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Evening star., 1934-05-21
SECRET HEARINGS
IN TARIFF BILL HIT
SchaII Says Measure Would
Impose "Vicious" Press
Censorship.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The section of the administration S
tariff bill providing for executive
hearings on proposed rate changes
was criticized yesterday by Senator
Schall. Republican, of Minnesota, who
called it strictly Russian and COM
munistic" and a vicious example of
press censorship"
Under its provisions" Schall said,
"the hearings to be held by President
Roosevelt before he reduces tariffs are
to be completely censored.
"Al the press or public can learn
concerning what testimony has been
produced behind closed doors is that
which the President wishes TO give
out. This is absolute censorship in
its most vicious form"
To Ask Public Hearings.
Republicans are considering offering
an amendment providing for public
hearings before the President puts into
operation a tariff change under the
proposed reciprocal agreements with
other nations.
They also have pending nearly a
score of amendments to exempt all
farm commodities and certain indus
trial products aid to require submls-
sion of the agreements to the Senate
for approval before becoming effective.
Democratic leaders predict defeat OF
all amendments and passage of the
measure by Thursday or Friday In
the form it was reported by the
Finance Committee.
"Star Chamber" Session.
Schall in his statement said:
Under this pregg gag the Presi-
dent, although confronted by incon-
trovertible proof that lower tariff
will destroy an industry, may sweep
this all aside, and the persons en-
ployed in this industry thrown out OF
employment without the people hav-
ing any notice Of the erroneous decl-
sion.
1T 81 the old star chamber ses-
sion all over, strictly Russian and
Communistic 1t is the direct oppo-
site of what the Democratic party
was supposed to stand for, and is the
abridgement of freedom Of press and
public.
THE newspapers of the United
States will rue the day they permit
this clause to be enacted into law. be-
cause they will find themselves help
less to protect their largest adver-
tisers in case of unfair decisions.
"It gives the President an oppor-
tunity to hear only such witnesses
as he chooses. and is the most un-
American of all the unconstitutional
legislation to be passed by the Roose-
velt regime"
Evening star., 1934-05-21
PUBLISHERS BEGIN
ANNUAL CONVENTION
Two Officers Praised in Report Of
Head of Southern Asso-
citation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ASHEVILLE, N c., May 21.-
Tributes to the work of James G.
Stahlman, chairman of the board and
former president, and to Cranston
Williams. secretary-manager, were
paid today by J. L. Mapes. president
of the Southern Newspaper Publish
ers' Association, in his report to the
thirty-second annual convention
opening here.
Mr.. Stahlman is publisher of the
Nashville. Tenn. Banner.
Mr.. Mapes told his associates that
''it seems to me the time is here when
we must plan to go forward. There is
no such thing as standing still"
Walter c. Johnson, treasurer of the
association, also submitted his annual
report
Two business sessions will be held
tomorrow and Wednesday. The an
nual election of officers will take place
tomorrow, and Wednesday the organi-
zation will select its meeting place for
next year.
Maj. George L. Berry, president Of
the Pressmen's Union, is on the pro-
gram for a talk tomorrow. He is an
N R. A. division administrator and
member of the national board.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
IS SLAIN
IN AUTO WITH GIRL
Deputy, After Firing Two
Shots in Air, Kills Man
With Third.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED PreSs.
DETROIT. May 2l.-Dr. D. w.
Johnston, jr., Wayne County medical
examiner, was shot and killed early
today by special deputy sheriff In
nearby Macomb County while the
physician was seated in an automo-
bile with young woman.
The deputy, Matthew Berger, a
farmer living near the intersection of
Twelve-mile road and Schoenherr
road, where the shooting occurred,
told Sheriff George T. Smith Of Ma
comb County and Assistant Prosecu-
tor Vincent L. Fitzgerald that he fred
accidentally.
Miss Anne Nixon, who was with the
physician, said the shots were fired
without warning, but the deputy said
he fired two warning shots after ap-
preaching the car on report that
there was a lot of noise" coming
from 1t.
It went over toward the car with
my gun and yelled and then shot a
couple of times in the air." Berger
said. Then stepped up to the car
and as I did in some way my gun
went off. 1t was accidental and 1
didn't mean to shoot at the car at
all"
DR.. Johnston was dead on admit
tance to a Mount Clemens hospital.
Vincent L. Fitzgerald, assistant
prosecutor, said he was inclined to
believe the shooting was accidental
and that Berger would not be held.
He said he would ask for an inquest.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
SUBURBAN POST
STANDS BY FLAGS
Takoma Park LegionnaireS
Refuse to March With
out All CoIorS.
By staff Correspondent of The Star.


TAKOMA PARK, Md. May al
Prohibited from using its full collec-
ton of flags, Takoma Park Post Of
the American Legion has voted
against participating in the massing
of colors service to be held next Sun
day at the Washington Cathedral
unless the ban is lifted, Commander
Carl A. Noglund announced today.
Hoglund said today that he has
been informed by Maj. Edwin S.
Bethlehem, jr., adjutant of the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter Of the
Military Order of the World War.
that only American flags and flags
of the post would be permitted in
the procession, but that the other
flags could be turned over to a COM
mittee and used. for decorating the
altar.
The flags of our collection are an
entity that cannot be separated with
out causing offense to those who pre-
sented the flags, and we will not
split them" Hoglund said.
1t was stated by Maj. Bethlehem
that the service has been arranged
by the Military Order of the World
War in honor Of those who gave
their lives in the defense of the
United States and only American
flags and the flags of the organiza-
tions participating in the service
would be permitted in the procession.
Hoglund said that it is his under
standing that the service is for the
war dead of all nations and that his
post has taken the stand that its
entire collection of flags should be
permitted in the procession.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Girl
Is Found in Woods
After 6-Day Search
Child Believed Kidnaped
As Result of Family
Feud.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOOSEHORN, Manitoba, May 81.
Suffering severely from exposure,
4year-old Betty Wolfrum was found
yesterday in rain-soaked brush coun-
try near the farm of her father,
where she disappeared six days ago.
In the belief the child might have
been kidnapped as she lay asleep in a
carriage on the porch of the family
home, Canadian mounted police be-
gan investigating the activities Of q
score of persons.
Betty, youngest daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Wolfrum. disappeared while
her father was working in a field.
Her mother had gone to Grahamdale
and had left the child sleeping. When
the father went to. the carriage to
see if all was well he found her gone
and scores Of farmers quit their fields
to join the search.
Mrs. Wolfrum expressed the belief
Betty had been kidnapped by unnamed
persons in revenge. She said a feud
involving her family had disrupted
this little Northern Manitoba settle
ment several months.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
SUSPECT IN HOLD-UP
SLAIN IN GUN FIGHT
Companion and Two Officers
Wounded in Attempt to
Question Men.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BLOOMINGTON, Ill, May 21.-
William A. Logan, Al, a suspect in an
Ohio bank robbery, was slain and his
companion and two officers wounded
in brisk gun battle on road near
here early yesterday.
Sheriff James Reeder of Mclean
County was shot in the shoulder and
cheek, Deputy Sheriff Roy Dodge
wounded in the knee and John Milan,
SO, was shot in the abdomen in the
exchange of bullets.
Milan staggered several miles in
spite of his critical injury, and was
travelling along a ditch when a police
squad found him. Physicians were
uncertain of his chances for recovery.
The officers, seeking to question the
pair in connection with robbery, met
them on the road. The suspects drew
pistols and ordered the sheriff and
his deputy from their machine.
Reeder smashed his revolver over
Logan's head, and the bandit opened
fire, but a moment later fell dead
with bullet through the brain.
Dodge and Milan engaged in a brief
duel and both were wounded before
the gunner turned and fled.
Police said Logan, who had a wife
and three children, figured in a raid
on an Ohio bank in March, 1888, in
which henchman was killed.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 21.-The bar-fy
long suppressed fellow-put his foot
down in New York today.
He put 1t DOWN on brass rail.
This was done with the approval of
the State Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board, which decided that, after all,
there is nothing wrong about perpen-
dicular drinking
Since the repeal of prohibition, the
feet of Gotham's drinkers have been
futilely cropping for rails that weren't
there
In restaurants and bars, this little
drama was enacted today, over and
over.
Mix 'em up, Eddie"
Then the settling Of the elbows on
the counter. the planting of the foot
on the rail.
Prepared for Comeback.
The towns professional hosts were
ready for the comeback.
At the Park Lane, the standees
drank at a 40-foot. bar which carries
out the rustic note supplied by mill.
a mill-wheel and a mill pond.
The Hotel McAlpin offered patrons
a 50-foot bar done in the old-School
style of heavy walnut. The McAlpin
gave up its frantic search for pieces
of its historic horseshoe bar, which
Evening star., 1934-05-21
NEW YORK BAR FLY AGAIN FINDS
|FOOTHOLD ON SHINY BRASS RAIL
The Old Days Return to Saloon Patrons Today
Under Ne,o La,o and Hotel O,oners We're Prepared
With all of Forgotten Trimmings.

wss sawed up and given away, bit by
bit. the night prohibition went into
effect. The hotel management learned
that one of the pieces was in Assyria.
Some of the larger places were not
ready for bar customers, but they
announced plans. According to their
stories New York is going to have at
least three bars, each of which will
be 1.-The largest in the world"
Worried Over prominence"
The hotel managers are worrying
little about the stipulation that the
bar must not be the prominent fea-
ture of the room, that it must be
incidental"
officials have not yet stated just
how they will decide whether a bar is
too prominent.
The Hotel McAlpin offers Hans Neu-
mann, octogenarian bartender, to shift
the emphasis from the bar itself.
Around the walls of the Ritz
Carlton bar room are numerous
cherubs engaged in the customary
pointleSs cherubian antics.
The management hopes the cherubs
will satisfy the officials, but is fully
aware that cherubS mean nothing to
many folks.
Large and striking nudes by Howard
Chandler Christy adorn the Park Lane
bar room.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
H0US|NCB|LL0 OK.
IS URGED BY FAHEY
Necessary Private Capital
Take Over Mortgage
Burden, He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Urging approval of the administra-
tion housing bill, John H. Fahey
chairman of the Home Owners Loan
Corporation, told the Senate Banking
Committee today it was imperative
to encourage private capital to take
over the burden of carrying home
mortgages.
Fahey testified Congress should act
at once because otherwise next year
would find 1.-The wave of demands"
still flooding the Home Owners Loan
organization land no way to stop it. >
Outlining the work Of the corpora
ton, Fahey said the home mortgage
situation was easily the most serious
debt problem facing the country"
The administration housing bill
on which the committee is now con-
Quoting hearings, is designed to en-
courage private lending agencies to
take up the mortgage burden by pro-
viding insurance for such financing.
Fahey advocated the bills provision
for financing home repairs and i'm
provements, saying the Home Owners
Loan Offices had received thousands of
requests for such loans that they could
not handle.
Asserting that applications to the
corporation for home mortgage re-
financing reached s2,266, 100000 last
January, Fahey said:
1T is perfectly plain that a Gov
eminent institution like the H. O.
L. C. can not refinance half or even
a quarter of the Nations home mort
cages.
The board does not feel that 1t
should even be attempted. We are
convinced it is of greatest impor-
tance to get private lending agencies
back into action as quickly as pos
sible and on as reasonable terms as
possible"
Fahey said the corporation had
headed off a panic in the real estate
market" but that it could not go far
enough.
Without delay, it is imperative
that insurance companies, building
and loan associations, mortgage COM
panies and similar institutions begin
to function and take over this bur-
den."
Evening star., 1934-05-21
M0RELAND DEFEATS
FRANCIS OUIMET, | UP,
IN BRITISH TOURNEY
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
ert Harris, former British champion
and three times captain of John
Bulls Walker Cup forces, on the
twenty-first hole. Harris had wafer
thin lead Of one hole at the ninth.
The third American player to be
retired to the sidelines was Max
Marston, Philadelphia veteran, who
lost to D. H. r. Martin of Knole
Park, and /.
George Dunlap, jr., the sandy
haired American amateur champion.
was carried four extra holes before he
succeeded In sinking G. P. Packen-
ham Walsh, former India champion,
/ up, at the twenty-second. After
trailing five holes at the thirteenth,
Dunlap made a sensational recovery,
shooting sub-par golf to square the
match at the eighteenth.
After Moreland had taken the lead
for the first time at the fourteenth.
Ouimet came back to square the
match again at the fifteenth. They
fought on even terms through the
next two holes, but the Texan won the
eighteenth and with it the match
with par 4 while Ouimet was taking
5.
1000 Witness Match.
Teeing off at the home hole before
a gallery of at least 1000, Ouimet
drove into a deep trap to the left of
the green, while Moreland's fell to
the other side of the green. The
Texan laid his second S feet from
the pan. Ouimet barely got out OF
the pit on his second and was 10 feet
short on his third. After missing his
first putt he conceded the hole and
the match to Moreland, who got down
in two puts, knocking in the second
with one hand. The gallery cheered
wildly as the players shook hands.
Ouimets game went to pieces on
the back nine after he had an ap-
parently insurmountable lead of 3-up
at the halfway mark. The Bostonian
couldn't have hit barrel with his
puts, while Moreland, although fire.
quently in trouble. made series Of
remarkable recoveries and putted
brilliantly to win four of the first five
holes on the incoming side. The
Texan equaled par on eight holes, his
only mistake occurring on the flf-
teenth, where he three-putted and al
lowed Ouimet to win the hole and
square the match.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
new YORK TO RAISE
BILLION IN LEvIES
City's 1888 Balance Sheet Shows
Total Liabilities of Two
Billion.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 21.-This city's
balance sheet as of December 81, 1888
made public yesterday by Controller
McGoldrick, shows total liabilities OF
s2,774 4o2,3 1888.
Balance sheet assets of the same
figure are listed, of which the princi-
pal item is $1,876, ,391 ,435 to be raised
in future tase budgets or in income
from city docks, water service, sub
ways and other facilities.
The approximate present value OF
the city's land, improvements anc
other capital assets is estimated al
slightly over four billion dollars.
Other assets include $46,237, 1888 in
city securities held in sinking funds
$209017,248 in taxes receivable ano
arrears, $144,722, ,726 in assessments
levied or to be levied, and $7o,610, $40
cash in banks.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
J. R. TUCKER is FIRST
IN NAVY COMPETITION
Finishes Ahead in List of 1T in
Examinations for Annapolis
Appointment.

Joseph r. Tucker of SIS Eighth
street southwest finished first in lit
candidates in competitive examina-
ton for members of the 9Th Marine
Reserve Brigade and Naval Reserve
privates, for appointment to the
United States Naval Academy.
Tucker is a member of Company c
Of the 1st Battalion of the local bri-
gade. Other members of the local
Marine Reserve Brigade who passed
we're Raymond w. Alexander. 1919
East Capitol street. Company c, 1st
Battalion, who finished twenty-f1rst:
Wilson H. Crawford, u Rhode Island
avenue, Company c, I'd Battalion, who
finished twenty-second, and John w.
Chambers, 1922 Twenty-ninth street.
Company B. I'd Battalion, who was
thirty-third.
OF these 4, however, the first 3
at this time are eligible for ap-
pointment, as but can be ap-
pointed from the Marine Brigade and
% from the Naval Reserve. Chambers
may have an opportunity for appoint
ment if one of the others fail in the
medical examination when reporting
to the academy Some others may
also have received presidential or con-
gressional appointments.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
TWO DEATHS PROBED
Workmen Are Fatally Injured in
Falls.

Deaths of two victims of accidents
we're being investigated today by
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald.
One was George E. Shipes, A, of
Colmar Manor, Md, who was fatally
injured in fall from scaffold while
working at the building of the Seven
teenth and G streets branch of the
Washington Loan & Trust Co.
The other was Harry D. Ramsburg,
So, of 629 C street northeast. Rams
burg, a painter and paperhanger. died
from injuries received in fall down
basement stairs while working in a
house in the 600 block of Massachu-
sets avenue northeast.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
BODY DISCOVERED
IN CHICAGO RUINS
City Begins Clean Up of Dis
aStr0uS Stock Yards Fire
of Saturday.
By TIE Associated Press,

BY tire Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 21.-The chared
body of man was found in the ruins
of Chicago's stock yards today as
crews of workmen groped through the
debris of Saturdays S8,000,OOO fire
preparing the way for rebuilders.
Through acres OF hot ashes, into
heaps of bricks, skeletons of old land
marks and twisted steel girders the
explorers dug hunting valued docu-
mentS and property that might have
survived the holocaust. and hoping the
loss of human life would not grow.
Two Other Victims.
The one known victim was a man
about 70, initials on his belt buckle
leading to his tentative identification
as Isaac Means, stock yards worker.
One other death was attributed in
directly to the disaster; Walter Burn
field, 49, who dropped dead of excite
ment as he watched the flames.
The great packing plants of Swift,
Armour, Morris, Wilson were never en-
dangered as the hot breeze famed the
fire eastward and away from the big
processing houses, flanking the acres
of open pens on tn west.
These packers, little affected by the
blaze. were operating today. and even
the banks that were reduced to ruins
announced business as usual in tenn
porary quarters.
Trading on the country's leading
live stock exchange started a little
late, but the morning arrivals of live
stock were only slightly fewer than
was anticipated in Saturdays official
estimates. The estimated receipts of
hogs put at 10000 in advance, were
reduced to 26,000; cattle receipts
dropped from an estimate of $4,000
to 10000. and sheep-their pens un-
touched by fire-dropped from $4,000
to 5000.
LOO Injured Treated.
The Red Cross said it had treated
100 persons for injuries during the
feverish battle to check the spread
of the flames, but less than dozen
were nurt seriously.
Chief sufferers were cluster of build
1ngs at the Halsted street entrance
to the yards, including the Old Live
STOCK Inn. the Exchange Building,
the Great Exposition Hall, where an
nual live stock shows have attracted
thousands, the DroverS Daily Journal
Building. the two banks and a number
of shops. homes and tenement houses
lying on the fringe just east of Hal
sted street.
Three independent Investigations
we're underway today to determine
the cause of the fire which started,
officials said, in the stock pens.
No evidence of incendiarism has
been found, said State Fire Marshal
Frank E. Doherty, jr. Thomas j.
Sheehan, city fire attorney, and Chief
Frank McAuliffe agreed with him,
and said they were certain labor
troubles had nothing to do with it.
The city, State, and insurance Off
cials were conducting separate in
vestigationS.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
LADDER is UNLUCKY

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. R.-The same
ladder brought bad luck to both the
Stachurski brothers.
First Frank fell IS feet from 1t
while repairing a roof. and fractured
a wrist, ankle and ribs.
Then Joseph took up the painting
Job and fell 20 feet, bruising his hfP.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
BlEACHER COLLAPSES

BALTIMORE, May 81 OP.-Three
men and a woman we're injured slight.
ly yesterday as a bleacher stand, oc-
cupied by more than 400 base ball fans
collapsed at the Westport Athletic
Association Park in Westport. Police
later ordered the stands behind the
backstop to be vacated before the
scheduled game started.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
SONS AID DIVORCE SUIT
Win Claim for Mother by Failure
to Recognize Father.

DENVER, May 81 R.-Testimony
of two youths who didn't recognize
their father has won for Mrs. Frank
Cavanaugh the suit for separate main
tenance she fled 13 years ago.
The youths, Frank J. Cavanaugh,
jr., 18. and James, 16, said they had
not seen their father since their par
ents separated "a years ago. Mrs.
Cavanaugh filed the separate main
tenance a year after the separation,
but various legal tangles have delayed
a hearing until yesterday.
Cavanaugh. q railroad employe, was
ordered to contribute monqy each
month to the support of his family.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
SANDERS TAKES SEAT
Louisianan Elected on Ticket of
Opposition to Long.

]. Y. Sanders, jr., Representative
elect from the sixth Louisiana dis
trict, received the oath today and
took his seat in the House.
Sanders was elected on a ticket op-
posed to the political organization OF
United States Senator Huey P. Long
of Louisiana. He was an anti-Long
leader of the State Legislature, in
which he served since Long came into
political power.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Railway Shops Burn.

GUAYMAS, Sonora, Mexico. May
81 CP.-Damage estimated at 10000
pesos (S55,002) was caused yester-
day by a fire in the repair shop of
the Southern Pacific Railway of Mexi-
co in Empalme. near here.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
10000 ATTACK FASCISM
socialists and Communists Begin
Paris Observance

Paris Observance.
PARIS, May 81 OP.-Ten thousand
Socialists and Communists, observing
the first of two red days" united
yesterday in a war on Fascism."
Numerous attacks on Fascism were
interspersed with the singing of the
"Internationale"
The meeting at Vincennes was
quiet except for encounters between
supporters and opponents of the Com
munist Leader Doriot, who was man.
handled. before heavy force of mount
ed police could restore order.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Free Milk for Miners.

Bullcroft Colliery, in Yorkshire,
England, will supply milk free to
miners.
Evening star., 1934-05-21
Apple Trade Large

Australia will send 5,O00s900 boxes
of apples to England this year.