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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
BLONDE HUNTED
IN KIDNAPPING
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county, Washington, flew to Cali
fornia, it was learned.
Late in April, the girl appeared
in Seattle again, seeking through
an attorney to recover the car.
She declared the man who had
rented the apartment was not her
husband and that the car was her
private property and could not be
attached for the rent. She later
withdrew this affidavit.
A woman who said she was the
blondes sister appeared with a
man and paid the car storage
charges with a bad check, which
they made good three days later,
according to Lieutenant Mahoney.
On May Z the car was released
to the girl, and she disappeared,
the car later was seen in Tacoma.
Three days after the kidnapping
officers appeared to make inquiries
about the girl and the car. Lieu
tenant Mahoney said:
eve had a tip that we ought
to look her up"
Today, the black Cadillac, con.
tanning three men and woman,
was being sought throughout Utah,
where State police said its occu-
pants had passed one Of the ran
som bills, but Federal agents de-
MED it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
WHITE HOUSE
NUMON TAXES

The White House attitude to-
ward published stories that the
President intends to ask for extra
taxes, including estate and inheri-
lance taxes, is one of mo COM
ment."
The President was asked today
whether he had read the pub
lished stories and replied that he
had not thought of taxes in more
than a month and a half"
Asked whether he intended to
send message to Congress on the
tax situation, he still maintained
that he had not thought of taxes
for six weeks.
The general impression in Gov
eminent circles is that while the
Administration is not denying the
tax story, the report may have
been put out on Capitol Hill as
a feeler, or as a scare to Congress
men who have been appropriate
ing money outside budget require
mentS,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Tax Employees
Win Battle
For Jobs

The Civil Service Commission
announced today that 1913 out Of
$50 employees of the alcohol tax
unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
received passing marks in the re-
cent noncompetitive examination
that was required for their re-
instatement to a pay basis.
OF the total taking the test, the
commission announced that So
still have to be marked, so that
the total number passing the
examination remains undeter-
mined.
However, the announcement
marked an almost complete vic
tory for sponsors of the investiga-
tors after a six-months' fight over
their status eliminating in legis-
lation that nullified the Nickel
lar rider.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
GALLERY BILL
. IS ON SENATE
CALENDAR
Favorable Committee Report
BY Sen. Walsh Assures Early
Action on Measure

Carrying the strong endorse
ment of the Senate Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds, the
Walsh resolution calling for crea.
ton of a commission to study
plans for a National Portrait Gal
lery here was on the Senate cal
endar today.
The report was filed late yester-
day by Senator David I. Walsh
CD of Massachusetts,, author of
the proposal. The report cites the
enthusiastic approval given at CON-
mittee hearings by representatives
of the Smithsonian Institution, the
United States Fine Arts Commits
sion and the National Gallery
of Arts.
Material Now Stored
1t explains that housing facili-
ties at the National Gallery Of
Arts and the National Museum
are such that some material of
the type proposed to be exhibited
in the National Portrait Gallery
must be stored.
The report also notes that for
eign countries have institutions in
which portraits and sculptures of
heroes and others prominent in
national history are displayed,
The committee was advised by
expert witnesses that a National
Portrait Gallery should be sep
arate and distinct from a Ma
tional Gallery of Art.
1t suggested that by placing SUI
pervision of the National Portrait
Gallery under the Smithsonian In
stitution a number of valuable
pieces probably would be attracted.
Nucleus Is Available
Witnesses. according to the re-
port, told the committee that a
substantial nucleus for the begin
ming of a National Portrait Gal
lery already is available in the Ma
tional Museum.
With the resolution on the Sen
ate calendar, it is probable that
favorable action will be obtained
on the measure on the next cal
endar day-possibly Monday.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Do You Remember?

One month ago the tollolD-
ing names Dere in the head
lines. Can you recall them?
James Wilson.
Joseph SteinmetZ.
M. A. Pierce.
Florence SpOOner.
Frank GreggS.
(AnSWerS on Page IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
FEDERAL UNITS
MEET TONIGHT

Two organizations of Federal
personnel affiliated with the
American Federation of Govern
ment Employees will hold i'm
portant meetings tonight at 8
o'clock.
Employees connected with Dis.
trict relief will gather at the Y. w.
C. A., GA E st. N. w., to elect
three delegates from II nominees
for the annual AFGE convention
slated for Cincinnati in early
September. They will be addressed
by Col. Charles I. Stengle, for
mer Representative from New
York and administrative represen-
tative of the AFGE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Banker Shoots
Self to Avoid
Prison ERIN

EMPORIA, Kan, June 7
O.N.SO.-W. w. Finney, 62-year-
old E1nporia banker and once
one of the most prominent men
in Kansas, today had escaped a
prison sentence of SO to 600
years in connection with the
1888 State bond scandal and
bank embezzlement charges, by
putting a bullet through his
brain.
Member of a pioneer Kansas
family which for two genera
lions had been prominent in
Kansas politics, father of Ron
aid Finney, who, with Tom
Boyd, former Secretary of State,
is now serving a prison term in
the bond fraud, the elder Fin
ney shot himself as a sheriff
waited outside of the Finney
summer cabin near here to take
him to prison last night. He died
a short while later.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Mother, Son Hanged
For Murder of Kin

men were stationed at the only
open entrance to the Jail farm.
1t was less than a turn of the
big hand around the clock when
the undertaker's assistant, driving
a hearse in which were two gray
collins, drove into the grounds.
Fence Taken Down
Three nondescrip appearing
men in soiled clothes waited to
take down the 25-foot fence that
had been built around the wire
enclosed Jail yard so the curious
might not see, and to dismantle
the gallows.
The fog still hung heavily upon
the clover7scented fields when at
500 Mrs. Carey's cell was un-
locked and she began the walk
of 100 steps to the gallows. Her
path on the last mile lay through
the Jail dining room.
Once she SWayed lightly
against a guard, but when the
Rev. Mr.. White, only two years
older than her oldest son, touched
the wide-eyed woman'S arm she
steadied herself.
The lips of Mrs. Carey moved in
unison with his in reciting the
apostles creed:
81 believe in God, the Father
Almighty, maker of heaven and
earth"
AS Mrs. Carey set foot in the
prison yard a rooster croWed, a
pig squealed. The almost un-
earthly light in her eyes changed
for a moment and she half turned
her head as she heard these
sounds, familiar in this same
countryside since her childhood.
The minister began to say the
Lords Prayer as Mrs. Carey set
foot upon the trap that was to
be sprung a minute later. She
was asked:
"Have you anything to Say?"
SPEAKS TEN WORDS
Her voice was dry as she spoke
10 words. Hardly had they
passed her lips when the moose
was adjusted around her neck,
the hood slipped over her head.
A signal was given to Warden
Hugh D. Smith, who served as
hangman. From the little win
dowless enclosure, where he was
not visible to the doomed woman
nor She to him, he saw the signal
and jerked the rope.
The Rev. Mr.. White, his face
chalky, closed his eyes and lifted
his handsome blond head as he
began the committal prayer:
"Under Gods gracious mercy
and protection we commit YOU"
A green-eyed, black cat that had
come through the dining room
darted across the yard as the trap
was sprung with a clatter and
Mrs. Carey dropped to her death,
In the murky morning her body
swung from the gibbet.
Fifteen minutes later Drs. AL
brey C. Smoot, the Jail physician,
and George V. Wood, pronounced
her dead.
Undertaken Watson took charge
of all that was left of May Carey
In seven minutes the evidences
Of Mrs. Carey's death had been
removed and a new rope stretched
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EDWIN G. PITTS
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SOL. Ten minutes later the trap
was sprung. At 6 p. m. he was
pronounced dead.
Death and the State of Della
ware had collaborated to write
the final chapters in the blood
stained book of life for Mrs.
Carey and her son. The murder
of her brother, Robert H. Hitchins,
in 1927, had been avenged under
the ancient law of an eye for an
eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Prays Briefly
Not so quietly as his mother,
but no less courageously, Howard
went to his death. He seemed to
reproach his mother as he stood
at the threshold of death. He
said:
what I did was against my
will. / feel sure any one in my
place would have done the
same. 1 hope to see my three
little ones on the other side"
He prayed briefly then the
moose and the hood were adjusted,
the trap banged.
Mrs, Carey prepared herself
calmly for the end. She washed,
then put on the black dress
trimmed in white at the neck that
she had chosen for a hanging
gown and shroud.
Howard dressed himself in a
dark suit and a soft, white shirt.
-Four husky guards stood by
each cell as the condemned pairs
spiritual advisers, the Rev. Rich
ard K. White, of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, and the Rev.
j. S. Bolton, of the Methodist
Church, entered the cells. Also
there for a final word for fare.
well was Frederick P. Whitney,
the attorney who had defended
the Careys and then had ex'
hausted every legal remedy to
save them from the gallows.
Calls Undertaken
Mrs. Carey told Whitney to
bring the undertaken to her
Clinton H. Watson, Of Frank
fort, was brought to the cell.
"When you take me away to
bury me l wish you would drive
by my mothers old home In
Omar"
The undertaken promised sol
emily he would. He kept his
promise on the way to the sandy
slope which is the graveyard OF
st. Georges Church near Frank
fort.
Then close by the valley of the
shadow of death the voices of
mother and son quavered:
"Jesus gave me the light and
I am going to let it shine"
Dawn's pale forerunner already
had come to the jail to herald the
hour of their doom. They shut
their eyes from the sight and re.
peated the Twenty-third Psalm:
"The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want"
Outside in the fog the IL so
called jurors, who were the Of
ficial witnesses, began to arrive
It was 4 a. m. Barbed wire barri
cadeS kept out all who had not the
required passes. Ten State police
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
PITTS, STUNNED
BY BASEBALL,
ASKSCHANCE
League Chief Turns Down Play
With Evers As Magnates and
Fans Back His Plea

NEW YORK, June 7 G.N.S).
Alabama" Pitts is free today to
walk in the sunshine with his
fellow man-if mis- fellow man
will let him.
For "Alamaba" Pitts. a strap
ping young fellow of IS, has left
the gray walls of Sing Sing be-
hind him, after doing a five-year
"bit" for SIS robbery. his debt
to society paid. cleanly, fairly
and with smile.
Five years ago Alabama" Pitts,
an ignorant boy from the South
land stood before the bar OF
Justice; today baseball stands be-
fore the bar of public opinion.
Baseball Boss Says ''NO."
For baseball, through one of its
dignitaries, w. G. Bramham,
president of the National Associa-
tiion of Professional Leagues, the
minor league organization, has
turned thumbs down on Alabama
Pitts first bid for the right to
work and live.
Alabama Pitts entered Sing
Sing q raw, untutored youth who
never had learned to play. Maybe
that's why he was there. Inside
he soon learned to tear a football
line to Shreds, to hit a baseball,
and to toss basketball. His
fame as an athlete spread lar.
So. when he stepped forth yes
terday, he accepted an offer to
play ball with Johnny Evers' Al
bany Club. But here Mr.. Bran
ham stepped into the picture.
Mr.. Bramham says he did 1t
"for the sake of the fans" But
the fans lost no time in demand
ing for Alabama Pitts his rightful
place in the sun. And big league
owners, never overly susceptible to
sentiment, urge his right to play
ball.
Rupert Also Objects
A consensus taken by Interna-
tional News Service on the Ala
bama Pitts found only one other
dissenting voice among big
leaguers and that the voice of
Col. Jake Rupert, multimillion-
aire owner of the New York
Yankees.
Rupert said "Pitts should
have a chance of course, but
would never let him play on
my club for the sake of the
other players. Nor" he added,
would he let Pitts play even
if the other players welcomed
him with open arms"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
THREE WALK
UNASS|STED
To DOOM
Wife of Murton, Asleep at
Hour of Execution, to Be
ParoIed Next Week
BY WIN BROOKS

BOSTON, June 7. G.N.S0.
Three young gunner, who killed
for fun and money, walked the
'"last mile" to the electric chair
at the dark beginning of today.
Murton Millen, Irving Millen
and Abraham Faber were exc
cuted in the first half hour after
midnight at States Prison in
Charlestown.
Outside the prison a crowd of
5000 broke through police lines,
crying:
"Let 'em burn. Let 'em burn"
One after another, led by
prayer, their faces set as hypno-
tized men, the three walked un.
assisted to the chair. But there
was terror in their eyes.
Dies Calm
Notwithstanding Murt Millen
died without word. He shook
hands with Faber and he shook
hands with Irving.
He walked to the chair between
guards and he died without show
OF emotion of any kind.
Irving Millen shook hands with
Faber and followed his brother.
He rolled his shoulders as they
strapped him in the chair and he
announced:
II want to say that 1 salute
my brother, MurtOn."
A few minutes later he was
dead.
There was none left to shake
hands with Faber. He alone re-
peated the prayers of Moses l..
Sedar, spiritual advisor, who
walked with each of the doomed.
Though I walk through the
Valley of the Shadow or Death,
I will fear no evil e"
The black strap Of the head
electrode cut off the prayer, and
Faber died.
Wife Sleeps
The three died for the murder
of Patrolman Forbes A. Mcleod,
cut down by machine-gun fire dur
ing the $14,500 holdup of the
Needham Trust Company on Feb
ruary 2, 1884.
But Forbes Mcleod, whistling
policeman and father of four little
girls, was only one of four men
they killed and one of six they
shot during an eight-months ruth
less career in banditry.
While the three paid the pen
atty today, Murt Millen's young
wife, Norma, was reported asleep
in Dedham Jail, where she is
serving a one-year sentence as &C
cesSory after the bank robbery
and murders.
Her husband having been exc
cuted, she is now eligible for pa.
role which may be voted her on
Wednesday. She will go to st.
Louis with her sister, Thelma, to
begin life anew.
Abe Faber's erStWhile fiancee,
Rose Knellar, was in hiding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
OPERETTA TONIGHT

THE Vagabond," an operetta.
will be given by the Boys Glee
Club Club of Cardozo High School
tonight at 8 o'clock in the school
auditorium.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
3 Armed Thugs Get
Payroll of $1,1OO

NEW YORK, June 7 G.N.S0.
Three armed men today held up
Miss Ann Greenberg, en- route
from Queens Plaza to Long
Island City, and escaped with a
$1,100 pay roll of the Broadway
Maintenance Corporation. After
the holdup, staged in crowded
street, the men sped away in an
automobile.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
UN|TES
CAT AND DOG

MCBAINE, Mo-. June IA cat
and a dog, born enemies, were
brought together today by flood.
The cat meowed. The dog
barked. They were caught on the
top of a piece of iron pine,
Swollen waters of the Missouri
River threatened to swallow
them.
The cat and the dog got to-
gether, held tight, and screamed
for help. They were rescued by
pasSerSby.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07
Circus Recalls Glory
Of Crippled Acrobat

Thursday and continue through
next week. He greeted them on
"the lot"
There is nothing gloomy about
McGonald's philosophy. The for.
mer acrobat believes the ups and
downs in life are part of his des-
tiny, and he accepts it with
cheerful smile.
People are kind to him, he says,
mindful of his plight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07

from the trap into Warden
Smiths little enclosure. Deaths
handymen were working expedi-
tiously.
Towards cell was unlocked.
Four guards walked with him, also,
and minister, this time the Rev.
Mr.. Bolton, also accompanied the
young father of three children,
whose ages are l, ? and S, on his
last mile. Again the words of the
Apostles Greed were spoken in
unison, again the Lords Prayer
was heard at the top of the
gallowS.
The minutes seemed intermin-
able as Howard said his last words.
Looks of amazement appeared on
the faces of the witnesses as the
young man began:
What I did was against my
WILL"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-07

Thirty years ago the big tents
rocked with the roaring plauditS
of thrilled spectators. He was the
central figure in the dazzling
show-the ace acrobatic contor-
zionist.
Today he is crippled, unknown.
Wallace Mcdonald, now 70 years
old, is employed in the tailor shop
of the Transient Bureau.
Today he visited the scenes Of
his earlier days at the Johnny
Jones shows, which opened here
Evening star., 1935-03-14
Cat Walks so Miles.

A cat which had been left with
friends at Pendine, Wales. walked so
miles to home TO Pontardawe, only TO
find that its mistress had moved.
Evening star., 1935-03-14
JURY HOLDS TRUCK
FATALITY ACCIDENT
Man, SO, Died as Result of In
juries Suffered in Boarding
Trolley.

A coroner's jury yesterday after
noon gave a verdict Of accidental
death in the case of William Bright
well, SO, colored. of the $500 block of
Stanton road southeast, fatally in
jured last Friday afternoon when
struck by truck while preparing to
board a street car on Nichols avenue
near Stanton road southeast.
The verdict exonerated William r.
Myers. AZ, colored, of the 1900 block
Of Bruce place southeast, driver of
the truck
Although suffering from q skull
fracture. BrightWell. according to the
police report. appeared to be not ssri-
ously hurt Immediately after the ac-
cident and was taken to his home.
On Saturday, however, he complained
of pains in his head and was taken
to Casualty Hospital, where he died
Sunday.
Evening star., 1935-03-14
CREDIT ON EARNED
INCOME EXPLAINED
Taxpayers Inquiries Bring
Clarifying Statement by
Revenue Bureau.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ofhcials of the Internal Revenue
Bureau revealed today they have re-
ceived more inquiries from income tax
payers on the 40 per cent earned
income credit"-a new feature this
year-than on any other provision of
the law.
To alleviate the headaches Of citi-
zens struggling to prepare their re-
turns before the deadline Friday
midnight, an official offered this ex-
PLANTATION Of the puzzling section:
A married man has received q salary
of $4,000. From this he deducts the
$50 he paid in State and miscellaneous
taxes, and 500 he gave to charity or
charged of as bad debts"
Subtracts 10 Per Cent.
This leaves him net income of
$3.50, on which the new clause per-
mits an exemption of 10 per cent, or
1885. He subtracts the $685., leaving
$3,465. Then he subtracts personal
exemptions Of s2,5o0 because he is
married, and $400 because he has q
dependent child, leaving s565. On
the $565 he pays tax Of per cent,
or $2260.
If he had not de1ucted mis- taxes and
his charitable contributions, he could
have figured his earned income
credit" on the basis Of the entire
$4,000 salary, instead of $3.50.
The new law defines earned in
come" as wages, salary, fees of doc
tors and other professional men, or
any compensation for personal sery-
ices.
Profits Not Included.
But compensation representing "a
distribution of earnings or profits"
of a corporation can't be considered
as earned income"
If our taxpayers employer gave him
$4,000 slice Of a profit melon, it
would be listed as "unearned income"
and could not be added to the $4,000
salary in computing the deduction
In other words, the 10 per cent de-
| duction would not apply to the $4,000.
However, II the taxpayer was in a
business where both personal services
and capital are material income pro-
ducing factors" he could list mot
in excess of 20 per cent" of his profits
in addition to his salary as earned
income"
Puzzling Clause Explained.
Perhaps the most puzzling sentence
of the new clause is this:
IF the taxpayers net income is not
more than $1,000, his entire net in
come shall be considered to be earned
net income, and If his net income is
more than $4,000. his e4rned net in
come shall not be considered to be
less than $1,000"
1t means that a man with a $4,000
salary who received another $500
in such "unearned income" as the sale
Of property or interest on bonds, could
use $2,500. or his entire met income"
up to $4,000, to compute his 10 per
cent earned income" credit.
And if the man on the 50 900 salary
has a met income" of more than
/ $4,000, he can use $1,000, rather than
/ $4,000 as the figure for the earned
| income" deduction.
/ The clause sets q limit of $4,000
/ on earned income" which can receive
the benefit of the credit, so the tax
payer whose salary is higher must be
content with deduction Of $l,400.
incidentally, the earned income"
credit can't be applied to surtax pay
mentS, which start at $4,000.
Evening star., 1935-03-14
British Plan Regatta.

To find the British defender Of the
International Model Yacht Cup the
British Model Yacht Association will
hold a regatta in July.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-26

,o tho lives of the American citizens sacriiiei"S
ths O on the altar of supposedly humane cause W:r
If these charges are correct tnen "Co"-'"
con was not statesman but traitor -
The senate munitions committee is %D0u for "a
..tr,,, Mr. Wilson as part of its campaign loi "
,noGifcation of American policy toward em0afg0'S
and war trade. ,,o4u ho,,o been
Ta+ol,, various books and pamphlets nave 0e.'
,.;t+op b,, sensation-mongers endeaVorlng 10 MS
IaaJ the American people into believing that "oOu,
VOW Wilson was either duped into entering 'he w.
~. that the pepole around him were influenced OS
G,,a,c;aI and material interests. Documents pun,
,o ,rt, to support this contention have been
brought forward .Jo5 =,
The reason President Wilson recommended ~
tho congress a declaration of state OF war VIII"
co,r,anv is no mystery. 1t can be found IN inc
records again and again. ,,...,1
= was a simple premise on which the United
c+o+os went to war in 1912 against Great Britain.
y is p simple premise on which we will go to war
,coin if any nation should challenge us.-Ihe uhl-
ted States News.