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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
REPEAL
IS STUDIED BY
ROOSEVELT
President Giving Attention to
Problems Expected; En-
barge May Continue
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service


President Roosevelt is giving
serious study to Federal liquor
policy after repeal of the Eight
zenith amendment on December S
next.
While the questions involved in
sale, consumption, return of the
saloon, ETC., automatically revert
to the States, the Federal Govern
ment still has some knotty ques-
lions of its own to work out.
Embargo To Continue
The Government has to decide
upon tax and tariff rates, how to
protect dry territory from wet in
vasion, and how much if any con-
troll to attempt over importations.
The situation as it now exists is:
Foreign importations are for
hidden under the Presidential en-
barge laid down some weeks ago.
This embargo will continue until
repeal is effective.
Thereafter, liquor becomes like
any other commodity so far as i'm
portation goes, being subject to
tax and tariff rates.
An overlooked point in this con-
nection, however, is that under
the vast emergency powers con-
ferred upon the President under
the NRA and AAA legislation he
can, if he desires, continue in
definitely beyond repeal the en-
barge now in effect or he can es-
tablish quotas at his discretion.
Flood of Liquor Feared
Mr.. Roosevelt is seriously con-
sidering the exercise of his powers
under this legislation-not only to
protect home industry, but also to
prevent the country from being
flooded with foreign Importation
of all kinds and qualities.
Tales have reached Washington
in recent months of foreign deal
ers and spectators concentrating
huge stores abroad, awaiting the
opening of the American sluice
gates. Some spectators are re-
ported to have bought up vast
quantities of cheap bulk wines all
over Europe, and to have bottled
it under labels of expensive
brands-on the theory that the
American taste has become so
corrupted it will not be able to
detect the difference.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Richie Joins ParIey
On Lynching Inquiry

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. 3.-The
judges of the first judicial circuit
of Maryland, Chief Judge John r.
Pattison, Associate Judge Robert
F. Duer and Judge Joseph L.
Bailey, will confer with Gov.
Albert c. Richie and Attorney
General William Preston Lake. jr.,
today on the status of the probe
into the recent Princess Anne
lynching.
It is hoped some plan for the
further conduct of the lynching
investigation will be worked out.
Judge Duer is the jurist who or
dered the lynched colored man
brought to Princess Anne, where
the mob took him from Is State
police,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03

If the Government intends plac-
ing athletes in all its civil service
positions, the 40-year maximum
age limit for original appoint
ments would be advantageous, but
if professional workers and those
who make use of gray matter in
discharging their duties are to be
bound by that restriction, the Gov.
eminent will find itself badly
cheated.
This, in substance. was the COM
ment of DR.. Leon Gordon, we'll
known young diagnostician whose
offices are in the Washington Medi-
cal Building, when asked what he
thought of the civil service order
restricting original appointment in
government service to persons less
than 40 years of age.
DR.. Gordon is 20, but admits he
cannot possibly reach his profes-
sional prime before he is As. He
added:
"No physician really begins to
feel the ripening influence of his
experience until he is past As.
Experience is a large part Of a
physicians tr a lining, coupled
with the constant study neces.
sary throughout his professional
career.
at is the consensus of experts
that an ordinary individual
reaches his mental prime at
about the age of 43 and in
creases in mental capacity until
he is about IS. He does not
really begin to wane in these
characteristics until after the
latter age"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
JOKE WEDDING
No JOKE NOW

His wife took the wedding as
a joke and he went fishing on the
very night they were married.
but they must remain married,
the judge told Mr.. and Mrs. John
A. White when they attempted to
have their marriage annuled in
Baltimore yesterday.
White said he knew his wife
only three days when he married
her After the ceremony he took
her to his home. They visited
friends in the afternoon and that
night he went on a fishing trip.
He said they never lived as man
and wife.
Judge Frank J. Duncan in the
Circuit Court for Baltimore
county denied an annulment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
8 NEGROES DIE
IN n. !. FIRE

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 G.N.S).
Trapped in their beds, eight ne
groes, including six children, were
burned to death early today when
fire, which police said may have
been of incendiary origin, swept
through a three STORY frame tene-
ment in Brooklyn.
Three families occupied the
structure, located in a densely
populated tenement section.
Three persons were badly burned
and were hurried to a hospital,
where their condition was report
ed critical.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Wrestler's Manager
Dies of Heart Attack

TORONTO, Nov. 8 I.N.s).
Frank Smith, SO, manager of
Jim Browning, champion wrest-
Ter, dropped dead last night in
the office of the Arena Gardens
just as he was collecting the
purse. Doctors ascribed death
to heart disease. Smith, a
former Chicago sports editor,
lived in Boston with his wife.
Funeral services will be held
there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
BANKER AMONG
RICHEST MEN,
PROBE TOLD
Short-Saie Operations in Chase
Stock Melted $4,008,538
In Market Crash
BY International News Service

by International News service
Albert H. Wiggin, former head
Of the Chase National Bank, now
revealed as one of the richest
men in America, shared an in
come of $18,000,000 with his fam
lily in the boom years of 1928 and
1929, it was disclosed today by
the records of the Senate bank
ing inquiry.
This income came to Wigg1n,
his wife and two daughters from
his salary as chairman of the
governing board of Chase Bank,
their investments and the profits
of their personal corporations
and trust funds. It included 81
OO8,538 profit from Virgins
short-sale operations in stock of
the bank.
Sold Chase Stock Short
Wiggin conducted these opera
tons, the record revealed, in the
midst of the 1929 market crash
while he literally poured millions
of dollars of the banks money
into the Morgan pool to halt
the panic. On one Gay he sold
Chase stock short even as he con-
ferred with the desperate bank
leaders of New York city and
used his banks funds to stem
the crash of market values.
The income Of Wiggin and his
family for these two boom years
was disclosed by the records as
follows:
Virgins personal income from
salary and other sources, 3d.
1923.
Income of Mrs. Wiggin, their
two daughters, and trust funds,
$3,4OO,OOO.
Income of Virgins three
personal corporations, $780,
O3O.
Profit from his short sale
operations, $4.008,538.
Total family income, $751;
011,691.
S3,4OO,OOO Family Income
The income of Mrs. Wiggin,
the daughters, Mrs. Sherbourne
(Marjorie) Prescott and Mrs.
Lynde (MurieD Selden, and the
family trust funds was estimated
at $3,400,00O on the strength OF
their income tax payments. Thls
group paid $849, 665.15 Federal
income taxes in the two boom
years. In the same two years,
Wiggin had an income of $3,173,-
1913 and paid but $663,54 in in
come taxes.
Wiggin made a $4,008,53S profit
from his short sale operations,
conducted from September % to
December 4, 1929. He amassed
the profit on December II. 1929.
when he covered the last of his
short sales. For income tax pur-
poses, he legally postponed re-
cording the profit on the books
of his corporations until 1881.
From October Is to November
4, 1929, Wiggin sold 1850 shares
of Chase stock short for total
of $884,981. This was at time
when Thomas w. Lamont, of j.
P. Morgan and Compan., spokes-
man for the Morgan Pool" de-
clared the bankers were not SELL
ing any stock.
History OF Transactions
The market crash began Octo-
Der 10. On the last hour of trad
ing, October %, there came a real
crash. It so frightened Wall
Street that Wiggin, Lamont,
Charles E. Mitchell, Seward Pros
ser, and William Potter began con-
ferring on means to halt it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
300 to Attend Dinner
At HOlUQrd Tonight

Approximately 800 women grad
yates and students of Howard
UNIVERSITY will hold their twelfth
annual dinner tonight in the uni
versity dining hall at 8 o'clock.
Among the speakers will be
Dean Lucy Slowe. Music will be
furnished by the Women's Glee
Club.
The program committee COM
prises Mary Jane Clark, Kath-
crime Bonner, Bonita Bullock,
Gladys Burrell, Elsie Cain, Violet
Coles, Doris Daniels, Hilda Evans,
Marion Martin, Flake Pinkett
and Hazel Jones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
San Juan Hill Hero
To Get War Medal

Arthur Agnew, who pulled a
Spanish flag from the block
house at San Juan Hill Is years
ago, has been notified by the
War Department that he will be
decorated with the Distinguished
Service Gre :.
Agnew, who has been living at
the Soldiers Home for the past
two years, received a certificate
of merit for the feat after the
Spanish War. Brig. Gen. Perry
L. Miles, commander of the
Fourteenth Infantry Brigade, will
present the medal at a ceremony
some time within the next few
weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Man Takes Poison
In Suicide ATTEMPT

Clyde Limerick, 26, of the 1900
block Sixth st. S. w., is in a
serious condition today in Emer-
gency Hospital as the result of
four poison tablets he swallowed
last night.
According to police Limerick
attempted suicide. He was found
writhing in agony at Sixth and I
Streets Southwest last night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Police Lose Trace
Of Verne Miller

CHICAGO, Nov. 8 U.N.SD-Fed-
eral authorities and police today
continued their search for Verne
C. Miller, Southwestern desperate
and affiliate of the Harvey Bailey
kidnapping gang. No trace was
found of the gangster after he
shot his way out of trap laid by
Federal agents here Wednesday
night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
5 Quarts of Whisky
Stolen From Home

Benjamin G. Murphy, an &C
countant, reported to police his
home, in the 5000 block Thirty
second st. N. W.. was broken into
last night and that six quarts of
Scotch whisky, among other
things, were stolen. No value was
given for the whisky, but the other
loot was valued at $375.
Mr.. Murphy is resident partner
Of the accounting firm of Murphy.
Lanier 81 Quinn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Chicago BOmbers
Facing Long Term

CHICAGO, Nov. 3 G.N.SO.-
James Catuaro and William Pal
ermo, convicted by jury as pro-
fessional bombers, today faced
the prospect of serving from 5 to
Is years in the penitentiary. The
two men were convicted under the
State bomb law, forbidding posses
sion of dynamite 'for bombing
purposes"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Coca Cola Quarter
Net Above Year AGO
By International News seruica

BY International News Service
Coca Cola Company increased
net profit in the September
quarter to $3,181,49 after
charges and Federal taxes, COM
pared with $2,679,O16 in the like
1882 quarter.
For the nine months ended
September 80, net was $8,342,285,
against $8,8O2,553 in the CORE
spending period last year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
LOSS FOR REFINERs

Receivers report of Producers
& Refiners Corporation for the
six months END June 80, shows
net loss of $1O9,461, after depre-
citation, depletion, receivers ex-
penses and inventory adjustment.
Evening star., 1933-08-17
VIRGINIA BEER BILL
IS GIVEN ASSEMBLY
Measure Is Presented in
Both House and Senate
simultaneously.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. August 1.-THE
Virginia bill lesalizine sale of beer was
introduced IN the special session of the
General Assembly today.
1t would legauZe the sale of beer,
lager beer. ale, porter, wine. similar
termented malt and vinous liquor and
fruit juices of not more than 80 pei
cent alcoholic weight. on and afte.. five
daVS after paSca 5a of the measure
The bill was introduced simultane-
ously in both the House and the Senate
by the chailmen OF the respective
Finance mnittees-Delegate WILDER
c. Hall If Loudoun. and Senator w. A
Garrett of Ridgeway.
Imposes State Tax.
AS originally introduced the bill i'm
poses a State excise tax of l cent a
bottle on the beverage in containers,
and $3.l0 per barrel for 31-gallon bar
rels, Delegate Hall said the MEASURE
was an administration bill. and in COM
mittee We would seek to have the excise
taxes reduced by half.
Under the bill the State license tax
Wall be $1O0 per arnunr for manufac-
turers. and S55 PEI year for bottlers,
and wholesalers. and SIS a year for re-
tailers, in years subsequent to 1888. For
the remainder of this year the manu-
facturer's tax will be $50, bottle-s and
wholesalers S25, and retailers S.
Localities. under the bills provision,
may impose an additional license tax
The maximum in these taxes by coun-
ties. cities and towns, was set at 81, 900
per annum on manufacturers. 81 900 per
year on wholesalers and bottlers. and
for retailers in cities. $40, and for re-
tailers in counties and towns, $40 per
year.
Requires $500 Bond.
The bill has rigid restrictions on the
character and reputation of persons
engaged in the beverage business, and
requires the posting of $500 bond.
Revenue features of the measure are
under the supervision of the State tax
commissioner, who is given autho-iZa-
ton for the use of both stamps and
caps Licenses are to be issued through
the commissioners of the revenue. and
taxes are to be collected through the
local treasurers.
All State revenue from the beverage
business is directed into the general
fund, with provisions for per cent of
the total to be used In enforcement.
Evening star., 1933-08-17

tions of the dollar. When the dollar
goes up, they go down.
Some one pointed out his chart in
dicated dollar devaluation would be the
best possible farm relief.
Il am not Secretary of the Treasury"
replied WaNoce, "any1Day, / talk too
much"
He folded up his chart.
The background on the Wallace story
is that he is an inf1ationist while Treas
ury Secretary Woodin is a conservative.
The fight which Budget Director Doug
las made to require farmers to pay their
seed loans with money they get from
the Government for crop reduction
has hurt his prospects of getting
Woodins job 1t has made him some
what unpopular in the farm regions,
where the administration desires to be
popular.
The Roosevelts were conSiderate of
the newsmen who accompanied them to
Hyde Park They had an open-air
press party one afternoon. Mrs. Roose-
welt cooked at an open fire. Mr.. Roose-
velt was noticeably tired when he left
Washington for his vacation, but ap-
parently fully recovered when he re-
turned here
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-08-17
STERLING ACCEPTS
CUBAN POST HERE
Appointment Awaits Formal
ity of Expected U. S.
Approval.

BY the Associated Press
DR.. Manuel Marquee Sterling, former
Cuban Ambassador to Mexico, today
accepted the offer of President Carlos
De Cespedes to be Ambassador to WASH
ington.
Formal announcement of the appoint
ment has not been made, pending the
formalities OF asking the State De-
partment for approval which Is ex-
pected in high official circles.
DR.. Sterling has been in Washing n
since resigning two years ago as A.
bassador to Mexico.
as mediator between President Machado
and the opposition forces in Cuba In a
futile effort to solve Cuba's political
controversy. Former Ambassador Ferrara
represented Machado and the two held
long conversations at the Cuban en-
bassy here.
Toured Latin America.
One Of Marquee Sterling's chief dis
ttnctions In Washington was his service
on the Commission of Neutrals, which
succeeded In 1928 in renewing diplomatic
relations between Bolivia and Paraguay
after hostilities had broken out in the
Chaco.
NaAQue1 0IeTllHB mas Deen ms cO0n-
try's envoy In Argentina, Brazil, Peru
and Mexico. He scored a diplomatic
triumph in 1928. when. as special Gu
ban Ambassador at Large. he toured
Latin America. inviting the republics
OF the Western hemisphere to the sixth
Pan American Conference, held at Ha-
vana in December of that year. For
the first time that year every one of
the 81 Pan-American republics was
represented at q Pan-American Con-
ference.
Founded Newspapers.
The new envoy founded Ell Mundo,
Cuban newspaper, in 1902, at the birth
OF the Cuban republic. In 1914, when
President Mario Menocal came into Of
nee. he resigned from the diplomatic
service and founded a second Cuban
newspaper, La Nacion.
He has written about 20 books. OF
these he considers his most important
one written in 1915 in Spanish, "Di-
plomacy in Our History" concerning
the diplomatic history of Cuba.
DR.. Marquee Sterling speaks little
English, and is of retiring nature.
He is short. stout man, with gray
hair and mustache.
His son, DR. Carlos MARQUEE Ster-
ling, is member of the Mexican En-
bassy staff here.
Evening star., 1933-08-17
JURY is RECALLED
TO ACT IN LYNCHING
Judge Demands Prompt Considera-
ton After Probe Is
Deferred.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA Ala. August IT.
Explaining that the situation demanded
prompt and decisive action" Judge
Henry B. Foster today ordered the Tus-
caloosa County grand jury to reas-
semble Monday to pursue its investiga
ton of last Sundays lynching Of two
colored men and the wounding of an
other
On reconsideration. Judge Foster said
he believed the recess until September
4, decided on last night, was too long"
and that the time between now and
Monday would be sufficient for the
gathering of facts which could not be
obtained Immediately in the grand jury
room.
The grand jury called into special ses-
sion by Judge Foster recessed last night
without returning indictments or a re-
port, Offering the explanation that fur
ther study would require additional time
There was no indication as the recess
was taken whether indictments are pos
stble. The bullet which investigators
hope may furnish clue to the iden
tity Of the lynching party was taken
from the body of Dan Pippen, jr.
Evening star., 1933-08-17
|. c. C. AUTHORIZES
ROCK ISLAND MERGER
UNDER STlPULATI0NS
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
merely to take over directly the fnan-
cial obligations of its subsidiary COM
panies, for which it is now responsible
through its guarantees or proprietary
Interests"
The system is composed of three op-
Grating and nine incorporating cor
porations. In the first group in addi-
ton to the parent company. are the
Chicago. Rock Island and Gulf Rail-
way and the Peoria Terminal Co.
The Rock Island itself operates 1921
miles of line in Illinois. Iowa, Missouri,
Minnesota, South Dakota, Ksnsas,
Nebrasia. Colorado, New Mexico. Okla
homa. Arkansas, Louisiana and Ten
neSSee
Mahaffie Dissents on Point.
Commissioner Mahaffie disc ented from
the condition requiring the Rock Island
to bind itself, if in a subsequent pro-
ceeding the commits lion did so find. to
acquire the Wichita Northwestern.
The applicant" Mahaffie said is
in process OF reorganization. It is
necessary that its financial and cor
porate structure be simplified. This
proceeding is merely a step in that
direction and involves nothing beyond
that.
"No new properties are being brought
into the system. The imposition OF
the condition adds a contingent liability
which is quite incapable of appraisal.
- If the Rock Island-Frisco system
were being created here, there perhaps
might be justification for such a
condition"
Commissioner Tate concurred in this
dissent.
The Rock Islands plan contemplates
the transfer Of the subsidiary prop
critics to the parent which Is to assume
the entire funded debt and other
financial obligations Of the vendors.
The parent road also has agreed to
carry out all their contracts, and pay
such additional consideration. If any,
as shall be approved or required by
the commission. No issue of additional
securities is planned.
The commission said assumption Of
the bonds of the subsidiaries does not
involve any change in the Rock Islands
ultimate liability since 1t is now liable
through Endorsement CT through ts
proprietary interest for all of them.
A balance sheet as of May 81, 1882,
which the commission described as
theoretical" showed the aggregate
stocks and bonds CT the Consolidated
Corporation. at par, to be SAT- ,O24 .63l,
arrived at by eliminating intra-system
holdings.
The value Of the Consolidated prop
critics as Of the same date was placed
at $5l ,053, ,252.
Evening star., 1933-08-17

week they may be able to get something
along that line. Nothing has been
forthcoming yet.
That is not due to the inefflciency Of
the counSels. Their conScientiOusneSs
and sincerity cannot be questioned.
Possibly no other persons could have
done more.
Bad Time for Consumers.
But times have been bad for consum-
ers' counsels around the N. r. A. The
big job has been to lasso industry and
business into codes. There has been no
time for haggling about specific prices.
That will come later when the codes
are in operation. 1t will be the main
business then.
If the N. R. A tried to handle specific
price questions now, the codes would be
delayed for months.
At least. that is the theory on which
the organizers have been proceeding.
The thing which made Ogburns
warning important was that it came
When price complaints from consumers
were pouring in.
Housewives pere ho,phng Coy maiD
about canned goods and groceries going
up. The man Uho uanted suit found
the price much higher than on the last
one he bought The motorist Dho had
to purchase netD tire found the price
had quietly been raised 20 per cent.
The incomes of these people had not
been touched by the N. r. A. or any
thing else.
Difficult to See Logic.
In other words. If the N R A. has put
a million men back to work they will
not object to price increases. But the
100000 or more who are employed
cannot see the logic in price increase
while their wages remain the same.
And what of the unemployed who
have not yet found jobs? There are
more than 100000 of them on whom
higher prices fall as bitter hardship.
officials are trying to find the answer.
Some remedial action may be expected
soon. They cannot keep their program
from working hardships on some one.
Most salaried men benefited from the
decline. Prices dropped before salaries