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The Washington times., 1931-09-04
SPANISH STRIKE
ISSETTLED

MADRID, Sept. 4 GNs).
The general strike of 300, 900
workers in Barcelona, which
claimed at least three lives and
many injuries, was ended today
but grave industrial uprest spread
Immediately to various other
cities in the Barcelona area.
The governor of Barcelona ef-
fected a settlement with strike
leaders, under the terms of which
it was understood the strikers
would beturn to work immedi-
ately.
Troops were dispatch to Sea
DeurgeI and Lerida, where violent
outbreaks were feared. The strike
movement also spread to MatanO,
ManreaS, and TarraSa.
Civil guards who rushed to the
scene elected the incendiarieS and
beat out the flames. Several were
reported injured in the battle
The church was damaged consid-
erably. .4
Throughout the night Barcelona
was city of darkness, the strike
of public service workers having
left the city without light.
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Dealing a heavy blow at the
third-degree practices in the
Metropolitan Police Department,
the District Grand Jury today
returned four indictments charg-
ing five policemen with assault
and assault with dangerous
weapons.
Policemen named in the indict-
ments, all attached to the First
precinct, are James A. MOstyn,
William r. Latin, william T.
Burroughs, william C. GrOOms
and George E. Perry.
A ihorrifying story of beating
prisoners with clubs, rubber ifoss,
and fists is recited in the tech.
nical language of the four indict-
mentS.
Five Men Beaten Up
According to the indictments,
all of the beatings took place in
two days, August 81 and %, last.
The prisoners who were beaten,
the indictments state, are: James
H. Harker, Preston Brooks, Walter
w. Johnson, and John F. Miller.
Face Prison If Convicted
Conviction upon the count Of
assault with dangerous weapon
would subject the accused to 10
years imprisonment, while con.
victiOn upon the simple assault
charge would carry an additional
penalty of one year.
Harker Is Cleared
The Grand Jury ignored a
charge of housebreaking and
larceny against Harker, the prin-
cipal witness in the investigation.
Harker was said to have con.
feSSed to entering a North
Capitol Street restaurant, but he
claims the confession" was
beaten out of him by the police
men.
Immediately after the indict-
ments were returned Perry,
Mostyn and Laflin, who had been
waiting in a courthouse corridor
went to the clerks office and
put UP bond of $1,000 for their
appearance at trial.
All five policemen are repre-
Sented by Attorney James A.
O'Shea. Mr.. O'Shea said that
Grooms is out Of town but that
he will get in touch with him at
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REDS WIN
. SEA TRUCE
Photo by international

BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 4
G.NSD With the threat of a
communist regime overhanging
the country, the Chilean govern
ment capitulated today to mutt,
nous seamen who seized the fleet
in the port of Coquimbo.
An agreement, involving can
collation. of the naval pay cuts,
announced recently as an econ
omy measure, was reached.
The Coquimbo accord, however,
far from ended the difficulties
of the government.
News reaching BuenOS Aires by
telephone from Santiago told of
a concerted campaign by Com
muniSts, allegedly in the pay of
Moscow, to overthrow the exist
ing regime and establish a BOlShe-
visit government in its stead.
In an effort to forestall the
threat of a wholesale Communist
uprising, $4,000 civilians have
banded together into a white
army" prepared to offer their
services in combat in the event
the Communists open an actual
offensive.
The civilian army includes
many Americans, British, and
other foreigners, who have been
policing their own homes as a
precautiOn against the hostility of
the prOIetariat toward wealthier
foreign communities.
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GIRL KIDNAPPED;
5(NTOR SOUGHT

DETROIT, Sept. 4=uN.so -
A one,sided courtship which
started in the Kentucky hills
reached fofcible climax here
today when Mildred Combs, II,
who fled from her home at Visco
in the Blue Grass State to escape
an elderly suitor. was kidnapped,
according to police. ,
The kidnaperS, according to the
story which Mrs. Olga Brice, 10,
sister of the Combs girl. told po-
lice, were Brack Combs and a
male companion believed to be
/ the unwelcOme SuitOr. A.
Mrs Brice and her .father-in.
law, William Brice, pursued the
kidnaperS' car for half a mile,
but were outdiStanced, they said.
A radio broadcast has been made
and State police are watching all
roads. 8
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MOTHER AND 5
DIE IN RIVER

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 4
O.N.SO-Victims Of drowning
when the automobile in which
they were riding plunged off a
road into 20 feet of water in the
Scioto River, Mrs. Sarah Jane
Reichley, 20, and her five young
children were dead today.
Patrick H.. Reichley, 81, the
husband and father, a lineman,
escaped Injury when he was
thrown from the car as it hurtled
off the road.
Reichley delirious with grief
following the tragedy, said that
something went wrong with the
steering apparatus.
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POLICE FORCE
CRITICIZED
! BITTERLY
Says False Sense of Loyalty
Is Seen; Punishment Asked
For All Involved in Case

Orville A. Staples, former DO
iiceman, was framed"
This was the report of the Dis
trict Grand Jury today. The
jury recommended the reinState-
ment of Staples as of the date Of
his dismissal, May %. 1923.
The Grand Jury found the evi-
dence upon which Staples was
dismissed was:
"FaIse in its entirety, was per-
iured testimony by incOmpe-
tent witnesses, and was gathered
by members Of the police de.
partment through duress and
iilducelnents. y
Staples Wears Grin
Stapless wearing d bread grin,
and apparently aware of the
favorable report which the Grand
Jury had prepared on his behalf
appeared at the courthouse long
before the jury reported.
The former policeman was ac,
cornpanied by his wife and their
daughter, about years old.
They were among the few
spectators In the courtroom when
Charles Fonda handed up the
report and nearly 100 indict-
I1entS in other cases..
Staples said:
Naturally, / am happy over
my vindicatiOn at the hands of
the Grand Jury. / deeply ap-
preciate the cOurtesies extended
TO me by the members of the
jury, as well as by the district
attorney. 1 have nothing
further to add to this, except
to say, that this day means q
lot me and my family"
Schenck Charges Fall
Other charges of Frederick A.
Schenck, a former policeman and
now a LeavenWorth convict, of
misconduct on the, part of mem
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
A wierd story of the burial
by it's grandfather of a six-weeks-
old baby without the formality
of getting a death certificate or
conducting funeral rites for the
infant, is being investigated by
Caroline county officers.
TedO Sale, 81, farmer living
near Bowling Green, is free ON
his own recOgniZance, while his
daughter, who accuses him Of the
death of her baby, Is pressing
for action by the sheriff's office.
While she and her brother were
shopping in Fredericksburg last
Saturday, the baby died suddenly.
When they got home, she said,
her father told her he had put
the baby in box and taken it to
the woods and buried 1t.
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AND Smith
LOSE At NETS

Jay Cohn, stellar Californian
junior netman, won the Ward.
man Park junior tennis tourna
ment today, defeating Don Wal.
lace, of Montclair, N. j.. 6-1, 6-3.
Wallace showed to advantage only
in the second set, when he had
Cohn 3-love.
COhn and Wallace then paired
to triumph over Gilbert Hunt and
Clyde Smith, of Washington, in
the doubles finals, 60. "a. The
D. C. youngsters put up a battle
all the way.
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of the American Chemical Society,
that a man suffering from the all
ment, had stopped breathing and
was restored to life BY administra-
ton Of cortin, hornone extract
According to DR.. Rowntree,
when cortin was given to 26 per.
sons afflicted with Addison's dis
easesa it saved the lives of all ex-
cept one. The disease usually re-
suits from tuberculosis, the vic
TINS skin turning brown.
DR.. Rowntree explained that
cortin will not effect a cure, but,
like insulin given to diabetes, pro-
longs life for along period
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
WeStland Is Steady
TrOpic Disturbance
Is Deemed Trivial

There is nothing for Florida
or any section to worry about,
Charles L. Mitchell, chief fore
caster at the Weather Bureau,
declared today in reporting the
path of the mild tropical dis
turbance which originated
Wednesday off st. Thomas, Viz
gin Islands. He said the storm
lost the little fury it had in pass
ing EaSt-to-West over the island
of Haiti and today is central
south of Cuba in Guatanamo
Bay,
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Addison Disease Victims
Aided By Extract

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 4 G.N.S.D
Confirmation of finding that Addi-
. sons disease may be effectively
treated by administering cortin,
an extract obtained from the
ndrenals of oxen, was made today.
DR.. LA. Rowntree,- noted
Rochester, MINI, physician, con-
firmed the conclusions of Dr. F..
A. Hartman. of Buffalo University.
that the disease may be so treated
that life will be prolonged over a
great period of years.
Dr.. Hartman previously re.
ported, during the sessions here
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
DOOL|TTLE WINS
AIR RACE To
CLEVELAND
Ace Captures $4,000 Prize
Given by Bendix; Averages
231 Miles an Hour on Hpo

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT,
Cleveland, Sept. 4 N.N.SD.-
Out.Speeding seven of the best
racing pilots in the Nation, Maj.
James G. Jimmie" DOOlittIe, st.
Louis, this afternoon won the
Bendix tranScOntinental speed
dash from Los Angeles to Cleve-
land. His time for the 2,O4O
miles was 8 hours and 10 min
utes, an average of approx
mateIy 231 miles an hour.
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLEVE-
LAND, Sept. 4 G.N.S0 Roaring
at record-breaking speed toward
their goal, the scene of the ma
tional air races, eight American
speed aces, competing for the
Bendix Trophy, were headed di-
rectly into a terrific Wind and
Fatustorm which struck northern
Ohio shortly before noon:
The racers, who were reported
to be enjoying excellent weather
over most of the long hop from
Los Angeles, were expected to
hit the storm area in the vicinity
of Toledo. A heavy rain, accom-
panied by a 3O-mile-an-houI tail
wind, awaited them at CleI Gland,
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 4 QN.S) /.
Major James Doolittle landed at
the Fairfax Airport here at $50
a. m., and took off at 9:58 for
Cleveland.
Doolittle established a record
of hours and 20 minutes in his
flight from Los Angeles to Kan
sas City.
AMARILLO, Tex, Sept. 4
0.N.SD. Walter Hunter, of
Oklahoma City, arrived here at
500 a. M, Central standard
time, and departed four minutes
later eastbound in the transcon-
tinental air derby from Los
Angeles to New York.
WICHITA, Kas., Sept. 4 G.N.SD.
Harold Johnson, of Chicago, flying
a Lockheed plane, was the first
of the Los Angeles-to-Cleveland
air racers to reach Wichita today.
johnson set his plane down here
at 9:l8 a.. M, Central standard
time. He was "a minutes ahead
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Severe Wind Storm
DAMAGES Southwest

YUMA, Ariz., Sept. 4 UN.So g.
After causing damage estimated
at several thousand dollars in
Wellton, Ariz., 80 miles east OF
here, a wind and rain storm OF
near tornado proportions roared
southwark into the desert yes
terday
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Labor RGcketeers
'tSpOt" CHICAGO Mar,

CHICAGO, Sept. 4 1NS9.
The bullet-torn body of Morti-
mer Enright, chief electrician of
the board of education. was
found early today in ditch near
the suburb of Hinsdale. He had
been shot six times and his body
dumped out of speeding auto
mobile. 8a
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SGLU1tiOnist Beats
PicGylInish Charge

BIRMINGHAM, England, Sept.
4 G.N.S0.-Gen. William Hig.
gins, commander-in-chief of the
Salvation Army, was dismissed in
Police Court here today on
charges in connection with main
teannce of a common lodging
house" The charges we're brought
because General Higgins did not
reside in the house when the regis
tered superintendent was away.
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City FLOWer
Pageant on TOnight

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept.
0.N.S0. - Two million dollars
worth of flowers will go on dis.
play here tonight when the an
nual national Atlantic City flower
and garden pageant opens.
Mrs. Henry Ford and Mrs.
Thomas A. Edison are among the
patroneSseS.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Trial of Al CGpOne
Gets 2-DGy Delay

CHICAGO, Sept. GN.S0-
The trial of Al Capone for alleged
income tax law violations will open
next Thursday instead of Tues
day. United States District Attor-
ney George E. Q. Johnson was
granted the delay today by Judge
James H. WilkerSon.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Michigan Bank Shuts
Doors Without Loss

DETROIT. Sept. a G.N.so.
The Inkster National Bank. a
member of the Federal Reserve
system at Inkster, near here,
failed to open its doors today No
loss will be suffered by depositors,
the board of directors announced
Resources were listed at $285
900. and deposits at $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Woman Accuses Father
OF Burying Her Baby

She had the infant dug up and
called in Sheriff Joseph Baker,
who arrested her father.
Officers released Sale while the
coroner finishes his examination.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
USE Of CLUB,
RUBBERHOSE
AND FISTS
ALLEGED
Harker Cleared of Larceny
Charge; Several Of Accused
Men Post Bond for Trial
Police Who Were
Indicted Today

The policemen indicted
today for third-degree
brutality are:
James A. Mostyn.
George E. Perry.
w. G. Grooms.
William P. Laflin.
William T. Burroughs.
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Bingham Inspects
Biq Naval Airship

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 4
IN.SO The new Navy dirigible
Akron is evidence that lighter
than-air flying machines have an
important place in both military
and commercial aviation, in the
opinion of Senator Hiram Bing-
ham QR) of Connecticut, presi-
dent of the National Aeronautic
Association.
Bingham spent two hours today
inspecting the big airship as work
men put the finishing touches on
it over at Akron, Ohio.
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FOOTBALL!!.

q The Washington Times is armed to give football fans
the best gridron service of Washington newspaper.
Robert zuppke., famous mentor of the University of
Illinois, The Times guest football writer for the 1881
season. commences his interesting series Of analytical
and descriptive football articles in The Times Monday
He will write for this newspaper every Monday.
Wednesday and Friday during the season.
Kirk Miller, Times Sports Editor left today for
Rehoboth Beach where Georgetown entrenched with
its 1891 football candidates. Tomorrow and Monday
Mr.. Miller will tell about Georgetowns prospects
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
HOWELL LEADS
OU|MET I | Up
At 18TH
Richmond Boy Is Cool as Ice
In Struggle With Veteran;
Mccarthy Trails WestIand

BEVERLY COUNTRY CLUB,
CHICAGO, Sept. 4 GNSD Cool
as an iceberg in his first ma
tional tourn ament, 19-year-old
Billy Howell, of Richmond, sprang
a sensation by leading the vet
eran Francis Ouimet, of Boston,
one up at the end of their morn
ing round of 18 holes in their
36-hole match in the semi-finals
of the thirty-fifth United States
amateur championship today.
Howell never showed the slight
est tendency to weaken under
fire.
Westland Leads Mccarthy
Jack WeStland, Chicago's dis
trict champion, led Maurice j.
Mccarthy, jr., of Harrison, N. Y,
two up at the end of the morn
ing round of the 36-hole match.
.WeStland and MCCARTHY made a
Eprttty match Oft until the
thirteenth. Then Mccarthy weak
ened and lost two holes in a
row.
Howell consistently outdrove
Ouimet, but the latter's iron shots
were beauties. Young Billy'S only
trouble seemed to be the traps,
and he kept out of them pretty
we'll. They fought a nip-and-tuck
battle up to the thirteenth, the
lead changing several times. Their
cards:
Out
Howell ...... 4 4 3 $40
Ouimet ..... 4 + 40
Howell ...... A 5 3 6-39-79
Ouimet ..... 4 5 a. 5-40--SO
WeStland Is Steady
Westland played a steady, care
full game. Although Mccarthy
invariably outdrove him. he usu-
ally was equal to his opponent on
the green and his putting was
good. Thier cards:
Out
westland .... As "a ar
Mccarthy ... A 4-37
westland ... 46 AS - 7-41-7S
Mccarthy -. 4 6 SIS 4 6-43--S0
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

The Treasury balance ,Septem-
bcr 2 was $125.255,728.62. Ex-
penditures. $l0.683.438.93. Gus
toms receipts, $1.72l, ,430,7S.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
THE WEATHER

Increasing elOudiness and slightly warmer to
night, followed by showers beginning late to
night or Saturday; gentle variable winds, beeom
ing moderate south and sOuthwest TemPerA
ture yesterday-Highest, 76i lowest, 50. Hu
midity yestefday-Highest, s6i lowest, 7s.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
SOUTHERN BANKS EMERGING
FROM LAST FALLS COLLAPSE
Many Institutions Have Reopened and
New Ones Have Taken Places of De-
funct Firms-"Comeback" General.

closed since the fateful day of Novem-
Der II, 1880. have reopend, either
through adjustment of their finances
reorganization or mergers with other
institutions.
In addition several national banks
caught in the whirlpool of collapses
have come back"
Other States have shown similar
progress.
A third of the rs banks that closed
in Mississippi in recent months have
opened.
In Kentucky, where failuresS as in
Arkansas, date from last November II.
Z of the Is that closed are now
operating. Virtually all of the banks
in Western North Carolina that closed
have reopened.
Other RecOveries.
Five Of the eight that shut their
doors in Louisiana in recent months
have made recoveries.
In Tennessee, several that closed for
one reason or another during times of
unprecedented stress, reopened after a
short time and others are now in the
process of reorganization.
A large number of the cloSings in
Arkansas were attributed by Walter E.
Taylor, State bank commi ssioner, not
to Straitened circumstances, but to
wave of hysteria that swept de-
poSitorS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
FRANCE EXPECTED TO RESUME
TRADITIONAL ROLE OF LENDER

the cause of considerable apprehension.
and French financiers are turning to
foreign and colonial loans as a means
of relief, the Commerce Department
says. Financial groups there are said
to be negotiating with Jugoslavia, Po-
land and Rumania for large loans, while
the French Chamber has approved the
proposal to authorize loan issues for the
colonies of West Africa, Indio China,
Madagascar, New Caledonia and Equa-
torial Africa, with small amounts for
the inundated territories in Togoland
and the Camerouns. Collectively, these
will aggregate about 0,000,0 900.
Although the exact terms CT these
leans to foreign countries have not been
announced, it is believed they will take
the form of deliveries in kind In this
country leading bankers believe such a
procedure will not prove efficacious in
reducing the geld reserve, maintaining
that a reduction must be in the nature
of substantial purchases of foreign long
term securities.
During the last two years the gold
reserve has gained nearly $4,000, 900 900
francs to about $4,000, 200, 900, or about
one-fifth of the worlds holdings. The
United States holdings are about
$4,000, 000 900. Inasmuch as foreign de-
posits have only decreased about 7,000,-
UUu,UJO Lie thONCLlCAlI INV
been entirely a rehabilitation of foreign
capital by the Bank CT France. The
Commerce Department says a great deal
of the remaining 15.000000,000 francs,
undoubtedly, was rehabilitated by the
large French commercial banks, to meet
the increased demands FOR currency in
France.
That the movement of gold to France
has continued into 1881 is indicated by
the balance shest for February 5, which
showed an increase of about 1000, 000,
COO francs. On that date the gold re-
serve stood at $685. 100000 francs.
With the lowering OF the Bank of
France discount rate to per cent along
with the strengthening OF sterling ex-
change early in February, the indicated
change in the loan policy and the con-
tinued heavy excess Of imports over ex-
ports, it is believed in French circles
that the flow of gold into France will be
lessenel materially.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
CRUDE OIL PRICES
WEAKEN FURTHER
Posted Market Affected by
Individual Arrangements
Among Trade Factors.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


TULSA, Okla, March "A further
weakening of crude oil prices is occur
ring in several-areas of the mid-con-
tinent region. During the middle of
last week several of the smaller refiners
posted new schedules of prices for oil
in the North Texas area, establishing
top prices ranging from so to IS cents
a barrel, as compared with the top
prices of 70 cents being paid by the
major purchasers.
In the Kansas areas several of the
refiners have posted one price of rs
cents. This price, however, ignoring
the gravity range, is not so broad in
its application, the oil in the fields
where the purchases are being made not
varying more than two or three degrees.
New Prices.
The posting of the new prices is the
result of individual arrangements be-
tween refiners and producers that have
prevailed for some time. Such buying
and selling below the general market
level practiced sufficiently long has al
ways had the tendency to break down
the posted market. In North Texas,
however, this "bootlegging." as it is
commonly. called in the oil country
had been greatly minimized by the
action of the Humble Oil & Refining
Co. in posting lower prices last month
In the Kansas areas, however, re-
finers for the last few weeks have been
feeling the competition of the producers
made from the bootleg prices of
North Texas and Panhandle crudes
and have applied their lower prices
generally. There is still a difference
of 10 to Is cents barrel in the price:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02
CITIES SERVICE co.
IN RICHFIELD OFFER
Company Offers to Purchase Pre-
ferred Stock of Califor-
MIA Firm.
specIal pispateh 70 r,hs stnr.

opeclal DlSpatch 10 The Star.
NEW YORK, March 2.-The follow
ing announcement was made by Henry
L. Doherty &c Co. from their ofices here
today. addressed to the holders of
preferred stock of the Richfleld Oil Co.
Of California:
We are prepared to offer to the
holders OF preferred stock of the Rich
neld OIL Co. of California stock of
Cities Service Co. in exchange therefor
on the basis of two shares of Cities
Service Co. preference B stock plus one
share of Cities Service Co. common
stock in exchange for each five shares
of the preferred stock of the Richfield
Oil Co. of California"
1t is stated that Cities Service shall
not be required to accept a total of
more than 100000 shares of the pre-
ferred stock of Richfield Oil Co. under
the offer, which will expire In 80 DAYS.
An offer was made to the common
stockholders of Richfield on January rs
to exchange one share of Cities Service
common for four shares of Richfield
common. That offer expired February
25, and, while no official statement has
been made by Cities Service Co, it was
learned from sources believed to be well
informed that the offer met with IA
vorable response and results were en-
tirely satisfactory.