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Evening star., 1934-05-25
PUBLIC IS INVITED
TO BEL|N GARDEN
Terraced Development Is
Thrown Open as Aid to
Fund Campaign.

The beautiful terraced garden Of
Mrs. F. Lammot Belin at 1923
Twenty-eighth street is included
among a dozen show spots to be open
to the public tomorrow from 2 to 7
pm, for the final day of the annual
Georgetown Garden Pilgrimage.
Nearly 1000 garden lovers made
the pilgrimage on Wednesday, the
opening day, and almost half the Wis
itors enjoyed tea on the terrace Of
Dumbarton Oaks, which had been
lent for the occasion
Among gardens on display tomor-
row is the famous place of Mrs Ruth
Hanna Mccormick Simms, and the
Italian garden Of Alexander Kirk,
with its classical sweep of lockwood
and giant copper beech trees.
Tickets are on sale at the May
flower Hotel, the American Automo-
bile Association and at garden gates
in Georgetown which display a white
and green flag. The pilgrimage is
being held for the benefit of George
town Childrens Home.
Gardens open tomorrow follow:
Mrs. Frank S. Bright, 2723 @ street:
Mrs. Everymay Belin, 1923 Twenty
eighth street; Miss Lucy Bentley, 29I8
P street; Miss Katharine Douga!, 5000
P street; Mrs. Alfred H. Granger,
1924 o street; Miss LOCKER and Miss
Hedges, 1912 Thirtieth street; Mrs.
Simms, 1924 Thirtieth street: Mrs.
Lincoln Green, 3025 N street; Mrs.
William Mccain. 1887 N street; Miss
Frances Sortwell. 341O Volta place;
Mr.. Alexander Kirk, 1908 R street;
Col. Goodwin Ordway, ITO Thirty
NTH street; Miss Belle Sherwin, 1917
Thirty-first street.
Tea will be served at the home of
Miss Sortwell, 34l0 Volta place.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
TREASURE ISLAND"
INVITATION ISSUED
Juvenile Recreation Leaders Are
Asked to Attend Perform
ance Tomorrow.

Juvenile recreation leaders of the
District have been invited to attend
the performance of Treasure Island"
tomorrow morning at the National
Theater, the final event offered this
season by the Women's International
League, sponsors of the Children s
Theater of Washington. Preparations
are being made for next season.
Among those expected to attend to-
morrow are Mrs. E. K. Peoples, direc-
tor of the Community Center Depart
ment; Miss Sibyl Baker, director of
Fairgrounds; Col E. L. Mattice of
District Boy Scouts; Miss Harriet o.
johnson, Girl Scouts; Miss Mabel r.
Cook. director of Girl Reserves. Y.
w. G. A.; Capt. w. c. Yound, Saliva
tion Army Scouts, and Charles M.
Fyfe of the Boys Club.
Groups Of children from Neighbor-
hood House. Friendship House, Bap-
tist Home for Children, Washington g.
Lee High School, Friends School, Hol-
ton Arms School, Landon Boys School
Maret School and other schools, Or
phanages and social agencies in and
near the city will be guests of vari-
GUS we'll known Washingtonians at the
performance.
Evening star., 1934-05-25

to be removed through the windows.
Eight cars were Communicated by
State Officer J. C. Aaron, the first
policeman on the scene, to carry the
injured to hospitals.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Gas Held Too Pleasant.

Because Of the increasing number Of
suicides by gas in Britain, J. A. Lee
kie has asked the home secretary in the
House of Commons to make inquiries
as to the practicability of introducing
into coal gas, during manufacture,
some pungent or disagreeable chemical
which would make it more dif1cuit to
inhale.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Gold Dredging Starts.

Several companies have combined
to start extensive gold dredging opera
tionS in British Guiana.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
SPONSOR CARD PARTY
Women of Holy Trinity Parish
to Play Next Friday.

Women of the Holy Trinity parish
will sponsor a card party next Friday
afternoon in the hall adjoining the
church in Georgetown to raise funds
for the aid of the st. Vincent de
Paul Society Committees from the
Sodalities and Mothers Club Of the
parish will be in charge of arrange
ments.
The money obtained from the party
will be used in the St. Vincent de
Paul charitable enterprises.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
SCOTLAND YARD BUYS
RADIO PATROL AUTOS
Fifty-Two Will Cover London as
Alarm Grows at Increase
in Crime.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 25.-Alarmed by the
increase in crime in the metropolitan
area, Scotland Yard yesterday an
nounced Inauguration Of system of
radio patrol cars somewhat like that
used in many cities in the United
States.
Fifty-two radio-equipped automo-
Evening star., 1934-05-25

biles viii cover the area Of TOO square
miles. with one car assigned to q des-
ignated section day and night.
Increase in the activities Of motor
thieves, house breakers and smash
and-grab raiders brought on the new
policy, the announcement said.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Z DEAD, % HURT
IN VIRGINIA CRASH
Excursion Bus Loaded With
CoIored Picnickers Is
Struck by Truck.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, May 25.-A head
on collision between a bus and a
truck, followed by fire, left two per-
sons dead and at least so injured to-
day.
The crash occurred in a binding
rain storm near here last midnight.
The bus was filled with colored per-
sons on a pleasure trip.
Fire broke out while rescuers worked
frantically. A woman was burned to
death.
Forty Five Taken to Richmond.
approximately As of the injured
we're brought to Richmond Hospitals.
Others were sent to Petersburg Hos
pital.
The crash drove the front wheels
and the motor of the truck through
the front Of the passenger bus.
Paul C. Rand. 26, driver of the bus,
and w. J. Whitlock, 20, of Richmond
driver of the truck, suffered head in
juries.
Since the front of the bus was de-
molished, the dead and injured had
Evening star., 1934-05-25
APPEAL SPEEDS LOAN
Farmer Wires President and Gets
Action.

TTFTON, Ga, May rs (P).-A tele-
gram from an Irwin County tenant
farmer to President Roosevelt about
. crop production loan got action.
The farmer wired the President
Tuesday, asking help to feed his FAM
lily of 10, or finance his crop and
feed his stock.
The matter was referred to the loan
commissioner in Washington who
wired the Production Loan Corpora
ton in Columbia, 8. c.
T. A. Mitchell. secretarY-treasurer
Evening star., 1934-05-25

Of the Triton Production Loan Corp
grafton, was notified from there. He
drove the IS miles to the farmers
home to investigate. Within an hour
the loan application was on file.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
GROUP IS FORMED HERE
TO FIGHT N. R. A. SCALE
Architects, Chemists and Techni-
clans Chapter Will Oppose 40
Cent Rate Set by Codes.

The washington chapter of the
Federation of Architects, Chemists
and Technicians, an organization
founded for "the economic advance
ment of employed scientists and
engineers, has been granted a charter.
1t was announced today.
The federation, which was formed
last Fall in New York City, is en-
deavoring to combat the 40 cents an
hour minimum wage provisions speci-
fled for professional engineers in the
N. r. A. construction code.
Comprised entirely of employees, the
federation announces its policy will
be the formation of a nation wide
protective union for engineers.
The Washington group has been
holding weekly meetings on Monday
evenings at the Central Y. M. c. A.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
ASKS PARALYSIS AID
Los Angeles Fights Outbreak Of
Disease.

LOS ANGELES, May Is P.-Ap-
peals to President Roosevelt and Gov.
Rolph for funds to fight an outbreak
of infantile paralysis here were dis
patched yesterday by County Health
Officer j. L. Pomeroy, who reported
about 100 known cases in the county.
Evening star., 1934-05-25
Fire Comes After 40 Minutes.

The fire broke out about 40 min
uces after the crash.
c. F. Lof1in of Ashboro, NJ c., who
was driving toward Petersburg. said
the bus sideswiped his machine and
forced him into a ditch. He said the
bus then skidded across the rain
drenched road directly into the path
of the truck The truck was heavily
loaded with tobacco hogsheads.
Evening star., 1934-05-16
FAST PLANE STARTS
RACE WITH DEATH
Injured V. M. I. Student to Be
Rushed to Baltimore for
Treatment.

A race against death started at Boil
ing Field this afternoon with the
take-off of a fast transport plane for
Roanoke, Va, to pick up Virginia
Military Institute cadet who fractured
his skull in an automobile accident.
He is to be taken to Baltimore in
the hope that brain specialists at
Johns Hopkins University will be able
to save his life.
The plane was fitted with a
stretcher bed and medical equipment.
Lieut.. Hez Mcclellan is the pilot and
Mai. E. F. Harrison, flight surgeon,
will attend the patient during the
fight from Roanoke to Baltimore.
The injured student, whose first
name is not known to War Depart
ment officials, is the son of Maj.
James Trout, Army Medical Corps,
now on duty at Fort Riley, KanS.
The youth Is a senior at v. M 1.
An emergency request to the War
Department resulted in orders for use
of the plane after medical authorities
at Lexington, Va, where the military
school is located, decided that treat
ment at the Baltimore hospital was
necessary If the youth is to live. There
Is no landing field at Lexington and
the plane was ordered to Roanoke,
the closest point at which landing
could be made.
Evening star., 1934-05-16
D. C. LAWYER DENIES
U. S. FRAUD CHARGE
Raymond S. Norris Arraigned on
Indictment Alleging Ac-
ceptance of Bribe.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May 16.-Raymond S.
Norris. former special assistant to the
Attorney General of the United States,
today pleaded not guilty to an indict-
ment charging that he and Solomon
Charles Sugarman conspired to de-
fraud the Government out of the fair
and impartial services of its employees.
Sugarman also pleaded not guilty
and bail was fixed at $1,000 each
pending trial June 4.
The indictment resulted from testi-
mony given during the Sheldon Ho-
siery Co. trial. One of the defendants,
Paul Rosen, testified several thousand
dollars had been paid Norris through
Sugarman, disbarred attorney.
Sugarman, sentenced to five years
imprisonment in connection with the
hosiery case, is free under $1,000 bail
pending an appeal. Norris practices
law in Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1934-05-16
BANCHART IS GIVEN
S-YEAR SENTENCE
Schmidt Gets 81 Years for
Part in Charlotte Mail
Robbery.
BY the Associated Press.

by IHe hSSOCIdltu EIeSS-
ASHEVILLE, N. c., May 16.-Basil
Banghart and Ludwig Schmidt, Chi
cago gangsters, were sentenced to Sc
and 80 years in prison, respectively,
here today after their conviction of
participating in the 'S1O5, 600 Charlotte
mail truck robbery last November.
The jury in Federal District Court
returned its verdict after only Is min
utes of deliberation, and Judge E.
Yates Webb passed sentence immedi-
ately.
Banghart's sentencc is to run cor =
currently with a 99-year term he is
serving in Illinois for the John (Jake
the Barber) Factor kidnapping. Schmidt
is to be sent to Federal prison to
be selected by the Attorney General.
Judge Webb. in passing sentence,
described the men as desperate GRIM
inals. murderers at heart, and ex-
pressed disappointment that laws did
not permit death sentences in such
cases. He said such crimes as had
been attributed to the two throughout
the country must be stopped, and that
they would be made capial offenses by
the States if some other mode of de-
terrence is not found.
He sentenced Banghart on OF the
u counts under which he was con-
victed. and Schmidt under 3, reserv-
ing Judgment on the other counts.
Evening star., 1934-05-16
THREE SERA CAMP MEMBERS
DIE IN MOUNTAIN FOREST FIRE

OF following others down the highway.
Other members of the crew said they
did not notice the trio separating
from the group.
The three had gone only a few
yards from the highway when the
flames overlook them
When Williams. Harris and Leapley
failed to return to the main camp
Monday night no concern was felt
because it was believed they had
stayed at temporary camp near the
fire scene. After yesterdays check-up
disclosed their absence, searching
parties were formed by r. e. Ander-
son, camp superintendent. Anderson
discovered the bodies after an extern
sive hunt.
The fire was under control early
today, after having burned over 1900
acres of forest and brush land. Sew
eral cabins and Summer homes were
destroyed.
Evening star., 1934-05-16
BACKERS Of COURT
ASSA|LED BY REED
Missourian Scores Carnegie
Agency Handling Fund
for propaganda"
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Opposing United States adherence
to the World Court, James A. Reed,
former Senator from Missouri, told
the Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee today propaganda" fund was
being spent in an effort to pull down
the American flag and substitute for
it an international rag"
Reed, who opposed the League of
Nations in the Wilson administration,
contended proponents of this measure
are the proponents of the League"
He predicted the World Court would
be defeated, 10 to l, if put to
vote new.
The outspoken former Senator said
the World Court for Settlement of In
ternational Disputes lis the back door
through which its proponents seek
to effect an entrance into the League"
Pepper and Clark to Testify.
Waiting behind Reed to testify we're
George Wharton Pepper, former Sen
ator from Pennsylvania; J. Reuben
Clark. former Ambassador to Mexico,
and scores of representatives of vet
Grams, patriotic and fraternal organiza-
tionS.
Senators johnson, Republican, of
California, and Robinson, Republican,
Indiana, were in charge of presenting
the case of the opposition. Proponents
of the protocol of adherence were
heard a month ago.
Reed, his voice rising to old-time
heights as he warmed to his argu-
ment, asserted the propaganda" fund
for adherence was handled by the
Carnegie Foundation, headed by Elihu
Root, Joseph H. Choate and James
Brown Scott, and said money had
been furnished by the Philadelphia
Boks.
1t was Andrew Carnegie's money,
he asserted, which financed an inter-
national organization looking to bring
ing the United States into sort of
international government of the
peoples of the world.
Court Held "Misnomer."
Reed argued the Court was COM
plete misnomer," and said the big
powers went their own way despite
it and the League.
The assault OF Manchurla STANDS
unchallenged and unstopped," he as
serted in emphasizing his point.
The Missourian contended 108 or
ganizations of various kinds were be-
ing financed to spread propaganda
for the court and said if all their
money was available to the opponents
the latter could establish 10000 or
ganizations against the court.
Reed said every Judge on the court
was a political representative" and
had the interest of his country at
heart.
"In our courts" he added, Judges
disqualify themselves when they have
an interest In the case"
This isn't a court" Reed declared.
"It is political excrescence of po-
litical organization created by the
nations Of Europe and Asia which
we declared we would not join"
Evening star., 1934-05-16
DARROW REPORT
|SEXPECTED SOON
Roosevelt to Make Public
Probe of MonopoIies
Under N. R. A.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt expects to make
public today or tomorrow the report
of the Darrow Committee which in
vestigated monopolies under the N
R. A, and also a statement on this
report he has received from Hugh S..
Johnson, industrial administrator, it
was disclosed at the Chief Executives
press conference this morning
A congressional faction is waiting
only for that report to break loose
with campaign for amending the
industrial act. johnson is opposed to
this, insisting the f1exibility of N. R.
A. is enough to correct all faults.
President Roosevelt also made
known he is preparing a full exposi-
ton of the American attitude toward
the long troubled world disarmament
effort, and it will be delivered at the
reconvening of the Geneva conference
by Norman H. Davis, special envoy.
There was nothing to indicate to-
day at the White House that the
statement contemplated any change
in the American attitude or would
propose any new steps for diSarma-
ment beyond those already suggested
by this Government.
Mr.. Roosevelt has constantly taken
Continued on Page 4, Column D.
Evening star., 1934-05-16
TWO CRUISERS ADDED
TO AUSTRALIAN FLEET
New Craft Under Construction
Will Replace Smaller Boat
Built in 1916.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 10
In addition to having new cruiser
of the Leander type-7,000 tons with
6-inch guns-constructed, the Aus
tralian Commonwealth is replacing
the old light cruiser Brisbane with
British cruiser now under construction.
Prime Minister Joseph Lyons an
nounced this today. The Brisbane
was built at Sydney in 1916, a 5000
ton vessel with 6-inch guns. She will
be replaced by the Phaeton, which Is
to be renamed the Sydney, a much
larger vessel.
The prime minister pointed out re-
placement was being made under the
London naval treaty.
This will give Australia two 10000
ton cruisers with 8-inch guns; two
frst-class lighter cruisers with 6-inch
guns, the 12-year-old 5,000-ton Ade-
laide, with 6-inch guns; the seaplane
carrier Albatross, and flotilla of de-
stroyers.
Evening star., 1934-05-16
BALDWIN bLAMES
Us. |NFA|LUR Of
CHACO ARMS BAN
Says Embargo by Britain
Useless Unless Other
Nations Join.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 16.-Stanley Bald
win, president of the Council. today
inferentially accused the United States
of causing the breakdown a year ago
of efforts to impose an embargo on
arms shipments to Bolivia and Para
quay, at war in the Chaco Boreal.
During a discussion of arms ship
ments in the House of Commons,
Baldwin said the United States, at
the time of the negotiations for an
international agreement. announced
it was impossible to impose an en-
barge until Congress should pass legis-
lation and that no such legislation
had been passed
Sir Percy Harris asked: rs the fail
ure (of the negotiations). due to the
refusal of the United States?"
Baldwin replied: The House can
draw its own conclusions"
Evening star., 1934-05-16
SEEK EARMARK|NG
OF RECOVERY FUND
Republicans Open Fight to
Designate Spending of
Roosevelt Fund.
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Republicans opened a fight today
for strict earmarking of the ST.
1922, ,OOo, 900 recovery appropriation re-
quested by President Roosevelt
They declared that if Congress ap-
propriated huge sums without laying
down ironclad orders as to how they
should be spent, it would be lodging"
its responsibility.
Representative Taber of New York,
ranking Republican on the Appropria-
tions Committee, said that II neces-
Sary Congress should stay in session
all Summer" and earmark even the
s94o 900 ,oOos asked for public works
and relief down to specific building
projects.
Pork -Barreling Seen.
Lack of rigid allocations, 1'aber said.
leaves the whole thing open Tor pork
barreling by the Board Of Public
Works that would be worse than any
thing Congress has ever done"
Democrats were silent, leaving some
thing of a question mark over whether
the administration would obtain as
free a hand as it wants in spending
the 81 1922 600 900 largely destined for
the recovery program.
The bill mentioned various expendi-
lures directly, among them S48, 8,000,0 900
for the Tennessee Valley Authority,
S35, 100000 for Federal buildings,
s100,OOo,0o for highways, s4O.700. 900
for the Navy and 1925, 900 tor an ad-
dition to the White House executive
Offices.
Appropriations committeeman noted,
however, phrase which said eXpendi-
lures should not exceed the stipulated
amounts.
The S94o, 100000 item for works re-
lief was the biggest proposed expendi-
ture in the Presidential message. The
balance was made up of $285 10000
for the Civilian Conservation Corps,
SIS 100000 for Federal land banks,
S10,0O0,o00 for the Internal Revenue
Bureaus warfare on bootlegging and
S11 ,095,0 for miscellaneous activi-
ties
Disagree on Road Funds.
The President and the House dis
agreed by S36o,OOo.o 900 over the
amount the Federal Government
should put into the road program.
Mr.. Roosevelt's message proposed
Sl0O, 900, 900; the House already had
passed q bill to set up a $3.50, 600 600
road program.
The difference was reported to be
found in Mr.. Roosevelt's belief that
the relief program would get the
money more directly and evenly to
the unemployed than through road
work.
While Mr. Roosevelt's message was
designed to round out his budget for
the next fiscal year, he noted that
the appropriation he proposed might
carry through only into the early
part of the calendar year 1885.
'If at that time" he said, 'condi-
tions have not improved as much as
we today hope, the next Congress
will be in session and will have full
opportunity to act
Evening star., 1934-05-16
FUTURE RAILROAD
OWNERSHIP BY US.
SEEN BY EASTMAN
Urges Preparation for Such
an Event if 1t Proves
Necessary.
By the Associated Press.

4
NEW YORK. May 16.-The opin-
ion that public ownership and oper-
alton of the railroads may prove
necessary sometime in the future was
expressed today by Joseph B East
man, Federal co-ordinator of rail-
roads.
Il have no desire to assume the
role of propagandist for public owner
ship and operation, or to have such
policy adopted until the people of the
United States either want it or be-
lieve it to be necessary. I have be-
lieved that they should be thinking
about it, for ii may prove to be neces-
Sary, and in that event it is highly
desirable that the country should be
prepared to undertake it in the best
possible way and with all possible
safeguards" Eastman said.
He spoke before the National As
sociation of Mutual Savings Banks in
annual conference.
Dangers Are Foreseen.
Eastman indicated, however, that
he was not urging acquisition by the
Government at the present time un-
der the financial conditions facing the
Government. He said there are dis
tinct dangers in public ownership and
operation against which safeguards
ought to be provided, but "the fact is
that nobody has less to fear than the
holders of railroad securities" since
governments invariably pay "a fair
price and usually more than the prop
erty is worth"
In regard to talk Of greater flexibility
in rate cutting to meet competition,
| the co-ordinator asserted that in his
| judgment the railroads are given too
| free a hand, for the excuse of truck
or water competition is being badly
| overworked and the real reason is
| often the pressure of big shippers and
| the desire to filch traffic from other
railroads"
Declaring that he was mot Moses"
| to lead the roads out of the wilderness,
Eastman sketched proposed steps to
bring about reductions in the cost of
operation. He admitted that econ
omies in railroad operation are bound
in large part, to be labor saving
economies" He revealed that the
Government is studying retirement
annuities for superannuated employees,
! unemployment benefits and dismissal
wages"
Pay Roll Cut in Half.
mo one who knows the facts can
avoid sympathy with railroad labor. ,
! Eastman said. Since 1920 the num-
ber of employees on the pay roll has
been cut in half, and those who re-
main have suffered severely in the
depression. We hope to work out a
| program which will afford reasonable
protection to labor without sitting
progress"
The co-ordinator said the attitude
of individual railroad arrangements
was an obstacle to future possibilities.
Their immediate duty, as they see
it" he said, lis to look after the in
terests of their own particular stock
holders, without much regard for the
interests of the industry as a whole. >
Previous to Eastman's address, the
efforts of the Federal co-ordinator of
railroads were upheld and better times
predicted for the roads by the Com
mittee on Railroad Investments of the
National Association of Mutual Saw
ings Banks.