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Evening star., 1934-07-07
WOMAN HIDES MOTHERS BODY
TWO YEARS TO COLLECT PENSION

Marietta Bishop, died natural death
in January, 1882. She said she did
not disturb the body from its bed for
several months, but finally decided to
dispose of it. The upper part was
cremated, she said. while the other
was placed in a trunk at the home.
Sheriff Carman said Mrs. Lattimer
had used various subterfuges TO cover
up her mothers death. To friends
who called, she would say that hei
mother was too Ill for visitors. Pre-
quently she would give stories to the
newspapers. the officers said. that her
mother was visiting relatives In
Kansas City.
No charges have been filed.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
u. s. FIRMS SALARM
| PARIS IN TAX WAR
Move to Suspend Double
Levy Collection Is Seen
as Empty Gesture.
Rx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July ALARMED at posi-
BILE resentment of Americans ever
the failure of Parliament to ratify
the anti-double taxation treaty af-
fecting American firms, the govern
ment may seek to appease them with
a gesture.
Oficials said they might suspend
collection of some 500 900 900 in
taxes by decree as q sign of good will
This would not change the situation
since the collection Of double taxes
has been unoficially suspended in
expectation the treaty would be rati-
fed.
A spokesman for American inter-
ests said last night that some con-
Germs already are speaking Of leaving
the country and of the possibility oi
retaliation in event efforts are made
to collect the taxes now due.
The action Of a committee Of the
Chamber of Deputies in holding uI
ratification of the treaty with ar
intimation that the matter would bt
connected with war debts indicated
that Franco-American trade may b'
affected by the tax issue.
The treaty. under which France
agreed to abolish the double taxes
was signed in April, 1882, but ha!
been pushed aside each time when II
! has been brought up for application
Germain Martin, minister OF th'
treasury. had promised on July 4 Il
make an effort to get the ratiflca'
tion approved. but the Doumergu'
government failed to make it mat
ter of urgent business.
Persons connected with the move
ment in behalf of the treaty regarded
it as unlikely that the matter viii
be taken up promptly when Parlia-
ment reconvenes in October.
aDxHuNyrcrn . rUoN, CIR ENyr
Evening star., 1934-07-07
ADMINISTRATION SILENT.
Retaliation Weapon Provided by New
Revenue Act.
BY the Associated Press

Revenue Act.
BY the Associated Press
Official comment is being withheld
at the State Department on what
weapon If any the United States
might WELD against France If tnat
nation presses for collection OF $780,
600 600 of taxes from American firms.
Neither Is there immediate COM
ment on word that action mad been
deliberately withheld on the treaty
so as to have a bargaining weapon in
war debts revision and to secure
favorable action in a new trade agree
ment with the United States.
Any war debts bargain would have
to receive congressional approval. and
there is widespread opposition to the
downward revision of any war debt
agreements.
Weapon Provided.
No negotiations with France for a
new trade agreement under the ad-
ministration's new tariff bargaining
program have vet been initiated.
The United States has a weapon OF
retaliation in the new revenue act,
which permits imposition OF 30 per
cent taxes upon the nationals Of any
nation which discriminateS against
American firms in taxation.
Frances double taxation program
was instituted in 1872, but has never
been enforced, so that actually no
American firms have as yet been
forced to pay the excess taxes. Ex-
Guiding taxes assessed which are not
outlawed by the statute of limita tions.
it was estimated that American firms
would be required to pay approx
mately $4,000. COO. 900 in back taxes if
forced to meet the French laws re-
quirements.
Treaty Approved by U. s.
After a series of diplomatic discus
sions. France and the United States
signed a treaty in 1892 under which
American firms would have been ex-
cluded from the double tax. The
treaty was ratified by the United
States Senate the same year. but does
not become effective until ratified by
both governments.
Aside from protests based on broad
principles of equity and commercial
policy, the United States faces a diff
fcult task in securing the French gov
ernment's approval of the treaty in
the face of the French Parliament's
failure to ratify.
Belgium and Italy have signed
treaties with France under which
their nationals are exempt from the
double taxation. however. and admin
istration officials predict it may be
possible for this country to register
a valid protest because of the discrim-
ination against Americans and the
preferential treatment accorded the
Belgians and Italians.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Death of Dancing Feared.

Ball room dancing is losing its pop
ularitJ in London and observers fear
that it is on the way out No more do
dancing teachers reap golden hsrvests
as 10 years ago and no longer Is it
considered an honor to win dancing
contest. One prominent leader of a
dance orchestra says the days of many
encores which required two orchestras
are gone. for young people now flock
to rooms set aside for side shows,
throwing contests and gambling ma
chimes. He thinks modern music Is
to blame.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
ENGINEER FALLS DEAD

PHOENIX, Ariz-. July Z (P1.-Ray-
mond M. Priest. chief engineer for
the Governments all-America canal
project. died of q heart attack on a
street here last night.
Priest was about 48 years old. Last
March 10 he left his post with the
Yuma irrigation project to become
chief engineer of the all-America.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
NEIGHBORS ARE FINED
Judge Settles Argument Over

Judge Settles Argument Over
Sprinkling Powder on Steps.
ST. LOUIS, CP).-Whatever it is,
its potency is valued at $50.
Mrs. Fannie Lee said it was "voodoo
powder" and accused Mrs. Sadie Mix,
neighbor, of sprinkling it on her
doorstep.
Mrs. Mix said it was sleeping pow
der and, incidentally, Mrs. Lee hit
her with bedpost during their argu-
ment.
The police judge shifted and, fining
each woman S25 for peace disturb
ance. ruled the powder was green
cheese"
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Bathers Under Nudist Law.

DAYTON, KY. (R.-Roger L. Neff,
jr- county attorney, has ruled that
those who bathe in the Ohio River
under cover of darkness and nothing
else must abioe by the new State law
against nudists. The law provides
nudist colonies must pay $1,000 for
a license and be surrounded by a
20 foot brick or concrete wall.
Evening star., 1934-07-07

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part of the funds obtained through
this loan for machinery, articles, ma
terials or services supplied by a firm
which does not pledge allegiance to
the N. r. A. Think of the vast
compulsiye power thus lodged in the
hands of single improvised agency
under the orders Of military marti-
net of the drin sergeant type, and
you have some idea of how far the
Democratic party has moved away
from the faith and policies of Jeffer-
son and Jackson, Cleveland and
wilson,"
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Auto Kills Soldier.

FORT SILL, Okla, July 2 P).-
Pvt John H. Rutan, Battery E, lst
Field Artillery, died here yesterday
from injuries received when struck
by motor car Tuesday night. Mill
tary officials said that manslaughter
charges would be filed against Lieut..
Roy p. Turner. R,itan enlisted from
Union Town. Pa
Evening star., 1934-07-07
AMERICANS WIN
BRITISH DOUBLES
Lott and Stoeffen Easy Vic.
t0rs-MisS Jacobs Loses
to Miss Round.
BY the Associated Press.

BY he Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON. England, July T.
George NJ Lott, jr, and Lester
Stoefen, United States doubles cham
pions and Davis Cup players. today
won the all-England mems doubles
title to avert q complete rout OF
American tennis forces after Helen
Jacobs had lost in the finals OF wom-
ems singles to Dorothy Round They
defeated Jean Borotra and Jacques
Drugnon, defending champions, in
the final match. So, @3, 64.
Helen Hull Jacobs, twice a flnalist
but never a winner Of the most prized
title in tennis. again was turned back
today in her bid for the women's sin
ples crown by Dorothy Round. rank
ing English player, who defeated her,
60. 81, 6-3. in the final round.
1t was a heartbreaking setback
for the American girl, who was a
finalist against her fellow Californian.
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, in both 1929
and 1882
High Hopes Blasted.
This year, with Mrs. Moody a spec
tator Helen had hopes that she at
last would ascend to the throne the
great woman tennis players OF the
world since 1884 had ruled.
King George and Queen Mary en-
tered the royal box as Miss Jacobs
and Miss Round took the courts.
Miss Jacobs was wearing her usual
shorts. the first woman ever to ap-
pear before Queen Mary in such an
attire. The Queen gave no visible
reaction.
Miss Round won the first set, Ga.
Dorothy Hits Hard.
Hitting both her forehand and
backhand with terrific pace and pre-
cision, Miss Round gave the United
States champion 9 royal trouncing
in the first set
She broke Helen's service at love
in the third game with four beauti-
full returns which the American did
not touch. and almost repeated IN
the seventh. where Miss Jacobs again
lost her service.
Miss Round lost some of her
steadiness as the second set opened
and Miss Jacobs. fighting tenaciously
held service to 313. then broke
through the English girl to take
53 lead in games.
Miss Round rallied, scoring with
several placements to pull it up to
deuce after Helen twice had been at
match point, but the American girl
then put on q burst of flne tennis her
self to win the next two with the loss
of only three points and take the
set. IS.
The crowd was in an uprOar several
times over poor decisions and the
umpire once had to halt play and ask
for quiet. an almost unheard OF neces-
sity at Wimbledon.
Last Set Hard Fought.
The last set was a bitter struggle
with the last three games. all OF
which Miss Round won, each going
to deuce before the English girl could
put over the winning points. Each
had held service to 3-3 before the
American girl faltered.
The capacity crowd Of 1900 gave
the English girl remarkable DEM
onstration. even the King and Queen
rising to applaud with the rest. The
first frenzied outburst of cheering
lasted more than a minute.
Elizabeth Ryan, former Californian
now living in London, and Nine.
Rene Mathieu of France today won
the all-England women's doubles ten
mis- title for the second successive
time. defeating Dorothy Andrus OF
Stamford, Conn, and Mime. Jung
Henrotin, also of France, 6-3, 6-3,
in the final round.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SENECA, Kans., July IA woman
who said she had kept her S5-year-
old mothers dismembered body hid
den more than two years to collect
a Civil War pension is being held
today by authorities.
Mrs. Myrtle Lattimer. about 55,
directed Sheriff C. E. Carman and
other officers to the body. parts of
which had been cremated IN a kitch-
en- stove, after Postmaster W. l..
Kaufman demanded to see the
woman TO whom the $40 monthly
pension check had been issued.
Mrs. Lattimer said her mother, Mrs.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
John D. WILL MARK
5TH ANNIVERSARY
Oil Magnate to Celebrate
Birthday Tomorrow in
Quiet Fashion.
BY the Associated Press.

by lHe hsSOtlbtcu
LAKEWOOD, N. j., July John
D. Rockefeller, Sr-, will be 95 years
old tomorrow, but to the aged philan-
throphist it will be just another day;
a day Of activity carefully curtailed;
a day of diet strictly regulated.
Members OF his family will be
there and the man who was once
hailed as the richest man in the
world may have a short drive over
the estate with them, or perhaps
there will be instead a game of
"numerica," Mr.. Rockefellers simple
number game played with cards.
No celebration has been planned
The famous birthday statement" will
not be issued.
Ceases Church going.
Since his return to the Lakewood
estate in May. after his longest Win
ter stay at his Ormond Beach, Fla,
home. Mr. Rockefeller has diScon-
tinued even his customary Sunday
church going and his much
loved golflng over the nine hole pri-
vate course on his estate here.
Few visitors have been allowed
through the closely guarded gates,
and those who have have been per-
Sonally approved by the former oil
magnate.
A few short automobile rides from
his only attraction. His mail, in the
past extremely heavy when he was in
residence here. has dwindled to an al
most negligible amount.
Mr.. Rockefeller this year remained
at the Casements-hiS Florida home
10 days longer than ever before. 1t
was his fifteenth Winter there and
when reminded of that by a friend.
he smiled and said he hoped there
would be IS more.
Daily Routine Simple.
Since his illness during the Winter.
his daily routine has been a model of
simplicity 1t is the routine he will
follow tomorrow.
He rises at Z am. and has his
breakfast an hour later. After break
fast. If he feels able. he scans his per-
sonal mail and has his secretary read
aloud the current news.
Luncheon is at / 80 and is a leisure
ly meal At O'Clock he is motored
about the estate and then has a nap
before dinner at 7:30 At 10 O'Clock
he retires
His own words explain his attitude
toward his strictly regimented ex-
iStence:
Il am grateful every day for the
contentment I enjoy in living a quiet
and simple life"
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Consider Strike Today.

Delegates of the various trades
unions in the city meet at pm. to-
day with the ,Ioint Marine Strike Com
mittee to consider the general walk
out proposal Teamsters of San Fran
cisco and Oakland have called meet
ings for 10 am. tomorrow to consider
their future policies.
At last nights heavily attended
meeting Of the Labor Council, jeers
ano boots mingled with applause dur
ing debate as Harry Bridges, chairman
of the Joint Maritime Strike Commit
tee. and several others urged an out
right recommendation for a city-wide
strike.
Speaking in support of slower pro-
cedure as advocated under the
strategy committee" plan, conserva-
tive leaders urged caution while ad-
vocating full support for the long
shoremen's demands.
Water fronts at Tacoma and Seat
tie we're peaceful with the former
port awakening to new life as steps
were taken to move Alaska shipping
under a new agreement.
Clayton Miner, 81. steamship
company electrician, who was shot in
Oakland yesterday, was reported in a
serious condition. He said he was
attacked by four men.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Mechanical Rabbit Hurts Man.

SPOKANE, Wash. tP1.-H. E. Tay-
lor. an attendant at dog races here,
was struck by a rabbit device which
the greyhounds chase, as 1t sped
around the race track. He suffered
q deep cash in his leg,
Evening star., 1934-07-07


N. r. A. and other business laws, but
it was believed there that a final
permanent organization probably will
await more experience in the conduct
of the N. r. A. as an administrative
agency.
Special care has been taken by
Johnson, it was said in New York,
to avoid under the new organization
the monopolistic tendencies charged
against the N. r. A.
The Federal Government would
watch closely to prevent any rise in
prices it deemed unjustifed," the As
SOciated Press was told.
IF the Sherman antitrust act con-
tinues under suspension. its provi-
sions probab bly, would be guarded by
licensing system to prevent such
rises
Would Prevent Monopoly.
"As a measure of protection TO the
smaller business and industrial man
the Federal Government would keep
a strict watch to prevent any monop-
olistic tendencies"
The plan. it is believed. also would
call for some guarantee of the N. r.
A. collective bargaining powers before
granting industry the right to govern
itself.
Whether unemployment insurance
would be included in the self-goyern-
ment program was not learned.
Sources close to Gen. johnson said
he has drawn both upon his own ex-
periences in industry and upon the
ideas of others for the project.
1t was believed that he has con-
suited Gerard Swope president of the
General Electric Co. who has ad-
vanced a program for stabilization OF
industry under self government. BY
stabilizing employment and co-ordi-
mating production.
(Copyrisht, 1934l
Evening star., 1934-07-07
Fisherman Catches Bee Swarm.

TOWANDA, Pa. R.-Fioyd Bah
cock went fishing and returned with
a fine catch of bees, but no fish. The
bees apparently mistook Babcocks
wicker fish basket for a hive and
swarmed into it.
Evening star., 1934-07-07
TWO CITIES FACING
GENERAL WALKOUT
ON WEST COAST

CONTINUED From First Page.)
that the arrival of the National Guard
in San Francisco might cause further
bloodsned, the sudden and complete
calm on the water front seemed almost
to hold an ominous note. Not even a
jeer or motion of diSrespect was made
toward the youthful soldiers crouch
ing silently behind their machine guns
or walking guard posts with bayonets
fixed
Evening star., 1934-07-07
REFORM OF N. R. A.
TO FREE INDUSTRY
UNDER OWN CODES

CONTINUED Prom First Page)
Evening star., 1934-07-07
FLETCHER FLAYS
RAID ON RIGHTS
IN CONSTITUTION

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Evening star., 1934-08-11
Baltimore Markets
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, August Ii
White potatoes, per 100 pounds, 85as5;
Virginia cobblers, barrel, 1.15a1 so;
sweet potatoes, bushel, 1.50a1 80;
yams. bushel, 1.25a1.5o; beans,
bushel, 50a1.25; beets, per 100, I.50a
ZOO; cabbage, bushel, 35a60; celery,
crate, 1.75a2.25; carrots, per 100, 100a
ZOO; corn, dozen, 12a20; lettuce,
crate, 50a65; lima beans, bushel, I.50a
ESQ; onions. SO pounds, local 10;
peas, bushel. 325a3. so; tomatoes.
hamper, 25a60; Gamers stock,
bushel, 65a75; peppers, bushel, GOATS;
Elephants, hamper, 40; squash, half
bushel, 30a40; apples, bushel, 6Oa1 40;
hamper, 25a50; cantaloupes, crate,
40al so; blackberries, 2.50a4.OO water
melons, sails; peaches, bushel, 1.o0a
2.25; huckleberries, quart, 10a15.
Dairy Markets.
Live poultry-Chickens 16a24; Leg
horns, 12al7; old hens, l2al6; Leg
horns, 10a12; old roosters, 8a10;
ducks, 12a15; pigeons, pair, 15a20.
Eggs - Nearby current receipts,
dozen, 16a17; hennery whites, large
size. 23a25; medium size, 20a22; re-
ceipts, 1,096 cases.
Butter-Good to fancy, creamery,
per pound, 25a29; store packed, 14a15;
receipts, 103 tubs.
Sea Food Market.
Blue fish, per pound, 3a18; buffers,
las; catfish, 4a6; eels, 3a10; founders,
4a10; perch. white, 2a12; yellow, 4a18;
pike, 25a30; rock, l5a30; shrimp, 10a
IS; Boston nackerel, 10a12; croakers,
box, 150a2.50; gray trout, pound, 10a
IL; box, 200a12.00; salmon trout, Ga
10; box, 4.o0a1O00; clans, 100, 35a
10; snappers, pound, 4a5; hard crabs,
3.50a6.00; soft crabs, dozen, 40a1.25;
crab meat, claw, pound, 25a28; regu-
lar, 35a38; special lump, 40; back I'm,
As.
Tobacco Market.
Maryland frosted and inferior. per
100 pounds, 3.00a4.00; common to me-
dunn, 4.50a22.00; medium to good,
23.00a42.00; good TO fine red, 43.00a
$500; seconds, common, diseased,
3.00a7 90; medium to good, S.00a20. 90;
good to fine, 81 .00a35.00; upper county
hurley, nominal; ground leaves, 1892
crop, nominal.
Evening star., 1934-08-11

sJuly figures preliminary. In most cities
the month had the same number Of huSi-
ness days this year and last year. but this
July there we're four Saturdays. as COM
pared with i've year ago.
Stock Markets New Rulers.
Three lawyers, a Snowman and a
bureaucrat now stride the quarter
deck of all American security ex-
changes, particularly the quarterback
of the flagship of the feet, the New
York Stock Exchange. It is not
recorded. says Theodore M Knappen
Of Washington, in the Magazine of
Wall Street. that any of them except
the Snowman has ever been inside of
a bourse of any kind. but what the
others lack in the feel" of securities
trading the Snowman makes up, hav-
ing had a dramatic and successful
career in achievement along lines
reprehended by the securities and
stock exchange acts and deprecated
BY his new high-brow associates.
The iron hand" Mr.. Knappen says,
els thrust into a velvet glove through
the appointment of Joseph Patrick
Kennedy to the only initial f1ve-year
term, and his election. by presidential
hint. to the Craftsmanship for the first
year. -Four grave men and true, re-
formers and burgers of business by
natural slant and experience. are led
by jovial master of the quick money
making art, a consummate product of
the era they would bury.
He is credited with having first in
spired President Roosevelt with the
idea of cleaning up the Augean stables
of untrammeled speculation. Apostates
are usually rated as being the worst
of bigots for their new creed, but it is
hard to imagine rollicking Joe Ken
nedy as applying the torch 10 the
faggots of fiery execution for Wall
Street"
Business Up Ss Per Cent.
The E. S. Brsshears Washington
Agency Of the Union Central Life
Insurance Co., of Cincinnati. reported
an increase of 3S per cent In new
settled business for the past seven
months as compared with the same
period of 1898. The company. as q
whole, has sold more than 5000 900
more life insurance during this time
than was sold during all Of last year.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
CREDIT DISPLAYS
EXPANSIVE TREND
Non-Security Loans and
Non-Government Invest
ments Turn Upward.
BY w. n. HUFF.
Associated Press Financial writer.


NEW YORK, August li.--Bank
credit reveals an apparently expansive
tendency in the latest statistics cover
ing the week ended August l.. Nom
security loans and Government
investments had gains among the
largest in recent months.
The report for Federal Reserve
member banks in ei leading cities
showed a rise Of S70,000,000 In "all
other" loans and a gain Of $64, ,000, 900
in other" securities. United States
Government securities advanced $685.
100000, while security loans dropped
S135, ,000, 900.
The last two items are not regarded
in financial circles as particularly inn
portant, however. The drop in Sc
curity loans was due almost entirely
to shrinkage of $123 .00o, 900 in loans
to brokers by New York City banks
and the gain In Government securities
merely continued a long established
trend,
Bankers are anxious to see an ex-
pa1sion in "other" loans, which rep
resent advances to industry for the
HlOob phfbs anu III OtAlcI ocCuIlLlt6 blltH
Governments. A sustained gain in
the latter would indicate that banks
are entering the bond markets, thus
paving the way for revival OF cap
ital lending on private account.
Rising corporate bond prices would
make possible a gradual replacement
Of Government credit by private finan-
cling, step deemed highly desir-
able for the sake of business recovery.
Unfortunately. however, the real
meaning of these gains a week ago
is obscured by the incompleteness OF
the statistics. 1t is pointed out. Other
loans include such irrelevant items as
bank holdings Of acceptances and
commercial paper. loans on real es-
tate. interbank borrowing and ad-
vances to municipalities.
Since half of the rise In these So
called commercial loans occurred in
New York City, 1t is possible that at
least some Of the $70,000. 900 increase
resulted from q combination Of
changes In these factors.
Evening star., 1934-08-11
Railroads to Cut
Livestock Rates
For Chicago Area
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August i1.-Rsilroads
are planning to lop sl25,00o. 900 TO
$50, 10000 q year from charges for
hauling live stock to Chicago.
The Transportation Committee of
the Chicago Live Stock Exchange said
that rate reductions are scheduled for
September !.
The savings range up to 10 cents
In some instances on small stock in
single deck.
WINNIPEG, August II Cp.-Plans
for the disposal OF low-grade cattle to
assist farmers in the dried-out areas
of Southwestern Manitoba were an
nounced yesterday by d. @. Mckenzie,
minister Of agriculture. Proposed
plans provide for the processing Of
meat for export. The Dominion gov
ernment will be asked to discuss the
policy.
1t is proposed that freight charges
in connection with the marketing of
cattle be absorbed under tri-partite
arrangement. Between the Dominion
government. the province and the
railways, each absorbing one-third Of
the freight charges.
1t is believed removal of low-grade
surplus cattle will relieve the feed
problem and strengthen price levels
on the domestic market for the better
class cattle.