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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
LIGHT ON SHEARER
DOCUMENT SOUGHT
Shortridge Wants to Learn
How Purported Spy Record
Was Circulated.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senate Investigators intend to learn
the source of the mysterious document
placed before them by william B.
Shearer and purporting to be a secret
British record of its espionage system
in this country.
That will be one of the loose threads
of the investigation into Shearers ac-
tivities as an agent of American ship
builders at the unsuccessful 1927 Gen.
eva naval conference which the COM
mittee will pick up on the resumption
of hearings late next week.
Chairman Shortridge wants to know
how and why such paper, the au-
thenticity Of which has been chal-
lenged. has been circulating in this
country. He also is interested in the
testimony of Shearer that the name of
william Wiseman was added to the
paper before it was photographed at
the Navy Department.
Called Clumsy Forgery.
Shearer described Wiseman as 1.-The
the war" Now in New York, he has
wired the committee challenging the
paper, which he said he understood to
be a clumsy, absurd forgery"
Shearer also said he got the paper
from a Judge Summers and that Sum-
mers informed him that a secret serv-
ice agent named Wheeler in Los An
geles told him Wiseman was the author
of the report.
All parties named by Shearer in con-
nection with the paper probably will
be called by the committee, which has
not yet made public the document.
Allen Has Report on Paper.
Senator Allen, Republican. Kansas,
has report from the Navy intelligence
service attacking the authenticity of
the paper and the committee members
are wondering who was circulating it.
Pending a meeting next week the
committee has not determined how
many of the shipbuilders will be re-
called as result of Shearer's teSti-
mony. It seems certain, however, that
investigation will be made into Shear
er's story that the shipbuilders told
him that Frank B. Kellogg, former
Secretary of State, called the Bethle-
hem shipbuilding officers ION the mat"
and ordered them to drop their Geneva
agent.
The committee hearings will not be
resumed until after the conclusion of
Prime Minister MacDonald's goodwill
visit to this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
STOCKS CO HIGHER
IN VIGOROUS RALLY
Market Bounds Upward at
Opening After Drastic De-
cline During Week.
Nv the Associated Press.


NEW YORK. October 5.-The stock
worst breaks In its history this week,
rallied in sensational fashion today in
response to the strong buying support
that had been placed overnight. In
itial gains of So to $40 share were
scattered over a wide list Of issues,
several blocks of 5000 to 10000 shares
changing hands in the early trading.
Commercial Solvents, which had broken
$50 a share In the last two days, jumped
$3.50 on the first sale.
The sharp break on heavy volume
Yesterday, which many traders had been
waiting for to end the current decline,
apparently had sufficiently corrected the
markets weakened technical position to
encourage buying operations on broad
scale. Some banking support also Is
believed to have been supplied to pre-
vent the utter Generalization of the
market after nearly month of steadily
declining prices.
United States Steel common, which
sold down to $20650 a share yesterday
and then rebounded to S210 at the
close, opened with a block of $500
shares at $2l4. International Nickel
opened with block Of 10000 shares at
$3.50, up 1925, and Montgomery.
Ward with block Of 5000 shares at
$110, up IS.
Opening gains of IS share or more
also were recorded by Westinghouse
Electric, American & Foreign Power,
Atchison, American Water Works, A.
M. Byers, Standard Gas & Electric,
Consolidated Gas, Houston Oil, Allied
Chemical and Reynolds Tobacco B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
ALEXANDRIA YOUTH
IS SHOT TO DEATH;
WATCHMAN IS HELD
Irving Guckert, 10, CoIIapses
at Feet of Sweetheart.
Dies in 7 Hours.
OLD QUARREL is GIVEN
AS CAUSE OF SLAYING
Young Man Unable to Tell OF
Wound After Being Taken
to Hospital.

Driving more than half q mile to the
home Of his sweetheart with a gaping
bullet wound in his side rapidly sap
ping his strength, Irving Guckert, 10
years old, Of IS Glendale avenue, Alex
andria, Va. collapsed at her feet on
the sidewalk early last night. He died
seven hours later at the Alexandra
Hospital from hemorrhages.
r. G. Acton, 81 years old. of 5l8
North st. Asaph street, Alexandria, a
night Waterman at the greenhouses of
Beck g. Guckert, florists, on the Brad
dock road at Mount Vernon avenue, is
being held at the Alexandria police
headquarters on a charge of murder.
According to the story related by
Acton, Guckert came to the boiler room
of the greenhouses shortly before z
o'clock last night and renewed an old
argument. After quarreling for a short
time, Acton said. the youth reached for
a piece Of iron pipe near at hand and,
fearing an attack, the Waterman drew
his .38-caliber revolver and fired.
Shot in Right Side.
The bullet entered the boys body on
the right side and lodged in his
stomach.
Guckert ran to his machine outside
the boiler room and drove to the home
OF his sweetheart. Miss Mary Reeves,
Is years old, Of 50 East Walnut, street,
Rosemont, where he collapsed at the
feet Of Miss Reeves and her mother
Mrs. j. w. Reeves.
Mrs. N. r.. Spillman. with whom Mrs.
Reeves and her daughter reside, sum-
moned an ambulance and the boy. ac-
companied by Mr.. Spillman, was rushed
to the Alexandria Hospital, where an
operation was performed by DR.. Martin
d. Delaney in a vain effort to save his
life. He died without telling of the
shooting shortly after 2 o'clock.
In the meantime Acton had tele-
phoned the Alexandria police saying,
You'd better come here right away.
I've just shot q man." Deck Oficer
ChHrles Miller and Motor Cycle Police
man Ronald Mullen went to the green
houses and placed the Waterman under
arrest.
Charged With Murder.
He was first booked on a charge Of
felonious assault, but the charge of
murder was substituted this morning
by Commonwealth Attorney Bryan
and Police Chief w. w. Campbell, after
conference following the youths
death. A preliminary hearing has not
yet been arranged for. but probably
will be held on Monday or Tuesday,
Bryan said.
The boys father. Harry n. Guckert,
recently sold his interest in the firm CT
Beck & Guckert and, with Mrs. Guckert,
has been at Patchu, Long Island. N. Y.
for several days arranging to move
there with his family. They are ex-
pected in Alexandria today, having left
there last night after being wired Of
the shooting.
The youth is survived by his parents,
three brothers, Harvey, Chalmers and
Curtis. and two sisters. Betty. Is. and
Ruth, II. He was employed by the
Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co.
as a clerk at its Alexandria Office.
Mrs. Reeves said this morning that
her daughter and Irving had been
sweethearts for three years, meeting
while students at the Alexandria High
School,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
Criminals Burial,
Apparently While
Alive, Seen as Hoax
Fantastic Case Revealed
by Society Formed to
Punish Swindlers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 5.-Paris police won
der If they are not being made VIC
tins of a hoax in a strange case OF
dead man apparently buried alive
which was revealed to them yesterday
The dead man is Clement Pascal
alias the Marquis of Champaudert
who had long criminal record and
had just served a sentence for swim
ding.
Led on by letters signed by the
knights of Themis," the police found
what appeared to be the body of Pascal
dead. in a shallow grave in Vernebil
woods, only few miles from Paris. A
rubber hose led from the face Of the
man in the rude coffin to the open air
The body had every appearance OF
death by starvation. but police. who
wondered II they we're not being duped
handed 1t over to consulting surgeons
to determine If the man really was
dead or not just in some sort of a
cataleptic trance. The surgeons pro-
nounced him dead.
The "Knights of Themis," in letters
sent to Paris newspapers, purports to
be a secret organization of French
aristocracy with the purpose Of pun
ishing French swindlers and criminals
whom the laws of France have failed to
deal with adequately.
The entire case is one of the most
fantastic the Paris police have ever
been called upon to handle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
BARRICADED MAN
RIDDLED BY POLICE
New York Butcher in Hospital
After Gun Battle Over Alleged
Threat Against Wife.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, october 5.-A butcher
was in a hospital today suffering from
a dozen bullet wounds inflicted during
a gun battle with police reserves who
stormed his barricaded apartment.
Patrolman Anton Svboda, investigat-
ing a complaint that Herman Lohn, 46,
the butcher, had threatened to kill his
wife, was met at the door of the First
avenue apartment by Lohn with a knife.
Svboda managed to disarm the butcher,
but was knocked unconscious by blow
on the head with piece Of wood. Pa
trolman John Mcdonald, who was
guarding the front entrance, called re-
serves.
The score Of police who responded
found Lohn had barricaded the door
and armed himself with pistol. In
the battle that ensued more than so
shots were fired before police forced the
door and found Lol1n severely wounded
by bullets which had struck him in the
face and body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
RUSSIANS SAFE
IN FORCED LANDING
Flyers Narrowly Escape Dis.
aSter From Electrical
Storm in Alaska.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CRAIG, Alaska, october 5.-The four
Russian aviators flying from Moscow to
New York were safe here today after
their monoplane, Land of the Soviets,
had been forced down by motor trouble
at Waterfall, IL miles north of here.
Flying through severe electrical
storm and fighting a terrific wind, the
airmen narrowly escaped disaster after
both motors of the monoplane stopped.
Resumption of the flight to Seattle,
the next stop in the 12,000-mile air
journey. probably will not be possible
for a week because a new motor must
be installed in the monoplane. The
motor and supplies will be shipped from
Seattle. The left engine will be replaced
and the right motor repaired.
Leave Sitka for Seattle.
The Russians left Sitka early Thurs
day for Seattle, taking of at 6:42 am.
(Pacific Coast time). During the flight
of approximately 200 miles the plane
encountered bad weather, rain blinded
the pilots and the huge plane few only
a few feet above the water.
The left motor suddenly stopped and
the plane was swung around and headed
for Waterfall Bay, on the southeastern
end of Alaska. As the haven was
reached the other motor also quit.
Moored In Heavy Wind.
Two Russians remained with the
plane, which was moored after consid-
cradle difficulty in heavy wind. Their
companions made their way yesterday
to this small settlement on Prince of
Wales Island with the first word of
their safety.
Before their arrival anxiety for the
airmen caused the Coast Guard cutters
Unalga and Cygan to put out from
Juneau and Ketchikan to search near
Southeastern Alaska.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
MACHINE GUN STOLEN
FROM NAVAL ARMORY
Two Men Hold Up Guard in Detroit
After Forcing Way Into
80
Building.
BY the Associat ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, October 5.-Forcing their
way into the Michigan Naval Reserve
Armory, on East Jefferson avenue, at
6 o'clock this morning, two men held
up Corpl. v. J. Forsyth and Pvt. H. w.
Pryor and compelled them to hand
over machine gun and quantity of
ammunition.
Corpl. Forsyth said he was on guard
duty with Pryor. While a fire truck
broke in the door and neither of the
Naval Reserve men heard their ap-
proach. They turned around to find
themselves covered by revolvers.
Police expressed the belief the gun
had been taken for some Job" in the
city,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
HARVARD BOY HELD.
Hand Bills Welcoming Macdonald
Cause Arrest.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. October 5 lR.-
Lawrence b. Cohen, jr., 19-year-old
Harvard sophomore, whose home Is II
New York City, was arrested here yes
terday while passing out pamphlet:
welcoming Ramsay Macdonald, British
prime minister. to this country. He
will be arraigned next Thursday.
cialist Club, said he had more concern
over what action his father and the
college authorities might take than NJ
had for what the court might do.
He intimated he viii not pay tint
II he is convicted Of violating q city
ordinance which forbids the distribu.
TONS Of flyers In q public place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
MRS. GAM ALMOST MISSES CALL
FROM MISS ISFIBEL MACDONALD
Vice Presidents Sister Had Made Early Morning
Trip to the Market.

not arrived before Mrs. Gam returned.
Upon reaching the Mayfiower Hotel,
Mrs. Gam Immediately went to her
suite, leaving instructions at the desk
to be notified the moment the dis
tinguished young lady, accompanied by
Lady Isabella Howard, wife of the Brit
ish Ambassador, entered the door.
party arrived Mrs. Gam received them
In her sitting room. The Prime Min
ister's daughter and the sister, OF the
Vice President chatted for about 10
minutes before the visitor left to pay
her next call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
MEXICAN LAW PUTS
CHECK-UP ON JUDGES
BY tie Associated Press.

MEXICO CITY. October 5.-A check
on the federal district judges and other
court employees, as well as members of
the public prosecutors department. is
Is to become effective In December.
The code provides for creation of a
tribunal of responsibilities, which will
hear accusations against those func-
tionaries. Its jurisdiction will extend
even to justices Of the District Superior
Court. The tribunal will be made up of
five judges, serving two-year terms and
selected from Lists presented by the
District Bar and other organizations Of
lawyers.
: The president of the Superior Court
viii call meeting OF practicing attor-
neys in December to select members for
the first term Of the tribunal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
REVOLUTIONARY PLOT
REPORTED IN BOLIVIA
vice President Arrested-Former
Chief Executive Takes
Refuge in Legation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO Chile, October 5.-Re-
ports reached this capital today of a
revolutionary movement in Bolivia.
Abdon Savedra, Vice President, was
said to have been arrested at Santa
Cruz. The former President, Gen.
1smael Monies, took refuge at the
Chilean legation and officials there OBJ
tanned a safe conduct for him to africa.
He was one Of the leaders Of the move
ment information here said.
La Paz, who has been here on leave,
will return to La Faz Sunday by air
and rail in consequence of the situation,
Reports in Buenos Aires character
lied the movement as political up
heaval" or "effervescence," making nc
mention of q revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
CHICAGO PLANE STILL UP.
Mystery Crew Reports Leaky Gas
Tank In Refueling Contest.

CHICAGO, October 5 @.-Although
a leaky gas tank last night imperilled
the flight Of the Chicago-We Will for
the refueling endurance record, the vet
eran endurance plane was still circling
Sky Harbor Airport early today. AT
4:52 am. the Chicago-We VIII had
been aloft 118 hours.
A leak In the top part Of the tank
was discovered late yesterday and the
two mystery pilots, whose identities are
closely guarded by the flight promoter,
made temporary repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gam, sister and
ofaciaI hostess to Vice President Cur
Ills, nearly missed call today from
Miss Ishbsl Macdonald as result Of
an early morning trip to the market.
At the Gam home IL was said the
visit Of the British premier's daughter
was unexpected and for time there
was uncertainty whether Mrs. Gam
could be located and return home IN
time. Miss MacDone however. had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
FALLS CONDITION
REPORTED IMPROVED
Physician Is Non-Committal on
Prospects for His Appearance
in Court Monday.

BY the Associated Press.
Albert b. Fall, former Secretary OF
the Interior, who is scheduled to face
q charge of bribery in the District of
Columbia Supreme Court Monday, was
reported today to be improving from
an attack of bronchitis which forced
him to bed Thursday night.
An attending physician said Mr.. Fall
was some better" but was non-com-
initial On the prospects for his appear
ance In court Monday to answer an
indictment returned against him in
connection with naval oil leases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
Quake Felt in Rumania.

BUCHAREST, Rumania, October
LR.-A slight earthquake shock was
felt at Banat Temesvar today. The
shock was more pronounced ut Karan-
sebes and Lugos, where the inhabitants
ned their homes in- panic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
CONFESSES MURDER.
Alien Intoxicated, Tells Border Po-
lice He Killed Two.

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, October S Cp).
His volubility under the influence Of
a few portions of "tequila" has cost
Santiago Casares 99-year prison
sentence.
Ohicers picked up Casares at Laferia,
Tex, for illegal entry into the United
States. He volunteered the information
that for is pesos, approximately $3.50,
he had killed Robert Brown and Frank
Stanner. Brownsville patrolmen, an
unidentified man paying him the next
day on the Mexican side OF the Rio
Grande.
When sentenced he made no defense
iaud gave no notice Of appeal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05
COSTE PLANE LANDING
is REPORTED BY OSAKA
Dispatch Says Missing Aviator Has
Arrived at Village Of Kow-
china.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, October 5.-A Reuter- dis
patch from Osaka, Japan, today said it
was announced at Hardin, Manchuria,
that Capt. Dieudonne Coste, French
aviator, who has been missing for more
than week. and his mechanic, Jacques
Bellonte, landed at pm. yesterday at
the village of Kowchinza, near Tsitsihar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-05

20. B. weather Bureau ForetastJ
Cloudy, followed by light showers late
tonight or tomorrow; not much change
in temperature.
Temperatures: Highest. SO. at 4 pm.
yesterday: lowest. II. at am. today.
Full report on page z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25

Turtle soup is no luxury to the people
of Ocracoke. NJ. On Huge sea turtles
weighing 200 pounds frequently are
caught "a tlsh nets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
CIGARETTE PRICE WAR
APPROACHES SHOWDOWN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 25.-The first
guns have been fired in the threatened
cigarette price war The United Cigar
Stores have cut prices at retail on the
Pacific Coast. The cut, however, has
not yet reached the low level attained
by the chain grocery stores, against
which the move is obviously aimed.
Recently the Schultz interests swore
war to the knife and knife to the hilt
If the chain grocers did not stop cut
ting prices on popular brands of Gig
arettes. The United Cigar Stores are
closely affiliated through various lines
with the Schultz interests. Together
they form a huge and powerful retail
chain of distribution. On the other
hand, the grocery chains are equally
powerful, If not more so. The largest
If these has $1,000 retail stores. The
struggle bids fair to be long continued
and severe, for while the tobacco chains
specialize in this type of merchandise,
their rivals have other lines on which
to depend for profits. The Schultz in
terests also have other lines in their
holdings and the United Cigar Stores
are taking on additional products for
distribution.
The price war probably will not en-
danger the individual cigar store pro-
prietors extensively. The chains have
made cuts in the past which the indi-
vidual retailer could not meet, yet he
has continued to exist, although in
smaller numbers, and to prosper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
STOCKS Irregular
IN PR0F|T-TAK|NG
Late Rally Follows Marking
Up of Money Rate to
IL Per Cent.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Despite an
advance in call money to IL per cent
todays stock market made remark
ably good showing. Most of the time
the trend was downward but there was
no weakness and there were many ex-
ceptions. Up to the last hour volume
was under that of the preceding day
but 1t picked up toward the close.
A late rally in the coppers under the
leadership of Anaconda, American
Smelling & Refining and Kennecott
was not entirely held to the end. The
street expects Kennecott to go on a So
basis next month. Columbia GRAPHIC
phone was a strong feature from start
to finish:
The rise in the call loan rate from 8
to 8 to 10 and then to IL per cent was
accompanied by report of an increase
in the rediscount rate and Of a gain in
the total OF brokers loans to be an
nounced after the close.
The markets reception Of the Penn
sylvania announcement that it had
formed an investment company, to the
entitled to subscribe, and of the Bethle-
hem Steel offer of additional shares at
a price almost $50 under the market,
was in striking contrast. Pennsylvania
was active and strong from the start,
setting a new high for the year as it
crossed 80 and the highest since 1902.
Bethlehem Steel was the object Of
heavy realizing and sold off more than
2 points. Probably the technical posi-
ton of Pennsylvania was much stronger
than that of Bethlehem Steel, but the
principal difference was the appeal to
the speculative imagination that the
investment company idea presented.
The market for the stock of the new
corporation on the Curb was ample
proof of this.
On the side of advance were ranged
various public utilities and few spe-
cialties. The rails also were generally
firm though inactive. American & For
eign Power. Electric Power g. Light,
National Power & Light and Console
dated Gas were in demand at one time
or another. American Telephone g.
Telegraph lost ground on the reiterated
denial that there was any plan to
split up the stock. Columbia GRAPHIC
phone was strong and the closely held
American Type Founders advanced
easily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
Hourly Sales on N. Y. Market.
1880 am. 1890 l2m... 1,5l5.700
1890 pm. 2,193,s00 2:15 pm 2,609, 900

Dividend rates as given in the above table
latest quarterly or han-yearly declarations.
Unit Of trading. less than 1G0 shares
SO in preferred stock. Z Plus l/25 in stock.
a, Paid this year-no regular rate. B Pay.
able in stock. Plus So in stock. Pay
able when earned. Payable In cash or
stock. ( Plus l0% In stock. z Plus 6oz
in stock. h Partly stock. Plus 90 in
stock. Plus 1870 share quarterly in
stock. m Payable lI10 share quarterly in
United Cigar Stores common stock. Plus
IN 70 In stock.