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Evening star., 1934-01-28
WATER LACKING, WINE
C0NQUERS 100000 FIRE
Firemen Play New Stock on Blaze
as Hose Fails to Reach to
Hydrant.
BY the Associa ted Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS GATOS, Calf. January 27.-
Between 10000 and $4,000 gallons of
comparatively new wine served today
to save more than 100000 gallons of
old wine when the winery Of the Sa-
cred Heart Novitiate of the Jesuit Or
der here caught fire. Loss was esti-
mated at between 100000 and
$50, 900.
Fire apparatus summoned to the
high hill upon which the novitiate is
located was useless, because Of inabil-
ity to make hydrant connections Huge
vats began TO burst and the wine ran
down . ditch to an abandoned cistern.
Ffremen promptly dropped q suction
hose into the cistern and pumped the
wine back on the fire, extinguishing
1t after q four-hour battle.
Evening star., 1934-01-28
HUGE METEORITE FALLS
Ontario Countryside Illuminated
for Miles Around,

for Miles Around.
BRAMPTON, Ontario, January a
R-Illuminating the countryside for
miles around, large meteorite plunged
earthward last, night, supposedly near
here, although its resting place could
not be determined.
Chief of Police r. Elderfleld Of
Streetsville said he saw the fiery object
fall in the direction of Brampton.
1T was like skyrocket with tail
of fire and it cut vivid streak through
the sky" he said.
Hugh Calverley of Oakville described
the object as larger than the sun"
and suggestive of q great display Of
fireworks"
Evening star., 1934-01-28
GUNNERY VICTORY SEEN
Crew Of West Virginia Awaits
Photo Record of Practice.

SAN PEDRO. CALI, January u H1.
The crew of the West Virginia waited
eagerly today for the report of a photo
graphic record of the weeks long range
battle practice. confident the battleship
had accomplished the unparalleled feat
Of winning the gunnery trophy Of the
United States Fleet for the third sue
cessive year.
The West Virginia, with 10 other
fleet units, returned to port last night
after completing the major gunnery
effort Of the competitive year.
Evening star., 1934-01-28

Reopened After Eight Years.
After being closed for eight years,
Nine Locks Iron Works, at Brierley
Hill, England, have Just resumed oper.
atious.
Evening star., 1934-01-28
FISK RAISES WAGES
Employees Of Rubber Company Get
Increases.
CHTCOpEE FALLS. Ma

CHICOPEE FALLS, Mass, January
n @.-Notices posted in the Fisk Rub
Der Corporation plant here today an
nounce wage increases effective Monday
and ranging, 1t Is said, from 10 to 20
per cent. The company has recently
added substantially to it, working force.
Evening star., 1934-01-28
PAYMENT OF TAX
ON STOCK GIFT TO
LINDBERGH REVEALED

Continued From First Page.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

w. Carter Baum, special agent
of the Department of Justice, who
was killed in the gun battle with
the Dillinger gang today, was born
and educated in Washington.
After graduating from McKin-
ley High School, Mr.. Baum at
tended George Washington Law
School, taking his degree there
and being admitted to practice IN
October, 1925.
After several years in the legal
profession he entered the Depart
ment of Justice June 80, 1880.
and was stationed here until
about a year ago, when he was
transferred to the. Chicago office.
Mr.. Baum, who was % years
old, is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mary Grose Baum, daughter
of the Rev. John A. Grose, Of Lay
louisville, Md, and her two chill
dren.
He was a member of the Dis
trict and Virginia Bar assocla'
tions.
Before his marriage he resided
with his parents in the 1000 block
B st. S. w. His mother died sew
eral years ago. His father now
resides in California.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
HARTMAN CASE
REACHES JURY

Trial of the $25. 900 damage suit
instituted by Mrs. j. Borden Har'
riman, prominent in Washington
and New York society. against Ray
T. Baker, former director Of the
mint, and the estate of Joseph P.
Maher, for dumping tons of dirt
on q sunken garden in her Ridge
Road, Md, estate, closed before
Justice James M. Proctor today in
District Supreme Court. The jury
is now celebrating.
The days proceedings were
taken up by final arguments with
Attorneys Charles P. Merillat, ap'
pearing for Mrs. Hartman; Wal
ter N. Tobriner, for Mr.. Baker,
and William B. O'Connell, for the
Maher estate.
Mrs. Hartman charged that
when she returned from a cruise
to Bermuda in the spring Of 1881.
she found tons Of yellow dirt had
been dumped upon a sunken gar
den on her property. The dirt, it
was charged, was hauled from the
adjoining property where Mr.. and
Mrs. Baker were constructing a
home,
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
RAID
ON GANG
F A 7 Al
To TWO
One Victim of Detectives
Error a CCC Specialist;
Desperadoes Escape

SPIDER LAKE, Wis, April
% (I.N.S.).-With the scalps
of two more victims hanging
from their belts, John Dillin-
ger and his gangsters escaped
again today after a gun battle
in a small hotel in the wilds
Of northern Wisconsin.
w. Carter Baum, a Depart.
ment of Justice agent, of Wash
ington, D. c., was shot to death
and an innocent bystander was
killed, when authorities, hot on
the trail of the wooden-gun bad
man and his aides, trapped them
in the Little Bohemia Hotel north
Of here. .. ,
Girls left Behind
Routing their attackers with q
final fusillade that took the life
of Mr.. Baum and critically
wounded Constable Carl Chris
tensen, of Spider Lake, the mob
sters escaped in three cars, leav-
ing three girls behind them at
the scene of carnage.
Dillinger and his gang had
ruled as overlords of the little
Woodland inn since last Friday
afternoon.
They had terrorized the pro-
prietor, Emil Winnetka, with
their submachine guns and their
revolvers and apparently were
tipped in advance OF the raid
which eliminated in the gun
battle.
CCC Man Slain
Eugene Boisoneau, IS, a special
ist at the Civilian Conservation
Camp at Mercer, Wis, who had
the misfortune to be in the hotel
at the time of the shooting. was
killed.
He was shot down by Govern
ment men who mistook him Tor
q member of the gang.
TWO wounded men besides Mr..
Christensen were John Hoffman
and John Morris, farmers living
near Spider Lake, who were
peacefully drinking beer at the
Little Bohemia's bar when the
battle began.
DilIinger identified
Circumstances Of Dillinger's
latest and bloodiest brush With
authorities were in keeping WITH
the unbelievably cold-blooded o.
reer of the thug who escaped
from the Jail at Crown Point,
Ind, with q wooden gun a few
weeks ago and has led the police
of the nation a hot and fruitleSS
pursuit ever since.
AS the gunner escaped they
(COntinued on Page 2, Col -
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
FRANKLIN FREES
S2,000,000
By DUNBAR HARE

Approximately $4,000 Washing
tonianS today were sharing in
about 100000 released through
the opening of the Franklin Ma
tional Bank, closed since the
banking holiday. :.
The opening of the closed bank
completed the three-bank merger,
built about the unrestricted
Washington Mechanics Savings
Bank, to form the City Bank Of
Washington.
Clarence F. Burton, president
of the City Bank, said that there
was very little demand for money
and that the institution was
taking in much more money than
it was paying out.
This was viewed as entirely
favorable, since the Franklin
Bank office at Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. and Tenth Street Northwest
is restricted in space.
The branch formerly operated
by the Franklin on Connecticut
Avenue will not be reopened, ac-
cording to Mr.. Burton.
The third unit of the new
banking outfit is the Mt. Vernon
Savings Bank. 1t reopened March
6 after being closed since the
banking holiday, and released
$80O,O00 to about $4,000 depoSi-
tors, many Of them school chill
dren.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

II England goes Fascist, that
barrier is down. It would be diff
cult to conceive Of America hold
ing out alone, the one democratic
great power left on earth If fas-
cisKa swept over England and con-
quered France.
In both countries, today. democ-
racy is definitely on the defen-
Sive. Certainly one important fac
tor for an estimate Of the future
Of democracy in America is its
future in Britain. VIII Britain
go Fascist?
Already the leader of the prin-
cipal Fascist organization in Brit
ain, Sir Oswald Mosley, master Of
the Black House, head Of the
Blackshirts, claims that his move
ment has grown faster than any
Fascist movement in history. It
is Is months old. It refuses to re-
veal its membership figures, and
from highest Fascist sources
comes only the statement:
eve have more than 100, 900,
less than q million"
Whatever his numerical follow
ing, Sir Oswald Mosley has con-
centrated the attention Of Britain
upon his movement. The great
Rothermere Press, with a circula-
ton in London alone of nearly
1000, 900, and of at least 5000, 900
throughout England, is beating
the tom-tom for him.
Is MoSley the Hitler Of Britain? Z?
Called ''BIack House"
Here in the ancient city Of Lon
don, the taXicabS are built by legal
regulation to turn around on q
dime. They have to be able to
revolve almost in their length in
order to get through the winding
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
LEADERS BAR
M'LEOD BILL
TEST VOTE
Parliamentary ManeuVer to
Stave Off Floor Ballot
Upheld by House

House leaders today were VIC
tOriOus in the first fight ON the
floor to prevent a vote Oh the
Mcleod bank depOsitOrs pay-Off
bill. The House laid on the
table o resolution by Repre-
sentative Beedy (R.) OF Maine
prohibiting the Banking Com
mittee from presenting a report
ON an amended Mcleod bill.
The report, Representative
Beedy charged, was . parlia-
mentary maneuver to kill the
measure. The vote was ri
to 122.
Winning unexpected sup
port from Speaker Henry T.
Rainey, supporters of the Nc
Leod bank relief bill today
succeeded in forcing a test
vote on the floor Of the House.
The vote was taken on q mo-
ton to- table q resolution intro
duced by Representative Carroll
L. Beedy (RO of Maine, which
would have killed a Banking and
Currency Committee report.
May Win on Petition
Should the report be killed, it
would permit Mcleod hackers to
bring up the bill with a petition
already signed by 145 members.
The struggle for a vote began
Immediately after the House con.
vened and Representative Beedy,
a member Of the Banking Com
mittee, objected to the House &C.
certing the report on the ground
that it had not been read in com
mittee as required by rules fo1
committee procedure.
Taken by surprise, Democratic
leaders Immediately plunged into
impromtu debate while the Of
ficial parliamentarian hastily
searched the rules and previous
decisions OF speakers.
Beedy Draws Fire
Representative Rankin (D) Of
Mississippi contested Beedy's right
to obtain the floor as a matter OF
privilege.
Representative Byrns Of Ten
nessee, Democratic leader, Repre-
sentative O'Connor Cd of New
York, and Representative Blanton
Cd of Texas also assailed Beedy's
maneuver.
Speaker Rainey, after a hall
hour of stirring argument among
proponents and opponents Of the
Mcleod Bill sustained Represen
tative Beedy's contention that per
mitted the House to vote on
whether or not the resolution
should be tabled.
Since it's introduction in Feb
ruary by Representative Mcleod
Continued on Page 2, Col. e.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Will ROGERS
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Cal, April
2S.-WelI, we just got over ''Be
Kind to Animals Week" 80 now
you can start again writing to
your COngreSSman.
On Saturday President ROOse.
welt had at the White House his
graduating class Of Harvard,
1904. There were over 800 Of 'em,
and all Republicans. I think
he was just quietly rubbing It
in on 'em, for the press couldn't
name one Of 'em whom anybody
had ever heard Of. I think
''F. D." with his usual sense Of
humOr, was just In . subtle way
impreSsing on the boys:
'Tf there hadn't been . Dem
Ocrat in the class, yOuse guys
would never have got even to
see the inside Of the White
House."
1t only illustrates that every
Harvard class should have one
Democrat to rescue il from Oh.
hViOn.
6Copyright, 1874. by MeNaughs
8yndicats.1
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
HOUSE DISTRICT
DAY OPENS

Several important bills are ex-
pected to be taken up in the
House today where District Day
is on the calendar.
The bills Of most importance
to the District are the old age
pension act. a bill to allow the
Secretary Of the Interior and the
Attorney General to adjust con-
flicting land claims along the
river front, and a bill to broaden
the present regulation on fire
escapes.
A number Of private bills will
also be called up for hearing.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
CLERIC TELLS
Of SLEMP
LETTER
Miss Burroughs Relates What
Position She Occupied on
Committee in 1923

Miss Ada L. Burroughs,
middle-aged spinster, took the
witness stand in her own de-
fense today just before the
luncheon recess in the con-
spiracy trial being held in
District Supreme Court.
Bishop James Cannon, jr.. with
whom Miss Burroughs is on trial
for conspiracy to violate the cor
rupt practices act in the anti
Smith campaign Of 1928, left the
witness stand after being exam
tned for two hours.
Bishop Cannon again sought to
clear up discrepancies in his teS.
timony concerning $4,000 given
him by former Senator Joseph S.
Frelinghuysen, Of New Jersey.
Letter Of 81 Found
He had testified last week he
could not recall receiving the con.
tribution, but last Saturday re-
called the contribution.
Today, he said the recollection
came through a letter he had writ
ten to c. Bascom Slemp in 1881.
He said that he had found the let.
ter while going over some files in
his apartment Friday night.
Bishop Cannon testified that in
1881 he had sought an interview
with Mr.. Frelinghuysen, but the
latter said he did not think it
would be wise to confer with the
bishop at that time and refused
to do so.
Note Was Paid
Upon cross-examination by AS.
sistant U. s. Attorney John J.
Wilson, Bishop Cannon said he
had written to Mr.. Frelinghuysen
and insisted on reading the letter.
The Government counsel OBJ
3ected, after which, following a
conference with Justice Peyton
Gordon, Mr.. Wilson read the
letter. the postscript of which
said:
ut Is doubtless needless to
say to you that there is no law
requiring the report of funds
used in one State to be made"
Bishop Cannon admitted that
he had paid a 1928 note with
funds taken from the Continental
Trust Co., here but said it was
his personal account.
States Affiliations
Miss Burroughs was on the
stand for only a few minutes
and during that time she said
she had been associated with the
Anti-Saloon League since 1907,
and became treasurer Of the
headquarters committee of the
Anti-Smith Democrats in 1923.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
TlUO Students Held
In ErtOrtiOn Plot

OMAHA, Neb., April % G.NS).
Two Creighton University fresh.
men awaited court action today
following their arrest in what au.
thoritieS described as a crude at
tempt to extort $1,1O0 from
wealthy Mrs. Sarah Joslyn, Omaha
civic leader and widow of the
founder of the Western Newspaper
Union. The suspects, John E.
Flanagan, II, New York, and Ed.
ward Muffitt, 18, Omaha, are free
on bond. Muffitt Is a star basket.
ball player.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Winchester
Apple Fete
May ), 4

WINCHESTER, Va, April g.
The eleventh annual Shenandoah
Apple Blossom Festival will be
held on May 3 and 4, it was an
nounced by the executive com
mittee of the fete.
Mrs. John Hay Whitney will be
crowned as Queen Shenandoah
XI on the opening day at a
brilliant ceremony that is ex-
pected to attract thousands of
visitors.
The blossoms in the valley will
be at their height on May 8, it
was said by committee members
who have been carefully watching
development of the buds before
setting the formal dates.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
MARKET BILL
LOBBY LINKED.
WITH NRA
Rep. Rayburn Flags Campaign
of Fright by Foes of
Measure
By International News Service

The sensational charge that
the most powerful lobby ever
organized - including a link
with NRA-has attempted to
prevent passage Of the stock
exchange regulatory bill was
made today by Chairman Ray
burn (D.) of Texas, Of the
House Interstate Commerce
Committee.
Representative Reyburn charged
that George H. Mead, Dayton
(Ohio) paper manufacturer, had
presented amendments to the
measure purporting to be the
findings Of the durable goods com
mittee of the NRA. Representa-
tive Rayburn added:
''It turned out that we had had
them two or three days before
from Mr.. whitney and MIR. Red
mOnd. They were practically
identical"
CHAMPAIGN OF FRIGHT
Richard ]. Whitney is president
of the New York Stock Exchange
Roland Redmond is counsel to
that body. Representative Ray
burn continued:
Everybody knows the town
is full of lobbyists. They try
to get every group in the cOun.
try to join in this campaign Of
fright and Misrepresentation
against this legislation"
Forces arrayed against the bill,
had used "all the business men
they can to pull their chestnuts
out of the fire" He added:
Scare Business Men
"They have used every little
broker, every little dealer and
every little clerk in their offices
and have tried to frighten them.
"They have tried to frighten
every corporation in the cOun-
try with Misrepresentation"
He further charged that the
NRA memorandum actually was
mimeographed in the offices Of
the stock exchange officials. He
concluded:
'Tt is the most powerful lobby
ever organized against any bill
which ever came up in Con-
greSS."
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Car Crashes Truck;
Youth Held as Drunk

Robert B. Clokey. %, Of the
1000 block Of K st. N. E., drove
his automobile into q parked
truck at Twenty-fifth and @
streets Northwest, early today and
was cut on the face and hands.
After receiving treatment at the
Georgetown University Hospital
he was taken to the Seventh Pre-
cinct Station and charged with
driving while drunk. His car was
wrecked and the truck sustained
slight damage
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Miss Burroughs Takes Stand As Bishop Cannon Finishes
Fascism Spreading
InEngland, SeenAs
Threat to i. S.
"Will fnscisnn conne to EMnLnnd9"

"WM fGscisms come to EnglGnd?
H. r. Kmickerbocker brilliant foreign correspondent of
international NeaUs Service eOose recent series "Wl
War Gomez attracted ordVide attention. sets out to find
the GnS1Ver. "..4.,
In series of sac articles he details the grooOth of the
British Blacshrs Sir OswGld Mosley their leader, tells
Knckerbocker that his movement has grooOm faster tGn
dmy such movement IN history.
Kmckerbocker suggests that the United States has cause
to be deeply interested IN this British movement.
Following is the first Grticle
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Jury to Try SGlter
On Assault Ch0rqe

John T. Salter, 20, is at liberty
on $500 bond for a jury trial on
May / on a charge of aSsaulting
Miss Susie Tanner last Friday.
Both are residents of the 400 block
of G st. N. w.
Police said Miss Tanner ran
from Salter's home, her eye black
and her face bloody, and that Mr..
Salter was arrested by two po.
licewomen who turned him over
to First Precinct police. He pleaded
not guilty when arraigned before
Judge Ralph Given in Police Court
today.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

Sullied by unwarranted charges
and I am parted from my loved
ones.
81 trust 1 can marshal my
strength and fOrtitude to face
the future"
It was a portrait from bitter
experience. tinged with only small
self-pity. that this 74-year-olo
white-haired fugitive who once
ruled a two-billion- dollar utilities
empire drew for me on the deck
(cONtiNued on Page 2. Gel. u
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Struck by Taricab,
One Dead, One Hurt

HAGERSTOWN, April 23.-One
man was fatally injured and an
other seriously hurt when struck
by a taxicab on the Middleburg
Pike near here yesterday.
Howell Hammond, 80, and mar.
ried, died today at the Washing
ton County Hospital. Nelson Con-
ley, 80, WilliamSport, is in the
hospital.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Canal Trade Stops
As Fleet Tests SDeed

COLON, Panama, April %
UN.SO.-For the first time in
history, the governor of the Canal
Zone ordered all commercial ship
ping in the Canal stopped to per.
NIT the United States fleet to
stage a test maneuver. The fleet
win pass at full speed through
the canal from the Pacific to the
Atlantic.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Senate Probe Looms
On Diversion of Pau

Contending that allegations
have been made that general con-
tractors operating in Washington
have diverted as high as $2,00O,-
600 from the pay envelopes Of
their workers to their own use.
Senator Arthur Robinson (RO Of
Indiana was prepared today to
introduce a resolution asking a
Senate investigation into the
Tnaftar
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Macon Is at Miami;
Re0du to Join Fleet

MIAMI, Fla, April % GN.S0.
The Navy'S air giant, the dirigible
Macon, Swayed lazily at it's moor
ing mast at the OPA Locka air.
port today awaiting the word that
would send it drumming south
ward to join the Pacific fleet for
battle maneuvers. The huge ship
completed it's nation-Spanning
flight, the longest since it's trans
continental journey from Lake.
hurst last year, late Yesterday.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

He told me Of his plans and
his hopes today-described him
self in almost so many words as
an old man who fell victim to
circumstances beyond his control
and declared he was going home
with chin up and asking quarter
from no one. He said:
81 went down with my ship
when the economic crisis struck
America.
ADMITS HE'S BROKE
To-day I am broke. MY for.
tune ID wiped out my name
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
RQQueL Torres WedS
Broker on Sea Triu

HOLLYW April %
Q.N.SO-Stephen Ames, wealthy
New York broker, and his bride,
Raquel Torres, Mexican film &C
tresS, today were enroute to
Honolulu on the s. S. Lurline.
They were married on board the
ship shortly before it sailed.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

LONDON April 23 QNS.}@-Fascism has come to two
Of the four great powers Of Western Europe and more than
100 million inhabitants of the Continent live under its ban
today The Fascist has engulfed Germany and
Italy is tapping at the democratic foundations of every
state in Europe.
Will it reach America?
Between and the Continent lies England And the
British Isles in than geographical more
than naval sense, barrier between America and Europe
They are spiritual, moral political barrier well.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
NEW MAIL BILL
GIVEN D, K,
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
The House Post office Commit
tee today favorably reported the
new air mail bill providing for
award Of one year contracts and
establishment of a commission to
investigate and devise a national
aviation policy.
The bill probably will be passed
by the House this week, with a
special rule for it's consideration
being sought by Chairman Mead
D0 of New York.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
7-POlGNd Son Born
To Lima B0SQUette

HOLLYWOOD, April % G.N.SJ
Lnia Basquette Hayes, movie act
ress and wife Of Teddy Hayes,
former trainer of Jack Dempsey,
today announced birth Of a
seven-pound son April z. Miss
Basquette and Hayes were mar
ried at Newark, N. j., in 1881.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
insult Cheered By Belief
He Will Win Justice

For the first time since his dramatic capture in 1Gnb~ and
deportation to the United States stand trial. Samuel nsuu oe
Chicago utilities GgnGte TO-DAY tells of the future beeUs is
store TOR him. In the ooing erclStUe trUieW ah IernGono
NeS SeTUice OeeSSed ErlonG
expresses belief ustice 1pH ultimately triumph"
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

Service.
ABOARD s. s. EX1LoNA, AT SEA, April % (INS.).-In
ng that his motives honest and that he has been mis-
judged for gong down with sinking ship" Samuel Insul
is going home confident that iugtice will triumph.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
Bv q. R. KNICKERBOCKER

(CopyrighE 1894, by international News Service
Reproduction in whole part forbidden.)
The Washington times., 1934-04-23

WASHINGTON FORECAST
Fair today; Tuesday fair and cooler. ID
tailed report on Page 81