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Evening star., 1936-03-17
TYDINGS DENIES
BERMAN'S CHARGE
Declares He Never Sent Lawyers
to Annapolis to Represent
Anybody.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
NEW YORK, March 17.-Un. Led
States Senator Millard e. Tydings.
in New York to address a town hall
meeting. termed as absolutely ridicu-
lous" charges made by Theodore B.
Berman in the Maryland Legislature
that the Senator's law partners were
sent to Annapolis to lobby for private
interests.
"The charges are without the slight
est foundation in fact" Senator Tyd-
ings declared at his hotel (the Am.
bassador).
I've never sent any lawyers to
Annapolis to represent anybody" he
said. II myself have not been in
Annapolis during q session Of the
Legislature for many years, except
last year, when Gov. Nice invited
Senator Radcliffe and me to come
there and confer about relief.
What measures are adopted for
relief are of no concern to me ex-
cept, OF course, that I'm hopeful that
the Legislature will enact good
program.
"Other than that. I have no in
terest whatsoever to serve.
The charges seem to me to be
purely political, and the delegate max.
ing them knows that he has moth
ing to sustain his statement that I
have sent any one to Annapolis or
that I have asked anybody in An
napolis to vote for against any meas
ure.
Whatever the Legislature thinks
Is best to do 30 far as I'm concerned
il their responsibility and pot mine"
Evening star., 1936-03-17
Sends Envoy as Britain and
France Face Impasse Over
NaI Peace Plans.
ATTACKS FUEHRER
FOR ERECTING SMOKE SCREEN
Paris Reaffirms Intention to Stand by
Demands on Rhineland-Flandin
Sees King Edward.
tcopyrisht. 1886, by the Associated pr.sso

LONDON March 17Reichsuehrer Hitler today accepted
invitation the League Nations Council to discuss the nern
ona crisis brought about by his placing back in the
The League secretaat received telegram from the
government announcing that Gen. Joachim Rbbenrop Hit
eS rgt-hand diplomat would represent Germany the
Gil
Htlers the invitation the midst Of
a critical day.
Great Britain France Near Deadlock
Great Britain. which study Hers proposals for
peace had been almost in deadlock with France which in
ng that Germany branded treaty violaor
Great Britain reported without confirmation to have
tempted to smooth over the difficulty by proposing reinforced
of the League of Nations
just released from Of the Council standing
about the halls of St James's Palace.
entered the palace delivered the telegram to
the League secreaa AS delivered the delegates
Immediately returned to their chamber the meeting
Evening star., 1936-03-17

Authoritative sources said that
Hitler's reply had opened wide new
possibilities for a solution of the Eu-
ropean crisis.
Gen. Won Ribbentrop, it was stated.
will take part in the discussions be-
ginning Thursday.
The basic position of the French,
who said they refused to negotiate,
remained unchanged. but the definite
news that Hitler had yielded sufficient
ly to send an emissary was believed
likely to pave the way for vital negotia-
tions for peace.
Just before the German message was
received "oficially," Ambassador Won
Hoesch of Germany went to st. James
palace to confer with Stanley NJ. Bruce,
president of the League Council.
Litvinoff Attacks Hitler.
Foreign Comnissar Maxim Litvinof
of Russia attacked Hitler violently in
speech in the Council meeting.
The Russian diplomat charged that
Hitler was using his oft-stated fear
of Russia merely as smokeScreen
for the aggression. which is being
prepared against other states
The pudgy, bespectacled Litvinoff
decried what he claimed was a grow
ing tendency toward treaty violation.
declaring:
This is the third time in the Is
months of membership of Russia in
the League that its representative
has had to speak on breaches of in.
ternational obligations.
He cited Germany's infringement
of the military clauses of the Yer.
sailles treaty, through the construc-
tion of an air corps, submarines, and
conscript army, and the war be-
tween italy and Ethiopia.
The new word from Hitler was
understood to be that he vas willing
to send representatives to meet with
the League Council Thursday pro-
vided France, Belgium and Great
Britain agreed to negotiate on his
peace proposals.
The French delegates said how
ever, that they would not yield one
step in their refusal to negotiate with
Hitler and in their demand that the
League of Nations condemn the Ger
man government as treaty violator.
Powers Draw Demands.
France, Belgium and Great Britain,
all presented memorandums indicating
what course of action they desired.
The French memorandum was under
stood to be a definite statement of
Frances position as given above.
The British memorandum was re-
ported, without confirmation, to con-
tain two outstanding points:
/. Any idea of sanctions against
Germany is ruled out.
2. Great Britain proposes a REIN
forced Locarno treaty, with Germany
participating in the pact, the pact
itself to be merged with the League OF
(See LONDON. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1936-03-17
HOLT TO ASK PROBE
OF W. PROGRAM
Senate Inquiry Into Conditions
Throughout Nation Is Aim
of West Virginian.

By the Associated Press.
Before going to the Senate today to
renew his attacks on Harry L. Hop
Hns, Senator Holt, Democrat, Of West
Virginia, announced his aim was
senatorial inquiry into w. p. A. con-
ditions throughout the Nation.
The investigation, he said, would
sift charges that politics is involved
with the handling of Works Progress
Administration programs in many
States.
The West Virginian has charged
in repeated Senate speeches that w.
p. A. In his home State Is politics.
ridden.
Evening star., 1936-03-17
HILL AND MURDOCH
WILL TELL FACTS"
TO LOBBY PROBERS
Pair Named by Smith Get
Black Permission to
Testify Today.
HEARST SUIT DELAYS
INQUIRY BY SENATORS
Expose to Be Continued Later by
Committee, Subpoenaed in
Injunction Action.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Court injunctionS against COM
mittee actions and discharge OF
lobbyists By employers tpere among
high spots incidental to Senate
committee investigation OF con-
gressiondl lobbying up to yesterday.
Then came Serving of subpoena on
committee chairman, folloped
closely by disclosures that members
of Congress actually had ltDed NTH
lobbyist.
Investigations dlpdyS haze been
popular congressional sport with
some members of Congress building
their principal fame upon iraquisi-
torial ability. Most probes may be
classified as locking door after
horse is stolen" since no great
amount OF important legislation
may be traced to investigation find
inoS, although punishment tre-
Quently has been meted out to sub
jects OF probes.
Evening star., 1936-03-17
JAFS|E WILL TALK
TO GOV. HOFFMAN
Declares He Will Confer,
but Will Not Go to
New Jersey.
picture on Page A-6.)
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 17.-Dr. John
F. Condor. returning to New York
from a Panama vacation, was quoted
by a fellow passenger on the liner
Santa Inez today as being very will
ing to discuss the Lindbergh case
with Gov. Harold G. Hoffman of
New Jersey in DR.. Condon'S own
Bronx home.
"Jafsie" himself declined to make
any comment whatever on the last
month efforts of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann to escape execution for
the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh
baby
But the Rev. Henry Beets. director
of the Presbyterian Missions in South
America, with headquarters at VAL
paraiso. Chile, qouted him as having
said:
II will be very glad to receive Gov.
Hoffman at my home in the Bronx,
which should be very lovely place
now that Spring is here, and give
him a good dinner and talk with him
over the cigars as long as he pleases.
but I don't see any reason why I
should go to New jersey"
Refuses to Comment.
The gray-haired educator. closeted
in his home, consistently refused to
amplify his earlier statements of no
comment" made when he and his
daughter, Mrs. Myra Hacker. were
met on the ship by newspaper men.
Aboard ship. DR.. Condor parried
questions about the Lindbergh case
with pleaSantries about his trip and
the state of his daughters health.
Il believe the rest has been bene-
fetal to my daughter, although her
health has not improved as rapidly
as had hoped" he said.
"Jafsie's" return came only "a hours
after c. Lloyd Fisher, Hauptmann
counsel, announced he would demand
a rigorous examination of the Bronx
school teacher in the hope 1t might
provide a clue to new evidence, the
last chance in saving Hauptmann's
life.
oOhC1otCo w DlC WAL III CUs
Hauptmann is scheduled to die the
week of March 30.
Condon's return presaged swift de-
velopments in the case.
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman, who has
said Condor should clear up state
ments made since the trial, is expected
to write him either today or tomorrow,
inviting him to come to the State
House for examination.
What course Fisher might follow
should Condor refuse to comply VOL
unfairly was not known.
AS the 76-year- educator landed,
Liberty Magazine in an article by Full
ton Oursler, its editor-in-chief, said
that Abraham Samuelsohn, a Bronx
cabinet maker, had told Condor he
made a Intersection ladder for
Hauptman several months before the
kidnapping.
Tells Tale Of Ladder.
Samuelsohn, the magazine said, told
Condor on November 16, 1885, that
three men and young woman came
to his shop, and Hauptmann recited
specifications in which lumber was to
be cut for a ladder.
zone of the States strongest points
against Hauptmann at the Pennington
trial was that he had made the ladder
from wood stripped from his attic
with nails and tools traced to his
garage)
Evening star., 1936-03-17
Fire Destroys Old
Coughlin Church;
PeriIs Ne,o Shrine
$4,000 Loss Blamed
by Radio Priest on
Faulty Wiring.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROYAL OAK, Mich, March IT,
Fire destroyed Father Charles e.
Coughlin's original Shrine of the Little
Flower, a modest frame structure, to-
day. The imposing, new half-million-
dollar shrine, as yet incomplete, was
not damaged.
Father Coughlin, at the fire HIM
self. estimated the loss at $4,000. He
and firemen were agreed that faulty
wiring was the cause.
Two Royal Oak fire companies,
given assistance from neighboring
Birmingham, brought the fire under
control. but not before 75-foot-high
flames had threatened to spread to the
nearby shrine from which Father
Coughlin makes his weekly radio
broadcasts
A call from an alarm box near the
shrine at GIT am. brought tiremen.
Three telephone calls to the police
fire headquarters followed shortly.
Nuns from the nearby Little Flower
(See FIRE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1936-03-17
BY REX COLLIER.

Two of the Western Representatives
named by So-called lobbyist as being
among many of the boys" he had en-
tertained in his home requested the
Senate Lobby Committee today to hear
'the real facts" from their own lips.
Representative Knute Hill. Demo
crat, of Washington and Murdock,
Democrat. of Utah received permission
from Senator Black chairman of the
committee, to appear as witnesses at
a special hearing this afternoon so
that they can deny they had any i'm
proper association with lobbyists.
Robert E. Smith, representative of
Western power and railroad interests,
testified yesterday he had dined a
large number of Congressman and
that he had shared a house with six
and Murdock.
Attended One Dinner.
Representative Murdock told The
Star he had discussed Smiths teSti-
mony with Hill and they agreed the
committee should know the real
facts" which we're. he said, that he
and Hill had been invited by other
members of Congress on several occa-
sions to attend meetings at Smiths
home of western Congressman, Muir
dock said he attended one dinner in
honor of Gov. Ross of Idaho and an
other one for a reclamation official.
Il never heard any discussion at
any time of pending legislation" Muir
dock declared in an interview. The
chief topic of discussion was reclama-
ton"
Its chairman and members under
court subpoena to answer an injunc-
ton suit brought by William Randolph
Hearst the committee delayed further
regular hearings pending consideration
Of its mounting legal troubles.
The committee was determined to
proceed later with its expose of lobby
ing. buoyed somewhat by it's dis
closure yesterday, when Smith said
six Representatives divided expenses
seven ways" with him in renting "a
coloneIs" house at 1926 Thirty-eighth
street, were Pettengill Indiana; Scrug-
ham, Nevada; Sutphin. New Jersey;
Cary. Kentucky; Fiesinger. Ohio, and
Clark, Idaho.
Smith was castigated by Senator
Scnwellenbach, acting chairman Of the
committee, for "monkeying around"
with members of Congress without
telling them he was "a paid lobbyist
for the utilities"
The six Representatives last night
Joined in an explanation that they
had not been guests of Smith, but
had paid their share of the rent.
Smith represented himself as inter
ested in conservation and irrigation
In the West" they said.
Black Asks Advice.
Served by a deputy marshal with
O summons to answer in District Su-
preme Court within 20 days the in
junction suit by which Hearst seeks
to compel the committee to surrender
his personal kilograms" Chairman
Black was to confer today with his
former law partner, Champion Har-
Evening star., 1936-03-17
SABOTAGE DISCOVERED
IN SOVIET cow HERDS
Government Investigators Report
Needles and Nails Have
Been Fed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, March 1.-THE Soviet
government today accused unnamed
persons of sabotage work on milch
cows.
Needles and nails have been fed,
government Investigators said. to
prize animals to prevent the spread
of the Stakhanoff movement, intended
to increase the milk yield on many
collective farms.
Evening star., 1936-03-17
LOTTERY STUBS SEIZED
st. Louis Postal Omcials Nab
Sweepstakes Tickets.

ST. LOUIS, March II @.-More
than 1000 tickets on the Irish Hospital
Sweepstakes were seized yesterday by
post office officials here.
The tickets, although mailed sep
arately in various types of envelopes
from several foreign countries. were
detected by New York customs of1cials
and segregated before being sent here.
Post of11ce inspectors confiscated the
actual receipts as unmailable matter.
but opened the envelopes In the pres
ence of ticketholders and permitted
them to jot down the serial numbers.
Evening star., 1936-03-17
LA toilette PlCKETED
Striking w. P. A. Workers Watch
Office of Governor.

MADISON, Wis, March IL R.-
Striking w. P. A. workers. who have
lodged in the State Capitol for five
days, assigned pickets to the ONCE
of Gov. Philip F. La Toilette today.
Members of the group were ordered
to take up posts near the executives
door as leaders reiterated their inten-
ton of holding their position until
they obtain satisfaction.
Evening star., 1936-03-17
GOES ON VACATION

Morgenthau and Family at Sea
Island Beach, GA.
BRUNSWICK, Ga, March II P.-
Henry Morgenthau, jr, Secretary Of
the Treasury, arrived at Sea Island
Beach today for Winter vacation.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Nor
genthau and their son, Robert.
Evening star., 1936-03-17
INCOME PAYMENTS.
GAIN NEARLY 5%
Virtually All Collection Dis
tricts Over U. S. Report
Increases.
Rx tha Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Income tax collections of 1921, ,758.-
o32 for the first 16 days of March.
over the corresponding period last
year, were reported today by the
Treasury.
These receipts, which included first
installments on 1885 incomes. boosted
the total of income tax collections for
the year to $36l. .42S,s 900, or 456 per
cent greater than last year.
Virtually all collection districts, in
preliminary telegraphic reports to the
Treasury, announced gains over last
year.
Each Month Shows Increase.
Collection Of income taxes In Janu-
ary amounted to $3.50, $50 as COM
pared with s22.32o,7 ,79O in January
last year. February's collection
amounted to s43,6o9. .s6e as against
S33, ,309 ,s2s in 1885. The remainder
of the 1851, ,428. 900 was collected in
March.
The Presidents revised budget esti-
mate had forecast receipts of 81, ,434,-
100000 for the fiscal year which ends
June 80. Through March IA, date Of
the latest Treasury statement. total
Of s717,945, ,662 had been realized.
Actual collections last year were
81 ,0S9, ,0o0, 900 and the year before
ssls, ,o0o, 900.
Increase 80 Per Cent in Chicago.
CHICAGO March II lP.-Income
tax collections in the Chicago district
for 1885 totaled s28, ,557 ,005 at the mid
night deadline, Collector of Internal
Revenue Carter H. Harrison announced
today, an increase of 80 per cent over
last year.
Many returns by mail had not been
opened, Harrison said. estimating
they would boost the total to $40. .000,-
900. Taxable returns counted at the
deadline we're 97,400. compared with
SO, 700 last year.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, March II (P.-
Income tax collections throughout
Ohio showed increases today ranging
from 40 to "A per cent over last years
figures Collectors of internal revenue
reported the best returns in at least
two years and in some instances the
best since 1880.
Cincinnati reported the first district
total at near $4,000. 900, 744 per cent
over last year. Incomplete figures
from Cleveland indicated collections
So 900 900 greater than for the first
quarter of 1885. Columbus reported
(see RECEIPTS, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1936-03-17
WEATHER.

CO. O. weather Bureau ForecastJ
Rain this afternoon. probably changing
to light snow and much colder tonight;
lowest temperature tonight about 80 de-
erees: tomorrow fair and colder. Tenn
peratures-Highest. rs, at 3 pm. yester-
day; lowest, 81, at Sis am. today.
Evening star., 1936-03-17

(See LOBBY, Page 81
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On Commission ROtu

Quotations below subject to change are
average wholesale prices being offered to
buyers by local commission dealersl
FFg eTst, ssTs L4SsSns ~
b'Anio zoos boxi So Lines Mexican,
carton, 2oc Persian seedless -ldoz.l. 45c.
Bananas, seven hands pound SC. Apples
$3.50. Rome Beauty. s135. Lemons-Sun-
kist $685. $3.50. Grapefruit-Texas seed
less l54s-sosl 81. Pinespples-t24s) crate.
VEGETABLES Artichoke California
less lhampersl, sS2S. Beets-Texas "a
ooz cratel, si.6S; cut offs Ibu1.. 81. Cab
sl2S. carrots-california (6-doz cratel.
So Texas l3is doz cratel. $50. Cauli-
flower, California l2s cratel; 50. Celery
Florida washed and trimmed ldoz.1 Asa
sSc; Florida l4s, IS, los cratel. $3.50.
Observation-Disclosures fdoz) 81 IS South
srn bushell, Sc: Esq plant--F1orida doz
XrsUns S Sashe g. s 7'' 81 Lss
Endive.californi dozJ. 7sc Peppers
Msshsoss lcratel, S.; peck basket si.2s;
Musnrooms-Pound. soc. Mustard-Texas
bzn crate, s140. Onions-Indiana yellow
,so-lb bag. Csc; new Texas Bermuda vel
llong punches, doz 4Oc Parsnips-Home
grown washed, bushel, 81; lf-bushel, soc
s pessmFIorIds hamper, $3.50 FIorida.;
Maine Green Mountains, l00-lb bag. 81 IS:
Triumph. i0o-lb bag. $3.50; Idaho Russets,
lo0-lb bag. So as; Idaho baskets. 70S box.
s250; New Florida Triumphs 50-lb. bag
s275: Sweet Potatoes-Tennessee Nancy
Halls. hampers. sl.S5. Radishes = Home
grown buttons. doz. 65675c; white, soc.
Rhubarb-Hothouse. bunch Soc Ruta-
hagas-Sorthern 50-lb. bag $l.25. Sage
DOE. 45c. Shallots-Louisiana doz., Csc.
New. bulk Texas. bu. Sis. Tomatoes
Spinash-New Texas. hu., 81. Turnips-
Repscked. i0-lb. box. SITS
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By United Pres
PASSENGER TRAFFIC ON
TRANSIT LINES GAIN
Increase of 5 Per Cent Reported
for First Three Months.

Increase of Per Cent Reported
for First Three Months.
Times Special
NEW YORK, April 10.-Passenger
traffic on transit lines in the United
States for the first three months
this year was about 5 per cent above
the same period of 1885, according
to reports received by Transit Jour-
nal from representative companies
through the country. Every week
of the first quarter of 1886 was
ahead of the corresponding week
last year, the highest being the week
of Feb. 1922, which was up IA
per cent.
improvement in general business
may be credited for much of this
gain, although the icy condition of
the streets in many parts of the
country during January and Feb
ruary was an important influence
IN causing people to patronize pub
lie transportation service rather
than using their own automobiles.
The low week of the first quarter
was that OF March 1921 when the
improvement over last year was only
about 2 per cent. This was due in
considerable measure to the effects
of severe storm and flood conditions
throughout the East which dis
rupted transit service and caused
heavy losses of revenue to many
operating companies.
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BUILDING AWARDS
RISE 10 PER CENT
Construction in Is States
Totals s233,OOO, 900.
By United Press

By UHtten PfeSS
BALTIMORE, Md, April TO-
Construction ava rds totaling $685.
100000 were made in the first three
months of this year in Is Southern
states, according to r. Lyle Gould,
secretary of the Manufacturers Rec
ord, industrial publication. Mr..
Gould has returned from a trip
through the territory.
An increase of ITO per cent over
the same period of last year, when
contracts let totaled $11O,00s, 600.
was shown by Mr.. Gould's figures
Business expansion, increased indus
trial activity and privately financed
construction and building operations
in the South are setting the pace
for the nation, he said.
He said that ION all sides one sees
signs of renewed activity. The most
significant current trend in the con-
struction industry is the increase in
privately financed undertakings.
Store construction, which is al
ways good barometer of business
conditions, is under way in volume.
In addition to building of new
structures embodying all that is
newest and best in the way of i'm
proved materials, equipment, layout
and design, existing structures are
being modernized at great cost in
the aggregate"
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The bureau would have been sur
prised if she hadn't. For more
years than most bureau officials
can remember the argument with
the Woolworth heiress has been 60
ing on.
Babara Hutton was playing with
dolls in the austere Fifth-av New
York mansion when the tax collect
or first called on her. He wanted
$263,051 Barbara didn't want to
pay.
Wrangling Goes On
The tax demand, then, was on
Barbara Hutton, an infant" Since
then she has grown up, married
twice and is a mother. But the
wrangling with tax collectors goes
on, seemingly without end.
Franklin l.. Hutton, as her
guardian, contested the $3.50, 051
claim on grounds huge taxes had
been paid New York state on Bar
bara's share of her grandmother
5-and-10-cent store estate. A re-
fund of $15,242 was asked. Both
claims later were dropped.
But the next year, 1925, the tax
collector was back with claim for
1855, alleging deficiencies on
Barbara's income taxes. This time
he was successful
The tax bill in 1926 was for
$160,695 alleged deficiency in in
come levies. The claim was paid
in full, but not without argument
1928 Bill Not Settled
A 1928 bill for $2S,433 hasn't been
settled yet.
In protesting the $25,1OS claim on
1888 income, attorneys for Countess
Haugwitz- Reventlow revealed she
paid not one cent of Federal income
tax for that year, although listing a
net income of $4,000.
The countess wanted to deduct
$120,668 for ordinary and neces-
sary business expenses She listed
her business as conserving and
managing properties"
The Internal Revenue Bureau was
ready to argue the claim.
AS the score now stands Bar
bara is more than 100000 ahead.
She has successfully disputed nearly
$500, 900 in Federal claims.
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EXCHANGES OBSERVE
GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY

Practically all security and
commodity exchanges in the
Western world were closed to-
day in observance of the Good
Friday holiday. Major live
stock markets, however, res
manned open as usual. Banks
also conducted business.
Most of the American mar
kets will reopen Saturday,
while European and South
American trading centers are
to remain closed until next
Tuesday.
The Montreal Stock and
Curb Exchanges and the
Canadian Commodity Ex-
change will be closed today
and Monday, but will be open
Saturday morning for regular
business. The Toronto Stock
Exchange has suspended trad
ing all three days. The Wini-
peg Grain Exchange was closed
today, but is to open tomor-
row morning.