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The Washington times., 1933-06-06
MITCHELL SAYS
FORTUNE GONE
IN CRASH
PenniIeSs Since March, 1881,
Losing All Securities to
Save His Bank

NEW YORK, June 6 qNSO.
Charles E. Mitchell, millionaire
80 times over before the financial
crash of 1929, today admitted on
the witness stand at his income
tax evasion trial that he was vir.
tually pennilesS, saying he had
been that way since March, 1881
Mitchell testified how he
poured out all his stocks, Securi
ties and even mortgages on his
homes to backstop the drop i'll
values of the collateral for loan
of $6.O00,000 made to him in
1929 by J. P. Morgan and Com
pany. His counsel, Max D.
Steur, asked:
"Then in March, 1881, you
had put behind the loan prac-
ticaIly everything you had?"
eyes, SIR"
Value Kept Dropping
Mitchell told of how the market
value of his collateral kept de-
creaSing, teStifying:
"In November, 1880, 1 put up
all my securities excepting
stocks of doubtful market value"
In the first quarter of 1881 he
raised every cent he could to add
to the collateral, Mitchell con-
tinued.
81 raised $1,5OO,OOO on three
mortgages on my homes"
Then his lawyer brought him up
to his present financial status.
Doesn't Cover Loan
"DOeS the collateral you have
deposited with j. P. Morgan g.
Co. cover the loan made to
yOu?"
mo, it is under-cOllateralized
to a considerable extent"
The defense has maintained
that the present financial diff
culties of the defendant we're due
to Mitchell's voluntary attempt tC
play the market for National City
Bank stock in order to save the
institution from a catastrophe.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
SPOTTER
GIVEN OKAY

Appointment of a telephone
operator to listen in on telephone
conversations and "spot" unau.
thorized personal calls from Dis
trict offices was approved today
by the District Commissioners on
recommendation of the Economy
Committee.
The committee has for some
time been working on a plan to
reduce the cost of telephone serv-
ice to the District and today sub
mitted a report by it's subcommit-
tee which has had the matter
under consideration.
Pointing out that a number of
Federal departments forbid the
calls, the committee recommended
use of telephones for personal
that the same procedure be fol.
lowed in the District, with the
further provision that outside
calls should be limited to certain
telephones. Calls over these
phones must be official, it is
added.
The report, which was approved
by the Commissioners, also pro.
vides that the department heads
of the local government shall
make a survey of the telephones
in use, with a view to eliminating
those not deemed absolutely nee,
eSSary,
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
Tired Committee Eager to
End Morgan Quiz

Senator Walcott had said:
"The committee is trying to
decide whether it has the au-
thOrity to make this investiga-
tiOn. If it does not have, 1t
will ask the Senate for this
authority"
Walcott's statement came ir
answer to a denunciation by Sen
ator Robinson of those who have
been named on the Morgan ia
vorite client" lists. Robinson
charged the committee with "evad
ing responsibility in the investiga
ton" He declared
Republicans and Democrats
alike are on these preferred
lists. If there are any guilty
ones among them they should
go to the penitentiary.
1--WE do not hesitate to send
the little fellows there. Nor
gan the Magnificent has had
a yacht built and launched dur
ing this depression, during the
very period in which he paid no
income tax. These same peO-
pie and the National Economy
League insist that we take food
out of the mouths of hungry
soldiers"
Robinson declared that Ferdi
nand Pecora, the committees spe
cial counsel. was "too able to suit
the House of Morgan"
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
2 Chicago Business Men
Mattern's BaCkers

CHICAGO, June 6 G.N.SD.-
Hayden R. Mills and H. B. Jane
son, two Chicago business men,
today were disclosed as the finan,
cial hackers of James Mattern on
his solo flight around the world,
Mattern's flight drew the in,
terest of both men, and they in,
structed the young fier to go the
limit in making his preparations,
it was revealed by Mills when
Mattern reached Moscow. Mills
said:
I'VE feel confident that jim
mie will come through. He
started working on plans for
another flight within few days
after the crackup he and Ben
nett Griffin had in Russia. He
has left nothing to chance"
Jameson relayed to Mills a
cablegram he received from Mat
tern after he had taken off from
Moscow. 1t read:
Feeling great. Still travel
ing East. Hope to drop in on
you soon. Regards. Jimmie Mat
tern"
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
Piece of Felt Nearly
Ruins Mattern's Flight

MOSCOW, June 6 G.NSO.-
"A piece of felt, mysteriously
lodged in the gas filter of Jimmy
Mattern's Centur. of Progress
came perilously close to wrecking
his round-the-world flight attempt
before it was half over.
- The little piece of felt was dis
covered only few hours before
he took off from here on his way
to OmSk today
- Evidently the felt had worked
its way through one of the gas
lines into the filter, through
which all the gas from the 10
tanks of the Century of Progress
must pass before entering the
carburetor.
Mattern made the discovery
whe-4 he was about to leave Mos
COW. He started his motor only
to find it spluttering and cough
ing. Hurried investigation brought
the obstacle to light.
Mattern's face was study as
he passed his hand through his
hair and remarked:
"Phew, I'd have had a nice
time if l had hoped off with
that.
"That's what almost gave me
heart failure twice over the
Atlantic when my motor cut
out"
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
LEAGUE CLOSES
JEWS CASE"

GENEVA, June 6 Q.N.SO.
The League of Nations Council
today closed the case regarding
treatment of Jews in Upper
Silesia upon Germany's promise
to rectify infractions of the
Ininorities agreement.
The case came before the
League when Franz Bernheim
submitted a petition charging ILL
treatment of Jews.
With Germany and italy alb
staining from voting, the Council
accepted the report of COM
mittee assigned the case, and
later Sean Lester, Irish Free State
president of the council, served
notice that the matter is consid-
cred closed.
This outcome, he said, resulted
from the action of Germany to
correct the allegedly illegal con-
ditions in Upper Silesia.
Rene Massigli. of France, said
he hoped this meant reinState
ment and restoration of rights
to those Jews who have already
suffered"
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
P POL|CE AUTOS
GET NEW TAGS

All police automobiles occupied
by uniformed men today began
running with a newly adopted
distinctive tag.
In place of the old tags Of the
"A" series, the series allotted to
District government automobiles,
the police cars will bear markers
with the legend Police Depart
ment, District of Columbia" and
a number. The legend is dark on
light background.
Major Ernest W. Brown, super
intendent of police, said:
81 suggested this change so
that everyone may know a
police car is a police car. 1t will
also be an economy move be-
cause the new tags will not have
to be replaced from year to
year."
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(COntinued from Page y

's~'s ~S~
pare a stipulation setting forth
the income tax sought by Pecora'
The three Morgan partners in
volved were William Ewing, Har-
old Stanley, and Thomas S. La
mont.
Pecora wanted to show that the
three partners escaped income
taxes in recent years by the ap'
parently legal method of selling
securities at a loss just before the
end of the tax year. In Lamont's
case, Senate investigators learned
he sold a batch of securities on
December 30, 1881, while his wife
purchased similar securities the
following day.
Senator Fletcher CD of Flor
ida, chairman, who has sup
ported Pecora valiantly, an
nounced he would draft a reSo-
luton and demand its prompt
adoption by the Senate. He said
he would do all in his power to
get Pecora unquestionable power
to proceed with the inquiry.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
SUBST|TUTEVET
PLAN ASKED Of
ROOSEVELT
President Calls in Douglas and
Hines to Work Out Com
promise for House

The House will adopt the Sem
ate amendment adding $170,000,-
600 to the independent offices
bill for veterans unless the Pres
ident submits a satisfactory alter
native plan, Speaker Rainey said
after a conference on the vet
Grams economy act today.
The conference, which included
the Democratic steering commit
tee, special veterans committee,
and Chairman Buchanan CD OF
Texas, of the Appropriations
Committee, adjourned without
action until tomorrow to permit
Buchanan to negotiate with the
White House.
The President called to the
White House today Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, Administrator OF
Veterans Affairs, and Director OF
the Budget Lewis w. Douglas to
try to work out a compromise
program which would be ac-
ceptable to Congress.
First Compromise Spurned
Rainey said the Administra-
tion's first compromise plan Of
fered to the Senate did not meet
the demands of House members
who want the veterans economy
act liberalized He said:
"In the absence of any agree
ment, the House will adopt the
amendment approved by the
Senate. While the President has
not said so, am under the i'm
preston that he would veto the
bill with that amendment.
II hope we can get along
without a veto message. / do
not think the President and the
House are so far apart"
New Taxes Not Discussed
Rainey said the question of levy
ing new taxes to make up for any
savings taken out of the veterans
economy bill-as demanded by
the President-Was not discussed
by the House gathering.
The House group, Rainey said,
is very insistent that veterans with
war presumptive disabilities be
given liberal treatment. The COM
promise plan offered to the Sen
ate did not include this feature.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
EX-JURORL LANDS
IN COURT

Having just completed serving
on a jury in Police Court last
Friday, Leroy Breitbarth was
arraigned in Police Court today
on a charge of cruising in a taxi
cab in a restricted zone on F
Street.
Judge Ralph Given said to him:
You most certainly should
have learned something about
traffic laws while you were Serv-
ing O., a jury. How about it?"
Breitbarth agreed with the
judge but said he had been driv-
ing a taxi only two days and had
just delivered a passenger at a
nearby hotel before he was
arrested. Judge Given took his
personal bond.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
You May Need This
Information to Buy
Gasoline Sometime

A boy went to a gasoline
filling station one day to buy
half a gallon of gasoline. He
took with him can of ex-
actly one gallon capacity.
When he reached the station
the attendant said, II have
no half gallon measure; but
here are two measures, one
holding five pints, the other
three pintS, and with the
aid Of your can, we shall be
able to measure out exactly
half a gallon" The boy
looked amazed and asked,
How can you do it?"
II you, too, are amazed as
to how it was done and are
unable to figure it out, turn
to the answer, published in
the Want Ad section of this
newspaper.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
SPEED CUT, BUT
HE'S AHEAD Of
RECORD TIME
Filler Has Still a Few Hours
Edge on Post and Gatty;
IrkutSk Next Stop
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Continued from Page y
Washington time), there were
some reports he had landed at
1888 p. m. Moscow or Omsk time.
If the latter proves to be cor
rect, the elapsed time can be
reduced by two hours.
Knaharovsk is the next sched-
uled stop after Irkutsk. Here
Mattern plans a longer rest, with
time out for a thorough over
hauling of his ship and six or
eight hours sleep before starting
the most dangerous part of the
flight-from Khabarovsk to Nome
over the most treacherous and
bleakest territory in the world.
This jump will take him
through frightful blizzards, violent
gales, and fogs. Those who have
flown over it call this territory
"the land that God forgot"
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
VaucIain Tells Jews
To Forget About Hitler

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. June 8.
Jews were advised today by
Samuel M. Vauclain, chairman
of the board of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, not to worry
"about their German friend Hit
Ter or take him seriously" He
said:
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
Tom Calvin, Noted
Florist, Dead at 81

NANTUCKET, Mass, June 6
Q.N.SD Thomas F. Calvin, 81,
nationally known florist, and
creator of the famous Lawson
Pink" which was purchased by
the late Thomas F. Lawson for
$4,000, died today at the Nam
tucket Cottage Hospital
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
Eddie FOy, J., Weds
Chorus Girl in NY.

NEW YORK, June 6 GNSD.
Eddie Fay, jr., comedian and son
OF the late comedian. today mar
rled Anna Marie McKenney, who
left the chorus of musical com
edy to become his bride. The
ceremony was performed in the
chambers of municipal court,
Judge John j. Sullivan. This is
Foy'S second marriage. His first
wife, the comely Barbara New
berry, divorced him early in 1882.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06

"ct nnof he happy
ine no! is, quite jl1eoFr
whet1eT" tHty ere r-so n
Mrs. Buck Offered ne NO.
ing as tbs ereeo Of ne o0ylj~
ist: w.
81 believe on! in life
tragic, gay, glorious, incegrgre-
hensible life, / believe iii hu-
man be rs, and in the, gocG
and evil ni9gIed in US ali, 7
believe = . t!a' = is t. Ee
kept to, it's one nOiy use-whI,iI
is to portray faithfully, as only
the pureSt art can, life itself,
and life only"
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
Cyrus Curtis, I'LL
Publisher. Weaker

PHILADELPHIA, June 6
G.N.SO.-Cyrus H. K. Curtis.
noted newspaper and magazine
publisher who has been gravely
i'll at his estate at Wyncote since
last Friday, was reported some
what weaker today by his
physicians. He will be SO this
month.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
N. Y. SOCIETY TO ELECT

The annual business meeting of
the New York State Society for
the election of officers and
trustees during the coming year,
will be held in the gold ballroom
of the Shoreham Hotel tonight at
8 o'clock,
The Washington times., 1933-06-06

Hitler is
d e privin e
Germany of
l t S b e S t
b r a S, its
best men and
its most en-
Ii h t en- e d
people. If the
J e w S are
driven out Of
Germany, MIR.
Hitler can
hang out q
sign Ger
many to Let
"My mother
The Washington times., 1933-06-06

Woman's Col
lie G e in the
class of IA,
h a S advised
the alumnae
of the college
to re S o | We
firmly never
to writ e a
novel. But in
c a S e t h e y
could not re-
SiSt the urge,
she has set
f or + h for
them a nov"
eliSt' S creed.
C. onfeSSing
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entering them
i n r a c e S
a G a in S t all
comerS.
The Kings
i n t ere S t in
this sp or t
started many
y e RS a go
when the late
King Leopold
of B e l G i um
presented him
a number Of
birds. In most
of the races
h e | d ere,
King George
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
st. Dominic Pastor
Gets Post in West

The Very Rev. Raphael M.
Burke. pastor of St. Dominics
Church here since 1929. has been
named head of the new Domini-
can province of st. Albert the
Great in the Middle West, it was
1Oarned today.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
King Owns 80 Pair
Of Racing Pigeons

LONDON, June 5.-King
George V is keenly interested in
pigeon racing, now having about
80 pair Of birds in the royal
lofts at Sandringham, and often
The Washington times., 1933-06-06

we were going TO nave SOllle
real recovery with Mr.. Roose-
velt plotting. But I guess it's
about over. I see that Congress
is starting to take itself seri-
ously again.
That means Roosevelt will
have to go on the radio some
night and put those gentlemen
right back in their place. He
made the mistake of keeping
'em in session two weeks too
long.
The Government has ruled
that beer can't be sold on an
Indian reservation. The Gov
The Washington times., 1933-06-06

VACCLATN was a Bdp'
tiSt. I was christened by a
Catholic priest, was raised an
EpiScOpalian, and have lived
with the Quakers and Jews for
forty years. They are all my
friends"
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
WIFE IS HELD
IN SHOOTING

CONTINUED from Page y
Wiedeman took it out of a bu-
reau drawer and handed it over,
they reported.
Woman HyStericaI
She was taken to the Women's
Bureau and the murder charge
lodged against her. After taking
a statement from Long, homicide
squad detectives questioned the
woman and told her for the first
time that her husband was dead.
She went into Mysteries, shrek
ing and cobbing. Later she calmed
down, and insisted that she had
no memory of the events of the
night.
She was positive, however, she
said, that she had not shot her
husband, and had not touched
the gun. After the woman had
been questioned. she was taken
to the Bureau of Identification,
fingerprinted, photographed, and
then returned to the Women'S
Bureau.
Children Questioned
The children were questioned by
detectives, and they verified Longs
story about the loud voices which
had disturbed them, police said.
The children were taken care of
by j. William Tomlinson, a
brother-in-law of Wiedeman.
TomlinSon was attorney for
CASTOR B. Means in the recent
trial which resulted in Means and
Norman T. Whitaker, also known
as The Fox" being convicted of
conspiracy to steal $4,000 from
Mrs. Evalyn Walsh Mclean.
CONDITION OF TREASURY
Treasury balance $343,233,-
697.55; expenditures, $8,873, ,631 80;
ouctovooe rnnaiAfe &1 TOT 2Q6 Al
The Washington times., 1933-06-06

presents cups and trophies,
and these are eagerly cherished
by the owners of the prize
winning birds.
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
Mrs. Buck Sets Forth
NoVeIist's Creed

LYNCHBURG, Va. June 6.
Mrs. Pearl S. Buck author and
graduate of Randolph-MaCon
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
WILL ROGERS Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, June 6.-Things have
been going along just fine and it looked as though
The Washington times., 1933-06-06

ernment doesn t want to take the Indians
too quick.
tcopyriEh. 1884. By McNaurh. Syndicate,
The Washington times., 1933-06-06

MRS MITCHELL ARRIVES AT COURT
MRS CHARLES E. MITCHELL, wife of the former
head of the National City Bank of New York arrives at
court with friend to attend the trial of her husband
charges of income tax evasion Mrs Mitchell was ruled
out as a witness by Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard,
who held that the wife of defendant could not be called
as witness. Photo by International News
The Washington times., 1933-06-06
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury bal nee, $343,233,-
697.55: expenditures, $8,873, ,631.S0;
customs receipts. $l,727 ,395.4L
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
PITT FIVE FEARS
Bic TEN FOES

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec. 26.
Pitts chances to do better than
break even against Western bas-
ketball opposition are very likely
to receive rude jolts within the
next few days, when the Panthers
will be called upon to meet the
Minnesota Gophers orrow
night and the Buckeyes, of Ohio
State, Saturday night in the local
gym.
Pitt will be an even choice
against Minnesota by virtue Of
the 35-26 win registered by Carl
sons troupe over the Norsemen at
Minneapolis last winter, but Ohio
State will be a different story, for
Coach Olson, of Ohio, has every
one of his 1928 Big Ten cham
pions back on the squad this yeaf.
Minnesota will have a big, rangy
team, with plenty of height and
speed. At least three football
player are going to be on the
squad, Phil Bankston. George
Svendson and Julius Alphonse.
The former two were 20O-pound
tackles on the football squad. and
are playing guards during the win
ter months. Alphonse was the
hardest running halfback the
Panthers met during the entire
year.
1t is no secret but that Carlson
is considering a shift involving
Ted Roderick, the only consistent
player of the squad. and >sopho-
more from Scott High. Roderick
might go to a forward, shifting
Don McCamont back to a guard.
Ochsenhirt going to center, and
Claire Cribbs, an unsteady per
former, to the bench.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

This young man, it will be-
recalled, was signally out-thought
oy the press during the last world
series, but later they decided to
forgive him. After all, he was
at something of a disadvantage.
He had to do his thinking in
public.
The proposed victims this time
are Joe Mccarthy and Walter
Johnson and. in saying that, I
mean that apparently they may
have to start winning during
the 1884 season or prepare to
do their losing elsewhere.
The press boys are some times
as important as that. They do
not run a ball club. But they
can make an awful oil con-
tainer out of the man who does.
They seem to be running a
little early on Johnson. consider
ing the available facts.
Lost With a Loser
These show that all he did
was to take a loser in Cleveland
last mid-Season and do no worse
than expected, which was to
lose with it. However, they
The Washington times., 1933-12-26

didn't even seem to like the
way he did that.
"A sterling character" they
cOncede, ooh, my word. yes;
sterling, no end. But"
The specific nature of the COM
plant or complaints need not be
cited here, the important point
being that no manager can hope
to long survive, once the press
boys stop talking to themselves
and begin putting it all down on
white paper. That's why Mr.. Nc
Carthy is in for an interesting
year. They've been thinking lot
of things about Joseph for some
time. but he hasn't given them a
chance to take few of those ideas
for an airing.
For one thing. he was expected
to lose with the Yankees in 1881
and did. For another. he was ex-
pected to lose again in 1882 but
didn't. He only made one mis-
take, in fact. He took a winner
last year and lost with it.
More Expansive
Perhaps if Joseph was a little
more expansive with the boys and
told them few of his condolences,
all might still be we'll. But he isn't
and doesn't, respectively. with
the result that they feel no par
ticular obligation to protect him
if and when the time comes.
1t looks as though the time In
question may come next spring.
for he seems determined to play
pretty much the same hand all
over again and I've never forgot
ten John McGraW's rejoinder to
question two years ago as to
whether he intended to stand on
what he had.
stand on what l have?" said
John glOOmily. 81 might as well.
go out and stand on my head"