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Evening star., 1936-10-23

ton from Alexandria, Va, the reporter
thought he heard q strange rumbling
In the trunk. There were visions OF
q prisoner there. waiting for an op-
portunity to Jump out to freedom. The
reporter dared not give him that op-
portunity. Driving speed was increased
from IS to so miles an hour.
Into Alexandria and out Washing
ton street the reporter drove without
slowing down until the intersection Of
King street was reached. A police
man was standing on the corner. The
reporter drove up directly In front
Of him, stopped the car abruptly and
leaped out.
Come here quickly" shouted the
reporter as he slowly raised the top
Of the trunk, expecting a man to
Jump out.
The policeman looked in the trunk
and then at the reporter. The re-
porter was speechless. The trunk was
empty except for fishing tackle box
and q half dozen 6-ounce sinkers that
had been rafting around during that
wild ride.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
father SENTENCED
FOR SLAPPING BABY
8
Gets 1870 Days and $500 Fine,
Irked by Infants
Crying.
BY the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
x LOS ANGELES, October pa 23-
Sear-old father, Frank Provost, plead
ed guilty yesterday to slapping his
1-inonth-old daughter Virginia 50
hard she needed hospital treatment,
because she cried.
Judge e. P. Woods Of the Monte
beIlo Justice Court sentenced Provost
to 180 days IN jail and fined him $500.
He was accused of uniustifiable pun
tshment to minors.
Capt. T. p. Gordon Of the sheriff s
office said Provosts wife Bertha May
told him Provost hit his daughter
Sunday so hard she fell from her
high chair, because she cried. Wednes-
day, she said, Virginia began to cry
again and Provost exclaimed:
You'd better stop that kid from
crying or will"
Then, she told the officer, he struck
the child with his fist. The baby Is
ina hospital.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
EDUCATION MODELLED
TO PUPIL ADVANCED
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. October a.
Tailor-made education was the sub
ject of q conference here yesterday
by representatives of 80 secondary
schools throughout the United States.
The representatives OF the Progress
sive Educational Association are
working on a special eight-year test
course Of studies.
The object of the association. as
outlined by members. is to eliminate
grade cards and standard courses.
Instead, each student would have his
courses tailored" to bring out his
best individual qualities.
The association announced that 1t
had obtained agreements with 500
colleges to accept graduates Of the
new curriculum. The first group Of
graduates will enter college this Fall,
with 1900 individuals registering In
ITO institutions Of higher learning.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Edward
iContinued From First Page.)

iContinued From First Page)
Charles Joseph Bonaparte C851-
ls21), won a distinguished place In
American politics.
There is ample precedent on King
Edwards side If he wishes to marry
Mrs. Simpson. Under the English
royal marriage law Of 1772. only one
thing could stop him-the "disap-
probation" of both Houses of Parlia-
ment.
A whole line Of British Kings de-
scended from william the Conqueror,
who was the child of Robert, Duke
Of Normandy, and Herleva, tanners
daughter.
One of the happiest marriages of
the kingdom occurred in the nine
teenth century between Queen Vic
toria's heir presumptive and a COM
moner. Miss Louisa Fairbrother. who
wed George, second Duke Of Cam
bridge. refused to ask for the title of
princess and was known as plain Mrs.
Ftzgeorge." Her husband remained
faithful after her death, and was
buried In her grave In 1904.
The last English King known to
have married morganaticaIly was
George ~. Mrs. Maria Smythe Weld
Fitzherbert was twice widowed and
six years his senior when George Sc
cretly married her while he was Prince
of Wales In 1785.
George Tvs official Queen was prin-
cess Caroline Of Brunswick. but he
had many other favorites, among
them Lady Congreve, who was older
than his mother: Mrs. Anne Mulcaster,
Lady Jersey; the Marchioness of
Conyngham and various actresses.
One morganatic marriage. that Of
Edward " to Lady Elizabeth Grey
caused q revolution which unseated
the King temporarily. It was per-
formed in secret. Edwards favorite
was not his wife, but Jane Shore.
British royal friendships with com.
moners have been far more frequent
than marriages. Edward Wits grand.
father. Edward VII, had his woman
friends, among whom was the actress
Lily Langtry. His friendship cooled
somewhat after she dropped a piece
| Of ice down his back at a dinner.
George II spent many of his eve.
nings with Henrietta, Countess of Suf.
folk. She separated from her hus.
band by articles Of agreement" and
the husband received . pension ot
$1,000.
James II and Charles II were
noted for their woman friends. Bar.
bara Vilhers was favorite Of each
as witness Pepys diary. Nell Gwynns
WAS the subject Of books.
Queen Elizabeth's loves have beer
told on the stage. but the most ia.
nous Of all royal friendships wa
probably that of Henry II and Jane
(Fair Rosamond) Clifford. renny-
son and Swinburne wrote poems about
the labyrinth maze in which she
was supposed to have been kept: 81,
Walter Scott added his bit. and Addi-
son and Barnett made operas on the
subject.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
SECURITIES ACT /
TEST IS WEIGHED
Challenge by 3 Under tndict-
ment Considered by
Justice Gordon.

Justice Peyton Gordon OF DISTRICT
Court had under advisenlent today
the question of the constitutionality
of the securities act OF 1888, Whlch
was challenged late yesterday by at
toFneys for three men indicted under
It on, a charge OF conspiracy to mis-
represent facts in the registration
statement of the Continental Distil-
lets & Importers Corp.
n Assertions that the act violates the
fifth. and tenth amendments by at
tempting to control the conduct Of the
securities business under the guise OF
regulating the mails and interstate
commerce were made by William e.
Leahy, who presented the principal
argument attacking the indictment.
Fraud Curb Held Object.
Assistant United States Attorney
David A. Pine replied that any regu-
htipn of the securities business was
merely IAN incident" to the main pur-
pose of the act, which was to assure
the public that the mails and inter-
state commerce should be kept free of
fraudulent offerings.
But the citizen still has consti-
tutional right to make fool OF him.
self" he added.
The arguments were on demurrer
to the indictment against Dan F.
Reynolds, member of local law firm:
Harry E. Hanes, general manager Of
the Standard Appraisal Co. of New
York, and Milton Janis. salesman for
New York stock underwriting concern.
Some $40 1000 of stock of the distil-
ling corporation was sold, although
the firm never started operations,
officials declared.
Property Statement Involved.
The alleged false statements con-
cerned the value and description Of
the corporations property at Shrews-
bury, Pa.
Leahy contended that the securities
act attempts to regulate persons
rather than things, and is designed to
reach out into domains reserved to
the States. He particularly objected
to the fact that it requires that all
securities, good and bad, be registered
under penalty of being barred from
the mails.
1.-The right Of the people to use the
mails is a constitutional right and
this Government cannot take it from
Them" Laehy said. He also attacked
the law as repugnant to the prohihi-
tions of the fourth amendment against
unreasonable search and seizure.
Pine Stresses Honest Information.
Pine pointed out that the securities
act provides no compulsion concerning
the filing of registration statements.
but does require that they be truthful.
"The information required is only
that which the honest vendor ordi-
1larily should give to the prospective
purchaser" he declared.
He contended further that the act
was justified under the Federal police
power. z-
An attack along another line against
The indictment was presented by At
torney John J. Sirica, who contended
that the true bill was so vague as to
leave the defendants uncertain as to
the exact offense with which they were
charged.
Assistant United States Attorney
John J. Wilson replied that it Was
not necessary to charge conspiracy
Nth the same exactness used In an
m4ictment for substantive offense.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
RUSSIA TO PRESS
NEUTRALITY PLAN
Moscow to Temper Action,
However, in Effort
to Avoid War.
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, October 23.-Soviet Rus
sian spokesmen, going into q Super
charged session Of the troubled Euro
pean Hands on Spain" Committee,
indicated today that Moscow probably
will refrain from taking steps which
might precipitate Q European war.
At the same time, 1t was stated au-
thoritatively the Russians will con-
tnue to operate every possible diplo-
matte lever to thwart ..'Nazi and Fas-
cist aid to Spanish insurgents"
"The mad Fascist butchering in
Spain goes on with German. Italian
and Portuguese guns under the cloak
of non-intervention. which the world
knows is q shame" spokesman
charged.
However, he indicated plainly that
Moscow will continue to use diplo-
matte means to gain its goal of stop
ping alleged Fascist arms shipments
to Spain.
The Soviet statements put q new
light on the international hearing,
called to hear o three-power Fascist
defense against Soviet charges Of neu-
trality violations.
Italy, Germany and Portugal were
ready to enter categorical denials of
the allegations and to counter with
fresh charges Of Russian aid to the
Spanish government.
Before today's developments. Rus
sia had indicated strongly she would
erase her signature from the non-in-
tervention agreement in protest over
the committees delay In taking "prac-
ticai measures to isolate the Spanish
War.
(Jovever, Moscow dispatches quoted
observers as believing Russia, on Sec
ond thought, may make no immediate
bolt from the committee. These OBJ
servers said one reason for more cau-
ton on the part of the Russian dele
gates was q warning that precipitate
action might ALLEVIATE France and
Great Britain.
The committee session began at 4:05
pm, with the Russians prepared for
some sort of q showdown on their
charges.
Dino Grandi. the Italian Ambassa- =
dor, and Prince Otto Won Bismarck.
the German Charge d'Affaires. went
into the Locarno room Of the foreign
office, scene Of the meeting, prepared
to engage in q verbal struggle with
the Soviet spokesman. Ambassador
Ivan Maisky.
ACCORD is ANNOUNCED.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Italo German Agreement Follows
Series OF Conversations.


Series Of Conversations.
BERLIN, October % tR.-Complete
and concrete 1talo-German accord was
announced today by Count Galeazzo
Ciano. Mussolini's son-in-law and
Italian foreign minister, following a
series of conversations with Baron
Konstantin Won Neurath, German for
eign minister.
Count Ciano said the rapproche-
ment, which he described as neither
q pact nor an alliance" merely awaits
formal ratification by Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler in their meeting at
Berchtesgaden tomorrow.
wnhemstrasse circles meanwhile
hailed q proposed Franco-G German un-
derstanding as a vital European "rock
Of peace"
Although viewed with suspicion by
French officials as a clever intrigue
to freeze out" Russia and break up
the Franco-Soviet military assistance
pact-thereby paving the way for Ger
many to attack Russia-high Nazi
quarters were undaunted.
A new United States of Western
Europe" embodying Germany. Italy,
France and Great Britain, was FORE
shadowed in the six-point accord re-
portedly reached by Count Galeazzo
Ciano, italian foreign minister. and
Baron Konstantin Won Neurath, Ger
man foreign minister, in their series
Of Berlin conversations.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
DECLINE SEEN IN RATE
OF INFANTILE PARAL YSIS
Public Health Service Hopes Peak
for Current Year May
Be Passed.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Public Health Service today
expressed hope that the peak OF IN
fantne paralysis for the current year
is passed.
For the week ended October II, the
service reported 246 new cases, COM
pared with 263 cases for the week
ended October 10 and 200 for the week
ended October 8.
Since last April Is. s,07s cases have
been reported, compared with 1881
cases for the comparable 1885 period.
Illinois had the most new Cases
53-for the October II week. The
week before 95 cases were reported.
Ohio listed As cases for the week
ended October II, compared with "a
cases for the previous week.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Moscow Finances Chess.

Equipped with large library OF
necessary information and instruction
on, the subject of chess, club devoted
exclusively to that game has been es-
tablished in Moscow by the govern
nent. Only masters and first category
players are admitted as members.
Regular lectures viii be given and .
course Of training.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
STUDENTS.

Government employees, as class,
are the most Gpid OF students, &c
cording to DR.. Leo J. CRourke,
director of research in personnel
administration for the Ciuil Service
Commission. And It costs them
something.
According to O'Rouyke, their e.
penditwe tor training courses OF
one sort or another runs more than
$500, 900 annually.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
EMPLOYERS AID
ASKED BY DALbY
Compensation Commission
Counsel Seeks Co-opera.
ton in Enforcing Law.

z. Lewis Dalby. general counsel for
the United States Employees Compen-
sation Commission, today asked CO.
operation of employers throughout the
city in enforcing the District work.
mems compensation law, following i'm
position of the first Jail sentence for
its violation. in Police Court yesterday.
Nick Cladis, huckster, was sentenced
to q years imprisonment when he
pleaded guilty to a charge Of nom
compliance in his refusal to take out
proper insurance for his employees.
Judge Casey ordered the sentence
suspended. however, when Cladis
agreed to comply with the law, pay
the award of the commission to the
injured man, and it was shown he had
made a proper settlement with q
worker injured several years ago.
Dalby today served notice on en-
ployers who are not complying with
the compensation law that In the fu-
ture he would not be satisfied with
fines when convictions were secured
in court, but would ask Jail sentences.
Other Cases Probed.
Several cases are now under In
vestigation, and in several more court
action is imminent, Dalby said.
An investigation has shown that
the larger employers are complying
with the law generally and that it is
| the small employer who tries to cut
| corners" he said.
There are so many Of the smaller
employers. however, that only CO.
operation by the workmen themselves
will enable us to enforce the law
strictly. Discovery in advance OF
employers who are not complying will
eliminate the possibility of not re-
covering compensation due after an
| accident"
Dalby said in the future employers
negligence would no longer be tol-
Grated"
Explaining that all employers, with
the exception of four groups, must Sc
cure compensation insurance or re-
ceive permission from the commission
to act as their own insurance agency
by setting up adequate reserve funds
for that purpose, Dalby asked work.
men throughout the District to report
violations to r. ]. Hoage, deputy COM
missioner, whose Office is on the fourth
floor of the Ouray Building. Eighth
and G streets. Employers must COM
ply with the law even when only one
employe or a part-time employe is
concerned, he said.
Companies Given Cards.
Employers who have complied with
the law are given printed cards to
display in their plants or shops, in
dicating whether the company is COW
cred by q compensation insurance
policy or IS self-insured.
when no such card Is displayed il
q plant or shop, that is prima facie
evidence that the employer has not
complied with the law" Dalby said,
"and his case should be reported i'm
mediately to the deputy commissioner. I"
The four classes of persons exempted
by the present law are domestic
workers; agricultural workers; workers
whose employment is casual and not
In the course Of the employers business.
and workers on common carriers by
railroads in Interstate commerce or
wholly within the District, Dalby ex-
plaiued,
Evening star., 1936-10-23
DR.. Lowery Is Elected.

BOSTON, October 2s R.-The
Academy Of Physical Medicine elected
DR.. Franklin P. Lowery OF Newton
yesterday Its president to succeed DR..
Frank Hammond Krusen Of Rochester,
MINI.
DR.. Krusen, head Of the physical
therapy department ct the Mayo
Clinic, was elected to the board Of
directors.
DR.. Roland A. Case Of Cleveland,
Ohio, was named second vice president.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
TWO GIVEN REPRIEVES
ON THRESHOLD OF DEATH
Gov. Horner Acts on Eve of
Electrocution of Convicted
Murderers.

HS THE ASSOc1afe0 fTe83s
CHICAGO, October 23.-Two con-
yicted murderers, Peter Chrisoulas
and Joseph Rappaport. came within
seven hours of death In the electric
chair last night before they were
granted reprieves by Gov. Henry
Horner.
Both were given stays Of execution
until December 4 upon the recon-
mendation of the Pardon Board that
a sanity hearing be held for
Chrisoulas and additional evidence
be presented and heard In Rappa-
ports case.
Chrisoulas was convicted Of killing
Irving Fehlberg. an assistant theater
manager, March II, after Fehlberg
had approached him on q complaint
Of q l2-year-old girl that Chrisoulas
had molested her.
Rappaport was convicted for the
murder on october 8, 1885. Of Max
Dent, q Government informer, who
was to have testified against Kappa
port in q notwithstanding case.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Juniata College Elects Head.

HUNTINGDON, Pa, october 23 R.
-Juniata College trustees elected yes
terday Dr.. Gaius NJ Brumbaugh,
Washington, Pa. their president to
succeed Joseph J. Oller, Waynesboro
Pa, who died In September.
New trustees include DR.. J. 9. Non.
singer, director Of the National Home
Study Council, washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
CULVERTS BLAMED
FOR FLOOD LOSS.
Water Formerly Held Back,
Sweeps Under Roads,
Hearing Told.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP.

FREDERICK, Md, October 23.-
Culverts under the rapidly increasing
number of State and national high
ways was given here today by William
Wingert Of Hagerstown as one Of the
reasons for the rise in food waters
during the past several years.
This information was submitted to
Lieut.. w. j. Matteson. acting district
engineer, and his aides, during the
fifth of a series of flood control hear
ings for the Potomac River basin. un-
der an act of the last Congress.
Wingert. authorized agent for the
officials of Williamsport, Md, told of
the widespread damage to that COM
munity during the last food.
Loss Set at SS4,300.
The williamsport property loss was
set at $84, 800. In addition. the Hag-
erstown water supply plant. which is
located in the Williamsport vicinity,
was damaged to the extent Of $12,345.
The Potomac Edison Co. listed its
losses east from Cumberland at
$l56,00o.
The Williamsport spokesman assert
ed he has made long study of food
control and suggested series of dams,
both in the Potomac River and the
many tributaries flowing from Mary
land. Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Referring to the culverts, he said these
start the water speeding on its way.
whereas it previously flowed slowly.
preventing rapid rises in the streams
reaching the river.
Damage on Conococheque.
Damage along Conococheque Greek.
which added to the Williamsport
losses, was set by Harvey Brewer, far
mer of near Kemp Station, in wash
ington County, was $9,585. He had
feet of water in his house, he declared
This is the first time water has ever
reached the dwelling.
Both men advocated use Of dams
and reforestation as the only practical
means Of flood control in this area.
H. w. Routenberg Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad would give no figures
as to monetary loss, but stated tracks
were washed out all along the route
and there was 8 feet Of water running
through the Point OF Rocks tunnel
The railroad will submit Q detailed
report at later date.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
SPEECH BAN DENIED
Durham, N. G., Mayor Answer
Charge Of Communists.


DURHAM, N. c., October IS CN.-
Mayor w. r. Carr of Durham aid
last night that no official or organized
attempt has been made here to pre-
vent James w. Ford, Communist
colored candidate for Vice Prexident,
from making q radio address In Dur
ham Sunday, in spite of Q protest
filed with the Federal Communications
Commission yesterday by William z.
Foster, chairman Of the Communist
National% Campaign Committee.
In hiA PROTEST Foster declared that
Mayor Carr had threatened to bar
Ford from the air here. Carr. however,
has mede nb such threat, and he de-
clared lAst might that be had con.
sidere6 ID such action. -
Evening star., 1936-10-23

levy should read the Constitution. That last
suggestion Is good deal as II Mr.. Stain Cor Mr..
John Stuart Mills Human Liberty"
For that matter, Mr.. Roosevelt has Just as
much right under the Constitution to impose
and other unconstitutional innovations upon the
people Of the United States. He has not yet
told US whether he agrees with Mr.. James Roose-
velts statement concerning the revival Of n 3. A.
Reading the Constitution is indeed . praises
worthy occupation for all Americans. but It win
Evening star., 1936-10-23
ESCAPE.

ONE of Washington's better known
" newspaper reporters went to the
District Reformatory at Lorton. Va.
the other day-on official business
and came away not only with . story
for his paper. but with q fearful
thought that through his own negl-
gence he might have aided a prisoner
to escape.
The guard at the reformatory gate
was more or less responsible for the
reporters fear. Inbound, he was
Evening star., 1936-10-23
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
CARIBOU!
N OPERATIVE with an eye

A N OPERATIVE with an eye to
~ furniture nominates a table In
~ the reception hall of the White
4 u House press room as the most
curious item of its kind In Washing
ton.
About S feet in diameter, it Is cir
cular in shape, of some dark richly
toned wood. and the skirt under the
top is intricately carved. The startling
features, however, are the four caribou
heads, horns and all, and close to Life
size. The heads jut out ferociously
and. our informant says. are peculiarly
designed to give the stranger In the
place quite q turn. Such an odd mix
ture of the bucolic and the classicl
X \
INCIDENT.
Almost anything may happen on
the Washington and Baltimore
Boulevard, yet eyes ioere strained
and mouths agape the other day
as a line of cars going each iDay
pas suddenly halted by iDhite-
robed figure tChose arm pds up
raised as If inpoking some sort OF
benediction.
From a quiet church yard Nth
an ipy-couered church in the back.
ground, q stream OF cars ,cere is
suing in iDhdt pds diScoUered to be
a funeral procession. There is no
light signal at this point, and the
clergyman heading the procession,
got out OF his car and succeeded in
holding back the stream OF cars
coming from every direction in re-
spectjul attention until the funeral
train had nloped across the road in
an unbroken line.
Il X + 4
SMOKE SCREEN.
AN ARTIST of physical dimensions
4 = which are exactly the reverse oi
those of, say, the Empire State Build
ing, yesterday afternoon found COM
plete justification for the long black
cigars he smokes.
Bent upon buying a pair of slacks
he sauntered into the mems depart.
ment of rather large store. The clerk
there looked everywhere for something
small enough, but finally gave up.
Evening star., 1936-10-23
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