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Evening star., 1934-02-04
REPEAL CREATES
LIQUOR PARADOX
BootIeggers, Unafraid of
Dry Laws, Truly Fearful
of New Wet Ones.

Repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment has brought something of a
paradoxical situation in the District.
Bootleggers who flourished, un-
afraid, when it was illegal to traf-
fic in liquor, now are folding their
tents like the Arabs. more afraid Of
enforcement Of the control law than
they were Of prohibition.
Several of the citys better known
''speakeasies" have closed with the
announcement that the interpretations
recently issued by the district attor-
ney'S Office are too 'tough"-and while
they were willing to try and beat a
rap" which meant only payment Of
fine in the pre-repeal days, they
don't feel it would be healthy to take
a chance with a law that could send
them to Jail for five years, or assess
fine of $1,000. or both.
The fold-ups all have come since
Assistant United States Attorney
David A. Harts announcement that
bootleggers would be prosecuted for a
felony-possession or sale of liquor on
which the tax has not been paid.
Meanwhile, Hart's office is making
preparation to charge the several al
legged bootleggers who have been
arrested in the District since the con-
troll bill was signed. Some may be
tried under the District law which
makes a misdemeanor of selling liquor
without license; some will be tried
under the felony charge Of possessing
un-tax-paid liquor, and some may be
tried for both.
Another law which applies to activi-
ties Of some illegal liquor dealers in
the District may be called upon for
some prosecutions. It is law which
makes a felony Of using counterfeit
or reused tax stamps.
In the case Of the defendants al
ready under arrest. certain members
of the bar maintain they can be tried
under neither the District law, by the
corporation counsel's Office, nor the
Federal law, by the district attorneys
office. since they were arrested before
the laws went into effect. This point,
among others, is being threshed out
by prosecutors before the cases are
brought up for trial.
Evening star., 1934-02-04

MEET OPPOSITION
PaImisano and Patman Aim
to Hold Up Action for
National Law.
Opposition began to develop in the

Opposition began to develop in the
House District Committee yesterday to
the Capper-Norton old-age pension
bill, which had nearly been placed on
the House calendar.
Approved by a subcommittee. the
only thing that prevented the full
committee from reporting it favorably
last week was the insistence of Rep
resentative Palmisano, Democrat. of
Maryland, that the Commissioners be
given an opportunity to express their
views. Now, however, Palmisano and
Representative Patman, Democrat. of
Texas, are planning to forestall COM
mittee action, If they can. until ma
tional old-age pension law is enacted.
Exodus Is Feared.
Palmisano fears that if the District
takes the lead in granting old-age
pensions, there would be an exodus
from Maryland and Virginia into the
Capital of persons who in few years
would be eligible to reap the bene-
fit of old-age annuities.
Patman says he fears Washington
might become a mecca for persons all
over the country, who would come
here to live for the protection the
Capper Morton bill would offer in old
age.
The Texan. however. is not opposed
to the principle of old-age pensions.
Neither is Palmisano. But both think
the District should wait until Congress
does something on the question in a
national way.
Action Due Wednesday.
Whether the objections of Palmi-
sano and Patman would prevent the
bill from going on the House calen-
dar is questionable 1t is believed
these two members cannot muster
enough support to stop a favorable
committee report
Definite action probably will be
taken on the measure at the regular
meeting of the committee Wednesday,
if the Commissioners report by that
time.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
Parking Charges
To Test Rights
OF Steam, Shovel
Court Case Continued
Pending Summoning
Of OiUner.

A steam shovel comes In the cate
CORY of vehicle" and can violate
traffic regulations as well as any
other. Besides. parking for year is
overtime parking" in any league.
However. Henry o. Thompson
wasn't charged with overtime park
ing. but with parking a vehicle in
public place-''to wit, steam shovel"
when arraigned before Judge Isaac
r. Hit in Police Court yesterday.
Thompson. who was secretary OF
now defunct company, told the Judge
his company owned the shovel, but
that more than a year ago a Mary
land contractor owned it. When he
returned it. Thompson said, he called
Thompson and asked if it would be
all right to leave 1t along Minnesota
avenue, near Anacostia Bridge.
Sure" said Thompson.
In court yesterday Thompson said
ne didn't own the juggernaut. He
said another mani. Seay-was
president of the company which had
owned the shovel Judge Hit con-
tinued the case until Tuesday, when
Seay will come into court.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
EXAMINATION DATES
FOR DOCTORS SET
War Department Will Fill 81
Vacancies in Medical Corps
Departments.

The War Department has an
nounced the dates for examinations
for admission to the different corps
of the Medical Department to fill 81
existing vacancies.
With 80 appointments as first lieu
tenants to be made in the Medical
Corps, the examination has been set
for March 1923. Six appointments
as second lieutenants in the Veteri-
nary Corps await the results Of ex-
aminations to be held then. Nine
vacancies exist in the Medical Ad-
ministration Corps in the grade Of
second lieutenant. These examina-
tions will be held March 1916.
Applications are to be made direct
to the adjutant general Of the Army
at the War Department.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
MRS. BABER'S DEATH
DECLARED SUICIDE
Autopsy Reveals That Wife of
Prominent Physician Had
Taken Poison.

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued q certificate of suicide yester-
day in the death of Mrs. Flora M.
Baber, a, whose body was found
Friday In q room at the Dodge Hotel.
The suicide verdict was reached
after an autopsy by Deputy Coroner
Christopher j. Murphy revealed Mrs.
Baber, wife of DIR. John M. Baber.
prominent physician and surgeon, had
taken poison.
Mrs Baber, according to information
given Detective Sergt. C. N. Strange,
left her home, 1919 G street, with the
explanation she was going to visit
relatives in Des Moines, Iowa.
Before poisoning herself. she penned
q note saying she had been "a draw
back to my husband" and was tired
Of living"
Evening star., 1934-02-04
DISGUISED POLICEMAN
ENDS GROCERY RACKET
Delivers Order in Proper Garb
for Occasion and Takes Away
Two on Check Charge.

Disguised in the apron of a de-
livery boy with a basket on his arm,
Second Precinct Policeman F. E. Ben
dure yesterday arrested two men al
legged to have him-hammed three gro
cery stores by giving worthless checks
to deliverymen.
The men arrested identified them
selves as Guy L. Rogers, alias Joseph
F. Kelley, 81, and James Kennedy.
alias william McCourt, 80, both CIV
ing . local hotel as their address.
They were charged with false pre-
lenses.
The men, according to police, would
call up and place an order for gro
ceries to be delivered to a fashionable
apartment house. When the delivery
boy arrived, they allegedly gave him
q check for more than the charge,
keeping both the change and the gro
ceries. The checks, 1t Is charged,
turned out to be worthless. Bendure
made his arrest by answering one Of
the calls for Q boy.
Evening star., 1934-02-04
SERVICES AT CATHEDRAL

A special Maryland tercentenary
service will be held at Washington Ca
thedral this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Blair Lee. former State Senator, will
speak. and Gov Albert c. Richie will
present = nag donated by the Colonial
Danes
The public y invited b attend
Evening star., 1934-02-04
May Limit Terms.

Several influential members Of the
association believe that a suficient
number Of directors to replace Walker
and McGill Immediately is lacking, but
they hope q definite time limit will be
placed on their tenure of ofiice.
The recent Senate milk investiga-
tion revealed McGill was ignorant of
the cost Of production OF. milk and
the price dairy companies in WASH
ington receive for the product. An
ever-present witness during the in
quiry. he testified repeatedly he had
no idea Of what is cost the farmer
to produce milk, that he had made
no effort to find out what II cost
to produce milk and that the cost
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Evening star., 1934-02-04

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Evening star., 1934-02-04
MARSHALL HONORED
Roberts Reviews Decisions Re.

An address on the relation between
decisions by John Marshall Is Chief
Justice Of the United States and the
present new deal" governmental
program was given last night by Will
liam A. Roberts, special assistant Dis
trict corporation counsel, who Is
president Of the Federal Bar Asso-
citation.
The talk, delivered over Station
WJSV, was given In observance OF
the 1880 anniversary today of the
administration Of the oath Of ONCE
to the third Chief Justice. Roberts
said some of the decisions by
Marshall nave been used in support
Of current decisions under the new
deal" He cited particularly the
Marshall statement on the commerce
clause Of the Constitution.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
CRUISER ARRIVES
TO CONVEY BODY
Pensacola in Annapolis
Roads for Services
for Paul May. --
Special Dispatch to The Star.


ANNAPOLIS, Nd, August 1.-THE
heavy cruiser Pensacola, which is to
convey the body of Paul May. late
Belgian Ambassador to the United
States, to Antwerp, Belgium, today
dropped anchor in Annapolis Roads,
of the Naval Academy.
The cruiser will remain here until
Thursday, when the body will be re-
ceived at the academy, with military
Morris, American Ambassador to Bel
GUM, and Richard Southgate, as
sistant chief of the Protocol and Con-
ference Division of the State Depart
ment, will board the cruiser here and
accompany the body to Belgium.
All officers on duty at the academy,
in white uniforms, wearing mourning
badges on their left arms and sword
hilts, will meet the funeral cortege at
the main gate at 12:45 pm. Thurs
day. -Four companies of midshipmen
will form the escort, and four addi-
tional companies will be drawn up
near the Santee wharf, where the
body will be placed aboard a sub
chaser to be taken to the cruiser.
Capts. H. Kent Hewitt, Bryson
Bruce, William T. Smith and Harold
v. McKittrick and Comdrs. Jules
James and Richard s. Robertson will
act as pallbearers.
AS the funeral cortege moves
through the academy a salute Of 10
guns, at minute intervals, will be
fired. The flag will be at half mast
from noon until pm.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
ATTACKED POLICEMAN
KILLS ONE, SHOOTS ONE
Foxboro, Mass, Patrolman Bags
Two Prowlers Despite Stun
ming Blow on Head.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FOXBORO, Mass. August 11.-Pa-
trolman Henry Hanson early today
shot and killed a Stoughton man and
seriously wounded a second man, who
allegedly attacked him as he stepped
into an alleyway at the rear of CO.
casset Hall to investigate their ac-
tivities.
Hanson was patrolling In o police
cruising car when he heard a noise.
He stepped to q rear alley and as he
turned into 1t he was struck, he said,
by a blackjack.
The blow dazed him and he fred at
figure in front Of him.
Hanson said he was dubbed again
as he fired and he turned to shoot
quickly at second figure that stood
behind him.
Chief of Police Dean, who lives
across the street, heard the shots, ran
to Hanson's aid and the policemen
took the men to the emergency ward
of the Foxboro State Hospital.
The dead man was identified from
papers on his person as Albert Hun
tress, "a, Of Stoughton. Police said
the wounded man was John Corkum
of the same town.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
WOMAN ASKS RELIEF
FROM PERSECUTION
Doctors Wife, Involved in Kid
naping, Appeals to U, s.
Attorney.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, August li.--Mrs. Nellie
Upton Muench, st. Louis physicians
wife and member of a prominent Mis-
souri, family, has asked the Federal
Government to stop her persecution"
in the DR.. Isaac D. Kelley kidnapping
case.
Mrs. Muench. one OF five defendants
charged with participating in the kid
naping, made her plea to District At
torney Harry c. Blanton.
She protested her innocence and
charged Prosecuting Attorney G. Ar
thur Anderson of st. Louis County
was making q political foot ball" of
the kidnapping case.
Blanton said he told Mrs. Muench
and her husband, DR.. Ludwig o.
Muench. the Government is not now
investigating the case and has no
jurisdiction.
Department of Justice agents as
signed 70 the machine-gln Staying Of
John G. johnson, colored, States wit
ness in the case, have been ordered to
withdraw from the investigation, it
was learned.
1t was said, however, the agents were
instrumental in bringing about indict-
ments yesterday Of Monroe (Blackie)
ArmeS and John r. (Bab) Moran, St
Louis gangsters and gunmen, charged
with .he johnson killing.
Evening star., 1934-08-11

Add all this up and you find the
naturalization song is not a song at
all, but only a stop-gap, prelude, a
"vamp til ready" The administra-
ton can string 1t out for years and
even centuries before it accumulates
enough silver to stabilize on a IS per
cent ratio with gold.
Everything depends on how much
world silver Mr.. Morgenthau buys and
how fast he buys it.
The good guessers are betting he
will not buy enough to keep Senator
Thomas quiet very long.
Cotton Cut Laid to A. A. A.
about Sc per cent Of the credit for the
low cotton crop. The drought ac-
counts for about IA per cent.
The yield per acre dropped 9
pounds belotD the average for the
last 10 years Normally, you i0ould
not erpect the yield to drop in the
face OF a crop reduction program.
Lost year, it toent up. When
farmer plants feiDer acres you con
be sure he to;l raise oil he can on
the acres he does plant.
There were 27.37l 900 acres in pro-
duction this year. The normal crop
from that would be e,72S,7 72e bales,
or $4,000 bales less than last year
But the drought drove it down 533 900
bales more.
The A. A. A-erS are now convinced
calamity is in league with them.
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Evening star., 1934-08-11
ARMED RULE UPHELD
IN MINNESOTASTRIKE
Federal Court Denies Employers
Plea Attacking Legality Of
Olson's Actions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, August 1.-THE
Federal Court today upheld the le-
gality of Gov. Floyd B. Olson's mill
tary rule in the truck drivers strike
in refusing 10 protesting employers
an Injunction against continuance OF
the decree.
The decision, handed down by
judges Gunnar H. Nordbye, Joseph
w. Molyneaux and John B. Sanborn,
was unanimous and was signed by
all three jurists.
Employers, attacking the legality
of the Governors martial rule, and
he administration of it by the military,
had demanded first a temporary re-
straining order. then a permanent IN
junction. Application for the court
writ was fled early this week.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
HEART ATTACK FATAL
TO RETIRED u. S. WORKER
John P. Downing, SO, Drops Dead
Near Documents Room
in Capitol.

John p. Downing, 63, retired en-
ploye of the Library of Congress,
dropped dead yesterday in the Capitol
near the documents room. Death
was caused by heart disease. accord
ing to Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald.
Downing, who lived at $50 B street
northeast, was a native of Missouri,
but had lived here nearly IS years.
He was first employed here in the
Government Printing Once and
later in the Library of Congress, re-
firing five years ago. He is survived
by brother in Missouri.
Funeral services will be held IN
Christiansburg. Va, where he viii be
buried beside his wife, who died in
1929,
Evening star., 1934-08-11

Another reason is Senator Thomas
He is the most persistent and annoy
ing infationist extant. A few days
ago he conducted q poll Of Congress
and announced that a majority OF his
colleagues have been disappointed
with the administration silver policy.
Naturalization OF silver Is supposed
to make him and his weeping COL
leagues dry their eyes and keep quiet
for at least a few more weeks.
Also, don't forget that a warm
Congressional election contest Is
starting in Western silver States.
Thus, three very big problem birds
are supposed to lie down and roll
over at the one big silver blow.
VIII Buy s1oo, 600, zoe Here.
These are rather shallow reasons,
but you will find no deeper ones in
the naturalization policy.
All it means now is that the
Government is going to buy about
$i00, 900 900 north OF stluer in this
country. There are roughly be-
tt0een 100000 and 100000 900
ounces subject to seizure at 5o.0f
cents an ounce
A hundred million will be only q
ripple in the five-billion-dollar none
tary bucket. II that much new
currency is issued, 1t will not be
imitation or anything very near in
flation.
Initiation Up to Morgenthau.
The naturalization program be-
comes important from a national
monetary standpoint only when you
get down to soliloquizing about what
Mr.. Morgenthau will do next.
If he goes out and tries to buy all
the silver in the world at increasingly
higher prices, he will reach imitation.
Every one here Is certain he will not
do that.
There is another tody. His pur-
cents an ounce, but silUer is CDR
ried on the Treasury books at
sI29 an ounce. (That book palue
has been kept since 1882 or there
dbouts. Thus he is dccunuldting
a theoretical profit from his stlver
buying policy.
For instance, he buys three ounces
of silver for $l50. They have a po-
tential Treasury book value of s3.S7,
but Morgenthau has issued only 81.
in currency against them so far. He
stores the surplus silver and carries
it on his balance sheet as of no value.
That is good common business sense.
Any day he could take this silver
profit out and issue currency against
it for $l.29 an ounce. That would
be imitation. However. the amount
involved is so small, 1t really would
not make much difference
Evening star., 1934-08-11
SEABURY DECISION
STILL HANGS FIRE.
Friends Say His Candidacy
Depends Upon Upstate
Political Leaders.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August ll.-Samuel
Seabury would consent to head the
Republican State ticket in New York
this Fall If his candidacy for Gov
ernor should prove acceptable to a
majority of Upstate county leaders,
it was indicated strongly in responsible
quarters today.
The white-haired prosecutor of
municipal vice and graft investiga-
tions has himself refused to comment
in any manner upon the possibility
of entering the Fall campaign. The
hint that he would run if given sufti-
cient support came from close friends
as the first indication OF his feeling
in the matter.
Confusion Still Rife.
A Seabury boom has been under
way in the State, but it has not
served to lessen the confusion among
the county chairmen growing out of
the utilities and legislative scraps OF
the Winter.
With the Republican nominating
convention barely a month away,
there has been no trend toward crys-
tahzation of slate to oppose Gov.
Herbert Lehman.
Among the conservative leaders
the so-called "old guard Of the util-
tiles fght-there is marked pref
erence for Representative James W..
Wadsworth, and it is reported four
of the five county chairman in New
York City are opposed to Seabury.
La Guardia Also Silent.
wadsworth is not expected, how
ever. to jeopardize his political future
in the uncertainties Of an intra
party fight. Whether he might be
drafted is another matter, his friends
declare.
In New York City, where Seabury
fought for a fusion victory in the
election of Mayor La Guardia, the
fusion forces are counted upon to give
their support to Seabury's candidacy.
Mayor La Guardia has not COM
mented, possibly because Seabury
himself has been non-committal.
The consideration of State fusion
organization has been largely dis
carded by Republican leaders, who
have felt it would not be acceptable
to regular party voters.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
PRESIDENT TURNS
TO CROWDED DESK
Cabinet officers and Off.
ciaIs Called for Talks on
Many Problems.
~ The Annotated Press

~ the Assoeis.s1 Press.
President Roosevelt began preparing
today for decisive action on pressing
problems that developed during his
tour.
Moving 10 check up on recent de-
veiopmentA. he called high officials
into conference.
Two Of them head new branches Of
the Goyernment--Joseph p. Kennedy.
chairman Of the Securities Commits
sion. and James A. Moffett, chief OF
the Housing Corporation
OF no less significance wxre ap-
pointments with Jesse Jones. chairman
OF the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration. and Eugene Black. governor
OF the Federal Reserve Board. Black
wants 10 retire 70 resume his post as
governor Of the Atlanta Reserve Bank.
II was believed possible the conference
might touch on a successor.
Sees Cabinet ofheers.
No sooner had he returned 20 the
White House yesterday than the Presi-
dent began a survey on problems with
Secretaries Morgenthau and Hull.
tion of silver while Hui is understood
TO have gone over reciprocal tariff
treaty prospects and negotiations with
Soviet Russia on debts.
Secretary Wallace is 10 be called
next week to discuss the drought.
which the President viewed first hand
on his rail trip East. Plans for fur
ther relief TO the area are high on the
Presidents calendar.
The question what TO do about N
r. A. IN view Of the suggestion of
Hugh s. johnson that a commission
be created to administer the codes Is
another matter TO be given attention.
Confronts Labor Unrest.
Labor unrest, emphasized last night
by the strike called in plants of the
Aluminium Company of America. also
is a matter for the Presidents con-
sideration.
An impending court attack on the
administration railroad pension act
by the Association OF Railway Execu-
tives is another cause for White
House concern. The executives want
an injunction to restrain the Rail-
road Retirement Board from assess
ing the railroads for a share OF the
pension fund.
The Presidents program next week
includes discussions with the Rail-
road Retirement Board, the new Com
munications Commission, the Federal
Labor Board and the new Aviation
Commission. Some members of these
agencies are not personally known by
the Executive.
other matters to receive presiden-
tial attention include prospects for
the 1885 Naval Disarmament Con-
ference, the projected reciprocal trade
pact with Cuba, proposal to increase
the Army Air Corps and Army per-
sonnel, and the budget for the next
fiscal year.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
alton immediately"
MOTHER SAVES SONS

Frees Lads Trapped in Cave When
Top Collapses.
MINNEAPOLIS, August II tP.-
A mother saved the lives Of her two
sons yesterday after they had been
trapped in small cave they had
scooped out near their home
Clifford ESnough, IL. and his
brother Billy. 4,were in the cave when
playmates jumped on the roof and it
collapsed.
Mrs Hilda Esnough frantically
dug. When she freed Billy he was
unconscious. A Fire Department
squad revived him. Clifford was
unhurt.