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The Washington times., 1933-03-24
URGES
RELEASE Of
MOONEY
Author on First Visit Tells us.
Frankly What He Thinks
Of This Country

SAN FRANCISCO, March
"a G.N.S.).-George Bernard
Shaw was to disembark here
today on his first visit to the
United States and his blue
Irish eyes glinted in anticipa-
ton.
The noted 77-year-old author
and playwright and Mrs. Shaw
arrived late last night on the
steamship Empress of Britain on
world cruise.
Shaw announced he would be
a guest of william Randolph
Hearst during his short visit in
California.
Shaw was in rare form as he
met the press. He pleaded for
the release of Tom Mooney, de-
nounced the American penal sys-
tenn, tabled the United States as
a drinking and an unhappy naTS
ton, took cut at Hitler and the
persecution of the Jews in Ger
many, thundered about his
(Shaw's) Communistic tendencies,
hailed Lenin as the greatest man
since Washington, and pictured
the crumbling of civilization.
Shocked at Mooney Case
With flashing wit and crushing
sarcasm, he went on to a discus
sion of dictators, technocracy,
women, and unemployment.
Shaw parried witticismS and
verbal thrusts with a small army
of newspaper reporters on board
his ship and rallied and stormed
at the battery of camera and
movie men who harrassed him.
The noted writer's voice was
tinged with fire as he took up
the case of Tom Mooney, impris-
oned II years ago for alleged
participation in a Preparedness
Day parade bombing here. He
said:
ITO bury a man for II years
is foolish. If he is not fit to live,
why haven't you Americans
the courage to shoot him? I
am shocked at the idea Of q
man being put into a vault for
IL years."
Declaring it would be a great
relief to him and others if the
governor of California would
pardon Mooney, the noted visitor
then raked the American system
of dealing with criminals.
Americans, beer and alcohol
next drew his fire. He said smil-
ingly:
"T'm a. teetOtaler, but
mustn't expect Americans to
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The Washington times., 1933-03-24

F.. Ambrose Clark, was one Of the
eight American starters in the
oath running of the gruelling
steeplechase.
FavOrites Out OF Money
The horse was an outsider,
however. The outcome fulfilled
Grand National tradition, in that
none of the favored entries fin
iShed in the betting.
Kellsboro Jack won by three
lengths. Eighteen of the "a
starters finished.
Some hours before the race,
Kellsboro Jack was quoted at
between 33 to l and 40 to /.
The field got away under per-
feet conditions at 3:18 p. m. with
the strongest American repre-
Sentation in history.
Mrs. c. S. Birds Heartbreak
Hill, an American-owned entry,
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z $4,000 JOBS
ARE KILLED.

Separate Assistant Secretary
ships for Aviation in the War
and Navy Departments have
been abandoned by the new Ad-
ministration.
Unless present plans are
changed, there will be no more
$4,000 jobs in these two branches.
The matter was pending for
some time after Inauguration of
President Roosevelt, but is now
considered by Army and Navy
chiefs as definitely settled.
The move met almost unani-
nous approval among the Army
general staff, the Navy high COM
mand, and Cabinet members. It
follows a policy, too, advocated
by former Secretary Of the Navy
Charles Francis Adams. The
former Navy Secretary told a
House committee there was no
need for a naval air secretary.
Abandonment of Army and
Navy air secretaries, however, in
no sense portended similar action
in the Commerce Department.
There the aeronautical aid to
the Secretary was held by Ad-
ministration leaders as necessary.
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BILL SPEEDED
At SENATE.
HEARINGS
Corporation Counsel Bride
To Draw Up Regulations
Covering Lager Sale

The District Commissioners
at their regular meeting today
directed Corporation Counsel
William W. Bride to prepare
recommendations for a code to
govern the manufacture and
sale of beer in the District.
Under the District beer bill
adopted yesterday by the House,
the administration of the laws
governing beer will be in the
hands of the three District Com
misSioners, who are empowered
to employ such clerical and other
aid as is necessary to handle the
traffic.
Scans Excise Code
AS a preliminary step in prepa-
ration of the new code, Mr.. Bride
began a study of the old excise
code which governed sale of alco-
holic beverages in the Capital
prior to the passage Of the pro-
hibition law
The old code vested control Of
barrooms and other places dis
pensing alcoholic beverages and
the issuance of licenses to such
places in a board of excise, COM
posed of three members who were
appointed by the President, sub
ject to approval of the Senate.
The members of this board were
paid $2,4OO per year each.
No Board Planned
There will be no necessity for
reinstatement of the old excise
board under the new bill, however,
as the powers it once welded are,
under the new bill, specifically
placed in the hands of the Com
misSionerS.
However, it is possible that some
features of the old excise code
may be incorporated in the new
regulations.
Applications for licenses to han
die beer after April Z continued
to arrive at the District Building
today from various restaurant
and store owners.
Army-Navy Club
Among applications received
today was one from the Army
and Navy Club seeking to handle
beer for it's members. This is
the first application to be re-
ceived from a club. Under the
local bill, as amended yesterday
by the House, clubs which charge
a membership fee of SIS or more
per year are eligible for licenses.
License applications received
now are being filed with Daniel
E. Garges. secretary to the Board
of Commissioners. pending adop-
tion. of a regular application
form. An approved form will be
sent those who already have ap-
piled.
The wet Senate District sub
committee begins hearings at 2:30
p. m. today on the beer measure.
A favorable report will be sub
mitted by the subcommittee,
which is to be presided over by
Senator Millard E. Tydings CD
Of Maryland, so as to permit the
flow of beer. lager. and porter on
April Z, the time % States legal
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SLASH IN GAS
RATE ASKED

RICHMOND, Va, March "a
Reduction of At cents in the pres
ent $3.50 rate of Rosslyn Gas
Company was asked by repre-
sentatives of Arlington county
citizens as the State corporation
commission resumed hearings on
complaint against utility rates.
Complaint was made through
Arlington County Public Utilities
Commission, and asks a rate of
$1.O3 for first $500 cubic feet, but
makes no protest against existing
rate of 80 cents for all gas above
the first step.
Two citizen witnesses, Arthur
w. Crossley, chemical engineer
who explained price at which gas
is sold to the Rosslyn company
by manufacturers in the District
of Columbia, and Henry j. Saund-
ers. real estate appraiser, who
testified the real estate of the
company is valued at $500,0O0,
were subjected to rigid cross
examination by gas company
counsel.
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MELLON BACK ;
IS 70 TODAY
Times staIf Photo

NEW YORK, March "a Q.N.SO
Andrew w. Mellon, Ambassador
to Great Britain under the
Hoover Administration, and for
mer Secretary of the Treasury,
arrived here today on his seventy
eighth birthday aboard the liner
Leviathan.
Mellon said his future plans
were undecided.
He paid indirect tribute to
President Roosevelt by asserting
that the new American chieftain
was Every favorably' regarded in
London and Europe.
Asked whether he thought the
United States was off the gold
standard, Mellon replied:
81 don't think we are off the
gold standard and don't see
any danger of the nation ever
going off the gold standard"
What did he think of develop
ments in connection with prohi-
bition?
He smiled:
"It is past the time people
are interested in whether / am
wet or dry
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To Be
KEPT OUT. .
0FDEATH
CAGE
Court Ignores Plea and Orders
Him Remanded to Formally
Hear Doom Next Week

Charles Harris, swarthy
Philadelphia of many aliases
and addresses, today was de"
clared guilty of murder in
the first degree by jury in
District Supreme Court. Un-
der the verdict, the death
sentence is mandatory.
The jury decided that Harris
was the man who riddled Milton
Henry, local gambler, with shot~
gun lugs as Henry returned ia
his home in the 3400 block
Brown st. N. w., in the early
morning of last April 81.
d Harris. talso known as Bern~
stein, Berrnan and under various
other names, was seen fleeing
according to witnesses, from tho
automobile in which the body OF
Henry was Slumped. The defense
had tried through the three-day
trial to prove an alibi showing
the defendant to have been in
Brooklyn, N. Y, at the time OF
the Staying.
Speech to Judge
Prior to the announcement OF
the verdict at 11:40 a. m, HarS
ris had been sitting in court
talking and laughing with deputy
marshal5. When the jury filed
into the room, his countenanco
was immobile and remained 50
as the verdict was reported.
Though his face did not show
it, Harris was evidently shaken
by the jury's decision. In q
husky voice he spoke to Justica
Daniel w. ODonoghue, who pre-
sided at the trial.
'When a man is convicted, he
is Immediately placed in the
death cage at the Jail. This is
contrary to law, and I do not
wish to be placed in there until
after sentence has been pro-
nounced."
Plea Denied
When the judge informed hina
that the matter of his imprisonp
ment was one for the Jail super"
intendent to decide. Harris irop
plored:
"T think should remain
where I have been until SEN
tence has been passed and I
think it should be SO ordered"
His request was denied, however,
the judge telling him that if he
receives treatment which he be-
lieveS to be wrong, he can take
action through his attorneys.
Harris, who did not take the
stand in his own defense, sur.
priSed the large number of spec
tators in the court room by his
faultless English. It was the
first time he had spoken aloud
during the trial.
Sentence will probably be pro.
nounced week from today.
During the trial the jury was
locked up except when in court,
due to rumors that witnesses had
been threatened and that at.
tempts might be made to intimi.
date the II men and one woman
who heard the testimony.
Is Ex-COnvict
Harris was the first white man
convicted of first degree murder
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The Washington times., 1933-03-24
D. C.. Heads Order Beer Licensing Code
Bill to Free
Prohibition
Prisoners

President RooSevelt's support
of the House resolution to pardon
all violators of the national pro-
hibition laws on ratification Of
the national prohibition laws OH
ratification of the repeal amend.
ment, was asked today in a letter
sent to the Chief Executive by
Representative Clarence j. Nc
Leod (RO of Michigan, author of
the resolution.
Stressing the economy to be
gained by such action, Repre-
sentativesentative Mcleod pointed
out that approximately 1900
prisoners now are confined for
violation of the prohibition laws,
costing the Government millions
of dollars annually.
Mcleod cited the fact that this
pardoning pow has been exer-
cised by five C:-ler President nj
cases in which laws pertaining to
revenue derived from distilled
spirits were. violated.
Mcleod further states:
"In addition to effecting q
considerable and much needed
economy, this gracious act Of
clemency would, / am confident,
carry out the will of our people
by refusing to allow the punt
tive measures connected with
national prohibition to remain
effective after our Constitution
is purged Of the amendment
that has proved SO unpopular
and repugnant to the vast ma
jOritv of our citizens"
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
ARMY
ASSA|LED BY
ALL. HEAD
Green Declares It "SmaCks of
HitIerism and Communism;
Douglas Says "Stop Gap"

The trade unions view the
Roosevelt bill for a civilian
conservation corps with deep
apprehension" William Green,
president of the American
Federation of Labor, declared
today at a joint Congressional
hearing.
Explaining that he appreciated
the deeply sincere motives" OF
the bills sponsors, Green assailed
the bill fiercely, asserting "it
smacks of fascism, Hitlerism and
communism" He explained:
Labor in the United States
has always been free. / see no
reason in this hour Of its deep
est distress for it to be regi-
mented into battaliOns under a
form Of military control"
So Called evil Example"
Then he assailed the 81 wage
as an "evil example" to private
industry, declaring.
81 presume that in these
camps the men will go out and
perform work, eight hours per
day, that's labor; that's work.
That's competition to free labor.
Human Psychology is peculiar.
Just as surely as Congress
passes this act, it will go down
in history as the Congress that
established q standard wage
scale of 81 per day for work
ON the public domain.
you'll never get away from
that.
II say it in the brOadest and
kindeSt way and not in a spirit
Of criticism, they regiment
labor in Hitler Germany in
Soviet Russia. When we are
attempting to do a broad and
fine thing, let us do it in the
American way. Lets keep labor
in America free"
is MERE STOP GAP
A complete and coordinate
program of relief and employ
ment" will be submitted to Con-
greSs soon by President Roose-
welt, Director of the Budget Doug
las declared and that the emer-
gency program for a civilian con-
seyvation corps to engage in for
eStry work is merely a stop gap.
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
Will Gives
100000 to Woman

Leonard Hamilton, of the TOO
block Seventh st. S. w., who
died March 13, left an estate val
used at 100000, according to a
petition filed in District Supreme
Court today. His will, filed a
week ago, was one of the short
est on record. Written on the
back of a telegraph blank the
day before he died, it read:
minnie KeyeS; you have
been good to me. All is
yours"
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
JURY |ND|CTS
NJ |TCHELL

NEW YORK, March "a Q.N.SJ.
Charles E. Mitchell, former
chairman of the board of the
National City Bank, was indicted
today by Federal grand jury on
the charge of evasion of income
taxes totaling $573,312 for the
year 1929.
The indictment charged that
the defendant received net in
come of $685. ,4O5 during 1929
and reported on his income tax
return a net loss of $4,000 for
that year, paying no tax.
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
Bill Would Lift
Race Lottery Ban

ANNAPOLIS, March 24.-Seek-
ing to reestablish State authorized
lotteries in Maryland, Philip Wal
lace, of Baltimore, yesterday Of
fered a measure to repeal the
constitutional amendment forbid
ding the legislature from permit
ting them.
Mr.. Wallace also sponsored o
bill to allow the racing commits
sion of the State to name any
days they saw fit as charity days
at the various race tracks of the
State.
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
30 u. S. Prisoners
Ordered to Camp Lee

Thirty Federal prisoners con-
fined in the Baltimore county
Jail at Towson, Md, were ordered
removed to Camp Lee, near
Petersburg, Va, and to other in
stitutions today by the Depart
ment of Justice. Special privi-
legeS, principally in the way of
extra food, had been given these
prisoners against the established
policy Of the Bureau Of Prisons.
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
Junior High Girl, 13,
MiSSin0 From Home

Police early today were asked
to search for Florence Boutch-
yard, 13, of the 200 block E St.
S. E., who has been missing from
her home since she left for school
yesterday morning.
The child's mother, Mrs. Ger
trude Boutchyard, could give the
.-olice no reason for the child's
disappearance. The child 1t
home for Hines Junior High
School yesterday but did not
reach. the school.
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
? Army Air Corps
Men Die in Crash

MIAMI, Fla, March "a G.N.S0
Lieut.. Charles w. Stouff, "a, of
Thorndale, Pa, and Staff Sergt.
Gale M. Lester, of Mitchell Field,
members Of the Fifth observation
group of the Army Air Corps,
were killed here this morning
when their plane plummeted to
earth out Of control.
The Washington times., 1933-03-24

man twice before they know it.
The House passed the farm
relief bill, and now the members
are starting on an unemploy-
ment relief bill.r Well, the farm
relief bill will relieve the un-
employed. It will give every
body who isn't working job
to watch the farmer and see
that he doesn't put in any more
rows of potatoes than he did in
1921. It should be called the
"Sherlock Holmes bill" It
created five million Democratic
detectives.
But, anyhow, the Democrats
The Washington times., 1933-03-24

dreds of articles are lost daily and the
greatest percentage of them are adver-
hand. II you've found something, read
the Lost and Found Columns Of the
WANT AID SECTION Of this newspaper
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WILL ROGERS

have justified their existence for there two words
we haven't heard uttered in three weeks-one is
"Republican" and the other is ''technocrat." Did
you ever see two fads pass out as quick?
Copyright By McNaught syndleats),
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
WILL ROGERS Saus:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, March 24.-These Demo-
Gratis are going so fast they are relieving the
The Washington times., 1933-03-24
GREEN RAPS RO0SEVELTS JOBLESS LABOR ARMY
THE WEATHER

Fair with lowest temperature about 81 de
Srees tonight; Saturday cloudy, with slowly ris
ing temperature; rain tuaSrday afternoon ane
night; gentle to moderate north winds, shifting
to east and southeast. Temperature yesterday
Highest, Al; lowest, 35. C1932-Highest, So
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
VETERANS BACK
NAVY PROGRAM
National Session Plans Are
Outlined by War
Group.

A resolution commencing Presi-
dent Roosevelt for his action in
authorizing the new navy program
was adopted and passed by the In
diana state council, Veterans of
Foreign Wars, at a recent meeting
Officers from all parts of the
state meeting in headquarters of
Hoosier post No. 624, Delaware and
Ohio streets, praised the Presidents
action.
Several past commanders repre-
senting the state council of admin
~istrative officers, attended. Com
mander Charles R. Michael, pre-
sided.
Most of the afternoon was taken
up with a discussion of questions
to be decided during the national
encampment meeting to be held
soon.
A resolution was passed calling
upon the President to modify the
veterans bureau regulation which
governs the presumption of service
connected disabilities and the re-
lnstatement Of dependency compen-
sat1on for service-connected cases.
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Vicente, Tex, one group to raid into
Glenn Springs and the other into
Bouquillas.
Nearly twenty persons were killed
before the bandits were repulsed by
cavalry from Maria, Texas, who
came gathering through the noun
tain passes from their post mere
than 100 miles away.
For years the old Sixth cavalry.
the Fighting Eighth" and the
Fourteenth held the situation along
the border we'll in hand. They
dealt stern but impartial justice to
outlaws from both sides of the river
and established a policy of IAN eye
for an eye" which eventually
brought feeble raids.
Now, however, the troops have
been withdrawn from Maria.
THAT policy of an eye for an eye
and a tooth for a tooth is the only
policy that will check and Subdue
these outlaws" says Uncle Tom
Miller, veteran rancher of the Sar
Vicente neighborhood. "It is a pol
icy we rancherS must entertain. II
we are strong enough to maintain
it without the aid of troops, we will
bring peace not only to the Amer
lean side of the border, but to the
Mexican side as we'll"
Since the troops were removed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
IS LOSE LIVES
over WEEKEND
Automobile Accidents Fatal
to Thirteen Persons
in Indiana.
By United Press

Automobiles took an unusual toll
of lives in Indiana over the week
end as summer highway traffic
reached it's peak.
At least thirteen persons were
killed in auto accidents while
drownings accounted for the deaths
of two.
Near Winchester two men and a
woman were killed when their car
cOllided with another. Two persons
lost their lives in an accident near
Shelbyville Saturday and an aged
couple died beneath the WHEELS of
a train which struck their car near
Whitestown Sunday.
The complete list of dead follows:
Automobiles-Mrs. Lucy Pritchard. So
Terre Haute; William Mailer. 10. Lebanon
Mrs. William Mailer. 60. Lebanon; George
Tanner. 49. Saratoga: Frank Rex. 81. Sar-
atoga; Mrs. Frank Rex, 40. Saratoga; MARY
katherine Barksdale, 10. Paoll: Free
Brown. so. Boggstown: Freda Davis. 10
Boggstown; Leroy Kahn. 90. Button
Joseph Gansinger. 81. East Chicago, An
gelo Semphine, 10. Mishawaka; Mary Susar
Jones, 70, Indianapolis.
Drownings-Ira Weidner. 80, Noble, Ill.
LLOYD fiddle, 20, Uniondale.
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Aged Woman. 80. Taken
Magic Fails
Giant of Enchanted Isle
Has 'CaWns' and His
'DaWgS Hurt
United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, July II. - Jacob
" Elma Littleton, who is seven
feet two inches tall, has succeeded
in enchanting about everything at
the Worlds fair Enchanted Island
except his feet.
Littleton comes from Crayson,
KY, where, he explains, they're
lucky if they can catch 'em and
put shoes on 'em fore they come
of age"
His job at the fair is to greet
all the children who enter the
Enchanted Island, children's play
ground. It's a job that Keeps him
working long hours, just standing
and being pleasant.
Littleton finally gave in to his
pride today and asked for a chair
to sit on.
Even a box will serve the pur-
pose" he told Miss Josephine
Blackstock, director of the island.
Surely, you're not that lazy"
Miss Blackstock answered.
mo ma'am," answered Little
ton, but ali got cawns and nah
dawgs hurt"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-07-17
SIXTY INITIATED
BY ELKS LODGE
New Members Indicted Into
KokOmo Chapter at
Meeting.

Sixty new members have Joined
the Kokomo Elks lodge 100, since
the installation of the new officers
recently.
Twenty-Five men were initiated
when the Columbia City lodge 1417.
degree team, performed the ritual
iStic work.
Later the degree team of Union
City lodge 1884 initiated thirty-dve.
Immediately after the arrival of
the latter degree team, a beef steak
dinner was served, and a parade
staged in KOkomo.
Of the new members, twenty men
are musicians, who have played at
many Elk functions in the past.
Another class of fifteen candidates
now is awaiting initiation.
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from Maria, Mexican outlaws have
become more daring.
In one of the raids, which Can
dalario may or may not have led,
a quantity of stock was stolen.
Later a Mexican, arrested on the
American side of the river, was
charged with the theft and con-
victed.
He was sentenced to the Texas
penitentiary and now is serving his
time.
It was largely through the testi-
mony of Art Hannold, a rancher at
San Vicente, that this Mexican was
convicted. And it happened that
the convicted prisoner was a brother
of Jesus Hortega, a lieutenant In
Candalario's band.
Rumors that trickled into the Big
Bend country from the Palomas
mountains say that Hortega and his
chief, Candalario, swore to get re-
venge on HannOld.
Swoop on Store
Emboldened by the fact that
there were no longer any United
States troops within striking dis
lance, Candalario and his band
swooped down on a store a few
miles up the Rio Grande from
Bouquillas and looted it Of It's pro-
visions.
Back across the border they
dashed, to hide in the fastness OF
their mountain retreat.
This successful venture of in
vasion apparently gave Candalario
more courage in forming his plans
for revenge on the gringo rancher
Art Hannold, against whom he had
vowed vengeance.
And so, in his crafty way, he be-
gan to lay plans for a clever snare
by which he hoped to take the life
of the American rancher without
splitting any more blood on his al
ready blood-stained hands.
NEXT: Art Hannold, who was
born in the saddle and cut his teeth
on a six-shOOter," and the trap that
CandaIario Baeza laid for him.