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Evening star., 1935-09-16
COL. PERCY M. KESSLER
DIES AT FORT HANCOCK
Cerebral Hemorrhage Is Fatal to
Commanding Officer of
Coast Defense Base.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT HANCOCK, N. j.. September
16.-Col. Percy M. KesSler, So, re-
putedly one Of the Understanding
colonels In the Army, died last night
OF cerebral hemorrhage at the Army
coast defense base, where he was
commanding officer.
A West Point graduate in the class
of 1896, Col. Kessler specialized dur
ing most of his Army career in de-
fensive artillery. He came to Fort
Hancock year ago from Panama,
where he had been in charge of the
Department of Artillery.
His widow, the former Charlotte
Cunningham of San Francisco; two
sons, William Of San Francisco, and
Robert, a West Point cadet, and three
daughters, Mrs. Kate Agnew of Blacks
burg, Va; Mrs. Alice Hays of Fort
Hancock and Miss Michaum Kessler,
survive.
Evening star., 1935-09-16


answer to direct and cross interroga-
tion by States Attorney General Gas
ton l.. Porterie.
Fournet, appearing voluntarily at
the inquest at the request Of District
Attorney Odom, gave graphic eye
witness account Of the actual shooting.
Fournet, asked to tell what he saw
OF the shooting, testified:
We'll, was in the House (of Rep
reSentatives) when Huey was in the
House. I was trying to talk to him
and when he left started out behind
him. AS is usual, he walked very fast.
AS entered the corridor there were
a couple Of people there and I asked
them where he went. They told me
he went into the Governors Office.
Finds Senator.
II walked leisurely toward the Office
and met Joe MesSina Zone of Long, S
bodyguards). The Senator walked out
toward us. About the time he reached
the big circle in the middle of the
corridor facing in the direction of the
House Of Representatives (east) he
made some sort of statement about
getting everybody on hand early the
next day. Somebody told him that
had been attended to.
About that time there was little
pause and a small man or slender
man in a white suit flashed right
amongst us. wedged in, pulled a gun
and shot. Immediately put my hand
on the mans arm to defect the gun
simultaneously as the man shot. There
were quite bit of confusion.
IT showed him hard sand some one
else grabbed him. He fell to the floor.
There was continual movement. The
doctor did not 60 all the way to the
floor, but fell in crouching position,
trying to fire the gun again.
Shooting Continues.
'I since learned that Murphy Roden
"a bodyguardD grabbed him. I made
an effort to grab Weiss again and was
almost over him when they shot him.
The shooting kept on without any
cessation. I started to look for the
Senator and went downstairs and
found him in the arms of OConnor
(James O'Connor, public service COM
and some other men and
he said he was shot.
It asked him where he wanted to go
and he said to the sanitarium, of
course We put him in a car and
took him to the hospital"
When the first bullet struck DR..
Weiss, Judge Fournet said, his body
quivered and then rolled over easily
on the floor. He estimated from 40
to so shots were fired.
Father Hears Testimony.
As the witness testified, DR.. c. A.
Weiss, father of the physician who
killed Senator Long, looked on in
tently from doorway. Nearby stood
ex-Gov. John M. Parker, bitter politi-
cal ENonent of Senator Long. A
few feet away sat Joe Messina, Longs
chief bodyguard, and across the room
sat Murphy Roden, the bodyguard
who grappled with the slayer.
It was a strange mixture of Long
and opponents WHO looked
on mutely with fierce eyes and eager
ears.
DR.. w. A. Cook of Baton Rouge,
one Of the physicians who attended
Long in the hospital following the
shooting, testified that Long had an
abrasion of the mouth at the hospital.
WAS it bleeding?" Odom asked.
1T was not bleeding until DR.. Henry
McKowen pressed it with antiseptic,"
he answered. 1T appeared to be q
fresh abrasion"
Addressing DR.. Cook, Porterie said:
"A person having been shot as Sen
ator Long Was and making his way
Evening star., 1935-09-16
FOREIGN SERVICE
CHANGES PLANNED
Promotions and Appointments on
Large Scale-Tests Are
Resumed.
BY the Associated Press.

~ IAAC E1osON+oeEN
The State Department announced
today President Roosevelt had ap-
proved a series of promotions. appoint
mentS and examinations in the foreign
service designed to reward capable Of
ficers and bring new blood into Amer
ican diplomacy.
Secretary Hull's announcement list
ed three moves to increase the eff
cheney and morale of the service and
assure continuation of capable field
staff:
One-promotion Of 28o counselors
and secretaries of embassies and lega-
tions and consul general, consul and
vice consul all over the world, effective
October l. The promotions mean sal
ary increases ranging from Sl00 to
$500 per year.
2. Appointment of approximately
IA men who already have passed ex-
animation for entry into the foreign
service to posts as vice consuls. The
new men will be the first assigned
since 1881.
8. Announcement that written ex-
aminationS for entry into the for
eign service-the first scheduled in
three years-wil be held beginning
May 4, 1886.
Secretary Hull expressed personal
satisfaction in making the announce
ment as marking "the return OF the
foreign service to normal conditions
after long and trying period during
which officers have cheerfully faced
reduced salaries and increasingly
heavy responsibilities.
Today's promotions are the first
among senior officers since July, 1881.
Promotions in the lower classiflca-
tions were made last year.
Examinations will be held at Wash
ington, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Gin
cinnati. Denver, New Orleans, New
York, Philadelphia, st. Louis, st. Paul,
San Francisco and Seattle.
Evening star., 1935-09-16
RA|NEY TO HEAD
STUDY OF YOUTH
President of BucknelI Cho-
sen Director of Newly Gre
ated Commission.
BY HE Associated prees

BY the Associated Press.
DR.. Homer P. Rainey, president Of
Bucknen University, today was chosen
director OF the commission created by
the American Council on Education to
conduct flve-year study of the youth
problem and recommend improve
ments in the educational system.
He said he would resign as head Of
Bucknell
Organization Meeting.
His selection was made at the COM
missions organization meeting. Those
present included Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War in the Wilson cab
met; Dorothy Garfield Fisher, author;
Henry I. Hartman, former president
Of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, and Matthew Woll, a
vice president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
DR.. Rainey. who turned down a
proffered chance at big league base
ball to enter the educational field, is
SO years old.
Although the commission, financed
with a private grant of $500 900. will
have no official connection with the
National Youth Administration, head
ed by Aubrey Williams. DR.. Rainey
said the two organizations would Co
operate"
Letter From Roosevelt.
The council made public a letter
from President Roosevelt to DR.. George
F. Zook, president of the council. 1t
said:
L am pleased to learn of the COM
mission Of the American Council on
Education, which is to conduct FIVE
year study Of the problems of Amer
ican youth.
Please extend my best wishes to-
gether with my confident expectation
that your commission and the Ma
tional Youth Administration may be
mutually helpful and effective in their
efforts for American youth"
Evening star., 1935-09-16

voTed. when she in turn grows up and
her own first-born prattles at the
knees and looks up with trusting
baby eyes and says, "Mummie, did the
stork bring you to dear grandmamma
the same as he brought me to you?"
I seem to hear the answering words.
mo, darling. You see, precious, 1t
happened in Hollywood, so came
with three news cameras, two press
agents, one 18-piece orchestra and a
Nationwide hook-up." -
Joking aside. though. while some OF
these screen ladies may be persistent
yet frequent wives, in the main they
make devoted foster mothers: in fact,
are such successes at it that o fellow
gets to wondering why, instead OF Just
keeping on marrying husband after
husband, they don't try adopting EN-.
Evening star., 1935-09-16
PRICE LIST SHOWN
|NPACKERS' FIGHT
Distribution Map Also Re.
veaIed at Hearing on Mo.
nopoIy Charge.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
An unsigned letter which contained
a minimum price list and a distribu-
ton map was presented today in the
final hearing of Government charges
that II packers combined to control
meat prices in the South from 1927
1888.
C. E. Miles, Agriculture Department
attorney, told Secretary Wallace. pre-
siding at the hearing, that Ed Wynant
said to have been representing Armour
& Co.. admitted writing this letter
in 1882 to Ed Hill, former manager
Of Wholesale house at Cleveland,
Miss.
However, Miles said, Wynant testi-
fled that the letter was written at
Hills request to help him justify
prices with his statesmen.
General Denial Planned.
The packers, represented by Frank
j. Glankler of Memphis, and a dozen
other attorneys, said they planned a
general denial of any effort to create
a monopoly or to Ak minimum prices.
The charges were filed by Wallace
early in 1884. If the secretary finds
the packers guilty he may issue a
cease and desist" order.
Miles told of a series of meetings
at Memphis at which, he said, We
contend that the packers agree upon
minimum prices, drafted confidential
lists, and that later they sold meat
upon those lists"
He added the packers agreed that
meetings were held and prices were
discussed, but that no minimum price
lists were drafted and that the pack
ers did not sell upon any such list.
Objection to Wallace.
Before the final arguments opened
Edwin c. Andrews, president of the
Jacob Dold Packing Co., one of the
concerns involved. objected that Wal
lace lis both plaintiff and Judge il
the case"
He referred to the fact that Wallace
is presiding at the hearings after is
suing the formal complaint. Andrew.
said in Buffalo. N. Y, last night thai
his concern had not yet been notified
to appear today, although officials sale
the hearings were to be held.
Officials said that if Wallace ad.
judged the companies guilty O
monopoly, he could issue an ordel
directing them to desist. The flgh
then could be carried to the courts
Accusations Made.
The accusation in the complaint
was that the packers exchanged price
information in move to enable then
to give unreasonable preferences anc
advantages to certain purchasers; K
give preferences to certain localities
to discriminate unjustly between Ger.
tain persons; to force competitors out
OF business, and to manipulate price,
and apportion sales in commerce.
Agriculture Department officials sale
the law empowers the Secretary tc
prefer charges when he has reason
to believe any packer guilty of viola.
ton.
The defendants are: Armour &
Co., Chicago; Abraham Brother,
Packing Co., Tennessee; Cudahy
Packing Co., Jacob Dold Packing Co.
John Morrell & Co., Memphis Pack.
ing Co., Swift & Co., Wilson g. Co.
Morris g. Co. and the st. Louis In,
dependent Packing Co.
Evening star., 1935-09-16
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Navy Band
at the east front of the Capitol at
7:30 pm. Lieut.. Charles Benter,
leader; Alexander Morris, assistant
leader. .
Program.
March, Harper Joy Triumphal," Post
Overture, "Phedre" -Massenet
Solo for cornet, "Inflamatus." from
"Stabat Mater" -Rossini
Oscar Short.
Ballet, LA Source" -Delibes
Excerpts from Wonderland" Herbert
Grand scenes from the opera,
Aloa ------------------- Verol
ValSes-
"Mein Thurgin" -Kisseler
"Siegfried's DEATH" from Got
terdammerung" Wagner
Rhapsody. "Slavonic," No. l,
Friedman
1.-THE National Anthem"
Evening star., 1935-09-16
Four Marriages Licensed.

FAIRFAX, Va, September l6 (Spe-
ciaD Marriage licenses have been
issued in the office of the local clerk
of the court to the following: Lewis
Godfrey Volta, 81, and Almeta Eliz-
beth Fullbauer. IS, both of Baltimore,
Md; Norman Sims. 81, and Blanche
Elizabeth Herns, l8, both Herndon,
Va; Albert Wesley Beahm. 81. r. F.
D., Alexandria, Va, and Gladys Lee
Doores, 81, Alexandra Fairfax
County,, Va, and Martin John Smi-
hula, ~, Fort Belvoir, Va, and Mar
garet Catherine Tyler, 16, Fort Bel
voir CFairfax County,, va. 4
Evening star., 1935-09-16

ma queens adopt
orphaned infants,
often doing so
with all the
shrinking reti-
cence, all the
strenuous efforts
to avoid publici-
ty, which you'd
notice in connec-
ton with Bar
mum g. Bailey's
grand free street,
parade.
Think Of the
heritage for q girl
child thus IA
Evening star., 1935-09-16
3 Sailors Die From Injuries.

TOXIC, September Is R).-Three
Of the IL sailors injured Saturday in
. gun turret fire aboard the Japanese
cruiser Ashigsra died today. The
navy office appointed commission to
investigate the accident.
Evening star., 1935-09-16
JUDGE CAVALIER 86
etired Southern Maryland Jurist

Retired Southern Maryland Jurist
Observes Birthday.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, September
16.-Judge B. H. Camalier. retired, Of
the seventh judicial circuit of South
ern Maryland today observed his 86th
birthday anniversary quietly at his
home on Washington street. He lives
opposite the st. Marys County court
house, where he served as Judge for
number Of years and where as a
boy he was sworn in as clerk in the
place of his father, who, being a
Southern sympathizer, was SO closely
watched by the Northerners during
the Civil War that he was unable to
attend to his duties.
Evening star., 1935-09-16
HIGH SCHOOLS SHOW
INCREASE IN FAIRFAX
County Enrolment Figures High
er at Two, Despite Drop
at Lee-Jack son.

er at Two, Despite drop
at Lee-Jack son.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, September 16.-
Two Fairfax County high schools-at
Fairfax and Herndon-report sub
stantial increases in their enrolment
this year over the past session. Div-
sion Supt. w. T. Woodson announced
this morning.
At the close Of the third day of
school Fairfax High School had an
enrolment of 440. a jump of Ill from
last years total of 329. Herndon High
School reported 225 pupils, with ZIG
enrolled last session. The only other
high school reporting, Lee-Jackson at
Seminary, showed a drop from the
past session, ATS pupils this year and
$50 last year.
Two other high schools, Falls
Church and Mclean, have not yet
reported.
Evening star., 1935-09-16
Irwin S. Cobb
Says:
Baby Adopting May
Soon Spread to Hus.
bands in Movie Realm.

HOLLYWOOD, September 16.-
We've got new fad out here and
very lovely one. From time to time
some one among our glamorous cine
Evening star., 1935-09-16
Security Act Doubles Efforts
NO,u Made to Preuent Sickness
of $8,OOO,OOO Yearly Is
authorized for Distribution to
States on Three.Part Basis.

(This is the sirth and concluding
In a series of articles discussing the
social security program.)
Evening star., 1935-09-16
Long

Continued From First Page.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-24
Sch0OlbOy Title
Game on TODAY

Players and coaches of school
baseball teams throughout the city
were on hand this morning for a
showing Of the famous American
League motion picture, "Play BalP
at the Poll theater, after which
most of them made plans to sit in
on the championship game at
Hamilton Park this afternoon at
$3.50 p. m. when the Sacred Hearts,
parochial league champions will
oppose the Mary Abbott boys from
the north end, recent winners of
the grammar schol championship,
Jimmy Reno and Bobby Ray will
probably be the opposing pitchers.
Prior to the game the boys will
parade from the Immaculate Con-
ception church to Hamilton Park
at 1880 o'clock where exercises, in
GLIDING the unwilling of the Mike
Bolton Memorial PLAGUE will take
place amid appropriate surround
ings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-24
SARAZEN SHOOTS
FOR $1,000 PURSE
AT FITCHBERC

Fitchburg, Mass, June 24-(UP)
Topped by several nationally
known stars, including Gene Sara
zen, a field of 92 amateurs and
professionals set out over the Oak
Hill course this morning on the
first 1s-hole round of the 72-hole
Massa chusetts open golf cham
pionship.
Sara2en, regarded as the No. l
player of the world, Is an odds-on
favorite to lift the title being de-
tended by Roy Brondson, Wiano
professional who won II at oyster
Harbors last year.
The other out-of-state threats,
probably induced to compete
when the club increased the purse
from $500 to $1,000, are Joe Tur-
mesa and Witty Cox of Brooklyn
who won the title in 1890.
In the Field
The likeliest Massachusetts con-
tenders besides Brondson include
Charley MacAndrew of Albemarle,
Roland Hancock of Unicorn, Bob
Crowley Of Norfolk, Dave Hack
ney Of Vesper, and John Bernardo
Of Charles River, among the pro-
fesslonals, and Jesse Guilford,
twice winner, of Woodland, Fred
Wright of Trapelo, Johnny Mes Of
United Shoe, and Wilfred Crossley
Of Norfolk, among the amateurs.
Sarazen, grouped with Guilford
and Hackney, will be the last
threosome to tee off this afternoon.
The first group to start was r. +.
Mack, Springfield, Charles r. Scott
and Edward Murray of Walpole.
Another round OF IS holes will
be played tomorrow, and the low
60 scorers will complete the 72-
hole test Wednesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-24

the best ELI pitcher on the mound,
BY the way, this game drew the
biggest crowd Yale had this year
for baseball and 1t was played
amidst showers.
A twilight game at Harvard last
ed seven innings, long enough for
Holy Cross to win to l and then
a visit to Springfield brought a
slashing verdict over the Gymnasts,
this time to IL to 1 score. Harvard
came to Worcester on June and
despite rain and darkness Holy
Cross kept its slate clean against
the big intercollegiate group by
trouncing the Crimson for the sec
ond time s to 8.
Holy Cross had met six of the
Eastern League teams, Harvard
twice, Yale twice, Dartmouth, the
champion. Princeton, Pennsylvania
and Columbia and won from them
all. Cornell, the only other men,
Der of the league, could not find a
convenient date to meet Holy Cross
but hopes to another year.
The Holy Cross string was now
90 out of 81 and there was not
a worth while team in the east that
it had not faced and defeated.
The second game with Boston
College at the Heights was rained
out and after just week lay off
Holy Cross faced Browns best at
Providence and won to I. The
windup came at Worcester Tuesday
with the Crusaders topping the
Eagles to- 2 and closing with 22
wins in 23 contests. What a record
to talk about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-24
TWO WILD PITCHES
HELP CLEVELAND
DEFEAT LEADERS
Pittsburgh Pirates Move
Into Second Place Be-
hind Giants

New York, June 2l--CUP)
The New York Yankees today were
on the toboggan, victims OF three
straight defeats after . brilliant
place.
The Yanks won Q of their nrst
10 games in the west, and had q
6-game streak intact when they
met Schoolboy Rowe in Detroit
Friday. Rowe blanked the Yanks,
TO, and then they moved into
Cleveland, where they've dropped
two in a row and seen their lead
dwindle to 3 Ngames.
Gomez Went wild
Cleveland defeated New York
yesterday, 6-5, tying the score in
the eighth and winning In the
ninth. Alb Wright's single scored
Vosmik with the winning run after
two wild pitches by Lefty Gomez
permitted the runner to advance
from first to third. 1t was Gor1ez's
eighth defeat.
The New York Giants main
tanned their 7-game lead in the
National league by banking the
Chicago Cubs, so. Fred Fitzsirn-
mons won his fourth game, and
pitched his fourth shut-out.
Pittsburgh moved into second
place in the National league by
winning two games from the Bos-
ton Braves 4-3 and ia. Suhr's
homer with man on base won the
opener.
Dizzy Dean won his 18th game
by pitching the st. Louis Cardinals
to 1872 triumph over Brooklyn,
| but the Dodgers beat the world
champions, 1915, in the second
game. Dazzy Vance, coming in as
relief pitcher, won his 197th ma
| jor league game in the nightcap.
Late rallies enabled Cincinnati to
| take two games from the Phillies,
6-5 and 5-2. Ival Goodman's hom-.
err with a mate on base featured q
3-run rally by the Reds in the
ninth inning of the opener. Bill
Myers homer In the fifth broke a
2-2 tie in the second game.
Whitehead Walloped
The biggest crowd OF the day,
$4,000, saw the Chicago White Sox
and Boston Red Sox divide a dou-
ble-header at Chicago. Ted Lyons
pitched his eighth victory as the
White sox won the first game, Az.
Johnny Whitehead suffered his
fifth straight defeat in the second
game as the Red Sox won, So.
washington drubbed Detroit,
1877, despite Hank Greenberg's
10th homer with the bases filled in
the ninth. Three Detroit pitchers
aided the Senators by walking IL
batters. e
hasA9bmd9 Np,, 56egroru
The Philadelphia Athletics de-
feated the st. Louis Browns twice,
11-7. and 1873. The AS collected
81 hits in the two games. s
yesterdays HERO - Gus
Suhr, Pirates first baseman, who
for the second straight day hit a
homer in the final inning to give
his team victory. eta
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-24
b. HARRY
GRAXSON

the engagement, by the way. 1t
would have taken something like
that to awaken the Butterfly
Butcherfiy Butcher Boy.
But the Italy Ethiopia business
Ii a lollapaloosa.
However, offhand, I would as
sure the editorial writer that there
Ia no cause for apprehension.
The good citizens no longer
take professional pugilism serious
~ enough to chuck chairs in the
Yankee Stadium simply because
Camera is putting the slug on
Louis or vice versa.
All the rough,housing will be
confined to the ring, and there is
quite likely to be plenty there to
around in the event that Louis
fails to carry out his threat to
blast Camera out of the picture
in a jiffy.
The Venetian Leviathan never
was noted as a parlor performer,
and can be expected to display
all his subtle tricks to their best
advantage in this. his first real
StCP tOWAh0 AS60inAn6 tatC tac%'S :
weight throne.
Louis is advised to make his
best advantage in this. his first real
step toward regaining the heavy
weight throne.
Louis Is advised to make his
best shots count from taw. for the
Negro will find ponderous Primo a
a tough fellow even to shake hands
with for Is rounds. Camera IL a
reformed wrestler, and he hasn't
forgotten any OF the holds.
Camera Unafraid
There n no question that Car
nera IN q much more formidable
lighting man than he showed
against Max Baer q year ago. The
Parmesan Alp was afraid OF Baer.
There In no indication that he
fears Louis.
Louis, in his e0-odd starts as q
money mittman. has met every
test except the severest one. Box
ing men would like 20 know how
he would react when hit solidiy by
a good puncher.
| There isn't enough smack In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-24

Rickard Would Have Jumped Mt
Latest Medium for Ballyhoo
New York, June 2:.-That edi-
torial writer who dragged the con-
troversy between Italy and Ethio-
pia into the meeting of large Primo
Camera and young Joe Louis on
June rs unwittingly introduced
something brand-new in boxing
baliyhoo.
This writer feared that New
Workers of Italian and Ethiopian
descent would be cutting one an
other in the streets at sight, or
would at least turn the ring battle
into q fairish sort Of Donnybrook
Fair.
How the late Tex Richard
would have gone for that one!
Richard Immediately would
have cabled Mussolini and King
Haiple selassie and obtained a
few snappy quotes at least.
Old Tegde would have organ
ICED his own Roman legions ana
recruited battalion or two OF
Abyssinian spear throwers in Har-
lem, and had them drill In a gor-
geous preview.
Yes. isr. It's too bad Richard
isn't around. The master promoter
had to be content with all the old
hackneyed ways Of keep the gladi-
ators' names In prlnt-talk OF the
'fix'' ticket Scandals etc.
When Richard died, James
Dempsey fell bacg on having an
imaginary gunman take a shot at
him in the dark. That was good
for one show. but the art OF keep
ing the tom-toms Conforming
deteriorated rapidly thereafter.
The press agents finally resorted
70 having the warriors rescue fair
maidens from lily ponds.
Fired Shot Too Soon
There wasn't real good pub
iicity sag pulled until that blank
cartridge went OF in the AahuFy
mark bFoadeasting studio. where
Max Baer did most Of his training
for his sad party with Jimmy Brad.
kcck. That cartridge might well
have bean saved Cor the night 81