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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-15
RICH OIL OWNER L
| SLAIN IN HOTEL
Isaiah leebove Is Killed in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Held by Police.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLARE, Mich. May IA bullet
fired by an assailant in hotel tap
room tonight terminated the mysteri-
Gus career Of wealthy Isaiah Leebove,
Michigan oil operator and political
figure.
Police Chief William Dunlop said
William Livingstone, an oil man and
former associate of Mr.. Leebove's, adj
mitted he fired the fatal shot, Mr..
Livingstone was taken to the Glare
County Jail at Harrison by Sheriff
George Bates.
Byron Geller. a Clare attorney and
an assistant State attorney general
under Patrick H. O'Brien, was wound
ed. The shooting took place while Mr..
Leebove and Mr.. Geller were sitting
together in a booth in the taproom of
hotel here.
Mr.. Leebove was president Of the
Mammoth Producing & Refining Co.
and Mr.. Livingstone had been aSso-
ciated with him. William A. COM
stock, former Michigan Governor and
close friend of Mr.. Leebove's, said Mr..
Leebove and Mr.. Livingstone had
fallen out and Mr.. Livingstone left
the company, but had remained in the
States Oil fields.
Mr.. Leebove, known as a mystery
man" in Michigan politics several
years ago, was 43 years old and a
former New York criminal LAWYER.
Mr.. Livingstone is about the same
age.
Chief Dunlop quoted witnesses as
saying Mr.. Livingstone walked toward
Mr.. Leebove, spoke to him and then
fired five shots. The oil operator fell
to the floor dead. Mr.. Geller arose,
but collapsed as he tried to walk
away from the booth.
State Trooper Francis Zanotti said
Mr.. Livingstone told him it was the
only way to settle a long feud."
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10PERSONS HURT
|NAUT0 M|SHAPS
Two Brothers Are Among
Wctims-Three Injured
When Car SkidS.

Ten persons were injured in auto
mobile accidents on nearby highways
in the last "a hours.
The victims included two brothers,
Frederick Mills. 80, and Charles Mills,
20, both Of 1922 Robinson street S.W.,
who were hurt when their car collided
with an oil truck on Conduit road
near Glen Echo, Md.
At Georgetown Hospital it was said
the younger brother may have a
fractured skull, and that Frederick
Mills is suffering from a broken leg.
Three other washington residents
were injured when their machine
skidded on the Washington Baltimore
boulevard near Savage, Md, and
turned over five times
They were Miss Julia Talry, 81,
spinal injuries and cuts; Elmer Ko-
vach, 80, decorations, and William C..
Giesey, 40, chest injuries and cuts.
Eugene Berger. named by police as the
driver Of the automobile, was unhurt,
according to the Associated Press.
A head-on collision between two cars
at Chicamuxen, Md, injured five
persons. They are Augustus Grinder,
49,, Marbury, Md, severe head cuts;
Norman Swami, 40. colored, Mamie
moy, Md, fractured hip; Lillian
Swami and her two sons, Lee and
George, all Of whom were shaken up
and bruised.
Lillian Bookings, colored, 81,
Bladensburg. Md, received a COM
pound fracture Of the leg when struck
by hit-run driver at Hyattsville. Md
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Army March 2, 1901, although he
was recalled to active duty with the
organized Militia of Nebraska from
January 6. 1904. to April n, 1905.
For a while after his retirement
he lived here and wrote his memoirs
on the stirring Boxer days America
in the China Relief Expedition"
Gen Daggett was recommended for
gallantry In the Battle Of Yangtsun
and for energy and good Judgment
In the attack on Peiping and for
gallantry and excellent supervision
of the attack on the gates Of the
Imperial City.
He was twice brevetted for gallant
and meritorious service during the
Civil War. and as recently as June
IL, 1896, the War Department award
ed him the Silver Star decoration
with oak leaf cluster for his gall
lantry at Yangtsun, and the Purple
Heart with oak leaf cluster ION
account Of wounds received in action
on or about May IL, 1864" Gust "A
years and two days before he died)
and on or about June 3, 1864. while
serving as a major, 5th Maine Volun-
teer Infantry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-15
PLANE SMUGGLING
CONSPIRACY Barred
More Than Dozen q. s. Pilots
Reported Held in Texas
for a Hearing.

Py the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 14-Disclosure
of an alleged plot for smuggling"
planes across the Mexican border from
Texas, destined for eventual shipment
to government forces in Spain, was
made today in Federal Court.
Assistant United States Attorney
John K. Carroll said more than a
dozen licensed American pilots were
being held in Houston, Tex, pending
hearing on June In connection
with the scheme
The disclosure of Federal tnves-
tigation came at the arraignment of
Cloyd Peart Clevenger, 40, a licensed
pilot, on charges of violating Presi-
dent Roosevelt's proclamation OF April
ID, 1886, establishing an arms en-
barge.
Mr.. Carroll said Clevenger was
wanted as fugitive from the south
ern district of Texas. where he faces
trial with other pilots.
United States Commissioner Gar
rett w. Cotter freed Clevenger IN
$4,000 bail and set hearing for May
Is. Clevenger is fighting removal.
The defendant was specifically
charged with having exported, on Sep
TENDER 10, 1887. two airplanes from
Texas to Palomas, San Luis Potosi,
Mexico.
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VIRGINIAN ADVOCATES
ISSUE OF ROAD BONDS
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
HMOND, Va. May AT. Cole
man Andrews, former State auditor,
who describes himself as a pay-as-
you-go man and an opponent OF Fed
eral spending, advocated in a state
ment tonight State bond issue, to
match Federal funds, for completion
Of Virginia's highway system.
Mr.. Andrews said there seemed little
doubt, no matter how vigorously those
who favor a more conservative course
may object, that the Nation will en-
bark on another spending program
and that the people of Virginia will
have to pay their part of the bill.
I'VE are going to have to pay for it,
so why not get some specific benefit
from what We are going to have to
pay?" he said. adding that Virginia
did not get her share of other pro-
grams.
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Father and Son
PI0r. to Enter
Senate Races
Ey the Associated Press.


A possibility developed yesterday
that . father and son may be candi-
dates for the nomination for United
States Senator in adjoining Western
States.
Justice Benjamin billiard OF Colo
RADIO, the father. said that's not be-
yOnd the bounds Of possibility" II he
should become candidate, he would
oppose Senator Adams.
His son, Albert, an attorney at Reno,
New, Is expected to seek the nOmina-
ton in Nevada. opposing Senator
McCarran.
Justice Hilliard came to Washing
ton for bar association conference
and Friday conferred with President
Roosevelt. He said the visit was a
social call only.
He had planned to visit James. A.
Farley, chairman OF the Democratic
National Committee, yesterday. bu!
Mr.. Farley was In New York.
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Oldest Retired Army Officer
Dies as lOlst Birthday Nears

Brig. Gen. Aaron Simon Daggett,
who fought the Confederates, Indians,
Filipinos. the Spanish and the Chi
nese. died yesterday IN Roxbury.
Mass. just month before he would
have reached his l01st birthday. He
was the oldest retired officer of the
United States Army.
Gen. Daggett was born In Maine.
June IA, 1887. On May /, 1861, he
joined the Union Army as a second
lieutenant in the 5th Maine Volun-
teers. July 81. 1861. he took part in
the Battle OF Bull Run, and before the
Civil War was over he heard the rebel
yell in these engagements:
West Point, Gaines Mill. Goldings
Farm, White Oak Swamp. Second Bull
Run, Champions Gap, Antietam, Fred
ericksburg, Second Fredericksburg.
Salem Church. Gettysburg, Kappa
hammock Station. the Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Peters,
burg.
Fought Against Indians.
From the Civil War he went to battle
against the redskins. In the Regular
Army. he served until July, 1877, with
the 18th and I'd Infantry Regiments
in Alabama. Florida. Georgia. Missis-
sippi and South Carolina. The next
IL years he spent with the I'd Infantry
In Idaho and Washington Territories
and in Nebraska.
Gen. Daggett was In Fort Missoula
Mont, in 1898, when war broke out with
Spain and he was ordered to Florida
where he stayed until June. Then he
sailed for Cuba and took part in the
Battle Of San Juan. where Theodore
Roosevelt and the Rough Riders made
great names for themselves.
After another tour of duty in the
Far West following his Cuban service,
Gen. Daggett was ordered to the
Philippine Islands in July, 1899,
where he participated in several bat
ties and skirmishes. In July. 1900, he
went to China with the China relief
expedition and fought against the
Boxers at Yangtsun and Peiping.
On August is, 1900, he led the attack
on the gates of the Imperial City.
The general was retired from the
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abroad, better to permit 1t to conduct
diplomatic relations, was officially de-
MED
The present system. it was declared
at the State Department is for all
commercial reports of whatever ma
ture to go through the State Depart
ment before they reach the Commerce
Department. For this purpose a hai-
son officer is maintained and copies
Of all commercial reports, which have
previously been submitted to chiefs of
missions abroad, are retained.
Reorganization of the foreign COM
merce service would require congress
sional legislation, since it was created
under the Hoch Act Of 1927. The
Senate already has passed, and the
House Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee favorably reported,
an amendment to the Hoch Act to
place the foreign commerce service
on a career basis with provisions for
retirement and other benefits included
in the Rogers Act, which set up the
consular service.
The bill is now awaiting a place on
the House calendar.
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scum will be national naval museum;
yet it Is not expected to conflict with
an ambitious project of the Navy His
torical Foundation for large national
naval museum at Washington. The
academy museum will serve primarily
as inspiration for Annapolis midship-
ment.
Curator. Appointed.
Capt. H. A. Baldridge. appointed
first full-time curator of the academy
museum last December, has started
to seek as gifts for the musuem objects
related to American naval history.
The new building, Capt. Baldridge
announced, will be inside the main
entrance to the academy grounds be-
tween the Omcers' Club and Samp-
son Hall. It will be los feet wide and
IS feet deep, although later additions
may make it deeper, and the front will
be built on line with Mahan and
Maury Halls. 1t has been designed in
conformity with the other academy
buildings by F. w. Southworth, archi-
tect Of the Bureau Of Yards and Docks
Of the Navy, who also designed Melville
Hall and has had general supervision
over Naval Academy architecture for
more than 20 years.
100000 Fund Donated.
Construction of the two-and-a-half
story building Of white pressed brick
and granite facings will be financed
without any cost to the Government
with $150.000 given, by the Navy Ath-
letic Association and $50, 900 by the
United States Naval Institute. Both
organizations will have permanent adj
ministrative ofices on the second floor.
In authorizing acceptance Of these
funds in March, Congress also author
lied the Secretary Of the Navy to ad-
minister additional contributions Of
money and property through q trust
fund in the Treasury Department
known as the United States Naval
Academy Museum Fund. The legis-
lation exempted gifts to the museum
from Federal taxes.
Rear Admiral David Foote Sellers,
who retired as superintendent Of the
academy in January, fostered the
museum during his four years as
superintendent. and arranged for the
gifts to finance it. Admiral Sellers
also obtained the appointment of .
retired of1cer as full-time curator 20
1t would benefit through continuity
Of administration. Capt. Baldridge,
Just past retirement age, is one OF only
nine retired officers permitted to re-
main In active service. but because
q this Status he does not have to BE-
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ACTRESS ON WAY HERE

LOS ANGELES. May IA R -
Carrying model plane for Postmaster
General Farley and a deodar tree for
Senator McAdoo. Marion Weldon,
screen actress. left by plane late today
for the Inauguration of national air
mail week in Washington. 81
The model plane is a miniature of
the famous De Haviland- Liberty BIZ
plane used in carrying the mail two
decades ago.
The deodar tree. which Senator
McAdoo and Miss Weldon will plant
on the postofflce lawn at Washington
is gift from the Altadena Chamber
Of Commerce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-15
G. W. U. DEAN ASSAILS
FRONTIER THINKERS
DR.. n. G. Doyle Blames Them for
Trend Toward Ending Study
Of Modern LANGUAGES.

By tie Associated Press.
BOSTON, May IA R.-Dr. Henry
@. Doyle of George Washington UNI
versity today blamed new educational
theories" Of frontier thinkers" at
Columbia University's Teachers Col
lege for much Of the trend toward
elimination Of study Of modern Ian
guages from colleges and high schools.
Addressing the New England Modern
Language Association at Tufts College,
the dean said: These frontier think
ers are not only opposed to the teach
ing Of modern languages, but they also
eliminate mathematics from the school
curriculum.
Foreign language teachers should
stand together but they should also be-
lieve in other subjects. They should
maintain humanistic philosophy Of
education as against Columbia's nat
uralistic philosophy which reduces
man to merely . higher animal"
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WOMAN IS INJURED
Mrs. Dorothy Quinter Morgan
Hurt in Auto Accident,

Mrs. Dorothy Quinter Morgan, Il,
sister of Ralph Quinter, well-knovn
amateur golfer, was cut on the legs
early today when An automobile in
which she was riding was sideswiped
on the Mount Vernon memorial high
way by another machine. She was
treated at Garfield Hospital.
Police said the car in which Mrs
Morgan was riding was operated by
George w. Thorpe, ~, Of 1861 Cries.
cent place NV. They said he was
unhurt. Mrs Morgan gave her ad-
dress as the Chevy Chase Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-15
RELIEF BILL WORK .
IS SET TOMORROW
Wage Measure Is Question
: in Adjournment Hopes
for Early June.
BACKGROUND

The chief doors bet,reen Con-
sress and adjournment ore pump
printing and ,pdge-hour Regulation.
The House worked far into the
night Thursday to get pump
printing of its chest. Wage and
hour Is the merit problem. Mem
bers OF the House especially are
resttpe because this is an election
gear. They rant to get home
and campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-15

River Report.
Potomac little cloudy and Shenandoah
very cloudy at Harpers Ferry late yes
terday.
Record Until 10 Pm. Saturday.
Highest. SO. am. yesterday. Year
ago IS.
Lowest. 40. 10 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. "a.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest, 81. on April 2S.
Lowest. Is, on January %.
Weather in Various Cities.
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Ted Lewis Mother Dies.

CIRCLEv1LE, Ohio, May IA R).-
Mrs. Ben Freedman. Is, mother Of
Ted Lewis. orchestra leader. died at
her home here tonight.
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The retention Of the foreign COM
merce service in its present form, 1t
Is further pointed out, Is necessary in
the present period Of domestic de-
preston when expansion Of foreign
trade Is Of major importance.
The contention that reorganization
Of the foreign commerce service is nee
essary to provide the State Depart
ment with reports from commercial
attaches and trade commissioners
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Readers Guide
and
News Summary
he Sunday Star, May Is, 1888.
PART ONE.
Main Ne1Ds. Section.

FOREIGN.
Mexico acts to block threatened revolt
by Gen. Cedillo. Page Al
Loyalists retard rebels drive on
Valencia. Page Al
Chinese assault tightening ring OF
Japanese PAge Al
Reich intervenes for six in Brazil
revolt probe. Page Al
Won Cralnm gets year on immortality
charge. Page A-10
Duce warns dictators to join to night
democracies. Page B-3
NATIONAL.
Eyes Of country on Pennsylvania pri-
mary Tuesday. Pase Al
Senator La Toilette on week END cruise
with President. Page Al
National Airmail Week to open this
afternoon. Page Az
Senate wage-hour bill filib,lster held
possible. Page Az
Senate group takes up lending-spend-
ing program tomorrow. Page Az
Labor Board to ask Supreme Court to
clarity ruling. Paee AS
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Budget Bureau approves amendments
to Alley Dwelling Act. Page Al
Citizens preparing for vote hearings
on Wednesday, Page Al
Increase in major crimes here shown
in report Page Al
Oldest retired Army ofhcer. near 101,
dies. Page Az
Trial of Langdon in Limerick case
opens tomorrow. Page b.
Public Assistance Division cuts relief
rolls here. Page B.
Fate of D. c. relief appropriation to be
decided. Page b.
SPORTS.
Dauber, favorite, romps to victory in
rich PreakneSs Page B-6
Foxx's homer in tenth inning beats
Nationals, 1919. Page b.
Peel" Of club main factor In low golf
scoring, says Cox Page BIS
Terps bow to Navy in lacrosse, 7-S. in
brief lapse Page b.
Danger Point, in fine stretch run. wins
Metropolitan. Page Bile
Cupboard and 135-cubic- inch racing
gaining here. Page Bill
MISCELLANY.
City news In brief Page Ala
Obituary. Page ALA
Vital statistics. Page Al.
Shipping news. Page b.
Travel Page BIS
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Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.

Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
disturbance of marked intensity Is
centered tonight over Southeastern Mich
igan. moving ast-northeastward, Detroit.
2a.32 inches. and another center has de,
veioped over Virginia, Urbana. % As
inches. The Hudson Bay disturbance has
remained almost stationary: but with di.
minished intensity. Chesterfield. district of
Keewatin. "9.40 inches: These disturb
ances have been attended by rain in the
lake region the Great Central Valleys and
the Atlantic and East Gulf States. Pres
sure is low and falling over California
and the Southern Plateau and Southern
Rocky Mountain regions. Las Vegas, New.
Alaska southeastward, to Northern wash
ington. Ketchikan. Alaska. 40 inches.
and it is relatively high from Alberta
southeastward to the Gulf Of Mexico,
thence eastward to the Bahamas and from
there eastward and northeastward over e9
inches and Wichita Falls: Tex. 30 inches.
The temperature has fallen from Indiana
eastward to the Middle Atlantic coast and
Northern Texas, while it has risen in
from Wyoming east-southeastward to
western Tennessee.
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WEATHER REPORT

District Of Generally
tomorrow moderate northwest
Maryland Vgna-Generaly
and tomorrow showers portion
VirginiaMost
tnnorr fair and warmer
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transferred regularly on a tour Of
duty.
Officers Lent Back Objects.
The museum pieces are trophy
flags, guns. swords. letters. portraits
Of distinguished officers, models, figure
heads, log books and similar items
associated with memorable events in
American naval history. Hundreds Of
small items were contributed by OIL
GERS on cruises to distant ports. These
include the trophy flags of Manila Bay,
presented to Admiral George Dewey;
q George Washington collection pre-
scented by r. T. Crane, jr.; q collec-
ton assembled by Admiral George
Henry Preble, historian Of the Navy,
and Civil War ordnance collection
believed the most complete collection
of naval ammunition and mines of
the period.
A recent acquisition is the ship
model collection of the late Col. H. H.
Rogers Of Southampton, Long Island.
Until he willed it to the academy, the
100000 collection was the largest
private one anywhere. It was set up
in Memorial Hall in January, and is
attended by a special custodian under
the Rogers will.
Panay Lifebuoy Gift.
Norman w. Alley, who made news
reel pictures Of the bombing and
sinking of the United States gum
boat Panay in the Yangtze River
last December, has arranged to give
the museum the lifebuoy tossed to
him by . member Of the crew.
Other relics will include the Bible
and original 1ogbooks of the U. q.
8. Constitution. the battle flag that
flew from the Monitor during its
engagement with the Merrimac, Ad-
miraI Simpsons cablegram and re-
port OF victory ut Santiago, the raft
on which r. P. Hobson and volun-
teers escaped from the collier Mer-
rtmac after sinking her ut the en-
trance to Santiago, q model and
relics Of the NC-4, the first airplane
to cross the Atlantic in 1919, and
the gig Of the U. 8. 8. Saginaw in
which five men sailed $500 miles
across the Pacific to Hawaii In 1870
to bring aid to 100 comrades ship
wrecked on Ocean Island, q feat
comparable to that Of Capt Bligh Of
the Bounty after his mutinous crew
had set him adrift.
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Medals Shown,

Another famous collection in the
museum Is the Malcolm Storer COL
lection Of naval medals, consisting
Of more than 1900 pieces. These,
bequeathed to the academy by Dr..
storer in 1896, are mounted on special
frames. 90 both sides Of each medal
can be seen.
tcopyright, aoos. 1sesA 7ssbuns).
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transferred regularly on a tour OF
fy
Evening star., 1938-11-14
We, the People
Portugal and Belgium May Have to Yield
African Colonies to Nozis
By JAY FRANKLIN.

question of colonies and the old
Herr Hitter that all the German colonies
andated to the title holders Versailles
serryng between Paris and London fully
ree es running before becomes the
Instead OF wholesale turning Of pockets a
ns and an "a air s Of slight understood
land-are due to return to the Aryan expressions
swamps from Titan German south
"est Aea that pretty much desert the Union
the other but German East Aicanow Tanganyika-
rich fertile territory under active development by British
London is oath to sacrifice ~ '
Portugal ana eeeum Will be strongly urged duty
maintain European by parting African colonies
British the French flag and appropriate territory
Tor transfer to the Nazis Since pucky little Belgium title
be shifted by another great powers Portugal With
r oue' p po1nea @ instinct In instinct for
detect hredamwent 100 ago and has been
supporting the Fascist against Republican Spain Here
taken out an insurance policy for continued Angola
France of to satisfy the Italians with
possible cesson of Tunis and other territorial
ugglngs Of the which waves the coo
The Pacific causes embarrassment. Great Britain
noos inc phospnates OF German Nauru
Zealand got other little islands while Equator
the Japanese with avless courtesy
tendency to play the colonial game for keeps always
he Phppnes as was the before Dewey Manila
the Germans have not been diplomatic
ou'y lies IN proVone military parasol against the Rising
And then finally America British trade is strong
IN the Rio de la Plata remans-thanks to the
great American coffee posongy United states and
of all old European stepping
OF Cad the Canaries the Azores West
Monroe Doctrine which is always awkward
government which desiring colonies sympataize
with the desire OF European on the
house. ~ " ~
Everything considered though Belgium and Portugal
must step up to the bar and say however reluctantly
Copyright.