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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
DEPOSITORS GET 30 PCT.
Sal, 100000 Mailed to 4Os,OoO by
Bank of United States.

NEW YORK, September 10 (R.-
Checks totaling SAL 100000 were to be
mailed today to the 100000 depositors
of the Bank of United States who are
not also stockholders.
The money represents 80 cents on the
depositors dollar. State Supt of Banks
Joseph Broderick recently levied an as
Sessment of SIS a share on stockhold-
ers. In the case of stockholder- deposi-
tors this assessment will be reducted
from the payment on their deposits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
WORLD FLYERS DOWN

NEW YORK. September 10 (P.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Day of Ridge
wocd, N. j., making a leisurely tour of
the world by plane, cabled their rep
resentatives today that their plane,
forced down in the jungle several days
ago, was being repaired and that their
fight would be resumed in about 20
days.
The cablegrau was from Sandoway,
Burma, about 100 miles northwest Of
Rangoon. This explained the abeercs
of wcrd from the couple for several
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
Nv the Associated Press.

COTUIT. Mass. September 10.-The
rum-runners off Cape Cod have yet to
learn that Coast Guard boats do not
sell liquor.
The crew of the Coast Guard patrol
boat 90 seized 300 cases of liquor, a
55-foot power boat, two smaller rotor
boats, rowboat and SIX men early to-
dav simply because the runners got a
little careless in who they ask for
cargoes.
The 910 was formerly the rum-runner
Tramp She was converted into a
patrol boat, but many of her character
istics were kept inviolate. and in the
half light of early morning she some
~hat resembles her old self
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10
HELD IN GIRLS DEATH
Truck Driver Detained on Sus
picion of "Village" Strangling.

picion of "Village" Strangling.
NEW YORK, September 10 LP).-Jack
Hartigan was held without bail today
On suspicion of having slain Catherine
Cronin, the 20-year-old girl found
strangled to death in Hartigan's Green
wich Village apartment Monday.
The 24-year-old truck driver said
they both had been drinking pretty
much" but he denied having caused
her DEATH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-10

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The Washington times., 1931-07-13
SEES j. s.
EUROPE'S HOPE

LONDON, July 13 GN.SO.-
The one-year Hoover moratorium
will last throughout eternity
George Bernard Shaw told Inter,
national News Service today. He
said:
"There's a pretty deadlock in
progress now. 1t is obvious
that no German government
can agree to political conces-
siOnS without falling. France is
likely to find that there will be
no reparatiOnS payments forth.
coming Wednesday. And she
will not be able to do a thing.
1t is a question of the tail wag.
ging the dog.
Europe has been heading to-
ward this situation for a long
time. Nations simply cannot so
on paying enormous war debts,
but the creditors are painfully
aware that once the mOratO-
rum becomes effective the sns-
pension of payments will con-
tinue throughout eternity"
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Federal Reserve Banks Are Unable
To Extend Credit Till BaSle Acts

NEW YORK. July 13 GN,SD.
Until a program" has been
worked out by the bankers and
administration leaders Of the
principal European countries, the
Federal Reserve Banks can take
no initiative in extending further
credits to Germany, according to
authoritative statements in Wall
Street today.
Political considerations, it was
stated, play a large part in the
working out Of Germany's finan'
cial problem, but the Reserve
Bank here will be largely guided
by the program" agreed upon
by the Basle conclave of world
bankers.
No new statement was made
relative to the disposition of the
$1OO, 100000 German credit which
is due on Thursday of this week,
but on which settlement Is not
expected.
Credit was requested by DR..
Hans Luther, president Of the
Reichsbank in negotiations opened
last week and the action of the
Federal Reserve conferences here
was regarded as the determining
factor in the final decision Of the
central banks of Europe.
No official intimatiOn of the
action taken at the New York
conferences was forthcoming but
It. was reported the Federal Re-
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
| LAURA INGALLS,.
At WICHITA

WICHITA, Kan, July 13 GIN.
s. .-Piloting the plane in which
she hopes to make a solo flight
across the Atlantic, Laura ingalls,
landed here at 11:O4 a. m, on
her transcontinental trip from
Los Angeles to New York.
Miss ingalls, hop here was
from Waynoka, Okla. where she
was forced to land last night be-
cause of a storm.
wAYNoKA, Okla, July 10
O.N.S0.-Laura ingalls,, who
hopes to hop the Atlantic. was
grounded here today by bad
weather on the first leg Of her
flight from the Pacific Coast to
New York.
Miss ingalls, took off from Bur
bank, Calf, yesterday at 5:25
q. M, Pacific Coast time (8:25
Washington time) on proposed
one.stop trip across the continent.
She planned to refuel at Wichita,
KanS., and when she had not
reached there several hours after
she was due, some alarm was felt.
The diminutive aviatrix was
escorted in another plane by two
mechanics.
Miss ingalls, planned to resume
her flight today, hoping to reach
New York tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Castle Declares Relief Plan Must
Originate With Bankers of the World

prevailing view in official quar-.
terS.
The German government must
put immediate restrictions on buy.
ing of foreign exchange by its
own nationals and other stern
measures must be taken to re-
move the nervousness to which
it attributed most of the present
danger, according to this view.
The American Governments po-
sition in the crisis was summed
up by William R. Castle. jr., AS
siStant Secretary of State after
he spent the weekend with Pres
ident Hoover at the Rapidan, Va.
presidential camp. In a state
ment. Castle said:
"The heads of the principal
European Central banks, includ-
ing the Bank of England and
the Bank Of France, are meet
ing in BaSle with the Bank for
International Settlements. They
will no doubt consider the Ger
man banking crisis. Obviously
any plan for a banking Solution
of the situation must originate
from these banks, which are on
the ground. and it is my under
standing that our bankers are
prepared to consider assistance
in any effective plan Of relief
that they shall evolve"
The Washington times., 1931-07-13

President Hoover returned to
the Capital today from a Rapidan
weekend, and Immediately plunged
into consideration Of the German
crisis, which he had sought to
avoid several weeks ago by his
war debt suspension plan.
White House attaches said the
President was giving the German
situation his undivided atten-
ton"
He conferred with State Depart
ment officials, and closely perused
q large pile Of press reports and
official reports from American OBJ
servers abroad which came into
the department over the weekend.
There is little. if anything. that
the President can do in the Situa-
ti0n, it was admitted. except to
lend moral support to whatever
corrective measures are decided
upon abroad.
Acting Secretary of the Treas
aIry Ogden L. Mills was one Of the
Presidents early callers.
Up to Germany
The chief measures to save Ger
many from financial collapse
must come from the German
people themselves and the Ger
man government, according to the
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Export of Capital and Sale of Foreign
Exchange May Be Banned by Decree

1t was conceded here today that
the resignation Of Bruening in
the present circumstances would
mean the coming into power of
the extreme Nationalists, whose
policies might even provoke a war
with France.
The German cabinets reported
decision to declare an economic
dictatorship was believed to have
followed the lowering of the
Reichsbank's reserves to the dan
ger point. No further delay in
expectation Of an international
loan of $500, ,O00, 900 to $50O,000,-
900 was believed possible.
All eyes were turned on the
meeting at Basle today Of the
directors Of the Bank for Inter
national Settlements. 1t was be-
lieved that the American Federal
Reserve Bank would take stand
in favor of Germany, with France
making objections to any plan
that did not exact political guar
anteeS.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13

serve was favorable to participat-
ing in the requested credit, which
may total S4OO, 100000.
Ogden L. Mills, acting Secre-
tary of the Treasury, issued a
statement through the New York
Federal Reserve Bank, making 1t
plain the solution Of the emer-
gency credit to the ReichSbank
was entirely up to the Federal
Reserve officials. His statement
was taken to mean that the
Administration would maintain
a hands off policy and that it
was a purely banking transaction.
Big Bankers at Farley
Mills statement follows:
"The position Of the United
States Government in the pres
ent phase of the German stu
alton Is clear" Through the
Presidents debt suspension pro-
gram, the German government
has been relieved Of the critical
strain due to its international
governmental financial Obliga.
tiOns. Over 100000, 600 has
thus been made available for the
rehabilitation of German indus
try and commerce during the
present year instead of its pay
ment upon reparatiOnS account.
That is the only direction in
which our Government has
either the opportunity or the
authority to intervene"
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
GIRL, NUDE
FOUND IN WOOD

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa, July l3
U.N.SD.-Hampered by a dearth
of clues, Chester county authori-
ties today were attempting to
solve the latest murder here
that of q pretty young woman
whose nude body was found in
a shallow grave in a dense thicket
by a group of Sunday picnickers.
Her identity has not been estab-
liShed.
The woman had been battered
about the face and head. Small
stones had been used to cover
the body. Near by lay a heavy,
blOOdStained blackjack, evidently
the death weapon.
The gruesome find was made
by Leo Miller who was attracted
to the thicket by low-swooping
buzzards. Police said the woman
had been dead about a month.
In addition to the blackjack.
one other clue was found. This
was a mans crumpled handker.
chief with the initial IN" found
near the body. The victim wore
a platinum ring from which a
large stone was missing.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Hindenburg Forbids
Bankruptcy of
Great Bank

BERLIN, July 13 UN.SD.
An example of the stern meas
ures being resorted to by the
German government to prevent
spread Of the economic crisis
was given today with publica-
ton of President Won Hinden-
burg's decree guaranteeing de-
positors of the closed Darn
steadter Und National Bank.
The decree gives the govern
ment full control of the institu.
ton and definitely forbids any
one to start bankruptcy pro
ceedingS. Jail terms up to
three years were threatened for
violation Of the government
measures.
The decree, effective today,
was countersigned by. Chancel-
lor Heinrich Bruening, Finance
Minister Dietrich. Minister OF
the Interior Joseph Wirth and
Herr Trendelenburg, acting
Minister of Economics.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13

Three chief clauses in the
emergency decree believed to have
been prepared by the cabinet for
PRONUNCIATION today were:
/. Big banks will inform de-
pOSitorS that the banks assume
joint liability for all deposits.
2. Sales of foreign exchange
will be virtually prohibited.
3. Prohibition of the export
Of capital.
Faced by French obduracy on
the one hand and the German ex-
tremists on the other. the mod
crate center cabinet of Chancellor
Bruening decided to use every
means within its power to save
the mark.
Fear Cabinet Collapse
Acceptance of the French de-
mandS that Germany abandon
both the AuStrO- German Customs
Union and her naval program
would mean, it was said here, the
certain downfall Of the Bruening
cabinet,
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
DR.. Luther Flies to Basle, Confers i.
With International Bank Chiefs

Members Of the International
Bank are expected to have all
necessary data at hand this eve
ming, and a speedy decision prob
ably will follow.
While considerable secrecy sur
rounded the opening discussions
it was reported most of them con-
sidered Germany's drastic finan-
cial DEGREES, including suspension
of domestic payments, tanta-
mount to bankruptcy.
For this reason, they planned
to examine all possible emerg-
ency measures to restore Ger
many's vanished credit. No ef-
fort was made to hide the fact
that the bank considers the pres
ent situation serious in the ex-
treme,
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
TIP ON ASSAULT
WINS FIRST
PRIZE
Information Sent to Times
On Brutal Attack on Woman
Gets $40; 9 Other Awards

Checks totaling $50 have been
mailed by The Washington
Times as prizes in last weeks
News Tip contest.
First prize of $40 was won by
the reader telephoning the Times
of the brutal assault of Mrs. Gus
sic Ketay in the Franks Market
last Tuesday.
Second place money Of $40 was
given for the exclusive informa-
ton that Census Bureau employees
had been caught smoking dur
ing office hours and discharged.
Third prize Of IS was won by
the person telephoning the news
paper of the shooting Of a Sal
vation Army emplOye by truck
driver.
Fourth prize Of 50 was won for
the tip on the fight between two
firms for the contract to furnish
the District schools with $4,000
worth of school equipment.
Six prizes of 81 each were
awarded by the judges for the
following stories:
Drowning Of William F. Ritten.
house, 33, Of 18O U st. N. w.,
near La Plata, Md: invasion Of
Washington by japanese beetles;
relapse suffered by Fireman C.
w. Ridley after attending funeral
for Battalion Chief John H. Virn.
stein; Fireman H. F. Offenbacher
bitten by dog; injuring of James
Williams when truck he was driv-
ing overturned at south end Of
Highway Bridge; and return OF
striking coal miners to stage
demonstration at White House.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13

BASLE, Switzerland, July 13
Id.N.S0.-Dr. Hans Luther, presi-
dent of the German Reichsbank,
arrived here from Berlin by air
plane at $40 p. m. today (9:40
q. m. washington time), to par
ticipate in the efforts of the
Bank for international Settle
ments to save his country from
economic ruin.
DR.. Luther lost no time in lay
ing before the bank members a
full resume of Germany's situa-
ton.
Well.informed observers declared
the bank members expected a
spontaneous gesture from the
German government as neces-
Sary move before the country
could be considered as a good
s'financial risk"
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
HUNGAR|ANS OFF
On SEA HOP
Photo by International
HARTLEY :
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for Hungary, is long wing Lock
Heed,Sirius monoplane.
Endres is the pilot Of the flight.
Magyar the navigator.
Weather Threatens
The fIierS had hoped to get
away today, but message from
HarbOr Grace informed them
that while the weather there was
cOmparativIy clear, there was an
extensive low pressure area pre-
vailing over the ocean, making 1t
inadvisabIe for them to plan to
leave Harbor Grace in the near
future.
Despite this. Endrcs announced:
"We're going up there any
way, and If it's at all possible.
we're going to get away over
the ocean,"
baggage lS Ll&nG
Shortly before the take-off, the
fliers placed three handbags
filled with clothing, four salami
sandwiches, a thermos bottle OF
coffee and one Of water into the
plane.
Endres, the 37-year-old pilot,
wore knickers and both donned
helmets and goggles before climb
ing into the ship.
While awaiting weather re
ports, Magyar repeated several
times, we're certainly tired of
hanging around here"
They expected to reach Harbor
Grace in eight hours.
Endres War Ace
Endres, who has flown more
than 5000 hours, was one of the
outstanding aviatOrs in the
AuStrO-H Hungarian army during
the World War, being a student
instructor during the latter
stages.
Magyar, one Of his pupils. is
not only navigator but a radio
operator and pilot as well. He
was formerly flying teacher at
Windsor. Ont.
The plane. with a cruising
speed of l30 miles per hour and
a top speed of about ITS miles,
carried $50 gallons Of gasoline
and 81 gallons Of oil on the hop
off.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
It's Too Hot to Excuse
Coal Stealing in July

Stealing coal in the present
weather is wholly inexcusable,
Judge Robert E. Mattingly de-
clared in Police Court today, as
he convicted Ben Johnson, colored,
so. of taking a bushel of the fuel
from a coal yard.
johnson said he needed the
coal for cooking. Police told the
court they had let the colored
man 60 several times during Che
winter, after they had found him
taking coal. Judge Mattingly
suspended a fine of $500.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13

PANIC RULES AS BANK RUNS
SPREAD THROUGH NATION

such . decree had been drafted
and would be promulgated later
today by President Won linden
burg.
The emergency decree will place
dictatorial powers in the hands of
the cabinet, it was said. 1t was
expected that it would not only
curb the flight of capital from
Germany but severely restrict the
credit of the Reichsbank, two con-
ditions said to have been demand
ed by the New York Federal Re
serve Bank as the price of its par
ticipation in a huge international
loan.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
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Adolf Hitler's NaziS and DR.. AL.
fred Hugenberg's German Ma
tionaliStS.
After 40 hours Of almost con-
tinuous consideration of the
country's financial probl m S,
Chancellor Bruening's cabinet ad-
Sourned at 1920 this morning.
The cabinet had been consider
ing, since DR.. Luther'S unSuccesS-
full mission to Paris. an emer-
gency decree to protect the mark
and prevent a panic throughout
Germany. It was believed that
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Gibbs Honor Guest
OF Southern GrOup

John M. Gibbs, assistant direc-
tor of the George Washington Bi-
centennial Commission, will be
the guest Of honor on a moon
light excursion to be held by the
Southern Society Of Washington
aboard the steamer City Of Wash.
ington tonight.
Mr.. Gibbs will speak on the
Bicentennial. Presidents and Secre-
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
ANNABELLE

taries of all State societies in the
city have been invited to join
the excursion, which will leave at
S:l5 %. m.
The Washington times., 1931-07-13
Breaking WindOW
BringS $40 Fine

John M. Murray, 25, Of 800 E
st. N. w., today in Police Court
was fined $40 on a charge Of de-
stroying private property by Judge
Robert E. Mattingly, Who told
him he would suspend sentence
on condition the property is paid
for.
Murray is said to have broken
pane of glass valued at 81 in
the residence of Fred D. NOVEL;,
l1l6 Eighth st. N. W., early to-
day. In another branch Of the
court, Judge Ralph Given i'm
posed q fine OF $40 on Murray
for intoxication.
1S days left to file your per
SOnaI tax return. Affidavits
are taken on personal tax re-
turns free Of charge 1T 1913 Dis
tricG Building.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-11-06
MOHA|R IS GIVEN
TUG O. WAR TEST
Angora Goat Hair Used in
Velmo Must Stand a
Severe ''Pull."

Behind the scenes at San I'd Mills.
Sanford. Me-, the home hair
velvet or velmo as it is
known, are strange looking Z-s.--ss
and devices of various sorts for test
ing the fibers before they are woven
into upholstery for your furniture and
automobile.
One of these Is strength tester.
Mohair fibers, the hairs of the An
CORA goat, are stretched between
the two small spools below a big
dial. lever is released and the spools
slowly draw apart while a pencil
writes on the paper chart record Of
the amount of pull being applied to
the fibers. When the needle on the
big dial has swung far around. the
fibers will begin to break and the test
is over.
This tug of war" is applied to the
fibers to make sure that no weak
threads enter into the manufacture Of
the upholsteries and other fabrics
destined for years of hard service on
automobile seats. railroad cushions
and scores Of other uses. Many Of
the companies purchasing upholsteries
apply their own tests so before the
materials get to the ultimate user
they have passed through several diff
ferent tests. insurlng reliable quality
and freedom from adulteration.
In addition to the pulling test, there
are chemical tests to prove that the
dyes used In velmo will not run when
the goods are subjected to perspira-
ton or other moisture. there are rub
bling tests to prove how long the erect
fibers of velmo will last and there
are other color tests to show that
mohair is little likely to fade.
Samples of dyed mohair are left out
in the sun for months and then com.
pared to the new materials to show
that the colors have not faded. When
more rapid results are needed, pow.
erful lights with rays like those Of
the sun apply in a few hours the
equivalent to many days Of exposure
to the sunshine to show that the velmo
colors retain their natural hues after
long service Z
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-11-06

actually mesh Yith the clothing Of the
person in the seat and so help to hold
him in a comfortable position and to
keep him from slipping of the seat
in case Of sudden stop.
At first thought, this does not seem
to be so important but 1t Is vital
safety matter. especially in the case Of
old persons and small children and If
you have ever tried to keep a COM
Portable position In chair that was
too big for you and was covered with
the old-fashioned horse hair, for In
stance, you'll realize anew how pleas
ant 1t is to feel the strong, friendly
little fibers of the mohair. holding you
In place.
Then. mohair doesn't make the CLOTH
ing shiny as do some other materials.
It also has less wear on them and
these are important points in the mind
OF the travelling man especially as he
would find his tailor bills consider
ably higher If he had to ride on hard,
smooth seats on all his journeys.
Every service man and woman
knawR how easily real mohaiR -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-11-06
ALL AMERICA NOW
RIDING The COAT
Popular Mohair Upholstery
Made Only From Hair
I of the Angora.

The subject is usually associated
with more or less unpleasant initiation
ceremonies but did you know that mill
lions of persons have been riding the
goat" on the railroads and have been
enjoying the ride?
Every time you ride in railroad
car upholstered in genuine mohair you
are literally riding the goat for the
mohair is the fleece Of the Angora
goat, not cloth. moss or any other
Of the many strange products that
some persons enormously associate
with mohair There are many reasons
why this material was chosen and has
has been so widely used on the railroad
and some of them are unusually inter-
esting because it has taken modern
scientific methods to reveal them and
they are new For years people have
known that mohair must be a good
material or the railroads would not
use such large quantities of it. Its
mere durability and fast colors are
by no means the only reasons why
1t is popular.
Here is one important factor that
makes genuine mohair so popular for
railroad and auto upholstery usage.
The tiny. erect 6bers Of the goats hair
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-11-06
COATS SERVE MAN
IN ENDLESS WAYS
Airplanes and Indoor Golf
Courses Use Fabric Made
from Angora Fleece.

DERHAPS you have sometimes won
1 dered why all railway seats are
upholstered in the same material, the
familiar mohair velvet that in our
childhood days was invariably a bright
red or green and always Of one or two
standard patterns. Today even train
interiors have become color-conscious
and soft greens and taupes and warm
blues are seen but are still of the
same mohair velvet to the extent, it
has been estimated, of twelve million
yards in the trains Of the country.
The reason for this is that no other
fabric has been found that will stand
all the hard wear and tear that "a
hour service means. Made from the
fleece of the angora goat, mohair vel
vet or velmo, is one Of the most pop
ular and serviceable Of fabric mate
rails. One hundred million yards are
in use on automobiles alone and many
more on motor buses and for the in
teriors Of airplanes.
In addition to this, velmo is also
used for upholstering furniture, for
draperies and even for rugs and is