the forced evacuation by
the veterans.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
80 DAYS TO PONDER

James A. Matthews, colored, Of
Colesville, Md, will have 80 days
in the Upper Marlboro Jail to
think over the good time he had
at the Emancipation Day picnic
at Laurel Saturday. Matthews
couldn't pay $40 fine imposed
by Judge j. Chew Sheriff for be-
ing drunk and disorderly and
carrying a concealed weapon.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
CLARENCE


his statement regarding the
alleged criminality of the Bonus
Expeditionary Force and it's non
veteran character, cites a state
ment by Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, of the Veterans Admin
iStration to the effect that more
than 80 per cent of the B. E. F.
were veterans, and declares point
blank that General Hines never
made such a statement.
On August 4, when leaving the
White House, General Hines met
a group of White House CORE
spondentS. to whom he talked at
some length about the B. E. F.
The substance of his remarks was
that only about 500 of an eSti-
mated total of 5000 bonus march
erS were not veterans, approx
mately 6.25 per cent.
Press Disputes Mitchell
Reports at the time in all the
Washington newspapers agree as
to the statement by General
Hines, and controvert the state
ment by the Attorney General
that Hines never said anything
of the kind.
Excerpts from the five Wash
ington newspapers after a talk
with General Hines at the White
House on August 4:
WASHINGTON TIMES, Au-
gust 4.-"Brig. Gen. Frank T.
Hines, head Of the Veterans
Administration, estimated to-
day that there were about
5000 members of the Bonus Ex-
peditiOnary Force here at the
peak, and that of these only
about 500 were not bona fide
World War veterans. =
General Hines said the pO-
lice had registered the first
$500 arrivals and that 800 of
them could not be identified
as veterans. He believed, how
ever, that this was due largely
to mistakes in initials, addresses
or military units and that most
of them had served in the war.
MANY were too young to
have served in the Army at war
time, he said. Others probably
were in the Navy or Marine
Corps, and still others prOba.
bly, served in some military
outfit after the armiStice."
STAR BACKS TIMES
WASHINGTON STAR, Aug.
At is estimated by Brig.
Gen. Frank T. Hines. admins
traitor Of veterans affairs, that
at no time during the encamp-
ment here Of the bonus march
erS were there more than 5000
and according to his calcula-
tiOnS only 500 of these were
not veterans " In making
known his calculations General
Hines said that his office had
been in q position to make a
fairly good check.
"He explained that his eSti-
mate Of 500 not being veterans
of the World War was based
upon the inability of so-,. Of
these to furnish discharge
papers, and of their being too
young to have served in the
war"
WASHING TON NEWS, Aug.
5.-"Further confusion was
added to the controversy as to
the proportion of nOn-veteranS
among the bonus marcherS
when Gen. Frank T. Hines,
head of the Veterans Admins
tratiOn, put the number at not
more than 500 General Hines
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

estimated the m x m u m
strength of the group at 5000"
HINES QUOTED
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
ELks Lodge to Start
Sen1i-UeekLy Dances

Semiweekly dances under au-
spices of Elks Lodge, No. IS, the
proceeds going to charity, will
commence Thursday night at 9
o'clock at the Elks home, 9l9 H
st. N. W., Charles L. Rouse, chair
man, announced today.
The dances will continue every
Thursday and Saturday until
spring.
The Washington times., 1932-09-13
GLASSFORDS STATEMENT DISPUTES MITCHELL ON B. E.
.GLASSFORD ASKED FOR TROOPS,
DEPARTMENT Of JUSTICE
MAINTAINS IN REPLY

Following is the Department of Justice reply made last
night to General GLGSsford:
The attention of the department has been called to
Of Major Pelham D. GassfOrd superintendent of
the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of
Columbia released for publication Tuesday September 49,
1882.
Major GassfOrd questions the following statement of the
Attorney General in his report the President regarding
the so-caled "Bonus Riots Of July % last:
The Washington times., 1932-09-13

we're shot, almost as soon as
it had commenced.
There was no trouble Of any
kind between 2 p. m, and the
time the troops arrived, which
was after five.
The metropolitan police force
numbers more than 1900 Off
GERS. There were at no time
more than 450 in the disaffected
area.
Police in Camp
5. The report says:
"The results of this effort to
bring to justice the principals
who melted this riot have been
unsatisfactory. The reason Is
that on the day Of the riot
July 2Sl no detective officers
were at Camp Marks lana
costa Flats, where originated
the large movement to march
over and attack the police. The
function Of having detectives
and crime prevention agents in
a position to observe and OBJ
tain evidence against those who
at the last moment melted the
riOtOus march and attack, be-
lOnged to the District police.
The INSPECTOR in charge Of
that branch Of the police ser.
vice reports that he had no
orders to place men for that
purpose, and, on the contrary,
on the day of the disturbance
was directed to keep his men
out of the area"
The facts are as follows: Camp
Marks was within the Eleventh
precinct. Officers from this pre-
cinct circulated in the camp con-
In addition to the po'
lice officers from the Eleventh
precinct, two plain clothes men
ON the Crime Prevention D1-
vision q. Auffenberg and j. K.
Baker) were detailed to this
camp on the morning Of July 28.
They remained at Camp
Marks from early morning until
the veterans suddenly started
their movement to the Penn
sylvania Avenue area about IL
a. m. No orders were issued to
the inspector in charge Of the
Crime Prevention Division, nor
to any other inspector, which
prohibited plain clothes officers
from pursuing their normal
functions of obtaining and re-
porting information.
Uniforms Required
In order to avoid unneceS-
sary provocation or confusion.
orders were issued requiring
that the eviction Of veterans
and the quelling of any dis
turbance which might result,
should be accomplished by uni
formed policemen only.
It is not necessary to defend
in this statement the policies
followed unswervingly by the
Police Department in preserv.
ing law and order for a period
of two months-policies Of hui
manity and of respect for the
rights of citizens under the
laws and the Constitution. Hun
dreds of Communications have
been received from people and
organizations all over the coun:
try and from people OF all
walks of life.
The influx of thousands OF
unemployed veterans could not
have been prevented. No other
agency being willing to accept
responsibility, the police OF
Washington in conformity to
the traditions of unSelfiSh
devotion to human distress,
with the corporations OF thou
sands of sympathetic citizens,
did everything possible and
within reason to obtain for
these destitute and homeless
people, food, shelter and other
essentials.
1t is a matter of gratifica-
ton to the Police Department,
that as long as it remained
unhampered in the application
of the policies adopted, no dis
orders of any consequence
occurred except by the radicals
of a small group, whose efforts
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09
EARTHQUAKES MAKE
 FISH BITE FASTER

Earthquakes may increase the catch of mackerel and other fish.
 This suggestion has been made by scientist of the earthquake research institute of Tokio imperial university, who has found par allelism between the incidence of earthquakes and particularly large catches of fish over a period of years.
 Among the possibilities suggest ed are that the seismic shocks, or some kind of mechanical stimulus associated with them, may be di rectly felt by fish and induce them to approach the feeding grounds.
 It also may be that the shocks affect the depth of the layers with the greatest density of low organ inns on which the fish feed. Third ly, earthquakes may change the chemical nature of coastal water and thus indirectly affect the fish
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09
EXEMPTIONS PICKING
 UP IN THE STATES

"There is no question about it.; conditions Outside are picking up fast. said J. w. Blaze, former An chorage business man who return ed on the SS. Aleutian from a stay of several months on the Pacific coast. And another thing, he added, "The Democrats are going to make a clean sweep in the Nov ember general election"
 MT. Blase is remaining over in Seward for the day, looking into the possibilities of a local business which he may consider, continuing on to Anchorage Saturday. He brot back with him a handsome Durant automobile which is billed thru to the Cook Inlet metropolis.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09
SS ALEUTIAN FREIGHT

Additional details as to the gen. eral cargo being discharged from the SS Aleutian, in port today from the south, comprises a Dur ant automobile for J. w. Blase, An chorage; a Ford sedan for Rudolf Kruger, Anchorage; carloads of ce- ment for C. M. BroSiuS of Seward and A. A. Shonbech of Anchorage; carloads of hay for Henry Lierer, Seward Dairy; R. Bloom, Fair banks; Empress Grocery, Anchor age; machinery for the Evan Jones Coal Company at Jonesville; and lumber for Willow Creek gold mines and for Harry Cribb, at Anchorage
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09
FATHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT HIGHLY
 HONORED SEATTLE

Of interest to Seward people and to his many Alaskan friends, is the coming Seattle election in which Judge Calvin s. Hall, father of R. A. Hall, local assistant in the office of the Alaska Steamship Company is candidate to succeed himself as Judge of the Superior Court.
 Seattle newspapers have the fol- lowing nice things to say about Judge Hall and other members of the judiciary:
 Here are ten men-men who have spent their lives in public of fice-men who are highly train ed-and who represent an invest ment of many thousands of dol lars to the people of King County and the State of Washington-in- spect their records-most of them are Superior Court Judges-men who hold the highest office pos SlUle TOT the people or King County to bestow."
 Fifteen years of judicial service Judge Calvin s. Hall is one of King CCunty's most honored and res pected jurists."
 A few other commentators ot Judge Hall, read as follows: Judge Hall has saved oul homes" Editorial, Fremont News
 Judge Hall is the friend o1 youth" Judge J. T. Ronald.
 If every Judge were as fair as Judge Hall there would be less trouble between capital and labor. -Wm. Green, Pres. A. F. of L.
 "He has been a wonderful helr to me in my work" Mother Ky. ther.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09
COMMUNITY CHURCH

10 a m. Sunday school. The children and young people will find classes for all ages.
 II a. m. Morning service. Theme: ''The Call of the Bells" The Pastor will present study of the various bells of the community and their calls.
 7:3O D. m. The evening service will be resumed next Sunday eve ming. The theme for this first eve ming service will be ''The Heavenly Vision"
 The people of Seward are cor dially invited to attend these ser vices. The church has a distinct contribution to make to the life of this community and only by attending the services can people receive it.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09
AT THE HOTELS

VAN GILDER-Matt A. Nenimen' Anchorage; A. J. MacDonald' An chorage: Irene Savage, Anchorage' L. Jean, Goodnews Bay; E. Can' Anchorage; Alonzo Cope, Anchof- age. .o,.
 SEWARD-Miss Thomas, Bethel' las S. Truitt, Anchorage; Mfs. Nay Stafford and daughter, Moose Pass Mrs Forrest Kennedy, RalnpoW IT Beebe, Anchorage; Nan hol' Cooper's Landing; P. Dowllng Cooper's Landing; J. M. Ratael Anchorage.
 OvERLAND-Vic Olsen, O. Dona-
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

CATHOLIC CHURCH Masses Sundays 9 a. m. Week days 7:30 a. m. There will be no evening devo- tiOnS
 Schedule for summer months: Flowers made to order for aM occasions. Sylvia's.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

P. L. Neel, postal inspector, was an incoming passenger on the steamer Aleutian today. MT. Neel is on his way to Fairbanks where he will inspect the new post office being constructed in that city, and will also decide upon equipment to be used when the building is com- pleted.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

Attorney J. s. Truitt, of Anchor age, Democratic choice for Attor- ney General of Alaska at the Mo- vember general election, was an overnight business visitor in the city.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

Ten tons of Evan Jones coal now in the local yards will be shipped to the Bureau of Indian Affairs sta tion at Alitak on the first west bound steamer.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

F. L. McGovern has been ap- pointed manager of the Alaska de- partment of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Chas. A. Garfield, head of the department since it's inception.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

Bishop Crimont will arrive in the city on this evenings train from Anchorage and Nulato, enroute to Juneau on the SS Aleutian.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

SAVE your money by having your old shoes repaired. Every job that is turned out by the SEWARD LEATHER WORKS is made to wear and look as near new as pos Sible.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

Friend: I've just been lunching with your husband, darling"
 Wife: 80 good of you, angel, but I do hope it won't come to his sec retary's ears; she's so jealous"
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

Mrs. Forrest Kennedy is a vlsltor in the city today from R a m D O" having arrived on Thursdays tram.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09
ATTENTION FIREMEN

The Seward Volunteer Fire De- partment will meet Saturday (not Friday evening at o'clock. All members are asked to be present.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09

Developing, printing, enlarging and framing at Sylvia's.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-09
PLAYFUL PETS

Extra fancy Alaska pen raised Fitch. Gentle, easy to handle, pro- duce two filters per year. Bargain price S2O pair. Yukon Fur Farms.
 Petersburg, Alaska
The Washington times., 1932-02-10
WILSON NORMAL
ABANDONED
ASUNSAFE
800 Students Freed, Offer
Problem to Board; old
Stream Blamed

The Wilson Teachers Col
lege, Eleventh and Harvard
Streets Northwest, was aban-
doned today following dis
covery of a structural defect
in the building.
Approximately 800 students
we're dismissed from class shortly
before noon by order of DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
Of schools.
Front Wing Weakened
Inspections of the building for
the past few days by officials Of
the Municipal Architects Office
revealed a defect in the front
wing of the building. This was
considered dangerous enough to
warrant abandonment.
It is believed that an old stream
beneath the building has weak
ened the foundation of the build
ing.
The defect lies with a front
bay window which. it was pointed
out, has been repaired on several
occasions before The extent Of
the repair necessary now could
not be determined.
Students Offer Problem
A special meeting Of the Board
of Education was called for this
afternoon to determine what dis
position shall be made Of the
students.
Abandonment of the school at
this time, at the beginning of a
new school semester, recalls a
similar catastrophe in October,
1881, when the Kenilworth School
was vacated because of a struc-
tural defect.
Possibility that the Ross School,
model elementary school built
on the grounds of the teachers
college, would also have to De
abandoned was indicated by DR..
Ballou.
Another May Close
Although the elementary school
is not affected by the defect, the
building is heated from a central
plant in the teachers college, and
this may necessitate an early
abandonment.
The teachers college was con-
structed in 1912 as a normal
school. BY an act of Congress
two years ago, it was elevated TO
the status of teachers college.
The Washington times., 1932-02-10
UpShaW Says Howell
IndiCtS Prohibition

"A terrible indictment of pro
hibition" was made yesterday by
Senator Robert B. Howell, dry
Republican of Nebraska, accord
ing to the dryest of drys, William
D. Upshaw. former representa-
tive of Georgia.
Speaking of the failure of the
police to enforce prohibition in
the District when he appeared
before the Senate District Com
mittee at a hearing on his "home
raid" bill, Senator Howell in
CURED the displeasure of several
ardent drys as we'll as anti
prohibitionists. When he COM
pleted his discussion of wet
Washington, Upshaw remarked to
one Of his colleagues:
did you hear what Howell
said? thought he was dry
as a bone, but that speech of
his admitting the failure of
police and agents to enforce the
prohibition law in the District
surprised me.
'Tt .5as the worst indictment
Of prohibition he could have
made"
The Washington times., 1932-02-10
GET
THREE POISON
PATIENTS
Two of Victims Recovering;
Condition of Third Still
Undetermined

Three persons were treated
in Washington hospitals for
poisoning last night. Two are
recovering while the third =
condition is undetermined.
Lucille Athey, %, of Riverdale,
Md, was treated at Emergency
Hospital for poison she took by
mistake while visiting at 1107
Eleventh st. N. w.
Elizabeth Virginia Edwards, 10,
of 1642 Thirty.third st. N. w.,
was found last night in the bath
room of her home overcome by
a potion which she took in what
police say was a fit of deSpond-
ency over i'll health. An uncle,
Clarence B. Jennings, found her.
At Georgetown University Hos
pital, her condition is not deemed
serious.
Eugene D. Orrel, 80. of 1131
Ames Place N. E., was found un-
conscious at Eleventh Street and
Massachusetts, Avenue Northwest,
as the result of poison which
police say was taken with suicidal
intent. He left a note, the con-
tents of Nhich were withheld, in
taxicab parked nearby. His
condition is undetermined at
Emergency Hospital today.
The Washington times., 1932-02-10
D. {. FOLK FLEE
NANKING

Five former residents of Wash.
ington we're among the many
Americans who evacuated Marking
for Shanghai and Peiping on the
advice of Consul General WHY'S
r. Peck in Nanking.
Mrs. William P. Coltman and
her two children, in China with
her husband and her mother-in-
law, Mrs. Robert Coltman, for.
merly of the Wardman Park Ho.
tel. are now en- route to Shang-
hal.
Robert Coltman, jr., of 344O Mt.
Pleasant St. N. W., brother of
William Coltman, said last night
he had received word that his
brother and his wife and children
had left Nanking.
The Washington times., 1932-02-10
CLOTHES ASKED
FOR NEEDY

The biggest secondhand cloth
ing shop in Washington is being
conducted by the Veterans Joint
Committee at their headquarters
in the Transportation Building.
The committee, composed Of
representatives Of the District Am
erican Legion. Veterans Of For
eign Wars and Disabled American
Veterans, is conducting a cam.
paign to secure discarded clothing
for needy war veterans and their
families.
Families with clothing still
usable but discarded are urged to
call the committee headquarters,
Metropolitan 2068. and turn the
garments over to those who need
them.
The committee, according to
Francis Miller in charge of the
Joint headquarters, will collect
and prepare the clothing for dis
tribution.
The Washington times., 1932-02-10
A WET
RENDEZVOUS
ALL AGREE
Senator Says Judges "Lean
Over Backwards" to Avoid
Application of Law

Wet and dry spokesman to-
day were agreed that the Ma
tional Capital is dripping wet
"a rendezvous for "high class
professional bootleggers'' and
a favorite storage center for
illicit liquor.
There was violent disagree
ment, however, regarding the
remedy for this acute situation.
Senator Howell CRO of Ne
braska, an ardent dry, sought a
favorite report upon his dractic
enforcement bill designed to rem.
edy conditions which he described
as appalling.
Small Fry" Hit
The Volstead act is nullified in
Washington, Howell charged, and
official bootleggers" dispense as
high as 5000 quarts of liquor at
single convention.
Arrests for bootlegging, he
added, are confined almost en-
tirely to the small fry" while the
big bootleggers' fines total less
than the usual occupation tax
paid annually by small merchants.
Some of the judges in Wash
ington courts, the Nebraskan as,
serted, lean over backwards in
their efforts to avoid harsh ap-
pl1cation of the prohibition laws.
Everyone Snooper
Cheerfully agreeing with this
picture and adding that liquor in
Washington is selling at prewar
prices, the wet organizations,
headed by the militant crusaders,
denied the Howell bill would i'm.
prove enforcement conditions.
1t would make every policeman
"Snooper," they argued.