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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-09-01
PARTIES
FILE CHARGES
OF COERCION
International News Service

Unrelated, but closely similar,
charges of political coercion Of
workers by Democrats and Repub-
Iicans alike were aired in the Cap
ital today.
The report of David L. Law
renee, Secretary Of State of Penn
sylvania, to the Senate campaign
expenditures investigating COM
mittee that two large steel corpo-
rations were "intimidating and CO.
ercing employees politically" re-
suited in dispatch by Senator Lon
ergan CD of Connecticut, COM
mittee chairman, of Investigator
Louis R. CLAWS to Pittsburgh to
stud yevidence gathered by Law
renee.
Counter. Charge Hurled
simultaneously from Republican
national committee headquarters
the Administration was aSSalled
for threatening relief workers
that If Landon is elected, all
WPA relief work will STOP" Law
renee said:
president Roosevelt carried
the State Of Pennsylvania in
1882, but by coercion and ballot
box Stuffing the Republicans
claimed it. We do not propose
to let this election be stolen
either by coercion of employees
Of steel companies and others,
or by election fraud"
He specifically indicted the
Carnegie-IllinoiS and Jones Laugh
lin steel companies.
The G.. o. P. charge stated:
"New Deal party political
bosses are threatening relief
workers with loss Of their WPA
jobs and the wiping out of all
WPA projects if they vote for
Governor ALI M. LandOn, Re
publican presidential nominee,
in the forthcoming election"
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KISSING costs 5
TEACHER JOB

ANDOVER. N. j., May %
Q.N.SO. - Thirty-five-year-old R.
Elwin Mattison said today he
would appeal to the State board
of education to reverse the deci-
sion of the local school board oust-
ing him from his job as principal
of the Andover Grammar School.
The dismissal order came last
night at the conclusion of Matti-
sons trial on charges of kissing
and hugging one of his pretty girl
pupils - 15-year-old Carolyn
McDavit.
Testifying in his own behalf
MattiSon insisted his conduct with
Carolyn never exceeded the
bounds of classroom decorum. He
also produced a number of char
acter witnesses, who declared they
had never known him to be any
thing but a StudiouS, reServer
pedagogue.
The accuser had three pretty
schoolgirl witnesses, who declared
they also allegedly experienced the
principals impulSive after
school nature.
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TESTIMONY.
FOR WIFE .
OPPOSED
BY STATE
Final Argument Begins
With Case Likely to
Go to Jury Today
BY a staff Correspondent

HAGERSTOWN, Md, May "a.
Final argument started this after
noon in the case of Mrs. Anne Lyd.
dane, former Rockville bank EN-.
ploye, charged with conspiring to
murder her husband, Francis
"Slom" Lyddane, and it appeared
likely the case would be placed in
the hands of the jury before night.
The defense rested suddenly
after the prosecution in surprise
move succeeded in preventing
"Slom" from taking the stand in
his wife's defense, the judges hold
ing the husband incompetent" to
testify for his wife.
One RebuttaI Witness
The State called only one wit
ness in rebuttal Ira GullickSon,
criminologist of the washington
Police Department, in an effort to
offset the testimony of the last
defense witness, j. Newton Baker.
handwriting expert. who de-
clared the famous "Googy" note
was not written by Mrs. Lyddane.
John H. "Googy" Carnell. inn
portant State witness. had de-
clared the note was given to him
by Mrs. Lyddane to give to John
Martin Boland. convicted on the
cchspiracy ci1srges and now serv.
ing a sentence.
Gullickson reiterated his previ.
Gus testimony that the letter was
written on a typewriter introduced
in evidence as that used by Mrs.
Lyddane in the bank, and he fur.
ther declared that an enlargement
of the letter &C" used by the de-
fense expert was mot a true re-
production.
Long Cross Examination
After lengthy cross examination
on technical lines concerning the
difference in shading of letters
and the knife edge" of type used,
Gullickson left the stand and while
the jury was withdrawn the law.
yerS conferred with the two judges.
A recess was then declared until
ITO o'clock when final argument
started.
After cross-examination of Baker
was completed this morning, Chief
Defense Counsel Stedman Prescott
called "Slom" Lyddane to the
stand.
AS "Slom" walked into the court
room, States Attorney James H.
Pugh jumped to his feet and
addressed the court. saying:
The State objects to this wit
ness appearing, on the ground
that it is against public policy
for a husband to appear In q
case involving his wife,"
DEFENSE "UNPREPARED"
Judge Frank Wagaman said:
"We agree to hear the defense
on the objection"
Prescott replied:
1--WE were not prepared for
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zEP NEARING
IRISH COAST

NEW YORK. May % u.N.SD
The dirigible Hindenburg, return
ing to Frankfort-on-Main from its
second voyage to Lakehurst, N. j.,
was less than 100 miles west Of
Londonderry, in the north Of Ire
land, at II a. m, EDIT, today, &C.
cording to radioed position in
tercepted by Mackay Radio.
At II a. m, Greenwich mean
time q a. M, E. D. t., the ships
position was broadcast as 56.18
north. 21.40 west, or about $50
miles west of Malin Head, north
ern tip of Ireland. The airship
was then doing 81 miles per hour
and it was expected Frankfort
would be reached by midnight.
The airliner's position was 55.33
north, 9.15 west.
ABOARD ZEPPELIN HINDEN-
BURG. May 22.-Speeding across
the north Atlantic Ocean toward
Germany at more than 100 knots
an hour at times, the Zeppelin
Hindenburg neared the coast of
Europe today with all indications
she would set a new record for the
eastbound flight from LakehurSt,
N. j., to Frankfort.
Capt. Ernst Lehman, COM
mander of the dirigible, said he ex-
pected the airship would reach the
coast of Europe within SO hours
after leaving New York
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10 ARRESTED
IN CLAN
Staying
Voted Death for Man
In Detroit Who Beat
Wife, Is Charge

DETROIT, May % UN.SD
Police of modern America today
seized 16 persons for the single
murder of a former WPA worker
and drew back the curtains on
the activities Of a torture cult
styled the BLACK Legion" which
members claim has a history run
ming back to landing of the Pill,
grimS and inspired the Ku KluX
Xlan.
Thirty-four other persons were
ordered rounded up by authorities
as they pieced together the fan,
tasttc story of the killing of
Charles A. Poole. 33, father of a
newborn babe, who was doomed
to death because he assertedIy
abused his wife, recently become
q mother.
Confesses Shooting
Dayton Dean, father of two and
employe of the Department Of
Public Works, confessed the shoot,
ing. police said, and added:
But I must have made a mis-
take. After l shot him l learned
the plan only was to 'straighten
him out because Poole beat his
wife"
Members Of the clan wore hoods
and robes and conducted several
whipping parties" for wayward
husbands in an announced pro-
gram of 100 per cent American,
ISM" said Police Inspector John
I. Navarro.
Although Dean said the murder
Of Poole was mistake" authori.
ties said charges of first degree
murder will be placed against
him. along with 10 others. Pro
secutor Duncan C. McCrea said II
murder warrants will be recon-
mended against seven men in Gus
tody and four John Does" He
added, There may be Others"
Seven Men Named
The seven in custody to be
charged with murder were pres,
ent when Poole was taken on a
death ride" police said.
The seven are: Colonel" Harvey
Davis, purported commander of
the Black Legion; Dayton Dean,
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
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BYRNS SAYS
HOUSE WILL
CITE HIM
Committee Will Brinq
Contempt Charge
When Ready
By ROBERT G. NIXON
International News Service

DR.. Francis E. Townsend, who
walked out on a House commit
tee investigating his old age pen
sion movement, probably will be
tried before a District of Colum-
bia Supreme Court jury for con-
tempt, Speaker Byrns announced
today, after a conference with
members of the committee which
was prepared to recommend pro-
ceedings. Byrns said:
ITO my mind it was plain
contempt of the House. The
House, / assume, will take such
action rs the committee recon-
Iaends."
Byrns said 1t was his under
standing that the committee will
recommend that District Attorney
Garnett take action.
Recalls Sinclair Case
He recalled that the Senate
did not try Harry F. Sinclair, oil
magnate, for contempt for his
failure to produce documents in
the Teapot Dome investigation,
but asked the District Attorney
to act, and Sinclair subsequently
was jailed.
Byrns said he did not believe
any action would be taken in
the contempt proceedings today.
though the committee may make
it's formal recommendations to the
House.
Meanwhile the California doc
tor remained in Baltimore, where
he hastened yesterday after walk
ing out of the House committee
hearing while still under subpoena
with the announcement that he
would not return unless brought
back by a policeman.
He declared this morning that
he would stay out of Washington
until the whole matter was settled.
The entire Townsend organiza-
tion evacuated Washington early
today. Furniture at headquarters
was packed into moving vans said
to be destined for Chicago where
it had been previously announced
new national headquarters would
be established and the staff Of
about Is piled into buses.
The House investigating COM
Continued on Page 2, Col. p
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Club Head Is Held
In Fatal SHOOTING

CLEVE AND. Ohio, May %
GN.SD Held for the fatal shoot
ing of a former gambling house
associate, William Swarts, man.
ager of the Mounds Club. near
Willoughby. Ohio. was in Jail here
today, facing a charge of murder.
The victim was Harry Champ"
Joyce, "a. known gambling char.
acter of Cleveland and Miami, Fla.
who was shot Wednesday on a
downtown street corner. Witnesses
said that Joyce and another man.
later identified as SwartS, had
been quarreling.
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D. E. BUDGET
BACKED BY
PRESIDENT
Executive to Stand Pat
on Demand House
Drop Slash Plan
BY EARL GOODWIN

President Roosevelt demands a
regular full.fashioned District ap-
preparation bill, just as it was
recommended to Congress by him
through the Budget Bureau.
This includes the Federal con-
tribution of $5,7O0,0OO which was
dropped from the House bill
under the leadership of Repre-
sentative Thomas L. Blanton,
chairman of the House Appropria-
tions subcommittee. &
President Roosevelt's attitude
on the District bill and the Fed
eral contribution, as made known
by him today at a press con-
ference, puts the District bill in
the category of an Administra-
ton must" measure.
The President does not intend
to let Congress place on him the
task of running the Nations S
Capital without money. He is not
favorable to the suggestion that
in lieu of a regular appropriation
the city could be run on relief
funds until further notice. Nor
does he relish the idea of trying
to run the National Capital on
a continuing appropriation, as
Blanton suggests, minus the Fed.
eral share.
Keeping in Touch
Although. officially, the PreSi-
dent has not been informed of the
impasse between Senate and
House, with the District appro-
priation bill in danger of being
swamped because of Blanton's
policies. he has kept in touch with
the situation.
The Presidents duties include
running the District of Columbia
through the District Commission
ers. It is his responsibility to see
that enough funds are appropri-
ated to carry out the law. For
that reason, the President is pecu-
liarly interested in the suggestion
that If the District bill fails Of
passage, he can take existing re-
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
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Marriage Of R. K. |n(e
And Actress Crashes

HOLLYWOOD, May % 1.N.SO
The one-day marriage of Richard
K. 1nce, 20, son of the late film
magnate, Thomas Ince, and Char
lotte Bulford, 18. actress, crashed
on the rocks of parental objec-
tionS today.
When the young couple re-
turned from a flying elopement
to Yuma. Ariz.. their parents de-
cided they were too young and
Immediately announced annulment
proceedings would be started. Ince
and his bride admitted it was a
"madcap idea and agreed to wait.
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SLAYER BARES
TRIANGLE

OREGON, Ill, May % G.N.SO.
Guy M. Tallmadge, So, pudgy,
bald-headed balmer, whose
work as an undertaker!'S assistant
called him out frequently at night
and enabled him to court a tall,
Shapely widow with hennaed hair
and 11-year-old daughter while
he was supposedly driving a
hearse, will be arraigned today
for the murder of his wife.
Tallmadge confessed the mur-
der, States Attorney S. Donald
Crowell revealed, breaking down
after hours of questioning. Weep
ing and shouting, the man cried ::
My life was a hell. You
Continued on Page 3, Col. II
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DOCTOR RACES
T0ANDREW

BOSTON,, May % G.N.S0.
Racing death by. airplane and
automobile, a prominent New
York physician today rushed to
the Gloucester home of Repre-
sentative A. Piatt Andrew, criti-
cally i'll with pneumonia.
The physician made the first
leg of his race-New York to Bos-
ton-by plane. At Boston airport
a State police motorcycle escort
waited to clear the road for the
fast car used to whisk him to the
bedside of the sinking Congress
man.
Local policemen in all COM
munities between Boston and
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
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Soviet Filler Sees
Shortcut Over Pole

MOSCOW, May % G.N.S0.
Aerial shortcuts from America to
northern Europe and the far east
straight across the north polar
regions were envisioned today by
M. Vodopyanoff, who returned
yesterday from a record-breaking
5,000-mile flight to Franz-Josef
land.
The journey revealed an abund-
ance of natural ice landing fields,
he said. Vodopyanoff, one of the
Soviet Uion's foremost air heroes,
is now planning a flight to the
Nrth Pole.
The Washington times., 1936-05-22
Married Tomorrow,
Leeds Radioes Home

NEW YORK, May % G.N.S).
William B. Leeds, heir to the tin,
plate millions, and Olive Hamil.
ton, his Cinderella girl. are not
married-yet. But they will be
tomorrow.
Leeds secretary at his New
York penthouse disclosed today a
radiogram from Leeds sent from
his yacht Moana cruising in the
West Indies. It read:
1--WE are not married, despite
reports. But we will be mar
ried tomorrow on the MOana."
The Washington times., 1936-05-22
Twin Colts Born
On Farm in Virginia
Expected 10 Survive

Twin colts that live. are as rare
in the horse world as quadruplets
are to the human race, were being
nurtured today on the farm of
w. B. Vance, at Difficult Run, Va.
The colts were born on the
Vance farm two days ago. Birth
of twin colts is not a rarity, but
few cases have been recorded
where the equine twins have sur.
YiYed.
The Washington times., 1936-05-22
WASHINGTON FORECAST
MEAN TEMPERATURES

Fair tonight and tomorrow; warm
morrow.
The Washington times., 1936-05-22
Anti-Chain Store Bill
Put Ahead in House

The House Rules Committee to-
day voted preferred status on the
House calendar for the Patman-
Robinson anti-chain store bill,
thus making certain that the bill
will be acted upon before Congress
adjourns.
Members said the committee di-
rected that the bill be called up in
the House next Tuesday.
The Washington times., 1936-05-22
British Labor Head
To Resign, Reported

LONDON, May % G.N.SD.
Resignation of Colonial Secretary
j. H. Thomas, veteran Labor party
leader, who has been linked to a
budget leak that resulted in a
$500,000 tax insurance scandal, is
imminent. it was reported in au-
thoritative circles today.
Evening star., 1936-11-18
20 YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR.

business HIGH SCHOOLS foot
ball team made history at
American League Park when, for
the first time since contests for the
high school championship were in
augurated. it defeated an eleven
representing Tech, TO. Although
considerably outweighed. the Stem
ographers put up a splendid game
and furnished most of the thrills
of the hard-fought game. Capt.
Buck Wise was the main figure in
the victory. but his brother Ralph
also starred.
w. B. Mason will meet Ashmead
Fuller and J. A. McIlhenny will
face E. M Talcott in the semi-final
round of the Election Cup golf
championship at Chevy Chase.
Mason won his second overtime
match in two days when he de-
feated A. B. Duvall on the nine
teenth hole, while Fuller staged a
great rally to eliminate H. r.
Dulaney. jr., on the final green.
Jim Thorp. the famous Indian,
is back at his old tricks. The
Olympic hero of four years ago.
after failing to make good in pro-
fessional base ball. has re-entered
the game he loves best-foot ball.
Thorpe is captain of the Canton
team, which recently beat Cleve-
land, one of the strongest profess
sional teams in the country.
Evening star., 1936-11-18
Take It Out on Pilot,

THERE is another angle Grimes
must consider in taking over the
job. Brooklyn fans will be appeased
somewhat if they can put it over on
the Giants, but Burleigh will have to
beware of consistent knockers if the
club fails to show sufficient punch to
become first-division candidate. The
nice things he performs will be for
gotten long before the Summer sun
wanes if the club is f1oundering around
in the second division. 1t is peculiar
trait of the fans to take it out on the
manager instead of placing the blame
at the door of the front Office
Grimes inherited star pitcher in
Van Lingle Mungo and a fine lot of
promising youngsters in Max Butcher,
George Jeffcoat, Ed Winston and Tom
Baker. Mungo may not be around
when the season opens. He is a
high-priced man, and his walkout
when the club was in Pittsburgh still
rankles. A trade bringing in players
and cash would heal some sores, bring
in some welcome cash and pare down
the pay roll Another catcher Is
needed to help Blimp Phelps. Buddy
Hassett at first and Joe Strip at
third can fill the bill capably. Second
base is weak spot, and Linus Frey
has been tagged for Cincinnati for
the last month. Frey's status re-
mains unchanged. Money was spent
TO bolster the outfield. Oscar Eek
hardt was unable to hit major league
pitching. He was sent off to the
American Association in payment for
Johnny Cooney. where he proceeded
TO find his batting eye and top the
league in batting. Cooney is not a
Evening star., 1936-11-18
TWO CROSS-COUNTRY
EVENTS ARE SLATED
One for Seniors and Another for
Juniors Will Be Staged Here
Thanksgiving Day.

TWO cross-country races for local
amateur runners will be held on
Thanksgiving day in Rock Greek Park,
sponsored by the District of Columbia
Amateur Athletic Association for the
third successive year.
One, at 10000 meters, will be for
those over 18. who will run over
two-mile course, starting and finish
ing in front of the Rock Greek Golf
Club House.
Juniors will have a 2-mile race.
The mems race will. start at 10
o'clock and the juniors one hour
later. A fee of so cents per entry or
50 per team of eight men will be
charged for the senior event, while
Juniors will compete free.
Entry blanks now are available at
Spalding's and should be sent to Jerry
Looney. chairman, Long Distance Run
ming Committee, District A. A. u,
1884 Monroe street northeast.
Evening star., 1936-11-18
L.S.U. U.Crid Team
Among Greatest
BY RAY MORRISON.
Vanderbilt Coach.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, November
1s.-In gauging the greatness
OF q foot ball team there are no
more important factors to consider
than consistency of performance
and caliber of the opposition.
Game after game, the Louisiana
State team, on both of these counts.
has proved itself one Of the best in
the Nation.
The Tigers of Baton Rouge,
along with Alabama, are the only
two undefeated teams in the en-
tire South. L. S. US record will
compare most favorably with that
OF any team in any section.
Surprising to many in the South
ern Conference was v. M. rs win
over Maryland and Furman's easy
defeat of South Carolina.
Evening star., 1936-11-18

lust because the hunting season
y is getting under way there Is no
need to put your fishing tackle away
yet. Reports from down the Potomac
indicate that that section is almost
oyerrun with rock. Capt. Walter
Cheseldine says that plenty are there
but they are well fed and refuse to
bite. That didn't stop him from going
out and catching 81 weighing from
/ to pounds the other day.
]. Bond Smith, local attorney,
also reports rockfish down the
river. He missed the right tide,
but still contrived to bring in .
few.
With his wife and father, he went
out with Capt. L. M. Spriggs Of Piney
Point. He writes, I'VE caught Is
rock, weighing from / to 3la pounds
1t is apparent from the gulls feeding
that these waters are full Of rock,
and we certainly can expect good
fishing as soon as the water remains
cold enough for the larger ones to
strike. We had more luck with Hunt
ington drones than with small
feathers"
Evening star., 1936-11-18
LEAPS DIAMOND BARRIER
Ross Max es Good as AS Hurler in
Jump From Sandlots.

NORWOOD, N. C. (P).-The Phila-
delphia Athletics may be in the Ameri-
can League cellar, but the club holds
more interest for most Norwood fans
than any other.
Norwoods favorite base ball son.
Petey Ross, is doing right well by him.
self as an "A' moundsman-despite
the fact he went from the sandlots to
the maj jors. missing the minors
altogether.
Evening star., 1936-11-18
TROJAN STARS ABOUND
Enough on Olympic Track Squad
to Organize a Club.

LOS ANGELES (P).-The Univer.
sity of Southern California might just
as well form a Trojan Olympic Club
there would be enough members.
Trojan tracksters on the Olympic
team were Alumnus Frank Wykoff, Foy
Draper, Harold Smallwood, Al Fitch,
Roy Staley, Kenneth Carpenter, Delos
Thurber and Americas triple-threat
in the pole vault. Alumnus Bill Gra-
ber, Bill Seton and Earle Meadows.
In addition. a Trojan alumna.
Edith Motridge, was on the womens
swimming team and Frank Kurtz was
on the diving team.
Evening star., 1936-11-18
G. W. FR0SH IN FINALE
Playing in New Jersey Today to

Playing in New Jersey Today to
End Successful Season.
Hoping to duplicate or better a
28-0 victory of last year. George
Washingtons freshman eleven today
faces the Carneys Point IN. j. Y. M.
c. A. team on the latter's field. The
game will mark the close of the frosh
schedule. '-1-
One defeat. two victories and one
tie comprise the record TO date of the
baby Colonials, considered the best
first-year outfit G. w. has had since
1929.
In playing Temples freshmen to a
6-6 tie last week. Coach Sexton's lads
became the first team in six years
that Temple yearling club could not
defeat.