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Evening star., 1936-01-25
TAX SPECULATION
RAISED BY BONUS
One Faction on Hill Claims
President Indicated No
Increase.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Epery President since Harding
has seen Congress override ueto
action on some solution to problem
OF paying bonus to American pet-
Grams OF World War.
In 1924, oDer objection OF Pres
ident Coolidge, Congress author
ised issuance OF adjusted compen-
tion certificates, payable in 1915.
In 1881, ouer Ueto of President
Hoover, Congress authorized bor-
routing up to so per cent OF 1945
pdlue OF certificates.
This year, plan is for payment
in baby bonds, cashable after June
IS. Ouerridden yesterday by the
House. presidential ueto Is expected
to meet same fate in Senate merit
Ueek.
Evening star., 1936-01-25
One Killed as Train Hits Pair
Settling Argument on Track

man Of q Cumberland & Pennsyl-
vania coal train, said he sighted the
pair scufling in the center Of the
track, but was unable to stop the
engine in time. Eichhorn was caught
beneath the pony wheels and Doolan
was knocked to the right Of way.
Eichhorn, who was 26, died In
Miners Hospital at Frostburg, where
his left leg was amputated. Doolar,
%, who suffered q fractured hip and
q compound fracture Of the left leg,
was in a serious condition early today.
The dead man is survived by his
widow, one child, his mother, two
sisters and q brother. His father was
killed a number Of years ago In .
mine accident.
The railroad planned . further in
vestisation Of the accid rt.
Evening star., 1936-01-25
WALL STREET UNDISTURBED.
Brokers Expect Little Effect From
Reserve Bank Order.

NEW YORK. January 25 (P).-Wall
Street brokers, queried regarding the
Fedora! Reserve Boards order boosting
margin levels, said they believed it
would not have an unduly disturbing
effect on the stock market structure.
While admitting they were unpre-
pared for the announcement, they
pointed out that the new requirements
would not take effect until February /.
and that existing margin accounts
would not be affected.
On the basis of the rise in brokers
loans recently, there has been a con-
siderable expansion OF speculative ac.
tivities on the New York Stock Ex-
change. but few in Wall Street have
considered this a symptom of an over
extended interest.
The present level of brokers loans,
it was pointed out, is large in compari-
son with the low figures set during the
dehation movement in securities in
1892 and 1888, but still small against
the peak loan levels Of the 1929 bull
market. 4
Evening star., 1936-01-25
Political Barrage by Smith
Is Expected in Speech Tonight
Fireworks Are A,caited IL, anticipated
Anti-Ne,v Deal address Before Amer
ican Liberty League Here.

was no room. for "neutrals" and con-
cluded by saying. when things 90
wrong, don't go with them"
Many observers here believed Smith
would speak in more direct language,
that he would leave no doubt about
his position.
With Smith and Davis speaking up,
political speculation also was aroused
by the House reputation o. President
Roosevelt's bonus veto and the prob
ability that Democrats would lead q
similar revolt in the Senate Monday.
It was chiefly Democrats who voted
to override the veto in the House.
Only 80 cast their votes to uphold
the veto. with 24S voting to override.
Republicans cast almost as many votes
to sustain. 20, with 66 to pass the bill
over the veto.
Curiously, the Presidents veto Of
the bonus came as members Of the
Liberty League were gathering for
committee meetings today and the
dinner tonight. It was one of the
few issues on which they have agreed.
Smith will speak over a Nation
wide radio hook-up. Earlier, Charles
!. Dawson, former Federal Judge for
lSee SMITH, Page %
Evening star., 1936-01-25
BY the Associated Press.


A feeling that q history making
episode may occur tonight was current
In the Capital today as Alfred e.
Smith Travelled here to address an
American Liberty League dinner and
. radio audience at 10 pm. at the
Mayf1ower Hotel.
Political leaders were excited over
the possibility of q declaration of
Smiths course In the presidential
campaigning. They felt the speech
might indicate whether the former
New York Governor intends to take
of his coat and fight the New Deal
in the political wars to come.
No one professed to know whether
such q declaration would be made,
but 1t was generally believed Smith
would carry on the broad attack
on current governmental policies
launched in New York last night by
another former Democratic presiden-
tial candidate, John w. Davis.
Davis did not announce the role
he would play in the campaign. He
did not even mention the New Deal
by name. But he denounced CEN
tralization of government by con-
stitutional amendment, asserted there
Evening star., 1936-01-25
Dy the Associated Press.

LONACONING. Md, January 49,
When william Eichhorn and Frank
Doolan, jr, decided to step outside and
settle their argument they picked the
wrong spot. As they scufded In the
center Of railroad track . coal train
struck them.
Eichhorn was killed and Doolan
seriously injured.
State Policeman George Miller, who
investigated the accident, said the
pair began their quarrel in gasoline
station and went outside to finish it.
George Robinson, proprietor Of the
station, said both men, residents Of
Lonaconing, had been friends for years
and he did not believe them to be In
earnest.
Charles shaner. westrn brt engine
Evening star., 1936-01-25
ExTORTION PLOT limited

DENVER, January IS R.-A
plumber was charged in Federal Court
yesterday with directing an extor-
ton plot at the sos, 1000 estate left by
Max Schwartz, who was killed by
gangsters several weeks ago.
Department Of Justice agents ac-
cused the plumber, Harry Weinstein.
so, of demanding $4,000 from Mar
tin Schwartz, son of Max Schwartz,
in q letter threatening death.
Evening star., 1936-01-25
SCOTTSB0R0 FRAY
BRINGS z PROBES
"White Person" Advisers
of Wounded Defendant
Are Sought.
BY the Associated Press.

~ eAO AooOCAAtC0 EISSS.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, January 25.-
Two investigations of the highway
battle between two Scottsboro case
colored men and two officers were
started today as one lay gravely
wounded In hospital here and q
sheriff charged white persons" were
responsible for the fight.
Morgan County authorities, headed
by Sheriff J. Street Sandlin, who made
the charge that ''the prisoners didn't
plan the attack on us" sought persons
who might have advised Ozie Powell
and Roy Wright to try to escape.
Powell's condition was virtually un-
changed today after removal of q
bullet from his brain last night.
Capt. Potter Smith of the State
highway patrol rounded up details OF
the case for presentation to Gov. Bibh
Graves. but he would not comment
pending his report.
Guard Held Ready.
National Guardsmen remained on
duty throughout the night, but were
not called out.
Sandlin, who shot Powell yesterday
after Deputy Edgar Blalock had been
slashed in the throat as officers were
bringing the men from Decatur to
Birmingham, said he expected to
arrest today the colored man who
furnished Powell and Wright with
knives used in the attack.
Roy Wright, accused with Powell
OF attacking the two officers, told
newspaper men: I'VE didn't plan to
try to escape: we wouldn't try. now
that things look better for us. We
don't believe we'll ever get sentenced
to death in these cases, but we believe
we will be turned loose"
Norris Tells of Fray.
Clarence Norris, handcuffed between
Powell and Wright, also denied Wright
had q knife.
"Oze and Mr.. Blalock had been
talking about the case" Norris said,
"and Ozie 'sassed' him, and Mr.. Bla-
lock slapped him. A few minutes
later, Ozie reached in his pocket and
got his knife. He opened it and
then reached over and cut Mr.. Bla-
locks throat. That was when the
trouble started"
Powell, just before he went into
the operating room, said he used the
knife because Deputy Blalock and an
other man said they was going to
kill U.s."
There's not q word Of truth in any
statement that any officer made
threats against the men," the sheriff
declared
Lieut.. Gov. Thomas E. knight, jr.
(See SCOTTSBORO. Page 81
Evening star., 1936-01-25
SCOTLAND YARD PROBES
FIRST GANGSTER KILLING
Elderly Unidentified Man Taken
for Ride and Bullet-Riddled
Body Dumped Onto Road.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. ALBANs, Hertfordshire. Eng
land, January 25.-Scotland Yard was
called in to investigate last night what
police called Britain's first murder
along gangster lines. An elderly un-
identified man apparently had been
takentaken for ride" in an automo-
bile and his body dumped on q road
sidA
The bullet-pierced body was dis
covered beside q hedge in the outskirts
OF this town. No weapon was found.
All clues to his identity were stripped
from the body. Police said the face
was contorted from fear. They said
they were working on the theory the
crime was the work Of q race-course
gang.
Evening star., 1936-01-25
HEAVY SNOW DUE
|NCONT|NUEDCOL
D. c. to Be BIanketed To.
day, Say Forecasters-12
Degrees Predicted.


Several inches Of snow will blanket
the Capital this afternoon or tonight
the Weather Bureau predicted in FORE
casting a continuation of the intense
cold prevalent here during the past
few days
Snow began to fall at noon. The
forecast for tomorrow is fair.
A maximum Of 20 degrees was due
this afternoon, while tonight is sched-
uled to be mot quite so cold" The
minimum is expected to be about IL
tonight.
The mercury dropped to 9 at z
o'clock this morning and was rising
about degree an hour.
Hundreds Converge on Pool.
Hundreds of Winter sports enthusi-
It's converged upon the Lincoln Me-
mortal reflection pool last night to
skate beneath lights erected by park
authorities. Skating was permitted
until II o'clock. More crowds are ex-
pected tonight, providing the antici-
pated snowfall does not make the
ice too rough.
Floes, created when the harbor pre-
cinct ice boat and few other intrepid
rivermen attempted to keep the Wash
ington Channel open, filled the middle
of the Potomac. Otherwise the river
was locked In several inches of ice
as far as Occoquan.
Chesapeake Bay shipping was prac-
tically paralyzed. Oyster boats we're
tied up offshore, their owners not
daring to venture out into the bay and
risk becoming ice-locked.
Slowly rising temperatures-which
still were much below the freezing
point-greeted Marylanders today in
the wake Of the three-day cold spell.
With the rising temperatures came
threats Of snow, forecast for late to-
day. Cloudy skies were reported from
mary sections Of the State.
20 Below at Oakland.
At Oakland, the low reading during
the night was 20 below zero. The
thermometer there rose to below at
8 am. Skies were cloudy.
The freezing weather covered por-
tions Of the Chesapeake Bay and the
Patapsco River with six inches Of ice
and movement Of small craft halted.
Ocean-going vessels had to remain in
mid-channel.
Annapolis had q low Of 8 degrees
above at 6 am. today, but the reading
was 20 above at am. Salisbury's
reading rose from 8 above to 13 above.
Cambridge reported 10 above at 9
am.
On the bay, Coast Guardsmen res
cued three men from an 1ce-bound
oyster schooner lar Smiths Island
Evening star., 1936-01-25
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 25.-Pvt. John
Hartman, one of six Army flyers killed
in Honolulu, declined a chance to
spend his Christmas leave at home in
favor of bombing expedition over an
erupting volcano, his mother, Mrs. Ida
M. Smith, said today.
Evening star., 1936-01-25
8FALSE ALARMS
LAID TO2 YOUTHS
Engines Rush Frantically
for Two Hours Before
Pair Is Arrested.

Two crestfallen youths sat in q cell
at the third precinct police station
this morning and discussed discon-
solately eight charges Of turning in
false fire alarms
Adam Martin Wyant, jr., 2311 Con-
necticut avenue, and Walden w.
Whitehead, 30l6 Tilden court, both
aged l8. were arrested in their homes
after what Fire Department officials
described as the worst epidemic of
false alarms in Washington's history"
had aroused fllrore in the Northwest
residential section.
Between II o'clock last night and
/ o'clock this morning the alarms
came so thick and fast that some
companies were able to send out only
one piece of apparatus, all the others
having been sent to extinguish myth
ical fires.
Phone Calls Pour In.
As the firemen raced over icy streets
at risk Of life and limb, braving freez-
ing winds, en- route to alarms that
time after time proved to be false,
residents of the section swamped fire
department headquarters with queries
regarding "a big fire somewhere"
Finally police secured the license
number Of q car. The two youths
had been home less than five min
utes when they were arrested and
taken to Precinct for the night.
The alarms ceased at once.
Asked how it all happened, White
head, a student at Western High
School, remarked solemnly:
"Firewater. Say, I wonder when
we are going to get out of this place.
I'm supposed to be at work this morn
ing. What time is it?"
Advised it was $3.50, he shook his
head, gingerly, and replied. "Say, Off
Ger, will you phone and tell them
at the office won't be down today?"
Hates to Miss Exams.
Wyant a first year student at the
University of Maryland, broke in:
That's nothing. I am supposed to
take an English exam at 1870. /
don't guess I'll make that, either"
Both youths declared they did not
remember very much about the de-
tails Of the night.
Wyant, asking for another drink
OF cold water, decided he was In
favor Of prison reform.
I need chiropractor as well as
lawyer" he explained. II am in
favor of longer and wider hunks In
jails and also bigger cells. These
aren't big enough for two.'
Evening star., 1936-01-25
SIR WILLIAM PEAT DIES
Was for Many Years Auditor for
British Royalty.

TOTTERID0E. Hertfordshire, Eng
land. January IS lN.-Sir william
Barclay Peat, 81, for many years audi
tor for the late King George and
Queen Mary, died yesterday.
He was the senior member Of w. B.
Peat q Co., chartered accountants
with connections IN The Unit States.
Evening star., 1936-01-25
DEFIANT CAR OWNERS
IRK CHICAGO OFFICIAL

Controller Asks Arrest of Those
Failing to Get Tags, but
Neg1ects to Issue Order.
BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. January 25.-City Con-
troller r. J. Upham still saw red
today.
Active in q two-year drive to force
motorists to buy city licenses by Janu-
ary !, he requested yesterday q list
of those arrested for failure to comply.
The police told him no arrests were
made.
Irate. he demanded, "why not?"
The police explained he had ne
elected to issue{ orders for arrests.
Evening star., 1936-01-25
ACTION IS DELAYED
ON SO|L,SUBS|DY
FARM LEGISLATION
Senate Agricultural Commit
tee Is Still Doubtful of
ConstitutionaIity.
BILL RETAINS BROAD
POWERS OF ORIGINAL
Grants Would Be Made to Farm
srs for Improvement and
Economical Use of Land.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Inualidation OF New Deal farm
program BY United States Supreme
Court on January s. has kept Con-
gresstonal friends OF agriculture
tn turmoil ever since.
FeiD days after court action, an
ssouncement Uas made that new
program tDould be attempted under
existing soil conservation ldtu. OBJ
stables arose in Senate Committee
on Agriculture as Republicans
termed suggestion unconstitutional.
refused to aid in subcommittee
consideration. On Thursday plan
TOR lS little A. A. AS" tDds re-
Uealed, but 1etO compromises de-
peloped yesterday.
House yesterday approved ap-
preparation OF $296,1S5.000 to set
tie existing tarm- Government con-
tracts.
Evening star., 1936-01-25

tsee BONUS. Page 81
Evening star., 1936-01-25

(see SCOTTSBORO. Page %
The Washington times., 1936-10-20

(FolIotDing is the thirty-Second
OF the tDnr logs from the Span
tSh battlefront BY H. r. Knicker-
booker, famous roofing CORE
Spondent of International NetUS
SerUice).
By H. r. KNICRERBOCKER
Copyright, 1885 by International
News servics)
TORRIJOS, Spain G.N.S0-we
got up with the crack of dawn
and begged coffee from the legion
naires. I looked at my mattress.
1t was brown with old blood. I
was glad to get out of that looted
house.
We drove on down to the Qua
oarrama River in a cavalcade of
automobiles, because by now every
newspaper man in Spain had real
lied that this front was the most
important one. At the river we
mad to wait for a general order
to let us cross and go forward to
the front. John and Arthur and
1 got very hungry around noon
and found a little camp Of legion
nalres presided over by a legion
woman, all dressed up in uniform.
Woman in Charge
She was Sonora Hernandez, wife
OF Sergeant Hernandez. She was
permitted to come along because
she was a firSt-aid nurse. They
had a big bowl of Spanish beans,
and with true campaign generosity
invited us to pitch in. She gave
each OF us a spoon and we lunched
heavily. Sergeant Hernandez cut
up a big sausage and set out a
bottle Of acrid Spanish white wine.
We contributed some fresh to-
matoes we had picked up along
the road.
Then John and Arthur and I
went down to the river, up stream,
and took bath, the first in
a week. Very satisfactory, too
though the water was not deep
enough to come much above your
ankles.
This gave us an idea. Every
body else was waiting for a formal
permission to cross with our cars
over the improvised bridge of
sandbagS which had been built
to replace the big stone bridge
blown up by the reds. But nobody
had issued us any formal order
1orbidding us to cross the river.
Wade Across River
So about 3 o'clock in the after
noon we loaded up our knapsacks
with q few cans of food and a
bottle Of water apiece, went down.
stream about a hundred yards, lay
there awhile, then waded across
and climbed a hill, struck the
main road for the front and
tramped along.
I have never seen such a blood
stained road. It was SplaShed
with red, but there were several
trails which went along for miles,
showing the drip-drip-drip of a
wounded man who could not
check the bleeding. We finally
caught up with the booming in
the distance and came up by our
first battery. Just before we
got there we passed a battalion
of the Legion resting in a ditch
and as we passed them suddenly
came the whispering sigh of an
enemy shell just over our heads.
We dived headfirst for the ditch,
waiting for an explosion that
never came. The shell struck
only q few feet away from us, but
the legionnaires yelled:
'HThat's all right. Those shells
keep coming over here, but you
don't have to be scared of the
shells unless they hit you square,
because they are all dudS."
VOTE AMERICAN
Heir Gets Bail
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Andrew
G. Pierce Sd, heir Of New Bed
ford wooden company official, left
the county Jail in $4,000 bail
saying he was determined to
seek a divorce from his wife, the
former MRS. Marion Hughes
Whitehead.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
Heir Gets Bail
BY H. r. KNICRERBOCKER
Copyright. 1895. by international
News Service)

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Andrew
G. Pierce Sd, heir of a New Bed
ford wooden company official, left
the county Jail in $4,000 bail
saying he was determined to
seek a divorce from his wife, the
former Mrs. Marion Hughes
Whitehead.
The Washington times., 1936-10-20
WRITER GIVEN
STRAFING
RED PLANES

(Following is the thirty-Second
OF the tDdr logs from the Span
tsh battlefront By H. r. Knicker-
booker, famous roofing CORE
Spondent of International NeUS
SerUice).
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-03
FIND HUNDLEY
BLAMELESS IN
CARFATALITY
Inquiry Into Death Of Mrs.
Chewing Conducted
Saturday Afternoon

A coroner's jury on Saturday
afternoon exonerated G. w. Humid
ley, Jr., of Durham and Hender-
sonville, of blame in connection
with the death of Mrs. Matte Eel
der Chewing.
Mrs. Chewing was struck by a
Chevrolet car driven by Mr.. Humid
ley on the night of December 20,
of last year, as she crossed North
Main street in front of her resi-.
dence. She later died in the Pat.
ton Memorial hospital on Janu.
airy 4.
Mr.. Hundley declared at the in
quest that he was driving south
on Main street at rate of ID
miles an hour when a woman sud,
denly appeared from behind an
other car going in the opposite
direction. He said that she APP
peared to be running across the
street with her head down and the
collar of her coat pulled up about
her head. He said that when ne
first saw her she was about 5 feet
away and almost directly in front
of his car. He said that he stop
ped in about ten feet after strlk-
ing her.
Members of the coroner's jury
were w. C. Hinsdale, D. M Wells
T. B. Conner, R. X. Orr, c. e.
Mccall and H. B. Hamilton.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-03
Junior Order Will
Form Credit Unit

At the regular meeting of the
local council of the Junior orde:
United American Mechanics Tues.
day night, February 4, Federal
Credit Union" will be organized
for the benefit of the members
of the local Junior order. This
will be the first of it's kind to be
formed in this section. A repre-
sentative from Washington, D. c..
will be here to assist in perfect
ing the organization. The union
will be more or less a savings
proposition and will make loans
as we'll to those who are members
of the Union and of the local
council.
Every member interested in
the Federal Credit Union propos-
al is expected to be present and
assist in electing the officers for
the ensuing year.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-03
Examination OF Italian Oil Embargo
Problems Is Begun By League Experts

which Italy might use petroleum
substitutes, such as alcohol fuels.
Experts will seek to find an
swers to two questions:
ID Can the sources of ltaly's
oil be closed? (2) Can an embargo
on oil transportation to Italy al
feet enough tank steamships to
increase materially the effective
ness of an embargo?
A close study of the effect the
proposed United States neutrality
act would have on any League
embargo will be made. League
figures show that during the last
three years, the United States has
furnished only 9.5 per cent of
Italian gasoline imports and 5.8
per cent of heavy oils necessary
for war purposes.
Therefore, it is believed a
League embargo would prove eff
! fectiven if The United States limit-
CONTINUED on page four) p.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-03
VICE TRAFFIC
RING SMASHED
II Men, Women, Trading
In Girls, Held In New
York Raids
By HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Feb. 3. (UP)-
Police smashed the nations big
gest white slave gang yesterday
and captured rulers of an under
world empire that brought girls
from ali parts of the country to
New York for a $12,OOO,000 a
year vice traffic.
Working under Special District
Attorney Thomas wey, in
charge of New York's racket in
vestigation, police broke into Al
places and captured II men ana
women who allegedly have forced
1000 girls into disorderly houses.
All the participants were held tenn
porarily as material witnesses IN
$4,000 bail each.
Through the corridors of the
Woolworth Observation-Disclosures
of the Dewey investigation-there
streamed a strange assortment OF
prisoners last night. All were ar
raigned before Supreme Cour5
Justice Philip J. McCOOk, who
quickly set high bail so authorities
could hold the prisoners and ques-
ton them at leisure.
Twenty of Dewey's assistants,
aided by a score of stenOgraphers,
Immediately begun interviewing
the prisoners and gathering into;-
nation about operations of the
white slave gang.
The raid had been planned for
five months, Dewey said, but the
secret was so carefully kept that
police found big vice centers OF
New York and Brooklyn wide open
and roaring when they struck IN
the early hours of Sunday. The
drive was confined entirely to dis.
orderly houses, but the word
quickly spread through the under
world and soon gambling joints
also closed down tight. -,
Dewey said there was no doubt
that ne had in custody the men
and women who rule New York's
white slave traffic, but ne declIn-
Cd TO reveal any names until his
assistants had gathered evidence
from the 10 women and seven men
arrested.