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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
FLIERS REACH GERMANY

Otto Hillig, Danish Sea Conqueror,
In Mothers Homeland.
By United Press
BERLIN, June 2o.-Otto Hillig
and Holger Hoiriis landed their
transatlantic monoplane Liberty
at Tempelhof airdrome from
Copenhagen at $40 p. m. They
came for a visit to Germany, Hill
lig's birthplace.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
Argentina to Pay

BY United Press
BUENOS AIRES, June 29.-Ar-
gentina will pay the United States
all its obligations without Special
arrangements or moratoriums, the
ministry OF finance disclosed today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
BREAKS BACK AT Pool
Mans Foot Slips, He Falls Into
Shallow Spot In Greek.

Shallow Spot In Greek.
His back broken, Lawrence Tabor,
IS, Of 902 Coffey street, lay in city
hospital today in a critical condition
another victim Of the heat wave.
Tabor went to a swimming hole at
Barrett street and Eagle Greek Sum-
day. He stood on the bank ready
to dive into the cool waters.
A foot slipped and he plunged into
shallow spot, striking his head
on the bottom. His head ached for
a while, and then paralysis set in
below the waist. An X-ray exami-
nation showed a vertebra fracture
between the shoulder blades.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
RASKOB LAUDS HOOVER
War Debt Plan Very Constructive
Says Democrat, Home From Europe.

Says Democrat, Home From Europe.
By United Press
NEW YORK, June 29-Chairman
John j. Raskob of the Democratic
national committee has joined other
leaders Of his party in praise Of
President Hoover's proposal for a
war debt moratorium.
II think the suggestion Is very
constructive" said Raskob on his
arrival from Europe, which he has
been touring the last two months.
II hope it will be accepted. 1t will
do great deal to stabilize world
conditions"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
germany SEES
U. S. PLAN AS
RAY OF LIFE
MTed in Debt, Peasants
and Leaders GRASP
at Proposal.
PULSE GROWS STRONG
0ptimiStS Are BoIStered and
Even PeSSimiStS Grow
Cheerful.

This Is the first OF series Of six
articles by Frederick Kuh, who has
made survey of economic and social
conditions in Germany to report for
american readers the situation which
was one OF the chief factors in leading
president Hoover 10 call for a world
snoratorium on war PREPARATIONS and
tnterR0vernmentaI debts
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
STATE Death TOLL HITS
FIFTY IN STIFLING HEAT
WAVE; CITY GETS RELIEF
381 Dead
By United Press
CHICAGO.

By United Press
CHICAGO, June 49,
United Press reports of
deaths due to dro1Oning and
heat proStrations Sho10ed q
total of S81 during the last
aOeek, distributed as folIo1OS::
Heat Drown
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
Kissed by wife

They arrived shortly before the
appearance of the murder suspects
IN court and each swore belief in
Hamilton'S innocence.
Unable to talk to Hamilton in
the courtroom, the group assembled
on the courthouse steps to chat
Turn to Page p
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
'PINKY FOUND GUILTY

Jury ConvictS Playboy Of Murder of
Pretty Student Nurse.
By United Press
PROVIDENCE, R. L, June 29.-El-
lott R. (Pinky) Hathaway, %, fac
ing q mandatory life sentence after
conviction of charge of the murder
of Verna E. Russell, 20, pretty stu
dent nurse. hoped today to win a
new trial.
A Newport county jury which de-
liberated only one hour and forty
minutes and took only one ballot,
found him guilty Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
Delayed Until Wednesday

They were called for arraignment,
but this was delayed until Wednes-
day morning on request of Holmes,
who Sold Baker he wanted to con-
fer with his clients, their relatives,
and prepare the usual number of
technical te-trial motions.
Arrangement attempt followed a
purported confession by Hamilton
who, police say, admitted firing
several shots at MIR. Jackson and
other store employees when he and
Witt raided the headquarters store
OF the Standard grocery at 419 East
Washington street, May 81.
Witt was alone in court, but.
watching closely moves in the inter-
est of Hamilton were his father, j.
H. Hamilton, lola, Kan, business
man; Hamilton's bride Of less than
a week and his pretty sister, Grace,
10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-29
Arrangement Blocked Until
Wednesday on Plea of
Attorney.
other Pictures on Page 2.

Trial Of Charles Vernon Witt and
Louis E. Hamilton, pals in prison
and alleged crimes, on first degree
charges in connection with
the Staying of Lafayette A. Jackson,
will be held next month.
Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker
today set July 10 as the tentative
date for court proceedings. Ira
Holmes, attorney for the two slay-
ing suspects, said he will be ready
to fight the states death penalty
demand for the duo at that time.
Hamilton, unshaven, tired, wear
ing a dirty shirt and without tie or
coat, contrasted with Witt, who was
shaver and wearing a tie and coat
when they stood before Bakers
bench this morning
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(To BE COntinuedl
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
EX-BOY GENIUS
PUT ON SPOT
BY GANG
Roy Sloane Found Slain After
He Had Left Mad Dot Club;
Hailed in Youth as Prodigy

NEW YORK, May IL G.NS0.-
Roy Herbert Sloane, whose bril-
lance as a student when he was
boy prodigy at Carenegie Tech
and Columbia University, seemed
to presage a successful career,
was mysteriously shot to death
today as he was entering or leav-
ing the Mad Dot Club, an alleged
speakeasy.
Sloane, rs years old, with a
Sing Sing record behind him, was
slain from ambush. Several men
in a parked automobile riddled
him with bullets and sped away.
He was unconscious when a pO-
liceman picked him up in the
street and rushed him to the Jew
ish Memorial Hospital; where he
died an hour later.
Sloane's criminal record in
cluded an arrest in Washington
on suspicion. on November 3. 1926.
and his arrest on November 80.
1926. in New York at the request
of Mt. Vernon police which sent
him to Sing Sing.
Mother Was Worried
At the very moment his career
was being brought to such a
tawdry end his cultured mother,
Mrs. Anna Bogenholm Sloane,
B. A. M. A.. PHI. D.. founder of
the National Institute of Arts
and Crafts. an authority on East
India and a writer of educational
books. was looking for him and
praying for his safety.
He had not been home last
night and she was worried. When
she learned he had been slain
she collapsed.
Sloane was first identified from
papers in his pocket as John NC
Dermott."
Later, it was determined by
means of finger prints that the
victim was really Sloane, the
former hoy lawyer" of Sing Sing.
Sloane, it was recalled, staged
a spectacular defense of himself
and won his freedom from prison
a year ago through his knowledge
of legal procedure.
Won His Release
He had been sent to 10 years
in prison in 1926 for the theft of
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
CHILD SET AF|RE
WHILE At PLAY

Elizabeth A. Crawford, 5, OF
725 Twelfth st. S. E., was Sc
riously burned on the face and
body when her clothing became
ignited while she was playing
around a stove in the kitchen OF
her home.
The chiId'S mother, Mrs. Annie
Crawford, a trained nurse, was
sleeping in an adjoining room
when she was aroused by screams
of the child. who was envelOped
in flames. Selling blankets from
her bed she wrapped them around
Elizabeth and extinguished the
blaze.
The fire department rescue
squad was summoned and Eliza,
beth was given first aid at
Casualty Hospital. Later she
was returned home.
Ill-fortune has followed Eliza,
beth for some time. She is Suf,
fering from a serious heart i'll,
ness and last July fractured her
skull when she we'll down steps in
front of her home.
Mrs. Crawford, who is nursing
and caring for an invalid huS,
band. lost her son. Wirtley. jr.,
who was burned to death 10 years
ago in Richmond.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
MRS. RHODES IS
RETIRED
pictures on Page ~

Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes was
retired as District director Of
Fairgrounds today by the District
Commissioners, effective June 1.
The Commissioners appointed
.riss SybiI Baker. director of the
community Center Department
of the public schools, to succeed
Mrs. Rhodes. Her appointment
is effective June Is.
Mrs. Rhodes will be 70 years
old on Saturday. She has been
connected with the District play
ground department for is years.
Miss Baker has been connected
with the Board of Education for
the last ten years. Prior to her
appointment as community cen
ter director she was a dramatic
coach at Central High School.
The appointment of Miss
Baker came as a distinct sur
prise since it was believed that
upon Mrs. Rhodes retirement
her assistant. Richard S. Tenny-
son, would be appointed to fill
her post. Mr.. Tennyson has
been with the playground depart
ment for the last five years.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
NEW KENTUCKY
R|OTSFEARED

HARLAN, KY, May II GN.SO.
Fear that mine labor disorders
would break out anew in Eastern
Kentucky were expressed today
following refusal of union Off
cials' demands that mine guards
be disarmed and that national
guardsmen replace peace officers
and deputy sheriffS.
Special guards were placed
about the court house and jail
today when an investigation into
last weeks disorders was opened
by a grand jury.
Threats of bombing have been
received.
Five are known to have been
killed in outbreaks last week.
Police Chief Asa CuSick, of
Evarts, scene of the greatest
trouble, and four others were
held without bond in connection
with the SlayingS.
pictures on Page 19.)
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CRAZED SLAYER
IS CAP PTURED

ACCOMPLISHING. Pa, May
12.-After he had kept IS county
and State officers at bay for
five hours while barricaded in
his home in Brushy Valley. near
McConnellsburg. Pa. Marshal
Lodge, a 20-year-old mental defec-
tive. was captured by strategy
today.
The Lodge home had been sur
rounded sinct daybreak by Full
ton county officers and a dozen
State troopers, who were reluc-
tant to use stern measures to
force out the youth because of
his parents, who also were in the
house.
Finally one of the policemen
fired through a window, shooting
young Lodge in the arm. The be.
SiegerS seized him, took him to
ChamberSburg for medical treat.
ment and then to a cell.
Not until Lodge was captured
could friends touch the body of
Sergt. Timothy Mccarthy, which
had been lying near the door of
the Lodge home for five hours.
Lodge had killed the trooper at
dawn today when Mccarthy and
Private Russell KneiS, of the
State force, had sought to arrest
the barricaded man. KneiS was
badly wounded in the head.
Young Lodge was in an Ohio
institution for detectives some
years ago.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
|26 Church Buildings
Burned By Rioters

MADRID, May IL U.N.Sl.
A total of rs Catholic build
ingS and other structures
have been destroyed in the
two days of riOting and
terrorism throughout Spain,
latest reports revealed. they
are:
Madrid-Nine, in C luding
converts and mOnaSteries.
ScVilIe-Five. with the ia,
nous cathedral also tenta-
lively reported to have been
attacked by the crowds.
Alicante - Seven Catholic
buildings and a newspaper
office.
CadiZ-TwO converts.
Malaga-TwO converts and
the palace of the archbishop.
SaragOSa-One convent.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
THIGH WOUND
TWICE FO|LS
BURGLARS
ESCAPE
Alexandria Policeman, Drawn
BY Scream, Captures Thief
Fleeing From Vice-Mayor

A youth who had broken into
the home of Arthur Herbert,
banker and vice mayor of Alex
andria, living at 116 Walnut ST.,
was shot and seriously wounded
early today by. Policeman George
Roberts.
The youth later gave his name
as Joe Mardo, 20, of New York
city.
He is in Alexandria Hospital,
where it was said he would re-
cover sufficiently for arraign-
ment on a burglary charge in two
weeks.
Noise ArOuses Victims
Mr.. Herbert was weakened In
his bedroom on the second floor
of his home by some one in the
room. He jumped up, but
blow knocked him back on the
bed.
Mrs Herbert heard the com.
motion and screamed. The in
truder fled downstairs.
4OAlNCuluL4 AbODC1CO. VIII "dS
passing. heard the screams and
ran up to see the youth leaping
from a lower window. Roberts
fired three shots, one of which
struck the youth in the right
thigh.
MardO was bleeding badly and
begging for medical attention
when Roberts left him a moment
to summon an ambulance. Re.
turning, he found MardO had
crawled two doors away and hid
den under some shrubbery.
Had Herbert's Wallet
At the hospital he vas too
weak TO give any further informa-
ton about himself. Near where
+ way lying was found wallet
containing some papers which
he had taken from Mr.. Helbert's
room.
1t was found that Mardo en-
tered the home by forcing open
Kitchen window.
Mr. Herbert is a partr er in
the banking firm of Burke & Her.
bert, of Alexandria. He recently
was elected vice mayor to succeed
E. F. Ticer.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
CHARGE
!. Of TAKING
SI62,l5O
Officers of Defunct Realty
Firm Called EmbezzIers;
Indictment Has Two Counts

Edmund D. Rheem, vice presi
dent of the defunct investment
house of Swartzell, Rheem &
Fensey Company. and J. Newton
Brewer. second vice president Of
the company. were indicted by
the District Grand Jury today on
charges of removing and conceal
ing securities of the firm and
embezzlements totaling $162, $50.
The indictments are the result
Of the investigation into the af-
fairs of the estate of Rheem'S
father, the late Clarence B.
Rheem, which was held in trust
by the Washington Loan and
Trust Company and of which
Rheem was the principal bene'
ficiary.
Firm Released Notes
According to Special Assistant
Attorney General Neil Burkln,
shaw. the estate owned a large
number of notes secured by prop
critics financed by the Rheem
firm, and the latter had released
deeds of trust securing the notes
before the notes were paid.
The bank under the terms OF
the will of Rheem's father was
authorized to resell and re-inveSt
securities of the estate, and when
it was discovered that the notes
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The Washington times., 1931-05-12

dOva, Alicante, and Malaga, as
well as Madrid, are under military
rule.
In all of these cities troops pa,
trolled the streets and held Strate.
gic points under threat of ma
chine-gun fire as precautionary
measures against further out,
breaks.
To Charge Alfonso
Charges will be filed against Al
fonSo and his alleged co-plotters
for their responsibility for these
disorders, Galarza declared.
The outbreaks, he said, were
the result of a deliberate plot at
counter revolution for the purpose
of overthrowing the Republican
government, now just two days
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The Washington times., 1931-05-12
Girl, II, Disappears; Last
Seen With D. G. Cripple
EVELYN GEORGE

rom New Orleans, say that the
George girl drove to Baltimore
with Davis and J. F. Kelly, who
posed as manager" of Davis.
Thursday night at $3.50 o'clock.
Despite a telegram signed with
her name which they received
Friday morning, saying she was
all right, they fear for her safety
Mystery Phone Call
Last night at 1O:45, a man
telephoned the Eleventh Street
rooming house on long distance,
and asked for Miss Camille Vaz-
quez. When she was summoned
to the phone, the man had left
the phone and the missing girl,
Evelyn George, told her room
mate that she was still in Balti,
more and had a job.
A moment later, Miss George
hung up hurriedIy without fur
ther explanation, despite the in
timacy and affection between the
two girls.
Miss Vazquez says Evelyn
sounded frightened. The room
mate expressed surprise that Eve
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The Washington times., 1931-05-12
Barbara Bennett
Is I'LL of Anenli0

NEW YORK. May IL 0N.SO
Barbara Bennett, dancer and
daughter of Richard Bennett. the
actor. is critically i'll Of anemia in
a hospital, and her husband, Nor.
ton Downey. radio tenor, has not
left her bedside since Saturday.
The marriage of Miss Bennett
to the singer Climaxed one of
the real love romances of Broad
way. She is sister of Joan and
Constance Bennett, motion picture
stars.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
Assertion Wine Was GiUen
At CrucifIxiOn Denounced

public morais of the Methodist
Episcopal church that Christ
was given IAN intoxicating drink"
on the cross, and that He
spurned it.
This statement was made in
the Clipsheet. sent by the MethO-
dist board to hundreds of news
papers throughout the nation.
The Interpretation given in the
CIipSheet has no basis historic
ally, theOIOgically, or in any other
way, clergymen of Washington
declared.
According to the story, a sol
dier offered Christ IAN intoxicat-
ing drink commonly used as a
beverage at that time-correctly
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The Washington times., 1931-05-12
Baby Pistol Victims
Condition Critical

Edward E. Bowen, 3, was still
in a critical condition at Ener
gency Hospital today from a pistol
wound self-inflicted yesterday at
his home. 1929 Seventeenth st.
N. w.
The child was playing in the
bedroom with his fathers pistol.
which he'found under the pillow
of the bed. He placed it against
his body and pulled the trigger
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
Washington Priest
Is Visitor in Madrid

The Very Rev. EliSeus Costa,
o. C. D., prior of the Discalced
Carmelite FriarS, at Catholic
University, yesterday cable d
friends announcing his arrival in
Madrid, after being received in
audience by the Pope earlier in
the month.
Father Costa is visiting at the
church monastery and seminary
of st. Teresa of Avilia, the
church of which was destroyed
by fire yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
ChicGgO's Prosperity
Jubilee at Height

CHICAGO. May IL G.N.S0
Chicago, which rose from a fur,
trading post to become the sec,
ond city of America, is holding
a jubilee ito celebrate the return
of prosperity"
Last night there was a gigantic
parade along Michigan Avenue
and other downtown streets.
which was witnessed by hundreds
of thousands of spectators. There
were bands, floats and paseantry
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
SPANISH CITIES
STILL SWEPT
BY RIOTS
ExiIed Alfonso Responsible
for Disorders, Leader Says;
Martial Law in Seville

MADRID, May II G.N.S0.-
Former King Alfonso and his
Monarchist supporters are directly
responsible for the wild outburSt
of disorders which have resulted
in the destruction of more than a
score of Catholic converts, monas-
teries, and other buildings, il. a
half dozen Spanish cities in the
past 48 hours, Attorney General
Galarza declared today.
GaIarza's statement was issued
simultaneously with an announce
ment that martial law had been
extended to the City of Malaga.
so that Cadiz. Seville, Bilbao. Cor.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12

Police here and in Baltimore
have been asked to find Miss
Evelyn George, pretty 17-year-old
New Orleans girl, who disap-
peared Thursday night from her
rooming house at I'LL Eleventh
ST., with Frank Davis, a cripple,
who sold pencils on the streets.
The girls rOOmmates, Misses
Evelyn and Camille VazqueZ, also
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
FOLSOM JONES
To REMARRY-

Otto R. Folsom-Jones, 39-year-
old attorney specializing in tax
matters. of 815 Fifteenth st. N.
W., whose first wife alleged in a
suit for maintenance that he re-
manned faithful to another woman
during their honeymoon, today OBJ
tained a license to marry Miss
Annie Laurie Lucas, 20, 1919 S st.
N. w.
Mr.. Folsom-Jones. in his appli-
cation for the marriage license,
explained that he had been freed
of his former marital ties in Reno,
New.
Suit Still Pending
The maintenance suit filed by
Mrs. Helen A. Folsom-Jones, 1855
Church st. N. W., however, still
remains on the books of the Dis
trict Supreme Court as an open
case.
At Miss Lucas apartment today
it was stated that the wedding
ceremony would be performed
Thursday night and that a recep-
tion at the Congressional Country
Club would follow.
Mrs. Helen A. Folsom Jones
filed her suit for maintenance
last October 8. She alleged that
she married the tax lawyer on
August l. and that they left for
voyage to Europe, intending to
be gone until September II. She
charged that her husband was
cold to her and when she re-
mOnStrated told her to address
herself to other men on ship
board.
Has $4,000 Income
During the voyage, the plaintiff
stated. her husband sent lengthy
wireless messages to the "other
woman" and finally cut the
honeymoon short so that he could
return to America.
She charged that when she
landed in New York. her husband
gave her $3.50 and left her.
Later, she said, she came to
Washington and found her hus-
band with the other woman at
1920 r st. N. w. Mrs. Folsom
Jones, according to the suit, has
an income of $4,000 a year.
The Washington times., 1931-05-12

Protestant and Catholic clergy
men today branded as false a
statement sent out by the board
of temperance, prohibition and
The Washington times., 1931-05-12
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as Of May
9. $207.716,527.49; expenditures,
$9,644,117.75; customs receipts,
| $9,697, ,7s4.66..
The Washington times., 1931-05-12

an automobile in Mt. Vernon, but,
after obtaining IL hearings for
himself on habeas corpus proceed
ings. effected his release.
The police Immediately went to
work on the theory that he had
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The Washington times., 1931-05-12
THE WEATHER

Cloudy and continued cool tonight and
wednesday, with showers tonight, probably
ending Wednesday morningj general east winds,
shifting to north. Temperature yesterday-
Highest. IA; lowest, So.
Full Weather Report on Page rs
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-24
FRANKLIN LONG SEEKS
B. A. DECREE IN CHEMISTRY

| Franklin Long of Eureka, senior al
the State University at Missoula has
filed an application for B. A. degree
in chemistry at the end of the winter
quarter, March is, 1882
Seventeen students are candidates for
bachelor Of arts degrees at the end Of
the winter quarter, six of whom are
also candidates for the States Univer-
sity certificate Of qualification to teach.
Applications for b. A. degrees are:
Thomas Hosty Butte, and Stephen
Odgers, Butte, biology; Margaret
Jacobs, Helena, and Jose Simanagan,
Tuguegarao, Calg., P. l., Botany T.
Clyde Banfield, Bozeman, and Franklin
Long, Eureka, chemistry; Pauline
Hayne, Ponemah, MINI, English;
Anthony D'Orazi, Missoula, fine arts;
Irene McClelland, Williams, history;
William Sullivan, East Helena, mathe-
mates.
Candidates for a B. A. in business
administration are: Leonard Arndt,
Great Falls; Berley Smith, Missoula;
Edward Thomas, Missoula; Raymond
Orval Dreisback, Kelley. Those apply
ing for degrees in education are: Mar
garet Johnson, Per1na; Carey Robert
son, Red Lodge; Clark Henry Secrest,