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Evening star., 1935-11-03

Besides Forts Sill and Hoyle, Meade
has been stationed at Madison Bar
racks. New York, and Schof1eld Bar
racks. Hawaii.
knowledge Of Country.
A trip he made to Ethiopia in 1881
while on leave gave him knowledge of
the country and population which will
serve him in good stead In his new
duties. Although he does not speak
the Ethiopian language. he is an ad-
vanced scholar in French.
Capt. Meade's wife is the former
Eudora Hummer Of Baltimore, whose
father, DR.. Guy L. Hummer, is a sur
geon on the staff Of Johns Hopkins
University Hospital. The War De-
partment announcement said Mrs.
Meade would not accompany her hus-
band, who will sail for Ethiopia in
about 10 days.
Maj. Fiske, born in Portland, Greg,
entered the Army In 1916 as o sec
ond lieutenant of Cavalry after grad
uation from the University Of Cali
fornia. He Is a..
Prior to his present assignment, he
had been stationed IN Italy two years.
one of which was spent at the italian
Arrny's cavalry school. His last Amer
ican post was In Philadelphia. He
speaks Italian duently.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
u. S. COLLECTS Al
PER CENT OF OUTGO
$2,627,000,0 900 Expended
for First Four Months
of Fiscal Year.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Uncle Sam closed his books YES
terday on the first four months OF
the fiscal year to find he had received
only Al cents for every dollar paid
out.
The Treasury reported receipts
through october 81 amounted to
1929, 900, 900, while expenditures were
1927. .ooo. 600.
Income taxes and miscellaneous in
ternal revenue were both running sub
stantially ahead of last year, but total
receipts were only $4,000 900 more
through drop Of s125 900, 900 in
processing taxes, which, in many in
stances, have been impounded in the
courts.
The expenditures were running
1878 900, 900 higher than in the initial
four months Of the last fiscal year.
which ended June 30
At the present rate receipts for the
fiscal year should amount to only
$3,699 10000 whereas total receipts
of S4,470 900, 900 had been estimated.
Treasury officials, however, said the
first four-month showing does not es-
tablish criterion, as it does not take
into consideration next Marchs heavy
income tax collections.
The rate Of expenditures for the
first four months would indicate a
total of s7.8S1, 600. 900 for the year,
whereas the budget calls for s7,752,-
900 900,
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Gangsters Ask
Protection Under
u. S. Constitution,
'G'MenExceedingRights
Wth Ne,U Legal Weap.
ons, Say appeals.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Justice Department disclosed
yesterday that gangsters now are try
ing to hide behind the Constitution
for protection from the new crime
laws.
Hit hard by the new kidnapping and
firearms registration laws which have
sent the &c" men after them with
freshly hewn clubs, gangsters are at
tacking the constitutionality of those
acts.
Seven convicted as kidnapers have
assailed that law. Another sentenced
to death for aSsaulting kidnapped
officers called that act unconstitu-
tional in an appeal for reprieve. Still
q third group indicted for possessing
q machine gun challenged the fire.
arms law with the same contention.
With such organized crimes as kid
naping and bank robbing on the wane.
the department is now turning to the
so-called business racket" field. In
this, they believe millions Of dollars
in tribute have been collected from
helpless tradesmen and citizens by
Evening star., 1935-11-03
SELASSIE is EXCLUDED
FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, November AL
though Emperor Halle Selassie is
highly favored in many quarters for
this years Nobel Peace Prize, he ap-
parently has no chance of winning it.
There was so much discussion Of
the possibility that the King of Kings
would get the award that the news
paper Dagens-Nyheter asked Prof.
Frederik Stang of Oslo. president Of
the Peace Committee, about the mat
ter. Stang said it would be impos-
sible for Halle Selassie to win it this
year as he was not proposed prior to
the statutory time limit.
The prize is to- be awarded at the
end of this month.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

gangsters in exchange for promise
not to molest their business.
Interstate Powers.
The kidnapping and stolen property
laws rest upon the power of the Gov
ernment to regulate interstate COM
merce. 1t is like NJ r. A. in that
respect. The firearms registration
law, like A. A. A., is based upon the
Federal taxing power. Laws against
killing Federal agents and escaping
from Federal custody rely upon the
general powers of the Government.
In their first attacks upon the laws,
the gangsters have lost. Government
lawyers said. every court that had
ruled upon the new crime laws had
upheld their legality. None of them
has yet reached the Supreme Court.
The court attacks were brought
by persons convicted in several kid
napings. The seven are Clifford
Skelly. Edward Barney" Berman, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Shannon, Maynard D.
Eaker, Harrie Glen Cochran and Har-
vey Bailey.
Arthur Couch, facing death in
Oklahoma for assaulting kidnapped
officers, appealed against the law
under which he was convicted.
Joe Adams and others in Florida
charged with harboring members of
the Karpis- Barker gang, challenged
the firearms law.
Regardless of the outcome of their
appeal, however, the laws have al
ready been used to wipe out the no
torious Dillinger mob, the Karpis-
Barker gang and many smaller crime
syndicates.
Every one of the SIS kidnapings
since the "Lindbergh law" has been
set down on Justice Department rec
ords as solved. A total of 122 persons
have been convicted, Is are now await
ing trial. were lynched, committed
suicide, 3 we're murdered, were killed
by officers.
Four kidnapping public enemies
are still at large-Alvin Karpis and
his pal, Harry Campbell of the gang
which seized Edward G. Eremer, St.
Paul, Mimi, banker; Thomas H.
Robinson, jr., wanted for the kidnap-
ing of Mrs. Barry Stoll in Louisville,
KY, and William Mahan, wanted in
Tacoma's George Weyerhaeuser kid
naping.
Year-and-a Half Record.
In a year and half of guarding
national banks, the &c" men have
killed bank robbers, convicted "a
and prosecuted "a bandits in State
courts.
"Eaby Face" Nelson's pal, John
Paul Chase, is serving life in Acatraz
for the killing Of Inspector Cowley and
Special Agent Hollis at Darlington,
Ill. He was convicted under the new
law which makes it Federal crime to
kill a Federal officer Several other
criminals are behind the bars for
Staying agents of other Government
branches.
Jewel robbers, who also used to be
Evening star., 1935-11-03
z MORE BUILDINGS
ARELEASEDByU.S
Neiyhboring Apartments to
Rochambeau Taken Over
for F. T. c.

Two more apartment buildings have
been leased by the Government to sup
plement the Rochambeau Apartments
in housing the Federal Trade Commis-
sion when it vacates old temporary
building No. 5 at Twentieth street
and Constitution avenue, 1t was
learned yesterday.
The building at 1924 I street ad-
joining the Rochambeau, and the
Premier Apartments, 718 Eighteenth
street, are the new additions. With
the Rochambeau, the rental of which
was ANNOUNCED Thursday, they will
provide more than 100, 600 square feet
of space. The Rochambeau and neigh
boring structure will contribute 10000
feet and the Premier the rest. The
Rochambeau and the I street building
will accommodate most Of the COM
mission and have been designated
headquarters.
30 Days Notice Given
Tenants of the three buildings re-
ceived notices Thursday to vacate
within 80 days. Several of them, it
is understood, have protested the
action of Secretary Ickes. declaring
the housing shortage In Washington
will make it difficult for them to find
other accommodations within the
allotted time. Some residents have
occupied the apartments from 10 to
as many as 81 years. One charged
last night that the Government was
lin league with the real estate
people"
Among notable residents of the old
Rochambeau are Supreme Court JUS
tice James C. McReynolds, Brig. Gen.
Hugh Matthews, quartermaster of the
United States Marine Corps, and
former Senator Robert L. Owen of
Oklahoma At a foreclosure sale last
Monday, the Acacia Mutual Life In
Surance Co. bought the building for
about s65o,o0o.
Justice Is Philosophical.
Justice Observation-Disclosures In
condemning some New Deal activities
from the Supreme Court bench-said
he would not object to the admin
istration's ousting him from his home
Of 10 years.
I'm Just going to move some time
within month" he said.
Other tenants of the Rochambeau
and the other buildings which the
Trade Commission will occupy were
equally philosophical. The manager
Of the Premier Apartments said many
of her tenants were annoyed, but felt
with her there's nothing we can dc
about 1t, so why kick?"
The newly rented building will be
altered to suit the F. T. C. require
ments, officials said.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
OIL MAN IS HUNTED
AS 3 POST BOND|
Three Others Agree to Give
Selves Up After Jury
IndiCts Ia.

Three of the IA defendants named
In the sweeping oil royalties fraud in
dictment returned by the District
grand jury Friday were under bond or
in custody last night, three others
had agreed to surrender, and a Ma
ton wide search was in progress for
Thomas j. Wightman, alias Lewis c.
Van Ripper, 70-year-old alleged ring
leader of the organization.
Postal authorities and Department
Of Justice operatives have been comb
ing the country for q month for
Wightman. The whereabouts Of his
son, Charles, who is one Of the de-
PENDANTS, also Is unknown to them.
The first arrested was D. M. Ryan,
with Offices in the Denrike Building,
who is alleged to have been associated
with Wightman in the sale Of royal
ties. He was taken into custody at
his home Friday night by Deputy
United States Marshals Norman l..
Botsford and Clayton Gasque. and is
being held under $1,000 bail.
c. Reese Warde Posts Bond.
Early yesterday morning c. Reese
Warde, Office manager here Of United
States Royalties Exchange, the COM
pany through which most Of the roy
atty sales were conducted. appeared
at the Office of Assistant United States
Attorney Henry Schweinhaut in COM
pany of his attorney, r. L. Merrick,
and surrendered. He was released
after posting $500 bond.
Bruno Cohn, alias B. Cole, said to
have been a salesman for the United
States Royalties Exchange, surren-
dered later in the day ano was released
under 81, 500 bond.
Arrangements have been completed
for A. C. Montell, jr, president OF the
National Realty Valuation Corp. OF
New York City. to give himself up
early next week, his attorney, Samuel
H. King, informed local authorities.
Montell Is allege to have furnished
Wightman with certificates purport-
ing to guarantee appraisals of oil
properties.
Others Promise Surrender.
E. G. Clay and j. g. Verser, prom
inent Oklahoma City dealers, also
have communicated with Schweinhaut
through Attorney Harry Whelan, and
said they would surrender.
Both j. Bolton and John Perry, al
legged statesmen for the United States
Royalties Exchange. who operated
here. were said to be out of the city
last night.
The other defendants were Chaun-
cey H. Black, Oklahoma City consult
ing geologist; Louis Natelson, Boston,
Mass, and John Zimmerman, Brun-
nersville, Pa, said to be statesmen for
United States Royalties Exchange, and
H. A. Nichols. Pettus, Tex, an en-
ploye of the Verser-Clay Co.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
u. s. Sends T,v0 Observers
To Front Line in Ethiopia
Capt. Meade and Maj.
Fiske on Dangerous Mis-
sion for Var Secrets.

The War Department arranged yes
terday to obtain flrst-hand informa-
ton on tactics and strategy employed
by Ethiopian and Italian armies in
the East African conflict.
Capt. John Meade Of the Field Ar
tillery and Mai. Norman E. Fiske Of
the Cavalry were given the dangerous
task of serving as front-line observers
for the general staff.
They will follow the fighting in
the most advanced position possible,
going as close to the actual front as
commanders of the two armies will
permit, and living as active campaign
ers in every way except that they will
be non- -combatants.
Capt. Meade. whose home is Will
mington, Del, received orders to pro-
ceed as soon as possible to Adds
Ababa as military attache of the United
States Legation.
To Be War Observer.
With the rank of an acting general
staff officer, he actually will go to the
war zone as observer, officials dis
pA4fuVS2J.
The department announced that
Maj. Fiske, who went to Rome about
q month ago as assistant military at
tache of the United States Embassy,
would report to the Italian Army in
Northern Ethiopia as military OBJ
server between November Is and jan
uary /. His home Is In Berkeley, Calf.
Both officers are university gradu-
ates. They entered the Army direct
from civil life without training at West
Point and each has won q distinctive
reputation for horsemanship.
Capt. Meade, recently assigned
temporarily to the chief of staff's Office
IN washington from his regular sta
tion at Fort Hoyle, Md, is only 80
wears old. Born in New York City,
he entered the Army as q second
lieutenant of Field Artillery in 1925
after graduating from Princeton the
previous year.
sHe also Is o graduate Of the Field
Artillery school and advanced horse
f,anship course Of Fort Sill, Okla He
was promoted to first lieutenant In
1881 and to his present rank in 1895.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

Arctic Flowers for Pope.
A wreath of flowers gathered in the
Arctic regions has been presented to
the Pope in Vatican City.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
GAS SCALE PLAN
PARLEY TO OPEN
Companies, Utilities Body
and Roberts to Seek
Agreement Tomorrow.

Adoption of sliding scale plan Tor
annual correction of rates OF the
Washington and Georgetown Gas
Light Cos. will be sought in confer
ences beginning tomorrow between
counsel for the companies, the Public
Utilities Commission and Peoples s
Counsel William A. Roberts.
The conferences will be distinctly
executive. If the lawyers arrive at a
proposed plan. it will be submitted
to directors of the companies. If they
approve 1t will be filed with the Public
Utilities Commission. At that time,
under mutual agreement. it is to be
made public in detail.
Roberts proposed some months ago
a sliding scale system and at the same
time urged an immediate cut in rates
totaling $500, 900, to end protracted
hearings on the valuation and rates
of the companies, questions which ap-
pear headed for extended litigation
after the case is completed before
the commission.
S750,oo0 Litigation Cost.
In public statement yesterday
Roberts recalled investigation of the
valuation of the companies properties
ordered by the commission September
IS, 1881. He calculated total cost of
extended investigation and hearings to
date at approximately s750,000, of
which more than $650,o0o has been
incurred by the gas companies them
selves.
"An of these costs, of course. will
be charged eventually to operating ex-
penses Of the companies and will be
borne by the rate-payers," he said.
Those scheduled to participate In
the secret conference on the sliding
plan include Corporation Counsel
Prettyman and Hinman D. Folsom, as
counsel for the commission; Stoddard
M. Stevens, jr.. and John Bruton
counsel for the companies, anc
Roberts.
Value Hearing Recessed.
The commission ended hearing.
Thursday on the present valuation
phase of the hearings on the currenr
case. Recess then was taken unit
December 2. Meanwhile, the private
conferences will be held and data will
be gathered concerning the rates sidt
of the commission hearings, to bt
taken up December 2, unless there
should be agreement meanwhile or
sliding scale.
In the light of the long experience
with the Potomac Electric Power Co
sliding scale, and with defects which
have developed in it, it is expected thai
q much improved rate structure car
be developed" Roberts declared.
Evening star., 1935-11-03

Hall next Sunday afternoon on Choral
Recitation as an Art Forum in the
Theater."
Miss Gullan. chairman of the
Speech Fellowship and Institute, has
been largely responsible for develop
ment of the art of choral recitation in
English schools and on the British
stage.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
MISS GULLAN SPEAKER
English Educational Leader Here
Next Sunday Afternoon.

Miss Marjorie Gullan, one of Eng
land'1 outstanding dramatic and edu-
cational leaders, will speak at Pierce
Evening star., 1935-11-03

outside the field of Federal activity,
likewise have found a new enemy in
the &c" man.
In spite of the changes. however,
there are still complaints at the JUS
tice Department that the laws are
not yet strong enough, particularly
the rackets and firearms acts. Attor-
ney General Cummings wants to bring
pistols under the firearms registration
law
Apace with the widening legal scope,
the number of Federal agents has
increased.
Evening star., 1935-11-03
Auxiliary to Elect.

LEONARDTOWN, Md, November 2
(SpeciaD Election of officers OF the
Women's Auxiliary Of the Leonard
town Volunteer Fire Department will
be held at the fire house Friday. it
was announced today,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-23
CastoHHusband Was Not Guilty or Murder
Luther Phpot Proved an Able Aibi-LerOy Smith Killed By Some Other Person-Met Death Far
 From Spot Where Body Was Found

New City, N. Y, Nov. 23-(UP)- The castof husband of II year old Mrs. Mary Swope Philpot estab- lished an alibi today that eliminated him from connection with the kid naping and staying of Leroy Smith 25 year old friend of Mrs. Philpot who was found shot to death Thurs. day near her home in the Sleepy Hollow country. ..-.-ss, --.-,. -,....-s,
 Police said Luther Philpot, g proved beyond doubt that he wal fin New York city during the time they believe young Smith was held captive and on the day he was killed The alibi left detectives without even a hint of means to identify and trace the slayer.
 Philpot was questioned almost 24 hours because Smith, apparently a small town Lothario proud of his conquests, reportedly had told friends he was threatened with a shotgun" wedding and planned to defy coercion. When police estab- lished that he had dinner last Sat- urday at the home of Mrs. Philpot and then disappeared, they hunted up her estranged husband. They found him working on 8 WPA job in New York city, where records showed he had worked regularly from Monday to Thursday, inclu- give. His roommate, another WPA worker, and his landlord said he was at home all nights of the week.
 Body Carried To Spot
 An autopsy indicated that Smitt was killed not earlier than We'd nesday. His clothing indicated he was shot somewhere else and the body taken to spot near the 16- room, Revolutionary period house where live Mrs. Philpot and her mother, Mrs. Nicholas Salamon. A suede jacket had been put on hin and buttoned after he was shot.
 Mrs. Salamon, a stylist and pro- fessional shopper. ridiculed theories that her daughter was more inti- mate with Smith than might be described as friendship"
 It was Mrs. Salamon who dis. rupted her daughters first romance Philpot and his wife were married while she was attending school ir Cincinnati last February. Philpot is a native of Pineville. Ky. Mrs Salamon broke up the honeymoon by bringing Mary home to New City. Philpot followed to New York but let his marriage remain in sus- pension because of inability to f1no anything but WPA work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-23
GREAT CLIPPER
 WEARS. HARBOR

Honolulu, T. M., Nov. 23-(UP)- Through a cloud-banked sky, Pan American Airways' China Clipper today roared toward Honolulu and the end of the first lap of an 5000 mile trans Pacific Airmail flight.
 Bearing 100000 pieces of mail and a crew of seven men on four-stop flight from Alameda, Cal, to Ma nila, P. T., the -motored luxury airliner was 695 miles from its Pearl Harbor landing base at 10 a. m, EST.
 The great ship had sped through the night at an average speed of nearly two miles minute, despite stiff headwinds over much of its route.
 The ship took off 6:46 p. rn., EST yesterday. It was expected to land about ? p. m., EST, (8:30 a. m Honolulu time)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-23
COLLECTORS OF
 FUNDS JAILED

Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 23-- (UP)-Former Rep. George Foulkes dem., Mich., and Daniel Gerow, Sturgis democratic leader, convict ed on charges of conspiracy to so- licit campaign funds in postofiices, were sentenced today to serve one year and six months in the fed- eral industrial reformatory at Chil- licothe, O.
 Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond, who pronounced sentence, also fined Foulges $1,000, and Gerow $2,8O0.
 The prison sentence in Gerow's case, however, was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years, providing he pays the fine within ten days.
 Elmer Smith, Elkhart, Ind, and formerly of Paw Paw, Mich., was fined $500. He was charged with the actua, solicitation of campaign funds.
 Foulkes and Gerow were convict ed by federal court jury Thursday after it had deliberated an hour.
 Amos w. w. Woodcock. former head of federal prohibition en- forcement forces, was in charge of the prosecution. More than 40 gov- ernment witnesses were called, most of them acting postmasters. who testified that coercion had been used in the collection of campaign contributions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-23
$7,6OO TAKEN BY
 MASS. BANDITS

Boston, Nov. 23--(UP) - Three robberies, all executed within g l2- hour period in Eastern Massachu- sets, have netted total of $7,6oo in loot.
 Early yesterday afternoon four swarthy bandits armed with a to- tai of five automatic pistols sledge- hammered their way into the locked counting room of the Chelmsford Shoe company ct Lowell, held up several employees, and escaped with a $4,S00 payroll.
 In the same city, only few hours later, three unarmed youths waylaid Hormisdas Gervais, pros- porous liquor dealer, at his garage beat him, robbed him of $2,400, and fled.
 Meanwhile, at Lynn, four bandits appeared at the home of Louis Young, coal and ice dealer. and tive of the quartet robbed him of $40t at gunpoint.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-23
DR. ALBERT BUCK
 WAS APPOINTED

Bridgeport, Conn. Nov. 23-(UPo The Connecticut Hospital Associa- ton will be headed during the en- suing year by Dr. Albert Buck, sup erintendent of New Haven General hospital.
 He was elected at an annual meet ing late yesterday. and his stan will include John Hinsley, Hartford hos pital, vice-president; Miss Anna Grimm, Danbury hospital, re-elect- ed treasurer, and Miss Lucy B. Ab- bolt, Norwich, reelected secretary.
 pr. Allan Craig, Torrington. retir- ing president, was named to the ex- ecutive committee, as were Oliver H Bartine, Bridgeport, and pr. Lewis A. Sexton, Hartford. The latter suc- ceeded pr. R. L. Leake, superintend- ent of Middietown State Hospital who retired.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-23
S5O,OOO IS SET ASIDE FOR SNOW
City Expects to Spend More Than That--May
 Get Government Aid

Fifty thousand dollars is set up in the tentative 1886 budget for snow removal, it has been disclosed. Thit total, however, will not take care ot the city's needs and Executive Secre- tary Thomas P. Kelly stated today that action on the request of the Connecticut Association Executives, calling for snow removal costs being put, at least partially, on the WPA payroll, is being watched closely.
 The sum of s50,000, a perusual of the city records, has not been suf- ficient in years gone by to finance the clearing of streets following snow storms. During the last two years, especially, the city has gone "in the red" on its snow removal appropriation but further deficits would have been caused had not men been used from the EZRA forces.
 Executive Secretary Kelly ex- plained today that the city plans to spend the $50,0o0 and make 1t go as far as possible. The real issue at