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Evening star., 1937-04-04
COUSIN IS INDICTED
IN Maxwell CASE
subornation of Perjury Charged
Against M. F. Dotson at
Wise. Va.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
WISE, Va, April 3.-Common-
wealth's Attorney Fred B. Greear said
today Wise County grand jury had
indicted M. F. Dotson, cousin of twice
convicted Edith Maxwell, on a charge
Of attempted subornation of perjury.
The prosecutor said the indictment
was based on charge Dotson offered
. bribe to a witness at Miss Maxwell's
trial for the murder of her father,
Trigg Maxwell, if the witness would
testify he saw Maxwell take drink
Of liquor the night before he was
found dying in the kitchen door Of
his Pound, Va, home.
Miss Maxwell, who was convicted
Of second-degree murder at her sec
ond trial in December, 1896, testified
at her previous hearing in November,
1885, she struck her father with a
shoe when he tried to beat her while
drunk.
The girls first conviction of first
degree murder and 25-year prison SEN
tenoe was set aside by the Virginia
Supreme Court Of Appeals and a new
trial ordered. The second jury rec
commended 4 20-year sentence, the.
maximum under Virginia law for Sec
ond-degree murder. An appeal Is
pending.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

The District Parole Board last night
granted a parole to former Repre-
sentative John H. Hoeppel of Califor-
mia, serving term at Occoquan for
consplring to sell a West Point ap-
pointment, but rejected the applica-
ton for clemency for his son, Charles
j. Hoeppel Their plea was heard
Friday.
The erstwhile House member, ac-
cused with his son of soliciting 81 900
from James w. Ives, Johns Hopkins
athlete, for the Military Academy
berth, will be released in the next few
days when the Parole Board has a
chance to check on his parole plan,
Wilbur La Roe, jr., the chairman, said.
His son, who was just 81 when they
were tried and convicted here in De-
cember, 1885. will-with good BE-
havior-be freed on September 25.
Thar sentsocs was four mouths to
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Hoeppel Wins Parole, but Plea
Of Son for Freedom Is Denied

year, but they did not enter Occo-
ouan until last November, after un-
successfully prosecuting an appeal and
then seeking freedom through writ
of habeas corpus. They became eligible
for parole on completion of the mini
mum sentence March "a.
Board Divided on Plea.
The Parole Board divided. 2 to l.,
on the application Of the former Repre-
sentative, but was unanimous against
liberating the son. Chairman La Roe
and Frank r. Jelleff voted for the
elder Hoeppels parole, while DR.. En-
NETT j. Scott opposed it.
THE crime of which applicants
were convicted was most serious" the
board said in its majority report on
the case. Conspiracy by member of
Congress to accept bribe strikes at
the very foundations of Government.
(see HQEPPEL, Page A.3.)
Evening star., 1937-04-04
BASQUES RESIST
DRIVE ON BILBAO
loya|ists' Attacks Seek to
Stop Rebels March
to Capital.
BACKGROUND

BACK kGROUND-
In the last teu weeks OF Spanish
ciUil Ddr Loyalists haue made sur
prising gains. insurgents made
quick headway after wdr started
last July ouer Lettist policies, but
Winter sloUed fighting. Several
Deeks ago Gen. FRANCOIS rebels be-
gan neD attacks on Madrid and
its defenders rallied. They resisted
the attacks and, inspired, began
dyiUe OF their oDn In major prof.
inces near capital. Fighting has
been reneUed on big scale, Uith
Loyalists claiming many victories.
BY the Associated Press.
WITH MILITARY OBSERVERS
ON THE BILBAO FRONT, Northern
Spain. April By the sea and in
the tall mountains of the Basque lands
a Basque government army struggled
tonight to hold Gen. Francisco Fran
cos insurgent armies from their au-
tonomous republican capital. Bilbao
1t was surprise attack and a
double one which they fought to sup
press with every ounce of available
manpower In their narrow strip along
the Bay Of Biscay, with insurgent
country on the east and west and to
the south, the Basques knew the fall
Of their northern stronghold would be
a telling blow to the cause they sup
port-the Madrid Valencia govern
ment of Spain.
This region is rich in natural re-
sources, and besides, it has an access
to the sea and the help the sea can
bring.
The fighting was hot both on the
seacoast, some 81 miles east of Bilbao
and in the Cantabrian Mountains
which rim the Basque capital on the
south and east.
Both Sides Make Progress.
Both sides made halting progress at
separate points, but there seemed to-
night to have been no important gain
of ground for either.
On the sea. government defenders
withstood whitening assault on the
town of Lequeitio, 81 miles east and
slightly north of Bilbao.
On the south, in the mist-shrouded
mountains, daring band of govern
ment Basques scaled 4,600-foot
mountain peak, La Cruz, one of the
natural barriers that lei between the
insurgents and Durango. from which
place they might sweep downhill some
l6 miles into Bilbao.
Some insurgent war materials on
the mountain peak fell into govern
ment hands, and the stiff battle there
left insurgent dead strewn in the
lofty crevices.
On other salients in the noun
tains, however, the insurgents edged
(See SPAIN, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1937-04-04
FORD STRIKE SETTLED
ON ASSURANCE TO I. A. w.
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
Congress Action on Sit-Do,vn
Is Predicted for This Week
Senate Expected to Pass Policy Dec
lardtiOn and House to Vote In
uestigation of Strikers.

ton now has a preferential status
in the House
1t is sweeping resolution, call
ing for an inquiry INTO every phase
of the sit-doWn strike, dealing with
the employees and the employers, the
cause of such strikes and VIII, insti-
gated them. The fact the Rules
Committee acted favorably on the
resolution in the face of opposition
by administration leaders and of labor
leaders is regarded as strongly sig
nificant. There is very lively op-
position to the sit-doWn strike among
members of the House. To shelve or
defeat the resolution Of investigation
would be regarded by many as tanta-
mount to condoning the sit-down
strike.
The determination of many mem
bers Of both the Senate and House
to force a showdown on the sit-doWn
strike is indicative, it was said. Of
the strong public sentiment which
Sec SITDOWN pace AL
Evening star., 1937-04-04
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Despite all efforts to choke off ac-
ton in Congress on the sit-down strike
issue, it was predicted last night that
the Senate would adopt a declara-
ton against the sit-down technique
and that the House would put through
the Dies resolution calling for COM
plete investigation Of sit-down strikes.
Seizure of the Ford motor plant in
Kansas City by sit-down strikers
strengthened the demand of Senator
Byrnes of South Carolina, Sen tor
Johnson of California, Senator Bailey
of North Carolina and others that
the Senate go on record in opposition
to the seizure of property by sit-down
strikers.
The House is expected to take up
the Dies resolution for an investiga-
ton of sit-down strikes on Thursday.
The resolution was ordered favorably
reported by the House Rules Commit
tee Friday afternoon. With the action
of the Rules Committee, the resolu-
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Heiress Bride May Ask E*-Mate
To Help Fight Brill Annulment

large roadsters out Of the four-car
garage back of his home and sped
400 miles to San Francisco. She had
no money or luggage.
Today, shortly after she arose, Mrs.
Brill had another attack of hysteria.
She burst into tears when she at
tempted to give a newspaper inter-
view.
"Just-can't-do it," she sobbed,
rushing back to her room. Il want
to tell them all about it. I've got
nothing to hide But I can't"
Later in the day, she saw reporters
for a few moments.
you know as much about it as
do" she said, Il don't know why
Bill disappeared after we came back
from Arizona.
when I saw him in the garage
yesterday, he took me in his arms
(see BRILL Pags A.e)
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Rescue Ship Battered by Sea
In Search for Disabled Vessel
T1u0 Other Steamers Push Into Heavy
Seas IN Mid.Atlantic ANSWERING
Repeated A ppenls for Help.

an hour earlier to the Radiomarine
Corp:
Still searching for the S. S.
Borkum, which is still sending dis
tress calls periodically. Zealandic at
position given, but unable to find the
Borkum."
Two Other Vessels Approach.
Two other steamships drove through
the storm to aid the British boat in
its search. The Borkum, its radio re-
ceiver imperative, reported its steering
gear disabled and that it was taking
water through its storm-urenched
plates.
Hidden by binding squalls that cut
visibility to bare half mile. the help
(See SHIPS, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1937-04-04
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 3-Severely
battered by a mid-Atlantic gale. the
British steamer Zealandic Wirelessed
tonight that heavy seas prevented it
from proceeding further in answer to
repeated distress calls Of the stricken
German freighter Borkum.
The Borkum was reported crippled
and leaking about a thousand miles
east Of New York.
Our steering house damaged by
heavy seas. Cannot do anything for
S s. Borkum until weather moderates.' y
the Zealandic wirelessed at 8:l8 pm.
eastern standard tine).
Nosing its way through high waves
and a thick mist the zealandic radioed
Evening star., 1937-04-04
By the Associated Press.

D. tAc ASSoClAtcu EIcSS.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.-Mrs.
Nan Pierson Brooks Macy Brill, beau
tiful New York heiress, collapsed in
a San Francisco hotel today, and re-
viving, vowed she would bring my
ex-husband and half of New York
society" to fight an annulment suit
brought by her second husband, Will
liam Brill, jr., to Los Angeles.
She eloped March 20 to Yuma with
Brill who is also wealthy and So
cially prominent
Their honeymoon lasted two days,
then he disappeared, and she was in
formed Friday he had 1iled suit for
annulment, charging they we in
toxicated when the ceremony was
performed, and that she had mis-
represented her previous marital
status.
Hystsrtoal. aha whsaled ons of bis
Evening star., 1937-04-04
CUMMINGS FIGHT
0NHEAR|NG SEEN
Wheeler Charges Effort
Made to End Testimony on
Judiciary Bill.
PACKGPOUND-

BACKGROUND
President RooSeUelt's plan to add
sir neU justices to the Supreme
Court unless incumbents oUer 20
retire uas announced Uithout
warning February 5. Encounter
ing a storm OF protest, the reasons
for the proposal hdue undergone
successive Transformations, until
noD the proponents frankly state
their purpose is to alter the state
OF mind" OF the justices.
Senate Judiciary Committee be-
gan hearings on the bill four ,oeekS
ago, receiping uolumes OF testimony
and minimum OF ne,D ideas. The
essence OF opposition testimony is
that plan ,oould undermine the
American form OF government.
Attorney General Cummings was
charged last night with trying to shut
off further hearings on President
Roosevelt's court bill. The charge
was made by Senator Wheeler. Demo-
crat of Montana, leader in the tight
against the measure.
Chairman Ashurst of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, which has been
holding the hearings for four weeks,
denied he would try to terminate or
exert any pressure on committee men,
bers to that end.
Wheeler contended the Attorney
General wanted to end the hearings
because the administration had no
witnesses 10 meet the array of testi-
mony by "public-spirited citizens" in
opposition to the bill.
Success in Committee Predicted.
Although explaining it was a mere
guess" Ashurst forecast that 10 Of
the 18 committee members will sup
port the bill when it reaches vote
in committee.
Asserting prolongation of the hear
ings is mot only good strategy, but
Is right" Ashurst added: Il couldn't
with any degree of equanimity meet
the charge that the hearings were
shut of. I want to be able to say
that no strong arm methods were
used"
At the same time, Ashurst said it
was beginning to look as If the hear
ings will end some time during the
latter part of April. Senator Burke,
Democrat of Nebraska, opposition
leader on the committee, agreed on
(See JUDICIARY, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-04-04
100 Cubans to Quit Spain.

VALENCIA, Spain, April R.-
The United States Embassy made
arrangements today to evacuate 100
Cubans from Spain next week The
refugees, now in the Cuban EN-
bassy at Madrid, will be taken to
Alicante by bus and board an Amer
ican ship there.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
MARSHAL AND DEPUTY
IN DEADLY GUN BATTLE
Texas Duel in Front of Cafe Fol-
lows Blow, and County At
torney Is Witness.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HEMPSTEAD. Tex, April 3.-Two
veteran peace officers stood toe to
toe" today and shot it out in front
of a downtown cafe.
City Marshal j. D. Shelbourne was
killed and Chief Deputy Sheriff
Claude Hutchins was probably ia
tally wounded
County Attorney William S. Jack
son, an witness. said one of the
men struck the other with his hand
and a second later the pistols roared
in unison. Jackson said it was i'm
possible to determine who shot first
Friends said they knew no cause
for the shooting.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Storms Hit Oklahoma.

OKLAHOMA CITY. April 3 R.-
Electrical storms, light busters and
showers hit Oklahoma today.
Dust blew in the Panhandle, where
an inch of snow fell five days ago.
At Guymon dust clouds cut visibility
to four blocks, and Beaver reported
light dust.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Student Rioters Banned.

WARSAW, Poland, April 3 R.-
Determined to halt anti-Semitic riots,
the minister of education today Or
dered expulsion Of one student and
banned 178 from Warsaw University
for one year on account of participa-
ton in repeated clashes.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Boats on the Potomac

Along the water front the boating enthusiasts
are painting caulking, building docks. In few
days thousands of Washingtonians will be afoat on
the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay every week end
Each Sunday during the boating season The
Star will print page of the latest boating news.
Turn to Pages Bio and II of todays Sunday
Star.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
DUKE SCALES MOUNT
Windsor's 4,OOO-foot Climb Fol.
lowed by Picnic.

SAINT WOLFGANG, Austria, April
3 P.-The Duke of Windsor, wear
ing leather pants, spent five and one
half hours today climbing Schafberg
Mountain, to an altitude of 1000 feet.
There the former British monarch
enjoyed a picnic with companions.
Snow prevented their reaching the
peak, $3.50 feet above sea level.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

(See JUDICIARY, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1937-04-04

(See BOOKMAKING, Page A-16)
Evening star., 1937-04-04

(See CANAL, Page A-16.)
Evening star., 1937-04-04
WEATHER.

u. 9. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Occasional rain today and PROBABLY to-
morrow; not much change in tempera-
ture; moderate to fresh easterly winds
mperatures-Highest 56, at pm. yes
terday; lowest, 43, at Sis am. yesterday
Full report on page A-l6.
Evening star., 1937-04-04

See FORD, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1937-04-04

(See GUEZON, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1937-04-04

(see HOEPPEL. Page AS
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
Three Pittsburgh
Papers Suspend
In Illegal Strike

PITTSBURGH, June %. (UP)
The three Pittsburgh newspapers
The Press. The Sun-Tclcgraph,
and The PoSt-Gazcttc--latc yes
tcrday voluntarily suspended pub
LEGATION when $50 members Of the
mailcrS' union called Il strike for
higher wages.
The strike followed refusal Of
the union leaders 70 negotiate
with publishers on demands for Il
wage increase of $l.20 per day
and $3.50 per night, statement
issued by the publishers said.
The three newspapers employ
approximately $500 persons in
their editorial, office and mcchan-
ical departments, all Of which are
shut down.
The strike was termed illegal"
by the mailcrS' international vice
president, Monroe Roberts, and
by Charles p. Howard, president
of the International Topographic
cal Union, with which the mailcrs
are affiliated, the publishers state
mcnt said.
at is understood that they Will
be suspended by their nterna-
tional union" the statement said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
Johnstown Citizens Start Efforts
To Get Cambria Mill Reopened

JOHNSTOWN. Pa. June % (UP)
The Citizens Council of Johnstown
last night authorized creation Of a
committee to confer with Sheriff
Michael J. Boyle I'm an effort to
have the Cambria plant of Bethle-
hem steel Corporation reopencd.
The committee will ask Sheriff
Boyle to allow picketing at the
eight-mile long plant and permit
striking employees to resume
their duties. This would require a
return to the status quo OF last
Friday when the company claimed
operations stood at 70 per cent OF
normal.
II would also embody revocation
of martial law established Satur-
day by Gov. George II. Earle when
he feared n scheduled march OF
5000 miners into the city to at
tend a mass meeting would result
in recurrence Of violence.
The Cambria plant, which en-
ploys $4,000 steel workers with a
daily payroll of between $4,000
and 100000, was closed under
protest" by the company Sunday
after Gov. Earle's reclamation OF
martial law,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
Report Il Duce Preparing TO Send
Regular Army Divisions To Spain

utcs after word came from Lon
don that the naval powers Of the
International Non Intervention
committee had failed to reach an
agreement on Germany'S dc
mandS.
The Italian ambassador in Lon
don, Dino Grand, staunchly sup
ported Germany's insistcncc upon
international action in retaliation
for two submarine attacks upon
the Nazi cruiser Leipzig.
1t was not established whether
Mussolini was preparing for open
intervention in Spain or merely
taking precautions for "hypothet-
ical possibilities"
Many believed, however, that
II Duce would seize upon the up
set state of internal affairs in
France and the London break
down to alter his Spanish policy
radically.
They believed he would cite at
tacks upon Italian warships and
steamers by the Spanish loyalists
and the "ineffectiveness" of the
International Neutrality commit
tee to justify his action.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23

ROME, June 23.-(UP)-Pre-
micr Bcnito MuSsolini was rcliab-
ly reported last night to be pre-
pairing to dispatch regular Italian
army divisions to Spain, follow
ING collapse of ltalo-Gcrman de-
mands for international action
against the Spanish loyaliSts.
It. was revealed one or more
generals of the Fascist regular
army have received curt orders
to keep their men in constant
readiness "for service abroad
The general who was known to
have received the order has di-
vision of $1,000 men and is pre-
pared TO sail with them from Civ
tia Vecchia if and when the or
der comes from Mussolini.
Foreign diplomats in Rome
made no effort to conceal their
anxiety over the fast-developing
complications of the international
situation.
ii Duce's plan to send his reg
ular army into Spain to aid the
insurgent cause of Generalissimo
Franco was revealed a few min
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
FRESH INCIDENTS
MAY BRING WAR

LONDON, June Is. (UP)
Germany and Italy today had
withdrawn from the international
land and sea control plan over
Spain. causing grave fear least
the whole system might collapse
with the resumption of unrcStrict-
cd foreign assistance to both sid
as i'm Spain.
Observers said that if Germany
and Italy now continue to send
aid to Rebels serious Incidents
may occur.
French and British officials
held mcrcgcncy conference to dis
cuSS the situation.
Fears are expressed that ltal-
ian and German action might
prompt Russia to aid the LoyallStS
openly. in which case all Europe
might be hurled into war.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
+. X. SECRETlyE ABOUT
HIS STRIKE ACTIVITIES

WASHINGTON, June %. (UP)--
President Roosevelt used the long
distance telephone periodically
from 10 a. m. Sunday until 1890
a. m. Monday in a personal at
tempt to settle the steel strike, he
revealed yesterday at his press
conference.
The chief executive declined to
name those with whom he con-
versed. II was reported Sunday
that he had talked to Tom Girdler,
chairman Of the board OF Republic
Steel Corporation, one Of the four
Independent companies involved in
the strike.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
GERMANY FREE TO
ACT INDEPENDENTLY

BERLIN, June %. (UP)--
Fuchrcr Adolf Hitler and his de-
Tense ministers were to decide to-
day what independent action" is
to be taken against the Spanish
LoyalistS, a government SpokcS-
man said last night.
T he government announced
that, as result of the failure Of
the London naval powers group
To reach a decision Of Hitlcr's de-
mandS, the Reich "haS an abSo-
mtely free hand to reach dcciS~
ions independently"
Der Fuchrcr is insistant, it was
said. that the LoyaliStS be made
to pay severe penalties for their
submarine attacks on the cruiser
Leipzig off the coast of Dram, Al
gcria.
Germany. the spokesman said,
is acting within her full rights be-
cause she first gave great Britain,
France and Italy-thc other three
powers of the Spanish neutrality
naval patrol-an opportunity TO
decide on punitive measures
against the Loyalists.
Hitler and his war staff, lnclud-
ing War Marshal Werner Won
Blomberg; Admiral Erich Raedcr,
Commander-in-Chief Of the fleet,
and COl.-Gcn. Hermann Wilhelm
Goering, commander of the air
force, will reach a decision indie
jendently of the Reich cabinet.
The cabinet will meet at noon
Wednesday, but only for routine
matters" it was explained.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
STRIKERS VIOLATE ALL
RIGHTS SAYS GOVERNOR

HARRISBURG, Pa, juno y.
(UP)-Govcrnor Geo. II. Earle
stated last night that mailcrs oc-
cupying the plants of three Pitts
burgh newspapers in an outlaw
strike have violated all the rights
of labor
In message to Mayor Cornc-
Illus ID. Scully of Pittsburgh the
governor declared:
"UnlcsS they rccede from their
position and return to work until
the expiration of their contract,
| recommend that you consider
them common trcSpaSSerS.'
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-06-23
{. B. DEMILLE
ADDED TO TAX
EVADERS LIST
Senator Walsh Demands
Personal Holding Firms
Be Outlawed
RESTITUTION OFFERS
SAID TO BE MADE

WASHINGTON. June %. CUPD---
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Guy delivering today submitted the
name of Cecil Is. DcMillc. motion
picture producer, to the congress
Sional tax committee as a citizen
who employed personal holding
company tO avoid taxes.
Earlier Sen. David Walsh. Dem,
Mass. asserted that the foreign in
Surancc company method of avoid.
ing taxes is downright fraud and
urged law TO stop it,
Six rich New Workers. including
a former law partner of Charles
Evans Hughes. Jr.. avoided pay
mcnt Of $5i9, j0l.97 in federal taxes
from 1892 to 1886 through loan OPP
cratiOns through foreign insur-
ance corporation which, treasury
officials told a joint congressional
investigating committee yesterday.
was fake" and shell"
The corporation was identified
as STANDARD Life Insurance Co.
ls'ls ~ NdN w SilIlh'h ~ aNfloN''t
Bahama Islands, in November.
1891. by Walter C. Babcr, a British
citizen and a member Of the firm
of Barber, Baylis d Co. insurance
and tax COnSullantS. New York.
according To- testimony before The
COnLnijtCe.
Eight policies tOtalling Sl5.-
275.0O0 were issued to the six New
Workers. They were named by Ma
son b. Leming. general assistant
10 the chief counsel Of the internal
revenue department.
Within the past two weeks, In
tcrnal Revenue Commissioner Guy
T.. Helvcring told the committee
the six men named yesterday have
offered TO make restitution in full
10 the treasury provided they were
not forced to pay penalty tax.
delivering said his department has
not accepted the compromise offer