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The Bismarck tribune., 1937-06-28
WENDELYN WELDER
shot IN LEFT leg
AT HIDE COMPANY
Jesse Jones, Plant EmpIoye,
Held Without Charge as
Police Investigate
PICKETs HAD HALTED JONES
Attempt to Settle Dispute Is
Failure; Plant Operators
Scorn Agreement

strike at twn nismarck hide ar1 f,ir
comnanies vas renorted Mondav q
the first attemnt Is settle the dia-
.n,,tA failed.
Theae develonments marked Mon-
dav,s nrooress 81 the strike.
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w. ss,.ss..,ss. % % - = .s..,,sr.
pronr,etnrs. efriker. .nd citv oam.
missioner. failed q ef9ecf : ae4.
tIemant
q ni.m.rck CITY and o.urtv
neane offIcer forces vere M.
mented ~ snecial deputies.
q Run,ors that the strike v,s
snre.dinr q ofher indrsfsiaI
nisnts n n,sm.rck were no3 can-
flrmed.
Welder wa. shot about l:3o .. n.
in front al the Northern IIide ard
Fur company. 900 Front a.. In an
altercatinn With q nlant ennnlnve who
attempted 70 perforn come enaerrency
work.
Held In the city tail without charge
pendine inyestirstion ID Jesse ,Jones.
vho. nolice said. did the shnotinr.
ZONES Il N emnlove a. the nlant
where 4 strika for shorter ho,,,,s and
hiOhsr ware. has heen - rrooress
sinca Thursdav.
According to conflicting storias told
police. Jones had entered the plant
TO take care Of some hides which were
deterioratins.
Avaitin~ safAlen,ent
It had been understood that there
would be. no ACTIVITY at the plaut on
the part of either Tie strikers or The
operators until . settlement confer
eI,ce Of city, county and stats off,
cials had reached . decision Monday
afternoon.
Police said that five or stx strikers
seised Jones - ne entered the plant.
One man y supposed % nave STRUCK
yones On tne arm: 1ne otners tfeased
.oass & aoGsMv OesefnS = Wnms
A 70 assve nun s'ons. vones plileo =
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ors ~ ~ t,s ,e.,, 49,, ~,,o s,.vs..ss ' .,,th w.
.Yor.s rciin. % - s.d, % r,,,,- - :. ~ .s,a4. ~.
were fired, police said.
Rushed to st. Alexius hospital, phy
slcians were dressing and examining
the wound.
At the conference representatives OF
the strikers asserted picketers had 1t.
tempted to stop another workman
from eodne to work at the hide ho,,se
In vioiation az the aereement
T1,o shootine .vas Alma With q ~
caiiher antnsnst,c ri.tol rciic. s.,d
Att.rdirr rhv.,ri.n. .s,S xu.id.r
ne. 49, .sr;o,,s,., lis , ,,,a,,,sa | ,,,t .,.t the
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I 1e.ow ~ A''ee "1.1ioue uoa''s ee'Ao1'
o.1. !.
weluel w1 . 1nmel cmploye =.
t,e plant Dut nao not WORKED ZOE
tne Noftnefn Haoe ana FUR company
Tor about SIX months, said Sam slo-
ven. one Of the proprietors.
Jones had . permit to carry . gun.
Deputy Sheriff Carl Kositzky said.
Commission Meets
The Bismarck city commission met
In special session st l:30 D. m, Mon
day with representatives Of both sides
Evening star., 1937-03-07
B0DY|S|DENT|F|ED
IN VIRGINIA CASE
Skeleton Taken From Grave
That of Ex.PatroIman,
Official Says.
BY the Associated Press.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, March
6.-Commonwealth's Attorney J. Emory
Parrott Of Greene County said here
today he had identified body taken
from Prince George County pauper's
grave Thursday as that of his brother
in-law, Edward N. Hawkins, former
State patrolman.
Laban B. Howard. sea captain and
ex-convict, was in the Richmond Jail
charged in a warrant secured by
Chesterfield Prosecutor NJ. A. Cogbill
with the pistol-hammer murder OF
Hawkins at a drinking party last
August. Howard's arrest came when
Violet Merryman. his attractive COM
panion, told officers that she had
witnessed the Staying in a lonely
Falling Creek cabin during violent
thunderstorm.
Cogbill said information supplied by
Miss Merryman led them to exhume
the body and seek its identification
as that of Hawkins.
Clothing Provides Clue.
Parrott said the identification was
made through marks found on moulded
clothing taken from the grave and
from dental work.
I'VE are positive now it was Ed
Hawkins body" Parrott said. Police
Chief C. w. Smith OF Chesterfield had
conferred with members of Hawkins
family in nearby Orange County last
night and said they we're unable to
make positive" identification.
Parrot said his sister married
Hawkins but was divorced about eight
years ago. 1t was at this time that
the motor cycle officer was convicted
in connection with shooting in
Orange and served several years in
the State penitentiary.
The brunette Miss Merryman was
in custody of Chesterfield officers at
an unrevealed place as a material
witness in the case tonight.
Cogbill said the woman started
police investigation Of the disappear
ance of Hawkins early this week when
she described a party which she said
Evening star., 1937-03-07
MAN QUESTIONED
IN MATTS0N CASE
Baltimore Federal Agent Quizzes
Prisoner Reported to Resemble
Kidnap.Killer.
E, the Associated Press.

E, the Associated Press.
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. March
6.-James G. Ellsworth, Baltimore
agent of the Federal Bureau Of Inves-
tigation spent AS minutes tonight
questioning man railroad detectives
said resembled the kidnap-killer OF
l0-year- -old Charles MattSon.
Chief Of Police Lawrence Boyd asked
Ellsworth to come here after he had
checked the mans description with
that the Department of Justice issued
for the slayer of the Tacoma, Wash,
lad
Ellsworth excluded all but police
officials from the Jail while he ques-
toned the man, who gave his name
as Frank Kravic of Chicago and de-
MED any connection with the case.
The agent declined to answer any
questions afterward. but said the de-
partment would investigate.
Two Pennsylvania Railroad detec-
tives. Sergt Robert Fadely of Havre
de Grace and Lieut.. Walter MCGUIRE
OF Philadelphia, arrested Kravic on
charge Of trespassing on railroad
property.
Kravic was arraigned before Magis-
trate ]. C. Vancherie and sentenced
to 10 days in jail 1t was reported he
would be transferred tomorrow to the
Hartford County Jail at Bel Air.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
WOMAN IN CUSTODY.

RICHMOND. Va, March 6 Pl.-
Police took Violet Merryman into GUS
tody this afternoon during an inquiry
into the death OF Edward N. Hawkins,
former State policeman, after they said
she had told of witnessing Hawkins
Staying in lonely Chesterfield County
cabir, last August.
Chief of Police Charles w. Smith of
Chesterfield County and Detective
Sergt. L. c. Hickey of Richmond, left
with the woman for an undisclosed
destination.
Laban B. Howard, former sea cap
tain, was charged in a warrant with
killing Hawkins after police said Miss
Merryman related story Of having
witnessed Hawkins death.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

Sullivan were James G. Yaden, former
president Of the federation; Mrs. Marie
F. Maddox, Mrs. Horace j. Phelps Of
the District Federation of Women :
Clubs, John Saul, Harry N Stull, del
egate from Stanton Park; DR.. George
r. Ellis of Brookland and others.
To Report TO Conferees.
The action of the federation-in
substance a reversal Of its decision Of
March Of last year as to the red rider,
when 1t asked that Congress refuse
repeal of the provision-is to be re-
ported to the House and Senate con-
ferees on the issue pending in Con-
gress. The Senate has voted for out
right repeal and the House has ap-
proved the Mccormack compromise.
In the first half hour Of the fed
Grafton meeting, President Lodge an
nounced appointment Of q special
committee which is to make a study
Of the quality and price of milk sold
IN the District. The members are
Fred S. Walker of the Park View
Association, chairman, and Vernis
Absher. Babp. M. A. Emerson. Miss
Maddox, John M. Schaffer, w. I.
Swanton, Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sullivan
and Mrs. Wiley.
A committee to consider amend
ments to the constitution of the fed
Grafton, Lodge announced, will consist
Of Hege, Jesse c. Suter, Payne, Yaden
and Miss Irene NJ Pistorio.
On motion by DR.. Ellis, the fedora
ton urged the District Commissioners
to name Q District resident general
superintendent Of penal institutions
to fill the vacancy caused by retire.
ment Of Capt. NJ. n Barnard.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
MISS T0USSAINT DUBOIS
HELD FOR OBSERVATION
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SPOKANE, Wash, March 6.-Taken
into custody after she sat four hours
in cafe without picking up her
change from a $40 bill, Miss Tous-
saint Dubois, SO. daughter Of Idaho's
late Senator Fred T. Dubois, was
held today for mental observation.
Justice Frank Yuse ordered her
confined 10 days to allow time for
q mental examination. Miss Dubois,
once prominenet socially in WASH
ington, D. c., said she was W. P. A.
worker at Blackfoot, Idaho.
O. e. Arney, former secretary to
her father, asked that she be released
into his custody. He attributed her
conduct to grief over the death of
her father in 1880, subsequent
financial reverses and her extreme
attempts to reduce weight. Arney ex-
pressed the opinion she needed only
proper rest.
Evening star., 1937-03-07

q knight commander Of the Bath.
The late British monarch. as well
as former King Edward VIII, were
received aboard Admiral Rodman's
flagship. the U. S. S. New York, in
the British Isles
One of the few American naval offi-
GERS who has entertained important
royalty, Admiral Rodman was host to
the late King Albert Of Belgium and
his Queen on the West Coast in 1919.
when he was Commander in Chief Of
the Pacific Fleet. He also received
President Woodrow Wilson on the West
Coast. when the then Chief Executive
reviewed the fleet.
Recounts Experiences.
Admiral Rodman has recounted
his experiences in a book which he
called Yarns of a Kentucky Admiral y
When II. he entered the Naval Acad-
envy from Frankfort. and when but
a junior officer, he came in contact
with royalty, assisting at the corona
ton of King Kalakua at Honolulu,
Hawaii. He served on the China
station, commanding a gunboat dlvl-
sion on the YangtZe River; aided in
suppressing instructions in the Phil
ippines, commanded the forward guns
on the U. S. S. Raleigh, which is
credited with firing the first answer
ing shot at the hostile Spanish land
batteries at Manila Bay in the Span
ish-American War, and assisted in
putting an enemy cruiser out OF
action, and he was marine superin-
tendent of the Panama Canal in 1915.
the right-hand man Of Gen. George
w Goethals. who constructed the
big ditch" across the isthmus.
On the old ships Of the Navy
wooden ships-Admiral Rodman had
many experiences. He nearly was
lost in a wintry gale off Cape Hat
teras: of Newfoundland his vessel
was jammed for weeks In the ice, and
he cruised in the South Seas. months
away from mail and home. Later. he
served as commandant Of the 5th
Naval District at Norfolk, Va, and
retired on reaching 81 years, in jan
uary, 1923, after nearly half CEN
tury in the Navy.
Commanded Division.
In the World War Admiral Rodman
was chosen to command the 9th
Battleship Division of the Atlantic
Fleet. This outfit was assigned to
join the British grand feet, and at
Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland
these American warships became
a familiar sight Under Admiral Rod
man were the New York, Texas,
Wyoming, Arkansas. Florida and Del
aware. On one occasion, the Ameri-
can ships, as wing of the British
feet, came within few miles of the
German feet, but the enemy did not
make contact.
| If Admiral Rodman goes to London
as forecast by his friends, he will meet
many of his old wartime friends 2,
the coronation. foremost among them
King George vi.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
TAXLEG|SLAT|0N
WAITS TILL June
Congressional Experts Have
Double Reason for De-
laying Bill.
By the Associated Press.

Congressional tax experts said yes
terday that revenue legislation prob
ably would be delayed until June.
Speaking privately, they gave two
reasons for holding of a measure TO
continue the so-called nuisance taxes:
l. They believe that by waiting until
shortly before these levies expire in
June and July. they can put through
extension legislation in hurry with
out danger of long controversy over
amendments touching other parts of
the tax structure.
2. They want to scan March Is in
come tax returns to determine whether
they produce enough money so that
some of the nuisance taxes, like those
on admissions, furs and sporting goods.
might be dropped or lowered
Counts on Nuisance Taxes.
The administration is counting on
the nuisance taxes for s452 $50 900 in
the next fiscal year, with the gasoline
tax supplying $l9O,00O,000 of the to-
tai; automobiles. s48, 300 900; electrical
energy, 34O6O,0Oo. and tires and in
ner tubes, S29,750.000.
The question of general tax revision
or simplification likewise is in sbey-
ance, pending formulation of a re-
port on that subject by the joint Sem
| ate House Tax Committee.
Chairman Doughton OF the House
| Ways and Means Committee said he
was going TO confer soon with Chair
| man Harrison OF the Senate Finance
Committee concerning preparation Of
| the report.
The joint committee started the
study of the tax structure last Au.
gust after Doughton. Harrison and
Secretary Morgenthau had conferred
with President Roosevelt and an.
nounced they believed no additional
taxes would be necessary.
Consider Tax Alteration.
| WAYS and Means Committee MEM
bers have been considering the pos
sibility Of altering the tax on undIs-
tributed corporate earnings to give
more favorable treatment 10 corpora =
tions with deficits and debts and to
those desiring TO retain some of their
earnings for plant Improvements.
Doughton said the committee would
take up the question Of amending the
social security act separately. al
though changing its tax rates ia
among the alterations which have
been proposed.
There has been discussion a. the
| Capitol, too, of the possibility NJ
broadening social security benef :
and starting old-age pensions in 1888
instead OF l94l.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
Of Interesting Events
and Things.
DUELLO.

"HIS wheels s-within-wheels busi-
ness with Wayside stories and
correspondents finally came to
L swords points, literally. the
other night. Robert Bacon Reddy
writes in to tell us that at a fencing
bout a few evenings ago in a pri-
vate home a gentleman offered him
snuff. He refused politely, but re-
marked That reminds me Of a story
I read somewhere. about chap who
left a package Of cigarettes on street
car ." ="
q" and" said the young man
with the snuff box, lingering the epee
in his hand as If he wished it had a
dagger point, "the cigarettes disap-
peared, but a snuff box left there was
invariably safe. Right?"
Right" said Mr.. Reddy.
Il thought so,' said the gentleman.
"You read it in Washington Wayside.
I submitted it." And he turned away,
coldly
This incident has boundless charm
for us, not only because we like TO
think of our contributors meeting
quietly in the dark of night to pink
one another with swords and cry
Evening star., 1937-03-07
WEST VIRGINIA SENATE
ACTS ON DIVORCE LAW
1y the Associated Press.

" the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, March g.
The State Senate today approved
further liberalization of West Vir-
ginia divorce laws by proposing to
allpw remarriage of divorced persons
after so days.
The law prior to 1885 barred
guilty" persons in divorce actions
from remarrying for five years. The
laV now allows remarriage of either
party after year. The bill, sent
to ,the House, would reduce that to
two months.
The measure also would make
absolute all bed and board" DEGREES
granted prior to 1885, when the new
divorce law went into effect. Bed
and board" DEGREES were in effect
legal separations.
Another provision of the bill would
allow q divorced woman to take her
maiden name. even though she has
children.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
PART FIVE.
Financial, Classified.
Red Rider
Continued From First Page }

sanctioning or legalizing the advocacy
of communism" which he said was
boldly admitted" by the Communistic
party. His resolution further declared
the federation deemed wholly unsound
the suggestion that any set Of public
servants should be regarded as sacro-
sanct, or free from legislation pro-
tecting the public and the Nation"
Debate Finally Closed.
Wender then moved his substitute,
calling for outright repeal, and the
issue was joined.
For time it appeared the fedora
ton would get involved in parlia-
mentary argument similar to that at
the previous meeting. but at ll:24
pm. B. A. Bowles Of Georgetown
moved that debate be closed at 11:30.
Wender then asked permission to
amend his substitute to add the state
ment that the federation was un-
alterably opposed to communism and
all other subversive doctrines. There
was no objection to the shift in par
liamentary routine and President
Thomas E. Lodge accepted it.
A few minutes later, however. Dele
gate Clayton pleaded that it 60 out
of consideration 50 the federation can
vote the red rider up or down or vote
the Mccormack rider plan up or
down"
Lodge ruled the change in the order
had been permitted by unanimous
consent and the order must be con-
tinued.
Vote Called at 1850.
There was discussion over division of
the remaining time for debate, 50 that
when the body voted to end debate at
1880 there was but some 6 minutes
left.
Promptly at 1880 the vote was
called, with no demands for further
argument. It was on the Wender
amendment to his substitute and was
adopted. IS to a..
BY agreement, the vote on the Wen
der substitute for the Sullivan report
was by roll call. Secretary David Babp
had called more than q dozen names
when one delegate misunderstood the
call of another's name as his own.
To assure accuracy of the count the
roll call was started anew.
The final count announced by
Lodge showed ~ voting aye. IS no,
and two delegates declining to vote.
Leading the battle for outright re-
peal of the red rider were Henry I.
Quinn, a member Of the Board of
Education, who recently was elected
president Of the District Bar Associa-
tion; Wender, M. M. Mclean of Brook
land. Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley Of the
Kalorama Association, Edwin s.
Hege. president Of the Chevy Chase
Association; L. A. Carruthers Of For
est Hills. Burd w. Payne, Mrs. H. 3.
Parsons from the Congress Of Parents
and Teachers, and others. sJ
Supporting the position taken by
Evening star., 1937-03-07
MRS. SIMPSONS MOVIES
TO BE SENT TO EDWARD
Herman Rogers to Take Pictures,
First Since She Departed
England in December.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CANNES, France. March ed
ward, Duke OF Windsor. who has had
to remember Wallis Warfeld Simpson
by pictures made in days when ne
still was the worlds nightiest mon.
arch. soon will have new motion
pictures of her.
Herman L. Rogers OF New YorH,
host of the woman for whom Edward
quit his throne. said today he would
take the pictures himself, the frst
since Mrs. Simpson came here from
England in December. Copies, ne
said. would be sent TO the duke IN
Austria.
Rogers has not permitted Mrs
Simpson to be photographed since her
arrival here.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
BLAST ON SHIP AVERTED

SAN FRANCISCO, March (P.-
Flames that swept through part Of
the wrecked freighter Ohioan on the
rocks just south of the Golden Gate
died out today, without reaching a
consignment of explosives and oil
aboard.
The salvager, Capt. E. j. Mitchell,
who purchased the hulk and its
cargo for $4,000, and an assistant
waded and swan 100 yards from shore
to ship to fight the blaze. City firemen
stood by, but took no part in battling
the fire. Capt. Mitchell ordered the
explosives thrown overheard.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
.DR.HORNADAYD|ES;
NOTED NATURALIST
First Director of New York
Zoo Dies at 81.
IISix Months.
BY the Associated Press.


STAMFORD, Conn. March 6-Dr
William T. Hornaday, the first director
of the New York Geological Park and
a widely known naturalist, died at
7:30 o'clock tonight at his home here
He was 81. He had been i'll for six
months and confined to his bed for
several weeks.
His daughter. Mrs. George Temple
Fielding of Stanford and Chicago, and
three grandchildren. Temple Horna-
day Fielding. George Temple Fielding,
jr.. and Lorraine Hornaday Fielding,
survive.
Long Advocated Conservation.
DR.. Hornaday, whose concept OF wild
life conservation transcribed the mere
placing OF animals In cages for adults
and children to look at. saw one OF
his cherished dreams realized when
the Federal Government enacted
measures to protect ducks, geese and
other migratory fowl.
For years he had fought against
the high bag limits on ducks and
geese. In some States these at one
time ranged as high as Is ducks and
10 geese per season and DR.. Horna-
day and other conservationists warned
that America must curtail its slaugh.
ter or see those birds go the way OF
the buffalo.
Today the 48 States set thei limits
within the Federal restrictions Of II
ducks and 4 geese season and in addi.
ton there exist pacts OF co-opera.
ton with Canada and Mexico OF
waterfowl conservation.
DR.. Hornaday. also was aware O.
the menace of drought and extrem,
cold to waterfowl. He was leadel
in the fight for creation Of Fedora
game refugees and saw this dream re-
allied In many sections
After his retirement as head o
the New York Geological Gardens ir
1926, Dr. Hornaday supported Fed
eral efforts to conserve waterfowl.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
SECRETS.

A PROPOS of the current rumars Of
- Government reorganization and
sfake-ups in many departments.
James A. Wetmore. former supervising
architect of the Treasury Department.
is said to have written the following
anecdote to friends here. He recalls
other times when there was general
talk of departmental change and re-
alignment. such rumors as might make
a man wonder how safe his job.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
MARKL. REQUA, 70,
HOOVER ALLY, DIES
Republican Party Leader
Was Campaign Director
in West.
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES. March 6-Mark L.
Requa. 70. Republican party stalwart
and ally Of former President Herbert
Hoover, died in a hospital here today
of complications that followed an
operation performed three weeks ago
Requa. former Republican national
committeeman. mining magnate and
Oil conServationist, directed the presi-
Dental campaigns Of Hoover in Cali
fornia in 1928 and the entire West in
1882. For years he was known as one
of the closest Hoover friends and ad-
visers As food administrator in
World War days, Mr. Hoover appointed
Requa to head the fuel administra-
ton.
The genial, philosophically- minded
Requa was one Of the most potent.
behind-the-scenes figures at the 1896
Republican National Convention at
Cleveland.
Tribute by Hoover.
On learning at Palo Alto of his
friends death, Mr. Hoover said:
Mark Requa was one Of the most
honest. the most loyal. the most ideal
istic men that California has produced.
He would never accept public Of
fee, but he had performed great serv-
/ ices for the people Of this State. He
| is a great loss"
Requa came here from his home
| at Santa Barbara for the operation.
He was recuperating satisfactorily un-
til last night. when his condition un-
expectedly became critical.
A post-mortem examination was
started today to determine the exact
cause of death.
Production Control Advocate.
As fuel administrator. Requa also
was chairman OF the Committee or
Standardization of Petroleum Speci-
fications. He returned to Californis
and engaged in a campaign that LASTED
most of his latter life against waste
Of petroleum resources. In this, he
was one of the early exponents Of pro.
duction control.
With him at the time Of his death
were his wife, the former Miss Flor
ence Herrick of Oakland, whom HI
married in 1895: their son, Lawrence
Of Salt Lake City, and their daughters
Mrs. w. Coy Filmer. San Francisco
and Mrs. John Henry Russell, Los An
geles
The funeral will be at Santa Bar.
bara early next week.
Evening star., 1937-03-07
R0DMAN MAY WIN
CORONATION TRIP
Admiral Reported Likely to
Be Representative of
Administration.

Admiral Hugh Rodman, United
States Navy retired, who commanded
the battleship division of the Atlantic
Fleet that operated overseas with the
British grand feet during the World
War, Is understood to be under consid-
.ration by the Roosevelt Administration
to represent it at the forthcoming
coronation of King George vi in Lon
don, in May
The admiral, who lives in Washing
ton at the Westmoreland Apartment,