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Evening star., 1933-01-14
SEVEN INDICTED
IN BALLOT FRAUDS
New York Election Officials
Named by Federal Grand
Juries.
b. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January IA Seven
Manhattan election officials we're in
dicted yesterday by Federal grand iuries
investigating charges of election fraud5
At the ssmc time. Federal investi-
gators reported an examination Of vot-
ing machines in seven election districts
In the fourth assembly district showed
the reported vote for Democratic canoi-
dates was boosted as much as 100
apiece by adding to their actual totals
votes cast for minor party candidates.
The January grand jury indicted
Nathan Silver Democratic chairman of
the board of elections in the fifth dis
trict of the fourth assembly district.
When Federal investigators reported
they had been unable to find him, a
bench warrant for his arrest was is
sued
OF the other six men indicted, three
were Republican election officers and
three Democratic election officials.
All are charged with conspiracy to
falsify election returns, a charge carry
ing penalty of not more than 10 years
imprisonment nor more than $4,000
In fines, or both.
The indictment against Silver charges
he and two others surrounded voting
machines so that no other members of
the Board of Inspectors or watchers
were able to note the correct election
figures.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
j. n. BETHEL DIES;
TELEPHONE LEADER
Former Vice President of
A. T. &T. Was Admitted
to Bar Here.
By the Associated Press.


MONTCLAIR. N J., January IA
Union Noble Bethel, banker. lawyer and
prominent figure in the telephone in
dustry since 1889, died in Mountainside
Hospital yesterday after lingering ILL.,
ness. He was rs years old.
Mr.. Bethel was formerly vice presi-
dent of the American Telephone g.
Telegraph Co. and an officer or director
in other Bell companies throughout the
United States.
During the war he was chairman Of
the United States Telegraph and Tele-
phone Administration. In 1909 the
Emperor of Japan decorated him with
the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun
in recognition of his adapting the tele-
phone to conditions in Japan.
He also was president of the First
National Bank & Trust Co. of Montclair
until year ago, when he became chair
man of the board.
Mr.. Bethel was graduated from Han
over college in 1879. He became a clerk
in Washington, D. c., at the same time
attending Columbia Law School He
was admitted to the bar in Washington
in 1885, in Indiana two years later, and
gained the right to appear before the
Supreme Court of the United States in
1902.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row afternoon.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
WORLDS OLDEST FLYER GOING
I HOME AS ORIENTAL MYSTERY
Charles Dickinson of Chicago, Aviator
No. "a, Leaves Japanese Police With
Headaches Trying to Figure Him.

aviator wore uniform OF his own de-
signing, whether in the air or hotel
lobbies or on the streets. It consisted
of a fur-padded aviator's cap with ear
muffs, leather Upper coat and
breeches, lined Russian boots and
over all $40 gray cotton padded Chi
nese mandarin robe.
Calls Self mo. "a"
His guides weer also uniformed In
aviators' leather caps and coats.
All his dispatches, which in a single
day from ChangchJn, capital Of Man
chukuo, amounted to $50 yen $500
were signed Aviator No. 74"-which
number this year also happens to be
his age. That was also the title by
which Dickinson usually introduced
himself, at the same time pulling a
miniature aluminium propeller from his
pocket and spinning 1t in front of the
nose of the surprised stranger who
might not understand English or the
significance of, I'm Aviator No. 74''
The most spectacular introduction
from which the venerable aviator
emerged alive, greatly to the surprise Of
numerous spectators, occurred at Har-
bin In Manchuria. Coming to the rail-
road station one morning, he spied a
squad Of japanese soldiers on the plat
form. standing stif1y at attention as a
guard of honor for a departing high
ranking officer.
The sergeant commanding the squad
wore neck-warmer beard, which.
though black, was equally as luxuriant
as that of the tall foreigner.
A bearded soldier isa novelty any
where and the Chicagoan strobe over,
spun his tiny propel1er blade in the
faces of the amazed soldiers and intro
duced himself as Aviator No. 74.'' He
added a few remarks about the folly
OF militarism, which, being in English,
was unintelligible to them and con-
cluded by reaching out and giving the
Sergeant's whiSkers a decisive yank,
Friends hustled Dickinson away. while
the squad was still frozen In attention.
lCnnvrirht 1a22N
Evening star., 1933-01-14
FORMER CONCERT PIANIST
SUCCUMBS IN NEW YORK
Mrs. Waldemar Kaempffert Ex-
pires After Illness That
Lasted Two Years.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 14.-Mrs.
Waldemar Kaempffert, former concert
pianist and wife of the science editor
of the New York Times, died yesterday
after an illness that lasted two years.
Mrs Kaempfert was the. former
Caroline Yeaton. She was born IN
Belgrade, Me. and was the daughter
of Edward Yeaton. She was an accom-
plished musician. singer as well as
pianist. She studied with Moskowski
in Berlin for three years and on re-
cent trip to Paris he invited her to
play in concert for the first time
concerto he had written. She was
forced to decline the invitation as she
had already booked passage back TO
the United States.
She and Mr.. Kaempffert we're mar
ried % years ago. He was for a time
the director of the Rosenwald Museum
in Chicago. They had no children.
Funeral services will be held In New
York Sunday afternoon and the BODY
will then be taken to Maine for burial.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
WILLIAM G. MORSE
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Only Surviving Son of S. F. B.
Morse Suecumbs as 80th Birth
day Anniversary Nears.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, January IA
William Goodrich Morse, only surviving
son of S. F. B. Morse, inventor of the
telegraph, died at his home here Thurs
day after short illness. He would
have celebrated his 80th birthday ami
versary January 81.
He was still boy when his father
died and he had few personal recollec-
tions of the inventor. In his teens,
william Goodrich Morse set out to be-
come cowboy. He gained much fame
as an all-around sportsman, being
widely known as one of the greatest
hunters and fishermen of the pioneer
West.
He counted Buffalo Bill, Richard
Mansfield. John Drew and other famed
personalities of half a century ago his
close friends. Morse at one time was
a governor of the Lambs Club in New
York. AS member of the New York
Athletic Club, he was well known in a
variety of sports.
Morse Is survived by daughter, Miss
Leila Livingston Morse of Massachu-
sets, who was with him when he died,
and by sister, Mrs. Leila Morse Rum
mel Of Paris, France, who is now the
only surviving child Of the inventor.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
U. S. CATHOLICS PROTEST
PERSECUTION IN MEXICO
National Welfare Conference Plea,
Signed ty Archbishop Hanna, De-
plores Anti-Church Drive.
ny the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
The religious situation in Mexico yes
terday caused the National Catholic
Welfare Conference to issue an EN-
phatic protest" against the sustained
persecution of the church in Mexico :"
The protest was signed by Rev. Ed
ward j. Hanna, archbishop of San
Francisco, and was drawn at the re-
quests of the Catholic bishops of the
United States at their recent meeting
here.
Saying the church situation in Mex
leo is "a detriment to the amicable un-
derstanding and friendship that should
exist between our own country and all
the nations of both American conti-
nents," it added,
"The right Of religious liberty, OF
freedom of worship, is native to the
thought of our own country. We feel,
therefore, we are justified in asking all
oIr fellow citizens actively to interest
themselves in the restoration In Mexico
of religious freedom for its citizens.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
LEADERS IN ARMY AVIATION.
EImendorf Holds Altitude Record.
Hunters Jump Is His Third.

hunter Jump Is Ills InNu'
Capt. Hugh NJ Elmendorf. who was
killed, and Capt. Frank O'D. Monk
Hunter, seriously injured, in the crash
of an experimental two-seater pursuit
plane at Wright Field. Dayton, Ohio.
late yeserday, are regarded as two OF
the Nations foremost authorities on
pursuit aviation and as among the
most colorful figures in the Army Air
Corps.
Both men are we'll known in Wash
ington, both having served as pursuit
members of the Air Corps training and
operations division. Capt. Elmendorf
held this post when he died. having
succeeded Capt. Hunter in the otflce
Holds Altitude Record.
BY his parachute jump from only 100
feet yesterday Capt. Hunter becomes
the only third degree" member of the
Caterpillar Club and stands second only
to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh among
the aviators of the world in the num-
ber of times he has been forced to
take to his parachute to save his lie.
Lindbergh has jumped four times.
Capt Elmendorf's pioneering work
of the past few years in high altitude
pursuit operations have made world
history and his own record of $4,000
feet in a fully armed and equipped
standard pursuit plane stands as a
world record Capt Hunter is the
ranking World War ace still remaining
in the active service and is regarded
as one of the finest acrobat-c flyers in
the military services.
Capt. Elmendorf, native OF Ithaca,
N. Y, and a graduate of Cornell Uni
versity. started his Army career as a
member of the first officers training
camp and as an Infantry officer in the
World War.
Commissioned in 1917.
Monk" Hunter was born December
s. 1894. at Savannah, Ga, and was
educated in Connect cut and at Lau-
same Switzerland. He enlisted in the
aviation section of the Signal Corps at
the beginning of the war. went through
flying school and was commissioned
first lieutenant in September. 1917.
He made his first jump for life from
a disabled pursuit plane at McCook
Field, Dayton, Ohio, in 1925. A year
later he made his second jump at an
altitude of only 800 feet from a blazing
pursuit plane at Selfridge Field.
Capt. Elmendorf will be buried in
Arlington National Cemetery with full
military honors at 1915 am. Monday.
He is survived by his widow, who lives
at 48l6 Middlesex lane, Edgsmoor, Md.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
|CAPT. ELMENDORF
| DIES IN PLANE TEST
Washington Flyer Killed and
Capt. Frank 0'D. Hunter
Injured in Ohio.
BY the Associated Press.

oy tie ASSoCldIeu f1eSS
DAYTON, Ohio. January 14.-An
Army plane described as the latest type
for aerial warfare crashed in test late
yesterday, killing one officer and seri-
ously injuring another
Capt Hugh NJ Elmendorf, attached
to the office of the chief of the Army
Corps in Washington, died instantly
when he was thrown from the craft as
1t fell and burned near Byron, Ohio
Capt. Frank OD. Hunter of March
Field, Riverside, Calf, was brought to
a hospital here, where it was said he
may live. Several ribs and possibly
both legs were broken, attendants said
The officers left Wright Field, Day.
ton. and had been in the air an hour
when the plane went into spin, Hunter
said. They stayed with the ship, trying
to right 1t, but when they dropped to
100 feet above the ground. Hunter said
he leaped out with his parachute. Why
Elmcndorf, who was plotting the plane.
did not also bale out" Hunter could
not say.
The scene of the accident is about Is
miles northeast of here, in Greene
County.
Elmendorf and Hunter had been at
Wright Field a week, trying out the
plane which Air Corps officials had
decided to place into production. The
craft was P-25 consolidated, q biplane
combination of the pursuit and combat
types. A board of Air Corps officers at
a meeting Sunday said the plane was
equal to that of any nation.
Brig. Gen. H. c. Pratt, commandant OF
the material division at Wright Field,
said board of inquiry would be called
today to investigate the accident.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
By Radio to The Star.

By Radio to The Star.
TOXIC, Japan, January 14.-After
flying everywhere possible in China and
Northumberland some places usually
considered mpossible-Charles Dickin-
son, worlds Oldest licensed pilot. Is
again returning to Chicago, his home.
Since Marco Polo first blazed the way
China has seen many strange tourists,
but none provided it with more sur
prises than did this tall, white bearded
aviator who put three nations on pins
and needles, II Manchukuo counts as
one.
When Dickinson arrived on steamer
several weeks ago the Japanese police
already had such headache trying to
solve what was back of his frequent
trips to the Orient that they made him
continue on the same steamer to Shang-
hal One of his trips has been for the
ostensible purpose of cornering the
Manchurisn soya bean crop. but he re-
turned without any beans, and the per-
turbed police have no clue as to the
why's and wferefores of his other Jour-
neys.
Takes Regular Plane.
However, Dickinson fooled them at
the end. When regular passenger
plane from Korea landed at the Haneda
Airport outside Of Toxic few days ago
he popped out of the cabin. He and
his two guides, one Russian and the
other Chinese, plus innumerable pieces
of baggage, occupied all the accommo-
dations of the plane when it left Har-
bin
Though claiming to have bank de-
post in every city in China, to have
travelled in either airplanes of pri-
vate cars of railroads, and to have
cabled and telegraphed instead of using
the mails during his wanderings, Dick
inson thriftily requested steerage ac-
commodations on the steamer for home.
He finally compromised on the cabin
class aboard the liner President Cool
idge Que at Honolulu on January 10 and
In San Francisco on January "a.
While in the Orient, the gentleman
Evening star., 1933-01-14
U. S. ATTORNEY PROJECTS
PEONAGE INVESTIGATION
200 Complaints Reach Memphis of
Conditions in Arkansas
and Mississippi.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. January 14.-Some
200 complaints have led United States
District Attorney Swayne D. Maddox
to project an investigation Of charges
of peonage on plantations in Mis-
sissippi and Arkansas.
The district attorney said he had no
Jurisdiction in those States, but would
ask cooperation of the district attor-
neys who have on grounds many of
the Negroes say they were lured away
from Memphis and West Tennessee"
More than 200 colored persons, he
added, have complained they were
promised prosperity on the Mississippi
and Arkansas plantations and were
furnished transportation by agents for
farmers.
THE Negroes say all of their crop
is taken in payment for alleged debts
and debt balance is usually left"
Maddox continued They say that
after the crop was made they were
chased away by the land owners and
their wives and families forced to re-
main and work for nothing"
Evening star., 1933-01-14
INSPECTOR CONVICTED
immigration Official Found Guilty
of Importing Girl.

Ell PASO, Tex. January IA PD.-
Arthur H. C. Starr. 80, United States
immigration inspector, was convicted
yesterday In Federal Court of import
ing an alien.
The Indictment charged he imported
Luz Ruiz, 10, of Juarez. Mexico, who
had been .deported four times. A second
Indictment pending against the in
spector charges him with accepting a
was that the girl paid Starr $35 for an
American citizenship card.
Judge Charles Al. Boynton deferred
sentence. The maximum. penalty Is q
sentence Of i've years and fine of
5000.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Mostly cloudy,
with lowest temperature about 80 de-
grees tonight; tomorrow fair and warm
er; gentle northerly winds becoming
southerly tomorrow.
Maryland-Mostly cloudy, slightly
warmer in extreme west portion to-
night; tomorrow fair and warmer.
Virg .nia-Mostly cloudy, slightly
warmer in extreme west portion tonight;
tomorrow fair and warmer.
West Virginia-Fair and warmer to-
night and tomorrow; much colder Mon
day.
Outlook for January is to FL.
North and Middle Atlantic States
Rain Monday and probably Monday
night, changing to snow in interior of
North Atlantic States and in mountains
of Middle Atlantic States, then gen.
orally fair until Friday or Saturday,
when rain Is indicated, possibly Begin
ming as snow in North Atlantic States,
Colder Monday or Monday night, be-
coming much colder Tuesday and Tues
day night. Rising temperature Thurs
day and Friday and colder about Satur-
day night.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear today.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
$8(0,0)O,ODO SLASH
ASKED FOR BUDGET
u. S. Chamber of Commerce
Recommends Increased
Cut in Expenses.
BY the Associated Press.

~ OHS ASSOS4dteu EfeSS.
plan for reducing Government ex-
penditures by $500, ,000, 900 and thus
avoiding tax increases was presented TO
the Chamber of Commerce Of the
United States today by its Committee
OH Federal Expenditures.
Matthew s. Sloan, chairman of the
committee, proposed these slashes:
$3.50 100000 in construction and public
works. s400, 600, 900 in veterans benefits.
S5O.O00,000 in non-recurring items,
SlI0,O00,OO0 In departments and inde-
pendent bureaus.
The total, Sloan said. minus q $685.
100000 increase in public debt charges.
would give net reduction of sa04,-
100000.
Commends Hoover Cuts.
Sloan commended the budget recon-
mendations of President Hoover which
contemplates reductions of $478. .000, 900,
but added he did not believe they were
sufficient. He pointed out that the
Presidents suggested cut would still
leave deficit Of s307. 600, 600 in 1894.
The chief difference, Sloan said, In
the recommendations made by Mr.. Hoo
tSA oAi0 eAAooS AkS PCoGA1tCQ WO04Q NC
found in the expenditures for former
soldiers. The chamber program calls
for. reduction of about S312.000, 900
more than proposed by the Chief Execu-
tive.
Sloan also criticized deficiency ap-
preparations for Government depart
ments, saying the spending units
should be required to keep within the
allotted amounts and not appear for
additional grants"
Asks Tax Change Delay.
The committee. reporting through
former Gov. Redheld Proctor of Yer
mont, expressed the opinion that tax
adjustments should be avoided until
after the March Is income tax period
and until after it is seen to what ex-
tent Congress is ready to cut expendi-
lures"
Increases in the rate of income taxes
or other taxes now being levied or the
addition of manufacturers sales tax
or other new forms of new levies, with
the possible exception of beer tax, in
the present short session of Congress
are unwarranted, the report said.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
Grid Stars Aid Assembly.

ST. PAUL, January IA R.-There,s
a good foot ball team in the making
among employees Of the Minnesota House
of representatives. Two recent addi-
tions to the pay roll are Walter Hass,
halfback and captain Of the Minnesota
eleven last year. and Pete Somers,
Gopher quarterback in 1881,
Evening star., 1933-01-14
M | k u| t Il.
/ HXS TERy
Can You, IN
SOLWHZe@g

Dr. Fordney is professor Of criminology at
a famous university His advice is often
sought by the police of many cities when
confronted with particularly bafI1ing cases.
book covering hundreds OF criminal investi-
cations.
Try your wits On it'll 1t takes but one
minute to readi. Every fact and every
clue necessary to its solution are in the
story ltSelf-and there is only one answer.
How good detective are you?
Evening star., 1933-01-14

AAA ASAA w Az 6AS A4
amazing bit of luck
for me. I've been
a bit of a soldier
of tune for
years. The usual
thing you, know .
minor wars, trad
ing, prospecting;
sort of interna-
,tional opportunist.
One nj G h t ,
about a year ago,
I b u m pc d into
Hugh McInnes in
a bar room in To-
kio. A Jap was
about to slip a
knife between his
ribs when I jumped
in. and we man.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
MURDER CHARGED
Two Colored Men Held for Grand
Jury Action.

Wilbur Briscoe. 80, colored, and VIII
liam johnson, "a, colored, were held
for grand jury action on murder
that investigated the staying of Jesse
Wood, 29, colored.
Wood, 1t was testified at the inquest,
was shot to death by Briscoe, who also
shot and seriously wounded Joseph
Moore, 19. colored, 23c0 block of Nine
teenth street. The shooting occurred
in Woods home in the 1900 block Of
Sixth street.
johnson, who lives in the 1900 block
of Fifth street, was said to have ac-
con1panied Briscoe to the Sixth street
house. Briscoe's home Is In the 800
block of Thirteenth street.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
FOREIGN.
~ am Greenvich tim
Fairfax Masons Elect.

FAIRFAX, Va, January IA .(Spe-
ciaD.-Thomas p. Chapman. jr., was
installed as the new master Of Henry
Lodge, F.. A. A. M. Clarence Collier
was made senior warden Thomas
White, senior deacon; Robert D.
Graham. secretary, and Alex Haight,
Evening star., 1933-01-14
BUILDING
BRIDGES ARE STUDIED
Two Different Types Are Suggested
to Connect Structures Over
B Street.

The question Of what kind of bridges
to build over B street southwest, to
connect buildings of the Department
of Agriculture on opposites sides of
that street is being studied by the
Treasury Department.
Two different types of bridges have
been suggested to carry the connect
ing corridors across the street. above
trafic. One of these types would con-
sist of a bridge with single arch,
reaching entirely across the street. The
other would have two arches with a
pedestal in the center of the street di-
Wding traffic, and supporting the
arches above.
A report on the question has been
received from the Fine Arts Commits
sion, but its contents we're not made
public.
Evening star., 1933-01-14
Asks Tax Change Delay.
HEADS MASONIC LEADERS
George Feidt Elected by Associa-
ton of Worshipful Masters.

The newly-organized Association of
Worshipful Masters for 1888 elected
George w. Feidt of Harding Lodge
president at meeting last night at
the Masonic Temple.
Other officers elected are Gilbert @.
Clark, National Lodge, vice president,
and Paul j. Bergh, st. Johns Lodge,
ecretary-treasurer. The Executive
Committee comprises the officers and
Joseph C. Bruce, Columbia Lodge, No.
8. and Harold Martin, Mount Pleasant
Lotge.