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The Washington times., 1931-12-12
PAPERS SIGNED
FOR ABBOTT

Extradition papers for Peter Alb
bott, alleged trigger man" in the
Colonial Tea House shooting No.
vember %, we're signed late yester-
day by Governor Albert C. Ritchie
and returned to States Attorney
Alan Bowie who will forward them
today to Governor Clifford Pinchot
at Harrisburg, Pa.
Governor Pinchot is required
by law to give Abbott "a hours
notice that he has received the
papers before he can sign them,
so it is probable they will not
reach Philadelphia before late
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Abbott was identified Wednes-
day in Philadelphia by Mrs. Verne
Edwards as leader and trigger
man" of the bandit gang that
invaded the tea house.
Abbott's attorneys have notified
Baltimore detectives that he will
fight extradition Ito the last
ditch"
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
BRIDGE COLUMN
PERIL STUDIED

Plans to remove the danger
to aviation incident to the con-
struction of two tall columns on
the new Arlington M moria !
Bridge on Columbia Island were
discussed today at a meeting Of
the Arlington Memorial Bridge
Commission, called by President
Hoover at the White House.
Authorization to draw up a
suitable design to take the place
of the columns for which plans
already have been made was
given to Col. U. S. Grant, Sd,
executive officer Of the commls-
sion.
Colonel Grant, who declared he
already had several plans under
consideration. pointed out that
the contemplated change would
not only remove all possible dan
ger to aviation but also would
result in a considerable saving
CT money. The columns as plan
ned would have cost more than
$500. 600.
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To SPEED
ORGANIZATION
PROGRAM
Stung by G. 0. P. Jibes, DEM
ocrats to Spend Weekend
Getting Things Going

Democratic leaders of the
House hoped to complete their
party organization today while
the House is in recess. The
actual business of legislation is
slated to begin next week.
Stung by jibes of Republicans,
who have asailed the Democrats
for a weeks delay, the Ways and
Means Committee has worked al
most continuously for the past
"a hours to finish the business
of committee assignments.
G. o. p. Also Delayed
The criticism of the new Demo
cratic organization of the House,
however. has not been shared by
all of the Republican leaders
Representative Smell of New
York, Republican floor leader,
admitted that the Republicans
also have been delayed in their
own organization work.
With the House engaging in
talk fest" for the past three
days, Democratic leaders have
adopted a cautious policy pending
meeting of the joint Senate
House policy committee on Tues
day.
Holding only slender majority
in the House, Speaker Garner is
making every effort to maintain
Democratic solidarity for the leg
islative battles to come.
Tax Program Sought
Consideration of tax legislation
has been postponed until after
the Christmas holidays in the
hope a unified program can be
worked out through informal
conferences.
Democratic leaders in the
House are confronted by some of
the difficulties which have beset
the Republican organization.
Already Democratic members
have clashed over the dole" I"
They face further difficulties in
the enactment of a tax program
and in an effort to enforce strict
economy in appropriations.
The tax program outlined by
Representative Rainey of Illinois,
Democratic leader, is regarded as
too narrow by some Democrats
His program, limiting increases
almost solely to big taxpayers,
clashes with the tax views out
lined by Senator Robinson Of
Arkansas. party leader in the
Senate. and Senator Harrison Of
Mississippi. ranking Democrat on
the Finance Committee.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Kane Certain He Will Win Acquittal
AS Case Nears Hands of Jury

of the SphinX-like University OF
Tennessee educator
The courts instructions to the
jury were read shortly after noon.
Judges Instructions
Judge C. Vernon Spratley told
the jurors that circumstantial
evidence is legal and competent
and entitled to the same weight
as direct testimony; that it is not
necessary to show intent to kill
prior to the time of the killing.
He said:
'If you bring in a verdict of
guilty you must believe that
the accused with his hands did
wilfully and felOniously i'm
merse his wife in the waters of
Chesapeake Bay.
IF you believe she slipped or
fell or dived into the water and
was thereby drowned, you will
find him not guilty
"A verdict of not guilty
means that guilt has not been
established by the precise and
narrow form prescribed by law"
The twelve youngish men who
are judging him were impressed
with his tale, it was evident.
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SURGEONS SAVE
ARM BY QUICK
OPERATION
Penitentiary Head Denied Wis.,
itOrs; Acclaimed Hero
of Prison Break
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Green, 80, an Oklahoma City mail
robber serving Is years, as the
leader and the most desperate OF
the convictS who created a reign
of terror throughout the country.
side as they fled from the prison
trading bullets with pursuing
posses.
Shot Two Comrades
It was Green who was believed
to have shot Warden White when
the official made a heroic attempt
to wrest a shotgun from the con-
vict's hands. It was Green who
dealt out death to his fugitive
comrades. Durrill and Curtis, and
then destroyed his own life in the
besiegeu farmhouse, according to
the theory of Coroner Ted L. Sex
ton.
After a preliminary examination
Of the convict trio's bodies, the
coroner said all three had been
killed by .38 caliber pistol bullets.
Durriu and Curtis appeared to
have been shot at close range. The
wounds were in the ears. But the
wound that spelled death to Green
was just behind the ear, indicat-
ing suicide.
Left by his vicious abductors as
dead, Warden White. who played
the heroic lead in this drama Of
turmoil and death, was today re-
ported improving at Cushing Hos.
pftal, where he was taken by
possenen who found him lying be-
side the road. An emergency opera
ton prevented the amputation Of
his left arm, physicians said.
= Missing Convict Sought
Meanwhile, a search was or.
ganized for Thayer, the missing
convict, who is "a years old. Rein
forced by United States Army
troops from Fort Leavenworth,
prison guards were searching the
cell blocks for trace Of the
mysteriously vanished prisoner
who was committed to Leaven.
worth from Oklahoma City along
with the three slain convicts.
Bloodhcunds were yelping and
shifting through the countryside
in IN effort to pick up his trail.
Whether or not his escape was
part of the delivery conspiracy
was undetermined.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
BASEL PARLEY
"S|DESTEPS"
REICH AID
Young Plan Group, However,
Is Expected to Back Mora
torium Extension

BASLE. Switzerland, Dec. II
I.N.S.). - Temporary aid to
Germany through extension of
the Hoover moratorium loomed
today as the probable outcome
of the meeting here of the
Young Plan advisory commit
tee, assembled to study Ger
many's capacity to pay repara-
tionS.
Present indications are that the
international experts who for the
past week have listened to vol
umes of statistics setting forth
Germany's dire financial situa-
ton will sidestep the actual issue
and merely recommend an addi.
tional breathing space"
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Farmer Gives Details
OF Desperate Battle

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Dec.
IL QN.SD.-The siege of a farm
house eight miles southwest Of
here where three escaping con-
Vcts of the Federal prison met
violent death was depicted in
vivid detail today by the owner
Of the farm, Emmerson Sails
bury, 7S-year.old widower.
The aged farmer was held pris-
oner in his house as the fierce
battle between the barricaded
convicts and the surrounding
posse ragged.
He was outside the house
when the three desperadoes,
carrying their weapons and am
munition, accosted him. They
forced Salisbury to accompany
them into the house, telling the
elderly farmer they would not
hurt him if he complied with
their requests.
Forced to Produce Gun
Upon entering the house they
forced Salisbury to produce an
old shotgun from its musty hiding
place. He offered to give the
weapon to the convicts, Salisbury
related, but one of the desperadoes
laughed and said:
We've got plenty Of guns"
BY this time the pursuing posse
had reached the farm. Shots
were heard outside.
what are they doing" Sails
bury asked; shooting at the
hOuse?"
One of the men assured the old
farmer:
mo, that's just a signal.
They won't start blasting for
. while"
AS the firing outside grew more
intense, the aged widower became
alarmed and asked the besieged
convicts to allow him to leave
the house. They refused and he
asked to be permitted to go up
stairs. This. the convictS thought,
would be an excellent move for
all Of them. One Of them said:
"UpstairS we ought to be able
to get a bead on some of those
fellows
Battle Gains Intensity
Then the battle mounted to a
furious creScendo, Salisbury re.
lated, with bullets penetrating
the walls and windows.
Finally, the farmer obtained
the convictS' permission to seek
safety in the garret. He dis.
covered that tear gas had been
dropped through the roof. He
waved his handkerchief through
q window to signal, but three
bullets pierced the white cloth
He then crept to another part of
the house and. after frantic eff.
forts to get himself recognized
g the owner of the house, was
able to make his escape through
Q awindow.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

They watched him with round,
solemn eyes, leaning forward in
their chairs. They asked no
questions. They were a perfect
audience.
Not only has the professor
given a logical plausible version
of his actions on the beach that
day when his wife tumbled off
the rocks at Back River Light
house, but the Commonwealth
has failed to bring out any
motive for possible murder.
That they hoped to do, of course,
with the introduction of the
Betty" letters-the epistles
Prof. Kane's alleged sweetheart
wrote him, discussing their fu-
ture union.
Build Strong Defense
BY a parade of character wit
nesses who told of extremely
happy relations between the
Kanes, by a series of medical
experts who declared the profes-
sor's wife suffered from a heart
malady, and by accounts of eye
witnesses on the beach who
saw the professor rushing his
wife to first aid, the defense was
built up:
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Program to Trace
MuSic's Education

The evolution of American mu
sic will be illustrated in a pro
gram of folk songs and dances
which will be a part of Bicenten,
nial Music Week in Washington,
beginning May 9.
The program, according to DR..
George c. Havenner, executive
vice chairman of the District Bi,
centennial Commission. is spon.
sored by the National Federation
of Music Clubs. Mrs. Gertrude
Lyons will head the committee on
ARRANGEMENTS.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

p h Y S l c ianS
said today. 1t
bears the pro-
f e S S i o n a |
name of sub
deltoid b u T.
Sits" T h e
first of those
words refers
to the should
er muscle un-
Ger winch II
is loo a t e d.
B u r S tits
m e a n S the
S m all fluid
sac of "burSa"
1Ocated oVor
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Rep. Simmons Will
ShOU Alaska MODie

Motion pictures taken on a tour
of Alaska last summer will be
shown by Representative Robert
G. Simmons of Nebraska at
special meeting of Potomac
Grange, No. /. of the National
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.
in Pierce Hall of All Souls Church
Wednesday night.
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more composed than she had been
when she testified before.
Then w. c. Graham, himself
testified again-said he had been
a good father to Jenny, never &C
cepted anything from her.
In fact, he said he sent her
money and never expected to
get it back. Once he sent the
professor $50, too, he murmured.
Never Left Home
L. M. Newcomb, employer of
Hop" Graham. testified Hop
never had left town the summer
the professor charged he had to
put Hop" out of his home in
Chapel Hill, N. c.
During Newcomb'S testimony
Mrs. Hop" Graham had an al
tercation with photographers out
side the courthouse during which
two cameras we're damaged.
Hop" called from the window
that he'd settle" with the picture
takers after court.
He, then, went on the stand.
His version of the incident at
the Kane house in Chapel Hill
was entirely different from the
defendants.
He was not drunk, he declared,
and the professor never did kick
him out.
Glare at Each Other
The professor murmured some
thing under his breath as Hop
said this and the two men glared
at each other across the counsel
table. Frank Kearney. of the
prosecution, said:
did you ever say to the de-
fendant that your sister was
crazy and what she needed was
a good Hcking?"
Absolutely mott"
Instead of having taken Kane's
motorcycle. he said he sold the
vehicle for Kane, at his own re-
quest.
Under cross examination by
Read, Hop" Graham admitted
he had tried to have the prosecu-
tion stopped because of his moth
er's condition.
"Did she ask you to have it
drOpped?"
II presume she did"
It was because of this domestic
situation that Hop" did not ap-
pear hostile to his brother-in-law
when they went together to the
undertaker,s, although Kane said
he tried to strike him later on,
when Kane was handcuffed.
Collapse Described
The collapse of the professor
at the undertakerS was described
by "Hop"-a little differently
than by Kane and w. j. Smith,
jr., the mortician.
AS Hop" told it, the profes-
Sor fell on his hands, as if by
design rather than sudden grief.
Charles E. Weber, husband of
Mrs. Kane'S sister. added that
the professor seemed entirely
composed when he left the en-
balming establishment.
The professor is confident of
acquittal He told his story in
vivid style.
And Hop" admitted that he is
the one who is paying for the
eminent lawyers who are assist.
ing Commonwealth's Attorney Ro
land D. Cock in the prosecution
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

t h 70 b b ing
arm for the
last year. is
merely Shar.
ing a COM
mon fate Of
great orches-
ira conduc-
tors, it was
d i sclosed to-
day. Pains of
the same ma
ture also have
Wrenched Leo.
pold StokoW-
ski, of the
P h iladelphia
S Vm Dh OnY.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
GLOVER PARK TO ELECT

Election of officers will be the
principal business at the meeting
of the Glover Park Citizens ASSo-
ciation Friday night in the Indus
trial Home School. Wisconsin Ave-
nue. and Thirty-Seventh Street
Northwest,
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
COOPER SEEKS
HOOVER MERCY

Col. Wade H. Cooper, president
of the Commercial National Bank,
sent a letter to President Hoover
yesterday, in which he protested
against the imposition of $100
fines or six months in Jail, by
Judge Isaac r. Hit, in Police
Court, on the IA men who were
arrested for "picketing" at the
White House on November 27.
He said in part:
"Under the Constitution, our
people have a right to assemble
or to petition for their griev-
ances. There is no wrong per
Sc in these men parading in
front of the White House
whether they are hungry or
not; they only violated a police
regulation and it strikes me
that this punishment is exceS-
sive and oppressive, cruel and
unusual, and II would be the
part of justice, as we'll as the
part of wisdom for you to issue
a pardon to the entire IA,
without waiting for their friends
to request it.
II imagine these people were
hungry or at least out of en-
plOyment, and when man is
hungry he is ready to do al
most anything.
Il think it contrary to the
spirit of our Constitution to lock
men up for six months simply
because they make manifest by
a parade their desires or
grievances"
The IA men are now at liberty
under $500 bond each awaiting
the hearing of an appeal they
filed blowing the sentence of
T,,r
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

b e e n S e n
t e n c d t.
Sing Sing as
a SWindler.
A salesman
a n d former
h e a d of a
p a p er COM
pany. Zitten-
field sWindled
four discount
c o m p a n les
out of S49,700,
according to
a probation
report.
After refus-
ing a Dlea for
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

S e n t e n c e d
him to from
one year and
three months
to two and a
half years.
Bernice and
Phyllis, t h e
II year old
twins whose
S W i m m i n G
| e q I 5 nave
W on t h e m
fame all over
the world. are
Ii vim G with
their mater
nal grandpa
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

Glorglo Polacco. OF Chicago,
William Mengelberg, Richard
Strauss, and many others.
If the pain were differently
located in the body it would be
called by the plebian name of
"housemaid's knee" or miners
elbow"
Mr.. ToScanini's ailment is not
neuritiS. as at first reported.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

the joint in shoulder, knee, and
elbow. But by any other name
it would be just as painful.
Rest and the application of
heat are the cures indicated.
Mr.. Toscanini is being treated
electrically. the method being
known as diathermia.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
6 CITY HUNTERS NABBED

Six hunters charged with hunt
ing within the Alexandria city
limits were arrested by Patrol
man John Stewart this morning.
They will be arraigned Monday
morning.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
Swimmers Father
Sentenced to Prison

NEW YORK, Dec. l2.-Julius
zittenfeld, 38, father of the
swimming zittenfeld twins, has
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Conductors Subject to
Peculiar Ailment

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.-Ar.
turo Toscanin, who has con.
Quoted symphonies with clenched
teeth and in agony because of a
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
PHONE DISTRICT $3.50

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fled Advertising for publication in the
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nal grandpa PHYLLIS
rents, the report revealed. Their
mother is working in a depart.
ment store.
The Washington times., 1931-12-12

probation, Judge George l..
Donnelan in general sessions
The Washington times., 1931-12-12
$50
Per Month

Will rent completely modern
Colonial type house, located on Kennedy
e St. N. w. The house, in addition to a
threecar garage, contains IL large rooms
(eight bedrooms, four baths and six
porches. in keeping with the Colonial at
mosphere it offers the additional comforts
afforded by IL fireplaces.
If this offer is NEWS to you, see more
about it today in the Rental Columns Of
the Classified Section of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1931-05-22
POSTAL CLERKS
PAY..P[AN HIT
q q

A protest against the policy
of the PoStoffice Department in
withholding promotions of special
clerks in the service was made
today to President Hoover by
Thomas F.. Flaherty, secretary
treasurer of the National Fedora
ton of Postoffice Clerks.
Mr.. FIaherty brands the action
as a departure from a policy
long in effect and declares ''it
ill becomes the Governments
largest civil establishment to S0,
such a bad example"
According to Mr.. Flaherty the
action will deny promotion to
1000 clerks in the $2,100 salary
class who ordinarily would be
promoted into the $4,000 grade
and a year later into the $4,000
grade.
The protest follows a letter
sent out by Arch Coleman, First
Assistant Postmaster General, on
May 7. This letter stated that
to conserve postal revenues there
would no promotions during the
next fiSca! year except those
mandatory by law.
Mr.. FIaherty said that while
Government officials are urging
private employers not to slash
wages they are doing this them
selves in denying the earned salary
increases.
The Washington times., 1931-05-22
HEARING JUNE 8
On ZON|NG

Twenty-seven petitions for
changes in zoning regulations are
scheduled to be heard by the Dis
trict zoning Commission at a pub
lie hearing in the District Build
ing board room on June 3.
Chief among the petitions is a
request to rezone property on
Street Northwest, between FIT.
teenth and Sixteenth Streets, from
first commercial 90-foot area to
first commercial 110-foot area, in
order to allow erection of a hotel.
Another important petition is a
proposal to change the zoning of
property from 4O-foot "a" resi-
Dental area to 40-foot residential
semireStricted area within the
boundaries of Georgia Avenue,
Geranium Street, Blair Road and
the District Line
A change in the zoning of 5,770
square feet of property of the
Westchester partmentS, Cathedral
Avenue near Thirty-ninth Street
Northwest, from residential 40
foot "a" area to first commercial
40-foot &C" area, so as to permit
establishment of stores to serve
the apartment, is also petitioned,
The Washington times., 1931-05-22
PERSONAL DATA
IS DEMANDED
Of RHEEN
Attorney Tells Referee Eden
He Plans to Challenge Rule
Protecting Private Papers

Edmund D. Rheem, executive
head of Swartzell, Rheem and
Hensey, bankrupt investment
house, again withstood attempts
by creditors to drag his personal
financial affairs into the investi-
CATION of the defunct corporation
today.
To Appeal to Court
Contending that certain phases
of Rheem's personal affairs right
fully belong in the present hear
ings being held before Fred j.
Eden, referee in bankruptcy, At
torney George E. Sullivan lOti
fled Mr.. Eden that he will ask
the District Supreme Court to
rule on exceptions which he will
formally take to Mr.. Eden's deci,
sions regarding the right to elicit
information regarding Rheem's
personal accounts with number
| OF washington banks.
Mr.. Sullivan said Rheen1 not
only was not entitled to receive
the salary paid him by the firm,
but that he has no right to keep
any of it or any assets which he
may have gained through it. He
said:
Drew COmpany'S Checks
"This is an extraordinary case.
"Here is an officer of fidu-
ciary who drew checks for the
company. He has testified that
he had several personal ac-
counts with the firm and he re-
fuses to answer many questions
pertaining to transactions put
through the last year that the
firm was operating.
"SOme money paid out bv the
| firm went to Mr.. Rheem's bene-
fit. Hence we have right to
learn of the transactions into
which funds taken from a fidu.
ciary went"
Police Guard Absent
Uniformed police who were sta
toned at the hearing yesterday
upon reports that someone would
get Rheem" we're not in evidence
today.
The examination has been con-
| tinued to June 8.
The Washington times., 1931-05-22
Two Held, D. C. Tightens
On Construction Companies

The holding of two officials of
the w. B. Rose Company, North
Carolina firm constructing an
addition to Stuart Junior High
School, on a technical charge of
manslaughter in connection with
the death of Nathaniel Mozon,
will serve as an aid to District
officials in dealing with other
contractors, Major H. I. Robb,
assistant engineer commissioner,
believes.
Mozon. colored laborer. was
fatally injured when a wheelbar,
row containing a 500-pound stone
crashed through a scaffold built
of one-inch boards.
A coroner's jury yesterday re.
} turned a verdict putting Ray N
Rouse, supervisor of construction
and Obie Bordeaux. foreman, of
the Rose Company, under $1,000
bonds each for action of the
Grand Jury.
The Washington times., 1931-05-22
CHARGED
To JAN|TOR

Thomas H. Collins today was
held for the action of the Grand
Jury under bond of $500 by Police
Court Judge Gus A. Schuldt, on a
charge of having entered the real
estate office of C. Irving Wood,
1249 Wisconsin Ave. N. W., and
taking 1856 from.a safe.
Collins was charged with the
robbery after Miss Emma W.
Stevens, manager of the office,
told the police that the man, a
former janitor at the office, had
not turned in his keys after leav-
ing the job several months ago.
Police say Collins admitted the
theft, saying he had been unable
to secure other employment after
leaving te real estate office and
that his family was in need.
The Washington times., 1931-05-22
NeW Traffic Head
rendered Luncheon

Pedestrian control figure
prominently in the discussion at
the luncheon given yesterday at
the New Willard Hotel in honor
of William A. Van Duzer, Wash
ington's new traffic director. by
the American Automobile Asso-
ciation. and it's District unit.
Representatives of many local
interests were present, and the
cooperation of various local or
ganizations was pledged to Mr.,
Van Duzer when he assumes
office in July.