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counters and threw cloth over a
display table.
As he Travelled homeward, he
wished that his father had not, even
If it was inevitable, died so suddenly.
Or rather, that the easy-going head
of the family had been bit more
explicit or confiding about the condl-
ton of his affairs.
What the will he had left con-
tanned, the family was entirely lgno-
rant of. beyond mere speculation.
Uncle Jed and the family lawyer, old
jackson, would probably be at the
house when he arrived, Bob thought
with the will that Uncle Jed brought
to light.
An involuntary wrinkle formed in
Bobs brow at the mere thought OF
Uncle Jed. There had never been
any cause for distrust. but somehow
y, had never liked his fathers
kanther.
DOB stopped for moment in the
cool hall and let his eyes become
accustomed to the comparative dark
ness of the house after the still
bright sunlight of the street. He
could hear voices coming from the
living room.
Hello, young Fleming" old Jack
son greeted as Bob entered. Uncle
Jed merely cleared his throat and
nodded. Bob noted with a bit OF
surprise the similarity of the two
men, a sameness of impression they
both gave.
I'm so glad you've come at last,
Robert" his mother sighed. Mora
and I have both been so nervous all
day, waiting for Mr.. jackson to read
the will
why, that was silly mother" Bob
laughed, there was nothing to worry
about. Naturally, father would have
left everything to you, this house and
what money he has in the bank"
"Of course, Nelly" Uncle Jed's thin
lips smiled, "it is mere matter OF
form to read last will"
LAS to that I can't say" inter-
posed jackson jed here informs me
that the will was given to him sealed
and. as you can see, the seal is still
intact"
who drew up the will?' ques-
toned Bob. Wasn't it bit unusual
for father to let any one but you
handle his legal affairs?", jackson
coughed deprecatingly.
Your father entrusted the matter
TO the assistant had several years
ago, who has since left my employ
ment. But if you will let us get on
with the reading. am sure it is a
perfectly legal document. young man."
jackson hemmed Importantly and
broke the wax seal which fastened
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duty, Naval Air Station, Pensacola
Fla.
Perry, Chief Radio Electrician JOS
eph A., detached 4th Naval District
Philadelphia, Pa, in October; to duty
as assistant toInspector of Navy Ma
terrell, Philadelphia, Pa.
Miller, Pharmacist George A.. de-
tached Naval Hospital. Annapolis,
Md, about November /; to Naval
Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
Frelinger, Chief Pay Clerk. Andrew
L., detached U. S. S. Arkansas. about
November l; to Naval Academy, An
napolis, Md.
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ROB FLEMING

BOB FLEMING
closed the door
on the last Gus
toner of the day
and slid over the
bolt at his F street
shop. He was glad
the day was over,
because 1t h a d
been an effort to
concentrate upon
the stationery bus
iness with h S
mind so pre- c-
cupied with h i S
own affairs.
Bob was nothing
II not thorough. AS
great as was his
haste to go home
to the comfortable
house in George
town, where he
lived with his Wild
owed mother and
his sister Nora, he
carefully put away
the stock uDOn the
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Morse Codes Decline.

With just suggestion of cere-
mony, the last dot-and-dash tele-
graphic message was recently sent
from the central telegraph office of
London. The old system invented
by Morse has been abandoned and
the teleprinter has taken its place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
BEACON DESTROYED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, October 1.-THE
Federal Lighthouse Service reports
that st. Pierre Island Beacon No. Z
in Tangier Sound, has been destroyed
1t will be rebuilt. Glymont Light fog
signal, in the Potomac, will be tenn
porarily discontinued until Novem-
Der IS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-10-17
bers with respect to the proposed re-

bers with respect to the proposed re-
coming of a section of the tract from
residential A" to Commercial D." to
permit the erection of business struc-
lures, the association passed a second
resolution opposing rezoning for this
purpose for a greater depth than $50
feet from Wisconsin avenue.
Emory Bogley. John A. P. Farnham
and James c. Dulin, jr., we're named
to present the views of the association
at the hearing on the petition for the
rezoning Of the tract.
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SHORT STORY
POINT OF VIEW

the few sheets of
legal paper. A
hush fell upon the
room. Unfolding
the sheets, Jackson
scanned them rap
idly. "They are
dated September l.,
1890" he an
n our ced. Bob's
surprise was EVIL
dent upon his
face. He wonder
ed why his father
had made no later
will, knowing that
he was a sick man.
"'IaSt will and
testament of Will
liam Fleming. BY
these presents, may
all men know that
I, being Of sane
and sound mind;
we'll just skip the
preamble" j a C k
son observed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-05
ROOSEVELT SUBMITS
14-POINT PROGRAM
List Of Must" Bills May Keep
Congress in Session All
Summer.

~ the Associated Press
A 14-point must" legislative list
vas dumped today by President
Roosevelt into the laps of his con-
gresSional leaders
Immediately they said that any idea
of an early adjournment had vanished
and some predicted Congress would
be in session until September.
The measures which the Capitol
Hill chiefs understood the President
wanted were:
Temporary N. R. A.. social security,
omnibus banking. utilities holding
company. Wagner labor disputes.
Guffey coal Sterilization. expansion of
the Tennessee Valley Authority, farm
adjustment act amendments. extern
sion Of the Bankhead cotton control
act, revival of the Federal Alcohol
Control Administration, continuance
of existing nuisance" taxes. regula-
ton of motor bus transportation, con-
tinuance of Federal oil control and
Forthcoming bill STIMULATING that the
Government should buy only from
concerns which live up to wage, hour
and fair trade practice requirements.
Chairman O'Connor of the House
Rules Committee, who had been tore
casting that Congress would finish
by mid August, said the session would
continue until September. Senator
Harrison, Democrat. of Mississippi.
Ohio had been talking about Julyt
moved his prediction along to August.
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Capital Speeds Nine. Lebrun
From One Affair to Another

1.-THE women Of France are more
interested in their homes and do not
put themselves forward in political
issues" Nine. Lebrun yesterday told
newspaper women at press confer
ence at the French Embassy.
Nine. Lebrun pointed out that the
Frenchwoman has no vote at present.
but that it is her belief women there
will vote sooner or later" She ex-
pressed appreciation for her reception
in New York and said she found
Washington not at all like New York,
the latter being curious with its
many tall buildings like minarets."
Nine. Lebrun has never given an
interview in her native country and
has no press conferences, for there,
she said. she lis nothing but the wife
of the President" Her English. she
says. Is limited, though she under
stood and answered questions readily.
occasionally comforting with Nine. de
Laboulaye. wife of the French Ambas-
sador, who sat beside her Oh the divan.
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), 238 Awdit Word as to Jobs
In Skeleton ". X. 4. Retention
Number TO Be Retained Unfi1ed, but
Many Branches VIII Be Wiped Out
and Others Reduced.

pute bill is passed. the N T. r. B
organization the legislation creates for
settling labor troubles.
The Textile Labor Relations Board
and the Steel Labor Relations Board
probably will be wiped out entirely.
The Petroleum Board. an N. R. A
subdivision with an undetermined
number of workers probably will be
established by act of Congress.
Employees of the Electric Home and
Farm Authority. which works closely
with the T. v A. probably will be
transferred to the Valley Authority.
Outlook Is Sketched.
Divisions of the N. R. A. itself
which seem slated for abandonment.
and the number of employees in each.
are:
Advisory Council, 10: Labor Ad-
viSory Board, 10; Industrial Advisory
Board. IS; Industrial Appeals Board, g.;
Consumers Advisory Board, So. code
authority accounts section. 81 general
code authority. ! code administration,
l0l. compliance, ISL
The following code organizations
seem due for stringent contraction If
not actual diSbandonment:
Basic materials 10; equipment 1856:
construction. 70: distributing trades.
l09: amusement, g. food. ga graphic
arts. So: public agencies. 49, public
utilities, so: chemical 81; textile, 80;
manufacturing, G3.
The review division, with "a workers.
and the National Industrial Recovery
Board. Is. evidently are due to go.
The divisions of Government con-
tracts. legal and research and planning
seem due for retention
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APPEAL CLEARS DUKE

Manchester's Conviction on False
Pretenses Reversed.
LONDON. June (P.-The Duke
Of Manchester today won his appeal
from his conviction OF May 10 on a
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenSes.
LORD Hewart. announcing that the
Court of Appeal had quashed the
conviction, said that the summing
up after the original trial II Old
Bailev was insufficient and uAsatis-
factory.
The Duke Of Manchester was al
legged to have paWned Jewels celd in
trust by the estate of his late r.other.
thereby obtaining money Awlthout
negotiable collateral.
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BY BLAIR BOLLES.

N R. A. headquarters today tenSely
awaited word from the White House
on the number of employees to be re-
tanned for the skeleton organization.
Pay roll funds for all the 5,238 Blue
Eagle workers expire at midnight June
Is. with the death of the act, but it is
expected a deficiency appropriation
bill will be rushed through Congress
before that date to care for the new
et-upS workers.
Partial number of men and women
who would be thrown out of Jobs if
the recovery act were allowed to lapse
altogether are:
N r A in the District. 1868: N R
A in the field. 1875; Federal Alcohol
Control Administration, 1862; Central
Statistical Board, Sc; National Labor
Relations Board, 1865; Textile Labor
Relations Board. 81: Steel Labor Re
lations Board. 6; Special Adviser on
Foreign Trade, 90.
l62 May Retain Jobs.
Jobs of the 1862 employees of the F.
A. C. A. are to be saved. if possible
by immediate legislation creating the
alcohol administration by act of Con-
greSS.
The office of special adviser on for
elgn trade was ended yesterday.
The Central Statistical Board prob
ably will be retained entirely as an
integral part of the new-style fact
finding N. r. A.
The White House is said TO be de-
termined to transfer the los employees
of the National Labor Relations Board
to a widely expanded mediation divi-
sion of the Labor Department.
However. if the Wagner labor dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-05
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
In one Paris costume after another
Nine. Albert Lebrun, wife of the Presi-
dent of France, was whisked from
place to place today as fast as she
could go.
We are in such a hurry!" she
lamented. expressing regret that she
could not linger and see more.
visit to Mount Vernon was her
early morning program after yester-
days state dinner at the White House
and intimate reception at the French
Embassy
This afternoon she had to depart
for New York for more festivities,
notably big ball tonight aboard
her god child" the superliner Nor
mandie.
As she absorbed all she could of
America, her gowns said Paris in
lines svelte and simple: her hats said
it with feathers distinctik and a
bit daring. e
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ROOSEVELT FEARS
NEW LABOR STRIFE
Says Wagner Bill Is Neces-
Sary to Prevent Need
for Martial Law.

Copyright 1885. By the Associated Pressl
A warning that martial Jaw will
be necessary to cope with unrest un-
less the Wagner labor disputes and
the Guffey-Snyder coal stabiliza ton
bills are enacted was attributed to-
day TO President Roosevelt
Several high congressional haders
who discussed the matter with him
said he used almost these exact
words-that the TWO bills were in
, dispensable to prevent the necessity
of martial law. The infoIrIants,
/ who are men in nigh posts. preferred
not 10 be quoted by name.
II became clear that the two meas
ureS most vigorously demaudaG by
/ union representatives were hl2n on
the Presidents must legislative list.
The United Mine Workers ere ar
ranging for a strike in the bitu,ninOus
coal fields beginning June II Their
leaders assert 100000 mine employees
will be involved The President re-
ferred to this IN his talk with con-
gressional leaders, and spoke Of pos
sible consequences
trouble IN House Seen.
One of the participants in yester-
days White House conference said the
President was told there would be
trouble getting the Wagner bill
through the House.
One Democratic chief in that branch
reported that at least $50 House men,
bers had expressed a desire to avoid
a vote on the bill He added that
trouble would result if it were forced
to a vote
Senators Robinson. DemOncrat. of
Arkansas. and Harrison. Democrat. of
Mississippi, replied. it was said. that
they had entertained similar fears be-
fore the Wagner bill was brought up
in the Senate. They recalled that it
was passed by an overwhelming ma
jority and with little debate
The House conferees said. however.
that before the bill could be brought
up on the floor it would have to be
approved by the House Rules Commit
tee. One added that he knew OF only
one sure vote out of the nine in that
committee for the bill.
The President was reported to have
insisted, nevertheless, that the bill be
pushed.
Labor Relations Board
The Wagner bill would set up a
Labor Relations Board with power to
order collective bargaining elections
and outlaw company dominated"
Unions. 1t would provide for ma jor-
ity rule" in collective bargaining The
Gutfey- Snyder proposal would provide
for control of production. wages. hours
and fair trade practices in the btu
minous coal industry.
Some changes were in store for both
measures. Talk persisted about modi-
flying the Wagner bill to make certain
that it applied only to businesses en-
gagged in interstate commerce. though
Chairman Connery of the House Labor
Committee insisted such an amend
ment was unnecessary.
The Guffey-Snyder bill. in the form
reintroduced yesterday by Senator
Guffey, Democrat. of PENNSYLVANIA
was referred TO the Attorney General
and the Solicitor General for study
and comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-05
SUICIDE ENDS MYSTERY
OF CHATEAUX ROBBERIES
Thefts of Art Objects Last Year
Traced to Dead Man and
Jailed Accomplish.
BY the Associated Press.

BY Inc hSSOCldleu FIeSSs
PARIS. June 5.-The Surete Ma
tionale announced today that the
mystery of numerous chateauX rob-
berries in 1884. in which the loot to-
tailed many millions of francs worth of
art objects. had been solved by the
suicide of one burglar and the arrest
of another.
The two accused men we're said to
have entered and robbed dozens of
chateaux of the wealthiest French, in
Guiding Baron Edourd de Rothschild,
and of making of with paintings,
sculptures and rare books which they
chose with great and expert care.
For a year. detectives attempted to
pick up their trail but always the two
managed to escape until last January
when Lucien Barjonnet was arrested
However, he killed himself in the
police station before he was questioned
His alleged accomplice was Andre
Buffet. Employed of chateaux who
had been held up Sentifed both men.
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SEEK BOOTLECGER
IN K|DNAP ING CASE
Officers Act on Tip" From
PortIand-EarIy Break"
Expected.

Copyright 1855 BY the Associated Pressn
TACOMA. Wash. June Slot on
the trail of George WeyerhaeuSer's
kidnapers, after the tell-tale appear
ance of one of the 10000 ransom bills
in Eastern Oregon, the Nations man
hunters labored today to break the
case wide OPEN by tomorrow evening
A former big-time Portland boot
logger was reported by Capt. Jack
Keegan of the Portland police detec-
tives to be sought in the belief he
might be a man described by the g.
year-old victim as one Of his kidnapers
Capt. keegan did not know whether
the Department of Justic operatives
were working on his tip and the Gov
eminent men refused to comment.
But I'm taking plenty OF stock in
it," Kegan added.
Unseen Since kidnapping.
Police repeatedly became interested
in him because he has not been known
to have been seen since the kidnapping
and a still of his recently was seized
in the vicinity of ISSaquah, Wash,
where George was freed.
Capt. Keegan said the man is a
bootlegger and rum-runner familiar
with all of the -of-the-Way roads
of Oregon. Washington and Idaho.
Several Government men made mys-
ferrous trips by automobile from their
temporary headquarters here last
night. They returned without visible
physical evidence.
Belief that sensational develop
ment was near came from the COM
ment of Department of Justice
spokesman late yesterday. He as
serted the case will break wide open
within 43 hours"
The Oman" refused to indicate
whether the break would be the arrest
of suspect. He intimated the kid
napers are believed to be Pacific
Northwest gang but he would not in
dictate their identity or probable
whereabouts.
Ransom Bill Found.
This was after the agents had
learned a $50 San Francisco Federal
Reserve note taken Sunday night at
Huntington in Eastern Oregon was
part of the 5000 900 Mr.. and Mrs j. P.
WeyerhaeuSer, jr.. paid for the return
of their son Saturday morning.
The bill was identified by Blaine
Coles. vice president of the First Ma
tional Bank in Portland, when it ar
rived at the bank from Huntington.
1t had been sent in by T. o. Hunter,
Union Pacific System station agent.
who said a man about 80 years old.
smooth Shaven and wearing a tan
suit and brown hat. rendered it to
C. E. Harmon. telegraph operator. in
paying for a ticket to Salt Lake City.
Hunter said the man boarded an
eaStbound train at 1910 that night.
There was no indication that the man
arrived at Salt Lake City. and author
tiles were believed to be checking in
Utah. Eastern Oregon and Southern
Idaho to determine if he bought the
ticket as ruse and never left Ore
gon or dropped off along the route
to the Utah metropolis
Department of Justice operatives
here were intensely interested in the
finding of the ransom bill
The Huntington description of the
man who gave the ransom bill did
not fit closely the description of any
of the three suspects broadcast In
the kidnap manhunt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-05
THOUSANDS FLEE
ONCOM|NG FLOOD
Gorged Missouri and KaW
Increase Peril by Race
to Kansas City.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. June Thousand
of lowlsnd dwellers fastened III
evacuation of food-threatened home
and farms today as the creSts of The
water burdened Missouri and kaV
Rivers raced 10 the junction here.
The exodus to higher ground re-
sembled the flight of non combatant'
before an approaching enemy. Having
stored their larger household articles
in second stories Of dwellings and ha!
lofts. farmers left for the hills, driv
ing their stock before them. Laborer
worked desperately to strengthen dixie
and railroad entertainments.
The crest OF the KaW River flooG
was about IS miles west of here
threatening Topeka. while that of thu
Missouri River-already overlooking
in many places along its 400-mile
course from here TO ST Charles Mo
was about the same distance TO tht
north. Engineers feared the tOta
volume of water here would exceed
that OF the 1908 flood.
Breaks Menace North Topeka.
As the muddy. debris chokeC
waters of the Ksw surged down or
the Kansas capital. residents of North
Topeka were ordered to leave. Breaks
appeared in dikes to the west of the
city. The river was expected to reach
stage of Is feet, 7 feet above the
flood mark. All train service to
Western Kansas was cut off
At the lower end of the Missouri
River between 40 and so families fed
for their lives early today as the
turbulent stream burst a levee wal
and inundated 10000 acres of bottom
land in St. Louis County The area
was expected To be under feet OF
water in few hours.
More than 1000 men and wome1
had staged losing fight to save the
levee
NebraSkas food disaster toll con-
tinued to increase today as the Re
publican River crept back into its
banks and the danger of a serious
flood along the Platte River decreased
As Bodies Recovered.
An Associated Press survey showed
As recovered bodies and listed 58 other
verified and reported dead for a total
of 1903. The Red Cross. however. re-
ported SO dead and 86 still missing
The death toll in Kansas was eight
and in Missouri three.
United States Army engineers were
prepared TO mobilize 5000 men 10
meet the flood threat here. Three
thousand men were put to work early
today by Kansas City. Mo- officials "a
build protecting levee on the south
bank of the Kaw to prevent an over
flow into the central industrial dis
trict. The entire personnel of the
c. c. c. in Missouri was ordered to
stand by for emergency work
If the two creStS reach here at the
same time. engineers estimate the two
streams will reach a level of from
to IA feet above flood stage.
AirlineS based At the Kansas City
municipal airports made preparations
for hasty evacuation. The aeld is
located in the bend of the Missouri
and one corner IS just opposite the
point where the kSW enters The larg-
er stream.
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STRIKE IN TOLEDO
HALTS BIG PLANTS
Industry ParaIyzed as Pow
er Workers Walk Out
in Wage Dispute.

BY the Associated Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 5.-A condi-
ton of virtua, industrial paralysis
fell upon this city of more than
100000 population today as union
electrical workers went on strike
causing a serious shortage of power
One after another. huge factories
shut down-unable to operate without
eleCtricity-and city officials predicted
before the dav was done more thar
10000 industrial workers would be
idle
The strike was called early TODAY
by the Electrical workers Union al
the Toledo Edison Co, which supplies
95 per cent OF ToledO's industries with
power. Officials of the company said
$50 of their 535 employees Joined the
WalkOut, which followed a breakdown
of efforts to settle wage controversy
Nearby Towns Affected.
Numerous nearby towns which re-
ceive power from the Toledo Edison
Co. also we're affected as its output
declined.
Oliver Myers business agent for the
union. said it would Cooperate if the
company is willing to make provision
for an uninterrupted supply of power
for hospitals, newspapers and the city
water works.
In other respects. however. the
power famine spread rapidly through
the city's life and even into its thou
sands Of homes. many of which de-
pend upon electricity for illumination,
refrigeration and other services.
Street car service. the operation of
draWbridges and numerous other COM
monplaces of modern life also we're
threatened.
Myers. in discussing his committees
wage demands. said. our men are
working on a 1926 hour wage scale.
and hours have been cut from the a..
48 to SIS of that year to the present
40-hour week"
The company is a subsidiary of the
Cities Service Corp.
Demands Denounced.
c. L. Proctor, vice president and
general manager of the Edison Co..
issued the following statement:
There is no justification whatever
for our electrical workers going on
strike
"A year ago we acceded to unreal
Sonable demands by the union for no
reason except to avert general shut
down in Toledo which was then in
the midst of mob violence Obvi-
ously. We cannot go on indefinitely
meeting unreasonable demands.
Our men are we'll paid. in fact
they receive the highest wages of any
like workers in any city in Ohio COM
parable in size to Toledo. They admit
that their working conditions are en-
tirely satisfactory"