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The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Compromise Proposed to Keep
Burke in Charge of 4 Divisions

Under the compromise plan dis
cussed Capt. Edward J. Kelly
would have been in charge
Of the criminal investigation bu-
reau, but Burke would have had
supervision of the four divisions
and would have retained his pres
ent rank and title.
Resignation Surprises Burke
Inspector Burke this morning
said that after the conference last
night, Glassford seemed willing to
60 ahead with reorganization of
the department. Glassford's res
ignation came as a surprise to
him, Burke said.
GlasSford said that he had no
plans as yet for the future.
The police superintendent
gained nationwide attention
early this summer when the
bonus army camped in Washing
ton. After weeks of efficient
handling. G1assford was criticized
BY the Administration when the
bonus army riots occurred and
Federal troops were called follow
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to handle them just as he had
handled the marchers. Mass
numbers, however. added to the
problem, at one time the bonus
army numbering approximately
5O,OOO men, women and children.
Fed Bonus Army
When the first unit-the Ore.
gon outfit--arrived on May 20,
General GlaSsford escorted the
300 men to a vacant warehouse
at Eighth and I Streets South.
east. Previously he had obtained
contributions of food, and the
police dealed out the supplies.
Day by day, however, the Bo.
nus Army increased in number
and General Glassford had to
send the new arrivals to the An
acostia flats, where a makeshift
camp was established. Still he
continued to feed the men, pass
ing cut supplies from a commits
sary set up by the police and
stocked with goods contributed
and bought from donations.
Several times the veterans be-
CAME unruly, but in each in
stance Glassford's presence re-
stored order.
At Anacostia, when the Red ele.
ment OF the army invaded that
cantonment and trouble brewed,
Glassford personally stopped two
fiSticuffS.
During a Red demonstration
near the White House he again
was in the thick of the fray, per.
sonally arresting two of the lead.
erS after a clash with the police.
Still later, during a demonStra.
tion at the Capitol, as Congress
prepared to adjourn. Glassford
stepped in during what at that
time was the most serious stu
alton that had developed
The bonus army, $4,000 strong
smashed through police lines and
attempted to storm the Capitol.
GlasSford stepped into the thick
of the fray, arrested Walter w
Waters, the leader of the ex-sol
diers, and other leaders, and
standing on the band platform
in the plaza sought to restore
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Crosby Refusal to Denote Davis
Believed Real Cause of RESIGNATION

The real cause of General
Glassford's resignation was the
refusal of Commissioner Crosby
to denote Inspector Davis to the
rank of captain without formal
presentation of charges and con-
viction before a police trial
board.
Glassford insisted that trial of
Davis before a police trial board
would result in his acquittal as
he said that all such trials of
high police officials were white
washed" He demanded that the
Commissioners give Davis a hear
ing in order that he could present
charges but Commissioner Crosby
refused, although he admitted
that GlaSSford could not expect
to gain much headway with his
plans for Davis demotion before
q trial board.
Corporation Counsel Bride to-
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

Members Of the Fine Arts Com
mission and the Arlington Me-
mortal Bridge Commission will go
to New York Monday to inspect
clay models of two large statues
soon to be erected at the entrance
to Rock Creek and Potomac Park
way.
A contract for construction Of
the statues, entitled Peace" and
ARTS of Peace" was awarded last
spring to James E. Fraser, New
York sculptor, but models in
diminishing scale are made every
few months, H. P. Caemmerer, sec
retary of the arts commission,
points out, in order that officials
here can check the progress
made.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
COUNTY
ELECT|ONKEY
|NDELA AWARE
As Kent Goes, So Goes States
Three Votes; Maryland
Safe for Roosevelt
By COLE E. MORGAN

Kent, the middle one Of
Delaware three counties, ap-
parently holds the key to the
placing of that States three
electoral votes.
Returns in the nationwide post
card Presidential poll of the Wash
ington Times and other Hearst
papers, show Kent giving Gov
ernor Roosevelt IS per cent of its
ballots. On that basis Kent can
be counted on to return a Rose
velt majority of around 4,200.
Newcastle for Hoover
Newcastle county, including the
city of Wilmington, according to
its poll ballots, is leaning So per
cent to President Hoover. That
would indicate a 1890 Hoover ma
jority.
The southern end of the State,
thus far, has just about broken
even in the poll.
The result of these calculations
would be to place Delaware to
Roosevelt's credit by majority
of between 1000 to 1900. Four
years ago it went for Hoover by a
majority of $4,000 and eight years
ago, it gave Coolidge plurality
Of $4,000.
In Maryland it is not question
of who gets the State but how big
Roosevelt's majority will be. Re.
turns from Baltimore City show
a "a per cent leaning to the Dem
ocratic nominee. That would indi-
cate a Roosevelt majority of 1875,
600 in the city
Baltimore, Carroll, and Hartford
counties, constituting that part
of the Second Congressional Dis
trict outside of Baltimore city,
show a 81 per cent Roosevelt
vote in the poll. That would
mean a $4,000 majority in that
area.
The first district, the Eastern
Penninsular area, shows II per
cent for Roosevelt in the poll.
That would indicate a $4,000
Roosevelt majority.
The third and fourth districts
are included in Baltimore city.
The fifth district, down the
west side of Chesapeake Bay, ex-
GLIDING that part of Baltimore
city included in it. returns a poll
vote of 80 per cent for Roosevelt.
This would be about 10000 Roose-
welt majority.
These district majorities figure
up around 215,00O that Roosevelt
has in sight over Hoover in
Maryland. Four years ago the
State gave Hoover a $4,000 ma
jority. That gives some idea of
the turnover in Maryland since
the last election.
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HOOVER DENIES
OIL INTEREST

LOS ELEs, Oct. 20
G.N.S).-A telegram in which
President Herbert Hoover de-
clared that for IS years he has
not had "a dimes intereot out
side the United States OF any
kind" was made public here to-
day by C. C. league, head of
the Republican campaign in
Southern California.
The telegram addressed to
league read:
II have your telegram stat
ing that Democratic agents,
despite all proof to the con-
trary, are still circulating mis-
leading staten ents through
their fields that 1 have been
opposed to relief of the oil
industry because of my sup.
posed interest in foreign oil
and that / opposed the tariff
on oil. This is usual type of
politics.
81 have not in Is years
since 1 entered public service
had a dimes interest Odtside
the United States of any kind.
including oil. I supported the
oil tariff in revenue bill and
signed that bill. without sup
port / gave 1 do not believe
1t would have received Suffi-
cient vote from non oil sec
tiOnS to have been carried,
(Signed)
"HERBERT HOOVER"
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
CLASSFORD GETS UP IN NIGHT TO RESIGN POST
USEFULNESS ENDED, CHIEF
DECLARES; HIS ACTION
SURPRISES BURKE

After he returned to his home
following the conference and
went to bed, he determined that
ne should act Immediately, arose
and went to his office, where he
wrote out the letter Of resig-
nation.
Letter Already in Mail
To make sure that the Com
missioners would receive it this
morning, he deposited it in the
mail at the main postoffice.
In his letter of resignation,
Glassford told the Commissioners
that the injection of political
prejudice and personal favoritiSm
into the activities of his depart
ment prevented him from Great
ing a department that would
function to it's best advantage.
Similar policies have caused
the downfall and ruin of the
majority of police departments
throughout the country, Glass
ford said. and he refused to oper-
ate under such conditions.
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chest as he led the police into the
thick of the fray. Then came the
pistol battle. GlaSsford narrowly
escaping death from a gun in the
hands of one of his own men.
Two bonus vets were mortally in
jured in that clash.
Then the troops came, Ind
took charge of the situation.
Glassford found himself the
center of criticism after that
day. He was officially charged
with demanding the troops, but
emphatically declared he did not,
that the police were able to cope
with the situation.
The next day the Crime Pre-
Vention Bureau raided a meeting
of radical veterans and escorted
them out of the city. Glassford
demanded an explanation from
Inspector Ogden T. Davis, head
of that bureau. Davis stated he
had worked under an order issued
by Major Henry G. Pratt, Glass
ford's predecessor.
GlaSSford accepted the eXplana-
ton but that was the beginning
of his differences with Davis
which eventually resulted in the
inspector being transferred.
Fuel was added to that diff
Guilty when the attorney gen.
erals official report released
from the White House declared
that on the day of the Bonus
Army's rout Davis had kept the
Crime Prevention men out of
Camps Anacostia and Bartlett.
the centers of the greatest
Mobilization
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ing the shooting of two veterans.
Glassford's reply to the criticism
from Administration officials fur.
ther provoked their wrath, as he
openly contradicted their state
mentS as to the bonus army
occupation and evacuation.
Slated for Removal
Because of Glassford's attack
on the veracity of Administration
statements in this affair, Admin
istration agents planned many
weeks ago to force his removal
following the November election.
1t was decided to wait until
after the close of the campaign
to bring about his retirement for
fear it might embarrass the
Administration.
Glassford's action of today Is
believed to have thrown an
entirely new light on that situa.
ton because of his popular appeal
to the majority of those people
who learned of him through his
handling of the bonus army
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Many Woes of Bonus Marchers
Shifted to Shoulders of Chief

Many problems confronted
Glassford in connection with the
bonus boys. He resigned as
treasurer of the fund contributed
from all sections of the United
States, refused to handle the ra.
tions. only to resume the respon-
sibihty later.
Personally GlasSford fought
with Secretary of War Hurley to
obtain bedding rolls. He also
went to Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan,
head of the District National
Guard, and borrowed tents and
rolling kitchens, many of which
we're destroyed during the rout
of the expedition by the regular
army under Gen. Douglas Nc
Arthur, chief of staff.
GlaSsford was hurt during the
melee which preceded the arrival
of the troops on bloody Thurs
day." July %. He had obtained
permission to quarter veterans in
structures the Government had
bought on the Avenue near the
Capitol.
Then the Treasury decided it
needed the buildings. GlaSsford
was faced with a new problem.
He obtained from Waters a
promise to move the men to Camp
Bartlett. But the men refused to
follow their leaders advice and
the. police had to expell them.
Reinforcements arrived and the
situation became ominous. A
battle of bricks and nightstickS
was the first explosion, GlaSSford
being struck with a brick in the
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
POLICE OFFICER
To Be NAMED
NEW CHIEF
Several "Candidates" Already
Mentioned, Including Burke,
Whom GIaSsford Fought

A man now on the police
force will succeed Brig Gen.
Pelham d. GlassfOrd as super
intendent.
This was the opinion in official
circles today, although Inspector
Ogden T. Davis, former head Of
the crime prevention bureau and
present commander of the second
inspection district, is unlikely to
be the one chosen.
Burke Mentioned
Others mentioned were Inspec-
tor Frank S. w. Burke, head of
the detective bureau, one of the
storm centers that led to Glass
ford's resignation, and Inspector
James F. Beckett, temporarily as
signed to administrative duty in
police headquarters.
Davis, who was ousted by Glass
ford as head of the crime preven.
tion bureau following charges of
alleged disloyalty, is said to have
the most powerful political back
ing of any man in the Depart
ment.
Serving without Pay
Among the men whom he can
call to his support is a Cabinet
member, Secretary Of Labor Will
liam N. Doak, and many Senators
and Representatives.
Glassford has been serving as
police chief without pay.
Inspector Ernest w. Brown,
acting head of the police depart
ment, is ranking assistant super
intendent. lie and Inspector L. I.
H. Edwards are the only full
fledged assistants. Burke occupy
ing that position by virtue of as
Signment to the detective bureau.
Capt. Edward J. Kelly. tempo
rary head of the crime prevention
bureau and frequently mentioned
in recent weeks for head of the
department Il Glassford should
resign. eliminated himself in a
statement that he wished to be
returned to a precinct.
Others Eliminated
Inspectors Brown, Albert ].
Headley and Thaddeus R. Bean
were said to be virtually elimi
mated because of their age.
Brown was SO August 26,
Headley was 81 July 20, and
Bean will be so October 81.
Ages of the other inspectors
are: Edwards, So yesterday;
Beckett, 49 last January 1S;
Burke, SO last July 10, and
Davis. 81 last July 19.
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day issued a statement in which
he said that differences between
Glassford and Burke had been
adjusted and that the police
superintendent testified heartily
to his complete confidence in
the character. ability, integrity,
and loyalty of Inspector Burke.
In his statement Bride said
that at last nights oniercnce
an agree ement was reached
whereby Major Glassford would
have been authorized to organize
within the detective bureau the
division Of criminal investigation,
a crime prevention division, and
division of Identification and
records, all in charge of an al.
miniStrative division.
Bride said this was GlaSsford's
plan, but it is understood that
GlaSsford made the sugs sstion
for this reorganization on con.
dition that Davis be denoted.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

Uric, sinuouS
siren of the
S t a g e, eX-
claimed today
after she con.
firmed the re-
port she and
her husband.
Sidney Black
mer. a C t or,
h a d S e p a.
ra { e d. She
added:
But a di-
VOrce is not
contemplated.
1 shall never
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
General Classford Central Figure
In Bonus and Hunger MQrchers

Just the tonic the District
needs"
:, Such was the view of Commits
S1oner Crosby less than a year
ago when he discussed the ap-
pointment Of GlaSsford to the
position Of superintendent of
police.
Today GlasSford resigned be-
cause Commissioner Crosby last
night refused to accede to his
WHnes IN regard to demotion of
Inspector Ogden T. Davis. com.
mander Of the Second inspection
district.
In his short tenure of office,
GlaSSford was the central figure
Of two of the most unusual police
situations in the annals of the
District-the Hunger March and
the siege of the Bonus Expedi-
tionary Force.
Scarcely had General GlaSsford
taken over command of the police
department when Congress con-
Vened and approximately $500
Communists descended on the city
to petition Congress.
GlaSStord modified practically
every member of the Metropoli-
tan force on Pennsylvania Ave
r1ue and about the Capitol, the
lnarchers being forced to parade
under police guard and through
lines Of police drawn up at at
tention. with night sticks in
shoulder arms position.
Remained Two Days
General Glassford took com.
nnand of the marchers from the
time they arrived at the District
line until they were escorted out.
They were handled in approved
military manner. being quartered
at the Twentieth Marine armory
on John Marshall Place in the
shadow of the police headquar
terS and fed from rationS sup
piled by local merchants. The
n1archerS made their appearance
on Sunday and on Tuesday all
had been escorted from the city
and routed towards their homes.
The Bonus Army's siege. how
ever. was a problem of a diff,
ferent nature.
General GlaSsford started out
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would accept Glassford's request
for q shakeup in the police de.
partment by which Davis would
be denoted and Burke trans
ferred from his present assign
ment to permit the installation
Of Capt. Edward j. Kelly as chief
Of the Detective Bureau.
The Commissioners refused to
accept the recommendation and
offered a compromise proposal.
Faced with this blockade in his
attempt to bring about an admin
istrative change in the Police De
partment, by which he says he
hoped to create a more efficient
police department, GlaSsford de-
cided to submit his resignation.
Glassford said he believed his
usefulness to the city was at an
end. Disturbance of morale,
which would be brought about
by the Commissioners rebuff,
necessitated his resignation, Glass
ford said.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
PONP C[|MAXES
ROYAL WEDDING

COBURG. Germany, Oct. 20
0N.SD Three days Of pompous
festivities attending the first royal
wedding since the war were eli
NAKED today in the religious cere-
mony uniting in marriage Princess
Sybille of Saxe-C -Coburg- -Gotha and
Prince Gustav Adolf, son of the
Crown Prince of Sweden and in
direct line for the throne.
The ceremony was reminiscent
Of the grandeur of the height of
Germany's imperial power.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

order, while the veterans milled
about and hurled threats at him.
Glassford compromised that
day. permitting the men event.
ually to go up on the center steps,
much to the chagrin of members
Of Congress and the Copitol po-
lice.
He insisted that under blanket
orders issued when the hunger
marchers came to town he had
authority and jurisdiction over
the Capitol Grounds. He de-
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

w h a t We
Live By" has
been acclaim
ed for its toll
erance of the
machine age,
h 9, S arrived
from Europe.
What Amer
ica needs is
a saint with
magnetic per-
sonality or an
otherGandhi,
he said.
He declared
that t h e r e
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

Shared that the steps were part
of the Capitol Grounds.
That day when the mob swept
through the police lines, Capitol
police ran down the steps led by
Sapt. Stephen ]. Gnash, superin-
tendent of that force.
GlaSsford was irritated by the
display of force and told news
papermen that If Gnash did it
again he would place him under
arrest. The Capitol police after
that remained inside the building.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

executive. by
the heirs Of
D 0 r O t h y
Millette will
be vigorously
contested by
his wife, Jean
H g. r | o W,
cinema star.
This W a s
i n die a t e d
W h en- Miss
Harlow re-
t a / n e d AT
torney Albert
E. Sheets to
protect her
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
BY CANDIDATES
IN PRESIDENTIAL POLL

The the total Uote thus far
and GoUenor Roosevelt In the nation
The Washington Times and other Hearst
papers the majority that each candidate has i" each
State 1Dhich he is leading.
In addition gves gain candidate the latest
each State compared th the last pre-
cedino report State These State reports usually
week C1Grt.
this table ShoUS the net gain OF each cGndt
he has improved his position as CON-
pared Oith the preceding report from that State
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

h e d today,
W h e n M rs.
Jean Phillips,
who kill e d
herself and
her two chill
dren, will be
buried with
them.
A fantastic
a n G lie was
given to the
S / t ua tion
W h e n Mrs.
T h e r e S a
SeltZer, the
"other Wom-
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
WHlTEHURST TO SPEAK

Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District
highway engineer, will be the
principal speaker at a meeting of
the Mid-City Citizens Association
to be held Monday at 8 p. m. in
the Thomson Community Center,
Twelfth and l. Streets, Northwest,
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

future conflicts in Europe If
America agreed not to supply
arms to the aggreSsor. He said
the trouble with American edu-
cational systems was that all
was required of professors and
nothing of students. and de.
clared that no nation could
rise above the level of its av-
erage college.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
NeUtOn Baker Heads
NeU Peace Institute

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 G.N.SD.
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of
War under President Wilson, to-
day assumed his duties as the
newly-selected chairman of the
American Council of the Amer
ican Institute of Pacific Rela-
tions. He said:
"The preservation and
strengthening Of the peace
machinery Of the world depends
upon the sympathetic under
standing Of the problems
which nations face as they are
urged by the tyranny of eco
nOmic necessity to seek means
of selfpreServatiOn and develop
ment."
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
3 in Tragic Domestic
Death Buried Together

WOODMERE, N. Y, Oct. 20
1N.SD.-The triple funeral Of
the victims of a strange and
tragic domestic triangle will be
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

m AIRY. 1 LENORE Uric
am glad to say that shall
never remarry because that will
afford some measure of prOtec.
uOn against wild rumorS Ia
those who are seen with me-"
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case sought to raise funds to de-
fray the funeral expenses.
The husband, Guy Phillips,
actor and dramatic coach, was
recovered from the illness
caused by the gas fumes which
assailed him when he found his
wife and children dead in their
home.
He is being sued for $4,000
for alienation of his wife's af-
lection by Mrs. Settlers hus,
band, a salesman.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Jean Harlow to Fight
Rival Heirs Claims

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Oct.
20.-Any claims on the estate
of the late Paul Bern, film
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
America Needs a Saint,
Canon Dimnet Says

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Canon
Ernest Dimnet, scholar, author
and priest, whose latest work,
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

Millette committed suicide by
drowning few days after
Bern took his life. She is said
to have lived with him for
several years prior to his mar.
riage to Miss Harlow.
The Bern will leaves all
property to Miss Harlow.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20

Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Lenore Uric Confirms
Report Love Has Failed"

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 G.N.SD.
Love cannot compete against
a 3,OOO-mile separation" Lenore
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