The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 1

THE WEATHER tie Bi Thursday parti? forty-five years in the public service, Oldest Virginia Daily West of the Blue Ridge Showers today, 'cloudy, probably showers aoc' portion. Not much in temperature. 1 MG I 46th Year. No. 1 99 STAUNTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1935 TVVO CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU CIRCULATIONS FAILY NEWS EST.

II MORXINCi LEADER EST. 1I OVER THE TOP! Ky. Adjutant General and 25 Others Are Indicted BRITAIN MAY URGE ECONOMIC PRESSURE AGAINST ITALIANS Paralysis Makes New Attack Upon Neighbor County AGREEMENT IS REACHED Criminal Contempt of Court Charged as Aftermath of Leading State Troops into Harlan During Primary Controversy. TO CONSIDER NEUTRALITY LEGISLATION Indicated Hoare and Eden Will Recommend Such a Course to Cabinet Tomorrow; Rome Speeds Up Troop Shipments Richmond, 20. i Infan- -el 01 81c'3 paralysis attacked Albemarle ity with renewed vigor and in-xlUJJ Ivaded two eounties hitherto free of Action of Senate-Houe Conference European War Clouds and FIH- the disease today as seventeen new cases were reported to the state health department, whos-e record showed 220 cases had been registered in Virginia since Aug.

I. Dr. Sidney B. Hall, superintendent of public instruction, revealed that some local school boards were postponing the opening of public schools because of the prevalence of poliomyelitis, but said state school were not receiving formal notice of postponements and noted no Indication of wide Committees Lends Powerful Impetus to Drive for Adjournment; New Inheritance Tax Feature Is Dropped. bnster Threats Combine to Win from Democratic Leaders Assurance of Immediate Senate Consideration of Neutrality pi I spread apprehension.

Of the eleven cases reported to Washington. Aug. 20. if) An agreement on the Roosevelt tax bill today lent a powerful impetus to the pell-mell congressional drive toward adjournment. The sudden obstacle of a senate filibuster, raised by Senator Nye day from Albemarle, six were in the county and the others in Charlottesville.

Others were reported as follows: Amelia, one: Arlington, one; Buchanan, one; Nottoway, Harlan. Ky Aug. 20 Adjutant General Henry VV. Denhardt who fed TW state troops into Harlan county during the Assist primary controversy. twenty-five other rational guard and state police officers were indicted here today.

Criminal contempt of Circuit Judge James 3L Gilbert's order restraining the bringing in of troops was ciaryrf against General DenharS CSares against the other fleers stopping of voting in snme precincts and handling of tsahxs without authoriry. The indictment wa retarded this morning and a bencit warns, for his arrest was tmmecllatetjr Issued. The indictment agaaS other officers. late were drawn up by Attorney Daniel Boone SmS representation to Judge tomorrow. 0 CIVIL SERVICE EXAX5 N.

D), to force consideration of neutrality legislation, apparently was flattened by the quick assurance of Democratic leaders that a neutrality resolution would be brought up on the floor tomorrow. It looked bad for the "enemy" when this fait tank from Fort Benning, and doughboys went "over the top" in mimic war games at Pine Camp, N. Y. Everything in the huge maneuver is being done on a real war scale, as the fixed bayonets and sandbagged trench indicate. (Associated Preti Photo) Washington, Aug.

20. (JPt Eu-rorjean-war" clouds "and filibuster threats combined to win from Democratic leaders today assurances of immediate senate consideration of neutrality legislation. Swiftly, administration spokesmen rushed from the foreign relations committee and agreed to bring up. on the senate floor tomorrow a resolution designed to help keep the United States from being drawn into foreign conflicts. Its major provisions: Prohibit exportations of arms to belligerent nations; forbid American vessels to carry war implements into de-Uigerent ports after a presidential proclamation; authorize the Pres Just before this problem was two, and Warren, one.

Buchanan and 'Warren counties had not previously reported a case. Franklin county reported its first case yesterday. Dr. C. H.

Ellcr. Albemarle health officer, pointed out that the large totals reported from that county in the last two days reflected an increase over the entire week-end. raised and met, the new tax bill was whipped into a final shape by senate-house conference committees. $2,000 EXPECTED TO SEE VIRGINIA TRAVELOGUE FILM Drop Inheritance Tax In all major particulars save ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT ARRESTED FAIL TO FIND PLANE WRECK RANCHER SAW one. the presidents tax ideas pre- Washington, Aug.

Dr. R. vailed. But on that one the ncw-rC-WWiams, of the-t? ident te proclaim that citizens Inheritance tax, which was a basic recommendation, the ten men rep public health service, forecast today the peak of the infantile paralysis siege in Virginia should be reached within the next week or ten days, and indicated a definite travelling on belligerent ships do so at their own risk, and to restrict (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) resenting the house and senate decided against him. The United States cxil senses commission has announced cpea Three of them, all Republicans, competitive examinattors as fol subsequently issued a statement labelling the measure a "legislative lows: absurdity" and insisting that In Bacteriologists, various grad $3,200 to $4,600 a year; cytoCegss.

various gTades. $3,200 to year; epidemiologists varices graie Thown Into, JaiTFollowing Unsuccessful Attempt to Proclaim Dictatorship; Solis Assumes Control of Quito Because of Unconstitutional Decree. Fifty Men Search Laramie Teak Without Finding Wreckage of Indianapolis Plane; Rancher Reports Inspecting Wreck and Seeing Three Bodies. stead of levying new taxes to raise $250,000,000, the administration should stop "unnecessary, wasteful, and extravagant expenditures." Richmond, Aug. 20.

An audience expected to number more than 2,000 persons, including Governor Peery, Chairman Wilbur C. Hall, and members of the conservation and development commission, state officials, members of-the general assembly and nominees to that body, newspaper men, and theatre operators from throughout Virginia will assemble at Loew's theatre here tomorrow night at eleven-ten o'clock to preview a seven-reel travelogue depleting Virginia's historic and scenic attractions. The picture, photographed by Andre Lavarre, was made under the auspices of the American automobile association and the rtate conservation commission. Its scenes include many at restored Williamsburg, on Skyline drive, in the Virginia, caverns, and other spots of popular By the Associated Press Indications that Great Britain might urge economic pressure against Italy if she goes to war with Ethiopia arose Tuesday night. London.

An authoritative Bource indicated Sir Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary, and Anthony Eden would recommend to the cabinet Thursday a program whereby League of Nations members would be asked to adopt coercive measures against Rome in the event of hostilities. Rome. Members of the cabinet, other high government officials, and Fascist party leaders will go to East Africa for active service. Shipment of troops to Eritrea and Bomallland was speeded up. Pushes Defense Measure Addis Ababa.

Emperor Haile Selassie, who appears tired and worn. Is pushing defense measures He ordered food and munitions deposited at strategic points throughout the country. Paris. Although pessimistic following the breakdown of the tri-power conference. Premier Pierre Laval has not abandoned his efforts to avert warfare.

Djibouti, Ethiopia's only outlet to the sea, is booming with activity. Huge stocks of munitions consigned to Ethiopia are being held at the direction of the French government. Eccmomlc Sanctions London. Aug. 20 (JP) Great 1 Britain's foreign experts, an au-thoritaUve source indicated tonight, have agreed to recommend to the cabinet tomorrow adoption of proposals for economic sanctions by members of the League of Nations against Italy if she fights Ethiopia.

This far-reaching decision, it was said, was made by Sir. Samuel Hoare. foreign secretary, and Anthony Eden, minister for League of Nations' affairs. Joint economic and financial sanctions would prevent goods, esh, and credit from reaching Italy. Would Fall in Line Smaller powers and France, it was said, would support the British government 6hould it urge Geneva to adopt this course.

If the league falls to act, Britain must then determine upon its own unilateral steps In the face of what It regards as an Italian challenge of England's prestige and dominance of the Mediterranean and Africa. Ministers, recalled from their vacations, will meet In a vital session to decide upon a course of action following the breakdown of th tri-power talks in Paris. Alter Hoire and Eden conferred in the foreign office, there was $3,200 to $4,600 a year: mycote- The statement was signed by Senator Metcalf R. and decline in the number of cases in the state should be noted within the next two weeks. Week-end reports "Indicated there is still quite a bit of the disease in the state," Dr.

Williams said. Health records showed nineteen cases were reported in the state during Sunday and yesterday. The records disclosed a totat of (Continued on Page 2. Column 3 Two in Hospital, One in Jail After Automobile Crash Representatives Treadway Mass.) and Bachrach N. J).

As finally drafted, the bill in Glcndo, 20. Fifty men searched Laramie peak today without finding wreckage of an In dianapolis airplane which Capt George Smith of. the Wyoming state highway patrol, reported this cluded new graduated corporation income taxes, higher capital stock levies, increased excess profits taxes, boosted surtax rates on all individual incomes over $50,000, a new levy on dividends received by one corporation from another, and in gists tmedicali. various grades. $3,200 to $4,600 a year; senr pathologist medical'.

il.SVi a year. Treasury department. Refuge superintendent. year; associate refuge rranzrr. $3500 a year; assistant refuggr-aa-ager, $2,300 a year.

Departsenl rf agriculture. Sheet-metal worker. IISSJ year. Departmental service. Full information may be cbcaisrt from R.

Wallace Rosen, secretary of the C. S. civil service bomnS ef examiners, at the pestoffice. MORE COMTOSTABLE mornlnor was discovered by a rancher. One Jailed After-A Crash in Which Two Were Injured Paul Miller, city, was arrested and taken to Jail by State Traffic Sergeant Robert A.

Lynn early Sunday morning, charged with driving while intoxicated, after a collision on the Lee highway just north of the city limits. He will be given a hearing Sept. 5. The car driven by Miller, which was owned by G. N.

Drawbond, of Vesuvius, struck a large van driven by Raymond Coggins. 'of Danville. Coggins swore out a warrant for Miller's arrest. J. and Wilson Floyd, passengers In the Miller car, were taken to the King's Daughters' hospital for treatment for cuts and bruises.

The truck, which was owned by L. P. Puryear, of Danville, was damaged to the extent of approximately $100. The News-Leader received a report of the accident early Sunday, but at the usual places, Including the jail, elicited no information, until Sergeant Lynn was questioned last night. ASSAULT CHARGE Some of the searchers reached a rpot on the peak where Smith (Continued on Page 2, Column 3) Guayaquil, Ecuador, Aug.

20 IP) The military commanders of Guayaquil and Quito, the capital, announced tonight that President Velasco Ibarra had been arrested after an attempt to proclaim a dictatorship. The announcement said Ibarra was placed in the jail of the Cald-eron artillery regiment with his three aides-de-camp. Congressional dignitaries who had been Imprisoned in Panoptico have been liberated, it was reported. First dispatches from Quito, arriving here after a day fit interrupted communication service, confirmed fears of a political upheaval. They said Col.

Nicanor. Solis, inspector-general of the army, had assumed command of the city because Ibarra had "signed an unconstitutional decree." Two persons were sent to the hospital and another was jailed on a charge of driving while under the influence of intoxicants as a result of an automobile accident about two miles north of Verona last nleht about eleven o'clock. R. M. Bingham, Lanham, Md.t was taken to Jail by State Traffic Sergeant Robert A.

Lynn, while his father, Frank Bingham, was taken to King's Daughters' hospital with a broken nose. Mrs. Ralph S. Arnold. Philadelphia, was also taken to the hospital, suffering with cuts about the head and an injured ankle.

Her husband escaped injury. Both cars were damaged MILITARY GUARD OF HONOR WILL BE STATIONED AROUND CASKET OF ROGERS THURSDAY Jack DoswelL in the Criversr hospital with poliomyelitis, was described last night as being; "a Lt more comfortable." although hzs chest muscles are still paraie and he is still in a respirator. -o LEAVES IIOSMT IL creased estate and gift taxes. Suggested by President The Inheritance taxes were suggested by the President with the assertion that "inherited economic power is an inconsistent with the ideals of this generation" as having kings. But the congressional conferees, attempting to harmonize the differences between the bills passed by the house and senate, agreed there should be no Inheritance taxes.

Chairman Doughton N. C. of the house conferees, described the final bill as a "blamed good one," but said it was necessary to (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) 2,400 Head of Livestock Sold Miss Mary WaddeU B2. issrd in a recent automobile accder. left the King's Daughters" tospsal yesterday and returned to kerbatre.

The body of the intrepid aviator arrived here at three-forty-five p. m. four-flfty-four p. m. Eastern Standard time), ending an air-journey of 4.500 j.

lies from the bleak Los Angeles, Aug. 20. A military guard of honor, composed of forty army fliers from March field, will be stationed around the casket of Will Rogers as thousands pay silent tribute to the noted actor and Thursday morning. Final details of the funeral serv Maxwell Trial Is Continued FIVE KILLED, TWENTY INJURED scene of the crash near Point Bar row, Alaska, which killed him and Deputy Sheriff H. F.

Gayhart yesterday arrested John Elick, twenty-two, of near Stuarts Draft, charged with assault on Anderson Wells, colored, and his grandson, Sylvester. The alleged offense happened at Stuarts Draft Aug. 17. and a warrant was sworn put before Magistrate P. V.

Coffey Aug. 19. Charles Jones has been sum-moned as a witness. Will Rogers. The silver, twin-motored funeral ice in Forest Lawn Memorial park Wise.

Va, Aug. 20. Pt Because of difficulties experienced In rais plane taxied down the main runway of the field and rolled slowly with a police escort into a hangar, ing defense funds. Miss Edith Max- every indication the government is well, pretty country school teacher, await the arrival of Mrs. Rogers and her three children from the East tomorrow, out Oscar Lawyer, Beverley Hills lawyer and clafce friend of the family, disclosed today the private service would be simple Records were again broken as 2.400 head of stock were sold yesterday at the weekly sale of the Staunton livestock yards, with approximately 3,000 people in attendance, according to Manager Price Top prices vere as follows: Steers $855.

heifers $7.10, calves $930. cows $8.20, hogs $1170, and lambs (Continued on Page 3, Column 4 emptied to assure privacy. The doors swung, shut, and the T) Five overturned and i3 ef cs Bowie, Aug. and her mother, Mrs. Anne Maxwell, today asked for and' were granted a postponement until October of their trials on charges of killing their father and husband.

broken body of the only man to make a solo flight around the world was transferred to a waiting hearse. THINK MAN WHO KILLED GIRL Trigg Maxwell, in a family quarrel. The hearse bore the body to a funeral home. There it will until eleven a. m.

tomorrow, when $855. I In addition, between thirty-flve and forty head of Western horses were sold" at prices ranging from PLANNED SELF-DESTRUCTION a cortege will move out of Okla passengers were shaken up. cearly all receiving Injuries cf. varytzs degrees. Five were taken to Casualty hospital in Washington and fifteen were treated by tie cr- of the Glendale rescue ariai.

AH occupants of the bus except Ce driver were Negroes- The bodies of the dead wer brought to Hyattsville in the resc--e squad ambulance, where tney wr persons, three of them nuns, were killed and twenty Injured as an automobile and a Washington bus carrying more than a score of Negroes to a beach near Annapolis collided on a slippery highway near here today. The dead: John McCarthy, forty-eight. 626 Quebec street, N. Washington. Miss Winifred Slavin, Galesburg, $40 to $125.

homa City to Maysvtllc, the Garvin county town that Post called home. Candidate r.i. Identified by Mother Sjpmcr Fre Sister Winifred Jean, a siMer of Miss Slavin. of the Blessed Sacrament convent, Washington. and brief.

Lawyer said Mrs. Rogers had requested the service be limited to the singing of one hymn, one solo, and a brief eulogy by the Rev. J. Whltcomb Brougher associate pastor of the First Baptist church of Glendale. Calif.

Simple Bronze Casket Rogers' body, brought home last night from Alaska with that of Wiley Post, famed aerial explorer, whose plane crashed last Thursday, was placed in a simple bronze casket and taken to the gold room in the Forest Lawn chapel. The comedian's body will lie in state under a canopy of pines Just outside the Wee Kirk o' the Heather church from seven o'clock Thursday morning until noon. The private service, limited, to 125 friends, will be held at two p. m. Public services will be hejd simultaneously in Hollywood bowl, huge natural amphitheatre.

Plans will be started there for a fitting public memorial. Last Flight Ended Oklahoma City. Aug. 20. (A-A curtained transport plane settled gently to earth before a solemn throng at the Municipal airport late today in Wiley Post's last landing.

and was getting out of it. The police said the note ended with the query, "Savvy?" Homicide detectives said they were at a loss to find a reasonable motive for the slaying. They said they believed it was the result of a sudden fit of anger, brought on when the girl was said to have refused his pffer to give her $200 to pay off a debt. The police quoted Hisey wife as saying he had been drinking for several days. After his arrest, Hisey kept a sullen silence.

The single bullet fired at the girl lodged in her heart. She died before reaching a hospital. Washington, Aug. 20 um Virgle Lyttle. twenty-six.

who came to Washington wlih her sister from Hopewell, to work in a department store, was shot to death today by the man in whose house the Lyttle sisters roomed. Apparently crazed and bent on suicide. Charles F. Hlsey, fifty-five, a Washington printer, shot the girl when she refused financial aid from him. The first policeman to arrive on the scene was shot in the arm by Hisey as the officer leaped up 'the stairs after the man.

He caught him, however, and threw him down the steps, to be captured and taken to Jail. Note to Coroner A note addressed to the coroner and written by Hisey was found in the house. Po'lce said It told profanely that he was tired of life Although granting the plea of the two women's attorneys for additional time, Judge H. A. W.

Skeen would not allow the continuance on the- ground that strong feeling against the defendants here would prevent fair trial. This motion he quickly overruled, but allowed the postponement to give the mother and daughter time in which to finance a defense. Struck With Slipper The young woman, who was quoted by Commonwealth's Attorney Fred Greear after her arrest as saying that she struck her father with a high-heeled slipper when he endeavored to spank her for "staying out late," will come to trial first In October. One of her attorneys, AA. Skeen.

who is prosecutor for the neighboring mountainous county of Dickenson, asked for separate trials for the twenty-one-year-old girl and her mother. Greear immediately asked and received permission to try Miss Maxwell first. The girl, who was returned to her cell in the Wise county jail after the brief court proceedings, has consistently maintained that her mother had no part in the nocturnal family strife in which her father-was fatally hurt. Mrs. Maxwell, who is forty-eight, was released again under bond.

(Continued on Page 3, Column 2) Elizabeth and Sister Madelx and Sister Emeremtia. all of the Bussed Sacrament eonvent. The nuns said Sister Frances Gabriel had come to Washington recently from St. Paul's acadenry in New York to visit her relatnes.and that Sister Bernard had cotne frai St. Mary's academy.

Notr DaEje. for the same purpese. Mason, an employee of the Capital Transit cf Waslnngtcc from whom the bus was chartered, was arrested by Officers Ca-ste Reese and Albert Anderses, cf the Prince George county pc2e and taken to the Hyattsn! jaL He was released under tl.XO twc4 pending an inquest Friday mjni before Magistrate Louis GundLnj. of Lanham. Sisters Bernard and Frances Gabriel, daughters of McCarthy.

The five were en route to Washington in a car driven by McCarthy, when their machine skidded on the wet asphalt on the Defense highway one mile west of Bowie. It struck the soft dirt shoulder of teh pavement and when McCarthy tried to right.it. swerved across the road. The heavy bus, by C. G.

Mason, of Ballston, VaM struck the McCarthy car broadside and demolished it. The five occupants of the automobile were killed almost instantly. The bus. although not badly Those Failing to Report Accidents Object to Drive A warning to all persons who may be involved in automobile accidents to make reports of any mishaps, was laid down Tuesday by Sergeant R. A.

Lynn, who said that In view of the large number of accidents which have gone unreported in this, section recently he and other state officers are preparing to launch a drive against the practice. Careful check will be made on all sccidenU and if reports have not been filed within twenty-four hours the participants will be summoned to appear In court. Sergeant Lynn said. Officer A. R.

Bryant said that he also had reason to believe accidents in thi section were going unreported, and that he was going to join in the drive to stop the 'practice. "We have received orders, from Richmond to investigate and summons all persons who fail to file reports of accidents with the division of motor vehicles." Sergeant Lvnn continued. "If it more Virgie and her sister. Esther, worked In a downtown department store with Mrs. Hisey.

They had lived In the Hisey home a few months, since coming here from Virginia. DR. DEWEY TO SPEAK Information for Fruit Men to Be Amonglhe Features for Those Attending Senator Bvrd's Picnic Rain Cancels Biblical Pageant; Will Presented Tonight, Strong Addresses Day's Feature Winchester. Aug. 20.

Pj Sen- specialist, and Walter S. Kc-it. convenient, the reports may be fil- Dr. Dewey, of Harrisonburg, will give an address to the young people of Union church Sunday evening. Aug.

25. at eight o'clock. His subject will be "The Truth About Alcohol." The Loch Willow and Elk Run young people have been invited to attend the service. Everyone is welcome. IS MUCH BETTER Winchester entomologist.

ed with the officers or the itor Harry B.rd annual picnic, to RESTAURANT BRINGS $33,625 independent can sheriff of the county in, which the In answer to inquiries, tericr-s i charge- of the senators said the poliomyelitis bugaioa accident occurs. i be held Saturday at Roscmont farm near Berryville, not only will provide the usual feast of food and I would not affect plans, since tt didate for the Augusta county board of supervisors from South River district, who will compete against his lifelong friend. Theodore Al? phin. the Democratic nominee, in the November election. Mr.

Koincr has lived in South River all his life and is one of the community's most prominent farmers. He has been active in politics for a number of years. "It is also the belief that only one persons has to make a report, but this Is untrue. parties to an accident mast file reports." Sergeant Lynn also pointed out that all garages must make reports of wrecks towed In. Where there Is perc-Ra5 injury of any nature, a report must be politics for the hundreds of guests expected to attend, but also will give fruit men some sound expert information on markets and growing methods.

An open invitation has been extended apple ferowers to attend the tives. J. A. Garber, were all ready for the opening performance, when rain intervened. The pageant is to be given on the conference grounds, a short distance north of the hotel.

The natural stage is situated on a slight rise overlooking a small valley, and the audience wili be seated on the opposite hillside. The acoustics are said to be excellent, and in the words of the author-director, "the best I ever heard." The program for today follows: Presbyterian Diy Morning. 8:00 Addreys to r'imrs in the tContinueu on Page 3, Column 3 The first performance of the mammoth Biblical pageant at Mas-sanetta Springs scheduled for last night, was postponed until tonight on account of rain, which made the outdoor presentation impossible. The pageant, which is being directed by the author of the script. F.

Beverley of New York, is said to be probably the largest outdoor pageant under lights in America. The lighting effects were brought from New York, the costumes were rented in Philadelphia, ind the cast of over 200. which Includes a former member of the United States house ol representa Charlottesville. Aug. 20.

The Charlottesville restaurant, at 219 East Main street, was sold at public auction this morning to the People's National bank for by J. H. Jones, auctioneer. W. W.

Smales bid $33,700, but since he would not reveal his client." W. F. Long, trustee, refused to sell to him. The bids opened at $30,000. The property faces 23 feet on Main street and has a depth of 120 leeL believed that there would be chance of contracting the di at the open-air assembly cf ad-Jis.

Guests; however, were tott- bring children-Acting in the same the Clarke county board cf te tts decided that there was no why the Berryville horse jt might not proceed at i Thursdajt and Fndar, bv. r.ai to bar children undr i.vt-n. The condition of Frank Copen-haver. who fell from a smokestack at the Lehigh Portland Cement Co. at Fordwick.

was described by authorities at King's Daughters' hospital last night as being "much better." although he still complains of his head. His skull -was fractured in the fall. picnic and listen to talks by Sam made; but where there is no per The race promises to be an in nn sinr hoth Mr Knin- nni! inhirv ind the damage is.uel FTazier, of the international er and Mr. Alphin are th best of less than ten dollars, a report is Apple 5scciation. Rrvhrn-r.

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