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Evening star., 1933-12-01
TAKES
LIFE WITH BULLET
Clarence Robinson, Tenth
Precinct, Found in Kansas
Avenue Home.

Clarence Robinson, SO, tenth pre-
cinct policeman, committed suicide TO-
day by shooting himself in the head
with a service revolver at his home,
SAIL Kansas avenue. He was found
by Detectives r. L. Jones and r. r.
McCarty, who had gone to his home
to discover why Robinson was absent
from duty They said the revolver
was still clasped in his right hand.
DR.. A. Magruder Macdonald, acting
coroner. conducted an investigation
and issued certificate of suicide.
The family with whom Robinson
lived was absent on vacation and he
was alone in the house. police said.
He was q native Of Winchester, Va,
and had been a member Of the police
force Is years Much Of his duty was
in No. precinct, where he had been
in charge Of liquor prosecutions. Dur
ing the last few months he had driven
q patrol wagon at No. 10 precinct.
Police said Robinson had been in
several motor accidents In the last
few months.
Evening star., 1933-12-01

Continued From First Page)
but the committee was only interested
in the principal ones.
In communication to the commit
tee, Jones assailed those who asked the
committee to inquire into the Texas
loans.
He contended the complaints were not
sincere. They were submitted, he as
serted, to laid unscrupulous lawyers
who degrade an honorable profession
and seek TO use the courts Of the land
and the United States Senate to further
their own unholy purposes"
Jones said he had disposed of all his
interest in the Bankers Mortgage Co.
before he entered the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation IN April. 1882; that
the Midland Mortgage Co. was q sub
sidiary Of that concern, and that he
was not interested In the Southwestern
Investment Co.
He said the r. r. G. lent the Bankers
Mortgage 81 1.489, ,69l in July. 1882 on
first mortgage collateral worth 42.824,-
liz. The business Of that flrm he de-
scribed as very conservative"
The Midland Mortgage, organized
since the act was amended to author
ize mortgage company loans, received
q loan Of $1,495.074 last June secured
by 2,4o7, ,18s first mortgage collateral.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
k|DNAPER SUSPECT
ENDS LIFE IN CELL
Sharkey, Held in Factor Case,
Hangs Self With Tie.
Sanity Doubted. +
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associeteo Prees.
ST. PAUL. December 1.-willie Shar-
key. one Of the four Chicago gangsters
awaiting removal to that city for kid
naping trial after being acquitted on a
similar charge here, committed suicide
by hanging In jail today.
Using his necktie after failing In an
effort TO use his belt. the 39-year- old
early this morning, Sheriff George H.
Moeller said.
He. with Roger Touhy. Gustav
Schafer and Eddie McFadden, were
acquitted In Federal Court Tuesday in
the $100, 900 kidnapping case Of William
Hamrn, jr, wealthy st. Paul brewer, in
June.
Faced Hearing Tomorrow.
Held in separate cells in the Ramsey
County Jail, Sharkey and the other
three were to have hearing tomorrow
on removal TO Chicago for trial on
whose freedom $4,000 was paid last
Summer,
Attorney T. w. McMeekin Of st. Paul,
who helped defend the quartet, said he
had asked Judge M. M. Joyce during
the Hamn trial for an examination Of
Sharkey because he appeared mentally
unsound.
He said he was mot surprised" at the
suicide. william Scott Stewart Of Chi
cago. defense attorney, at one time
during: the trial called sharkey stir
The examination was ordered by
Judge judi Joyce TT. There va vas . no Interrupt
fused today to discuss the examination
Complained Of Headache.
Sheriff Moeller said Sharkey was
found dead by q jailer making his 8
o'clock rounds. He said rounds are
had hanged himself some time between
5 am. and 6 am, His cell was on the
sheriff Moeiler said sharkey had
complained of q headache to Q guard
about an. and had asked for aspirin
tablets.
The sheriff said Touhy, McFadden
and Shafer had not been informed Of
Sharkey's death.
Sharkey and Shafer also were wanted
on mail robbery charges in Minneapolis.
Ed Davis, the jailer, who discovered
Sharkey. said he found the body sus-
pended from the uppermost bars OF his
cell One end Of the prisoners neck
tie was fastened to the bars. the other
around his neck. The sheriff was i'm
mediately notified and futile attempts
were made to resuscitate Sharkey.
Later Coroner Ingerson said 1t was a
clear case Of suicide. but that he
would conduct an Investigation, prob
ably today.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
What's What
Behind News
: in Capital
Retirement of Groves
From Tax Study
Due to Theories.
BY PAUL MALLON.

There was more than whim behind
the extraordinary manner in which
Prof. Groves Of Wisconsin was ofncially
beheaded as administration master
mind on taxes.
Groves was hired by Treasury Secre-
tary Woodin to work out a Federal tax
reform program. He had not yet ar
rived at his desk when Treasury Direc-
tor Morgenthau fired him without ex-
PLANTATION and hired Prof. Roswell
Magnl of Columbia in his place.
The matter was huShed up effectively
in th> rush of what appeared to be
more important business.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
tlf banker alNO VlI DTfJIdllt or dNlCi

tor OF more than a score of enterprises
sponstbtlities OF his olde- brother after
Andrew was named Secretary of the
Treasury by the late President Harding,
and under his direction the vast inter-
ests of the brothers continued to ex-
pand.
Paid for New Church.
Though his pet interest was his bank,
Mellon also was greatly interested in
the new East Liberty Presbyterian
Church now under construction-an edi-
flee which was his gift to the congrega-
tion with which he worshiped.
The site Of the church Is the birth
place OF Sarah Jane Negley, his mother,
and where in 1919 his grandmother, Mrs.
Barbara Negley, erected the first East
Liberty Presbyterian-a small wooden
structure
Born in Pittsburgh on March 10.
1858, Mr.. Melons interests centered in
that city for the most part His FIRST
business venture was outside banking
circles, for he turned his attentions TO
the lumber industry. Soon hearing the
call of the banking world, however. he
entered the firm Of T. Mellon g. Sons,
from which grew the present Mellon
National Bank. During his early years
as a banker he took leading hand in
the construction of the Ligonier Valley
Railroad
Founded Research Agency.
Sensing the Importance of research
in industries, Richard and Andrew
Mellon founded the Mellon Institute of
Industrial Research. Their educational
activities extended also to the Univer-
sity Of Pittsburgh, which with the
Mellon support grew into one of the
greatest universities Of the day Richard
supported also many denominational
and civic bodies
Mr.. Mellon was member Of the
leading clubs of Pittsburgh, New York
and Washington, and he maintained
homes in Pittsburgh and Watch Hill.
r..
In 1897 he married Miss Jennie King.
They had two children, both of whom
survive.
Evening star., 1933-12-01

The result is a ridiculous amount OF
red tape. It takes 50 much longer to
get even the simplest information
Another factor Is that some OF the
men being installed In new publicity
Jobs do not know Washington and its
ways. Neither are they expert IN their
departments. It is ell new to them.
and somewhat confusing.
The powers that be continue to cling
TO the system. expecting IT Will work
more efficiently later on.
For the present no authorized ON
cial would dare to give any one the
time Of day. - .
(Copyright 1933J ..fahkA.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
AUTO WRECKED By BEE
Hyattsvills Couple Postpone Trip
After Accident In Virginia.

LYNCHBURG, Va. December CP9.
Because Q bee new into their automo-
bile yesterday about 10 miles north Of
Lynchburg, Mr.. and Mrs. g. II. Arthur
Of Hyattsville, Nd, have had to post.
pone q visit with relatives at Altavista.
as miles south Of Lynchburg.
The bee stung Mr.. Arthur and when
he lost control Of his car it crossed the
highway and smashed against an EN-.
bankment Mr.. Arthur sustained Q
fractured arm and Mrs. Arthur scalp
lacerations. They remained ct Virginia
Baptist Hospital here today.
Evening star., 1933-12-01

Of repeal until Congress 1eeislates reg
In adopting the quota plan for the
admission Of liquors, the Executive
Commercial Policy Committee took up
the weapon which European powers are
using against this country to defend
their currencies and domestic producers.
For more than 80 years this country
has protected its industries and ex-
not BY fixing quotas Of goods which in
dividual countries may send into the
United States.
It was explained at the State Depart
ment that the liquor quotas which will
be assigned to the various countries are
strictly temporary and that Congress
Will devise permanent regulations for
the importation Of liquors.
The quotas will be fixed In gallons
and not according to value It was ex-
planned at the State Department that
1t had been indicated to foreign pow
ers that after the expiration of the
temporary quotas this country will con-
slider the treatment individual nations
give to American products before fixing
tar1H regulations and rates under which
wines and liquors, as well as other prod
ucts will be admitted to this country.
In nx1ng the temporary quotas no
consideration has been taken of re-
ctprocal favors, since the time was too
short.
The committee at first thought q to-
tai quantity Of foreign liquor based on
the average imports for two months
during the 1910 to 1914 period would be
sumcient. This amount was later in
creased to the average imports for four
months during the same pre-war pc
riod when it was represented that a
two-month supply would not be ade-
Quate.
The import quota figures. based on
the average for the ISio-Isl4 period
were being worked out today by Miller.
1t was understood the figures had not
yet been worked to the final quota
point.
Diplomats from wine and liquor ex-
porting countries already have showered
the State Department with inquiries
about import quotas, but officials have
replied to all callers that no figures
had yet been set by the administration
The beer code was supposed to have
been sent to Warm Springs for the
Presidents signature yesterday but
some disagreement arose within the
Presidents committee over adoption Of
the brewers proposal for self-regula-
ton of distribution and prices through
an industry established code authority
Meanwhile, the newly designated
Federal Alcohol Control Administration
held q meeting to consider plans 70,
controlling the liquor situation after
December 5. Joseph Choate of New
York is director Of the Alcohol Admin
stration.
Applications for the Importation OF
$4,000. 900 gallons Of foreign liquors and
wines have been received by DR.. James
M. Doran. commissioner OF industrial
alcohol, who, with a representative OF
the Agriculture Department. is to allo-
cate quotas Of importations between
December and February !.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
Five Dead In Detroit Warfare Include
Vernon Miller.
DETROIT. December 1 N.-saying
it with bullets and sku11-cr11shinR blows.
DsW0lf's 6an6lanp has deflarsd m 0Pfn


season on rival bad men. and even vet
eran. gang-wise policemen. who usually
know ali the answers, decline to pre-
dict where 1t will end.
A bystsnder, unwise In the ways Of
gangs and gangsters, was shot to death
Saturday night in an attempted hold-up
Of betting establishment by three
youths.
Since then four men have been slain
and another taken on a one-way ride
that barely failed Of its purpose. Each
case was noted by police as an incident
in the first outbreak of gang warfare
here since the Summer Of 1882.
Former Sheriff Slain.
Most notorious Of the victims was
Vernon Miller. the one-time South Da-
kota sheriff, who found the end CT the
outlaw trail in q ditch at Detroit's out
skirts Wednesday night. Federal OH
GERS had called him the toughest of
the tough" but his skull had been
crushed and his unclothed body trussed
up in jack-knife fashion. He had been
dead for at least "a hours.
At almost the same time Miller was
slain his sweetheart Vivian Matthews,
was sentenced In Chicago to year
and day, after admitting she and
another girl had harbored and aided
Miller in escaping when police sought
him there. Millers body remained un-
claimed In the county morgue.
Police considered and then dis
carded theory that Miller. suspected
Of being one Of the machine gunners
who moved down five men In q Kan
sas City railroad station last Summer,
had been imported to kill Abe Axler
and Eddie Fletcher, lieutenants in De-
troit's Purple gang. Miller. they finally
decided. ranked too high In the under
work to undertake such q routine gang
killing.
Cigarettes Provide Clue.
Whoever did it, the bodies of the
two Purples were found In Axlers car
along roadside In nearby Oakland
County last Sunday morning. Numer-
Gus rouge stained cigarette stubs pro-
vided police with the theory that a
woman, or womep. had lured them TO
The body Of Walter (Red) Tylczak.
notorious escaped convict. was found
Tuesday morning at a roadside In Ma
comb County.
HIS was the only death linked def
nitely with the Inflated handbook
hold-up Of last Saturday, for police
named him as one Of the robber trio.
Support for the theory that some one
was attempting to kill OF the three
robbers came from Jules Doretti q con-
fessed member Of the trio, who told OF
being taken for ride the day following
the hold-up, shot several times and
left for dead.
Evening star., 1933-12-01

The underlying cause. was the fact
that Prof. Groves Is a pal OF Senator
La Toilette That would not disqualify
him, but he also Is an advocate Of re-
distribution Of wealth through confisca-
tory inheritance taxes. He drew the
La Toilette tax plan.
1t is more likely than you kno1u
that the administration wtll get
around to something like the GroUes
idea of taration ,pith.n the merit
tactical blunder. 1t waS an anounce-
n.ent that the tar question irould be
studied By biased partisan Dho
display OF open -n1indedneSs must be
made about such things.
The howl that went up inside was
uproarous.
Magin a Lawyer.
The new man, Magill. Is a lawyer
He is not trade-marked with any an
nounced theories. It Is assumed he will
give the problem a more open-minded
study
The announcement that he is going
only into the technical administrative
features Of taxation was designed to
quiet the frightened big taxpayers.
The truth is that Morgenthdu will
send him after the roots OF the
Whole Federal taxation system.
Every one knows he will find that
the present system, is not nell
balanced, that it does not propide
proper foD Of repenue.
It will be his job to figure out a new
system to equaliSe the burden OF the
man on the street and afford the Gov
ernn1ent sufficient funds to operate EN-
GENTLY.
Seek New Loan Plan.
The r. e C. boys have been in a
huddle for days now trying to work out
q new idea for commercial loans.
They want to get away from theil
announced policy of lending money tc
industries through special mortgage
companies. Their idea is that such 9
system might not be efficient. They
want to lend money directly to the
industries.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
JUROR GETS THREATS.
Foreman Of IL Who Freed Touhy

Foreman Of IL Who Freed Touhy
Gang Receives Death Notes.
KENYON, MINI, December R.-
Death threats, contained in an un.
signed letter, were received today by
T. o. Sundry of Kenyon, foreman Of
the Federal Court jury that Tuesday
acquitted four Chicago men OF kid
napins william Hamm, jr., millionaire
st. Paul brewer.
Wllit 6haTkey, who committed sui
eide today in st. Paul jail. was one
q the four ssauistsdd; di. TIE mc1 sthsrs ws5s ns
Gustav seAal.r. =.
ss - ssssy 81 aftss5s ssn:ssa,,: :as
one Red Wing, Mimi; one Appleton,
Wis, and one st. Paul, all unsigned
except one letter from Minneapolis.
All were critical Of the jury verdict
and were abusive, Sundry said.
The unsigned letter which threatened
him said Sundry would be taken for Q
ride" and would never come back" It
was mailed from Minneapolis.
Sundry said he was not concerned
and that "an honest man never has to
be worried" He laughed ut the idea
of a bodyguard and planned to give the
letters and postcard to Federal omcers
for investigation.
The threat letter, Sundry said, was
written In pencil in very coarse
handwriting" and was very abusive. I"
"An of them were very abusive and
several used profaI1e language" sun
dry said. u wish they had signed their
names 80 that I could tell them thing
or two. feel that our verdict was
justified in view Of the evidence pre-
sented,"
sundry after the trial told newspaper
men the element Of reasonable doubt"
Influenced the Jurors In freeing the de-
fendants. He. emphasized .Hamms IN
ability to positively identify them
Evening star., 1933-12-01

That point is very important now be-
cause banks are tied up against the
capital financing market more strictly
than they have ever been before Like
wise 1t Is necessary that the Govern
mentsbalance its N. r. A. demands with
an offer Of money to industries which
want capital financing.
The big question is to find legal
excuse for making direct Government
loans. It may be necessary to conf1ne
the loans to moderately long-term
periods.
Any step in that direction means
further Government invasion Of the
banking business.
Chain Letters Started.
A chain letter attack on the admins
tration money policy has been started
secretly by several bankers in the larger
cities.
They are writing their friends to
write other friends pointing out the
evils Of easy money.
This campaign may prove just as
effective as the open barrage being con-
Quoted by the Sprague-Smith h-Baruch-
Warburg boys and the activities of the
United States Chamber of Commerce.
They haze good chance OF
drousing a large section OF the popu-
lace by the time Congress meets in
January. Their job is obviously TO
reform the conservative ranks, trHtch
formerly constituted majority OF
poters.
But what influence that will have or
Congress Is another matter. The anti.
infiationists are sparsely represented or
Capitol Hill.
The old line about letting George de
it is being revised by Mr.. Roosevelt te
"let Henry do it."
Dodges Liquor Control.
The President intended to make
Henry Morgenthau czar of the distillinf
kingdom In addition to his other duties
Morgenthau heard about it and ran tx
Louis Howe in an effort to stop the
announcement
Howe called Warm Springs on tht
telephone and saved the Treasury di.
rector from that job.
The way the Morgenthau news re-
strictions are working out Is not at al
satisfactory to newsmen. It has hae
the effect OF sealing all lips in m'
Treasury Department.
1nG with the Government are complain
ing that the Treasury officials are q
frightened they dare not open thei,
mouths
Evening star., 1933-12-01
Fridays Unlucky.

More street accidents occur on Fri
DAYS than on other days OF the week,
according to the annual summary OF
Deptford, England, the figures being
l8l against an average Of 147.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
Coffee Shipments Gain.

( Coffee shipments from Haiti IN the
Ast quarter Of 1882 weighed 81 per cent
Itore than those in the corresponding
Aeriod Of the year before
Evening star., 1933-12-01
R. B. MELLON Dies;
HkDL0NG BEEN ILL
Brother of Former Treasury
Head Expires at Age of IS.
Headed Bank.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, December 1.-R. B.
Mellon, president of the Mellon National
Bank and brother Of Andrew Mellon,
died today at the age Of rs.
The multi ti-millionaire banker and phi
lanthropist had been in failing health
for q month and last Wednesday his
condition took a turn for the worse.
Death occurred at his home at 5:19 am.
The banker lapsed into unconscious
ness several hours before his death.
Wife at Bedside at End.
At his bedside were the wife, Mrs.
Jennie King Mellon; son, Richard K.
Mellon, and a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Cor
della Scaife.
Richard Beatty Mellon. younger
brother of the former Secretary of the
Treasury, helped to build the vast Mel
lon business empire centered around
Pittsburgh and though always quiet and
unassuming, was prominent in philan-
thropic circles.
His last appearance in the public no.
tice was just three weeks ago, when he
asked the Federal Government to re-ex-
anime his income tax report for 1850,
A payment OF s1s,951 was in dispute
The petition disclosed that the banker
had an income OF S3.598 93l for the year
Evening star., 1933-12-01
Start Voyage With $3.50.

With only $50 In their treasury" c.
A. and H. Vensbles, 8. v. McNen and
s. r. Imrey have sailed from Jersey for
Australia on.A round-the-world tour.
Evening star., 1933-12-01
FORD AGENTS BID
FACES ACTION SOON
Offers, Due to Expire Last Night,
Believed to Be Still in
Force Today.

The possibility Of action by the De-
partment of Agriculture on the bid Of
R. P. Sabine. Bethesda Ford agent, to
furnish trucks for the Civilian Conser-
vation Corps, loomed today.
The bids, which have been tied up
awaiting rulings by Controller General
McCarl as to Henry Ford's eligibility for
pire last night, but it was felt that be-
cause yesterday was legal holiday they
M light ecd'0 Of Mccaris M S latest ' Decision IN e aie
though it is not certain anything defi-
mite would be done
In this last ruling, handed down
Wednesday, the controller general said
the question raised by Gen; Hugh 8:
lnfTAfHm VI INV TfFall fVdt ny aaplnfJ
in quoting figure below & list PRICE :cds vas
not be available for payments under q
contract awarded to other than the
lowest responsible bidder because Of
any assumption or administrative de-
termination that the. price quoted by
the low bidder was solow that the bid
der violated a code in submitting such
bid he said Such an issue must be
decided by the courts. McCarl amplfed.
The hope that the contract soon
would be awarded was expressed yes
terday IN a statement from Representa-
tive McFadden, Republican, Of Penn
sylvania, who has been in correspon-
dence on the matter with Secretary Of
Agriculture Wallace.
A letter from the Secretary, made
public by McFadden, was written before
McCarl's last ruling and explained that
that was being awaited.
Il can assure you that the depart
ment will proceed with the utmost
promptness when the complications that
have arisen are cleared up," Mr.. Wal
lace said