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Evening star., 1936-02-01
S|LVERMAN CASE.
DEMURRER FILED
Four Held in Probe of Army
Purchasing Attack In
diCtment.

Suflciency of the indictment under
which four men were held after q
two-year investigation Of alleged lobby
ing conditions at the War Depart
ment was attacked in demurrer filed
in District Supreme Court late yes
terday.
The four-former Brig. Gen. Alex
ander E. Williams, Thomas j. Ryan
one-time member of Congress from
New York, and the Silverman brothers
Joseph, jr., and Nathan. Army surplus
goods dealers-were charged with con-
spring to keep Frank E. Speicher
from House Military Affairs Com
mittee investigation.
In the demurrer attorneys for the
defendants contended the indictment
was not specific enough in its allega-
tions; that it should have specified
why Speicher was a necessary" wit
ness and what acts the defendants
committed to prevent the witness ap'
pearing.
The House Military Affairs Com
mittee wanted Speicher, an automobile
tire inner-tube salesman, to tell of {
loan he is alleged to have made tt
Gen. Williams while the officer wa!
acting quartermaster general OF the
Army. Williams later was court
martialed and dismissed from the
Army on charge involving the ALLEGED
loan.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
HUMMER IS FREED
IN BRUSH Staying
Jury Requires Little More Than
Hour to Acquit Fair
fax Man.
BY Stan Correspondent of The star.

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. February l-Ac-
quilted OF a charge of murder in con-
nection with the Staying last August
of Truman Brush, aged Falls Church
recluse, Hugh Hummer. 50-year-old
plumber and former tenant on the
Brush farm, yesterday walked out OF
Fairfax County Court precisely five
months from the day Of his arrest.
The jury that listened to two days
of testimony from the lips of Is wit
nesses, 10 of whom were summoned
by the prosecution, required only one
hour and 10 minutes to reach its
decision.
The defendant, who remained self
possessed throughout the trial, re-
ceived the verdict without the slightest
change of expression. Prior to leav-
ing the court room, he turned to the
IL men and said:
II thank you gentlemen for finding
me innocent"
Later he expressed to reporters his
puzzlement, previously voiced from the
witness stand. as to why Henry Ed
wards, 58-year-old colored man for
merly employed by him, should have
attempted to involve him in the muir
der. Edwards was jointly indicted
with Hummer last September and
pleaded guilty to the murder charge
last Tuesday. At request Of counsel
his sentence was deferred by Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy, who said yester-
day he would pronounce sentence next
week.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
DEFICIENCY BILL
PASSAGE DUE SOON
Senate Scheduled to Send
Measure to Conference
During Next Week.

The deficiency appropriation bill
containing $165,775 for the District
Government, including funds to start
the social security program. is due to
pass the Senate next week and enter
the final stage of conference with the
House.
In reporting the measure yesterday
the Senate Appropriations Committee
added $500 to the District section OF
the bill to install water supply sys-
tenn at the District Workhouse at
Occoquan, Va.
Reduction in House Text.
The only reduction in the House
text was the striking out of $200,00
item to enable the Federal Govern
ment to purchase the building at 1924
F street, which the Government has
been occupying as rented quarters fol
several years. The final decision or
the question will be up to the con-
ferees, if the Senate passes it as re-
ported from committee.
District items in the House bill,
which the Senate committee did not
change, include: To begin payment
of old-age pensions, $4,000; to be-
gin pensioning needy blind persons,
$22 500, and for enforcement of new
smoke regulations, $3.50.
Security Appropriation.
This deficiency bill also contains
the initial appropriation for the Fed
eral Social Security Board, which will
supplement the pensions paid to needy
aged and blind persons by the District
and the States.
The Senate committee also reported
out the Independent Offices appropria-
tion bill, in which the principal pro-
vision of local interest Is an install
ment of 100000 toward carrying out
the George Washington Memoria
Parkway project, along the Potomac
in cooperation with Maryland anc
Virginia. This was in the House bill
and was not changed.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
G0LDFlND PUTS BOY
IN REFORM SCHOOL
Codiscoverer of Baltimore Treas
ure Sentenced for Auto
Violations.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, February IA pot
of gold' found by two boys in cellar
here more than year ago, today sent
one of them to the Maryland Training
School for Boys for an indefinite term.
The boy is Theodore Jones, II, who
bought an automobile with part OF his
share of the gold. He was sentenced
for driving without license, reckless
driving, having no registration card
and attempting to avoid arrest by turn
ing off lights.
Patrolman Thomas Schamburg testi-
fled in Traffic Court that Jones almost
hit q milk wagon on a bridge. and
almost hit the policeman. Traffic Court
records showed the boy had been ar
rested last Summer for reckless driving
and put on probation.
evidently you had been drinking"
Magistrate Donald Roman told the
youth. "You have had one chance
here. You cannot have another.
am committing you to the Maryland
Training School for Boys. The length
of your stay there will be determined
by your conduct"
Judge Roman said the case was one
of the most fragrant he had ever had
before him.
Jones and Henry Grob, 16, found
about $4,000 worth Of gold coins in a
cellar in August, 1884. and later found.
they said. about $4,000 more. Their
right to the money is being contested.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
R0rnh Goes to Modest Home
For C0I0red Messengers Rites

the cemetery. A stiff wind swept
snowy spray in the faces Of those
present.
Borah, who was picketed by Negroes
in Brooklyn this week for opposing
the Costigan-Wagner anti-lynching
bill, inquired of Mrs. Patterson
whether she had been born in slavery.
She replied nd, after thanking the
Senator profusely for attending the
funeral.
Patterson, who leaves a widow, went
to the committee in the days when
Henry Cabot Lodge Of Massachusetts,
was chairman. When Borah took the
Craftsmanship in 1924, Patterson con-
tinued. The friendship deepened.
Under Borah, Patterson was more
than a messenger. He didn't like out
siders around the committee room,
with its many secret documents and
papers of international importance. SO
be cleaned the room himself.
Evening star., 1936-02-01

Third street, was seriously injured by
q hit-and-run driver while walking
on Union Station Plaza last night. At
Gallinger Hospital, it was said he may
have q fractured skull.
James A. Motely, 38, Of 2022 Monroe
street northeast, and Dominic j. Bolla-
fello, %, OF 1920 North Capitol street,
suffered cuts and bruises when the
automobiles they were driving collided
in the first block of New York avenue
northeast. Both were treated at Sib-
ley Hospital Motely later was charg-
ed at the second precinct with reck-
less driving.
Myrtle Miller. %, Of 300 Raleigh
street southeast, passenger in a
Board of Public Welfare ambulance
suffered head injuries when the am
bulance collided with an automobile
operated by Edward L. Glen. A. Of
St. David's Church, Va. The accident
occurred at Nichols avenue near St
Elizabeth's Hospital. The ambulance
was driven by George Norris, 80, o1
1921 Ninth street southeast.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
Sid K0lker,, Grid
Star of C.. ". L., to
Wed Miss Shapiro
High School Romance
Leads to Altar at Adas
Israel Synagogue.

Sid Kolker, %. George Washington
University foot ball star and former
captain of the Mckinley High School
team, will be married to Miss Beatrice
Shapiro, %, tomorrow afternoon. The
romance began in high school days.
The ceremony will be performed in
Adas Israel Synagogue at 5 o'clock.
Later the couple will take honey
moon trip through the South, return
ing February % for Kolkers midyear
graduation.
Beginning five years ago, when
Kolker was star athlete at Tech
and Miss Shapiro was a student at
Eastern High School. the romance
continued through Kolker's four years
of college. He completed his academic
course last Wednesday.
The bride, also a student at George
Washington. is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Max Shapiro. 655 Sixteenth
street northeast Kolker lives with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kolker,
1916 Buchanan street.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
FATAL
TOL0CAL WOMAN
Miss Jean Baxter, Found
Unconscious in Park,
Was Library Aide.

Miss Jean c. Baxter, 81. former
senior library assistant at the Naval
Medical School, died at Georgetown
University Hospital this morning OF
exposure suffered when she lay un-
conscious for an undetermined time
early yesterday on the ice Of Rock
Creek near the P street bridge.
Miss Baxter had left her home at
$40 A street southeast Thursday night
while her housekeeper was preparing
dinner. The housekeeper notified po-
lice when her employer failed to re-
turn and a lookout was broadcast, but
nothing further was heard of the
missing woman until a pedestrian
crossing the bridge saw her still form
lying on the ice in the ravine btlow
He telephoned police, and Miss Bax-
ter was removed to the hospital in a
patrol wagon.
There it was learned both feet were
frozen and she was suffering from
exposure and shock. Police were un-
able to learn how long Miss Baxter
had lain on the ice.
Scratches on her forehead and
knees indicated she had fallen while
walking through the park. Police be-
lieved the fall rendered Miss Baxter
unconscious or had so weakened her
she was unable to rise.
Miss Baxter retired from the Naval
Medical School library in 1888.
Previously, she had served in the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as
clerk in the Navy Department.. She
entered the Government service here
February 20, 1918. and was in the
bureau until 1921. when she went
to the Naval Medical School. The
records show she was born here No
vember 25, 1881.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
C|TY'S COLD WAVE
IN 1OTHDAY HEADS
| FOR NEW RECORD
12.Degree Low Tonight and
Clear Skies Forecast
! by Weather Unit.
SNOW DUE TOMORROW;
| STEAMER FROZEN FAST
Steamer Northland Battles Poto-
mac Ice After 12-Hour Delay
in Departure

All modern records for long period
cold waves here seemed headed for
destruction today as the Capital en-
tered its tenth day Of below-freezing
temperatures with no relief in sight.
Predicting clear skies this afternoon
and tonight, the Weather Bureau said
the mercury probably will drop to IL
degrees overnight. Tomorrow will
be cloudy, probably followed by snow
at night, the forecaster added.
Frozen fast at her dock and faced
with a solidly frozen river, the North
land. one of the Washington Norfolk
steamships, Cancelled her sailing last
night for the first time in l8 years.
The vessel departed at am today,
however, in an attempt to breakh
through the icebound Potomac. The
vessel carried quite number of pas
sengers, but no trouble was expected.
Sister Ship Departs.
The steamer made slow headway
through Washington Channels as
blocks of ice 8 and 10 inches thick
filled the water.
The Washington bound boat was
held at Norfolk until midnight so she
would not get into the river until
about midday. She was expected TO
arrive here in the early afternoon.
Harbor police reported IL feet Of
ice piled up opposite Indian Head,
Md The District of Columbia, bound
here from Norfolk and expected to ar.
rive about noon yesterday. die not ar
rive until late last night.
Not since 1918 ha. the Norfolk
overnight boat been forced by cold
weather TO cancel a sailing
41-Year Mark May Go.
A 4l-year record will be shattered
if the mercury continues to stay
below the freezing point for three
more days. The all-time mark for
consecutive days of below freezing
weather was set in February, 1895.
when the thermometer failed TO reach
80 for II days. In January, 1898.
10 consecutive days of subfreezing
weather were recorded in row. This
mark was tied last December.
The present cold wave started Jan.
uary % when, after reaching 48 de-
grees at 8 pm. the temperature
dropped to 80 an hour later. The
maximum temperature recorded in the
past 10 days is 26.
Yesterdays high mark was 49, at
pm. The mercury dropped to 13
at midnight and by am. had fallen
TO 10.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
SON IS CONVICTED
IN DEATH OF FATHER
Four-Year Sentence on Man.
slaughter Verdict Will
Be Appealed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MATHEWS, Va, February ii.
Wesley Nelson. jr., "a, was free in
$4,000 bail today as his attorneys
planned an appeal from four-year
penitentiary' sentence imposed on the
youth last night. He was found guilty
Of manslaughter in the killing of his
father.
Out two hours after trial which
consumed two days and attracted
great interest locally, the jury re-
turned with a verdict of guilty Of
manslaughter instead OF the murder
verdict asked.
Both Nelson and his mother testi-
fed they had lived in fear Of his
father. The elder man was heavy
drinker, both said, and when drunk
would threaten his family with knives
and loaded guns. On one occasion.
Mrs. Nelson said, he beat her with
his fists, breaking her nose.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator William E. Borah, one OF
the leading candidates for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination, yester-
day attended the funeral and burial
of c. c. Patterson. go, colored mes
senger for the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee since World War
days.
Patterson, who died Thursday. lived
at 1865 Florida avenue northeast. His
death brought messages OF sorrow
from Chairman Pittman and other
members Of the committee.
The funeral services and burial were
in Rockville, Md, home Of Pattersons
93-year-old mother, Mrs. Eliza Pat
terson.
After the ceremony in the modest
frame house Of Mrs. Patterson, widow
Of q Civil War soldier, Borah went
with abAut so friends Of 1atterson to
Evening star., 1936-02-01
SECOND MAN DIES
after ROAD CRASH
Car and Truck Collided on so
Toot.Wide Section of Rich.
mond Highway.
By q Stan Correspondent Of The Star.

BY Stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, February H.
An automobile accident near Acco-
tink, on the Richmond Highway,
Thursday claimed its second victim
early today when Willis beavers, ~, of
Accotink, driver of one machine, died
from internal injuries at the Alexan-
dria Hospital.
beavers companion, Joseph Lyde,
80, of Cheraw, S. c., died Thursday
afternoon from multiple injuries.
Their automobile and q truck op-
Grated by Bank Wade. 2l Of Danville
crashed almost head-on on q 5O-foot
wide section of the highway between
Fort Belvoir and Accotink. DR.. Llew-
ellyn Powell, city coroner. said hi,
investigation revealed both drivers at.
tempted to avoid. the collision by
swerving their vehicles to the wrong
side of the road.
Wade, who sustained two fractured
ribs, is being detained at the hospital
under police guard.
DR.. william B. wilkins, deputy city
coroner, who took over duties of DR.
Powell yesterday. said ne will make ar
Investigation of beavers death latel
today.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
aR%5FI8
SECOND OFFENSE SPEEDING.

SECOND OFFENSE SPEEDING.
M. Kendell Evans, 1456 Ogden street,
IS miles, $50.
Jack Joyner, 1900 Ninth street. IS
miles, $25.
Louis A. Applebaum, 1903 q street
southeast. SO miles, $40.
FIRST OFFENSE SPEEDING.
Raymond Duke, Tennessee, IS miles,
80.
John J. Mershon. 5013 Georgia ave-
nue., 81 miles, SO.
Ode Jones, 1923 Cherry Hill. 10
miles, SIS.
Hugh F. Vivian, 1445 Spring road
81 miles, SO.
william q. Pichen, 2307 Thirty.
ninth street. 81 miles, SO.
Jerome Rosen, 53l8 Illinois avenue,
SO miles, $l3.
Ezra N. Williams. 5425 Connecticut
avenue, 50, miles, $13.
Stanley p. Houchen, 3605 s street,
81 miles, S..
Charles v. Darby. Maryland. 30
miles. IS.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
SKULL FRACTURED
IN H|T-RUN CRASH
C. S. Logsdon, N. A. A. En-.
pIoye, in Critical Condition
After Accident.

Charles S. Logsdon, 26, Of 4512
Eighth street, an employe of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association, was
critically injured early today when
hit-and-run motorist crashed into
his automobile near Thirteenth and T
streets.
Logsdon suffered fractured skull
and internal injuries At Garfield
Hospital. physicians described his con-
Evening star., 1936-02-01
R. B. MORSE DIES:
NOTED ENGINEER
Chief Of Suburban Sanitary Com
mission Stricken Following
Operation.

BY staR Correspondent Of The Star.
HYATTsvILLE. Md. February L.
Robert Brooks Morse, IS, chief engi-
neer Of the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission and former chief
engineer sof the Maryland State De-
partmept Of Health, died In sibley
Hospital, Warrington, last night.
He xntered the hospital about 10
days ago for what was considered q
minor operation. Death was due to
septicemia.
Regarded Is one Of the outstanding
sanitary engineers In the Eastern
States, Mr.. Morse leaves many engt-
ueering structures and articles.
He pioneered . new held when he
designed and built the concentric
filters at the new Burnt Mills water
works. an achievement which attracted
wide attention In the engineering
world.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
800 PERSONS EXPECTED
AT TRADE BOARD DINNER
"Horse and Buggy Days" Theme
of Entertainment at Annual
Midwinter Fete.

More than 800 members and guests
are expected to attend the annual
Midwinter dinner of the Washington
Board Of Trade at the Mayflower
Hotel at Gas o'clock tonight.
Immediately preceding the dinner
an informal reception will be held by
officers of the board for the guests Of
honor, including diplomats, Govern.
ment officials, members of Congress
and representatives Of trade organ
izations.
The theme of the entertainment will
be Horse and Buggy Days" and a
special car from New York will bring
a group Of professional entertainers
here for the occasion.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
ENGINEER RETIRES

Augustus c. Putnam, an assistant
engineer Of the staff Of the Public
Utilities Commission, was retired yes
terday, ending 81 years Of Govern
ment service He had been attached
to the commission since 1914, when the
group first was created by act of Con-
gress.
Members of the commission STAN
yesterday staged a farewell party for
the veteran worker. =
Evening star., 1936-02-01
ALLIGATOR HUNT Is SET
TONIGHT AT Y. M. c. A.
Two Reptiles Are Brought From
Everglades for Event in
Swimming Pool.

Two lively alligators, just from
Florida, were being groomed today as
prospective victims of a. real alligator
hunt by older boys of the Y. M. c. A.
and their girl friends at $50 O'Clock
tonight In the pool of the Y. M. G. A.
boys department, 1882 G street.
The reptiles were ordered for the
occasion from an alligator farm in
the Everglades. They are about foot
long, and while not ferocious, are said
to be quite lively.
The reptile hunt will be the high
light Of splash party and dance
sponsored by the "Y" boys depart
ment. The program includes games
and refreshments.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
Tax Sale Advertised.

EDMONSTON, Md, February l
(SpeclaD.-All property on which
town taxes for 1895 have not been
paid are being advertised for sale at
public auction on March 2. The sale
will be conducted on the lot east OF
the post Office by Town Treasurer
Henry A. Eberle. starting at 10 am.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
THIRD MIAMI PLANE
Daily Service Augmented to Take
Care of Traffic,

A third daily plane from Washing
ton to Miami was added today by the
Eastern Air Lines to take care Of the
increased passenger travel South dur
ing the late Winter season.
The added plane, 14-passenger
Douglas airliner, was scheduled to take
off at Washington Airport at Sis
pm. today and to arrive at Miami at
1890 o'clock tonight. Intermediate
stops were scheduled at Raleigh, Sa-
vannah and Jacksonville Returning,
the plane will leave Miami at p.m.,
reaching Washington at 8:55 pm.
Evening star., 1936-02-01
Philosophical Society to Meet.

Herbert Dingle. professor of astro-
physics at the Imperial College Of
Science and Technology London, will
speak on "The Physical Universe" at
a meeting of the Philosophical So
ciety of Washington at $50 o'clock
tonight at the Cosmos Club.
Evening star., 1936-02-01

QlClOu dS cA"
tremely serious"
Logsdon is as
sistant to the Sec
retary of the
Federation Aero.
nautique Inter-
rationale Com
mittee Of the
N. A. A.
Four other per-
sons were injured,
one seriously. in
traffic miShapS
yesterday a n d
early today.
Sherman NAL
L. IA II nAo
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-02-21
Congressman Protests
Closing of CCC Camps

Washington, D. G. (ILNS)-A
charge that projected abandonment Of
1000 CCC camps is "unjustifed and
unreasonable" was made on the house
floor by Representative Jed Johnson,
of Oklahoma
Johnson said word has gone out
to abandon 700 camps April /, and
800 others have been abandoned in
a move to cutpersonnel from 100000
to 100000 youths.
No part Of the New Deal is as
popular as the CCC," Johnson said.
1T needs no defense" y
He said that it was uneconomical,
since many Of the camps have not
completed their programs.
johnson asserted that the CCC has
planted more than 500,000,000 trees
and that experts value work already
completed at $500,O00,0oO.
Congress ought to help those boys
in the camps and not send them back
home to the DOLE he said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-02-21
JAMES B. BECK
DIED

Mr.. James b. Beck, age "a, highly
respected resident Of this city, passed
away at 1920 o'clock Wednesday
night at his home, 324 Heaton street,
following a Today illness due to COM
plications.
He was united in marriage with
Miss Christine Kettman, Of this city,
April Is, 1885, and had celebrated
his golden wedding anniversary last
April.
The deceased was a stationary engi-
neer, and for many years was mem
Der of the International Union of
Operating Engineers, Local No. 81.
BY his industry and faithfulness, he
won the respect and confidence of his
fellow craftsmen.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Chris
tine Beck; one daughter, Mrs. Peter
Braun; two sons, Bernard and Alois
Beck, and two brothers, John and
Dennis Beck, of Newport, Ky.
Funeral services were held from
the home Saturday at $50 a. M, and
were followed by requiem high mass
at st. Stephens Church. Interment
st. Stephens Cemetery
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-02-21

$4,000 a year; National Museum,
Smithsonian Institution
Associate public health engineer,
$4,000 a year; and assistant public
health engineer, $4,000 a year; U. S.
Public Health Service, treasury de-
partment.
Full information may be obtained
from Stanley B. Kimble, secretary of
the u. S. Civil Service Board of Ex-
aminers, at the post office in this
city.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-02-21
Coal Board Prepared
To Fix Minimum Prices

Washington, D. G. GLNs) II
necessary, in the interest of the con-
sumer," the National Bituminous
Coal Commission is prepared to es-
tablish maximum, as well as mini
mum, prices in the coal industry
G. F. Hosford, commission chairman,
warned
Primarily, we have all thought in
terms Of minimum prices" Hosford
said during a hearing on price sched-
ules for the eastern bituminous field
Keep in mind, however, that the
commission has the further power
if circumstances warrant, to fix max
imum prices
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-02-21
Miners Support United
Textile Workers Bill

Washington (UNS) Endorsement
of the Ellenbogen textile bill, spon-
sored by the United Textile Workers
Union, was unanimously voted by the
United Mine Workers convention.
Secretary Thomas Kennedy, of the
y. NJ. W. A., pointed out that the
national textile bill is in nearly all
respects similar, for its industry, to
the Guffey bill for the bituminous
coal industry.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1936-02-21
Flat Glass Workers Win

Pittsburgh (ILNs)-Five thousand
glass workers returned to work on
January q with an average wage in
crease Of 5 per cent as the major
award Of their 26-day strike
On January 26, representatives Of
the federation Of Flat Glass Workers
Of America and Of the Independent
Window Glass Manufacturers group
meeting here since Wednesday, ended
negotiations in accord and signed a
new one-year pact effective Janu-
ary 81.