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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
DOYLE LOSES PLEA
IN CONTEMPT CASE
Defiant Witness in New York Probe
Must Serve Jail Sentence,
Higher Court Rules.
By the Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY. n. Y August lo.-The
Court OF Appeals, meeting in extraor-
binary session, today ruled that DR.. Will
liam F. Doyle must serve a 30-day Jail
term imposed on him for refusal to
answer questions before the Hofstadter
Legislative Committee investigating the
affairs OF the City of New York.
DR. Doyle was adjudged in contemp
CT court as a consequence of his refusGl
10 tell the COMMITTEES with whom he split
s200o,000 in fees received in cases he
fandled before the Board of Standards
and Appeals.
The committee had offered DR.. Doyle
immunity If he would tell with whom
the fees were split. He refused on the
ground the committee had no power to
grant immunity. He was cited for con-
tempt and Is at present In Jail.
AS result OF the decision Or. Doyle
PROBABLY will be recalled TO testify
DR. Doyle Is a veterinarian. The fees
concerning which the committee is
anxious TO learn were paid him for his
services as representative Of various in
diVidualS and concerns before the Board
OF STANDARDS and Appeals.
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American Altman Is Feared
Forced Down on Waves
as Radio Fails.
kINDBERGH CONTINUES
POINT BARROW VIGIL
Adamant in Refusal to Start Hop
Until Weather Conditions
Improve.
Bv the Associated press.

By the Associated Press.
Bad weather mystery, daring, embar-
rassment, accident: All these character
lied the feats Of those who cut capers
along the worlds airways yesterday.
The Lindberghs we're weather bound
at Point Barrow.
Parker Cramer. American airman
was overdue in Copenhagen on flight
across the Arctic. It was believed he
might have been forced down on the
waves, as he was several days ago, OF
that he had landed at some deserted
spct in Norway and had been unable
to communicate his presence.
Radio Contact Lost.
He left in the morning and was
due early in the evening. Seven Danish
radio stations tried in vain for several
hours to contact his ponL-cn-e equipped
plane. Airport Officials at length de-
SPARED of his coming and hoped the
opening of telegraph stations would re-
veal his safety.
Russell Boardman and John Polando
Americans. landed at Marseille, France
after a speedy fight from Istanbul on
the way home from their world record
breaking dash across the Atlantic to
Turkey They plan to leave wednesday
with the airplane Cape Cod for the
United States.
Wolfgang Won Gronau, German mas
ter of the Amphibian, dropped into
Reykjavik, Iceland, on an unheralded
flight across the North Atlantic to
America. something he's done before
He is following his previous route and
that of Cramer, via Greenland and Can
ada, to his destination.
Quszzed on Photographs.
CLYDE Pangborn and Hugh Herndon
r., were still answering questions IN
Toxic as to why they photographed
japanese Notifications on their flight
from Siberia after passing up their as
sault ON the Post-Gatty globe-girdline
ribbon OfIicials said the matter would
20 70 the highest authority, but the
flyers, admitting their mistake, refused
70 be worried.
The German seaplane DO-X chafed
at its mornings in Para, Brazil, a
broken crankcase In one motor delay
ing its maiden visit 10 America via
South American poris. Cdmdr. Schilo.
hauer said things we're at standstill
until q new engine should arrive from
Rio de Janeire. starting point on the
homeward trip to the Rhineland.
PLANES SEEK CRAMER.
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Organist at Epworth Church
and Wife Killed in Crash
Near Fredericksburg.
COMPANIONS ARE PULLED
FROM CAR BY BOY, II
Machine Returning to Capital and
Another Bound for Norfolk
in Head-on Smash-up.

Edwin Moore, 26-year-old organist at
the Epworth Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and his wife, Ida 25, we're
fatally injured early today when two
automobiles crashed head on and burst
into flames near Triangle. Va, miles
north of Fredericksburg.
Five other persons, including Moore S
60-year-old father, s. E. Moore, were
hurt in the smash-up, which occurred
about am.
With Edwin Moore at the steering
wheel. the party-which included Dent
Kirby, II, Of liz Fifteenth street
southeast, and Don Gulbrandson, also
IT, of 1929 D street southeast-was re-
turning to Washington after having
spent the week end at Colonial Beach.
Boy Rescaks Companions.
The occupants of the ether car, Mr..
and Mrs. B. J. Hamilton, aged 81 and
40, respectively, had visited the Capt.
tai and were on their way to their
home in Norfolk
Kirby. who was graduated from East
ern High School last June, was asleep
when the crash occurred. He awakened
to find the machine in flames and its
occupants injured. A quick glance at
the other automobile revealed it also
was afire.
Despite the fact he was severely cut
and bruised, Kirby dragged his COM
panions from the burning car one by
one.
The younger Moore, who appeared to
be the most seriously injured OF the
group, was taken to the Marine Hos
pital, Quantico. where he died shortly
after 10 o'clock
His wife-who, with her father-in-
law, Gulbrandson. and the Hamiltcns,
was taken to the Mary Washington
Hospital, Fredericksburg died about 20
minutes later.
Kirby Treated at Casualty.
Kirby, on the other hand. returned
to washington. receiving treatment at
Casualty Hospital and later being taken
home.
Both Mrs Moore and her husband,
who lived at 6is B street northeast.
received cuts, bruises and internal in
tiries. The elder Moore, who also re-
sides at the B street address, suffered
a broken arm and cut head. Gull
GRANDSON and the Hamiltons escaped
with minor cuts and bruises.
The younger Moore, a member of the
local chapter of the A. A. G. o., was
well known in musical circles here.
THREE HURT IN AUTOS HERE.
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81 PER BALE DROP
is MADE BY COTTON
Government Crop Estimate Sends
Prices Down Sharply
on Exchange.
D. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August 1o-One of
the most drastic breaks in the history
of the cotton market carried cotton
down about 81 bale today in an ex-
cited rush to sell SIS result of the
Encouraging crop estimate of the De-
partmsnt of Agriculture
The opening furry CT selling was abb
sorbed by covering and trade buying,
however. and the market thereafter
evolved into a. comparatively quiet af-
fair, with narrow price ctuakions
around a tenth OF cent or O. little
better above the days Isw.s The mar
ket was relatively quiet ct the close
At one time during the morning the
October contract sold at 6.70 cents a
pound, a decline Of $40 bale from
the close OF Saturday
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FOUR DIE IN WRECK

PECOS, Tex, August 10 6P).-Four
injured today whsn the East-bound
Sunshine Special. Texas 8: Pacific
train. struck a hanScar on which a
section crew was riding at Wicket. IS
miles east Of here.
A section foreman names Dowdy and
three unidentified Mexican section en-
ployes we're the victims. Another iin-
identified Mexican was rushed TO q hos
pitaI at Pyote
The train was travelling fast 10 make
up time lost by wasnCut delays.
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CHINESE GENERALS PRIVATE JAIL
EMPTIED BY POLICE IN RAID
Overload of Jehol Thought He Should Have Everything
He Desired, So He Locked Up Personal Enemies

his personal enemies to be confined
therein.
When police had raided his premises
who had been detained one year be-
cause Gen. Tang had figured that they
had juggled his accounts At the same
time be concluded that il would be un-
safe Tor word 20 get abroad that he
had detained them ct Jehol. 90 he sent
his victims to Tientsin.
Police freed the p9isonNrn
tCcryrtght isa1.N
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PLANES SEX cRAMER.
Mysterious Radio Calls Are Reported
By Dockyard.

MySteTtouS kaqt0 CdttS Afc AS-P'atSN
BY Dockyard.
COPENHAGEN. Denmark. August 10
f19-The whereabouts of Parker era
rner. American flyer en- route here from
the shetland Islands. wss stin unknown
At a.30 am. g 80 am. z. S. T.) To-Day.
Military planes were scouting the coast
line and radio stations were calling
vainly.
Anxiety Is Felt.
The Exchange Telegraph agency re-
ported. that the naval dockyard hao
Kicked up several puzzling wireless tee
phone calls in which the speaker cried
Hello, hello" in what was Judged 70
be an American accent. Nevertheless.
anxiety was felt as the hours passed
without definite word Of the nyer
The calls were indlstinct and only the
word Norway" was made out They
we're heard at O'Clock this morning
and also last night On 600-meter wave
length. All ships were asked to listen
in and keep sharp lookout.
Cruiser Ordered Out.
The Government ordered a cruiser
from Frederickshayen, Northern Jut-
land. 70 search the waters between Dem
mark and Norway for the missing arr
man. Seaplanes we're unable to aid
because 1t was Blowing too hard.
There was q possibility that Cramer
had taken shelter in some isolated ford
or that he had been picked up by a
fishing vessel, but the authorities con-
Quoting the search we're pessimistlc
The weather was so blustery that Dan
ish seaplanss could not take on 70 Join
the hunt across the waters OF the
Skagarak.
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tinuously night and day and guarded by
tons sometimes lasted until in the
morning. On the eighth day, from Z
pm. to 10 am, he was questioned at
the scene OF the crime.
'On the ninth day he was at last for
mally arrested and taken to a police
station, where investigation was irnme-
diately resumed. On the eleventh day
he was again questioned at the scene of
the crime for hours. A stenographic re-
port of the interrogation was then writ
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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CASTLE DESTROYED
Former Home of Count Berchtold
Wrecked by Flames.

BRUENN, Moravia, Czechoslovakia
August 10 IA dispatch from IN
garixh Hradisch today reported the de-
strlction by fire Of Castle Buchlau. be-
longing to Count Bereltold. Austi'o-
Hungarian foreign minister at the out
break Of the Great War. The castle was
seven centuries cid
II was at Euchlau that Count Aehren-
tsl, predecessor OF Count Berchtold, and
the Russian Minister, Count IswossSy
signed convention approving the an
aexation b. Austria of Bosnia and Here
govina. The castle contained valuable
paintings and objects OF art. ali Of which
were DESTROYED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
Taylor Has Slight Relapse.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn, August 10
lP).--Former Gov. Alfred A. TAYLOR
was not so well today. his physician,
DR.. Harry d. Miller, reported. He de-
scribed the change. however, as only
slight
. The 83-year-old former executive,
Tor whom hope Of recovery was
handoned after an operation. has been
Ahwly improving at hospital here.
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Catfish Kills Man
As Fin Penetrates
Eyeball and Brain
Rr the Associnted Prets.

b the Associated Press.
CORE. Okla. August ia
struggle with q big catfish had
cost the life al Frank Johnston,
Tahleqush, today.
One OF the flshs fms penetrate
ed Jollnstons eyehaI1. reaching
the brain. after he had diged b
capture It in q cave under the
bank Of q river.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
Hunter Rode Buck
After 25.Foot Fall
On Hunt-He Saws
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FILLMORE, Calf, August 10.
Edward S. Hicks comes for
ward with a deer story in sea
son for fish yarns.
Hicks said he stood on a ledge
in the Ojai Mountains scanning
the horizon for his prey. His
foot slipped, he tumbled more
than IS feet and landed astride q
15o-puund buck.
Riding the buck cowboy FASH
ion, holding on to the antlers,
Hicks said he went a short dis
lance before being thrown. Then
he grabbed his gun and killed
the deer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
~ Cable to The s,sr

~ Cable to The star
TIENTSIH. China, August lo.--Gen.
Tang yu-Lin believed that an oriental
potentate should have everything his
heart desired. Gen. Tang did. He even
owned private jail, as police here
discovered.
Gen. Tang uverlcreis JehnI, ancient
city OF considerable historical grandeur.
Gen Tang rented o private house In the
fRalian concession uf Tientsin. placed I'll
armed guards here and then sent Tor
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MOSES GIVES DEMOCRATS
BAY STATE, RHODE ISLAND
Calls Forecast of G. o. P. conven-
tion in Ohio Guesswork, but Is
Sure Boston Won't Get It.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
CONCORD. n. H, August 1o.-United
States Senator Georga H. Moses of New
Hampshire, Republican. predicted today
that Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
would stay in the Democratic column
in the presidential election next year.
Both States were carried by Alfred z.
Smith, Democratic presidential nominee.
in 1923.
Senator Moses made his prediction in
a discussion Of the probable site Of the
1882 Republican national convention.
He said it was purely guessing to pre-
dict the convention would be in Cleve-
land, where 1t was held in 1924 He
felt certain, he said, it would not be
held in Boston, although party leaders
in the New England States. are seeking
to have it there.
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THREE HURT IN AUTOS HERE.
Woman, 81. Suffers From Shock After
Two Cars Collide.

Three persons were injured here yes
tsrday in a series of traffic accidents
Probably the most seriously injured
was Mrs Agnes Zeaman, 81. who was
cut about the head and body when car
driven by George Zeaman, 81, of 529
Eleventh street southwest. struck an
other machine at Bladensburg road and
Randolph street northeast
Mrs. Z2aman and her daughter
Barbara, II. were removed to Casualty
Hospital, where the formers condi-
ton was reported as undetermined, due
TO the shock. Her daughter was dis
charged after receiving first aid treat
menC.
The operator of the second machine
Lovett johnson, colored, 81. of 1910
Fenwick street northeast. Is being held
at twelfth precinct police station
pending the outcome Of Mrs. Zeaman's
injuries.
Debb Thurman, 81, of 513 Fourteenth
street, is confined at Sibley Hospital
with a fractured arm. received when
an automobile in which he was riding
skidded and struck a stone retaining
wall at Rhode Island avenue and Tenth
street northeast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
Practice of Extorting Confess
siOns Covers Half of Nation.
Report to Hoover Says.
AMENDMENT URGED IF NECESSARY
TO END BARBAROUS METHODS
Long Grilling of iii Chinese Here Is
Among More Than Fivescore
Instances Enumerated.

Press
tale OF systemazed police brutality Speeding the
Naona 1oyear record Of Illegal law enforcement
degree methodswas unfoldd by wckersham
Commission.
Asserting Its duty to lay the naked
PUBLIC the commission crammed into single on
LaWlessness in Law
stances Of extorted confessions.
urged upon President
amendment necessary abolish
amental principles of constitutional liberty" : - -
Ceu the Leopold-Loeb which
the third degree" - - e " "''SA'1on upeA
turned to the Shook showing the unfavorable
Jaw to obtain confession - ' poA VA 1ie
Mooney
case the commission
naIy review OF the Mooney Billings
because or inability
Ior one OF the
ness oay Domofng is under consideration
aoolnon to It's assault
cutons by district attorneys and judges - F'0
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MAIL PLANE CRASHES

ATHENS. Ga. August 10 "a
scuthbound airmail plane cracked up
IN landing near la, Ga, Is miles from
hers, early today and its pilot, Jack
Webster. was injured.
Residents heard the plane circling
at $3.50 am. 1t struck the ground
and ran for $50 yards bSfore smashing
against q tree. Webster, brought TO
hospital here. was still unconscious
az Am. but doctors said he apparent
II was suffering from bruises and shock
only and hts condition was not serious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10
NET OUT FOR CANISTER
New York Presses Hunt for Figure
in Child Shooting.

NEW YORK, August 10 CFS.--Police
sent out a general alarm yesterday for
the arrest Of Vincent Coll. gsngster,
whose followers have been Identified 70
authorities as the gunner who rode
through Harlem's Little Italy" July 26
and shot FIVE children. Killing one.
Circulars bearing Coils picture and
description are being prepared for dis
tribution throughout the United States.
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FIGHTS MINE CONTROL
Rival Union Opposed to Federal
Operation System.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, August 10 Up
The National Miners Union today an
nounced 1t was opposed TO any plan
seeking Government control of the soft
coal industry.
The union has demanded direct ne
gotiations with the coal operators to
obtain recognition Of the union, rival
OF the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea, and higher wage scale.
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sEAPLANEs PREPARED.

Two Norwegian Ships Ready 10 Search
for CrameF.
BERGEN. Norway, August 10 Two
naval seaplanes we're prepared today 70
assist in the search for Parker d.
Cramer. American aviator reported
Continued on Page 2. Column g.
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WEATHER.

&C. g. Weather Bureau ForecasD.
Partly cloudy and not so warm to-
west winds.
Temperatures-High 90, at pm.
yesterday: lowest, rs, at $3.50 today.
Full report on page 8.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

Saturdays Circulation, i03.l92
Sundays Circulation. lIS,223
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-10

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
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that shot over the top of the derrick and the
greatest oil boom of the twentieth century
began.
1t was many months before Dad" could
realize profit from his venture The we'll had
beeen drilled and financed on the sale of many
interests. Even after his discovery IVES cleared
up of financial difficulties, Joiner still re-
mained the old-tine wildcatter that he always
was in spite of his sudden rise to wealth.
the worst odds. He takes his dissppointments
without word. Only his spirit carries him
over to the completion of his project. Neither
hard times nor the worst hardships can thin
the pioneer blood that flows through his veins.
After he has struck it rich" he is q. democratic
example.
thousand miles away from the scene of op-
erations, Mrs. Irene Phillips of Laporte Ind,
believed in the struggling efforts of Dad
Joiner and had shown it by having; sent him
ten $50 money orders that Summer, with the
instructions, Invest this for me; put it where
you think it may have a chance to win
Early in 1891, months after the discovery,
she sold her interest in 116' acres for SIC, 0O0.
At the time the balance of her property Of
400 acres was estimated to be worth $4,000
Immediately after Joiner's discovery we'll came
in, major companies fastened to obtain what
protecting acreage was available and then gave
q sigh Of relief. They discounted the develop
ment as Of no great Importance.
~ iSs: e,ii 3t-s ,@;...;+ .f'el "sJis = "-F
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be just dream. Something that will come
back, as today will come back and the other
days have been pals together
They have been such happy days." muir
INJURED the girl
But they're almost oyer now Day after
tomorrow will be wading into law books and
briefS-say it's beginning to rain.
moi" answered Marion, almost Impatient
ly. She felt she losing something. She
thought of the woods with David gone. This
was their last day together and now he was
drawing the canoe ashore.
wed better head for camp" he said, and
the girl noticed strange gruffness in his voice.
When David had shouldered his pack. she
took q last look at the pool. The fog
rolling down in heavy clouds and settling in
the spruce tops; litt,f ripple fled before the
wind across the pool the loon laughed again
from out of the driving mist and the pines be-
gan to murmur
It was all her FAULT She had told David to
forget, and now that he was trying to do SO,
she mustn't blame him. He was going away,
and she knew what he taking with him.
David" she said. II understand now about
the lost memories. Look at them She sat
down ON log. while the rain drops battered
about them. David slipped his pack and sat
down beside her.
Tim glad YOU stopped" he said
Memories have haunted me all day." the
girl spoke after silence.
They have?" David looked at her quickly,
but her face was averted.
eyes. And I know what you meant this
morning"
DO YOU, Marion?" He was almost afraid
to- trust his voice. Then won't you let me
Hy again-try to win your love?" He leaned
toward her, waiting for his answer The woods
seemed suddenly hushed.
"You have it now" she said softly turning
e~ay FROM the land Of lost memories.
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This map ShOtUs tChere the famous netO
East Texas field is located, in a region
that experts had said contained no oil
at ALL
tors who believed oil would be found under
every acre Of the prolific counties. 1t was the
greatest oil boom of the era!
IT was to q settled but fanished region that
the OIL boom came-as a godsend. The
contrast between acute depression existent there
and the resulting boom has never been par
alleled in o. S. history 70 great an extent
The 19-county region had been subjected to
two successive crop failures Just before the
boom In the heart of the subsequent boom
area were several counties where the Red Cross
had found 1t necessary to lend relief
Drought sufferers stayed in their homes, in
accessible and widely scattered. Dulled and
hopeless with misfortune, every resource ex-
hausted and their live stock gone, they just sat
and waited Starvation had nearly reached
them-the wolf was already in their front room
when Dad" Joiner's gusher came in.
Many a poor farmer who had labored
lifetime under the bondage of debt now found
himself wealthy. Millions of dollars poured
into the region in the form of major company
investments.
IN the battle of man against nature the oil
drama many times includes toll of life
and many days often pass before a gusher is
subdued One battle in the East Texas field
proved disastrous, taking toll of nine men
when the Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. gusher ON the
M. T. Cole farm two miles southeast of Glade
water being brought under control
April %.
Coming in with an initial flow of $4,000
barrels and 5000 O0o cubic feet of gas. the
monster for 80 hours defied all efforts to sub
due il. Two drilling crews had the we'll al
most in check late the next day, lacking only
q minute Of winning the battle. At the crucial
moment the casing elevators which had been
raised by the gas column suddenly swung
around, hitting derrick beam.
A huge spark was struck, thunderlike
ploSion was set Off and what amounted to q
blast furnace started.
Fire dominated the situation for the next
eight days. Finally two shots Of nitroglycerine
proved successful in extinguishing the fire.
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The New @@Worlds Largest" OilField

onrieen Years of Failure as a Wildeatter on
Land Wherr Experts Said No GIWouM
Ever Be Found Didn t Discourage dad"
Joiner, butHeKept on Drilling Until He
Struck His /, 1000 Barrel Gusher, Tipping
theN0zvFamedEast exasP fHichBr0ke
All Records and SaUed the Cotton Planters
From Tragic Depression.