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The Washington times., 1936-12-11
ADM. GRAYS0N
WILL MANAGE
INAUGURAL
Will Settle Details
Only After Talk
With President

Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,
chairman of the American Red
Cross, today was appointed chair
man of the inaugural committee
and will Immediately start to pick
out a committee and set to work
on plans for the ceremony Jan
uary 20.
The news of the appointment
came from a simple White House
statement issued by Assistant Sec
rotary Mcintyre:
admiral GraySOn has con-
scented to serve as chairman of
the inaugural committee at the
urgent request of the President.
Any further information will
come from Admiral GraySOn."
HAS HEARD NOTHING
The new chairman, who was
also the chairman of the previous
Roosevelt inaugural, said that he
had received no word from the
President as to the character of
the ceremonies.
Asked whether or not the cere-
monies would be simple" as
President Roosevelt expressed it,
the new inaugural chairman an
Swered:
II have not heard personally
from the President on that sub
ject, and / cannot give out any
suggestions until l see the PreSi.
dent, which 1 am arranging to
do as soon as possible after his
arrival in Washington next
Tuesday. 1 have some suggeS-
tiOnS to make and will discuss
them face to face with the PreSi-
dent. 1t is his Inauguration
and I cannot discuss any plans
until / have seen him."
PERSONNEL UNDECIDED
Admiral Grayson asked whether
he intended to reappoint an in
augural committee with a person
mel similar t othe previous COM
mittee and he answered that this
was one of the subjects still to be
determined upon.
Admiral Grayson was asked
whether he had any predictions
to make as to the weather on
January 20. He replied that for
years he had conducted his win
ter outdoor sports by following the
predictions of the Hagerstown AL
manac and that, as far as his
recollection goes, January 20 will
be bright, fair and warm.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
DUKE ALUMNI
HEAR DEAN

Founders Day Of Duke Uni.
versity was celebrated by more
than 100 alumni at the Shoreham
Hotel last night.
Dean William H. Wannamaker
pleaded for funds to help gradu.
ate students continue their search
for truth" and disseminate it to
the world. He said the South
needs men trained beyond the
undergraduate stage.
Secretary of Commerce Daniel
C. Roper, a graduate of Duke
Chen called Trinity College, in,
troduced Dean Wannamaker.
John H. Small, also a Trinity
graduate, and former Representa-
tive from North Carolina, also
spoke.
Secretary Roper said that spirit
is more essential to a university
than equipment and physical as
sets. He said there are no bar.
riers "of custom or habit" to re-
tard Dukes progress.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
Ken Murray
Says:

Poor Spain! Aside from all
the loss of life in her revolution
the single love affair of one
couple in England has pushed
all the war news almost back to
the want ADJ section Z.
Isn't it strange how a little feL
low like Cupid can hold up the
production of a big firm like
Mars.
You know, the idea of bomb
arding capitals seems to be
growing In Madrid, it's the
aerial bombs bursting. and in
London, cabinet members ex.
plOding.
Funny both England and
Spain are having troubles over
girls who were born in Ameri.
ca In SPANS case, it's
Miss Liberty.
So remember:
All is fair in love and war
g. It's only the statesmen who
act unreasonable.
Copyright. 1886. by McNaught
Syndicate, Inc
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
Record Of Convictions
In Traffic Court

Thomas F. Scheele, 2807 @ St.
N. W., S..
Leonard L. Gray, 1924 Daven-
port st. N. w., IS.
Joseph F. Quick, 1909 Thirty
third st. N. w., IS.
James H. Vincent, Maryland, S..
Michael j. Grad, 1888 Newton
st. N. w., SIS.
James j. McEntee, 1925 Con-
necticut Ave. N. w., SIS.
Thomas Richmond, 2144 New
port Pl. N. w., SIS.
Robert Crowder, 1920 Kenyon
st. N. w., SIS.
Joseph E. Royston, Ills Twelfth
St. N. w., IS.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
First Offense Speeding

Henry I. Silverman. New York,
SIS.
David Fields, 1880 Massachu-
sets Ave. N. W., $40.
Warner H. Frizzell, Maryland,
$40.
Morris M. SilverGrrg, Maryland,
SO.
John G. Johnson, Maryland, IS.
John D. Swanson, 2431 E st. N.
w., S..
Sylvester Shorter, 20s Brooks c..
N. W, S..
Stanley E. Harris, SOL Seward
So, S..
Clarence F. Cockrille, jr., 1900
Newton st. N. E., IS.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11

And by the way, David Windsor,
without throne, is not a bad
catch for a poor girl from Balti-
more. His private income, an
nually, is about 100000 pounds,
or 100000. Parliament will prob
ably vote an equal amount to sus-
tain Mr.. Windsor in exile.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11

"It Is not expected that the
abdication will improve Anglo
American relations" was the
final observation of my European
informant.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
3SuSpectS Seized lin Bank HOldup Attemp
IN A FAMILY OF Il. NEEDING A GOOD FELLOW
VIII You Cheer. Their" Christmas?

HERE ARE TEN of a
needy family Of IL hungry
souls visited by Major n.
Mills Eroh, of the Volunteers
of America and The Times
Good Fellow Editor. The
family faces an unhappy
Christmas, since the father
would like to work but has
been unable to do so. Will
you help cheer them in their
misfortunes? In ternational
News Photo by The Wash
ington Times.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11
City Bank Declares
Dividend and Bonus

Directors of the City Bank have
just declared a S per cent dividend
on the capital stock, according to
announcement by President C. F.
Burton.
The disbursement is payable
January Is, 1887, to stockholders
of record January 5, 1887. The
directors also voted to pay a bonus
to employees equal to one-half their
average monthly salaries.
The Washington times., 1936-12-11

The new King because of his in.
effectual personality can never
appeal to the public as did his
older brother. The David Wind
sor Party therefore will be a dis
rupting influence in the Empire
already critically stricken.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
FAIR AND COOLER
IS FORECAST HERE
Temperature Mounting Slowly,
but Relief From Excessive
Humidity Is Promised.

A forecast of fair and cooler weather,
with light northerly winds, gave the
Capital some hope Of relief from the
excessive humidity today, although the
temperature was mounting slowly.
Cause of principal discomfort, the
humidity was registered at the un-.
usually high figure of 90 per cent at
8 am, with an almost total lack OF
wind contributing to the sticky at
mosphere. BY 2 pm, however. q dry
ing sun and light breeze had brought
it down to 43 per cent. Temperature at
that time was 80 degrees.
Yesterdays humidity ranged from
81 per cent at am. to 68 per cent
at noon, and q Jump to SO per cent
at 8 pm. The maximum temperature
was SO degrees at S pm.
At the Weather Bureau it was ex-
planned that humidity Of IS to 30 per
cent would be most comfortable when
the temperature is around 30 degrees,
but that presence Of q breeze would
counteract higher humidity.
with the fair and cooler weather
expected this afternoon and tonight,
the bureau forecasts q cloudy morn
ing tomorrow and showers in the
afternoon Of evening. The wind VIII
remain northerly and northeasterly.
Evening star., 1936-08-20

after the Japanese visitors have left
the city. Farnsworth probably will be
arraigned next Thursday.
The visiting party. here on a good
will tour, Is composed of Vice Admiral
Zengo Yoshida and approximately
1000 members Of the Japanese Navy.
including officers, midshipmen and
enlisted men.
Admiral william H. Standby, actine
Secretary Of the Navy, told the jap
anese midshipmen yesterday their visit
will be q force toward the breakine
down "of the barrier of doubt and
suspicion which is gradually COMING
between our two peoples"
Itimiya and Yamaki, who were
named but not indicted in the Farms
worth indictment, left WASHINGTON
some time ago and have returned to
Japan. Following the disclosure oi
their identities In the indictment, 9
Japanese naval spokesman In Toxic
said the incident was embarrassing to
the japanese Navy.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
Separate Fathers of T,cins
Pussling Claim, Say Doctors

blood tests might indicate that q
man could not have been the father,
but could not establish identity OF
the father.
DR.. Morris Fishbein, editor Of the
journal of the American Medical As
sociation, commented in Chicago that
such cases were "very rare" but have
been demonstrated scientifically.
II recall two cases in which it was
scientifically demonstrated that twins
could have separate fathers" he
said. zone was about the time Of
the Civil War, when q woman gave
birth to q white child and black
one" He said he did not recall de-
tails of the other case.
Mrs. Magruder said the Columbus
woman's husband had placed the
twins in q Wheeling, w. Va, institu-
tion. She planned to confer with
medical authorities before any action
In the case,
Evening star., 1936-08-20
GERARD EXPLAINS
Bet ON ROOSEVELT
Anglo-Saxons Can't Welch, He
Says, Telling About Can.
ceiling Wager.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 20.-James w.
Gerard explained about that bet to-
day.
The former Ambassador to Ger
many returned to New York from q
trip to Europe full Of optimism that
President Roosevelt would be re-
elected and full of ideas about the
duties Of citizenship.
Before leaving for Europe he had
offered 2 to /, with himself on the
long end of $4,000 wager. to any
conner challenging his statement the
President would win in November.
Then, on the high seas, he settled the
bet when he was taken up-at a cost
Of s3,400.
when I found bettor on an elec-
tion cannot legally vote" he explained,
"I offered to pay the full sum to
charity to call the bet of. An Anglo
Saxon cannot be a welcher. It was
finally settled that pay $1,700 to
Robert Greene, the betting commits
sioner, and the same amount to Le-
grand B. Cannon, who offered to
cover my bet"
He came home to work in the
campaign, observing, 'They always
give me the same job-to 60 out and
get 1t. I'm something of q Labrador
retriever. The only trouble is, when
someone sees me coming, he goes out
the window"
Evening star., 1936-08-20
Farns,oorth Case IsDelayed
Until Toxic Visitors Ledue

The arraignment Of former Lieut..
Comdr. John s. Farnsworth on charges
Of conspiring to sell American naval
secrets to Japan was postponed in Dis
trict Court today for fear Of "embar-
RAISING" visiting japanese naval OH
GERS.
Farnsworth was to have pleaded to
a second indictment. against him which
charged he conspired with Comdr.
Yosiyuki Itimiya and Lieut.. Comdr.
Okira Yamaki, formerly connected
with the Japanese Embassy, to sell in
formation pertaining to the naval af-
fairs of this country.
Farnsworth was brought to the
court house this morning along with
the regular contingent of prisoners
awaiting arraignment, but was re-
turned to the jail shortly after noon
without being brought into the court
room. It was understood high State
Department officials had requested the
postponement Of the arraignment until
Evening star., 1936-08-20
MINE RESCUERS
GROW IMPATIENT
Threaten to Defy Orders
and Force Way Down
PeriIous Shaft.
(Pictures on PAGE A-4)
Pictures on Page A.
Bv the Associated Press.

Bv the Associated Press.
MOBERLY, Mo, August 2o.-Their
patience frayed by two days OF fruit
less rescue efforts, grim company of
coal miners today threatened TO defy
officials and force their way down a
waterlogged gas-hlled air shaft in an
attempt to reach four fellow workers,
entombed in a collapsed mine tunnel
Arnold Griffith. chief State mine
inspector, directing rescue operations
at the main shaft. posted a special
guard at the abandoned air duct to
keep friends of the entombed men
from entering.
Attempts to reach the imprisoned
miners through the air shaft were
abandoned yesterday by Arnold. who
said the narrow vent was filled with
deadly black damp. Four-man res
cue crews. working in relays, concer-
trated their work on the debris-locked
main shaft.
Cavern Followed Fire.
The four miners were entombed
Tuesday afternoon when fire swept
the mine superstructure, causing the
vertical main shaft to crumble.
At the bottom of that shaft the
rescue crews toiled. The four were
caught in one of two horizontal tun-
nels leading away from the base of
the debris-choked shaft. Unless they
barricaded themselves in some recess,
little hope was held that they escaped
the deadly gas fumes now filling the
mine.
Working through the night in 20
minute relays, two men slowly re-
duced the pile, tossing burned timber
and dirt into a 1,000-pound capacity
bucket, while a third man watched
for any signs of the workers being
overcome. Fresh air was blown down
constantly to the three, cramped in
space feet wide.
At Least Is Feet to Go.
If the 15-foot-high cage at the bot
tom of the shaft was intact, the men
had only about rs feet to 60. If it
was only a mass of debris, then the
barrier exceeded 40 feet.
But there was no assurance that
when the men reach the tunnels more
debris would not be encountered. A
pulley, operated by a truck, drew the
full bucket to the surface, where
anxious relatives and friends of the
entombed quartet waited through an
other long night.
Sometime today" was the earliest
promise Griffith could make.
Three Of Four Married.
The imprisoned four were: Dem
mer Sexton, 81, married and father
Of one child; A. w. McCann, so, un-
married; Edward Stonner, jr., 26,
married, and George T. Dameron, q,
colored mule driver, married.
Stonner and Sexton eased the mine
two weeks ago and were getting 1t
ready for operation when fire broke
out.
More than 5000 persons thronged
the area near the mine last night,
crowding as close to the rescue scene
as State highway patrolmen would
permit. Scores of coal miners par
| ticpated in the rescue work.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
Nebraska Finds
Too Much Cash
Can BePrObIen,
Has No Place to De.
post Sl,379,493,
So Holds 1t.

LINCOLN, Nebr, August 20.-State
Treasurer George E. Hall had
unique problem today-Nebraska' S
treasury has too much cash on hand
For instance, the States cash bal
ance increased from S8,l47.507 to
ss,627 900, or s1.379.593. in 10 days
The amount of checks and drafts on
hand now totals 81, ,3S1 900 and there's
no place to deposit them. so they are
held as cash on hand.
Banks" Hall said, do not want
State funds. They have more money
than they can use, and I do not like
to ask them to qualify and give
security for State deposits which are
not likely to remain in banks very
long.
II have q State checking account
on one bank which has asked me tc
withdraw it."
Hall said the balances should dror
in the next four months because oi
heavy scheduled expenditures. A pur-
chase of 100000 worth of Govern
ment bonds has Just been authorized
and the State has no debts to pay
since the State constitution bans
indebtedness.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
OLSON REPORTED
GROWING WEAKER
Governor Tolerates Feeding Will
Increased Difficulty, Say
Doctors.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, Mimi. August 20
Gov. Floyd B. Olson, Minnesotai
Farmer-Labor executive, critically II
of a stomach ailment, is growing
weaker and is having increased diff
Guilty IN feeding. Mayo Clinic physi
clans announced at 8 am. (Centra
standard time) today.
The official bulletin said:
There has been no marked chang,
in the Governors condition. He
apparently somewhat weaker. He
toler4ting feeding with increase,
amount of difficulty. Pulse and tenn
perature are practically normal"
Earlier, Maurice Rose, the Gov
ernor's aide, said his chief spent Z
rather restless night" and sufferet
with intermittent pains which thI
latter indicated were Of q "localizes
nature in the abdomen"
Rose spent the entire night in tn
Governors sick room.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
j. S. SHIPS TOLD
TO LEAVE HARbOR
LoyaIists Warn of Plan to
Bomb Palma, in BaIearic
Islands.
(See ITALY, Page A-2.)

American vessels were given 10
hours today to get out of the harbor
Of Palma, in the Balearic Islands,
or face the dangers Of Spanish
government attack on the rebel-con-
trolled city from air and sea.
Anxious for the safety of 80 Amer
leans still there, the State Depart
ment Immediately instructed the heavy
cruiser Quincy, which arrived at Pal
ma this morning, to sail with all
those who could be persuaded to leave,
including Robert D. Longyear of Cam
bridge, Mass, the American consul.
The warning of an imminent at
tack on Palma was transmitted to
the American consul at Barcelona by
Capt. Alberto Bayo, chief Of gov
ernment military column which has
landed in the islands.
Translation of his message relayed
to the State Department said:
Spanish chivalry obliges me to re-
quest you to advise with the greatest
rapidity vessels of the nation which
you represent which are anchored in
tlAC odJ VI NC tIl1I
10 hours from receipt you advse they
abandon the jurisdictional waters
since I see myself obliged to open
bombardment air and sea against the
said place"
Lynn w. Franklin, consul at BARGE
Iona, Immediately notified the Quincy,
which presumably communicated with
Consul Longyear.
The Spanish officer was believed to
have telegraphed American officials in
Barcelona instead of at Palma in
order to prevent the information fall
ing into the hands of rebel forces at
the latter place.
After the warning the Quincy was
asked to broadcast word of it to all
American shipping in the vicinity.
The battleship Oklahoma was re-
ported also arrived of Palma.
There was no information here as to
what other ships might be in the
threatened zone.
Less than three weeks ago more
than score of Americans were re-
moved from Palma by the American
export liner Exochorda just q few
hours before government airplanes
bombed the city.
Evening star., 1936-08-20
2 CONV|CTS SHOT
BY D. c. FARMER
One of Fugitive Pair Wound.
ed by Buckshot Seriously
Hurt.

Two escaped Maryland convicts,
model" prisoners in the State penal
farm at Roxbury. were in hospitals
here today, brought down by a blast
from the shotgun of District farmer
who thought they might be chicken
thieves.
The fugitives we're: William Oliver.
81, seriously wounded in Casualty
Hospital, and Merrill Gall, alias DON
aid Schock, 36, in Gallinger Hospital
with lesser buckshot wounds in the
face and right hand. They escaped
from the prison farm, 6 miles south
Of Hagerstown, shortly after 10 pm.
last Saturday.
Ellsworth Farr, 74-year-old truck
farmer, was asleep in his home at
3449 Benning road northeast last
night, with 12-gauge shotgun lying
under his bed for protection against
chicken thieves recently prevalent In
that neighborhood.
Awakened by Broken Glass.
He was awakened by the tinkle Of
broken glass from his bed room
window. without getting out of bed,
Farr grabbed his gun and fired one
barrel at the dark window space.
There was a cry of pain and he heard
the patter of hastily retreating feet.
Farr got up, went outside and found
chair under the window and blood
stains on the sill.
Shortly afterward a wounded man
moaning "Oh, God, I've been shot!"
stumbled up to watermelon huck-
ster's stand near Farr's house. Will
liam c.. Beall, 661 F street north
east, newspaper photographer. who
was buying a melon at the stand, took
the injured man to Gallinger, where
he said he was Donald Schock, Sc,
of Baltimore.
Meanwhile, police, on information
that Gall had been seen sitting on a
railroad embankment with another
man just before he was shot, began a
search for his companion.
About 7:30 am. eleventh precinct
police received a call that "a man
injured in an automobile accident"
was lying in field between Benning
road and Central avenue on the Mary
land side of the District line.
Oliver Taken to Hospital.
Policeman R. L. Eubank and Theo-
dore Parks responded in scout car
They found the man later identified
as Oliver and took him to Casualty.
(See CONVICTS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1936-08-20
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,

HYDE PARK, N. Y, August 90
President Roosevelt today is coptinu-
ing his effort to work out program
to meet the additional problems re-
sulting from the drought In the
Northwestern section of the country.
Facts and figures placed before him
since coming here have convinced him
that it is necessary to put an addi-
tional strain on the Treasury in Or
der to extend relief to impoverished
farmers in the drought area and to
meet other problems that have been
presented.
The President today is studying the
situation with Henry A. Wallace, Sec
retary of Agriculture. This afternoon,
at the conclusion Of his conference
with Wallace, he will talk with Louis
j. Taber, master of the National
Grange.
Secretary Wallace, who will accom-
pany the President on his forthcom-
ing inspection tour Of the so-called
"dust bowl" brought to the President
Evening star., 1936-08-20
RUSSIAN PL0TTERS
SOUGHT FASC|SM,
LEADER ADMITS
Zinovieff ConfeSSeS Plan to
Seize Control of Soviet
Government.
MANS SUICIDE BLOCKED
STALIN ASSASSINATION
Conspirator's Secretary Ended
Life Rather Than Garry Out
Death Orders.
ecopyright. 1886. BY the Associated Press)

tCopyright. 1886. BY the Associated Press.D
MOSCOW, August 20.-Gregory
Zinovieff, accused inStigator Of Q
bloody plot against the Soviet regime
| of Joseph Stain, testified at his trial
| today the terrorist conspiracy, if sue
cessful, would have put Russia on the
road to Fascism.
Accepting the full guilt for the con-
spiracy, alleged to have included the
intended assassination of Stain and
other high Soviet figures, the famous
old Bolshevist declared:
IT went all the way from opposi-
ton party power to counter-revolu-
'tion and terrorism and actually Fas-
cism."
Earlier, in a dramatic moment Of
the trial of Zinovieff and Is others,
testimony was brought out that an
attempt to kill Stain in 1884 failed
because Zinovieff's secretary COM
mitted suicide rather than carry oui
the death orders.
Abandoned MARKHAM Principles.
Zinovieff's admission he had
abandoned the principles of Karl Mar,
in resorting to individual terrorism
was made as an explanation of how
and why he plotted to kill Stain ane
unseat the government.
However, Zinovieff defended hi.
actions by saying the evolution oi
our struggle against the party nat.
urally and inevitably led to terrorism
Neither Zinovieff nor Leon Kan.
enef, who preceded him to the stand
made any attempt to deny they vert
fully responsible for the conspiracy.
In fact, Zinovief confessed he hat
lied and deceived others for mani
years, but now, having 40 furthei
illusions" had resolved to tell thi
pure truth"
| He started of with a declaration
that despite whatever the world might
think, his group never broke with tbs
exiled Leon Trotzky. accused as tn,
absent master of the plot, following
their 1927 expulsions from the Com.
munist party.
Deceived the Party.
I'VE never broke or betrayed our
alliance" Zinovieff testified. I'VE did
however, deceive the party by playing
the role of double-crossers through
pledging loyalty anew to the party ia
order to use the same weapons Trotzky
was employing, but in different man
ner."
zinoyieff appeared particularly in
censed by the accusation of another
defendant yesterday that he was
liar"
"Yes," he said, II lied ever sinct
the struggle against the governmen,
started.
"It was necessary to lie
But now I am determined 20 tel
the whole truth.
IT have not the illusions of my grave
L