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Evening star., 1936-02-02
.|CKES ANSWERS
c. OF c. CRITICISM
Welcomes Construction of
Homes by Private Capital,
Says Secretary.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
Defending the P. w. A. housing
policies against criticism by the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, Secretary Ickes said yester-
day he would welcome construction Of
homes by private capital.
His reply to the chamber was issued
at the same time that the United
States conference of mayors called
on Congress to enact the Wagner bill
to provide for a permanent Govern
ment low-cost housing program.
The bill, drafted by Senator Wag-
ner, Democrat, of New York, would
authorize an additional 81 Sl,000,000,000
to continue the low-cost housing work
now under way. The chamber yes
terday demanded that this program be
stopped and that the construction be
carried out by private capital.
Proposal Too Generous.
Ickes called the chambers proposal
that communities pay the rent of the
needy meat trick, but one much
more generous than ever proposed by
the Government"
The secretary added that "after
practically quarter of century the
United States Chamber of Commerce
has finally conceded that We have a
housing problem in this country.
THE housing problem needs Sc
rious consideration by private initia-
tive which will make good housing
available to all peaple,' he said. Par
ticipation of private capital in hous-
ing the lower income groups would
be welcomed, and has been repeatedly
advocated by P. w. A. When Will
it be forthcoming?
Funds Not Included.
No funds for continuing the pres
ent P. w. A. housing program. which
Is now carrying out a $4,000 600
program intended to accommodate
$4,000 persons, were included in the
Presidents budget message. A recent
ruling by Controller General j. r. Nc.
Carl will require additional legisla-
ton to permit the Government to
charge rents on 55-per- of the
cost basis.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
VACANCIES WIN TAX CUT
FOR TAlLEST BUILDING

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February because
approximately half of its 86 floors are
vacant. the Empire State Building,
New York's tallest skyscraper. has
been given a S500,000 reduction in
assessed valuation, it was disclosed
today in the city's tax books for 1886.
The building, of which Alfred E.
Smith is the operating head, is now
assessed at $28,000,000. In seeking
the reduction the operators explained
that most of the floors between the
fortieth and the eighty-sixth have
remained untenanted since the build
ing was opened.
The Equitable Building. with val
uation of s29.000,000. still tops all
others in assessed value.
The R. c. A. building in Rockefeller
Center is in third place, with $685.
100000. up $500,000 from last year.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
W0ODSON RITES
WILL Be TUESDAY
Place of Burial Undecided
for Civic Leader Who
Died in Plunge.
Eugene r. Woodson. vice president

Eugene r. Woodson, vice president
of the Railway Credit Corp. who
leaped to his death from an eighth
floor window of the Transportation
Building yesterday. will be buried
Tuesday after funeral services at 2:l5
pm. at his residence. 3245 Klinsle
road The place of burial has not
been decided.
The body of the 46-year-old execu-
tive, law instructor and civic leader,
was found crushed to death in an
alley adjoining the building, which is
located at Seventeenth and H streets.
In his right hand was clutched a
piece of pipe about 8 feet long, which
he had torn from the side of build
ing across the narrow alley in deS-
perate, last-second effort to save him.
self
Left Watch on Desk.
Mr.. Woodson. a resident of Wash
ington since 1906, had been with the
corporation since January, 1882. He
was the first one to reach the Offices
yesterday morning and his associates
knew nothing Of his death until noti-
fed by police On his desk he left his
watch, pocketbook, and a half-used
package of cigarettes. the keys to his
car and a note telling where the car
was parked
E. G. Buckland, president of the
corporation, said he knew OF no reason
why Mr. Woodson should have taken
his life. He had complained some
time ago of being unable to sleep, but
later said his health was good
Mr.. Woodson is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Anne B. Woodson. and a
daughter, Mrs. Lambert Emlen Jones
a well-known debutante several years
ago.
Made Agency Controller.
Mr.. Woodson. who was a law in
structor at National University, was
widely known in the field of railway
accounting. He was appointed vice
president and controller of the Rail-
way Credit Corp. an agency set up
by the railroads to administer fund
created out of freight rate surcharges
to make loans to needy carriers, at
the time of its formation.
A native of Roanoke. Va. Mr.
Woodson was educated there and at
National University. He had written
extensively on rail accounting pro-
cedure.
Mr.. Woodson was a member of sew
eral clubs and had headed both the
Sixteenth Street Heights and English
Village Citizens Associations.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
PEPC0 RATE CUT
DUE TOMORROW
Utilities Commission Will
Take Action on Reduction
of $310,755.

Reduced electric rates for various
classes of customers Of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. in the District ana
suburban areas will be ordered tomor-
row by the Public Utilities Commls-
sion. according to plans made yestef-
day after the company submitted pro
posed new schedules to effect total
reduction Of $3l0,755.
Whether the commission will make
any substantial change in the new
schedules offered by the company was
not indicated at the conclusion OF
hearing yesterday on distribution OF
the 1886 consumer saving.
Roberts to Make Proposal.
Peoples Counsel William A. Rob-
erts argued the proposed new rates
were "too promotiona" and that some
additional amounts of the cut should
be applied to the domestic consumer
and that some of the suggested cuts
in commercial classes should be low
cred to make up the difference.
The commission Friday directed the
company to submit new schedules cal
culated on a reduction from to 6.5
per cent in the basic rate of return al
lowed under the companys sliding
scale plan and on the basis of deduc-
ton of about S2,00O,O00 from the rate
base against which company profits
are figured.
These directions were taken as tan
tamount to a decision by the commits
sion reducing the rate of return ana
the rate base by the amounts stated
but this phase of the problem will be
covered officially in the general order
scheduled to be issued tomorrow.
Argument Is Renewed.
Roberts, however. yesterday renewed
his argument the basic rate OF return
should be cut to 6 per cent, winch
would make available for consumer
rate cuts this year approximately
S647,O 900. He insisted the record OF
the rate of return hearing, concluded
Friday, would justify that much of a
cut.
The average domestic consumer, who
uses ! .008 kilowatt hours Of current a
year. would find his monthly bills this
year cents less than last year, under
the company proposal it was figured
unoficially.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
SECURITY REVISION
AIMED BY FLAND|N
Attempt Seen to Replace
Italy With Russia as Aus
tria'S Guarant0r.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSs.
PARIS, February 1.-Frances new
foreign minister, tall Pierre -Etlenne
Flandin, was understood tonight to
be seeking new European lineup
for collective security
Premier Mussolini's reported threat
that Italys attitude is in the midst of
change if the League is not careful
was believed to have alarmed both
Great Britain and France
New Guarantor Sought.
Considering Austria a match over
a powder barrel" diplomats said,
Flandin and Anthony Eden, British
foreign secretary, are attempting to
get the Soviet Union to replace Italy
in guaranteeing Austrias independ-
ence.
Flandin held conversations today
with Maxim Litvinof, the Soviet's
foreign commissar, and later talked
to King Carol and Foreign Minister
Nicolas Titulescu Of Rumania, and
then to Bojidar Pouritch, Yugoslav
Minister to Paris.
Germany Forces Menace.
Should Russia undertake to back
Austrias independence, her military
power woul9 be an increasing menace
TO Germany. This move would re-
store the Russians to full pre-War
membership in the little club of big
powers whose Stresa, Locarno and
other pacts and understandings are
designed to police Europe
Conversations begun by Flandin to-
day are expected to continue for a
full week Later he will see King
Boris of Bulgaria. Prince Ernst Won
Starhemberg, Austria's vice chancel-
lor, and Prince Paul, Yugoslav regent
The Chamber OF Deputies is sched-
1!ed to take up February II a bill
ratifying the Franco-Soviet pact OF
| mutual assistance.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Preacher Foresees Death.

Asked to make a preaching engage
ment three weeks ahead, Ebenezer Oc-
comore, a Methodist lay preacher OF
Loughton, England, declined. saying
that he might not live until that time
After returning home from Method
ist service a few days later he col
lapsed and died in a chair. He had
preached for more than so years.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Cloudy today,
probably followed by snow tonight or
tomorrow; not much change in tenn
perature; gentle variable winds.
Maryland-Cloudy, probably snow
in the mountains today, followed by
snow tonight or tomorrow; not much
change in temperature.
Virginia-Probably snow in the
mountains today, followed by snow in
north and snow or rain in south por-
ton tonight or tomorrow; not much
change in temperature.
West Vir.inia-Cloudy, probably
light snow; slightly warmer in east
and south portions today; tomorrow
partly cloudy.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Chrysanthemums Popular.

Covent Garden of London reports
that nearly every one has bought
chrysanthemums recently. One nurs-
cry alone sent 100000 to the market
for the Christmas holidays. Statis-
ticians add that nearly $75,000,000
is spent on cut flowers every year in
Britain. Almost all are homegrown.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Tangier
Continued From First Page.)

lOAl ASo N6>'J
landed at Easton, Md, after dark ana
decided not to continue on until TO-DAY.
Three residents of the stands, ma
rooned for several days at Crisfield,
started the 10-mile hike across the
ice field to reach their homes. They
were Robert Guy and Willard Evans
of Smith Island, and Oscar Daley OF
Tangier.
Meanwhile, at Crisfield, where the
Little Annamessex River has been
frozen for 10 days, two motor cychsts
crossed the river under their own
power for the first time in history.
An attempt will be made to reach
Smith and Tangier Islands today by
motor cycle.
The Chesapeake Bay was frozen en-
tirely across north OF the Severn
River, at Annapolis, yesterday, and
open to pedestrians. Men walked
from shore to ships held in the ice
off Kent Island. The ice was 10 to
IL inches thick.
The United States Coast Guard was
performing yeoman service in reliev-
ing ships caught in the ice at dozen
points. The Mohawk released nine
ships from the ice near Thomas Point,
including the San Vincente of the
Quaker West Coast Line, the Evelyn
of the Bull Line, said to have lost
her rudder but to be in no immediate
danger, the Commercial Pioneer of
the Mooremack Line, the Lillian of
the Bull Line, the British ship Mag
dagur, the Radium of Port Arthur,
said to be a tanker; the Pacific and
the Diligo.
IL Steamers Frozen Fast.
At the entrance of the Severn River
the Mohawk came upon IL small
stea Ders In ballast, all frozen fast
with propellers partly out of water.
With difficulty. the cutter managed
to free them by breaking up the ice
holding them fast. The ships officers
reported the ice 10 inches thick in
the upper bay. extending from Pop
lar Island to the Eastern Shore.
The ferry boat John M. Dennis
was frozen fast in the ice near Mata-
peake and the Baltimore-Love Point
Evening star., 1936-02-02

Su, former NC
Kinley HI g h
School student,
as the cadet ma
.jor to command
the Infantry bat
talon.
Four OF h e r
Washington STU
dents were in
cluded a m o n &
the % senior ca
diets given officer
appointments by
Lieut.. Col. Ray
mond O. Barton,
U. S. A., R. o. T.
- ,N~,~,oy,lort
Evening star., 1936-02-02
GRINDSTONES EXPLODE
Grist Mill Blast Kills Boy-Sev-
eral Are Injured.

JONESVILLE, La, February l (P>.
The explosion of the grindstones OF
an old-time grist mill, apparently
caused by the generation of intense
heat as the top stone whirled at high
speed. resulted in death today for IL
year-old William Reagan.
The boy, son of Walter S. Reagan,
owner of the mill, was stuck by
pieces of stone which tore open his
head. Fred Aswell. 10, suffered severe
head injuries and face decorations.
Several colored workmen were knocked
down by flying pieces of stone.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Magnus Johnson Improves.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, February (P.-
Marked improvement in the condition
of Magnus johnson, former United
States Senator, was reported by men,
bers of his family tonight.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Irish Imports.

The Irish Free State imported S.
10000 worth Of products from the
United States in the first eight months
of 1885.
Evening star., 1936-02-02
D. C. YOUTH HEADS
G. U. UNIT R. 0. T. C.
F. r. Tansil Chosen Cadet Major
in Command of Infantry
Battalion.

Competitions in the r. O. T. c. unit
at Georgetown University yesterday,
resulted in the selection of F.. r. Tan
Evening star., 1936-02-02
SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
fore conducted by me under the firm name
and style of Graham & Ogden. in the
Woodward Building. Washington. D. c..
has been sold by me to Horace L. Steven
son: who will henceforth conduct said
business under the trade name of Graham
T. Ogden. and for whom I solicit the favor
OF your business. The business of Graham
< Ogden heretofore conducted in Alexan-
dria, Va. has been incorporated under the
laws Of the State of Virginia and will be
continued in its corporate capacity
JOHN G. GRAHAM.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads to and from Baltic. Phila and New
York. Frequent trips to other Eastern
cities. Dependable Service Since 1896 :"
THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER g. STORAGE
CO. phone Decatur 1900.
SPECIAL RETURN-LoAD RATES ON FULL
and part loads to all points within ] 900
miles: padded vans; guaranteed service:
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SCIENTIFIC SCALP TREATMENTS FOR
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hair and dandruff. Call National TIA.
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sale: new and used all styles. all sizes: re-.
duced prices: UNITED STATES STORAGE
CO. 4l8 10th st. NV. ME- 1914.
DAILY TRIPS MOVING LOADS AND PART
loads to and from Baltic Phila and New
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THE DAVIDSON TRANSFER & STORAGE
CO.. phone Decatur Q60O
Evening star., 1936-02-02
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in tint
Capital lcurrent month to date);
Evening star., 1936-02-02
License

Continued From First Page J
The Washington times., 1936-09-30
DELAY IN SHIP
STRIKE, HOPE
OF BOARD
International News Service

Hopeful that their appeal to
maritime workers and employers
organizations to extend their work
ing contract go days pending Fed
eral investigation will be accepted
and thwart a strike, of West Coast
union Seamen, members Of the
newly-appointed Maritime Com
mission expected favorable replies
today from both sides.
Responding Immediately, the
Masters, Mates and Pilots AsSo-
citation wired the commission:
1--WE cheerfully agree to any
extension and will welcome eff
forts of any agency through
which an agreement can be
reached"
At the same time word was re-
ceived at the Department of
Labor from Assistant Labor Sec
retary Edward F. McGrady that
he is striving desperately for ar
bitration.
McGrady rushed to the West
Coast late last week when ef-
forts of his conciliators to COM
promise the differences Of ship
owners and employees collapsed.
Last week Harry Bridges, radical
leader Of the Pacific Coast Marine
Federation, declared here that he
would favor continuance Of the
present agreement. The contro-
versy, he insisted, was precipitated
by the ship owners who served
notice on the unions they would
terminate the contract Septem-
ber 80.
Postal officials, faced with a
serious tieup of foreign-going mail
in event the strike develops,
drafted swift plans last night to
ship outgoing mail on foreign flag
liners if necessary.
White House concern over the
situation has been materially
heightened by Bridges statement
here last week that the strike
would tie up every port on the
Gulf and Atlantic seaboards, as
well as those on the Pacific.
The Washington times., 1936-09-30
DOn'f Sleep
When Gas
PPeSSeSHeOPf

If you want to really GET RID OF
GAS and terrible bloating, don't expect
to do it by Just doctoring your stomach
with harsh irritating alkalies and gas
tablets" Most GAS is lodged in the
stomach and upper intestine and is due
to old poisonous matter in the con-
stipated bowels that are loaded with ILL.,
causing bacteria.
If your constipation is of long stand
ing. enormous quantities of dangerous
bacteria accumulate. Then your diges-
ton is upset. GAS often presses heart
and lungs making life miserable.
You can't eat or sleep. Your head
aches. Your back aches Your COM
plexion is sallow and pimply. Your
breath is foul. You are a sick grouchy,
wretched, unhappy person. YOUR SYS-
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Thousands of sufferers have found in
Adlerika the quick scientific way to rid
their systems of harmful bacteria.
Adlerika rids you of gas and cleans
foul poisons out of BOTH upper and
lower bowels. Give your bowels REAL
cleansing with Adlerika. Get rid of
GAS. Adlerika does not gripe-is not
habit forming. At all leading druggists.
The Washington times., 1936-09-30

what Mrs. Mary Lee of 1881 L St, S. E.,
Washington, D. c., said: Il was so sick
and weak it seemed as though everything was
wrong with me. used to have dizzy spells
in the morning and was all nerves. became
upset very easily, all due to functional dis
turbances 1 never had an appetite, had to
force myself to eat. took DR.. Pierces' Fa-
vorite Prescription and it gave me an appetite
and l felt just fine" Buy it now!
New size, tablets 50 cts, liquid $l.0o.
Large size, tabs or liquid, $I.3S.
The Washington times., 1936-09-30
Gen. 0'DuffY Confers
With Insurgent Juntd

ST. JEAN DE LUZ, France,
Sept. 80 Q.N.S0. - Gen. Eoin
O'Duffy, Irish Fascist leader, was
reported to have crossed the from
tier from France into Spain last
night to consult with the Spanish
rebel junta at Burgos. General
ODuffy has raised a volunteer
brigade of 1000 men to fight
against the Madrid government.
The Washington times., 1936-09-30
4e5 9o5 Nervous, Dizzy?

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headache, nerves"
due to. functional
disturbances, or if
you h ave dizzy
spells and periodic
pains, you need the
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Pierce's Favorite
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The Washington times., 1936-09-30
-Four Are Appointed
To Cardozo Faculty

George H. Murray, a teacher of
mathematics at Armstrong High
School, has been transferred to
the Cardozo High School faculty
as Instructor Of commercial law,
arithmetic and bookkeeping.
Other appointments to the Car
dozo faculty include Miss Elaine
Dean, of Baltimore, Howard and
State Universities? graduate. in
strNctor in English: Miss L. M.
Hoage; New York city, graduate
of New York University, CONNER
cial art, and w. w. Phillips, Tenn
pie University, science
VOTE AMERICAN
Dividends Voted
NEW YORK, Sept. 3O.-Direc-
tors Of Holly Sugar Corporation
have declared an extra dividend
Of rs cents per share on the COM
mon stock in addition to the
regular dividends of so cents on
common and of $1.75 per share on
the preferred stock. All dividends
are payable November 2 to stock
holders of record October Is.
Evening star., 1936-01-16

on the head. The contents Of these
affidavits, the Judge said, and the
testimony Of DR.. Tudor and DR.. Foust
ARE too well known to be necessary.
Laying aside the question Of dill
gence of the defense In producing
these affidavits, I will 60 Immediately
to the essence of the facts presented
by the affidavits and the testimony. I
don't think this court would be war
ranted in setting aside the verdict Of
the jury and granting new trial"
Edith's appearance before Judge
Skeen today was the fourth time since
her conviction in November.
Then. in a trial which packed the
court house here and drew crowds
from the surrounding mountain coun-
try, she and her mother, Mrs. Anne
Maxwell, took the stand to tell how
Trieg. drunk, attempted to whip Edith
for staying out late at night. how the
father and daughter scufiied in the
darkness, how she struck blindly in
what she said was self-defense. And
how later Trigg went out of the house.
fell on porch and was found there
dying. The mother, also under indict-
ment, is to be tried soon. y
Judge Skeen said today that among
the many letters he had received COM
menting on the case was one contain
ing "a serious threat" He indicated
that he intended to take no notice Of 1t.
YOUTH PATRICIDE PRISONER,
Evening star., 1936-01-16
NEW TRIAL DENIED
T0ED|TH MAXWELL
Virqinia PatriCide Case De-
tense Granted go Days
to File Appeal.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WISE, Va, January 16.-Judge H.
A. w. Skeen today denied a new trial
to Edith Maxwell. 2l-year-old noun.
tain school teacher, under 25-year
penitentiary sentence for the first
degree murder of her father.
"The judgment again of this court
Is that the verdict Of the jury be car
ried out by the officers Of the law" he
said in resentencing the defendant.
who had asked q new trial on the
grounds Of newly-discovered evidence.
Miss Maxwell's face flushed. her
head fell to the shoulder Of her
brother, Earl, who sat beside her, and
she put her handkerchief to her eyes.
Sixty Days for Appeal.
The court granted the defense so
days in which to appeal to the State
Supreme Court of Appeals.
Judge Skeen's decision was given
after listening an hour and half to
the testimony of DR.. T. ]. Tudor and
DR.. G. T. Foust, Wise County physi-
clans. who performed tie autopsy on
Edith's father, Trigg Maxwell.
Both said they were convinced that
blows on the head had caused his
death. Under the circumstances. DR..
Tudor said, microscopic examinations
of the brain and examinations Of the
heart and other organs were not
deemed necessary.
Judge Skeen yesterday refused to
grant a new trial on constitutional
issues, including the defense assertion
that her rights had been denied
through failure to place women on
the jury which tried her. He reserved
judgment until today on the question
Of new evidence.
Affidavits on Autopsy.
In handing down his verdict, Judge
Skeen said he would attempt no
analysis of the affidavits made by
three coroners that the autopsy report
did not contain sufficient facts to
prove that death was due to blows
Evening star., 1936-01-16

The prisoner is Russell Boyd, charged
with the murder of his father, Charles
Boyd, So.
The case had points Of similarity
to those involving Edith Maxwell Of
Wise and Haugeman Falin OF. Wildcat
Valley. As in the Maxwell and Falin
cases preliminary questioning Of the
prisoner drew the assertion that the
father was drunk and that the killing
was in self-defense.
Sheriff Harry B. Lee arrested young
Boyd at his home near Ferrum yester-
day. after the father had died in a
Roanoke hospital from a bullet wound.
Boyd told the sheriff, the officer said,
that he shot his father after the latter
had thrown an iron bar and an ak at
him. The fight started, 1t is said, when
the youth attempted to chide his
father for a beating administered to
Ida, sister, and Mrs. Boyd.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
Unidentified MAN DIES

An unidentified colored man died in
Casualty Hospital today, a few hours
after he was found lying unconscious
on the Highway Bridge. a bullet wound
in his head. Police said they found
q .3s-caliber special Army revolver,
containing two loaded shells and one
empty one, lying at his feet.
The man had not been identified up
until noon today. He was said to be
26 or 80 years old.
Evening star., 1936-01-16
PHONE RATES CUT
Reduced Tariffs Cover Person-to
Person Charge.

A list Of reductions in certain night
and Sunday long distance telephone
rates. effective yesterday, have been
filed with the Federal Communications
Commission by the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co. Similar lists
also have been filed by the American
Telephone & Telegraph Co., and other
associated companies Of the Bell sys-
TEN. The reduction applies on all
person-to-person calls between Z pm.
and 4:30 am. ..