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The Washington times., 1934-05-07
FAILURE To VOID
CONTRACTS
PROBED
Wage 'Kickback' Hearings to
End Today in Senate; Bribery
Is Charged in Pa Cut

Major John C. Gotwals, District
Engineer Commissioner, may be
summoned to testify before the
Senate Committee on Education
and Labor now investigating the
"kickback" labor racket which has
mulcted District workmen Of mil
lions of dollars.
This was indicated by Senator
David I. Walsh CD of Massachu-
sets, chairman of the committee,
who stated he wishes to find out
why the District Commissioners
did not cancel the contract of the
Catalano Construction Company,
which admitted violation of the
wage scale law.
Bride Asked Cancellation
Former Corporation Counsel Will
liam w. Bride investigated the
case and recommended to the
Commissioners that the contract
awarded the company for con-
struction of the industrial training
school for boys be cancelled.
No action was taken by the
Commissioners on this recommen-
dation. Today Senator Walsh
said:
Il understand one member of
that Board of Commissioners
Major GOtwalS) is still in
office. 1 intend to try to find
out why no action was taken
in this case"
The committee will conclude
its hearings today and expects
to act tomorrow on the resolution
calling for a Senate investigation
Of the racket.
Bribery Charged
Charges that bribes were passed
in reaching an agreement where
by the wages of carpenters in the
District we're reduced from $11
to SO a day were hurled at the
hearing today by Albert Caya,
business agent for the Carpenters
Union.
This agreement, signed by the
Carpenters Wage Committee and
the Master Builders Association,
was fixed by fraud, Mr.. Caya
charged.
He presented to the committee
letters from contractors outside the
District showing that they con-
tributed as high as $500 each to
fund to be used in getting a
wage reduction here.
After the union had voted four
times by vote of 400 to to
reject the So rate, the District
Council appointed a new commit
tee, and shortly after that the
agreement was signed.
Senator Walsh asked:
"DO you think some of the
money collected was used to in
fluence the wage committee"
Mr.. Caya answered:
eyes. sir"
AS soon as the committee had
signed the agreement, the con-
tractors posted notices stating the
new rate was in effect, Mr.. Caya
said. !A~.
Illegal Action Charged
The union then discharged the
committe, elected new officers,
and made a formal protest against
accepting the new rate which
they claim was entered into il
legally.
Mr.. Caya produced affidavits
showing how the "kickback" was
worked. On the City Post Office,
he said, the carpenters were forced
to give back one-half of the over
time they we're paid.
The Washington times., 1934-05-07
DR.. SchaaL to Speak
To Miner Teachers

DR.. Eugene A. Schaal, executive
secretary of the Y. M. C. A., at
John Hopkins University, Balti-
more, will address the students
and faculty at Miner Teachers
College Wednesday at 1890 p. m.
His address will be under the aus
pices of the Interracial Relations
Club of the college.
The Washington times., 1934-05-07
7ELEN NNIESsARY

The United States Army Band will play gay and senti.
mental tunes tomorrow afternoon in the big fragrant garden
of the Walter Reed Hospital enclosure The card party ladies'
brought the end of their game by the notes of buge will
have sandwiches and tea and conversation Youthful fashion
show creatures angushng under the dogwood trees will
The Washington times., 1934-05-07
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
in Rockville Saturday to John
Jeffers Lowe, %, and Mary Eliza
beth Lewis, %, both of Washing
ton; and Herbert Mathis, %,
Brookevile, Md, and Cornie Seal,
10, RoXbury, Md.
The Washington times., 1934-05-07
)iStriCtLO6

daily of all action in the House and Senate
dealing SOLELY uUh the District of Columbia, and all
action BY the House and Senate District Committees
and Board of District Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1934-05-07
CHORAL GROUP IN CONCERT

The Washington Choral Society
will present the first Washington
performance of the cantata, ''The
Chambered Nautilus" May II, at
Central High School.
The Washington times., 1934-05-07

hear John Philip Hill announce their
names and describe their coveted gar
ments. Romantic and inquisitive char
acters will sit quietly and fearfully
while Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis
reads their fortune by their hands.
And the Gray Ladies of the Volun-
teer Service of the Red Cross will
look contentedly on this afternoon of
their own arranging, and wonder how
near it is bringing them to their greatly
desired goal The goal is the paying
off of unredeemed pledges on the
Memorial Chapel built for the hospital
by the Gray Ladies. The Indebtedness
is not terrifying, but the Gray Ladies
want every detail of their beloved
chapel to be perfect. And a debt,
though often very convenient, must be
regarded as a liability.
The Washington times., 1934-05-07
Board of Commissioners
Commissioners did not meet as board.

The Commissioners did not meet as a board
Plans made nominate the Director of Public We'll
fare tomorrow. (Story this page)
meeting announced for tomorrow to consider
quest for local hearings by the Parole Board Sory this
page)
The Commissioners and other District officials attended
budget hearings at the Capitol.
The Washington times., 1934-05-07
House

The House District Committee did not meet.
Erection here of mile stone for jefferson Davis
memorial highway opposed by House Story this page
The Washington times., 1934-05-07

JEWISH CENTER SHOW
The Service Council of the
Jewish Community Center will
present a Variety Show" at the
Center. Wednesday at $3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-05-07
Senate

The Senate District Committee did not meet.
Increased appropriations for the District amounting to
$l35OOOO urged today by District Auditor Daniel j.
Donovan before the Senate District Appropriations subcom
tee. (Story Page 2)
District officials will be called before the Senate group to
investigate the local labor conditions explain why certain
contracts not cancelled it indicated today by Sena
tor David l. Walsh (D) Of Massachusetts, (Stoy this
page)
, 1934-11-12
FHE STATE OF TEXAS.
pOUNTY OF

To those indebted 70. or holding
aaims against the estate OF A. r.
|etchiSon, deceased.
The undersigned having been
luly appointed administrator OF
he Estate OF A. r. Etchison, de-
eaSed, late OF Cameron County.
Texas by A. w. Cunningham, Judge
III the County Court Of said county
N the 9th day OF October. 1894,
Turing a regular term thereof. here
, 1934-11-12

by notifies all persons Indebted 70
said estate TO come forward and
make settlement, and thos- having
claims against said estate to present
them 70 him within the time pre-
scribed by law at his residence. SOC
w. Levee Street. Brownsville Cam
eron County. Texas. where he re
ceives his mail, this 10th ay OF
October, A. ID. 1884.
GROVER c. SINGER
Administrator OF he Estate Of
A. r. Etchison, Deceased.
Decentralization
, 1934-11-12


ROOM and BOARD-Very reason
able: close In. 604 Levee ST. Mrs.
Nettie Parker. E-25
, 1934-11-12
Houses For Sale

NEW BUNGALOW Three large
rooms, kitchenette, large bath
room: modern. taxes paid. clear
title. Owner. 1925 Morton st.,
Victoria Heights. El43.
, 1934-11-12
NOUNCEMEN
Drastic Reductions
Wall Paper
MORRIS LUMBER
COMPANY

ATTENTION HUNTERS-Seasonal
hunting permits in the yturria
Hunting Preserve, north : east
Raymondville. now on sale at
Rio Grande Pharmacy. Harrington.
E-4l
EFFECTIVE as of November LIST 1
will not be responsible for any
indebtedness incurred In the
name of the FL Jardin Garage. or
in my name. unless authorized
by me personally. j. D. Dobson.
E-42
6 Personal
MRS. Won VOID. n. 5. A. certi-
fled medium. See me at the
Miller Hotel. Readings by APP
pointment. E-27
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
DEATH TAKES
n DIST MAN
faro Agha Succumbs In Turkey
Claiming To Have Lived For
164 Years.

ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 20. (U.P)
-zaro Agha, the ancient Turk
whose life bridged two epochs in
history, died today, painlessiy and
looking forward to an eternity in
paradise, attended by the entranc-
ing houris of Islam.
For several days he had been
sinking, suffering from a hopeless
combination of uremia and arter-
iosclerosis. Between periods of
coma, sometimes delirious, he re-
viewed the little events and tri-
umphs of his life, and occasionally
mumbled:
Il am 164 years old"
His age was his pride, his age
and virility that took his six feet
of thick bones covered by wrinkled
brown skin to New York and Lon
don only four years ago, to go to
night clubs, ride in an airplane
and bounce up resiliently after
being hit by a Broadway taxicab.
DR.. Bedjet Sabit Bey told him
he was going to die.
II have lived longer than any
man." he said. II am ready"
| FARO Agha was born at Bitlis, in
Anatolia, of a hardy, long lived
family of Kurds, how long ago no.
body knows. He had a son of IS and
the son remembers older brothers
and sisters.
When he went to the United
States in 1880, he showed a Turkish
government birth certificate that
| certified he was born February l6
iV4. o,,.- ,,,,. y
If Zaro's claims were true. he
was older than the United States
Physicians of Turkey and France
have said he was between 130 and
! $50. If not more.
He said he fought Napoleon at
Acre.
When he returned to Istanbul he
said he was going to look for a
14th wife.
His 18th left him because he
flirted with girls. Only a few weeks
before his first visit to the hos
pital he asked the government fol-
an increase in his pension so he
could court 40-year-old woman
He never knew that physicians
said he had passed even beyond
the aid of DR.. Serge Voronoff
monkey gland specialist, decades
ago, and that he was only boasting
when he limited he would like tC
re-start his multitudinous family
1t was the request of Voronofi
that he submit to x-ray photo
graphs so that his real age might
be determined which fastened his
breakup. In his senility, he crieo
with anger, protesting that he was
164 and didn't need any monkey
glands.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
M<h Ro74~1
RteSL, MsNauxht Syndicate laA
FOR
WORLDS FAIR
At SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, June 20. WH -
California's follow-up to the Cen
tury of Progress exposition in Chi
cage was officially announced to"
day as preparations went forward
at full speed for the California
Pacific International Exposition"
which will be held here from June
l, 1885, to March l, 1886.
With an organization fund Of
$5OO,OoO pledged by civic groups,
officials began administering fin
ishing touches to the $5,000,000 lay
out of buildings which will house
the exposition.
Preliminary negotiations already
are under way with Mexico and
other Pacific countries toward par
ticipation in the event, Mayor John
F.. Forward announced. 1t will be
the first great exposition on the
Pacific coast in 20 years.
San Diego was host to the world
at the Panama Pacific exposition
in 1915 and 1916 celebrating conf
pletion of the Panama canal.
Many of the buildings used in
that fair will be rehabilitated for
the coming exposition. Scene of
the event will be the city's mag
nificent Balboa park which annual
ly draws thousands of visitors.
Hope that San Francisco and Los
Angeles will join in Sa. Diego's
exposition plan by holding expo
sitions Of their own based on com :
pletion of the bay bridge and the
Colorado river aqueduct, was eX-
pressed by San Diego officials.
Leading citizens Of the entire
state will be on the board of di-
rectors. Although San Diego is
bearing full cost of the exposition,
the fair is for the benefit of all of
California, the officials added.
j. D. Larson, for several years
trade commissioner from Southern
California in countries of the Pa
cific, has been appointed managing
director of the exposition.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
ACCUSED MAN
DENIES HAVING
FORGED NAMES s

LOS ANGELES, June %. UP)-
Nelson G Welborn. As, former city
treasurer of Vallejo under indlct-
ment here for assertedly forging
the names of prominent Democrats
III kilograms to President RocSe-
welt. today denied the charges.
The forged messages, according
to federal agents. urged Welborn IS
appointment to the veterans beard
of review, a position he obtained In
1888.
fThese charges are preposter-
Gus, :" Welborn declared. ~ never
heard of the kilograms or letters
purporting to recommend me for
any job. When 1 heard had been
indicted I came in voluntarily and
surrendered -
Though his $4,000 bail had been
reduced to $500. Welborn today
decided TO remain in jail and en-
deavor to gain his freedom without
posting bond.
Welborn, former deputy collect
or of internal revenue under JUS
tus Wardell in the third congress
sional district, IS the son OF the
late Oscar Welborn, who served as
internal revenue collector under
President Grover Cleveland.
He said he moved 10 Los Angeles
in 1924 and since had been en-
ployed by reputable firms.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
FRIENDS SEE
GIRL. ATTEMPT
TO END LIFE

LOS ANGELES, June 29 U.P)-
A bewildered Florida girl who
bought" herself a "one-way ticket
to hell" lay silent on hospital
bed today, clinging to life by the
thinnest of strands after a spectac-
ular leap from third floor apart
ment with the ticket fluttering in
her grasp.
Doctors, working over the bat
tered form of Betty Walker Aman-
sec, "a, of Belleview, Fla, held no
hope for her recovery.
The girls plunge last night was
witnessed by several persons on the
street below, including two ac-
quaintances who attempted to dis
suade her from the act.
Poised on the fire escape of the
apartment where she had been at
tending a party, she waved a long
fluttering strip Of paper into the
air.
Its a ticket to Florida" she
screamed Historically. But I'm not
gcing to use it. I'm riding a one
way ticket to hell tonight. Look
out"
With a final hysterical cry, she
flung herself into space. Witnesses
re-echoed her terrified scream.
The two acquaintances ran for
ward in a desperate attempt to
catch her. The girls body knocked
them aside. She struck the pave
ment with terrific force.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
JONES NOT TO
BE CANDIDATE
FOR RECORDER

Howard T. Jones. candidate for
county recorder, has withdrawn his
name from the race in the follow
ing statement given The Press to-
day:
To The Voters of Imperial County:
In order to complete certain
plans which I have had in mind
for some time past, I find it nee
eSsary to withdraw my name as a
candidate for the office of county
recorder in the coming election.
The evidences of support of my
candidacy. which in these few days
of the campaign 1 have received in
all parts of the valley, have been
very gratifying and it is with con-
siderable regret that I make this
announcement. ] shall not, howeV-
er. have time for both activities.
To the host of my friends who
have so generously given their
support, encouragement and assist
ance, I extend my sincere graft
tude and appreciation. I shall en-
deavor to continue to merit their
esteem.
(Signed) Howard T. Jones.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
VIOLENCE IN
MILWAUKEE'S
CAR STRIKE

MILWAUKEE, June 90 (U.H =
Violence in MilWaukee's electric
strike, which resulted in one death
and a dozen persons injured last
night, broke out anew today when
a high tension tower alongside an
interurban line was dynamited.
The high tension tower, located
near Mukwonago, fell across troll
ley wire
The new outbreak found street
cars and buses in Wisconsin's two
largest cities-MilWaukee and Ra-
cine-locked in barricaded barns as
the strike entered its fifth day.
Exhausted federal mediatorS,
having wrangled over peace pro-
posals until daybreak, were asleep
in their hotels when the new vio-
lence flared.
The mediators, claiming to sec
bright prospects" of an early truce,
were to resume negotiations with
electric company officials, union
leaders and representatives of the
company union later in the day.
The dynamiting of the high tell
sion tower, which carried wires
with enough current to kill scores
of men, was discovered after a short
circuit crippled the trolley line.
Authorities were unable to find
anyone who saw the blast.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
Endict I3 Bankers
In Detroit Crash

DETROIT, June 90. U.H-Thir-
teen Detroit bankers were indict-
ed by federal grand jury today
in connection with the collapse of
the First National Bank Detroit
and the Guardian National Bank
of Commerce in 1893.
All we're charged on the counts
of making false entries, turning in
false reports to the comptroller OF
the currency, conspiracy to make
false entries.
Those indicted in the group af-
filiated with the Detroit Bankers
Co.. parent company of the First
National Bank, we're Donald N.
Sweeney. former president of the
closed First National; John L. Bal
lantyne, Herbert L. Chittenden,
John H. Hart; John Budde, all Of
ficers of the First National.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
State Executes
World War Vet

KANSAS CITY, June 20. UH -
Paul H. Kaufman, World war vel
eran wnc was convicted of attack
ing and killing farm girl he lured
to Kansas City on pretense Of hir-
ing a nursemaid, paid for his crime
on the gallows here early today.
The execution marked the finish
of four-year fight Kaufman
waged for his life, which the state
demanded in return for the life Ct
17-year- Avis Woolery, daugh-
ter of a Missouri farm family. She
came to Kansas City in answer to
advertisements Kaufman inserted
in newspapers.
The girl was taken directly to
a suburban park from the railway
station, attacked and slain. Her
body was buried in shallow grave.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
ONFES5|0N Of
C0MRADE MAY
SAVE WOMAN

OSSINING N. Y, June 29(U.P)
Vincent Saetta while waiting for
his escort to the electric chair, in
dulged in gallantry early today and
prolonged his own life and the
lives of Mrs. Anna Antonio, %,
mother of three children, and
Samuel Feraci, 43, father of 10
children, by "a hours.
Mrs. Antonio already was groom
ed to be the third woman victim
of New Yorks electric chair when
Saetta summoned Warden Lewis
E. Lawes to the death house. The
prison barber had made a bare
space on three heads, one fem
inine, for the electrodes and the
executioner was testing out the
death apparatus.
Lawes expected Saetta to plead
for his own life. Instead the Sic
ilian pleaded for the life of a
woman. To save her, he took the
blame for the death of her huS-
| band, Salvatore.
Lawes was so impressed he tele-
DIlOIlGu AOVCl IlClD L. LSiA
| man in Albany and Lehman order
ed the executions postponed "a
hours. He will compare Saetta's
last minute statement that he
killed Antonio for personal ven-
geance with the records of the
jury trial that decided Mrs. An
tonic hired Saetta and Feraci to
kill him so she could collect his
| insurance.
If Lehman decides Saettas state
| ment rings true, Mrs. Antonio and
possibly Feraci will have their
sentences commuted to life i'm
prisonment and Mrs. Antonio may
ultimately win her freedom. If he
decides the court verdict must
stand. they will die at II O'Clock
tonight. In either case, Saetta
will walk the last mile. He offered
no excuses for himself.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
ROOSEVELT ADDRESS PUTS ISSUES
IN NEW DEAL Up TO CITIZENS
Radio Talk Defends Course Of Administra-
ton And Declares Verdict Will Be Given
By PEOPLE,

left were appointment of the stock
market and communications COM
missions and signature or veto of
bills remaining on his desk.
Last nights address was the most
comprehensive and studied reply he
has yet made to political enemies
and contained a blunt denial OF
charges that the country was
headed either for Fascism, Com
munism or RECOMMENDATION.
Raps Faint-Hsarted
In effect, Mr.. Roosevelt compared
the critics of the new deal to the
faint-hearted Caspar Milquetoast
of cartoon fame, refusing to take
their barbs with great seriousness
Sitting in shirt sleeves in the
sWeltering blue room of the White
House Mr. Roosevelt spoke for
nearly q half hour, giving an ac-
counting of his stewardship. The
greater part of the speech was de-
voted to a resume of accomplish
ments, particularly those of the
73rd congress.
He emphasized the necessity fol
security as a subject worthy OF
consideration of the next legisla-
tive body and also the use of land
and water resources as a means OF
meeting more fully the daily needs
of the citizenry.
And finally" he added, 1.-THE
third principle is to use the agen-
cies of government to assist in the
establishment of means to provide
Continued On Page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
BY FREDERICK A.. STORM
limited Press Staff CORRESPONDENT


WASHINGTON, June 90 - To
each person in the country Presi-
dent Roosevelt today put the ques-
ton: Are you better off under the
new deal than the old?
Leaving his fellow citizens to pom
der the answer to the question
an answer to be recorded at the
fall election polls-he prepared to
depart American shores tomorrow
confident the nation was moving
firmly on the recovery road and
defying prophets of calamity" to
speak their worst.
Delivering a ''fireside" talk to the
nation, the President, in familiar,
homely language put his question
and suggested that citizens turn
to their bankbooks, their pay en-
velopes, and their faith in the fu-
ture for the answer.
He urged too that each man read
once again the constitutions bill
of rights to see whether, as critics
claimed American freedom was be-
ing trampled upon.
The Chief Executive spoke in JUS
tification of reform, praised con-
gressional efforts for recovery,
pointed to involved problems and
explained that "our new structure
is a part of a fulfillment of the
old"
The President was busy today
cleaning up final details prepara
tory to his departure for Hawaii to-
morrow. Chief items of business
Imperial Valley press., 1934-06-29
POLES FLYING
ACROSS0CEAN

HARBOR GRACE, N. F., June 80.
(U,P)-Benjamin and Joe Adamo-
wicz, soda pop manufacturing
brothers of Brooklyn, N. Y, took
off at 6:26 a. m. today (4:57 a. m.
EDIT in single motored plane for
Warsaw, Poland.
The weather was excellent anS
there was a westerly wind to give
them a boost on their eastward
flight.
Before their start the brothers
took aboard $40 gallons of gasoline
for their red, white and blue Bel
lanca cabin plane, which Holger
Hoirlis and Otto Hillig flew to Eu-
rope three years ago.
Weather reports showed good con-
ditions on the western half of the
Atlantic but unfavorable conditions
in the second half of the flyers
$3.50 mile flight to the Polish capi-
tai
The brothers took off from Floyd
Bennett airport, New York City, at
6:4O a. m. fEDD yesterday, and
arrived here at 3:44 p. m. (EDT)
after a good flight of 9 hours 3
minutes.
Last year they had smashup
here when they tried the New
York Warsaw flight, hut they
made a perfect landing yesterday.
Benjamin, the younger brother,
is 36 and has passed blind flying
tests. Joe is 30. He will fly the
plane at intervals to give Bnjamir
rest.
The plane with its 800 norsepow-
er Wright motor has a cruising
speed of 100 miles ar hour.