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December 19, 1930

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Bus | Lines, October 6.: A 40 ¥ The jury, after deliberating 90 qmin- : utes, found both men guilty of sec-' ond-degree murder. The verdict was returned on the-second count of the indictment, which accused ‘the two men of killing Mr. Bush in the com- mission of an unlawful act—attempt- ed tobbery. Both men were acquitted on the first coutit, which charged Mr. Bush had. been killed purposely, The verdict. was announced “Bradner W. Holmes in answer to ques- ¢ions from Clerk Lee Ashford. * Im response to the question regard- ing the firs® count, Mr. Holmes said, “Not guilty.” Foreman “Slips.” “As tO the second count of the in- “Not ‘guilty—beg pardon—second count? *Guilty!” said the foreman. Mr. Holmes caught himself so quick- ly that spectators did not catch the nee. Justice Gordon, as is customary, | Teserved sentence. This will not be pessed before January 2, he an- nounced. While the juny weecnat. Mrs. had —* M> Bullivs fe yh Carnell, whose demeanor through- out the trial had. been rather jaunty, broke for the first time when Justice Gordon was charging the jury” After the jury retired he was in tears, his weeping convulsing and distorting his ee ae —— ‘wet — Trial: iaienihti to’Be Concluded cat Noon; ~ ‘Defendants Scored.: COURT ‘PREVENTS CLASH — 5 of. ten: men, and : two | women ‘In: the ¥. H. Smith’ Co. con- spiracy’ trial - in’ District “Supreme Court ‘will get the case ‘by~ 1 o’Clock this afternoon,’ developments ; yester- day indicated, Jyatice. William Hitz, presiding, set 10:30: o'clock this morn- ing as the hour tor , court, and limited — of —“ to Wilton | J.° ‘Lambert, : for the defense, will ‘present their closing arguments, and the Judge's; charge : ee | Frank’ G.. Raichie, who» spent ‘the entire ‘afternoon presenting the open- ing arguments for the defense, had face. When he returned to hear the| ; Verdict, he was cool and collected. in everything during the trial and ap- parently was urperturbed. When he returned to hear his fate, though, he nervously fingered a rosary and con- tinued to do so as Mr.: Holmes told’ the verdict. J statement to make after the. verdict. They were hufried from the courtroom to a van end taken to’ the District Jail, where they. will remain until sentence is passed. Pending this formality, defense counsel Louis L. Whitestone and W. R. Lichtenber: Yor Carnell, and F. J. Donahue and Cedric Johnson for Ma- honey, refused ‘to discuss possibility of appeals. Counsel Satisfied. That such step will not "be taken was indicated by the manner in which the, Onna far. She detpedemte took the verdict, Mr. Whitestone said: “We are very happy that it was second degree.” Mr. Donahue said: “It was the only possible verdict.” The courtroom was packed when . the verdict was returned, and the four young defense attorneys, all of whom had been appointed by the court, were given a regular regeption, spectators practically mobbifig. each other to grasp their hands. For Mr. Whitestone and Mr. Lichtenberg this was their first experience in handling @ murder case. | The jury took the case at 2:25 o’clock after hearing arguments and addresses of opposing counsel and on exhaustive chargg by the judge. - Court Explains Law. Justice Gordon in his charge cov- firat and second degree murder and acquittal. Concerning the second count Jus- of the grand jurors to‘identity it. Mr. Dodds. to accept this ‘state- ment as a charge that he had in- tended deliberately misquoting from the record. Leaping to his feet, he demanded that Mr. Raichle make apecific charges to that effect, receiving in=reply the defense lawyer's assurance that. no personal affront was meant. The two attorneys glared “at éach other until Justice Hitz reminded Mr. Raichle that hé had’ only ‘about.25 minutes left: in which to complete his» argu- ment. The potential ‘quarrel immedi- ately. subsided” and ‘Mr. Raichle’ re- turned .to. his The defense’s. argument, as. — lined . by Mr. Raichle,,.is predicated upon the same . contentions : which have been apparent: in testimony and cross-examination. since the begin- ning of ‘the trial. Credibility. of pros- ecution . witnesses, WAS Violently as- sailed. Mr. Raichle went back to, the’ year | | 1927, ‘and@edeclared, upon testimony of auditors’ who had handléd’the books of the Smith Co; twice annually.since the three defendants were ‘fh office, that its affairs had been conducted in an orderly ‘ana reguler fashion.’ He pointed out that testimony has shown Continued pn Page 2, Column. 7. * > * as a * * = ** 8. THY ‘ * : . — ⁊ ee FRANK MAHONEY. PE i CHAMBER Slender Margin Is Given New Cabinet After Bitter At- tacks Are Heard. BALLOT BOX IS STUFFED Paris, Dec. 18 (A.P.)—Premier Theodore Steeg and his six-day-old cabinet today captured a vote of con- fidence by a majority of only seven votes in their first appearance before a hostile chamber of dgputies. The vote was 291 against 264, and the oppositionists vowed they would overthrow the new ministry after the New Year's recess. Steeg’s day began in an air, of pessi- \mism. “After much effort last week he finally formed a ministry to suc- ceed that of Andre Tardieu and im- mediate attacks ‘and defections be- m of three officials t hefore the cabinet ‘chamber with its —I Qnbliravion “Of policy. . The minister of pensions, Robert Thoumyre; Rene Coty, undersecretary lof state for the interior, and Camille Cautru, undersecretary for , agricul- ture, were the men who quit. As representatives. of the republicams of the left and moderate Center grosps they. opposed M. Steeg’s ministerial ' declaration in favor of Iay schools as opposed to the giving of —— in- struction. But this very thing won the favor of the left groups, which staged a demonstration of enthusiasm such as seldom is seen evén in the tem- peramental French lower house, and brought the necessary although slen- } der. victory. ‘The intervention of former Premier Edouard Herriot was viewed. as an- other factor in the victory. Ih an impassioned appeal M. Herriot called on the chamber not to precipitate another ministerial crisis at this stage of affairs, and his plea appeared to’ carry a lot of weight with the hesi- tating members of the ‘moderate parties. Observers believed’ also that the very ferocity of an attack by Louis Marin, who scored the Steeg com- bination caustically on behalf of the right parties, defeated its own ends. “The voting was hectic, so much so thet stuffing of the ballot boxes set tise to an early report the gov- ernment had been defeated by ten votes. It was found.that the urn used for the tallying was filled with more than 1,000 ballots, whereas less than 600 should normally be there. | And a-forecast of future trouble was heard in the shouts of “dissolution” from many deputies. » It was noted that M. Tardieu, re- tiring premier afd leader of the op- position in the chamber, scrupulous- ly refrained from intervention in the debate. © Throughout the six-hour sitting he remained in his seat; say; » Continued on Page 2,. Column 6. Little Girl Brings Pennies To Boost Christmas Fund Trudges Through Slush to Donate.$7.55 That She slush to the office of The Post, came little Marian Eligabeth Radley, not quite three years old. In her hand she clutched a sack containing $7.55 ale “that she couldn’t reach her. goal. grape Rocher a egiaenes cagiuslt. 23 the coshidr's. window with 0+ agua tiene, 3 | POST TOY FUND The toy fund yesterday grew to $1,810.01. With three days in which to round up contributions, ‘it appears that the $2,000 total set as a tenta- tive goal will be reached. Your dona- tion will help. Won't you send it along today? The latest figures are: Previously subscribed.,.....$1,666.28 J. W.. Hardgrove. ...-sceesss Be Geis ct cves E. cide Chk oma be tnea 8. ¥. DEG. « abide bs aed sése0e Mr. and Mrs. F...cssceccvie eeeeevreeeeaenev eee R. B. OR eee rer eee ee Geer ~ Continued on Page 2, Column 2. ANALYSIS HITS HIGH-PAY CLAIM) MADE BY WOOD Budget. Bureau’s Figures Show Thousands Earn “Less Than $1,320. LOW-PAID WORKERS AFFECTED BY BILLS Senate. Reinserts Increase Items. Deleted by douse as Conferees Meet. hae Low and not high-paid Government “‘Temployes will benefit, or suffer, be- cause of the action of Congress on the President's recommendations for increased salary appropriations next year, according to an afialysis made yesterday. , In sharp contrast to the proclama- tions of Representative Will R. Wood (Republican), of Indiana, chairman of the House appropriations —2* tee, that ‘Government employes e already too highly paid, the report’ of the Budget Bureau shows that in the Government service in Washington alone there are 4,000: Government employes receiving $1,100 a year or less. Of the number receiving not more than $1,100, one-third are paid less than $1,080. The arbitrary classification includes many government employes at a cer- tain figure and less, but analysis by the budget bureau show that many of those included in the listing under the top salary head for their group receive considerably less. Majority Outside Capital. There are 3,125 government em- ployes in the District who ‘are paid not more than $1,320 a year, and of this number about one-fourth. re- ceive only $1,260, and many individ- uals do not get that amount. These figures are approximations and averages from the budget bureau report, and were cited yesterday’ by supporters in Congress of the pra- posed pay increases to .controvent Representative Wood's : argument anent . the splendidly Paid gorern»: ment employe. s Other . figures quoted from. the budget bureau- report show that. 736 employes, who would benefit from the proposed increases, receive $1,440 or less a year. One third of these re- ceive $1,320 or less. Analysis of the Government pay roll shows that there are at least three times as many Government employes in the so-called field service who will benefit from the increases as there are in Washingfoh: Study also shows that appropriation of the recommended increase will mean $65 a month increase to the lowest paid Government employes throughout the country, with most of the money going to persons living outside the National Gapital. These facts are among those which Representative Fiorell La Guardia (Republican), of New York,’ has pre- . Continued on Page 2, Column /7. $135,000 Blaze Visits Lynchburg Main Street Special to The Washington Post. Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 18.-—Fire to- hight wrought damage of $135,000 or more ta Eleventh and Main streets, when the store of the J. CC. Penney Co. and the MceGehee-Milliner Overall Co. were gutted. The loss is partly insured. The blaze — either in the rear of the first floor of the Penney store or on the fourth; floor and dropped down an elevator shaft. The overall plant was over the store. The Patter- son Drug Co.,~ next. door, suffered smoke and “water damage, and Sears, Roebuck Co. was damaged by smoke. Firemen were at a loss to ascertain the catise of the fire. Electric light and street car services were ‘Gisturbed for about three hours. 7 s DROUGI . RELIEF CON FEREES - Jum — Brings Deoth While Airplane Lands in Safety Fokker plane from which designer leaped to his death. MUSSOLINI BLAMES U9. MARKET GRAGH Tells Senate Italy’s Finan- cial Ills May Be Traced to It. HITS. MASS PRODUCTION Rome, Dec. 18 (A.P.).—The Amer- jean stock market crash and “money crisis” of the fall of 1929 are prirnci- pally to blame for Italy's present financial ills, Premier Mussolini told the Senate this afternoon. ‘In a speech marked by biting irony, frankness -and characteristic. “vigor, the Duce decared Italy was “nearing port, was perhaps ‘in ‘view of port, when. the .American crisis broke out en and exploded like a —* ‘placing the blame on the Amer- ican situation was part of the Duce’s defense for his drastic cut of 12 per cent in the salaries of all state em- ployes. However, the Duce pointed out, the people of Italy are finding that if conditions are bad here, they ate also bad-elsewhere. He said. that on August 13 he issued instructions that passports be granted in the largest number possible to all the countries except the United States—“including Russia, where, however, up to today nobody has sought to go,” the Duce observed. His exception of the United States was because the American quota was long ago exhausted. “Was this perhaps a change in our emigration policy?” Mussolini asked. “No, But there was a singular situation determined in Italy. Many in good faith thought really that this was hell and that paradise was elsewhere; that there was misery only in Italy and elsewhere was the reign of abundance; that only in Italy was there unem- Ployment and elsewhere there was not. “Very well,” he said. “This meas- ure from the viewpoint of morale has given 100.per cent résults. In the first few days the police stations were full’ of people insistently demanding passports; then this crowd thinned and: now there are more coming back than are leaving.” The duce found little favor for. the Ameriean economic policy, which he described as “manag production and mass consumption.” “This formula is a mistake,” he Continued on Page 2, Column 5. Says: of adversity. Govérnm each other and to the World. Calvin Coolidge This universe into which we are born, with © all its weaknesses and imperfections yet with all its strength and progress, is the only one in which we can live and we may as well make the best of it. The people with whom we come in contact, the business organization which we have.formed and the Government we have adopted are the only ones we have and we can hope for improvement only by working with them and for them. with all our ability. benefits of prosperity and escape bearing the burdens Every other nation looks on us with envy. When their governments are being overturned by disorder and revolution, our own country is- quiet and orderly, our ent is strong and responsive ‘to the needs of the people, and our greatest city is able to contribute over $10,000 per hour for a month for charitable relief. The moral force of the country, the courage and con- . fidence of the people, the ability’to live nobly have been emphasized by our problems. The people of the United States are showing they can meet their obligations to ~ <Coprright. 1830.) We can not receive the * cs: Craft Was Designed bi Man Who Made Fatal Leap. Skill of Pilot Lauded in Bringing Ship to Earth With Engines Dead. Leaping from an Army plane of his own design, when its motors failed, Stephen A. Forbherger, project en- gineer of the Fokker plant, met in- stant death late yesterday, as the plane landed safely in a field off Kenilworth avenue and Sheriff's road northeast. The rip cord of hia para- chute had been pulled, but ata height insufficient to break. his fall, and his body. was, found, crushed" to | pulp, ihdre than a — 2 from ——— nding. Lieut. Crocker was piloting the ithe plane from. Teterboro Airport,’ N. J.. to Wright Pield; Chto, with Mr. Porberger as -a passenger.. They had intended to pass the night at Bolling Field, and had made the trip here without mishap when both motors sputtered and went dead, at an alti- tude of less than 800 feet. Crocker wes unaware that Forberger had jumped, and. as soon as the big ship pancaked to the ground he ran to the rear cockpit to see if his passen~- ger had been hurt. Two boys informed him that they had seen a body fall from the plane, and a searching pafty shortly after- watd discovered Fomberger’s body, which had landed in a tree. Every bone in his body had been crushed and physicians at Casualty Hospital said that he had met instant death. Lieut. Crocker was unhurt, and the plane was not badly damaged. It was @ biemotor, low wing monoplane bomber, of an experimental type. It had a retracgible landing gear, and the fact that Lieut. Crocker had not Teleased the landing wheels wah credited with saving him from in- ‘Continued on Page 2, Colamn 4, Seven Believed Drowned In Capsizing of Launch San Prancisco, Calif., Dec. 18 (A.P.). Seven persons were reported drowned when their launch capsized in heavy swélis of the Pacific Ocean off To- males Bay late today. A rescue launmch also overturned and its three occupants were forced to swim to shore. Coast Guard crews left Point Reyes for the scene, in the hope’ that some of thease from the launch were still clinging to t%e overturned boat, Four and three men were believed to have been in the craft. *2 74 pew a This — — a total ‘given the board thus far to HAM BOARD VOTE EXTRA 516 0,00 Senate Appropriations Body Approves Bill and Sends - Ht to Floor. LEGGE OUTLINES WORK (Associated Press.) The Mouse voted to give the Feder- al Parm Board an additional $150,- 000,000 of its revolving fund yester- day and the measure was on. ite, way through the Senate bef $400,000,000 and it plans to ask for the remaining $100,000,000 of the $500,000,000 authorized for use In the next fiscal year. The fund approved yesterday is for immediate use in stablization cooperative marketing association loan operations. Testifying before the House appro- priations committee for the addition- al funds, Chairman Legge said the board was making some progress in bringing about relief. The board has been able, he said, to maintain wheat prices in .this country artifically. He said if it had not been for the board’s grain stabili- zation efforts, the price of wheat would be 25 cents a bushel. “It is true today.” Legge said, “that low as the price is, it is artificially maintained, not only on wheat but other grains.” There was very little movement in cotton, Legge said. “The spinning business all over the world seems to be prostrated,” he continued. “It is just: about as good as it can be. It has improved a littie bit. There has been more at- tivity in the last 60 days and con- sumption of cotton is not increasing as it ig on wheat.” An enormous quantity. of wheat is being fed to livestock because of the short corn crop, he said, and some persons are burning it for fuel. “From the export standpoint,” Legge said, “I do not see any hope for the American wheat producer in competition with the peon labor of Argentina and the practically serf laborers of Russia, with their lower standard of living.” Legge recom- mended that the Government take over the regulation of agriculture commodities exchanges. He advocated that definite author- ity be given a Government official to draw up their rules. Sunken Gardens at Shaft Regarded as Impractical Grant Expresses View to Advisory Committee; Soil Contains Great Amount of Water; Data for Beau- tifying Area to Be Studied Further. Declaring the plan impractical ‘Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant 3d, virtually sounded the death knell yesterday for the proposal to build a’ sunken garden on the Weshington Monu- ment grounds. The National Park and Planning Commission director ex- pressed this view at a meeting of the monument advisory committee, of which he is a member. Since the McMillan Commission, back in 1901, advocated construction of such a garden, efforts to carry through the proposal to its fulfill- ment have been vain. Although he voiced skepticism over the plan, Col. Grant reiteraged his indorsement of a Sengeite tr Béputity the grounds, —— FED OS ion ¢9F% 8 : would have entailed the digging away of ground on the west side of the monument, where stairs would be placed, — —s — — east side. Pigures and: porte om Grilling ad-. joining the monument were pre- sented. The soil has found to contain mhuch water and which the memorial rests, to extend to great depths. The advisory committee announced it would continue to study plans for } besutification of thie: mOnGmENs 47yp, Continued on Page 2, Cotumn'@.-_ rock, on }. ——— Votes to Restore Hoover Control Overs: ‘ 8 Ny Public Works. M’KELLAR’S CHARGE — PROVES BOOMERANG Senators Defend presided @ From Imputations About” European Funds. By CARLISLE BARGERON. ‘. ie tad * ig) = ee +, oa fx, A ee aes y With the yuletide beckoning ¢@0= 4 | quettishly to them the Senate and House moved rapidly out of the woods yesterday and as a result it le not © improbable that both the public — works and drought relief bilis will be passed in time for a recess tomore row. The ball was started rolling whem the House voted 226 to 146 to sub- stitute the $30,000,000 drought meas~ ure for the Senate's $60,000,000. Then | the conferees got promptly together and last night Ned agreed Upon. compromise designed to save faces mil around. Under the compromise the drought appropriation is set at $45,000,000 and a provision inserted that it may be used for food for destitute farmers in cases of extreme emergency. original Senate provision by whiéh the funds would be made available: for loans for food on the same basis: as loans for crop rehabilitation eliminated. The concession te administration is that it will be basically an appropriation for crop rehabilitation, but with the provision for food should it become — ° necessary. Public Works Bill Action. The amount of the appropriation $116,000,000 public ‘works bill whi¢h would have denied thé request.of the . President for authority to transfer funds from one allocation to another, and this bill was returned to confer- ence where a compromise is in the making on the Couzens amendment requiring that employes on public works be residents of the locality and calling for the highest wages paid in the community. In view of the compromise last night on the drought relief bill the House's earlier vote on the $30,000,000 figure loses much if not all of its significance, as the House leaders in seeking to hold their forces in fine had passed around the word that there would be a compromise. Six-~ teen Republicahs, nevertheless, did’ bolt while six Democrats left their ranks. The Republicans were: Desertions on Both Sides. Browne, Wisconsin; Butler, gon; Campbell, Iowa; . Minnesota; Cooper, Wisconsin; Crad- dock, Kentucky; Ellis, Missouri; Gare ber, Oklahoma; Garber, Virginia; Hull, Wisconsin; Kading, Wisconsin; Kendall, Kentucky; Mrs; Langley, Kentucky; Nelson, Wisconsin; Schnel- der, Wisconsin, and Shaffer, Virginia, The six Democrats who voted with the administration were Ayres, Kan- sas; Black, New York; ‘Buchanan, Texas; Griffin, New York; Hill, Wash-. ington, and Ludlow, Indiana. Six members voted against * bill on its final passage. The vote in the Senate to recedis. - on the Robinson amendment t6 the public works bill saw the return of the old coalition with the that Norbeck and McMaster, of South Dakota, voted with the tion forces, and it was also —— clear that while it was Robinson’ amendment, rather than make it @ matter of contentoin he kept enough Democratic votes absent to give vic- tory to the other side. Thirty-five Republicans and 7 Democrats ‘ to recede and 27 Democrats, 11 Res publicans and Shipstead, ms ~ be ’ NEWS . of SUBURBAN Washington and the * 4 —