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Evening star., 1936-01-11
MRS.L.E. KREGLOW
ELECTED BY O. T. S.
Succeeds Mrs. H. l.. Bra
shears as Grand Matron.
N. C. Turnage Patron.

Mrs. Louise E. Kreglow was chosen
to succeed Mrs. Helen L. Brashears
as worthy grand matron of the Grand
Chapter. Order of Eastern Star, at
the election of officers last night at
the Willard Hotel. Needham c. Turn
age was voted worthy grand patron,
succeeding Walter L. Fowler.
Installation of new officers will take
place at the final session tonight.
Included in this group are Mrs. Eliza
beth w. Rhine, associate grand ma
tron; DR.. Victor B. Rench, associate
grand patron; Mrs. Rose A. Yost,
grand secretary; Mrs. Lille Mckenzie,
grand treasurer; Mrs. Helen D. Rob-
bins, grand conductress; Mrs. Ruth S.
Cromelin, associate grand conductress.
Mrs. Yost was reelected for her
thirty-seventh consecutive term as
secretary and Mrs. Mckenzie for her
eleventh consecutive term as treas
urer
The following were elected to the
Board of Directors of the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home: Mrs. Flora
E. Campbell, Mrs. Pearl Watt Gibb
and Mrs. Lena Stephenson.
Named to the Board of Trustees
of the Grand Chapter were Mrs. Julia
N. Streater, William A. Rauchenstein
and Mrs. Elizabeth Pitt.
On the Board of Control of the
temple quarters will be William G.
Belts, Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley, Theo-
dore c. Lewis, Mrs. Helen L. Brashears
and MIS-. Amy Hollander.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
HOOVER DEMANDS
APOLOGY A \: BY |cKES.
Not One of His Administra.
tion's Acts Unconstitu-
tionaI, He Asserts.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 11.-Former
President Herbert Hoover has called
on Secretary of Interior Ickes for
an apology "to the public" for as
serting laws passed during the Hoo
yer administration have been held
unconstitutional.
The Ickes statement, Hoover said,
was made January 4, before the City
Club at Rochester, N. Y.
The former President attributed
"tne falsity of this statement" to New
Dealers in Washington and Demo-
cratic publicity men.
''Not one of several hundred acts of
that period has been held unconstitu-
tional," Hoover wired. II never signed
a law without bearing in mind the
special obligation which rested upon
the President to protect the Consti-
tuition.
"The falsity of this statement, which
originated with Mr.. Nicholson and
other New Deal sources, was promptly
and publicly exposed by former At
torney General Mitchell on August
80 last.
Its falSity has been repeatedly
pointed out in the press. In time
like the present your action calls for
an apology to the public"
ICKES REFUSES REPLY.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
SO Vote "No"
List of Representatives Who
Opposed Bonus
Measure.
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Representatives who voted yesterday
against the veterans bonus bill:
Observation-Disclosures, Iowa; Bland,
Virginia; Buchanan, Texas; Burch,
Virginia; Claiborne, Missouri; Cox.
Georgia; Darden, Virginia; Dobbins,
Illinois; Ford, California; Hobbs, Ala
bama; Huddleston, Alabama; Lanham,
Texas; Lewis, Colorado; Montague,
Virginia; ODay, New York; Oliver,
Alabama; O,Neal, Kentucky; Peyser,
New York; Robertson, Virginia; Rus
sell, Massachusetts,; Sisson, New York;
Smith, Virginia; Summers, Texas;
Tarver. Georgia; Terry, Arkansas;
Utterbaek, Iowa; Wilmington, Mis-
sissippi; Woodrum. Virginia. Total, %.
Republicans - Andrew, Massachu-
sets; Andrews, New York; Bacon, New
York; Bolton, Ohio: Cavicchia, New
Jersey; Christianson, Minnesota; Cole,
New York: Culkin, New York; Eaton,
New Jersey; Clifford, Massachusetts,;
Goodwin. New York; Hancock, New
York; Hartley, New Jersey; Higgins,
Connecticut; Hollister, Ohio: Lehl-
bach, New Jersey; Mclean, New Jer-
sey; Mapes. Michigan; Merritt, Con-
necticut; Millard, New York; Perkins,
New Jersey; Plumley, Vermont;
Rogers. Massachusetts,; Rich, Penn
sylvania; Smell, New, York; Taber, New
York; Tinkham, Massachusetts,; Tobey,
New Hampshire; Treadway, Massa-
chusetts; Wadsworth, New York;
wieglesworth, Massachusetts,. Total,
81. Grand total against, 30.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
.DOUGHTON BLOCKS.
SALARY PUBLICITY.
House Chairman Turns Off
Spotlight on Pay of Cor
poration Officers.
BY the Associated Press.

The congressional publicity spot
light which has been playing on
list Of corporation salaries of $4,000
or more a year has been turned off
by Chairman Doughton of the House
Ways and Means Committee.
The names and salaries of corpora
ton officials in the upper pay brack-
cts were submitted to Congress a week
ago under a section of the 1884 rev.
enue act which many members had
forgotten.
The next few days saw a constant
parade Of newsmen and merely Gu
rious in and out of the Ways and
Means Committee office. Obviously
irked by the whole proceedings,
Doughton yesterday withdrew the
book from the public gaze.
IF anybody wants to come into the
office and look up a specific name or
corporation, that's all right" he said,
but the list has been tied up for days
and do not believe any one has the
right to tie the list up, with the
chance it may become disarranged or
possibly lost"
When the salary list was first sub
mitted by the Treasury Department.
Doughton, acting on instructions of
the Treasury legal department, de-
cided it should not be made public.
Later it was announced it would be
open to inspection, but before news
men could get to the House Office
Building, his order was rescinded
Doughton finally agreed last Monday
to allow newsmen to inspect the list
on the understanding it would not be
published without his authorization.
He conferred with Speaker Byrns
and members of the Joint Committee
on Internal Revenue Taxation. He
finally said it might take an act of
Congress to make the list public, since
it was the opinion of some that the
revenue act provided for submission of
the report to Congress but not for
making it public.
On Tuesday Doughton agreed to
open the book again for confidential
inspection by reporters, but he warned
them it was likely the salaries might
never be made public.
Members of the Joint Committee on
Internal Revenue, however, finally
came to the conclusion that a report
submitted to Congress was a public
document and the long list was re-
leased for publication.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
ROAD PROGRAM HIT.
j. s. FUND LOSS
Withholding of Highway Aid
Threatens to Cripple Vir-
ginia Building.
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, January 11-Virginia
will be able to expend only 100000 on
construction of her primary road sys-
tenn in the next fiscal year unless the
Federal Government grants relief
funds to replace Federal aid money
withheld from the State during that
period, State Highway Commissioner
H. c. Shirley said today.
This drastic revision of road plans
for the II months beginning July !
will be necessitated by President Roose-
velt's recommendation that the S125.-
100000 Federal aid appropriation to
States be deferred until the following
year, Mr.. Shirley explained.
Program Wrecked.
The change will completely disar-
range" the highway budget presented
to Gov. Peery and the General AS
sembly the commissioner asserted.
Our budget called for use of s2.-
100000 in State funds to match 81
100000 in Federal funds" Mr.. Shirley
explained. I'VE would have had to in
cur a deficit in order to do this. hut
it would have given us a $1,000 900
fund for construction of the primary
road system.
Elimination of the Federal aid fund
completely changes the picture, and
while we may receive public works and
work relief allotments during the conf
ing year the only funds We have to
count on at present are State funds. "
Upkeep Chief Item.
Checking over his figures, Mr. Shir-
ley calculated 100000 was all the de-
partment would have left from its an
ticipated s17,4O0,0OO after mainge-
nance, rights of way, overhead and
other items are deducted.
BY far the largest deduction is
caused by upkeep of Virginia's present
highway system of $4,000 miles at a
cost of approximately sl3,000,000 a
year.
Pointing out that this mileage is
equivalent to 16 transcontinental high
ways. Mr.. Shirley said, I'VE don't dare
cut our maintenance fund another dol
lar for fear of losing ground"
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Tracing of Lumber Traps Man
Threatening Coz. ELECT White

Stuckey farm. The cradle" was sent
with the letter.
An agent, dressed as a woman to
represent Mrs. White. went to the
bridge at 5 pm. on December 10. as
directed in the letter. and deposited
a package of bogus money. Agents
watched the spot, but no one ap-
peared.
Acting on a "tip" they examined
the cradle" and compared it with
lumber on the Stuckey Farm, and
found portions there from which
planks used to build the cradle" had
been sawed.
II don't know why I did it." Com
missioner Ricketts, quoted Stuckey as
saying. Il guess I just must have
started out wrong
The letter said I'VE want $4,000 or
Hugh White" and that the writer
was ready to get him and others" and
to kill you also" if any effort was
made to catch him.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
FARWELL RITES TODAY

Funeral services for Clarence Gill
bert Farwell, SIS. for 80 years an
accountant for the Federal Trade
Commission, were to be held this
afternoon in the Hines funeral home,
290l Fourteenth street, with Rev. DR..
U. G. B. Pierce, pastor of All Souls
Unitarian Church, officiating. Burial
was to be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Farweu died Thursday in the
Chevalier Jackson Bronchoscopic
Clinic at Temple University Hospital,
Philadelphia. His home was at 204
Holly avenue, Takoma Park, Md. He
had been i'll about two months and
several weeks ago went to the hospital
for treatment.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

transactions and trade so entangled
America in the allied cause that join
ing with them in the war was in
evitable
Opposed were Morgan and his men,
sharpshooting Thomas w. Lamont
and George Whitney.
An audience accustomed to think of
financial baron as reserved and
severe was confronted by a jollying
banker prone to grins and philosoph-
ical quipS.
Morgan emitted a big, throaty
laugh with the delivery of almost
every reply. His apparent good ma
ture went virtually unshaken until
the last two days of the first weeks
session brought repeated allegations
from Senator Clark that his company
had participated with Great Britain
Ia either permitting or encouraging
an exchange panic that Influenced a
shift in American neutrality favor
able to the allies.
Declaring that it would have been
ga most discreditable action" to
bring on panic to sway the Govern
n1ent, he said: I'VE never did such
thing in our lives
Clark contended support was with
drawn from the foreign exchange
market as a means of lashing the
Wilson administration into permit
ting long-term loans to the allies.
Morgan replied the British. for
whom the house of Morgan had been
buying sterling, ran out of available
resources in this country with which
to support the pound. so they let it
slip 1t slipped to 4.51 by early Sep
tember, 1915. In mid-September the
neutrality policy was changed, and
on October ID the Morgan syndicate
offered the loan. In floating it, they
sought to correct education lacks"
in the West as Lamont phrased it,
"about what We knew was the value
Of the Offering"
"And the record shows the loan
dropped to 85," Clark gibed.
Whitney retorted:
"And the same year the British
notes were paid off Gin 1920 Liberty
bonds went to 82.''
Evening star., 1936-01-11
FIRST FOLIO Is SOLD
FOR S28, 900 IN GOTHAM
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, January 11.-A first
folio edition of Shakespeare's plays
brought $4,000, said yesterday to be
the highest price ever paid for this
edition in the United States, when
sold at auction here.
The buyer was the Philadelphia
firm of Charles SeSsler. Gabriel Wells,
New York dealer, was an unsuccessful
bidder both for this and for a copy
of George Washington's official let
ters" to the American Congress, pub
hshed in London in 1795, which DR..
A. S. Rosenbach Of New York and
Philadelphia bought for $4,000.
Auction officials expressed them
selves as highly pleased with the total
of $4,000 paid for the library Of Mr..
and Mrs. William A. Read, which in
cluded the two high-price items.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

tCOntlnued From First Page.)
turn down any compromise plan for
less than full payment, but he would
not predict the outcome of his move
10 provide means for raising the
money.
The Oklahoma Senator said he had
recommended to the President, and
would propose, several optional meth
ods of financing the bonus payments,
including the use of certificates on
the basis of the silver and gold now
held by the Treasury but not being
used.
The Vinson Patman Mccormack
measure passed yesterday would de-
clare veterans adjusted service GER
tificates payable Immediately. but
would offer 8 per cent interest until
1945 to former soldiers who refrained
from cashing them.
Tenseness Disappears.
The anxiety and tenseness Of earlier
bonus fights was gone as the House
passed the bill. Jovial and chatty,
members came to the floor to cast
their votes. Speaker Byrns repeatedly
had to pound for order and finally
admonish them to remain in their
seats, stop a rumble Of conversation
and quit parading about the chamber.
Packed galleries-in violation of the
rules-joined in salvo Of applause
when Byrns announced the bill had
carried. Officials of the veterans Or
ganizations smiled down from rear
seats in the members galleries.
National Comdr. James e. Van
Zandt of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars called the vote complete an
swer to the miserable minority which
has blocked decisive action on this
for years"
The legislation affects almost $780,
600 former World War soldiers. Its
hackers claim approximately $1,e00.-
0o0, 900 will be needed at once to pay
of their certificates, but that figure
has been described by foes Of the bill
~ much too long.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Light snow
or rain this afternoon probably end
ing by tonight, followed by fair to-
night and tomorrow; not much
change in temperature, lowest tonight
about 80 degrees; gentle to moderate
shifting winds, becoming northwest
tonight.
Maryland-Light snow in extreme
west portion tonight and probably to-
morrow morning and light snow or
rain in east and central portions this
afternoon, ending early tonight, fol-
lowed by generally fair tonight and
tomorrow; slightly colder in west por-
tion tomorrow.
Virginia-Light rain on the coast
and light snow or rain in the inte-
r1or this afternoon, followed by gen.
orally fair tonight and tomorrow, ex-
cept probably light snow in extreme
northwest portion; slightly colder
tomorrow in west and south portions.
West Virginia-Cloudy and colder
with snow hurries in north and ex-
treme east portions tonight; tomorrow
generally fair and colder, except prob
ably snow flurries in northeast por-
tion.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
BANK AID POWER
PUT UP TO COURT
Industry SeIf-Government
Question Also Before
Supreme Bench.
BY the Associated Press,

by tHc hSsOCidteu SIeSS.
Two far-reaching questions-whether
the Federal Government should aid
in rehabilitating the banking system
and whether industry should be per-
mitted to govern itself-were given the
Supreme Court yesterday for decision.
Federal banking activities were in
volved in argument of a case affecting
the right Of Maryland to tax 81 ,0O0, 900
of preferred stock in the Baltimore
National Bank. owned by the Recon-
struction Finance Corp.
Attorneys for the Maryland Tax
Commission contended purchase of the
stock was not Federal function and
plunged the Government still deeper
in the business of lending money"
In reply, counsel for the bank argued
the Federal Government stepped in
ito save the national banking system
because private capital had dsap-
peared."
Self regulation Of industry was ad-
vocated in brief presented by the
Sugar Institute preparatory to argu-
ments February on its appeal from
a ruling by the Federal District Court
for Southern New York. which held
the institute had engaged in a COM
bination and conspiracy to restrain
interstate trade in sugar in violation
of the Sherman antitrust act.
Because of the collapse of the Fed
eral Governments attempt to trade
regulation under the N. r. A." the
Institutes brief said, commerce and
industry are looking to this court for
guidance in determining what they
may do to abolish destructive and dis
honest trade abuses without being held
guilty Of violating the Federal anti
trust laws"
Evening star., 1936-01-11

The $50a-plate cream of Washing
ton society nearly curdled the Other
night. Ladies could not believe theil
eyes, even through their lorgnettes
when they noticed waiter serve bot.
tie of wine to Mrs. Morris Sheppard
and Mrs. Corden Hull at the jackson
Day dinner. Mrs. Sheppard is the wife
of the author of prohibition. Mrs
Hull is equally dry.
1t was noticed that neither drank
but finally waiter came up to Mrs
Sheppard with 50 change. Somewhat
Indignantly, she declined it, saying
she had not ordered the wine. Al
went home amazed at the mystery.
II they ever find out that the
,pell-kno,Un actor politician Eddie
Doubling paid s25 to q ,Uditer to
finance the practical joke, Mr..
Do,uling's acting and polittcktno
days lrill be ouer.
Note-No spirits were served at the
dinner. aside from Jackson's. He
probably would not have liked that
but might have been consoled by the
fact that walters could be induced to
bring spirits from the bar for sizable
tip.
The most conservative diplomatic
authorities here have received a con-
fidential report that Japan has shipped
large quantities of gunpowder and per-
cussion caps into its inundated islands
in the Pacific. They would like to
know the reason why. but dare not ask
Japan is bound by the collapsing
Washington naval treaty not to fortify
those islands. The treaty has a year
yet to run before Tokio's remuneration
of it becomes effective.
Contracts Not Renewed.
1t is safe to say Mr.. Roosevelt did
not refer to Mrs. Roosevelt when he
made the Jackson day reference to
some wisecracking columnist."
The unreported fact is Mrs. Roose-
velt's writings for the past few years
have failed to please her editors. They
have tried to get her to pep up her
articles and to say something All
wound up by not renewing her con-
tract. One mourned he could not get
anything except material about chill
dren in the public parks.
Most people who come into direct
contact with the First Lady are cap
tured by her charm. She is still a
goddess to newswomen and even to
her secretarial valets.' The failure of
her writings to reflect this personal
magnetism undoubtedly accounts for
the wide public misconception of her
efforts.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
BY tho Associated Press.

JACKSON, Miss, January Ii
Tracing of lumber, as in the Lind
bergh kidnapping case, was credited
today with frustrating an attempt to
extort $1,000 from Gov-elect Hugh
White under threats of killing him.
A man listed as Forrest Stuckey, 80,
son of Marion County farmer, was
held in Jail here after his arrest yes
terday at his home, near Columbia, by
Department of Justice agents.
Stuckey pleaded guilty when ar
raigned before United States Com
missioner Barron c. Ricketts,. His
bond was set at $2,500.
David w. Magee, special agent in
charge Of the New Orleans Office of
the Bureau of Investigation, said Mrs.
White. wife Of the Governor ELECT, re-
ceived letter on December 3 direct
ing her to place the money in a wood
en- cradle" below bridge near the
Evening star., 1936-01-11
MICHIGAN AND CANADA
MAY BUILD new BRIDGE
State Highways Commissioner
Confers With Ontario Official
on Proposed Spar


By the Associated Press.
TORONTO, January 11.-Murray
Van Wagner, Michigan's highway
commissioner, and Highways Minister
T. B. McQuesten of Ontario conferred
yesterday on a proposal for construc-
ton of an international bridge be-
tween Sarnia and Port Huron.
"A preliminary conversation with
future possibilities" was the only re-
port after the conference.
Michigan officials, it was learned,
wanted to know what Ontario would
do about building the Ontario ap-
proach. McQuesten was believed to
have invited the Michigan commits
sioner to submit detailed data.
Building Of the bridge would create
new short cut from Eastern Canada
to Chicago. -
Evening star., 1936-01-11
DU POINT, RASK0B
FACE TAX CHARGE
Federal Suit Alleges Two
Agreed to Establish Fake
Stock Losses.
BY the Associated Press.

A formal accusation was lodged by
the Treasury yesterday that Pierre S du
Pont of Delaware and John j. Raskob
of New York entered into an agree
ment in 1929 to establish fictitious
losses" on the stock market for in
come tax purposes.
Raskob is a former chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee, and
du Pont a member Of the prominent
Wilmington munitions and industrial
family. Both have been active re-
Gently in the American Liberty League.
In a brief filed with the Board of
Tax Appeals, replying to suit by du
Pont protesting additional taxes. the
Treasury charged du Pont entered
into a plan. agreement and under
standing" with Raskob in an at
tempt to create fictitious losses for the
purpose of undertaking their net tax
able incomes. respectively. for the year
1929"
Asks Tax Increase.
The Governments answer, written
by Herman Ohphant, Treasury coun-
sci, demanded du Points taxes should
be increased by $617,316 for 1929.
Oliphant charged fictitious" stock
losses of 81 ,946,048 and asserted that
$54.169 was unreported as income.
For the year. the Government re-
ported that Du Pont deducted an
alleged loss" of S3,l20,645 while Ras-
kob sought to subtract S4,375,523.
Raskob has had an appeal pending for
some years, also. but the file was not
available at the Tax Appeals Board
Offices.
Reply Contains Letters.
The Treasurys reply to Du Points
suit contained numerous letters ex-
changed between the two principals.
Accompanying charts, for instance, re-
ported a total of S14,883, ,40086 in
checks had been received by Du Pont
from Raskob during the period, while
Raskob had received $14,883,354, or
only S4686 less, from Du Pont during
the same time.
The Government charged, among
other things, that on November 10,
1929, Raskob drew his personal check
on the Bankers Trust Co. of New
York in favor of Du Pont, for $4.582,-
$50 when he had only S22.23354 in
that bank at the close of the day.
Two days later, the Treasury said,
Du Points check for $4,606,000 was
deposited to Raskob's account in the
same bank, whereupon Raskob's orig
inal check was presented to the bank
and paid.
The Treasury has given Du Pont As
days to file an amended answer.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
C0LUMNIST DIES

LOS ANGELES, January II tP.-
Harry Carr, writer for the Los Angeles
Times for nearly 40 years, and the
author Of several books, died last
night in a hospital of coronary
thrombosis.
Carr was one of the earliest editorial
department workers on the Times
staff.
He wrote a daily column, "The
Lancer" for more than a decade and
during his last illness conducted the
column from his bed.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

Britain IS fitting her nose at the
neutrality bill, but secretly likes it.
Unintentionally, it will give her un-
challenged authority over the waves.
Under it the United States abandons
its traditional policy of freedom of the
seas and the right of a neutral to
trade with belligerents. Also, the
President is authorized to withdraw
protection of American nationals on
the high seas.
That really means the United States
will condone a British blockade any,
where. No other fleet except ours is
strong enough to challenge hers.
The chairs of the nine Supreme
Court justices have been appraised
at s35 as secondhand material.
Representative Hoeppel of Cali
tornta has absented himself from
the floor OF the House since his
court conuiction. He is tolIoWing
the precedents established by
Langley and Zihlnan pending out
come of legal appeals.
Bruce Kremer, local Democratic
lawyer, sat next to Mr.. Roosevelt at
the jackson day dinner. The official
explanation was that he was chairman
of the Dinner Committee.
Father Coughlin told pals here con-
fidently that he might prefer Borah
to Mr.. Roosevelt in the presidential
campaign. The Idaho Senator comes
nearer to the Coughlin silver and
money ideas.