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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
PRINCESS ROUSSADAM
Expires at Lausanne

the real cause of her illness was
discovered.
When the mistake came to light
she was rushed to the clinic sew
eral days ago. According to wit
ness, she died courageously, taking
solace from her religious faith.
At her bedside were her huS
band; her brother-in-law, Adrian
Conan Doyle; her son, Arthur, and
Mile. Chanel, daughter Of the ia
nous Paris perfumer.
Her brother, Prince David MIDI
vani, who was summoned eight
days ago, was en- route but failed
! to arrive in time.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
GUNMAN ROBS
MUTE OF S2,A55
Won AT RACES
Car Forced From Road
Returning to Capital

You Just can't beat the ponies.
Edmund A. TartoniS, 25-year-old
deaf mute, of Hartford. Conn.,, who
is staying temporarily at q hotel
in the first block Massachusetts,
Ave. N. W., is more than ever con-
WINGED of the old adage today.
He motored down to the Charles
Town race track yesterday and hit
a streak Of luck. When the day
was over he pocketed winnings Of
50, ASS and started back to Wash
ington.
He didn't keep the money long.
At Colvin Run, in Fairfax county,
Va, a lone gunman forced Tar
TOMS car off the road, robbed him
of his winnings and sped away. To
add to his misfortune, TartoniS'
car had a fender knocked off and
was otherwise damaged when 1t
struck q light pole as it left the
highway. He was given a lift to
town by passing motorists and re-
lated his pathetic tale, in writing.
to police.
CAPTURE SUSPECT
The TartoniS incident was only
one of the nights unusual high
wayman antics. There was the
case of Joseph Cooper, welLto7do
sportsman, $500 block Sherman
Ave. N. w. He was walking in the
2lOO block Flagler Pl. N. W., where
he was held up and robbed OF
$54. Two men passed him. He
recognized them as the pair who
had held him up. Summoning q
friend from a nearby filling sta
ton, Cooper overpowered one OF
the men, but the other one
escaped.
Double trouble befell Samuel
Talford, 81, 900 block Rhode
Island Ave. N. w., last night
while he was at work decorating 8
house in the 1900 block Columbis
lRd. N. W., two men entered, helc
lup him and his employer, Michae
Davis, and robbed them Of $22
i HIT WITH BOTTLE
Talford lost So to the bandits
land managed to save SO. But
flew hours later another pair o.
lhighwaymen menaced him a.
ninth and @ Streets Northwest
slugged him with a beer bottle
and took the So.
A man and woman, who helC
up Edwin F. Cannon, 900 blocl
of F st. s. w., near Seventh ant
M Streets Northwest, got little To-
their trouble. He said the woman
Engaged him in conversation anc
a few moments later the mar
came UP with a revolver. They
took his wallet, but it contained
only some small change.
To stimulate an interest in the
abatement Of the wave Of recen
holdups and ropberies, Major Err
nest w. Brown, police chief, yes
Iterday offered a 500 reward
from the police department fol
information leading to the ares
and conviction of the shotgun
bandit" He emphasized the in
formation would be held conf
Dental.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
Sewer Contract

The District Commissioners yes
terday awarded a contract for
$219,344 to DeLashmutt Bros,
Inc, of Arlington, for conStruc-
ton Of the Northeast boundary
a public works project.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17
Windsors to Entertain
Children on Christmds

LONDON, Dec 1.-THE Duke and Duchess Of Windsor
added the final touch their Christmas plans todaa couple
youngsters around the place when Santa Claus makes his
call.
Caroline Gust going TO- and her baby brother Edward
the children of Lord and Lady Brownow will wake Christ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17

morning in the French Riviera chateau of the former
King of England. 49,.
Brownow ordnwaiting to the Duke OF Windsor when
the latter wore crown and following Edwards abdcaton
years ago. Brownlow escorted Mrs Wallace Simpson on
the Continent
strong friendship between the two developed,
evidenced by the invitation of the Duke and Duchess to the
children spend their holiday in France .
Edward himself will play the traditional role Of ST. Nick
as he nsed to do for members the royal household
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-17

Published Daily at 1917 II st.. N: W.
with sunday Issue - The WashingtOD
HeFald-TimeS
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Business Plea for Tax Relief
Is Fought by Treasury Aide

should be taxed like ordinary
income. It is hard to see why
an individual who makes a profit
Of $25, 900 from a single sale OF
securities or other property has
less capacity to pay an income
tax than 3 merchant with q
profit or q similar amount from
repated sales. 49,.
"Nor is it easy to see why
either of these individuals has
less capacity to pay than an
individual who earns a salary
Of like amount"
Argument was advanced by DR.
Magill that the House bill woulc
give relief for persons subject K
capital gains taxes and that per-
sonal taxes are heavier than thos'
on capital gains. The principle o
graduated levies depending upol
the time property is held befor'
sale was indorsed by him, thougt
he allowed there might be room
for more liberal allowance OF
losses.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Act to Speed
Naval Bill

QN.S) Plans for quick action
on the House approved naval ex-
pansion bill were mapped in the
Senate today as Senator Walsh
CD of Massachusetts, chairman
of the Naval Committee, an
nounced hearings on the measure
would begin next Monday.
Although Administration lead
ers were confident that the bill,
passed by the House 29l to 100
yesterday, would receive resound-
ing Senate support, formidable
opposition lines, nevertheless, be-
gan forming.
A coalition bloc led by Senators
Bone Cd of Washington, Borah
(R.) of Idaho, (Nye (R0 Of North
Dakota and La Toilette (P) Of
Wisconsin was slated to battle the
billion-dollar measure.
Walsh indicated hearings before
his committee would be Of short
duration. He pointed out that the
House Naval Affairs Committee
covered the measure pretty thor
oughly" in hearings that lasted
more than a month.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
WALSH FAvORS
BIG U. S. NAVY

ALEXANDRIA, Va, March %.
AS an insurance policy" against
war, the United States must have
a Navy $50 powerful that no ma
tion will dare to combat it,"
Senator David I. Walsh Of Massa-
chusetts declared in an address
at the annual banquet of the Alex
andria Chamber Of Commerce last
night.
Senator Walsh, chairman o1
the Senate Naval Affairs Com
mittee, urged this country to be
neutral and denounced disarrna
ment as "a beautiful theory. which
I find very little to justify in prac
tice." He stated:
I'VE must be practical. We
are in a mad, mad world that
seems to have lost all its sense
Of balance. We will be involved
in q war sooner or later unless
we fight against alliances with
any and all nations. I am for
peace!"
The banquet, attended by 20C
business men and civic leaders
of Alexandria and vicinity, was
presided over by David c. Book
chamber president. Irving Dienel
was toastmaster.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
KERENSKY SEES
DICTATOR DOOM

DETROIT, March % Q.N.S0.
Europe's first World War-born die
tator today predicted the fall OF
all European relationships.
Alexander Kerensky, who seized
control of Russia following the
1917 revolution, arrived here from
q lecture today and said:
THE relationships are totter.
ing. They will disappear with
war. And they will be replaced
by freedom of the masses"
Speaking Of his own successor
In Russia, Kerenesky said:
Josef Stain will eventually
be overthrown. The recent trea'
son trials in Russia are the first
signs of complete and profound
destruction of the dictatorial
system and Bolshevism.
adolf Hitler is a fanatic with
mad ideas. Hitler, Mussolini
and the other dictators will go
with war"
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
U. S. PATRONAGE
CALLED FEUDAL

Employees of the Government
were likened to "retainers Of the
feudal lords Of the Middle Ages"
in an address delivered last night
by Karl de Schweinitz, director OF
the Pennsylvania School Of Social
Work, at the forty-sixth annual
banquet Of the Monday Evening
Club.
Each employe," the speaker
declared, "has his master, who
undertakes to find him employ
ment and keep him at it, and
who in turn expects unques-
toned allegiance"
Advising extension of the merit
system to all employees Of the
social services, de Schweinitz said:
"Only is public employees are
removed from participation in
the political wars, with which
their day-by-day work has no in
herent connection, can we hope
for a sound administration Of
the public business"
Members of the club voted In
favor of a survey of Districts re
lief needs by the Brookings In
stitute, the Social Security Board
or the American Public Welfare
Association.
The banquet, held at the Y
M. c. A., was attended by approx
mately 200 club members anc
guests,
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Rescued
Cigarette and Talk
BGLk Suicide

A cigarette and an argument
cheated death last night, when
James D. Cunningham, of 2129
Florida Ave. N. w., disSuaded
Albert e. Krichton, jobleSs stone
cutter Of the TOO block Of H Street
Northeast, from leaping to his
death from the Calvert Street
Bridge.
Cunningham, an attorney for
the Federal Communications Com
mission, saw the elderly stone
cutter poised on the outside Of
the bridge railing, as he drove
across the bridge. Stopping his
car, he offered Krichton a ciga-
rette, and engaged him in con
versation.
A passerby called q policeman
who took Krichton into custody
He Is being held at Gallinger
Hospital for observation.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Ride Stealer Dies
On Electric Train

BALTIMORE, Mar. % QN.SO. l..
Hooking a ride on an electrified
freight train, a man identified by
two companions as Jackson Mu-
sick, ~, of Birmingham, Ala, was
electrocuted last night. Police
said he climbed to the top of an
electric engine and either touched
the 120,000-volt overhead wire or
the trolley pole. His companions,
both from Virginia, were arrested
for treSpassing.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Good Business"
Lands Him in Jail

NEW YORK, March % QN.s0.
How to sell 13-cent rings for 30
cents was explained today by
George "scotty' Mckay, Al, to
Police Magistrate Mogilesky.
"scotty" said it was simple psy-
chology. He said he appeared to
he drunk and offered his rings for
SO cents and that people thought
they were getting the best Of him
so they bought. He got five days
In the workhouse to think up q
new business venture.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Roosevelt Pays
jefferson Honor

1.N.SO. President ROOSe-
welt, acting under a congress
SiOnaI resolution, today issued
q proclamation calling upon
the people to do honor to the
memory of Thomas Jefferson
on his birthday. April 13.
Thomas jefferson, author
of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence and third President
of the United States, was the
advocate of great causes and
high ideals of human free
dom - principles adopted as
fundamental by the Amer
ican people," the President
declared.
"ThOmas Jefferson as law
yer, statesman, philosopher,
scientist, farmer, and archi-
tect, lived a life of such rich
diversity that it encOmpassed
the full scope of the knOwl-
edge Of his time, and of
happy significance to his
country-knew how to carry
theory into practice, and
from youth to a fine old age
exemplified in all Of his work
the principle that the true
evidence of life is growth"
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Joe, Sr. WILL Wear
Knee Pants TO EUe11 Score!

IT think the public must bs
getting pretty tired Of seeing
the Kennedy. jr., mug by this
time"
Production Manager Dave
Gooder declared:
"After all, Joe's father Is Am
bassador to England, so we
can't have him bouncing around
in the grass skirt, no matter
how beautiful q chlorine he
would be. Think what the King
would say when he saw the pic
ture IN the papersl" -.-..
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Oil Seizure
Vital, Says
CGrdenGs
By ARTHUR CONSTANTINE


MEXICO, March 20 IN.S.l.
President Cardenas sought today
to reassure Mexican business,
shaken by his decree expropriat-
ing the properties Of II American
and British oil firms valued at
more than $400, 100000.
The President made his state
ment after three executives Of the
American-owned Huasteca Oil
Company were seized at Tampico
as hostages" by Mexican workers
claiming back pay.
NECESSARY, HE SAYS
Cardenas said business had moth
ing to fear and that he had con-
fidence in the attitude Of the min
ing industry and other enterprises
which had feared they might also
be confiScated.
At the same time, however, he
declared his seizure OF the petro-
leum industry was an "imperious
necessity" He added steps would
be taken to stabilize Mexican
currency.
mo other dispositions will be
dictated which might affect the
confidence of the country IN
other businesses, property, de-
posits or investments" he said.
"The government intends to
protect them in conformity with
the laws"
ASKS CLAIMS BE FILED
CardenaS invited the petroleum
companies to file claims foE in
termination.
Meanwhile, fears were felt for
the safety Of the executives held
as hostages" in a terminal across
the Penuco River from Tampico.
They were Edward Borrego, Amer
ican citizen and refinery manager
for the Huasteca concern; Benito
Loyola, the company's chief coun'
sci, and FREDERICK Yenny, person
mel manager.
Their captors declared they
would rot be released until the
workmen are paid the sums they
demand from the Huasteca Com
pany, a subsidiary Of the Standard
Oil Company Of New Jersey.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, March 20
GNSO.-"Revolt in Reverse"-a
South Sea satire.
Harvard'S University'S new Pi
Eta stage production of that name
developed into a back-Stage revolt
in reverse today as controversy
arose whether Joseph P. Kennedy,
jr., son of Americas new AmbaS-
Sador to England, will wear a
grass skirt or a Marine uniform.
Everybody was taking sides eX-
cept the principal himself. Joe
was amused by the whole thing,
land saidi
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
ROPER VISIONS
TRADE UPTURN

u.N.SO All indications point
to a business upturn. Secretary OF
Commerce Roper told a radio au'
dience last night.
There is evidence Of resist
ance to further business and
economic decline, indicating
that the liquidation period has
about subSided," he said.
"While an immediate dynamic
upturn is not to be expected,
yet factors that now stimulate
confidence, coupled with sea-
sonal influences, should aug
ment the rate of activity during
the ensuing months"
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Wellesley Seniors
Elect Nine. Chang

WELLESLEY, Mass, March az.
A cablegram from the Orient to-
day established the "First Lady
Of China" as an official member Of
the Wellesley College senior class.
Already a member in good stand
ing of the class Of 1917 at Welles.
ley, Nine. Chang Kai-shek, wife
of the Chinese generalissimo, has
just accepted honorary member
ship in the class Of 1888.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
In Congress Today

~SAS@NN
Meets at II a. m.
Resumes reorganization debate.
Education and Labor subcom-
mittees considers NLRB amend
Finance Committee considers
tax revision bill.
Minton Committee continues
lobby investigation.
Postoffice Committee considers
air mail bill.
House
Meets at noon.
Considers conference report on
independent offices supply bill.
Merchant Marine Committee
considers aircraft industry bill.
Appropriations sub committee
considers legislative supply bill.
Labor subcommittee resumes
wagehour study.
District ub.committee consider
anti,narcotic bills.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Soviet Stays Order
To Evict u. S. Unit

MOSCOW, March % Q.N.S0.
Enforcement of an eviction order
against the Americana u ST a n
chamber of commerce here was
deferred by Soviet authorities to-
day. The order will not be car
ried out until the chambers head,
Spencer Williams, returns from a
trip abroad, and is able to find
new offices for the organization.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Auto Crash Kills
Three, Hurts Four

SUFFERN, N. Y, March %
G.N.S0.-A head-on collision be-
tween two automobiles at the suf-
fern'Ramapo town line today took
the lives Of three persons and
brought critical injuries to four
others.
The dead: Parker Osborne, Al,
Monsey, N. Y; his daughter, Dor.
othy, 20; and Edward Peck, "a,
Stony Point, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Canadian Ford
Profits S3,773,O43

WINDSOR, Ontario. March ~
Q.N.S0-The Ford Motor Com
pany Ltd. of Canada net profits
for 1897 were $3,773, ,O4S.41, the
annual report showed today. The
report, released by President
Wallace r. Campbell yesterday,
said the net profits were 1913 per
cent better than the profits of
1896.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

An italian genius disappointing death.
After planning to embalm himself in
glacier, blow himself up with battle
ship, smother himself with poisonous
rose petals or vanish mySteriOusly by Q
chemical apOtheOsis." he has the ba0
luck to die the most peaceful death inn
agluable. The American Weekly, WIEN
Snnday'a WashinRtOn HeraId.Times.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

Gus this year as they were in
1897 and 1885.
OPPOSES LIQUOR LEVY
Opposition to the House pro-
vision for an increase Of IS cents
a gallon in the tax on whiskey
to make the total $2.25 a gallon,
was registered by Dr.. Magill for
the Administration. That boost
was estimated to yield the Gov
ernment an additional $l9,000,-
600 in revenue.
The Treasury spokesman also
objected to the House provision
for a six-cent increase in the
three-cent a pound tax on: i'm
ported pork. The tax is "un,
likely" to produce any revenue,
he said.
Both Of these changes the
Treasury regards as undesira-
ble." DR.. Magill testified.
Gains from sales Of prop
erty," he said, "have been sub
jected to income taxation from
1918, when the Sixteenth Amend
ment was adopted, to the present
time. The basic reason, no
doubt, has been that such gains
represent a capacity to pay quite
as great as that represented by
income from salaries, interest,
dividends or the like. at least in
the absence of great changes in
the general level Of prices.
CAPACITY TO PAR FIGURES
"It is agreed on all sides that
the gains realized by q merchant
from repeated sales q prOpertS
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

els Blood on the Moon" a Sign Of
Disaster? During the Eclipse on May
About This and Also How Much Truth
There Is In Other Ancient SuperstitiOns
About the Satellites Effect on Humans,
Animals and Germs. Read This POpu-
lar. Science Article in The American
Weekly with Sundays Washington Her.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
STOCKHOLM DOGS GAIN

STOCKHOLM, March %
QN.S0.-The number of dogs in
Stockholm increased in 1887 by
about 1000 to total Of 5000.
Dog owners paid 270, 900 kronor, or
ahollt, SGT 900 in taxes.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22


shortly.
At the same time, State De-
partment officials studies cables
reporting seizure of three Ameri-
can officials of the companies in
Mexico. Press dispatches advised
that the trio, officials of the
Huasteca Petroleum Company,
were seized by oil workers and
held for hostages to force pay
ment Of wages claimed by the
workers union. Secretary Of state
Hull and other officials withheld
public comment until official re-
ports were studied.
METHOD DISAPPOINTS
Apparently. abrupt expropria-
ton Of the oil properties brought
the distinct shift in the American
position, which has hitherto been
Of a near hands-off natuer. Secre-
tary Hull publicly expressed dis
appointment that appropriation
was not accomplished by establish
ment Of a receivership process
first.
The Mexican law under which
the appropriation was carried out
provides for payment for proper
ties thus appropriated, but State
Department officials failed to find
that a careful accounting Of re.
ceiptS and disbursements was con.
Quoted under current proceedings
Then, too, the department was
not satisfied that the Mexican law
provided for recompenSe to Amer
ican interests with any degree Of
speed.
WELLES DEFINES VIEW
Only recently Undersecretary o1
State Sumner Welles, in a public
address, sharply emphasized that
American citizens operating in
dustrieS in a foreign counry were
subject to the laws of that coun
try, but added firmly that the
United States expected interest.
Of those Americans to be provided
for. Applied to the present case
THAT policy would demand propel
and speedy recompense for the oi
properties appropriated by 5h'
Mexican government.
A lengthy conversation between
Secretary Of State Hull and Am
bassador JosephuS Daniels a
Mexico City acquainted this Gov
eminent with the situation. Il
view of the seizure of the American
citizens repor d today, Swif
action was expected.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
Great Lakes Seaway
Pushed to Fore by.
U.S.. Note to Canada.
State Dept. DisclOses POUer Export Issue
By EDWARD B. LoCKETT

QNS) President Roosevelt's long advocacy of joint
CanadanAmerican development of Great LakesS Lawrence
River hydroeecrc power and navigation facilities thrust
to the fore again today papers made public by the State
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
REVAMPING BILL.
TO FACE MAJOR.
TEST IN SENATE
BackerS Predict Defeat
Of Amendments

Service from the Roosevelt re-
organization program. The ef-
feet of the amendment would
have been to "freeze" the Forest
Service in the Department of
Agriculture. Its defeat makes
it possible for President RoOse-
veIt to shift the service to the
Department Of Interior II he so
desires, assuming that the reOr'
ganizatiOn bill will become .
law, as now seems certain.
U.N.S.O Riding roughshod over
bipartisan opposition thus far,
Senate Administration forces to-
day predicted passage Of the Gov
ernment reorganization bill in sub
stantially its present form by the
end Of the week.
Proponents of the measure, how
ever, were faced with another
major test today in the form OF
a stack of amendments which
would exempt certain agencies
from the Presidents authority to
abolish, consolidate and reorgan-
ize Federal bureaus.
PITTMAN PROPOSAL
Chief Of these Is the proposal
Of Senator Pittsman CD Of Ne
vada, to exempt the Forest Serv'
ice from the bill. Pittman de
clared Secretary of Interior Ickes
is unqualified to administer the
functions of the Forest Service
should the President transfer the
agency from the Department, o1
Agriculture to Interior.
Pittman refused to Withdraw
his amendment despite assurances
from friends of the bill that thu
President does not contemplate
the transfer, and the bill does no
specifically propose such a change
Administration leaders expressed
concern over the Pittman amend
ment on the grounds tina
should it pass it might pave tn
way for favorable action on simi
lar amendments proposed p
Senator CLARK CD of Missouri. H
would exempt 16 agencies AM
bureaus from the bill.
DUE FOR VOTE
Senate leaders, meanwhile, drov
the measure toward a final vot
by the end Of the week. Majorit
Leader Barkley of Kentucky
again called the Senate int
session an hour earlier thai
usual, and continued the debat
limitation. It provides that n
Senator shall speak more tha'
once or longer than 80 minute
on the bill, and more than once
or longer than IS minutes on eac!
3 amendment.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

Turn to Page Is for the
second of the series by Theodore
HuntIey on the effect Of the new
bill in COngreSS.)
The Washington times., 1938-03-22

CONTINUED from Page II
ness conditions to be as prosper
Gus this year as they were in
1897 and 1885.
The Washington times., 1938-03-22
u. S. Due to Take
Stern Steps in Oil
Seizure by Mexico
American Attitude Stufens on Report Three
Citizens Held by Union as Hostages

GNS) The United States attitude towards the Mexican
appropriation of $OO00OOO of American and
British oil properties percepby ffened today and American
to the Mexican be expected