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Evening star., 1936-06-17
HELP Of WOMEN
ASKED FOR LABOR
Secretary Perkins Cites 0c-
cupationaI Hazards in Ad-
dress to Federation.

Secretary of Labor Perkins yester-
day called American womanhood to
the task of improving working condi-
tionS and lessening the hazards OF oc-
cupational diseases throughout the
country.
She announced the Department Of
Labor has undertaken a study of sill
COSTS prevention methods and ex-
pressed confidence that out of 1t will
come program of lasting value to in
dustry She also described the social
security act and said "it will do much
In years to come to provide security
for millions of women and children,
in addition to men"
Miss Perkins remarks were made in
an address to more than 500 women
at the annual luncheon of the Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs in the May
flower Hotel.
Describing security achievements,
the Labor Secretary said old-age as
sistance plans have been approved in
81 States and the District Of Colum-
bia. affecting approximately $4,000
persons; aid to the blind has been
approved in 20 States and the District,
affecting 21,000 persons; aid for de-
pendent children, affecting $4,000 in
dividuals, has been passed in 18
States and the District, and unem-
ployment compensation plans have
been approved in II States and the
District and will affect 40 per cent of
the workers in the country.
Evening star., 1936-06-17

80 and 80 inches across, respectively.
The top contains removable center
piece, about 2S inches wide, which
presents a different design on the
reverse side.
Where the Pieces Went.
Here's where all those pieces went:
5,3o1 in the center foot; 1000 in
each of the fourS other feet; 29,s00 in
the base: 1891 in the pedestal be-
tween the top and the base; 17,549
in the center piece; 2,522 in the top
border, and $500 in the lamp.
The lamp shade is composed Of
pictures on glass depicting, step by
step, the obtaining of some of the
wood and the gradual building Of the
two objects.
Hathaway started building the table
il June, 1928, while he was confined
in the Veterans Hospital at Camp
Kearney. Calf. Aided by occupational
theraphy aides there, he had the table
underway when he left in 1924. He
spent most of the next several years
in travel and in the Maybury SAM
torium near his home. 1t was during
this time that he obtained most Of his
wood.
Called Mrs. Hathaway"
II wasn't able to work. and I felt I
had to do something. so started the
table," he said. Now I've become
SO attached to it that folks back home
refer to the table as Mrs. Hathaway
When Hathaway entered the Army,
he was assigned to base hospital No.
6 at Fort Riley, Kans. He didn't see
overseas service because there he con-
tracted tuberculosis. Since leaving
Camp Kearney. he says. he's taken
good care of himself.
A bachelor, he says the table is his
closest campanion." He refused an
offer of $4,000 for it shortly before
it was completed in 1880. He con-
tinues to gather wood species. AS a
matter OF fact, he has just returned
from Calendar, Ontario. where he Sc
cured a piece of the famous Dionne
quintuplets home.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
MOORE IS Staying
MAY Be SOLVED
Daughter of Inventor Says
Suicide Resembles Caller
''in Every Respect"
Py the Associated Press.

Py the Associated Press.
EAST ORANGE, N. j., June H.
Beatrice Moore viewed the body Of
Jean Philip Gebhardt in Red Bank
morgue today and authorities quoted
her as saying the suicide victim re
sembled in every respect" the tall,
thin man who called to see her in
ventor father, D. McFarlan Moore. nine
hours before he was found slain.
william A. Wachenfeld, Essex
County prosecutor, who received a re-
port from detectives accompanying
Miss Moore to Red Bank, said she was
unable positively to identify Gebhardt
from facial characteristics.
Similar in Attire.
But he said she recognized the fancy
band on the Panama hat found in
Gebhardt's car; said the spectacles he
wore were like those of the man who
called to see her father Sunday night
and that the clothing was similar.
Her statements were accepted by the
prosecutor as a partial solution to the
mystery Staying of Moore, a former
associate of Thomas A. Edison. The
motive remained to be determined, but
authorities pointed to the fact that
Gebhardt, an unemployed electrician
interested in patents, fits into their
early theory that the slayer was some
one who might have had grievance
against Moore possibly over rejected
inventions.
Gebhardt shot himself near New
Monmouth yesterday when an officer
approached to question him.
Miss Moore, a Wellesley College
graduate, with whom Moore lived in
East Orange, also viewed Gebhardt's
automobile today and told detectives
1t resembled the car parked near her
home at the time the tall, thin man"
called.
Description Main Clue.
Her description of the visitor gave
detectives the main clue IN their
search for the man who shot Moore
twice as they stood in the rain out
side Of his home early Monday.
Referring to Miss Moores failure
to make positive identification,
Lieut.. Joseph Cocozza of the prose-
cutor's staff, pointed out the inven-
tors daughter was unable to see the
visitor clearly Sunday night. The
stranger stood outside the door, CO.
cozza said, and wore his hat well
down over his face.
Police authorities said they were
convinced the Sunday night caller
was the man who accosted Moore
early Monday and pumped two 20
caliber bullets into his head.
They awaited ballistics tests of the
bullets which killed the inventor and
the one Gebhsrdt fired into his head
before marking the case as closed.
Cocozza said tests would be made at
Newark later today and that further
tests would be made at New Haven,
Conn.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
MILLER IS INDICTED
IN EXTORT|ON PLOT
Lindbergh Law Charge Is
Returned in 5000
Threat Case.

An indictment under the LindIbergh
law was returned today against a.
year-old Jesse Miller of Thurmont,
Nd, who was arrested Saturday for
allegedly attempting to extort $4,000
from Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen McKevett
Farrand, BOIL Gates road, Chevy
Chase, by threatening to kill their
year-old son.
Farrand is an attorney in the office
of Solicitor General Stanley Reed Of
the Justice Department.
Held in Baltimore, Miller will be
taken before a United States commits
sioner Friday for an extradition hear
ing. Assistant United States Attorney
Roger Rolf said a certified copy Of the
indictment will be sent to Maryland
to be produced at the removal pro-
ceedings.
Threatening Letter Charged.
The true bill reported by the Dis
trict grand jury charges Miller with
sending a threatening letter through
the mails with intent to extort money
from Mrs. Farrand. The missive was
posted at Blue Ridge Summit. Pa,
June 8, ard received by Mrs. Farrand
the same day, the indictment sets out.
On receiving the note, which was
signed "R. B. G. Killer" Farrand
turned it over to J. Edgar Hoover, di-
rector Of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. Agents traced it to
Miller.
The letter instructed Mrs. Farrand
to send $1,000 within one week to
Miller's older brother, Orville, at Blue
Mountain, Md, unless she preferred TO
have her son Peter killed. Hoover
said an investigation showed Orville
had nothing to do with sending the
letter and was not implicated in the
alleged extortion scheme.
Federal operatives say Jesse Miller
has admitted writing the note. Rec
ords of the Justice Department show
the man has a Jail record for cary
ing concealed weapons and larceny.
Conviction Of the offense would
carry a maximum sentence of 50
years imprisonment and $4,000 fine.
Jury Visits Reformatory.
On invitation of penal institution
officials, the grand jury visited the
reformatory at Lorton, Va. today,
leaving the court house about 11:30
and arriving at their destination in
time for lunch. The group was headed
by the grand jury foreman, o. J.
De Moll. The jurors were accom-
panied by Assistant United States At
torney Clinton Vernon and Deputy
Marshal Dave Tavlin.
A total of Is indictments were re-
ported. Among them was a charge
of rape against William B. Tippett,
%, taxicab driver, who allegedly as
saulted 13-year-old girl Saturday
morning after forcing her into his cab
when she strayed away from her
mother while waiting for a train at
Union Station.
The maximum penalty on conviction
| is 80 years Imprisonment, unless the
| jury should recommend death. In
event Of a recommendation, execution
is mandatory.
The girl was en- route with her
mother and 11-year-old sister from
their hcme in Jacksonville. Fla, to
Pittsburgh. They arrived here about
Evening star., 1936-06-17
Fish Saves Catcher's Life.

That a fish which he had caught
saved his.life, is attested by man in
Vaalwater, South Africa. The fisher
man had caught several small fish and
placed them under a bush. When he
went to get them, large poisonous
mamba snake was there, ready to
strike. But it had attempted to swal-
low one of the fish head first, with the
result that the fins had caught in the
roof of its mouth. This prevented it
from striking. and the man killed the
deadly reptile with blows from his
steel fishing rod.
Evening star., 1936-06-17

- EVEN years work with hatchet,
chisel and saw, 10000 miles OF
travel, $4,000 and more than
- $4,000 pieces of wood-this rep
resents, briefly, what went into the
making of an inlaid table and lamp
which were placed on exhibition. to-
day at the Veterans Administration.
George L. Hathaway, 48-year-old
disabled veteran of Worthwhile, Mich,
who built the unique table and lamp
during his disqualification, can tell
enough stories about his work of art
to fill an encyclopedia More than
$4,000 pieces of wood-many of them
from historical sources-imagine what
one might hear if the table, itself.
could talk.
For instance, one might hear the
whooping of Barbary pirates as they
fought the old frigate, Constitution.
Or stories of Henry Wadsworth Long
fellow as he sat gazing at the Spread
ing chestnut tree" Or one might even
hear the inside dope on some Of
those White House conferences.
Wood From Old Constitution.
Hathaway can point out pieces Of
wood from the Old Constitution. the
White House and Longfellow's chest
nut tree. He can show you piece
from a Sabastien Erard harp once
owned by King Louis III of France.
another from the old English prison
ship, Success. one of Byrd's polar ships.
City of New York, and Others from
Helen Keller's birthplace In Tuscum-
bia, Ala; from orange trees in Gen.
tral America, the Mount of Olives in
Palestine, or a German artillery gun
captured by the 36th Division of Ohio.
He can show you pieces Of stone
from the Mammoth Cave of Ken
lucky. and shells from the Mediter-
ranean Sea, Catalina Islands, the Gulf
of Mexico, the Great Lakes and At
lantic City.
More than 80 species of wood were
used. The table weighs 100 pounds,
the lamp o. The table top and base,
both of which are octagonal, measure
Evening star., 1936-06-17

problem here. There are no organized
gangs and known criminals stay away
from Milwaukee because they know
they will be picked up under the
vagrancy law in a few hours.
Then our administration of justice
is not inpeded by the dilatory tactics
of some criminal lawyers. If the
evidence is there, a defendant Is con-
victed. lawyer or no lawyer, and the
fine is the same We don't believe
in imposing small fines where attor-
neys are retained so their fee can be
paid. The result has been that the
Evening star., 1936-06-17
MEDALS AWARDED

Medals of merit yesterday were
awarded President Bynum E. Hinton
of the Kiwanis Club and several mem
bers Of the organization by children
Of the Weightman School. The awards
were in appreciation Of their assist
ance and cooperation to the pupils.
Receiving the medals were Robert
F. Fleming, chairman of the clubs
Underprivileged Child Committee;
Charles w. Pimper. chairman, and
David L. Maxwell and Edwin F. Hill,
vice chairmen. of the Boys and Girls
Committee. Fred c. w. Parker, inter-
national secretary, and Merton S.
heiss, convention chairman, Of Chi
cago also received the awards.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
Rembrandt Fooled Public.

The famous Dutch painter. REM
brant, being at one time hard up for
money, gave out that he was dead and
his paintings, finished and unfinished,
would be sold at auction. Crowds
hocked to the auction to buy some d
the last works Of so famed an artist
the most trifling work fetching hand.
some prices. When the people found
the trick out he was never esteemed
or trusted again.
Evening star., 1936-06-17

Mary G. Parmes, John Davis and
Kathryn E. Davis, violation of the
liquor taxing act; John Albert Boone
Booker Cureton, Charles williams
Ella Sue Williams, Ernest Davis
Oliver Masters, Cole Briggs and
Cadillac Reds. gaming, and Reuben
Rose, violation Of the narcotic laws
The following cases were ignored:
Victor R. DAILY, destroying public
records; Robert Williams, grand lar
ceny, and Agripino De Vera, forgery
and utterDng.
Evening star., 1936-06-17

people here seldom retain lawyers
in the minor cases.
The police enforce the laws and If
violatorS are arrested we see to 1t
that they are punished. That, in brief,
is the answer to our excellent crime
record. The people have learned from
bitter experience that they cannot
violate our laws with impunity. and
consequently they respect them"
Evening star., 1936-06-17
Dinner Music "Insult." I"

The playing of fine music at meals
was called almost an insult" by
Sir Hugh Allen at a dinner Of the
Incorporated Society Of Musicians,
London.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
SMART nLEeK, 4" .swell

war story that even Dad, the
old vet, must admit is just like
the real thing. Not only that,
but it has a new twist-as one
would expect Of the popular
James Hopper.
Evening star., 1936-06-17

Exhibits at this years Spring Sam
pie Fair in Leipzig, Germany totaled
8,163.
Evening star., 1936-06-17

W t08B . inside story on
MICKEY cOCHRANE. the
Tigers sensational catcher.
manager. No matter how Dad
feels about Mickey or the
Tigers, he'll eat this up.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
HhA

"fRTucn. Dad won. .a.
nit It, but he's probably watt
ing for the weekend to lind
out what's happened to the
charming Kathleen, who was
kidnapped in Cuba two chap.
ters ago, in George Asnew
Chamberlain's thrilling serial.
There's a surprise in store for
him Sunday.
Evening star., 1936-06-17
Milwaukee

Continued From First page.)
Evening star., 1936-06-17
"Lnsr ncT" by D.l. Col.

Inns will give Dad a lot Of salts.
faction. It features the kind Of
handsome stage idol who
makes women sigh and men
fall asleep. And il sends him
to 4 desert isle to play his last
act-whsre Dad would like to
send ali Of his kind.
Evening star., 1936-06-17

khHhIIls a story by Dale
Eunson. with lesson for every
wife. a lesson that even the
lovely Leslie Hamilton. Amer.
cas- authority on charm, had to
learn about how to hold =
husband.
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
GRIFFS RECORDS

VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
Schacht on Johnson

For the first time in his life,
AL Schacht refused to be quoted,
when he was approached about
the recent trouble between Joe
Cronin and Wes Ferrell.
But Schacht would volunteer
the information that Ferrell has
developed a pitching habit which
long ago was peculiar to Walter
johnson, and which johnson may
have inculcated (not Schacht'S
exact worO in Ferrell when
Barney piloted Cleveland.
johnson always pitched two
fast balls, then a curve, then two
fast ones and another curve. That
was Walters diet to the batterS
of the American League over o
period of 20 years.
Ty Cobb early caught on to this
pitching pace Johnson set for
himself and always waited for
that curve, as even Ty couldn't
hit Walters streamline deliveries.
In time, Of course, johnson got
wise and made an exception in
his twirling routine whenever he
was facing Cobb.
All, those were the days, eh,
Cedric!
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
Champ
Is Missing

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Aug. %.
Ralph Greenleaf, former worlds
champion billiard player, was
sought by police here today.
Greenleaf has been the object
of a nation wide search since his
wife reported his disappearance
and asked New York authorities
for aid in locating him.
Search for the billiard expert
centered here after a clerk in a
recreation parlor reported a man
who introduced himself as Ralph
Greenleaf asked for permission to
use billiard table to show his
friends "a few fancy shots" Wed.
nesday evening.
A large audience gathered around
the table, the clerk said, amazed
at the playing.
Shown a picture of Greenleaf,
the clerk and several men who
had witnessed the billiard exhibi-
ton Immediately identified it as
that of the man who said he was
Greenleaf.
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
Takoma Pin Leagues
Meet Next Week

The Takoma Duckpin Associa-
ton and the Takoma Church
Bowling League will hold an i'm
portant meeting Monday at 8
o'clock at the Takoma Alleys.
On Wednesday night at the
same time and place, the Tako-
ma Suburban League will con-
vene. Several franchises are avail
able in the leagues.
On Monday at p. M, at the
Boulevard Bowling Alley, President
Judge DeLashmutt has called the
first meeting of the Bethesda BuSi-
ness Mems Bowling League.
Tuesday. at 8 p. M, at the Beth
esda Bowling Alley, President Clark
Riggs will hold the initial meeting
of the Bethesda League.
Any team desiring a franchise
Is requested to have a representa-
tive present.
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
Cup Swim Race
Schedule

The first Of the Presidents
Cup Regatta events for the fall OF
1886 is scheduled here tomorrow.
1t is the three-mile swim, to be
held off the Potomac Boat Club
float, near Key Bridge, at 2:30
p. m.
This event-which is considered
the city's outstanding swim-is
usually held the first week in
September. But the early date
has been selected in order to get
President Cup Regatta activities
off to a flying start.
Harry TresnaK, unattached,
won the event last year. He will
defend his laurels against an all.
star field. led by the famous
Ruddy brothers, of New York.
Carl Ahlenseld is handling en-
tries at the Potomac Boat Club. He
expects a banner entry list.
VOTE AMERICAN
Title at Stake
The Fort Humphreys baseball
championship will be decided
Sunday at 9 o'clock, when
"Quartermasters" meet Post Ex-
change. Batteries-Lopez and
White (Quartermasters), Rivers
and Smith (Post EXchange),
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
Boys Club Mines
Await Series

There's a particular hustle and
hustle at the Boys Club Of Wash
ington these days, the reason be-
ing the nearnesS Of the city-wide
championship baseball series for
insect and peewee teams.
To date, Director Charlie Rey-
nolds has nine aggregations lined
up for play, four in the insect divi-
sion and five in the peewee class.
Play will commence about
Wednesday or Thursday Of next
week. The actual date is con.
tingent on the Boys Club League
peewee title play-off scheduled to-
morrow.
Open Set Tomorrow
The Oates Peewees and Little
Taverns meet for this particular
title. Tomorrow's first game Is
scheduled on the North Ellipse at
IL a. m. The second contest is
listed Monday at the same hour
and place while the third game,
If necessary, will be waged again
on the same diamond.
Now that city-wide series. The
Boys Club Indians, Kennedy Serv-
ice Station, Columbian Aces and
Northeast Boys Club will battle for
insect honorS.
The peewee group will find the
Central City oates A. c., Buck
NewSom, Cardinal and Little Tav-
ern mines battling.
Winning teams Of the two classes
will receive medals, while Director
Charlie Reynolds reports individ'
ual awards also will be made.
Plenty Of Action
The dates and sites for the
games will be announced later
Suffice to say, the series will offer
the youngsters plenty of action
not to mention competition that
only these well-known teams can
muster.
A Boys Club of Washington
championship game is on the
docket today. 1t settles a little
championship that has been bat
tied for all summer.
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
FIS SHING
According to Izaak Walton

Hectic and out of the ordinary,
beyond our ken, this present fish
ing season of ours. Starting
early, it saw the breaking of the
long standing rod and reel rec
ord for weakfish. This even be-
fore the month of June was
uShered in.
Then late in June a broadbill
Swordfish was caught by rod
and reel on the Jersey coast,
which in addition to being the
first one so taken, was weeks
ahead of the general run.
To add to that the run of
blue and white marlin in the
waters off Ocean City, Md. Not
one or two occasionally, as was
the case during the two preced-
ing years, which also were the
first to see any marlin taken
in this section, but anywhere up
to five to the boat.
Over this past weekend alone,
IL we're brought into port, one
a white SO FOUNDER caught by
Ex-Governor Pinchot, of Pennsyl-
vania. The final total for the
season will overreach the fond
est hopes Of the offShore fisher
men.
Barnegat Ridge Tuna
Then the early season on the
famed Barnegat Ridge off Beach
Haven, N. j., with the tuna. Other
seasons have seen big catches, but
the largest fish seldom went
heavier than 1875 pounds, with the
average around 80. This year
the lid is off-last week charter
fishermen brought in three tackle
busters that weighed 2O2, 275 and
1896 pounds.
The same fish on the Nova
Scotian banks are adding records
to the scores of many of our deep
sea anglers. For the two largest,
take the 749-pounder of Mrs.
Francis Low, jr., and the 1855
pound tuna of Kip harrington.
Both over the existing record for
this country; this in spite of the
fact that at the same place, Liver
pool, fish have been caught that
weighed close to 1000 pounds.
The warm ocean currents,
sweeping further in to shore on
the south Jersey coast, have ac-
tually turned ordinary conditions
topsy-turvey. A handliner at At
lantic City brings in a tile fish,
extinct here for many years-a
poundnet at Surf City produces a
The Washington times., 1936-08-28

Hcaller from the shores of Bimini, a
30-pound Nassau grouper-Beach
Haven METERS are bringing in
Spanish mackerel, a fish seldom
ever found above Cape Hatteras.
Also in their gill nets were caught
several exotic bright hued parrot
fish-Guy Lombardo, the band
leader, at Atlantic City, brings in
a 3OO-pound sun fish which he
had harpooned from his cruise
Tempo.
1t wouldn't be far out Of the
way for local anglers to go down
Chincoteague way and try for the
tarpon, which every year for many
seasons have been found rolling
in the tide rips around the island.
This influx of warm water should
certainly bring them in larger
numbers than ever before.
The Washington times., 1936-08-28
ITALIAN AND JEWISH ALL-STARS TO BATTLE ON DAMON
Kirk Miller
Says:

(COnt. from First Sports Page)
spection by Bucky Harris and
Clark Griffith.
Editor Tom Doerer, of Happy
Days." the CCC weekly, is response
BILE for the trial these New Deal
proteges will get locally. Tom Is
touting two of their number in
particular-Perry Oxely, a big
right-hand pitcher who Doerer
compares with Bob Feller, and
Jack Wilbur, red-headed catcher
with might in his base blows.
Joe Cronin is also going to look
over some CCC baseball prospects
in Boston as Is Steve O'Neill in
Cleveland.