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The Washington times., 1930-07-18
LEAGUE CITED
AS EXISTING
RIVAL PLAN
Pan-Europe Scheme Rejected
on 3 Counts; League, Other
Nations, DominiOns Affected

LONDON. July is d.NS)-
Great Britain, last to reply to Ari.
slide Brands proposal for FEEDER
ated Europe, today sent the
French foreign minister's hopes
for a United States Of Eur ope"
aglimmering by ascribing the YER
dict neither necessary nor oest-
Vable" to his project.
Warm approval is expressed for
Brands principles of closer econ
omic' cooperation in the reply pub
liShed this morning, but the
opinion is set forth that the de.
sired object could better be OBJ.
tanned within the framework OF
the league Of nations.
Asks Farley
To offset the sting of open re-
fusal, the document hastily adds
that French proposals could be
dealt with adequately only in open
discussion and therefore should be
placed on the agenda Of the league
OF nations for examination.
The reply launches into it's text
by emphasizing that the opinions
expressed in it are only tentative
ones, given prior to consultation
with the dominionS. It foreseeS,
from the British standpoint, in
evitable confusion and rivalry be-
tween a United States Of Europe
and the League Of Nations, but
even greater dangers than these
are predicted. The reply states:
"An exclusive, Independent
European union Of the kind pro-
posed might emphasize or create
tendencies to intercOntinental
rivalfies and hOStilities which it
is important in the general in
terest to diminish or avoid"
Would Peril League
Throughout the note, the af-
firmation is present that Great
Britain holds deep faith in the
League of Nations, and that moth.
ing should be done which would
tend to weaken the Leagues
authority.
The reply was received in Paris
today by Lord Tyrell, British am
baSsador to France. It elected
general approval from the ma
jority of British commentators,
but wave of condemnation from
France is expected with pubhca.
tion Of the reply.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
QUAKE KILLS 80
IN RANGOON

LONDON, July 18 U.N.S9.
Fifty persons were reported killed
and many houses destroyed after
an earthquake shock today in, the
Tharrawaddy district, so miles
north of Rangoon, Burmah, ac-
cording to an exchange telegraph
dispatch.
The temblor disrupted com
munication and definite estimates
on the death toll and property
damage could not be obtained.
Further damage in surrounding
regions was feared.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
Park Band Concert
PrOQT1n1 Is Listed

The following schedule of park
concerts between 1880 and 9 p.
m, has been announced for the
week beginning Monday, July 81:
July 81. Army Band at 400
Sherrier Pl. and Macomb Sts.;
Tuesday, Navy Band at Forty.
fourth st. near intersection Of
Foxhall and Conduit Rds.:
Wednesday, Army Band at the
Sylvan Theater, on the Monu.
ment grounds; Thursday, Marine
Band at the Sylvan Theater: Fri
day, Franklin Park, Fourteenth
and I SITS. N. W., with the Civic
Community Center in charge.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
Atlanta Professor
DriUes PLebeiGn Taxi

ATLANTA, Ca, July 18 u.N.SO
Taxicab passengers in Atlanta may
now be regaled with discussions OF
the binomial theorem or the alb
normal psychology of Neanderthal
man as their meter clicks merrily
away.
All because Atlanta college stu
dents and teachers have taken up
cab driving as a remunerative
method of spending their summer
vacations. Take, for instance, the
driver Of cab No. 144. He is Prot.
w. I. Axtel, A. B., a teacher at
Tech High School.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
VISITOR SOUGHT
IN Staying

SAUGUS, Mass, July Is
uN.so.-Bernard Thompson, %.
was sought for questioning by po-
lice today when it was learned he
was the last person seen with Mrs.
K. Edith Thompson Wight, who
was found beaten to death in her
home here yesterday. Mrs. Wight
for Is years had been a private
detective.
The youth had made his home
with Mrs. Wight for several years.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
Chinese Told Fate
As GYpSieS Get $40

James Der, a Chinese, who
operates restaurant in the 14OO
block H st. N. W., told police that
he was "gyped" out of $3.50 last
night by two gypsies, who told
his fortune.
The Chinese, an hour after the
women departed. found that the
good fortune predictions were
"the bunk" The woman had
lifted his wallet, containing $50,
from his hip pocket.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
COMMONS ROAR
RAGE AS MACE
ISDEF|ED
Left Wing Iaborite Suspended
After Wild Scene When He
Touches Ancient Symbol

LONDON, July 18 Q.N.So.
Dire political consequences were
feared by left wing Labor mem
bers today as the aftermath Of
John Beckett's sensational seizure
in the House of Commons last
night Of the golden mace-sym-
boil Of parliamentary authority
from the table before the
speakers chair and hoisted it
across his shoulder in protest at
being refused a hearing on his
views on India.
It precipitated the worst scene
in Parliament in 800 years. Only
one other time had the sacred
emblem been touched rudely
since the historical occasion
when Oliver Cromwell clustered
into the chamber and, pointing
to the mace, disdainfully cried
to his followers:
"Take away that bauble!"
Macdonald Enraged
Beckett, member for Gambler
well, failed to emulate Cron1-
wells achievement, for he was
peremptorily seized after taking
hardly five steps with the golden
mace In his arms and ordered
out Of the chamber.
The sergeant-at-arInS, Sir Colin
Keppel, reverently restored "that
bauble' to its rightful place,
while Prime Minister j. Ramsay
Macdonald, white and shaking
and infuriated over the scene,
Immediately demanded Beckett's
suspension for disorderly conduct.
This five-day penalty was voted
on and carried, $40 to 4.
This suspension followed that
of Archibald Fenner BrockWay.
a London left wing member, Who
had refused to deSist from his
demands for a debate on Indian
affairs and was cenSured by
Premier Macdonald.
Moved Once by Dry Fanatic
The mace was moved on May
10, 1915, by E. N. Charrington,
a temperance fanatic, but in par
liamentary history since Crom-
wells day, no one has flouted
the speakers authority as boldly
as John Beckett.
His amazing action momen.
tarily left the members of the
house dumbfounded, but the next
moment parliament was in ali
uproar. Staid old m e m b e S
jumped excitedly from their
seats and threw UP their arms;
others yelled to those up front
to seize Beckett, who was max
ing towards the exit and had
reached the outer railing before
house attendant took the mace
from him.
Livid with anger and deeply
offended, scores of members cried
loudly for Beckett's expulsion
from the house. With Brock
way, he was escorted by a police
constable across the palace yard
through the tall iron gates which
mark the limit Of the precincts
OF parliament.
Had Lectured In U. s.
The rare scene occurred shortly
after Brockway, who recently
lectured in the United States,
pressed the prime minister for a
debate on India. Referred to Mon
days statement on the situation,
Brockway retorted by asking if
any further developments had
occurred since. Ordered to be
silent by the speaker, Brockway
persisted and on the prime min
ister's motion, was suspended.
To this Beckett objected. and
while tellers were still counting
the vote for suspension, marched
to the speakers table and with
out warning grasped the golden
mace and attempted to make off
with it.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
FAMED L'PORTE:
DEATH FARM
HEAD FOUND
Mrs. Belle Guinness, Who Lured
IS Suitors to Death, Said
Living in Jackson, Miss.

JACKSON, Miss, July 18
d.NS0-Sheriff Con Moore
announced today that Mrs. Belle
Guinness, who more than two
decades ago conducted a farm
at La Porte, Ind, where she
was accused Of having killed Is
men for their insurance. Is hv.
ing the life Of a respected citizen
near here.
In communicating with La
Port and Gary, Ind, authorities
Sheriff Moore said he was posi-
tive of the Identification. He
said she had first been identified
by q resident of La Porte who
knew her at the time Of the
murders. She is now 70 years
old. :.
Marriage Was Racket ~
Mrs. Guinness had been hunted
as the most famous woman
killer Of the century. She was
said to have used matrimonial
Journals in advertising for q
husband and through this scheme
lured no less than Is men to
her farm, had them insured In
her name and then murdered
them with poison, according. to
authorities.
After her disappearance in 1908
q private graveyard was found
on the farm and from it the
bodies Of Is men were recovered.
win Arrest Her
william Ray Lamphere, one
Of Mrs. Guinness farm hands set
fire to the farm house during
the investigation. After the fire
no trace was found Of Mrs.
Guinness or her three children
and it was believed they had
perished in the flames. Lamphere
was convicted and sentenced to
the Michigan City Penitentiary
where he died a year later.
Authorities were convinced the
burning Of the house had been
a ruse to conceal the escape Of
the woman. II convinced there
is basis for the identification.
La Porte authorities said they will
cause the woman'S arrest and
have her taken to La Porte for
trial.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
Bus Line Extension
Urged at AnncOStid

Transportation needs of resi-.
dents of Anacostia were studied
yesterday by Peoples Counsel
Richmond B. Keech.
Keech found that extension Of
bus service to connect with the
lineM Of both the Capital Traction
Company and the Washington
Railway and Electric Company
would solve the problem. He in
tends to ask the Public Utilities
Commission to order such service
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
Offered Preacher
Drink, Pair Jailed

WINCHESTER, va, July 10.
Dick Renner and Claude Dicks
are held in jail as the result Of
offering preacher a drink Of
liquor.
The men, nearly broke UP
services at Pine Grove Church,
terrorizing people going to church.
When the minister refused their
drink they attempted to fight
him. 4 Il
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
DOG BITES BOY

Several stitches were required
at Emergency Hospital last night
to close a wound on the head Of
seven-year-old Walter D. Schenck,
of 1000 block Flower Ave-, Takoma
Park, Nd. after he was attacked
and bitten by a dog near his home
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
MEXICO TAXES PLANES

MEXICO CITY, July 18 GN.SJ.
A tax ranging from 5 to 20 pesos
daily depending on the passenger
capacity of the plane, is being
charged by the Mexican govern
ment against airplanes entering
the country from foreign couu-
tries either for business or pleas
ure trips.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
Mary PickfOrd Asks
NeLU Name for Niece

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July. 1S
GN.S0 Mary Pickford, as guar
dian, yesterday asked superior
court to change the name of Mary
Charlotte Pickford, IA, to Gwynne
Pickford.
It was stated the similarity Of
names caused much confusion.
The Washington times., 1930-07-18
SCHOOL PROGRESSES

HARPERS FERRY. w. Va,
July 18.--Work on the new col
ored school building at Harpers
Ferry Is going forward rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23
milk RACKET CASE
FOR GRAND JURY
Facts to Be Presented When
Trio Appear to Answer
Food Ruin Charge.

District Attorney Leo A. Rover stated
yesterday be would present to the grand
jury Monday the case involving three
men held for pouring poisonous mate
rails over two wagonloads Of milk.
The men are Harry Maynard Roth
geb, dairy deliveryman and recording
secretary of the Milk Drivers and Dairy
Employees Local Union, No. 246; Elmer
Carr Rayford, business agent Of the
Taxicab Drivers Union, and Richard
Conte, q taxicab driver
It was incorrectly stated in The Star
yesterday that one of the men held
in the case was John C. CroSon of
Thompson's Dairy. Croson, the driver
of one of the milk wagons, was in no
way connected with the running of the
milk. Croson reported the case to the
police and it was information he and
the other driver gave to the police
that furnished the first leads in their
investigation Of the case. The Star sim
cerely regrets the error.
Rothgeb, Rayford and Conte have
confessed, according to police, to pour
ing disinfectant on top the bottles
Of milk In an endeavor to force two
drivers of two local diaries into a milk
drivers union.
The men now are awaiting a prelim-
mary hearing on charges of throw
ing poison on food, and their cases
had already been set for December 5
in Police Court.
In announcing his intent, the district
attorney said in a statement:
After carefully reviewing the evil
dence gathered by the Police Depart
ment in the case of the three persons
who are alleged to have poured a
poisonous substance over the product
of q local dairy I have decided tn Ore-
sent the case to the grand jury Mon
day, November "a, and will ask for an
indictment for a violation of section
S4S Of the Code of Laws of the District
of Columbia, charging an attempt to
inJure or destroy the property of an
other OF the vaIue of more than $35,
carrying with it the possible penalty OF
not less than one year and not more
than 10 years. II an indictment is re-
turned by the grand jury the court will
be asked to set the case for trial at the
earliest practicable date. Assistant
United States Attorney William H. Col
Inns will be in charge of the prosecu-
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23

alleges q conspiracy to commit 95 acts
OF entertainments and incidents of
destruction of records.
Government Witnesses.
A partial list of Government wit
nesses follows:
Commercial National Bank, Murray
Hill Trust Co., e. j. Armbruster, Charles
T. Malone, THEODORE l.. Weed, Gerald
r. Trimble Isadore Brill, Lewis E.
Thomas, Edwin l.. Pearce, John S. War
rington, John F. Whaley, Clyde F.
Miller, Paul j. Dundon, j. Maynard
Magruder, Pearce p Smith, Esther G.
Feldman, Ada Leopold Ellen c. Dow
ling, Charles z. Bishop, william Frank
Thyson, Richard A. Davis, Mrs. Anna
W. Mackie, Joseph Howard, John s.
Farquhar, James r. Mathews, James
Rucker Porter, lie Roy Mann, Mrs. Es-
telle Ross, Charles Wolf, Hubert T.,
Plaster, Arthur L. Phillips, Mrs. Verona
D. Rouse, Henry A. Giovanetti, Arthur
N. Chapman, James Albert Bundy, An
thony SeneS, Merchants Bank & Trust
Co., Riggs National Bank, Liberty Ma
tional Bank, Merchants National Bank,
Boston; National Rockland Bank, BoS-
ton; Federal-American National Bank,
Liberty Bank Of Buffalo, Guaranty Co.
Of New York, Washington Mechanics
Savings Bank, Guaranty Trust Co. of
New York, James H. Brown, Kathleen
Conlon. John w. Hurley, Charles F.
Marvin, Phillip A. Jenkins, Ross Phipps,
jr.; Helen l.. Schneider, A. Manning
Shaw, Margaret II. Raedy, e. Quincy
Smith, w. H. Wee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23
WOMAN ENDS LIFE
BY |NHAL|NG GAS
Mrs. r. S. EngIe, Wife of Geo.
detic Survey Captain, Found
Dead in Apartment.

Mrs. katherine Engle, as, wife Of
Capt Frank George Engle of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, committed
suicide by inhaling gas in the kitchen
cite Of her apartment at 4701 Connec-
ticut avenue late yesterday afternoon
She had been respondent following a
nervous breakdown last Summer.
Mrs. Engle's body was found lying
face down on the floor before the gas
range. Q rubber tube in her mouth,
which apparently had been connected
with Jet on the stove, and gas fumes
pouring from two open burners. In
the dinette adjoining the tiny kitchen
lay the body Of the Engle's pet kitten,
q victim also Of the fumes. A framed
photograph of Capt Engle stood upon
the stove which the young wife faced
as she awaited death. Paper wadding
pressed into the crevices around the
doors leading TO fresh air and several
notes signed kitty" completed the
planned in despair.
Found by Elevator Man.
The tragedy was discovered at 4:20
o'clock when colored elevator opera
tor, Fred Craney, smelled gas as he
stopped his elevator to discharge a pas
senger on the third floor. The Engle
apartment Is on that floor within 10
feet of the elevator and Craney ap-
preached it to assure himself the fumes
were coming from that quarter. He
then summoned Mrs. ricketts,, resident
manager Of the apartment house, and
with her, opened the Engle apartment.
A radio was going full blast. Mrs.
Ricketts, telephoned DR.. Russell Jon
Jansen of 4707 Connecticut avenue, who
responded and pronounced Mrs. Engle
dead. DR.. Jansen said he believed she
had been dead two hours.
News Borne TO Husband.
Capt. Engle. who was summoned to
the apartment, did not divulge the
contents of the notes Mrs. Engle left.
Deputy Coroner DR.. A. M. Macdonald
issued a certificate Of suicide.
Capt. and Mrs. Engle, who was Miss
Katherine Hood Of Athens, Ga, were
married in New York in June, 1926.
They came to Washington approx
mately 10 months ago, and since then
had made their home at the Connecti-
cut avenue address. Mrs. Engle is sur
vived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j. M. Hood Of Lake Mary, Fla, and
three sisters, two of whom are Mrs. T..
M. Philpots and Mrs. Mercer Murray
Of Athens, Ca.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23

The appointment of William N. Doak
as Secretary of Labor will be opposed
by the American Federation of Labor,
it was indicated by officials Of the
federation last night.
The federation's executive council Is
on record as contending that the Sec
rotary Of Labor should be selected from
among the ranks of the federation.
The organization claims credit for
the legislation creating the Department
Of Labor. Following the enactment OF
this legislation the first Secretary, Will
liam B. Wilson, was selected from the
American Federation Of Labor. The
second Secretary, James J. Davis, was
taken from the American Federation OF
Labor. So far there has been no Sec
rotary of Labor who has been taken
from outside the ranks OF the fedora
ton.
Mr. Doak Of the Brotherhood Of
Railway Trainmen belongs to one Of
the four transportation brotherhoods
which are not afiiliated with the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor. and on this
account, the federation influence Is OPP
posed TO Doak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23
15DEAD, I MISSING
AS STORMS SUBS|DE
Searches in Snow Go On as
Sun Replaces Clouds in
Western Area.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, November 22-Fifteen livee
have been claimed and seven persons
still were unaccounted for tonight as
frigid Winter gave way to sunny skies
in western United States.
The f1ve-day storm caused deaths in
seven States. Colorado, California and
New Mexico led the fatality list with
three victims each.
The dead are:
Luciano Costello, Guy Miner and
Moses Salsgrom, who were frozen to
death in the mountains of New Mexico
F. @. Evans, Mrs. Ed Robertson and
Howard Rhodes, claimed by the storm
in Colorado.
Plane Falls in SnOwstOrm.
Flavius A. Donaldson, George Rogers
and Miss Jean Markow, killed when q
Pacific Coast airmail plane crashed in
the Snowstorm in California.
Red Horse, an Indian, frozen to death
in Arizona
A. C. Galloway and the infant of
Mrs. Charles Moffatt, dead in South
Dakota.
r. 8. Byers, Nevada's storm victim.
DR.. H. L. Harp, who lost his life in
Ell Paso, Texas
William c. Godfrey, forest ranger in
Oregon, first death attributed to the
storm.
Search still was under way in New
Mexico for Joe Norton, who is not ex-
pected to be found alive; James Tilford
and William Blaine. All were lost IN
mountainous country.
A l3-year-old Japanese schoolboy was
reported lost near Lajunta, Colo, and
no trace has been found of D. j. Bird,
who was caught in q snowstorm Is
miles south of Winslow, Ariz.
5 Two brothers, Oscar Burgess of Engle-
wood, Colo. and Henry Burgess Of
woodland Park. were reported missing
in the Mount Herman burn" west Of
Monument, Colo. They went into the
district to cut wood Tuesday and are
believed prisoners behind a 10-foot drift.
In all parts of the West warm. sunny
weather prevailed today, snow was melt
ing and transportation Of all kinds re-
stored to normal schedules. News of
the additional deaths were brought in
two centers Of population Is outlying
roads we're opened.
Widespread checks by authorities in
all States resulted in the belief that all
storm casualties had been accounted for
with the exception Of the seven still
missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23

Sergt Larry O'Dea, but was unable to
give any motive for the suicide. He said
he had talked with Buehler about 6:46
o'clock in the evening, and Buehler had
indicated then his intention of visiting
friend. Wade did not know the
friends name.
witnesses See Crash.
No one could be found in the crowds
On upper Fourteenth street who heard
the shot. Gotthold told police that
while waiting for the traffic light to
change at Fourteenth and Monroe
streets, he heard what sounded like an
explosion, but thought several children
who had just crossed the street had
dropped . small torpedo Of the Fourth
Of July variety.
Thomas Nesbit Of Sill Morton place
northeast. . messenger boy, and an eye
witness to the crash Of the two cars, de-
clared he did not hear an explosion of
any kind He said he saw Buehler's
car driftir2 through the trafic just be-
fore it collided with Gotthold's machine.
Police said Buehler came to Washing
ton from Johnstown, Pa, several years
ago to attend George Washington Uni
versity.
Police Find Love Poem.
Police on searching the Buehler apart
ment found on desk q love poem said
to have been written by Buehler o few
days ago.
DR.. Buehler, police were told, severed
his connections|With George Washing
ton University last week and expressed
his intentions Of returning to Philadel-
phia, where he held q position as city
chemist In 1924. He also was pro-
lessor at the Philadelphia College of
Operative Pharmacy and Science for
several years.
bethville, Pa, was notified Of his death
last night. His father, DR.. william o.
~ prominent in Pennsylvania up until
his death few years ago.
was City Chemist.
Dr. Buehler, as city chemist in Phila-
delphia, received considerable newspaper
publicity In 1924 in connection with
liquor cases in courts. At that time,
after appearing as an analyst in many
cases in which liquor had been seized
by police, he was threatened with ar
rest II he carried into action his in
tention to leave Philadelphia.
In June, 1924, he declared he would
appear in no more liquor hearings and
told the court he had destroyed sub
poenas for his appearance In cases
pending and had refused service in
other instances. He said he expected
to accept an official post in a midwest
ern city and that he had been treated
unjustly by the district attorneys ONCE.
Acceptance Of the summons, he said.
would lose him the offered position. He
remained, however, when informed o
bench warrant would be issued for him
II he continued to disregard subpoenas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23
ILLINOISANS FAVOR
VOTE FOR CAPITAL
Petition Of Society Of Master
Painters and Decorators Ask
Congress Action.

The Illinois state Council Of the In
ternational Society Of Master Painters
and Decorators has strongly Endorsed
ton for the District of Columbia, and
petitioned Congress to adopt the pGnd-
ing resolution proposing q constitu-
tional amendment on the matter.
The resolution adopted by the cotln-
Gil has been received by Jesse 9. Suter,
vice chairman Of the Citizens' Joint
Committee on National Representation,
from Arthur r. Hatch Of Chicago, sec
rotary.