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The Washington times., 1934-02-13

The Army today accepted the
challenge of Civilian aeronautical
circles that the Nations crack
military fliers would not be able
to handle the country's airma1l
without tragic accidents.
High ranking air corps officers
ridicule the assertion of Capt. Ed
ward Rickenbacker, the World
War ace, and officials of CONNER
cial airlines, that the Army fliers
were not capable of handling the
mail routes on short notice.
Propaganda Charged
The declaration Of Max Good
nough, field manager of Eastern
Air Transport Lines, at Newark,
N. j., that it would be Just too
bad when the Army starts to fly
the air mail routes" was branded
as propaganda by Major B. O.
Jones, who will be in command
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
TOUHY LAWYER
TRIES To QUIT

CHICAGO, Feb. 13 (I.N.S.).
Accompanied by detectives,
John ("Jake the Barber"O Factor
left Chicago today for Baltimore
to view Basil Banghart and
other Touhy gang prisoners
seized there last Sunday by
Federal agents.
CHICAGO, Feb. 13 G.N.SO.
Attorney William Stewart, repre-
senting the TERRIBLY Touhys" in
their second trial for the kidnap-
ing Of John (Jake the Barber)
Factor, petitioned to withdraw
from the case today, but his plea
was denied and the trial began as
scheduled.
In one Of six petitions presented
before Judge Michal Feinberg,
Stewart asked permission to with
draw from the case on the
ground that the defendants
Roger Touhy, Albert Kator, and
Gus Schaefer-had not paid him,
but had sufficient money to do so.
Five other petitions were denied
in rapid order. They included a
motion for continuance, a request
for transfer of the case, q request
for it's removal from Cook county,
a petition for bail, and request
by Attorney Aaron Gerch, Mr..
Stewards associate, to withdraw
from the trial.
Mr.. Stewart contended the de-
PENDANTS could not get a fair trial
either before Judge Feinberg or
anywhere in Cook county. Re
garding the petition concerning
Mr.. Gerch, the judge said angrily:
'"This petition is not filed in
good faith"
The trial then began without
the presence Of Basil Cthe Owl")
Banghart, a Baltimore captive
identified by photographs in the
first trial as one Of the two men
who attempted to collect addi-
tional ransom after Mr.. Factor
had been released on payment Of
$40, 900 ransom last July.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
C0NV|CTS FACE
PUNISHMENT
FOR RIOT
Order Restored in Washington
State Penitentiary; Death
List Mounts to Eight

wAILA WALLA, Wash, Feb.
13 G.N.S.).-The death list in
the bloodiest prison outbreak In
the history of Washington State
Penitentiary had mounted to
eight today-seven convicts and
one guard. One of the nine in
jured was in a critical condition.
The dead:
H. L. Briggs, assistant chief
turnkey. fatal knife wounds,
HerSholl Robert Parks, innocent
convict not participating in the
riot, hit by a stray bullet; Ernest
Deboer, Wallace Turcott, Paul
Krause, H. r. Clark, Gerald Hill
and James R. Delong.
Convict Robert Balm was near
death. He. was shot three times
as he jumped into window
well when the rioters rushed for
cover as guards opened fire with
machine guns.
Four turnkeys were slashed by
the convicts' homemade knives.
The fate of convictS who
took in the attempted prison
break will not be known until a
complete investigation is made,
Warden James E. McCauley de-
clared today. He said:
81 will not hesitate in filing
first-degree murder chadgeS and
asking for the death penalty if
our investigation reveals the sur
viving cOnvicts who participated
in the break should be so
CHARGED"
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
BUREAU
PLAN DOOMED

Among the plans that have
gone astray is that of r. c. Mil.
hken. of this city, to create in the
Department Of Commerce q CEN
tral agency to furnish information
concerning commercial people
and their credit.
The proposal was That informa-
ton from banks should be made
available through the department
to all credit grantors. In a word,
1t would have put the department
In the Dun & BradStreet business.
A group of bankers and credit
experts, however, decided that it
was not feasible at this time.
Mr.. Milliken urged the plan as a
means of preventing credit fraud.
but bankers said the information
is already available to persons
who apply for the data in the
proper way.
Expense of operation, admins
trative problems and other factors
were regarded as prohibiting adop-
ton Of the plan under present
conditions.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Frozen Ground
Yields Will
And Bonds

Breaking through the frozen
earth near Damascus, Md, to-
day, Officer Paul Watkins, OF
the Montgomery county police,
discovered a canvas sack con-
tanning" $4,000 worth Of bonds,
many of which were negotiable.
In addition to the bonds, the
will Of David Englar, jr., Of Med
ford, Md, and a batch Of per-
sonal correspondence was found.
The sack was said to be the
property Of former Maryland
State Senator David Bale, eX-
ecutor of the Englar estate.
Police have been unable to
get in touch with Mr.. Bale. out
believe the bonds were stolen
and buried by the thieves with
intention Of retrieving the valu-
ables at q later date.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
ENGLISH GOOSE
FISH ARRIVES

Far, far from home, an English
goose fish arrived in Washington
today, the first Of the species ever
seen here.
Due to ice in the river and in
Chesapeake Bay, fishing boats
have been going out to sea for the
past few days.
This morning one Of the boats
made its way up the river and de-
livered its catch to the A. Lans-
burgh Fish Company.
Mrs. LanSburgh looked at the
English visitor and, never having
seen a fish Of this type, sent 1t UP
to the Bureau Of Fisheries to be
identified. The fish weighs about
IS pounds and has a head larger
than its body. It lives off the
northern coast of England, has
been. rarely found in northern
American waters, but never before
this far south.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

of the Eastern zone, with head
quarters at Newark. He said:
1--WE don't intend to brag. We
only ask that the public Judge
us by results. Wait until we
start operations, and then they
. can start judging. I have no
fear Of the results"
"ROt," Says Officer
One high ranking Army officer
who would not permit his name to
be used for fear of entering the
controversy, described as "rot" the
charges that Army fliers were not
capable Of blind flying.
Army fliers, he said, are Schooled
in flying blind over unmapped
routes, and in landing without the
aid of lights.
Furthermore, he added, the ma
chimes which will be used on night
flying are being equipped with in
StrumentS for that purpose.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Farley Studies Future
Of Air Mail system

Postmaster Gen. James A,
Farley is giving the air mail
question serious study while max.
ing preparations for the Army to
fly the mail beginning Monday
It is not expected that the
system Of commercial aviation
will be crippled, but it is cx.
pected that the subsidy system,
both for air lines and for steam
ship lines, will be ended.
Congress probably will be asked
to enact legislation which will
permit temporary contracts to
feeder" lines where the Army is
not prepared to carry the mail.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Liners officer
Returns; Finds
Wife Dead

NEW YORK. Fen. 17.-Rush-
ing down the ,gangplank of the
Colombian liner Colombia as she
docked at Pier 20, East River.
Chief Engineer William A. Rob
bins inquired eagerly of friends
for his wife. It was the first time
she had not been there to greet
him. He said:
"T have a surprise for her.
I'm not going on the next trip.
We're going to have a vacation
together. Why. what's the mat
ter. ?"
The friends told Robbins that
his wife, taken Ill shortly after he
sailed. died in . Brooklyn hospital
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
District Court of Appeals
M'Cracken's Only Hope

Il ultimately will be decided BY
the United States Supreme
Court"
The hotel-prison was the scene
of a rather fearful meeting when
Mr.. MacCracken's wife appeared
to comfort him.
Colonel Jurney announced that
he would remain at the Willard
Hotel with his prisoner until about
1880 a. m. and then escort him to
the Senate chamber.
Colonel Jurney said:
II hope no more writS will be
served upon me. Two in one day
are enough"
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
D. C.. School Heads
To Attend Convention

Five District school officials
plan to attend the convention Of
the Department Of superintend-
ence Of the National Education
Association in Cleveland, Ohio,
from February % to March 2.
Officials planning to go are
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, super
intendent Of schools; Stephen E.
Kramer, assistant superintendent
Of schools; Miss Julia Hahn,
supervising principal; Miss Pearl
ThornSien, assistant principal Of
Western High School.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
CONTINUED from Page y

(ContGnue0 from rage ~
buffed by District Supreme Court
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue.
The first rebuff was admins
tered when Justice ODonoghue
dismissed Mr.. MacCracken's ap'
plication for q writ Of habeaS
corpus based upon the plea that
his voluntary weekend sojourn In
Colonel Jurney'S apartment con-
stituted an arrest"
The justice fined Mr.. Mac
Cracken 500 for contempt on the
ground he had sworn falsely that
he was detained by Colonel Jur-
ney "under dureSS."
The Hoover aeronautlcS chle1,
long the secretary Of the Amer
ican Bar Association, suffered an
other severe legal defeat late In
the day. Hailed before Justice
O'Donoghue on a second writ Sc
cured by Frank j. Hogan, his
attorney, he sought to prove,
through his counsel, that the
Senate had no power to TRY q
civilian for contempt" The court
accepted the argument presented
by District Attorney Leslie Gar
nett, and remanded Mr.. Mac
Cracken into Col. Jurney's Gus
tody without bail.
Mr.. Hogan gave notice Of ap-
peal" but admitted there was no
possibility of securing action on
the appeal inside of 48 hours.
Senate leaders postponed con-
sideration Of evidence involving
three air mail company officials
cited for contempt along with
Mr.. MacCracken, until the lat
ter's case is heard.
The three, already tried but
not vet finally adjudged, were
Col. L. H. Brittin, vice president.
Northwest Airways; Harris M.
Hanshue, president, Western AIT
Express, and Gilbert L. Givvin,
Hanshue's Washington repreSen-
tative.
Spends Night at Hotel
Yielding to Mr.. MacCrackens
plea, Col. Jurney spent the night
with his prisoner at the New Will
lard Hotel. ,
Mr.. MacCracken was arrested
formally by Colonel Jurney IN the
courthouse after Justice ODono.
ghue dismissed the first writ and
imposed the 800 fine. He was
placed on trial. Later the senate
suspended the proceedings to per-
NIT service on the second Wr1t.
This was a courtesy to the court
since the papers could not De
served as long as the trial was IN
progress.
The possible indictment Of Mr..
MacCracken for stating IN his
application for the first court
writ that he was "bodily detained"
by the Senate, when he was not
under arrest and was Colonel Jur-
ney's guest, was raised by Mr..
Garnett.
Duration OF Sentence
District Attorney Garnett, re-
flecting the views Of eminent Sen
ate lawyers, declared that any jail
sentence imposed by the Senate
against Mr.. MacCracken would ex-
plre automatically at the end OF
the present session.
One senator predicted:
"This is going to be = long
session"
Mr.. Hogan told interviewerS:
''ShOuld the Senate acquit Mf.
MaCCracken in its present tenn.
per, I would regain my BELIEF
In Santa Claus. The only legal
recourse left open to us appar-
emily is an appeal from the de-
cision rendered by Justice
ODonoghue. / doubt If a new
writ could be secured after SEN
tence is passed, since the issues
were all raised in the writ which
was denied to us today.
whichever way the case goes
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
RUSSIA

MOSCOW, Feb. 13 GN.S0.
Col. Joseph Beck, Polish foreign
minister, arrived in Moscow today
for conversations which are ex.
pected to cement Polish-Soviet re-
lationS and insure Russia against
the danger Of attack in Europe II
she is forced to war against Japan
In Eastern Asia.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

WOOD, Feb. 13
d.N.S0.-Hopes for a reconcil-
iation with her actor husband,
Jack Gilbert, are past, Virginia
Bruce, film actress, revealed to-
day in announcing she had re-
tanned counsel to file suit for
divorce within a week or ten
days.
The couple separated Jan. IA.
Miss Bruce was Gilbert's fourth
wife.
Gilbert arrived yesterday in
Honolulu. Miss Bruce said he
left Hollywood without advis-
ing her.
Miss Bruce plans to return to
the movies, she said.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
RUM INDUSTRY
To Be REBUILT
by International News Service

ny International News Service
President Roosevelt has begun
his economic rehabilitation pro-
gram for the Virgin Islands,
Americas $25. 100000 West Indies
empire which former President
Hoover once called "a poor house."
The President drafted Charles
w. Taussig, president Of the
American Molasses. Company, and
an early member of the so-caIled
Roosevelt brain turst," to direct
a speedy rebuilding of the islands
rum production as "a starter"
Mr.. TausSig will leave Washington
Wednesday to sail to the islands.
He will remain there a week.
On February 10, Mrs. RooSe-
velt will make q quick trip to
the islands because of her inter-
est in the handicraft of the ma
tiveS. She also will survey trade
possibilities.
Mr.. Taussig will form the basis
for a cooperative rum pyoduc-
ton organization for the natives.
The Federal Government will do
the necessary financing.
In 1776 the islands, then owned
by Denmark, were exporting a
million gallons of rum q year.
This continued until 1902, after
which the trade fell off. BY 1917,
when this Government purchased
the territories as a possible naval
base, it's rum trade declined to
$4,000 gallons yearly and Amer
ica'S now-repealed prohibition
broke the back bone Of this
industry.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
SCHOOL PRODIGY 1877

GOFFSTOWN, N. H. G.N.SO-
Classmates Of Alex Karanikas, II.
at the local high schoo consider
him a prodigy. He won a prize
essay which won him a trip to
the Century of Progress, wrote q
book containing 100 poems, and
breaches the sermon on Sundays
in the Congregational Church.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
GERMANY

BERLIN, Feb. 13 GN.SJ.
The Hitler government, with full
knowledge that it was under Eu-
ropean surveillance, adopted q
policy Of "watchful waiting" to-
day, though officials could not
conceal their exuberance at the
turn Of affairs in Austria.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Youth Held for jury
On LiQUOr ChGrqe

Charged with possession of
liquor on which no tax had been
paid, Richard Carroll Waltz, 26,
1900 block F st. N. E., was held
for the Grand Jury under $1,000
bond following a hearing before
Judge John P. Mcmahon in Police
Court today. Mr.. Waltz was ar
rested yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
SWITZERLAND

GENEVA, Feb. 13 QN.S)-The
League Of Nations Is not likely
to be called upon to consider the
Austrian protest against Ger
many's alleged interference with
Austria's internal affairs, it was
stated in League circles today.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
PREPARES
FOR ZERO HOUR
ON A|RMA|L
House Committee Meanwhile
Studies New Plan OF
Private Operation
BY International News Service

Army air fields all over the land
buzzed with activity today as me
chanics overhauled the crack
military airplanes in preparation
for the greatest peace-time job
ever undertaken by the Army
flying the air mail.
The Army takes over the task
at Sunday midnight, when Post
master General Farley's cancella-
ton Of the air mail contracts,
given the private aviation COM
panies, becomes effective. His
action followed the Senate COM
mittee's disclosures Of fraud and
collision in the air mail Setup.
will Hold Hearings
Meanwhile the House Post
Office Committee was preparing
to hold hearings on proposals for
a new system Of private air mail
operation, and Farley announced
the IA most essential routes" for
the Army'S service.
Representative Mead CD of
New York, chairman Of the House
committee, said several bills will
be considered for revision Of the
McNary-Watres bill, under which
the Postmaster General took the
action which brought about the
Senate investigation and SubSe-
quent cancellation Of all air mail
contracts.
Permanent u. s. Operation
Agitation for permanent govern
mental operation is expected to
accompany the proposals for re-
creation Of the private air mail
service.
Advocates of governmental op-
Grafton Of railroads, who see in
aviation a transportation service
of unseen possibilities, are ex-
pected to advance the Govern
ment ownership and operation
plan.
Representative Clyde Kelly (R.)
Of Pennsylvania, known as the
father Of the air mail in Con.
greSs," is sponsoring q new
measure to replace the present
law. The McNary-Watres act is
the only air mail measure to
pass Congress which was not
sponsored by Kelly.
The plan calls for a limit Of
so cents per airplane mile as
compensation to operators of
passenger lines.
Routes to be Operated
Farley said these routes will be
operated without delay:
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Shoulder DisLOcGted
As Man Falls. Off Cor

Slipping and falling to the
ground while working on top Of
a box car in the Southern Rail-
way yard in Alexandria yester-
day. E. H. Heffner, Sc, of the
3400 block Reservoir Rd. N. W.,
dislocated his right shoulder. He
was treated at Alexandria Hos
nital.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
Air Mail Service
Will Be CurtaiIed

There will be curtailment Of
more than one-third in air mail
service under the initial Army
Post Office Department Set-up
which will become effective at
midnight, February 10, Postmaster
General Farley said today.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
FRANCE

PARIS, Feb. 13 Q.N.SD.-The
French cabinet, in almost continu.
GUS session today, studied reports
from Vienna, reday to act ener-
getical1y if Germany actively in.
tervened in the Austrian situa-
ton.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
ENGLAND

LONDON, Feb. 13 GN.SD-
Grief over the Imprisonment Of
his wife for fraud was believed
today to have contributed to the
death Of Baron Strabolgi, holder
Of one Of England's Oldest baro-
netcies. Lady Strabogli, the for.
mer Elizabeth Cooper, of Sacra-
mento, Calf, was sentenced on
January % last, to three months
for conspiracy to obtain money
by false pretenses in connection
with an alleged timber conces-
sion in Honduras.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
CHINA

SHANGHAI. Feb. 13 0.N.s).
An overloaded Chinese steamer
capsized in the Yangtze River to-
day resulting in the drowning Of
400 passengers and members of
the crew. The accident occurred
10 miles from Hankow as the
craft hit a shoal. Pirates soon
were on the scene, looting the
ship,
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
SPAIN

MADRID, Feb. 13.-several per.
sons were injured here and in
Bilbao, a northern seaport, when
riots broke out among the more
than 10000 persons now striking.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
PAY RETURN DENIAL IS FALSE ECONOMY, SAYS REP NLLEF
News Of
The
World
ANTARCTIC

LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica,
Feb. 13.-Rear Admiral Richard
E. Byrd was on the high seas
today aboard the Bear of Oak.
land, bound for the geographical
mysteries east Of here. He hopes
to penetrate into the unknown
coastal front Of the Pacific
Quadrant.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
AUSTRIA

VIENNA, Feb. 13 G.N.S),
With the threat Of union with
Germany underlying the entire
crisis, Austria battled to suppress
a civil war today as Socialists,
under an official ban, fought the
allied government and Fascist
Heimwehr forces in bloody bat
ties throughout the country.
(St0ry on Page u
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
CARD PARTY TONIGHT

Catholic Women's Club Of Ar
lington county, Va, will hold a
benefit card party tonight in
Knights Of Columbus Hall, Clar-
endon, Va.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

ROOms-SOme with privilege Of eating
at the family tabIN-Can be- rented
through the Rental Columns Of the
WANT AD SECTION 06 THE n0WspapaHs
The Washington times., 1934-02-13

ROME, Feb. 10 G.N.sJ.-Italy
does not want q regime in Aus.
tria that is pronouncedly pro-
Italian, but will welcome a gov
ernment that is strongly for Aus"
trian independence and opposed
to amalgamation with Germany,
it was semiofficially stated here
today.
The Washington times., 1934-02-13
ITALY

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 13
U.N.SO.-The Holy Office today
publicly rebuked the efforts Of
more jealous German NaziS who
are advocating the creation of a
German State religion to sup.
plant the Christian religion and
Catholicism in Germany. Two
books on the subject were banned,
one by Alfred Rosenberg, tho
second by Ernest Bergman.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-07

McLane to fill the vacancy until the
election in 1885. Judge Holland was
appointed on 23rd December, 1884. In
November, 1885, Judge Holland was
elected for full term of fifteen years
without opposition, and at the expira-
ton of his term in 1900, he was APP
pointed by Governor Smith to fill
the position until the election in No
vember, 1901, when he was again
elected for a full term, his opponent
being Robert P. Graham, of Wicomico
County.
Judge Holland had the distinction
of being the only Judge in the Circuit
who received four commissions for the
same office.
Judge Goldsborough died in 1892,
and on the 30th June, 1892, Henry
Lloyd, of Dorchester County, was ap-
pointed by Governor Brown to serve
until the next election. Shortly after
the death of Judge Goldsborough,
Judge Irving died, and on the 3rd of
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-07

elected Associate Judge, without OPP
position.
The Legislature of 1910, retired
Judge Holland on account of infirmi-
ties and E. Stanley Toadvine Of
Wicomico County, was appointed to
serve until the next general election.
At that election held in November 1911
Henry l.. d. Stanford, of Somerset
County, was elected to succeed Judge
Toadvine.
Judge Jones died in the summer Of
1917, and his death was followed by
that of Judge Stanford few weeks
later, and on the 18th August, 1917
Governor Harrington appointed Will
liam F. Johnson, of Worcester Coun
ty, to succeed Judge Jones and Joseph
L. Bailey, of Wicomico County, to sue
coed Judge Stanford.
At the election in November, 1917,
Judge Bailey was elected to succeed
himself and Robert F. Duer was elect
ed to succeed Judge johnson.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-07

Judge Stewart did not long survive
Judge Franklin, and was succeeded by
Judge Irving, then Associate Judge,
by appointment also of Governor Car
roll, on 9th April, 1879. Upon the
elevation of Judge Irving to be Chief
Judge, Charles F. Goldsborough, of
Dorchester County, by appointment of
the same Governor, on the 18th April,
1879, became Associate Judge in the
place of Judge Irving. Thee appoint
ments were only until the next gen.
eral election, and at the election in
November, 1879, Chief Judge Irving
and his Associates Judges Wilson and
Goldsborough were elected for a full
term of fifteen years without oppo-
sition.
In a few years however the elect
ion of Judge Wilson as Senator from
Maryland in the United States Sem
ate led to his resignation as Judge,
and Charles F. Holland, of Wicomico
County, was appointed by Governor
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-12-07

September 1892, Governor Brown APP
pointed Henry Page, of Somerset Coun
ty to serve until the next election.
At the election in November, 1898,
Judge Page was elected Chief Judge,
and Judge Lloyd Associate Judge;
Page being opposed by Thomas s..
Hodson, of Somerset County, and
Judge Lloyd by James Waddell, of
Dorchester.
Judges Page and Lloyd continued
their judicial duties until 1908, when
by Resolution of the Legislature, they
were both retired on account of their
physical infirmities. To fill the va
cancies thus caused, Governor Croth-
ers on the LIST May 1908, appointed
w. Laird Henry, of Dorchester Coun-
ty, and Robley D. Jones, of Worces-
ter County, Chief and Associate
Judges respectively.
At the election in 1909, John r.
Pattison, of Dorchester, was elected
Chief Judge and Robley D. Jones was