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Evening star., 1937-04-17

AAOc1 AC kOt UdCk
that Summer he was pretty hot
headed about the whole affair, but
then he quieted down and got to
work
Mind, now, that terrible indignity
Of Callahan's was two years ago last
Summer. Well, last Saturday Cal was
walking along Broad street down near
the depot and as he passed by he
glanced at the passengers getting of
the O'Clock express. The first guy
he saw-and he had no trouble rec
ogniZing him-was Baxter.
CAL moved fast and with a great
deal Of determination. He went
up the platform stairs in one bound
and very deftly kicked the suitcase
out Of Baxter's hand. Then he hit
him in the face with all the strength
that his Irish temper had generated
in those two unforgetting years. Bax-
ter didn't have q chance to clench q
fist. He went down like a log,
knocked completely cold, and 1t was
about IS minutes before the station
agent could bring him to-
Callahan, meanwhile, had been
hauled away by = couple Of patrol
men who rushed up to see what was
happening. They had little trouble
with him because he was especially
provoked with having the thing over
with so quickly. He wanted to stay
there until Baxter came around and
then do it all over again. The two
lads walked with him for a couple of
blocks until he was quieted down and
then they left him.
When Callahan reported for duty
Monday morning there WAS a note
for him to see the chief immediately.
At first he was = bit worried. He
couldn't imagine that the two pa
trolmen would have reported his little
affair Of honor. Then he decided
that the chief, starting on a new Job,
wanted to talk things over with one
of the old members Of the force. He
combed his hair and got all slicked
up and walked in.
The new chief looked at him for
moment without saying a word.
Then he said, Callahan, you're fired.
Turn in your uniform
Cal didn't say a word. He Just
walked out of the Office, turned in his
uniform, and Left
We'll, but sergeant" I said, weren't
there any charges placed against him ?
Why didn't he object to that kind of
dismissal?"
Baxter WAS the new chief" said
Sergt. Murphy.
CopyrHht, 1881
Evening star., 1937-04-17

Topeka, Kans., yesterday, when Special
Agent Wayne w. Baker, graduate uf
National University Law School here,
was critically wounded, J. Edgar
Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation, said today.
Hoover wired his congratulations to
Sheriff Homer Sylvester and his deputy,
c. L. Sylvester of Plattsmouth, Nebr,
tor their capture Of the fugitives.
Baker came here from Yuma, Ariz.,
where his father was sheriff, and en-
tered the bureau four years ago as 4
law clerk.
He had received his A. B. degree
from the University Of Arizona, and
enrolled at National University in
January, 1884. He was graduated
from the local institution last August
with an IL. B. degree, finishing ahead
of his class by taking Summer work.
School authorities said he was an ex-
ceptionally able student.
After graduating from National, he
returned to Arizona to take the bar
examination, but came back to WASH
ington early this year when appointed
to the F. B. I. Training School.
Twenty-seven years old and un-
married, Baker was sent to the Kan
sas City division of the bureau after
completing his training course. His
assignment with several other agents
to watch the Topeka Post Once was
his first important case.
Yesterdays gun battle was the first
serious one in which F. B. I. agents
have been involved since their raid
on the New York apartment Of Harry
Brunette last December Hoover led
his men in that capture.
Baker is the first Oman to be shot
seriously since the fatal wounding of
Agent Nelson B. Klein by George
Barrett at College Corner, Ind, two
years ago. Barrett was executed for
the crime last year.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

seventy eighth birthday anniversary
today by studying some Of the legal
problems awaiting solution by the
tribunal.
1T Is Just the same As any other
day." said an associate. There was
no special observance.
Justice Van Devsnter, appointed
by President Taft in 1910, Is exceeded
In age only by 80-year~old justice
Branceis. He likes such outdoor activ-
ity as duck hunting and roaming about
his newly-acquired Maryland farm.
He attracted considerable attention
q few months ago by failing to buy .
81 hunting license when he went In
pursuit OF ducks In nearby Virginia.
He pleaded ignorance Of the law
when accosted by game warden and
promptly obtained the required stamp.
Before going on the highest tri-
bunal, he was a Judge Of the Circuit
Court OF Appeals, Assistant United
States Attorney General and Chief
Justice Of the Wyoming Supreme
Court.
He Is one Of the six justices who
would be affected by President Roose-
velt's court reorganization proposal
Evening star., 1937-04-17
EXPERTS TO CHECK
VALUATION DATA
Utilities Body Seeks to Rec
onciIe Wide Divergence
in Estimates.

With the Capital Transit Co. val
uation hearing in recess until 10 am.
Wednesday, experts from the company
and the Public Utilities Commission to-
day began examination of each others
records in an apparent effort to recon-
cile some of the wide divergence in
their estimates.
A depreciation claim of % per cent
under the reproduction cost new"
estimate placed on the total fixed
physical property OF the company,
was filed by William B. Bennett, as
sistant to the president OF the con-
cern. The total depreciation estimate
was s13,7o2,296.
The depreciation claims, one Of
the most important questions relating
to valuation, will be vigorously pro-
tested by the commissions experts.
Important Items Omitted.
Inquiries by the commission elected
from Bennett the fact that items
bearing on obsolescense and mad
equacy Of equipment were omitted
from his depreciation total These
items have been cited by the Su-
preme Court in the rate cases as
among the most important matters
involved in depreciation values.
Their omission would be favorable
to the company, 1t was said after the
hearing
In connection with rolling equip
ment, which is being investigated by
commission inspectors as a result of
Thursdays street car accident, the
company claimed depreciation of
38 per cent, or $5,556,172. Street cars
have deprecated As per cent and
busses 20 per cent, Bennett testified
in breaking down some Of the figures.
Tracks accounted for another large
depreciation item, the total being
S4,79l $40, or 35 per cent.
Bennett to Take Stand.
Bennett will take the stand again
when hearings are resumed. Reduc-
tons made by the commissions ex-
perts in valuation estimates to date
have knocked OF approximately slo,-
900, 900 in reproduction costs, s9,o00,-
900 in historical cost values and over
$500, 900 In land values as submitted
by the company.
All the estimates are as Of Deem
Der 81, 1885. The commission indi-
Gated before the recess, however, that
it would endeavor to bring land values
up to date.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
CHICAGO GRAIN
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, April l7.-Despite
fresh 4-to-6-cent drop of Liverpool
wheat prices, domestic markets rallied
strongly at times today with gains Of
as much as l to "a cents.
Around l.31 for Chicago May and
1.l9as for July, the daily highs, SELL
ing increased, however. New wheat
contracts led the advance, stimulated
by reports of dust blowing and less
favorable crop adviceS from Nebraska.
Traders called the upturn here,
which paralleled action at Winnipeg
and the technical advance following
yesterdays severe break which tum-
bled wheat values all over the world.
Heavy selling broke out in Liverpool
again today, although the British
market rallied later from early lows
on expectations Of smaller world ship
mentS next week
Liverpool prices have declined as
much as 25 cents a bushel in the
last 10 days, but Chicago prices were
only about IA cents lower Traders
said one reason the decline here was
not as pronounced was because the
Liverpool market advanced more dur
ing March.
After the first hour increased SELL
ing Of May wheat sent the price Of
that contract fractionally below the
previous close.
Corn, oats and rye followed the
action of wheat. Provisions were
steady.
Around midsession, wheat was y
lower to IS higher, compared with
yesterdays finish, May. 129as; July,
1.l814. Corn was 5s-las up, May,
1888; July, l.14ls.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
BAN ON CO[0RED
STUDENTS UPHELD.
Tennessee Decision Cites
Fight on U. S. Justices
for "Legis|ating."
By the Associated Press.

oy tiC ADoOCAAtCu EAChS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April ia
chancery judges opinion which aimed
criticism at the United States Su-
preme Court upheld today the right
Of the University OF Tennessee to
refuse admittance to a colored student.
Chancellor Lois d. Bejach ruled
that to grant the petition of William
r. Redmond, I'd, for entrance to the
universitys School, OF Pharmacy would
be an assumption. Of legislative au-
thority not delegated to the court by
the laws or constitution OF the State.
Criticism has been directed at the
Supreme Court, he wrote, because the
court "in violation of its duty as q
judicial tribunal" has exercised leg
islative authority not authorized by
the Constitution - ="
This court" the chancellor said,
would not care to subject itself to
like criticism"
Redmond, ~, OF Nashville, sought
to force the universitys trustees and
It's officials to admit him or provide
for his instruction elsewhere.
The Association for the Advance
ment OF Colored People brought the
suit.
Bejah held there was mo substan-
tial discrimination" between the races
IN providing educational facilities and
that Redmond had not been denied
his constitutional rights as he claimed
He found that 1913 act of the State
Legislature removed from the uni
versity the responsibility of agricul-
tural and industrial education of COL
ored people by transferring Federal
tax funds for that purpose to a COL
lege for colored established at Knox
vile.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
W.P.A. REDUCTION
BEHIND SCHEDULE.
Report Shows Rolls Shrink
ing SIow|y-600, 900
Goal by June |.
By the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
A report of the Works Progress Ad-
ministration disclosed today that cur
tailment Of its rolls was tagging far
behind the schedule announced by Ad-
ministrator Harry Hopkins.
In the month preceding March 20,
the report showed 24,426 workers
dropped. Hopkins proposed to trim
the total by 100000 between Midwinter
and June l.
On March 20, the W. P. A. reported,
there were 2,134,00O w. P. A. workers
in the continental United States. In
addition, 100000 persons were en-
ployed in Civilian Conservation Corps
camps and $4,000 in other Federal
work relief activities.
The w. P. A. figures were made
public while Congress waited for Presi-
don't Roosevelt's recommendations for
relief in the next fiscal year, which
begins July l. His message Is sched-
uled early next week.
In his January budget message, the
President said that, exclusive of debt
retirement, next years budget could be
balanced if relief expenditures did not
exceed S1,537, 100000.
w. P. A. officials estimated today
that expenditures during the current
fiscal year would run between ST.
800,000,000 and $780, 100000. They
said this would compare with an out
lay OF $l,7l5,o00,0oo last year.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
W ashington Produce

:, BUTTER-92 score 1-pound prints, 81;
N-pound prints. 3S: tub, 36. 30 score. l
tub. 30 80
MEATs--choice beef. 1s: calves. %1s;
veal. lB; lamb, "a; pork loin. "a frozen
pork, p; fresh ham, 23; smoked ham, rs;
sliced bacon, 49,; slab bacon. 2S; COM
LIVE STOCK-Piss. 7s4asA: light hogs,
sEa9: medium, 9a9A; heavies, 79.ag;
roughs. SARA: calves. Gallo: lambs. 6alO
Prices paid shippers, net fob Wash
lneton; BY the United States Bureau OF
Agricultural Economics.
EGGS-Market generally quiet at un-
changed prices. Current receipts. goa:
hennery whites. 21A. Government graded
and and dated white eggs met prices paid ship
large, 23s4: U S extras mediums. 2OIa:
U. s standards. large. 22A.
LIVE POULTRY-Market unsettled
Dificuit to determine prices on Rocks and
chickens. Fowl: Colored, heavy. 1s to 10;
Lghorns. IA to Is. Chickens, Rocks and
crosses. no quotations; Leghorns, I'4 10
"a pounds and up. Il: smaller sizes Is
Old guineas. % to 30 each TURKEYS; Old
hens, l6 to is: old toms. Is.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

SdlldIldll!
well, now I'll tell you, Tommy"
replied the sergeant, and his big red
face broke into a quizzical sort Of
smile There's wheels within wheels.
as the saying goes. Callahan was a
mighty good copper, but he had his
faults, like all the rest of us. The
only difference being that Callahan's
faults got him into lot Of trouble.
"A couple Of years ago (said the
sergeant) Callahan was starting of
on his vacation 1t was in June and
he and his wife and kids were all
packed up and on their way to the
north woods. The sun was bright and
warm, the car was hitting on all six.
and the Callahan clan was in high
spirits I never have heard Cal sing
but he told me he was singing that
morning.
We'll, Cal was kind of anxious to
get up there to the cottage and he
was probably steppin' along a little
faster than he ought to have been,
but nothin' excessive, you know. He
said 1t was only IS, but the highway
cop said IS, and this particular speed
cop was not guy to stand for any
arguing He'd trailed Cal for half q
mile, always keeping far enough be-
hind SO that he wouldn't be noticed,
and then he pulled alongside and
jerked his thumb at Cal and said to
pull over, in a very nasty way.
THERE'S a certain amount Of
courtesy among coppers, you
know. and Cal expected that the guy
would just laugh and say O. K when
he found out they were both in the
same game, but this one was differ
ent. He told Cal he oughta know bet
ter if he was copper himself.
Naturally, crack like that
wouldn't be quieting to anybody's
nerves, and especially Gals. The
wind-up was that the smart copper
took Cal in tow, leaving Mrs Gala
han and the kids to watch the car
for about two hours. There was a
lot Of monkey business about resist
ing an officer and so forth and Cal
had to post bond before they'd let him
60. When he was leaving he walked
up to the smart young copper and
said, What's your name, mister?'
Baxter said the officer, 'why2'
Because we may meet again some
time, that's why. And I want to
know who I'm beating to a pulp
Baxter let that pass. He'd been
threatened lots of times before, just
like the rest of us. If threats meant
Evening star., 1937-04-17
U. S. J0BLESS RELIEF
POLICY HIT BY ANGEL
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO. April 1.-THE president
of Yale University attacked govern
mental unemployment relief yesterday
as the cause of most imperative
problem facing the Nation.
Speaking before an audience gath
cred to commemorate the 80th anni-
versary of the United Charities of Chi
cago, DR.. James Rowland Angel added
it was "a hard nut to crack"
The illusion is widespread that
things paid for by taxation are paid
for by nobody" the educator said. THE
backwash of that frame OF mind is
that people are ready ana willing to
turn it all over to George.
From the point of view of the
morale of people this is one of the most
destructive forces at work today"
DR.. Angel described the effect of the
public dole as demoralizing to those
who receive it and disintegrating to
the society that permits 1t.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

Continued From First Page.)

(COntlnued From First PaEe)
they shot their way out of the trap
set by Federal agents in the Topeka
Post Once they were captives Of
Sheriff Homer Sylvester.
During their flight they kidnapped a
country physician and forced him to
treat Suhay, who was wounded.
The sheriff and his brother, Deputy
Cass Sylvester, arrested them at PlattS-
mouth, Nebr., a town of $500 popula-
tion rs miles south of here, without
a shot being fired Suhay and Powers
found the winding streets Of tiny
Plattsmouth maze. When they STOP
ped to get their bearings on the towns
outskirts, the officers pounced on them
Identified With Robbery.
H. B. Fletcher, Federal agent in
charge at Omaha, identified the men
as those charged with conspiring with
Raymond McNeely and others to rob
the Katonah, N. Y, Bank and with
the $4,000 robbery Of the bank last
March 10.
McNeely was arrested in New York
yesterday by Federal agents. Seized
without resistance, he was arraigned
before a United States commissioner
and held under $4,000 bond.
Powers and Suhay seriously wound
ed Wayne w. Baker, 27, who was on
his first major assignment as Fed
eral ofncer. He was struck by four
bullets. Another hit o. D. Davis, a
bystander, in the foot.
The sheriff said the men had about
$1,000 In their possession. Most Of
1t, he said, was concealed in Powers
underwear.
The Sylvesters said they trailed the
automobile bearing the two men 8
miles When it halted on the edge Of
Plattsmouth they called upon the two
to surrender. The men stepped from
the car, hands upraised. Sylvester
took from each a loaded .38-caliber
pistol. The men were then taken to
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Offices here.
Rob Doctor Who Aided Them.
The sheriff said both admitted par
ticipation in the gun battle with Fed
eral agents yesterday, and having
forced DR.. S. NJ Hubbard to dress a
gunshot wound in Suhay's left wrist
at Sabetha, Kans, they took the
doctors car after their own had been
wrecked against bridge
Warned by the F. B. I. Office here
20 be on the lookout for the pair, the
sheriff and his brother drove to a
filling station 8 miles south Of
Plattsmouth early last night and
waited
Shortly after o'clock, the sheriff
related, the car bearing the two men
passed by. The Sylvesters, armed
with pistols and rifle, trailed it.
The sheriff said he and his brother
decided not to risk being exposed to
gunflre by drawing alongside the mems
car, but relied instead on the winding
streets Of Plattsmouth to serve as a
trap.
we were hoping" said the sheriff,
"the men would get tangled up in the
side streets and that's what they did
do. They weaved around and finally
found themselves headed through a
railroad underpass. Apparently real
Evening star., 1937-04-17
ASSAULT is CHARGED

A woman who said she was Miss
Ursula Hopkins, "a, of the 300 block
Of C street southeast was treated in
a Baltimore hospital last night for two
black eyes and bruised face, received,
she said, when assaulted by a strange
man while seated with young woman
friend in a downtown cafe. The
woman was discharged after treatment.
Miss Hopkins told police the man,
whom she had never seen before,
walked up to her and hit her twice
with his fist without provocation. She
gave police . description OF her
assailant.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
WALKER B. LESTER, IS,
DIES OF HEMORRHAGE
Woodworking Company Treasurer
Maryland Native-D. c. Resi-.
dent Many Years.

Walker B. Lester, IS, treasurer Of
the Washington Woodworking Co.,
died yesterday of a cerebral hemor-
rhage in Sibley Hospital
A native of Prince Georges County,
Md, MI. Lester had lived here many
years. He had been with the Wood
working firm 35 years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lenore S. Lester, and two daughters,
Mrs. Helen L. Wade and Miss Lenora
Lester, both of this city.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Monday at his home, 7o8 Rock
Greek Church road Burial will be
In Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
HUTTON DENIES CHARGES
OF MANIPULATING STOCK
Head of Brokerage Firm Flatly
Denies Each Paragraph at End
of Two-Day Quiz.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
w. E. Hutton denied yesterday,
paragraph by paragraph each of the
charges Of manipulating Atlas Tack
stock made against him and the
brokerage firm of w. E. Hutton g. Co.,
OF which he is the Detroit member.
The flat denials came in response
to questions from his attorney, David
w. Peck, at the end of two days of
Interrogation by Jacob Gruber, COM
mission counsel. Hutton was one of
the key witnesses in the inquiry into
the rise Of Atlas Tack stock from 9ss
to 301s between November, 1885, and
February, 1885.
The 29-year-old broker insisted
neither he nor his firm made any
money out Of the Atlas Tack trans
actions except normal commissions. He
denied ever telling any one the stock
would go up.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
THE WEATHER

District Of Columbia - Increasing
cloudiness and warmer, lowest tenn
perature about 48 degrees tonight; to-
morrow cloudy and somewhat warmer,
followed by showers; moderate winds,
mostly southerly.
Maryland and Virginia-Increasing
cloudiness and warmer tonight; to-
morrow cloudy and warmer, followed
by showers in the interior.
West Virginia-Cloudy and warmer
tonight; showers tomorrow.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear today
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Hotel Strike Ordered.

SAN FRANCISCO, April II (P.-A
strike of $3.50 employees In Is Of San
Francisco's largest hotels was ordered
for pm. today after negotiations be-
tween operators and union representa-
tives collapsed last night over demands
for preferential hiring Of union men
and 4 <O-hour week.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
NOT FORGOTTEN f: re ;'<
BY Mary Ann Daniels.

anything to a po-
liceman he'd be
afraid to step out
side his house after
q year on the force.
Callahan went
back to his car and
started OF once
more but this time
he wasn't singing.
As far as he was
concerned that par
ticular Summer va
cation was q fall
ure right from the
start. He hated
that omcious little
runt 50 wholeheart-
edly that all he
could think OF was
getting even with
him.
You probably
know yourself that
Cal had been doing
q good job lately.
Mr. fnry u,naL~
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Brain Twizzlers
BY PROF. ]. ID. FLINT.

IN ONE of the better known fighting
stables" were two fighters, one
called "Swingtime Sam"
and the other a bantamweight called
"Fiddlefoot" Finnegan Both were
very fond of fishing, and whenever
training schedule allowed a free hour
they spent it fishing if possible. One
day "Swingtime" caught large fish
and the two had no way of knowing
Evening star., 1937-04-17
AERONAUTIC UNIT ASKS
LINDBERGH HOP DELAY
Fears Trans-Ocean Race to Com.
memorate Flight of '27 Would
Result in Disa ster.

nSSult IN OlSaSLer.
Expressing fear that the French pro-
posas for trans Atlantic race this
Summer to commemorate the tenth
anniversary of the Lindbergh flight
might result in disaster to some of the
contestants and SO retard development
of regular transport operations be-
tween the United States and Europe.
the National Aeronautic Association
has requested postponement of the
race for at least a year
The request for postponement was
made on recommendations by Federal
aeronautical organizations, aviation
groups and individuals, it was ex-
planned by Charles F. Horner, presi-
dent of the N A. A., in making public
the letter to the Aero Club of France.
The opinion was expressed that con-
testants would use types of aircraft
unsuitable for ocen flying, but that,
owing to developments now being un-
dertaken. suitable aircraft may bs
available later.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Plan 0ld-Fashioned Dance.

The Washington Comptometer Club
will hold an old-fashioned barn
dance at o'clock tonight at the
Potomac Boat Club. Prizes will be
given for the best farmer and farmer
cite costume. Miss Vera Latona Is
chairman of the Dance Committee.
Evening star., 1937-04-17
FOREIGN.
Unicameral Plan Beaten.

OKLAHOMA CITY, April II (P.-
The Senate defeated a proposal for
a unicameral Legislature in Oklahoma
yesterday, "a to 13. It was the second
attempt in two days to bring a one
House lawmaking body to Oklahoma.
Evening star., 1937-04-17

SERGT' MUIR l.
~ PLY and I
were sitting in the
station the other
day talking about
the recent changes
in the department.
The Douglas City
police force had al
ways seemed to
most Of us outsid-
ers to be an en-
tirely satisfactory
sort Of organiza-
ton and the idea
of having a new
chief step in--an
imported fellow at
that-and promptly
disrupt the whole
scheme Of things
was rather dis
turbing.
Finally I asked
the question that
had really been
b o t h e r / n 6 m E.
why did he fire
Evening star., 1937-04-17
Seeks to Bar Divorces.

Lawyers Of Sydney, New South
Wales, have been asked by Father P.
Murphy. prominent Catholic clergy
man, to Hefuse to have hand, act, or
part in divorce proceedings"
Evening star., 1937-04-17

An oil pipe line 1900 miles long,
from Iraq (Mesopotamia) crosses the
desert to feed Britain's navy on the
Mediterranean.