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Evening star., 1934-02-26
CHICAGO FINANCIER
is KILLED IN TEXAS
Land Owner Is Charged With
Murder of President of
Hydroelectric Firm.
BY the Associated Press.


SEGUIN, Tex, February 26.-Gerald
w. Peck, wealthy Chicago investment
broker and president Of the Texas Hy-
droelectric Co. was shot and fatally
wounded here today while sitting in
the office OF A. j. Wirtz, attorney for
the company and former State Senator.
Tom HOllamon. sr., ST, prominent
Guadalupe County land owner and
a former United States marshal, was
arrested on a charge of murder
A. c. Lime. county attorney. said
examining trial for Hollamon would be
held this afternoon.
Peck, Wirtz, H. S. Hunt Of Jackson,
Mich. and s. G. Chamberlain OF San
Antonio. directors of the power COM
pany. had just started their annual
meeting when Hollamon walked up
to the door OF the room where the
officers were gathered, waited until 1t
was opened and then began shooting
He fired first at Peck wounding
him fatally. The other men said
they tried to take his pistol away and
in the shufiie Wirtz was struck over
the head. The other men we're not
hurt.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
NINE KILLED AT RACE

ROSARIO, Argentina. February 26
R).-Nine spectators at the finish of
the gran premio nacional automo-
bile race were killed yesterday when
they rushed into the path of the car
driven by Ernesto Blanco, the first
to finish the final lap.
Just after Blancos car, travelling
at high speed, crossed the finish line
it ran into a crowd of spectators, who
had invaded the highway. Blanco
was unable to avert the accident.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
Postmaster Asks
Grain to Be Given
Birds by Carriers

City Postmaster William M.
Mooney is sending out an S o S
for the starving birds around
Washington.
He wants kind-hearted citizens,
or perhaps some conservation
agency to furnish grain for the
feathered folk, dying In the cold
and snow.
His rural carriers in nearby
Virginia and Maryland will gladly
distribute the bird food as they
serve their routes, If some one will
provide it.
The order permitting the car
riers to scatter grain was issued
a number of years ago by the
Post ONCE Department, but few
people know about it, George
Wood, superintendent of rural
delivery service for the entire
country. said today.
so far as ! know" said Mr..
Mooney, I'VE have received almost
no grain for the birds this VIM
ter, when it has been sorely
needed"
A package OF grain addressed to
the superintendent of any rural
substation will be thankfully
received, he said, and promptly
used.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
TOLL IN STORMS
INCREASED TO 50
Tornadoes Kill Is in South
as Snow BurieS North
eastern Part of u. S.
Continued From First Page)

in a train wrecked by a snowbank in
Mapleton, Me.
A high-pressure area. with attend
ing clear skies, was succeeding the
storm today. leaving the area west
of the Mississippi almost snow-free
today. Weather Bureau officials said
the snowfall will end tonight, but not
until 1t has almost equaled the 90
inches depth of the preceding snow.
A two-day search for a missing
airliner ended last night when its
five passengers and crew Of three were
found dead near a snowbound canyon
not far from Salt Lake City. The
giant craft smashed to earth in a
binding blizzard Friday.
Large Eastern cities like New York
sought frantically to clear away the
snow and prevent a tie-up like that
OF last week, which paralyzed traffic.
Despite their efforts. many trains
were running late and road trans
portation was impeded. Airplanes
over a wide area were held to the
ground.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
HIGHER TOLL FEARED.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, February 26
R.-The deep Souths death roll
from series of Sabbath tornadoes
had reached l6 today. with the pos
sibility it would go even higher when
full communication is restored.
Slashing the tornado belt" sew
eral weeks ahead of the usual season
for such storms the terrific winds
killed at least 3 people in Alabama
10 in Mississippi in Georgia and /
in louisiana Many were injured and
wrecked.
The Red Cross rushed food, sup
plies and medical aid.
The storms hit Mississippi first,
laying a trail of destruction and kill
ing husband, wife and four of their
five children. Then they traced a
course along the tornado belt" in
Alabama, near the scene Of the tor
nado that killed more than 200 per-
sons in March, 1882. Finally Georgia
bore the brunt of the elements and
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Phillips died in
the wreckage Of their home near
Carrollton.
Buildings Leveled.
The greatest damage apparently
was in Alabama, where trees were
uprooted, homes and business build
ings blown down and the countryside
slashed by terrific rain.
Seven unidentified persons were re-
ported killed at Shady Grove in Clay
County and seven persons also were
reported dead.
Following is a list Of the known
dead:
Alabama-The Rev. ]. w. McCreul-
lurs. High Pine; George Lynch, Mil
lerville; Mrs. Mamie Kaizziah, Sc,
Calera.
Mississippi-F. Carl Calvert. 43,
Center Hill; Mrs. Annie Calvert. 35,
Center Hill; four Calvert children;
Curtis Bishop, Kewanee; Martin
Brown. 48, Kewanee; Harold Harper
AS, Meridian; a colored man at Ke-
vance.
Georgia-Mr, and Mrs. VIII Phil
lips OF near Carrollton.
Louisiana-Alberta Roussell, 81, COL
ored, New Orleans
from Miami, were injured when their
plane crashed in the storm near Ash
land. Two houses were blown down
at Sylacauga, Ala, and others were
unroofed. At McDonough, Ga, a
dozen homes were leveled. There were
reports of wreckage at Jonesboro
Hapeville and jackson, all in the At
lanta area.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
HOPKINS OPPOSES
c. WA. SCHOOL AID
Declares Funds Should Be
Allotted Directly on
Basis of Need.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The use of relief funds for school
aid was opposed before the House
Education Committee today by Harry
L. Hopkins, C. w. A. administrator
Il do not believe relief should have
anything TO do with schools" Hopkins
told the committee at its hearing on
a number of proposals for educational
relief this term and next year. He
opposed particularly a measure by
Representative Collins, Democrat, of
Mississippi, to make $4,000, 600 of
civil works funds available for schools
between now and June 80.
The administrator said relief funds
so fer had been used to give unem-
ployment relief to teachers and not
to keep schools open, He said from
$4,000 to 10000 teachers already were
on c. w. A. rolls
Relief to schools" Hopkins added
should be a direct appropriation on
the merits of need We need all of
the s950,000,00 allowed US for the
specific purposes for which it was
appropriated"
He said teachers on relief rolls draw
between $2,000,000 and s3000.0 900 a
month, and that by July l. s25, 5,O00,-
600, including student loans, will
have been spent in aiding education.
James J. Richmond, Kentucky
schools superintendent and chairman
of the National Committee for Fed
eral Emergency Aid for Education,
gave six aims Of his committee:
Fifty million dollars for the re-
mainGer of this school year.
One hundred million dollars for
1s34-1935.
Liquidation Of school debts,
Legislation to permit schools TO
borrow on their assets
Increased school building under
the Public Works Administration.
Aid to needy college students.
Evening star., 1934-02-26


Only one of the real soldier lead
ers (Patman of Texas. was identified
with the movement. His pals whisper
that he figured the bonus fight would
help push the veterans economy
modification through the Senate
They say that is the only reason he
signed the petition.
The Legion experts are doubtful
that the petition has helped them
They had the Senate all lined up to
accept three of their four points
when the House fiasco burst upon
them
One constructive effect of this
bonus fight lUill be to spur Mr..
Roosevelt into getting rid OF Con-
oreSs as soon as possible.
He relaxed his pressure for early
adjournment some weeks ago, because
Congress was going along with him in
everything. Then. within two days,
they rebelled on Government wages
and on the bonus. If he submits a
controversial question like the tariff
now, his hold on Congress may be
broken.
1HtTe Is IlOI uluCl 1dIlStI VI q
definite break, but it is obviously Mr..
Roosevelt's strategy now to send the
boys home before they cause him more
trouble.
Railroad Strike Averted.
There will be no rail strike.
The boys are just jockeying around
a little for position. In the end they
will renew the 10 per cent wage re-
duction, probably for another six
month period.
The railroads would like to fix mat
tiers so they can plan on permanent
wage reduction, but they are wasting
their time On the inside they are
making no serious preparations to
fight for their demand or to face a
strike.
Among the insiders who had big
hand in writing the stock market
regulation bill are Thomas Corcoran,
legislative counsel for the r. F. c.,
and Ben Cohen. attorney and graft
eradlcator for the P. w. A.
The President is noW talking
about going only as far as San
Diego on his Spring cruise. Far
Eastern tUar Developments prob
ably ,0tH influence his ultimate
itinerary.
Senate investigators demanded the
brokerage account of ex-Postmaster
General Brown from a Toledo firm
They obtained a photostatic copy Of
the account; also bill for $3.50 fol-
making the photostat.
Small banks may rest assured that
examination for the Permanent De-
posit Insurance Corporation will be
liberal. II they are unable to make
the grade their entry will be delayed
a year. That is why the bill for op-
tional delay was proposed In Congress.
Examinations will be based on a 3-to-
5-year recovery expectation value OF
assets, rather than on present-day
market value.
The secret Of the Army troubles
with the airmail is the Army planes
have not got the latest equipment used
by commercial companies for such
hazardous flying.
tCopyrisht. 1s34)
Evening star., 1934-02-26
O'COENELL CASE
DUE FOR AIRING
Inside Story" of kidnapping
to Be Told at Trial of
Intermediary.
BY the Associated Press.

oy the hSSoClapeo fress.
ALBANY, N. Y, February 26.-The
inside story" Of the audacious kid
naping of John J. O'Connell. 24-year-
old member of a politically potent clan
was due to come out today.
The State, somewhat reluctantly,
called Manney Strewl to trial ON a
kidnapping charge. He was an inter-
mediate in ransom negotiations which
took place before the nephew of Ed
and Dan O'Connell, remocratic lead
ers, was freed for a price Of $4,000.
District Attorney John T. Delaney,
contending he was seeking others as
members of the kidnap band and that
a trial would tip his hand, delayed
the case for more than six months
Finally Supreme Court Justice Sydney
Foster ordered Strewl to trial
All those in the know have con-
cealed details of the kidnapping. Ru-
mors, freely published. that the alb
duction grew from a beer fight or a
political controversy, were ignored by
the O'Connells.
Besides Strewl. the authorities are
known to have sought John and Fran
els. Obey. brothers, and Percy Geary.
John Obey and Strewl served two pris-
on terms together.
John O'Connell, an officer in the
National Guard. was snatched last
July from the doorstep of his
mothers home. and the kidnapers de-
manded $250,000 Lists of interme-
diaries were named and negotiations
were carried on in newspaper adver-
tisements here and in New York.
On July %, near midnight, O'Con-
nell was released in New York. Strewl
and an Albany lawyer, Albert Snyder,
drove him to Dan O'Connells camp, at
Heidelberg Mountain.
Both of the O'Connell brothers and
the kidnap victim himself are expect
ed to take the stand Daniel H. Prior,
who twice successfully defended the
late Legs Diamond against torture
charges, is Strewls attorney.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

linas today after disastrous wind and
rain storm, which wrecked buildings,
power and communication lines and
injured at least two persons near
Luray, S. c.
The storm swept area extended from
the foothills of the Blue Ridge In
North Carolina to the South Carolina
Georgia line near Anderson. S. c., and
was as much as 80 miles wide in
places.
High Point. NJ c., one OF the worlds
great furniture manufacturing centers,
was without communication.
The storm apparently skipped char-
lotte. which was only slightly affected.
North wilkesboro. N. C.. where an
unidentified man was held suspected
of being Pretty Boy" Floyd, Okla
horna outlaw, was completely isolated
Evening star., 1934-02-26
BAND CONCERTS.

BY the United States Navy Band
this evening at 8. in the sail loft, Navy
Yard. Lieut.. Charles Benter, leader;
Alexander Morris. assistant leader.
Soloists-Charles Brendler, clarinet;
Ralph Dermond, piano.
Overture, "Mignon,"
Ambrose Thomas
Grand scenes from the opera "Eugen
Onegin". Peter Tschaikowsky
Solo for clarinet Concerto"
Carl Maria Won Weber
Musician Charles Brendler.
''Valse Triste" tOp. 44) Jean Sibelius
From Jarnefelt's drama, 'Kuolema."
RhapsOdie, "Hongroise. No. IA
Franz Liszt
Musician Ralph Dermond at piano.
Grand march, "Pomp and Circum-
stance. Sir Edward Elgar
Excerpts from the musical comedy
The Three Musketeers,
Rudolf Friml
"Rondo Capriccioso' (Op. 14,
Felix Mendelssohn-B -Bartholdy
Fantasia, "Rumanian,
Jonel Dimitriescu
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1934-02-26
Smith of Virginia
Praises Bride as
Efficient Counsel
Representative Hopes
District WiH Not Re-
place Incumbent.

Representative Smith. Democrat of
Virginia, expressed regret over reports
that the Commissioners may replace
Corporation Counsel William w. Bride
Il have always found in my expert
ence in Congress that Mr.. Bride is
very efficient man and ! believe the
Commissioners will have a difficult
job replacing him as corporation
counsel. I hope. however. the reports
are not true and that the Commits
sioners see fit to retain Mr.. Bride in
the Districts interests"
Evening star., 1934-02-26
MRS. NJ. B. S. THOMPSON
SUCCUMBS AT AGE OF sc
Mother-in-Law Of Elwood n.
Seal, Assistant Corporation
Counsel, Ill One Week.

Mrs. Mary B. s. Thompson, 66 years
old, mother -in-law OF Elwood n Seal
assistant corporation counsel assigned
10 the District milk investigation, died
early this morning at Mr. Seals home.
4o42 Sixteenth street. She had been
i'll a week.
Mrs. thompson came here 40 wear.
ago with her fathe., Judge Advocate
General Davis Swain, Of the Army
she married Lewis L. Thompson. who
has since died ~
mrs. virginia Seal is her only child.
Funeral services will be held tcmOr.
row at 8 pm. at the Seal residence
tn.erment H VIII be in Rock Creek
Evening star., 1934-02-26
INSPECTORS GET PASSES
A. B. C. Board Members Had Been
Furnishing Own Transportation.

Weekly street car passes were issued
today to the eight liquor inspectors
of the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board. after it was learned the men
had been using their own automobiles
and paying the expense of operation
out of their own pockets.
One of the inspectors-policemen
temporarily assigned to duty with the
A. B. c. Board-had travelled 65 miles
in one day last week, according to
the report to Commissioner Melvin
c. HaZen, who directed Auditor Daniel
J. Donovan to furnish the men with
transportation.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
LIES ON TRACKS
Street Cars Held Up Until Office

Street Cars Held Up Until officer
Removes Man.
Snow and cold weather have their
human helpers in tying up street car
lines today.
In Police Court this morning, an
officer told Judge Gus A. Schuldt that
he found John Barnes, colored, lying
across the rails at Fifth and G streets,
intoxicated, with three street cars tied
up while their crews tried to move
him.
Barnes pleaded guilty. He was SEN
fenced to $40 or 10 days.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
TITUS RITES TOMORROW
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG. Va. February 20
Funeral services will be held tomor.

row at 2:3o pm. for Robert T. Titus.
Sc, who died yesterday in a Baltimore
hospital following an operation Fri
day.
Mr. Titus was the son of the late
T. S. Titus of Goudoun County He
is survived by his wife and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. Benjamin Bridges Of Lees
burg; two sisters, Mrs. J. T. Houri-
hane Of Leesburg and Mrs. Carl Hick-
man Of Washington, and two brothers,
DR.. E, w. Titus Of Washington, D. c.,
and E. T. Titus of Leesburg. Burial
will be in Leesburg Cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
Four Killed in Car Crash.

SACRAMENTO. Calf, February 26
CP.-Four persons were killed yester-
day in the collision of a motor car
against a bridge approach. The dead
were Joseph Kiewig. 36; Maurice
Stillwell, SO; Laura Broyle, "a, and
Mrs. Myrtle Nelson, IS.
Evening star., 1934-02-26
SNOW PARALYZES EAST.

NEW YORK, February rs (P.-
The East struggled frantically today
to prevent a snowstorm from tieing
it in knot for the second time in a
week.
Snow as fine as salt. driven by a
northeast gale, swirled for hours
Communities that had barely got
moving after digging out of last
weeks big storm faltered under the
new blow from the sky.
Airplane service was the first to
go. Trains were running late. Road
transportation was severely hampered.
Plummeting temperatures added to
the woes of many sections. Northeast
gales Slashed at the coast. especially
New England, imperiling shipping.
Food Shortage Feared.
A force of 81 500 men labored
throughout the night in an attempt
to clear New York Citys streets and
keep traffic moving, If only at a
snail's pace. Fear of food shortage
spread in Long Island towns. At
Northport, Long Island, many homes
were reported short OF milk and
groceries as new snow blanketed roads
not yet cleared after last weeks
storm.
Fire Island, of Long Islands south
shore, was still cut of from the main
land. Its 200 inhabitants have ex-
listed as best they could for 10 days
of isolation Liners incoming from
Europe arrived hours late at New
York after fighting slashing storms.
A stormless week end in the Bos-
ton area gave road crews a chance
to catch up with last Tuesdays bliz-
Zard. Then, last night, snow began
falling again. AS the night wore on
the temperature dropped, the wind
increased and the snowfall became
heavier.
Coast Guard headquarters were ad-
vised the collier Northern Sword,
blown on the rocks of Winthrop
Head, had been released and was pro-
ceeding to Boston.
The prospects were good, the wealth
er man said, for 10 inches of snow
before the current storm ends.
The food and fuel problems Of the
smaller New England communities,
many of which hadn't yet dug out OF
last weeks drifts, became acute.
The snowstorm invaded the South,
too.
West Virginia Blanketed.
West Virginia last night was blan-
keted with from l inch to 2 feet OF
snow after the heaviest snowfall in
years.
Bus schedules were delayed, high
ways were blocked and automobile
traffic was seriously fmpeded by rain
and Sleet that turned the snow into
Slush in many towns and cities.
More than 2 feet Of snow had
fallen last night in some sections of
the Lower Eastern Shore and water
men expressed fear OF the harbor and
channels near here.
Shell stock oysters here have taken
another jump in price. today being
quoted at s1.30 bushel. Difhculty
in gathering oysters through the ice
was the cause Of the price boom.
PIEDMONT MILLS SILENCED.
Evening star., 1934-02-26

Wind Storm Cuts OF Power, IsOlates
Towns.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., February 26
Pl.-Machinery stood idle in the
highly industralized Piedmont Caro-
Evening star., 1934-02-26

BY the United States Marine Band
tomorrow morning at 1880, in the
auditorium, Marine Barracks. Capt.
Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S.
Witcomb, second leader.
Patriotic Shut-ins Dream Hour.
Marines hymn, The Halls of Monte
yuma"
Overture, "Stradella" la"......... .Flotow
Cornet solos
Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses"
Openshaw
"Smilin' Thru" .............Pe Penn
Musician Winfred Kemp.
March, The Manly American
Osterman
boiero ...''''.....'. "avei
Characteristic, whistler and His
Dog" Pryor
Saxophone solos
Loves Old sweet Song" Molloy
Wagon Wheels. De Rose
Musician Kenneth Douse.
Overture, "Tannhauser" .... Wagner
Novelty. There's Something About a
Soldier" Gay
Serenade, "Estrellita" my Little
STAR ................. Ponce
''Barcarolle' from THE Tales of
Hoffman" -onenbach
March, "Semper FideliS' 'sou'a
Bells OF st. Marys" ....... Adam
Chimes obblisato. Musician Wilbur D.
Kieffer.
"Ihe star spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1934-03-02
MAN WEAKER SEX,
SURVEY REVEALS
Statistics at Mayo Clinic
Show Male Less Resistant
Than Female.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, Mimi, March a.
Here's something for the men to think
about.
Facts and statistics on file at the
Mayo Clinic at Rochester show that
man Is the weaker sex.
DR.. William J. Mayo learned years
ago that under certain circumstances
and pertaining to certain diseases, the
male of the species was less resistent
than the female.
Using this information as q basis,
DR.. e. v. Allen and associates Of the
clinic studied 100000 cases by check
ing the findings.
MANY will take exception to this
statement" DR.. Allen said. "They will
say that foot ball players. track men.
wrestlers and those who excel In feats
Of strength and endurance are al
most uniformly males. But, physical
prowess Is but the outward habilment
Of physical superiority. A quality
much better reflected Is ability to
Withstand disease"
The fact Is, DR.. Allen said, that men
are more frequently victims OF dis
eases Of the digestive tract, the lungs,
kidneys and brain, and functional dis
eases than are women.
He admits that women may be
sick more often than men, but says
their ailments are of lesser degree.
Women are most commonly affected
with nervous disorders and diseases
and cases Of varicose veins and heart
ailments.
Among reasons for the "inferiority''
Of men DIR. Allen lists overwork, alco-
holism, tobacco heart" industrial
hazards and irregular habits Of sleep
ing and eating.
The report shows that during the
influenza epidemic several years ago
more women than men were affected,
but that the disease caused more
male fatalities than women.
In the matter Of infant mortality
Dr. Allen says Federal census figures
for 1929 reveal that 129 males died
to every 100 females under l year of
age, and that 1872 male deaths oc-
CURED for every 100 females among
children years old.
On the other hand, figures show
that from 104 to 106 males are born
to every 100 females in the United
States Yet there are more women
than men living in the Nation now.
Evening star., 1934-03-02
WISCONSIN STRIKE
PEACE MOVE BEGUN
Fear Of Violence Voiced by Off,
cials Unless Early Adjust
ment Is Made.
~ the Associated Press.

MILWAUKEE,, March 2-Govern-
mental agencies and the State Fedora
ton OF Labor today were attempting
to bring peace to half a dozen strike
troubled industries of three cities of
Eastern Wisconsin.
District Attorney John Brown of
Racine, where a girl and a policeman
have been hurt in disorders attend
ing five strikes, summoned employers,
workers, representatives of the Fed
eral Regional Labor Board and off,
cials Of the Federation of Labor to the
Racine court house. The district at
torney warned that feeling is tense
among pickets who surround the Nash
Motor Co. plant, the two factories Of
the J. I. Case Co., the Eisendrath
Tannery and the Oster Clipper Co.
He feared that if settlements are not
made soon violence will break out.
Spokesman for the Nash company
pointed out that the workers had been
offered 10 per cent increase in wages.
The employees demand 20 per cent.
The main Nash plant at Kenosha
was virtually shut down, 1000 union
workers striking and persuading non
union workers to stay away. In Mil
waukee the Seaman Body Corpora
ton, affiliated with the Nash COM
pany, was operating on a sharply re-
duced schedule.
It was estimated that 4,700 Nash
Seaman workers of the three cities
are on strike.