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The Washington times., 1932-11-16
ROOSEVELT SITS
IN BEDROOM
+. CONFERENCE
Discusses State Budget With
Aide, But Guards Health
After "FIu" Attack

ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 16 Q.N.SO
For the first time since last Fri
day, when he was stricken with a
mild attack Of influenza, Gov
ernor Roosevelt, president-elect,
left his bed today and began work
on the State budget.
The Governor cancelled his
plans at the last minute to go
downstairs and work in his study,
Instead, he asked Budget Director
Mark Graves to his bedroom. Gov
ernor Roosevelt said:
"I'm coming along fine, but
decided not to leave the room
for at least another day"
He remained in bed until nearly
noon, debating to his private Sec
retary, Marguerite LELAND.
Visitors Barred
Callers at the mansion were in
formed that the Governor would
not see anyone, except a few
State officials, until tomorrow.
The governor will remain in
the mansion until Saturday and
then go to his Hyde Park home
for the weekend.
Unless there is a last-minute
shift in his plans, he will leave
for Warm Springs, Ca, next
Tuesday morning, stopping at
Washington that afternoon for a
conference with President Hoover
on international debts and kin
dred subjects.
The governor does not expect
his White House conference will
take more than a. few hours. He
intends to let the President do
most of the talking.
It is expected Mr.. Roosevelt
will telephone President Hoover
not later than Sunday regarding
the time Of his arrival in Wash
ington.
The governor said:
II simply have got to be in
Warm Springs for Thanksgiving
Day dinner"
Propped up in bed with pill.
lows at his back and wearing q
white sweater and blue dressing
gown over his pajamas,, the
PreSident-elect rec civ E d news.
papermen for a bedside confer
ence.
He was pale and he admitted
he was still a bit weak. He said:
1--WE had a touch of the
flu, but my temperature has
been normal for the last 48
hours and I'm coming along
fast now"
He expressed belief that he
took cold when he rode in a
driving rain from Boston through
Providence, Worcester, Spring
field and Hartford during the
last week of the campaign.
Loses Five Pounds
DR.. L. w. Gorham, the Roose
velt family physician in Albany
treated the Governor several times
during the latter's illness.
The Governor said he believed
he had "Sweated away" at least
five pounds during his illness.
From his. sick bed the Cover
nor saved two convicted murder
ers from death in the electric
chair, scheduled at Sing Sing
tomorrow night.
He commuted the death sen
tence of Luke O'Neill, World Wal
veteran, to life imprisonment
O'Neill was convited of killing
Katharine Gore in New York in
1925.
He reprieved Joseph Bauman
convicted of killing Karl Munich
in a New York Speakeasy, until
November %. so that Bauman
can testify for the State in an
other murder trial.
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
Rescue Call Fails
But Police DOQ Lives

The fire rescue squad was sum-
moned today to the aid of a dog
belonging to Miss Janet R.
Crump, of the $500 block of
Quesada st. N. W., when the dog
began to choke.
The fire rescue squad was not
able to respond, but the animal,
police dog, recovered.
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
RITES DEDICATE
PLAYGROUND

The Park View playground
and playhouse were dedicated
last night with ceremonies honor
ing the memory of George Wash
ington and the planting of a
Chinese elm tree.
The tree was presented by Mrs.
P. B. Ashburn, president of the
Woman's Club, and was accepted
by Miss Sibyl Baker, supervisor
of Fairgrounds.
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
Gasoline BLOLUs Up;
III Injured in Panic

BOSTON, Nov. 16 uN.SO.
Forty-one persons, including %
children and four young women,
were recovering today from burns
and bruises suffered when gaso-
line drum exploded, causing a
panic among more than 100 by
StanderS,
The Washington times., 1932-11-16
CIGARETTES STOLEN

One hundred and fifty cartons
of cigarettes, valued at $3.50 were
stolen yesterday from the store Of
Alexandria Falchuck, 1900 block
H st. N. W., police were informed
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
RAILWAYS VOTE
NEW PAY GUT

CHICAGO. Sept. 9 G.N.SD.
Representative officials of rail
roads operating in all parts of the
country voted today to impose a
second wage cut of 10 per cent on
all railway union employees.
Including the 10 per cent slash
accepted by the brotherhoodS
last winter, the decision means
that the workers will be served no
tice of a total reduction of 20 per
cent. The original 10 per cent
cut was to have expired at the end
of one year.
Since the brotherhoods already
have voiced stiff opposition to
even the continuance of the re-
duction now in effect, the ques-
tion of a new wage adjustment
probably will be treated by arbitra-
ton. Negotiations may be begun
after notice of the reduction has
been served.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
WEATHER IS KEY
IN COAL FIGHT

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 GN.SJ.
The prevention of an extended
wrangle over proposed wage re-
duction between anthracite oper.
ators and union miners of Penn
sylvania today appeared to be in
the hands of the weather man.
A cold and bitter winter was
expected to solve the controversy
which to date was deadlocked.
A stiff winter would remove
the fears of the operators that
they would be unable to sell more
than 100000 900 tons of coal next
year. Also, if a real cold winter
descended. employment at the
mines would be increased auto
matically.
The conference between the
operators committee and the COM
mittee of the United Mine Work
ers of America, the latter rep
resenting the three hard coal dis
tricts of Pennsylvania, will con-
tinue this afternoon.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
WOMEN
MAY ATTEND
FUNERAL
Jean Shows Improvement After
Her Second Collapse;
Estate Battle Seen

HOLLYw GOD, Sept. 9
S.).-Jean Harlow and
Dorothy Millette, both of
whom loved Paul Bern, may
come face to face today for
the first time at his funeral.
This possibility arose when it
became known that Miss Millette,
who emerged as the phantom
mate" of the motion picture pro-
ducer, following his suicide, is on
the Pacific Coast.
She was at a San Francisco
Hotel. investigators learned, the
day Bern sent a bullet through
his brain. She disappeared after
news of his act had been pub
liShed.
Check Sent To Mate"
That she might come to the
last rites in his honor was the
belief of friends of the dead man.
Recovering slightly from the
state of collapse in which she
has been since informed of the
suicide of her husband of two
months, Miss Harlow was ex-
pected to be able to attend tne
private funeral services planned
fol Bern today.
The presence of Miss Millette
in San Francisco was established
through the fact that a check
had been sent her there from
Bern's funds only a few days be-
fore his death.
Her presence in California, the
fact that she prob bly, had been
in communication with Dern, and
the declaration that her existence
was entirely unknown to Miss
Harlow brought to the fore two
additional possibilities.
Estate Contest Seen
The first was a definite motive
for the suicide of the father con-
fesSor" of Hollywood.
Investigators said it might well
have been possible that Bern, feel
ing he must tell Miss Harlow of
this episode of his past, dreaded
it to such an extent that he
finally ended his life as a way
out"
This, they said, would explain
the cryptic note in which he men,
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The Washington times., 1932-09-09
MARKET STAGES
REBOUND

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 G.N.S).
The stock market rallied sharply
today after an erratic forenoon.
Rapid price changes marked
the first two hours with trading
at a fast pace though below yes
terday's heavy volume. The mar
ket went into the early afternoon
with prices about even with last
nights close after heavy selling in
the second hour sent leaders down
l to 2 points.
The rails were the backbone of
the recovery and their strength
stimulated the rest of the list.
Sentiment was aided further by
a rebound of 81 a bale in cotton.
It was the SIS a bale break in cot
ton which brought about yeSter-
days sinking spell.
Strength in the rails was influ-
enced by estimates of a sharp
gain in tomorrow's loadings re-
port. New York Central and
Southern Pacific were leaders in
activity. Gains ran from / to 3
points with Atchison setting fast
pace. ......
u. S. Steel was under pressure
all during the forenoon, but con-
tinued to show support on the
way down.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
BOLIVIA BORDER
WAR OPENS

BUENOS AIRES. Sept. 9
GNSD-A state of war, lack
ing only an official declaration
of hostilities. broke out in the
bitterly contested Chaco region
between Bolivia and Paraguay
today.
Reports from the capitals of
the combatant countries told of
intensive onslaughts against vari-
Gus strongholds in the jungle dis
trict, whose present and potential
resources have been a bone OF
contention between the two South
American powers for half cen
try.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
COW HAS
DISAPPEARED

GLASGOW, Scotland, Sept. 9
GN.SO.-Betty Cow, nurse to
little Charles A. Lindbergh, jr.,
at the time of his kidnapping and
murder, dropped from sight to-
day.
The young Scottish girl, who
had been reported planning to
return to the United States to
take care of Mrs. Anne Lind
bergh's new baby son, left Glas-
gov, it was learned, about three
weeks ago.
Accompanied by her sister, she
started for some unknown desti-
nation, leaving no forwarding ad-
dress. She revealed her plans to
no one, except for saying she
wanted to tour Great Britain.
Miss Cows mother, who is
holding her mail for her. de-
clared she was ignorant of her
daughters whereabouts. A check
of various holiday resorts failed
to reveal Miss Cows presence.
The attractive young nurse was
in Glasgow at the time Mrs.
Lindbergh'S second babv was
born. At the time it was re.
ported she had cancelled plans
to remain IN Scotland indefi-
nitely and booked passage for an
early return to the United States.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
8 FOUND DEAD
IN AIR WRECK

Ell PASO. Tex, Sept. 9 0N.S0.
G. A. Davidson, of Richmond,
Calf. sole survivor of a passenger
airplane crash which carried
three persons to death in the
rugged Guadalupe Mountains 95
miles east of here. will be brought
in an ambulance to a hospital
here today.
The dead are:
Pilot w. J. Robbins, Of Fort
Worth.
CO-pilOt Francis w. Briggs,
of Dallas.
Victor Gilman, 1S, whose ad-
dress appeared on the ships
passenger list as st. Louis.
The ship. an American Airways
plane, evidently crashed about
10 a. m. yesterday, but it was
not reported missing until last
night, when it failed to reach
Dallas. The fire-swept wreckage
was found by searching parties
early today.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
SINKS
QUICKLY
.NEARITS
Bodies of New York Workmen
Hurled on Shore or Into
River; Probe On

NEW YORK, Sept. 9
(I.N.S.).-A workmen's ferry
bcat exploded in the East
River today, killing at least
80 passengers and injuring so.
Forty others aboard are miss
ing.
With many of the injured
in a critical condition in
hospitals and graphing near
the sunken wreck underway,
the death toll was expected to
mount before sunset.
Tn steamer Observation, with
$50 workmen bound for Riker'S
Island, blew up so feet from the
slip on the Bronx shore which 1t
had just left.
Vessel Sunk Year Ago
The tragedy occurred within a
few hundred feet of where the
General Slocun burned and sank
June IS, 1904, with a loss of 1,10O
lives.
Less than year ago., the
wooden vessel, formerly g. sight.
seeing craft, had sunk in the bay
at Kearney, N. j.
An investigation of the explo-
sion was Immediately started by
Federal and Bronx county author
tiles.
A hearing will be held here
Monday before the Steamship In
spection Service to determine any
responsibility for the disaster.
The explosion was attributed to
a boiler blowing up.
James Smith, boiler inspector
in charge of the New York dis
trict, will conduct the Federal
hearing.
Boilers Long in Use
A report reached Smith that
"it was a practice" aboard the
Observation to hold down the
boiler safety valve to expedite get
ting up steam,
Records at the Customs House
showed that the boilers Of the
vessel were last replaced in 1908.
There were many ironworkers
and other skilled workmen on the
Job for the first time IN months
when the small steamer set out at
8 a. m. from the pier at 135th
Street, in the Bronx, for Rikers
Island, where the building Of a
new penitentiary was under way.
About so feet from shore, OBJ
servers on the bank saw a cloud
of smoke rise from the boat.
There was a tremendous report
and then the boat began sinking
rapidly.
Bodies Blown High
Debris and the bodies of men
were blown high into the air. One
body landed on the roof of the
Riverside Hospital ferry, a block
away. Another was blown through
the window of an electric light
plant on shore. Still another was
hurled atop tall pole. The
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The Washington times., 1932-09-09
TIGER WOMAN
IN JAIL LOVE

SAN QUENTIN PRISON. Calf,
Sept. 9 Q.NS0.-Trapped in a
clandestine prison romance with
a handsome burglar to whom
she passed a '1ove note" Clara
Phillips, beautiful hammer mur.
deress, today had lost her right
to apply for parole for at least
another six months.
Thomas j. Price, dark-haired
and youthful Los Angeles bur-
glar, was in solitary confinement.
His carelesSnesS caused guards to
find the romantic note Clara had
secretly handed him as he de-
livered dental supplies at the
women's quarters. unsupported
by guards, the romance had
progressed at least three months.
Clara entered San Quentin in
1923 under sentence of 35 years
for beating Mrs. Alberta Mead
owS to death with a hammer.
She would have been eligible
for parole this fall had she not
fallen in love with Price, who
has a wife in Los Angeles.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
Davis Won't Retire
From Senate Fight

PH1LADELP HIA, Sept. 9
G.N.SO-Senator James J. Davis
will not withdraw from his cam
paign for reelection to the
United States Senate, according
to James M. HaZlett, chairman of
the local Republican city COM
mittee. The disclosure came fol-
lowing a trip to Washington by
Hazlett and Gen. Edward Martin,
State Republican chairman. Re-
Gently Gov. Clifford Pinchot had
called upon Martin to drop Davis
as the Senatorial candidate of
the Pennsylvania Republicans.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
JURY CLEARS 3IBOY Of 6 FOUND
Of BRUTALITY SLAIN IN CRIB

MINEOLA, N. Y Sept. 9
G.N.SO.-A verdict of mot
guilty" was returned early today
by the jury in the trial of the
three Nassau county police
officers accused of the third
degree death" of Hyman Stark,
accused as a New York gangster.
The verdict was reached after
the jurors deliberated the evil
dence for seven hours and As
minutes.
The acquittal came at the end
of the second trial for the defend
ants. At the first one, the jury
disagreed after being out 10
hours.
Those on trial were Deputy
Police Chief Frank j. Tappen
and Detectives Leslie w. Pearsall
and Harry w. Zander.
Stark with three companions
was arrested charged with rob-
bing and beating the mother of
Detective Joseph Hizenski. It
w charged in the summation by
District Attorney Elvin N. Ed
wards that the police entered into
a conspiracy to place the blame
for Starl-'s death on Hizenski,
who during th1 trial was pictured
as having struck the prisoner
several times.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
TIGER BACKS.
NATIONAL
TICKET
Tammany-ControIIed State
Committee of New York
IndorSeS Roosevelt

ALBANY, Sept. 9 (I.N.S.).
A resolution indorsing the
Democratic national ticket,
headed by Gov. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and Speaker John n.
Garner, was adopted by the
New York Democratic State
committee at its meeting here
today.
Albany was selected for the
State convention and the date
was fixed for October 3 and 4.
With the State organization
controlled by Tamma1y Hall an6
it's Upstate allies, the adoption
of the resolution was interpreted
as an indication that Tammany
will swing into line behind the
Roosevelt-Ga"ner banner on cleo
ton day.
Lehman'S Fate Up
Tammany leaders are in
quandary whether to oppose Gov
ernor Roosevelt's demand for the
nomination of Lieut.. Gov. Her
bert H. Lehman, and this per-
picking question will be taken up
at today'S poW-wow.
The upstate Tiger allies have
put forward Mayor John Boyd
Thacher. of Albany, for the gov
ernorship and this has given rise
to reports that Tammany is
ready to Sidetrack Lehman.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 GN.SJ. e.
A six-year-old boy, his wrists
slashed. was found dead in his
crib this morning.
The boy, William Guren Tubbs,
of Flushing, Queens, had been
murdered in his sleep, and police
have broadcast an alarm for
William Henry Joseph Tubbs,
the father.
Tubbs, who is 80, lived with
his wife and child in the crowd
ed suburb. He left the house
early this morning before the
child's death had been discov-
cred by the mother.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
Norman Is Silent
On Reaching Britain

GREENOCK. Scotland. Sept. 9
0N.SD THE mission to the Unit
ed States completed, Montagu
Norman, governor of the Bank
of England. arrived here today
aboard the liner Duchess of Eng
land. Norman denied himself to
interviewerS, remaining aboard
the liner when it continued on to
Liverpool after a brief stop.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
MGnchuriG Bandits
Wreck Another Train

MUKDEN. Sept. 9 QN.S0.-
The second train to be derailed on
the main line of the Southern
Manchurian Railway within a
fortnight was overturned today
after bandits had looSened the
tracks. 1t was a troop train, and
O number of soldiers were injured.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of Septem.
ber 7: $316,442,45l.78; expendi-
lures. $7,635, ,458.79; customs re-
ceipts, $5,219,326.52.
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
50 KILLED, so INJURED IN FERRY BLAST
Harlow Likely To Confront Rival Wife
WILL ROGERS Savs:
BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Sept. 9.-These made

D, OolIl'' SepL. o'-IHeS0 Hldue
news today: Something in the
paper about disarmament. I
don't know what it was, but I
know it wasn't about disarm-
ing.
Al Smith is coming out with
a statement in the Outlook
magazine as to whom he is sup
porting. Getting so we have
to wait for magazines to come
out to get all the latest news.
The Rudy Vallees decided
to go back together until after
the depression.
Iowa farmers are doing
Orottv OoOd with fheir s+riko
The Washington times., 1932-09-09

he sighted the noted social
worker at the busy down
town corner of State and
Adams Streets.
On direct orders from the
White House, the vast inquisi-
tory mechanism of the Gov
ernment was thrown in gear
today for a combing Of the
eastern seaboard for Col. Ray
mond Rob ins, nationally
known dry leader, who has
been missing since last Satur-
day.
Thus far not a trace of Robins.
o warm friend of President
Hoover. has been found. There
appeared tt be no valuabl clues.
Following the regular Friday
Cabinet meeting with the Presi-
dent, Attorney General Mitchell
stated special investigators from
the Prohibition Bureau had been
assigned to investigate the diSap-
pearance of Colonel Robins on
the theory that there might be
some truth in the report he had
been kidnapped by agents of a
Florida bootlegging ring, against
whom the dry agitator had been
particularly active.
Left N. Y. Saturday
Colonel Robins left the City
Club in New York last Saturday,
giving a Washington hotel as a
forwarding address.
He had an appointment with
President Hoover on Tuesday,
and did not turn up to keep it.
When he did not arrive here or
telephone by Wednesday friends
became uneasy and telephoned
his New York club. He was not
there.
washington police entered the
search today when Detective
Segt. Richard Cox, of Headquar-
tefs, was assigned to make a local
investigation. No request for
local police cooperation was
sought yesterday, when the first
alarm over Robins disappearance
was sounded.
Reports from Mrs. Robins at
the home of her sister. Miss Mary
Drier, at Southwest Harbor,, Me-,
that she feared a ring c: boot
1eggers might have done away
with her husband deepened con-
cern, and the United ~tates Sc
cret Service and Department Of
Justice Bureau of Investigation
swung into action on direct
orders Of President Hoover.
Enemy Of Gangsters
Both Justice and Secret Ser
vice officials here seemed baf-
fled after a thorough checkup
among Robins friends and ac-
quaintanceS failed to develop
clues.
The general feeling among
Robins friends here was that the
prohibitionist had never left New
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They are stopping the trucks and eating what the
other farmers send to town. In that way the
farmer only has to haul it half as far.
by
The Washington times., 1932-09-09
SEEN
IN CHICAGO,
REPORT
Missing Prohibition Worker
/ on Downtown Corner,
s.. Search DiSCIoSes

CHICAGO, Sept. 9 (I.N.S.)
Col. Raymond Robins, for
whom a nation wide search
was ordered by President
Hoover, was reported today
to have been seen in Chicago
yesterday. A friend of
many years standing declared
he sighted the noted. social
worker at the busy down
town corner Of State and
Adams Streets.
Nogales international., 1932-05-21
A Depression Relief Mesaure

depression relief measure having been announc
ed by the Democratic leader of the United States Sen
ate the President makes public statement that there
Will be consideration of combining, simplifying and
putting into concrete form the different proposals
rs to secure united non-parizan and immediate &C
ton"
When the President makes proposal and Con-
ress proposes modification Of it, it lets itself in for
a scoding, and the Administration spokesmen proceed
to accuse the Democratic majority Of the House of
Representatives Of playing politics wilfuly and hamp
ering the amelioration OF public distress.
Actually there never has been time since the
present Congress convened when the Democrats have
not been ready to cooperate III the enactment OF
lief measures and to counsel with the President to
combine simplify and put into concrete form the
joint requirements of National economy and the rails
ing Of sufficient to balance the budget The
first trouble that they could never get from the
Administration tangible, complete and adequate
plan They were asked to give the President blanket
authority to reorganize the Government departments
but there has not yet been FURNISHED the Adninistra
tons idea Of the sort Of tax bill that should be put
into effect They have had general expressions Of
desire to help the unemployed but no chart by which
they could steer the course the President desired to
reach this effect.
Doubtless when the President has pondered on
the Robinson proposal there viii be suggested some
notifications and ateratOns-en0ugh, at least, to
enable the Administration cheer leaders to claim the
authorship of the plan as another example of the
Presidents miraculous efficiency and demonstration
Of his notwithstanding, Of course, that the prin-
cipes Of the Arkansas Senator's thought enacted
into law.
Should the Democrats happen to demur to any of
the Presidents changes, believing that the original
processes better they will of course, be guilty of
playing politics, and have higher motive than to
balk the benefcient and benevolent purposes of Pre-
sldent Hoover for this is the year of Presidential
election and the Democrats must be blamed, if that
is not practicable, must not be given credit for any
thing.