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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
NAVIGATION BOARD
CALLS KEENE QUIZ
Possibility Hoover May Get
Case Seen in Naming of
Oman to Group.

Moving to settle jurkdictional dis
putes delaying investigation of the
mysterious disappearance of Charles F.
Keene. SO, of 2100 Massachusetts, ave-
nue., from a bloodstained cabin aboard
the steamer District of Columbia, the
Federal Bureau of Navigation and
Steamboat Inspection today ordered 4
Board Of Inquiry to meet Friday in
Baltimore.
Possibility that the strange case may
be referred back tc J. Edgar Hoover,
director of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, who refused to assume
jurisdiction yesterday, was seen when
Judge ]. Frank Staley OF the Depart
ment Of Justice was named chairman
of the Board of Inquiry.
Coast Guard Comdr. ]. H. Cornell
of Norfolk and Supervising Inspector
Eugene c. Carlson, Bureau of Navi-
CATION, will sit with Judge Staley.
The board will have authority to call
on the Federal district attorney at
Baltimore, and through him upon the
F. B. I. for any aid it may need, It
was pointed out.
Maryland Police Enter Case.
Meanwhile, Maryland State police
entered the case when Sergt. Marlin
Brubaker, crack investigator, was sent
to Norfolk to determine whether Keene
vanished early last Friday while the
Norfolk g. Washington steamer was in
Maryland waters.
Norfolk police, who assert they are
convinced Keene, local real estate op-
orator, was murdered with robbery as
the motive, believe his body was
thrown overheard while the steamer
was in Maryland waters.
Inspector B. T. Thompson, chief Of
Washington detectives, declares that,
while Keene boarded the steamer at
the Seventh Street Wharves, he vessel
was far beyond the Districts jurisdic-
ton when he vanished.
At the Bureau Of Steamboat 1nspec-
ton it was learned that preliminary
Investigations made by the boards
own investigators led to turning the
case over to an Aboard" highest
maritime investigative agency created
by the recently enacted "safety-at-
sea" legislation.
While Sergt. Brubaker was ques-
tioning members Of the crew of the
District of Columbia, Coast Guard
Patrol Boat No. 1913 today was search
ing for Keene's body near the mouth
OF the Potomac.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
Summary of Today's Star

FOREIGN.
Toll of American volunteers in Span
Ism war 900. Page AS
NATIONAL.
Federal Navigation Bureau takes up
Keene disappearance. Page Al
Republic Steel firm will defy union by
closing. Pare Al
Roberts urges attack on House cut in
relief funds. Page Al
Chief Justice Hughes comments on Van
Devanter retirement. Page Al
Source of Hindenburg fire
placed. Page AS
Capital speculates on Van Devanter
successor. Page AS
Herring predicts permanency for soil
conservation. Page BIS
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Action on D. G. tax program Is DELAYED
for week. Pure Al
Senate group considers new D. c.
taxes. Pare Al
Maryland officials linked in white
slave probe. Pare Al
Seal ready to give D. c. subcommittee
pct. sales tax plan. Page Al
Maryland police take up Keene disap-
pearance probe Page Al
Green to address Maryland-District
A. F. Of L. convention. Page AS
Second annual U. of M. Horse Show
to be Saturday. Pare AS
Removal OF Naval Hospital to larger
site indicated. Pare Ri
Advisory Committee calls for sugges-
tons on auditorium. Page B.
Acceptance Of Glenn Dale Hospital to
revive old contest. Pare B.
New study Of Government leave regu-
lations undertaken. paxe B-l
House probe Of D. G. Vine post
poned. HAeo III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18

When the letter read ~ Mr.. Roose-
welt wished. he had it typed and
carried BY White House messenger to
Justice Van Devanter.
The Justices note reached the White
House by Supreme Court messenger,
who fetched 1t to the front door.
There was no White House COM
ment on Van Devanter's action nor on
appointment Of his successor. It was
said that the President was aatpnished
to = certain degree when he ead the
justices notice q retirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
Justices Letter Read IN Bed.
Where President Pens ReDIv

President Roosevelt was in bed at
9;45 an. today when Justice Willis
Van Devanter's letter Of retirement
was brought to him.
He put aside the newspapers he
reads each morning before arising to
check overnight world developments,
to devote his entire attention to the
message from the Supreme Court con-
sentative.
The President reached for q writing
tablet and pencil and began to com
pose his brief, friendly reply to tx,
Justices letter,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
Only Recent Companions to
See Ceremony to Be Held
at Chateau, According to
Formal Announcement,
MORE DETAILED PLANS
ARE EXPECTED LATER
Duke Selects Birth Date of His
Late Father, George ", for
Rites-Position Of Family Still
Remains Topic of Wide Discus.
sion.
BIZ the Associated Press

BIZ the Associated Press.
MONTS, France, May 1s.-Wallis
Warf1eld and the Duke of Windsor
Will be married quietly at the Chateau
Dc Cande on June 3, with no mem
Der OF the British royal family in
attendance.
The man who chose to be husband
rather than King chose the birth
GATE OF his late father, George v, for
his wedding
Party Confined TO Friends.
The announcement, which made no
mention OF the coincidence in dates.
said the wedding party would be con-
fined to those who have been with
them'-the duke and Mrs. War.
f1eld-"during the past months" and
added tersely:
There will be no members of the
royal family present"
Right up to the moment of the an.
nouncement many had supposed that
the Duke Of Kent, Edwards youngest
brother, would be best man.
The ofhcial announcement of the
wedding. handed to reporters at the
gates OF the chateau by Herman L.
Rogers, said:
His Royal Highness, the Duke of
Windsor. announces that his marriage
TO Wallis Warfield. daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Teakle Wallis War.
neld OF Maryland. will take place at
the Chateau de Cande at Monts on
Thursday, June g."
Mayor to Perform Ceremony.
Later today it was announced tho
duke and Mrs. Warfield will be mar.
r1ed by DR.. Charles MERCER, the Mayor
Of Monts.
Rogers and The London ATTORNEYS for
the duke and Mrs. Warfield visited the
once OF the district attorney at Tours
and requested dispensation for sus-
pension Of these two French laws:
/. Public posting of banns, which the
law requires for Is days ahead of the
wedding.
2. The law requiring that such .
wedding be held at the town hall.
1t was indicated the demands would
be granted readily.
Mrs. Warfeld only recently re.
nounced her first name, Bessie and
the surname of the man from whom
she was divorced early this MONTH
Ernest Aldrich Simpson.
The long-awaited wedding date.
curtain call for the last act in an I'M
surpassed drama of empire, love and
abdlcation. comes just 20 days before
Edwards forty-third birthday. His
father, the late King George v, was
born on June 3, 1865, and died Janu-
AIRY 20, 1886.
Mrs. WarfieId to Be Al.
June, likewise, is Mrs. Warield's
birth month. She will be Al on
June 10.
Rogers, the wealthy New Yorker
who was virtual guardian and spokes.
man for Mrs. Warf1eld during the wait
Tor her final divorce decree, gave the
announcement to hundred American.
French and English newspaper men
at the chateau gates.
Edward and Mrs. Warfield did not
appear.
A drizzling rain was falling, but
Rogers wore no hat.
He was 50 excited he CROPPED fran.
tically for the French words needed to
translate the announcement for the
French reporters.
Rogers would put no Interpretation
on his declaration that invitations to
the wedding of the Duke Of Windsor
and Mrs. Wallis Warfleld will be con-
fined to those who have been with
them during the past months"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
Court Is Delayed
Until Reds Clear
Loaded Cub Bases
By the Associated Press.

HAMILTON, Ohio. May 10
1t was 4 pm. Municipal Judge
E. N. Davidson was In his cham
bers. Court room spectators
squirmed for the session to begin.
Bailif1 Glen Imfeld opened a
connecting door and reminded
the judge 1t was time for court"
Say, young man." returned the
judge, who was seated before his
radio, don't you Know Chicago's
just loaded the bases"
Davidson and Imfeld, both
ardent Cincinnati Red fans. de-
layed legal business until the
Cubs were retired in the fourth
inning Of their game At Gin
cinnati.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
ENDEAVOR II ARRIVES

ABOARD COAST GUARD CUTTER
FAUNCE. OF Massachusetts,, May IL
@.-T. o. M. Sopwith's Endeavor II,
which the British yachtsman hopes
may win Americas Cup this Summer,
arrived OF Marthas Vineyard Light
ship today and was met by an Amer
lean escort.
With an American escort the En-
dfavour headed toward Newport, r. l.,
Acne Of the August cup races, where
. noisy welcome awaited the invader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18

NEW YORK, May 10 R).-Fresh
from his latest transatlantic flight
and meeting with President Roose-
welt, Pilot Dick Merrill laid plans to-
day for an airplane visit to Premier
Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario.
Merrill said he and Jack Lambie, his
partner on last weeks ocean crossing,
would take of tomorrow in their trans
Atlantic plane to meet the premier,
probably at Toronto.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18

DETROIT, May ID R.-The Unit
ed Automobile Workers Of America,
g1rding for Its drive to unionize the
10000 employees Of the Ford Motor
Co.. charged through one Of its OH
GERS today that unit of General
Motors Corp. had violated the agree
ment that ended . six weeks strike
last February.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,

President Roosevelt's bill to
increase the membership of the
Supreme Court by a maximum of
six additional justices was or
dered reported adversely to the
Senate by a vote of 10 to 8 in the
Senate Judiciary Committee to-
day.
Those Senators voting to re-
port the bill adversely were King
of Utah, McCarran Of Nevada,
Van Mugs Of Indiana, Hatch Of
New Mexico. Burke of Nebraska,
Connally of Texas, O'Mahoney of
wyoming, Democrats: Borah of
Idaho, Austin of Vermont and
Steiwer OF Oregon, Republicans
10.
Those Senator's voting against
the adverse report were Chair
man Ashurst, Nicely of West Vir-
ginia, Logan of Kentucky, Diet
erich of Illinois, McGill OF Kan
sas, Pittman of Nevada, Hughes
OF Delaware, Democrats; Norris
OF Nebraska, independent.
Amendments Defeated.
The committee defeated all proposed
amendments and substitutes that were
offered. including compromise pro-
posal offered by Senator Logan which
would have provided permanent
Supreme Court of nine. which could
be temporarily increased by appoint
ment Of an additional justice when
any member of the court reached the
age Of rs and failed to retire.
The Logan substitute was defeated,
10 to 8.
The committee voted down a motion
by Senator Norris to report the bill
lavorably TO the Senate, by vote of
10 to 3.
Senator Dieterich then moved to
report the bill without recommends
ton. Senator McCarran Immediately
offered An amendment to this motion,
that the bill be reported adversely
with . recommendation that it should
not pass. The amendment was
adopted and then the committee voted
dnally to report the bill adversely.
The action Of the committee today
Uas expected. The President has lost
the first round in the fight in the Sen
ate to put through his court reorgani-
sation bill
Meeting Is Called.
The 10 Senators who voted to report
the measure adversely will meet at
l:30 pm. today to begin the work Of
writing an adverse report, Senator
Burke of Nebraska announced after
the meeting.
VINO will submit the report for the
majority of the committee will be de-
termined at that time. Senator Burke
said that the report he hoped would
! be ready for the Senate within three or
four days or possibly week.
Chairman Ashurst said that the in
dividual Senators who had voted for
the Presidents bill in the committee
were at liberty to file any minority re-
port they desired. He would not say
whether he would file such report.
Senator Ashurst WAS asked if he
would make any comment or explain
his vote for the Logan compromise
amendment. He replied that he would
make no explanation. He has con-
sistently stood out for no compromise
In the past.
"The vote in the committee to report
tire bill adversely speaks for ITSELF"
said Senator Burke. The night is at
an end for all practical purposes. It
Is . great victory for the American
system Of Government and for an
Independent judiciary"
An amendment proposed by Senator
Norris providing that the Supreme
Court shall hereafter only declare an
(aAA LINCOLN PAGE 10Y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
ACTION DELAYED
ON D. c. TAXPLAN
Chairman of House Unit
Given Time to Draft
Tentative Program.

BACKGROUND
Flock OF proposed neu tar bur-
dens. designed to Offset anticipated
5000, 900 deficit in District req
enues in merit fiscal year, notO an-
der consideration by special sub
committee OF House District Com
n1ittee. Tentative Enforcement has
been given a te,D Of the suggestions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
OFFICIALS LINKED
IN WHITE SLAVERY
Maryland Evidence Gathered
by G-Men in Raids to Go
to Grand Jury.
BACKGROUND

ACkCROUND-
Striking under authority Of Mann
act, the Federal Bureau of Inresti-
cation apparently has been ,porking
South in intensive dripe on uhite
slapery along Atlantic Seabodrd.
From NeU England to Pennssl-
pdnia. scores of leaders in interstate
nice racket haze been sent to prison
iDithin recent months Late Satur-
day night, ,Dithout Ddrning, J. Ed
gar Hoover led nearly tuoscore
agents in quick succession OF
raids in Baltimore's rice district, ar
resting nearly 50 men and uomen.
Evidence tending to link severa
Maryland officials with an extensive
white slave racket centering in Balti.
more may be presented to a Fedora,
grand jury in that city shortly by the
Federal Bureau OF Investigation.
Names Of number of person.
prominent in city and State circle,
have been mentioned by some Of the
40 men and women arrested by F
B. I. agents In a series Of swift raids
In Baltimore over the week end, it wa
learned.
While refusing to discuss results o.
the inquiry to date, j. Edgar Hoover
director Of the bureau. said today the
(see VICE, Page A-3.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
AdverseR Report
to Floor Is
Ordered.
HACKERS MOVES
ARE PUT ASIDE
Majority Meets To-
day to Prepare
Draft.
BACKGROUND

BACKCROUNO-
One OF President's principal
complaints has been that he has
not had a single appointment to
the Supreme Court ,Dhile the high
tribunal has been inpulidutinp
many Ne,D Deal laws. To overcome
this situation, he asked Congress
tor authority to name sir neW
justices unless those oper 20 retire.
after bitter tight. the bill seems
headed for defeat in Senate, and
retirement OF Justice Van Depdnter
IL expected to strengthen the posi-
ton of the ODr,onents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
STUDY NEW TAXES
! T0BARD.C. DEFICIT
Senators Start Hearings on
$45,228,000 Supply
Measure.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
AS passed BY the House April 2,
the S45,22S,000 District supply bill
contained a number OF provisions
requiring amendment az result OF
elimination OF legislative riders.
These sections are expected to be
ironed out in Senate. House re-
jected Jacobs plan for neU fiscal re-
ldtion formula and continued pres
ent Federal payment of 5000, 900
TOR coming year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
REPUBLIC TO DEFY
STEEL UNIONS
Will Close Plant if Picketinq
Begins, Firm De.
CIares.

BACKGROUND
Committee for Industrial Organi-
cation, hduin0 reached terms in
speedy fashion With mammoth
United States Steel, is pressing
drive for contract NTH independent
producers.
Vote Thursday under Federal
supervision at Jones & Ldughlin
plant may determine course Of on.
0dnisdtton driDe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
Note of Retire.
n1ent Received
byPresident.
LATTER INVITES
.JURIST TOCALL
Roosevelt Voices
His Good Wishes
in Reply.

BACKGROUND
Not since February IS. 1882, has
a nomination for membership on
the United States Supreme Court
been transmitted to the Senate. 1t
inds on that date that President
Hooper nominated Benjamin N.
Cardozo of NeD York. He ,cds con-
frned February "a and entered
upon his duties on March II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18

(See D. c. Bill, Page A-12)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
WEATHER.

Showers late tonight and tomorrow;
cooler tomorrow; moderate southerly
winds, shifting to northwest or north to-
morrow. Temperatures-High rs, at
$3.50 pm. yesterday: lowest, so, at $50
am. today Full report on page Az.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18

(see VAN DEvANTER, Page A-30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18

(See TAXES, Page A-4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-18
Merrill Plans Canada Trip,

(See VICE, Page A-3.)
The Washington times., 1937-10-15

Maryland, College Park, Md.
Preceded by a meeting of the
industrial minerals division and
the Washington section Of the
American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers at the uni
verSity, the dedication was at
tended by mining engineers and
experts from throughout the coun-
try.
Addresses were made by Gov.
Harry w. Nice of Maryland: DR..
H. G. Byrd, president of the Uni
versity and DR.. John w. Finch,
director of the Bureau of Mines.
A message lauding the conserva-
ton work of the bureau was read
from Secretary of the Interior
Ickes, who has jurisdiction over
the Bureau of Mines.
The experiment station is housed
in two-story structure, equipped
with laboratories, constructed with
PWA funds on a 20-acre site do
mated by the University.
The Washington times., 1937-10-15
Chilly Night Due
For Capital Again

Get out the fur coats and ear
muffs, folks! The weather man
says the mercury is going to drop
to SO tonight, just one degree
above freezing.
The general report for the Dis
trict was fair and continued cold
today with frost tonight. The
forecast is for rising temperatures
tomorrow tempered with variable
north winds. The warmeSt it will
get today will be about So degrees,
according to Weather Bureau Of
ficialS.
The highest recording during
the past "a hours was 81 at $3.50
p. m. yesterday. The lowest was
"a at $50 a. m. today.
The Washington times., 1937-10-15
Federal Employees
To Meet Tonight

Lawrence A. Oxley, field repre-
sentative of the U. S. Employment
Service, and C. C. Spaulding. pres
ident of the North Carolina Mu-
tual Insurance Company, of Ra-
leigh, N. c., will speak at the
United Government Employees AS
ISOLATION meeting tonight at 7:30
o'clock at the GarnetPatterSon
Junior High School. Members of
the Metropolitan Police Boys Club
will provide music.
The association will inaugurate
the first of a series of forums on
Sunday at $3.50 in the auditorium
Of GarnetPatterson School. The
first speaker will be John w. Big
gers, director of the nationwide
unemployment census.
The Washington times., 1937-10-15
Police Get Radios
For Motorcycles

Approximately half Of the so "a
dos to be placed in some of the
motorcycles used by the Metropli-
tan Police Department have been
installed, Inspector L. I. H. Ed
wards said today. The radios are
being installed at the rate of three
or four a day. They are placed
on the rear fender, with the loud
speaker mounted on the handle
bars with a volume control near
the speedometer. The sets cost
about $3.50 each, or three times as
much as those used in police cars.
The Washington times., 1937-10-15

required to register in order to OBJ
tain a license. The law provides
for a $40 license fee for all bust
neSSes and professions. The tax
on gross receipts, applicable only
to those businesses earning more
than $4,000 a year, is twofifths of
one per cent.
The rush of local business men
to get in under the line before the
deadline tomorrow rose out of the
heavy penalties fixed by the law.
Failure to file returns on time is
punishable by a fine of 10 per cent
of the tax, and an additional 5
per cent of the tax for each month,
or fraction thereof, of delinquency.
The Washington times., 1937-10-15
Arts Club Offers
MariOnette Show

A marionette show for boys and
girls, by the Chevy Chase Play
ground group, followed by Fol
lies" tonight, are features of the
second days program of the La
Foire aux Croutes sponsored by
the Washington Arts Club, at
2017 I st. N. w.
The so-called "crusts" are white
elephants and other odds and ends
which the members hope to sell
and raise funds for a new fire
alarm system and balcony in the
rear OF the clubhouse.
The Washington times., 1937-10-15
WOMAN CHECK
PASSER BAILED

Mrs. Ruby Baldwin, At, of the
200 block of Eighth st. N. E.,
mother of two children, was re-
leased under $500 bond last night
on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenSes.
The woman, who told police that
the money she obtained was being
used to send her sons through a
local college, was arrested on a
warrant obtained by a Connect
cut Avenue florist. who said that
he cashed a SIS check for the
woman, accepted in payment Of
SO for flowers, and that the check
was worthless.
Mrs. Baldwin told police she was
the heir to about 100000 worth
of property near Havre de Grace.
Nd, tied up in litigation.
The Washington times., 1937-10-15
Poison Pen
Stamford Players Get
ANONYMOUS Letters

PALp ALTO, Calf, Oct. IS
Coach Tiny Thornhill was ex
tremely angry today-and the rea
son is this:
Following stanford's 13-7 de
feat by Santa Clara few weeks
ago, a series of poison pen" let
tiers, all typewriter, were received
from Northern California points.
a few from Southern California
and one from Utah.
Thornhill was angry because
some of the letters were addressed
to members of Stanford's football
team.
IF anybody wants to criticize,
let them pick on the coaching
staff" said Thornhill. Were
paid to handle the football sit
uation.
But I want them to let the
kids alone. They're doing their
best according to the way we
teach them"
The Washington times., 1937-10-15
H. Wells in u. S.
For Lecture Tour

NEW YORK, Oct. IS G.N.SO.
The big airplane war which he
predicted will not take place until
1910, H. G. Wells said today. Here
for his first lecture tour in this
country, the British author will
appear in Washington, Cincinnati,
Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City, Bos-
ton and Toronto.
The Washington times., 1937-10-15
lawyer KILLS
SELF IN COURT

BERLIN, Oct. Is O.N.SJ.--Ernst
Bochner, a German-Jewish lawyer,
committed suicide in the prison
er's dock of the Berlin penal court
today when sentenced to 10
months in prison on charges Of
breach of trust.
Bochner ran afoul Of the law,
in connection with sale Of a house
owned by an American physician.
identified as DR.. Philip Phillips,
of Orlando, Florida,