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Evening star., 1936-01-11
Chicagoan, Divorced,
Free to Make Fourth
Woman Seventh Wife
BY the Associated Press.

6y tno hSsoclhLeu FIess.
CHICAGO, January IL
Charles sigma, SO, was free today
to make q fourth woman his
seventh wife.
He and his latest wife, Mrs.
Ruth M. Sigma, IS, were divorced
yesterday. Mrs. sigma, singer
under the name Of Pat O'Connor,
testified she and sigma were d.
vorced in September. 1884, and
then remarked the next month.
They separated on August 20,
1885, she said. She charged
cruelty in her divorce petition.
She explained that sigma had
previously married, divorced and
remarked two other women.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
F. J. DAVIDSON, SO, DIES,
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA
Capital Transit Co. Employe to Be
Buried in Ulster, Pa, After
Funeral Tuesday.

Frank ]. Davidson, So, an admin
istrative assistant in the Transporta-
ton Department of the Capital Transit
Co., died of pneumonia last night at
his home, 1863 Euclid street.
Mr.. Davidson began as conductor
with the Washington Railway & Elec-
tric Co. and served continuously with
the street railway system except for
one year in which he worked for the
United States Shipping Board in
Philadelphia Mr.. Davidson was
member of the Pentalpha Lodge Of
Masons. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Helen Davidson.
The body is to be taken to Towanda,
Pa, where funeral services will be held
Tuesday, with the Masons in charge.
Burial will be at Ulster, Pa, where Mr.
Davidson was born.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

monia last night
in Walter Reed
Hospital.
Capt Hickey
served 80 years in
the Army and
held the Distin-
guished Service
Medal for his
rescue of a child
from all icy lake
in New Y or k
State. He was re-
called TO active
duty during the
World War and
commissioned a
captain after
Evening star., 1936-01-11

ent agency, a step favored by Sec
retary Morgenthau and by Hoyt's
predecessor, Joseph H. Choate, jr.,
chairman of the Federal Alcohol Con-
troll Administration.
A permanent administrator is to be
appointed within the next 80 days.
Evening star., 1936-01-11

- NA ASN(AASA AANA
ministration.
Miss r oc h e.
who for almost
two years has
b e e n Assistant
Secretary of the
Treasury, t e M
porarily succeeds
Franklin C. Hoyt.
Hoyt resigned a
week ago.
Appointment Of
Miss Roche gave
new impetus to
reports of a move
to make the F. A.
A. an independ-
Evening star., 1936-01-11

Department; w. w. Richardson.
controller generals office; H. H.
Wright, Government Printing Office;
Frank T. Tracy, Reconstruction
Finance Corp; G. H. Sweet, Veterans
Administration; G. G. Duganne, Fed
eral Trade Commission; j. B. Switzer,
Interstate Commerce Commission; K.
c. Vipond, Civil Service Commission;
Seth w. Richardson, Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt. Joseph P. Tumul-
ty, Guy Mason, Clark Grimth and
Linn @. Drake.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
MISS ROCHE NAMED
ACTING F. A. A. HEAD
Appointment Gives Impetus to
Reports of Move to Make In
dependent Agency.

BY the Associated Press.
Miss Josephine Roche, Colorado coal
baroness and Democratic leader in
the Rocky Mountain area, today be-
came acting administrator of the Fed
Evening star., 1936-01-11
CAPT. {. J. HICKEY
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Captain of Watch of Three New
Government Buildings Had
Won D. s. M,

Capt Edward ]. Hickey IS, U. S. A,
retired, for the past three years cap
tain of the watch for three new Gov
ernment buildings, died of pneu-
Evening star., 1936-01-11
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Supper meeting, Grand Chapter,
o. E. S., Willard Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Meeting. Middle Atlantic Golf Asso-
citation, Willard Hotel, 8 pm.
Banquet, National Sojourners, May
flower Hotel, pm.
Dance, North Carolina State So
ciety, Shoreham Hotel, pm.
Dinner, Federation Schoolmen's
Club, Raleigh Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner, Provident Relief Association,
Raleigh Hotel, Z pm.
Meeting and dance, Beta Mu So
rority, La Fayette Hotel, 9 pm.
Meeting, Biological Society of Wash
ington, Cosmos Club, 1880 pm.
Dance, Alpha Province, Chi Sigma
Sorority, Broadmoor Hotel, 9 pm.
Bingo party, Potomac Department,
Women's Relief Corps, 1o15 L street,
8:15 pm.
Dinner, Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity,
University Club, pm.
Dinner, 1882 Association of Worship
full Masters, Hamilton Hotel, 7:30 pm.
Banquet, All-High School Faculty,
Carlton Hotel, Z pm.
TOMORROW.
Meeting. Bartenders' Union, Local
No. rs, 720 Fifth street, 8 pm.
Meeting, Town Hall, Shoreham
Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1936-01-11
Dick Powell's Auto Tag No. l.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf. January II
R).-Dick Powell. movie star, received
by mail yesterday the No. l auto
license plate OF Arkansas. his home
State.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19

was released in $4,000 bail. 1t was
understood he had agreed to pre-,
sent full statement" to the
district attorneys office.
Reports were current also that
young society woman within
the last month had paid out ST..
200 to blackmailers to still a cry
of scandal, which the extortion-
lists threatened to raise.
In the meantime Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Sullivan, probing
the activities of Krone and Ross,
arrested on charges of blackmail-
ing young Smith through a young
woman, encountered evidence of
an elaborate espionage system con,
Quoted by phone girls in swanky
midtown hotels.
The names Of three Of the
girls, it was alleged, were found
in a little black book" found in
Krone'S private detective agency.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19
HOFFMAN TEST
ON IN JERSEY
PRIMARY
Contest on Delegate
BY Fort Based on
Hauptmann Aid

TRENTON, N. J. May 10
G.N.SD New Jersey voters went
to the polls today to select dele
gates to the Republican and
Democratic national conventions.
IN addition, both parties will
designate their choices for one
seat in the United states Senate,
IA members of the House Of
Representatives, seven State sen.
ators and an entire new State
assembly.
Major interest centers around
the expression of presidential
preferences through the selec-
ton of 80 delegates to each con-
vention.
DEAL Charged to Hoffman
On the Republican side the
choice lies between Governor All
M. Landon of Kansas, and Senator
William E. Borah of Idaho. All
Democratic convention candidates
are pledged to President Roosevelt,
but a large protest vote was ex-
pected to be piled up by Col Henry
Breckenridge under the presiden.
tial preference provision of the
ballot.
Considerable interest surrounded
the fight between Governor Harold
Hoffman and former Representa-
tive Franklin w. Fort for delegate
at-large t. the Republican conven-
ton. Both are pledged to Landon.
The fight was enlivened by
lastminute charges by Fort that
Hoffman, a Republican, had en-
tered into a deal with Mayor
Hague of Jersey City, Democratic
leader of the State. Hague. it
was charged, promised to deliver
$4,000 Democratic bullet" votes
to the governor. A bullet" voter
would ignore all names on the bal
lot but Hoffman's.
Fort entered the race, he de-
clared, to give voters an oppor-
tunity to "repudiate" Hoffman's
activities in behalf of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19
BLACKMAILERS
ARE HUNTED
|NNEW YORK
Prominent Persons Are
Asked to Aid in
Trailing Ring

NEW YORK. May 10 QN.S)
With the names of John w. Davis,
one-time candidate for the PreSi-
dency; Mrs. Gloria Morgan Van
derbilt, and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney drawn into the investiga-
ton, the district attorneys office
today was hot on the trail of
"higher-upS" in the alleged black
mail ring exposed by Alfred E.
Smith, jr.
1t was reported that both Mrs.
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Whitney had
been questioned by assistants of
District Attorney Dodge for in
formation on various phases of
the Shakedown racket, in which
numerous prominent New Workers
are said to have been victimiZed.
Mrs. Vanderbilt told reporters
she was perfectly willing to help
the district attorney, but neither
affirmed nor denied that she had
any information of value in the
probe. Indications were more
definite, however, that Mrs. Whit
ney had something of value to i'm
part. Two detectives talked for
half an hour with Mrs. Whitney
and her attorney, F. L. Croker.
Davis. prominent Democrat and
international lawyer, was said to
have been asked by the district at
torney for details about a report
that the father-in-law of a New
York society man paid $35, 1000 on
the eve of his daughters marriage
to silence a young woman with
whom he had had an affair ten
years before.
There was no mention Of the
name Of Max Krone or anyone
else involved in the Smith case
and the introduction of Davis
into the probe was taken to con-
firm reports the prosecutor was
broadening his inquiry.
Krone, under indictment for
extortion in connection with young
Smiths revelations, pleaded not
guilty to the charge and was put
under $4,000 bond which he was
unable to raise Immediately.
A. Henry Ross, attorney and
brother of Brokolyn Democratic
leader, who was indicted with
Krone, also pleaded not guilty and
The Washington times., 1936-05-19

MRS. REGINALD VAN
DERBILT, whose name has
been mentioned in connec-
ton with activities of black
mail ring in New York city.
She refused to say if she had
information of value to the
authorities. Mrs. Gertrude
Vanderbilt Whitney (bot-
tom photo) is reported to
have given considerable help
to the investigators. Inter
national News Photos.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19
MARY MINTER
BEFORE COURT
INB0NDSU|T
Mystery Staying Of
William Taylor Is
Recalled at Trial

LOS ANGELES, May 10 0N.
SD.-With the ghost of the mys-
teriouSly slain film director, Will
liam Desmond Taylor, lowering
in the background, the life story
of Mary Miles Minter, star Of
the silent picture days, was
spread across court records here
today as hearing continued on a
sensational 100000 defalcation
suit.
Miss Minter-whose legal name
is Juliet Shelby-her mother,
Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, and Miss
Winters sister, Margaret Shelby
Fillmore, are asking Blyth and
Company, a local brokerage firm,
for return of bonds aSsertedly
stolen by Leslie B. Henry, a for
mer employee.
Shooting q Mystery
The company contends that
Henry, who now is serving a
prison term for the theft, was
acting independently and not as
its employe when he dealt with
the Shelby family.
The name of Taylor, who was
found mysteriously shot to death
IA years ago, was first introduced
by Joseph Lewinson, attorney for
the ShelbyS. After an hour of
recitation Of dry legal matters,
Lewinson electrified the court
room by charging Henry at
tempted to blackmail Mrs. Shelby
with Taylor's death. He said:
'NOne of these women knew
anything about TaylOr's MUIR
der. But Henry, when he real
lied that Mrs. Shelby had dis
covered his speculatiOns, threat
ened her and told her she was
going to be indicted for the
Taylor shooting"
JEALOUSY CHARGED
The death. which has baffled
police since 1922, was again
brought before the court when
Norman Sterry, attorney for the
brokerage firm, countercharged
that Mrs. Shelby was "insanely
jealous" of the famous director.
He said:
Taylor and Mary were very
The Washington times., 1936-05-19
Day i'm Congress

SENA LIZ
Meets at noon.
COMMITTEES
1890 AM.-Appropriation sub
committee, deficiency, executive.
1890 AM.-Agriculture. com
modify exchange. executive.
1890 AM Interstate Com
merce. long and short haul, open
1890 A.M.-Banking and Cur
rency, calendar, executive.
Meets at noon on claim bills
private calendar.
COMMITTEES
10 A.M.-Patents, copyright
executive.
10 ANYWAYS and Means, pc
troleum, open.
10 A.M.-Merchant Marine
routine business. open.
10 A.M.-ToWnsend investiga
ton. open.
10 A.M.-Interstate Commerce
food and drug, executive.
1920 AM.-Naval Affairs, pub
lie works, open.
1890 AM-Rules, Robinson
Patman bill, open.
1920 A.M.-Foreign Affairs
United States Court in China
migratory bird treaty act, open
1920 AM.-Military Affairs
routine business, executive.
1920 A.M.-Judiciary, bank.
ruptcy and postal inspectors
executive.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19

THE HAGUE, Holland, May 10
Q.N.SD Princes Nina Mdivani,
sister of the three princes, Alexis,
David and Serge, was granted a
divorce today from Charles Huber
ich, European attorney, on grounds
of incompatibility.
The divorce does not become of
ficial." it was said, until it has
been registered and published in
the State Gazette, usually a mat
ter of several weeks.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19
County Track Meet
Postponed 10 June {

The Montgomery county track
and field meet has been post
poned from Saturday until June
s. Rockville is the defending
champion, with Bethesda Chevy
Chase and Blair, powerful rivals
to cop this year.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19
Maritime Day Set
International News Service

AnIeFnaIIOHdI News SeFVICe
President Roosevelt today pro-
claimed May % National Mari
time Day" 1t will be the ami
versary of the first crossing of
the Atlantic by a steamship, the
Savannah" which on May %,
1919, sailed from Savannah, Ca,
for an English port.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19

much in love. Mrs. Shelby was
jealous of the man because she
thought he was going to take
Mary away from her and thus
spoil her meal ticket"
Miss Minter and her mother
sat in the court room while the
opposing attorney outlined the
life of the film star. Mrs. Shelby
was calm and seemed undisturbed,
but at mention of Taylor's name,
Miss Minter covered her face with
her hands.
The Washington times., 1936-05-19
Women S Bar Honors
Pioneer's Memory

Memorial services for DR.. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, pioneer Wash
ington women lawyer, will be
held at the annual meeting of
the Women's Bar Association at
8 o'clock tonight in the Pan
American Room of the Mayflower
Hotel.
Officers will be elected and
two delegates to the American
Bar Association meeting in Bos-
ton next August will be chosen.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04

Roosevelt Only few days ago one
rich woman in New England went
into court and complained that she
and her husband could not get along
on $81, 900 a year. 1t is such people
who regard Roosevelt as obnoxious
because he feeds twelve million peo-
pie who have no incomes at all.
This bitter hatred against Roose-
velt is so deep-rooted and open in
some parts of the East, especially the
financial centers, that it became the
subject of a scathing article in Har-
per's Magazine, as well as in the
Readers Digest.
Everyone knows that in President
Roosevelt the common people of this
country have a tried and true friend.
They know that he and his admins
tration have done everything in their
power to bring relief to the unfor-
tunate millions. That is why these
high-hat aristocrats hate him and
would defeat and destroy him. That
is why they are trying to line up the
wealthy people against him-the kind
of people who live on incomes from
interest and dividends rather than
from honest toll They are deliberate
ly trying to array class against class
the very thing that every American
should avoid They are embarking
upon dangerous enterprise, for if
they succeed in their effort to pit
class against class they will find that
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04
A League Of Hate

and over their expensive cocktail
glasses they denounce Roosevelt and
declare their hate Twelve million
Americans are out of work, and as
these high and mighty society folks
sip their high priced champagne in
all the luxury of their palatial homes
they bitterly attack Roosevelt because
he is feeding these twelve million
helpless people. This attitude on the
part of these apostles of malice is the
most un-American instance Of setting
up class against class that the Nation
has ever seen in all of its history
There is no room, and there should
not be any room, for class distinction
in America, but these vituperative
Roosevelt-haters apparently do not
agree with that principle. They think
this country was made for the rich
alone They take the position that
high finance, stock spectators and
big business should run the country
to suit themselves. The fact that
twelve million people are out Of work
means nothing to them Aristocrats
whose incomes shrank during the de-
preston from 100000 to $4,000 a
year howl their heads off and attacl
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04

More and more as time goes on, the
real character of the opposition to
President Roosevelt becomes clear.
That opposition is based upon hate,
actual, black, bitter hate on the part
of what is commonly called the upper
class of society. Wealthy men and
women indulge in the most explosive
kind of language to express their
positive hatred for Roosevelt. Big
bankers and big business hate the
president so bitterly that they do not
hesitate to say so in public and in
private. This league of hate is con-
tinually spreading its venom over the
country in the hope that it may de-
stroy President Roosevelt Those who
indulge in such diabolical tactics do
not hesitate to tell the most outlandish
falsehoods about Roosevelt and his
family. High finance, high society and
big business hate Roosevelt because,
they say, he comes of wealthy fam
lily himself and that he has deserted
his own class to fight for the COM
mon people. They say he should look
out for the interests of the rich and
let the poor take care of themselves.
At their big receptions and parties
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04
MEMORIAL
FOR 7. ]. CREACER
(Springfield, Ohio, Unionist)

A resolution was adopted at
meeting of the Trades and Labor As
senbly to erect memorial to the late
T. j. Creager, veteran secretary of the
Trades and Labor Assembly. The res
olution was presented by James R.
McGuff, delegate from the Plumbers
and Steam Filters Union-long- g-time
friend of Mr.. Creager-and was unan-
imously adopted. President Paul j.
Maher named McGuff, Walter Ross,
and H. H. Baker a committee to con-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04
slider the type of memorial and the
method of financing the cost.

slider the type OF memoflai ana the
method of financing the cost.
Two proposals suggested, both of
which may be adopted, are monu-
ment in Ferncliff Cemetery and a
bronze plaque in the labor temple.
The committee will also consider any
suggestions that may be presented.
Secretary Creager was one of the
founders of the Trades and Labor As
sembly in 1890 and held office continu
ously until his death this year. Much
of the progress of the labor movement
in Springfield is due to his untiring
activities. 1t is believed local unions
and their members will generously
subscribe to any proposal that may be
adopted by the committee.-The
Springfield Tribune.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04

the common people outnumber the
aristocrats hundred to one.
And the common people of this
country believe in President Roose-
welt and intend to re-elect him next
November.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-09-04
HOW MUCH BEER
In a Half Barrel and The
Revenue?

The chart below shows the number
of glasses Of various sizes that should
be drawn from half barrel and the
proceeds per half barrel at selling
prices of five and ten cents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-04

attitude that Edwin " nm
I never shall forget. He began
to speak: 'Frenchmen, l pro-
test against the judgment. MY
honor
cat that moment the COM
mand: Fire rang out and ne
fell backward without the
slightest movement. Death was
instantaneous"
The quotation above is from the
diary of General de Rochechouart
and they tell the story of the exc
cution by a firing squad of Peter
Stuart Ney, marshal of France
and Napoleon's "bravest OF the
brave"
General de Rochechouart was
present. It was his duty to see
that Ney died. He arranged the
date and the place and picked the
firing squad and its commander
He put down in black and white
a detailed story of the execution
But you can't convince a great
many people, notably in our Caro-.
linas, that Marshal Ney was killed
by that volley fired at him on the
morning of December Z, 1915, in
the grounds of the Luxembourg
Palace.
MANY LEGENDS
Instead, they will believe the
story that Marshal Ney was not
struck by the bullets, that he
feigned death and that he was
spirited out of France and put
aboard ship for America. They be-
lieve that he was the Peter Stew.
art who started as a school
teacher in Brownsville, S. c., and
moved about because he was be.
ing recognized constantly by Old
French or British soldiers.
Many are the legends If this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-04
LONDON

LONDON
London is seething with excite
ment, although the coronation Of
King Edward is also a year away.
But that event colorS everything,
so hotel men, shops, restaurants,
clubs and cafes are making plans
for next years celebration.
There's only one trouble spot so
far and that is the actual corona
ton date. Never famous for kind
weather, the city by the gray
Thames usually does manage to
produce some rare June days. But
May, especially early May, is a
different story. 1t might rain then
and usually does. But nothing, not
even a deluge, will be allowed to
interfere with all the joy, beauty
and excitement of such an occa-
sion.
DAZZLING LIGHTS
Experts are developing lighting
schemes that are expected to sur
pass any similar attempts at illu-
mination. Flood, arc and spot
lighting are to be coordinated in
an effort to achieve something
new and different.
Decorations are to be more col
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-04
City Expenses

There isn't any doubt that many of the requests of
department heads of the local government for increased
appropriations for the coming fiscal year completely
justified.
The city is growing and expanding new fields of
activity of the local government are opening and old
activities are being developed along modern lines.
Therefore it isn't surprising that every head Of every
department is seeking to obtain funds for the 1888
fiscal year than he is being permitted to expend in the
current year.
BUT THE MERE FACT THAT SOME OF THE
REQUESTS ARE JUSTIFIED CANNOT BE PER
MITTED TO JUSTIFY A WHOLESALE INCREASE
IN THE TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO BE SOUGHT
FOR THE COMING YEAR.
For many years the operating expenses OF the
local have been increasing at the rate OF
about one million dollars year.
It is doubtful if the value of the government to the
residents of the city has been increasing at that rate
There is way to meet the modern costs Of the local
government without further increasing the burden on
local taxpayersa burden already higher than the bur-
den on taxpayers of any comparable city.
THAT WAY rs THROUGH THOROUGH AND
SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE LOCAL GOVERN
MENT sET-UP WITH A VIEW TO MoDERN1zA-
TON AND ELIMINATION OF DEADWOOD ACT1V-
TILES
There has been no overhauling of the local govern
men since the passage of the organic act back in the
1905.
Many new agencies and activities have been added
since that time.
They have simply been tackled on to the existing SET
up with little regard to coordination Of already operat
ing agencies
The District Commissioners who now giving pre-
limnary study to legislative program for the coming
session of Congress might well consider recommending
appointment of committee commission to study the
governmental setup with view to obtaining efficient
economy.
SUCH A STUDY WOULD CERTAINLY HARM NO
ONE BUT IT MIGHT RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL
MEASURE OF RELIEF TO THE TAXPAYER.