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Evening star., 1934-06-03
KING THINKS VOTE
LIKELY THIS WEEK
ION AUTO MEASURE
Senate Committee Is Being
PoIIed on Proposed
Modification.
GIVES DISCRETIONARY
POWER OVER PERMITS
A. A. A. Official Says Fatality
and Injury Toll Would Be
Cut by Enactment.

The motorists safety responsibility
bill for the District, which has passed
the House, is expected to be reported
to the Senate this week, as soon as
Chairman King polls his fellow mem-
bers of the Senate District Commit
tee on a modification in the bill rec
commended a few days ago.
Senator King indicated yesterday
he believed the measure would be re-
ported and acted on by the Senate
before adjournment. The amendment
proposed by the subcommittee gives
discretionary power to the Commits
sioners to determine whether to with
hold the driving permits Of motorists
who have unpaid accident judgments
pending against them. In the House
bill this was mandatory.
Effect of Bill Limited.
The bill would not affect motorists
as long as they do not have accidents
and are not convicted of serious traf-
f1c offenses. If their permits are re-
voked for serious violations, however,
they would have to obtain insurance
or other evidence of financial respon-
sibility before having their permits
restored.
Discussing the prospect for passage
OF the bill at this session. Ernest N.
Smith, executive vice president of
the American Automobile Association,
stated yesterday:
Il am confident that the enactment
OF the legislation, even if it be less
far-reaching for the moment than
the A. A. A. model law. will be re-
f1ected in a decrease in the fatality
and injury toll that has shocked this
| community in recent weeks 1t will
unquestionably give a new weapon to
the authorities for control of the mi
nority of reckless and irresponsible
operators who cause the majority of
accidents.
Thrice Passed in House.
In an appeal to members of Con-
gress to give this safety! legislation
prompt consideration during the clos
ing days of the present session, Mr..
| Smith said:
The safety-responsibility bill, SIM
liar to that now in effect in 81 States
in this country and nine Canadian
provinces, has three times been passed
in the House. Twice it has failed in
the Senate. Both times it has been
favored by the majority of members,
but it was on the unanimous consent
calendar, where a single vote was
! Suflclent to defeat it,
Since the legislation was intro
| duced at this session of Congress, the
National Conference on Street and
Highway Safety. composed of the lead
ing safety experts and traffic engineers
OF the country. has approved the bill
and written it into the uniform motor
/ vehicle code. This code represents
/ the best thought in the country on
constructive safety legislation 1t is to
/ be earnestly hoped that the end of the
present session will find the safety
law among the bills enacted for the
District of Columbia"
Evening star., 1934-06-03

remain in place for more than a year,
until the new span is completed.
The following streets will be closed.
or partly closed during the time re-
quired for shifting the old bridge to
its new location:
Woodley place south Of Woodley
road: no northbound traffic will be
allowed. and only southbound traf-
fic for busses.
Calvert street east Of Connecticut
avenue; there will be a partial barri-
cade closing the south or eastbound
roadway. Buses will operate on the
north roadway between Woodley place
and Connecticut avenue Street cars
will operate between Woodley place
and Connecticut avenue.
Cathedral avenue south Of Woodley
road will be entirely closed to traffic.
There will be a barricade on CAL
vert street at the west line of Cliff
bourne place across both roadways.
Street cars will be let through and
vehicles for purely local purposes
in the discretion of the police.
Twentieth street and Biltmore street
will be barricaded at the triangle. with
Evening star., 1934-06-03

Chester Mercury Gomez, IS. son Of
a prominent Nicaraguan statesman,
was being held by police last night for
investigation in connection with an
alleged attempt to obtain certain
file from the Labor Departments I'M
migration Bureau.
Although his father is Nicaraguan,
Gomez claims he is a Guatemalan,
according to Senor DR.. Don Adrian
Recinos, Guatemalan Minister, who
said he had known the youth five
years.
The young man. who is said to be
a graduate of law school here, was
taken in custody when he walked into
a trap set by police after a colored
messenger had reported man had
offered him S25 to obtain d file from
the immigration Bureau.
The messenger agreed to get the
file, said by Detective Chief Frank S.
W. Burke to concern deportation af-
fairs, and then reported to his superior.
Evening star., 1934-06-03


hours frantic search was in prog
ress.
Finally Bobby was brought to No S
precinct by an 8-year-old boy who
said he found him crossing the street
at Eighth and E streets southeast.
Bobby was so tired and sleepy he
couldn't tell his name.
Bobby had been reported missing
to No. 9 precinct, however, and the
elder Eberharts were notified after
the precincts compared notes.
In all, three lost children were
brought to No. S precinct yesterday
afternoon, a record for the last sew
eral years.
The last wanderer, however, was
dispatched to his home before 8
o'clock last night.
Evening star., 1934-06-03
BODY OF MAN WHO FELL
OFF LAUNCH RECOVERED
Interior Decorator Disappeared
From Boat Wednesday
Night in Potomac.

The body of John E Battenfield,
j., At, interior decorator. who fell
off the launch Alta Boy Wednesday
night, was recovered from the Poto-
mac River last night.
A passerby on Sheppards wharf
notified Harbor Precinct Policeman
p K. Clark and Frank McGrath and
the body was taken from the river.
Shortly before 10 o'clock an uncle
Of the drowned man, Franklin G..
Jackson, identified the body at the
District Morgue.
The boat from which Battenfield
fell into the river was operated by
John Liesch of 1904 T street south
east.
Evening star., 1934-06-03
TALK MEMORIAL PLANS
Fine Arts Board Meets in New
York Tomorrow.

a special meeting tomorrow in New
York City to consider plans for the
Memorial avenue as part of the Ar
lington Memorial Bridge project and
the Identification of the east gate of
Arlington National Cemetery.
The commission will visit the Offices
of McKim, Mead & White in New
York, architects for the bridge, to dis
cuss details of the development. Like
wise, the members will 60 to the studio
Of John Angel to see a statue of
Francis Vigo, French trader, which
will be placed in the George Rogers
Clark Memorial at Vincennes, Ind.
Evening star., 1934-06-03
CHIEF SAYS M|ZE
APPEARS INNOCENT
Detective Convinced Youth
Knows Nothing of "GoIf
Murder"

Inspector Frank S. W. Burke, chief
of detectives, announced last night
that barring some entirely unlocked
for development" he was convinced
that Ralph w. Mize, 10, was inno-
cent of the murder Of A. Paul Rice,
36, who was found beaten to death
two weeks ago in a ravine near the
Anacostia golf course.
Burke made the statement after
Mize had led Detective Sergt George
E. Darnall and other members of the
homicide squad over the route that
he took after his escape from the
National Training School for Boys
on the night of May l9.
He was subjected to a thorough
grilllng all along the way" Burke
said, and We have every reason to
believe him innocent"
Lovers Lane" Suspect.
Mize also had been regarded as a
suspect in the mysterious Fredericks-
burg, Va, Lovers Lane" murder, but
whether the Justice Department
agents assigned to the case still wished
to question him, Burke was unable
TO say. 1t was considered likely, how
ever. that the youth would be inter-
rogated "as matter of routine"
Meanwhile, investigation of the
Lovers Lane" case still was being
pushed by Federal operatives at work
in the Fredericksburg area. Admittedly
up against stone wall" the agents
continued to pin their hopes on the
recovery of Milton j. Brown, "a
survivor of the attack.
Charged With Murder.
A warrant charging Mize with the
Rice murder was issued several days
ago by United States Commissioner
Needham c. Turnage, but, in view OF
Burke's statement, it was thought the
charge would be nolle pressed. Burke
said, however, that the youth probably
would be charged with stealing an
automobile on his way through
Anacostia on the night of his escape
Miss Fannie KurZ. 21-year-old
flancee of Brown, was the victim of
the Lovers Lane" murder. She and
her sweetheart were found beaten into
Inconsistencies in a ravine beside
Lovers Lane" on May 81, and she
died a few days later.
Mize was linked to the Fredericks-
burg case when it was learned he had
passed near the Virginia city on his
way to Lexington, N. c., where he
was captured.
Evening star., 1934-06-03
CANAL IS DRAGGED
FORDROWNEDMA
Canoe Overturns 200 Yards
Above Chain Bridge-3
Witness Accident.

Harbor police dragged the Chesa-
peake & Ohio Canal for several hours
last night in a fruitless effort to re-
cover the body Of a man reported
to have drowned yesterday afternoon
when his rented canoe overturned
about 200 yards above Chain Bridge.
Some time after the search was
halted, Mrs. Sarah Jones, 55l4
Sherier street. told police she feared
the victim may have been her son.
Carl Jones, an employe of the Public
Works Administration.
Police Given Descriptions.
Dragging of the canal was begun
after police had been given detailed
descriptions of the drowning by three
witnesses.
The witnesses Hazel Smith,
operator of the Capper Boat House;
Miss Louise o. Stiddick of the Mira
mar Apartments, Fifteenth street and
Rhode Island avenue, and Miss
Georgia M. Rhodes-declared they
saw the man plunge into the water as
the canoe capsiZed. Miss Smith said
she rented the canoe to the man at
about pm.
Police Drag Canal.
The man was described as being
between 25 and 80, about feet 10
inches tall and Weighing about 145
pounds He was hatless and coatless,
but wore blue serge trousers, accord
ing to Miss Smith.
Police, assisted by firemen, dragged
the canal for approximately 100 yards
before abandoning their search.
Mrs. Jones fears were increased by
the fact her sons cousin, Mrs. J. r.
BrasWell, said he told her he was
going fishing when she saw him yes
terday afternoon. Jones. it was said
came here from Macon, Ga, last
October.
Evening star., 1934-06-03
REWARDS AUTHORIZED

Justice Department reward posters
soon may go up for John Dillinger.
The House yesterday completed con-
gressional action on bill making this
possible when it agreed to Senate
amendments to the Patman measure
authorizing the Attorney General to
spend up to $4,000 as rewards for
criminals.
Evening star., 1934-06-03

someone took him
to a police pre-
cinct.
Bobbie left his
nurse when she
went into a store
at Seventh and
H streets north
asst. The nurse
reported to Bob
bie's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William
Eberhart, an d
Evening star., 1934-06-03
Naval Officer to Wed.

NEW YORK, June 2 CP.-A mar
riage license was issued today to
Louis A. Drexler, "a, who described
himself as a naval officer and gave
"the United States Navy" as his ad-
dress, and Dorothy v. Angel of Berke-
ley, Calf.
Evening star., 1934-06-03
RUNAWAY, 3, TAKEN
TO POLICE STATION
Bobbie Eberhart Slips Away From
Nurse and Negotiates
Dozen Blocks.

Although he won't be until the
Fourth of July. Bobbie Eberhart. 504
L street northeast, slipped away from
his nurse yesterday afternoon and
successfully negotiated almost a score
of blocks across Washington before
Evening star., 1934-06-03

LlOH OF new span, Is SCueu-
uled to begin Thursday morning. off,
cials announced yesterday when ar
rangements were made for handling
traffic near the scene.
A large area about the bridge will
be roped off and a special detail of
police will be on hand to keep an ex-
-pected great throng of spectators out
of the field Of activity.
The bridge has been made ready
for its journey. its supporting columns
being set on many small rollers. and
inch by inch the structure will be
pulled downstream over Rock Creek
A period Of 48 hours is allowed for
completion of the moving.
Calvert street will be closed at the
west line of Twentieth street and the
east line Of Woodley place Substan-
tial barricades will be built, and will
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CONTINUED on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1934-06-03
RACING BILL DUE
FOR EARLY RULING
BY SENATE GROUP
Decision to Be Made Early
This Week on Fate of
Proposal.
OPPOSING TESTIMONY
OFFERED AT HEARING
Trade Bodies Favor, Church and
Civic Groups Oppose En-
actment as Law.

The Senate District Committee will
meet early this week to decide the
fate of the race track bill, following
a two-hour public hearing yesterday
at which the measure was alternately
praised and condemned by opposing
groups of organizations.
The bill has passed the House,
and, while there is a possibility of
its being reported out by the Senate
committee, the session is so near a
close that the measure probably
could not be considered except by
unanimous consent. If any opposi-
ton should develop in the Senate,
therefore, the chances Of enactment
would be slim, if it gets out Of
committee.
The committee did not meet to
pass on the bill yesterday. When the
hearing ended Senator Copeland,
Democrat, of New York, presiding,
announced that Chairman King,
who had to go to another committee,
had left word that early action would
be taken. Senator King said later
the committee would meet some time
this week.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Painter Wins Vide acclaim
From, Oklahoma Prison Cell

homa became a State, before automo-
biles rolled on every street and be-
fore men had learned to fly.
Today, nearing 30 years of age.
Mas has spent almost half his life
behind bars, winning there respect and
admiration for his painting.
Recently he was honor guest at the
Barnett Memorial Methodist Church
here. where his painting of Christ
at Gethsemane" was dedicated
All his years In prison, Mas has
devoted to his art and many murals,
mostly religious subjects and por-
traits Of Presidents grace the prison
walls.
Independent and proud, he was re-
puted once to have said, IF the Gov
ernor wants to see me, let him come
down here" He rejected q proffered
parole once with the words, mo one
knows me now and 1t would mean
only my transfer from the penitentiary
to the poor house. am going to
stay here behind the bars with my
friends"
Mas family sought fruitlessly for
many years to obtain his release, his
own independence being major OBJ
stacle.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
SOUTHLAND FIRM
BEHIND NEW DEAL,
BUT SEES FAULTS
Surveys in Four States Fail
to Reveal Any Who
Would Junk 1t.
special Dispatch to The star.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, August IL On. A.
N. A.)-A dip into the cotton States
will convince traveller that the
Southern man is still behind the new
deal.
The Southerner, perhaps. will not
shout it from the housetops, and he
may raise Q doubt or two, but
questions asked at random in four
States-Alabama, Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Arkansas-failed to un-
earth one person who said he would
junk the new order.
However, underneath this approval
Of President Roosevelt's administra-
ton there lie several issues which, it
is indicated, are bringing light head
aches to some persons.
Answers to Queries.
The chief trouble centers might be
summarized in these quotations, all
taken from the answers of men below
the Mason-Dixon line to a general
question on support Of the new deal:
1T looks like everybody is getting
on the Federal pay roll" CA small
merchant)
The relief situation, am afraid,
will make many persons believe the
Government owes them a living" "a
wholesale grocery
IT believe the Government, whether
it realizes it or not, Is fostering strikes
by putting striking workmen on re-
lief rolls" "a small town editor.)
Frankly, I believe the thinking
people are worried over just where we
are going" CA lawyer)
However, against the above quota
tions there may be cited like num-
ber who are of the opinion that the
Southern people are willing to make
any sacrifices through In
creased Federal expenditure or q
bureaucratic system-necessary tC
get business on its feet again so a
man can return a profit on bis
business"
Forget Loss OF Liberty"
Cotton farmers - and they are
operating under the drastic rules OF
the cotton program, which has sharper
teeth than the corn-hog program
apparently have lost little sleep over
the issue of loss of liberty"
A traveller will get the impression
that they give it little or no thought
Their eyes are on the market quota
ton for cotton-now at II cents
against S cents last year-or on the
skies. Some sections of the South are
going through terrible weather year
copyright. 1884, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Moonshine Liquor
Sale ds the Best
IsFoughtbyU.S.
Rare and Expensive e
Drinks Found Often
to Be Frauds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 11.-Folks here
abouts are just beginning to learn all
is not good liquor that flows from
fancy bottles.
And it is the prohibition agent of
former days who now delineates be-
tween what is good whisky and what
is moonshine In a fancy bottle.
Investigators Of the alcoholic tax
unit of the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue working under z. c. Yeilowley
dropped in at one popular spa and
ordered drinks Of rare and expensive
liquors of which there seemed to be
an inexhaustible supply.
As the evening wore on they ex-
pressed their admiration of the place,
and at once a guide took them on q
tour of the entire establishment.
Before one locked door the guide
stopped. He didn't have key. But
1t was the inside of that room the
guests" most wanted to see, so they
obtained search warrant.
The agents reported TO Assistant
District Attorney Eugene A. Tappy
they found IAN Illicit rectifying plant,
quantity Of counterfeit revenue
stamps, large quantity Of untaxed
spirits, fake whiskies, brandies and
cordials."
Also brought to light were varieties
Of havoring fluids and an almost in
exhaustible supply of wrappers and
labels. The latter could easily make
a day-old bottle Of liquor look-if not
taste-like one Of the fine old brands.
Experts point out that most 1884
drinkers are not the connoisseurs Of
the old days and probably never real
ize they are being hoodwinked.
The upshot Of 1t all was the arrest
of the proprietor on a charge of pos
session and use of counterfeit stamps
with intent to defraud.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
By the Associated Press.

McALESTER. Okla. August IL
This is the story of the Mad Artist"
of the o. S. P, story Of crime and
punishment and, in q measure, OF
success.
The stenciled letters and num-
ber-insignia Of the Oklahoma State
Penitentiary-and prison denim re-
placed two generations ago the coat
of arms and proud uniform of Conrad
Mas, who found in painting Surcease
from his madness"
Born Of a noble German family,
Mas. as an impetuous young subal-
tern forsook his heritage and his
career to elope with a beautiful
fraulein. q peasant.
Seeking a haven far from the scene
Of his disgrace" young Mas took
his bride across the sea and half
way across a continent to the wilds of
Indian Territory.
The hardships of pioneering were
climaxed by the brutal ak murder of
his blue-eyed peasant bride in 1899.
Mas pleaded insanity, but was con-
yicted Of murder, sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
That was eight years before Okla
Evening star., 1934-08-12
CONNECTICUT ADOB
IN STATE POLITICS
Delegates to Be Selected
for Major Parties Con-
ventiOn Next Month.
Special Dispatch to The star.


HARTFORD, Conn, August IL
With delegates to be selected this
month in town csucuses for the State
conventions Of the major parties next
month, Connecticut politicians in ali
camps are much more at sea than
usual at this time in an election year
on their states, The Republicans viii
renominate United States Senator
Frederic C. Walcott and all the In
cumbent House members viii be given
denominations, except Representative
Francis T. Maloney, Democrat, Of
Meriden, who seeks the Senate desig-
nation in his party. Maloney is the
cratic nomination, but the party Is
split badly over Federal patronage
which resulted in two presidential
nominations being rejected in the
Senate at the behest Of Senator Lon
ergan, and almost anything may hap
pen once the delegates get together
in convention.
The Republicans are still seeking q
man to head their State ticket and
W OPRcoC NHOfs OAOcS, W44O ID d1cQTCu
of the Democratic nomination, al
though he has not yet given any
indication he desires to be a candi-
date again. Most prominently men,
toned as Republican prospects are
States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of
Hartford County, who won national
recognition nearly 10 years ago by
his successful prosecution Of Gerald
Chapman, and Lieut.. Gov. Roy G.
Wilcox of Meriden.
The State is normally Republican
and gave Hoover a small plurality
in 1882, though at that time electing
Democrats to the Senate and COVER
norship. While the administration
program has its supporters, it las
been subject to severe criticism here
on some OF its details, the latest Of
which is the proposal 10 lower the
tariff on Cuban tobacco under the
new reciprocal arrangements at the
same time the A. A. A. is paying
tobacco farmers In the Connecticut
Valley TO curtail their acreage.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
IDAHO NOMINATE
STATE, CONGRESS
TICKETS TUESDAY
Democratic GubernatoriaI
Contest Holding Real
Campaign Issue.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOISE, Idaho, August Idaho
will nominate full State and Congress
sional tickets at its primary Tuesday
with the voters aware they may be de-
Gliding an opponent in 1885 for Senator
william E. Borah.
Both Republican and Democratic
parties have candidates for full State
tickets In the field as web as numerous
aspirants for the posts held in the last
Congress by Representative Compton
I. White of Clarks Fork, first district,
and the late Representative T. G.
Coffin Of Pocatello. second district.
There are no Senate vacancies to fill.
Ross Seeks Third Term.
In the race for the Democratic
nomination for Governor lies the real
campaign issue. Gov. G. Ben Ross,
the first Democrat to sit in the chief
executives chair In a decade when he
took office in 1881, Is seeking third
term, an effort never before successful
in the history of the State.
11t21Ou6n kbOoo A&oo INV 0C4AkA1bClS
announced he viii oppose Senator
Borah In 1896, both his friends and
his political opponents have freely
discussed it, pointing out that success
this year would enable him to WELD
the powerful State patronage In main
tanning his position at the head Of
the Democratic party when lie steps
into the senatorial race.
Opposing him for the nomination
are Asher B. Wilson of Twin Falls
and former Attorney General Frank
Martin Of Boise.
Candidates of G. o. p.
Candidates for the Republican nomi-
nation for Governor are J. Wesley
Holden. who In 1882 unsuccessfully
sought the nomination for United
States Senator: Frank L Stephan OF
Twin Falls, former attorney general
and H. F. Fait of Blackfoot.
In North Idaho, the first district
Burton L. French of Moscow is seek
ing to return to Congress, from which
he was ousted two years ago by the
Democratic landslide, to be succeeded
by Representative White. White also
is seeking reelection on silver plat
form, opposed by E. c. Van HoeSen. q
young apple grower and State Senator
French is unopposed for the Repub-
ncan nomination.