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The Washington times., 1935-12-12
BARON PLEADS
DEATH CASE
TO PEERS

LONDON, Dec. IL GN.sJ.
Not guilty"
Kneeling on a red velvet cushion
before the throne Of Lord Chan
cellor Viscount Hailsham, presid-
ing officer appointed by the
Crown, Edward Southwell Russell
twenty-sixth Baron de Clifford,
accused Of the manslaughter Of
Douglas George Hopkins, thus
answered his peers today in the
hushed silence Of the packed royal
gallery Of the House Of Lords.
The lords, wearing scarlet robes
trimmed with gold and ermine,
some with black cooked hats and
others with white wigs, listened
expressionlessly as the 28-year-old
kneeling nobleman, whose title
goes back to 1899. expressed his
reputation Of guilt in the death
Of Hopkins.
Hopkins was killed August IS
at Kingston on Thames, Surrey,
when his car collided head-on
with the sports racer Of Lord de
Clifford.
First Case Since 1901
Not since 1901, when the Earl
Of Russell was indicted on
charge Of bigamous marriage to
Mollie Cook in Nevada, has the
House Of Lords constituted itself
a supreme court to try one Of its
members for a felony under the
procedure dictated by the Magma
Charta Of 1915.
Lord De Clifford, Immediately
dressed in morning clothes, was
asked by the clerk:
How will you be tried?"
Answering in the medieval for
mula, the accused said:
by God and my peers"
Surrey To Bear Cost
Because the accident occurred
in Surrey, that county must bear
the full costs of the House Of
Lords trial, which was demanded
by Lord De Clifford as his privi.
lege. The expenses are expected to
total S50,000.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Shipping
Much Copper 10 Italy

BALTIMORE-Wh lille exports
Of oil products from Baltimore
to italy have not been unduly
large in the last six months,
shipments Of copper-a material
very necessary for warfare
have been heavy, according to rec
ords of ship manifests at the
Maritime Exchange.
Since August /, 1,101 tons Of
copper have been shipped out,
most Of 1t since September /.
Some 11.744 gallons of lubri-
eating Oil have been loaded here
for delivery at italian ports since
April /, and $50 gallons Of "pe-
troleum products" have been
listed on nanifestS as going to
Italy. About half of this has
been shipped since the beginning
Of hostilities in Ethiopia.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Bids and Proposals

D. c.. Washington, De-
cember 8, 1935--sealed proposals will
be received at Room 500. District Build
ing, until 2 o'clock p. M. December 20.
1888. for improving the roadway of Wis
cousin Avenue n. W from Massachusetts,
Avenue TO River Road with about 240O
tons of binder mixture and about 24Oo
tons Of surface mixture. Plans and speci-
fications may be obtained at Room 427.
District Building. The attention of bid
ders is directed to the Special Provisions
GOV ering subletting or assigning the con-
tract and TO the use OF Domestic Mate
rials The minimum wage paid TO all
skilled labor employed on this contract
shall be not less than one dollar tS1.O0l
per hour The minimum wage paid to all
tract shall be not less than sixty (S0.6O)
cents per hour. The minimum wage paid
to ali unskiTed labor employed on this
CONTRACT shall be not less than forty
$50 40l cents per hour. The Director Of
Re-employment for the District of Column
bia is Mr. Edgar r. Young. $50 Indiana
Avenue n W. Washington, D. C.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Bids and Proposals

0GsslsSs0Nhh m iss5 sssE TE1oH4ss9H
will be received at Room 500. District
and then publicly opened for construction.
etc, OF Building-C. Adult Unit. at site
of tuberculosis Sanatoria, near Glenn
Dale; Prince Georges Conuty. Maryland.
and full information for bidders is eiven
in the drawings. specifications, and in
other contract papers, which may be OBJ
upon deposit of certified check payable
10 the Collector of Taxes, D. c., in the
sum Of FIFTY DOLLARS tS5o.00) to in
5s1 s5s9 fqrn Tbrsa n good Not more
and specifications and contract papers viii
be furnished TO any one a. general con-
tractor No proposal will be accepted un-
less accompanied by guaranty of not less
than five per cent (5s) of the amount
of the bid in the form of = certified check
made payable to the Collector of Taxes,
proved surety company. Security for the
faithful performance of the work shah
be In the form of surety bond in .
contract contl u price SS iasor 'o bond in '0; an
amount equal to the largest estimated
aggregate payroll for any one month IL
sgr ef ana $1,000 s sl.o o n:
quired. The work called for by this pro-
posal is to be performed in accordance
with an agreement dated December 10.
District of Columbia and the Federal
Emergency Administrator of Public Works
and is subject to the construction regula.
tions and labor provisions of Bulletin No.
of the Federal Emergency Administra-
tion of Public Works dealing with Non.
Federal projects. revised March /, 1885.
The Director of Reemployment for the
District of Columbia is Edgar B Young.
$50 Indiana Avenue. n. ". The ComniS-
sioners reserve the right to reject any or
all proposals and to waive informa!itiea
as they deem best for the interest of the
District of Columbia. Final award Of
contract IL subject to approval of the
Federal Emergency Administrator Of
Public Works No bidder may withdraw
his proposal for . period of thirty (30)
days after the date for the opening
thereof Attention is called to the fact
that not less than the minimum wage
rates prescribed by the Federal Emer-
gencv Administration of Public works
must be paid on this project. Melvin c.
Hazer. George 2. Allen. Dan l. Sultan
Commissioners. D. c.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
U. S. Bids on Peanuts

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
yesterday made an open offer to
pay any peanut grower operating
under adjustment contracts $40
ton for diverting Virginia pea
nuts into peanut oil from Decem-
Der II to December 81. The AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Admin
istration) announced yesterday
the offer is a part Of the peanut
diversion plan designed to remove
peanuts from normal trade chan
nelS into peanut oil.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Ivy Lee Estate
Valued at
$23.889

NEW YORK. Ivy Lee, d.
rector Of public relations for
many of the nations great cor
porations and financial interests,
was shown to have left a net es-
tate Of S23, ,889 in a State transfer
tax appraisal filed here. Mr.. Lee
died November 8, 1894. His will,
offered for probate one week after
his death, bequeathed his entire
estate to his wife, Mrs. Cornelia
Bartlett Bigelow Lee.
Mr.. Lee, who was said to have
made publicity one of the most
powerful instruments of nations
and industry, had an extensive
and varied clientele. Among those
who had paid him retainers were
Standard Oil, Armour and Com.
pany, the Pennsylvania Railroad,
Bethlehem Steel Company and
German dye interests.
The appraisal of his estate
showed his biggest individual as
set to be his interest in the part
nership of Ivy Lee and T. j. Ross,
his public relations firm. Alto
gether his gross estate amounted
to $13l,s74. From this sum, how.
ever, were deducted $104,052 for
debts and 1882 for funeral and
administration expenses, leaving
the $23,889 net.
Included among the debts were
two tax items, one for $l7,363, due
the Federal Government for 1884
income, and another for $4,394,
due the State on income tax.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12

sentence next week. He was con-
victed of Staying Charles Theur-
ner, civic worker, in a Winfield
(Queens) saloon holdup last June.
In the drab pressroom of the
Queens county courthouse, Mu-
nicipal Judge William H. Robin
son united the couple yesterday.
May Downey, Anna's older sister,
was bridesmaid. A reporter was
best man. Deputy Sheriff Joseph
Lippic let the bridal pair whisper
together for five minutes and
then led the groom to the deten-
ton cells.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Arnold Girl Vanished
25 Years Ago Today

NEW YORK, Dec. IL G.N.SO.
Twenty-Five years ago today a
plump, well-dressed young woman
walked slowly southwark through
Fifth Avenues afternoon shopping
crowds.
At Fifty-seventh Street sh
stopped a moment. bought half a
pound of chocolates.
Thirty blocks further south, she
entered bookshop, purchased a
copy Of a then-popular volume
"An Engaged Girls Sketches"
At 1:45 p. m. she stepped to
the curb near the bookshop, met
Miss Gladys King, a friend, chat
ted a few minutes, turned and
walked away
Walked into oblivion.
The young woman was Dorothy
Arnold, heiress daughter of a
wealthy, socially prominent New
York family. Her disappearance
on December IL, 1910, today ranks
as one Of the worlds outstanding
unsolved mysteries.
$25O,OOO Spent
Twenty-Five wears, $250,000
spent by her family seeking to
learn her fate and the efforts of
police throughout the world have
failed to throw any light on the
fate of Dorothy Arnold.
Myriad explanations Of what be-
fell her have been advanced. Not
one has stood the test of exhaus-
tive examination.
Suicide - murder - amneSia-
kidnaping-all have been brought
forward to explain her disappear
ance. But never have police. nor
private investigators, been able to
collect evidence showing she fell
victim Of any Of these.
Graduated Bryn Mawr
Dorothy Arnold was the second
child Of a prominent New York
couple. Her father was a wealthy
importer, scion of an ancient New
England family; her mother Of
equally old, socially important
Canadian stock. She was educated
in private schools and at Bryn
Mawr, where she was graduated
in 1908. After graduation, she re-
turned home, spent her time as
most girls Of her social class did
then-busy with teas, musicales,
dances, dinners and parties.
On the morning of December IL,
1910, she left her home, telling her
mother she was going to buy an
evening dress. Mrs. Arnold Of
fered to accompany her daughter
but the latter demurred, saying
she would telephone home if she
found a gown to her liking. She
walked down Fifth Avenue, stop
ping at the confectionery, the
bookshop, and to talk with a
friend. Then she vanished.
News Withheld
For weeks, the Arnold family
withheld news of her disappear.
ance while a frantic private in
vestigation went forward. Not until
January 25, 1911, were police mott
fled. Then police and press swung
into worldwide investigation OF
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
MAN )
BRIDE HOME

LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y,
Dec. 12.-Thankful that her un-
born child had won name. 49,
year-old Anna Downey today was
making her sorrowful return to
her New Jersey home to await
announcement Of the hour when
the electric chair will tear from
her forever the man whom the
State allowed her to we'd yes
terday.
The husband, John Collins, 81,
will receive a mandatory death
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
News Withheld

For weeks, the Arnold family
withheld news of her disappear
ance while a frantic private in
veStigation went forward. Not until
January 25, 1911. were police noti-
fled. Then police and press swung
into worldwide investigation of
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Elevator Contract Let

An S31, $40 contract for construc-
ton OF an elevator plant in the
new Archives Building was award
ed by the Treasury Department to
the Westinghouse Electric Com.
pany of Chicago.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
6. W. ATHLETE
IDENTIFIED BY
H0EPPEL

George Trinastich, George Wash
ington University athlete and mys-
terry witness in the Hoeppel case,
fitted into the picture again to-
day as the trial of Representative
John H. Hoeppel CD of Califor-
mia and his son, Charles, neared
the end.
Representative Hoeppel was on
the witness stand for several hours
under a vigorous cross-examination
by Assistant District Attorney D..
A. Pine.
Asked If he knew young Trinas-
itch, the Representative replied
that he knew a boy reputed to
be Trinastich. Mr.. Pine then
asked the bailiff to bring Trinas-
itch in from the witness room,
and Representative Hoeppel ad-
mitted he knew him, stating he
had met him in a Connecticut
Avenue sandwich place last sum-
mer.
Favor to General COnIey
Pine kept driving away at
Hoeppel. seeking to find why he
nominated James w. Ives, Balti,
more youth and Olympic Games
star, for the appointment to West
Point.
The Government charges that
the Congressman and his son
conspired to sell the appointment
to Ives for $1,000.
Hoeppel stated he made the
appointment because he wanted
"to obtain the good will Of
Gen. Edgar T. Conley, who was
interested in young Ives" He
reiterated he was anxious to
do General Conley a favor"
Under questioning by defense
attorneys yesterday, Representa-
tive Hoeppel was determined and
crisp in his denials of the allega'
tions of the prosecution. He testi-
fled that he had never seen Ives
before he presented himself at the
Representatives. office on June
5, 1884, with the declaration he
was resigning the appointment.
He denied ever discussing the
Ives appointment with his son
Charles and asserted he never
received either money or promises
in connection with the Ives
affair.
The Washington times., 1935-12-12
Rabbi Metz to Speak

Raobi Solomon H. Metz will
speak on The Spirit of the Bible"
in another of his series Of lectures
on the heroes and ideals of the
Bible tomorrow at s p. m. in the
Adas Israel Synagogue, Sixth and
l Streets Northwest.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
HARRIS CASE GOES
TO WHITE HOUSE
Cummings Recommendation on
Fate of Convicted Slayer of
Gambler Is Undisclosed.

Attorney General Cummings today
sent to President Roosevelt an undiS-
closed recommendation in the case of
Charles Harris, whose execution for
the murder of Milton (Milsie) Henry,
local gambler. has been stayed sew
eral times pending investigation of
his conviction.
One of three recommendations is
poSsible-that q presidential pardon
be granted; that the death sentence
be commuted to life imprisonment or
q lesser term, and that the original
sentence of death in the electric chair
be carried out.
It was virtually certain the Justice
Department will ask for no further
stays in the case, as its inquiry is said
to have been completed The in
vestigation was launched, following
petitions by a group of citizens, to
determine accuracy of charges that
Henry was killed by another gambler
and that Harris is innocent.
It Is known that dozens of persons
were interviewed during the depart
ment's inquiry. Names of many Of
these persons were supplied by Neil
Burkinshaw and Nugent Dodds, at
torneys for Harris.
Henry was shot to death in his
automobile here three years ago.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
BILL BOOSTING TAX
ON GASOLINE ASKED
Commissioners Order Prettyman
to Draft Measure Raising Levy
on Motorists 1,150,000.

The District Commissioners today
instructed Corporation Counsel E.
Barrett Prettyman to draft bill pro-
viding for an increase of cent gall
Ion in the gasoline tax for the District.
The present tax is 2 cents.
While the Commissioners did not
commit themselves to a tax increase
it was understood that behind the
proposal was plan to seek authority
to open up more new streets to be
built from this fund and provide for
the upkeep of park roads now charged
to the general fund.
The present law provides that gaso-
line tax funds must be used only for
street and road Improvement and re-
pair and for construction and main
tenance Of bridges. However, the
pending appropriation bill provides
for 100000 to be taken from this
fund to open up new streets. Some
$3.50, 900 in gasoline funds already is
impounded due to refusal of Congress
to authorize repair projects.
The proposed tax jump would in
crease by approximately $l,l50,000
the amount paid into the District cof-
fers by motorists every year. Some
81, ,30O,0 900 is raised annually by the
present two-cent tax.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
SENATORS WARN
HOUSE ON N. R. A.
Passage of Richberg Plan
May Cause Blue Eagle
TO Die June is.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Some Senators predicted today that
if the House passes the seven-point
N r. A. program approved by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Donald r. Rich
berg yesterday, no Blue Eagle law will
be on the books when the present
one expires June 16.
This warning came bluntly from
such N. r. A. critics as Senators
King. Democrat of Utah, and Borah.
acceptance of the plan would lead to
prolonged tug-of-war with the Sen
ate, which already has voted to trim
N. r. AS sails and extend its life
only 10 months.
Even the Democratic leaders in the
Senate displayed some apprehension
about the possibility of completing
new legislation by June 16.
Chairman Harrison of the Finance
Committee told the Senate a change
by the House would "endanger" pass
age of a new law in time because
the Senate would have to start all
over again." He said the Senate
would insist on considering a House.
revised bill as new legislation, send
ing it to committee over again instead
OF to conference with the House.
Borah Opposes Compromise.
Borah warned the Senate Democratic
leadership that he and other oppo-
nents of the law would not comprc-
mise the Senates plan for a 10-month
extension of the recovery agency. but
would battle for precisely what we
believe to be in the interests of the
country"
The program agreed on at the
White House called for two-year ex-
tension OF N. r. A. and continuation
OF its jurisdiction over businesses
substantially affecting interstate COM
merce" as well as those actually en-
gagged in interstate commerce.
The Senate-approved measure would
make codes apply only to firms doing
business across State lines.
Some Democratic members of the
House Ways and Means Committee.
who conferred with Richberg at length
yesterday after he made public the
seven-point proposal, said its provision
for including all businesses affect
ing" interstate commerce was too
broad.
Vins0n Offers Substitute.
AS substitute, Representative Vim
son, Democrat, of Kentucky suggested
an arbitrary rule under which no
business employing less than a certain
number of persons-possibly IS or So
would be placed under a code.
Pointing out that the Senate iesolu-
ton would prevent ANY person whose
business is wholly intrastate" from be-
ing placed under a code, vinson con-
tended:
THAT would mean no N. r. A. It
would leave big gap. A big manu-
featuring concern, for example, might
set up a separate $4,000 company
with headquarters in the same build
ing and sell all its products to that
company.
"The manufacturing concern would
not be engaged in interstate business
and, therefore, not under a code"
Ways and Means Committee Demo-
Gratis generally agreed that clarifica-
tion of the interstate" language in
the Senate resolution was needed. But
they said they intended to figure out
Continued on Page 8. Column a.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
Sponsors Optimistic on
Overriding Presidents
DisapprovaI.
ROOSEVELT DRAFTING
REPLY TO CONGRESS
Senate Supporters Of Measure Not
Certain of 0utcome-Decision
Due Next Week.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Patman infiationary bonus bill
was sent to the White House today for
a certain veto.
The last congressional formality was
completed when Vice President Gar
ner signed the s2,200,0O0 900 measure.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt set
aside this afternoon to start writing
the veto message, which probably will
be sent to Congress Monday.
Contrary to many reports, the White
House said this was the first work by
the President on the veto message.
It will go to the House first, where
leaders concede it will be quickly
overridden.
Real Test Later.
The real test will come in the Sen
ate, probably about the middle Of the
week. Administration leaders MAIN
tanned they had the votes to sustain
the Chief Executive
While Patman chieftans made no
fat claims, they expressed optimism.
AS for the House, the strongest sd-
ministration supporters doubted-to
use the statistics Of Representative
6oland of Pennsylvania, Democratic
whip-that more than 125 Of the 432
members would vote to sustain the
veto. That would be far less than the
one-third vote necessary.
In the Senate, the bonus bloc was
not unanimous in its claims. Senator
Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, said I'VE
have the votes; Senator Borah. Re-
publican, of Idaho, said the bill was
gaining strength, but was still
short Of the required two-thirds. Sen
ator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma,
who decided yesterday to let the bill
go to the White House, said I'VE think
we are in the best possible shape"
A meeting Of the Patman leaders
will be held tomorrow morning.
Thomas said, to make a final check
up to their strength and to plan
strategy for the crucial test.
The Vice President signed the meas
ure with some formality, joking with
newspapermen between strokes Of his
pen. He used four pens because Of
several requests for the instrument
with which he made the signature.
One of the pens was given to Rep
resentative Patman, Democrat, Of
Texas, author Of the bill, who watched
the Vice President sign.
Speaker Byrns had signed the bill
yesterday.
Patman Expresses Confidence.
Patman expressed no doubt that
the Senate would override the veto.
Every day we're gaining strength"
he said. why Just yesterday the
Board of Aldermen in New York in
dorsed the bill. Things like that will
have some influence, maybe"
He denied the Senate vote was
being held over until next week so
Father Charles E. Coughlin could
make another speech for it.
There's no connection" Patman
said
Administration leaders in the Sen
ate said they knew of no changes in
the lineup. They have counted on
a minimum of 35 votes to uphold
the President, or three more than
necessary.
Evening star., 1935-05-17
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW, May 17.-Arms Of sew
eral mourners who hocked here to pay
tribute to Marshal Joseph Pilsudsh
were broken today in the tremendous
crush at st. Johns Cathedral, where
the dead dictator's body lay In state.
Many other persons tainted or suf-
fered minor injuries. 1t was estimated
that at least 100000 citizens had
trooped into Warsaw from the prov
inces despite . steady downpour Of
rain.
A requiem mass was read by Car
dinal Kakowsh while the Poznan
Church Choir chanted. Bishop CAV
lima of the Polish army Pilsudsh
headed as minister of war, delivered
the funeral sermon, while many
mourners wept audibly.
After Cardinal Kakowsh said, 1--WE
herewith take q solemn oath to love
o,Ir motherland, Poland, as only you,
Marshal Pilsudski. loved It," army
officers took the cofdn from the base
on which it rested and turled it over
to the cabinet ministers, vne bore It
Evening star., 1935-05-17
Richberg Reported Due to Quit
AsN. r. Il. Chief after June 10
Authoritative Sources
Say His Decision Is
already Made.
Return to Private La,U
Practice WiU FOllO,0
Retirement.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
One of the most meteoric Of New
Deal careers was declared today to be
nearing a close. Informed sources
said that under an understanding
reached some time ago, Donald r.
Richberg is to step out of the Govern
ment and return to private law prac-
tice when the present N. r. A. act ex-
pires June 16.
The informants, declining to be
quoted by name, said Richberg, who
has expressed a desire to return to
private life, would remain in his post
as chairman of the Recovery Board
only during the legislative reorganiza-
ton of N. r. A. now being studied in
Congress.
If the new N. r. A. Is set up by
June 16, it was said, Richberg will not
head it. If the new law should not be
passed by that date, the expiration Of
the present act would put Richberg's
post and the whole N. RIA. set-up out
of legal existence.
Besides Richberg, other N. r. A..
executives also are said to be con-
templating early retirement.
Only yesterday Senator Barkley,
Democrat, of Kentucky, read to the