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Evening star., 1933-09-17
SUIT SAYS OIL MEN
REAPED MILLIONS
Secret Deal by Standard of
Indiana Officials Is
Charged.
BY the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, September 16-Financial
Vaccinations whereby they allegedly
harvested several million dollars of
stock holders money were charged to-
day against II present or former Off
GERS and directors Of the Standard Oil
Co. of Indiana
The accusation was made in a suit
for an accounting and recovery of be-
tween six and eight million dollars
filed in United States District Court
by Harrison E. Fryberger of New York.
and Erwin Seago of Chicago. counsel
for Frederick w. Wilhelm of Duluth
Mimi. holder of 25 shares of Standard
Oil stock.
The list of defendants included
Robert w. Stewart, one-time chairman
of the Standard Oil directorate who
was ousted by the Rockefeller interests
after spirited proxy battle. and Mel
vim Traylor president of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Chicago.
Secret Profit Charged.
The suit charged that Stewart and
associates made a secret profit of be-
tween six and eight million dollars in
stock transactions attending the &C
QUESTION by Standard Oil Of certain oil
properties.
The complainant also asked that "a
number of said defendants" return to
the company treasury their salaries for
the years 1925 to 1881 and demanded
that an annual $4,000 pension to
Stewart be terminated.
Informed of the suit. L. l.. Stephens
general counsel for the Standard OIL
Co. Of Indiana, said he knew of no
grounds for the action.
The bill set forth that the alleged
transactions were involved with the ac-
QUESTION by the Standard Co. of the
control Of the Pan-American Eastern
Petroleum Co., once dominated by Ed
ward L. Doheny, sr.
Creation Of Dummy" Alleged.
Preliminary to this move, the declara-
ton said, a dummy" concern was
created by the directors-the Panamex
IAN agency employed by the said Robert
Stewart and his associate directors in
acquiring Pan-American stock at low
prevailing market prices with the pur-
pose of disposing Of the same to the
Standard Oil Co., at a substantial
profit"
Between 1925 and January, 1881, the
complainant asserted, the Standard Oil
Co.. purchased from the Panamex Co..
considerable Pan-American stock at $86
share. This stock, the bill said, had
been acquired by the Panamex Co., at
very much lower prices" enabling the
directors to secure to themselves a
secret profit of somewhere between
5000, 900 and sS,000OO0, not including
interest"
In addition to Stewart and Traylor,
those named defendants were W. M
Burton. E. G. Seubert, now president of
the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana !;
William E. Warwick. Allan jackson. r
H. McElroy, Edward j. Bullock. T. j.
Thompson, Amos Ball, Robert E.
Humphreys, Charles j. Barkdull, Bruce
Johnstone, Robert E. Wilson, A. S.
Peake. Louis L. Stephens and Max G.
Pauluc.
The bill emphasized that Traylor,
Johnstone. Wilson, Peake and Paulus
were not members of the Standard Oil
directorate during the years 1925 to
1881. when the alleged transactions
occurred.
Evening star., 1933-09-17

that home-hunger that always assailed
him drove him to piece Of impudence
that shows how rashly human he could
be.
He was nearing the head Of Elk,
when-but he tells it:
'At the bridge near to which I mar
rowly escaped an ugly accident to my
Chariot and horses. For the rain which
had fallen the previous evening having
swelled the waters considerably, there
was no fording it safely. was reduced
to the necessity, therefore, Of remain
ing on the other side or attempting to
cross on an cid. rotten and long dis
used bridge. Being anxious to get on
preferred the latter and in the at
tempt one Of my horses fell IS feet at
least, the other very near following
which (had it happened) would have
taken the carriage with baggage along
with him and destroyed the whole
effectually. However, by prompt as
sistance Of some people at Mill just by
and great exertion, the first horse was
disengaged from his harness, the I'd
prevented from going quite through
and drawn of, and the Carriage secured
from hurt"
And the story of George Washing
tons journey to the constitutional con-
vention ends with his own happy an
nouncement on Saturday, September
%. that he reached home "about sun
set. after an absence of four months
and IA days"
Evening star., 1933-09-17
Pig PROGRAM QUOTA
INCREASED 1,922,000
Decision Due to Unusually Heavy
Shipment in Emergency Re-
duction Campaign.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration announced Yesterday an ad-
ditional quota of $4,000 pigs would
be purchased in the emergency hog
reduction campaign, which ends Sep
tember 29.
The original maximum in the cam
paign was 100000 pigs, ranging in
weight from 25 to 100 pounds. The
quota also included 100000 farrow-
ing sows.
DR.. A. G. Black. chief of the hog
production section. said the quota Of
sows would not be raised
Unusually heavy shipment of pigs,
on which the Government is paying a
premium. caused the decision to raise
the original quota
The additional pigs also. Black said.
will help to compensate for the fact
that 100000 sows will not be shipped
to market by farmers.
Sow shipments have been small by
comparison with the shipments of pigs.
Black said the sale of sows would be
only several hundred thousand head.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
FRAUD CHARGES FILED

NEW ORLEANS, September 16 LP.
District Attorney Eugene Stanley to-
day filed charges against lat additional
election commissioners whose returns
from last November's constitutional
amendment vote showed discrepancies
with the recent open court recount.
A total Of 204 other election officials
already had been charged with making
false returns in the election in
which the State administrations -spon-
sored amendments were approved.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
NATIONS PASS UP
DEBTS DEADL|NE
Make No Plea for Delay in
Dec. Is Payment Due
America.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
European debtor nations last night
let their last opportunity for legal
postponement of war debt principal
payments totaling s5O,Oo5S75 slip by
without action.
This sum falls due December Is, in
addition to interest payments of $102,-
747,784. The funding agreements pro-
vide that If a nation gives 80 days
notice it may defer an installment on
principal When the Treasury closed
its doors yesterday, no such notices had
been received.
However, Government officials did
not construe this lack of notice as in
dication of an intention to pay. To
the contrary, they expect the situation
on December IS to be very similar to
that of last June is, when several ma
tions made small token payments and
seven paid nothing. The Treasury was
enriched by less than $l2,000,O00. while
the unpaid balance was S13l, 100000
Congress Must Approve.
Since then, the nations that paid in
part have been negotiating with the
State Department for revision Of their
funding agreements. Dates are being
arranged 1Or Q6DC DISCUSSIONS. But
even if their obligations are scaled
down, the new agreements must be ap-
proved by Congress- The next due date
Is more than a month before the jan
uary meeting of Congress.
In receiving the token payments in
June. President Roosevelt made it clear
such action was accompanied by a full
acknowledgement on the part OF the
debtor nation of validity of Americas
that as a wise creditor the Washington
Government must heed the European
plea of inability to pay and grant its
request for hearings looking to revision.
To the nations which paid in part,
principally Great Britain and Italy,
went notes saying the United States
would be glad to grant their request
for conferences at which their funding
agreements would be re-eXamined. But
to the seven defaulters went mere ac
knoWle6gement of their notes saying
they could not meet their June Is OBJ
legations.
Must Pay In Part.
Subsequently it was made clear that
as prerequisite to debt revision they
France. Poland, Belgium. Czechoslova-
kia, Jugoslavia, Estonia and Hungary
must make at least partial payment
before revision could be undertaken.
The following is summary OF the
status Of the debts:
War debt payments due December
15 1879
Evening star., 1933-09-17
Boys Heart Heavy
After Laurita Fits
From Cilded Cage
Parrot, IL, and Talkative,
Missing From Home
She Had for Is Years.
"Y Yo,,ritoo hoe uone auov

Laurlta" mas gone away
Just a parrot, dark green in color
with wings of mixed blue and red and
bright yellow spot on the back Of
her neck, but precious to her owners,
Robert and Richard Gaetner, 6-year-
old twins
"Laurita" was born in Nicaraglla
II years ago, and has been the property
Of the Gaertner family for IS years.
Never once has she tried to get away.
But Friday the door of her cage slipped
its catch-and "Laurita" ventured
forth to try again her unclipped wings
Yesterday Mrs Robert I. Gaertner
1911 Twenty-flfth street southeast. ap-
pealed to The Star for aid in finding
her. "The boys are broken-hearted
over losing her." she said. "She was
such a fluent talker-you can recog-
nize her because she won't speak
unless she is encouraged. And if
whoever finds her wants to take the
sadness out of the wide eyes Of two
little boys who stand staring pathetic
ally at Laurita's' empty cage, please
have them get In touch with U.s."
Evening star., 1933-09-17
TARIFF BOOSTS O.K.'D
italian Ministers Authorize In
crease to Offset Depreciation.

ROME, September 16 R.-The
Council of Ministers today approved a
measure authorizing the government to
raise tariffs against foreign products
competing with national products
when deprecated foreign currencies re-
suit in a menace of dumping.
The tariffs will be raised according
to the foreign currency depreciation CO.
efficient
The council also approved measure
ture production in proportion to for
eign films. The law also subjects the
foreign films to a rigid rule demanding
translation into Italian and sets. up an
unspecified tax on all reproductions
and experimentation of the foreign
seduction.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
TAIL SPIN KILLS TWO

MINNEAPOLIS. September Is (P.
-Girard Justen, 81 pilot of Richfield
Station. a suburb, and his passenger,
Lyell L. Lang, 10. of Minneapolis,
we're fatally injured tonight when
Justen's small biplane crashed in a
field here.
Witnesses said the machine went into
a tail spin. The men died en- route
to hospital
Evening star., 1933-09-17
FUNDS FOR HARBORS

Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army
engineers, yesterday announced new al
lotments from the $68,691 400 turned
over to the War Department by the
Public Works Administration for river
and harbor improvements
They include Columbia and Lower
Willamette Rivers below Vancouver
Wash, and Portland.sOreg.. 1925 500:
st. Marys River, Mich. SITS, 900; chan
mel in Lake st. Clair, Mich, $685., 800.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
FARLEY ASKS WET
VICTORIES TUESDAY
Wires New Mexico and Idaho Gov
ernors to Exert All Efforts in
Repeal Elections.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated P-eSS.
NEW YORK, September 16.-James
A. Farley, Democratic national chair
man. today telegraphed the Governors
Of New Mexico and Idaho. urging them
to exert every possible effort to have
their States ratify repeal Of the eight
eenth amendment Tuesday.
Confidence that both States would
vote for repeal was expressed by Far
ley
He wired Gov. c. Ben Ross of Idaho
he felt certain the cooperation of
Democratic workers with all groups
interested in prohibition reform would
result in a substantial majority for re-
peal
All the reports which have come to
me lead me to believe that New Mexico
will come into the repeal column with
majority in keeping with the 1882
platform" Farley telegraphed to Gov.
Arthur Seligman of New Mexico.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
Guild Plans Dinner.

BLADENSBURG. Md. September 16
Especially A chicken dinner will be
served by the Ladies Guild of st.
Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church
in the parish hall here Wednesday
from S to 7:30 pm. Mrs. Sadie B.
Alsop president of the guild. Is In
general charge Of arrangements.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
MINISTER is FREED
Federal Grand Jury Returns "No
Bill" on Liquor Charge.

INDIANAPOLIS. September 16 LP).-
The Federal grand jury today declined
to indict Rev G. Lemuel Conway, Mum
Gle minister who was arrested at Evans
Vile few months ago, on a charge Of
transporting liquor.
Val Nolan, United States district
attorney. announced tonight that Rev
Mr.. Conways case was among those in
which the grand jury returned mo
bills"
Nolan said the action of the grand
Jury in refusing to indict the minister
automatically frees him of the charges
Rev. Mr.. Conway was arrested at
Muncie several months ago on charges
of having attempted criminal assault
upon Helen Huffman, 18-year- Sum-
day school teacher He was tried and
acquitted. but previous to that had been
suspended by an ecclesiastical jury for
one year as pastor of the Madison
Street Methodist Episcopal Church at
Muncie
Evening star., 1933-09-17
RECEIVER APPOINTED
Broker Had Sought to Arrange
Settlement With Creditors.

NEW YORK, September 16 P.-A
receiver was appointed today for E. A.
Crawford & Co., dealer in securities and
investment broker of 60 Beaver street
E. A. Crawford. head Of the firm was
active in the Chicago grain market be-
fore he opened the New York Offices.
Recently he has been active in planning
a comeback by arranging a settlement
with creditors.
The appointment was made upon mo-
ton of creditors, and the receiver was
directed to file q $4,000 bond.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
NECKLACE MISSING
Alliance, Ohio, Man Tells Police
Daughter Wore Pearls at Fair.

Daughter Wore Pearls at Fair.
CHICAGO, September 16 R.-J. c.
Foot, Alliance, Ohio, notified the police
today that 53-pearl necklace, worth
$500, had been lost or stolen from the
purse Of his daughter, Margaret. while
the family were visiting the Worlds
Fair last night. The girl had worn the
string at first, later placing them in
her purse for safety.
Evening star., 1933-09-17

Total ................ 5000 QIO.SI4
Der Is.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
s5o,oO5.s75 s152.753 $50
Unpaid Past InStallments.
S3O9,O1O,S14 Total Due.

Total ,. se4.906.5l1 sl31.3eo, 20.
Evening star., 1933-09-17
Anniversary of Constitution ~
Recalls Washington's Trip
PROGRAM in Honor of Great Colonial
Leader Like Similar Festivals
at Present Time.

that home-hunger that always assailed
him drove him to piece Of impudence
that shows how rashly human he could
Evening star., 1933-10-23
1000 Will MARCH
IN halloween FETE
Largest Celebration Predicted as
Entries Pour in for Place
in Parade.

At least 1000 marchers will partici-
pate in the Halloween parade week
from tomorrow night. Edgar Morris,
general chairman, predicted today.
Entries continue to come in rapidly,
he said.
Indications at this time are that
this will be by far the largest Hal
loween celebration Washington has
ever had said Morris. There Is,
however, always room for more, and
we want more entries from business
houses, civic organizations and more
individual entries. Plans for handling
the parade have been well organized
and are in the hands Of Col. John w
Oehmann and COL P. G. Nevitt."
Plans have been so arranged that
there will be no confusion In forming
the parade, Morris said, and those tax
ing part will be able to enter the line
of march promptly and systematically.
Several bands, among them the Fox
Boys Band, the Washington Gas Light
Co. Band, the 121st Engineers Band,
Vincent B. Costello Post, American
Legion, Drum and Bugle Corps and
others have already entered.
The Mid-City Citizens Association
announced today it will sponsor three
young women who will enter the con-
test for selection as Queen of Hal
loween. The Kalorama Citizens Asso.
ciation also Is sponsoring an entry
The Washingtonians have announced
that they will have two entries The
Civitan Club announced 1t will have
two floats in the parade. The Society
of Natives will enter young woman
as candidate for queen.
Evening star., 1933-10-23
LEADERSFR0WN0N
BANK BILL CHANGE
Congressional Chiefs Ready
to Defeat Modification
Campaign.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Congressional leaders do not believe
the Glass-Steagall banking bill will be
changed at the next session Of Congress.
although q drive for modification has
been begun by some business interests.
The attitude Of those concerned with
banking legislation Is that. despite COM
plants which have been made in ad-
vance Of the effectuation of the deposit
insurance feature of the law, 1t ought
to have q chance to operate, and that
notifications may be made more wisely
after a study of the law in operation
has revealed its weaknesses.
Objections which have already been
raised are regarded largely as the
oretical.
The leaders say they believe that the
big drive in the coming Congress. so far
as monetary legislation is concerned,
will be to flx q monetary policy. They
sense that q strong fight will be made
to make the Thomas imitation amend
,nent compulsory rather than pernLs-
sive. unless events change greatly in
the meantime.
The President was empowered. under
that amendment, to issue currency up
to 81 900 900 900, to be redeemed and
retired at the rate Of 4 per cent year.
Another element interested in mon
etary policy is seeking establishment OF
the commodity dollar" That con-
templates fixing the value Of the dollar
on q basis Of q commodity index ana
using gold only for redemption pur-
poses and for meeting foreign needs.
One Of the chief points of attack on
the deposit insurance provision OF the
Glass-Steagall law has been the assess
ment feature, which provides that
whenever the net debit balance Of the
insurance corporations account equals
or exceeds one-fourth Of l per cent Of
the liabilities of class A stockholders, a
levy of one-fourth Of per cent Of total
deposit liabilities shall be made for the
benefit Of the deposit insurance corpora
ton.
All Federal Reserve members are re-
quired to be class A stockholders and
other banks may be so by fulfilling GER
tain conditions. Some Of the larger
banks want q limitation set upon the
amount that must be paid In assess
ments. Congressional leaders say that
under the act, the Federal Reserve bank
and the Treasury carry two-tlS3 Of
the expense of the deposit insurance
plan now. and II the bankers seek a
limit, they may get higher one than
they have.
Evening star., 1933-10-23
AL SMITH ENJOYS
CHICAGO EXPOSITION
Former New York Governor SAYS
He Hadn't Had So Much
Fun in Years"
BV the Associated prsss

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 23-Wearing q
black derby instead Of the proverbial
brown one, Alfred E. Smith, former
Governor of New York, paid an in
formal visit to the Worlds Fair yester-
day and commented that he hadn't
had SO much fun in years"
Smith was to have been the ofIicial
guest at the exposition Saturday, but q
downpour of rain-"regular Democratic
weather." Smith said-prevented the
reception and the celebration Of Smith
day was postponed.
While the Smith party was officially
escorted about the grounds by Maj
Lennox Lohr. general manager Of the
fair, Smith himself acted as ex oficio
guide as the party toured the Hall Of
Science, the Electrical Building, the
Court of States, and took a trip on the
sky ride
Included in the party were Mrs.
Smith. William F. Kenny, New York
contractor, his wife, and two daugh-
ters, Mary and Genevieve: George F.
Getz. newly named treasurer for the
Republican National Committee, long q
personal friend Of Smith, and his wife:
Mr. and Mrs George F. Getz, IT,;
Charles c. Fftzmorris. former Chicago
police chief, and Daniel j. Mooney. New
Iii va -
Evening star., 1933-10-23
WEAPONS TO FIGHT
GANGS DEMANDED
Senators Hear Appeal for
U. S. Laws to Combat
RacketeerS.
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, October 23.-Demands
that the Federal Government be armed
with weapons to fight the racketeer,
kidnaper and gangSter "on even terms"
were made today as a Senate sub
committee on rackets went into session.
Police chiefs, Federal crime fighters,
prosecutors, judges, mayors and anna
teur criminologists attended. bringing
with them suggestions for reducing the
Nations huge tribute to crime, esti-
mated by Senator Royal S. Copeland
Of New York, chairman Of the COM
mittee, at $4,000 100000 annually.
Dwight H. Green. United States at
torney for the Chicago district. voiced
the demand for legislation to enable
the Federal Government to prosecute
criminals Of all classes and the
racketeer in particular.
Failure of States Cited.
Little success has followed upon
the efforts of States to stamp out the
racketeer," Green said, land unfortu-
nately Congress has not yet fully legis-
lated on prevailing evils which are
subject to Federal jurisdiction.
The power to enact suitable Federal
laws is unquestioned. It would be an
easy matter to draft statutes making
interference WIN interstate shipments
Federal offense punishable by 10
years Imprisonment and $4,000 fine"
For racketeering offenses in which
there is no crossing of State lines. Green
suggested it might be made crime for
United States money to be used
THE power of Congress over money
and currency is supreme and ex-
elusive" he said.
For example. the crime Of kidnapping
becomes Federal offense only when
the kidnapped person is transported In
interstate or foreign commerce and Is
held for ransom or reward
Copeland Praises Press.
"Thus. it appears that no Federal
offense is committed where a person Is
kidnapped and is confined within the
boundaries Of the State. A Federal
statute covering money and currency
would reach most Of such cases."
Senator Copeland told the anti-crime
clinic that Congress Is determined to
end racketeering and our duty is to sug-
gest proper laws" He said the Senate
Committee meetings held so far had
aroused public opinion to "the terrible
and tragic conditions Of crime" News
papers, he said, have done much to
make the public realize conditions.
There have been strong efforts of
the underworld to neutralize our work, 4"
ne continued. But the score is in our
favor, as witness the recent speedy con-
victions Of kidnapers in the Midwest
and Southwest"
Evening star., 1933-10-23
BANDITS SHOOT UP
TOWN, GET $4,000
Five Use Machine Guns to Over
power IA Bank Workers in
Brainerd, MINI.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BRAINERD, Mimi, october 23.-Fve
sub-machine gun robbers overpowered
IA persons in the First National Bank
in this city of 10000 today. shot up the
inside and outside Of the structure and
adjoining buildings, and fed with at
least 325, 900.
None of the patrons or employees
imprisoned in the bank was hurt, but
at least four pedestrians were in the
line of fire while bullets spattered
against buildings and perforated auto
mobiles as the raiders car roared out OF
town.
Using at least three sub-machine guns
and automatic pistols, the robbers fired
a whitening blast as they departed, shat
tering the big front windows of the
bank and spraying the interior with
lead.
Coming into town about daylight, the
raiders went to the bank, trapped the
janitor and a guard as they came to
work, and took up positions both inside
and outside the building, which they
held nearly three hours
Three donned masks after ascertain
ing a time lock protected the vault, and
captured employees and officers one by
one as they reported for work.