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Evening star., 1934-01-11
FRANCE IS SHOCKED |
BY WINE TAX NOVEL
Officials Repeat Payments
-,ti
on Debt Not DefauIted,
Only 'Deferred."
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FreSs' -.
PARIS, January 1.-THE United
States Senates move to impose a
higher tariff on wines and liquor from
nations which have defulated In the
payment of their war debts came as a
shock to French government circles to-
day.
The government had been hopeful
that bitterness over the debt question
had been lessened through recent trade
agreements.
High officials refused to discuss the
possibility of trade reprisals should tne
measure passed by the United States
Senate yesterday be adopted in the
House.
Debts Merely Deferred
II was stated. however, that the Sen
ate's action was considered unusually
strong"
In government quarters the point was
reiterated that the French position stllI
is that France never refused 10 meet
the payments on her war debts 10 the
United States, but simply deferred
InGln, d 1114dI oCbO4SAAtN1S'
Spokesmen said the question of the
debts has not been settled between
America and other debtors and added
that once settlement is reached France
likely will seek a similar arrangement:
Count Bertrand Demun, president OF
the French Wine Export Commission,
expressed the opinion the Senate vote
would hurt American importers OF wine
more than French exporters.
More Profit to United States.
"We have no desire to try to discuss
American political questions" he said,
''but we hope naturally that the Senate
vote will not be the beginning Of a new
United States policy"
THE import of French wines to
America seems to us at this distance
to produce more profit to American i'm
porters than to French exporters.
This trade certainly will be ruined
If the measure is finally passed"
Evening star., 1934-01-11
ARMY OFFICER DIES
IN NCROSS|NG CRASH
Maj. L. W. Fagg Is Killed on
Pennsylvania Guard In
SpeCtiOn Trip,
BY the Associated Press.

by the hbSOCldteu FTeSb.
UNION CITY. Pa, January Hills
car struck by an Erie Railroad pas
Senger train at grade crossing,
mile west of Union City yesterday, Mai.
L. w. Fagg, U. s. A., met instant death.
Maj. Fagg was en- route from Cory
to Meadville on his annual Federal in
spection tour Of the Pennsylvania Ma
tiOnal Guard
Fagg evidently had missed turn in
Union City and was travelling a little
used road. Deputy Coroner Arthur
Grove of Erie County said the officers
car may have skidded in front of the
train on the icy pavement as the driver
sought to bring it 20 a halt.
Maj. Fagg was stationed at Fort
Meade, near Baltimore.
Maj. Fagg's widow. Mrs. Virginia E.
Fagg, and his two sons, Alfred E., Z.
and Lawrence W. Fagg, jr., 10, reside
here at 2551 Seventeenth street. The
officer will be buried Saturday in
Arlington National Cemetery, but fu-
neral arrangements are not complete.
War Department records show Maj
Fagg was a native of Fame, Miss, ano
was 46 years old. He enlisted in the
Army in 1912 eS private and was
commissioned a lieutenant of Infantry
in March. 1917. ard a major in March
1929. Maj. Fagg graduated from the
Command and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth. Kans.. in 1890; the
Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga.
in 1928 Chemical Warfare School
Edgewood Arsenal, Md, in 1880, and the
Tank School at Fort Meade, Nd, in
1892.
Evening star., 1934-01-11

~
the arm of Mary Kennedy. nurse of the
county jail.
Walker wynekoop,. one of her sons.
went to the counsel table where his
mother was seated and took her in his
arms affectionately. He gave her lin
ger.ng kiss and conversed with her for
several minutes, his cheek against hers.
Husband Not Present.
Catherine also kissed her mother and
whispered words of encouragement.
Son and daughter then took places in
seats to the left of the defendant, only
few seats removed from Rev. John
Henry Hopkins, elderly Episcopalian
minister, who has acted as spiritual
counselor to Dr. Wynekoop. Earle, the
other brother and widower Of the slain
Rheta, was not in court.
Judge David emerged from his cham
bers in his shirt sleeves and warned
photographers against taking hasnhght
pictures.
He returned few minutes later in his
judicial robes and the long-awaited trial
was under way.
The selection of jury to determine
the aged physicians fate started.
The trial is the climax OF a mystery
drama. the murder in an operating room
of Rheta Gardner Wynekoop-a story
STEPPED in the love of mother and son
and that of the son and his slain wife.
The State says that on the afternoon
of November 81, in the basement ONCE
where she and her late husband had
practiced medicine 40 years or more:
DR.. Alice fired a bullet into the naked
back of Rheta, 23-year- wife OF her
son, Earle, and that Rheta was already
u. conscious, smothered by chloroform
forced against her mouth, when the
shot was fired.
Why should this woman of high med
ical reputation take the life OF a
daughter-in Law she professed to love?
The State will ask the jury to be-
lieve the 62-year- woman who ruled
the Wynekoop household plotted the
death to solve the domestic problems OF
a philandering son-Earle, who was
driving to Kansas City when his wife
The State will tell the jury the bene-
fits that would accrue to DR.. Alice. Earle
and Catherine from insurance policies
recently taken out on Rheta's life.
Once the defendant confessed; SAID
she shot Rheta in frantic impulse to
protect her reputation as physician
when she found her daughter-in-law
had succumbed to an overdose OF an
anesthetic. Then, locked in the county
iail to await trial, DR.. Wynekoop de-
MED guilt and left the rest TO her law
vprS
Evening star., 1934-01-11
Johnson PLANNING
NEW HOUR SLASHES
Laid to Re.empIoying Lag.
Job Increase Is Held Not
Over 1900, O,OOO.
Continued From First Page.)

for industrial workers instead of the
now prevailing 40, but johnson and his
aides shared considerable doubt as to
industry's ability to cut hours so much
and still maintain the increased rate of
pay to factory workers.
There has been no indication that
johnson planned any dictatoriaI de-
mands on industries for the shortened
work week, but rather that he would
seek understanding of the problems
faced on the part Of the industrialists
and their voluntary cooperation.
The February gathering, he said, will
De a continuation Of the administra-
tive revision which started with the
price change hearing that concluded
yesterday. This disclosed widespread
use by Industries of the code authori-
cations for publishing open prices to fix
uniform and greatly increased prices on
a variety of products.
Hearings to Be Called.
A number of other misapplications
OF the code principle also were brought
70 hight and officials predicted consid-
eranIe changes in code administration
as result.
SI.
ranging from hosiery and knitting mills
10 cement, concrete, coal and steel pro-
ducers, will be called in for further
nearing IN all instances where definite
eVedlence against them was presented
so that they may answer fully before
methods of code reform are worked out.
Meanwhile the N. r. A. Compliance
Board announced it had ordered with
oraWal OF Blue Eagles from six hat
shops In Charlotte, N. c., and from a
restaurant in Wentworth, Wis. and an
other in Portland, Greg.
AT the same time the National Labor
Board handed down a ruling on the
Hartman, Tenn, Hosiery Co. strike,
requiring the employer TO take back ali
strikers as quickly as possible.
The walkout occurred October %
over refusal Of the company to REIN
state workers discharged in July, al
legedly for union activity and refusal
to enter into an agreement with rep
resentatives of the employees.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
TWO PRISONERS DIE
IN ATTEMPT TO FLEE
Hit Deputy Over Head With
Wrench, Sending Car Down
En- mbankment.

BY the Associated Press.
HAGERSTOwN, Md, January Ii
An effort by two young men to escape
after they had been placed under arrest
today resulted in an automobile crash
that proved fatal to both of them and
brought serious injuries to Deputy
Sheriff Richard Renner.
En- route to Hagerstown in Renner's
automobile, one of the men apparently
struck him with wrench, knocking
him unconscious and sending the auto
mobile down an embankment.
One of the dead men was identified
from papers as Orval M. Oliver, %, OF
Glouster, Ohio. The other was tenta-
lively identified as Clyde Mellotte, %,
of Needmore, Pa.
The accident occurred after the
sheriff's Office here had been notified
by Hancock, Md, officials to watch for
two men in an automobile bearing Ohio
license tags, wanted in connection with
the theft Of some chickens. The deputy
halted the automobile and placed the
two in his automobile to bring them to
Hagerstown.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
REPORT PREPARED
! ON KEMP CONTEST
Committee Completes Hear.
ing-Sanders' Father i
Closes RebuttaI.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The House Elections Committee. after
hearing evidence for four days in the
Kemp Sanders contest over seating a
Representative from the sixth Louisiana
district, adjourned today to prepare its
report.
Chairman Kerr asked attorneys to
present their briefs before Monday, at
which time he said the committee
would hold an executive session to con-
slider the contest.
Members of the Louisiana House del
egation, supporting ]. Y. Sanders, jr.,
in his contest with Mrs. Bolivar E.
Kemp, failed to take advantage ofsan
opportunity to testify to the COM
mittee.
Father Makes Plea.
final rebuttal was made by ]. Y.
Sanders, ST., father Of the claimant and
a former Governor Of Louisiana.
Sanders said he believed the case had
been well covered" and he wanted
only to answer the statement Of Mrs.
Kemp's attorney that the election law
required a period of five weeks between
the first and second primary in a spe-
cial election.
This has never been the case in a
Louisiana special election" Sanders
said.
What if the committee finds no pro-
vision was made by the law for ma
chinery for an election like the Sanders
election?" asked Representative Nc
Duffie, Democrat, of Alabama
1T seems to me the intent of the
law was to provide machinery. If the
legislation had been able to anticipate
situation like this, I believe they
would have explicitly set it forth"
Provides for Mardi Gras.
What is the reason for the five
weeks period?" asked McDufie.
That is because some time in the
general elections a primary might fall
on Mardi Gras and this provision al
lows for it to be held after Mardi Gras i"
Has there ever been occasion for
a second primary?" asked Representa-
tive CravenS, Democrat, Of Arkansas.
Yes, both in the election of Rep
resentative Montet and Representative
Derouen, now in Congress.
All we ask is that we don't want
our Congressman appointed; we want
them elected
1T looks like the Governor could
make a practice of this unless halted"
said Chairman Kerr.
1T would nullify our primary law"
Evening star., 1934-01-11

Of conferences leading up to the holi-
day and efforts by the group holding
company to save the system.
Dividends Replaced.
Pecora recalled previous testimony
showed the group had drawn $4,000
900 in dividends from the member
banks from 1929 to 1888 and put back
about $4,000 900.
He asked if Ford knew that about
100000 of the $1,000 900 went to the
Union Guardian Trust Co., but the
witness said he did not recall the
figures.
Pecora expressed impatience with the
vagueness Of F'ord's reply to question
about the groups dividend policy, re-
minding the multimillionaire he was
not only director but a member Of
the Advisory Committee.
THE dividend policy was changed
from time to time Ford said, but he
added he could not recall the details.
Questioned by pecora, Ford said he
did not remember that the group had
losses for the years 1880 SO, but
presumed" he knew at the time.
Held $4,000 Shares.
Ford said when the bank holiday
came he had about $4,000 shares of
group stock.
When the group was formed, he said,
he obtained about $4,000 shares through
exchange of stock in the units.
The remainder he purchased, he said,
except for gift of 1,188 shares from
his father He referred to his father
as "Mr. Henry Ford"
Were you active in the discharge of
your duties as a director?" Pecora
asked.
II thought I was" Ford replied, tell
ing of conferences with other officials.
Loans Made.
Questioned specifically by Pecora.
Ford described loans to the group to
help it out of financial difficulties.
He told Of loan of $1,000,000 to the
Guardian Detroit Co. in December,
1880, because it did not have sufficient
collateral to cover loans.
The money has rot been repaid, Ford
said =
THAT is evidence Of the unsound-
ness Of the company isn't it?" Pecora
asked.
"I wouldn't say so." Ford replied. as
his counsel whispered into his ear.
Ford testified he had not. pressed
the company for payment of the lean.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
SENATE REVERSES
VOTE, STRIKES OUT
DEBT-LIQUOR PLAN

Continued From First Page)
the Senate eliminated the Clark amend
ment.
Reconsideration Of the Senate pas
sage of the bill was moved by Senator
Harrison. Democrat, of Mississippi.
Shortly before passing the bill late
Yesterday, the first Senate roll call OF
the session brought adoption OF the
debts proposal to place excise levies OF
So a gallon on wines and IS on liquors
from debt-defaulters-in addition to the
existing tariff.
No record vote was taken on Senate
approval of the entire bill.
Eighteen Democrats, q Republicans,
and Shipstead, the lone Farmer
Laborite, voted for the Clark proposal
yesterday Thirty-four Democrats, in
five Republicans opposed it. Many
argued they favored it in principle, but
believed it should be dealt with as
separate issue.
Roll Call on Amendment.
The roll call yesterday on the debts
amendment follows:
For-Democrats, Bachman. Bone,
Brown, Caraway Clark, Connaly, Cope
Lewis. McAdoo, McGill, Murphy, Rus
sell, Trammell and Wheeler. Total, 10.
Republicans for:
Barbour, Borah, Capper, Carey, Davis,
Dickinson, Fess, Frazier, Goldsborough,
Hastings Hebert Johnson, La Toilette,
McNary, Norris, Nye, Patterson, Robin
son of Indiana, Schall, SteiWer and
Vandenberg-21.
Farmer Labor for:
Shipstead--l.
Grand total for, 40.
Democrats against: =.
Adams, Ashurst, Bailey, Bankhead,
Barkley, Bulkley, Byrd, Byrnes, Cool
idge, Dieterich, Fletcher, Glass. Gore,
Harrison, Hatch, Hayden. King, Logan,
Lonergan Nicely, O'Mahoney. Overton:
Pittman, Pope, Reynolds, Robinson OF
Arkansas Sheppard, Smith, Stephens,
Thomas of Oklahoma, Thomas of Utah,
Thompson, Van Nuys and Walsh-34.
Republicans against:
Austin, CouZens, Cutting, Hale,
Keyes-5.
Grand total against-39.
Liquor Ads Favored.
The only other amendment, IN addl-
ton to committee changes in the House
text, was also offered by Clark, permit
ting newspapers and periodicals carry
ing LIQUOR advertisements to circulate In
dry States.
This was adopted without roll call.
No changes were made in the House
rates of So a gallon on distilled spirits,
S. a barrel on beer and 10 to 80 cents
a gallon on wines, depending on the
alcoholic content, but a committee
amendment was approved reducing the
occupationai tax Of $1,000 on breweries
to siOo on the theory this field Of tax
alton should be left to the States.
It also was argued this might dis
courage States from enacting gallonage
levies, which the committee felt should
be a Federal tax only.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
STAvISKY SCANDAL
AROUSES DEPUTIES
Premier and Cabinet Fight Over
throw as Police Guard
Packed Session.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 1.-THE Stavisky
scandal storm broke full force On the
government of Premier Camille Chau-
temps in the Chamber of Deputies
today.
The cabinet went before the Cham
Der and sought to avert its overthrow
by frank admission Of faults and
negligence" and promises of drastic re-
forms and punishments in police and
judicial procedure.
Deputies opposing the government
charged that corruption in the govern
ment, In the parliament and in the
press enabled Serge Handsome Alex"
Stavisky, who Killed himself Monday
when police caught him, to fleece the
public of more than S4000O,0OO.
Stavisky had founded the municipal
pawnshop of Bayonne, and disappeared
three weeks ago, leaving it without
assets.
Police, mounted and afoot, patrolled
a mile-Square area surrounding the
Chamber of Deputies as the interpret
lations began. The authorities intended
there should be no repetition of the
events of Tuesday when RoyallstS rioted
around the building in demonstration
against the government.
Evening star., 1934-01-11
M'MILLAN SUIT DROPPED
Heirs Declared They Advanced
$50. 900 to Defend Claims.

ST. LOUIS, January IL CP.-A suit
for $4,000 against Mrs. Lucie Nc
MILAN, widow Of Sir Northrup Nc
MILAN of London and East Africa,
brought by four sons and two daugh-
ters of william K Bixby Of st. Louis,
was dismissed b. stipulation here yes
terday.
No announcement Of the basis Of set
tlement was made. The action resulted
from transactions of Sir Northrup Nc
MILAN, who bought assignments Of the
MILAN, car and fouddry magnate.
The Bixby heirs alleged they had ad-
vanced $4,000 toward fund to defend
claims Of other relatives who had made
assignments.
Evening star., 1934-01-11

CONTINUED From First PageD
Capt. D. J. Bliss. commissioner Of in
dlstrial alcohol. Treasury Department,
to taste the samples prepared and Ia
beled by George F. Boyer. the Treas
ury's chief chemist.
The results were quite startling. Capt
Bliss said, and the reporters agreed
with him, after appropriate tests, that
the bottle containing 'moonshine
whisky aged by moonshiner" was tar
superior to blended whisky containing
5 per cent of aged whisky and the rest
raw whisky sold by regularly licensed
distillery
He explained it was the hope of the
department that the order would result
in tax-paid blended whisky contain
ing at least 40 per cent of aged
whisky, although the Treasury's idea OF
a really good whisky contains not less
than so per cent o< aged whisky.
Also Seeks Higher Taxes.
Mr. Morgenthau added that the
Treasury, in addition to its hope of
breaking the grip Of the bootlegger on
the liquor trade. held the additional
hope that importation OF American
type whiskies would result in yield
Of higher taxes.
The American type" whiskies, he ex-
planned, are bourbon and rye Scotch
whisky is not on the list because Scotch
is not whisky which can be used in
blending.
Capt. Bliss estimated the amount of
molasses alcohol which could be turned
over to the distillers for blending at
100000 gallons.
Secretary Morgenthau explained that
IL either the 30-day limit on whiskies
or the 45-day limit on alcohol should
prove to be insufficient, the time would
be extended.
The alcohol control administrator
Joseph H Choate, jr., said the 30-day
removal Of restrictions was done for
the purpose Of enlarging supplies, re-
ducing prices and combating the boot
logger.
Some question arose as to how far
the dropping of import bans extended.
A statement from the F. A C. A. said
that for 80 days properly accredited
distillers and rectif1ers could import
"American-type" whiskies in bulk in
any quantity, Canada has the largest
and most available supply Of these.
Wine Agreement Approved.
The statement added importers with
permits could do likewise with "the
same types of whiskies in bottles" An
order issued by the organization, how
ever, said merely they could import
whiskies in bottles" and some inter-
preted this as meaning that scotch and
Irish and other whiskies could flow
here in quantities.
Permission also was given for un-
limited manufacture for As days of
ethyl alcohol made from other sources
than grain.
Meanwhile, Secretary wallace tenta-
lively approved marketing agreement
for the wine making industry and sub
mitted it to manufacturers for sigma
ture.
under the agreement the industry
will submit parity price plan not later
than May and will draw up a pro-
duction control program.
The agreement is to be administered
by the Alcohol Control Administration.
Evening star., 1934-01-11

Continued From First Page)
we will operate two shifts. have sent
out orders to this effect and they are
In effect right now"
The Secretarys comments we're
directed to newspapers stories showing
that the workers in this division,
housed at 119 D street northeast, were
working from 8 am. to pm. clear
ing the c. w A. pay checks, and sew
eral days week from 8 am. to 10
or IL pm.
Orders Nurses on Duty.
These workers are for the most part
women. Mr.. Morgenthau added that
he has given further instructions that
wherever women are employed
trained nurse shall be on hand
He added that in emergency situ-
ations some clerks might be called on
to work overtime, but that In those
cases the practice would be to ask for
volunteers.
Asked what he would do if the Civil
Service Commission could not furnish
as, many clerks as he needed. he re-
piled that he expected no trouble on
this score
I'VE had rush Jobs to do in Albany"
he said, under very similar conditions
and had no trouble getting employees
to do the work"
Evening star., 1934-01-11
Wallace May Take Hand.

Wallace May Take Hand.
| Secretary Wallace has said nothing
| openly on the matter, but he will. II
the co-ops do not play ball with him.
Obviously he had the surplus and
salary situation in mind, when he de-
cided few days ago to rewrite all the
milk codes. His decision came few
days after he had referred to certain
co-ops as nothing more than dis
| tributors in overalls."
He directed that hereafter a fair
price be guaranteed to the farmer, but
| said there will be no further fixing of
perimenting with the idea that COM
petition will keep consumer prices
down.
If it does not, a maximum consumer
price will be fixed.
That is onl- the beginning Of the
new policy. There are indications that
the whole system will undergo a
thorough renovating before Wallace
gets through.
Home Loans Being Checked.
The Government has started little
renovating of its own in the Home
Owners Loan Corporation.
but there are good reasons tor
believing that q corps OF inSpec-
tors are out checking ouer the
books in branch oflceS.
One branch manager has been
dropped for making unauthorized
loans. Another is being called on the
carpet. It seems he loaned money to
loan association, which in turn used
the money to pay OF its note to bank,
of which the treasurer of the branch
Office was president.
It may have been all right, but the
topmost quarters here want to know
more about 1t.
Hughes Aids Liberals.
The way Chief Justice Charles Evans
Hughes came to the rescue of the new
deal in the Minnesota mortgage case
is the most inspiring thing which has
happened in Washington in a long
time.
Liberals bitterly contested the ap-
pointment of Hughes in the Senate.
They marked him as a man who de-
fined property rights to the detriment
of human rights.
They called him q corporation
lawyer and demanded the dp-
pointnent of men like Brandeis,
Roberts, Cardosa and Stone. That
iUas three years ago this coming
February.
Now Justice Hughes has cast the de-
Gliding vote for the liberals. allied with
the four men named. He led them,
writing new law for human rights and
against property rights. His decision
said There has been growing ap-
probation of the necessity Of
finding ground for rational compro-
mise between individual rights and
public welfare"