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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
Observation-Disclosures.

FURNITURE overstuffed livins-room suite
s21.50; walnut bedroom suite, $40; dining
room suite, like new, $50. so; beds, bureaus
other furniture 1911 H ne. al
FURNITURE of every description to be sold
at auction on Tuesday, October 20. COM
mencing at 10 am. at lss Penna. ave: ";
dining room furniture, odd pieces, beds
rugs, mattresses, springs, breakfast sets, etc
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
c. G.W.PRES|DENT
WILL SPEAK

DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin, presi-
dent of George Washington Uni
versity, and Mrs. Joseph N.
Saunders, president Of the Dis
trict Congress of Parents and
Teachers, will be the principal
speakers at a joint dinner spon-
Sored by the university and
parent-teacher organization to-
morrow at $50 p. m. at Picardis.
The dinner is to be given in an
effort to create more widespread
interest in the class of parent
and teacher training given at the
university.
Others who will address the
group will be Dean w. G. Reu-
digger, of the school Of education
at George washington University;
Stephen E. Kramer, first assist
ant superintendent of schools,
and Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
former president of the District
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
HEARST SCHOOI|[AGUARD|A HITS
DUE NEXT YEAR LOAN SHARKS

Corporation Counsel w. w.
Bride, today has before him a pro-
posal from Representative Fiorello
H. LaGuardia (R0 Of New York
to drive "congenitally and in
herently yellow loan sharks out
of business in the Capital.
Representative LaGuardia de-
clares that, provisions Of the
interest and uSury law Of the
District of Columbia are being
flagrantly and daily violated" !"
and that legal action is necessary.
Representative LaGuardia in
sists that the local authorities
will have no difficulty in acquir-
ing Jurisdiction over Sharks"
who may have residence out Of
the District, because the transac-
tions as a rule take place in Wash
ington, and payments are made
here.
The New Yorker makes this
specific request to the Corpora
ton Counsel:
ut would be a good plan for
you to assign one Of your as
sistants to care for usury cases,
and make it known, that prOtec-
tiOn will be accorded the public"
The Washington times., 1931-04-13

The Phoebe Apperson Hearst
School, Washington's contribution
to the perpetuation of the memory
of the mother of William Ran
dolph Hearst, will be opened be-
fore the first of next year, &C
cording to plans outlined by
Municipal Architect Harris.
Named in honor Of the woman
who sponsored the training Of
kindergarten teachers in this city,
the school will be entirely finished
by December 5.
The school was named for Mrs.
Hearst because of the work which
she did in connection with the
maintenance of the Phoebe Ap-
person Hearst Kindergarten Col
lege, which was operated in the
District for eight years, from
1898 to 1906.
From the first handful of
women who attended the college.
thousands were turned out as
efficient kindergarten teachers
who were to stand as mark Of
the service rendered by Mrs.
Hearst.
Miss Catherine r. Watkins,
director of the kindergartens for
the Washington public schools, is
a graduate of Mrs. HearSt'S
school. She is one of 20 grad
yates of the school who are now
teaching in the District schools.
Declaring her admiration for
the work done by Mrs. Hearst in
her development of the training
school, Miss Watkins explained
that Mrs. Hearst, by requiring
three years of college before
granting a full diploma, opened
the way for the movement for a
longer training period. This
movement has gained impetus un-
til now the Wilson Teachers Col
lege here offers q four-year
course.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
WOOD DEFENDS
RATE FOR CAS-

RICHMOND, Va, April 13.
With the taking under adviSement
by the State corporation commits
sion Of the Arlington county pub
lie utilities commission for lower
gas rates from the Rosslyn Gas
Company, decision is expected to
be announced in approximately
80 days.
With the adjournment Of the
hearings, it was announced that
opportunity would be given for
the filing Of briefs in behalf Of
the county and of the utility.
The claim by witnesses for the
county that the present rate OF
$3.50 per 1000 cubic feet for do
mestic consumers is excessive was
answered by George A. G. Wood,
president Of the Washington Gas
Light Company, who said:
"Figures recently compiled by
the ROsSIyn Gas Company show
the average rate paid by do
mestic customers for the first
month of operation under the
recent reduction of rates In
Arlington county at S1.24."
I. r. Kephart, a witness for the
county, offered figures to show
that a basic rate of $1.18 would
give the company a fair return
on its investment.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
WOMAN BADLY
HURT BY AUTO
BORIS DOBREZCINsKI

Struck early today at Sixteenth
and U Streets Northwest by an
automobile operated by William
Robinson, 80, of 2724 Eleventh
st. N. W., Mrs. Mary v. Barbee.
ST, of the Balfour Apartments, is
at Garfield Hospital in a critical
condition.
Mrs. Earbee is the wife of Will
liam j. Barbee, a former detective
of the Metropolitan police force.
Mr.. Barbee, who rushed to the
hospital when he heard that his
wife had been injured, said that
her left arm had been torn and
expressed the fear that ampu-
tation would be necessary.
Robinson is a chauffeur for
Alfred v. Thorn, general counsel
for the Association of Railway En-.
gineerS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
FOREST FIRES
RAG|NG|N Z
STATES
One Town Is Razed, 2 Cities
PeriIed As Blaze Sweeps
Michigan, Wisconsin Line

MENOMINEE, Mich, April 13
GN.S0.-Scenes Of the widest
disorder were enacted in this
wooded north county along the
Observation-Disclosures State border
today as forest fires, raging un-
controlled, swept through the
district.
Little credence was given to
published reports that score Of
persons were believed to have
periShed in the flames. Forest
rangers and fire officials in
Michigan and Wisconsin cities in
the area did not report a single
casualty.
Town Destroyed
Property loss has already
mounted to millions Of dollars.
The town Of Wallace, 18 miles
from here, was completely
destroyed. A small church and
a One-roOm SchOOlhOuSe were the
only buildings left standing In
the village Of 225 persons.
Adding to the general state OF
fear were charges, that the fires
were of incinderary origin.
Menominee and Marinette, Wis
conSin, were afire today, when q
sudden shift in the wind sent the
flames back into the residential
sections. A $1,000, 900 Menominee
lumber yard, with 30,000,000 feet
of lumber and 100000 feet Of
uncut logs, has already been
burned.
City Threatened
Citizens in the Northern resi-
Dental section Of the city pre-
pared to evacuate their homes.
Business has been brought to .
StandstiII. At the height of the
conflagratiOn, flames leaped
more than 100 feet into the air.
Burning pieces Of timber were
caught by the wind and blown
three miles into the business
section. where firemen sue
ceeded in extinguishing the
flames.
Added to the general air OF
tragedy here was the fact that 500
men, comprising a great portion
of the working population, were
thrown out of work when the
Menominee Lumber Yard ana
Mill burned. They forgot their
own misfortune, however, and
turned to help others.
Arson Charged
The lumber yard represented
one-eleventh of the property valua-
ton Of the city. A. c. Wells,
president of the company, bitterly
charged:
"FOr years they've been try"
ing to burn us out. Now they've
done it. 1 hope they're salts
fled"
Meanwhile every available truck
in this city was Communicated
to aid persons in the threatened
residential district. It was .
scene of utmost confusion with
men and women rushing in and
out from the dwellings, carrying
armloads of their belongings,
while small children ran fran
tically about. More than a score
of dwellings have already been
burned to the ground.
Fire fighting equipment from
four cities are fighting the blaze.
Two pumping engines Of the 10
cal fire department caught fire
and were destroyed.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
DR.. Detre to Talk
On NeU Testament

DR.. Ladislaus Detre, Of Buda-
pest, internationally recognized
bacteriologist and student Of
Biblical research, will address the
Round Table of the Jewish Com
munity Center on IA Jewish
Interpretation of the New Testa-
ment" at meeting at the Jewish
Community Center tomorrow.
night. DR.. Abram Simon of the
Washington Hebrew Congrega-
tion will be chairman.
DR.. Detre, who is doing special
research work in this country is
the father Of Mrs. Morris Cafritz
of Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
HUMAN VAMPIRE
Of GERMANY
ON TRIAL
IS Murders Charged to Peter
Kuerten; 29 Other Killings
and SO Other Cases Dropped

DUSSELDORF, Germany,
April 13 I.N.S0.-Charged with
16 murders, Peter Kuerten, Ger
many's human vampire" went
on trial for his life here today.
Allegations Of 29 additional
slayings and 81 separate charges
Of arson were dropped as "unes-
Sential" as the proceedings began.
Nationwide interest centered
upon the courtroom as the con-
fessed wholesale murderer was
brought to book for his crimes.
At the outset, Kuerten pictured
his home life to the jurymen.
Born and bred in the Slums, he
was one of 10 children Of an
habitually drunken father and
was brought up in an atmosphere
Of abject poverty and tnhuman
cruelty.
COnfeSSeS His Assault
Kuerten is characterized by po-
lice as the most notorious Jack
the Ripper" known in the annals
of crime. He confessed to attack
ing an unaScertained number of
women and girls and then killed
or attempted to kill all of them.
For two years Kuerten carried
on his bloody career unmOlested
by police. Three other men were
sentenced to prison or lodged in
insane aSylums for murders which
Kuerten now boasts of having
committed.
Dusseldorf for months was in
a constant state Of panic when
Kuerten was at the height of his
bloody career. Kuerten was appre-
hended at length when his long
series of successes" emboldened
him to flaunt the police with a
crudely-drawn map showing where
the body Of young girl had been
buried a short while before.
Map First Clue
This map furnished the first
tangible clue to the murderer
and put the police on the trail
which eventually led to Kuerten's
arrest. Once caught, Kuerten
not only confessed all the mur-
derS Of which the police sus-
pected him, but admitted other
Slayings for which innocent men
had been punished.
II don't care. Go on, chop
my head off,"
The case is being heard by
Judge Rose and g. jury of six
men. Two hundred fifty wit
neSSes and is experts on sex and
insanity have been summoned to
testify.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
PLAY. INSTITUTE
VIEWS GAMES

A treasure hunt" and discus
sion and demonstrations Of "out-
door games" will feature tonight's
session of the 1881 Play Institute
at the Wilson Teachers College,
Eleventh and Harvard Streets
Northwest.
Tonight's session, the fifth Of a
series being held under the
auspices of the Community Center
Department, will be headed by D.
D. Withers, of the District of Co
lumbia Boy Scouts; Miss Ella
Gardner, recreation executive Of
the Children's Bureau Of the De
partment of Labor, and Miss
Mabel Cook, girl reserve executive
Of the Young Women's Christian
Association.
The last Play Institute session
will be held next Monday. Mrs.
Elwood Street, wife of the director
Of the Community Chest, is chair
man Of the institute.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
James Murray Wins
Mail Theft Parole

James Murray, Roundout, Ill.,,
will be paroled from the Atlanta
Federal penitentiary May 26, the
Department of Justice announced
today.
He was originally sentenced to
IS years for participating in a
mail robbery in June, 1924, and
later his punishment was reduced
to IL years. Leniency was given
on Murray'S action in returning
5000, 900 Of the stolen money and
the fact that he did not take part
in the robbery. He did have a
hand in planning it, however, off
cialS said.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Man Shot in Fight
OUer Woman, I Held

COLONIAL BEACH, Va, April
13.-Marcus Madden, colored, OF
washington, is in Fredericksburg
Hospital in serious condition as
the result Of a bullet wound in
the head.
Lee Keys, also colored, Of Co
lonial Beach, is being held in the
county jail at Montross charged
with the shooting. Trouble Is
said to have occurred in a dis
pute over q woman.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
isaac GinrbeL Rites
Set for Tomorrow

NEW YORK, April 13 UN.SO
Funeral services for Isaac Gim-
bel, merchant and philanthropist,
will be held here tomorrow.
The pallbearers will include
William Muldoon, Julius RoSen-
wald, Paul Block and Arthur
Brisbane.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
ART CLUB MEETS TONIGHT

FALLS CHURCH, Va, April 10.
The Creative Arts Club Of Arling-
ton County will hold it's regular
monthly meeting tonight at the
home Of Mrs. Nellie Pawley, East
Falls Church.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
CONGRESS ENTERS SECOND WEEK WITH
 LITTLE DONE YET
ORGANIZATION OF ABOUT 50 COMMITTEES IS NOW
 BEFORE HOUSES

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. fl. P)-Crucial tests of it's ability to function with any decree of effect iyenesS is upon Congress which enters its second week with sub stantially nothing done.
 First comes the organization of half a hundred committees, a job that Democratic leaders strove to complete while preserving peace in party membership.
 The moratorium ratification con- fronts the Ways and Means body. One of the committees already or ganized, on appropriation bills for the government departments, starts work through several sub commit tees. The Democrats faced tomor- row with move in drawing up a party program.
 4 tax program is the first prob lem on the Senate side. Troubles remain with the Republicans with COP. leaders proposing to get committees organized.
 The election Of a president pro tenn is next with the outlook for the post falling on the Democrat Senator Pittnan, of Nevada.
 Taking the silence from Congress as the next best thing to consent, the administration with objection will probably call for postponement of the s1o5,Ooo,0Oo foreign debt payments due today.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
CASHIERS
 DIED RATHER THAN
 SURRENDER ID LAW
OFFICIALS UNABAE TO LEARN WHENCE CONNECTS GOT
 THEIR WEAPONS

LEAVENWORTH, Kan, Dec. 14 P)-Three of the seven conyicts who executed the daring plot to escape from the Federal prison un- der the shield of Warden Thomas White are dead, apparently from their own hands, and three others are again in confinement at the prison.
 The other is 9 gray-hared Okla homa mail train robber who is sought by possemen. The fugitive is Earl Thayer, 65 years, who dis appeared under the very noses of 200 soldiers, prison guards, civil ian officers and citizens, who cornered three of the seven escaped convicts in the E. C. Salisbury farmhouse, eight miles west of here.
 Five members of those who pur- sued the fleeing convictS were wounded during the flight includ- ing Warden White whose left arm was shattered by shotgun charge as he attempted to escape from the convictS as they changed from one automobile to another. White ua- derwent an operation on his arm. Aside from this none of those hurt were in a critical condition.
 Prison officials said that efforts to learn how the convicts had ob- tained their weapons had been fu- tile so far. The three who were captured refused to discuss the shotgun, rifle and four reyolverS which it is believed they possessed at the beginning of their flight.
 PoSsemen, who were surrounding the Salisbury building, heard three shots and rushed to the building. They found the three conyictS dead in the attic.
 An autopsy was held and the coroner said that there was no doubt but that will Green, the all legged leader, killed his companions, Grover Durrill and George Curtis, and then committed suicide. The other three were Tom Underwood, Stanley Brown and Charles Berta. The latter who is from San Fran cisco and who was arrested in Seat tie for a mail robbery, was shot in the shoulder when he resisted cap ture. He was taken earlier in the day. five miles west of this city.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
MANY LIVES LOST AS GALES SWEPT
 SEAS 0F EUROPE
MANY DROWNINGS IN ISOLATED PLACES HAVE NOT BEEN
 REPORTED

LONDON, Dec. IA. (F) - Sixty lives or more were lost in gales which swept the three seas of Eu- rope over the weekend and ship ping was badly damaged, and par ticularly off the coast of the North Mediterranean.
 The Italian Naval tug TeSeo sank off the coast of Sardiania Sunday with an estimated loss of 30 people
 More than a 100 persons were rescued by cruiser when a Coast Guard cutter washed ashore off the coast of Algeria. Twelve of the Coast Guard crew perished
 The captain and 16 members ot the crew of the rum runner Venus were drowned in the North Sea, off the Norwegian coast, after the ves- sel had been damaged by Coast Guard fire.
 In addition to the wreck on which reports have been made. it is be- lieved that many drowned in iso- lated places and have not been re- ported.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
CR|CsBY AGAIN POSSES HAT INTO PRIMARY
 DELEcATEsH|P RING

KETCHIKAN, Dec. A. (P)- George B, Grigsby, who was de- feated for Delegate to Congress at the last Territorial election by about 300 votes, today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination of Delegateship in the April primaries.
 A. H. ziegler, of this city, prev iously announced his candidacy on the same ticket. Both are Ketchi- kan attorneys.
 Grigsby served the unexpired term of Charles Sulzer who died in 1919 but was unseated just before the term expired in favor of James Wickersham who contested the election.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
MYSTERIOUS THEFT OF
 s80,000 IN JEWELRY
 FR0M N. '. APARTMENT

NEW YORK, Dec. 14. (Pl-Nine pieces of jewelry, valued at about $80,000, were stolen from the Park Avenue duplex apartment of MT. and Mrs. George Brewster, police revealed.
 Although Mrs. Brewster was un- able to give police an accurate de scription of the articles taken, of ficials said two bracelets, three brooches, one diamond ring and other pieces of value were among the loot.
 Examination of the Brewster home failed to show how the thieves managed to effect entrance. The apartment is on the 18th floor of the house and no door or win dow had been forced but police believe the robber descended to the terrace from the roof by a rope.
 The theft was discovered by one of the Brewsters' 13 servants who found the safe unlocked, apparent ly by someone who knew the com bination.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
GEORC|A TEAM |S DOVV|vED BY HEAVY
 TROJAN PLAYERS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAN CLAIM
 GREAT TEAM

i LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14. (P)-The University of Southern California by defeating Georgia 50 to 0, show ed again Saturday that good big team will defeat a good little team.
 A crowd in excess of 75,000 spec tators saw the Southerners suffer their first real rout in many years. The powerful Trojans were off to a flying start with a touchdown in the first three minutes of play and made another touchdown before the game was 10 minutes old. The Trojans rushed the fast but little players from Dixie all around the lot and seemed able to score at al- most any time that they chose. Georgia fought courageously but the Bulldogs had no chance from the first to the last whistle.
 On the basis of Saturdays play, the University of Southern Cali fornia may lay claim to being one of the great teams of all time and seemed entirely fresh nothwith- standing that they had just com- pleted a hard 10-game schedule.
 Georgia had one consolation in the game, as their end, Vernon Smith, gave one of the greatest ex- hibitions of football playing for that position seen here this year.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
ARMY SINKS NAVY IN CHARITY CAME
 PLAYED NV YORK NAVY SCORED ON ONE OF THE MOST BRILLIANT PLAYS
 ENTIRE GAME

NEW YORK CITY, Dec, IA, (P)-- Tn a spectacular charity battle be- fore 77O0O football fans the Army team closed their football season for 1881 with 8 IT to ' victory over their old rivals, the Navy.
 Ray Stecker led the Army at lack and Ed Herb twice plunged over for scores and Brown booted field goals.
 The Navy's only score resulted from 55-yard pass in the third quarter, of Kirn to Tschirgi, and was one of the most brilliant plays of the game. However, the Army's power attack, featuring Seekers twisting runs, proved entirely too much for the Navy whose gallant defense cracked in the second per- sod allowing a touchdown and a field goal giving the Army a score of 10 points.
 The Navy squad attacked thru the air throughout the Army's counter attack and netted their lone tally in the the third quarter.
 The gate receipts are estimated it $375,000. The game marked a return of the oldtime Army and Navy color and stirring pageantry; the cadents ripped down the goal posts in short order and serenaded the middies with taps"
 The victory over the Navy was the Army's third successive win
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
SHORE PATROLS AND
 MARINES ARE CALLED
 0UT ID QUELL RIOTS
NISTREAL OF FIVE MEN FOR CRIMINAL ATTACK CAUSE
 OF RIOTS

HONOLULU, Dec. IA. (A9-tlgnt- ing between American service men clad in dungarees and gangs of civilians on the streets forced the Navy shore patrols and the Ma rines to quell a riot aS heavy fight ing broke out in eight sections ot the city.
 One man was kidnapped by the mob, beaten and whipped. All ot the disorders were blamed by the police as a result of the recent mis- trial of five men who were accused of attacking the young wife of 3 Naval officer.
 The city was comparatively quiet today after the shore patrols had arrested 200 participants in the rioting and returned them to their barracks.
 The shore patrols began the ar rests in an attempt to dispel the fighting and then 100 Marines, armed with rifles and blackjackS, were dispatched, but order had been restored when they arrived.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
CHINESE BURNED

SHANGHAI, Dec. 14. (P)-Three hundred Chinese were burned to death yesterday when the small steamer Tate blew up In the Yang tse estuary. Six hundred passen- gers were aboard the Tate when the blast rocked the little ship and 1t burst into flames. Many of those aboard the vessel jumped into the icy waters of the river while the majority of those who perished died because of their exposure to the flames.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
RESIGNATION DENIED

RANKING, Dec. IA. (P)-A mes sage received after the first reports from Shanghai to the effect that President Chiang Kai Shek had re- signed said that the resignation had been denied in official circles and that the Presidents spokesman said that the President had not indicated in any way his decision to step out. Despite denials, the belief prevailed tn a t President Chiang Kai Shek and other high officials are likely to retire soon.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
IS A FAILURE

WASHINGTON, Dec, 14, (H1 - The League of Nations is failure, Kellogg anti-war pact futile and the 1892 disarmament conference certain to be useless, according to Frank Simmonds, noted authority on international affairs, whose book, Gan Europe Keep the Peace" Is now on sale. Advance Reviews assures the public "this book will raise he'll"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
STILL MISSING

LEAVENWOR'rH, Dec. IA. {P)- Earl Thayer, one of the seven who escaped from the Federal prison here, is still missing and no trace of him has been found since he disappeared from his prison con- fines. Warden White, injured in the fighting with the convicts, is said to be we'll on the road to re- covery.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
RED HUNGER MARCHES

HAMMOND, Indiana, Dec, 14, P-A delegation of 250 hunger marchers from North Dakota, H. inois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, clashed with the police at Ham, mond and were chased from town after they tried to stage a demon Stratlon and distribute commun- lst literature. A Secret Service in- qulry showed that the hunger marchers had been organized by the reds"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-14
TORNADO HITS ARKANSAS
LITTLE ROCK A

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. IA. {A) NY Southwest Arkansas suffered from second tornado within short time and some property dam age is reported. Three persons are also said to have met their deaths because of the tornado. Floods were sweeping the area as a result of the five-inch downpour of rain