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Evening star., 1935-05-18
COL. JOHN 0'SHEA
DIES AT HOME HERE
Retired Army Officer Served in
Spanish-American and
World Wars.

Col. John Oshea, q. s. A., re-
tired, died Thursday at his home, 101
East Underwood street, Chevy Chase
Born in County Kerry. Ireland. on
June 20, 1853, Col. O'Shea came to
America at 1s, enlisting in the Army
In 1883. Commissioned q second
lieutenant Of Cavalry in 1891, he
served in the Spanish-American War
and in the Philippines.
He served during the World War as
a colonel of Infantry with the 87th
Division. After the war he served at
Camp Upton, and later was in charge
of National Guard instruction, 7th
Corps Area. He had lived in Chevy
Chase since his retirement in 1927.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Lulie Holcomb O'Shea; three daugh-
ters and two sons, Miss Louise O'Shea,
Miss Margaret O'Shea and Carbery
O'Shea of Chevy Chase; Mrs. Edwin
F. Barry, wife of Capt. Barry of Can
ton, Ohio, and Lieut.. John O'Shea.
U. s. N.
Services will be held at the home
Monday at $3.50 am, followed by
requiem mass at the Shrine Of the
Blessed Sacrament. Burial will be In
Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
SON Of LAUGHL|N
DIES IN GIBRALTAR
Former Ambassador and
Wife Will Bring Body of
17.Year.0Id Here.

Alexander Laughlin, II. only son OF
President Hoovers Ambassador to
Spain, died yesterday in Gibraltar of
pneumonia developed during a cruise
to the Mediterranean from England,
where the youth was at school.
Irwin Laughlin, his father. and Mrs.
Therese Laughlin, his mother. who
live at Meridian House. Crescent
place, hastened to Gibraltar aboard
the steamship Rex two weeks ago
when they heard Of their sons illness.
With them, went their daughter Ger
trude, 20, a debutante of two sea-
sons ago.
To Be Buried Here.
They expect to bring the body back
to Washington for burial.
Young Laughlin, who hoped to en-
ter Yale University in the Fall. had
been at Downside School, near Bath,
SomersetShire. since 1880. Previously
he had attended ST. Adams School in
Washington and been privately tu-
tored.
He was born October 16, 1918, in
London, where his father was sta
toned as counsellor Of the United
States Embassy.
He had travelled widely in various
parts of the world with Mr.. Laughlin.
a career diplomat. who entered the
service in 1908 and retired in 1888
with his resignation Of the Spanish
AmbaSsadorship in favor Of Claude
Bowers.
Was Lodges Secretary.
Since the birth of his son, Mr..
Laughlin has acted as secretary to
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge during
the 1921 Washington Arms Confer
ence, minister to Greece and United
States representative on the Interna-
tional Commission for the Advance
ment of Peace between the United
States and Denmark.
Mr.. Laughlin is also member of
the Board of Regents of Smithsonian
Institution and vice president of the
Archaeological Society of Washington
Evening star., 1935-05-18
JUDGE GIVEN PRAISED
BY POLICE COURT JURY
Retiring Members in Letter of
Appreciation Emphasize Fair
ness in Cases.

The fairness and judicial tempera-
ment of Judge Ralph Given, who has
been sitting in the jury branch of
Police Court this month, was empha-
sized in a letter of appreciation which
was presented to him by the retiring
jury panel yesterday.
The letter expressed the apprecia-
ton Of the panel for the manner in
which the cases were handled, the
fairness Of the court to all persons
and for his judicial temperament,
which has commanded the respect Of
all the jurors.
The letter further stated the rela-
tionship between the court and assist
ant prosecutor has been particularly
pleasing and has much to do with the
quick and orderly dispatch of cases" !"
Judge Gus A. Schuldt, who occu-
pied the jury court bench last month,
was the recipient on his transfer to
another court of a similar letter.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
SOCIAL SECURITY
REPORT MONDAY
Finance Committee Head to
Give Senate Program
With Approval.
Continued From First Page.)

to encourage industry to stabilize
employment.
Under this system, as in the Wis
consin law, a company may discon-
tinue adding to its own reserve as
long as the fund remains at the re-
quired reserve level due to steady
employment. Resumption of contri-
buttons would be necessary II lay
offs reduced the reserve.
On the proposal of Senators George
and Clark to permit industries tc
maintain their own retirement plans
If they met required standards, it Is
understood the committee members
present yesterday were evenly divided
but there were one or two absentees
against the amendment. The ques-
ton will be presented for settlement
in the Senate.
Addition to House Bill.
other important additions to the
House bill are:
dividuals to purchase from the Treas.
ury voluntary annuities of not to ex.
ceed 500 a month. This was in the
original bill.
Inclusion Of a section for Fedora
aid to the States In caring for needy
blind persons.
Inclusion in the permanent con-
tributory old-age pension plan Of a
rule that when persons IS (the pension
age) are regularly employed they
would not be entitled to the pension
payments, the purpose being to en-
courage persons to retire.
The tax program relating to the
contributory old-age pension plar
would start in 1887. 1t would be
based on wages, beginning with ]
per cent from the worker and l pei
cent from the employer. 1t woulc
increase gradually until the maximum
Of 3 per cent from the employe anc
per cent from the employer was
reached in 1948 and thereafter.
Tax Starts at 1 Per Cent.
The tax relating to unemployment
insurance would be an excise pay rol
tax on employers, starting at l PEE
cent in 1896 and going up to PEI
cent in 1898 and thereafter. When &
State passes an unemployment in
surance law the employer could de
duct from the Federal tax 80 per cen
of similar taxes required locally.
After the maximum rates ar,
reached the entire pay roll tax pro
gram would amount to 9 per cent anC
is estimated to amount annually Il
So, 783 200, 900 for both the contribu
tory old-age pension and unemploy
ment insurance systems
The Hastings motion in committe,
to eliminate the contributory old
age pension section was defeated, l:
to 6, while the motion to strike ou
the unemployment insurance section
was beaten without record vote.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
The Right Of Way.

Often the right Of way doesn't really
belong to the person who thinks he
has it. Twenty-one years ago the
Kaiser figured he had the right Of way
on a little week end jaunt to Paris,
but later events proved he didn't.
The term really doesn't mean so
much after all. In court 1t has rather
dignified standing, but out on the
highways it isn't the right Of way as
much as the right way that counts.
1t may be a good prop to lean on
before a jury, but do not depend on
it In traffic.
Our cemeteries are fairly we'll popu
lated with victims who sailed along
under the false colors Of the so-called
right of way. They may have had it.
Of course-legally and morally-but
the trouble was that another driver
came along with the same idea in
mind. In such cases the safe way
would have been infinitely better than
the right of way.
When life is endangered there can
be no question about the right Of way.
Possession may be nine points of the
law, but the law can't do much for
the poor victim In the morgue, even
If he had been within his legal rights
in trying to cross ahead of the other
fellow.
The only law that can guarantee
safety Is the law Of caution.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
ID ARE REPORTED SLAIN
IN YUGOSLAV DISORDERS

BY the Associated Press.
VIENNA, May 18.-Unofficial and
otherwise unconfrmed reports reach
ing here today said that IA people
had been killed in street fighting in
the Yugoslav provinces of Slovenia
and Croatia. The fighting Is alleged
to have started when young recruits
refused to perform military duty in
Macedonia.
Ten Of the dead, according to the
reports, were killed in the Croatian
City of Osiyek and the others in
nearby Brod. At Lyublayana it was
reported a crowd of 200, mostly re-
cruits, raised the forbidden Slovenian
flag in defiance of officers and sue
ceeded In beating off an attack by
police and Serbian troops.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
SERVICE ORDERS
ARMY ORDERS.

ARMY ORDERS.
Delaplane, Col. Charming E., In
fantry, ordered home from Fort
George G. Meade, Md, about May II,
to await retirement.
Hossfield, Col. Henry, Infantry, from
Army War College, here. to Vancouver
Barracks, Wash, not later than
June 80.
Lemon. Lieut.. Col. George F., Ord
nance Department, from Hawaiian
Department to headquarters, Sd
Corps Area, Baltimore, Md, upon
completion of present tour Of foreign
service.
Cochran, Capt. McC., Sd, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, ordered to Fort Monroe,
Va, not later than June 80.
Barker, Capt. Maurice E., Chemical
Warfare Service, from Edgewood Arse
about August Is.
Martin, First Lieut.. Emmor G.,
Coast Artillery Corps. ordered to Fort
Monroe, Va, not later than June 80,
Jones, Warrant Officer William
from San Francisco to headquarters,
Sd Corps Area, Baltimore, Nd, about
September IA.
NAVY ORDERS.
Bureau of Navigation.
Ponto, Lieut.. Comdr. Arthur E., de-
tached Naval Air Station, Norfolk
Va, in May; to U. S. S. Utah as
navigation officer.
Lewis, Lieut.. Clarke H., detached
Naval Air Station, Anacostia, D. C..
In June; to U. s. S. Raleigh.
Warrant Officers.
Allen, Chief Pharmacist Dewitt c.,
detached Naval Hospital, Washington
D. c., in June; to Naval Medical Sup
ply Depot. Mare Island, Calf.
Bote, Chief Pharmacist Lester E..
detached Naval Medical Supply Depot
Brooklyn, N. Y, in June; to Naval
Hospital, Washington, D. @.
Setterstrom, Chief Pharmacist Carl
A., detached Naval Hospital, WASH
ington, D. c., in June; to Naval Medi-
cal Supply Depot, New York, N. Y.
Deaths.
Anschuetz, Lieut.. August, q. 8. n,
retired, ied--Aprn=2s, t93s. ---' '-.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
FLOODS HIT TEXAS CITY
AFTER TORRENTIAL RAIN
Whistles Warn GAINESVILLE Citi-
zens and Firemen Save Sew
eral From Drowning.

BY the Associated Press.
GAINESVILLE, Tex, May 18.-
Flood waters poured into sections of
the city today as shrieking fire
whistles warned residents of the low
lands to evacuate sectors submerged
by overflows from Pecan and Elm
creeks.
Torrential rains, which started at
pm. Friday and continued today,
totalled nearly five inches this morn
ing.
Firemen saved several persons
from drowning when the swift water
washed fleeing residents from their
feet as they endeavored to wade to
safety. Waves slapped at the floors
Of bridges connecting the eastern res
idential section and the business area.
Evening star., 1935-05-18

the public utilities for the new move
to keep him from his seat when his
birth anniversary arrives. They assert
they have evidence.
A constituent has written Senator
Hatch of New Mexico, asking him to
use his influence with the Supreme
Court to reverse its decision in the
railway pension case. Hatch would
probably 60 to jail for contempt if
he tried it.
A Congressman recently received an
appeal from a constituent fer seat
near the royal box at the jubilee
pageant in England, which also dis
closes noteworthy faith of constituents
in the influence Of their elected
legislators.
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Evening star., 1935-05-18
What's What
Behind News
In Capital
Bill -Bartering Ere my
Grips Congress, Truth
Serum Might Help.
BY PAUL MALLON.


THE annual dog days are upon
Congress. At this time of
year, near the end Of the ses-
L sion, both houses begin acting
queerly. The natural processes
of legislation give way to covert back
stage bartering of bill for bill, amend
ment for amendment. Dire rumors
and predictions I'LL the air in con-
fusing din.
The only thing for hopeful public
to do is to close its eyes and ears and
hope. Usually the originally planned
course of legislation works out about
80 per cent as expected.
This year things are little crazier
than usual. AS an example, the
rumor went around that President
Roosevelt would not bear down on
Democratic Senators to support his
veto Of the inflationary Patman bill,
thereby secretly inviting them to
make 1t law over his veto. This was
somewhat angrily denied at the White
House.
The fact OF the matter seems
to haze been that some OF Mr..
Rooseuelts friends put out a teeler
in the Senate along that line, pos
Sibly ipithout consulting him. The
result ,Cds furry OF confusion In
10hich the touchy question OF De-
racity became inpolued.
A better example may be found in
what happened in connection with
Mr.. Rooseyelts fishing trip with
congressional leaders. The White
Evening star., 1935-05-18
R|CHbERG'S AIDES
ALSO MAY RESIGN
Hartman and RosenbIatt
Expected to Leave N. R. A.
With Others.
By the Associated Press.

6y INC hbSOCLatco EIess
Several Of those who are helping
Donald r. Richberg administer N. r.
A. were said today to be planning to
leave the organization with him in the
near future.
Authoritative sources asserted Rich
berg's move to leave Government serv-
ice had crystallized plans Of w. Averell
Hartman, N. r AS executive officer,
and Sol Rosenblatt, head of the Com
pliance Section, to resign.
Hartman made known his intention
to return to private life some time ago,
but said he would stay as long as
President Roosevelt wished. Rosen-
blatt also had indicated previously
that he planned to quit as soon as he
felt he could do so.
1t was believed possible that the
resignation Of these recovery officials
might lead to the retirement Of some
others on the Blue Eagle staff
Richberg, chairman of the Govern
ing Board of N. r. A., told reporters
yesterday of his desire to leave Gov
ernment work behind by July l.
After real rest" he said, he
wanted to return to his private law
practice.
With a wink he observed that he
hadn't yet planned to write a book
Apparently, he had in mind the one
Hugh 8. johnson wrote after he quit
as NJ r. A. chief.
Richberg declared the exact date
Of his departure depended on a num-
Der of things. among them congress
sional moves and Supreme Court deci-
sions.
Meanwhile House Democratic lead
ers expressed an intention to put di-
rectly up to President Roosevelt the
final decision on what powers should
be given to an extended N. r. A. They
made clear that they intended no
criticism Of Richberg in declining to
accept as final the seven-point pro-
gram which he, the President, and the
N. r. A. Board agreed on.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
LAVAL MAY SEE HITLER

Foreign Minister Said to Be Will.
ing to Go to Berlin.
WARSAW. May 18 P.-Persons
high in Polish political circles pro-
fessed today to have been informed
that Foreign Minister Pierre Laval
of France had told Gen. Hermann
Wilhelm Goering. Prussian premier,
that he was willing to go to Berlin
for q conference with Reichsfuehrer
Hitler at an early date.
They said, however, that Laval felt
that it was impracticable to halt at
Berlin while returning to Paris from
Poland.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
BRITISH UPSET RUM0RED

LONDON, May l8 CP.-Fresh ru-
mors of a possible impending recon-
struction of the cabinet were heard
last night In political circles.
Capt. Anthony Eden, lord privy seal,
was rumored to have the inside track
for the post of foreign secretary with
Sir John Simon possibly going to the
home ofhce.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
PRESS CENSORSHIP
DANGER STRESSED
Chicago Publisher Declares
Newspapers Are BuIWark
Against Dictator.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WATERVILLE, Me, May 15-Only
the newspapers stand between democ-
racy and dictatorship, Col. Robert Nc
Cormick, publisher of the Chicago
Tribune, declared today in an appeal
to preserve freedom Of the American
press.
Col. Mccormick and Howard Davis,
former president of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association, ad-
dressed a convocation of Colby Col
lege here to commemorate the death
OF Elijah Lovejoy, stalwart pre-Civil
War editor, who was shot down in de-
tense Of his right to free press.
Warning that Government censor
ship already muzzles radio, Davis.
business manager of the Herald
Tribune. also emphasized the necessity
OF waging constant battle against sup
preston. He called domination Of
radio "an extraordinary example and
warning"
Fear Wedge in Code.
In debates over the newspaper pub
fishers code, which Col Mccormick
and Davis both viewed as an entering
wedge to censorship, Col Mccormick
declared that only one effort at argu-
ment was made and one authority
was cited by the Government against
preserving press freedom.
/, Opposition to the publishers in
slStence, he said, included threats
mSstatements and false charges cal
cuIated to arouse passion and preiu-
ace and SO coerce the newspapers
into surrendering the priceless liberty
OF which they are guardians"
In the great contest which has
Deen going on in this country for
three years and which is not vet
ended" Col. Mccormick said, TO de-
eide whether the principles of arbi-
trary government re-established in
europe after a century of democratic
advance shall be allowed to cross the
ocean and crush all that the revolu-
tion gained, the Constitution organ
lied. and the bill of rights guaranteed.
practically every right of freemen was
swept away in the first rush of abso-
lutism.
Congress ServiIe.
"Our Congress was as servile as the
Parliaments of George II. of Musso-
lini and of Hitler Our courts. threat
ened with Impeachment and the ap-
pointment of partisan judges, wavered.
Only the newspaper publishers
stood firm"
Davis, as leader of publishers forces
in the code hearings at Washington.
stressed the dangers to the press in
the example of radio.
Il refer to the radio and the fashion
in which it was silently, but surely
brought under the control of the ad-
ministration," he said. "" Here is
an issue to which hope all the liberal
forces of the country will devote an
increasing attention.
The present system at Washington
is travesty on the impartial control
that should prevail Licenses are
/ granted for only six months; the ak of
execution overhangs the head of every
station"
DR.. Franklin W. johnson, president
Of Colby College, alma mater of
Elijah Lovejoy. told the story Of the
martyred editor. who was a native
of Maine.
Evening star., 1935-05-18

supplied the Interior Department with
information concerning the condition
of roads throughout the country. He
was a member of Lebanon Lodge. No
z; Eureka Chapter and Orient Com
mandery, knights Templar; Order oi
Eastern Star, Bethlehem Chapter
and a member of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
Mr.. Boyce is survived by three
brothers, George, Will and Arthur
Boyce, and three sisters, Mrs. w. b
Hill. Mrs. D. w. Beach and Mrs. c. D
Dosh. Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
Evening star., 1935-05-18
Efficiency Expert Dies.

LOS ANGELES, May 1s LP).-Tom
Rylands, II, wealthy retired business
efficiency expert, died yesterday after
o long illness. Born in London, Eng
land, Rylands came to the United
States so years ago and established
residence in Rochester, N. Y. He
was a Winter visitor here for the
past IA years.
Evening star., 1935-05-18

| A native Of
Washington, Mr..
Boyce had been
ACTIVELY identi-
fed in the shoe
business here for
40 years. In 1928
In e established
1.-THE firm of Boyce
& Lewis, located
at 439 Seventh
street, in which
he took an active
interest until his
death.
Mr.. Boyce, who
was an ardent
nnntnriSt. nften
Evening star., 1935-05-18
T. EDWARD BOYCE
OF SHOE FIRM DIES
Native of Washington, in Busi-
ness Here 40 Years, Had Under.
gone Operation.

T. Edward Boyce, 81, of 1927 Euclid
street, senior member of Boyce & Lewis
Shoe Store, died suddenly today at the
Washington Sanitarium after an op-
Evening star., 1935-05-18
R. +. WILLIAMS BURIED
Resident of D. C. Many Years
Died in Baltimore.

Richard Francis williams, Washing
ton resident for a number of years,
who died Wednesday in Baltimore.
was buried yesterday in Cedar Hill
Cemetery. He was native of Louis
Vile.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary Dix williams, patient at
Mount Alto Hospital; a son by for
mer marriage. and a sister-in-law,
Mrs. Ebert 8. Maloney Of this city.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-23
BEHIND TIE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON
BY RODNEY BUTCHER,

Instead Of asking cynically, WHO
is the consumer" and insisting as
he once did that the "middleman's
spread" is an inconsequential fac
tor, he is saying:
"The farmer and the consumer
have common interests which far
outweigh any temporary diversity
of detectives. Each has to protect
the other to protect himself.
One.third of the consumers dollar
is spent for food. But only about
10 per cent of the consumers cost
of living goes to the farmer. The
Joint interest Of farmers and con.
sumers is to see that the share Of
the cost which they pay to process.
sors and distributors is reasonable.
The eXploiters . are MAX.
ing desperate efforts to prejudice
farmers against consumers, and
consumers against farmers. so az
to destroy their new-found sense of
unitv :" It is easy to imagine
Mr.. Christgau. DR.. Howe, and Mr..
Frank yawning in unison: ITO
hum!"
THE Roosevelt program il
l. damned largely because lot of
Congress members who were elect,
led on Roosevelt platforms last
Noyember-often by bare majori.
ties-are now kicking the platform
over.
There are many instances, but
for example one may cite the case
of Congressman Samuel B. Petten
gill, who sits on the House inter
state commerce committee, now
considering the Rayburn holding
company bill-one of the few meas
ures Roosevelt has personally urged
on Congress.
Pettengill has begun to take the
lead in the fight against the bill IN
committee, cooperating with Re
publican members such as Cooper
of Ohio and Welverton of Mlchl
| gan. ''il .-,'
(Copyright. 1895. NEA Service. Inc.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-23

great regret to me. In region
where aesthetic values may be so
satisfactorily turned into material
advantage it would seem that
public. interest would be active in
the care Of wild life.
A definite action against van
dalism of all kinds is real need
in our town and county. Western
North Carolina offers a very IA
vorable habitat for rich and va
ried flora, yet our environs are
almost denuded. To become per-
sonal, | do not understand why
some people are unable to LOOK
upon a wild blossom without the
desire to possess, often ruthleSSly'
every bloom within reach. Such
vandalism is not entirely confined
to the native. | constantly see
visitors, who seem to have the
idea that the woods treasures
were offered up for them alone
At least they carry them of IN
devastating abundance.
Respect for property rights IS
the foundation of good citizen
ship. Beauty in the form Of wild
life in both Flora and Fauna Is
such valuable asset to our COM
munity that it might be well to
regard our natural gifts as having
property rights. n,nD
EMA McCLAIN T1DD.