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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-07

Among the local o. S. U. students
home for Thanksgiving were Deane
Northrup, Austin Coulson, Elmer
Taylor, Ralph Sawyer, Carlton Hen
derson, Goodwin Coulson, Brent
Cochran, Donald Mace. Elizabeth
Beckwith, Linda Turner, Dean
Glass, George Barkhurst, Philip
Manly, Ronald Gordon, Montford
Frash, Donald Torbert, and Mrs.
Kathryn Sharp Mcfarland.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-07

Messrs. Donald Carroll and Roy
Tyler and Miss Virginia Creagan.
of Cleveland, were week end guests
here at the home of the formers
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. FL. Carroll,
of Kennebec ridge.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-07
Hiram McGrath Very Ill

Hiram McGrath, Civil war SOL
der, is very i'll with heart trouble,
at his home in the east end Of town.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-07

The commissioners met this week
In three days session, and trans
acted business as follows:
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-12-07

Prices for dog tags for the yeal
1894 are filed as follows: Male, 81
each; female, SO each; kennel Ii
cense, SO.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

NEW YORK, Oct. IA GN.S).
Mae Murray, screen actress and
one of the numerous Mdivani
princesses, today was pondering
the value of her left leg.
A year ago the leg was ap-
praised at $250,O00; six months
ago the valuation fell to $4,000,
and today it was quoted at $500.
The way it happened was this:
A year ago Miss Murray sued
the Brooklyn Fox Theater for a
quarter of a million dollars, claim
ing she stepped into a rut on the
stage while dancing there five
years ago and permanently in
jured the limb. A jury awarded
her $4,000.
The theater company appealed
and the appellate division set
aside the award and allocated
Miss Murray $500 and $177.70
costs.
The actress today said she was
uncertain whether she would ac-
cept the new ruling or carry her
suit to the court of appeals.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
POSTS CONGES7
D.C.TRAFF|C

Maybe those Rutherford B.
Hayes posts will depart from the
north end of West Executive Ave
nue., after all.
It is no secret that motorists
will be tickled pink if they go.
They occupy pretty nearly half
the space in the street, and con-
verge traffic into a bottle neck at
that point.
It was said today that Presi-
dent Roosevelt would like to get
rid of them, but that it would re-
quire an act Of Congress to do so.
inasmuch as they were put in
place by act Of Congress. They
were fine, imposing structures
back in the horse-and4carriage
days of President Hayes, but they
do not fit in a motorized era.
They might be great for the
gateway to a new subdivision OF
something. Anyhow, the traffic
bureau is planning to put traffic
lights there. if the posts can be
disposed Of.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
SALES TAX TALK
LAUDS HEARST

William Randolph Hearst and
the Hearst newspapers were
praised for their advocacy Of the
manufacturers sales tax at gath
ering of Washington businessmen
at the Board of Trade yesterday.
The group also congratulated the
American Taxpayers League for
formally indorsing this tax reform.
Ten prominent citizens werO
chosen as a committee at the meet
ing to develop enthusiasm among
District leaders for the adoption
of the sales tax, to lift the burden
of property taxes from real estate
owners. The committee will hold
it's first session Tuesday, at which
officers will be selected.
Daniel E. Casey, field director
Of the American Taxpayers
League, who presided at the meet
ing yesterday, sounded the praise
for Mr.. Hearst's leadership in the
tax reform fight. The only other
speaker was George RocnweN
Brown, of the washington Herald
editorial staff.
Mr.. Brown told Of the fight for
the general manufacturers sales
tax in the last session of Congress.
He applauded the action Of the
league for coming out squarely for
the sales tax.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Irma Welch Learns Gimme
And Other u. S. English

Five-year-old Irma WEIGH, who
came to this country week ago
today as the result of a four-year
diplomatic battle, is fast learning
the language of her new land.
The little girl, brought up on
the language of Venezuela, where
she was born and lived until last
week, now can make demands in
English for all the foods laid be-
fore her at the breakfast, lunch
con and dinner table.
So fast is her vocabulary in
creasing that she has learned that
very famous American phrase,
Gimme" Which means that
'Papieto" James E. Welch, her
father, is buying her practically
everything her little heart desires.
Dinner Party Guest
Irma was turned over to her
father, a Shreveport OaO oil
man, last week by the Venezuelan
government after that govern
ment had refused to relinquish
her for four years. The child was
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
.ACHESON HEADS
UNIT TODRAFT.
|. LIQUOR PLAN
Expects Repeal December 5;
FavorS Low Taxes to Dis
courage BootIegging
By international News Service

Working rapidly, the Treasury
and Justice Departments today
were preparing recommendations
for President Roosevelt as to the
liquor traffic policy from the date
of the repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment to action on a per-
manent program by Congress.
Undersecretary Of the Treasury
Dean Acheson was designated
chairman of a committee by Mr..
Roosevelt to draft the policy.
That will include not only the
temporary regulation but a legiS.
lative program Of control, taxa.
ton, and tariff on alcoholic bevs
erageS.
Expect Repeal Dec. s
Acheson anticipated that repeal
would be effective December 5.
He indicated that probably two
months consideration would bO
necessary by Congress to enact
permanent legislation.
Treasury experts prepared .
report which was said to have
recommended $6.40 a gallon tax
on "hard liquors" Just what
recommendation will be made to
the President was not indicated.
since Acheson has not yet seen
the report of his experts. He
pointed out that the tax level
must not be such as would en-.
courage bootlegging.
Cummings Ruling Asked
The Treasury prepared a com.
pilation of all laws now on the
statute books relative to the
liquor traffic, legal and illicit.
Acheson said that it was q legal
question whether these laws
would be wiped off the statute
books by repeal or whether por.
tions of them legal under the
twenty-first amendment would re-
main in effect.
The compilation will be sub.
mitted to Attorney General Cum
mings for an opinion. Cummings
also was making a study Of the
legal aspects of the situation. He
pointed out that there are many
more tangles than appear on the
surface.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
WIFE Of KELLY
|LL,L0NGSF0R
MOTHER
Nerves Jumpy, She Is Treated
For Cold; Grows Morose
as Excitement AbateS

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA, Oct.
IA G.N.SJ.-Kathryn Kelly, red
haired wife of George C'Machine
Gun") Kelly, was feeling pretty
"low" in her cell in the county jail
today. It was "good-by forever"
as far as she was concerned when
he left for the Federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth, to serve the rest
Of his natural life for the 5000, 900
kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel.
''Be a good boy, George"
These were her parting words
to the man she blames for her
present plight.
Treated for Cold
Soon she will go to a Federal
penitentiary herself. Which one
she does not know.
She has just about lost all Of her
characteristic cheerfulness today
as she pondered the outlook. The
reaction from her recent trial had
set in and she was moody and
silent.
DIR. C. E. Clymer, Federal physi-
clan, called at the Jail at her re-
quest and treated her for a cold
in the chest.
Kathryn processes not to be
at all worried about herself.
Her chief concern is, about her
mother, Mrs. Ora Shannon and
her stey-father, R. G. CBoss)
Shannon-''Daddy" she calls him.
She says:
"If they would only tell me
that mother and I would go
to the same penitentiary
would be perfectly satisfied"
SON SEES URSCHEL
But they won't tell her that.
They have allowed her to see
her mother, but that is the only
"break" she has so far received.
Kathryn, her mother and her
daddy" all must serve life terms
in Federal penitentiaries for their
part in the Urschel abduction
conspiracy.
They are all that is left Of the
Urschel kidnapping ring in the
county Jail.
Armon Shannon, BOSS" Shan
mons 22-year-old son, whose 10
year sentence was suspended by
Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught,
is at liberty and back on his
farm in Texas. Before he left
Urschel called him to his office
and gave him a nice, fatherly
talk which Armon said he appre-
ciated and will try to live up to.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Executives Portrait To
Be That Of Potts,
Face Excepted

For the past month q 24-year-
old youth has been pinch-hitting
for the President Of the United
States.
Even though Virgil w. Potts,
1900 block Eighteenth st. N. W.,
never sets his foot inside the
White House, he will be able to
point with pride to his portrait
in the role Of President.
All Of which means that Potts
has been doubling for President
Roosevelt almost daily for Paul
Trebilcock, eminent artist, who
is doing the Presidents portrait.
Because Of his many duties at
the White House, the President
has been unable to take time
out for the entire painting. When
the picture is finished, it will be
that of Potts, all save for his
face.
Pleased at Job
With the knowledge that Presi-
dent Roosevelt would have time
only to pose for part Of the
painting, Mr.. Trebilcock sought
a man who might serve his pur-
pose. He learned Of Potts through
Herbert Costain, secretary in
charge Of the desk at the Y. M.
c. A. Potts was given the job.
Potts said:
II was tickled to death to
get the chance to double for
the President. I have been go
ing to COrcOran Art Gallery
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
DEATH KISS GIRL ON TRIAL
Mary Collins, Pal of
Many Thugs, Faces
Jail Term

CHICAGO, Oct. 14.-For more
than a decade the violent deaths
Of Chicago bad men have been
closely associated with the name
Of Margaret Mary Collins. They
call her the kiss of death girl
Yesterday she went on trial
here under the new criminal
prosecution" law.
The new law under which Mary
Is being tried is one of the most
drastic ever passed in this State.
Conviction is obtained merely on
the reputation of the defendant.
Mary suggests in appearance the
night club queen, or possibly a
lady right off the Gold Coast"
She is believed to have money
cached away.
Once q ShOpIifter
Reputedly a shoplifter in New
York before her Chicago advent,
Mary came here after a Manhat-
tan sweetie, named Thomas, had
been killed. On December 8, 1923,
'Dandy Jack" Sheehy, known as
''Sheehy the Immune" died of
wounds received during a celebra-
ton Of Mary Collins twenty third
birthday the night before. On Au-
gust 81. 1924. John Phillips was
killed. Mary mourned at his bier.
On November 10, 1924, Dion
OBannon was shot down. The
story was that O'Banion was killed
In q feud over Mary, who was in
widows weeds following the fu-
neral.
On August %, 1925, Irving
"Sonny" Schlig, bootlegger, was
found shot. Mary again was be-
reaved.
November 81 John ~Jew BoyD
Bates, who had been suspected of
killing Schlig to appropriate Mary,
was found murdered.
On June 7. 1880. Eugene Red
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

given to her father only after the
State Department here had inter.
ceded and demanded her return.
Last night, Margaret Brothers,
II, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. r. II.
Brothers, of the Cavalier Hotel,
friends Of Mr.. Welch, gave a din
ner party for the little girl and in.
vited several children from the
neighborhood.
They all brought tops and such
for little Irma and, according to
Mr.. WEIGH, the party was .
"howling success" for Ir1na.
Another Party Today
It was such a success that Irma,
who has been very bashful in the
company Of strangers, opened UP
last night and spoke volubly not
only in English but also in Span
ish which her playmates naturally
failed to comprehend.
Today she is to be a guest &$
another party given for her bene.
fit by the two young sons Of L. o.
Holman, associate of william C.
Grace, Welch's attorney.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
CALL OFF
D. c. STRIKE

Ending a 3O-day strike, 100
men will go back to work Mon
day on the nearly completed In
terstate Commerce and Labor De-
partment buildings.
Announcement of the end Of
the strike came yesterday fol-
lowing a conference of union Of
ficials and Senator Robert F.
Wagner, chairman Of the Federal
Labor Board.
P. j. Morrin and william L..
Hutcheson, heads Of the iron
workers and carpenters, respec-
lively, agreed at the conference
to order their men back to work.
The major controversy, how
ever, and the one which brought
about the strike which stopped
a $40, ,O0O-a-week payroll, over
whether carpenters or ion work.
ers should pace metal radiator
shields, remains in question. Sen.
ator Wagner said this work will
be untouched pending . final
agreement. .....- .-.,--.. l.,
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
FREE BY XMAS, )
KELLY BOASTS

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Oct. IA
Q.N.S0.-George Machine Gun"
Kelly, kidnaper, bank robber and
general. desperate, began serving
life sentence today in the Fed
eral penitentiary here for his part
in the abduction of Charles F.
Urschel, Oklahoma oil Million
aire.
A heavy guard conveyed Kelly
here in an armored railroad bag
gage coach from Oklahoma City
last night. Shortly before mid
night a switch engine shunted the
moving fortress inside the big
walls Of the main prison. Steel
doors promptly closed behind the
man who was accredited with
Gaping a lurid career of crime
by kidnapping Urschel at the point
Of a machine gun.
AS the prison walls loomed in
sight Kelly kept up his smiling,
confident attitude, loudly brag-
ging to the Federal officers that
they would not keep him within
the penitentiary until Christmas.
AS the train reached Kansas City
he shouted:
''I'm going to break out Of
there as soon as 1 arrive.
won't be in prison long,"
Eight Federal agents armed with
machine guns guarded Kelly
throughout the journey. An aug
mented guard of deputy sheriffs
and Kansas City officers Joined
the convoy at Kansas City.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Typewriter Sellers
Leave for Chica0O

A. B. La Fleur, local manager
for the Woodstock Typewriter
Company, leaves today with his
entire sales organization to at
tend a meeting being held at the
home office of the Woodstock
Typewriter Company in Chicago.
The trip, which will include Wis
its to the Worlds Fair and the
company's plant at Woodstock,
Ill.,. is the result of a nationwide
contest held recently by the COM
pany, the winners being those
salesmen who made 100 per cent
OF their quota during the past
so days. The Washington office
was the only one in which every
salesman made 100 per cent Of
his requirements.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
SMALLEST FIRM
GOT GREATEST
PROFITS
; Houses Reveal to the Senate
Probers Revenue Sources
Between 1927 and 1881
By International News service


Three giant Wall Street bank
ing firms took a gross profit of
&56,054,9S0 from the American
investing public as their charge
for floating various securities in
the five-year period Of 1927 to
1881, a survey Of the Senate
Stock-market inquiry's revelations
disclosed today.
This tremendous profit, &C.
quired by managing or participat-
ing in the underwriting Of new
stock and bond issues, was
shared by ]. P. Morgan and Com
pany, Kuhn, Loeb and Com
pany and Dillon, Read and Com
pany.
Get the Largest
Peculiarly enough, Dillon, Read
and Company took down the
largest profit, although the in
curry here has revealed it to be
the smallest Of the three great
private banking firms.
The Dillon-Read profit was
$18,514,038 from security issues
It managed and $5,321, ,159 from
other issues. for a total Of $685.
e35, 5,197.
Kuhn, Loeb & co. drew second
prize with a total Of $19,150,783,
including $16,637,213 from issues
1t managed and $2,513,570 from
Others. The Morgan firms profit
totaled $4,000 900, including $lO,-
10000 from it's own issues and
$2,877, 900 from others.
Morgan Leads Way
The Senate inquiry into the
affairs Of the three great private
banking firms revealed the Nor
gan bankers far and away the
most influential and richest of
the three partnerships.
The Morgan assets were re.
Vealed as five times the combined
assets Of Kuhn-Loeb and Dillon
Read.
While Morgan issued a total of
$1,658, 600, 900 of bonds and stocks,
and Kuhn-Loeb issued $1,638,502,-
900 Of bonds alone and $685. 900
shares Of stock, which had an ap.
proximate par value of $780,
100000.
In the same period, Dillon,
Read & Co. issued $1,146,627, 500
Of bonds and 100000 shares of
stock with an approximate par
value of $900,00O,00O.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

Mclaughlin was found in the
Summit Drainage Canal. This
time Mary was again a mourner.
Wept Over Katz
On June 16, 1882, Sam Katz,
extortioner, was killed by police
in the office of Morris Schachter,
from which he had demanded
$4,000. Mary wept.
The only blemish in Mary's
"kiss of death" reputation lies in
the survival of her latest sweetie,
Sol CBulldog'D Feldman, who
was recently shot while trying to
rob a fur store. The State boasts
it will send Mary to Jail.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
DC.GoingWet?
TooLqte, Hints
President

President Roosevelt knows his
Washington.
Asked by a reporter if Wash
ington would go wet with the re.
mainder of the country Decem-
ber S, the President replied:
"GO wet, did you say?"
Which was in contrast with
the alteration former President
Hoover had with the late Sen.
ator Howell Of Nebraska, when
the former denied Washington
was wet.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
D. E.. LGWLer Named
Editor of Cardinal

At a special meeting of the en-
tire lay junior class of the Catho-
lie University last night, Daniel E.
Lawler, of Syracuse, N. Y, was
elected editor in chief Of the Car
dinal for 1885. Joseph A. Cicala,
of West Haven, Conn.,, was elected
business manager. Carlos Ea.
brega, Panama, and John D'Ono-
frio, Newark, N. j., were named
art editors.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Employees
Get Pau Increase

JERSEY CITY, Oct. IA G.N.SJ.
Fifteen hundred employees Of Col
gate-Palmolive-Peet company to-
day rejoiced at a 20 per cent
wage increase, effective 1T once.
The increase, company officials
said, wipes out two 10 per cent
wage reductions made during the
depression period.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
Trade Group Aids
LinHOr Bill Draft

Claude w. Owen, president OF
the Board of Trade, yesterday
appointed a committee to CO.
operate with District officials in
drafting a District liquor control
bill.
The committee members are
Joseph A. Burkhart, chairman;
Paul Lesh and George w. Offutt,
attorneys, and Lawrence E. vii.
liams and Edgar Morris, bust
ness men .L,n.E...As,..,..Inn ~ iluu.hd
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
ADMIRAL R0DMAN TALKS

Admiral Hugh Rodman, U. 8.
NJ, retired, wartime commander
Of the American Squadron ana
later commander-in-chief Of the
fleet, gave a short talk on Lead
ership" Thursday at the meeting
of the Navy Reserve Officers in
the Reserve Armory in the Navy
Yard. About SIS officers attended
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

almost daily to pose. weigh
1SO pounds, somewhat less than
the President, so I had to wear
two heavy sweaters under my
coat to fill me out.
TireSOme Job
"And what gave me another
kick was that I wore a suit OF
clothes belonging to the Pres
ident. And it fit me swell ex-
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
VICTORY
SEEN MARKED
BYPARLEY
Green Halls A.F. of L. Session
as Historic; Backs Strikes
"AS Last Resort"
BY International News Service

Girded to play an important
role in the economic issues oi
the coming year, delegates tt
the American Federation oi
Labor convention were en- route
to their homes today.
President william Green, in 9
post-convention statement, termed
the convention a historic gather
ing ''in one of the most critica
hours of all American history.
He said:
1--WE have a magnificent pro-
gram for economic action and
a sound program for political
action. We are moving in
both fields in the direction of
. better life for those who are
dispossessed,S for those who toll,
and those who would toll If
they but had the chance"
NRA "sMAINSPRING"
He declared the recovery ad
ministration "the great main
spring of our whole industria
existence" He added:
1--WE have voted full SUD-
port to the recovery admins
tratiOn, but we have refused
to extend that approval to its
mistakes"
The federation's chief said thu
convention had heard spokesmer
of the NRA, including Presidenr
Roosevelt, Recovery Administrator
Hugh S. Johnson, and Senator
Robert F. Wagner, chairman Of
the National Labor Board. HI
added:
eve have heard strikes re-
eatedly denounced, even to
hearing them called economic
sabotage but we have answered
that as long as there is freedom
in America, the right to strike
must be maintained inviOIate
and inviOlabIe.
STRIKES LAST RESORT
eve have urged that every
other recourse first be tried and
that the strike be a matter of
last resort. There are fewer
strikes today than in any other
period Of recovery and in this
we are supported by General
Johnson and his statistical, ex.
pertS.
We have given notice to the
nation that we will resent injus-
tice, and If there is to be con-
demnatiOn, let it be visited upon
those who perpetrate injustice,
not upon those who seek to cor.
rect it.
"We ask Americans to be fair
in judging American wage earn
ers, 100000 Of whom remain
jObleSS as the penalty for the
terrible maIadministration Of
employers.
CONVENTION ACTIONS
eve have demanded a right
full representation on all of the
boards, committees, and COM
missions of the recovery admin
istratiOn and we shall press for
that representation. 1t must be
representation of our own
choosing, not of the choosing
Of Others"
The major actions taken by tn
convention included:
Demand for revision of indus.
trial codes to provide for the
30-hour week without reduction
of wages.
A boycott Of German-made
goods as an anti-Hitler protest.
Condemnation of the delay in
the $4,000, 100000 public works
program.
Voting down a proposal for
an independent labor party.
Favoring organization through
the horizontal" or craft union,
over the vertical" or industrial
union.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

cept for the coat being q little
full"
The portrait shows the Presl-
dent sitting in a rocking chair.
His legs are crossed and a pair
of spectacleS are in his hand.
Potts continued:
ut was very tiresOme sitting
there so long. 1 doubt whether
the President could have stood
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
KeLLers Celebrate
TZDO Anniversaries

Mr.. and Mrs. Teddy Keller,
500 block Nebraska Ave-, are re-
ceiving congratulations from their
many friends today. October IA
is the sixteenth anniversary Of
their wedding, and it is also Mr..
Keller'S birthday.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14

il. Then, too, Mr.. TrebiIcOck
was so careful painting my
hands, which required several
days."
Potts said he received a every
nice fee" for his job, but is sorry
it is over. He concluded:
"And now that I have doubled
for the President, 1 hope that
sometime may see him."
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
DILLON MORGAN, KUHN MADE S56054980 IN 5 YEA
Too Young to Be President, He Doubles
For Roosevelt in Artists Studio
VIRGILW.

VIRGILW
POTTS.,
Washington
youth, who
has been
doubling for
the President
of the
United States
almost daily
as he sits
for Paul
Trebilcock,
nroNoinop%
artist, who is
doing the
Presidents
portrait.
Because of
his many
duties at the
White House,
the President
has been
unable to
take time
out for the
entire
painting.
When the
picture is
finished, it
will be
+hat IF POTTS
all save for
his face.
The Washington times., 1933-10-14
HALLOWEEN DANCE

The annual Halloween dance of
the Glenmont (Md.) Parent
Teacher Association will be held
at the school October %.