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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Democratic Convention
Goes to Philadelphia

\ UCTIONED off to the highest
"A bidder, the Democratic ma
tional convention of 1896 was
sold to Philadelphia by the party's
national committee. The price
was 100000, plus some prizes
and concessions. Chicago and San
Francisco also bid for the con-
vention. The former offered a GER
tilted check for S15O,O0O. The Cali
fornia city made the same bid and
later raised it to 5000, 800.
During a brief recess Chairman
Farley telephoned, presumably to
the White House, and Vice Presi-
dent Garner moved among mem
bers of the committee urging the
selection of Philadelphia. There
fore the City of Brotherly Love
won the prize. The opening OF
the convention was set for June
%, two weeks after the Republic
an convention in Cleveland.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

landslides in the mountains are fire.
quent Foreign observers were of
the opinion that all fighting must
cease, even in the south where the
rains are not so heavy. The big
rainy season is due to begin in May
The Ethiopian chieftains have
been loyalty obeying the instruc-
tions of the emperor to kill time
and avoid being drawn into battle,
and now even the most impatient
of them admit the rulers wisdom.
Mussolini continued to dispatch
fresh troops to Ethiopia, despite I'M
favorable conditions. He postponed
the meeting of the Fascist grand
council from January Is to Febru-
airy l, by which time the League of
Nations council, it is presumed, will
decide whether to impose an oil en-
barge on Italy. The league council
would very much like to have the
United States congress pass it's neu-
trality legislation before the Oil EN-
barge question is settled.
DR.. Marcel Junod, international
Red Cross delegate, announced at
Adds Ababa that he would recon-
mend withdrawal Of all Red Cross
units from Ethiopia unless Italy
definitely promises not to bomb
them.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

rection of other federal departments
which may be offered the WPA
workers.
1T is expected that WPA workers
will accept available jobs in private
employment, whether of a perma-
nent or temporary nature, provided:
"1) That the temporary or per-
manent work shall be full-time
job.
'(2) That such work shall be at
standard or going rate of wages
"(3) That such work shall not be
in conflict with established union re-
lationships.
"(4) That workers shall be Of
fered an opportunity to return to
the WPA upon completion of tenn
porary jobs"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Final Burial Of Chinese

When a Chinese dies in foreign
land his last request most always
is that his bones be returned to
the fatherland and placed beside
the bones of his ancestors so that
his soul may he at peace. Each
casket is opened, whenever posi-.
BILE, in the presence of a member
of the family. should one be in
this country. From a small tube,
placed inside at the time of death,
members of the association remove
a scroll bearing the name Of the
Chinese and his life history.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Poles in Germany Protest
Against Their Treatment

THE Union of Poles in Germany,
i representing the interests of l.
100000 Poles living in the reich,
have made public protest charging
violation by the German authorities
of the national cultural and rellg-
ious rights of the Polish minority
in Germany. The supreme council
of the union decided to appeal to
Chancellor Hitler personally for re-
dress Warsaw dispatches said the
government of Poland was likely to
take action in the matter.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Raskob Is Angered by
Government Tax Suits

John ]. RASKOB is angry, and
y so, probably, is, Pierre S. du-
Pont, for the government has filed
with the board of tax appeals a
brief charging that these two gen
tlemen agreed to create fictitious
losses through security sales to each
other in 1929 and thus improperly
reduced their net taxable incomes.
"Tyranny and cheap politics" was
the way Rasiob characterized the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Process Tax Refund Ordered

by Supreme court
PROCESSING taxes amounting to
L S2OO,O0OOOO, impounded by the
courts. must he refunded to the tax
payers, according to a unanimous
ruling of the Supreme court of the
United States. The decision did not
go into the question of whether
professors must prove they had alb
sorbed the tax before they could re-
cover, though this was one of the
main points at issue. Presumably
this will first be passed upon by
district court. The case was
brought by Louisiana rice millers.
The nine justices all agreed that
the review of the Bankhead cotton
act case, which had been allowed
on to vote, had been "improv.
identity granted" and so they re-
fused to pass on the validity of the
act at this time. Another case in
volving this law, filed by Gov. Eu-
gene Talmadge of Georgia, a Roose-
Welt administration foe, will give
the court another opportunity to
rule on it.
The expected ruling on the valid
ity of the Tennessee Valley Author
ity act was not Forthcoming.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

from "chiseling"
employers and to
keep up wage stand
ards. In his letter
to the state officials
Mr.. Hopkins said:
II want to make
perfectly clear the
policy of the works
progress admins
tration relative to
priv t e employ
ment or employ
ment on contract
iohS nndpr tho di.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Miguel Gomez Elected
President of Cuba

IN AN astonishingly tranquil cleo
l ton, Miguel Mariana Gomez,
coalition candidate, was chosen
president of Cuba, defeating Gen.
Mario G. Menocal, former president,
by rather slender margin. Gomez,
who is forty-five years old, was
formerly mayor of Havana. He was
supported by the army. The lack of
disorder at the polls was due in
part to the fact that the women of
the island republic for the first time
took part in an election.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Freighter Founders and
Crew of "a Perishes

CAUGHT in a fierce gale, the
~ States line freighter Iowa was
smashed to pieces on Peacock spit
at the mouth of the Columbia river,
and her crew of "a officers and men
persisted, coast guard vessels from
Astoria and Cape Disappointment
were unable to reach the steamer
in time because of the high seas.
The Iowa, commanded by Capt. Ed
car L. Yates of Portland, had just
started on it's way to New York.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

servatiOn. Farmers would get cash
grants, provided they had permitted
the transfer of certain acreage from
commercial production to soil con-
serving crops, or had adjusted" the
commodities on certain land.
Administration leaders were con
sidering a plan to raise the half
million dollars a year necessary for
this scheme by enacting most of the
old processing taxes as excise lev
les. The farm leaders, favored this,
and also recommended:
Retention and strengthening of
all positions of the AAA act not de-
clared unconstitutional.
Creation of farm commodity CO.
operatives, authorized under the
Capper- Volstead act, for marketing
or distributing farm products"
Foremost among the agricultural
experts who took part in the con-
ferences was Howard r. Tolley, di-
rector of the Giannini foundation in
California. He has been described
by administration officials as the
leading agricultural economist in
the United States, and was hurried
ly called from the West coast to
Washington.
Lawyers acting for a Philadelphia
real estate dealer filed a suit in the
Federal District court there to re-
strain government executives from
interfering with the operation of
the AAA until. it's constitutional
status has been determined by ref
erendum.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

gress until leglsla-
ton is passed to
take the place of
the AAA destroyed
by the Supreme
court ruling. The
proposal that was
the first plank in
the policy platform
they drew up and
that is pushed by
administration men
centers on produc-
ton control through
subsidized soil con-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Naval Farley on Verge

OF DlSSolullOu
VX7HEN the delegates to the
Wv naval conference in London
resumed their deliberations Admir-
al Osami Nagano, chief represen-
tatiye of Japan, firmly repeated his
demand that Great Britain and the
United States concede the parity
claims of Japan as preliminary to
any agreement. This attitude
stopped all discussion of the Brit
ish, French and italian proposal
for exchange of information about
naval building plans and threat
ened the conference with early col
lapse. The crisis was so serious
that Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden himself took a part in the af-
fair, calling the Japanese to his
office in an attempt to induce them
to adopt more conciliatory atti-
tude.
Japanese spokesman declared
they were interested first and last
in the total tonnage question-un-
der which they demand equality
and were not at all interested in
other aspects of naval limitations
to which the conference sought to
turn.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Rains in Ethiopia Stop
the Italian Operations

ETHIOPIA'S little" rainy season
IL has come, and the advances OF
the invading Italians are therefore
stopped effectually for several
weeks at least. The downpours are
heavy and continuous, roads are be-
ing destroyed, especially in the
northern part of the country. and
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Bonus Measure Is Pushed
Through the House

MO TIME was lost in putting
l = through the house the bonus
measure that had been agreed
upon by veterans organizations
and approved by the ways and
means committee. 1t carries the
name of the inson-Patman-Mc-
Cormack bill and is compromise
that authorizes immediate payment
Of the bonus but offers no definite
plan for raising the money. 1t
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

through his legal
counsel his fight
to save his life. If
t h e attitude of
Governor Hoffman
of New Jersey was
r i g h I'll Y reported,
there was a posi-
bility that the con-
demned man would
at least obtain a
reprieve; but the
state court of par
dons, of which the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Review of the History Making Events of Last Week

for eight years. Flags on all pub
lie buildings were at half staff ana
the funeral was impressive. Hylan
at the time Of his death was a JUS
tice of the children's court.
Another we'll known New Yorker
taken by death was Samuel l..
Rothafel, motion picture producer
who was known generally as
Roxy" He was found dead in bed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Nye's Committee Prods
Morgan and Lamont

MYTH the obvious intention of
Wv building up public sentiment
in favor of the special brand of
neutrality legislation he desires,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Farm Leaders Insist on
Crop Control Legislation

EARM leaders summoned to Wash
I ington to help in devising a new
farm program decided to remain
there and picket the halls of con-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Protects WPA Workers From

"Chiseling" Employers
rTARRY l.. HOPKINS, WPA adj
i i ministrator, has sent to, state
administrators a set Of regulations
intended to protect WPA workers
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

would provide per cent interest
until 1915 for veterans refraining
from cashing their adjustment serv-
ice certificates at once, and cancel
all interest still due on. loans on
the certificates.
In the senate Pat Harrison intro
duced a compromise bonus bill pro-
yiding for payment in $50 bonds
that may be cashed upon demand.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Former Mayor Hylan of
New York Is Dead

NEW YORK city went into Off
IN cial mourning for the death OF
John f. Hylan, who was its mayor
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

Senator Nye had
before his senate
munitions commit
tee for several
days ]. 2. Morgan,
Thomas w. La
mont a n d other
members Of t h e
gre a t M o r g a n
banking company.
Nye and Stephen
Rauschenbusch, in
vestigator for the
=, +, -
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

committee sought
to prove that the United States
was drawn into the World war by
the loans made to the allies by
Morgan 4 Co., and associates. The
testimony concerning these. loans
and their implications was long
and complicated. The financiers
were well prepared for the inquiry
and were armed with great guam
tity of documents, and though
there was great deal of acrimo-
NOUS talk, Mr.. Morgan appeared
entirely unperturbed.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23
Hauptrnann Still Fights

AGAINST ExeCutIUII
DRUNO HAUPTMANN, due to die
- in the electric chair January
II for the kidnapping and murder of
the Lindbergh baby, continued,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1936-01-23

Puerto Rican Sugar Estates
Will Be Broken Up
@ ECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
~ ICKES, making a brief visit to
our Caribbean possessions, told rep
resentatives of the sugar interests
in Puerto Rico that the great sugar
estates of that island would be bro
ken up, because they are in viola
ton of law forbidding the cor
porate ownership of more than 500
acres of land. He explained the
lands will be homesteaded to get
thousands of landless persons back
to the soil. 1t is not known Wheth-
er Mr.. Ickes did anything about the
general dissatisfaction in Puerto
Rico with the policies of certain of
the governments representatives
there.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
DR.. WHARTON FUNERAL
Is THIS AFTERNOON
Heart Specialist, Who Practiced
Here 80 Years, Will Be Buried
in Fairfax, Va.

Funeral services for DR.. John Whar-
ton. who died Friday at his home,
4416 Forty-ninth street. were to be
held at pm. today at st. Alban' s
Episcopal Church. Burial will be in
Fairfax, Va.
DR.. Wharton began the practice OF
medicine here 80 years ago, special
izing in heart ailments. He was a
charter member of the Heart So
ciety of Washington and was active in
the American Medical Association, the
Medical Society of the District OF
Columbia and the George Washington
Medical Society
In addition he was a member of the
William r. Singleton Lodge of Masons,
the National Press Club, the Sons of
the American Revolution, the Racquet
Club and the Mems Club Of st. Albans S
Church.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
FALL PROVES FATAL
TO MRS. MEREDITH
Mother of Liquor Board Secretary
Dies After Accident in
Virginia.

Mrs. Sylvia Contee Meredith. S5,
mother of william Payne Meredith.
secretary Of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board. died Saturday night in
Warrenton, Va. at Britton Hall. the
home of Mrs William Randolph Rob-
bins. She had fallen while visiting
there and broken her hip about two
weeks ago. and death was attributed
to the fall.
Mrs. Meredith was the widow Of
Elisha Edward Meredith, one-time
Representative from Virginia.
Besides her son, she is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. May Plummer Of
this city and Mrs. Richard Wooton,
Baltimore, and three grandchildren
Funeral services we're to be held at
pm. today at st. James Church,
Warrenton. Burial will be in Ma
nassas, Va.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
VERNON @. IVES DIES
OF HEART AILMENT
Department Store Sales Manager,
A, Came Here "a Years
Ago From Iowa.

Vernon o. Ives, A. sales manager
at Woodward a. Lothrop's depart
ment store, died Saturday Of heart
ailment at his home, 2l24 Thirty-first
place southeast.
Mr.. Ives, who came TO this city
about "a years ago. formerly was sec
retary to Representatives Clark OF
Florida and Ramseyer of Iowa. Dur
ing the World War he served as
Navy bandmaster. His brother, Guy,
is printing clerk of the Senate.
Besides his brother, he is survived
by his widow. Annette; another
brother, William Roy Ives of San
Diego. and his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Ives Of Newton, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Hines funeral
parlors, Fourteenth and Harvard
streets. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
1n Mrnturiant.

HARPER. LAvINIA M. In sad but loving
remembrance of our loving mother, La
VIN1A NJ. HARPER (nee Boeshlyn) who
left US Just nine years ago yesterday.
August 16 1927.
Never shall we cease to love YOU.
Never shall memory fade.
Or the happy days when we were all to-
gether.
HER CHILDREN .
HOGE. MARCELLUS D.. In loving remem-
brance OF my dear husband. MARCEL
LUIS D. HOGE who died six years ago
today. August II. 1890.
YOUR LOVING WIFE MARIE
NOLTE. ANDREW. In loving remembra nee
OF our dear husband and father. AN
DREW NOLTE. who passed away four
years ago today. August II. 1882.
DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN.
THOMPSON. WILLIAM w. In sad but low
ing remembrance of our dear husband
and father WILLIAM w. THOMPSON.
who died three years ago today. August
II. 1888.
At home in Gods beautiful garden,
In the valley of rest so fair.
Some dav. some time. when our task Is
done
With joy we shall meet him there
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
Evening star., 1936-08-17
SUGAR QUOTAS HIT

TWIN FALLS. Idaho, August II
CPi.-The Idaho Beet Growers Asso-
citation has voiced to President Roose-
welt and to Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace a protest against premature
announcement" of offshore sugar
quota increases.
The announcements ALREADY have in
creased sugar imports in such volume,
the growers charged, that the price
of sugar in this country has been re-
duced from IS to s4.75 for 100 pounds.
Further afductions seriously affecting
the pric@ @krowers will receive for their
beets are threatened, the association
complained.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia - Fair and
cooler tonight; tomorrow fair with
m derate temperature; moderate
northerly winds.
Maryland-Fair and cooler tonight;
tomorrow fair with moderate temper
ature.
Virginia-Partly cloudy, cooler In
north. local thundershowers this after
noon in south portion; tomorrow gen.
orally fair. cooler in south portion.
West Internationally fair and
cooler tonight: tomorrow increasing
cloudlneSs.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear today.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
OPTOMETRIST TO SPEAK
DR.. Kraskin of Capital to Address
Chicago Session

DR.. Lewis H. Kraskin, Washington
optometriSt, will present paper on
Psychic Disorders and the Eye" al
the fifteenth annual meeting of the
American Academy of Optometry to
be held in Chicago, beginning Sunday
and continuing through Tuesday. He
will be one of IL lecturers to take part
in the convention program.
DR.. KraSkin also is active on the
International Board of Optometry
Boards and with the American OPP
tometric Association.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
MRS. EMMA L. PHILLIPS
IS DEAD IN ALEXANDRIA
Widow, 72, Survived by Two
Daughters and Two Sisters.
Rites Tomorrow.
BY a STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. August IT,
Mrs Emma Lee Phillips, 70, widow OF
Edgar T. Phillips. 226 North Columbus
street, died yesterday at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. c. Page Waller,
l06 West Linden sCreet.
She leaves another daughter, Miss
Della w. Phillips, andstwo sisters, Miss
Jane Gable of Alexandria. and Mrs
w. F. Marshall of Washington. Serv-
ices will be held at 3 pm. tomorrow
at the home of Mrs Waller Burial
will be in Ivy Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

and later from
t he G e or g e
Washington Uni
versity School of
Med ! C in e. On
graduation. dur
ing the w orld
War, he entered
I he Arm y a S
C a p t a in and
served in camps
throughout t h e
u n tie d States
and in Siberia.
After h e
armistice he re-
turned to Wash
ington and be-
Evening star., 1936-08-17

Varv M. E. Church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Estella Miller; a son, Thorn
ton Cecil Miller. 1440 Parkwood place;
a daughter, Mrs. Ralph M. Wolfe
1887 Irving street, and two grand
children. John Thomas Miller, jr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Longerbeam, both of Wash
ington.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence at 3 pm. tomorrow. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

gan private practice.
Besides his widow. Agnes, he is sur
vived by two children, Alice and Mary
Elizabeth, and a brother. DR.. Robert
Bolton of Washington.
Funeral services Will be held at $50
am. tomorrow at his home, followed
by mass at 9 am at the Shrine Of
the Most Blessed Sacrament, 1928
Quesada street. Burial will be in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

Mr.. Miller was
born in Lonacon-
ing, Md, and en-
gagged in a gen.
eral merchandise
business there for
many years. He
retired from bust
ness and moved
to Washington %
ye ars ago. He
took I'm active
part in Masonic
and church af-
fairs here and
was a member of
the board of stew
ards Of the CAL
Evening star., 1936-08-17
GEN. G. NJ. WILSON,
GUARD OFFICER, DIES
Heart Ailment Is Fatal to Michi-
gan Man Who Commanded
Unit Overseas.
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
FLINT, Mich, August l7.-Brig.
Gen. Guy M. Wilson of the Michigan
National Guard died here last night
OF a heart ailment. He had been i'll
for some time.
Gen. Wilson, who was born In
Genesee County. Mich. in 1876. COM
manded the l25th Infantry, part OF
the 32d Division. during the World
War and was made a brigadier gen.
eral in 1923.
At the time of his death, Gen. Will
son was city attorney of Flint. al
though his illness had made him in
active for the last two months and
prevented him also from participating
with the Michigan units of the Ma
tional Guard in the war games now
in progress in Southwestern Mich
igan.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

health officer, has announced two
cases Of typhus fever have been re-
ported TO his Office within a week. The
latest case was that. Of Charles Klipp,
26, who lives within a mile of Fred
erick Junction.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
DR.. B. R. BOLTON,
SPECIALIST, DIES
Served in Camps in U. S. and ST.
IBERIA During War-Funeral
Tomorrow.

DR.. Boyce Richardson Bolton, "A,
well-known throat specialist. died yes
terday at his home, 1922 Upton
street
A native OF this city, DR. Bolton was
graduated from the public schools
Evening star., 1936-08-17
Pound Found in Bullock.

In perfect condition, pound note.
worth approximately IS, was found
inside a bullock bought recently in
Seven Oaks. England.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
HEART ATTACK FATAL
Engineer at Army and Navy Club
Drops Dead,

Robert Curtin, about so. night en-
gineer at the Army and Navy Club,
dropped dead Of heart attack at the
club today.
Fellow employees said Curtin stepped
outside ito get some air" and col
lapsed on the steps. He had been en-
ployed at the club several years.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
U. S. AGENT DIES
Henry E. Thomas Headed Secret
Service in Carolinas.

SANFORD, N. c., August II tP).-
Henry E. Thomas Of Charlotte. vet
eran head of secret service operations
in the Carolinas, died at a hospital
here today.
He was injured In an automobile
accident near here about a month
ago, and complications developed early
today.
Evening star., 1936-08-17
BRIEF ILLNESS FATAL
TO JOHN T. MILLER
Retired Merchant Had Been in
Business at Homecoming, Nd,
for Many Years.

John Thomas Miller, retired mer-
chant. died yesterday at his home,
1641 Newton street. following brief
illness. He was n.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

Swedish foreign trade has steadily
increased tirtS year.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

Motorists of Rome. Italy. are pay
ing 40 cents gallon and up for motor
fuel.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

Britain's chemical industry reports
steadily increasing business.
Evening star., 1936-08-17

An international congress on glass
was held recently in London.