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The Washington times., 1933-07-15
GAS OWNERSHIP
PROBEA ASKED

William A. Roberts, assistant
corporation counsel for the Pub
lie Utilities Commission, will ask
the commission to require submis-
sion of detailed data on the owner
ship of the Washington and
Georgetown Gas Light COM
panieS.
Roberts announced this decision
after reading affidavits filed yes
terday in District Supreme Court
indicating that control of the gas
companies is in the hands of the
Chase Corporation, New York.
The affidavits, filed under a
court order, told of transfers Of
the gas company stock of the
assets of the Chase Securities Cor.
poration to the Chase Corpora
ton when the former concern was
divorced by its affiliate, the Chase
National Bank.
Although the affidavits said
the transfer did not materially
affect the ownership of the local
utilities, Roberts will seek further
details of the recent changes in
the Set-up Of the Chase Harris
Forbes interests.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
HUN 7 ASSUMES
WORKSDUT|ES

Henry T. Hunt today assumed
his duties as general counsel to
the Public Works Administration
following his appointment by Sec
retary of Interior Harold Ickes.
Mr.. Hunt, who lives near Peeks-
kill, N. Y, was graduated from
Yale in 1900 and a Cincinnati
law school in 1908.
He is a former trustee Of the
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Company, served during the World
War in the General Staff's INTEL
ligence division overseas and was
a member of President Wilson's
Railroad Labor Board.
He will live in the 2100 block
Woodland Drive, N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
GILLESPIE SEES
'BLOW-OFF'|N
MARYLAND
Ex-Auditor, Who Got Pardon
From RitChie, Seeks Office;
Promises Sensations

BALTIMORE, July Is 0.N.S).
Threatening to "blow off the lid"
in Maryland and promising "sen-
sational disclosures William A.
Gillespie, former State auditor
and certified public accountant,
today announced his candidacy
for Democratic nomination for
governor. His statement said:
Gas State auditor under three
governors, I obtained exact in
formation about the admins
tratiOn of the States affairs in
following embeZZlementS, in
miSlOcatiOn and careless use Of
States funds, the inefficient
and unfair operation of the
courts of the State, and grow
ing costs to the taxpayers,
which actually become cOnfiS-
cation of property.
ut is my intention to reveal
every fact that 1 have collected
during a period over 10 years
concerning the manipulation Of
State funds and finances by
those who influence the courts
and politics in this State"
Ten years ago Gillespie was SEN
fenced to serve year in the Bal
timore city Jail on a conspiracy
charge brought under the "blue
sky law" in which it was alleged
that he conSpired with the oper-
ator of a blind pool to prepare a
fraudulent report of the condition
of the company. The term was
cut to three months by Governor
Ritchie, who in May, 1923, grant,
ed Gillespie a full pardon.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
RAIL HEADS Shy
At SALARY GUT

The nations leading railroad
executives today pondered the sug-
gestion of Railroad Coordinator
Joseph B. Eastman that they cut
their own salaries as one means of
bringing the railroads back to
normal.
The suggestion was received
coldly and apparently surprised
many of the high-salaried presi-
dents who heard Eastman's plea.
Since Eastman vetoed a further
cut in wages for railroad employees
as a whole, and business is pick
ing up, the attitude of the execu-
tives seemed to be that his Sug-
gestion was untimely.
Sharp decreases in some rates
Of pay were demanded by the r.
F. c. before it would anction rail-
road loans. Chairman Hale Hol-
den, of the Southern Pacific board,
accepted a cut from $4,000 to
100000 a year when a loan was
sought.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
FIGHTS
BANK CLAIMS

Contending that w. B. Altman,
receiver for the Departmental
Bank, was not duly appointed,
and that the Comptroller of Cur
rency failed to determine tn e
banks insolvency before naming
the receiver, George B. Fraser, To-
cal attorney, defended h i'm self
against a 100 per cent assessment
levied against him as share
holder of the bank stock.
The bank receiver filed suit
against Fraser in District SUI
preme Court, seeking to collect
the assessment on 1875 shares of
stock, which it was alleged Fraser
owned. The lawyer denied he
owned this amount of stock.
Fraser contended the bank was
an Arizona corporation and the
receiver was not appointed in ac-
cordance with Arizona laws. He
also argued there was no legal de-
termination that the assessment
was necessary, and that if there
was any liability among share
holders, it was a pro rata liabil-
ity which could not be deter
mined until the actual insolvency
Of the bank had been established.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
Votes Roll in as Times-RkO
Cruise Contest Opens

The first takes in 1917 days on
the Cunard liner Mauretania, visit
ing Port of Spain, Trinidad; Will
lemsted, Curacao; La Guaira,
Venezuela; Colon, Panama and
Havana. This cruise includes
$500 sea miles with six days
ashore in five foreign ports. Sail
ing dates August % and Septem-
ber 9. Winner has choice of sail
ing date.
The second cruise is 121a days
on Cunard liner Franconia to Sa-
guenay River, Capes Trinity and
Eternity, Quebec, st. Pierre and
then Bermuda. It includes 4,3O0
sea miles. The sailing date is
August 26.
Voting in the contest will end
August 3. Every patron of RKO
Keith's Theater will be given
chance to participate.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
81 'DEPORTED,' ;
LORT0N QUIET

With 62 of the ringleaders in
the recent uprising locked and
shackled in a prison car bound
for Atlanta, conditions at the
Lorton Reformatory are rapidly
returning to normal.
The general attitude of 46
other men, also blamed as aiding
in stirring up the trouble, will
be watched for a few days and
if they show signs of good be-
havior they will probably escape
transfer to the Federal peniten-
tiary at Lewisburg. Pa, one of
the reformatory officials said.
In the party of 'hopelessly
bad" convicts which left Lorton
yesterday for Atlanta were 30
white, 81 colored and one Chinese
prisoners
The names of some of the more
notorious of Washington's Grim
inal element of recent years ap-
pear on the transfer list. Henry
Fegen, one-time patrolman in the
Fourth precinct, now doing long
stretch for hold-up; Frank Ma
honey and Albert E. Cash, muir
derers, and host cf white and
colored holdup men, burglars
and other criminals made up the
list.
They are being guarded by two
Washington Jail guards, six
Washington policemen and five
railroad detectives. Their barred
car is attached to the end Of an
express train. They will arrive in
Atlanta late today.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
LODGE PLANS A FETE

A washington deleg ton,
headed by Morris Garfinkle, will
attend installation of officers of
the Grand Lodge of the Birth
Sholom fraternal organization to-
morrow afternoon in the ballroom
at Seaside Park, Md. A varied
entertainment program has been
arranged.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
z SHOTS FIRED
|NFAM|LY ROW

John Waters, colored, 80, said
by police to be a numbers game
operator, early today enlivened a
dispute with his wife, Irene, at
her home in the 5000 block Thir-
teenth st. N. w.. by firing two
shots out of a window, according
to Tenth precinct police.
Investigators said the woman
was outside the house, but that
the husband did not fire in her
direction.
Police said $1,050 was found in
Waters pockets and $344 and 10
cartons of numbers books in
the house. The man and his wife
were held without charges.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
Berwyn School Head
To Receive Award
For Attendance

Mrs. Mary C. Stabler, princ1-
pal of the Berwyn School, is to
receive the award for the high
est attendance record in Prince
Georges county schools, it was
announced today with compile
ton of tabulations. More than
100 teachers will receive certifi-
Gates for attendance records.
Mrs. Stabler had an average
of 81 per cent during the year.
The awards will be made at the
September meeting of the
teachers.
The Washington times., 1933-07-15
CHICKEN DINNER

The Branchville Fire Depart
ment's Ladies Auxiliary will hold
a chicken dinner, July 19 at the
fire house. Mrs. Eva johnson is
chairman of the committee in
charge of arrangements.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
TAMMANY WHIPPED
IN. BROKER BATTLE.
New York Political Organization
Faces New Menaces to
Continued Power

New York. Sept. 27.-R)-The Tam
many administration, whipped by
stockholders In what some observers
called q game Of bluff and others
called deadly earnest. faced two new
menaces Wednesday.
One arrived In the form Of pay
roll crisis ana the other in the shape
Of . man named Samuel seabury.
Friday IL payday for city workers.
backbone Of the Tammany machine.
The city needs Z $25.000,O 900 loan to
fill the envelopes. So far Its bankers
have not agreed to advance the sum.
seabury, whose investigation led to
the resignation Of Mayor James j.
walker, arrived from Europe Tuesday
night, refreshed and eager to cam-
paign for Fiorello H. L. 0uArdia. fus-
ions mayoral aSpirant.
seabury did not comment on the
fight between Mayor John P. O'Brien's
administration and the stock ex-
change. That fight ended last night
when O'Brien, reversing his position,
vetoed two city bills that would have
taxed stock transfers and the incomes
Of security dealers. The exchange
thereupon dropped IT. plan to move
to Newark, n. ].
Newark found itself With . 4S.000s-
900 market building On IT. hands, tan
antless. A garage concern occupying
the building had beew evicted.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
Doctors Are Source
OF Trouble in Cuba

Havana, Sept. "a. - (AP) 49, More
than 100000 members of Spanish So
cieties in Cuba planned to assemble
Wednesday to protest a government
decree forcing all practicing physi-
clans to affiliate with the National
Medical federation.
Virtually all commercial activities
in Havana and other important cities
were to halt at noon to permit work.
ers to participate in the nationwide
demonstrations.
Speculation went the rounds as to
whether the closing of business
would be for just one day, or would
continue.
The trouble started when 5000
federated physicians went on strike
and demanded the societies discon-
tinue admitting persons Of means to
membership at the same low rates
as poorer persons.
Members of the societies get free
medical attention. Physicians MAIN
tanned the organizations were pre-
venting them from building up a
legitimate practice among richer
persons.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
PRICE CUTTING TO
COME UNDER BANIN
RETAIL AGREEMENT
Sales Would Be Prohibited Be.
low Cost Plus Margin Of
10 Per Cent
EXPECT JOHNSON'S FAVOR
Oklahoma lnfIationist Asks Pa
tience While Roosevelt
Tries Own Ideas
EXPECT JoHNsoN's FAVOR

Washington. Sept. 27.-(P)-NRA's
retail trade code plans assumed big
proportions In the federal recovery
drive Wednesday upon indications
that some ban on extreme price-cut-
ting would be approved.
Both the master retail code and the
retail druggist recommendations con-
tain important price provisions. The
retailers would prohibit sales below q
price representing wholesale cost plus
10 per cent: The druggist would bar
sales Of trade-marked goods at dis
count Of more than 81 per cent below
the makers fixed price.
Final approval still must be obtain
ed from Hugh s. johnson, but friends
Of the plan recalled the general once
told the retailers publicly that ruth
less competition and price cutting does
not assist prosperity"
Johnson's continued absence from
his office because Of an infection did
not interrupt his studies Of the re-
tail charters and other NRA develop
ments. including soft coal.
Coincident with President Roose-
velt's departure for his Hyde Park
home, advocates Of currency initiation
were urged by Senator Thomas Dem.,
Okla) to stand back long enough to
permit q full trial Of Roosevelt's
credit expansion program.
While Thomas personally predicted
failure Of the credit efforts, number
Of government agencies were doing
their utmost to create easier credit
with the desire Of boosting farm prices
and assisting NRA. industries. s.x
The public works administration
found actual OUTLAWS Of cash progress
ing so slowly however, that some Off
Gals felt Roosevelt would have to
make personal demand for speed.
More than q billion and half dol
lars Of public works funds have been
allocated but less than 500, 100000
spent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
Friendly Divorce
Given Film Couple

Los Angeles, Sept. q. - (AP) -
The film colony had another friendly
divorce to talk about Wednesday,
that Of Richard Dix, screen star, and
the former Winifred Coe, San Fran
cisco society girl.
Mrs. Dix's attorney disclosed she
had obtained . decree at Juarez,
Mexico, on the grounds of cruelty
last June 20, but, like most recent
Hollywood separations, she and her
husband issued ! joint statement in
which they said they were parting
"the best Of friends"
The attorney declared . substan-
tial property settlement was made
out Of court and the actor had ere
ated I trust fund for the couples
10-months-old daughter, Mary Ellen.
The following joint statement was
issued by the actor and his former
wife:
by reason Of my being busily and
continually engaged in my work, and
in fairness to Mrs. Dix, 80 that she
might be unhampered socially, we
both thought that ! divorce should
b had
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
QUELL. R|OYING IN
KEYSTONE PRISON
conviots Go on Rampage IN
Philadelphia Penltsntiary
But Are Subduod

Philadelphia, Sept. N.-(M)-Elam-
lng riot. Get Oft By revolt against pun
ishment for bitter convict fights.
swept eastsgn penitentiary Tuesday
night. throwing the prison into pae
Of the worst ttrmoilS Ii ~ century
Of history.
While smoke and flames from burn-
ing mattresses arose In cells and 0or-
r!dnrs, practically the entire prison
population Of about 100 'long tim
crs" tor more than three hours kept
the institution IN disorder. screaming
and sunashing their cell furnishings.
Warden Herbert ]. (Hard-botled)
Smith, cropping through the smoke IN
m attempt 70 quell the riot, ms
almost lelled BY tWo blows on tho
head by . piece Of steel cot Welded
through oell bars BY a enraged con-
vict. Fifteen stitches we're taken II
his Wound&
More than 800 city police and state
troopers, who daahed here from the
Reading and other barracks. and
three fire companies, finally brought
the riot under control ~ half drown
iue some couvict9 With STREAMS sof
water from high pleesalre hoso. club
bing these who pereiGted.
smith said the trouble hogan sun
day among Some q the mort viMous
ronylcts With whom guards had been
having trouble. The malcontents lot
prison privileges and were segretated.
but q marching To- mess On sunday
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
INDIANA FARMERS
ORGANIZE POSSES
TOHUNT CONNECTS
Shoot to Kill' Is Order to Men
Seeking 10 Who Broke
From Prison
SHERIFF STILL MISSING
Fear Abducted Official May Be
Found Dead; Clerk May
Die Of Wounds
SHERIFF STILL MISSING

Michigan City, Ind, Sept. 27.-R-
Ten desperate killers and robbers
were hunted through small towns
and desolate areas Of northern In
diana Wednesday by police and
aroused citizens with orders to take
no chances and shoot to kill"
Three times the fleeing desperadoes
eluded elaborate man-traps. using the
same cunning that marked their es-
cape Tuesday from the Indiana state
penitentiary here.
Made doubly desperate because
three charges Of kidnaping-and per-
haps one Of murder-might be added
to their long list Of crimes, the bad
men were believed ready to shoot
their way through any interference.
Sheriff Charles Neel OF Corydon,
Ind, who drove four Of the convtcts
away from the prison In hts auto
mobile with loaded pistols prodding
his ribs and neck, still was missing.
It was feared his body would be
found In some roadside ditch.
A prison clerk, Finley p. Carson,
was In danger Of death from bullet
wounds In the abdomen and hip. He
moved too slowly when the prisoners
snarled an order Is they left the pen-
itentiary.
Prison Heavily Guarded
inside the penitentiary there was
an atmosphere Of tension. Guards
were especially vigilant as they pa
trolled the walls and watched grimly
over the corridors through which the
.fugitiy1s marched on their way to
liberty, bundles 81 shirts from the
prison factory concealing their weap-
ons and two prison officials accom-
panying them ct pistol point rs host
ages.
TWO thousand convicts are crowd
ed within the prison, built for q much
smaller number. Naval reserves pa
trolled outside the walls after the
break but later were withdrawn.
A trail of stolen automobiles and
terrorized citizens marked the flight Of
the desperadoes across the country
side.
Mine Of the felons drove away from
the prison In two automobiles
Sheriff Neels and another owned by
Harry Van valkenberg-and the 10Th
fled into the sandy hills surrounding
the penitentiary.
Auto Driver Slugged
Van Valkenberg was slugged and
thrown from his automobile because
he would not drive fast enough to
Continued on Page Two)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
Sunday Movies Now
A3 Ballots Behind

Fargo, N. D.. Sept. 27.-(AP)-
Possibility Of approval Of the SUM-
day movie proposal, voted on Fri
day, vanished Tuesday Is all but So
precincts were reported with oppo-
nents Of the measure holding : 443
vote lead.
Emphasizing the fact m official
count will be needed to determine
the issue, however, we're minor cor
rections that came in from several
counties after county auditors had
rechecked figures.
Tuesday night the count stood
8O.397 against the proposal and
1884 ID favor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
Four Are Injured in
Steamboat Collision

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Sept. 27.-(P)-
Two hundred passengers on the Hud-
son river night line steamboat "Rens-
selaer" were imperiled and four In
jured ct 2 q. m. Tuesday when the
Swedish freight steamship Roxena
collided with the river vessel in q
dense fog. A hole was torn In the
side Of the passenger boat.
The screams Of two women, trapped
In the wreckage Of their port side
stateroom, excited some passengers
who quickly found life preservers.
One Nfeboat was lowered but was
not used when the steamboat found
she could reach stone barge, which
was moored to the west bank OF the
river ct Highlands.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
EXPECTS 100000 TO Be COLLECTED THIS YEAR
Says Very Little No Levy Will 81 Needed Pay nsrs. Due
for Ensuing Year Despite Langers Re-
f. cent Plsa to Electorate

Despite refusal of the people Governor Langes
proposal sales the state North Dakota will be able
to interest its real estate bonds next year without
ing much, if any, in taxes.
The state industrial commission informed this fact
Tuesday official report by State Treasurer Alfred Dale
in which he outlined the status of the bond interest fund and
reasonable expectations for the next year.
Dale estimated that approximately 100000 will be col
ected into the fund during the next year without additional
taxes Of kind and commented that Every little levy
before another
including @s64sl JAM 1884 and $685. o34 July
1884
estimate collection
eight months Of 1885, together with information knowledge
collections for previous
coming pay
$00O00 collections $20000 transfer
Would Need Levy 70 Pay OFT Loan
should
retire certificates Indebtedness"
Neither does Dale necessity for making for
whereas bonds totang only e5oo win
Jan. l. 1884.
Dakota at cent Das letter this office
attention the that the principal oe
Bank North Dakota bearing in
$2600O00"
increase collections scs ss7o7ss7
100000 the vehicle fund total collections
eight months Of 1899 $258
collection and disbursement figures follow
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
N|EDIATORS SETTLE
some DISPUTES As
OTHERS BREAK out
Government Officials DiscIaim
Worry; See It as Normal
Development
100000 OUT IN GOTHAM
Many Other Cities Report Indus.
trial Strife and Budding
QuarreIs
100000 OUT IN GOTHAM
tBy the Associated pre..,

my VIC A18OCA8teQ xEeSS)
Capital-labor strife continued t.
put kinks In the nations economic
sinews Wednesday. MIRA mediators.
settling some disputes, saw others
break out into new strikes.
The government disclaimed worr,
about the situation. Secretary Of
Commerce Daniel G. Roper, speaking
In New York Tuesday, said such dis
putes are "only natural in q transi.
tional stage and should not serious.
~ disturb" the recovery program.
From New York, where newspapers
estimated $4,000 to 100000 were on
strike. to long list OF smaller com.
munities, walkouts tried the skill al
mediators. High spots OF the situa.
ton were:
Detroit: Auto tool makers on strike,
Their leaders place the number Of
strikers at 5000.
Chester, Pa: Several thousand Ford
workers out.
Washington: NRA sends mediator
to settle auto strike OF Buick, Chev-
rolet and A. G. spark plug workers at
Flint. Mich.
Hartford, Conn.,: Truck drivers
whose strike paralyzed truck trans-
portation, agree to return and let
NRA arbitrate.
Paterson, N. j.: Silk strike con-
tinues. although workers Of one con.
Germ agree to return.
Philadelphia: Bread wagon drivers
who overturned wagons Tuesday, con-
tinue strike. Bread deliveries re.
Stricted.
Clarion, Pa: 500 coal miners
marched into town Tuesday to urze
5000 workers In the Carnegie steel
plant to strike.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-09-27
ROOSEVELT C0NFERS !.
With MONEY CHIEFS
ON EXPANSION Plan
Advisers Feel He Soon Will
Make Known Scheme for
loosening Credit

New York, Sept. 27.-(P)-President
Roosevelt turned toward home Wed.
nesday, obviously confident Of the
national recovery drive and ready tc
lay down the terms for putting credit
to work to make success assured.
A series OF talks with financia
leaders convinced his advisers he
was about to make known his desires
for expanding credit through regular
channels as the alternative to out
right currency initiation. Welcomed
home to his adopted city by a CROWD
that swarmed over his route from
Pennsylvania station, Roosevelt re-
manned last night and early Wednes-
day at the family residence at 40
East Sixty-fifth street with his own
folks
One caller alone was received
Jesse I. Straus. ambassador to France.
His call was regarded unofficially Is
meaning that France was considering
the two defaulted war. debts pay.
ments to the United States.
The immediate object Of the presi,
dents visit to the metropolis Tues
day night was to have q family re-
union and say goodbye to his eldest
son. James. who sailed for Europe
with his wife. Betsy.
Wednesday. Roosevelt intends to
depart for the family residence at
Hyde Park.
There he viii watch at distance
the national recovery drive and out.
line shortly his ideas for putting idle
cash in closed banks and frozen hank
deposits to work to support his price
lifting campaign.
His immediate object u the release
Of funds In closed banks, but he Is
also intently watching the steps BY
managers Of the many open banks
to put their resources to work.
There Is an increasing belief here
that the president Will 60 out to the
American Legion convention opening
In Chicago next Monday but his In
Inmates are still without final de-
cision on this.