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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-12-03
'DETECTNE,ADM|TS
|. YOUTH BORE MARK
Defense Witness in Barrett
Case Says Baber's Lip
Was Injured.
Continued From First Page.)

ernoon and described in detail the
beating he said he received from Bar
rett. +
Just as I opened the door to my
apartment he said, Barrett grabbed
me around the neck and dragged me
in. didn't know who he was, having
no idea the police would be in my
apartment. He struck me In the mouth
with his fist and knocked me across
sofa. Before I could get up he hit me
three or four more times.
Then he accused me of having kill
ed a motorman and the woman. l de-
MED both charges. He kept on beat
ing me, however, and said he had
good notion to kill me. could smell
whisky on his breath
Baber said another ofncer interfered.
suggesting that they question him for
while, He said Barrett replied: Get
the hell away. I'm in charge here"
The youth said he was deaf in one
ear and cut and bruised about the
face and head after the beating.
Mrs. M. o. Meyers, 1921 Rhode
Island avenue northeast, said she saw
Baber after he was released by police
She said his lips we're swollen, his
eyes cut and black and that there was
a cut on his nose at that time.
M. T. Milburn, Baber's roommate,
also said Barrett was drinking on the
night CT the alleged assault.
$500 ~a .-~y~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-12-03

Although DR.. A, q. Edwards, arch
bishop Of Wales, was 90 recently, he Is
g active II bis extsunye ryp03nes ~
be was - years s0a
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Pacific Coast
League Scores
(By United PreSSl

If it had not been for the big bat
of Muller, Seattle second baseman,
Elmer Jacobs of the San Francisco
Seals would have basked today
among the clouds occupied by no
hit no run pitchers.
Jacobs pitched perfect ball against
the Indians last night, and the
Seals walked off with the game, Q
to O.
Monte Pearson. Oakland hurler,
also was going great guns and al
lowed the Los Angeles only two
hits. The Seraphs were shut out so
far as runs we're concerned and the
Oaks. thanks to homer by Fuzzy
Huff, won 2-to-0. Pearson famed
eight men in giving oakland its
second victory in 18 games.
Hollywood took the measure of
the Portland Ducks, to !, and
Sacramento easily outdistanced the
Missions. 9 to 0, in other tits. The
Indians slipped back into fifth place
to tie with the Seals, furnishing the
only change in standings.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
SENATORS MAKE
SLIGHT GAIN ON
ATHLETICS CREW
BY LEO II. PETERSEN
United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, June IL. U.P)-
Pennant hopes of the Washington
Senators, the Chicago Cubs and the
New York Giants were revived to-
day.
Continuing a winning sire k
which has kept them at the heels
of Philadelphia, the Senators gain
ed a full game on the Athletics
Yesterday in the American League
race while the Giants and Cubs
also won back lost ground in their
pursuit of the st. Louis Cardinals,
current pace settlers in the national
circuit.
With the Cardinals and Athletics
each holding four and one-half
game margins and meeting reput~
edly weak clubs, championship
hopes of the Senators, Cubs and
Giants we're at a low ebb before
Yesterdays contests were played.
But when st. Louis Browns beat
the Athletics, 8 to 2, and the Bos-
ton Braves shut out the Cardinals,
3 to O, pennant hopes of the three
teams began running high again.
The defeat of the Athletics, con-
vincing because Rube Walberg, who
had been pitching away as If he
never would lose, was knocked from
the mound, cut Philadelphias lead
to three and one-half games. st.
Louis setback also cut the margin
of the Cardinals over Chicago and
New York, who are tied for second,
to the same number.
Wallace Hebert, rookie, held the
Athletics to seven scattered hits as
the Browns were pounding Walberg
and Krausse for Ia blows, includ-
ing home runs by Goslin and
Burns.
The Senators ran their winning
streak to six straight at the expense
of the Cleveland Indians, II to 5.
Bump Hadley pitched effective ball
after receiving Lloyd Brown in the
| third.
Socks Seibold allowed the Cardi-
nails only four hits in registering
| Boston's shutout. Three hits went
to Collins, first baseman sub for
II
Jim Bottomley.
Steady pitching by Bob Smith
featured the Chicago Cubs 4 to
decision off Philadelphia. T h c
Philly runs were made on Chuck
Kleins 18th home run of the sea-
son and four bagger by Hurst.
The Giants kept pace with Chi
cago by trimming Pittsburgh, 8 tc
6 in II innings. Pittsburgh tiet
the score in the eighth but in the
18th singles by Terry, Jackson ane
O'Farrell were instrumental ir
scoring three runs.
Cincinnati won its second straight
from Brooklyn, 2 to /, in IL innings
as ST Johnson bested Dazzy Vance
and Jack Quinn in pitching duel
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
HARDWARE TEAM
GETS TROUNCINC
FROM MACKMEN

BY upsetting the Imperial Valley
Hardware club Is to 8 on the Will
son field last night the Mack and
Mack team moved into three-way
tie for second place, setting the
high-flying Hardware squad back
notch in the standings.
1t was the third win for the
Macks in as many games. Despite
occasional streaks of wildness,
Pitcher Bob O'Brien hurled a tight
game, limiting the Calexico in
vaders to three hits. In addition
he drove out a single and a home
run to take place high up on the
batting list.
Birchfield, with a double, triple
and home run, continued a wild
hitting orgy that has made him
high man on his squad. Johnny
Carroll, Hardware pilot, drove in
or scored five of his squads runs,
and got two of the teams three hits,
The next game on Wilson field
will be played Monday night. when
the Shirer Drug company faces the
Cramer Bakery team.
League standings now show prac-
tically all teams punched, with the
Studebakers still leading with five
victories and no losses, giving them
a 1000 percentage. In second place
with three victories and two losses
each are the Golden State Crearn-
cry, the l. V. Hardware and the
Mack and Mack squads. Their per-
centage is 600. Third place sees
three more teams punched with 400
percentages for two wins and three
losses. The teams are the Shirer
Drug company. the Valley Laundry
and Cramer Bakery. The Nevada
California Electric company squad
still trails with five defeats and not
one victory.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

planned that Greathouse never gave
her any money although his in
come exceeded $4,000 a year and dur
ing their married life she was out
of employment. In her suit she
demanded $150 a month alimony
and $500 fees for her attorney, Burt
l.. Irving.
Miss Dunn declared that fire.
quently her husband before their
friends would urge her to go to
work because they needed money.
She also accused him of striking her
down on one occasion and then sit
ting on her chest.
The couple married last January
TO- Miss Dunn declared that imme-
diately after the marriage they had
gone to live with her husbands
mother and thai she objected to tie
union and frequently tod Greathouse
that he made a great mistake.
Greathouse III hl5 original suit
charged that Miss Dunn beat him
and cursed him and upbraided him
about his religious beliefs. He also
charged that sne drank excessively.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

The Palo Verde Valley has 1000
acres of alfalfa, COCO OF which will
be left for seed.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Montoya-Dado
Battle Tonight

HOLLYWOOD, June Il. UP) -
Speedy Dado, Filipino bantam
weight, will meet Ray Montoya. San
Diego Mexican, in a l0-round main
event at the Hollywood American
Legion stadium tonight.
Other bouts on the card:
Young Papke VS.. Johnny Berto,
lightweights; Able Miller VS.. Willie
Pelligrini, featherweights; Bob Min
ton VS.. Frank Rudzinski, heavy
weights: Manuel Davilla VS.. Mickey
Balabon, middleweights, and Rex
Leese VS.. Nash Hernandez, fly
weights.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

With bargains being offered in
almost every line of endeavor, the
Imperial Valley Athletic club is fol-
lowing suit and offering a bargain
card tonight, when five bouts, with
a total of 80 rounds, will be offered
the fans.
The card is headed by Teddy
Palacios and Joe Contreras, who
are booked for eight rounds in the
main event. Palacios is now fight
ing as a welterweight and is assert
ed to be even better than when he
was in the lightweight ranks. He
was tough enough then, and with
the reputation Contreras has for
toughness, the battle should be a
torrid one.
OF equal interest to the ma ajority
of fans is the feud between Joe
Ruiz and Battling Paul of Brawley,
who are meeting in an extra six
round bout as a result of a foul
decision last week. The boys were
going hammer and tongs in the
third round when Paul accidental
ly slipped a low punch which put
Contreras out of the running. Un-
der the rules of the commission the
battle has to be fought over again
as an extra event on a regular card.
Another six rounder that ought
to keep the fans from going to
sleep is the Andy Armstrong
frankie West affair. Andy is a
much better fighter than many
folks have given him credit for be-
ing, and the colored boy always
tries hard. He is up against a stiff
puncher tonight, but having dis
covered that he has a punch him.
self, he may get away with the ver-
dict. If somebody can offer him
a couple of watermelons, there is
no question but that Mr.. West will
be in bad spot.
Vincent Solano and Sal Romero
are also booked for six rounds. They
fought two weeks ago tonight in a
three round bout, with Solano get
ting his duke raised when it looked
like a pretty good draw, or a shade
| for Romero to the majority of spec
tators. Tonight. over the longer
distance, the boys will have bet
ter opportunity to decide just who
is who and why.
Louis Garcia and Pelino Kilat
will open the show. They did the
same thing last week and put on q
great scrap, Garcia coming from
behind TO take the verdict in a
slashing final round. Kilat immed-
lately challenged to a return match
and was just as quickly accommo-
dated.
The fights will start at 9 O'Clock
and ladies with escorts will be ad-
mitted to the arena without charge
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
Canzoneri May
Fight On Coast

LOS ANGELES, June IL. up
Tony Canzoneri, lightweight and
Junior welterweight champion, will
defend the latter title against Cecil
Payne, of Louisville, in a 10 round
bout here the night of July l3, Tom
Gallery, matchmaker for the Hol-
lywood American Legion, announced
today The fight will be staged at
Wrigley field.
Gallery said he is negotiating
with Jack KID Berg, of England,
70 meet Bobby Pacho, Ell Centro
Mexican lightweight, on the same
card.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12

Pines golf ball test here yesterday.
The score was and a.. but that was
incidental.
Both balls we're given the same
trial because Voigt and Cox used
the old balls on the first nine holes
while their opponents used the new.
On the tenth tee they switched am
munition.
Voigt's brilliant putting with
both balls was the outstanding fea-
ture of the match while Perkins
treated the gallery to an excellent
exhibition of long driving, averag-
ing 253 yards with the old ball and
233 with the new. Voigt had eight
one-put greens, five of them with
the new ball and three with the old
Measuring all drives with steel
tape. these distant averages for
drives we're obtained.
Perkins, driving the new ball on
the first nine. averaged 233 yards
and coming back with the old, 253.
Melhorn averaged 241 yards with
the new ball and 239 with the old.
Cox drove the new ball for a
mean of 222 and the old for 233.
Voigt averaged 2l3 with the new
ball and 226 with the old
Thus, Mehlhorn was the only one
of the quartet which got better
yardage with the new ball.
All the men had better luck with
the new ball when it came TO put
ting.
And in case you are interested in
the scores of the match, Voigt
carded a 10, a course record. while
the other three contestants turned
In cards of 73 each
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
b ASEB ALL
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
st. Louis, 8; Philadelphia, 2.
Washington, IL; Cleveland, 5.
Detroit and Boston, rain.
Chicago and New York, wet.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
BARGAIN NIGHT
OFFERED FANS AT
ATHLETIC ARENA

Sammy Aguirre and Pete Toft
were placed for the main event
tonight instead of Palacios and
Contreras. Aguirre is known
here as a good fighter. loft
knocked out frankie West three
weeks ago in San Diego and
has won three main events at
Wilmington.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
ACTRESS FILES
CROSS ACTION IN
MARITAL TROUBLE

LOS ANGELES. June ~. (U.P) -
Josephine Dunn, blonde film star,
today filed an answer and cross
complaint for divorce in superior
court against Clyde E. Greathouse,
oil operator.
In her complaint she denied SEN
sational charges of cruelty lodged
against her by Greathouse and said
it was he who had been cruel to her
during their brief married life.
The couple had been married only
13 days.
She charged that during that
time his only contributions toward
her support were purchases of a
pair Of hose and a jar of cold
cream. The screen star also COM
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Boston, 3, st. Louis, 0.
Chicago, 4; Philadelphia. 2.
New York, 8; Pittsburgh, 6.
Cincinnati, 2; Brooklyn, l.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
OLD AND NEW
BALLS USED in
GOLF TOURNEY

PINEWALD, N. j., June IL W.H
You can get more distance with the
little old golf ball but the big new
ones behave better on fine putting
green's.
Those points were proved when
George Voigt, an amateur, and
Whiffy Cox, a professional, defeated
T. Philip Perkins, former British
amateur champion, and Wild Bill
Mehlhorn, another pro, in the Royal
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
RATHER KILLS COW

SALEM, Ore, W.P)-Bitten by
rattlesnake, registered Jersey COW
belonging to f. A. Hawk, of Turner,
died here. Marion county agrioul-
tural experts said it was the first
case of the kind ever reported to
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-12
COAST LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
Hollywood, 6; Portland, |.
Sacramento, 10; Missions, 3.
Oakland, 2; Los Angeles, 2.
San Francisco, 9; Seattle, 0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
MORE HOT WEATHER
is PREDICTION HERE
Forecasters Say No Break in High
Temperatures Expected Be-
fore Monday.

Hot weather will prevail in Wash
ington at least until Sunday night,
Weather Bureau officials said today.
The forecasters said the outlook Is
what Is known in their parlance as
damned continued warm" They
added no break could be hoped for
until Monday, with nothing definite to
indicate it would arrive even then. At
any rate, the heat wave showed no
signs of attaining ecord-breaking pro-
portions
Ohcials said It was warmer on a
dozen occasions in September last year
than it has been at any time so far
this month. They conceded, however,
that September, 1880, was far from a
normal month because temperatures
were unusually high during that pc
riod
With the mercury still soaring, the
of1cial reading at 10 am today was
81, as compared with "a at the same
hour yesterday. The temperature
reached "a yesterday afternoon. The
lowest mark reached last night was
70 at 6:15 am.
The prediction:
Fair and continued warm tonight
and tomorrow"
Two heat prostration were reported
yesterday. but both victims recovered
They were Charles w. B. TurIey rs.
664 z street northeast. and Harry
Blown. colored, 81, 100 block Of New
Jersey avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
BY NEGLEY FARSON.

BY cable TO The Star.
BRISTOL, England September IL
May the devil take the hindmost,
A. J. Cook, president of the British
Miners Federation. told a packed
meeting of the Trade Union Congress
at Bristol here today.
That's VIII - tine elephant said when
he danced among the chickens-and
we are the chickens. And the ele-
plants dance was dance of death"
That grim joke characterizes the
grim humor with which the British
trade unions--suppoSed to be the die
tator1 OF the British Labor party
took Chancellor of the Exchequer
Philip Snowdsn's budget todsy.
The Iron Chancellor's addition OF
6 pence ~ centsl to the income tax
seems to have taken all the wind out
of Labors sails. as far as heavy
direct attack on the actual budget is
concerned.
Back breaking Load.
In effect. the addition of pence,
together with the decreased exemptions
in the surtax rise, brings in some $685.
100000 100000. This totals
more than SO per cent of the whole
staggering sum of roughly e245, 900 600
Isl, 100, 7O0,000) which Mr.. Snowden is
raising to meet the budget deflcit in
the current and the next financial
years This falls as an almost back
breaking load on the backs of about
100000 axpayers-already the most
heavily taxed people in the world.
A 10 per cent cut In unemployment
benefits plus new restrictions means
that the laboring classes will be called
upon to contribute some e35,000,000
t$170, 100 000D. This fall with great
force on some $500 900 unemployed
man with a wife and Two children now
receiving 80 shillings ($7.20) a week
will only receive 81 Shillings tS6.48J
under the new form.
But for the 100000 employed reg
istered al the unsmp oyment insurance
scheme this means an additional weekly
contribution of only pence 70 cents ~
and as form of taxation will not hit
them mortally on wages which average
about so shilllngs Sl2) a week.
Labor's Case Not Strong.
Labors case. therefore. on this point
is not strong enough to make the British
working man feel like going to any class
war.
Roughly with e86. $500 900 (s42o. $780,
000) income tax: 10000. 900 I$48. SOC, ].
000) on petrol; $4,000, 600 1874 SOC, 000)
off official scalarieS. $4,000. 900 ($l4,-
100000 as the employers share in in
creased contributions to unemployme
insurance. the capitalist" class is called
upon to furnish fll4,000.000 ts554.-
040 ,000)-or more than so PER cent OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
.GANDH|, IN FRANCE,
SEES AIM SUCCESS
= .-
Britain So PeriIed She Must
/ Grant India Liberty,
, He Says.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
=. MARSEILLE, France. September II.
--Mahatma Gandhi, setting foot on
European soil for the first time in Is
wears, told the Associated Press today
that he believed the British govern
nnent was faced with such staggering
domestic problems that it was not
Akely to refuse 1ndia'S demands for
eelf-government.
7 Refusal would mean the renewal Of
the civil sdisobedience campaign, he
said, and the boycott of British goods
on 3cale greater than ever before.
He pre- missed that he would not take
such a tep until every possibility for
arbitration had BEEN exhausted.
IF the fight should be renewed,
which God forbid" he said. the con-
sequences will be infinitely more ter
rible than the last struggle. 1t will
mean. 1 fear, that not only Indians
would be shot down, but BritisherS will
be killed. You cannot. hold $50 900 900
people without liberty in the leaSheS CT
non violence forever.
IF England is wise she will weigh
carefully the present strength and po-
tentiality of the Nationalist movement
andhearken to the appeal of that vast
sub-continent for independence. She
should not deny others the gift which
she cheriShes most herself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-11
SHOOTING INQUEST
ON BOWERS OPENS
Wife and Friends Say Man
Was Slain, While Police
Discard Theory.

The possibility OF murder, accident
and suicide we're under consideration
today as a coroner's jury opened an in
quest In the death Of JEFF Bowers, 26,
who was found dying yesterday morn
ing in the hardware store which he
managed, at 1911 Seventh street.
Police. however, had virtually elm
mated the theory of murder, although
Bowers wife, Mrs. Bonnie Bowers, and
his associates in tn. store insisted he
had met death at the hands Of an
unidentified assailant.
These latter agreed that Bowers had
no occasion to take his own life. that
he was in fair health and excellent
spirits and that his accounts at the
store we're in order.
Own Gun Used, Fowler Says.
On the other hand. ballistic exami-
nation convinced Lieut.. John Fowler,
the departments identification expert.
that the fatal bullet was fred from
Bowers own 32-caliber automatic.
The gun was found, free of its hol-
ster. In a closed drawer in the counter
behind which Bowers was standing
WIlSIl the DulIet pleICeu Ills CIIcSI HedL
the heart. Police say the inside of the
drawer was spotted with blood, indicat-
ing it was open at or after the time
Bowers was hit.
Employees Of the store were stanch in
their conviction Bowers was murdered.
They say the elected shell few to a
counter tray screened from the rear of
the counter and must have been ex-
ploded in front of the counter.
Cash Found Untouched.
They also pointed out there were
no powder marks on Bowers white shirt
to indicate he had held the gun. De-
tectives explained this by the fact that
powder in automatic shells burns in
stantly and leaves little stain.
John Hoffman, carpenter. who was
repairing a broken lock in a warehouse
behind the store, heard the explosion.
He said 1t made Kissing sound and
he did not investigate until at least
minute had elapsed.
There was no indication Of a strug
gle. and the cash register. which con-
tanned SAB at the time, had not been
who had seen anyone issue from the
store about the time Of the shooting.
Accident Theory Advanced.
The lock which Hoffman was repair
ing had been broken during an at
tempted burglary, and the possibility
was advanced that Bowers. anticipating
a hold-up, had removed the gun and
was examining it when the weapon
accidentally discharged.
1t was possible, police pointed out
that the stricken man may have
dropped the gun into the drawer, which
was closed as his body lurched for
ward
Bowers. in addition to his wife. is
survived by 2-year-old son, Albert;
four sisters. brother and his mother.
who lives in Alabama. He had been
employed at the store. operated by the
PEOPLES hardware chain. for about
three years and was popular with fell
low employees nd customers alike. He
lived at Thirty-second street,
Mount Raj or. Md.
The shooting occurred shortly after
10 o'clock and Bowers died at Casualty
Hospital 35 minutes later. Funeral ar
rangements have not been completed.