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Evening star., 1937-09-12
Rites on Antietam's Fields
To Open Weeks Ceremonies
I TOmOrrO1U's Services First of Euents to
Be Clima1ed by Battle Scenes
Friday.

George B. Mcclellan, son OF Gen.
George B. Mcclellan, whose men
turned back the first invasion of the
North by the Confederate Army.
On hand, too, will be DR.. George
Boiling Lee, grandson of Gen. Robert
T. Lee, and Mrs. James T. G. Long
street. widow of the Confederate gen.
eral who held the right Of the line.
Executives of 20 municipalities in
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
and Maryland were guests of the city
OF Hagerstown tonight at dinner and
then witnessed the historical pageant
staged on the exposition grounds as
one feature of the two-week program
commemorating the battle. Earlier in
the day they trod in part the route
followed by the armies of Lee and
Mcclellan and visited the scene of the
battle.
They also visited the Rochester
House, where convalesced Capt. Oliver
Wendell Holmes, who was wounded at
Antietam but later recovered to be-
come an associate justice of the Su-
preme Court. They also saw the Jona-
than Hager home, where the founder
OF Hagerstown lived $50 years ago.
and other historic points.
1t was announced today that a
memorial bench and two silk flags
will be presented to the National
Park Service, which has taken over
| the battlefield from the War Depart
ment, as one Of Fridays features.
The Auxiliary to the Sons of Union
Veterans will give the bench, which
will be utilized in the Antietam Gene
tery. The Stars and Stripes, one Of
the flags, will be presented by the
auxiliary of Reno Post, G. A. r. and
the flag of the Confederacy is to be
the gift of the Shepherdstown Chap
ter, United Daughters of the Con-
federacy
Accepting the gifts for the Federal
Government will be John X Becken-
baueh, superintendent of the battle
fields and nephew of Gen. Henry
Kyd Douglas of Maryland, member of
the Light Brigade, which was con-
solidated from the 18th and 49th
Virginia regiments and the last of
the Confederate units to stack arms
1T Appoms*tox, Va.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
DEDHAM, Mass, September Ii
The prosecution continued to mass
scientific evidence during the fifth
day Of trial of Oscar Barto,sni, ST.
year-old former Quincy chef, for the
dismemberment killing Of Mrs. Grayce
Asquith last September.
DR.. Joseph T. Walker, %, State
chemist. was on the stand all Of to-
days az hour session., and cross-ex-
animation had only begun at adjourn
ment.
His description OF three bloody foot
prints on linoleum, taken from the
41-year-old Weymouth widows cot
tage and introduced as evidence, con-
cluded week largely devoted to tes-
timony Of physicians and scientists.
The prosecution still had two more
expert witnesses on its list, one OF
them Corpl. Anthony Leclaire, State
police footprint expert, who COM
pared the bloody footprints with
prints he took of Bartohni's feet.
Through all Of DR.. Walkers re-
counting Of the bloody interior of the
tiny cottage on Whitman Pond and
through introduction as evidence of
the bloody objects themselves-floor-
ing. bathtub, mirrors, clock and 9TH
ers-Bartolini remained unmoved.
The three footprints have bdlked
large in the prosecutions case, in
which an attempt was also made
to link strands Of twine found around
the head of the pretty widow in Bos-
ton Harbor to twine in the Quincy
curtain factory above which Ba-tolini
had rooms.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeCldl DtsphtCn 70 Inc otaT.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, September II
The battlefield OF Antietam, which
IS years ago echoed with the roar of
artillery and the groans OF the dying
and wounded. will resound to different
tones tomorrow.
From the North and South will
come hundreds to join IN quiet me-
mortal service at the point where the
forces of Lee and Mcclellan met in
one of the most savage conflicts of the
Civil War.
The rites, inaugurating the second
week of the National Antietam Com
memoration, a week to be highlighted
Friday by a re-enactment OF the his
toric engagement by some 10000 Ma
tional Guardsmen, will take place in
the national cemetery at Sharpsburg
Both Sides Represented.
Both the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie and the Sons of Confederate Vet
erans are to participate in the pro-
gram, which will be presented by the
Cumberland Valley Choristers and the
vested choirs Of Washington County
churches, and pay tribute to the %, 900
men who laid down their lives In the
battle.
Representing the North on the pro-
gram will be the Rev. r. Berry Plum
mer, chaplain of Reno Post, G. A. R
Auxiliary. OF Hagerstown, while the
South's representative is to be the Rev
J. c. B. Mclaughlin, chaplain oa
Henry Kyd Douglas Camp, Sons OF
Confederate Veterans. at Shepherds
town. Music will be by the Maryland
lst Regimental Band.
President Roosevelt. the Governor,
or their staff representatives from 2(
OF the 80 States that participated ir
the War Between the States and de-
scendants Of the opposing generals
will be among the thousands expected
here Friday for re-enactment Of th<
famous struggle.
The mock battle is to be directed
by Mai. Gen. Milton A. Reckord
adjutant general OF Maryland, ane
will be waged by 10000 infantrymer
and artilierymen OF the 29th Division
Of the Maryland National Guard.
Among the spectators win be %,
Evening star., 1937-09-12
REPUBLICANS C|RD
FOR COMING FIGHT
Middle -of-Road Policy Is
Urged for Party by Sena-
tor Bridges.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., September
11.-Asserting that the survival of
democracy in the country depends on
policies adopted to correct "disloca-
tions of our present-day society,""
Senator Bridges, Republican. of New
Hampshire, tonight declared the prob
lems solution was challenge to the
Republican party.
1T is a problem that cannot be
solved in moment of hysteria," the
Senator said in an address prepared
for the seventh annual conference
of New England Young Republicans
The three-day meeting will conclude
tomorrow.
We must not allow ourselves to be
swayed entirely by the clamors of
those who on the one hand argue
that the Government should cease to
interfere with the social and eco
nomic life of the Nation and Of
those who on the other hand argue
that the Government should increase
its collective powers" he continued.
Asks Middle Of Road Plan.
THE solution lies somewhere in
between those methods of approach.
that is, II we wish to maintain our
democratic form of government.
Some New Deal policies, ne as
serted, Involve an attempt to s.ter
our form of government"
John Hamilton, chairman of the
Republican National Committee, told
the conference the only issue cov-
fronting the Republican party was
whether the American Republic Shall
perish before the onslaught of those
who seek to substitute social eco
nomic and political collectivism under
the guidance of one man.
There is no other issue; there
can be no other issue, for until we
decide the fundamental fact as to
what shall be the type and charac-
ter of the government that controls
our destiny, all else is lost" he said.
Murphy Asks Convention.
Hamiltons definition of the issue
peIore tne Republlcan party came
after Gov. Francis P. Murphy. one
of the few Republican Governors to
win in the 1886 Roosevelt landslide.
had called for a national Republican
convention next year ito rebuild and
revitalize" the party.
Referring to an address of All
M. Landon in the 1896 Presidential
campaign, in which the Kansas Gov
ernor asked IL the President intended
to revive the N. r. A. and the A. A. A.,
Hamilton said: The campaign de-
mails Of the administration are an
swered today by the legislation caused
to be introduced in the last Con-
gress.''
Hamilton expressed the belief that
II the same group which continually
called upon "our party for an af-
f1rmative program had been living in
ITS they would have stood at the
foot OF Bunker Hill and added their
strength to the American cause by
some such remark as: Its quite
all right to be against George III.
but you must stand for something
positive"
Evening star., 1937-09-12
BE Able to Look DOlun Gun.
La Cuardia Tells His Police

or any other number of the men of
the Police Department of the CITY
of New York have the misfortune to
be kidnapped, 1t won't be the Mayor
who will receive them, but the trial
commissioner.
That is what I mean by being
ready for every emergency ''' Know
exactly what to do when q gun is
pointed at you"
In the group the Mayor addressed
ON the Summer City Hall lawn were
the 160 new patrolmen, 1876 graduates
OF the Police Academy and 66 mem
bers of the police class Of 1909, which
included Police Commissioner Lewis
). Valentine among IT. Sal men.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 11.-Being
able to look squarely into the barrel
of gun without f1inching is part
OF every New York .policemans job,
Mayor F. H. La Guardia told 100 pro-
bationary patrolmen who became
members of the force today.
Commenting on the kidnapping Of
two upstate patrolmen by a former
convict recently, the Mayor said:
They were kidnapped in their radio
patrol car. Then two days later I
saw that my colleague, the Mayor Of
the town, welcomed them home with
his arms around them.
Il want to assure you that Il tvo
Evening star., 1937-09-12
WEDS STOCKBROKER

LONDON. September II P).-Pa-
tricia, Countess Of Jersey, former wife
of the ninth Earl of Jersey, was mar
ried today to Robert Fnmer Wilson,
q London stockbroker.
The 23year-old bride and her hus-
band, "a, few to Paris for their honey
moon.
Shortly after her marriage to the
Earl of Jersey was dissolved last July,
he married Virginia Cherrill, Amer
lean movie actress from Carthage,
nI., and former wife of the actor,
Cary Grant.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
THREE REDS EXECUTED

MOSCOW, September IL (P).-Fir-
ing squads added three more names
today to the long list of those exc
cuted for counter Revolutionary ac-
tivity in Soviet Russia.
In the Black Sea province of Azov
three persons were executed for mis-
management of cattle-breeding
farm and two others were sentenced
to 10 years Imprisonment, according
to the Rostof1 newspaper Molot.
The executions followed by only
few days the shooting of IL other
agricultural leaders in the Ukraine
and Azov districts as "wreckers."
Evening star., 1937-09-12
LITTLE BUT INSURANCE
IS LEFT BY ROBINSON
Will of Former Majority Leader
Gives Residue of Estate
to Widow.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, September II.
The viii Of the late Senator joseph
T. Robinson was filed in Probate Court
today, leaving his estate, with the ex-
ceptSon OF = few small bequests, to
his widow.
No inventory was filed and spokes-
men for the family declined to esti-
mate the value Of the estate. An at
torney commented, however, that ''the
Senator left very little except for his
insurance"
County Judge j. G. Burlingame
named Mrs. Robinson as executrix.
Robinson, Senate majority leader,
died In Washington July IA.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
SENATE RACE is URGED
ON HIM, D0UGHTON SAYS
North Carolinian Will Make
Statement of Intentions
"In Due Time

By the Associated Press.
WINSTON-sALEM. N. c., septem-
ber 11.-Representative Robert l..
Doughton. chairman of the House
Ways and Means Committee, said in
an interview here today, Il am not
anxious to run for the Senate. but
many friends in all parts OF the State
have urged me to do So"
Asked if it were true that he might
oppose Senator Robert r. Reynolds
next year, the dean of the North Caro-
lima congressional delegation, said:
I have not authorized any one to
speak for me. . - In due time. with
out unnecessary delay, l will issue a
statement of my intentions"
Doughton was attending the con-
vention Of the Young Democrats of
North Carolina.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
GIRL FALLS 1O5 FEET
Plunges on Key Bridge and
Escapes With sprained Back.

- NNA . 10 ~ AAcJ ollQSe ana
Escapes With sprained Back.
From the railing of Key Bridge.
high above horror-stricken people on
the shore, who were powerless to inter-
fere. Miss Peggy Watson, 16-year-oId
daughter OF Lieut. Col. Leroy Watson,
q. 8. A., plunged los feet into the
Potomac River late yesterday. She
was rescued only few seconds after
she struck the water and taken to
Emergency Hospital, where she was
said to be suffering only from a
slightly sprained back and mild shock.
David P. Allen, distribution engineer
OF the Washington Gas Light Co., who
brought the girl ashore in his rowboat,
said she Swan about and screamed
several times" after she struck the
water "a very short distance" from
the concrete base of one of the piers.
A number of persons in boats and
on the boat club landings along the
shore said they had watched the girl
climb onto the railing and sit there
for short time before the plunge.
The girls parents said she acted
apparently on impulse and could give
no explanation Of why she jumped.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
RAIN DELAYS REBELS.
Storm Helps Defense Of Gijon BY
Asturian Miners.

HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish From
tier, September IL (P).-Rain squalls
sweeping over the Bay of Biscay coast
today hampered but did not halt the
advance Of Insurgent Gen. Francisco
Francois legions on Giion. last govern
ment port on the Northern Coast.
The downpour aided the defense Of
hardy Asturian miners trying to block
the insurgents westward drive along
the coast, but insurgent dispatches
said it could not prevent capture of
Mazucha Peak, dominating the sea-
board road to Giion-
Asturians Lost Positions.
The Asturians lost their positions
on the western ridge Of the Guerra
Mountains in q 14-hour battle yester-
day. Insurgent advices today stated
prisoners disclosed that 500 assault
guardsmen had arrived from Gijon
to reinforce the defense
Other of Francois fighters were en-
gagged east of Ribadesella, and juno
ton OF those advancing from the east
Is sought. Along the sea front insur-
gent gunboats pounded at outer de-
lenses and fishing ports. South of
Gdion, north Of Leon, the insurgents
won several new positions and were
assaultfng the village Of Carbonera.
Franco Using so Planes.
Little aircraft resistance has been
offered by the government against the
Tightening ring Of insurgents about
GiJon. Franco is using some 90 planes.
When i've government ships appeared
yesterday, they were promptly en-
gagged and shot down.
Far to the east, major battle ragged
on the Aragon battle front. The little
town of Belchite, scene of a bloody
conflict for several days, finally was
taken by government troops.
The insurgents estimated each side
has $4,000 men in the field ON the
Aragon front, where some have pre-
dicted the decisive battle of the war.
30 Refugees Reach Borde.ux.
BORDEAUX, France, September II
R)--Thirty half-starved Spanish gov
ernment supporters were towed into
port tonight aboard a leaky fishing
schooner They told a story of war.
death and desperation that marked
Their flight from Ribadesella, on the
Bay Of Biscay.
The captain Of the Greek freichter
Poiemis. which towed them. said two
other boats OF refugees from SPANS
civil war had sunk and their occ,I-
pants drowned before he could rescue
them.
The 30 who survived said they spent
nearly six days trying to reach the
french coast. They estimated the
number Of those who drowned when
the other boats sank at about 100.
The British freighter Stanbridze
brought 1850 women. children and
old men here from Gijon on the Bis
cayan coast.
The British freighter Motion. held
captive by Spanish insurgents for
more than two months, also arrived
at Bordeaux today with an uninjured
but hungry captain and crew.
The captain said his ship was re-
leased September 8. The British ship
Candelston Castle, also held by Span
lsh insurgents, was released at the
same time and went directly to Eng
land, he added.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
BOAT RUNS AGROUND
NEAR ALASKA. POINT
Coast Guard Cutter Rushes to Aid
of Ship Carrying 13 in
Grew.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, September II. - The
Coast Guard cutter Alert sped toward
Standpoint, Alaska, tonight, where the
14lfoot, Diesel-powered coastwise car
rier Eastern Prince ran aground with
crew of 13.
The Alaska steamship Starr mes
saged the Eastern Prince was stranded
and leaking. The motorship asked
for immediate aid.
The Eastern Prince, formerly Of
Portland, Me, is under charter to the
Berger Distributing Co. of Seattle and
is commanded by Capt. Charles
Graham
Standpoint is fishing village and
post ONCE at Humboldt Harbor, Popof
Island, in the Aleutian chain.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Family of Three Killed.

SPRINGFIELD. Mo, September IL
R).-A family of three was killed in a
collision of their automobile and a
Frisco passenger train at STAFFORD, Ia
miles east OF here, tonight. The VIC
tins were Charles Bolder. so, w. p. A.
worker; his wife Emma and their
daughter Virginia, 9. A granddaugh-
ter, 10 Ann Davis. S, was injured Sc
Evening star., 1937-09-12
AE.L. MAY DEMAND.
MI. R. B. SHAKE-UP
Union viii Press Its War
Against Board in Ma
tional Meeting.
BACKGROUND

! BACKGROUND-
Split in labor ranks has brought
3urisdictional strife into many cases
OF collective bargaining elections
NTH resultant embarrassment on
seuerdl occasions to the National
Labor Relations Board, Which has
the duty OF designating the bar
gaining unit sDhere in question.
Although the Committee for In
dustridl Organization unions are
under suspension from the Amer
team Federation OF Labor and out
right expulsion is not erpected,
there appears little likelihood for
reconciliation bctpeen the t1po
factions.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
.Jnllrlt to Dock
Changes toOne
Across atlantic
Broker Makes Up
Mind in Hurry
aboard Liner.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 1l.-A
bon voyage" trip to the pier today
stretched into transatlantic voyage
for Ray Lillibridge, a broker.
Intrigued by the sudden prospect Of
sailing, he just stayed aboard the lie
de France. without luggage. without
even hat.
Lillibridge, who had gone to the
pier to bid friends farewell. said
papers he always carried would serve
in lieu of a passport, that he had
enough money for the trip and that
he could pick up the necessities in
Europe.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
War" Toys Are Withheld.

LOS ANGELES, September IL LP).
All toys suggesting war have been
withdrawn from circulation by the
County Toy Library on orders of the
County Probation Department on COM
plants from parent-teachers associ-
ations and the League Against War
and Fascism.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
THE CONSTITUTIONS"

Constitution, and on which the ma
jority OF the justices leaned 20 heavily
in upholding the legality of the Wag-
ner statute.
He is firm believer in the doctrine
that the function OF judicial review
Is to determine procedural questions
and not to pass H2oDmatters Of policy.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
LEWIS TRYING TO SEIZE
PARTY, BAILEY ASSERTS
Senator Prefers to See Labor
Leader Defeat It Rather
Than Capture It.

BY tne AsSoclA<C Press.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. c., Septem-
Der 1l.-Senator Bailey, Democrat, of
North Carolina said in speech today
that John l.. Lewis, generahssimo of
the Committee for Industrial Organ
ization, was setting himself to cap
ture or defeat our party"
Bailey made the statement before
convention Of North Carolina Young
Democrats and added: Il prefer that
he defeat it rather than capture 1t.
THE first labor leader who tries to
capture our party should be repudiated
from one end Of the country to the
other"
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Mrs. Roach Charges Cruelty.

LOS ANGELES, September IL (P).-
In cross complaint for divorce filed
today, Mrs. Carmelita Roach charged
her cinema comedian husband, Bert
Roach, beat her so severely her skull
was fractured.
He filed suit week ago, charging
cruelty.
Evening star., 1937-09-12
LOYAL|STS TOASK
SANCTIONS
Spanish Government to
Seek Geneva Action for
Intervention.
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Stream OF reirforcements OF
troops and material from ITALY to
inSurgeHt forces tn Spain In epi-
dence since early weeks of Spanish
civtl Udr. Aid has grown more
aud more undisguised as IL tpds
repealed Italian stat officers are
assisting Franco against Lovdlists.
Mussoiini and Gen. Franco er-
changed Fluctuations after capture
Of Santdnder nearly three ueeks
ago.
By the Associated Press
MADRID, September 11.-A Spanish
official said tonight the government
will ask the League of Nations to i'm
pose sanctions on Italy for direct
intervention" in the civil war.
Jesus Hernandez. minister of edu-
cation. asserted government repre-
sentatives have already departed for
Geneva to "denounce concrete acts"
Of Italian invasion of Spanish terri
tory. He added:
"One of the members OF the League
has violated the League pact by
attacking and invading Spanish ter
ritory.
Because of this and the torpedoing
of Spanish Loyalist ships in the
Mediterranean our country will de-
mand application of appropriate sane
tions against Italy for its direct In
tervention In the Spanish war"
The civil war seemed to recede
to the background today for most Of
Madrid's citizens as throngs of ciU-
lians and militiamen strolled the
principal avenues.
RATN nrI avs nCurrr
Evening star., 1937-09-12
Readers Guide
News Summary
The Sunday Star, Sept. IL, 1897.
PART ONE.
Main NeDS Section.

Main NeDs Section.
WAR IN THE FAR EAST.
Foreigners face loss of position in
Northern China. Page Al
Fifth article by Upton Close on Sino-
Japanese war" Page A
FOREIGN.
Roosevelt solemnly pledges to try ito
keep us out of war" Page AL
Hull sends his ID peace principles to
Geneva. Page A-4
Sixty destroyer feet to scour sea for
pirate" submarines. Page Al
Seventy-five-mile typhoon takes lives
of so in Japan. Page A-4
Italo-Soviet war is believed unlikely
to occur. Page AS
Rumors growing Schact will quit Reich
economics post. Page A
NATIONAL.
Election ordered to avert C. I. o mari
time strike call. Page Al
A. F. of L. may demand Labor Board
shake-up. Page Az
Scientific evidence given in Asquith
murder trial. PAGE Az
War-made financial problems studied
by Federal Reserve unit. Page Alb
New Scottsboro case appeal goes to
Supreme Court. Page BIZ
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Litigation may result from wholesale
business privilege tax Page Al
Traffic program mapped for regatta
crowds. Page B-l
No safety advantage seen in airport
shlft. Page B-1
Observances of Constitutions ami
versary set this week. Page b.
Two held as bandits freely discuss
exploits with detectives. Page b.
Federation of Government Employees
to open convention. Page Ale
Damage suits totaling $50, 900 filed
here. Page b.
SPORTS.
Bulge defeats Won Cramm to become
emperor of tennis. Page B-S
Di Maggio's homer whips Nationals by
6-to-4 count. Page B-6
No-hit games are dime a dozen" for
current season. Page B-7
Cooper is kept from golf heights by
invisible fence. Page BIS
Can't Wait doesn't as he takes Junior
champion stake. Page B-9
Soldiers Fate is winner of testing
Foxcatcher Chase. Page Bio
Big fields seek Evening Star trophies
in sailing meet. Page Bill
MISCELLANY.
Obituary. Page Alp
Vital statistics. Page A-I5
Service orders. Page A-15
Iramc convlctlons. Page Ais
City news In brief. PAGE ak
Evening star., 1937-09-12
CHEMIST TEST|F|ES
AT MURDER TRIAL
Prosecution Masses SCien-
tific Evidence in Asquith
Staying Case.
BACKGROUND

Mrs. Grayce Asquith, pretty
iDido1o and former photographers
model, ,ods murdered last Septern-
Der in her Dedhar, Mass. cottage.
The slain pousan's legs mere found
in Boston HGrbor October S and
her head on October 20. Other
portions OF the body haze neuer
been located Oscar Bdrtolini,
former Quincy Chef. pos arrested
and charged NTH murder.