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The Washington times., 1931-10-27
In Newport Today

Mrs. Duncan Cameron has
gone to Newport to attend the
celebration being held there
today for Marshal Petain and
the members Of the French
Mission. She will be present
at the official banquet being
given there tonight.
Mrs. Cameron will return to
her residence in Massachusetts
Avenue about November /.
y H*
Mrs. william Wayne Wirg-
man has sent out invitations
for a tea dance at the Wash
ington Club on Tuesday, No
vember II, from 5 until 9
O'Clock, to present her daughter.
Miss Atlee Wayne Wirgman.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Supper Party Nov. !
ToHonor Miss Brooks

Miss Louise Brook, debutante
granddaughter of Mrs. Edward
T. Stotesbury, Of "Whitemarsh
Hail." Chestnut Hill, will be
guest of honor at a supper
which Miss Elizabeth Fisher
WurtS, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Stewart Wurts, of
926 Spruce St., and Feather
Field Farm" Blue Bell, will
give on Sunday evening, No
Vember J..
The Washington times., 1931-10-27

afternoon from New York, where
they went to bid farewell to
the President Of the Council Of
Ministers of France, M. Laval
and Mile. JoSette Laval, who
sailed last night, abroad the
lie de France, to return to
Paris, following their official
visit here.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Miss Cwynn Will Be
Hostess at Luncheon

Miss Louise Harrison Gwynn
will entertain at luncheon
Thursday, in compliment to
Miss Mary Preston Gibson,
daughter Of Mrs. Morris Err
nest Locke. Col. and Mrs.
Locke and Miss Gibson re-
turned last week from York
Harbor, Me-, where they spent
the summer. Miss Gibson will
be one Of the seasons debu-
tanteS.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
In Washington
0oagQA QAAn -

The outstanding which will usher in the social
Of 1931932 in New York will be the opening of the Metro
poan OPERA next Monday evening The beginning of the
opera is always occasion marked with great bril-
ancy and grandeur and those fortunate enough to have
boxes in the Golden Horseshoe have attained the ambition
of practically every member of fashionable society in
America.
Ones status is longer matter of conjecture this
ecstatic realm has been reached
Opening Night at the MET" Brilliant Scene
The list of those having boxes in this semcirc
announced yesterday reads like miniature edition Of the
social register and the scene opening night when social
leaders magnfcenty gowned wearing their loveiest jewels
and accompanied by pretty debutantes making their frs
appearance, is glorious
The opera house with its crimson and gold decorations
agleam with myrads of lights the orchestra awaiting the
signal of the director to begin the overture and musclovers
throngng the house from orchestra stalls to gallery pic
tre often repeated yet surrounded always with of
glamour, beauty, and romance
Prominent Guests From Capital to Attend
The greatest exercised the selection of those priv
eged become boxhoders at the Met for has been
custom throughout the years. to keep these boxes in the
family just would muchtreasured heirloom. The
list includes the of who renowned not only
for their wealth but for their breeding and they really
the sponsors for this great institution which has been the
very heart of opera in America for generations.
This year number of changes have taken place this
favored group Mr. Clarence Mackay with his lovely BRIDE
the former Anna Case who leading soprano of
the Metropolitan Opera, to the 'Golden
Horseshoe having acquired Mrs William Bayard Cuttings
box for the opening night.
The death of Mrs Whitelaw Reid removes one of New
Yorks most gracious hostesses who frequently entertained
notable parties in her box. ..........
The Duchess Of Roxburghe Brig Gen. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Mr. and Mrs Vincent Astor Mr. Otto H. Kahn
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Hutton Others are in the list of
parterre boxhoders for this
Diplomats to Attend
number Of diplomats always present "opening
night ambassadors and ministers being much in demand
ranking guests in box partes this occason and dinner
parties arranged in their honor important part of the
evenings program.
Members of other branches of society in Washing
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Diplomats to Attend

number of diplomats are always present on "opening
night ambassadors and ministers being much in demand
ranking guests in box parties this occason and dinner
parties arranged in their honor important part of the
evenings program.
Members of other branches of society Washing
ton will likewise be in New York Monday, to attend the
OPERA and will go there from Tuxedo following the
ball at which number of debuanes prominent in the East
will be formally presented
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
JURY CONV|CTS
! GREMPLER

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 19.-
Reuben F. Grempler, a special
officer of Anne Arundel county,
was found. guilty of accepting
bribes from a reputed disorderly
house after a Circuit Court jury
deliberated more than seven hours
here last night.
Grempler, represented by State
Senator Ridgley P. Melvin, was
ordered to appear in court at 10
o'clock Monday morning for
sentence.
Grempler, the first of five
present and former Anne Arundel
county officers to stand trial on
bribery charges, was accused of
accepting bribes from proprietorS
of the Belle, Grove Inn.
The scene of a gang murder in
1922, the Belle Grove Inn was
again raided in August, after
police learned that Philadelphia
gangsters planned a stronghold
there.
The most damaging testimony
against Grempler was offered by
Mrs. Ida Valenti, alias TootS
DeWald, a former operator of the
roadhouse near Linthicum Heights.
Mrs. Valenti testified that at
that time she paid Grempler and
a justice of the peace about 5000
per week.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
c. D. P. To RUSH
FINANCE BILL
IN SENATE
House to Be Asked to Waive
Privilege Of Introducing
$500,0o0,000 Act

Republicans in the Senate
are going to make desperate eff
forts to pass by Tuesday the
bill creating the emergency re-
construction finance corpora
ton President Hoover recon-
mended in his annual message
Senator Walcott (R.) of Con-
necticut said today after visit
ing Mr.. Hoover.
Such legislation must originate
in the House but Walcott said
the House leaders could waive
this privilege. The present plan
of the Republicans is to have the
Senate originate and pass the FL
nance Corporation bill while the
House passes the bill increasing
the capital stock Of the IL Fed
eral Land Banks.
Representative Rainey of Illi.
noiS, Democratic floor leader. said
the House cannot take action on
the bill until after the holidays
but he gave assurances that it
will be pushed to a vote. He ia.
vors the bills principles.
Two financial experts were to-
day called before the Senate sub
committee on Banking and Cur
ency to give their opinions on the
$500, ,000, 900 proposal.
ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary
Of the Treasury, was the first wit
ness.
Mortimer N. Buckner, president
of the New York Trust Company
and member of the executive
board of the National Credit Cor
poration, will follow Mills.
Senator Smith W. Brookhart,
Progressive Republican of Iowa,
announced his intention Of inter
rogating Mills on questions relat-
ing to the proposed corporation,
especially as to what relief 1t will
bring the farmers.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
Diamonds Kiki Denies AnyKnouUledge
OF Identity of Gangs ters SLayers

bers of Diamonds family. The
body was in a basket, embalmed
and ready for the casket. But
there was no one around ito pick
out the casket.
No Furore Results
A few reporters were there. A
lone cop ambled across the street,
took a look, and said:
ooh, Diamond, eh?"
A few chauffeurS deserted their
cabs and peered at the form in
the basket.
The Albany undertaken who
brought the body down to New
York. j. E. Lynch, seemed mysti-
fled that there was no one on
hand with whom he could dis
cuss plans for burial of the
racketeer.
Mrs. Alice Schiller Diamond,
the slain gunman's widow, was
reported, meanwhile, to be max
ing plans for burial Of her hus-
band.
She is seeking permission from
the high clergy of the Roman
Catholic diocese of New York for
funeral services in some church
in New York.
The funeral probably will be
held Monday.
Broke" Say Insiders
Along Broadway today it was
said by those on the inside" that
the end of the road for Diamond
found him virtually broke. Not
only had he been shorn of his
power as a gangster leader, but
his various court actions and
other expenditures had depleted
his funds. The thousands of
dollars that had passed through
his hands were gone.
Only a few days ago, it was
reported a friend sent him a
telegraphic money order for $400
small change for the gang
chieftain.
1t was said that not long ago
he was reduced in financial cir.
cumStances to the point where
he had to borrow $500 from his
wife.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
OLA, IN PAIN,
NEARS CRISIS

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Dec.
10 G.N.S.).-A restless night and
increasing pain today brought
Pola Negri, noted film actress,
nearer the crisis in her battle
against death following a major
operation.
Miss Negri's doctor said she had
become weaker, due to lack Of
rest, and her condition is critical.
The bulletin said:
However, there is some evil
dence of the beginning of re-
spOnSe to treatment"
The ghost of Rudolph Valen.
tino cheered Pola today.
BE brave-Rddolph would have
had it so," Miss Negri was told
by the late sheik's brother, AL,
berto Valentino, who, with his
wife, were the first visitors physi'
clans had allowed Miss Negri to
see. ,.
Miss Negri and Valentino once
were engaged to marry.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
VOTERS DEFEAT
. GOV. MURRAY

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec.
10 G.N.S0.-Oklahoma's vigorous
and picturesque governor, William
H. (Alfalfa BilD Murray, ap-
peared today to have suffered a
defeat at the hands of the citi-
zenry.
With returns from more than
half of the States 3,346 precincts
tabulated, the four initiative
measures personally sponsored by
the governor seemed doomed to
failure.
Latest returns from yesterdays
special election showed a ma
jority of approximately $4,000
votes already piled up against
the proposed laws, which, among
other provisions, call for a drastic
State income tax and control by
the governor of the expenditures
of State departments and institu-
tions.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
Couple in Serious
PHght From Shots

George F.. Bruckman, %, and
his 20-year-old bride, Dorothy, are
in a critical condition today at
Washington hospitals after the
former shot her and himself
Thursday night,
Mrs. Bruckman is at Casualty
Hospital with four bullet wounds
in her body. while her husband
is at Providence with a bullet
wound in his head. The shooting
occurred on vacant lot at Sec
ond and L Streets Southeast
when Mrs. Bruckman refused to
return to her husband.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
Edition of Washington
Writings Sponsored
Bv FeSS Bill

A Congressional memorial to
George Washington Is author
lied in a bill introduced in the
Senate by Senator Simeon D.
FeSS (R0 of Ohio.
The memorial will consist of
a definitive edition of all of
Washington's essential writings,
including personal letters from
original manuscripts or first
prints and general orders issued
to the Continental ArmS. The
George Washington Bicenten-
nial Commission will prepare
the manuscript at a cost Of
$4,000.
Under terms Of the bill the
memorial edition will consist of
Is volumes to the set and 5000
sets will be printed. Two
thousand Setj are to be sold
by the Superintendent of Docu-
ments at q cost of $50 per set.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
LAYS BETS
ON ANDRE CASE
OUTCOME
Murder Trial Made Gambling
Proposition; Defense Plans
a Surprise Witness

RENO, Nev., Dec. 10 (I.N.S.).
Excitement over the Andre
murder trial was at such pitch
today that Reno's famous
Gamblers Row" was betting
on the outcome.
In a score or more legalized
gambling places, big shots
placed their bets on whether
conviction or acquittal would be
the fate of DR.. Carl Pierre Andre,
handsome young dentist charged
with the murder of his discarded
sweetheart, Mrs. Martha Hutchin.
son, 22-year-old widow, who fol!
lowed him from West Virginia.
Bargain Offer Made
The prosecution was eXpccted
to close it's case today. Defense
counsel announced they would
Immediately ask for an instructed
verdict of acquittal.
James M. Howard, Andres at
torney, revealed that the prosecu-
ton offered three times to let
Andree plead guilty to involuntary
manslaughter. Howard said:
That's how much they think
of their chances of obtaining q
conviction.
1--WE will present surprise
witness to show that it was
entirely probable that Mrs.
Hutchinson jumped from
Andres car with suicidal in
tent. 1t was either that or an
accident. 1t is prepOsterous to
say that she was thrown out"
State Charges Murder
The State charged that DR.. Andre
had struck Mrs. Hutchinson and
thrown her from his speeding
automobile on a ride following a
quarrel at cocktail party at
tended by members Of the gay
divorce colony and University of
Nevada goods at the "Dude
Ranch" of Cornelius Vanderbilt
ir
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Continued from Page -
leave for Boston on the 10
O'Clock train Friday morning. /
missed the 10 O'Clock.
"The reason I didn't go near
the police station after I
learned that Jack had been
killed was that l knew they did
not need me, as l could throw
no light on what had hap
pened."
"Kiki's" story that she last
saw Diamond for only Is min
utes late Thursday night was at
variance with a report sent BoS
ton police by police of Albany
asking that "Kiki" be detained
here. Albany police said Dia.
mond was in the Albany house
where "Kiki" had a room from
l a. m. to 4 a. m. Friday.
In SeclusiOn With Mother
When the former show girl
slipped quietly into Boston last
night from Albany, after a short
stop off at Springfield, she tele.
phoned her mother, and they
were soon reunited after being
apart for nine months.
Miss Roberts in her story said
that on the way out of the
Albany railroad station, she
passed two policemen and both
looked at her closely. The Mass.
achusettS-bound train was moving
as she stepped. aboard. She
added:
"NOw I am Dack with my
mother, happy that she has for
given me. am Sorr:c' / didn't
listen to her advice, because
everything she said would hap
pen has come true. But I was
stubborn and headstrOng, Ind
/ had to go out and learn for
myself from actual experience.
1t was a pretty sad experience,
but / haven't lost my ambition,
and / have hope of Turning
to the stage"
Miss Roberts went on:
81 was deaf to the advice of
mother and all my other friends
who had a real interest in my
welfare"
Met in Night Club
"Kiki" said she met Diamond
at . New York night club after
a show at time when his hard
luck was just beginning.
81 was not attracted to him
because of dia m OndS and
money. He never lavished
money or jewels or clothing on
me-"
Kiki said that Legs treated
her kind and gentle.
"He would say to me: You
are only a baby" Miss Roberts
said.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
GangSter's First Wife
Unm0Ved bV Murder

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 G.N.S0.
The passing of Jack Legs" Dia.
.mond means nothing in the life
of Mrs. Frank Matthews, now
wife of a Manhattan garage
worker. but three years ago the
former Florence Williams, first
wife Of the murdered gangster
She says:
"Jack Diamond had passed
completely out Of my life.
81 am sorry he met his death
the way he did, but he means
nothing to me, living or dead.
I've just come out Of the hos
pital. I haven't made up my
mind yet whether 1 will attend
his funeral"
Her present husband never
knew Diamond, she said. and her
earlier marriage YES never dis.
cuSsec.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
6-YEAR-OLD BOY
PIANO ARTIST
BY WILLIAM MOORE

A tiny wriffet of a boy-if he
weighed more than so pounds
he'd be rated as heavyweight
perched on the edge of the piano
seat at Central High Schol today,
and while packed house sat en-
thralled, played two piano num-
berS.
He is Charlton Meyer, 6-year-
old. student of Frances Gutelius.
He appeared as the guest of the
National Symphony Orchestra at
its third children's concert.
With great diffidence, but
withal a realization of his ability
to play well, Charlton gave two
numbers-Bach's Minuet in G.,
and the beautiful ITO a Wild
Rose" by MacDowell.
The boy has great touch and
an mate sense of musical beauty.
Only twice was he apparently
stumped by a fistfull of notes,
but he grit his teeth, took the
matter in hand and acquitted
himself nobly. The singing tone
in the MacDowell number is es-
pecially commended.
Hans Kinder, the orchestra'S
conductor, put on another inter
esting hour for the children. His
men played the stirring overture
to "Egmont," by Beethoven, and
Alfred Mannin, harpist; Bernard
Parronchi, cellist; Emil Splitter,
English horn, and George Wargo,
viola, played several solos.
The program closed with Fin
Iandia," by ,Sibelius.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
Delaney Will Question
"Kiki" on Diamond Death

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 10 GIN.
s. District Attorney John T.
Delaney left for Boston today to
question Marion. "Kiki" Roberts
in connection with the Staying of
Jack Leg Diamond.
Police Chief David Smurl tele
phoned the Boston police al 2
a. M. asking that the girl be
taken into custody.
Diamond was with XXI" be-
fore he was shot to death in a
Dove Street rooming house.
Police ere COL T-inced the same
mob who twice before had at
tempted to put DiamonI on the
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
CGpper Bill Elects
Board of Education

A bill providing for election Of
members of the District Board of
Education was introduced in the
Senate today by Senator Arthur
Capper (R) of Kansas, chairman
of the Senate District Committee.
Two other measures introduced
by the Senator and referred to
his committee provide for the re-
vision of the banking laws Of the
District of Columbia and the
widening of Thirteenth Street
Northwest between Monroe Street
and Spring Road.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
WOOdcOck. Suspends
Dru AQent, Killer

Prohibition Director Amos w.
w. Woodcock has suspended F.
A. Mccartney, probational prohi'
hilton agent at Montgomery, Ala.
who shot and killed a man after
Mccartney had used his victims
common law wife to help obtain
rum evidence.
Prohibition enforcement must
be done on respectable" basis,
said Woodcock. The victim was
Archie F.. Day. Woodcock said
the United States Attorney at
Montgomery knew the agent was
using the woman and made no
comment"
The Washington times., 1931-12-19

Dill, wife of
the Uni t e d
States Sena-
or from
w ashington,
has filed suit
in Supreme
Court asking
for a division
of her fam
ily's $4,000,-
900 estate.
She petit
toned for an
order to di-
rect the CO.
executors of
her mothers
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
Lieut.. Cooke Claims
3 Glider Records

HONOLULU, T. H, Dec. 19
0.N.SD Lieut.. William Cooke,
United States Army, today
claimed three world records for
gliders. Cooke was aloft 81
hours "a minutes and Is Sec
onds. In addition he claimed
the altitude record of $500 feet
and the distance record of 400
miles.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19

on the roll
of peers in
the new Par
lament roll,
issued today.
He is pre-
ceded by the
Prin ce of
w lie S, the
D u k e S of
York, Glouc-
e S t er a n d
G n naught,
t h e Arc h.
b / S h op Of
C a n terbury,
t h e Lord
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
JACK LA|T SEES
NONE To GR|EVE
FOR SNAKE
Gangster Looks Better in
Death Than He Ever Did
In Life, Says Writer
BY JACK LAIT
Author Of "Big House" and Other
Crime Stories

news SeTVlCeJ
ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. 10
G.N.S.).-I have just come
back from the morgue. Jack
Diamond, whom had known
for years as a pale, bloodless,
dying boy, against whom the
ravages of ill health and un-
fortunate congenital circum-
stance should have wreaked
an early vengeance, lay OH a
slab there.
In my many years of news
paper work, morgues are no
novelty to me. I have seen
corpses laid out and it always
appeared to me to be so grotesque
that when the spirit has passed
from the body, so few were there
to weep.
Utterly Alone
But of all-why should Jack
"Legs" Diamond be left so
utterly alone?
His wife could be in town.
Marion is God knows where. I
am supposed to be writing a
feature story. Not covering spot
news. But I went down to the
morgue. Not that I loved
Diamond but I knew him and
thought that as a professional
duty should go down and see
the wreck of what was once
notorious ngste r-still in
death.
There was copper there. He
didn't know me. I identified my
self. He looked at me curiously
] said:
II am a New York news
paperman."
He looked at me again. He
asked me for my credentials. I
had them. He looked a bit
solemn. he thought it over, and
he said:
"Okay. Come in.'
Seemed Asleep
On a marble slay lay the re-
hainS Of a man whom I never
. respected.
I saw Diamond many times,
but he never looked as good as
when I walked in.
His cheeks were pink. And
Z he seemed to be asleep. His
face was full, with the contour
Of the breath of life-in death.
Although in my heart / knew
this man was a killer, a snake,
q CONSCIOUSNESS rat, I was moved.
After all. he was a human being.
i ate with him. I drank with
him. He was so vibrant with
life; he was so confident of to-
morrow-it seemed so uncanny
that clammy, lifelesS, wound-up
piece of mud was what used to
be Legs" Diamond.
Beat it for Years
I don't brag that have known
gangSters. It just happens to be
my assignment. If were as
signed to Wall Street, I would
know financiers. But it just
chances that racketeerS and un-
derworld bosses are my job. And
naturally I had to know Legs"
Diamond-and I saw him in the
morgue three years later than /
expected to.
He beat it for years. And
took my hat off as I saw cold
and stony in death the man who
had defied a great nation, who
had pictured himself bigger than
the United States, and who had
been knocked off, not by the
Army, Marines, the Government,
but by a cheap little gangster OF
the sort that he would have
knocked off without a ripple in
the dimple on his right cheek.
RS
The Washington times., 1931-12-19

spot and failed were responsible
for rubbing out" the racketeer-
ing beer baron half hour after
he left the arms Of his red-haired
show girl sweetheart, Marion
(KikD Roberts, in another room
ing house on the opposite side
of the city.
Delaney summed up the situ-
alton today when he said:
1--WE are up against a stone
wall. It is apparent that the
gangSterS who have been after
Diamond for the last two years
are responsible for the killing"
Somewhere in New York city
today, police believe, the men who
clipped Diamond are hiding and
getting a big kick out Of all the
stir caused by the shooting.
Give No Encouragement
New York city authorities told
Albany police they will cooperate
to the limit in an effort to track
down Diamonds slayers, but
haven't given Albany police any
encouragement the murder will
be solved.
Before the dead racketeer's
wife left here, she paid a brief
visit to the undertaking parlor of
Thomas A. keenan,, where
Diamonds body was taken at the
direction of Coroner Ernest A.
Helm for an autopsy.
Between sobs as she was leav-
ing the undertaking parlor, Mrs.
Diamond said she had no i'll feel
ing toward "Kiki" Roberts.
"Legs loved her (Kiki) and I
loved him.
That's all there was to it.
1t was nothing that 1 or any
one else could help"
How do you feel toward
Miss ROberts?"
II never felt particularly IN
friendly toward her because it
wouldn't have done any good"
The Washington times., 1931-12-19

according to
D u S olin a
G i a n n i n 1,
P h iladelphia
and New York
opera prima
donna. She
said today:
&c e rnany
may be on
her last legs,
but music and
art will be
the last things
they give up.
They m e an
m re than
bre d 20
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
Chicago Curate GiUen
Nebraska RiShODric

VATICAN CITY, Dec. 10
QN.S0 The Vatican today an.
nounced promotion of Father
StaniSlauS Bona, curate of st.
Casymir Church in Chicago, to
the Bishopric Of Grand Island,
Neb.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19
PEOPLE
Who Interest.
You and
What They
Are Doing
Mrs. Dill Asks Division
Of $4,ooo,o 900 Estate

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 U,NS).
Holding that "millionaires to-
day have not suffered from any
depression" Mrs. Clarence c.
The Washington times., 1931-12-19

them.
"The German people accepted
an increase in bread prices
calmly. Admission prices to
concerts have been cut though,
as music is a necessity here"