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The Washington times., 1931-06-26
HUNT AND DAILY
WIN OPENERS

Charles DAILY and Gilbert Hunt,
District Junior and boys tennis
champions, easily won their Open
ing Middle Atlantic Junior and
boys tennis tournament matches
at the Wardman Park Hotel
courts today.
DAILY disposed of Baker, Nor
folk, 81, 6--1, and Hunt tri-
umphed over Donna, Richmond,
60, 60. George Mason, Rich
mond, favored in the junior play,
found MaldeiS, Baltimore, a tough
opponent, winning 60, 81.
In the other matches, Sloan,
Richmond. won over Duvall, Balti-
more, As. 60, 6-l, and Dils,
West Virginia, defeated Brown,
Norfolk. 60. 6-1.
In the boys division, Gold
strum. Baltimore. whipped Tim
berlake, West Virginia, 3-6, 6-3.
Ga: Jordan. Norfolk. disposed
of Boland. West Virginia, 81,
60, and Shapiro, Baltimore, &C
counted for Lamb, Richmond,
60, 6-2.
Play was suspended for the
lunch period.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Pastor Upheld When
He Won't Reveal
Confession

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. June
26 QN.SO.-The State Su-
preme Court today held confes-
sions to the spiritual advisor of
any religious denomination
are inviolate and privileged,
and freed Rev. Emil SWenson,
Lutheran minister, from a con-
tempt sentence imposed by
Hennepin county district court.
Mr.. SwenSon refused to re-
veal confidential information
given him in a divorce suit.
Mrs. Gladys Sundseth, suing
her husband. Arnold v. Sund-
seth, sought to make the minis
ter reveal an alleged confes-
sion given him by her husband.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Fziers Reach Copenhagen;
Cheered by Thousands

landed at the German city last
evening, utterly exhausted, after
wandering, lost for hours, over
Europe.
Fighting Sleep Futile
The transatlantic flight ended
at Krefeld, Germany, yesterday
afternoon, but, eager to reach
Copenhagen in the quickest possi-
BILE time, the airmen took off
again after an hours rest.
Remaining awake at the con-
trolls only with the greatest diff
Guilty, HOiriis managed to take
the plane as far north as Bremen,
but found it impossible to con.
tinue on to Copenhagen without
a nights sleep.
Despite the long delay, the peo-
pie of Copenhagen lost none OF
their enthusiasm over the daring
venture of the 55-year-old photog
rapher and his young pilot.
After spending all day yeSter-
day at the airport only to trek
sorrowfully homeward at evening
when hope was virtually aban-
doned, thousands returned to the
field today to accord a fitting re-
ception to the first men ever to
choose Copenhagen as the goal of
a transatlantic flight.
Touching Scenes
Touching scenes were enacted
when Hillig and Hoiriis stepped
out of their plane hours % min
uteS after taking off from
Bremen.
HOiriiS was greeted by his
white-haired mother. weeping for
sheer joy. Hillig was embraced
by his brother, who with other
relatives had stood almost cease
less vigil ever since the flight be-
gan. s..
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
16-STORY LEAP
KILLS PAVLEY

CHICAGO, June 26 Q.N.SJ-
Andreas Pavley. internationally
known director of the Chicago
civic opera ballet, was instantly
killed today when he plunged Is
floors to his death from his hotel
room.
Pavley had made no indica-
ton to friends or associates that
he had contemplated taking his
own life, according to police re-
ports.
John Collins, manager Of the
hotel, told police that the ballet
instructor had intimated to him
three weeks ago that his financ-
iaI condition was not good.
Pavley came to this country IS
years ago. He was naturalized
in 1923.
He was a co-director of the
Pavley- -Oukrainsky Ballet School,
and had planned a summer sea-
son for the ballet as we'll as a
summer course at the ballet
school.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
GLOBE G|RDLERS
SOARING OVER
SIBERIA
At Noon Were 2 Hours Over
due at Novosibirsk, Relief
Point on Way to- Irkutsk

MOSCOW, June 26 Q.N.SJ.
Soviet aviation authorities to-
night awaited word of the safe
arrival at NdVoSibirsk, Siberia,
of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty,
American airmen attempting a
record-breaking flight around the
world.
Two Hours Overdue
At noon, Washington time,
IA hours after the take-off from
the Moscow aerodrome, the fliers
apparently had not reached the
Siberian outpost, although they
hoped to span the 1,450 miles in
IL hours of flying. +
Post and Gatty left here at
10 p. M, Washington time, yes
terday. They were subsequently
sighted over various cities along
the Transsiberian Railway, in.
CludiFlg OnlSk. ~
a Hazards Ahead
Before leaving the October air
drome. the demon tourists said
that they would stop at Novo-
sibirsk only a half hour for re-
fuelling before soaring on to
IrkutSk, near the border of outer
Mongolia, $500 miles from Mos
COW.
When told of the difficulties
he would face if forced down in
the barely explored bad lands be-
yond the Ural Mountains where
lived the men, beasts. and gods"
of Baron Ungern-Sternberg, anti
Bolshevist chieftain made famous
by Ferdinand OsSendoWSki'S SEN
sational book, Post replied:
"WelT, we flew over the ocean
in the middle of the night in a
hard storm. don't expect
the Urals will bother us much"
Banquet In Moscow
The Osoviakhim, Russian avi-
alton society, has instructed all
its agents along the trans-Siber-
ian railway to watch for the Win
ME Mae. This society gave a
banquet for the aviators before
they left Moscow. Both men ate
sparingly and responded to toasts
With mineral water. They we're
obviously impatient to be on their
way.
Few we're present to see the
airmen's takeoff for Siberia. The
plane had been refueled with 725
gallons of gasoline.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Pittsburgh Mayor
Faces Fraud Trial

PITTSBURGH, June 26 GN.S).
Mayor Charles H. Kline and his
deposed supplies director, Bertram
L. Succop, will be called for trial
in September, the district attor-
ney's office announced today. as
the grand jury resumed its probe
of the city supplies scandal. Both
were accused of accepting bids for
city supplies other than the low
est offered by reliable firms.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
LAMPS EX-W|FE
TAKES THIRD
HUSBAND
Daughter of C. A. 0'Brian Weds
L. E. FIaherty; Her Marital
Affairs Filled With Storms

Ruth O'Brien Cady Lamp,
daughter Of Clarence A. O'Brien,
noted Washington patent attor-
ney, became a bride again for
the third time on Saturday, it
was disclosed today. She mar
ried L. Edward Flaherty, of 1885
Connecticut Avenue.
The first husband of the heir
eSS was killed in an automobile
accident some years ago. In
November. 1929, she eloped with
Adrian Lamp, self-styled Dutch
art connoiSseur. to Rockville, Md,
where they were married.
The marriage lasted only a
short time and finally vert on
the rocks when the lawyers
daughter discovered she had been
deceived. She 81. won a Reno
divorce this year.
Meantime, Lamp had been ar
rested and held by police here on
a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. He was later released
and brought suit in District Su-
preme Court against the promi-
nent Mr.. O'Brien for $4,000,
charging that he had alienated
his wife's affections. The suits
were later withdrawn.
Arrest by immigration officers
followed. He was charged with
having travelled to Europe and
return with a woman not his
wife. He claimed the woman his
common-laW wife. The charge
was dropped. Then he was re-
arrested and charged with enter
ing the country Illegally.
At the present time he is at
Ellis Island, awaiting further
hearing.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
VAN RYN VICTOR
At WIMBLEDON

WIMBLEDON, England, June
26.-John Van Ryn, young Ameri-
can tennis star, advanced to the
fifth round Of the mems singles
in the Wimbledon championship
today by defeating Christian
Boussus, Of France, Ga, Is,
60, 6-1.
The American started we'll.
overwhelming the Frenchman
with his brilliant service in the
first set. Van Ryn slumped in
the second, however, and was
continually baffled by Boussus'
swift, narrow angle cross-court
flick,
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
YOUNG PL A n
|MPER|LED
BY HOOVER
IDEA, VIEW
Mild Applause Greets Laval
on Reading Debt Message
to Deputies; Left Wing Silent

PARIS, June 26. 0.N.S).-A
warning that suspension of un-
conditional reparations payments
from Germany might undermine
the validity of the Young Plan
was sounded by Premier Pierre
Laval today in reading to the
Chamber of Deputies the French
Governments official reply to
President Hoover's war debt pro-
poSal.
Up to Parliament
The reply revealed that the
cabinet has decided to leave the
entire matter in the hands of
the French Parliament, whose
decision will be final" The
Premier said:
"The government is ready to
ask parliament, whose decision
will be final, to accept a mora
tOrium on debts and repara-
tionS.
There is great danger of
shaking confidence in the value
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
AroundtheClobe
With the Fiers

FOLLOWING is the log of the Post
GGtty round-the-world flight. All
times gtUen are Washington time /:
TUESDAY
1856 a.. m.-Left Roosevelt
Field.
1O:47 a. m.-Arrived at HarbOr
Grace, N. F.
2:27 p. m.-Left HarbOr Grace
for Berlin.
WEDNESDAY
7 a. m.-Landed at Sealand
AerOdrOme, Chester, Eng.
Sis a. m.-Left Sealand for
Berlin:
12:45 p. m.-Landed at Han,
over, Germany.
1913 p. m.-HOpped for Berlin.
$3.50 p. m.-Landed TempelhOt
Field, Berlin.
THURSDAY
1880 a. m.-HOpped for Moscow
$40 a. m.-Arrived at Moscow,
1000 p. m-HOpped for NOvOSi'
brisk.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
French Wounded By
American Reply

PARIS, June 26 (I.N.S.l.
The French government to-
day was inclined to view
President HOOver'S acknOwI-
edgment of the French reply
to his debt moratorium as
lacking cOrdiality, Interna-
tiOnal News Service was
informed.
Several members of the
chamber of deputies, COM
menting on the American
Governments acknowledge
ment of the French note,
summed up the French at
titude with:
President Hoover could
at least have expressed his
thanks for the French note"
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
philadelphia Slayer
Hanged in Montreal

MONTREAL, Quebec, June 26.
0.N.SO O.-Thomas McHugh, of
Philadelphia, was hanged at 8
o'clock this morning at the Mont
real jail for the murder of A. G..
Re taxi cashier, on January 26.
Futile efforts to save her son,
who also was wanted in Philadel-
phia for the murder of a banker,
we're made throughout the night
by his mother.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26

COPENHAGE ZEN, June 26.
GN.SD-Greeted by thousands
delirious with joy, Otto Hillig,
Liberty, N. Y, photographer, and
Holger Hoiriis, Danish pilot,
brought their monoplane. Lib
erty, down at the Kastrup Air
port here today, ending a flight
that began early Wednesday at
Harbor Grace.
The adventurous pair, who
characterized their flight as that
of "a couple of immigrants re-
turning home" arrived at 2:06
p. m. (8:06 a. M, Washington
time) from Bremen, Germany,
where they spent the night. They
The Washington times., 1931-06-26

of signatures to the Young Plan
if the suspension affects un.
conditional payments"
Mild Applause
Although indicating general &C.
ceptance of the moratorium pro.
poSal, the French governments
reply revealed France would not
countenance Germany's escape
from payment of the unccndi-
tional portion of her reparations
obligations to France. He said:
Solution of the German
crisis will not be found merely
in reduction of the German
budget but also in extension of
credit.
"The French government feels
general suspension of payments
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
ILL.,, LEAVES
BED To Be
IN COURT
Wants Paper for Sons; Fears
Making 800 Idle, He Says;
Hearst Bid Most Favorable

An abrupt change of front on
the part of Edward B. Mclean
today threw all plans for the sale
of the Washington Post into the
discard.
All proceedings for the disposal
of the newspaper were dismissed
by Justice Jesse C. Adkins, of the
District Supreme Court, after Mr..
McLean'S change of attitude was
presented to him.
The newspaper will continue to
be published under Mclean
ownership.
MCLEAN in Court
Mr.. Mclean, who arose fsom a
sick bed at Friendship to attend
the hearing, vouchsafed in court
no reason for his negative atti-
tude, but described it later as
being based on sentimental ,rea-
sons. He said:
Il began thinking q few days
ago Of the 800 faithful en-
plOyeS who would be thrown out
of work by the sale or cOnsOli-
datiOn of the newspaper, and,
besides, / wanted to protect my
children. want the paper,
anyway.
Hearst Offer Favored
AS a result of Mr.. McLean's
action. Justice Adkins said:
There is nothing before the
court, gentlemen. Mr.. Mclean,
cO-trustee of the John r. Nc
Lean estate, declines to accept
any proposal just now for the
sale of the Post"
The action of the court came
after the trustees of the John R.
Mclean estate indicated the pur-
chase offer of William Randolph
Hearst had been the best made.
COrcOran Thorn, acting for the
American Security and Trust
Company as trustee of the John
r.. Mclean estate, described it as
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
MOUG Mallory Asks
S225,OOO for Hurts

NEW YORK, June 26 GN.SJ.
Franklin 1. Mallory, and his wife,
the former Molla BjurStedt, for
many years worlds woman ten
mis- champion, today filed three
suits for $225,0O0 against Francis
J. Ward, of St. Paul. The suits
grew out of an accident which
occurred when Wards auto was
in collision with a taxicab in
which the Mallory's were riding.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Ruth Nichols Eager
To Quit Hospital Bed

ST. JOHN, New Brunswick,
June 26 Q.N.SO.-Ruth Nichols,
who was injured when her plane
crashed after over-running the
local landing on the first leg of
her transatlantic flight, was
much improved today but must re-
main in the hospital three more
days. She hopes to try the ocean
hop again in September.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Pittsburgh TrOLIeys
Mud-BOund in Storm

PITT SBUR GH, June 26
GN.SO. Thousands of Pitts
burghers were late for work to-
day because of the demoralized
street car schedule caused by tons
of mud covering the tracks fol-
lowing an early morning rain.
The storm wrought thousands of
dollars damage to Pittsburgh and
suburbs.
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Griffmen May Tie for
First Place Today

Washington and Philadelphia in desperate battle
for the American League baseball leadership, the Grff
meeting Chicago in the Windy City and the Mackmen
facing Detroit in the latters stronghold.
Should Washington win and Philadelphia lose today,
the teams will be theoretically tied Washington has
played two games than the Mackmen, but mathe-
maticay the s can't lose the lead today, because
defeat for them and victory for the Grffmen would
still leave the Maekmen points ahead of Washington.
Such outcome of oday's games would leave the
teams standing like this:
Philadelphia ......, A 10 698
Washington ....... As 90 692
In any event be to get the late editions Of The
Washington Times today for complete details of baseball
activities well as racing and golf
The Washington times., 1931-06-26
Girl DrOUns Trying
To SdUe Her Brother

NEW MARKET, N. j., June 26
GN.SO John Linderman, junk
dealer, was Frustrated today by
the death of two of his children
by drowning in a pond near here
yesterday. When Joe Linderman,
T.. fell off bridge into the pond,
his 11-year-old sister, Margaret,
heroically jumped in to save him.
Both perished.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16

NEW YORK, Sept: 16 Q.N.S0.
The dangerous undertow which
sweeps beneath the .alluring
matrimonial sea-as pictured by
the lurid correspondence clubs"
has swept away many an inno-
cent victim into the spirGrift of
despair and ruin.
Once in the talons of these
mail-order birds of prey, which
comes about by simply sending
ones name to a I'm atrimonial
journal"-for purposes Of honor
able marriage" or friendly cor
respondence" = the applicant is
marked and branded as a
sucker" for evermore.
The horrible "bluebeari" muir
ders at Clarkstown, w. Va. may
we'll cause many an innocent
women to shudder-if she has
started friendly correspondence"
through the matrimonial jour
nails"
1900 Vanish Each Year
Capt. John III. Ayers, head of
the missing persons bureau of the
New York police department,
estimates that some $500 girls
disappear from home every year.
OF this number, SO per cent are
accounted for. But 2 per cent a
year are marked pending" and
may offer possibilities of never
being checked off the records.
And here can be found not a
few cases of girls lured from
their homes through "love clubs"
Recently the 17-year-old daugh-
ter of a prominent attorney dis
appeared from home. Three days
later the girl, disheveled and
showing plainly the terrible Or
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
PLAYBOY MINUS
BRIDE On TRIP

CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. 16
GN.S).-George Huntington
Hartford, Americas richest play
boy. and his mother, Mrs. Hen
rietta Hartford, boarded a train
here this morning at 4 o'clock
and gave Hot Springs, Va, as
their destination.
Mrs. Hartford and her son
were discovered here late yester-
day registered at hotel, al
though they have a palatial win
ter estate IA miles from this city.
The purpose of their visit was
a mystery. Both refused to talk
to interviewers. ~ -r.s..'
They were not accompanied
here by the youths wife, the
former Miss Mary Elizabeth Ep-
pling, of Welch, Va, whom he
secretly married last April IS in
COVinYtOn, Va,
The Washington times., 1931-09-16

deal she had gone through, came
back home. She told a story of
having been kidnapped, of being
thrown into a "high-powered"
car and driven away and held in
an apartment without food or
drink.
Girl Pays For Prank
The police finally got the true
story out of her, although her
parents, to this day, do not know
the truth. In a spirit of fun
she and another. girl had answered
an advertisement in one of the
'slOve club" journals. The young
man had described himself as a
"well educated, highly refined
bachelor of 34." He had answered
her letter. He wrote so well and
impressed her so much that the
girl thought to carry the "friend-
ship" farther and agreed to meet
him.
She did. They had a drink
and she didn't remember any
more. Three days later she
managed to escape the apart
ment where she had been drugged
and held prisoner.
At the expense of her honor
and virtue she had learned a
costly lesson.
Merchant Fleeced
Private detectives in New York
are still trying to track down a
man and woman who fleeced a
wealthy Long Island merchant
out of $4,000. This merchant, al
though married and the father
of three children, had whimsi-
cally started correspondence"
with a very smartly dressed, at
tractive looking, dark auburn
curly tressed" young woman "just
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
DEMANDS
. GROW APACE;
FIGHT SURE
Tremendous Pressure Brought
to Bear for Painless Tax;
Congress Showdown Seen
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
(COpyriEht, 1881, by International
News Seryice)

Pressure for the legalization of
real beer is becoming so high.
powered and persistent it now
seems fairly certain the oncom-
ing Congress will be compelled to
meet the issue seriously.
In the 10 years since prohibi-
ton, beer bills almost without
number have been introduced
only to be laughed down, howled
down, or left to die a moldy
death in some pigeon.hole.
Hard Fight Expected
That this will not be true in
the approaching session is now
generally conceded, even by the
drys themselves. They are conf
dent they can beat them, but
they admit the fight is going to
be harder this session than ever
before, and few, q very few,
are not so cOckSure of the ulti-
mate outcome.
TIE difference between this SeS-
sion and past sessions is that the
battle for beer has now been put
upon a somewhat different plane
economic rather than prohibi-
tory. Beer for revenue" now
dominates the discussion instead
OF beer for the thirsty"
Painless Tax Sought
With a billion dollar deficit
already incurred, and a billion
and half Treasury shortage an
ticipated for the current year, the
Treasury is fairly desperate to
find painless tax" which will
take up some of the slack with
out resort to the dread method
Of increasing the income tax
brackets.
Powerful bankers and indus
trialists, who heretofore have alb
stained from any participation
IN the guerilla warfare over pro-
hibition, are undeniably swing
ing over to the beer for revenue"
philosophy as a means of fore
stalling Federal tax increases.
Thus far, Mr.. Hoover has
given no indication Of abandon
ing his position or changing his
profound conviction that this
country is prepOnderantIy dry"
He has listened, some say i'm.
patiently, and said nothing.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
Gen. McArthur GiUen
LeqiOn Grand Cross

RHEIMS, France, Sept. Is
G.N.SO Maj. Gen. Douglas Mac.
Arthur. chief of staff of the
United States Army, today be-
came the thirteenth American
entitled to wear the red ribbon
of the Legion of Honor.
The Grand Cross of the legion,
highest distinction that France
can betow, was pinned on the
American general by Minister of
War General Maginot. Fifty
thousand troops stood at atten-
ton as the honor was conferred.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
WALKER DENIES
GANDH| SLIGHT

LONDON, Sept. Is Q.N.S0
His visit to Europe ended, Mayor
James j. Walker. of New York,
left London for Southampton
today to sail for home aboard
the liner Bremen.
A considerable crowd was on
hand to see him off.
Mayor Walker denied reports
published in the United States
to the effect that he had failed
to keep an appointment last
night with Mahatma M. K.
Gandhi, the Indian Nationalist
leader He said:
II had no appointment with
Gandhi."
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
Girl Answers Love Club Ad Just for Fun,
Pays Dearly for Her Prank

out of college," who wished "to
hear from middle aged, wealthy
man-object, pleasure.
The correspondence Waxed so
warm that the merchant decided
to call at the young woman's
apartment one night. But he
had not realized that he had
already been investigated" by
this group of blackmailers, and
after he had been drawn into
the trap he was held there on
threat that his wife would be
summoned and his letters shown
her, unless he gave up $1,000.
Needless to say he produced
the money and retrieved his silly
letters, and was glad to have got
ten out of the mess so easily.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
First Wheat Ship
Takes Manitoba Load

CHURCHILL, Manitoba, Sept.
16.-The first test shipment of
wheat to Europe is being loaded
on freighter today at this new
Canadian port.
A second ship will be loaded be-
tween September 20 and IS. The
20 cars now being put on board
for Europe were loaded oy the
Canadian Cooperative Wheat
Producers.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
PreWGr Scotch Loot
In Alexandria Break
By WILLIAM C. MURPHY. jr.

Two bottles of prewar Scotch
were included in the loot taken
by burglars who ransacked the
home of Mrs. Alice j. Jameson.
217 South Columbus st., Alexan-
dria, during her recent absence,
police have been told.
Mrs. Jameson said locks Of
front and back doors had been
broken and clothing, cutlery and
other household furnishings re-
moved.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
WILKO DRENTH.
Photo by InternationaI

WILKO DRENTH EVERT SCHROEDER
THE FATHER of the "Bluebeard of West Virginia. .
is shown here after he identified as his son. Harry
Powers killer of two and three children He is
Wilko Drenth, Dutch immigrant farmer of Iowa and is
shoEq with his son-in-law, Evert Schroeder. Drenth
denounced. f.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
Britain Not to Ask
LOnger Debt HOLidQH

LONDON, Sept. 16 G.NSJ.
Great Britain will not take the
initiative in asking President
Hoover to extend the moratorium
on war debts and reparations, it
was stated in authoritative quar-
ters here today. go.
Any action by Britain, it was
indicated, would only serve TO
alarm European investors.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
May Bring Result
Thieves Make AWGy
With POStOffice Safe

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Sept. 16.
More than $400 in cash and
stamps we're taken by thieves
who broke into the postoffice at
Charmain, Pa, sometime last
night and carried off the safe.
The poStoffice was located in
the store of C. B. Stover, who
also reported the loss of a
quantity of merchandise.
The Washington times., 1931-09-16
Society Folk Back
From TripS Abroad

NEW YORK., Sept. Is T.N.S0.
Vincent AStor, Devereux Milburn,
polo star, Mrs. w. G. Rockefeller
and Col. George T. Slade re-
turned home last night on the
liner Olympic.