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Evening star., 1935-01-26
CHARGES OFP.W. A. CRAFT
TO BE PROBED BY JURY
Special District Body to Investigate
Disbursements, Acting After
Request by Ickes.

several high P. w. A. officials, are
involved in the Texas case.
Garnett has assigned his assistant
John w. Fihelly, to present the evil
dence to the grand jury. It was ex-
pected the presentation of the Texas
case will require several weeks, ano
that the inquiry later will be extended
to other projects in various sections
of the country.
After completing the p w. A. inves-
tigation the special grand jury will
then inquire into charges concerning
the War Department.
In connection with the grand jury
investigation, Secretary Ickes said:
THE Public Works Administration
Investigation Division has made long
and careful study of the Texas project
upon the direction of the administra-
tor Uckes) and presented to the
proper prosecuting officials of the Gov
ernment a full report for such action
as they deem proper to take"
Garnett told reporters the step was
taken solely at the request of Ickes
Justice Department officials were moi
aware of the proceeding.
For some time, an investigation oi
complaints that have been received
concerning the project has beer
under way by P. w. A. detectives II
charge of CLAWS.
officials refused to comment on re-
ports that other P. w. A. officials anc
projects are involved in future granc
Jury actions contemplated.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
CONGRESS PUSHES
FINANCING BILLS
Measure to Increase U. S.
Borrowing Power Goes
to Senate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Measures broadening the Govern
ment's power to borrow and lend
were going through the legislative mill
today or headed toward it.
Backed by Secretary Morgenthau,
a bill to increase by $4,000. 900 900
the Governments authorization to
issue bonds went to the Senate after
being passed by the House yesterday.
Administration men-who had said
it was necessary to change existing
law which limits bond issues to
about S2,50o, 100000 more than the
total now outstanding-decl the
bill was designed for refinancing at
lower interest rates and for swinging
recovery expenditures.
7 Fish Ridicules Policy.
From Representative Fish, Repub-
lican Of New York. came the comment
that the only policy the Democratic
party knew was about borrowing,
more borrowing and still more bor-
rowing.
This" he said, 'is going to de-
Stroy confidence"
Representative Dies and Patman,
Texas Democrats, tried to amend the
measure to provide for expansion of
the currency, but were voted down.
Under present law, the Government
can issue only total of $28, ,000, ,00O,-
900 bonds. 1t has issued about S25,-
500 100000, of which $4,000, 900 900
have been retired. The law does not
permit new bonds to replace those
retired.
In place of the s29, 9,0O0, 900 900 limit,
the new bill provides a $4,000, 900, 900
revolving limit. That means that
total of 25 billion could be outstand-
ing at any one time
The bill also permits the sale,
through post Offices, of baby bonds"
as low as S25 in denomination.
The Ways and Means Committee
represented Morgenthau as feeling
the bill is necessary to finance the
Government in the most economical
manner" Representative Patman
said he was opposed to further tax
exempt, interest-bearing bonds, which
he called blanket mortgages" against
"every dollar the people earn"
Meanwhile. bill to extend for two
years the life Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation had passed the
Senate and headed for the House.
Attached to it was an amendment de-
signed to broaden the R. F. C.'s power
to lend money to industry. Instead
of adequate security as at present,
the new bill calls for security "rea-
sonably' assuring repayment.
ii. o. L. C. to Ask Increase.
The Home Owners Loan Corpora
ton, authoritative quarters in Con-
gress were told, is planning to ask
Congress to add $1,250 100000 to its
available capital
From many congressional sources
there has been pressure to authorize
the agency to issue more bonds. Sug-
gestions have ranged from 81, ,000, ,000,-
900 to $4,000, ,000,0 900. Around $780,
100000 has been supplied the H. o.
L. c. for home loans, but with 1000, 900
applications on file and only enough
money to take care of 100000, the
corporation on November 13 stopped
accepting requests for loans.
A special survey by the H. o. L. c.
was said to have shown that $780,
100000 would be the working min
imum necessary to recommend to
Congress.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
Garnett Asks Books
of Western Union
In Gambling Probe
Records to Be Scanned
for Eridence of Link
With Gaming.

United States Attorney Leslie C..
Garnett today issued subpOenas for the
records of the Western Union Tele-
graph Co. in connection with grand
jury investigation of charges that the
company is involved in conspiracy to
violate the gambling laws.
1t was understood two undercover
Investigators will be taken before the
grand jury to testify they made bets
on horse races through the telegraph
company.
1t is charged Western Union agents
accepted bets here and then wired
them to the Hialeah track in Miami
In the two cases involved, it was an
nounced, the undercover agents were
subsequently notified that their bets
had not been placed at the track.
The investigation, which will be
handled by Assistant United States
Attorney Roger Robb, is expected to
start Monday.
Evening star., 1935-01-26

Prompted by information supplied
by Secretary Ickes, special District
grand jury has been summoned to
meet February to investigate charges
of graft in the Public Works Ad-
miniStration, it was disclosed today.
United States Attorney Leslie c.
Garnett, who issued the call, said the
inquiry would analyze specifically one
project, a $4,000,000 project in Texas" "
1t will be the first special grand jury
here since the Fall-Doheny oil cases.
Ickes, who as public works admins
traitor, has been much criticized on
Capitol Hill, would say only that after
"a long and careful study of the
Texas project" full report had been
submitted to prosecuting officials for
such action as they deem proper to
take"
Other P. w. A. officials declined
to disclose the project on which the
graft is alleged to have occurred, but
admitted Louis CLAWS, Ickes' ace in
vestigator, had been in Texas three
or four times within the last six weeks
and had investigated the case before
the report was given to Garnett.
Although officials would not COM
ment, it was reported the contract for
the project in question was withdrawn
after investigators assigned to the
case by Secretary of the Interior 1ckes
had uncovered evidence of an al
legged conspiracy to defraud the
United States.
1t was said 8 or 10 persons, including
Evening star., 1935-01-26
MAIL PILOT KILLED
|. BY FALL IN STORM
Floyd Church Victim Of
Crash Near Pittsburgh
Airport.
BY the Associated Press.

.
PITTSBURGH, January 26.-Tak-
ing off in his mail plane into the
stormy darkness. Pilot Floyd Church
80, of Newark N. j., crashed 10 min
utes later and was burned to death
early today.
The T. w. A. mail ship, which
Church was flying alone, crashed and
caught fire in a Stag dump a little
more than a mile from the City
County Airport.
The plane and all the mail sacks
were destroyed, airport officials said.
Church was bound from Newark to
Columbus. He stopped at the airport
at 2:05 am. to refuel and pick up the
mail. He took off again at 2:20 am,
and a few minutes later attendants
saw him circling around as if trying to
get back to the field.
After about 10 minutes in which
the plane apparently made no head
way, it went into a dive.
T. w. A. officials began an investi-
CATION, but withheld statement.
Airport observers said it appeared
that Church experienced motor trou-
BILE soon after taking off. They also
said the accident may have been
caused by ice forming on the wings
or controls and this was borne out
after Investigators said they found
the motor wide open"
Sleet and rain were falling at the
time.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
MISSIONARIES EXODUS
GATHERING MOMENTUM
Red Horde May Be Forming for
Attack in Luchow and Suifu
Areas.
Rv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Szechwan Province,
China, January 26.-Missionaries in
the Luchow and Suifu area to the
southwest began a precautionary de-
parture today as reports indicated
a major Red horde pressure may have
its spearhead there.
Authorities contend, however, the
provincial forces along the Yangtze
have been strengthened and the ten
sion eased somewhat.
The American Baptist Foreign Mis-
sionary Society does extensive work
in the area.
Suifu merchants formed volun-
tary defense league and the public
subscribed 100000 silver dollars for
the purchase of arms and ammunition
to fight the Communists moving to
the west ahead of the Nationalist
governments forces under Gen. Chi
ang Kai-Shek.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
Baltimore Denies
Marriage License
To Sia1.ese TaUiirl
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, January 26.-Her
matrimonial hopes blasted again, Vio-
let Hilton and her Siamese twin,
Daisy, turned Southwark today to
continue their trouping.
Attorney General Herbert R.
O'Conor yesterday turned thumbs
down on Violet's efforts to secure in
Elkton a marriage license for herself
and Maurice Lambert, Keyser, w. Va,
musician.
The attorney general said he had
advised the "gretna green" clerk Of
court not to issue the license "as a
matter of public policy
The Siamese twins, with their
troupe, were stranded overnight in
Elkton and left there yesterday. Vio-
let applied for license while there.
Lambert was not with the troupe,
but planned to join it in Savannah,
Ca, the twins destination after leav-
ing Baltimore, where they spent last
night
Lambert and Miss Hilton had pre-
viously been denied licenses in New
York. New Jersey and other places.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
COMMODORE DIES

BERKELEY, Calf, January 26 up.
Commodore Claude S. Cochran,
veteran skipper of the famous old
Coast Guard cutter Bear, now at little
America with Admiral Byrd, died here
last night.
In more than a score Of voyages
to ice-littered Alaskan waters Coch-
ran was at the helm. He became
commanding oficer in 1915 and re-
tired in 1929.
Burial will be In Arlington.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
Girls Death Probed on Report
She Vas Beaten by -Four Boys

DR.. Anna Prichett, county health
officer, said the girls abdomen, hips
and legs were bruised.
Four boys her own age, accused of
tormenting and beating Phyllis while
she was going home from school
January 9, vigorously denied they had
kicked or beaten her. They were re-
leased. Phyllis mother, critically Ill,
told of seeing the four boys kick her
daughter, terrorizing her so she ran
back to the school grounds. A week
later the girl became seriously i'll and
was removed to an Ontario, Greg,
Hospital. where she died.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
MISS EARHART MAKING
LEISURELY TRIP HOME
By the Associated Press.
AT DrOrHnO n

By the Associated Press.
ALBUQUERQUE. N. Mex, January
26.-"Just going home and in no
hurry" Amelia Earhart, noted ocean
flyer, and her husband, George Palmer
Putnam of New York, had their plane
ready for a take-off early today to
continue their Eastward air voyage.
They landed here yesterday after
taking off from Burbank, Calf, and
Miss Earhart told airport attendants
to make her plane ready for take
off "at the crack of dawn" The
aviatrix, making her first trip East
since her solo flight from Honolulu
to California, did not say what route
she would take Eastward.
1--WE haven't any itinerary. We're
just going home and we're In no
hurry" she said.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
Ry tha Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VALE, Greg, January 26.-Feeling
ran high in this little Oregon town
today over the death of 9-year-old
Phyllis Westfall, possibly fatally kick
ed by four boys.
Upon the recommendation of DR..
Charles Palmer, who attended the
girl. District Attorney M. A. Briggs
was preparing to order an autopsy.
DR.. Palmer said an examination in
dicated she suffered from catarrhal
jaundice. but she had been hit hard
enough in the abdomen to cause the
illness from which she died Sunday
night.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
MADDOX, ACCUSED.
|NMASSACRE, HELD
Only Free Survivor of Gang
Reported Named by
Byron Bolton.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 26.-Claude
Maddox, recently reported named ir
a confession by Byron Bolton as one
of the six men involved in the st
Valentines day massacre of 1929. was
seized early today by squads from
the Detective Bureau at his home ir
suburban Berwyn.
He was taken to central police
headquarters for questioning by Chief
of Detectives John L. Sullivan.
Bolton, held in st. Paul on charges
of completely in the 100000 kidnap-
ing of Edward G. Bremen, was re-
ported earlier this week to have con-
fessed that he acted as finger man
in the massacre which wiped ou
seven members of the George Bugs
Moran gang in q North Side garage
Was Only One Free.
Maddox was the only person namet
in the alleged confession who is no
either dead or in prison. Other
Bolton was reported to have namet
were: Murray Humphreys, once Nc
l Capone henchman, now in Leaven
worth serving term for income tai
evasion; Fred (Killer) Burke, now Il
Michigan prison for the Staying o
a st. Joseph policeman; Fred 9TH
brains) Goetz, university graduate
who turned gangster and was Slail
a year ago; Gus Winkler, gambler
killed last year. and Maddox.
Seized at His Home.
Now IS years old. Maddox was for
mer owner of the Circus Cafe
where the gangsters were said to hav
consorted. He was seized when h
arrived at his home early this morning
The massacre was said to have beel
attributed by Bolton to warfare be
tween the Capone and Moran mob
over the profits of dog race tract
at Lyons. Ill. Federal official
promptly denied that Bolton had con
fessed or that he had been ques
tioned concerning the massacre.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
FLOOD SWEEPS ON,
LEAVING q DEAD
Increasing Loss of Life and
Property Feared in
Southern States.

| Copyright, 1885. by the Associated Press.)
MARKS, Miss, January 26-As
the Midsouth counted its flood dead al
27 today, the Coldwater River pursued
its path of destruction further south
ward to raise property damage esti-
mates to s5,0OO,O0O or more.
With thousands in refugee camps
or marooned, relief workers estimated
that $4,000 persons were suffering
from the Northwest Mississippi ramp
age and the lower reaches awaited in
fearful anticipation.
Cheered by the arrival of 10 large
fat-bottom boats, manned by United
States engineers, the refugees at
Marks, expected the last of the ma
rooned in this section soon would be
brought into safety.
There were 81 deaths attributed to
the food in Mississippi, in Tennes-
see and l in Arkansas.
5000 Are Menaced.
The waters receding in Tennessee
and Arkansas broken through private
levees and protection dykes and roared
on down toward the rich Tallahatchie
River Basin in this State, menacing
5000 residents in the low section.
Rescuers scurried by boat and train
up and down the 40-mile overflow sec
tor rescuing persons from flooded
homes, supplying food and clothing
and attempting to check outbreaks OF
influenza and pneumonia among shiv-
ering refugees.
This little town of 1900 inhab-
itants was a virtual island, with
lower sections under several feet OF
water, but it set up relief stations in
public buildings to house its own dis
tresSed and those from surrounding
sections.
81 More Brought In.
Boats brought in 81 more refugees
last night, adding to the almost 500
already being cared for here. The
story was the same in the suffering
communities of Sledge and Darling
and others in the section to the north.
Practically every hill was dotted
with families. Ice still coated the
flood waters and boats had to chop
their way through.
Red Cross workers were rushing in
supplies as fast as they could be Sc
cured, with private agencies cooper
ating. The Red Cross is making
drive for $4,000 for the stricken area.
The flooded area extended from
Lost Lakes, near the Tennessee
Arkansas line, distance of approxi-
mately 40 miles, to the section south
of here. 1t was approximately Is
miles wide in spots.
Snow Presents Menace.
Snow still on the hillsides of the
upper section presented another men
ace. AS temperatures began to mod
crate the snow melted and it was
feared the fresh water would start a
new overflow.
Water last night broke over the
highway between Marks and Tut
weller, cutting off road traffic, and
moved toward Glendora and Webb.
Private leveeS between Lambert, 8
miles south of here, and Crowder were
leveled and refugees came out by the
hundreds. Many residents still re-
manned in the area northwest of
Marks. Relief workers reported that
in some instances the refugees refused
to leave and had to be carried to
safety by force.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
IS FISHERMEN RESCUED
Steamer Picks Up japanese After
Sighting Flares.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 26 up.
The rescue of Is Japanese fisher
men in the rough North Pacific of
the coast of Japan was told today in
a message relayed to Radiomarine
Corp. here by the steamer General
Sherman from the steamer Roanoke.
The Roanoke, bound for Shanghai
from Port Arthur, Tex, said it sight
ed flares from the fishing vessel and
stood by in heavy seas all night. At
daybreak yesterday a lifeboat was
lowered and the captain, mate and
chief engineer of the helpless fisher
were brought on board.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
Father Charged With Shooting
Doctor Operating on Son.

MEXICO, D. F., January 26 R.-
Gen. Javier Romo Velazquez surren-
dered yesterday to police searching
for him for the slayiEg Of DR.. Samuel
Inclan while the surgeon was operat-
ing on the generals young son.
He said he understood the doctor to
say his son had died. Since three Of
his children have died In the past year,
Gen. Romo Velazquez explained, he
became frenzied at the thought of los
ing his last child and shot the physi-
clan. The boy will recover, doctors
said.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
Renounces Title to Be Citizen.

PITTSBURGH (P).-No longer is
Max Won Matthesius, a noble man of
Germany.
In Naturalization Court he re-
nounced his title of Baron Max
Holung Won Matthesius to become
United States citizen.
Evening star., 1935-01-26


Judge" had plotted the murder OF
certain officials.
BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, January 26.-
Gov. o. K. Allen today issued for
NAL proclamation declaring that con-
ditions of violence, insurrection and
disorder" existed in Baton Rouge and
commanded the State Militia to pre-
serve law and order in the city OF
Baton Rouge and the parish of East
Baton Rogue" officials did not in
terpret the proclamation as complete
martial law.
The Goevrnor. political ally of Sen
ator Huey P. Long, in his procloma-
ton accused the Standard Oil Co. oi
Louisiana with whom Long has been
at war. of "fomenting" trouble.
The proclamation was issued as the
Senator's court investigation" into
what he said was plot to murder
him was preparing to start in the
State Supreme Court chambers.
The proclamation was issued while
throngs of uniformed members of the
State Militia guarded the Statehouse
inside and out.
Dashes to Capital.
Long reached the capital after 6
high-speed automobile dash from New
Orleans. He went straight to his hotel
suite, which he made the base.
From it he proceeded to direct tht
movements of the National Guarc
and other State forces.
Longs move followed armed occu.
pancy of the East Baton Rouge parish
court house here yesterday in protest
against the Senator's attempt to ado
the parish to his dictatorship.
Recognized members of the Square
Deal Association of Louisiana helc
the Court House behind bristling guns
for three hours.
The court house was taken over
without resistance of the Long-Aller
forces. The revolving citizens carried
shotguns and rifles and instructions
were given for them to be prepared
with plenty of ammunition.
The Senator said the court proceed.
ings would be civil character, which
he did not specifically define, before
Judge J. D. Womack. whom he re-
Gently had Gov. o. K. Allen appoint
to the East Baton Rouge District
Court bench.
Says Allen Called Troops.
Long said Gov. Allen had called
out the National Guard to maintain
law and order'
Asked if the Governor had pro-
claimed martial law. the dictator said:
mo, that amt necessary"
The Senator accused the Standard
Oil Co. of responsibility for yesterday 6
armed assembly of citizenry hostile to
the Long domination and said his
compromise" with the company over
the scent oil refining tax was "off"
unless the company stopped" the vio-
lence
do you know what all this is about
no you don't, I'll tell you," Long told
an interviewer.
Claims Two Arrested.
do you know why that bunch met
down there? 1t was because we found
out about, and arrested, two men in a
murder plot. They found they had
traitors in their ranks.
I'VE picked up two men. One of
them was going to drive the murder
car.
"It was all fixed up. He was going
to block my car on the highway be-
tween here and New Orleans, make
it stop and force me in the ditch, and
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Evening star., 1935-01-26
SUIT is DISMISSED

Judge Also Dissolves All Re
straining Orders Against Stetson.
LOS ANGELES, January 26 R).-
Mrs. Lucretia Haughman Stetson OBJ
tanned dismissal of her 81 ,200-a-month
separate maintenance suit against
G. Henry Stetson of the hat-manu-
featuring family yesterday.
In dismissing the maintenance pc
tition, which contained some so
charges of cruelty, Judge Dudley VAL
entine also dissolved all restraining
orders directed at Stetson.
Evening star., 1935-01-26

Professors Widow Dies at 95.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, January 26
R.-Mrs. Hettie Payne Winters, 95,
native of New York and the widow
Of Prof. A. G. Winters of Cook Acad-
emy, New York, died here after brief
illness.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
Senator Dashes to State
Capital to Direct "War''
Against Armed Citizens,
Who Seized Court House.
CHARGES MURDER PLOT;
ORDERS COURT PROBE
Kingfsh Is Heavily Guarded in
Hotel Suite-Blames Standard
Oil Company for Uprising"
Claims Conspirators Planned to
Kill Him on Highway.
BULLETIN.

BATON ROUGE, La, January
26 tP)-Huey Long today opened
a hearing here at which he charged
that -four sheriffs, one district at
torney and possibly one district
Judge" had plotted the murder OF
certain officials
Evening star., 1935-01-26
WEATHER.

%. 8. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Mostly cloudy and slightly colder to-
night. lowest temperature about 16 de-
gress; tomorrow fair and colder. Tenn
peratures-Highest, Is, at noon today;
lowest, 10, at GAS am today.
Full report on page A-8.
Evening star., 1935-01-26
SURRENDERS IN SLAYING

Continued on Page 3. Column l)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-12
STOCK HOLDERS
ESCAPE TAKING
Court Decision Relieves
Many Local People From
Paying Over Sl25,OOO

Through a I, m handed down
yesterday by the United States
board of tax ar Gals in Washington
many Waterburians holding an esti-
mated $1,000. 600 worth of United
Founders stock are relieved from
paying the government over $685.
900 In taxes. The decision was rem
dered in the case brought by
Dwight G. Wheeler, president Of
the Acme Shear company of
Bridgeport who in 1880 sold United
Founders stock upon which he
would have to had to pay 100000 in
taxes and repurchased 1t after 80
days to establish a. loss which
would avoid the tax assessment.
The board ruled that 1.-THE sale
by the petitioner OF certain shares
Of stock in December, 1880, at less
than cost, followed by the purchase
OF like number of the same shares
soon after expiration of 80 days
from the sale, was a bonaflde sale
resulting in deductible loss"
The board recalled that the case
of Charles Mitchell, former presi-
dent OF the National City bank,
produced similar conditions of sale
and repurchase of stock. Mitchell's
action in claiming a loss through
the transaction was upheld.