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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-22
Bill |
COMPROMISE
FAVORED
International News Service


President Roosevelt today ap
proved the so-called compromise
for the death sentence" provi
sion of the Wheeler-Rayburn
utility bill.
While stating that the com
promise makes a greater con
cession than he favored, he urged
both House and Senate tc
accept it.
The proposal, presented to
House conferees by Senator Bark
ley 3D. of Kentucky, eliminated
the definite five-year death
sentence for utility holding com
panies, permits the continuation
of holding companies with
restrictions, and gives the Federal
Power Commission discretionary
dissolution authority.
House opponents of the death
sentence assert that the compro.
mise is not really a compromise
but retains most of the objec.
tionable features of the Senate
bill.
Presidents Letter
President Roosevelt's letter, ad.
dressed to Chairman Rayburn
3D. Of Texas, of the House
Interstate Commerce Committee,
follows:
my dear Mr.. Rayburn:
II have seen a copy Of the
proposed substitute for SubSec-
tiOn B Of Section II of the pub
lie utility holding company bill
offered by the Senate cOnferees
as q compromise of the differ.
ences between the House and
Senate bill on the subject mat
ter Of Subsection B.
From the point Of view Of
the House this proposal GER
tainly constitutes q most gen.
erOus concession ON the part
Of the Senate cOnferees.
From my point of view, it
represents a greater recession
from the Senate bill than /
should like to see made. But /
understand the urgent desire Of
many members Of both Houses
to have o bill worked out at
this session, and to that end /
hope the House will find this
proposal Of the Senate cOnferees
acceptable.
'Very sincerely,
"Franklin ID. Roosevelt"
House leaders decided to move
for an immediate showdown on
the substitute proposal.
Chairman O'Connor Cd of
New York, of the rules commit
tee, announced a motion will be
made in the House today to in
struct the House conferees on
the utility bill to accept the sub
stitute, and thus pave the way
for q final agreement on the
utility bill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-22

/. PASS BIER
OF ROGERS
Simple Rites in 9
Down Curtain on
Wits Career
(ROgers life story on Page 81

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. % Q.N.s)
The final curtain was rung dowr
today on the career of Will
Rogers, man of destiny who saw
his destiny fulfilled with the
simple, unassuming dignity thai
so became him in life.
At dawn they trundled the
plain bronze casket that held
him out of the dimmed gole
chapel of Wee Kirk o. the
Heather in Forest Lawn.
They set it down on the
catafalque and banked great
heaps Of flowers about it. And
there, in the open. air that VIII
Rogers so loved, the final drama
of q nations affectionate tribute
began.
Pilots Form Honor Guard
The first rays Of the morning
sun 1eaped over the peaks OF
the Sierra Madre range and
peered through the leafy branches
of eucalyptus and fir and olive
trees at whose base the casket
sat, thanked by it's honor guard
of 40 pilot and flying cadets and
eight officers from March Field,
Riverside.
And then, over the green slopes
of Forest Lawn, the endless line
of those who loved and revered
the laughing cowboy philosopher
began filing slowly past to pay its
last respects.
They came in uncounted thou
sands, from far and near, choking
the highways with their motor
cars, thronging the streets afoot.
The casket bearing the body
of Rogers was not opened to the
gaze of the curious. This detail
was left to the discretion of the
widow, who decided against it.
30 900 In Throng
BY 7 o'clock the number Of
those waiting to file past the
casket was estimated at 10000.
They stretched in a black, un-
broken mass, for IL blocks back
along the San Francisco Road.
And still the throng swelled and
motor cars blocked the highways.
Most of the crowd were women.
Cars with out.of-state licenses
were lined up in hundreds, indi.
eating that pilgrims had come
from afar to bestow their need
of honor on the man they all
loved.
The coffin itself was almost
hidden from view by an immense
floral piece in the shape of Old
Glory, fitting symbol of honor for
the man who carried the glory of
his country uppermoSt in his
heart and embodied in his life the
finest ideals Of the American
citizen. This floral piece was or
dered for the family by Jesse
Jones, ardent Rogers admirer, to
symbolic Rogers place as the ma
tons first unofficial citizen and
ambassador without portfolio to
the peoples of the world.
A grief-stricken widow and her
CONTINUED on Page ;, Col. -
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dozen youths, according to his
confession today.
They robbed several exclusive
country clubs in the James broth.
ers style, horseback. Williams
boosted:
WED take some dame=
along, all in riding clothes, and
rent horses from some riding
academy. Then we'd ride up to
o joint, tie cur horses outside,
walk right in without any trOu-
ble."
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Horseback Thug Says
He Robbed 800

CHICAGO, Aug. % G.N.s).-A
diminutive thug confessed after
his capture today that he had
led his gang in 800 robberies,
police announced.
He is Wilbur williams, %, Just
five feet two inches tall. He was
hiding behind the skirts Of q
woman when he was seized.
williams was nothing If not
original in planning the crimes
on which he led his band of a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-22
Cook Gets Airline Job

Weir Cook, of Indianapolis, has
been appointed city traffic man
ager for American Airlines here,
it was announced today by C. r..
Smith, president of the company.
Mr.. Cook succeeds Sigmund Janas,
who will be transferred to the
general headquarters of the COM
pany in Chicago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-22
Film Colony Grieves
As Z Players Die

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. % G.N.SO.
Already saddened by the death of
Will Rogers, it's beloved humorist
and philosopher. the film colony
today grieved the death of two
other members of its group.
In the Hollywood Hospital,
Edith Roberts. star of the silent
pictures and the wife Of Harold
Carter, died after giving birth to
a son. The other death was that
of Marjorie White. Coincidence
who died Of injuries sustained in
an automobile accident Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-22
Weather 10 Be Fair,
/ With Moderate Heat

Generally fair weather without
excessive heat was forecast for to-
day and tomorrow by Weather
Bureau officials.
It said the .72-inch rainfall of
the past "a hours definitely broke
the local heat wave.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-08-22
Guards Strengthened
As Truckmen Riot

SALEM, Mass, Aug. % GN.SJ.
Additional police took up strike
duty today to prevent renewal of
'rioting in the coal truck drivers
strike in which II men have been
arrested and more than a score
injured in q clash with strike.
breakers.
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ir.COnditiOned Trains daily to Rich.
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r. F. & P. r. R.-Advt.
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WASHINGTON FORECAST

Partly cloudy tonight and eighty cooler.
Friday fair, not much change in temperature.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
What the People Want
Reprinted from Arthur Brisbane's TO-DAY Column. |

Reprinted from Arthur BTisbane's TODAY Column.
THIS OUGHT to interest Washington In
L Chicago talking pictures, Senator Joseph
Robinson, of Arkansas, appears speaking in ia
vor of the United States going into the World
Court. Audiences remain silent, few hiss.
Then, as Universal Service tells you, Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, appears on the
same screen, telling why America should NOT
other European complication and "THE AUDI
ENCE LET LOOSE A THUNDER OF AP-
PLAUSE IN APPROVAL OF HIS STAND"
What happens in Chicago theaters would hap
pen in any American boarding house, farm
house, restaurant or street car and President
Roosevelt who wants to do what the people want,
and Senators that are planning to vote foolishly
should know it.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Strategic City Is
Seized by Japs
+. rom Chinese -.

PEIPING, Jan. "a. G.N.S).
With so Chinese and 10 japanese
dead or wounded, 1000 japanese
and Manchukuan troops today
halted their drive into Chahar
province.
Pushing diSorganized Chinese
forces back in a two-day offensive,
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS troops had
swept over 25-mile front, and
seized control of 1000 square
miles Of Chinese territory.
The towns of Kuyuan and
Tungshatze capitulated yesterday
after a bombardment by airplanes
and light artillery, and today the
armored cars of the japanese
rolled into Tushihkow, strategic
city controlling a mountain pass
and a gate in the great wall.
Peiping was in terror, and Of.
ficials were engaged in frantic
efforts to bring peace, especially
since General Sung Chueh- Yuan,
governor Of Chahar, is in Peiping,
unable to lead his troops.
Japanese authorities said the
troops movements were ordered
to enforce an ultimatum issued
to General Sung to remove gar
risonS from the Kuyuan-Tung
Shatze. .TuShihkoW area.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
KARP BARKER.
A|VGIND.ICTED

Attorney General Homer s.
Cummings today announced that
indictments have been returned
in st. Paul against the members
of the notorious Karpis-Barker
gang and several others in con
nection with the kidnapping of Ed
ward G.. Bremen, wealthy st. Paul
banker, just one year ago.
Indictments were returned by a
Federal grand jury Tuesday
charging 10 with the actual kid,
naping of the banker and IA
others with conspiracy to kidnap.
Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy No.
l, leads the names of those in,
dicted for the kidnapping. He is
now the subject of a nationwide
hunt.
Three Others Named
Three others of the Karpis.
Barker gang, Arthur R. Barker,
Volney Davis, and Harry Camp.
bell, are also named. Barker was
arrested by Federal egents Janu.
ary 8 in Chicago, when Russell
Gibson, who is charged with con.
spiracy, was fatally wounded.
The kidnapping indictments were
returned also against Elm
Farmer, Harold Allderton, William
Weaver, Harry Sawyer, William j.
Harrison, and Byron Bolton.
Four Have Died
Among the IA conspiracy in.
dictmentS, four defendants have
been killed in battles with Fed
eral agents. Those four are
Gibson, Kate Ma" Barker, Fred
Barker and George Zeigler. The
two BarkerS were killed a few
days ago in Florida.
The remaining conspiracy in
dictments are against Oliver
Berg, Joseph P. Moran, John
Mclaughlin, william Wider, Paul
Delaney, James Wilson, Jesse
Doyle, Edna Murray, Myrtle
Eaton and a man known only as
Whitley"
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
STATE RESTS: HAUPTMANN NEXT
Senate "Gqg'
On Court
Blocked
BY WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON
Infarna tinnal NaEa SerVica

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International News Service
A second effort by the Admins
tration to shut off Senate debate
on the issue of American ad-
herence to the League Court was
blocked this afternoon when
Senator Hiram w. Johnson (R0
of California, Court foe, objected
to "gag" rule.
Senator Robinson, the Demo
cratic floor leader, proposed a
limitation Of, debate beginning at
4 o'clock this afternoon. He pro-
posed allowing each Senator to
speak one hour on the resolution
of adherence and but is minutes
on each reservation.
Senator johnson objected on
the ground that only half
dozen Senators had debated at
all. He suggested Senator Robin
son defer his request until next
week.
Few Debated
It was pointed out that only
two Senators have spoken in
favor of the Court and but four
against it, since the debate
opened 10 days ago.
Despite the lack Of debate,
Court foes have been gaining
converts every day. In order to
forestall these losses, Administra-
ton leaders decided to shut off
debate and force an immediate
vote.
Senators Louis Murphy (D), Of
Iowa, and Lewis B. Schwellen-
bach CD of Washington had an
:aouAeed they woald vote against
the Court. Mr.. Murphy announced
his opposition to the Court on the
ground that it would involve the
United States in european entan-
clements. Mr.. Schwellenbach de-
clared against the Court on the
grounds that the people Of his
State opposed it as the creature
of the League of Nations.
Urge Reservation
At the same time two outstand-
ing iberals-one a Senator and
the other a former Senator-de-
manded adoption of the Norris
reservation, which would give the
Senate the exclusive right to re-
fer cases to the Court, in event of
American adherence. They were
Senator Frederick Steiwar (RO J.,
Of Oregon, and former Senator
George Wharton Pepper CRJ, Of
Pennsylvania.
Declaring American interests
were fully protected under the
pending treaties, Senator Van
Nuys (DO. of Indiana, urged
American adherence.
The Indiana Senator, who wears
a toga once worn by Senator
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Due
To Testify
Today

COURT ROOM, FLEMING
TON, N. j., Jan. "a. G.N.S.).
Bruno Richard Hauptmann will
go on the witness stand this
afternoon, according to Edward
j, Reilly, chief counsel for the
defense. After the State rested
its case, Mr.. Reilly said:
eyes, he will go on for sure"
Defense Attorney Lloyd
Fisher, who will make the open
ing statement to the jury in the
defendants behalf, said he
thought Hauptmann would go
to the witness chair "about 2::30
or 3 p. M"
A motion for a directed yer.
dict of acquittal will be the first
move by Hauptmann's attorneys
when the defense opens it's case,
Mr.. Reilly said.
If this motion is denied sew
eral other motions likely will be
made, including one for dis
miSsal of the murder charge.
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Witness Attacked

Mr.. Reilly asked if certain wit
nesses could be recalled by the
State for cross-examination of the
defense. He said:
"We have come into the DOS.
session of information seriously
attacking the credibility Of her
testimony. We want the young
lady here, and we want her
here not as a defense witness"
Presumably Mr.. Reilly was refer.
ring to Miss Hildegarde Alexan.
der, of the Bronx.
Mr.. Wilentz at first objected,
but at length agreed to subpoena
Miss Alexander. She is the negli.
gee model who testified she saw
Hauptmann "shadowing" DIR. John
F.. "Jafsie" Condor, the Lindbergh
Intermediary, in the Bronx, during
CONTINUED on Page 6, Col. y
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
MISERY
RIDE STORM

While Washington was digging
out of an 11-inch snowfall in the
coolest weather Of the year-Six
degrees above zero-the Nation to-
day counted a heavy toll of death
that rode the wings of a bitter
frigid wave.
Three men were drowned today
when the barge Pattie Morrisette
foundered during binding snow
storm off Five Fathom Lighthouse
on the Delaware coast. Twenty.
five dead were counted in the
Middle West.
Six deaths were chalked up in
New York city as the eastern sea-
board fought through the second
successive day of a raging bliz.
zard. Philadelphia reported 10
dead.
Two deaths in Detroit were at.
tributed to the cold wave. A 40
year-old woman froze to death and
a 3-months-old baby was smoth.
cred by blankets piled about it
Tor protection.
Floods sweeping the Pacific
Northwest had inflicted hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of
damage near Seattle.
Arctic weather descended on
the Middlewest, with Frederick,
Wis, reporting SIS degrees below
zero and Devils Lake, N. Oak,
reporting SO below. Hundreds of
persons were treated for frost.
bite in Chicago, where the mer-
curry slipped to 10 degrees below
zero.
"Details of U. S. weather on
page 2, Washington storm ON
local page, and pictures on page
2 and local page.)
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
PRES|DEN 7
WARNS Of
WASTE
Urges Vast Conservation Plan
To Halt Squandering
Of National Resources
Excerpts from Presidents mes
sage are on page 4.
BY EARL GOODWIN


President Roosevelt sent to Con.
gress today an account Of every
thing the United States has left
in the way of natural resources.
with a warning that the American
people must stop squandering
their natural wealth and get down.
to planned economy.
With his message he sent the
report of the Natural Resources
Board and also the report made
by the Mississippi Valley Com
mittee of the Public Works Ad-
lninistration. The reports con.
stitute what the President hopes
will be q permanent policy OF
orderly development in every part
of the United States"
Looking Forward
The message and the report to-
day constitute an integral part in
the Roosevelt policy Of long view
in which the President
visions the American people ariS-
ing to greater happiness and q
well distributed wealth through q
wide but prudent use Of the land
and all it produces above and be-
low the surface.
It is a step in the tremendous
employment assurance" policy Of
the New Deal. If wisely planned,
the President believes that a ma
tional policy of the uses of natural
resources will not only furnish
employment which will put to rout
the immediate depression but it
will save the country from the
selfish exploitation which has
havoc in the past.
The President pays a tribute to
the conServationists who have
warned the country against the
too liberal use of natural resources
and declares that the report which
he sent to the Capitol today the
first complete national inventory
ever made.
Policy For Future
He said:
"For the first time. we have
made an inventory of our ma.
tiOnal assets and the problems
relating to them. For the first
time we have drawn together
the foresight of the various
planning agencies of the Fed
eral Government and suggested
q method and q policy for the
future"
The President asks the Nation
to be as prudent toward the use
Of oil. coal, water power, ETC., as
any foresighted individual would
be toward the use of his own
property. Speaking in that vein,
he told Congress:
eve as a Nation take stock
Of what we as a Nation own.
We think Of our land and water
and human resources not as
static and sterile possessions
but as life-giving assets to be
directed by wise provision for
future days.
1--WE seek to use our natural
resources not as a thing apart
but as something that is inter-
woven with industry, tabor. fl.
nance, taxation, agriculture,
homes, recreation, good citizen
ship"
Such an attitude, the President
believes, will have greater in.
fluence on the future American
standard of living than all the
rest of our economies put to-
gether."
Seeks Huge Fund
Much Of the 1000 million dol
lars in the Presidents vast
work-relief project would be used
in the next 18 months, he said,
for the development of the ma
tural resources under the plan
sent to Congress today.
After the crisis of unemploy.
ment has been passed, the PreSi.
dent said he hoped the Govern.
ment could afford 500 million
dollars year on the use and
Of resources.
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Will Rogers
Says:

CLARENDON, Tex, Jan. "a.
Texas is having a big centennial
next year, and while you sOrter
planning your vacation ahead,
you want to come to our biggest
State. You ought to read a list
of what this State produces, and
modern up to date cities, and
size and distances. Plenty Of
ranches here as big as Germany
or France, horse pastures as big
as England. Your BeIgiums and
Switzerlands would get lost in
some farmers cotton patch in
Texas. And oil; they are the
only State that can serve you
oil hot or cold.
Sam Houston, the most color.
full man in all American history
made this his arena. Yes, Sir,
brother, this Is q State.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
3 Drown AS Barge
Founders in Storm

NORFOLK, Va. Jan. "a G.N.SO.
Three men were drowned today
when the barge Pattie MorriSette
foundered during q binding
Snowstorm off Five Fathom Light
house on the Delaware coast.
Coastguard headquarters here re-
ported the cutter Champlain was
standing by but unable to attach
a line to the barge because of
rough seas,
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Girl Singer Held
AS Gangster's Pal

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "a
UN.SO.-Hiding her face from
the lens of cameras, Winona Bur.
dette, former radio singer and
alleged sweetheart of Harry Camp
bell, gangster accomplice of Alvin
Karpis. was held in $4,000 bail
here today.
She will be turned over to the
Federal District Court in South
ern Florida and prosecuted on
charges of harboring criminals.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
STATES. Warned
To MD RELIEF
International News Service

International News Service
Secretary of Labor Perkins TO-
day warned that States failing to
provide adequate old age pensions
under President Roosevelt'S social
security program would be denied
Federal aid. She said:
ut is very important that
Federal grants to States should
not be wasted, but should really
help States to provide decent
pensions. Therefore, grants in
aid should not be paid except
to a State which, with the hslp
of the Federal Government, is
paying decent pensions.
II am glad to see that the
bill provides that those grants
should be made only to States
which furnish assistance ade-
quate to provide q reasonable
subsistence compatible with
decency and health"
Miss Perkins spoke as a witness
before the Senate Finance Com
mittee holding public hearings on
the Wagner social security bill.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Ann Harding Plans
Voyage to Orient

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. "a I.N.S.)
Ann Harding, blond film star, to-
day was preparing for an ocean
trip to the Orient. to star at the
end of this week. despite the
court action instituted by her
former husband, Harry Bannister,
to gain custody of the couples
daughter, Jane, 6.
Jane will not accompany her
mother but will remain in the
custody Of nurses and a cover.
ness at the stars Hollywood
residence.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Coast Guard Epic
Traced by Admiral

History of the United States
Coast Guard from the days of the
early Republic was traced last
night by Admiral Harry G. Ham
let, commandant, in a speech at
the ladies. night banquet Of the
Sons Of the American Revolution
at the Mayflower Hotel. Guests
included Princess Julia Canta-
cuzene- Grant and the Marquise
De PoStad. Major Laurence Leon.
ard was master of ceremonies,
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
Rep. Celer Urges
Protest to Mexico

A resolution calling upon the
Mexican government to cease per.
secution of Catholics in that coun-
try was offered in the House to-
day by Representative Celler CD
of New York. Representative
Celler charged the Mexican ad.
ministration under President Car
denas 'proscripted and opposed
Catholics in a manner which
"harkS back to an age Of barbar.
ism"
The Washington times., 1935-01-24

Hauptmann on that occasion
shouted:
stop your lying!"
Mr.. Wilentz spoke up:
THE States rests now. My
understanding was that
when MIR. Sisk came in with
the records from Washing
ton, he would be recalled for
examination then"
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
D.C.BOundary Body
Extensions Sought

Extension of the Virginia-Dis-
trict Of Columbia Boundary Com.
mission from March /, 1885, to
March /, 1886, will be introduced
in a bill on the House floor today
by Representative Howard w.
Smith, of Virginia.
The Washington times., 1935-01-24
DIR. POLLING TO TALK

The Golden Rule Christian En-.
deavor Union, celebrating the
fifty-fourth anniversary of the C.
E. movement, will hear DR.. Daniel
A. Polling, president Of the World
Christian Endeavor Society, to-
night at the Third Baptist Church.