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Evening star., 1935-03-07
BABY LYING IN CRIB
BURNED BY FLAMES
Sister, Playing With Matches,
Lights Discarded Clothes.
Injuries Are Critical.

Fifteen-month-old Kenneth Clan
ton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Clan
ton, 1926 Gales street northeast, was
critically burned today after discarded
clothing in an adjoining room was ac-
cidentally set aflre by his 4-year-old
sister, Shirley.
The children were alone In the
house after both mother and father
had left thinking the other was still
at home. Shirley told her mother she
was lighting matches to watch them
burn when suddenly flame flared I'D.
With this. according to her story, the
young girl ran into the front room OF
the house.
A neighbor, whose name the mother
did not know, noticed the smoke and
rushed into the house for the little
girl, overlooking the other child. It
Is believed the youngster received the
burns when draft through the par
TALLY open door blew the flame into
the room where he was. The place
where the boy was lying in his crib
was not burned.
The boys father, returning from a
nearby store, saw the fire engines
pulling up to his house and running
there dashed through the smoke and
flame to rescue the child. The father
was not burned. Mrs. Clanton, who
is rs years old, had walked several
blocks to visit an aunt.
At Casualty Hospital doctors said
the baby's back, chest and face were
seriously burned and there was slight
chance for his recovery.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
DECISION IN POLICE
ATTACK CASE WAITS
Judge Mcmahon Will Render
Verdict on Charges at
II Am. Saturday.

A decision in the assault case against
Policemen John I. Shotzberger and
Ernest T. Vessels of the sixth pre-
cinct will be given by Judge John P.
Mcmahon in Police Court at IL am.
Saturday. This announcement was
made by the court after the close of
arguments in the case yesterday.
The policemen are charged with
having assaulted Harrison M Fuller,
BAL Ingraham street, when they mis-
took him for his brother Allen. against
whom they had a parking warrant.
The defense acknowledges that Har-
rison was struck in the police car by
VESSELS in order to maintain his ar
rest.
In continuing the case until Satur-
day for decision, Judge Mcmahon
said that there was no doubt in his
mind as to the facts of the case as
they were presented in the evidence.
The question which the court must
decide. he declare,', involves the prin-
ciple of arrest and the rights enjoyed
by policemen in making and maintain
ing arrests.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Geographic Society Explorer
Finds Ne,v Glacier by Plane

thought to end at the divide between
Mount Hubbard and Mount Van
couver. actually flows fully 40 miles
farther into the very heart OF the
st. Elias Range. 1t grows broader
rather than narrower, and finally
ends 60 or 70 miles from Yakutat Bay
at the very base of Mount Logan.
Mount Vancouver appears to be
utterly impregnable. It is one OF the
most amazing mountain masses that I
have ever seen, rising to an altitude
of nearly 10000 feet from the fiat
snow fields of the Hubbard Glacier
in one gigantic cliff of ice and rock
without single climbable angle.
Between Mount Hubbard and
Mount Lucania stretches a range of
hitherto unseen mountains in which
there are at least 20 peaks over 10000
feet in height and several even higher
than this Mount Lucania lies so far
north of the region Of our projected
mapping and exploration that we did
not visit 1t on this flight; but we
plan to return with our mapping
cameras next week and cover the
whole area with as complete o net
work Of ohlique photographs as pos
sible."
Evening star., 1935-03-07
EDUCATION BOARD
BY ELECTION URGED
George A. Warren Assails Ap.
pointive System in Address
ing Association.

An elective, rather than an ap-
pointive, Board of Education for the
District, as provided for in the Cap
per bill, was advocated by George
A. Warren at the meeting last night
Of the District Public School Asso-
citation, of which he is vice president.
The present system, under which
members of the board are appointed
by but two judges of the Supreme
Court, was assailed by the speaker as
contrary to the judgment of the
country's most distinguished edu-
Gators. He also charged that the
present system is in conflict with
almost universal practice throughout
the United States.
The association also went on rec
ord as favoring the bill introduced
by Representative Jenckes of Indiana
calling for the display of the Amer
ican flag on all public buildings.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
BUS PASSENGERS
ROUT|NGS TRACED
Terminals Hearing Told
Majority Using Four Lines
Go to Central Area.

Evidence showing the majority Of
all passengers using four suburban and
intracity bus lines are discharged in
the central business district and the
Government Triangle was introduced
today before the Public Utilities Com
mission when it resumed its hearing
on a proposal to force the bus COM
panies to establish off ff-street terminals.
Charles NJ. Herrick, civil engineer,
who made study Of the origins and
destinations of passengers for the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission and the Public Utilities
Commission, presented the figures,
tabulated during rush traffic hours.
Pictures Presented.
Francis Breen, a photographer for
the Utilities Commission, presented
a series of pictures showing traffic
conditions outside the present curb
terminals of the four companies
during the morning rush hours.
John Paul Jones, an attorney, ap-
pearing for the Georgetown Progress
sive Business Mems Club and the
Georgetown Citizens Association, op-
posed the proposal to reroute the
busseS over the Arlington Memorial
Bridge. He asserted that operation
of the line on NJ street in George
town sis absolutely essential to that
section"
The commission is considering re-
routing Of the line because of the
traffic congestion leading to Key
Bridge.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
HOLLY TREES ALLOWED
TO STAY IN SOUTHEAST
Citizens Protest, Needed by Ma
tional Capital Parks Office,
Rescinds Order.

Heeding the vigorous protests Of
Southeast citizens the National Capt.
tai Parks Office has rescinded an
order to transplant in Rock Greek
Park a half dozen fully grown holly
trees on Ridge road southeast and
announced the trees will be placed in
one Of the Southeast parks.
In a letter to Southeast business
men, Frank Gartside, assistant super
intendent Of the National Capital
parks, said his office had decided not
to remove the trees to Rock Greek
Park, but that they would be placed
in Anacostia, Lincoln or GARFIELD
Parks, all Of which are In the South
east area.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
M'CARRAN CLAIMS
RELIEF SUPPORT
Declares the Administration
Forces Are "Wavering"
as Vote Again Nears.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Capital waited today for an
other Senate vote on the prevailing
wage requirement which was written
into the S4,880, 10000 work-relief bill
two weeks ago against President
Roosevelt's wishes.
Reopening of the floor fight on
the measure was held up temporarily
by discussion of the Army appropri-
alton bill. Administration leaders
stood ready to proceed with the relief
controversy the moment this barrier
was out of the way.
AS the test neared, Senator McCar-
ran, Democrat, of Nevada, author Of
the prevailing wage amendment which
the Senate previously passed, A to
43. contended the administrations
forces were "wavering."
McCarran Claims Support.
McCarran said the disclosure earlier
this week that Vermont'S two Repub-
lican Senators-Austin and Gibson
would change from his to the Presi-
dents side if certain concessions were
granted, had resulted in "stiffening"
llIc SuPpOiI 1OI Ills dAlcLlOuiCAl.
Senators striving to get the work.
relief bill enacted in the form Presi-
dent Roosevelt desires retorted that
their lines were holding firm.
The Roosevelt leaders have agreed
to modification wanted by the Ver-
mont Senators. One would eliminate
much of the preamble. Opponents Of
the bill have criticized the preamble
on the grounds it empowered the Pres
ident to do anything he wished with
the money. Another modification
would earmark s350,000,000 of the
works fund for food relief and other
purposes. Vermont has had heavy
flood damage in recent years.
Voted for Prevailing Wage.
The Vermonters were among 81 Re-
publicans, 81 Democrats, l Progress
sive and Farmer-Laborite who
voted two weeks ago to pay relief
workers the wage rates prevailing In
private industry instead of the $50
a-month security wages" advocated
by administration officials.
After that setback, the Roosevelt
leaders sent the bill back to the Sem
ate Appropriations Committee, where
it remained frozen fast until early
this week. The committee returned
it to the floor Tuesday with the con-
cessions wanted by the Vermont Sena-
tors and some others.
The committee refused by a tie
vote, however, to recommend the Nc
Carran wage amendment. Instead,
the measure went hack to the Senate
with a provision which would permit
security" wages. Dutrequire the Pres
ident to order prevailing wages paid
wherever he found the lower rates
were pulling down wage levels in
private industry McCarran made
ready. today to fight for his proposal
on the floor.
Even if The McCarran amendment
should be adopted by the Senate again.
Democratic leaders indicated they felt
confident it would be eliminated ulti-
mately in conference with the House.
Evening star., 1935-03-07

A hitherto unknown glacier and q
surprise" section of the famous Hub
bard Glacier have just been discovered
from a National Geographic Society
airplane in an eight-hour flight over
almost impenetrable mountain regions
of the extreme southwest Yukon ter
ritory.
Bradford Washburn, young explorer
of Cambridge. Mass, telegraphed q
report of the discoveries to the society
headquarters here on arriving at his
temporary rail base at Carcross, Yukon
territory, Canada.
Washburn, who is exploring the
tangle of mountains in that vicinity
for the society, discovered an immense
new" glacier nearly so miles long, and
established the fact that the Hubbard
Glacier is twice as large as had been
supposed. In his report, Washburn
said:
1.-THE new glacier system lies some
1870 miles west of Carcross.
Besides this system on the east
and north slopes of Mount Hubbard.
we were amazed to find that the
Hubbard Glacier, formerly believed to
be less than 80 miles In length and
Evening star., 1935-03-07
D. c. BANK LOSSES
MAY Be DEDUCTED
|. FROM INCOME TAX
Percentage Permitted to Be
Subtracted Revealed Only
by Agents.
HELP IS AVAILABLE
AT IL INSTITUTIONS
Key to Situation Seen in Recent
Statement Explaining Basis
of Allowance.

Depositors who lost money in
Washington's 10 failed banks are be-
ing allowed to deduct some of their
losses on income tax returns this
year.
This was learned today, from au-
thoritative sources, which, however,
declined to explain in detail what per-
centage Of deposits may be deducted,
as bad debt.
Some Of these banks failed in 1882,
and the others early in 1888, about
the time of the bank holiday. All
have paid some dividends, and are in
the hands Of receivers or hquidating
trusts.
Data Not Made Public.
Federal agents are understood to
have certain information which will
be Of help to depoSitors in figuring
their losses, but this information is
not being made public generally.
Bank depositors will be helped per-
sonally by these agents in making out
their returns, however, especially in
connection with bank deposit losses.
The agents are located in Room 1902,
Revenue Building, and in II different
banks and branches throughout the
city.
An official statement issued some
time ago explains the status of de-
positors' losses in banks. This state
inent explained generally that such
losses could not be deducted unless
there could be determination of
the loss.
Although no definite information
could be obtained on the manner in
which the agents now are allowing
losses on bank deposits, it was be-
lieved by some observers that perhaps
the key to the situation lay in one
part of the earlier statement, which
reads as follows:
Where a bank is in the process of
liquidation and the receiver or other
official in charge has issued a state
ment indicating the final approximate
per cent of the deposits to be paid
to the depositors, depositor will be
allowed deduction as bad debt the
amount of his deposit in excess Of the
amount to be received on final dis
tribution. Any distribution received
subsequently by a depositor of the
amount deducted in his return as q
bad debt, should be reported by the
depositor as income for the yeAr In
which such distribution is received"
No Public Statement.
Receivers have made no public
statement, however. as to what amount
the depositors in their banks may ex-
pect to lose. AS a matter of fact, it
would be impossible for them to give
an accurate figure, because the busi-
ness of liquidation depends on so
many indeterminate factors, such as
the variations in the stock and bond
markets, the fluctuations in real es.
tate, the value of assets and the sale
ability of assets.
Deduction of percentage Of such
losses as depositors have suffered In
the l9 local failed banks, however, Is
proving a substantial help by reduc-
ing the amount of income taxes due
this year.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
26 Radios Taken
By Burglar From
F Street Store
May Haze Tuned in for
Police Car Tip to Com.
plete Escape.

The burglar who robbed a radio
store at 938 F street early today ought
to be in close touch with events, now
that he has 26 receiving sets.
Possibly he tuned in with Scout Car
Officers w. A. Schotter and w. M.
Suthard getting their orders to in
vestigate his activities.
At any rate, he was no where in
sight when the officers arrived in their
radio car. The burglary had been
discovered by the manager, Harold A.
Sugar, on opening for business.
The table radios which the burglar
took. after breaking a show window.
were valued at $500. j.
Police today kept an eye on sus-
pected fences" in the belief no man
could ind . personal use for 2e
radios.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Elmer, Dean of Copy Carriers,
Relieved of His Last Dispatch

Passing years slowed down Elmer
Kraft. the perennial copy boy, shut
fling on his familiar orbit, and a
swifter messenger relieved him Of his
final dispatch.
For is, for 20-for more years than
old-timers seem to recall, Elmer ran
copy between the Associated Press Of
flee in The Star Building and the
washington Post, always on his half
hour schedule.
He never seemed to understand
when automatic wire typewriters rob-
bed his dispatches of their urgency
they were always urgent to Elmer,
who still kept faith with the old
Morse system. 81.
Elmer was faithful, but not quite
Evening star., 1935-03-07
WIFE OF M. H. FLANDERS
OF RIVERDALE IS DEAD
Short Illness Fatal to Prominent
Worker in Fraternal
Circles.
Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RIVERDALE, Md, March Mrs.
Wilhelmina Pearl Flanders, wife Of
Myron H. Flanders and prominent
local fraternal worker, died in Sibley
Hospital. Washington, yesterday, after
a short Illness
A native of Barry. ILL.,. and for
mer school teacher, Mrs. Flanders
moved to this community with her
husband about Is years ago. She was
first president of the Past Matrons
and Patrons Association of Southern
Maryland, Order of the Eastern Star,
and a past matron of Ruth Chapter,
Hyattsville.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Flanders
is survived by a sister. Mrs. Norma
Wendorff of Barry, ILL.,, and two
brothers, Trueman Early of California
and Harry w. Early Of Washington
State.
Private funeral services will be con-
Quoted at Gasch's undertaking eStab-
lishment, Hyattsville, this afternoon.
The officers of Ruth Chapter will Of
ficiate at the burial in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
MRS. DANIEL MCGUIRE
DIES AT RESIDENCE HERE
Native of New York Made Home
in Capital for More Than
20 Years.

Mrs. Daniel Mcguire, a resident OF
Washington for more than 20 years,
died early this morning at her home,
1925 Sixteenth street. She was ma
tive of New York City.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by three daughters, Mrs. v. H
Ragsdale, wife of Lieut.. Comdr. Rags
dale, now stationed at Norfolk; Mrs
j. Paul Erwin of Boston and Miss
Grace MCGUIRE of this city and one
son, James Calder Mcclure.
Requiem mass will be offered at
st. Paul's Church. Fifteenth and v
streets, Saturday at 9 am. Burial
will be in the Abbey Mausoleum at
Arlington.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Fails to Dodge Reporters
by. Using Rear Door
to Reach Auto.
KEPT BUSY ALL Time,
HE SAYS OF SENTENCE
Attorney Says Health Is Not Af'
fected by Ten Days
Confinement.

Purged of charge Of contempt
Of the Senate by virtue of 10 days
spent in the District Jail, William
P. MacCracken, former Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce for Aeronautics
and present secretary of the Ameri-
can Bar Association, today was a free
man again.
While photographers and news reel
cameramen waited for him at the
front door of the jail, MacCracken,
last of a shabby group of prisoners
leaving after finishing terms for vari-
Gus petty offenses. hurried out rear
door.
Although appearing in perfect
health. Mr.. MacCracken appeared
meek and had little to say to re-
porters. He smiled as he climbed the
steps out of the rear cell-block and
came out into the chill, misty air.
Jests With Alert News Hawks.
Sorry to have kept you fellows
waiting" he said, as the few pho
tographers who had anticipated the
rear-exit departure set of fiash-bulbs
in his face. Il have been ready to
leave since early morning"
MacCracken wore a freshly pressed
brown business suit and tan ralncoat.
He set out at brisk walk from the
Jail door with an unidentified friend.
who had a small sedan waiting on a
drive behind the jail.
You have no prison pallor." this
friend remarked.
mo-" said MacCracken, Il am feel
ing pretty fit
He was asked what he had done to
keep busy.
"They found work for me-" he said.
"They kept me busy. for which I was
grateful. 1t was far better than being
idle"
MacCracken was assigned to clerical
work in the jail Office, according to
Supt. Thomas NJ Rives.
Sent Out Books and Papers.
About an hour before his release
MacCracken sent out by messenger
two suit cases and an arnful of books
and papers. .
To q query concerning reading he
might have done, he said, Il tended
to my knitting"
During MacCracken's walk from the
Jail door to the waiting car, photog-
raphers took pictures of him on the
run. Just as he prepared to climb into
the car, breathless photographer
painting from race around the jail
called: please give me break, Mr.
MacCracken."
MacCracken paused for a moment
at the car door, turned and faced the
photographer.
"All right" he said. hurry it up"
He then climbed into the car and
rode away.
MacCracken was sentenced to jail
after papers subpoenaed by the Senate
Airmail Investigating Committee had
disappeared from his Office files. He
carried his fight to escape jail to the
Supreme Court. where the Jail sentence
finally was upheld. Col. L. H. Brit
tin, sentenced jointly with MacCrack-
en- for the same offense, served 10 days
in the District Jail in February, 1884
without attempting to fight the case.
Evening star., 1935-03-07

in step with progress, not since he
hurt his head in a friendly scuftie
with newsboys, a couple of decades
ago, when his years were more IN
keeping with his title-"copy boy"
Time passed and endowed Elmer
with his bowler hat, his pince-nez,
his inevitable umbrella, his profess
sional-looking dispatch case, his big
moustache, but it never lifted him
from his status of copy boy" In the
eyes of the street urchins who beset
his path.
Elmer died at Emergency Hospital
several days ago, almost alone in the
world. For several years he had oc-
cupied q little room at Central Union
Mission
Evening star., 1935-03-07
MRS. ARCHIBALD SMALL
FOUND DEAD IN HOME
Cerebral Hemorrhage Blamed for
Death of Prominent
Clubwoman.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
wOODSIDE, Md, March Mrs.
Archibald Small, 70, prominent Mont
gomery County clubwoman, was
found dead at her home on the
Brookfield road this morning by
Ouarles Fleet, colored, janitor Of
Grace Episcopal Church, Woodside,
who tended the furnace in Mrs.
Small's home
Fleet notified Rev. Frederick M.
Morris of Grace Church, who called
DR.. Marion Bankhead. DR.. Bankhead
declared death was due to a cerebral
hemorrhage.
Mrs Small was a former president
of the Federation of Women's Clubs
of Montgomery County and active in
the work Of Grace Church.
A native Of Washington, Mrs. Small
had been o resident Of this community
for the past 80 years.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
MARRIED PERSONS
CLAUSE HIT IN BILL
Economy Act Provision
Would Become Inopera-
tive in Most Cases.

A bill 20 make imperative the mar
ried persons clause of the economy
act unless the salary of man and wife
in the Government service is in ex-
cess of $4,000 a year, was introduced
late yesterday by Representative RAN
dolph, Democrat, of West Virginia.
The measure, however, would make
the clause more stringent In one re-
spect. Whenever either the man or
wife is employed in the Government
at $4,000 or more, and his or her
mate is employed outside the Fed
eral service, the former would be fur
loughed for a year.
Offered as Compromise.
Randolph said the bill is designed
primarily to compromise the ccntro-
versy over the married persons clause,
but it Incorporates the Civil Service
Appeals Board. already proposed in
previous measure: the extension OF
the civil service to all agencies not
exempted by Executive order, and other
benefits sought by Government
workers.
The measure also provides for scrap
ping the present efficiency rating sys-
tenn and the substitution of a uni
form plan, setting up the following
grades: Excellent, 90-100; good, rs
SO: fair, COTS, and poor, below 60.
Thirty days sick leave and the same
amount Of annual leave also is pro-
vided. The retirement act would be
amended in several respects. One
amendment would permit employees to
retire on their own volition upon reach
ing the age of 60, Another would
repeal the unpopular law which en-
ployes with 80 years or more service
are involuntarily retired, and the
workers so retired would regain their
positions at the previous salaries, pro-
viding they have not since passed the
age of so.
Retirement Benefits Extended.
The Randolph bill contains another
provision extending retirement bene-
fits to all employees Of the legislative
The Iowest-paid woman workers in
Government service are bearing the
brunt of the provision, a survey by the
Women's Bureau of the Department OF
Labor shows.
Eighty per cent of the dismissed
employees earned less than $4,000
year, the survey showed. while only 6
per cent of the dismissals came from
the higher-paid group. The Women's
Bureau Investigators also reported that
personnel officers observed "a general
decentralization among employees as
result of the manifest discriminatory
effect of the law"
Three -fourths of the dismissals were
of women, the Women's Bureau study
states.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
MAY LOSE ARM

BY Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, March T.
When an automobile he was driving
overturned at Memorial Circle here
last night, Harry E. Blackwell, 81, OF
the 1900 block Kenyon street, Wash
ington, had one arm so severely lacer-
ated that amputation may be neces-
sary.
He was removed to the Alexandra
Hospital. Mrs. Pearl L. Blackwell, his
wife, escaped unhurt.
Evening star., 1935-03-07
Quota Club Meets Tonight.

The Quota Club of Washington will
meet at $50 tonight In the Women's
City Club to discuss plans for their
convention to be held here March Is
and II, it was announced this morn
ing. All members are urged to attend.
The tribune independent of Michigan., 1935-04-13
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Z. q. Melvin, pastor

The services at Community Bap-
tist Church last Sunday were very
Inspiring. Rev. Melvin preached at
the morning worship; Rev.
Gresham preached at the evening
service and Communion was admin
lstered
The BABY Contest" will end
sunday. April II, at 3 p. m. the
entrants in the contest include lit
tie Shirley Ann Godbold and Fran
COS Nealis, Of Community Church;
Samuel Norman. Of Green Grove
Baptist The public is invited to
this special event.
On the firth Sunday in March
club No. . os the church gave the
pastor a grocery shower. which he
deeply appreciated.