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Evening star., 1935-09-09
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Ceiling Treatment Is
Given Co-ordinator
Peter Grimm.
BY PAUL MALLON.

HHE New Dealers have not had
an inside row on the front
pages for some weeks. 1t Is
Il obvious the boys are either
getting soft are keeping their family
fights private at last. The latter de-
duction seems to be the correct one.
Ordinarily these spats have SIM
mered down to the yells of prima
donnas for more space down-stage.
The one now in process Of reaching
a climax seems to be more serious and
less noisy, but otherwise as usual.
1t centers around the introduce
ton in NeW Deal housing circles OF
new co-ordinator, Peter Grimm
OF NeU York, and his helper. The
suspicion has been general that
co-ordindting tUdS torlorn hope
OF the past, after Uhdt happened
to Messrs. Richberg and Walker in
that role. Hopever, Treasury Secre-
tary Morgenthdu apparently has
hopes for that method OF turning
chaos into efficiency, at least as
far - the DdriouS housing units of
Government are concerned. At any
rate, he imported the capable mort
gage expert, Grimm, and helper for
that purpose several ,Deeks ago.
What has happened since has been
kept very much under cover, but in
side rail birds are betting that the
sequel to the present situation will be
"the return Of Peter Grimm-to New
York"
Evening star., 1935-09-09
WOMAN, TWO MEN,
END LIVES BY GAS
Hotel Mans Niece Leaves
Note Regretting She
"Couldn't Take Bumps"

A woman and two men committed
suicide yesterday in separate sections
Of the city by-inhaing gas. The coro-
ner's Office issued suicide certificates
in two cases and was to give a third
certificate later today.
Miss Eugenia Howard, 20, Of the
HOO block Of Fifteenth street. took
her life In the apartment of friend
at 1923 Connecticut avenue. Notes
left for her friend, Miss Hazel Harper.
and to her father. Edward L. Howard
of Concord. N. c.. said. u couldn't
take the bumps"
The note to Miss Harper apologized
for using the apartment for such a
deed. Miss Harper was out of town.
Miss Howard was found slunped on
the floor of the kitchen by Miss Rosa
lie Jenkins. acting manager of the
La Sale Apartments, who forced her
way. into the apartment when she
smelled gas. She had been dead about
9 or 10 hours, police said. Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald issued a certifl-
cate Of suicide.
Miss Howard was the niece of
James T. Howard. Washington hotel
owner. for whom she worked as sec
retary. The body will be sent to North
Carolina for burial.
Leroy Compton, ~, Of 214S P
street, was found sitting unconscious
in a rocking chair in the kitchen of
his home yesterday. All jets on the
gas stove were turned on and the
doors and windows had been sealed.
Compton was pronounced dead by an
Emergency Hospital physician. DR..
Macdonald said he would issue a GER
tificate of suicide.
Another victim of inhaling gas was
Royal A. Hughes, 81, of 1923 Lamont
street, prominent colored attorney.
He was found sitting In chair in the
kitchen of his home last night with
the gas jets turned on. The body was
found by his wife, Hulda May Hughes.
A suicide certificate was issued.
Evening star., 1935-09-09
VALLEY JEWELLERS FLEE
WATERS OF RIO GRANDE
River Expected to Reach Highest
Stage in Years-Small
Damage Seen.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex. September 9.
--Lowland residents of the Lower Rio
Grande Valley moved to higher
ground today as they awaited what
engineers said promised to be one of
the highest stages of the river in
recent years.
The border stream was at food
stage or above at practically all
valley points, and an increasing tor
rent poured into the main Hidalgo
County fioodway south of McAllen and
flowed through the Rancho Viejo out
let near here.
High waters sweeping down from
Eagle Pass and Laredo were aug
mented by floods on the Salado and
San Juan Rivers, Mexican tributaries.
Six hundred men were held in readi-
ness at levee points. Little crop dam
age was expected.
Evening star., 1935-09-09

The party nachinists generally be-
lieve it would be suicidal and also
impossible to change chairmen now.
Presidential candidates would scram-
BILE for control. II any one faction
succeeded it would cause serious
split in the party. Control would last
only until the convention in June,
when new committees will be named.
Therefore the subject of Fletcher's
successor probably will not even be
mentioned.
There may be something in the
other gossip about candidates., but
not much. Anything done for or
against any of the candidates will
have to be very, very subtle.
The best inside check is that the
Executive Committee no,o is COM
posed OF seven ,Dho may be counted
as Hooper men, fUe Dho 1rere for
merly Hooper men, but swho are
highly dubious noU, and nine dis
tinct anti-HooDerites. This count
does not include Chairman Fletcher,
tuho is generally suspected OF being
q HooUer man, but is not.
In view Of that lineup you can
rest fairly well assured that the meet
ing will discuss money-raising, organ
ization, requirements on the National
Committee and such routine business,
but that no candidatorial promotion
will appear on the agenda, before or
after the oatherinr
Justice Death Rumors.
Some one is trying to kill off aged
Supreme Court members with rumors.
Two Justices have been rumored dead
in the last few weeks. Neither rumor
reached the publication stage because
press services investigated and found
the justices were not even ailing-
at least, not more than usual. Sources
of these rumors could not be traced.
Best information now available is
that most, or all, of the justices are
in fairly good health. At various
times in the past two years Justices
Brandeis, Cardoza, Van Devanter and
Sutherland have been Ill.
The matter Is highly important be-
cause one or two deaths would give
President Roosevelt power to change
the complexion of the court.
(Copyright. 1880
Evening star., 1935-09-09
QUIzzED IN CRASH

LOS ANGELES, September P).-
Busby Berkeley, movie dance director,
was questioned by police early today
in connection with a three-way au-
tomobile accident on the coast high
way just above Santa Monica Canyon,
in which one woman was killed and
the director and six others were hurt.
The dead woman was identified as
Mrs. Ada Won Briesen, about so.
Radio Oficers v. r. Romer and A.
M. Sheets said Berkeley apparently
was driving at fast speed and hit
head-on with q car driven by Alvin
Hudson of Santa Paula and then ca
reened into another machine oper-
ated by william Won Briesen.
Evening star., 1935-09-09
SIX KILLED IN FIRE
OF NINE BUNK HOUSE
IS Men Trapped in Blaze Begun
by 0verheated Stcve-3
Badly Burned.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FAIRPLAY, Colo. September o.
The charred ruins of mine bunk
house today marked the scene of a
desperate struggle by l8 men to es-
cape an early morning fire in which
six lost their lives.
Three were burned badly as the
other workmen battered down iron
window gratings to escape. The fire
was at the American Lode Gold Mine
near Alma, Colo. Sunday morning.
caused by an overheated stove.
The dead were John w. Prince, IS.
Pueblo. Colo; Ira Merlin. As, Den
yer; Marion Sprage, As, Butte, Mont;
John Alger, SO. Denver; Bryan Lee.
%, Fairplay, and William FraSier, Al,
Twin Lakes, Colo.
In the hospital were Mandl, Pete
Kukcinevicius. As, Walsenburg, Colo,
and Antonio Ballero. %. West Spring
field, Ill.
Evening star., 1935-09-09
HURRICANE STUDY
CLEARS OFFICERS
Williams Report Says Disas-
ter Loss Was Beyond
Human Control.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, September "a re-
port to President Roosevelt character
izing the heavy casualty list from last
weeks Florida Keys hurricane an "act
of God and not directly blamable to
any human element. was on its way
to Washington today.
The report was released here yes
terday by Aubrey Williams, assistant
administrator for the Federal Emer-
gency Relief Administration. shortly
after mass burial Of 80 bodies OF
storm victims.
As most of the bodies were of World
War veterans. full military rites were
accorded them.
In his report to the President Will
liams said delays in the arrival of an
evacuation train at Lslamorada were
probably unavoidable, in view of the
fact that 1t was a holiday and unfore-
seen incidents occurred on the way.
Other Bodies Sought.
Meanwhile, as funeral pyres still
burned on the keys, arrangements
were made to send a new squad OF
200 men there to look for additional
bodies which may be washed ashore
as the tides change.
The 14-page document, labeled as
q preliminary report, came after a
careful inquiry within available time
at our disposal" Williams said.
He added that he is of the opinion
that future inquiry will not place the
responsibility for the disaster on any
human factors. The report was signed
by both Williams and Col. George E.
Ijams.
The simple memorial service was
accompanied by all the military hon.
ors the Nations various services could
offer.
The ceremony began with a band
playing Nearer My God to Thee"
while three lighted airplanes few in
formation over the packed amphi-
theater and dropped hundreds Of roses.
Many Attend Rites.
Around a reproduction Of the Un-
known Soldiers Tomb on the stage
were color guards of military organi-
cations. Gathered on the platform
also were officials of the city, State
and Nation. as well as veteran and
civil organizations.
Evening star., 1935-09-09

It seems that Grimm Is a hard
hitting real estate expert who knows
his business. but not the political
business, which is a part Of all busi-
ness in Washington. He has found
that the people Of the various housing
units do not want to be co-ordinated; !;
that they do not like his ideas.
Gets Ceiling treatment.
1t is understood they have been
giving him what is known as "the
ceiling treatment" That Is, whenever
he suggests anything or demands any
thing, they always look at the ceiling,
and keep on looking until he has gone.
What has empowered their re-
sistarce is the fact that Grimm's
authority is questionable, in their
opinion. He does not erist BY act
OF Congress, but by the decision OF
Morgenthau. Most of them wiu tell,
and haze told, their best friends
that not only is Grimm a Repubh-
cdn, but so is his helper, Which is
about as bad thing as can be
said against any one in the best
NeU Deal circles.
1t may be that Mr.. Morgenthau,
who is a determined man. will use
the shibboleth of his friendship with
the President to push the co-ordinat-
ing business to conclusion. But
there is a far better chance that
Grimm will tire of WaSingtonians
first.
G. o. p. Chairmanship.
Political bees will undoubtedly be
buzzing with rumors about the COM
ing (September 25) meeting of the
National Executive Com
mittee. Already gossip connects it
with the possible resignation of
Chairman Fletcher and promotional
moves for various presidential candi-
dates.
Those who know the national COM
mittee inside and out laugh at both
rumors. For one thing, the agitation
for Fletcher's withdrawal has died
down. Even Senator Borah has not
been mentioned much. Ex-Vice Presi-
dent Curtis was quoted recently as
that 1t would be a good
thing, but there is reason to believe
that he did not know he was going
to be quoted. At least his face is
still red.
Evening star., 1935-09-09


country had reported-a party named
Hoover also was running that year
and then the first scattering returns
came in from Kentucky-7 dead and
Is wounded.
But I'm afraid the old State is slip
ping. There were only $50 National
Guardsmen on duty Saturday in Har-
Ian County, where the mountain boys
still have boyish way of voting with
Winchester rifles. And can remem-
ber when a Republican Governor called
out the entire military force Of the
Commonwealth to dispose one lone
Democrt, Col. Jack chinn. The
colonel wasn't feeling very 'irritated
eitherS-just trifie above normal.
(Copyrisht. 1885. By the North American
NeEepaper Alliance. 1nc)
Evening star., 1935-09-09
THREE MURDERERS FLEE
ILLINOIS PENITENTIARY
Deputy Warden Says He Has Evil
dence They Escaped Following
Drinking Party.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHESTER, H., September o.
Three TRUSTEES, all life-term murder
eN, walked away from the Southern
Illinois Penitentiary at Menard last
night and officials believed that the
escape followed a drinking party.
The fugitives, for whom wide
search was made today, are Howard
Bethel, SO, Collinsville; John E. Will
derman, 80, of Decatur, and Richard
Lane, SO, sentenced from Saline
County.
I'VE have evidence" Deputy War
den Joseph Montgomery said today,
that whisky has been sold to con-
victs, and we have grounds to believe
that the three were drinking last
night. believe they were made reck-
less by the liquor and fed without
previous planning" III b. -. /.
An empty whisky bottle was found
In Lanes room.
Evening star., 1935-09-09
: FORMER BANKER DIES

NEW YORK, September 9 CP-
Dolson Quier, IS, former vice presi-
dent Of the National City Co., died
yesterday of heart disease.
A native Of Independence, Mo, he
represented the company in Kansas
City, Mo-; Chicago and Boston, be-
coming a vice president in 1928. He
resigned In 1882 because Of poor
health.
Evening star., 1935-09-09

this is printed be-
cause they've got
a law down there
against counting
the vote for at
least one day ant
er the polls close,
then al ! o W / n 6
time to notify the
families Of de-
ceased and the
coroners.
As a native son,
IN never forget
the thrill ! had
in 1882 when all
Evening star., 1935-09-09
Hit-Run Driver Kills Man.

NEW YORK, September (R.-
Harry P. Ryan, so, night telehone
operator at st. Johns Hospital, Long
Island City. was run down and killed
by iiit-aid-run driver Saturday mid.
night, police reported yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-09-09
Convicted in Kidnaping.

LONDON, Ontario, September Q
R.-Gerald Nicholson of Windsor.
Ontario, was convicted today Of being
an accessory after the fact in the
kidnapping Of John s. LAbatt, Lon
don brewer, and was given i've years
probation under . $1,000 bond.
Evening star., 1935-09-09
EIGHT CHANGES MADE
IN UNBUILT STREETS
Routes to Be Laid Out Again at
Request of Land Company
Planning Subdivision.

hCQuCSL Va 0dho SoAfu
Planning Subdivision.
Eight changes in the routes OF
streets that have been dedicated but
never actually constructed were ap-
proved by the Commissioners today
at the request of the Chevy Chase
Land Co., which plans to lay out a
subdivision soon in the affected area.
The territory is bounded on the
north by Nevada avenue and Broad
Branch road, on the east by Rock
Creek Park, on the south by Ellicott
street and on the west by Connecti-
cut avenue and Thirty-sixth street.
The changes will affect certain por-
tions of Thirtieth street and Thrift
eth place, south Of Harrison street;
parts of Thirty-first street between
Linnean and Harrison streets; Thirty
second street between Fessenden
street and Broad Branch road: Thir-
ty-fourth street at Broad Branch ter
race and other minor changes in Lin
mean and Ellicott streets.
Evening star., 1935-09-09
PHOTO CAPTION WRONG
Picture Was Of United Spanish
War Veterans Auxiliary.

The Sunday Star yesterday printed
a photograph of a group Of women
described as Washington members Of
the American Federation Of Govern
ment Employees departing from Union
Station for the annual convention in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The women in the photograph were
national officers and members Of the
National Auxiliary of the United
Spanish War Veterans, some Of whom
are leaving for the convention in San
Antonio, Tex.
Evening star., 1935-09-09
Irwin s. Cobb
Says:
Kentucky Is Slipping
When 1t Votes With.
out Winchesters.

SANTA MONICA. Calf, Septem-
ber 9.-They had primary election in
Kentucky Saturday, but we won't know
the results until fully "a hours after
Evening star., 1935-09-09
Golf

Continued From First Page)
The Washington times., 1935-12-23

'tention of running against the
blind Senator. Both men have
long been bitter political and
personal foes, frequently engaging
in mud-slinging skirmiShes.
Depended on "Seeing Eye"
Schall's physical -ncapacity
didn't keep him from enjoying
life. His two hobbies were walk
ing and horseback riding. The
former was accomplished with
the aid of his seeing eye"
When the Senator walked the
streets of Washington, he was
accompanied by a huge German
police dog, trained to watch
traffic signals and automobiles.
The Senator constantly kept his
hand on a specially constructed
harness which the dog wore.
This enabled him to tell in
stantly, when the dog was
stopping or starting.
Schall's first Seeing Eye"
Lux, an imported German police
dog, died in 1898 after five years
of faithful service. He soon got
a second dog to guide him safely
through traffic.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
TRADE GROUPS
GAS REPORT
UN0PP0SED

Washington Gas Light Company
representatives offered no objec,
ton today to the reports made by
Federal Trade Commission ex-
aminers concerning the operation
and financial setup of the COM
pany. The reports were submitted
in connection with the commits
sion's general investigation Of
holding companies.
Following submission Of the re-
ports by the commission ex-
aminers, Roger ]. Whiteford, at,
torney for the gas company, said:
There Is nothing contained
in these summaries with which
we can or care to take issue.
I'm the interest of setting
forth the facts, it should be
brought out in any publication
Of these matters by the Federal
Trade Commission that the
rates for gas in the District Of
Columbia established by the
Public Utilities Commission from
time to time since the Organiza-
ton Of that commission in 1913
have been determined entirely
without regard to the written
up book value Of the property
Of these companies.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
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hearing will be held December
80.
Two members of the Senate
and two of the House will &C.
company the funeral cortege
when it sets out from here to-
morrow for Minneapolis. The
funeral will be held Thursday,
with the Rev. Charles Fox Davis
of the Methodist Church officiat-
ing. Burial will be in Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, only a
few blocks from the family home.
Family at Bedside
Present at the bedside when the
Senator died were Mrs. Schall
and their three children. Thomas
jr., Richard and Padget Ann.
Mrs. Hugh Bierman, sister-in-
law also was there.
Senator Schall. who waged a
gallant fight for his life, never
completely regained conscious
ness, although several times ne
aroused himself before the end.
He failed to recognize members
of the family, it was said.
The death of Senator Schall
was the third violent death to
strike at the Senate this year.
Senator Bronson Cutting was
killed in an airplane accident last
spring, and last summer Senator
Huey P. Long was aSsasSinated.
ALI three were bitter critics of
the Roosevelt Administration, and
Senator Schall was allied with
Senator Long.
Long Public Career
Although handicapped by blind
ness since early manhood, Senator
Schall had a long career in pub
lie service. After spending 10
years in the House, he was elected
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
ETH0D|STS 5
MEET JAN. 7

More than 2,500 clerical and
lay delegates will come to Wash
ington for the annual three-day
meeting of the General Mission
ary Council of the Methodist EpiS-
copal Church, South, which opens
January 7.
With practically every Bishop
of the church attending impor'
tant problems in the mission field
will be discussed and a new pro-
gram mapped out.
Among the speakers at the con-
ference will be Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins, the Chinese Am
basSador, the japanese AmbaSSa-
dor, Bishop James E. Freeman. of
the Episcopal Church and other
distinguished clerical leaders.
Sessions will be held in Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church.
DR.. W. Angie Smith, pastor of
the church, is in charge of ar
rangementS, assisted by DR.. E. C.
Berry, presiding elder for this
district.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
MISSED DEATH.
BY AN HOUR.

Chester L. Cooper, 35, a sales
man living at 3512 Tenth st. N.
W., escaped death yesterday by
exactly one hour.
He was going to Hopewen, Va,
to bring his wife and 5-year-old
son back to Washington for
Christmas.
Due to take the bus which later
caused the loss of IA lives when
it skidded through an open draw
in the bridge over the Appomattox
River into the, deep channel, Mr..
Cooper suddenly p changed his
mind and took the bus leaving an
hour earlier. And that decision
saved his life.
Today Mrs. Cooper said:
"I'm so thankful my husband
changed his mind! It would
have been a terrible Christmas
for us if he had gone to his
death with those IA OtherS!"
The Washington times., 1935-12-23

ITO the Senate and was just COM
pleting his second term there. He
had announced his candidacy for
a third term.
Republicans and Democrats
alike joined in paying tribute to
the memory of Senator Schau to-
day, declaring that he was a man
of great ability and will be missed.
Compound fracture of the skull,
hemmorhage and shock were
given by doctors as the cause of
Senator Schall's death.
Senator Henrik ShipStead and
Representative Harold Knuton
of Minnesota have been named to
accompany Senator Schall'S body
back home. The other members
of the funeral party will be named
by Vice President Garner and
Speaker Byrns today.
Served State % Years
Surmounting the handicap Of
total blindness, Senator Thomas
D. Schall served his State in Con-
gress for % years.
Three years after hanging out
his lawyers shingle i in 1907 -
Schall. while lighting a cigar with
an electric lighter, completely lost
his eyesight as q result Of Sc
we're electric shock which para
lyzed the optic nerve. However,
eight years later. Schall. who had
developed into a forceful orator,
was sent to the House Of Repre-
sentatives by the voters of the
Tenth Minnesota Congressional
district.
Displaying a remarkable mem
ory for facts, Schan proved, dur
ing five successive terms in the
House, that he could keep up with
his more fortunate colleagues in
Congressional matters. In 1924,
and again in 1890. the Farmer
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
POLICE GUARD
TRAGEDY GIFTS

HOPEWELL, Va, Dec. 23.-Sod-
den clothing, purses and bags were
held at the police station here
today, awaiting claimants.
All of the property of the IA
persons who perished in the bus
acci6ent at the Appomattox River
draw was taken to headquarters
and is being held there until
claimed by relatives.
Among the articles held are
Christmas gifts, once gay with
tinsel and colored wrappings, de-
signed to gladden. the hearts of
loved ones on Christmas morning.
And mute among these evid-
enceS of tragedy stands a child's
toy found in the buS-a toy bus.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23
RED CROSS AID
WINS PRAISE

HOPEWELL, Va, Dec. %.
High praise was extended to
members of the American Red
Gross and the Salvation Army
who came to the aid of workers
seeking to recover bodies at the
scene of the bus tragedy yes
terday.
With six inches of snow on the
ground, and sleet falling. the
workers were suffering from the
extreme cold when the Red Cross
and Salvation Army arrived with
coffee and sandwiches.
Fires were started and the
workers were enabled to thaw out
before returning to their grizzly
task of raising the bus and ats
cargo of frozen bodies.
The Washington times., 1935-12-23

'Laborite was elected to the
Senate.
Coming from a State that Is
known for it's progressive tend
encies in politics. Schall gave no
quarter to the Roosevelt Admin
istration. He attacked it with
every weapon at his command: for
that matter Schall also was a Sc
we're critic of the Hoover regime.
Repeatedly he charged the
Roosevelt Administration with at
tempts to gag the press. Other
favorite targets were: The Brain
Trust" the reciprocal tariff act,
and the NRA.
Worked with Long
Toward the end Of the late
Senator Longs career, schall
and the Louisianian frequently
worked together. It was Schall
who came to Longs aid during
the King FiSh's" filibusters.
Schall'S death robbed Mime
sofa Of what probably would have
been the hardest fought political
campaign in the history of that
State. Schal's arch foe. Gov.
Floyd Olson, a Farmer-Laborite,
already had announced his in