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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
TRAPPED MEN HELD
AS KIDNAP SUSPECTS
Pair Spotted in Phoenix by Elk.
Policeman in Abduction Of
Sportsman and Wife.

81 the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, February 1o.-Two
men, trapped by former Chicago po-
hceman, we're held here today as par
Elephants In the recent kidnapping of z.
L. "Zeke" Caress, wealthy sportsman,
and his wife.
Buron Fits, district attorney, said the
men were Louis Franks, IS, alleged rum
runner, and Ray Wagner, 80, st. Louis
gangster.
The two were arrested late Saturday
night In q Phoenix, Ariz., cottage on O
tip by Ed Fox, Chicago ex-policeman,
now in Phoenix for his health
Wagner, said to have been shot by
Long Beach, Calf, officers in a gun
battle while he and others were on their
way to q gambling barge to cash Cares
check for $4,000, was reported to be
dying IN an outlying hospital. Both he
and Franks refused TO talk.
Police assert Ralph Sheldon, former
aide TO Al Capone, also was Q member
Of the gang. Sheldon Is held In lieu Of
e100, 900 bail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
MAN TO GIVE UP VEAL TIL
Indiana Banker TO Use Cash TO save
Depogitorg From Loss.

CHICAGO, February 10 (P.-The
Herald and Examiner said today that
Peter Meyn, often referred to as one Of
Indiana's wealthiest citizens, would
voluntarily turn over his fortune to save
depoSitors and stockholders from loss in
the closing Of the First Trust g. Saw
ings Bank of Hammond. Ind. Mr.. Meyn
Is president of the institution
The newspaper said Mr.. Meyn's deci-
sion followed q meeting Of the board Of
directors last night. The bank was
closed q week ago Withdrawal Of $780,
900 within a few days by large deposi-
tors and the defiation Of real estate val
ueg were blamed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
BARONESS, 90, is DEAD
Daughter of Composer Was Inter
ested in Modern Jazz Music.

SALZBURG, Germany, February 10
R).-Baroness Cecilie Won Adrian Zu
Wernburg, daughter of Giacomo Meyer
beer, the composer, died here today at
the age Of 90.
She had the livelieSt recollection of
her famous father and during the years
she had made her home here she ex-
hibited an unf1agging interest in young
people and in modern jazz music. She
was born in Paris on March 10, 1889.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10

printed and distributed among residents
of the Kalorama section.
Publication Of a monthly magazine
was announced by Joseph Fitzgerald,
jr., secretary. An editor will be APP
pointed later.
Lieut. Col. Ulysses S. Grant, Sd, di-
rector of public buildings and parks
discussed plans for park and playground
development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
last wednesday to join his family after
a brief business visit to Windsor.

TIL first American Red Cross was
founded q year after the close of the
Civil War and was known as the Amer
lean Association for the Relief of Mis-
cries of Battlefields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
MILLIONAIRE CANADIAN
DROWNED IN ATLANTIC
No Details Received of Tragedy in
Which Former Detroit Saloon
Owner Lost Life.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WINDSOR, Ontario. February 10
James Cooper, 81. millionaire resident
Of Walkerville, Ontario. was lost in mid
ocean Sunday from the steamer
Deutschland, on which he was en- route
to Europe, according to word received
here late yesterday.
No details we're received either from
Evening star., 1931-12-30
SOCIETY
White House Scene of Holiday Dance for
Young People This Evening, With
Mr.. Allan Hoover Host.

with a section of the Marine Band play
ing the accompaniment.
Following this a Paul Jones" was
danced by cadets and midshipmen in
uniform and their young ladies. The
dance took on the aspect of a spinning
pinwheel, with the young ladies form
ing the center ring and the future ad-
mirals and generals the outer circle.
Gen, Horton directed this event, which
included several intricate figures and
for which prizes were given for the
couple holding the lucky number given
out before the dance. Mrs. Hoover
drew the number 1874 from box and
Cadet Theodore G. Bilco, jr., son of the
Governor of Mississippi, with Miss VOLTA
DrIry, went forward and received from
Mrs. Hoover the priZes-a cigarette
case for Cadet Bilbo and a jeweled link
bracelet for his partner. Mrs. Lutz
Wahl, chairman of the Ball Committee,
gave the numbers to the cadets and
midshipmen. She wore a lovely gown
of black chiffon, the bodice studded
with rhinestones.
Mrs. Hoover he'd a continuous re-
ception in her box during the evening,
many of her friends and admirers
stopping before Ter box to greet her.
The First Lady and her little party
remained until midnight.
A delicious hot supper was served In
the red room of the main floor, the
guests being served at small tables.
Dancing continued after the supper.
The former surgeon general OF the
United States Army and Mrs. Merritte
w. Ireland were among those at the
ball and were greeted by old friends
and acQuaintances wherever they
stopped. Gen. and Mrs. Ireland re-
Gently returned to this country from
an extensive tour in Europe and are
here for the holidays.
Others at the party were Senator and
Mrs Warren r. Austin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Eskridge Saltzman, Mrs. Chaun-
cey Belnap, son-in-law and daughters
of the Secretary of Commerce and Mrs.
Robert Patterson Lamont; Representa-
tive and Mrs. Percy Quin, the military
attache of the Cuban embassy and
Sonora de Prieto, the military at
tache of the British embassy, Col.
Day: Comdr. Ralph w. mcdowell,
U. S. N, and Mrs. Mcdowell; Col.
Charles P. George. U. S. A. and Mrs.
George; Miss Priscilla WrightSon,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William D.
Wrightson and granddaughter of the
late Surg. Gen. William Crawford Cor
gas, U. S. A; Mrs. Sidney A. Cloman
and her niece, Mrs. Campbell Prichett;
Miss Mildred Hall, secretary to Mrs.
Hoover; Capt. E. j. Dorm, U. S. N, and
Evening star., 1931-12-30

her grandparents, Or. and Mrs. Elic
Scott Carroll.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Macarthur was
chairman Of the girls committee Tor
the fete, with Miss Carolyn Payne,
Miss Adelaide Townsend Jahncke and
Miss Fenella Castanedo as vice chair
men.
Others serving on the committee
we're Miss Alison Mcdaniel, Miss Olga
Craven, Miss Clifford Watson, Miss
Kate Hyde Scully, Miss Elizabeth
Brainard, Miss Elsie Tuckerman, Miss
Betsy Berrten, Miss Polly Larlmer,
Miss Isabel Hart, Miss Betty Peelle.
Miss Elizabeth Shouse, Miss Jane
Thorpe, Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn,
Miss Frances Mathews, Miss Pansy
Bloomer, Miss Anne Wyant and Miss
Marbury Beall.
The young men chosen to serve on
the Aid Committee were Cadets J. P.
Mcconnell, Andrew Hero, Sd; George
R. Mather, w. R. Smith, E. IT. Davis,
John C. Steele, George r. Grunert and
Herbert B. Thatcher, and Midshipmen
Lynn T. Elliott, Francis E. Nuessle,
Samuel P. Moncure, George E. Pierce,
Philip C. Holt. Richard S. Craighill,
William I. Bull and Dunbar G..
Burdick.
Evening star., 1931-12-30
company of 54 at dinner before the

a company of 54 at dinner before the
ball.
The Minister of Nicaragua and Sonora
de Sacasa and Senorita Maria Sacasa
have sent out cards for an at-home
Sunday afternoon from to 6 o'clock,
at I'LL New Hampshire avenue.
Representative and Mrs. John w.
Summers of Washington will have as
their New Year and weekend guests
their daughters, Mrs. Hope Summers
Witherell and Miss Jean Summers OF
Evanston, ILL.,, also their sons, MIR. Paul
D. Summers and Mr.. A. Burks Sum-
mers, and the latter's wife, OF Phtla-
delphia, who will be accompanied by
Mrs. Elizabeth Salisbury of Philadelphia.
The United States Ambassador to
London, Mr.. Dawes, has cabled to the
State Department Correspondents AS
sociation accepting the invitation to a
dinner January 16 in honor of the Sec
retary of State, Mr.. Stimson.
Practically every chief of a diplo-
matte mission in this Capital has &C
cepted an invitation for the dinner, to
be held at the Maydower Hotel. The
guests also will include the Secretary
of War, Mr.. Patrick J. Hurley; the I'm
derSecretary of State, Mr.. William R:
Castle, jr., and Assistant Secretaries OF
GContinued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1931-12-30

Mrs. Dorm; Miss Helen Lee Eames Do
herty, Mrs Charles G. Matthews, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Miss
Frances Porcher, the Misses Dugas, Mrs.
Anthony Hill, Miss Carolyn Payne;
Mrs. william Laird Dunlop, jr.;
Miss Mary Virginia williams. grand
daughter of Mrs. Russell B. Harrison.
and Miss Catharine Carroll, daughter OF
the late Donald Scott Carroll OF Wis
consin. who is spending the Winter with
Evening star., 1931-12-30
Many Dinner Parties Given
Before the Ball Last Evening,

Vice President Curtis, with Mr.. and
Mrs. Gam, dined with the commandant
of the Army War College and Mrs.
William D. Connor, who later took their
guests to their box at the United Service
ball. In the company were Senator and
Mrs. Morris Sheppard, Senator and Mrs.
william j. Harris, DR.. Stanley Hornbeck
of the State Department, former Repre-
sentative C. Bascom Slemp, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Peyton Wilson and Mrs.
Henry Alvah Strong.
The Secretary of War and Mrs Hurley
were guests in whose honor Maj Gen.
and Mrs. Charles H. Bridges entertained
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
STREET CARE TIE-UP
DELAYS WORKERS
Washington Railway and Electric
System Thrown Out
Of Commission.

It may have sounded like stall" to
employers, but thousands OF persons
who reported late to work this morn
ing on account Of delayed street cars
told the truth.
Practically the entire system OF the
washington Railway & Electric Co. was
thrown out Of commission at 7:42
O'Clock when a pillow pulled" at Four
teenth and H streets. As result,
some 30 street cars were tied up on
Connecticut avenue alone.
Similar conditions existed on otner
lines of the same company. Omcials
explained that not only was the cur
rent cut off for time, but the situa-
ton was made more difficult by the
fact that every one sought to board
the front cars in the lines, causing them
to move slowly and miss" traffic lights.
Although the tie-up was on the out
bound line, there was consequent de-
Law in obtaining inbound cars, because
there were few at the end Of the lines
to come in. AS an aftermath OF this
condition countless persons cooled their
heels on loading platforms. waiting for
cars. Taxicabs were at premium.
Oficials said the damaged pillow was
reconditioned in nine minutes, but the
service was so demoralized in that time
that the delay in other yicinities was
much greater. They expressed regret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09


bv washington and Jefferson brough:
to raught, the invitations extended to
the citizens of the United States 20
visit their Capital would seem but
nockery. They will not be able TO
find accommodation, let alone JOY and
pleasure.
sixth. The sad experiences of cen
gestion on the day of the burial Of the
Unknown Soldier at Arlington were re-
garded as a national disgrace. Yet.
those experiences were a matter OF
hours. Here we look forward to months
of recurring like occasions.
Finds No Action Taken.
Seventh The commission would not
thus address you save for the fact that
after the most dtligent inquiry 1t has
not been found that adequate or syste-
matte steps are being taken by any
authority to provide parking places for
visiting automobiles. The commission
finds schedules of pageants and cele-
brations to lure people to Washington,
but absolutely no plans to provide ac-
commodations for them when they
come here.
Eighth. Congress. by the Constitu-
ton, has exclusive legislation over the
District of Columbia. The Commission
of Fine Arts is able to suggest only one
way for preserving for the people Of
the United States the surprising ar.
tistic features of the City Of wash
ington. both during the Bicentennial
and thereafter. That way Is by Con-
gress to recover the parks for their use
as parks, and to regulate the use Of the
streets and avenues for the benefit Of
all the people"
The letter was signed by all the mem
bers of the Fine Arts Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
CONTEMPT CHARGE /
ON PITTS OPPOSED
Counsel Plead His Defense
in Perjury Case Trial Would
Be Revealed.

A motion to quash a contempt eta
ton against G. Bryan Pitts, former
head of the F. H. Smith Co., was ar
gued in District Supreme Court this
morning before Justice F. D. Let's.
Pitts was cited to show cause why he
should not be adjudged in contempt
of court for bringing into evidence dur
ing his recent trial on conspiracy
embezzlement charges a number of al
legged fraudulent documents.
Says Defense Would Be Barred.
His attorney, Dozier De Vane, pointed
out that Pitts is under indictment for
perjury in connection with this same
alleged offense and said it would be
unfair to compel him to expose his de-
Tense to that charge in a collateral
proceeding such as this contempt
hearing.
He said Pitts was entitled to a trial
by jury on the issue of perjury and
that it was not within the Jurisdiction
of this court to try him in contempt
proceeding. t7.
Pitts Brought from jail.
Pitts was brought from the District
Jail into the court room for the hearing
and sat beside his wife throughout the
proceeding. One of his former attor-
neys, Frank G. Raichle of New York,
also was present. His former secre-
tary, Miss Helen Schneider, likewise
was in attendance. Justice Let's will
rule on the motion to quash after coun-
sci for the Government have answered
De Vane's argument
The motion for contempt filed by MI
gent Dodds, Assistant Attorney General,
and Neil Burkinshaw, a special assis-
tant, asked the court to punish Pitts
and ANY ether person" who may ap-
pear to have been involved in the al
legged acts of contempt. The docu-
ments referred to In the petition are
several acquisitions which Pitts intro
duced in evidence in an effort to show
he was legally entitled to receive money
the Government claimed he had en-
bezzled from the Smith Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
Noisy Crane in Zoo
AT 4 AM. ArOuses
Senator and Others
Costigan Adds Protest on
Being Awakened From
Slumbers.

Unless a certain crane in the crane
run at National Geological Park stops
yelling with glee at 4 o'clock in the
morning and awakening Senator Ed
ward Costigan of Colorado and other
residents Of the apartment house area
east of the Zoo, he is going to be
shanghaied unceremoniously from his
happy home.
1t is the habit Of cranes to stretch,
yawn and greet the dawn with happy
clamor at about o'clock. Ordinarily
the cranes are pretty decent about it
and only make enough fuss to get them
selves properly organized for the days
activities, without unduly bothering
their neighbors.
One crane, however, believes in giving
full vent to his emotions. His cries of
Joy at the crack OF dawn (and earHer)
are not restrained. When he yells, or
roars, or whatever it IS cranes do, he
does it with all stops out. He greets
the dawn as his simple crane soul tells
him the dawn should be greeted. That
he arouses Senator Costigan and other
human neighbors whose souls are too
sluggish ct 4 am. to permit them reVel-
ing in the approach of dawn, is no con-
Germ of the crane.
The result has been a deluge Of tele-
phone calls, ranging from the querulous
to the downright nasty, all of them re-
ceived by DR.. William M. Mann, di-
rector of the Zoo.
The general tenor of the calls, polite
and impolite, is that the crane is
"so-and-so kind Of a nuisance and will
YOU please do something about it so
we can get some Sleep"
DR.. Mann has ordered the night
Waterman to spot the offender among
the crane family. So at about o'clock
each morning the Waterman creeps up
and watches while the cranes wake up
and vocalize. When he has spotted
the particular crane, which is awaken
ing the echoes and Senator Costigan
and his neighbors, the crane will be re-
moved forthwith to quarters in the CEN
ter of the Zoo where he can yell with
out disturbing any one but his furred
and feathered neighbors." Two other
noisy cranes already have been de-
ported from the crane run to the center
of the Zoo, DR.. Mann said, and the duo
probably soon will be trio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
ISLAM DOUBLE WEDDING SEALED
BY GIFTS OF ''RICHEST MAN,
Nizam of Hyderabad Pays Former Caliph
at Istanbul 100000 and Million in
Jewels for Daug hter and Niece for Sons.

In India the Nizam has diamonds by
the bushel, it is said, and incalculable
quantities Of gold gems and other
property piled up by Mogul Emperors
through the centuries.
The civil contract which will link the
families OF the two most powerful fig
ures in the world of Islam will be
signed for the Nizam by Sir Akbar
hydra. his prime minister, who arrived
yesterCA y from London, where he has
been attending the Round-Table Con-
ference.
she two couples are to make a we'd
ding trip to the Riviera, and afterWard
viii go to India, where the Nizam has
set aside gorgeous palaces for their use.
There will be wedding feasts on a more
lavish scale than those which will fol-
low the ceremony here. and the young
princes Will receive priceless gifts from
1ndlas 700 ruling maharajas and
chiefs.
The Princess Durai Shehyar. who
claims descent from the Prophet Mo-
manned. Is a slender brunette of rare
oriental beauty. She speaks English,
French, German, Italian, Turkish and
Persian fluently, and she has been
helping to support her father In exile
by acting as his secretary.
Unlike most Turkish girls, she has
never worn the veil, but is thoroughly
modern, though she frowns on Western
makeup.
The Nizam, despite his staggering
wealth. Is known throughout India as
something of miser. They say he has
a hundred million dollars in bullion
stored away. His father was reported
to have had 500 wives, but this ruler
has only one. On many occasions. it is
said, he has protested that he could not
afford more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
INDIGNANT
OVER NAVY LEAGUE
Cathedral Audience Hears
Denunciation of "InsuIt"
Given to President.

Profound indignation" at the Navy
League for the insult offered the Pres
ident of the United States" was eX-
pressed at Washington Cathedral yes
terday by Bishop James E. Freeman.
DEPRESSING from a sermon on the
need for penitence and prayer to al
leviate the spiritual and moral depres-
sion into which Americans have
slumped the bishop declared:
1T become profoundly indignant when
I think of the insult offered the Presi-
dent of the United States. What fine
lesson for the Navy League Is the 10y
atty of the troops of Washington at
Yorktown" Obviously moved by his
topic, Bishop Freeman, referring to a
recent address at Yorktown, continued :,
what did these simple troops OF
Washington's have that we lack today?
Fundamentally, they had a faith In
God. I know there are some cheap
authors who have disparaged Wash
ington, and say deliberately that l
deSpise them"
The bishop said "too much luxury
and too much indulgence have brought
us where we are as Nation"
prosperity Will not return until we
begin to take religion seriously. A re-
cent shocking event, brought to my at
tention, Illustrates the situation.
"a father said to his daughter OF II,
as she left for party:
Have you got your flask"
"Too much luxury, too much tndul-
gence, have been the rule. The trouble
with this land is its exaltation OF things
and the decline of morals"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
DRY LAWS LINKED
WITH POLICE GRAFT
Sidney P. Simpson Says Real
Relief Can Come Only From
Change in Prohibition.
BY the Associated Press.


BUFFALO, N. Y, November Sid
attorney, told the National Conference
on Government today that real relief"
from graft and protection in the
police departments of American cities
"can come only from change" in the
prohibition law.
Mr.. Simpson, who recently aided the
National Commission on Law Observ-
ance and Enforcement as consultant
on the cost of crime, spoke on Whats
Wrong With Our Courts and Police?"
He said:
"If we will permit our police depart
ments and our courts to concentrate
on their primary mission-the preven-
ton and punishment of crimes of vio-
lence and dishonesty, rather than the
regulation of morals-they will have a
much better opportunity of accomplish
ing it effectively"
Cites Big Crime Bill.
Three hundred cities of more than
$4,000 population. and the Federal Gov
quarter of billion dollars for criminal
police and court work: Mr.. Simpson ex-
planned. adding there can be little
doubt that many communities are not
getting their moneys worth as a re-
suit of these very large expenditures"
THE police and the courts" he con-
tinued, ARE in many cities charged
with the theoretical duty of enforcing
many laws which are highly unpopular
with the normally law-abiding citizens.
The outstanding example, of course, is
prohibition.
Calls Graft Inevitable.
an such circumstances, enforcement
Is almost certain to be lax if the city
administration is to continue in office
and graft and protection are almost
inevitable.
lone practical remedy would be to
cease to attempt municipal enforce
ment in cities where it is not desired
by the electorate. But this is a highly
unsatisfactory course and real relief
can come only from a change in the
law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09

entail specimens which comprised the
Gellatly collection, remain in the
Heckscher Galleries, in New York, where
it was agreed at the time Of the gift
that they should stay for certain pc
Rod before being moved here. The
Smithsonian owns the pieces, however,
and Congress has included in the Mu-
scum budget an appropriation for their
upkeep.
Gellatlys collection of paintings in
cluded canvasSes Of Whistler and John
Singer Sargent.
Spent Fortune on Art.
A taste he had started cultivating as
a young man had been given further
opportunity for expression after the sale
of the Holland House, famous old New
York hotel, which he inherited from
his first wife, the late Edith Rogers Gel
latly.
Owing partly to his assiduous quest
for art objects, his resources are said
to have dwindled sadly in his later
years.
A year after Gellatly married Miss
Whitley, there began between them a
legal battle over his gift that was still
in progress when he died. When he
was hailed into court for non-payment
of his wife's rent. she testified his finan-
cial embarrassment was caused by his
desire to give beyond his means. He
lost the suit and was directed to pay
I'D $500 in back rent.
A few weeks ago Gellatly, who
dressed in a costume resembling that
of an American Officer in the Revou-
tinary War, called at the Federal dis
trict attorneys office and revealed that
Ills wife was starting an action to have
his gift declared illegal.