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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
BYRNES To BACK
BILL To ELECT
DELEGATES
Senator Believes D. C. Citizens
Should Have Voice in
Naming Candidates
By LOUIS E. WHITE

Washington residents affiliated
with the major political parties
may be given opportunity to vote
for delegates to the next party
conventions.
This possibility grew stronger
today with the announcement by
Senator James F. Byrnes CD OF
South Carolina, that he strongly
favors such a proposition and will
make a determined effort to have
legislation for that purpose
enacted.
Bin Already introduced
A bill providing for the election
of delegates from the District to
the national conventions has been
introduced in the House by Rep.
resentative Mary T. Norton CD
of New Jersey, but due to her
necessary absence from the city
recently, no steps have been taken
to obtain approval Of the measure.
With adjournment of the pres
ent congressional session predicted
within a few weeks. it is held I'M
likely that action on the pro-
poSal will be taken in either
house this year.
Mrs. Norton pointed out, how
ever. that if, during the con-
gressional recess, the citizens Of
the National Capital. through
their various civic and business
organizations, show interest in the
proposal and express favorable
sentiment toward it, she will press
for approval at the next session
Of Congress.
Seeks Committee Help
With Senator Byrnes sponsor
ing the legislation in the Senate,
it is believed that it will be SYM
pathetically received, since the
South Carolinian has considera-
BILE influence in congressional cir.
Giles.
He has asserted he will take
the matter up with members of
the Senate District Committee
with a view to obtaining support
from that group for the PROPOSE
ton, and as the situation now ap-
pears it is believed that if District
residents get behind the move
ment for enactment of the bill,
it will become law
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
HURLEY ANGRY
At CHARGE Of
{. O.P.PLOT
Former Secretary of War
Threatens to Sue Dali
rympIe for Libel

Former Secretary of War Pat
rick j. Hurley and Major A. V
Dalrymple, special assistant to
the Attorney General, hurled
angry words at each other before
the Senate Civil Service subcom
mittee today.
Mr.. Hurley accused Major Dial
rymple of making false state
ments about him and threatened
to sue him for criminal libel. He
referred to Major Dalrymple's ale
CATION that prominent Repub
hcanS met at Mr.. Hurley's home
in a plot to keep Republicans in
Federal jobs and to get rid OF
Democrats.
Demands Trial
Major Daldym2le said he had
been informed that among those
present were former Senators
James E. Watson and George
Moses; John S. Hurley, former
director of the Justice Depart
ment's dry unit; Edward E. Biz
ney, former personnel officer Of
that unit, and D. H. Reichgur
Mr.. Birney's assistant.
Mr.. Hurley declared:
II demand q trial in public
concerning these false charges
50 that the truth may be
known"
81 maintain that if Major Dali
rymple is merely quoting what
he has heard, he is incapable Of
holding public office. His words
are the mOuthingS of an IRE
SpOnSible official. He should
not advertise an infamous false
hood"
NEVER MET J. S. HURLEY
Mr.. Hurley said that none Of
the men named had ever been il
his home and added that he hac
never met John S. Hurley nor Mr.
Reichgur. Then Major Dalrymple
jumped to his feet and shouted
Il am ready to meet any libel
charges at any time. 1 did not
say that those things were true.
/ merely told the committee
what 1 had been informed by re-
liable authority. 1 ask this COM
mittee to summon my inform.
ants SO that we may get at the
truth"
Major Dalrymple added that he
had been told that the alleged DO
litical deal had involved exchange
Of support. between former Sen
ator Moses and John S. Hurley
a New Hampshire Democrat, fol
the proposed candidates. of Mr.
Moses for the Senate and Mr.
Hurley for Congress.
John S. Hurley also denied the
allegations. He was questioned
closely by Senator Mcclellan CD
Of Tennessee concerning the al
legged discharge of Democratic Pro
hibition agents and their pur
ported replacement by 10 Tennes
see Republicans. Mr.. Hurley re
vealed little to Senator Mcclellan
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
-ANDAE" SEEN BY LMIENTtAAL IN CONDUCT OF UTILITIES
President Talks
At Gettysburg
On May 80

Close to the spot where
Abraham Lincoln delivered his
immortal Gettysburg address,
II years ago, President Roose-
welt will speak at the Memorial
Day services in Gettysburg
National Cemetery the after
noon of May 80.
The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt will go there on a
special train. scheduled to
arrive at 2 o'clock that after
noon, and the exercises will
start at 2:15 with Repre-
sentative Harry L. Haines pre-
siding.
On the platform will be Mrs.
M. o. Smith, IS, who as a
girl of II sang at the exercises
when President Lincoln dedi-
Gated the cemetery.
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Officials t0.Aeceptt'
d. C.. Liquor STAMPS

District officials will go to the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock to
receive the first of the new liquor
tax stamps which will be placed
in use June /, eliminating the tax
reports now made by liquor deal
erS.
Among those taking part in the
ceremony will be the District
Commissioners, members OF the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
CORPORATION Counsel E. Barrett
.Prettyman, and Auditor Daniel j.
Donovan
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R.0.T.C. REVIEW
At HILLTOP

Georgetown University r. o.
T. c. members will parade in
full dress for Maj. Gen. Paul v.
Malone, commander of the Third
Corps Area. at the annual Mill
tary Day program on the Hilltop
today.
The program will begin at 2
p. m. and. in the event of rain,
will be staged in Castor Hall.
Featuring the program will be a
competitive company drill and in
dividual platoon drills, following
which prizes will be awarded
those adjudged best.
Major General Malone will ad-
dress the members following the
review,
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TENSION
CROWS AS NEW
STRIKE LOOMS
Lathers Threaten WaIk-Out;
Other Rows Unsettled;
U. S. Action Seen

One more strike doomed over
Washington today, fathers join
ing in the demand for increased
wages and threatening to walk
out unless their demands are
met.
Meeting last night the fathers
union voted to press the demand,
being supported in this move by
the carpenters and plasterers'
union.
Draw Demands Tonight
The fathers will meet again to-
night to draw up their demands
and present them to the con-
tractors.
Union plasterers will go on
st rike tomorrow, it appeared
likely, the contractors having
taken no action on their demand
for a ascent hourly wage in
crease, making the scale Sits.
and a reduction to 30-hour week
in order to spread jobs. At pres
ent plasterers work a 4O-hour
week at a $3.50 scale.
Hold carriers are also threaten
ing to strike unless they are
granted a ascent an hour increase
and a five'day week.
The carpenters strike on since
May /, is hopelessly deadlocked,
the Master Builders Association
refusing to meet the union de.
mands for a 30-hour week and a
wage scale of $1.371a an hour.
The companies have offered to
compromise on the wage increase
demands, but claim that they can
not meet the full demands due tn
loss of revenue caused by invasion
of the local markets by cheap ice
creams from other cities.
Possibility that the Government
would enter the labor controversy
was seen as the strike situation
threatened to tie up the Govern
ment building program.
With the strikes on it will be i'm
possible for the new Justice, Labor
and I. c. c. buildings to be COM
pleted by July l when these de-
partments are slated to enter their
own quarters and, as no appropri-
alton for rent has been made in
the budget. the problem is causing
extreme worry in official circles.
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Z ARRESTS NEAR
IN KIDNAPPING

CONTINUED from Page y
the man who snatched the six
year-old heiress.
"Snatcher" Seen Three Times
The woman told Sheriff John
Bolton that she had seen the
man drive slowly by her home
near the school house on three
consecutive days before June was
kidnapped.
The mar once stopped and
talked to children who were
playing on a gravel pile, accord
ing to the woman's statement.
Sheriff Bolton, who played an
important role in the capture of
John Dillinger and his bandit
gang here, said the woman's
identity would not be revealed
now because of fear that the
hdnapers might attempt to
silence her"
Crime Re-enacted
Re-enactment of the kidnapping
added little to the total knowledge
Of the case, according to officers
who accompanied June in an
automobile from the point from
which she was kidnapped April
IS near the school to the torture
grave" in the desert nine miles
from here.
She knew, in a general way,
the route of the kidnap car, but
that was all.
When the car arrived at the
desert road leaving the main
highway, she said that was
where we turned off,"
She said in reference to the
spot on which the coffin" was
located:
another man was there.
They made me get into the
box. ! cried a little but they
told me they would spank me
if I didn't keep quiet. They
pushed me into the box.
started to cry again. They
told me they would spank me if
1 didn't shut up. / shut up"
Veteran cowboy trailers, Yaqui
Indians, UnderSheriff Jake"
Farrar, and Deputy Sheriff AL
Franco, all famed in the desert
country for their ability to fol-
low a trail across the sandy,
cactus strewn wastes, thus far
have failed to pick up the trail
of the kidnapers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
Episcopal Church
To Pick DeLe0GteS

Eight delegates to the trien-
NAL convention of the Episcopal
Church to be held in Atlantic
City this fall were to be selected
today at the 140th annual coun-
Gil of the Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia being held in historic
Christ Church in Alexandria. The
sessions are being attended by
200 clerical and lay delegates.
Bishop Henry st. George Tucker,
Of the diocese, is presiding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
Cuban Military Aide
Pays Visit to Derr1

Capt. Felipe Munilla Y Duran,
who has been appointed to sue.
coed Capt. Enrique A. Prieto as
military attache to the Cuban EN-.
bassy, was presented today to
Secretary of War Dern and Gen.
Arthur Macarthur, chief of staff
Captain Munilla was accompanied
by Colonel Burnett. foreign liaison
officer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
BELGIUM

PATURAGES, Belgium, May II
q. N. SD.-Hope was abandoned
today for Is miners trapped in
the Lambrechies coal mine by the
second disastrous explosion in two
days. The second blast occurred
as rescuers were seeking the bod
les of 48 men killed by a fire
damp explosion Tuesday. There
were % men in the rescue party.
Six were taken out of the mine,
all badly burned or otherwise
seriously injured.
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SNA . ASAo OAASAAS
selling of arms
to Para quay
a nd B o livia,
e m b r oiled in
W ar in tn e
c h AGO region
Of South Amer
lea. Capt. An
tilony E d e n,
British Lord
Privy Sea l and
in charge Of
his country's
F or eign Dis
armament n E.
rotation ms.
made the pro-
poSal,
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powerful cruisers that would make
France master Of all her coast
lines.
PARIS, May II U.N.SO.-A
child's handwriting reveals the
secret of what career it should
follow when grown up, according
to Rafael Schermann, information.
ally-known graphologist. Proper
analysis of handwriting should
enable parents to guide their
young into professions for which
they are best fitted, he declared
today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
IRISH FREE STATE

CARNARVON, Wales, May II.
Q.N.S0-The Prince of Wales,
touring the north Wales indus
trial areas and examining the I'm
employment and welfare situation,
was greeted today by great throngs
of cheering and singing people. At
the villages and towns visited py
the Prince. the streets were deco.
rated with flags.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
TVA IS RESULT,
BANKERS TOLD
BY COUNSEL
Presidents Stand Inevitable,
He Asserts; Cites Practices
Of Two Big Companies

CONTINUED from Page y
SOIidated surplus account of the
Commonwealth Edison, we find
the directors of this company
in a single year found it nee
eSSary to write off over S45,-
100000 against surplus, reduc-
ing the surplus from $53,5OO,-
900 to $780, 00. Some Of the
items in this write-Off against
surplus deserve your attention.
I'm the first place we find
a SCALED investment reserve
Of $SO,OOO,0OO set up. 1t ap-
peared that the management Of
this company, through q nom
utility investment subsidiary
had been making enormous out
lays in all manner Of enter
prises, from truck factories to
suburban real estate, invest
ments which everyone here
would agree no cOnservatively
operated quasi-gOvernment busf
ness should have considered.
RESERVE INADEQUATE
'"The reserve was to absorb
the losses of those ventures.
Even that investment reserve
was found inadequate, for IN
the 1898 report we find an ad-
ditional charge Of $7,OOO,OOO
against surplus to care for
shrinkage in value of the So
called investments Of the sub
sidiary. Some Of the other
items in this surplus account
are interesting.
~Here is an item Of $780,
900 for losses in connection with
transactions in cOmpany'S re-
acquired stock. This company,
through its subsidiary, was en-.
gagged in the practice Of buying
the company's stock in the open
market, for purposes which do
not stand very close scrutiny
when taken in connection with
the management's intensive
stock selling campaign among
customers and helpless en-
ployes. Then there is an item
Of Sl.665, 900 for advances and
loans Of stock to offers and en-
plOyeS and to individuals con.
nected with affiliated COM
panieS.
ANNUAL REPORT QUOTED
'Let us turn to the annual re-
port of the Public Service Com
pany of Northern Illinois. Here
we find that in 1892 and 1893
the management wrote off a
total of S18,5OO, 900 to take care
Of the shrinkage in value of Sc
curities in all manner Of out
side enterprises, similar to those
of C m m W 18th Edison.
Charges against the reserve in
cluded q half million dollars in
advances and loans to officers
and employees and to individuals
connected with affiliated COM
panies, and Sl,75O,OOO in connec-
ton with losses in stock market
operations involving the COM
pany's own securities.
81 am not criticiSing the write
offs put into effect by new man.
agement, but rather the finan-
cial policies extending over a
period of years which made that
action necessary.
"These reports tell a story Of
COnfiscatiOn Of values Of senior
securities. Furthermore, the ef-
feet Of this management policy
has been to make rate reductions
much NOR difficult for these
companies, and to that extent
has made the general public
relations Of these companies less
favorable. All Of this reacts ad-
versely to the holders Of the
bonds"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17

Prime MINISTER
j. r a m S a y
Macdonald left
London today
to spend his
Whitsun vaca.
ton a his
home at Los
siemouth, Scot
land. He will
return to the
Capitol May, %.
M a p n a I d
used a plane
for the jour.
ney, taking off
70 Hendon
AirdrOne.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
HAITI

: ABOARD U. S. S. CHICAGO,
IN GULF OF GONAIVES, Haiti,
May IT GNSD.-The United
States fleets final tactical exer-
else on it's Pacific-to-Atlantic
cruise was held today as cruiser
force destroyers engaged in tor
pedo practice similar to that OF
the battleforce deStroyers earlier
in the week. Some of the fleet
already has gone to Guantanamo,
Cuba. en- route to New York
for the presidential review on
May 81.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
Folk Music on Air
From White House

American folk music will be
broadcast from the White House
tonight throughout this country
and to England and Germany.
The program is being arranged
by John Powell, noted composer,
and a group Of mountaineer mu-
Sicians will participate. The
music will follow a White House
dinner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
SWITZERLAND

GENEVA, May 17-(INS)-
Great Britain today proposed to
the League of Nations that it
send kilograms to II nations
urging them to cease the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-05-17
ENGLAND

LONDON, May II UN.S).
The American dollar opened un-
changed on the London Ex-
change today at $5.10b. The
pound opened at II 1892 French
francs. down lilo. Stocks were
fir1ner at the opening Of the
markets.
LONDON, May II Q.NSO.-
British cooperation in the air de.
Tense of Belgium's frontiers in
the event of war was proposed
today by Paul Hymans, Belgian
foreign minister, in conference
with Sir John Simon, foreign
minister and Viscount Hailsham,
minister of war. There was no
indication Of the British attitude.
LONDON, May II G.N.SO.
The Latvian cabinet was recog-
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nized today on a strictly national
basis, according to an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Riga.
Premier Ulmanis, leader of the
peasant union party, will remain
as head of the government.
LONDON, May 17-(INS)-
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CHINA

SHANGHAI. May II GN.SG.
Howard Smith, American mission
airy kidnapped for $4,000 ransom
last week by the Chinese Com
munist army of Gen. Ho Lung.
is being used by the rebel chief
tain to teach his troops the
English language, it was dis
closed today. The missionary's
wife, who with her small child
escaped capture in the bandit
raid, related to Chungking au-
thorities details Of her husbands
kidnapping.
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CANADA

TORONTO. May II GN.S).
A new stock exchange, to be
known as the International Stock
Exchange, will be opened here
in the near future, it was learned
today. The decision to open the
new exchange is believed to have
resulted indirectly from the pass
age Of the new American ex-
change bill.
GAINESVILLE, Ont, May IT.
G.N.S0 Mrs. Picard, wife Of
the shakespeare explorer, was
slightly injured yesterday when
the balloon in which she was max
ing test flight was forced down
near here. She was not seriously
hurt, and assisted in debating the
bag for shipment back to Detroit.
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LONDON, May

LONDON, May II U.N.S).
Great Britain moved today to
end or minimize the terrors of
the war between Bolivia and
Paraguay in the Chaco. It was
officially announced the British
charge d'affaires at both La Paz,
Bolivia, and Asuncion, Paraguay,
had been instructed to inform
the Bolivian and Paraguayan
governments that Great Britain
was seriously disturbed by the
ruthless fighting in the Chaco.
FRANCE
PARIS, May II Q.N.SO.
French troops have been ordered
to proceed to the borders of the
Saar territory, military authori-
ties admitted today. But they
denied that reports Of a pro-
jected Nazi coup were respon-
sible. The French soldiers. the
Sixth Army Corps, from Metz.
and the Twentieth Army Corps,
from Nancy, have been sent to
the territory adjoining the Saar
for frontier maneuverS, it was
explained.
Copyright 1894. by International
News Service)
PARIS, Mag II Q.N.S0.
France, in default and claiming
inability to pay her debts to the
United States, is planning to en-
bark upon naval building pro-
gram that would give her sea-
power parity with other European
powers, International News Serv"
ice learned today. Naval authori'
ties have opened a campaign for
the building of battleships and
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

BY International News Service
Treasury balance: $2,110,747,-
448.06.
Internal revenue: $2,386, $3.50.
Customs receipts: $10,126,254.32.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
WIDOW FACES FREEDOM
IN HUSBANDS KILLING
Symphony Orchestra Member Re-
ported Certain to Be Re-
leased in Arizona.

BY the Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz., March 29.-The
Tucson Daily Citizen says a charge
of manslaughter against Mrs. Lottie
Swinbank, accused in the fatal shoot
ing here of her husband, John j.
Swinbank, Pittsburgh mechanical en-
gineer, is to be dismissed shortly.
Belief on the part of officials that
available evidence would result in &C
uuittal prompts the dismissal action.
Mrs. Swinbank, symphony orches-
ira trombonist, was released on bond
of $4,000 the day after she was held
to answer in Superior Court. A cor
oner's jury returned a verdict that
Swinbank "died from gunshot wounds
inflicted by his wife in self-defense.
Witnesses at the inquest had testified
Swinbank had threatened his wife q
few minutes before the fatal shots
were fired
The inquest and preliminary hear
ing witnesses included Mrs. Swim
banks two daughters, sister, q
niece and nephew.
Evening star., 1934-03-29
LOAN FEES CURB
IS ASKED IN BILL
Roberts Tells Senators Defi-
mite Limit Should Be Set
on Extra Charges.

Amendments to the District Code
that would place a definite limitation
on the amount that could be charged
for fees of various kinds by small
loans institutions in Washington were
recommended today by Assistant Cor
poration Council w. A. Roberts at a
hearing before a Senate subcommit-
tee on bill making changes in the
uSury law of the District.
The pending bill leaves the regular
rates of interest the same as in exist
ing law, namely, not greater than 6
per cent on verbal agreement, nor
more than 8 per cent on a written
contract, but provides that bonuses,
premiums or other charges would be
considered as part of the interest.
While the bill as drawn would allow
reasonable" charges in addition to
the interest for the expense of in
specting security offered on a loan,
Roberts suggested that a definite liml-
tation should be written into the bill
Would Limit Fees as Well.
Roberts said the corporation coun-
sells office had proposed series of
dIneIluIllellIS W ia Vic diIlouIlI VI
these fees according to the size OF
the loan. He explained, for instance,
that on loans of 500 or less the in
terest and service fees could not eX-
ceed 10 per cent. The maximum of
interest and charges would be re-
duced proportionately on larger loans
Roberts estimated there are about
so individuals or firms in the District
engaged exclusively in the business of
lending money that are not licensed.
Both Senator Reynolds of North
Carolina and Senator Capper of Kan
sas expressed the belief they should
be licensed. not to produce revenue
for the District, but as a method of
sllQerNisiAn
Evening star., 1934-03-29
NEGLECT OF COMMON
CONSTIPATION IS A
SERIOUS MATTER
Prevent This Condition with
Kellogg's ALL-BRAN.

The first question your doctor
asks Is whether you are constipated
or not. He knows that this condi-
ton may cause headaches, loss of
appetite and energy, sleeplessness.
1t is often the starting point of
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You can prevent and relieve
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Laboratory tests show that Kel-
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The ''bulk" in ALL-BRAN is
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Isn't this cereal way" safer and
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Two tablespoonfuls of ALL-BRAN
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Evening star., 1934-03-29
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