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The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Police Seeking Excuse to EUict Marchers,
Benjamin Says, Urging Army to Take Care

to it that they have no such
prOvOcatiOn. You must remem.
ber that the thing you are pri-
marily here for is to. present
your demands to the Congress
and you must see that nothing
interferes with the accomplish
ment Of your mission"
Refers to B. E. F.
Benjamin reiterated again and
again his caution to the marchers
to avoid provoking the police
and bringing about a conflict
which might result in their evic.
ton before they have an oppor.
tunity to attempt their demon.
Stration on Capitol Hill and at
the White House.
He referred caustically to the
bonus army eviction on July %
and told his motley audience that
local authorities were seeking an
excuse to use against them the
same measures which were used
against the bonus marcnerS.
A scattering of policemen
fringed the crowd which listened
to Benjamin'S speech, but there
was no disorder, and the march
erS drifted up in small groups
and then Strolled away, appar.
entity more interested in finding
a comfortable place for the night
than in listening to oratory.
Today, attorneys for the march
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ers will ask the District Supreme
Court to order the police to cease
interfering with their plans.
An injunction will be sought,
enjoining the police and District
Commissioners from interfering
with the constitutional rights"
of the marchers to petition Con-
greSS.
Plan Rally Tomorrow
Regardless of court action,
however, and regardless of police
opposition, the marcherS are de.
termined to stage their marches
to the Capitol and White House
tomorrow.
While Benjamin was eXhorting
his followers to keep within the
law for which they hold open
contempt, a group of Casualty
Hospital physicians went through
the bivouac and ordered four men
sent to hospitals.
After an examination, con-
Quoted by DR.. Rogers Young and
DR.. Robert F. Carmody, Arvid
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
HENRY YOST, 81,
CELEBRATES

Celebrating his birthday ami
versary with his six children, IA
grandchildren, and II great-grand-
children, Henry Yost. founder of
the Ruth Chapter of the Eastern
Star here, and veteran of the
Civil War, yesterday entered into
his ninety-third year. He is in
good health. He makes his home
in the $500 block Second St.
Born in Germany. Mr.. Yost
came to this country with his
family when he was three years
old. They settled in Baltimore.
When he was about 20 he came
to Washington to go into business
for himself as a merchant. Soon
after. however, he entered the
Quartermaster'S Corps of the
troops defending Washington
from Southern invaders. During
the Civil War he was stationed
at Fort Slocum.
Mr.. Yost has been active in
the public life of this city for
many years. He is past master
of the StanSbury Masonic Lodge
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

There was some apprehension
that the Ku Klux Klan would
make its appearance in Arlington
county and possible set the spark
to cause trouble. But there was
no demonstration. The American
Legion of the county was ready
for use, but was not needed.
At Winchester the marcherS
for the first time encountered
the militia. Companies I ana
headquarters of the 116th In
fantry, Virginia National Guard,
armed with rifles being on duty
to assist in keeping the column
moving.
RefueI Cars
Most of the two companies
drilled in front of the armory
as the column moved through
the outskirts of the city although
several squads were at street in
terSections to see that the march
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Shortly after food was distribu-
ted a crowd of the marchers
gathered around the back of one
Of the trucks to listen to speech
by Herbert Benjamin, generals
Simo of the hunger army.
In a fiery outpouring. against
the local and Federal govern
ments. Benjamin urged his fol-
lowers to refrain from giving the
armed thugs" surrounding them
provocation to attack them.
He declared:
GAS you know, you are sur
rounded by a virtual army Of
police, Of soldiers, and other
armed thugs who would be only
too glad to attack you on the
slightest prOvOcatiOn
Refused You Food
"YOu know that the city,
under orders of the Federal
Government, has refused you
food, has refused you shelter,
and has made you stop here
in the open street without any
other place to stay. Many
obstacles have been thrown in
your way as you came here and
it is the hope of those in
authority that these things will
put you into mood to give
them some prOvOcatiOn for an
attack.
Ut Is now your task to see
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
P|NCHOT FLAILS
old GUARD
AND DAVIS
Pennsylvania Governor Says
Republican Party Needs
0verhauIing

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 5 Il.
N.SD Clifford Pinchot
in self-styled open letter" to
Pennsylvania Republicans today
exhorted them to cast off their
party's "old guard, reactionary
leaders" and reorganize "along
progressive lines"
He set up as an example, for
them the Democrats, who won
because they discarded their re-
dictionary leaders and made their
party progressive, like the Ma
ton"
Concluding he said:
'Tf it results in abOliShing
such leadership, the Overwhelm-
ing defeat of the Republican
leaders November may turn
out to be the best thing that
could possibly have happened to
the Republican party"
1.-The MISUNDERSTANDING or
ganiZation," the governor charged,
has twice in the last six years
sent to the United States Senate
men who were conSpicuously un.
fit" He continued:
"The last horrible example
was Jim Davis, the man who
MIXED the Moose, and to whom
the Senate also will doubtless
refuse the. seat"
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Women Marchers Allowed to Leave Camp
To Spend the Night in Private Home Here

The "Internationale," rallying
hymn of the Communist party,
was sung at frequent intervals.
Few of the marchers appeared
interested in leaving their trucks
and for the most part sprawled
listlessly about, weary from their
ride. The trucks were crowded to
capacity.
Have Own Police
A group of their own police,
garbed in uniforms similar to
those affected by the Soviet po-
lice were stationed at the west
ern end of the truck line and
halted their comrades as they
walked too close to city police
lines.
A word from Carl Winters,
their march leader, was sufficient
to keep the most recalcitrant
marcher in line. The police had
little to do.
The hunger marchers had not
long been parked on New York
Avenue when their leaders were
struck by the significance of their
position. On the south side of the
street is a high clay bank, reach
ing up into what was the old Pat
terson tract; to the north is
steep bank leading down to the
tracks of the Washington Ter
minal. Railroad police were hid
den in cars standing on storage
tracks. Behind the marchers-on
the east side of their hne-were
blue-coated lines of city police
The main police force. however
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RIDING MASTER
COUSIN TURNS
AGAINST HIM
TeStifieS HomeWood Told Him
Tragedy Might 0Vertake
Charlotte Gibson

NEW CITY, N. Y, Dec. 5
dN.SD.-Alec George Homewood,
the man who told the father of
Charlotte Gibson that his own
cousin had betrayed her, took the
witness stand todayiat the trial Of
Sidney Herbert Homewood, riding
master, who is charged with the
seduction of Miss Gibson.
Alec sat directly before Sidney.
The two looked at each other
often, Sidney with his mouth
grim, Alec scornful.
Asked His Aid
They used to work together
at the riding academy where Char
lotte met the man she says is
the father of her unborn child.
Now Alec has q rival academy
and the cousins do not speak.
Alec told how his young cousin
informed him Miss Gibson was
in trouble and appealed to him
to help persuade the girl to de-
stroy the child. He quoted:
"If you stand by me, we'll get
out Of this" replied, We're
not in it. I won't have any
thing to do with it,
HINTS TRAGEDY
81 asked Sid why don't you
marry her?
"He said he wouldn't. I told
him: You've got q good busi-
ness here. There is nothing
you can lose by the marriage
But he would not. We were
standing beside the pond and
Sid said: That's where you
might find Charlotte some day.
said: Not met"
I Overcome by distress over his
broken engagement to another,
Sidney turned to Charlotte, Prof
Walter MacKeller testified caller
today.
DR.. MacKeller gave testimony
favorable to the defense, for
Homewood has always maintained
that Miss Gibson pursued him.
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was concentrated at the western
end, the direction ir which the
first contingent was headed when
stopped.
Completely Hemmed In
Keeping vigil on the high bank
we're several squads of police,
armed with tear gas bombs and
with gas rifles. Sprinkled through
the woods on the south slope were
scores of United States park po-
lice. No citizens were allowed to
go sightseeing at the hunger
marchers' bivouac. and the march
erS were not allowed to step into
town.
The night wore on and the
marcherS began to bed down.
Some made their beds in the
trucks, others made themselves
as comfortable as they could in
passenger cars; some stretched
out on the running boards of au-
tomobiles, while others laid their
quilts on the concrete roadway.
Less than 900, mostly women,
were allowed to file out of the
camp to spend the night in pri-
vate homes which had opened
their doors to the hunger army.
Food was brought in a large
truck and was served from sew
eral quickly established canteens.
The marchers lined up and each
was given soup, sandwiches and
coffee. Police passed the COM
miSary trucks through their lines
and the dinner went off quietly,
the commissars calling out come
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
DUE
TOMORROW

Provided with ample funds to
insure themselves against hunger
and cold, $50 farmer marchers
will reach Washington tomorrow
to present a petition for farm
relief.
According to plans completed
today by Lem Harris, executive
secretary of the Farmers Ma
tional Relief Conference, the men
will all be quartered in heated
cabins at the District Tourist
Camp in West Potomac Park.
Sixty cabins will be necessary
to house the marchers, Capt. F.
w. Hoover. manager of the Wei
fare and Recreational Association,
estimates.
The delegates have already as
sured Captain Hoover they will
stay no longer than Saturday
noon. They will eat breakfast in
the tourist camp restaurant, the
rest of their meals elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
ORATOR
GOES To. JAIL

An impromptu grafton on be-
half of Communism delivered be-
fore an amused crowd of $50 per-
sons landed Raymond Ferguson,
colored, in jail for 20 days today
at Police Court.
Policeman w. G. Fawcett told
Judge Isaac R. Hit that he was
attracted to John Marshall Place
and Pennsylvania Avenue North
west late Saturday by the large
crowd. There, he said, he found
Ferguson delivering a fiery and
obscene oration on behalf Of "the
Reds"
Admonishing the defendant to
use his oratorical talent on more
elevating subjects, the court sent
Ferguson to Jail in default of a
$40 fine for intoxication and dis
order,
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Virginia Police Office
Near Winchester

The peaceful trek through west
ern Maryland, West Virginia and
Virginia, from Cumberland to
Washington, was marred by only
two incidents.
At Buffalo Lick Run, near Win
chester, the long column Of
marchers was halted by State
Patrolman R. E. Bayliss. The
drivers of the leading cars at
tempted to push on, whereupon
Bayliss leaped into his white road
ster and speeded to the bridge
over the run, where he brought
the car to a dead stop, blocking
the road. He then extracted a
riot gun from the rear of the
machine and placed it in position
where he could use it if needed. ,
Blockade Formed
Automobiles containing Wash
ington newspaper men reached
the bridge ahead of the marcherS
and Bayliss ordered that they be
parked so as to make the blockade
more effective. This was done
Just as the leading cars came up
and halted. Captains of the
marchers rushed toward Bayliss
and in loud voices demanded:
''What is holding us up?"
BayliSS answered:
"Waiting on orders"
The orders, relating to what
route the marchers were to take,
soon arrived and Bayliss lifted
the blockade and led the
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led THUGS LAYING FOR kAARCHERS, SAYS CHIEF
BENJAMIN CAUTIONS ARMY
TO GIVE POLICE, SOLDIERS
No EXCUSE FOR ATTACK

The principal complaints were
over the lack of housing and the
utter lack of sanitary facilities.
The marchers arose stiff and
cold from sleeping in their trucks
and battered automobiles. The
morning air was nippy, even
though unusually mild for this
season of the year.
Watchful police, armed with
riot guns and tear gas, surrounded
! the camp on all sides. Only those
were permitted to leave who
could convince the police they had
business outside the camp.
Although Herbert Benjamin,
Communist leader of the group,
failed to reach Lieut.. Col. U. S.
Grant, director of public buildings
and parks, last Saturday while
seeking Government buildings in
which to house his army, it will
avail him nothing to appeal to
Colonel Grant today, the latter
states.
Grant Stands on Law
Holding that the needs of needy
residents will be attended to first,
Colonel Grant said.
"The law prohibits use of
Government buildings by in
dividuals except by specific act
Of Congress. / will enforce
that regulation.
'1t is true that this office
does have at its disposal q
certain few buildings standing
on property purchased for park
land. These buildings, how
ever, we are turning over, and
will continue to do so, to the
Commissioners for housing
needy residents of the District.
Their needs come before those
Of the hunger marcherS.
Use of Brentwood Park by the
army is entirely unauthorized,
Grant, director of Public Build
ings and Parks, said today.
No MOlesting Planned
Capt. Doyle o. Hickey, super
intendent of Park Police, had
reported to him that marchers
were filtering across from their
encampment into nearby woods
located on Federal property.
Park Police will not molest
such trespassers, however, Cap
tain Hickey said, so long as they
do not build fires or cut wood.
Colonel Grant said he had
formed no plan of action against
the marchers for trespassing.
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Grand Jury to Probe
Paint Brush HOLdUp

Charged with holding up and
robbing Max Witherspoon, 900
block of K st. N. W., Of $32, using
a paint brush as a pistol" Choice
Henry, colored. was held for
Grand Jury action under $4,000
bail today in Police Court by
Judge Ralph Given.
WitherSpoon testified that the
man ordered shim to stick 'em
up" at Eleventh st. and New York
Ave. N. w. Policeman S. F. Smith
said he witnessed the hold-up
early Saturday morning from
across the street and Immediately
gave chase, capturing his prisoner
after q three.block run.
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Klan Refrains From A ction in Arlington;
Legion Members Ready, But Not Needed

ers took the right road and did
not stop.
The marchers refueled their au-
tomobiles at Cumberland before
departing, using 900 gallons Of
gas furnished by the city at
wholesale prices. At Millwood,
Va, another stop for refueling
was made. 900 gallons of gas
being purchased there.
There were 1T automobiles and
trucks in the column, contain.
ing 1,7O0 men and women. About
one-third of the column was made
up of colored people, while at
least another one-third consisted
of ex-service men, many of whom
came here last summer with the
Bonus Army.
Sam Krieger, of Sioux City, one
of the leaders declared:
eve are not at all satisfied,
but we accepted conditions to
avoid blOOdshed"
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

Solomon, %, Tripoli, Wis;
Henry Morgan, 30, Chicago;
Slater Brown. 36, New York City,
and Joseph J. Nadrock, 80, Mil
wauke, were put in Casualty's
ambulance and taken to the hos
pital. Solomon and Morgan are
suffering from grippe and Brown
is a victim of heart disease.
Thirteen other marcherS were
treated at Casualty for colds and
were sent back to the camp.
The physicians said health condi-
tions in general were good and,
after inspecting the food supply,
said the marchers could be
bountifully fed for several days
from the stores on hand.
Earlier in the day, the camp
site and it's occupants had been
looked over by DR.. William
Fowler, District Health officer.
There are no drinking water and
no sewerage facilities close to the
camp, and trucks had to be sent
out for supplies of water.
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JGilkeeper Nolan
SLQuS Wife in N. Y.

NEW YORK, Dec. S ,G.N.S0
Herbert Nolan, the Raymond
Street jailkeeper who was accused
of accepting SIS from the wife Of
Red" Mccormick to allow her
to visit her husband after hours,
shot and killed his wife today.
Nolan had been suspended from
duty, after McCormick's at
tempted escape had led to his
numbering Deputy Warden Nc
Connell and then committing
suicide.
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r HaltS MarcherS
"Waiting on Orders"

The other incident occurred
just after the bulk Of the cars
and trucks had been herded on
Key Bridge by District police
under the command of Inspectors
j. F. Beckett and B. F. Lamb.
Refuses to Move Car
A roadster bearing Illinois tags
and containing a man and a
woman was in the lead. Ordered
to get under way the driver
leaped from the machine and
yelled:
I'm not moving that auto
mobile until my captain comes"
The police held a short con-
ference, then six Of them put
their shoulders to it and pushed
it to one side. After that the
column got under way, moving
around the roadster and its
obstinate driver. He started his
car when about half the column
had passed.
Only four policemen escorted
the marcherS through West Vir'
ginia, and none met the group at
the Virginia line. However, the
Virginia police riding in their
white automobiles, soon concen-
trated, making a colorful picture
as they speeded along the high.
way to meet the column or to
pass it and bring up the rear.
In all about IS Virginia police
finally accompanied the marcherS
to the District line. These were
augmented in both Fairfax and
Arlington counties by details of
county 001icnnnen
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
U.S.F|NDSHOUSE
FOR NEEDY

Continuing its policy of turn,
ing over to the District Commis-
sioners all vacant houses located
on Federal property purchased
for park lands with District
funds, the Office of Public Build
ings and Parks today notified DR..
Luther H. Reichelderfer it could
house a needy family in a single
family dwelling in the 800 block
of Thirty-third st. S. E.
The house and family should
be maintained under the super.
vision of the Public Welfare
Board, Capt. E. N. Chisolm, jr.,
assistant park director, said.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Army Pistols Worn
Bv Commerce Guards

The uniformed guards at the
new Department of Commerce
Building thus far have had moth
ing more violent to contend with
than ejecting peddlers, but today
they wore Army revolvers strapped
around their waists.
Why Communist hunger march
erS should go there remains vague,
but the guards at least are pre-
pared for any troublesome visitors.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
"POp" Warner Quits
As Stanford Coach

STAMFORD UNIVERSITY,
Calf, Dec. S Q.N.S0.-Glenn S.
Pop) Warner, famous coach Of
Stanford football teams for the
past nine years, today handed his
resignation to DR.. Thomas A.
Storey, athletic director Of the in
stitution, effective today.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05


The occa-
sion was a
gala ball for
the benefit
of the old
actors home.
Dancing until
daybreak fol-
lowed an i'm
promptu en-
t e r tainment
in which the
n a tion a |
opera ballet
and the fore
most artists
of the French
stage t 90 k
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

debts to Elise among his LA.
bilitieS-JuStice Joseph NJ
Callahan in supreme court has
ordered Schildkraut to appear
for examination Friday to be
questioned about his financial
condition, preliminary TO the
hearing of Elise's suit to col
lect.
Elise and Schildkreut were
divorced in June, 1880, in Los
Angeles, and soon after he
married wealthy Mary Mckay,
of London. Elise then mar
ried Horace Liveright, the pub
Usher, but this union also
went on the rocks.
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(Continued from Page II
health. There are no sewerage
facilities"

(Continued from Page n
health. There are no sewerage
facilities"
Refuse Police Passes
In order to facilitate the lead
ers Of the hunger march in get
ting back and forth from camp
Major Brown offered them specia,
police passes.
Practically all of the leaders
however, refused the passes or
the ground that the police had
no right to restrict their move
ments.
Capt. T. Nc. Johnson, of the
Maryland State police, arrived in
Major Browns office at l p. m
for a conference on how the
hunger marcherS will be handled
when they leave Washington and
head for home.
Near Riot Occurs
A near-riot occurred in the
camp before noon when Federal
under-cover agent was found In
the ranks and was chased out with
sticks, stones and fists.
The hotter heads among the
marcherS threatened for a time
to make a general assault on the
cordons of police that hemmed in
the camp, but their leaders dis.
Suaded them. Cries from all
sides:
"Get the stool pigeons"
"Get the COPS"
NOT SERIOUSLY HURT
The Government agent, whose
identity was not disclosed, was
"roughed" out of camp for a
distance of a quarter of a mile,
but was not seriously injured.
Unable to find a hall where
they could hold a meeting to Sc.
lect delegations to call on the
White House and the two Houses
of Congress with their demands
for $50 for each unemployed
worker, the leaders were arrang.
ing today for a large open ali
congress in the camp to complete
their organization.
There was considerable "grous-
ing" about the camp today, not
withstanding that there was
plenty of food for breakfast
There were sandwiches, hot cof
fee, and some bacon, supplied by
the organizers of the march who
have a plentiful commisary on
upper. Fourteenth Street.
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fall down and
go boom?
Neither the
ho1k involved
nor P G G y
Joyce seems
to know, and
t h e re are
pie n t y of
bucks C o n
cerned-both
for Peggy, OF
t h e m a n y
wedding bells,
and the Chat
ham Phoe-
nix Bank.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

first wife,
Elise Bartlett
S C h ildkraut
Lii Ye ri g h t,
$25,000 ali
m o n y, S h e
says, and she
wants him to
pay it.
Despite the
t a C tina t
S ch ildkraut
recently went
into b a n k
ruptcy in Los
An g el eS
listing his
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
Peggy Joyce's Market
Deals Aired in Court

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-The
question before the court is:
Just when did the stock market
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

The ball was given under
the auspices of President Albert
Lebrun, who attended with
Nine. Lebrun.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05

TEV'NH JUAOE The pOINJ
seems to be that Peggy bor-
rowed $4,000 on $4,000 worth
of securities and ordered the
bank to sell them to square
her debt. Her creditors insist,
however, that the crash of the
stock market put a hole in
Peggy's bankroll. And now the
lawyers for the bank have
asked an official ruling on just
when the stock market crashed.
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
216 Years Since Last
Dance at Theater

PARIS, Dec. 5.-For the
first time in 216 years there
was dancing last week at "the
home of Molaire," the Theater
The Washington times., 1932-12-05
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Elsie Bartlett Sues
For $25, 900 AIimony

NEW YORK, Dec. $50
seph Schildkraut, motion pic
ture and stage star, owes his
The Washington times., 1932-10-17
At the White House

The President received the
Minister of Austria, Mr.. Edgar
l.. G. Prochnik, at the White
House today at 1915 o'clock,
when he presented DR.. Ernst
Benedikt, editor in chief Of
Austria's leading newspaper.
The Minister entertained at a
small informal luncheon today
at the Legation, in honor of
DR.. Benedikt, who will leave
the Capital tomorrow.
Mr.. Herbert Hoover, jr.,
Joined Mrs. Hoover and his
parents, President and Mrs.
Hoover at the White House
today.
The ambassador of italy, No
bile Giacomo de Martino, has
returned to Washington from
New York, where he went to at
tend the dinner given in his
honor by the Italy-American So
ciety of New York on Friday
evening.
The retiring counselor of the
embassy, Count Alberto Mar
chetti di Muriaglio, sailed Sat
urday on the Conte Graude for
Rome, where he will report to
the foreign office before pro-
ceeding to his new post in Paris.