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Evening star., 1933-09-06
BID PEDDL|NG HIT
At CODE HEARINGS
Construction Industry Hurt by
Practice, League Men,
ber Declares.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The practice of bid peddling" was
condemned today at the opening OF
hearings on a master code for the con-
struction industry.
The attack was made by Col. willard
Chevalier. member of the Constrsc-
ton League of the United States, who
spoke in support of provision in the
basic code which would ban the prac-
tice he termed as "the very essence Of
unfair competition"
Chevalier explained that bid peddling
was the practice of asking open bids
and then playing off one bidder against
another by private pressure"
% Branches Affected.
100000 and 100000 workers, would
apply to % distinct branches of the
construction industry. but with pro-
vision for supplemental codes for the
separate sections which would deal with
local details.
The basic code proposed minimum
wages of from s12 to SIS week for
Office and clerical workers and 40 cents
an hour for laborers. Laborers would
work an average of IS hours weekly in
each six months, but no more than "a
hours in any one week. The maximum
work week for office and clerical en-
ployes would be 40 hours.
In condemning bid peddling Che
Waller called it the fine flower of
chiseling within the industry resulting
in money losses to owners and tending
to promote the sweating of labor 'as
we'll as menacing the safety OF lives.
Roy Wenglik. a member Of the
N. R. A. Statistical Board, warned the
industry TO effect a stabilization Of
labor and material costs or otherwise
it could not expect to do much new
construction for four or five years.
Blow to New Construction.
He said that with prices rising, with
labor cost, new construction would be
prohibitive unless the code made pro-
vision against too many price advances
within the industry.
There is no other major industry, "
he said. which employees from three
to five million men that suffers such
terrible and tremendous fluctuations OF
activity. In regular fiEe-year inter-
walls since 1900 the industry has paid
alternately very high and then starva-
ton wages. This has unsettled other
businesses
Gerhart F. Meyne of Chicago. repre-
senting a group Of small contractors,
proposed the code be amended to in
clude the controverted labor clause
in the automobile code which gives
employers the right to hire and fire
without regard to union af1liations.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
YOUTH STEALS RIDE,
THEN TAKES PURSE
Boy Hops on Car as 1t Slows
Down in Traffic, Seizes
Bag and FIees.

The pocketbook Of Katherine Jacobs,
1912 Woodley road. was snatched yes
terday by a small colored boy who
stole a ride on the rear Of her car and
climbed around to the side when it was
stopped fer a traffic signal several
blocks away.
Miss Jacobs told police she was
forced to slow down her car when a
group Of colOfed boys gathered in the
roadway as she approached Thomas
Circle. Apparently. she said. several of
them caught on the rear of the ma
chine and rode until it was halted by
the light at Ninth street and Massachu-
setts avenue. Then one of them reached
in, grabbed her purse. containing $36,
leaped from the car and escaped.
Two colored bandits forced Desmond
J. Ward. taxi driver, of 335 Seventeenth
place northeast, to drive them around
the city for several hours after he was
held up and robbed of SO in fares, the
man told police this morning. Engaged
at Sixteenth and D streets northeast,
Ward said he drove the men to Deane-
wood, where one of them showed pistol
in his back as the ether took the cash
from a pocket
Then, Ward said. the men ordered
not until am. that the men finally
alighted from the cab at Eighteenth
and East Capitol streets. They had first
engaged him four hours before, accord
ing to his story.
Burglars broke into and ransacked
the home or Albert Fox, Washington
attorney, 1915 Webster street, and made
of with an unestimated amount of loot
Police were unable to get a check on
the vlaue or extent of the burglary, as
members of the family are in Europe
A pocketbook containing S64 and per-
sonal belongings were taken from Ruth
Hoffman, 1901 Argonne place, while she
was in the Church of the Epiphany,
1900 block of G street, yesterday after
noon, she told police.
In addition. police today were inveSti-
eating other robberies and small thefts
involving total Of nearly $500 in cash
and property.
Burglars robbed the store Of Aaron
w. Berkman, 405 Seventh street south
west. last night. the merchant in
formed police About $50 cartons of
cigarettes, 20 watches and 6 clocks
valued at sits were stolen.
A pocketbook containing S28 was
snatched from the hand Of Miss Bar
bara Mcdonald, nurse. 1887 Webster
street, as she was walking near Six
teenth and Allison streets yesterday. she
reported to police. The thief. young
man, jumped into parked automobile
with another man at the wheel. and
escaped. she said. Miss Mcdonald gave
police the license numbers of the car.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Storms Path
Hurricane Followed Straight
Line for Hundred
Miles.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The tropical hurricane which at
tackled Texas all along its southeastern
coastline moved in from the Gulf OF
Mexico from just south of east and
followed a fairly straight line into the
interior, apparently fading out some 100
miles inland.
1t swept a path several hundred miles
wide, from Freeport on the north to
the small Mexican towns just south OF
Brownsville The Weather Bureau esti
mated the center of the storm passed
inland between Brownsville and Corpus
Christi, perhaps nearer the border city.
The devastating winds which twice
struck Harlingen were described as
being in the middle Of the southern
half of the hurricane. Harlingen first
was hit from the northeast and then
from the southeast.
AS the hurricane moved north OF
west, towns and cities on the northern
edge of it were spared the severe
damage inflicted on the Lower Rio
Grande communities.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
STENCIL BOMB SET OFF.
Jewish Session Hears Rabbi Wise De-
mand German Boycott.

GENEVA, September 6 R.-Stench
bombs filled the auditorium with OBJ
noxious odors last night but Rabbi
Stephen S. Wise of New York declared
the Jewish Executive Committee would
not be disturbed by them whether the
outrage" was "perpetrated by thugs
hired or inspired by Hitler forces"
The bombs were placed behind the
platform curtains before the opening
of the night session. in which Rabbi
Wise demanded a worldwide boycott
by Jews of goods manufactured in
Germany
Rabbi Wise made it plain no bombs
would deter Jews from exercising the
right to protest iniquities of the Hitler
regime"
He asked the conference, which Is
laying plans for the world Jewish Con-
gress in 1884, to appeal to the con-
science of mankind, which We believe
has been outraged by what has been
done to Jews in Germany"
At the opening session yesterday,
Rabbi Wise described the Hitler regime
as the most implacable for Jews he ever
has been called upon to face.
He announced the 1884 congress
would be held in Geneva.
Police guarded the building through
out the night session.
A communique issued after the con-
ference attributed placing Of the bombs
to two young men speaking German.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Essen SENTENCED
FOR REPUTATION
Second Conviction Is Record
ed by Illinois in Warfare
on Ho0dIums.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 6.-Maxie
Eisen, head Of the Fish Peddlers' Union.
today was sentenced to six months in
the House of Correction on charges Of
possessing a criminal reputation"
1t was the second conviction the State
has obtained in the new fight against
hoodlums under the reputation" war
rants recently issued. Walter Guida
whose name was included in the long
list compiled last week who those officials
consider have blatched escutcheons and
no reputable means of support, was the
first to be convicted.
When Judge Thomas A. Greau passed
sentence upon Eisen it made the score
IN the States long campaign against
hlm: Arrests, =; convictions, /.
More than a dozen police officers and
business men testified that Eisen, for
years czar OF the fish dealers organiza-
ton, was a "racketeer, gangster and
shakedovn artist"
restaurant owner. Leon Parinks.
said Eisen had several times extorted
money from him. Once, after he has
refused to meet his demands, his estab-
lLshment was bombed, Jarinkes de-
clared
In Judge Green's opinion, Eisen was
unable to make adequate denial Of the
charges. He denied his motion for a
new trial and ordered him placed in
custody.
Immediately after the Eisen SEN
fencing. Sam Battaglia, West Side
hoodlum. failed to appear in court on
similar charges and Judge Green Or
dered forfeited his $4,000 bond, raised
it to 10000 and issued capias for his
arrest.
Batttaglia's attorneys. Edward King
and Sidney Korshak. said there had
been a misunderstanding about the date
of the hearing. Judge Green placed
them both in contempt Of court.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

rector of the organization here, planned
to depart today by airplane Tor the
disaster area.
Meanwhile Harry L. Hopkins, Fed
eral relief administrator, today promised
assistance to the storm sufferers OF
Texas and Florida and said several
carloads Of food already had been ship
ped into those States to be paid for
with Federal funds.
1--WE propose to supplement the Red
Cross relief IN any way needed" he
said.
He added that the Relief Administra-
ton, in addition to supplying food,
probably would have to take care OF
many men thrown out of work by the
disasters.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
1000 HOMELESS IN FLORIDA.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla. September 6
R.-Relief workers in Florida today
moved to care for 1000 families made
homeless or left in need by the tropi-
cal hurricane which swept parts Of the
East Coast and interior the first two
days Of the week.
Henry M. Baker, assistant national
director of the Red Cross, appealed to
Gov. Dave Sholtz to issue a proclama-
ton calling for contribution to the Red
Cross and the organization began using
funds already on hand for relief work.
Meanwhile, Harry Hopkins, Federal
relief administrator, directed Marcus
Fagg, State relief director, to use funds
allotted to Florida in cleaning up the
debris strewn storm area.
Estimates of the damage continued to
climb as the full story of the storm be-
came known and the cost was believed
to be far above million dollars.
Practically all of the towns between
Lake Worth and vero Beal were dam
aged heavily.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

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and buildings in Harlingen were leveled
by the hurricane.
The second train left here shortly
before IL o'clock over the Southern
Pacific lines. 1t carried 20 doctors and
rs nurses together with quantities OF
medical supplies and foodstuf1s. DR..
Roy Goodwin. president of the San An
tonic Medical Society, was in charge.
Part of the I'd Medical Regiment
from Fort Sam Houston was dispatched
on a third train. which left at mid
night over the Missouri Pacific lines.
This train bore approximately $50
Army doctors, nurses and ambulance
drivers under the command OF Col.
Louis Brechmin, jr. 1t also carried
1000 pounds of bread. 10 days rations
for the troops, 10 days forage, 1000
blankets. 500 metal cots. 500 bed sacks
and radio equipment. Eight motor am
balances. five mule ambulances and
eleven trucks were also sent.
Ask Martial Law.
Maj. R. O. Amin, assistant chief OF
staff for military intelligence. 9th Corps
Area, was aboard as the personal rep
resentative of Maj. Gen. Edwin B. WI
mans. corps area commander.
A suggestion that martial law be de-
clared in the stricken area with Regu-
lar Army soldiers enforcing it was for
warded to Austin by Mayor Quin.
D. K. Martin, member Of the State
Highway Commission, also believed that
martial law would be necessary for
parts of the valley Martin sent crew
of State highway patrolmen into the
valley to secure more definite infor-
nation.
nCn CRnSS ASKS EITNnS
Evening star., 1933-09-06
RED CROSS ASKS FUNDS.
Relief Workers Rushed Into Brownsville
Area to Care for Stricken.

BY the Associated Press.
The American Red Cross today issued
a State wide appeal in Texas for re-
lief fund to aid sufferers in the hurri-
cane area.
James L. Fieser, acting chairman of
the organization, said the Red Cross
had taken entire charge of relief work
in the hurricane zone and would meet
all emergency needs. Albert Evans,
disaster relief director, left Houston last
night to take charge of the work and
will be assisted by 10 relief workers.
Red Cross headquarters reported the
first direct word from the Brownsville
area was received last midnight asking
that medical supplies, food and cloth
ing be rushed there. The message re-
layed through the Pan-American Air
ways radio station at Mexico City, came
from R. E. Ernst, chairman of the
Brownsville Chapter of the Red Cross.
He said thousands were homeless and
destitute.
DR.. William De Kleine, medical di-
Evening star., 1933-09-06
INTERVENTION ALLOWED
IN RAILROAD DISPUTE

BY the Associated Press.
sion today authorized receivers of the
Wabash Railway and the Missouri
Kansas-Texas Railroad to intervene in
the proceeding involving an applica-
ton by the ST. Louis Kansas City Short
Line to construct a line between St.
Louis and Kansas City, Mo.
The intervenors contended the terri
tory is now not only adequately but
abundantly served by existing trans
portation facilities" and that construc-
tion of a new line would be useless
duplication and result in wasteful COM
petition.
They declared a new line would
create no new trafic. but would merely
cause the diversion of traffic from ex-
isting carriers.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

ed or damaged and business establish
ments in some places were wrecked. S.
Findley Ewing former mayor of Har-
lingen, and real estate man, said in
Harlingen alone there was from $780,
900 to S1.0O0,000 damage. 80 per cent
of the buildings having been damaged
or destroyed
In Brownsville. Augustin Celaya,
State Representative, said every build
ing showed marks of the storms vio-
lence. In Matamoros an ancient cathe-
dral collapsed but no one was in it.
At Taferia large packing plant
constructed of brick was partly wrecked
and a garage collapsed on several auto
mobiles Virtually all the packing sheds
at Mercedes were blown down and at
Weslaco roofs were ripped from many
packing sheds and hurled into the
streets. A packing plant also was de-
stroyed at Donna, and at Alamo
swimming pool was wrecked. Pharr,
San Juan and San Benito were other
towns which suffered
Throughout the territory swept by
the storm telephone and telegraph poles
were broken off and laid in windows
often across the highway. So great
was the force of the wind some poles
were snapped off near their tops. Debris
of every description Uttered the whole
country and bobbed about in the water
that covered most of the ground.
Corpus Christi Flooded.
Far to the north and east. Corpus
Christi, about 300 miles from Browns
vile, saw water blown into some of its
principal downtown streets, but it
escaped the full effects of the gale.
Some small craft in the harbor there
were sunk or crashed into piers.
Telephone and telegraph companies,
warned in advance of the approaching
hurricane, had stationed crews of work.
men at strategic points up and down
the valley. AS soon as the blow was
over they started to work Immediately,
trying to re-establish communication
lines with the outside world. The
Western Union re-established its first
line into Harlingen shortly after 8
o'clock last night and its first line into
McAllen at AS am. Brownsville still
was isolated.
Also warned of the severity Of the
storm, the State Highway Department
had stationed patrolmen near the
threatened area and as quickly as pos
sible they advanced. Arriving in auto
mobiles over highways deep IN water,
they helped to keep the persons in
devastated towns from danger spots and
maintained order.
AS soon as she was advised Of the
disaster, Gov. Ferguson talked by tele-
phone with Harry Hopkins, Federal re-
lief director. who authorized expendi-
ture of Government relief funds for
groceries and medical supplies.
Army Sends Supplies.
The Governor also ordered every
available Texas Ranger into the storm
area and asked Maj. Gen. Edwin B.
Winans. commander of the 9th Corps
Army Area, in San Antonio, to send
Army medical supplies and some SOL
T, diers to the valley. Gen. Winans ar
ranged for officers, nurses and 120
enlisted men to leave on a special train.
The big demand is for water. food
and medical supplies" the Governor
said. She added Gen. Winans would
send more troops to the storm terri
tory, if needed, and Texas National
Guardsmen also would be available If
called on.
Gov. Ferguson said she did not be-
lieve martial law was necessary at this
time.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
PROBERS
STUDYING INSECTS
Every Known Procedure to
Be Used on 600 Varieties
to Fix Deaths Guilt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, September 6-Still seek
ing the elusive secret behind encephal-
it's. scientists of the United States Pub
lie Health Service planned today to be-
gin experiments with more than 600
varieties of insects.
Most of the insects coming under the
scrutiny of the scientists, L. L. Will
liams, jr.. head of the malarial division
of the Public Health Service, said. be-
long to four families-the mosquito.
the tick. the mite and the fly.
A supply of yellow fever mosquitoes
was brought here last night from Mem
phis by airplane by H. A. johnson,
health service engineer.
Williams said the experimentation
with the insects will include every
known procedure.
More than $50 cases of sleeping sick
ness" have been reported ir1N the st.
Louis area since the outbreak OF the
epidemic. with the death toll today
standing at "A.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
PLANS BROADCAST

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will 60
before the mircrophone tonight to dis
cuss her deep interest in the welfare of
children and their proper training\ and
education. Her speech will be broad
cast at $50 O'Clock by WMAL and q
Of other National Broadcasting
Co stations.
Merlin H. Aylesworth, president of
the National Broadcasting Co., will in
troduce Mrs. Roosevelt. She, in turn,
will introduce John Martin, newly ap-
pointed juvenile director of N. B. C.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
JOB INCREASE REPORTED
Cleveland Announces &c. 900 Get
Work in Last Six Months.

CLEVELAND, September (H).-The
employment rate in Cleveland during
August was estimated yesterday by
Howard Whipple Green, statistician for
Mayor Ray Millers Business Recovery
Committee, as $50 persons per working
day during the month.
THE unemployment figure for Cleve-
land now iS128 300. with $1,000 having
gone back to work in the last six
months" Green said.
Approximately $1,000 of these went
back to work in August. 1000 more
than returned to their tasks in June.
Evening star., 1933-09-06

What Is probably the largest tree in
the world outside of California, which
has just been found near Healesville in
Victoria, Australia, is nearly 290 feet
high and its girth of 62 feet can only
be spanned by Is persons with out
stretched arms and clasped hands
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Sd, c. MEN ARRESTED
Alleged to Have Stolen Automo
bile of Jasper D. Evans.

Three Washington men. alleged to
have been riding in stolen automo-
bile. were arrested today in Parkers-
burg, w. Va, police here were notified.
The license number on the car corre-
spends with that issued to Jasper ID.
Evans, 17O9 c street southeast. His
car was reported stolen Saturday night.
Parkersburg police listed the three
men as Gordon Miller. 1900 block OF
Rosedale street northeast; Lloyd Cos
tello, 1900 block of Rosedale street
northeast, and Harold Herbert, 1900
block of D street northeast.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
EIGHT ILL IN OHIO.
Health Head Orders Research to Halt
Spread of Sickness.


COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 6 (P).
With eight persons now suffering
from sleeping sickness in Ohio, the
State Health Department yesterday
OF dered DR.. Finley Van Orsdall, chief
of the communicable disease division
to conduct research work to oppose the
possible spread of the disease.
DR.. Harold j. Knapp, health commits
sioner at Cleveland, disclosed that five
new cases and two deaths have occur
red there in the last five days. Other
sufferers were reported at Painesvllle
ST. Clairsville, Cincinnati, Toledo ana
Unity.
The Cleveland health commissioner
said he did not feel particularly
alarmed, pointing out that against IL
cases and five deaths reported this year,
there were eight cases with four deaths
in 1882.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
Case in South Georgia.

QUITMAN. Ga, September P.-
A case of sleeping sickness was reported
yesterday to county health authorities
by DR.. H. E. Sanchez at Barwick. This
is the first reported case of the malady
in South Georgia
Evening star., 1933-09-06

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Miss Ada Lillian Bush Of the
drafting of recommendation Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
MOVING, PACKING AND STORAGE

WANTED-Load or part load to N Y. or
vicinity: u rate Assured service. K E.
United Van Service, 10l2 18th. MA. 1922.
Evening star., 1933-09-06
TRAINS RUSH HELP
TO HURRICANE ZONE
OF SOUTHERN TEXAS

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star., 1933-04-13
BERNARD KAUFMAN
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Manager of Hub Furniture
Co. Was Operated on
Last Saturday.

Bernard NJ Kaufman, Al, manager
of the Hub Furniture Co. and promi-
nent in business circles here for the
last 20 years, died at Emergency Hos
pital today after an operation for ap-
pendicitis last Saturday.
Mr.. Kaufman became Ill Friday
night after working throughout the day
at his office and he was removed TO
the hospital Saturday morning. A
complication developed from which he
failed to rally.
Mr.. kaufman, native of Baltimore
has been an officer of the Hub Co
here for 20 years. At the time of his
death he was a stockholder in the
Reliable Stores Corporation of Balti-
more, which operates l8 furniture stores
in the East and South, including the
Hub store here.
He was a member of the Merchants
& Manufacturers Association, the
Washington Chamber of Commerce and
the Better Business Bureau and of a
local Masonic lodge.
Mr. Kaufman, who lived at 1705
Allison street, is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Clarabell Kaufman; his mother,
living in Baltimore; a sister, Mrs. Amy
Behrends, of Baltimore. and five
brothers, Jesse and Sidney Kaufman,
both of Baltimore; Carl Kaufman of
Detroit; Bennett Kaufman, an assist
ant of Mr.. Kaufman'S at the Hub
store, and Herbert Kaufman, manager
of local transfer company
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
Evening star., 1933-04-13
Southern Railway
Veterans Succumb
Few Hours Apart
Two in Roads Employe
Over 25 Years Were
Close Friends.

Two old business associates at the
Southern Railway, both credited with
more than a quarter OF a century IN
the employ of the company, died a few
hours apart yesterday.
Albert Terrill Mason. Sc, chief clerk
in the office of materials and supplies,
died suddenly in the morning at his
home in the Sherman apartments, llOl
Fifteenth street.
A native of Columbus, KY, Mr.. Mason
entered the service of the railway at
Birmingham, Ala. at the age OF 10.
He came to Washington 20 years ago
to become a clerk in the Southern office
here. and in 1917 was promoted to chief
clerk. a position he held continually.
Mr.. Mason, who was a Scottish Rite
Mason. is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Alice F. Mason, and a sister, Mrs b. r.
Winston, Of Atlanta, Ga. Funeral serV-
ices will be held at pm. tomorrow at
w. w. Chambers funeral establishment
Burial will be in Rock Greek Cemetery
Shortly after noon, Richard l. Pur-
cell, so, wire chief of the telegraph
department of the railway, dropped
dead at his desk. He was believed to
have been stricken with apoplexy.
Mr.. Purcell, who lived at 1926
Seventeenth street, had been with the
southern lnLernHlleut4y sAiCe the 0oo'
Several years after he entered the rail-
way service he left to enlist in the
Spanish American War. He returned,
cnly to leave again TO serve in the
World War as a captain. After the
war he regained his position and held
it until his death During the past
years Mason and Purcell were inti-
mate friends.
Mr.. Purcell is survived by his widow
Funeral arrangements have not beer
completed.