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The Washington times., 1936-12-16
FRAUD IN RAIL
FINANCING
PR0BED

An alleged $23, 100000 falsifica,
ton Of the books of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad, while controlled
by the late Van Sweringen
brothers, was probed anew today
at the Senate inquiry into rail,
road financing.
Chairman Wheeler CD of Mon,
tana and Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Joseph B. Eastman
both charged the railroads records
were falSified in relation to a con
tract for purchase of Kansas City
terminal properties from another
Van Sweringen subsidiary.
20 Millions Concealed
They charged the railroad con
cealed a SIC, 100000 liability, repre-
sented by the terminal contract
and listed $3,200,0O0 already raid
on account for the terminals as
current assets" in a New York
bank.
They pointed out the Interstate
Commerce Commission in 1884
forced the railroad to list the
$3,200,00O as "unadjusted debts" "
The whole transaction has since
been branded as void and illegal
by Federal Judge Charles B. Farls
in Kansas City, and a trustee IN
bankruptcy is now suing to recover
the $1,000, 900 for the railroad.
The committee also was studying
a recommendation by Eastman
that Federal railroad regulation be
strengthened to prevent creation
of holding companies for the con
troll of carriers. Eastman con
demned the Van SWeringen meth
ods used in the Missouri Pacific
terminal transaction.
Eastman declared:
"The result of the incorrect
accounting was that the Mis-
souri, Pacific presented false
record of its current assets, of
its liabilities and of its income
account.
ut was enabled to make this
false showing to its advantage
at q time when it was in great
financial peril. On the other
hand, Terminal Shares, Inc, by
correct accounting, was able to
make q showing likewise to its
advantage"
TRANSACTION SCORED
Commenting on Missouri, Pa
cific railroads acquisition of the
Missouri terminals after the secu
rites had been passed through
several Van Sweringen holding
companies in an alleged scheme
to circumvent Missouri law re
quiring the State commission to
pass on the sale of such issues,
Eastman went on:
First, the transaction was Of
such q nature as to defeat, in
certain respects, the commits
siOn's II. C. c. jurisdiction
over the acquisition of control
of one railroad company by an
other.
Second, the transaction, con-
Sidering its entire history is an
illustration of what may be ac-
cOmplished through the excess
lively loose and indefenSible prac-
ticeS in which we indulge in this
country in the creation of cor
pOratiOnS.
"The Van SweringenS created
corporations at will for any de-
sired purpose and gave birth to
a multitude of them"
The Washington times., 1936-12-16

Departures from Normal
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January l, 1896, 375.
Deficiency of temperature since
December l, 1886, IT.
Accumulated deficiency of pre-
cipitation since January l, 1886,
1.54.
Excess of precipitation since De-
cember /, 1886, 1.52.
Tide Table
High tide today 9:35 a. m. and
9:53 p. m.
Low tide today Ala a. m. and
4:06 p. m.
High tide tomorrow 1915 a. m.
and 1925 p. m.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
u. S, WEATHER FORECAST

Low tide tomorrow 4:52 a. m.
and 4:43 p. m.
Sun and Moon
The sun rose today 1920 a. m
and sets 4:fT p. m.
The sun rises tomorrow 7:21
a. m. and sets 4:47 p. m.
The moon rises today 9:15 a. m.
and sets 1882 p. m.
The moon rises tomorrow 9:49
a. m. and sets 8:36 p. m.
Temperatures In other Cities
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
900 to Get Bonus

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Dec.
Is Q.N.S0.-Barney Rubin, presi,
dent of the Aplo Clothing Com
pany, today announced 5 per
cent bonus, amounting to between
$4,000 and 100000, will be paid
the 900 employees Of the concern
here.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
Temperatures In other Cities
Planning Match

Banking on Fred Perry as a
real drawing card in tennis, ar
rangements are being made to have
the British Cup ace meet Ellis
worth Vines in Philadelphia Janu-
ary %.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16

Of finance. 1t is estimated that
December revenues will be greater
than at first expected, but the gov
ernment is resolved not to allow
new expenditures.
The Washington times., 1936-12-16
Chile to Have Surplus

SANTIAGO, Chile.-Chile will
have a surplus of 10000, 900 pesos
at the year-end, according to fig
ures made public by the ministry
The Washington times., 1936-12-16

District of Columbia-Rain to-
night and possibly Thursday morn
ing; warmer tonight, lowest tenn
perature about 40 degrees; moder-
ate easterly winds, becoming vari-
able.
Maryland-Rain tonight and
probably Thursday morning;
warmer tonight.
Virginia-Rain this afternoon
and early tonight; Thursday
mostly cloudy; not much change
in temperature.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
PACKING FIRM SUES
FOR PROCESS TAXES
Cudahy Co. Seeks Return of $11,.
9OS,9S3.S3 Paid Under In
validated A. A. a.
az the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 19.-The Cudahy
Packing Co. filed suit today in Fed
eral Court to recover $11 ,908, ,983.83
paid to the Government in processing
taxes under the invalidated A. A. A.
The suit was the first of its kind to
be filed by any packer here, although
packers were successful in court ac-
tions to regain impounded processing
tax money.
Carl Perkins, assistant United
States attorney, said the Government
would fight the case vigorously.
In q decision returned in January
following the invandation Of the A.
A. A., the Supreme Court ruled that
some 5000, 1000 900 Of impounded proc
essing taxes would have to be returned
to the professors.
The decision, however, did not rule
on the right of the professors to Ge-
cover more than one billion dollars
Of processing taxes not impounded.
This question was not specifically
raised and the court refrained from
passing on the validity of an A. A. A.
amendment providing that, in the
event the crop control act were in
validated, professors could recover
taxes paid only upon showing they
had been unable to pass the tax on
to the consumer.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Eight Conuicts Are Subdued
By Guards IN Riot OF, Train

"The men began to shout for mar
cotics. They seized the card tables
and hurled them at U.s."
A struggle, Chicago police said last
ed hah-hour, ensured.
Notified Of the outbreak, IS Chi
cago detectives, Government narcotic
agents and DR.. Leonidas Barry, police
surgeon, raced to the La Sale Street
Terminal. But the mutineers were
handcuffed and under control when
the train arrived.
DR.. Barry said he treated the
bruises and bandaged the cuts CT the
injured men and administered seda-
tiveS.
Another Pullman car was provided,
the party switched from the New
York Central to the Santa Fe lines
and departed later for Leavenworth.
Chicago police named the convicts
as Henry Hacker, Jerry Mullaney,
Harry Luzny, Otto Dusing, Alfred
Erueyor, Ralph johnson and two
Negroes, Richard Smith and Harry
Haley. HALEY, they said, was con.
victed eo1nter4dfng,
Evening star., 1936-06-19
NEUTRAL DECREE
WITHDRAWAL NEAR
Administration Is Delaying,
However, in Absence
of Facts.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN

The administration is prepared to
withdraw in the near future the proc
lamation President Roosevelt issued
on October S, 1885, placing an en-
barge on the export of arms and
ammunitions to Italy and Ethiopia.
The delay in withdrawing the proc
lamation, it was authoritatively stated
today, is due to the fact that there
has not been enough facts on hand
to determine whether a war was still
going on or not.
In pursuance Of the neutrality act
Of August, 1885, the President was
compelled to declare that a state of
war existed between Ethiopia and
Italy from the moment Italian troops
crossed the frontier and men were
killed in a regular battle.
But it Is more difficult to determine
whether the war is over.
The Italians are in physical occu-
patton Of about two-thirds of Ethiopia,
where Italian military and civil ad-
ministration has been established But
that in itself does not mean that the
war has come to an end. There still
is sporadic fighting between Italian
troops and Ethiopian guerillas. Be-
cause of this situation, President
Roosevelt has hesitated about with
drawing the proclamation he issued
last October.
Recently there have been sufficient
reports to indicate to the satisfaction
of the United States Government that
these guerilla fights have assumed a
purely local character-they are
mostly conflicts between the consti-
tuted authorities and brigands.
These facts, together with the pend
ing decision of the League of Nations
to lift the sanctions the Geneva or
ganization has placed against Italy,
have determined the American Gov
ernment to withdraw the Presidents
proclamation and make 1t lawful
again for American exporters to sell
arms and ammunition to Italy. At
the same time, the ban against Amer
ican citizens travelling on Italian ships
will be lifted.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
THREE IN HOME
FOUNDSTRANGLED
Mans Thumbprint Strength.
ems Belief Mother and
Two Murdered.
P1 the Associated Press.

PITTSBURGH, June 19.-Coroner's
physicians reported today an autopsy
showed strangulation caused tht
death Of Mrs. Eleanor Feely. 3O-year.
old wife Of University Of Pittsburgh
instructor, and their two children.
The announcement was made BY
DR.. T. r. Helmbold shortly after de-
tectives disclosed the discovery Of q
mans thumbpriut on hammer
found near the bodies.
The autopsy showed an ice pick
nearly penetrated Mrs. Feely's heart
and that her son Bobby, S, had been
hit on the head with a hammer be-
fore being strangled.
Murder Theory Strengthened.
Chief Bertillcu Operator L. p
Dumont said the discovery of the
thumbprint strengthened the theory
the three had been murdered, but
other investigators held to the belief
Mrs. Feely killed the children and
then herself.
A landlord found the three late
last night in q rear room of their
seven-room apartment.
Officers said all had been stranglet
by makeshift tourniques and stabbed
with an ice pick.
Mrs. Feely was the wife of Martin
Feely, assistant professor of physica
education at Pitt. He hurried home
from Pottersville, N. j., where he at
tended a boys Summer camp.
The children were Bobby, S, who hac
just recovered from scarlet fever, ano
Janice, 8. Bobby lay on his cot, still
wearing his overalls, and the girls body
was in her crib. Police said the slayer
twisted q bathrobe cord around the
boys neck, and a rope around the
girls neck.
Thumb Print on Hammer.
Mrs. Feely was clad in black sill
slip, black shoes and pink under
garment. She wore no stockings. Hel
body lay face down, on the floor, a rops
Of hemp looped around her neck. Under
her throat was q claw hammer, it;
handle thrust through the rope. It haG
been turned until the rope was twisted
tight.
Police Lieut.. George Schmotzer said
he believed the woman killed the chill.
dren and then herself, but Deputy
John Artz of the coroner's office
asserted:
II don't care what the police say
Some fiend-some ghoul-murdered
them"
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Only Cloudburst
Can Halt Fight,
Jacobs Declares
By the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, June 19.-Despite
heavily overcast skies, threaten
ing further rain, Promoter Mike
Jacobs declared this afternoon
only a cloudburst would halt the
15-round heavyweight match slat-
ed tonight between Joe Louis and
Max Schmeling, at the Yankee
Stadium.
Jacobs planned to hold of any
consideration of further postpone
ment until tonight.
At the same time the promoter
said if the weather proved bad
enough to compel a second post
ponement, the fight will be put
over to next Monday night.
Fight fans, as well as Jacobs,
were encouraged by the weather
mans forecast of clearing skies
later in the day.
There was a slight furry In
ticket sales early today, but it
didn't last. There was little basis
for expectation the crowd would
exceed $4,000 or the gate receipts
100000.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
K|DNAPER PAYS
WITH HIS LIFE
Arthur Gooch Is First to Be
Executed Under Lind
bergh Law.
Ry the Associated Press.

McALESTER, Okla, June 1s.-
Arthur Gooch, 27. convicted kidnaper
Of two Texas officers, was hanged at
the State prison here today-the first
person executed for kidnapping under
the Federal Lindbergh law.
The gallows trap was sprung at SOC
am. by Rich Owen, who has elec-
trocuted So men, but never before wit
messed q hanging.
Gooch walked without aid to the
gallows and up the steps.
Between row of guards, the former
Okmulgee butcher boy walked several
hundred feet from his cell to the
gallows in the prison yard.
Clasping the hand of the prison
chaplain, Gooch stepped upon the trap.
adjusted the lapels Of his pocketless
black coat and stood for the placing
of the mask over his head and the
adjusting Of the moose.
Eight Women See Hanging.
Fifteen minutes after the trap was
sprung Gooch was pronounced dead.
n CAOW0 CcIlludtCQ NI ulOIc G1ldu SoU
persons, including eight women. wit
messed the execution.
The condemned mans death-cell
farewell to his 6-year-old son, Billy
Joe, was don't get into any trouble.
SON." The boy had pleaded with
death-row guards. don't hang daddy"
A year and four days ago the
kidnaper was sentenced to death for
abducting two Paris, Tex, officers,
R. N. Baker and H. r. Marks, and
bringing them into Oklahoma. One
of the officers was showed through
a showcase and injured during
scuff1e. thus making the death pen
atty applicable
The case was carried through all
channels of appeal, twice reaching
the United States Supreme Court,
and Gooch was hopeful until late
yesterday. when President Roosevelt
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Astronomers See Star Flame
after Blast 1000 Years Il 90

ed the stellar blast, DR.. Struve said
the star was of the fifteenth magni-
tude and could be seen only in power
full telescopes. Astronomers sky maps
of 1880 identified 1t at that size.
As a result of the explosion, the
star frightened to the magnitude Of
two and a half by last night, DR.
Struve added. Tonight, he said, II
would be still brighter.
Although the light Of the explosion
reached the earth only last night, the
star actually blew up" 1000 and 5000
years ago, DR.. Struve declared.
This Is true, he explained, because
the star is SO far away. Van Bies-
brock estimated the distance at two
TO three thousand light years.
The star can be seen, DR.. Struve
said, ION the boundary line" between
tSee NEW STAR, Page So
Evening star., 1936-06-19
SALZBURG FESTIVAL
PLOT is UNCOVERED
Austrian Officials Arrest Publicity
Director and IL
Youths.
BY the Associated Press.

6y the Associated FteSS.
SALZBURG, Austria, June 19.-
Police said today they had uncovered
a Nazi plot to disrupt the approaching
Salzburg music festival with terror
istic acts.
Among the plans, it was alleged
were included the tossing of tear gas
and stencil bombs.
Max Christianell, publicity director
for the festival and IL youths were
arrested.
Tension developed along the Bavar-
ian border today when German
frontier guards refused to permit AUS
trian workers to 60 to their jobs in
Germany.
Austrian officials did not retaliate
Immediately, but they pointed out they
could exclude German workers from
Austria on the basis of the regional
agreement.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
QUESTIONABLE RO,u Flares
In Debate on District Bill
BIantOn Silent as Cannon Locks Horns
With Keller, Defending Texan-Taber,
Rankin, SissOn and Norton Speak.

Controversy over the QUESTIONABLE
mailed out by Representative Blanton,
Democrat. of Texas to ascertain the
religious and political views of Dis
trict public school teachers f1ared up
today in the House during considera-
ton of the conference report on the
1887 District appropriation bill.
Blanton himself had nothing to say
although it was believed he might
try to get the floor later in the day,
particularly to answer two attacks
made on him yesterday by Represent
ative Keller, Democrat, of Illinois.
Those taking part in the debate on
the floor today were:
Keller. whose major attack yesterday
was an attempt to have Blanton CEN
sured for sending the QUESTIONABLE;
Representatives Cannon, Democrat, of
Evening star., 1936-06-19
SHIPS AT PORTSMOUTH

PORTSMOUTH, England, June 10
R.-The United States battleships
Arkansas, wyoming and Oklahoma
arrived here today on the Summer
Naval Academy cruise.
The ships, commanded by Rear Ad-
miral Wilson Brown. are to remain
until June ~.
Midshipmen on the cruise are to
inspect gunnery and torpedo schools,
the submarine depot and the Marine
headQuaxters ak the naval dock yard.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Ry the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, June 19.-Eight rebel
iious convicts, subdued by their i've
guards in q riotous battle aboard q
speeding train, were whisked OF to
the Leavenworth Penitentiary today
The felons. seven of them mar
cotics law violators. were en- route
from Toledo, Ohio, to the Federal
prison last night when they sud-
denly rose In mutiny.
They screamed demands for mar
cotics, fought their warders, hurled
glasses and tables, shattered windows
and wrecked the interior of their
private Pullman car before they were
forced into submission.
United States Deputy Marshal Jesse
Sell Of Toledo, in charge Of the con-
victs and the four other deputies.
reported:
"Just as we passed Elkhart, Ind,
the prisoners asked that their bonds
be removed so they could play cards.
I allowed the handouts to come Oh,
but left the leg irons on.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Fy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated fresS.
WILLIAMS BAY, Wis, June 10
The new star which blazed up sud-
denly in the sky last night Is explod-
ing at the rate of 500 miles q second,
DR.. Otto Struve, director Of Yerkes
Observatory of the University Of Chi
cago, reported today.
The speed was determined bS
spectrum studies made by DR.. George
Van Biesbrock of the observatory
when the nova was first observed in
telescopes last night, DR.. Struve said.
Light from the star showed that n.y.
drogen and helium gas was peing
thrown OF by the faraway sun at
that rate.
The explosion, the observatory d.
rector explained, was what made the
star visible to the naked eye.
Before some mysterious 1oses Start.
Evening star., 1936-06-19

Missouri: Taber, Republican, of New
York; Chairman Norton Of the Dis
trict Committee. Representative Ran
kin, Democrat, of Mississippi, and Rep
reSentative SiSson, Democrat, Of New
York. author Of the widely discussed
bill to repeal the so-called "red rider"
to the 1886 District appropriation act.
The question bobbed up when Can
non took the floor to compliment Blan-
ton on his work on the District appro-
priation bill.
Keller interrupted Cannon and
asked him If Blanton's action in send
ing questionnaires to school teachers
met with his approval
1T certainly does" replied Cannon
Congress has responsibility over the
schools of the District and the Ap-
(See BLANTON, Page 2.)
Evening star., 1936-06-19
PERFECT RECREATION
WEEK END FORECAST
Cloud Reefs to Give Way for
Clear Skies by Night

A week end perfect from a weather
standpoint for recreation seekers was
in prospect today.
Cloud reefs shading the city were
due to part before nightfall, yielding
to generally fair and warmer weather.
The official forecast predicted clear
skies tonight and tomorrow, accom-
panied by warmer weather and gentle
winds. A brief shower may fall this
afternoon, however.
Yesterdays high temperature was IS
degrees at 2:30 pm, degrees lower
than Wednesdays high. The ther-
mometer at $50 this morning regis
tered u, but high humidity gave the
impression Of more intense heat.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
B ULlE TIN

The District Commissioners to-
day filed a petition In the District
Supreme Court stating they be-
lieved Representative Marion A.
Zioncheck of Washington was in
sane and asked that he be CON-
mitted to hospital. Justice Oscar
r. Luhring signed a rule to show
cause and set the hearing for
June 26 before a jury.
Evening star., 1936-06-19

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 10 (R.
--AleE Pehrssons Sweden's new pre-
mier, formed a cabinet today. The
lineup, which was approved by King
Gustav, includes four members Of the
Peasant party in addition to the
premier.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Ex-Premier Of New Zealand Dies

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June
10 R.-Sir William Jones, prime
minister Of New Zealand In 1906, died
today. He was e5 years old.
Evening star., 1936-06-19

to be found in the geographical iso-
lation Of the archipelago itself, Gen.
Macarthur said of the defense plan:
"At the end of the development
period, each island will have a gar
rison of sufficient strength to insure
an effective concentration of force
against troop landing and will be 50
organized, equipped and supplied that
any partial penetration will encounter
bitter and continuous resistance
Evening star., 1936-06-19

Py the Associated Press.
MANILA, P. l., June ia Philip
pine plan to defend every foot of
shore line" in the inhabited islands
with men, torpedo boats and air
planes was submitted to the Common
wealth Assembly today by Maj. Gen.
Douglas Macarthur.
Gen. Macarthur, head of the Amer
ican Military Commission charged
with setting up a low-cost. but air.
tight scheme Of defense, today was
made field marshal Of the Philippine
Army. He formerly was the United
States Army chief of staff.
When the plan attains fruition, he
said in his report to President Manuel
L. Quezon, conquest Of the Philip
pines would be so costly in men and
money as to give pause to the most
ruthless and powerful"
Defense Plan Explained.
Pointing to the element of strength
Evening star., 1936-06-19
WArthur Maps Plan to Guard
Entire Philippines Shore Line
Torpedo Boats, Planes
AduOcated by Ne,U
Field Marshal.

BACKGROUND
Hesitancy Of United States In
granting independence to Philip
pine Islands based partly on fears
that Japan tOould attempt to con-
quer the islands as soon as the
United States ,oas out. American
citizens haze heavy Investments in
islands. Accordingly. Gen. Douglas
Macarthur, former chief OF staff of
the United States Army, ,Das called
in last Fall after establishment of
commonwealth government to lay
out plan OF defense for islands.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
ADJOURNMENT DUE
TOMORROW NIGHT
DESPITE TAX FIGHT.
Opposition in Senate to
Compromise Bill Held
Likely to Fade.
ROBINSON PACKS GRIP
FOR DEPARTURE SUNDAY
Graduated Levies on Corporate
Surpluses Among Major
Changes Planned.
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
Driving toward adjournment Of
Congress by tomorrow night, House
leaders planned an overtime session
tonight to act, If possible, on the
tax compromise.
Evening star., 1936-06-19
TO STRIVE
TO RECOVER GOLD
Finance Head Tells Cham
Der Franc Is Not to Be
DevaIued.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Gripped by financial crisis,
France has had to resort to deS-
perate measures to pay for arma-
ment program launched in 1926,
When Poincare stabilized franc.
Government placed high tar on
government securities. Result has
been flight OF gold abroad and euer-
diminishing French reserpe.
Evening star., 1936-06-19

(see PHILIPPINES, Page So
Evening star., 1936-06-19
Swedish Cabinet Formed.

(See D. c. BILL, Page g.
Evening star., 1936-06-19

(See GOOCH, Page -
Evening star., 1936-06-19

(See BLANTON, Page D.
Evening star., 1936-06-19

tSee NEW STAR, Page s.