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Evening star., 1936-06-20
TEXAS CASE CITED
|NHOSTAGE DEATH
Virginia Official to Use
Parallel in Indictments
of Eight ConviCts.
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, June 20.-Com-
monwealths Attorney T. Gray Had
don pointed to a Texas case as pre-
cedent for the murder indictments he
is drawing against eight Virginia con-
victs whose thwarted escape attempt,
resulting in the death of guard, will
be studied by special grand jury.
Judge Julien Gum agreed to call
the jury in Richmond Circuit Court
on June 29 to consider the proposed
indictments.
Haddon said circumstances in
which Powhatan Bass. penitentiary
guard. was killed by bullets fired into
a truck in which the felons were hold
ing him as hostage paralleled those in
which a railroad engineer met death
after being seized by Texas train
robber.
A murder conviction was upheld by
the Texas Supreme Court, Haddon
said, though the fatal shots were fired
by a passenger while the engineer
was held as a shield by the bandit
Bullets that killed Bass were fired
by c. H. Smith, fellow guardsman,
who was unaware that Bass and r. c.
Reams. another officer, were in the
machine which the convicts drove to-
ward a gate. Four of the felonS were
wounded, as was Oscar Fields. Negro
trusty seized along with the two
guards.
THE theory is that if a man puts
mans life in jeopardy, he is just
as guilty of murder as the man who
kills him." Haddon said.
IF they are indicted for murder
and found guilty, the State statutes
provide only one penalty, death in the
electric chair"
The official said he would ask for
dismissal of a technical murder
charge against Smith. should one be
brought. The guard has been COM
mended for his action by Supt. Rice
M. Youell and the State prison board.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

slapped through both Houses opposition could started
No opportunity for reflection would be given
The explosion of Doughton had leaked
favored the House
provision naturally deluged him with protests.
generally
basis OF a against
other. break deals HoweDr, taxpayers
wiH hardly be impressed uth possibility
Within act to his
the all that had occurred that session
was published, even including details of the riot act
Copeland probably walking out
choose to mention them
out the President Roose-
The
these should reversed want to get the
right Copand agitation That Is he supposed to
he
Tammany apponee not his
Senator Copeland to be surprised with short
of appointments His last previous surprise
brother important New
post
Farley really time when Mr. Farley
oppose Copednds campaign for reelection Mr
In hd at thdt
Mould like to get rid OF Copeland but
medical ddUtce to so
others York or long, Uould
unUiSe him
with the remark that what he
apparently left the vim
everything In and around
the outside world
example let out the fact that thousands
of dioganized the hills within
striking distance however, official
thing Italian desire not to stress the
Evening star., 1936-06-20
CLUBS HEAR TALK
BY MISS LENRO0T
Labor Official Tells All Members
to Promote Better Health
Conditions.

Delegates to the annual National
All Club Encampment here were urged
today by Miss Katherine Lenroot
chief of the Children's Division of the
Labor Department, to investigate
health and sanitary conditions in their
home communities and >enlist the aid
of her department where necessary
steps have not been taken along these
lines. She also explained the work of
her department and social security
legislation at the morning session.
Yesterday, the third day of the en-
campment, was devoted to various &C
tivities. There were trips to the White
House, the Smithsonian Institution
and the Library of Congress.
Afterward, there were descriptions
over the radio as to why the various
delegates had been chosen and a talk
by Dr.. H. c. Oberholser Of the Bio
logical Survey.
A round table discussion of "4-H
Activities on Conservation of Wild
Life" was held. Leaders were Tom
Mcguire. Greenbrier County, w. Va;
Mae Briggs, Seward County, Nebr. ;
Fred Elliott, Pembina County, N. Oak. /;
Harold Garrison, Mecklenburg County,
N. c.. and Carolyn Hubatch, Lang
lade County, Wis.
The day was closed by listening to
a radio description Of the Louis
Schmeling fight.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
VENEZUELAN HEAD
PREDICTS new ERA
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CARACAS, Venezuela. June 90
Venezuela faces a new era, President
Lopez Contreras predicted yesterday
because the successor to the late Juan
Vicente Gomez is "unalterably op-
posed to dictatorship"
II am whole-heartedly COR democ-
racy," President Lopez Contreras de-
clared. land my entire effort will be
toward that end"
Briefly, but with vigor. the man
credited with holding the crack
Venezuelan Army "in the palm of
his hand" outlined his governmental
theories, which differed with those of
the late dictator, who ruled with an
iron hand for a quarter of a century.
IF democracy exceeds the bounds
Of law and order I shall meet force
with force" he said. II shall main
tain my position. I depend upon the
army, and I know the army" y
The people of Venezuela. Lopez
Contreras asserted, have learned from
the recent general strike they can
not use such a weapon successfully
against society and the government.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
MURPHY ARRIVES
WITH ISLES DATA
Philippines Commissioner
May Join Campaign
for Roosevelt.

Presumably prepared to campaign
for the reelection of President Roose-
velt. Frank Murphy, United States
high commissioner to the Philippines,
returned to Washington today
Political observers believe Murphy
will be either a candidate for Gov
ernor of Michigan or a campaign
speaker. but in any event he will re-
main in this country until after the
elections
This morning he went to the White
House to report to the President on
Philippine conditions and to estab-
lish an Office here to prepare for q
Philippine American trade conference.
Trade Conference Plans.
Discussing the proposed conference,
Commissioner Murphy said:
Il have a job cut out for me in
Washington in effectively keeping alive
the proposed trade conference and
making adequate and thorough prep
aration for it, in addition to other
duties. Unless the conference is pains
takingly prepared and It's deliberations
marked by an earneStness on each side
to. deliberate in the light of what
should be best for the public interests
in the United States and the Philip
pines, it will be difficult to make a
success of it.
Special encouragement must be
given in Washington to the view that
this is not a mere commercial arrange
ment to be made between two govern
ments. This is one of those rare situ-
ations where appropriate emphasis
can justiflably be given to large moral
and sentimental aspects of our rela-
tionships We must want independence
to be a success"
Early Action Desired.
Although there is no need for the
conference until November, 1898, a
year before the taxes on Philippine
exports to this country 60 into effect,
Commissioner Murphy, in agreement
with Philippine leaders, wants it held
as early as possible so the Filipinos
will know what to expect from the
United States on trade matters.
Murphy, member of the Philippine
delegation to the Democratic Con-
vention, will leave for Philadelphia
next week. J. Weldon Jones, a mem
Der of his staff, is acting high COM
missioner during his absence from the
islands.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
FRAUD CHARGED
IN HOUSE "SALE"
BY q Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 20.-Burke
Cissel, 40, of Kenwood, Nd, was at
liberty under $1,000 bond today on a
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses brought against him on a
complaint by Mrs. Marion T. Saw
telle of 5000 Connecticut avenue,
Chevy Chase.
States Attorney James H. Pugh
said that Mrs. Sawtelle told him Cissel
sold the Chevy Chase woman a home
which he neither owned nor for which
he was the authorized agent and col
lected an initial payment of $500
on the residence.
Mrs. Sawtelle, Pugh said, told him
Cissel took her on an inspection of a
house in the 100 block of Spring
street, Chevy Chase, upon learning
she was interested in purchasing a
residence and offered to sell her the
house for $4,000
Cissel, he declared, then accepted
check of $500 as payment and
arranged to obtain a second for a
similar amount to close the deal after
a contract had been drawn up.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

Britain che the leadership abandoning punitive
inside leiurey after
thenl perhaps waiting a
telephone other heard
a voice al the end of the wire asking:
Can tell who the Republican candidate
search the files failed disclose the desired information but
futiity:
This the Republican National Committee"
Evening star., 1936-06-20
DEMANDED
Of ROGERS WIDOW
Former Cowboy Accused of
Threat to Expose Husband
as Cattle Rustler.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June 20.--An aged,
ex-cowboy, Joseph E. Snyder, was
questioned by Department of Justice
agents today on an alleged attempt
to extort $1,000 from the widow of
Will Rogers by threatening to expose
the actor -humorist as cattle
rustler.
The 76-year- suspect was taken
into custoday yesterday and turned
over to Federal officials after police
had booked him.
Unshaven and long haired, the for
mer COW hand was arrested at the
Los Angeles postofice by Detective
Lieut.. L. w. Lyons who had kept vigil
there for three days, since Mrs.
Rogers turned over a threatening let
ter to police.
You can't arrest me-" Detective
Lyons quoted Snyder as saying. Il
haven't done anything crooked.
just made Mrs. Rogers a business
proposition. I offered to sell her a
manuscript"
Mrs. Rogers received the letter June
IL. The writer said he had known
Rogers we'll in Oklahoma IN the years
between 1889 and 1898.
"Rogers started stealing cattle, for
which he was notorious in 1892" the
letter said.
In 1892 Rogers was l3 years old.
The author of the letter said he had
written a manuscript telling of this,
and offered Mrs. Rogers reasonable
length of time in which to consider
his price of $1,000 for the manuscript.
He threatened to have his story pub
lished if money order were not forth
coming.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
NICE ASKS STUDY
OF PRISON REPORT
Recommendations of Convicts'
Use for Road Work Going
to Legislature.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 2o.-Gov. Harry
W. Nice has asked 10 copies of the
report recommending prison con-
struction program and use of pris-
oners for road and reforestation work
in Maryland be sent to all members
of the Legislature
The report was drawn by the
Prison Industries Reorganization Ad-
ministration. Federal group headed
by Judge Joseph N. Ulman. The
report on Maryland prisons was the
first on any State penal system.
The Governor also asked Charles
J. Butler. chairman of the State
Board of Welfare, to request that
Attorney General Herbert R. O'Conol
draft legislation Incorporating the
commissions recommendations. Tht
report and the proposed legislation
will be submitted to the 1887 Legis-
latllre.
The commission recommended the
prison building program to alleviate
present conditions of overcrowding
and the road and reforeStation work
to remedy present idleness of pris-
oners.
Gov. Nice said of the report:
I'm not recommending anything.
I'm just sending it to them for study"
Evening star., 1936-06-20

a future war, be able to cut Britain off
from Scandinavia and keep the run
Of the North Sea. The news Is noted
in London.
DR.. Schacht. taking a turn around
Central Europe, announces in Buda-
pest that his visit Is purely economic
and financial. Dispatches reveal that
Germany has been liquidating Bull
garia's debt TO Italy by furnishing
Italy in Bulgarias name with arms,
while Bulgaria goes further into Gar
manys debt by large armament orders
for herself, and for the construction
in Bulgaria of a new and powerful
radio station.
Great Britain has decided to take
the lead in Geneva in opposing the
continuance of sanctions against
Italy. Eden prepares to explain that
Britain's course Is logical continu-
ance of her fundamental policy. Mus
Solini magnanimously agrees not to
demand an apology from the league
for mistaking him for the aggressor
when Ethiopia attacked Italy.
Otto Climbs.
Otto Of Hapsburg is sitting at the
gates of Austria waiting to be called
home to establish order. The Little
Entente has said for Is years that the
return of a Hapsburg to the Austrian
throne would be a casus belli Now
some of them are wondering whether
an Austrian restoration would be bet
| ter or worse than a NaZi Austria.
Nobody who is telling knows what, if
anything Mussolini said about it when
he met the Austrian chancellor re-
Gently.
Russia notes leSsening of tension.
| True, there is probably military alli-
! ance between Germany and Japan,
! and true, the Nazi activities in Fin
| land are especially intense. but diplo-
mats report both are less afraid Of war
than Of the peace that would follow it.
What 1t Leads Up To.
All this news deals with the attempts
of men to affect the control of matter.
Mussolini, by the expenditure of much
matter in the form of gold. goods flesh
and blood, has added to the italian
empire hundreds of thousands of
square miles of fields. mountains,
mines and black men-more matter.
The idea seems happy one to all
peoples who consider that an INSULT
cheney of certain varieties of matter
exist within areas, which on the map,
are painted pink or green. Their
plight is only slightly more Cor less)
painful than that Of other peoples who,
in other areas, have too much of other
kinds of matter; cotton, for instance.
or wheat, or tobacco.
These people divide into parties and
Evening star., 1936-06-20
HERRING TODELAY
GARNER POST BID
Action to Hinge on ParIey
With Party Heads, Iowa
Governor Says.
Ry the Associated Press.


DES MONIES, Iowa, June 90
Gov. Clyde L. Herring said today
he would take no action on sugges-
tions that he seek the Democratic
vice presidential nomination until he
discussed the proposals with party
chieftains at the national convention
in Philadelphia next week
Boarding an early morning plane
for Chicago and Philadelphia, the
Governor asserted:
It wouldn't want to do anything
which my good friend. Vice President
Jack Garner, would not approve"
Tells of Wires Received.
The Iowa executive, q personal
friend of President Roosevelt, dis
closed yesterday receipt of kilograms
and letters urging him to be the Pres
ident's running mate.
He made public one telegram from
]. r. Files of Los Angeles. leader
of Roosevelt forces in California,
which read:
I'm the event the nomination for
the vice presidency should become
open I sincerely hope you may permit
your name to be presented.
mo living man could dim the
prestige of Landon Gov. Alt M
Landon of Kansas, Republican presi-
Dental nominee) so well as yourself.
Comparisons of records would become
an invited and inevitable challenge.
Count me in should the contingency
arise"
Is Iowa Delegate.
Gov. Herring is one of Iowa's "A
delegates to the convention.
In his recent successful campaign
for the senatorial nomination, Herring
stressed his tax reduction and economy
record. He also turned his fire on
Gov. Landon and declared the Iowa
tax cuts had been effected without
closing schools"
Evening star., 1936-06-20
AGED FARMERS DEATH
is Determined SUICIDE
~ Stan Correspondent OF The Star.

BY b Stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, June 20.-A sui
eide certificate has been issued by DR..
w. S. Murphy, acting coroner, in the
death of Adam H Robertson, 88-year-
old retired farmer, who was found de-
capitated by a shotgun charge at his
home near here Wednesday.
Robertson's partly clothed body was
found lying across his bed when his
daughter, Mrs. A. E. Roberts of Rock
vile, and her friend, Mrs. Mary
Bowers, called at the Robertson home
on the Travilah road near Rockville.
Beside the body was a .16-gauge
shotgun with one empty shell in the
chamber. Police said there were no
suspicious circumstances, and it was
learned that Robertson, a widower,
had been brooding over inarmities.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Cuffev

Continued From First Page.)
contained in the original Guffey act
invaIdated by the Supreme Court. but
does not embrace labor provisions held
unconstitutional.
Success Doubtful.
BY an agreement reached early this
morning, motion to take up the bill
was to be put before the chamber at
8 pm. Doubt was expressed in some
quarters as to whether enough votes
could be mustered to get the bill up.
However. other legislators, includ-
ing Senator Clark, Democrat of
Missouri. said that although opposed
to the bill they would vote for its con-
sideration for reasons of principle
Shortly after midnight. Neely made
a humping attack on objectorS TO the
bill, calling them gas bags" and
warts on the ship of progress"
Abiding to Borah's statement of
objection, the West Virginian said "he
isn't afraid of monopoly; he's just
afraid"
Neely Halls Measure.
Neely warned he would not con-
sent to adjournment of Congress until
the bill is passed. He said it would
save the wives and children of "a
third of a million coal miners from
starvation and thousands of coal
operators from bankruptcy"
Some Senators said they were con-
sidering a filibuster against the vital
1892 100000 Treasury-Post Ofice ap-
preparation supply bill as a means of
coralling votes for the coal measure.
The bill would levy a Is per cent
excise tax on the sale price of coal
at the mine, with a provision for a
1872 per cent rebate to operators who
complied with code stipulations.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Rites for Luray Man.

LURAY, Va, June 20 Especially -
Funeral services will be held tomorrow
at 2 pm. from the Methodist Church
for G. A. Coffman, prominent Luray
resident, who died yesterday at his
home here Mr.. Coffman had been
i'll some time. He is survived by his
widow and two children, Mrs. Mae
Emerson of Luray and Robert Coff-
man Of the Bureau Of Public Roads,
Roanoke.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
TALMADGE UNDECIDED.
Georgia Governor to Attend Conve
finn 0Tf Needed

Georgia Governor to Attend Conven-
ton "If Needed"
ATLANTA, June 20 GP.-Gov Eu-
gene Talmadge offered yesterday to go
to the Democratic National Convention
at Philadelphia if he can be "of serv-
ice" to his party or the country.
Talmadge, anti-New Deal Demo-
crat, who has pledged support to the
nominees and platform of the Phila-
delphia gathering, is national commit
teeman from Georgia.
He has a personal hotel reservation
in the convention city but has not re-
served transportation on the railroad
which will carry the 84-member Geor-
gia delegation north to cast "a votes
for President Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

nedy on the commission. His report,
offered as an S. E. C. document,
charges bad faith and inadequacy n
safeguarding the widows and orphans
and recommends stringent control over
all trustees.
At 81, Mr. Douglas has enough rust
ling and scratching behind him TO
round out a dozen ordinary life
times. The son of a Presbyterian min
ister in Yakima, Wash, he helped sup
port his widowed mother by selling
papers, running junk business, prun-
ing and spraying trees and working as
a harvest hand. He saved enough
money TO buy a secondhand bicycle
and pump his way to Whitman College
in Walla Walla. Finishing with Phi
Beta Kappa key. he taught English and
Latin two years in the Wslla Walla
High School and then made his boz
car trek to New York.
In Columbia Law School, he odd
jobbed his way along for few months
and then went back to Yakima, TO re-
build his finances. Returning to New
York, this time on the cushions. he had
80 cents and bride-his former child
hood sweetheart Tutoring and edit
ing a law review got him through Co
,unlbia.
He spent two years with a firm OF
corporation lawyers, then joined the
Columbia law faculty. Yale took him
over as professor Of commercial and
corporate law, and, in 1928, DR.. Robert
NJ Hutchins, president Of the Univer-
sity Of Chicago, tried to entice him
from Yale, characterizing him as
the outstanding professor Of law in
America"
Evening star., 1936-06-20
BEINECKE is ELECTED
CHIEF OF U. S. REALTY
az the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 30.-Edwin j.
Beinecke was elected president and
chairman of the board of United States
Realty g. Improvement Co., operating
in New York and Boston, to succeed
Richard Gordon Babbage, who re-
signed on his seventieth birthday an
niversary. Henry G. Won Elm, vice
chairman of the board of Manufac-
turers' Trust Co., was elected a di-
rector.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
$40, 900 VERDICT STANDS

RALEIGH, N. c., June 20 (P.-
Judge M. v. Barnhill yesterday refused
to set aside a jury's verdict against
Rev. Eckie T. Gattis for alienation Of
Mrs. Paige's affections.
Judge Barnhill ordered him to post
a 500 appeal bond and a $4,000 stay
of execution bond.
Under the jury verdict rendered,
judgment may be levied against the
person of Gattis, by Imprisonment.
Paige sued for $4,000, charging the
minister broke up his home.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Poland Sentences 80.

KATOWTCE, Poland, June 20 (P.-
Charges of subversive activities against
113 persons were answered today by
court sentences varying from 1s
months to 10 years and by IA ac-
quittals. The defendants were ac-
cused of membership in secret Nazi
organization which had as its goal
the union of upper Silesia, Poland,
with Germany.
Evening star., 1936-06-20
INDEX OF PRICES PAID
TO FARMERS DECLINES
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Department of Agriculture's
index of prices received by farmers in
mid-May declined to 103 per cent Of
the pre-war average compared with
105 in April and 108 in May last year.
Little change was shown in prices paid
by farmers with the result that the
ratio of prices received to prices paid
dropped from 81 in April to IS in
May, the same as for the like month
last year.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

Experts, it is
reported, are now
of the opinion
that air defense
together with ex-
t e nSive m in e
fields cover / n g
the approaches to
Helgoland will
make any repeti-
ton of a German
blockade impos-
sible, while the
Norway Seacoast
will furish a base
for often siv e
Operations a n d
Germanv will In
Evening star., 1936-06-20

opllgatlonS OF cor
porate trustees,
with $4,000,
900 at issue, ar
rived in New York
in 1922 in a box
car, with 6 cents
in his pocke :.
Early in 1885, JOS
eph K e n n e d y.
head Of the S. E.
c., lured him from
the Yale faculty
to survey the en-
tire guaranty sys-
tenn. While thus
engaged he sue
ceede6 Mr Ken
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Union Party
May Sink
G. P.
Platform Possibly Will
Prevent Return of
Anti-HooveriteS.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

A THIRD PARTY in the national
n political contest this year.
~ backed by the forces Of
4 A Father Coughlin and DR..
Townsend as we'll as the former sup
porters of the late Senator Huey Long
and his share -the-wealth organiza-
Evening star., 1936-06-20
Sultan Election June 27.

MANILA, P. l., June 20 R).-Over
the vigorous protests of her outstand-
ing rival for dominance of Moroland,
Princess Dayang Dayang Hadji Plan
dao announced today the new Sultan
Of Sulu will be elected June ~.
Evening star., 1936-06-20

tions, is a much
more important
development than
in any o t h e r
c a m p aig g n in
which third par
ties h ave ap-
peared.
The effect Of
the third party
may not be as fa-
vorable to the Re-
QuOllCan cause as
might seem to be
the case on first
impression. 1t all
d e p e n ds on
whether the new
Evening star., 1936-06-20

The two exceptions were Walter
Davenport of Golfers whose business
it was to write critically of him be-
cause Golfers is a supporter of the
New Deal, and Frazier Hunt, who got
mad because the Governor wouldn't
answer all the questions Hunt SUBJ
mitted to him.
But as evidence of the regard
which the other fellows have for him,
there is quite a squabble on as to
which one was the first to mention
Evening star., 1936-06-20

he didn't know the psychology Of the
newspaper boys, because it would give
the lower fight" fellows no appe-
tite at all and the upper fight
gentlemen had to spend considerable
of their time watching to see when
one of their number was guest. Mr..
Roosevelt began at the lower flight
and worked up and he also initiated
the practice of calling them by their
first names. 1t is doubtful if the boys
ever have been SO social-minded as