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The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Priest Dares Death in Thwarted
Attenpt to Save Holy Eucharist

ing out the windows. Old
women and men were hanging
out the windows, crying pite'
OuSIy for help.
Saw Eight Charred Bodies
II obtained permission to
organize motorists into emer-
gency ambulance squads. We
brought the dead and injured
out and laid them on the lawn.
As fast as automobiles came
along, in addition to the ambu'
lances, we hailed them and
started the victims out to the
hospital.
"While I was working on one
of the chains on the fire escape
we formed q line from the
fourth floor to the ground,
passing down the dead and the
Others-I saw eight bodies
burned to q crisp"
In the midst Of a group OF
dead and injured, a mild man
nered little woman. garbed in
the drab habit of the sisters OF
the poor, stuck to her post. She
cried:
81 can't leave. / must find
mother superior. / think she
is still. in there"
Carried Away BY Force
The little woman, quietly fac
ing death, was Sister Louise, as
Sistant to Sister Agatha, mother
A policeman picked her
up bodily, despite her protests
and carried her down a ladder
to safety.
Sister Louise's fears were
groundless, however. It was later
learned that she had been forcibly
rescued and taken to the home OF
the Pittsburgh Council of Catho
lie Women.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
MOTHER SUPERIOR HEROINE OF FIRE TR
AGED DIED FEARLESSLY,
SAYEYEWTNESSES

Volunteers were making heroic
rescues when the firemen arrived,
dragging aged men and women
out of windows and down a fire
escape leading from the center
Of the building.
Found Kneeling in Prayer
Firemen battered down the
doors of the building and. with
rescue workers, streamed into the
blazing structure.
Many of the inmates we're
found kneeIing by their bedSideS,
clutching rosary beads while they
waited hOpelessIy for death. Most
Of the aged inmates had been
unable to struggle more than .
few steps from their beds.
Six alarms brought Is fire COM
panieS to the scene, and every
taxicab in the city was turned
over to police, who converted
them into ambulances and sent
them rushing to hospitals, accom-
panied by motorcycle escorts.
Sister Agatha, 80-year-old mother
superior at the home, was the
outstanding heroine of the catas-
trophe. Aroused from sleep by
crippled inmates pounding on the
floors with their canes, she led
many of her feeble charges to
safety and had to be forclbly re-
strained from reentering the build
ing.
Several spectacular rescues also
were made by Sister Louise, an
other nun,
The Washington times., 1931-07-25

the window. We showed a lad
der up against the window but
we never saw her again."
A few daring rescuers forced
their way through smoke and
flame to the third floor. One
was Hugh L. McCondille. He de
scribed conditions as follows:
"My friends and I were there
soon after the fire broke out.
The firemen were already there.
We ran up to the third floor.
There, everyone was on his
knees, praying.
Men Stand By Women
"AlI the men stood by the old
women, comforting them to the
end. Some we had to rescue
almost against their will"
Dozens of kneeling men and
women toppled too the floor, their
prayers unfinished, as smoke ano
flame scared their lungs.
In many cases, half-finished
phrases of the litany slipped
from their lips.
God have mercy on us; Lord
have mercy on u.s."
The little chapel Of the home,
where many of the inmates
sought sanctuary, presented a
ghastly sight to the first rescue
workers reaching there.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Gimme Them Papers!
The Farm Belongs
To Me-!

The mortgage was due and Ro-
land Parisen, 41-year-old farmer,
was faced with loss of the old
homestead.
He heSitated not a moment.
Armed with a pistol, he kid
naped the mortgage holder, Sam
uel McCue, of Hightstown. took
him to the farmhouse and forced
him to cancel the mortgage.
Leaving a confederate to keep
McCue prisoner, Parisen hurried
to the county seat and recorded
the cancellation. In the mean
time, McCue escaped from his
guard.
Parisen was held without bail
and authorities started proceed
ings to void the enforced cancel
lation. Jack MCGEE, %. who
gave an address in Birch Street,
Camden, was held after McCue
identified him as the "jailer."
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Yale Teacher Seeks Aid
For Wife Held In Russia

NEW YORK, July IS Q.N.S0
Fear lest statements attributed to
him be misunderstood by Soviet
authorities was expressed today by
Pro. Dmitri Krynine of Yale Uni
versity, here in an effort to in.
terest influential persons in the
plight of his wife, who is said
to have been refused permission
to leave Moscow. Said Prof.
Krynine:
dispatches from New Haven
quoting me as saying that the
lions share of the remittances
and food shipments have made
to Nine. Krynine have been con-
fiscated, are inaccurate. The
remittances were paid to her
at the official rate of exchange.
Food parcels have been heavily
taxed, but not cOnfiscated.
Repudiates Statement
"The statement, attributed to
me, that Nine. Krynine is being
held as a hostage by the SOvietS,'
1 did not make at all. do not
know why she is being refused
permission to leave Russia"
Lady Astor created a sensation
in Moscow earlier this week by
kneeling before Maxim Litvinoff,
Soviet commissar of foreign af-
fairs, at a reception given in
honor of British visitors, to plead
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ORDER
FRETS CHIEFS

Harassed bureau chiefs sweated
over their desks today, endeavor-
ing to find ways of economizing
in their budgets for next year.
A new economy order, one OF
many which has emanated from
the White House during the past
few years, called upon them to
pare their estimates for the next
fiscal year to the bone.
Many of the bureau heads are
of the opinion that preceding
cuts have left little upon which
to effect new savings.
5000, 100000 In Hole
The Treasury closed its books
a month ago with a deficit of
more than $9OO,OOO,OOO on the
books. The prospect for the cur
rent fiscal year is for deficit as
great if not greater. Business
has not picked up as had been
hoped, which means continued
smaller receipts from income and
corporation taxes.
Just where bureau chiefs can
effect the savings which Presi-
dent Hoover desires was not ap-
parent today. Bureau eXpendi-
lures have been pruned steadily
ci,,ce +he early dayS of Coolidge
economy.
Some Fixed Charges
The major items in the Gov
ernment's $4,000,000,000 budget
are interest on the public debt
and the expenses of the Veterans
Bureau. These are more or less
fixed charges and are not eligi-
BILE for much, if any, pruning.
There remains, then. the Army
and Navy, now at their lowest
in many years.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25

with him to release" Nine.
Krynine.
Meanwhile, renewed hope has
been given Nine. Krynine by the
efforts being made in her behalf
by Lady Astot, according to word
received here.
Forty-eight years old, the wife
of the professor. living in shabby
condition typical of Soviet life in
Moscow, is uncomplaining, but is
anxious to rejoin her husband and
son here.
Professor Confirmed
Nine. Krynine. in reports reach
ing here, confirmed the statement
of the Professor that she is re-
ceiving money regularly from him
and her son and that she also
receives packages Of food which
they send her and which supple
ment the food allowance she is
able to purchase on her food
card.
She lives in a converted hotel
in the center of Moscow and is
allowed a room to herself, almost
an unheard of privilege in modern
Russia. Her husband has been
informed that she is studying
English in the hope of joining
her family here.
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Continued From Page -


for rescue work, the death list
would have mounted much
higher"
Five women victims were def
nitely identified at the morgue
at noon, while another woman
and a man we're tentatively
identified. They we're: Mrs. Mary
Waldier. So; Martha Tiley, 81;
Mary Thomas, So; Mary Jacobs
and Catherine MCGUIRE.
The body of man was par
tally identified as that of James
Stewart and the body of the
sixth woman was tentatively
identified as that of nun.
A check-up of hospitals re-
vealed that 217 persons were
patients or had been treated and
discharged. Many were seri-
ously injured. Three women in
mates, suffering from burns and
exposure, were rushed to Pitts
burgh Hospital where attaches ex-
pressed doubt as to their re-
covery.
The fire was discovered by two
unidentified boys who were pass
ing the home and saw smoke
seeping from windows of the
building. The boys scaled an
eight-foot wall which surrounds
the home and attempted to rouse
the inmates by pounding on the
locked doors. Failing in this, one
Of them hurled a stone through
q window,
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
TRUCE LOOMS
IN z STATES
BRIDGE WAR
Battle of Red River" Seen
Ended As Texas Acts to
PlaCate "AIfaIfa Bill"

DENISON, Tex, July Is (U.S).
Things looked sinister on the Red
River today with martial law and
a detachment of State militia on
the Oklahoma side and a group Of
capable appearing Texas Rangers
on the Texas bank.
1t was far more an appearance,
however, than an actuality, since
it was regarded a matter of
brief time only before the two
adjoining States would have com.
posed their differences and the
new free bridge connecting Deni-
son, Tex, and Durant, OKLA,
would be opened.
Rapid progress was made today
toward ending THE Battle of the
Red River" whose most serious
consequences so far have been an
acrimonious exchange between
Governors Ross Sterling, of Texas,
and Alfalfa Bill' Murray, Of
Oklahoma, and an inconvenience
to thousands of motorists who
have been compelled to take the
long way round" to get to their
destinations.
At Austin, the bill passed by the
senate to settle the controversy
was rushed through the lower
house and carried by plane to
Houston for signature by Governor
Sterling.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
GRASSHOPPERS
SUBMERG|NG
NEBRASKA
State Incensed at Refusal of
U. S. to Advance Funds for
Kidding State of Scourge

Their battle for Federal aid in
Kidding Nebraska of a grasshopper
scourge lost, Nebraska Congress
men today complained they
couldn't get officials away from
the transatlantic telephone long
enough to attend to home
problems"
Led by Representative Howard
CD of Nebraska, they sought ad-
ditional avenues Of appeal for
what they declare is a national
problem.
Howard said that IL aid is not
forthcoming, next year would see
an even greater ScOurge through
the Mississippi River Valley. He
said what the Government could
do with pennies this year will re-
quire dollars in 1882.
His criticism of the Administra-
ton was voiced after the Depart
ment of Agriculture advised the
State Of Nebraska there existed
no funds which it could make
available for exterminating the
insects.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25

Another to be carried forcibly
from the building was Father
A. j. Young, a priest, who en-
tered the chapel, on the first
floor. to save the Holy Eucharist.
Accompanied by an unidentified
volunteer worker. the priest at
tempted to fight his way through
the smoke-filled corridors of the
building.
A number of inmates took
refuge in the chapel, which at
first was free from flame. When
the fire finally broke through the
walls of the room a little band
of nuns attempted to lead those
gathered there to safety. Several
perished in this escape.
Volunteers Praised
The volunteer rescuers were the
heroes of the fire. Working tire
lessly side by side with the fire
men, they carried one after an
other of the trapped persons to
safety.
One of the outstanding rescue
workers was a 16-year-Old boy,
Frank DAILY, who was overcome by
smoke after he had broken win
dow and carried a number Of per
sons to safety. Taken to a hos
pitaI after reScuerS had worked
over him with an inhalatOr for
more than half-an-hOur, it was
believed today he would recover,
although he had cut an artery in
his arm.
The flames made such rapid
headway that escape. unless made
at once, was almost impossible.
A. j. Rodgers, living nearby, was
one of the first at the scene. He
said:
"Flames were pouring through
the roof and smoke was billOw-
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Pan-Americdn Union
Will Hear SOLOists

Featured in the fifty-Seventh an
nual concert of Latin American
music to be given by the Pan
American Union Monday evening,
July 27, on the esplanade Of the
union will be Consuelo Garcia
Cara. Mexican lyric soprano;
Leopold Gutierrez, Chilean bari
tone, and the United States Army
Band, under the direction OF Will
liam j. Stannard.
The program, which will include
national airs and favorite Selec-
tions of various countries Of South
and Central America, will be
broadcast over station NAA, Wash
ington, from 9 to II p. m, and the
last hour over the National Broad
casting Company.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Freight Car Stages
One Last Wild Ride

SCRANTON, Pa, July 25
G.N.S).-A wild solo ride by a
freight car through three bor-
oughs as it loosed itself while be-
ing switched around the Mayfield
yards Of the New York, Ontario
and Western railroad here ended
after Is minutes with it's demo
lition against the locomotive of
a freight train.
During that time, it crossed
four crossings with highways. 1t
was at night and the lone car
had no lights burning,
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
MOrgue Presents a P itiful Sight
As Scores Seek to Identify Dead

Charles Schafer, one of the
first rescue workers to arrive,
said:
you'll find more dead in
that little chapel than any
where else. l carried out two
dead myself.
at IOked to me as though
everyone ran t. the chapel
chen the fire broke out"
Origin of the fire, or where it
started, was mystery. E. P,
Kelly, who rushed to the scene
and took part in the rescue work,
said:
apparently 1t started In the
basement Of the northeast cor.
ner of the building"
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Laval Gets Thanks
For London Effort

PARIS, July Is 1N.S0.-The
French cabinet, meeting today un-
der the Craftsmanship of Presi.
dent Paul Doumer, unanimously
extended it's thanks to the French
delegation to the London Seven
Power Conference. and particu-
larly the Premier pierre Laval,
for their efforts there.
The vote of thanks was for
"the adequate manner in which
French interests were defended at
the conference.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25

Bones Broken in Rush
Kelly, a veteraH of the Ar
gonne, added:
"The Big Show was nothing
compared to this.
Il saw old men in there
men who couldn't waIk-men
with soft bones, broken in
that first mad rush for the
chapel.
Il helped carry out at least
20. Many Of them were dead"
Frank Ward, another rescue
worker, told of seeing burned
and charred forms-shapeless
crisps of what once were happy
and contented old men and
women.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
China Bandits Rob
3 American Women

Three California women were
robbed of their valuables and
then released by Chinese bandits
between Peiping and the Great
Wall today. the State Depart
ment was advised. They are Mrs.
Edmund Locke of Beverly Hills,
Miss Katherine Carr and Miss
Elizabeth Palmer of Los Angeles
Miss Palmer is sister of DR..
T. S. Palmer of the Department
of Agriculture here,
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
Lots of Light Here
But Still It's Li0ht

A 380,OO0-candlepower search
light, weighing less than 13
pounds, has been manufactured
for the new Navy dirigible,
Akron, it was announced by the
Navy Department yesterday.
The light will be used in the
control car and measures IA
inches across it's face. It was
constructed of aluminium.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
6 FROM D. c. TO WED

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville, Md, to BENJAMIN A.
Brown, jr., 81, and Elsie May
Ouayle, 18, both of Alexandria,
va: Don K. Croft, 81, of Williams
port, Md, and Gladys R. Bri-
gunier, 10, of Hagerstown, Md;
Ronnie Lee Usilton, 81, Of Mid
west, Wyo., and Bertha M. Myer,
81, of Natrova, Wyo.; Jules An
toine SINNERS. 36. and Olive
May Shockley, q. both of Wash
ington: Leslie Russell Jones, 38,
and Carolyn S. Lotus, 40, both
of Washington, and Harry e.
Liverette, %, and Frances w.
Bowie, lS, both Of Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
NOVICE IN SOLO FLIGHT

ALLIANCE, Ohio, July IS
0N.SO.-Charles Shem, 10, made
his solo flight from the Alliance
Airport here recently after only
five hours of instruction. He
was trained in the art of flying
by Donald Patrick, former star
athlete, who is now operating q
flying school.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25

Six days left to file your per
SOnaI tax return. Persons having
household furniture either rented
to another or in storage must re-
turn the furniture at its full value
on July l, 1881.
The Washington times., 1931-07-25
ANNUAL LAWN FETE

st. Marks Church annual lawn
fete will be held at the parish
house at Fairland, Md, August 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-27

rest allowed her before she had 10 face
the camera again.
soon after The Torrent" vas under
way the studio discovered that Il had .
End In Greta Carlo.
Here Ia real star dust" executives
said. Carlo win be . sensation when
she il seen on the screen"
The Torrent" was previewed In . lit
tie theater on the edge of Beverly HIS.
No one noticed Carlo as she and stu
Ter slipped quietly into seats az the rear
Of the dirnly lighted house. No one saw
them steal out Just before the picture
was finished At the first showing Of
the first picture Greta 0arbo made IN
Hollywood she set the precedent OF
never appearing publicly At any Of her
pictures.
After the preview. people gathered in
front Of the theater to discuss this fas-
etnating girl called Greta Carlo.
An Overnight Sensation.
The Torrent" went TO New York
without the usual ballyhoo. The critics
sat spellbound as they watched this new
kind Of siren. Next day Greta's name
blazed in every newspaper. People
crowded the theater TO see her. she
mt - SAhAANA AGNCReAoh
picture was shown. Greta Carlo had
become an overnight SENSATION.
The Torrent" proved that Greta had
been rightly cast as q siren. altnougn
even at the start she insisted that she
did not want to play bad Womens.
To this day Carlo has never had her
wish OF playing the part Of good little
girl.
Hollywood was deeply impressed with
the strange beauty and singular appeal
OF this foreign actress. The film colony
had thought ie was fed up on foreigners,
But here was an entirely different type.
Women as well as men spoke OF her
strangely seductive magnetism.
Plans had already been made for
Carlo to do THE TemptreSs." Greta
agreed to make 1t II Stiller could direct.
Stiller started the picture From the
start he made trouble with the pro-
ducerS.
They get me over here to make pic
lures because they like my methods. -
he exclaimed. They say they are Diff
ferent. Then they will not let me use
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Steel InstituteS Head Forecasts I'm
provement at Convention.

Steel InstituteS Head Forecasts I'm
prOvement at Convention.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. W. We.
October ~ CR.-The business barom'
eter soon will begin to rise, Charles N
Fits, Boston, president Of the Ameri-
can Institute Of Steel Construction, told
the opening session Of the organiza-
tion's annual convention here today.
The poet who once wrote These
are the times which try mems souls,
might better have deferred his remark
until the present day, Fits said.
However, we now have passed
through two years Of tribulation and
trial, and 1t seems now that there are
signs that the business barometer has
ceased to fall and that the time when
Il shall begin 20 rise Is not far distant.
''It has been q period OF distress and
anxiety for all, but we would not be
worthy Of the high place we hold In
this countrys business world II We
could not tvuthfully say with that other
poet, Our heads are bloody but un-
bowed
In such times, Fits said. trade asso-
Citations must bend their efforts TO solve
the unemployment problem and take q
greater part in sociological movements.
During the last two years organized
cooperation has proved It's value to
the steel construction industry and has
enabled It TO tide itself over most DIFF
ficuit period"
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STEEL MILLS GAIN,
PITTSBURGH SAYS
Increase of 3 to 10 Pct. in
Output Noted by C. of c.
as Business Picks Up.
~ IN. Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, October 27.-Heavier
clouds Of smoke are rolling from the
stacks Of Pittshurghs steel mills Steel
manufacture here Is 3 to 10 per cent
over the figures Of the past few weeks.
The Pittsburgh Chamber Of Com
merce. authority for the statement, an
nounced today that not only has the
steel situation showed marked improve
ment. but glass and food manufacture.
building construction and department
store sales also are moving upward.
Reports from the district were read
at yesterdays meeting Of the chamber
directors Today these reports were
made public. Concerning steel, the
chamber said:
Steel manufacturers reporting In
creaseS In their operations Of from 3
TO 10 per cent over the schedule OF the
past few weeks included such companies
as the Carnegie Steel Co. and the
wierton Steel Co. Steel manufacturers
reported numerous requests for quota
lions on automobile steel for early de-
livery, forecasting orders in considerable
volume for the new models shortly to
be announced by the leading automobile
producers"
The American window Glass Co., the
report said, "heported better sales dur
ing the past week than for any week
In the year"
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Creta CarbO's Private Life
Stller's Screen Tests Prove Successful Alter First
Failures at Hollywood; Actress
Becomes Sensation.
BIZ RrILA PAGE PALMBoRG

AALAzA KhNrE TAA-1sAGN0ASN1s
No one on the lot was enthusiastic
about Greta Carlo when she arrived
In Hollywood
She is too big. she is too tan,
she viii never 50 over in pictures
were comments heard on all sides.
Large girls had not been successful on
the screen. The petite type was the
popular one. Now came girl nve Ieet
six inches tall, weighing around $50
with large hands and feet and snool-
ders as broad as a mans.
Finally q screen test was made Be-
fore an actress Is cast for a part she
has q screen test 10 determine wnether
she is suitable for certain roles. These
tests, cold and impersonal are required
OF stars as well as beginners.
1t was reported that the tests OF
Carlo showed an unattracttve girl In
whom the studio found no interest.
Test Results in Head.
Mauritz StiIIer was furious. Fools,
all OF them. Let me make the test.
win show them" he shouted.
The story goes that painstakingly
Sttller made up CARRIES lovely face
Carefully he arranged the lights SO
they brought cut her clear, cameo-like
PAOA4Cs ne RlCSQ 1lCI LAAAa way OAAo
that. The result was that a glimpse OF
the Carlo glamour showed through
At any rate, the officials were inter-
ested enough to give her the lead In
The Torrent"
Carlo and Stiller went to Hollywood
with the understanding that Stiller was
to direct the pictures Of his protege.
She never would have gone had she
thought any one but the great Stiller
was to guide her through a picture. 1t
was he who had faith in her ability as
an actress. 1t was he who had given
her the first big chance before the cam
era. He was her inspiration.
But Monta Bell and not Stiller got
the job Of directing CARLOS first picture
In Hollywood. Carlo thought she would
never live through the struggle of max
ing that picture. She was not used to
such long hours. She did not like TO
have strange and unfriendly people
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ALEXANDRIA MAN HELD
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
Prisoner Informs Police That He
Fired Shotgun in Self Defense
Following Argument.
Special pispsseh 10 The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, October 81
Police are holding Daniel J. Alexander.
30. Of 800 North Columbus street, on a
murder charge. following the fatal
urday night. The body of Carter was
found on the Southern Railway tracks
At Fairfax and Third streets, with the
side Ct his face torn away by q shot
gun charge.
Alexander confessed to the shooting,
claiming self-defense, police said late
yesterday. He said he was carrying the
gun, which was found lying near the