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The Washington times., 1934-05-16
CHICAGO JUDGES
DRAW FIRE Of
HOUSE GROUP
U. S. Courts Face Charges
of "AImoSt Criminal NegIi-
qenCe" in Cases
BY international News Service


Charging Federal judges in Chi
cago with almost criminal negli-
gence" in bankruptcy and receiver
ship cases, a special House judici-
ary subcommittee today made a re-
port urging legislation to protect
creditors.
The Judiciary Committee is ex-
pected to decide whether impeach-
ment proceedings shall be started.
The subcommittee. headed by
Representative Tom McKeown
Cd, of Oklahoma. directed its
fire at Federal District Judges
Charles E. Woodward, James H.
WilkerSon and Walter C. Lindley
but praised Federal Judge John P.
Barnes.
Restrictions Urged
Legislation requiring approval of
the Attorney General to judicial
appointments of referees in bank
ruptcy, fee limit of $500 a year,
reduction in time for filing claims,
adequate bonds, prohibition
against double fees for receivers
and trustees and an itemized &C
count by receivers, was recon-
mended.
A factua1 study of equity and
bankruptcy receiverSnips IN Chi
cago disclosed huge fees which ate
up virtually all assets. and ap-
pointment of friends and former
law partners as attorneys.
The law firm of Harold Wood
ward, son of Judge Woodward,
received $293.889 in fees as coun-
sci for receivers after the judge
was appointed in 1929. Harold
Woodward, the committee said,
had a contract with the law firm
to get 40 per cent Of the fees of
bankruptcy business he produced.
insult Case Cited
The subcommittee indicated
the receivership for the Samuel
insult utility empire was 'prear-
ranged" and slate OF alto, Neys
and receivers was drawn Icfore
Judge Lindley acted.
The report said:
During the last five years
more than $4,OOO,OOO,OOO have
been lost to creditors through
out the United States in bank
ruptcy and receivership mat
tiers.
Equity receiverships and
bankruptcy matters have de-
generated into nothing more
or less than a pure, simple
racket which should be stopped
by cOngre SSiOnaI legislation
and congressional action"
HIGH FEES HIT
BY its reference to congress
Sional action" the subcommittee
apparently meant free use of the
power of Congress to impeach
and remove Federal judges from
office.
The committee condemns fees
of over 100000 for receivers and
attorneys in the Middle West
case as unreasonably large, and
cited an opinion of United States
Circuit Court Judge Evans to
the same effect.
The Washington times., 1934-05-16
JUSTICE AGENT
HUNTS CLUES
1NK|DNAP|NG
Cowboys, Indians Help SCour
Mountains of Arizona for
Torture" Ganq

TUCSON, Ariz., May 16 G.N.S)
Speeding the nationwide man
hunt for the kidnapers of June
Robes, a Department of Justice
fingerprint expert arrived today
by airplane from Washington to
examine the torture coffin" in
which the child was chained for
10 days in the desert.
Following an examination OF
the fingerprints, the coffin" will
be placed on display at the Plaza
to give the public an opportunity
to identify construction materials
in an effort to determine their
origin.
Child Recovering
While more than 1000 men, in,
Guiding Indian crackers. engaged
in a dramatic man hunt for the
kidnapers, Dr. Meade Clyne, who
examined June following her res
cue. said she was making good
recovery. He said:
"June has a fine constitution
and evidences a wonderful re-
serve strength which made pos
Sible her survival of the har-
rowing experience in a compare
lively robust condition"
DR.. Clyne and others who ques.
toned the little girl said she in.
sists she passed the entire 10 days
in the iron-clad grave"
"HideOut" Found
Discovery of what was believed
to have been the gangs hideout
close to where June was i'm
prisoned served to spur the man
hunt, and rumors were current
that one or more suspects already
had been questioned.
A personal business card. I'M
covered in the debris near the
torture coffin" also was re-
garded as an important clew.
Watching reports from the
front" were scores of cowboys.
prospectors, and ranchers, who
have publicly announced that the
only punishment for the kidnap-
ers of June will be found at the
end of a rope strung over the
branch of an oak tree.
Suspects Quizzed Is Report
Police are secretive as to devel,
opments in the case. but rumors
persisted that one or more sus-
poets are already being ques-
toned. A rancher who lives within
a few miles of the spot where
June was found was Intercepted
extensively by police and then re-
turned to his home.
Primitive and modern methods
were combined in the manhunt.
Airplanes droned overhead Whila
on the desert men plodded on foot
or saddled their hardy horses to
press the search. Gun-toting COW
boys joined forces with the sher
ifs deputies and Department of
Justice agents.
The Washington times., 1934-05-16
Good Will Day Group
To Hold Park Meet

Permission was given by park
officials to the World Good Will
Day committee to hold an open
air meeting Friday afternoon in
Mcpherson Square, Fifteenth and
I SITS. N. w. A large number
of delegates will come here to
attend the meeting and then go
to the White House to present a
petition to the President urging
world peace and understanding.
The Washington times., 1934-05-16
Bill to Force Gas
Tax on ARM Posts

Fort Myer and other Army res
ervations would have to pay State
gasoline taxes for all gas except
that used for strictly Government
purposes under a bill introduced
in the House by Representative
Clifton A. Woodrum CD, Of Vir'
ginia.
The Congressman explains Army
posts are buying tax-exempt gas
oline and reselling to private cit
liens at less than filling station
prices,
The Washington times., 1934-05-16
Mrs. J. NJ. RObisOn,Jr.,
To Ask Reno Decree

Marriage of Mary Elizabeth
Bartholomew and John Marshall
Robson, jr.. son of the former
Senator from Kentucky. will be
ended by a Reno divorce, accord
ing to the husbands mother, Mrs.
John Marshall Robson.
Mr.. Robson is an attorney for
the Veterans Administration. A
suit charging him with cruelty
has been filed in Reno, it was
said. The couple carried in June,
1891
The Washington times., 1934-05-16
DrOughty Conditions
Relieved in West
~ international News Service

BY international News Service
Droughty conditions in the
Eastern half of Kansas, most of
Missouri. extreme southeastern
Nebraska. southern Iowa and the
immediate Ohio River localities
have been substantially relieved,
the Weather Bureau reported to-
day,
Evening star., 1934-12-29
ane Here for Bowling Ees Coaches Warned Purge Ball
B BATTLES S
of the
CENTURIES
Teeth, Nails
Weapons in
Creek Style
Of Boxing
stranger, and sent her husband on

stranger, and sent her husband on
a long tramp over the mountains
into North Carolina to get some.
Then she boiled the ham and the
tea together and poured OF the juice.
On each plate she placed . slice Of
ham and q pile of tea leaves. Mil
fort looked around the table and de-
cided he had better eat the tea If he
wanted to keep both his eyes intact.
The leaves tasted horrible, he says,
but he managed to swallow them. So
did the other guests, for the man Of
the house had the hardest and sharp
est fingernails for miles around.
But when the lady herself took
the first mouthful she made wry
face and spat 1t across the table.
You miserable lOafer!" she
screamed Il told you to buy tea.
But you traded all our tobacco for
whisky and brought me this stuff"
And, with deadly aim, she hurled
her IRON tinted fork across the table
at her spouse's remaining sound eye.
He ducked just in time.
But, says Milfort, the ham cooked
with tea had Q greatly improved
flavor.
1t was his farewell banquet. The
next morning, with a sigh of relief,
he departed for the land of the
Creeks, who roasted White men alive
over slow fires. But, before he
reached them, he had to pass through
the wild land Of Quintock-sup-
posedly Kentucky.where the from
tiersmen went nearly naked in Sum-
mer and painted their bodies and
faces in the manner Of the Indians.
(Copyrisht 1894 by North American
NeNspaper Alliance lncI
Evening star., 1934-12-29
-FOUR
TITLES ON COURT
ShoII'S Drive for Unlimited
Honors and Star Trophy
Features Tourney.

~HAMPICNSHlPS in four d.
1 visions will be decided tonight
as the first annual Metro
politan Police Departments
city-wide basket ball tournament
winds up in the George Washington
University gymnasium.
As usual, chief interest will be cen
tered ON the unlimited division, and,
as usual Sholl'S Cafe will play q
prominent role. Tonight. however,
the Shollmen will be confronted by q
task doubly difhcult for to win the
title and The Evening Star trophy,
the Cafe quint will be forced to play
two games tonight, OF total OF three
games in two nights.
Al $50 o'clock Sholl's will oppose
the formidable r. F. c. fve, which
upset the Psrchey Comets last night
by a 39-to-20 score. This tilt will be
a semi-final, with the winner meeting
the Gallinger A. c. at 1890 o'clock
for the unlimited crown. Gallinser
advanced to the finsl round last night
by downing the Silver Spring Mer-
chants by 29-tol6 score. Sholl's ad-
last night was at the ex-
pense Of the Delaware & Hudson
Team, which bowed, 25 to "a.
First Game at $50.
TINE first game of today's program
will begin at $50 o'clock, with
the Georgetown Boys Club Op-
posing the Washington Boys Club for
the 10O-pound diadem. At 7:30
O'Clock another Washington Boys
Club team will battle the Northeast
Boys Club for the l30-pound title.
Still third Washington Boys Cub
five, the l45-pound aggregation, will
meet the Bovello Plumbers at $50
O'Clock for the welterWeight cham
pionship.
The first of the champions to be
crowned were the Mactarland 1885,
Founders, who nosed out the George
town Boys Club yesterday In a WE'LL
fought finale. The teams battled al
most point for point until the final
moments, when q held goal by Rsiver
and q foul shot gave the Macfarlands
q three point margin, which proved
the margin Of victory. The score
was % to 10.
In other games played last night,
Georgetown Boys Club routed the
Bethesda Bears. 80 to 5, and WASH
ington Boys Club downsd the North
east Club, "a to IL, in the 10O-pound
class. while Northeast. just reversed
the order. In the l30-pOund division
by whipping 3 Washington team,
80 to 80.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
ALUMNI CAPTURES SWIM
Rote Is Leader as Central Team
Is Defeated, AZ to 80.

Alumni swimmers of Central High
defeated the school squad last night in
their annual meet In the Central pool,
AZ to %
Max Rote, former George WASH
ington standout. starred. He won
the so and l00-yard free style events
and swan on the victorious 2OO-yard
relay team.
Summaries:
20O-yard relsy-Won by Alumni Graves.
Hocpson. Rote. Knisht. Time. 80 nat
.,oO-ygrd free Style-Won by JOrtan
Central. second. Carter tAlumnD. Time.
2::i5hs.
JO-yard free style-WOn by Rote Alum-
nil; second. Kelley Central: third
Graves 'Alumnil. Time: O:?6 nat.
Low board divinx-Won by Knight
fAlumniI. 4. points; second. Tsrbett Cen
tTaD. 4? points; third Hodeson alumni,
l00-yard breast stroke-WOn by Gold
berg Central: second. Msurer ,AlumnD;
third. Slater, Alumni. Time, l:lst;.
lO0-yard back strOEe-WOn BY Wilson
third. Thacker 'CentIal'. Time. III nat.
1OO-yard free style-Won by Rote
fAlumnD; second. Kellev Central: third.
Porterfeld Central. Time. o:5.
Medley relay-Won by Alumni tWilSon.
Slater. HodssonD. Time. :t5.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
Court Results

Wilson Teachers, "a; Gsllaudet, 26
Temple, 2s; Ohio State. "a.
Davis-Elkins, 80; Columbia Fire
men, 20.
Hyattsville High Alumni, n; Under
graduates, Is.
Gallaudet Junior Varsity. II: WASH
inston Boys Club, II (tie. two extra
periOds).
Howard u. Junior Varsity, IS; Foster
Street Y Harrisburg, Pa, 28.
Marquette, 80: Stanford, 26.
Oklahoma City u, So; Wichita
u. 46.
Montana State, 60: University Of
Idaho (Southern BranchD. S3
Loyola (Chicago). 81: Beloit CWis.).
80.
New York Globe Trotters, "a; Mon.
tana Miners, IL.
Washington. ~; Montana, 2.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
AHEARN LOOKING
FOR FIGHT ARENA
Loses Hunt Club, but Hopes
to Resume at New Spot
Early Next Year.
~ ROMOTERS JOE TURNER
- AND CHARLIE CORNELL,

RSMS GItso J0A ONNkA
- AND CHARLIE CORNELL,
controlling boxing IN the
Washington Auditorium. today
held sway along the local flstic front
while Matchmaker Goldie Ahearn,
apparently deprived Of his Riding and
Hunt Club site, WAS Oh the lookout
for new location.
Ahearn's hopes Of continuing his
prOmotOrial activities at the Hunt
Club virtually were blasted yesterday
ns ofncers of the club voted 70 aban-
don the riding academy at Twenty
second and p streets. 1t Is expected
that headquarters Of the present
Riding and Hunt Club Will BE- trans
feIred to a location not 30 centrally
located.
Allonrn made an attempt TO coax
the William Phelps Emo Foundation
trustees to make repairs On the club
necessary to comply with nre resula-
tions, but boxing was not deemed
sufficiently profitable TO warrant this
step. The deed Oh the property will
be turned back TO the Emo FOundation
~ 4 result Of The Hunt Clubs decision
yesterday
Ahearn's short reign as matchmaker
at the Hunt Club proved popular with
boxing fans and 1t is expected Goldie
will re-enter the fisht game at new
location early in the new year.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
CAVALIERS QU|NT
AAS MAN POWER
How 1t Will Stand Up in
Stiff Dixie Campaign
Is Big Question.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
r UNIVERSITY, Va, December
29.-Coach Gus Tebell has
~ enough basket ball players al
Virginia, but whether they're
good enough TO carry the Cavaliers
successfully through sruellne
Southern Conference season is an
other matter.
Eight monogram wearers, seven Of
whom were members of the squad
that won only flve games in Is played
last season, are Oh hand together
with a flock Of promising prospects
from last seasons outstanding fresh
man combination.
Playing three holiday games with
out the services Of Capt. Henry Sturin,
the scoring ace. the Cavaliers won
two. They didn't need Sturm to whip
Bridgewa;er, 63 u -, and the New
port News Apprentice School, 81 TO
IL. Richmo;.d proved too strong
however, and the Spiders won, %
To lG
Evening star., 1934-12-29
Breakfast Club Has Troubles
President Schick Skips Sunday Meal and May
Be Deposed by Columbia Organization.

hideous crime of eating breakfast
on a Sunday morning at down.
town restaurant. Now, for an
ordinary man who doesn't want
to wake the wife early on Sunday
morning. such q procedure Is all
Breakfast Club it is little short OF
sacrile9e. The members Of the club
are supposed to gather for break
fast at Columbia each Sunday
morning, just like they do for the
Sunday morning breakfast four
somes at Burning Tree. Whether
another member of the club caught
Flynn downtown hasn't been dis
closed, but Brother Flynn, in view
of his previous spotless record, has
been let off with the minimum
penalty. He was fined one dollar.
And to make matters worse
= vague charge hOvers over the head
of Howard p Foley. or did hover
until Red" Banagan stuck In his
tWo-bit piece and with the oratory
of q true son of Old Ireland and
Southeast Washington argued that
Foley Is a good member and should
be reinstated. So the records OF
the club now show that Foley has
been pardoned for his grave er-
ror. They also declare that his
offense was condoned only be-
cause his last name Is Foley, q good
Irish cOgnomen.
RumOr. has 1t that the best
President Schick can expect Is TO
be penalized Sunday morning
breakfast for the gang and be de-
posed from his proud position. His
offense has just been revealed. He
failed to show up for one Of the
breakfast meetings. And now D.
M. Gearhart Is being sro0med for
= the presidency.
Evening star., 1934-12-29

lTlQ 10 ShLlucu, IN. d., dIiu
defeated a team Of 10 from the South
Jersey Chess Association by the score
of 81, to AZ.
Fifteen clubs have entered teams
in the Metropolitan Chess League.
New York City, and more are expected.
The contending teams have been
separated into two sections. A and B.
the premier division being limited to
eight entries.
End game. won by A. Iilienthsl In
his match with the Spanish cham
pion, Rsysrid. last February: White
K on KR, 9 on KKt2, r on KB and
@, P on KR4, KB4, KS. ORR; eight
pieces. Black ON KR2, q on QE4,
r on KB and OR, P on KKt3, K3,
QKtS and ORR; eight pieces. White
to play and win.
: Solution to end game. Tarrasch VS..
Spielmsn In the San Sebastian tour
nament, 1912. published in The Star
December II: l o.. QxB, RxQ; 2
RxQ. RxR: 3 P-Kt4, R-KR8eh: 4
K-Kt3. P-Kt3; 5 Ora, PxPch and
mates in two or wins queen.
Score OF the game between Tilleary
and Walker In the Capital City Chess
Club tournament: Blacks twenty
NTH move was uns0und. White
played to win q piece by QxKt on his
twenty.ninth move. but ives 70 intent
Evening star., 1934-12-29
Fights Last Night
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO-Max Baer, 2l1, Liver
more, Calf, world heavyweight cham
pion, knocked out King Levinsky, 2Ol,
Chicago 90, non-title; frankie Bat
taslia, 16l, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
stopped Kid Leonard, 100, East Moline.
Ill. (4: Buddy Baer. 236, Iivermore,
Calf. stopped Gene Stanton. ZIG,
Cleveland %; Joey Bazzone. l55,
Pittsburgh. outpointed Tony Zaie, l60,
Gary, Ind. t6); Young Joe Cans. l5O.
outpointed Eddie Stiesel, 1859, Chi
cago 90; Billy Treest. 1863. st. Charles,
Ill. outpointed Lou Thomas. ITO. In
dianapolis a..
PEORIA, 1ll.-Johnny Phagan. 160,
Chicago, stopped George Black, l6O,
Milwaukee (6): Art Donovan. lao. Jo-
liet, ILL.,. outpointed Frankie keevil.
l4l, Chicago 90; Fred Tyrus, l55,
Peoria, outpointed Tiger Claw, l54.
Milwaukee 60.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
CHESS CLUB MAKES MOVE
Capital City Organization Now
Is at Gordon Hotel.

The Capital City Chess Club has
moved to the Gordon Hotel, 9l6 Six
teenth street. from 9l7 Fifteenth
street. and. to celebrate obtaining
much larger and more attractive quar-
tiers. has arranged round OF events,
including consultation match Oh
January at pm. rapid transit
competition January at pm.
simultaneous exhibition January 8 at
8 pm, and club championship jan
uary II at pm.
A duplicate bridge three-session pair
tournament also has been arranged
for members and guests. Both men
and women are eligible, play being
scheduled for January 3. 6 and 10.
at 8:l5 pm. There will be trophy
for the winner. The table fee per
player will be rs cents.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
N|NE-PO|NT CODE
HITS RECRUITING
n. G. A. A. Scores All WAYS
Of Encouraging Athletes
Excepting Two.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
n YEW YORK, December 29.-The
nj National Collegiate A. A. has
| Y taken . definite step forward
in its campaign to eliminate
recruiting and subsidizatiOn of col
lege athletes, particularly foot ball
players.
The N. c. A. AS adoption Of 3
nine point code for the guidance Of
its members, beset by these twin
athletic evils, was regarded by col
lege leaders as a move in the right
direction despite the fact that the
code is not binding upon any one.
They pointed out that the code,
for the first time. definitely defines
certain practices which the N. c. A. A.
regards as unfair" encouragement 10
athletes.
"Unjustifiable Practices."
These "unjustifiable practices" as
stated in the code, include: Flat
subsidies to athletes; pay for work st
higher wages than other students re-
ceiYe: employment before matricula-
ton or payment in advance for work
to be done; lOaning money for remit
ting fees because u boy is an athlete:
arranging interviews or corresponding
with prospective athletes; promising
employment, loans. scholarships other
than those available to any student; i;
Turing athletes into transferring from
other colleges. and the giving Of
financial aid by alumni, club or fra
ternity groups.
The code approved only two meth
DDS Of encouraging athleteS-work
for the university at the same wage
paid any other student. and PERM
sion for athletic authorities TO point
out In speeches o. In response to di-
rect queries what they believe to be
the educational advantages Of the
Institutions they represent
Although che N. c. A. A. will make
no attempt to police its membership
along the lines Of the codes pro-
visions, Prof. z. G. Cleyenger Of In
diana. chairman OF special commit
tee On recruiting and subsidizing.
hailed its adoption As some advance
ment toward Q more wholesome and
more sportsmanlike condition.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
STRAIGHT OEE TME TEE
by w. R. ms CALLuM

in Rockville, Of an evening, when the
family gathers around the dinner table
and the boys talk OF golf. and now
are We doing?
But today ClaEeett has accomplished
something that Brother Eddie has yet
10 DO, by playing : par ~ golf course
i'll 66 strokes, better than par and
tied with the best mark maae Oh that
course this year. Roland Mackenzie,
boss Of the golf shop, has had q half
dozen OBS This year. but ClagEett
hadn't bagsed one until yesterday. 1t
came in a match with Troy Car
michael. Bill Wenzei and Lieut.. Col.
II. c. DaEley, and the Stevens lad
cleaned up all the loose money in
sight Notwithstanding the fact that
the first two amateurs had 7Ss each,
and that Carmichael chipped in for
ON the fourteenth hole
Clsggett played the course in 35-
SO, basgins five birds and only once
going over Rar. He finished In q blaze
OF speed, with brides on the six
teenth and eighteenth, although the
latter hole shouldn't be called d psr
at this time Of year, played flom
the short tee. Here Is his score,
against par tor the course:
Out-par ...... 543 454 453-37
Stevens ........ 54S S54 S53-S5
In-par ........ 443 o34 444-35-72
Stevens ........ 453 asa 343-S3-6S
These Winter scores may be laughed
at and made light of by some folks,
but just because the tees are short
and the distances aren't what they
were back In the Summer time doesn't
mean that any course is ptSh-oyer.
The ball gets scarcely any roll, putting
green's as often as not are partially
frozen and all in all conditions are not
at their best for scoring A mark
such as Claegett accomplished yes
terday probably would have been just
as good had IL been played III August.
Twas birdie day all around. For
over at Washington DR.. c. Z. Buck.
president aid champion OF the CLUB,
bassed three in row. starting at the
tenth. playing the holes through the
twelfth In 3-2-3. And Calvert
Dickey and Frank Williams also put
Oh a putting show to grab three birds
each III a game with DR.. T. D. Webb,
d. c. Gruver and joe Baldwin.
Dickey was the boy hero Of the fray.
All OF his birds came easily, while
Williams holed q couple of long puts
to get his holes under par. Dickey
was around Ill rs. one OF his very best
scores.
DR.. Buck also scored rs, but his
card was even better than Dickey' >
at match play. for he had a couple
OF skies Oh para holes.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
MESkE AND R. DUSEK
WILL GRAPPLE HERE.
Matched for Semi. Final for Show
in Which George Takes on
Mountainous Johnson.
n UDY DUSEK and George Meske

n UDY DUSEK and George Meske
N today were announced by Pro-
moter Joe Turner as semi-final-
lists on Washington's first 1885 rass-
ling card to be staged next Thursday
in the Washington Auditorium with
Tor Johansen and Ed Don George
meeting In the feature.
Dusek and Meske will rassle to q
single fall. provided it is achieved in
As minutes or less
In the lone preliminary booked
thus far, Harry Fields will oppose Stan
SOkOliS.
Turner's feature, which Is to be
q two-falls-Out-o three affair. is pr
haps the most novel in local mat
history in that it pits George. CO.
title claimant. against contender"
weighing at least 80 pounds more
Johansen scales between $40 and 3l5
pounds. while George weighs only"
in the neighborhood OF 22O.
Evening star., 1934-12-29
Rivalry Is T0rrid.

TN A sense, 1t is a grudge contest.
Two seasons ago Occidental and
Sholl's finished In tie for the Dis
trict League pennant in games won
and lost and Occidental took the
nag on total sticks. They have been
hot rivals ever since. Occidental holds
one decision over Sholls in special
match play, but the line-ups have
changed considerably since that scrap.
Each with an abundance Of aces
to choose from. the team captains.
Joe Harrison of Occidental and Joe
Pricci Of Sholl's. are hard put to de-
eide on the starting line-ups.
Following is the latest batch OF
Star tournament scores turned In at
the Arcadia: