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Evening star., 1937-06-16
SLAYER OF WIFE
is REFUSED WRIT
Supreme Court Denies Appeal Of
John Francis Hunter, Prose
cutor Advised
Fy staff Correspondent of The Star.

FS Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ARLINGTON, Va, June 1e.-John
Francis Hunter, convicted in the
Circuit Court here last February of
the Staying Of his wife, Anna Delmas
Hunter, and sentenced to serve 20
years IN the penitentiary, yesterday
was denied a writ of error in the
supreme Court of Appeals at Wythe-
vile, Va. Lawrence w. Douglas COM
monWealth attorney, was advised.
Hunter also is under indictment for
the murder of Henry E. Corcoran. a
veterans Administration attorney
Mrs. Hunter and Corcoran were shot
to death at the Hunter home.
A jury found Hunter guilty of
second degree murder after more than
week of testimony, in which the
defendant sought to show that his
mind was deranged by jealousy at the
time OF the double Staying. Psy-
chiatrists from the Southwestern State
Hospital for Mental Observation.
where Hunter was confined for several
months before his trial, testified they
did not believe Hunter was insane at
the time Of the killings.
Douglas said today he had not de-
c1ded what disposition to make Of the
indictment against Hunter in the
death Of Corcoran. He is expected to
make a recommendation to Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy at the next term
Of Circuit Court.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
Man Who Helped Put Last Stone
On Washington Monument Dies
William Champion, 83.
Was Veteran of
Indian Vars.

William Champion, 80, Indian War
veteran and reputedly the last sur
vlvor Of four men who put the fin
ishing touches on the Washington
Monument, died in Soldiers Home
yesterday after long illness.
Mr.. Champion was the father of
Maj. William B. Champion, chief in
spector Of the District Highway De-
partment, whose home is in Alex
andria. Va. Also among survivors
is daughter, Miss Jane B. Cham
pion.
Mr.. Champion was the stonecutter
who shaped the last stone placed in
the Monument. 2-foot block marking
completion of the shaft That stone"
MI Champion used to relate, "is the
only one in the foundation that bears
none of the weight of the Monument.
1t blocks the aperture through which
ran ropes used in hauling materials
to the top. After the top stone was
set and the Monument dedicated in
February, 1885. the rigging used by
the stone masons was removed and
the hole closed up
Mr.. Chapman was employed on the
Monument work following his dis
charge from the Army in 1881. He was
the son of a British soldier who fell at
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Senator Adams, Democrat. Of COL
orado
A requirement that not more than
5 per cent OF any relief ALLEGATIONS
be devoted to administrative expenses
won approval, however.
Publication of testimony before the
Appropriations Committee disclosed
that Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress
administrator. opposed as very un-
wise" any attempt by Congress to i'm
pose relief contribution requirements
on local communities.
Citing that w. P. A. had to deal with
10000 different sponsors Of work re-
lief projects, Hopkins said:
Congress should take into consid-
Grafton the fact that States
or communities with the severest un-
employment are usually least able to
share in the cost of relieving unem-
ployment"
President Roosevelt also was repre-
sented by informed persons as oppos-
ing a fixed percentage of local pay
ments. 1t might result in hardship in
some cases. they said, even though
working all right in others.
The amendment would require the
President to make findings of fact on
cities financial ratings. He was de-
scribed as objecting especially to that
provision.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
TAXEVAS|ONB BILLS
DUE TO 0BEPUSHED
Enactment of Laws Aimed
at Dodgers Promised
This Session..

Enactment Of legsla ton at this ses-
sion of Congress to prevent continu-
ance Of taX-evasion methods uncovered
In the forthcoming congressional in
quiry was promised today by Senator
Harrison and Representative Dough-
ton, co-chairman of the joint inves-
tlgatlng committee
Because of the late date Of starting
the inquiry. scheduled to begin tomor-
row, it had been thought possible that
legislation would be postponed until
next year, when a general overhauling
OF the tax structure has been promised.
With Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau scheduled tomorrow to
submit instances of evasion and iden-
titles Of those following such prac-
tees, Senator Harrison disclosed last
night that some efforts already are
being made to pay up evasions.
Harrison said one check for $3.50.
900 had been sent In by citizen odd
ly stricken by his conscience right at
this particular time"
lac SOIll.
posed Of six Senators and six members
of the House, held its first meeting
yesterday and voted to throw its meet
ings open to the public. settling a
controversy over how much publicity
it findings are to be given. Some cases
not considered deliberate evasion may
be held secret, it was said.
IN ~
tee elected Doughton, chairman Of the
House Ways and Means Committee, as
its chairman, and on the motion of
Representative Cooper. Democrat, of
Tennessee, named Harrison vice chair
man.
Harrison said later the committee
did not intend to subpoena any Of the
persons accused of evasion. II any
of them wish to appear. however, he
said, the committee will be glad to
hear them.
Asked whether legislation might not
be made retroactive to catch tax eva
sions which the hearings may dis
close, Harrison replied that that re-
mained to be determined.
IL Woulo De up TO the DEPART
ment," he said. to recover taxes which
may be shown to have been avoided
through fraud
The investigation was requested
by President Roosevelt, who fort
night ago sent to Congress a message
and a letter from Secretary Nor
genthau. The letter related some Of
the devices which, Morgenthau said,
were used for the avoidance OF tax
payments.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
THIRD VICTIM DIES /
Of FSPOTTEDFEVER:
Mrs. A. N. Stuermann, 40.'
Is Third Fatality Here
in Two Weeks.

The third victim of Rocky Mountain
spotted fever within the last fortnight
was claimed yesterday with the death
OF Mrs. Augusta Margaret StuermAnn,
40, OF 609 Jefferson street. /
A little more than a week ago the
disease, which is spread by wood ticks.
caused the death Of two persons, one IN
Washington and another in nearby
Virginia.
Mrs. Stuermann and her husband,
Leonard H. Stuermann, visited the
northern neck Of Virginia on Memorial
day. Stuermann said that at one placs
he and his wife walked through box
hedge, and he thinks it possible she
became infected at that time.
Mrs. Stuermann became i'll about
three days after returning from the
holiday trip. Physicians diagnosed her.
illness as spotted fever, Stuermann
said.
In addition to her husband, Mrs.
Stuermann is survived by a son, L. H.
Stuermann. jr.; her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry G. Nau; a sister, Frieda
Nau, and two brothers, William G. ana
Carl Nau of Washington.
Doctors in nearby Maryland made
laboratory tests today to determine il
Mackau Godfrey, 81, Of st. Paul street
and East avenue, Kensington, Md, has
spotted fever.
Godfrey was stricken about 10 days
ago, and physicians tentatively dag
nosed his illness as spotted fever. His
condition was reported somewhat i'm
proved today. Il
Evening star., 1937-06-16
MAXWELL HEARING
SET FOR SEPTEMBER
High Court to Review Appeal at
Staunton Session-Teacher
Posts New Bond.

By the Associated Press.
WISE, Va, June 16.-The Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals will hear
arguments at its September term in
Staunton on an appeal by Edith Max
well from q second conviction on a
charge of killing her father.
Date for the hearing was set yes
terday, after the court had granted
Miss Maxwell's attorney, Charles
Henry Smith of Alexandria, a petition
for writ Of error and supersedeas.
Miss Maxwell visited relatives at
Pound, Va, today. She was free
under $4,000 bond. A new bond
was issued yesterday before Judge
E. T. Carter after one of the sureties
on her previous bond had asked to
be relieved Of his obligation.
At the former school teachers first
trial she was convicted and sentenced
to Is years in the penitentiary. An
appeal to the State Supreme Court
won new trial, and in December
last second Wise County jury found
her guilty and recommended the max
imum penalty of 20 years under a
cond-degree murder conviction.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
J. F. kELLYS ESTATE
is PUT AT $301,432
Will Filed for Probate-Adopted
Son and Widow Principal
Benefciaries.

Disposing of an estate valued at
S30l,43 the will of J. Frank Kelly,
proprietor of the lumber company
which bears his name, was flled for
probate in District Court today. His
widow, Mrs. Margaret E. Kelly, and
his adopted son, John S. Kelly, were
the principal benef1ciaries. They live
at 3001 Ellicott street.
Ninety shares in the lumber busi-
ness were left to the foster son and
the residue Of the estate to Mrs. Kelly
for life. At her death all will 90 to
the son. should be have reached the
age of 35. If he is not 35 when Mrs.
Kelly dies, the National Metropolitan
Bank will hold the estate in trust until
he arrives at the required age.
Mr.. Kelly provided that the grand
mother of his adopted son, Mrs. Cally
Coombs, will receive an $500 annuity
for life.
Mrs. Kelly was named executrix.
She was represented by Attorney
Joseph T. Sherrier.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
BY the Associated Press.

DS INC hSSoClAleQ fleSS.
BOSTON, June 1e.-Dr. Thomas
Hodge McGavack Of New York City
said today that rheumatic fever was
an infectious disease probably due to a
streptococcus.
DR.. McGavack, speaking at the nine
ty-third annual convention of the
American Institute of Homeopathy,
said that all the clinical manifesto
tions OF rheumatic fever were allergic
in nature. He added that rheumatic
fever was probably due not only to
infection but also to a deficiency Of
vitamin c.
Allergy is the sensitivity of the body
TO certain factors. Vitamin c, DR.. Nc
Gavack said, was the vitamin present
in such foods as orange juice.
The doctor declared he believed Ger
tain persons were hypersensitive to
rheumatic fever, arthritis and rheu-
matte heart disease, much as other
persons are representative to hay fever
anu dSlIllIld.
He advocated what he termed q
treatment similar to shock therapy to
overcome rheumatic fever and its al
lied illnesses. Shock therapy is the
treatment Of certain diseases by such
instruments as machines to induce ar
tif1cial fever.
DR.. Roy Upham Of New York City
said today that many thousands Of
women" suffering from mental dis
turbances as they approached middle
age were being kept out Of insane hos
pitfalls by the use Of snake venom.
Pains from inoperable cancer, he
continued, likewise were alleviated by
the use Of the same venom. DR.. Up
ham, attending the annual conven-
ton, in an interview discussed q
paper on snake venom he is to de-
liver.
The venom for mental disturbances,
he said, was given hypodermically or
by mouth. In the case Of cancer, he
said, the nerve endings OF af1icted
persons were paralyzed by the venom
so that they would not conduct pain.
With certain other drugs used to
relieve cancer, DR.. Upham declared,
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this country with his parents when q
child, the family settling in Baltimore.
After an active career in East Bal
timore politics, he was elected to
the Seventieth Congress, serving con-
tinuously since.
Should Mrs. Norton decide to take
the Craftsmanship OF the Labor Com
mittee. she will undertake duties that
have become increasingly important
with the growth of industrial strife.
What her decision will be only time
will tell. At her home in Jersey City,
N. j., Mrs. Norton was so shocked at
news of Connery's sudden death she
could not discuss her plans for the
future.
A year ago Mrs. Norton would have
readily agreed to serve as chairman
of the Labor Committee. Connery
then was planning to run for the
Senate, and there was a possibility Of
her being elevated to the post.
Newspaper men asked her at that
time if she would take the chairman
ship OF the Labor Committee II Con-
merry ran for the Senate.
why not?" she replied. Being
chairman OF the District Committee
Is just headache"
But serving as chairman Of the
Labor Committee in this troublesome
era OF labor disputes, strikes and the
administrations plan for a 4o-hour
week in industry, would be an even
greater headache" to Mrs Norton.
Within a few days Mrs. Norton plans
to return to Washington. She will
announce her decision at that time,
Evening star., 1937-06-16
CRIMINALS ARE MADE,
NOT BORN, SAYS EXPERT
Attainment of Police Boys Club
Campaign Objective Before
july Is Advocated

The old theory of born criminals"
was blasted by DR.. John E. Lind, psy-
chiatrist at st. Elizabeth's Hospital, in
an address at the Willard Hotel yes
terday before the Initial Gifts Com
mittee of the Police Boys Club cam
paign.
THE tendency to crime" said DR..
Lind, arises from environment. It
is true that persons born in a family
OF low moral standards are more apt
to turn to crime than more fortunate
children, but every baby, barring phys
lcal defects, has a $3.50 chance of
becoming an upright citizen.
@. L. Johnson, director Of the CAM
paign, urged the committee to push
the drive to its objective before July,
when vacations would be in full swing
He suggested that the committee as
sumo the burden Of raising at least
$4,000 OF the $4,000 sought by the
police for expansion of their boys
clubs.
He pointed out that the officers of
the campaign had started it of with
$4,000.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
THREE GIRLS AWARDED
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Competitive examinations at Dun
barton College, with 35 young women
competing, brought full scholarships
to three Catholic high school girl
graduates and half scholarships to
three others yesterday.
Full-scholarship winners were Miss
Anastasia McCloud, who was awarded
graduate scholarship to Holy Cross
Academy: Miss Margaret Donovan,
Sacred Heart Academy, and Miss
Mary Catherine Callahan. ST. An
thongs High School. HaH-scholar-
ship winners were Miss Rose Lorraine
John, Sacred Heart Academy; Miss
Virginia Llewellyn. st. Paul's Acad-
emy, and Miss Doris Tansley, st.
Cecilia's Academy.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
Rheumatic Feuer Infections "
Likely Streptococcic, Is View

pain wore of or else increased dosage
was needed to increase their effect.
Snake venom, he said, had no side
reaction and was efflcacious for q
longer period of time.
In the case of mental diseases, par
ticularly in women, Dr. Upham said,
snake venom has proved to be direct
curative. In cancer, he said, its value
was palliative.
In mental disturbances in women,
he explained, the venom altered cellu-
lar activity in the body, restoring per-
sons to normal mental condition. In
men he continued, the venom was used
to cure disturbances of the digestive
tract.
DR.. Upham, who said he had studied
snakes for many years, declared he
had found those kept in CAPTIVITY for
medical purposes lost a great deal Of
their venom potency. Snakes we're
most toxic, he said, in their native ele-
ment.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
MISSING AGENT
HUNTED ON ISLAND.
Biological Survey Emp|oye
Separated From Party
in Alaska.

A remote Aleutian island some ! 500
miles west OF the Alaskan coast was
being searched today for John H.
Steenis, Biological Survey field agent,
who became separated from his party
Monday while exploring the rugged,
volcanic areas.
Steenis, who lived briefly in WASH
ington last Spring, may have fallen
into a crevass or pot hole as he
worked along the precipitous coast
collecting data on sea birds and vari-
GUS mammals.
The Biological Survey was informed
by radio today that the crew of the
Alaskan Game Commissions boat,
Brown Bear, was proceeding with the
search and would be aided by Coast
GuardSmen en- route in cutter
Steenis was one OF three biologists
who left Seattle May 10 to make q
survey Of wild life on the Aleutian
Island chain, where the Government is
establishing a sanctuary for sea birds.
The party was landed on the west
ernmost island of the chain by the
Brown Bear. The island is about IS
miles long by miles wide.
Of1lcials Of the Biological Survey
here planned today to request either
the Coast Guard or the Navy to send
a sea plane to aid in the search.
Steenis is from Winconsin, and his
wife is attending the University Of
Minnesota.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
SUGAR LOBBYISTS
TOLD TO GET OUT
Roosevelt Declares They Are Most
Pernicious of All Groups
Seeking Legislation.

Pr the Associated Press
President Roosevelt yesterday vir-
tually commanded sugar lobbyists to
get out Of town.
He told reporters this lobby was the
most pernicious Of all groups seeking
to influence Congress, and declared
Congress could pass the administra-
lions sugar bill without any trouble if
the lobbyists would leave Washington.
The bill proposes to revise and ex-
tend the existing sugar quota system
and provides for benefit payments to
domestic producers 1t is designed to
supplant the Jones-Costigan act which
expires at the end of the calendar
year.
When a reporter asked Mr.. Roose-
velt to identify the lobbyists, he re-
piled that the newspaper men knew
them better than he.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
DANIELS IN CAPITAL

Josephus Daniels, United States
Ambassador to Mexico and former
Secretary Of the Navy, paid brief
courtesy call on Secretary Swanson
at the Navy Department.
Swanson and Daniels are old
friends, the former having been chair
man Of the Senate Naval Committee
when be w1s . Senator from Virgtnia.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
SEEKS FILM CAREER

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, June is Up.
-Rubye Nix zioncheck. 22-year -old
widow Of Representative Marion Zion
check, was in Hollywood today seeking
a screen career. She said she had to
make living and was determined to
find 1t in the movies. Since taking
screen tests some time ago she has
studied dancing, singing and dramatics.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
CRUISE SET TONIGHT
Illinois State Society to Take
Boat at $50 O'Clock,

The Illinois State Society will hold
moonlight cruise on the Potomac
tonight. The steamer City of Wash
ington will leave the Wilson Lines
wharf at $50 O'Clock, returning at
1l:45. DR.. Charles ]. Shellhorn and
Miss Elsie Green are chairmen.
Representative Keller, president of
the society, and the other officers will
hold an informal "get-together" re-
ception aboard, This will be the last
meeting until November.
Evening star., 1937-06-16

the battle Of Balaclava. Following his
work on the Monument he spent some
"a years as an inspector for the Dis
trict government.
Funeral services will be held at
1870 am. Friday in Soldiers Home
Chapel. Burial will be in the Soldiers
Home National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
Water Hunt On.

To open large sections OF waste
land in Central Australia for sheep
raising the Australian government
is giving permits to experienced men
to search l00-square-mile areas for
water, and Is Offering money and land
grants a. reWArdA.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
III
Big Wedding Cake.

PHILADELPHIA, June Is P.-
With a bale of hay and some candles.
carrots, turnips and lettuce, Keeper
Pat Cronin made tventy-fifth wed.
ding anniversary cake for Pete, the
700 hippopotamus, and Fatima, his
consort, who celebrated yesterday.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
BRILLIANT CHILD DIES
Pneumonia Fatal to Charles Will
liam Allen, g.

liam Allen, g.
Charles William Allen, 6, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Benjamin Allen,
died yesterday at his home, SO v
street, Of pneumonia and compli-
cations following measles.
Charles, who knew the alphabet
when only 20 months old, was in the
second half of the first grade at
Emery School and was to be pro-
noted to the second grade at the
end Of the present school term.
Funeral services were being held
this afternoon at the residence. Bu-
rial was to be in Fort Lincoln Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1937-06-16
Dog Loses Ground.

Epitaph on tombstone in Oakland
Cemetery, Rome, Ga-"A true wife is
mans best friend-his dog next"
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Evening star., 1937-08-08

NaSiS at one time are declared
enemies Of the state and then again
are treated with surprising leniency.
Almost every week Nazis are arrested
for illegal actions ard then released
by order Of the federal chancellery.
For the man in the street this sys-
tenn is too complicated, and the Nazis
interpret it as weakness.
At any rate, the first year Of the
accord passed in comparative har-
mony. As it drew to its close, a
mixed committee Of Austrian and
German oficials met in Vienna to
examine the situation and see what
had been achieved anC what could
be done better.
Both Somewhat Disappointed.
Hitler, so 1t was said, is dis.p
pointed that his Austrian followers
are still without representation in
the cabinet, and Schuschnigg Is
disappointed because the Nazi party
organization party in Germany con-
tinues to encourage and subsidize
the anti-government intrigues Of the
Austrian Nazis, although the second
paragraph OF the July accord says
that each government shall respect
the internal affairs Of the other
state, including Austrian National
Socialism," and promises that no
direct or indirect attempts at inter-
ference will be made.
The mixed committee deliberated
a long time and in official circles in
Vienna one was given to understand
that 1t achieved little. But the Ger
man delegates hardly had returned
home before it became clear that
they had accomplished a lot.
AZ first measure the press was
muzzled. Previously the Austrian
papers had been permitted to speak
their minds on Germany and the
subsurface relations between Ger
many and the Austrian Nazis. Now
they no longer are permitted to do
50, for such reports and articles
might be regarded as unfriendly
acts. The German press is supposed
to observe the same rule in regard
w huotlld DuI IL Is III QlQereQt
position because he is the aggressor.
"Mein Kampf' supported.
1t was also agreed to permit Hit
ler's "Mein Kampf" to be sold in
this country, although the book
openly breaches Anschluss union of
Austria and Germany and says
among other things-that the people
OF Austria and Germany are one
and the same nation and should be
united.
Eleven days after the conference
many political pardons were granted
DR.. Anton Rintelen, who two years
Evening star., 1937-08-08
Transparent Gum Lenses.

Sales OF spectacle lenses of methl-
methocrylate. the artificial transparent
gum, are mounting rapidly In England.
Evening star., 1937-08-08

ago was condemned to prison for
life 1 ringleader in the putsch Of
July. 1894, in which Chancellor
Engelbert Dollfuss was assassinated,
was released together with ITO others.
These releases were effected CLAM
destipely and 1t was denied officially
that they constituted real pardons,
because the government wished to
avoid giving the impression that it
had yielded to pressure from Berlin.
Pardon or no pardon, the release Of
these men granted one of the chief
demands OF the so-called Nation
alst opposition" which is hard TO
distinguish from Naziism, except that
the former Is tolerated and the latter
outlawed.
Only on two points the Austrian
government remained firm. 1t re-
fused to appoint Nazi ministers to
the cabinet, although it did call two
moderate Nationalists to the execu-
tive body Of the Fatherland Front.
And, second, it declined to lift the
general embargo on German daily
newspapers in Austria, from which
only five journals are excepted.
Independence Faction Uneasy.
The concessions which Schusch-
nigg considered necessary to keep
Hitler in good humor have caused
much uneasiness among those Aus
trians who watch jealousy over the
independence of their country. They
are not so much afraid Of annexa =
tion by Germany, which would bs
a fragrant violation of the July pact,
as of the gradual growth of a state
in which they would no longer be
masters in their own house.
The Austrian Nazis again demon
strated their recklessness on July
ID, when they staged great demon
strations for Hitler in the Upper
Austrian town of Wells at a meeting
Of Austrian and German war vet
Grams. The Germans must have gone
home with the idea that Austria was
more Nazi than their own country.
The advocates of Austrian inde-
pendence fear this recklessness. if it
Is not suppressed in time. will make
the Austrian patriots weary and
produce a situation in which they
let things drift.