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The Washington times., 1935-01-03
BY MAC GROSSMAN
NAS told to International News
Service)

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 I.N.S)
When the Jane Christensen struck
our boat I was having dinner in
my stateroom with my wife and
daughter, Blanche, aged 5.
We felt terrific shock, but I
continued to eat my sandwich as
though nothing had happened. !
kept telling my wife, keep calm,
take it easy" But she and the
baby started to cry.
She then opened the door and
we could see everybody putting
on life preservers. Then we heard
dance music. The musicians
gathered in the saloon and began
to play. You have to give them
credit. Most musicians would
have skipped out right away.
helped my wife into a life
preserver; then we put one on the
baby, good and tight. I was still
nibbling at my sandwich, trying
TO act calmly.
An officer came along, and ]
saw that he had been injured. He
shouted:
Everybody get out. The boat
Is cut in twO."
I ran back into the stateroom
to get my hat and overcoat. When
I came back my wife and baby
had disappeared. Everybody
seemed to have gone. I started
forward, but was stopped by i
wall of steam and water squirting
from broken pipes, suppose.
When I saw couldn't find my
wife I jumped down into a tug
There were SO other survivors
aboard. When the tug got tc
shore I found my wife and baby
waiting for me. They had been
taken off by another tug.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
JONESJURYSEES
GUN USED IN
SLAY|NGS
BIoodstained Weapon in Court;
Suspect Under Guard, But
Town Remains Quiet

FINCASTLE, Va, Jan. 3.-State
police sat in the rear of the
courtroom here today clutching
modern riot guns, while a shat
tered, ancient shotgun, stained
with blood, was passed from juror
to Juror in the trial of Phillip
Jones, colored, for the murder of
Alice Hill, 13.
No mob action threatened, how
ever, and the police spent the
time alternately reading detective
magazines and listening to evil
dence given before Judge Ben
Haden in a room barred to cit
izenry.
The mountain jury heard a
swift review of the Common.
wealth's story of the assault and
murder of Alice and her sister,
Ellen, 9, half mile from their
Clifton Forge home, November ID.
Father on Stand
The girls father, E. R. Hill,
SO, a contractor, took the stand
but first was asked to stop chew
ing gum. He was asked merely
to identify himself and added:
II had IA children before this
happened"
The two girls were alive in
Jones' hut at p. m. on the
November day, according to wit
nesses, who told of joking with
Jones there after he had given
them some apples.
They were dead at 1855 a. m.
the next day, according to Ira
Damewood, one Of the group who
searched for them. He found
their bodies in a ravine 200 feet
from the prisoners hut.
Taxi Driver TeStifies
H. L. Withrow, taxi driver, testi-
fled he was called to Jones' hut an
hour and Is minutes after the
girls were last seen alive. Jones
was on the floor in a pool of
blood. He said he had a fallen on
his shot gun and called to his
wife:
sect all my clothes. We
amt coming back here no
more"
He wanted to be taken to his
fathers home in Buckingham
county but Mr.. Withrow instead
took him to a colored doctor in
Clifton Forge.
Mayor TeStifies
Among the dozen other wit.
nesses was Mayor Frank Wheeler,
who said Jones was arrested at
the Chesapeake and Ohio Hos
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
HEAD
Of z GROUPS
International News Service

New Democratic Steering and
Policy Committees were named for
the Senate today by Senator Joe
T. Robinson of Arkansas, the new
ly reelected Democratic floor
leader.
The Steering Committee com.
prised Senators Fletcher, Smith,
Ashurst, Sheppard, King, Harri-
son, Glass. McKellar, George,
Copeland, Wheeler, TydingS and
Lonergan.
On the Policy Committee were
Pittman, Walsh, Barkley, Wagner,
Connally, Bulkley, Byrnes, Gore,
McAdoo, Byrd. Nicely and Van
Nuys. Senator Robinson will serve
as chairman of both committees.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
NeighbOrs Save
Girl From Death

An 18-year-old unidentified girl
was saved from asphyxiation to-
day in an apartment at the
Connecticut Court Apartments,
800 block Connecticut Ave. N.
w., when tenants of an adjoin
ing apartment smelled gas and
called firemen and policemen.
The girl is a guest of Miss
Louise Lecomb, a Government
employe, who was absent at the
time. The management of the
apartment was unable to give
the girls name. Physicians from
Emergency Hospital aided fire
men in reSuscitating the girl, anc
she is expected to recover.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
FOUR Of CREW
FEARED LOST
IN CRASH
Ih-Fated Vessel, Split in Two
Sections, Goes Down in
Ten Minutes

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 U.N.S0.
Officials of the Colonial Line an
nounced today that all but four
Df the crew of the Providence
steamer Lexington which sank
after a collision last night under
Brooklyn Bridge had been &C.
counted for and that they were
confident that all the passengers
who numbered 1875 had been taken
off safely.
One of the most thrilling rescue
scenes ever enacted in New York
harbor was witnessed by thou
sands from the East River bridges
and the shore as tugs took some
17O persons, passengers and crew,
off the Lexington which sank
In 10 minutes after it was almost
cut in two by the freighter Jane
christensen.
Divers Search Hull
Names of the four members
missing were given out this morn
ing by ]. B. Dunbaugh, vice presi-
dent of the line. They are:
s. Rasmussen, sailor; j. Fernan-
de1, oiler; B. Zarreriro, fireman,
and j. Parr, coal paSser.
Divers were lowered into the icy
depths of East River this morning
to search the shattered hull of
the 44-year-old vessel for bodies.
Because Sound steamers make
no passenger list except for those
registering for StateroomS, it was
not certain that all the passengers
have been saved.
Probe Under Way
Capt. George Fried, former
master of the President Roosevelt
and the America on which he di.
rected several epic rescues him.
self, took over investigation of the
accident today. Captain Fried is
now supervising inspector of the
Bureau of Navigation and Steam.
boat Inspection.
First among the witnesses he
will call will be Capt. John A. Wik-
man, master of the Jane Christen
sen, and Capt. William Pendleton,
master of the Lexington.
A check of the hospitals this
morning indicated that none Of
the % persons rushed to their
care had been seriously injured.
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AS RAkANED SHIP SINKS AT BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Collision HurlS
Dead Man Into
Miners Home

BLUEFTELD, w. Va, Jan. 3
UN.SO.-The family of A. Nc
Haffey, a coal miner, was re-
covering today from their ter
rifying experience of being
awakened by a terrific commo-
tion in their home and finding
a dead mana stranger to them
sitting at the bottom of the
stairs
The dead man was Howard
Kirby, %, of Coalwood. His au-
tomobile failed to make a turn
and rolled over a hillside, hurl-
ing his body through the wall
of the McHaffeys flimsy hill.
side home.
Then his body toppled down
the stairway and rested in a
sitting posture.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03

pital in his city six hours before
the bodies were found. Also ar.
rested were Jones' wife and two
other colored men seen that after.
noon with Jones. Mayor Wheeler
said:
'T was afraid of what might
happen and took the safest
way. sent them to Roanoke
and told friends to spread the
news so there would be no
trouble"
Mayor Is Angry
Defense Attorney T. Warren
Messick, cross examining, pro-
duced a sketch showing Hyler's
hut to be near that of Jones. He
asked:
do you know Hyler?"
He referred to Charles Hyler, of
Clifton Forge, who is claimed by
the defense to be implicated in
the slayings.
Mayor Wheeler growled and
said:
81 know 20 Hylers. l won't
be a party"
Judge Haden hastily recessed.
He indicated he may continue
court into the night in an effort
to give the case to the jury,
Eighteen Commonwealth wit,
nesses remain to be heard. Mr..
Hyler will be produced. said the
prosecution, if Jones takes the
stand and continues his charges,
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Stamp Collectors
Snap Up 100 Lots

Nearly so stamp fans Of the
Washington Philatelic Society
scrambled for 100 lots Of stamps
auctioned at the monthly sale at
the Carlton Hotel last night. The
society'S official auctioneer Theo-
dore Forbes was in charge. None
Of the stamps was particularly
rare but all brought fair prices,
officers reported. william C. BonI
is president OF the organization
and other officers are C. H.
Baugham, secretary and T. Phillip
Warren, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Traffic Increases
In Panama Canal

Steamship traffic through the
Panama Canal has increased
steadily during the year, it was
announced by the War Depart
ment.
The governor Of the Canal Zone
reported that tolls collected dur.
ing the six months period from
March last to August totaled $11,
992, 2,285.51, as compared with $10,.
82,432.90 for the corresponding
period Of the previous year.
Tolls collected during the month
Of August totaled $1,906, ,821 SO, as
compared with $1,829, ,754.49 In
August 1898.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Alexandra Fees
Exceed $4,000

Virginia received $16,5s5.61 for
deeds, suits, fines and marriage
licenses issued in Alexandria dur
ing 1884, according to the yearly
report of Elliot Hoffman, clerk OF
the corporation court.
Deeds and mortgages recorded
for 1884 totalled 1,774, an increase
of 522 over 1888. An increase OF
16 was noted in marriage licenses
during the last year when 932 were
issued, against 916 in 1888.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
BRAZIL PLAN 8
|. DEBT DEFAULT
(By International News service)


Secretary of State Hull today
declined to comment on Brazil's
reported intention to suspend pay
ment on it's 1,200-million-dollar
foreign debt.
He said the State Department
has no definite or tangible infor-
nation concerning Brazil's report
ed intention to default and that,
pending word from the American
embassy at Rio De Janeiro, he
was not in a position to affirm or
deny the authenticity Of the re-
port.
Approximately $410,81S,SS5 of
Brazil's foreign debt Is held in
this country.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
REP. BAN kHEAD
IN HOSPITAL
BY International News Service

Representative William B. Bank
head, Of Alabama, new Democratic
floor leader in the House, missed
the opening of Congress because
Of illness. He is confined to the
Naval Hospital for rest and obser-
vation, and is suffering from a
stomach disorder.
His brother, Senator John Bank
head, said that he would remain
in the hospital for week.
Despite reports that Representa-
tive Boland CD, of Scranton, Pa,
has been selected as House whip,
Senator Bankhead said his brother
had made no decision and would
not until he is out of the hospital.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
DRESSES STOLEN

Twenty-Five sample dresses and
other clothing valued at $500 was
stolen early today from a parked
automobile at Sixteenth and s
Streets Northwest. Miss Alice
R. Halhack, of Milburn, N. j.,
stopping in the 1900 block Six
teenth st. N. w., reported the
theft.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
Passenger Loses His Wife
In Rush, Finds Her Again

Mac GrossmGn, of Cambridge,
Mass, tDas one of the passengers
on the Colonial liner Lexington
GDhen it wdS rGmn1ed and sunk in
the East River last night. In the
toIIoWing article he relates his
experiences aboard the sinking
1eSSeL.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
BUFFET SUPPER

The social committee of the
Young Democrats Club of Alex
andria is sponsoring a buffet sup
per and dance Wednesday, Janu-
ary 9, in the Lee Room of the
George Mason Hotel at 8 p. m.
James Reese Duncan, president
of the club, is in charge.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
HUBBARD TO TALK

Numbers Rule the World" will
be the subject of an address by
H. D. Hubbard, assistant director
Of the Bureau of Standards, at
round table meeting at the
University Club tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1935-01-03
TODAY'S SCRATCHES
ALAMO DOWNS

ALAMO DOWNS
FIRST RACE-Liz f.
SECOND RACE-Left over.
SIXTH RACE-Tryandag
SEVENTH RACE-LemOn.
Weather, clear; track. good.
Evening star., 1935-04-25
BAND CONCERTS.

BY the Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira in Stanley Hall this evening at
$50 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmer-
mann, bandmaster. Anton Pointner,
associate.
March, Reciprocity" .Honninger
Overture, The Far West" -. Koppitz
Trio for flute. violin and cello
''Nocturne" .........D Doppler
Musicians Preziaso. Benjamin
Charles and Leon Saylor.)
potpourri, Songs of the Old Folks"
Lake
Negro oddity, Roll Dem Cotton
Waltz song, "Smilin' Through" ire
Finale, "pozieres" .... Lithgow
The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the United States Marine Band
In the band auditorium of the Marine
Barracks. tomorrow at II am. Capt.
Taylor Branson, leader. Arthur s.
Witcomb. second leader.
Marines hymn
THE Halls Of Montezuma"
March, THE Aggressor". "...... Bagley
Overture, Magic Flute" -. Mozart
Sextette from Lucia di Lammer-
moor" .Donizetti
sPasquinade" ........ .Gottschalk
Selections from 1.-The Chocolate Sol
der" Strauss
Tuba solo, "Pomposo" ...... Hayes
(Musician James Miller.)
"A Birthday Greeting" -. Ketelbey
Saxophone quartette, Good Night"
Pinsuti
Excerpts from "The Surprise Sym
phony" Haydn
march Of the Dwarfs". Grieg
Hymn, MY Faith Looks Up to Thee"
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1935-04-25
.ECCLES CONFIRMED
WITHOUT DISSENT
Glass Absent-White House Il
Notified Of Action Imme.
diately by Senate.

By the Associated Press.
The nomination Of Mariner q.
Eccles as governor of the Federal Re-
serve Board. pending since January,
was confirmed by the Senate yes
terday.
A threatened contest against the
confirmation did not materialise a
the Senate approved the former Utah
banker without roll call or debate.
The Senate then disregarded pre-
cedent by Immediately notifying
President Roosevelt Of its action. A
two-day interval Is usual for such
action.
Senator Glass, Democrat, Of Vir-
ginia. who had fought the nomination
in subcommittee. was not on the
floor when the vote was taken, but
he had announced q further fight
would be futile in view Of the unani-
nous approval of Eccles by the full
Banking Committee.
Glass, who disagrees with Eccles'
views on banking and currency re-
form, will continue to fight that part
Of the omnibus banking bill drafted
by the former Utah banker, placing
increased powers in the reserve board
over credit and the banking ma
chinery.. The measure came before
the Glass group again yesterday.
Evening star., 1935-04-25
0RGAN1sTs MEET.

The sessions of the Tri-Chapter
Convention Of the American Guild Of
Organists opened this morning at
the Mayhower Hotel with an address
by Father Finn. conductor Of the
Paulist Choristers.
The program of events for tomor-
row will begin at 10 am. in the audi
torium of the Library Of Congress
when Oliver Strunk. chief Of the
Music Division of the library. will
speak on The Beginnings of Organ
Music in Germany. Spain and Italy" )"
and Charlotte Klein. organist. will
play a program Of unusual interest
to organists. At noon delegates to
the convention will visit the Folger
Shakespeare Library, and at $50
Catherine Morgan of Norristown. Pa,
will play an organ recital at the new
Army chapel, Fort Myer.
A banquet at the Maynower Hotel
at $50. with Mary Minge wilkins,
dean Of the District of Columbia
chapter, As toastmistress. will close
the convention on Friday night.
Evening star., 1935-04-25

every girl were taught how to earn .
living. This Is true whether the girl
IS from q wealthy family or q poor
one. The wealthy girls are beginning
to realize the value Of knowing how to
work, and more and more of them are
going into the business world for
experience before they marry.
Urges Social Move.
If our lawmakers would forget some
of the foolish laws they create from
year to year and give this matter q
little thought. believe they might
find a way to force parents to see that
their daughters learn how to become
self lf-supporting. This would be
worthwhile social move; it would re-
suit in greater happiness and prevent
terrific suffering on the part OF
thousands and thousands Of helpless
little children who are now suffering
from undernourishment because their
mothers do not know how to do any
thing but household duties.
When I finish my work Of rearing
my own daughter. am hoping will
be able to create home for children
whose fathers have died and whose
mothers are struggling with the prob
lem of living.
I want to make it a place that will
not bear the stamp Of most "childrens
homes" I want it to be really a
home In the true sense Of the word;
not an orphanage where they all wear
uniforms and march in lines like
soldiers.
To rear Patricia and know she can
earn her own living, and then create
a home such as I have mentioned
would be my idea Of achievement.
,Copyr,eht 1898 bv the North American
NeNsnaner Alliance Inc
Evening star., 1935-04-25


ter how to earn her own living, the old
shoes should be thrown at them, and
thrown vigorously, for they do not
know what day the husband may be
taken by death and the daughter left
to support not only herself, but per-
haps one, two or more little children.
If she Is not fitted to do anything
but be a mother and a housewife.
what is she going to do?
Cites Own Experience.
Ny own experience has proved to
me the value of woman's being able
to 60 out in the world equipped to
take over the burdens left by de-
ceased husband. When Mr.. ziegfeld
died, my daughter Patricia and l were
left practically penniless. Where
would we have been today if I had
not been able to go to work?
Fortunately. I had been on the
stage before I married Mr.. ziegfeld.
had by profession to turn to. Even
then, it was difficult enough, for I had
been of the stage and screen for a
number of years. I shudder to think
Of what might have happened had I
been thrown on my own resources with
no knowledge other than that Of
caring for home.
Every year thousands of women face
this tragic problem. Every year many
Of them end it all by suicide. Again
and again you read in the papers about
q widow turning on the gas and wiping
out herself and her little brood of
children when she has reached the
end of her resources and sees nothing
ahead but starvation or the work.
house.
These tragedies could be averted II
Evening star., 1935-04-25
SPRING CONCERT.

This evening at 8:15 o'clock, the
combined glee clubs and chorus Of
the American University will give
their annual Spring concert in Hurst
Hall at the university. The chorus
Is under the direction Of James L.
McLain. with Mary A. Lehman. Jean
Fairchild and Chester Morrill, a.
accompanies.
Evening star., 1935-04-25
BY BILLIE BURKE.

OLLYWOOD Calf, April 25 .A)-Parents should
~ to that their daughters equip themselves tor the
business of earning living. believe that parent who
fails to do this failing in his or her duty to the child
The chief ambition of large number of fathers
mothers is to see that their daughters get married They seem
feel that marriage the croWnng point for the
daughters and breathe sigh satisfaction relief when
wedding bells have the rice and old shoes have
Evening star., 1935-04-25
Billie Burke Says Girls
Should Learn to Earn
Cites Own Experience as Invaluable Aid
When Forced to Work After Zieg-
fields Death.

fs Burke ngenue the days Of John Drew and one Of
the brightest the substitutes % Moe Merrtck ptue
inside information rearing ingenue OF todayJ
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-14
HOUSE DEFEATS. CONTRACT LABOR BILL, VOTE 3 TO I.
FiMs Trap Tax EightHour Measures Are Special
 Order for Monday
scontInaleo grou Fage ops,


 ,. and the District Attorneys meas Ire asking the Legislature to put urther teeth in the law relating so testimony of accomplices also as. defeated after the House had invited Assistant District Attorney
 w. Folta to explain the meas lre.. The House divided on the ill, thus failing to give it a ma ority. It would have enabled the prosecution greater leeway in the use of accc.nplice testimony, op- ,osi ,ion to the measure being based n the contention 1t might leopard ize, the rights of an innocent party who might be dragged into a crim- inal action merely on the assertion of an aesornplice.n, Raies
 % Hit freIgnt Rates n
 High freight rates came in for a thorough lacing when the ship ping bill carne up for action, Joe Green of tse First Division and Andrew Nerland of the. Fourth con- tending that under the existing conditions the people of Alaska are being charged exorbitant rates be- cause there is no comnetition from foreign bottoms. Nerland declared the freight rates to Fairbanks had been doubled by the, Alaska Steam ship Company since the advent of the Jones law and Green declared the only way to cut down rates would be to allow Canadian lines the same privilege in Alaskan ports as, American ships, ,,' ,., ,s'-,'s
 Protection to Americans
 The, opposition pointed out, the purpose of the Jones law was to protect the American merchant marine and that to throw down the barrier would be to invite for eign vessels to under bid for Am crican shipping paying less money 10 its crows and operating at lesser cost. The Alaska salmon business Faftnt vel be snatched away from American lines to go to foreign ports If Alaska was not excluded from the coastwise provisions, it was stressed. r 'es3 F
 The Jones law provides that no nerchandlse shall be shipped be-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-14

in times of financial stress there ought to be an equitable distribu- tion of opportunities for work, it was said today by spokesman.
 Probably secondary in import ance of the matters considered by the Board of Trustees was a com munication received from John c. Boswell, president of the Alumni Association of the "F'arthest North College. Boswell advised the Board that, as result of questionnaire sent to all alumni, his association favored necessary legislative action which would change the name of the institution to the University of Alaska" Similar permission has been given other territorial land grant institutions, such as the University of Porto Rico and the University of Hawaii.
 No Action
 The Board took no action last night on Boswell's communication.
 President Bunnell presen t d many Illuminating figures on the enrolment situation at the Fair banks institution. On February g, he said the enrolment was PA. Of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-14

this number, 163 were students en- rolled in regular college courses. The regular course enrolment is divided as follows: business ad- ministration, 41; civil engineering, 19; mining engineering, 34.
 Dr. Bunnel said he believed that this figure for the mining engi- neering department was the largest of any school on the Pacific Coast for that type of work. Another in- teresting fact pointed out was that there are 102 women enrolled. One hundred twenty 1.-two men are talk ing courses.
 Money Aid?
 Alaska Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond's communication referring to his attempts to have Congress ex- tend the benefits of the Adams Act, the Purnell Act and the Cap per-Ketcham Act to the Territory was read last night The acts men, toned give Federal aid to .land grant colleges in Hawaii and Porto Rico. Dr. Bunnell was given an in- vitation to come to Washington, D. O., as soon as possible to aid in the support of this measure.
 When his work before the pres ent session of the Territorial Leg islature is completed, Dr. Bunnell said today that he would go.
 Last nights session was an ad- journed meeting, because the lack of quorum forced the postpone ment of the regular January gath ering here. Those trustees attend ing are:
 Delegates Listed
 Andrew Neriand, Fairbanks; Mrs. Luther c. Hess, Fairbanks; George Lingo, Fairbanks; Mrs. James Wickersham, Juneau; J. W. Gilson, Valdez.
 John H. Kelly, Fairbanks; A. "A. Shonbeck, Anchorage, and Capt. A. E. Lathrop, Cordova, were absent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-02-14
SELDOvIA MAN ACCIDENTALLY
 SHOT, KILLED
Scufle Over Rifle in Gen eral Store Results :.
 Tn Death

SELDOVIA, Alaska, Feb. IA B. A. Turner was killed at mid night on February 12 in scuffle over loaded rifle when Charles Sharp undertook to take the gun from Frank Avery, who was men acing him. M
 Turner, who was seated few feet from the two men, was killed when the rifle was accidentally dis charged.
 The shooting occurred in Sharp's general store. Sharp, said Avery was in a ''crazed condition"
 Avery, engineer on. the motor ship Tondelayo, has been arrested by Dick Scott, town marshal.
 A number of persons are held as witnesses.