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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
WARDENS WILL PAN
! W|CKERSHAM BODY
Baltimore Session October e
Set for Answering of
Prison Report.
nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 30.-Prison
wardens from 40 States are preparing
to lombard the Wickersham Commits
sion with criticism for its recent attack
on brutality in American penal instt-
buttons.
An outlet for their feelings has been
arranged in the form of a special ses-
sion october % in connection with the
sixty-first annual congress Of the Amer
lean Prison Association, which opens In
Baltimore October 10.
At the close of the session a commit
tee-already organized, with Sanford
Bates, superintendent of Federal
prisons. at its heads to meet to draw
up a formal report summarizing the
groups attitude.
New Yorker to Preside.
Details of the arrangements were
made public in New York today by Ed
sward r. Cas-. general secretary. of the
fPrison Association of New York, who
has been designated to preside at the
meeting.
Predicting that there will be plenty
of fireworks" Cass said the wardens
will probably center their attack on
what they believe to be a blanket in
Ciictment contained in the sixth OF %
conclusions in the Wickersham report.
That conclusion, in part, was as FOL
aows:
I'VE find our present system of penal
discipline to be additionally unintelh-
gent and not infrequently cruel and in
human. Brutal disciplinary measures
lhave no justification. They neither re-
form the criminal nor give security to
the prison. We recommend they be for
hidden by law"
Cass said today the wardens are
planning to object strongly to that and
other parts of the report which they
deem sweeping congratulations unwar-
Eanted by the facts.
Generalities Resented.
''There is a feeling" he said, that
while some of the accusations contained
In the Wickersham report may apply to
certain individual penal institutions
they certainly do not apply to the penal
institutions of the United States gen.
orally"
Cass said in addition to Bates and
himself the committee which viii draw
40 the wardenS' report on the Wicker
Mham findings will include William j.
lEllis, head of the Department OF IN
situations and Agencies OF New Jersey:
DR.. Mary B. Harris, superintendent OF
the Federal Industrial Institution Tor
Women at Anderson, w. Va. and
Warden Oscar Lee of the Wisconsin
State Prison at Waupun, Wis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
FLYER GOES
415 MILES AN HOUR
Lieut.. G. H. Stainforth Sets
New World Record in
England.
BY the Associated Press.

oS bklO faSoOSAdbCA EASoS'
LONDON, September 3O.-A new
world speed recod of AIS miles an
hour today stamped Flight Lieut.. G. H.
Stainforth as the fastest man on wings
He topped his previous mark of 388.6T
miles an hour on the second Of four
laps over a 3-kilometer GA miles,
course at Calshot yesterday. His average
was 1898 miles an hour, as compared
with the figure of 379.05 made during
the Schneider Cup races.
The judges officially announced his
time for the four laps as calculated by
an electric camera as ASP, 405.1, 409.5
and 1854. His machine was an SOB
seaplane, driven by an especially-built
Rolls-Royce engine described as the
most powerful ever built.
Although the weather was considered
only barely safe, Lieut.. Stainforth took
off over the Solent easily and was soon
buried in the mist. He made the turns
with dexterity and continued around
the course with the outlines of his plane
hardly visible. He landed at 100 miles
an hour while the spectators gasped.
81 believe have broken the record, /"
he said quietly as he joined his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
MONTGOMERY JAIL
SITE TRADE SEEN
County to Get Right of Way
for Street in Exchange
for Fair Price.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, September 3d.
Acting to place a value on property
where the present county jail is loca-
ted, the Board of County Commits
sioners yesterday began negotiations
which are expected to result in dedi-
cation to the county Of two rights-of-
way, one to be used as new arterial
street and the second to convey drain
age pipes from the court house prop
erty.
The jail property consists Of about
three fourths of an acre. The old jail
will be abandoned soon and prisoners
transferred to the new jail on the top
floor Of the new court house.
Commissioners are seeking rights-of-
way through the estate Of the late
Judge Edward c. Peter which sur
rounds the old jail site, and heirs Of
the estate have indicated that they
would be willing to dedicate the neces-
sary land If they are allowed to pur-
chase the jail site at a satisfactory
price.
Mayor j. Roger Spates Of Rockville
was named by the commissioners yes
terday to appraise the jail site and
suggest a price to the county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
CHANGE IN DUCK
SEASON PROPOSED
Virginia Urges System Of Three
Closed Days Weekly Until
January Is.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


RICHMOND, Va, September 30.-A
more liberal wild duck and geese season
for Virginia will be asked of the United
States Bureau of Biological Survey Fri
day, when Maj. A. Willis Robertson,
chairman Of the State Commission of
Game and Inland Fisheries, will appear
before the Federal body in Washington.
Under President Hoover's proclama-
ton the season for shooting duck and
geese in Virginia and neighboring
States has been reduced to 80 days,
from November is to December Is. The
season In Virginia heretofore has been
from November to January 81. The
State, through Gov. Pollard, asks that
the new regulation be modified and
that Virginia be given a 10-week sea-
son, beginning November 1 and ending
January is, with three CLOSED" days
each week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
PANGDORN DELAYS
TRANSPAC|F|C HOP
He and Herndon to Take off
Tomorrow on Record
Breaking Flight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated RreSS.
SAMUSHIRO, Japan, September 80.
Bad weather In the Aleutian Islands
today caused Clyde Pangborn and Hugh
Herndon, jr., American flyers, to post
pone until tomorrow their take-oI here
on q projected nonstop flight to the
United States.
Their primary aim is to be the first
to cross the Pacific in an airplane with
out q stop. Secondarily they will seek
a record for distance in a single hop.
Pangborn and Herndon figure If they
can get as far as Salt Lake City With
out an intermediate landing they
would break the distance record Of
Russell Boardman and John Polando,
who covered SOIL miles in flying from
New York to Istanbul, Turkey, last
July.
The Americans are confident, even
having dreams of the possibility of
their gasoline holding out long enough
for them to reach Dallas, Tex.
In addition they are after the $25, 900
offered by the Toxic newspaper ASahi
for the first nonstop fight across the
Pacific.
Pangborn and Herndon said the ca
pacity of their plane was about 900 gall
Ions of gasoline, which would enable
them to remain aloft As hours and
cover $500 miles under ordinary con-
ditions
The flyers, however, pin their great
est hopes on the possibility of high-alti-
tude speed flying after some IL or is
hours Of low altitude progress while
their fuel load is being lightened. Once
the load is sufficiently reduced they
said they would figure on climbing to
the $4,000 or 10000 foot level in search
would make possible flying speed OF
$50 miles an hour.
Pangborn and Herndon will carry no
rabbits foot, radio equipment, pneumatic
life belts or collapsible rubber boats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
FIREMAN DIES IN WRECK

KANKAKEE, Ill, September 80 (R.-
The engine and mail car of a fast Gin
cinnati- Chicago passenger train on the
Big Four Railroad were derailed at
Kankakee crossing today and hurled into
a ditch. Fireman Carrigan of Chicago
was killed, but Engineer Sam Cahill OF
Chicago was thrown clear of the wreck
age and suffered only minor bruises.
None of the passengers was injured.
trolling the automatic derail at the Big
Four Illinois Central crossing, was
thrown against him before he could stop
his train
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
STUDENT PILOT DIES
IN MIDAIR COLLISION
Both Flyers Make Parachute
Jump at Low Altitude
Second Injured.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMP BORDEN, Ontario, September
500. j. Kitchen of Winnipeg, a stu
dent commercial pilot, was killed here
Monday as his plane collided with an
other in midair at low altitude.
Kitchen, qualified pilot, was taking
a course in aerial navigation. His plane
crashed into one piloted by F. B. Bris-
coe, Chatham, Ontario, who also holds
commercial pilots certificate.
Both men jumped with their para
chutes, but the Winnipeg flyer was too
near the ground and the impact caused
almost Immediate death. His parachute
opened only partly.
Briscoe was slightly injured. Kitchen
was "a years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
Visiting Governor
Uses Lunch Wagon
For MONDAY Meal
Arthur Seligman of New
Mexico Merely Drops
in for Days Special.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, September 3d.
Gov. Arthur Seligman of New Mexico
ate a plate of beans and drank coffee
yesterday seated on a stool in q lunch
wagon. His fellow diners were clerks
and merchants of South Philadelphia
area.
sister, Mrs. Eva S.. Cohen, was near
the lunch wagon at noon and dropped
in to eat the plate special of the day.
He told questioners unemployment in
his State ''is well in hand and can be
handled locally"
OF prohibition he said, I'm New
Mexico we're too busy living to worry
much about 1t"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
EX-SENATOR IS FOUND
TO HAVE LEFT NO WILL
Widow of Eugene Jones, Kensing-
ton, and Son Appointed Ad-
illustrators.
Special Dispatch to The star.

ROCKVILLE, Md, September 3d.
Former State Senator Eugene Jones Of
Kensington, whose death occurred last
week, died intestate, 1t was disclosed
in the Orphans Court here yesterday
afternoon, when his widow, Mrs. Clara
2. Jones, and son and only child,
Charles G. Jones, made application for
letters of administration on the estate.
The letters were granted and the
widow and son thereby became joint
administrators and filed bond OF
$4,000.
The value Of DR.. Jones' estate was
not made known, but is understood
to be substantial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE
Paul Block, Publisher, and lis
wife Entertained by Hoovers.

President and Mrs. Hoover last night
entertained as their guests at the White
House Paul Block, newspaper publisher,
and Mrs. Block. The Blocks arrived
in the Capital from New York last
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
80 AGENTS IN CHICAGO
TO PROBE ALIEN RING
Carson Directs Drive Against
Nationwide Smuggling
System.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September S0.-Murray
w. Carson, special Assistant Secretary
of Labor; w. F. Watkins, chief field
supervisor Of the Labor Department,
and 80 agents established headquarters
in Chicago yesterday to continue an
investigation of a Nationwide alien
smuggling ring.
The inquiry was started In New
York, where the headquarters Of the
gang were believed to be, but Carson
said the ramification of the ring ex-
tended all over the country. Several
indictments have been returned and
others are expected as the result OF the
Eastern investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
Church Benefit Planned.
ial Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS, Va, Sep
tember 30.-On Friday afternoon there
will be silver tea at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Wilson, Virginia High
lands, for the benefit Of the building
fund Of the Mount Vernon Baptist
Church. A number Of political candi-
dates have announced their intention
of attending.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
Union Veteran Buried.

SHINNSTON, w. Va, September 81
Especially Services were held yester'
day afternoon for Albert L.@Barnes, SO
Clay district farmer and Union veteran
Interment was in the Shinnston Ma
sonic Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-30
CHICAGO Threatened
WITH SCHOOL CLOSING
Board Warns Glasses May Discon-
tinue If Teachers Cannot Take
: Script During Money Shortage.
by the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 30 Chicago
was served notice Monday by counsel
for the Board Of Education that its
schools would be closed If the board
were restrained from paying employees
with scrip instead OF cash.
The restraining order was sought be-
fore Judge Phillip Finnegan by Miss
Mary Able, president Of the Chicago
Teachers Federation, and David Ros-
'enhein, q taxpayer. The teachers have
not been paid with cash for months, due
to the depleted condition Of the city
treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
GIRL SHOT KILLS
KIDNAPPING SLAYER
Abductor Confesses Crime
After Being Wounded
by Victim.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WABASHA, Mimi, June 4.-Roy
Ashley, 3S.year-cld section worker of
Beaver Dam, Wis. died today in hos
pital, "a hours after he was shot by
Evelyn Brown, Is, whom he kidnapped
and slew.
Ashley killed the girl after she shot
and fatally wounded him in the abdo-
men near Winona. Mimi, yesterday
when they stopped to fill the automobile
radiator.
Tells of InfatuatiOn.
He was taken to the hospital after
the Staying and confessed he kidnapped
the girl from her home Tuesday night
over protests CT her mother.
Just before he died today he told au-
thorities he had been infatuated with
The girl and had planned to flee to Mon
tana with her.
Ashley lured her from her home on
the pretext of taking her for ride.
When they reached a farm near here,
Ashley stopped.
Girl Calls for Aid.
Evelyn shouted that she had been
kidnapped and Ashley threw bottla at
her She seized a revoiver and shot
him in the abdomen. Ashley took the
weapon, hit her over the mead and drove
q short distance. Then he shot her.
Evelyn's body will be sent to Beaver
Dam for burial
Ashley at first said "she shot me, then
shot herself" but officers reported he
threw the girl from the car and shot
her through the head as she pleaded for
her life.
Although he was weak from loss of
blood Ashley recovered sufficiently to
make a statement to police. in which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
ANSWERS SUIT FILED
BY VENICE MERCHANT
Lewis Hopfenmaier II Says He
Refused Payment Because Glass
ware Was Not Delivered.

Lewis Hopfenmaier I'd. 2737 Devon
shire place, yesterday filed in District
Supreme Court his answer to the $500
suit recently brought against him by
Ettore Camerino, n merchant of Venice,
Italy, on notes given for inonogrammed
glassware and china bought by the de-
PENDANT while on his honeymoon in
Italy a year ago. The merchant claim
ed the goods would be difficult to sell
because of the monogram blown into
the ware.
Through Attorney Alvin L. Newmyer,
the defendant said the merchandise was
purchased for 81 500, for which he gave
note, and was to he delivered duty
free and shipment paid to the United
States before the maturity of the note.
The other notes were to cover cost OF
shipping and duty. he asserted.
Ten days before maturity the notes
were presented to his bank, Hopfen-
maier says, and he refused payment be-
cause the goods had not been delivered
as promised. He also denied that the
goods may not be sold at a fair value,
declaring the plates are of the Napo-
leonic period and bear only the letter
IN" as a symbol. He asked the court
to require the Venetian merchant TO
post a bond remanded of all nom
residents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
JURY OF SIX HEARS
DRUNK DRIVING CASE
With Two Panels in Use and One
Charge on Docket Attorneys
Agree to Judges Request.

A jury composed of only six persons.
the fewest ever to sit in a criminal
case here. was hearing evidence in Po-
lice Court today in driving while
drunk" case before Judge Isaac r. Hit
With two panels already in use and
only one case on the docket-that of
James Griffin, colored, 311 K street,
charged with driving while drunk
Judge Hit asked defense counsel and
the prosecutor if it would be agreeable
to call into service the six remaining
Jurors in the Police Court allotment
The attorneys agreed and the half
dozen talesmen were seated.
A decision by the United States Su-
preme Court last year made it legal
to try defendants in criminal cases
with less than IL jurors when the con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

sent of counsel was obtained. There
have been several cases in the Dis
trict with 10 or II jurors within the
past year.
Griffin, arrested May 20, is repre-
sented by Attorney Leo Sullivan, while
Assistant Corporation Counsel Edward
M Welliver is prosecuting the case.
The case is expected to go to the jury
late today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
Envoy Due July IS.

Senior Salvador de Madiaraga. new
Spanish Ambassador to the United
States, probably will arrive in Wash
ington about July 25, the embassy here
announced today The Ambassador is
remaining in Madrid for conferences
with the new Republican regime, it was
explained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04
BANKHEAD DENIES FRAUD
Alabama Senator Cites Figures in
Recount Made for Hefiin.

Senator Bankhead, Democrat, of Ala
bama today issued statement denying
charges of fraud in his election contest
last November with former Senator
Heflin and asserting the present recount
of ballots has proved he was elected "by
the will of the people"
Bankhead said he had a majority of
SO 900 over Hef1in and declared the re-
count now being conducted by the Sen
ate Elections Committee has indicated
only slight change with nearly one
third of the ballots recounted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

he detailed how he entered the girls
home, threatened the life of her mother,
then fled with Evelyn after smashing
the telephone.
The weapon used by Ashley has not
been found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-04

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The Washington times., 1931-11-10
PANTAGES JURY.
AWAITS STORY
international Photo

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 G.N.S.)
A voice from the grave was to
sound today in the re-trial Of
Alexander Pantages, wealthy show
man, charged with attacking
Eunice Pringle, young dancer.
Louis Fisher, an errand boy and
witness to the alleged escape of
Miss Pringle from Pantages' Of
flee two years ago, was killed in a
motorcycle accident, but by con-
sent of attorneys his testimony at
Pantages' first trial was to be
read today to the jury of eight
men and four women.
Writer a Witness
The jurors had a vivid picture
of the aftermath of the alleged
attack in mind as they assembled
for today's session.
Frederick Taylor Wise, story
writer, testified he saw the young
coed dash from Pantages' private
office and run to the street, her
dress torn, her stockings down,
and her hair flying.
Wise said he was walking along
the street by the theater building
and heard a long penetrating
scream. This caused him to run
into the lobby by the stairway.
Battle at Door
Above him on the stair was
Fisher and on the landing above,
wise said, he saw a man who has
been identified as w. c. Hale.
Fisher motioned to Wise to
ascend the stairway to the room
where he had heard the scream,
Wise testified. The writer said:
"The door was moving as
though someone was trying to
pull is open and someone else
was trying to hold it shut"
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
Grand Jury Sees Riley Child, Closes
Inquiry Into Parents Cruelty

nile Court, who issued the at
tachment for Edith, will be told
tomorrow of conditions in the
home at lilo Rhode Island Ave.
N. W. Petitions will be reviewed
that allege Edith and Francis
are destitute of a suitable home.
In order to save little Edith
the shock of appearing in q pub
lie courtroom. Judge Kathryn Sci
lers announced today that she
would hold the hearing at Gal
linger Hospital instead Of the
regular courtroom.
Judge Sellers has been advised
by physicians that the excite
ment of the crowded courtroom
might be too much for the girl.
An effort will be made to have
the children placed in the care of
an aunt or their maternal grand
mother. Mrs. Anna Annadale,
the grandmother, cared for the
children for four years after
their mothers death, which oc.
Cured soon after Edith's birth.
She was ready to tell the Grand
Jury today that until Edith was
taken from her she seem ID to be a
normal child. with the best of
habits, and deny Elsie Riley's
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
New Tokyo Reply
Holds U. S. Interest

A new communication from the
japanese government, setting
forth again the Japanese position
in the Manchurian dispute, held
the attention of the American
government today. It will be de-
livered to the State Department
this afternoon.
This was the answer of Baron
Shidehara, Japanese foreign min.
lister, to the "aide memoire" dis
patched last week by Secretary Of
State Stimson and delivered by
w. Cameron Forbes, American
Ambassador to Tokyo.
The American note again called
upon Japan to abide by the
pledges she took when she signed
the Kellogg antiWar pact and re-
minded Japan of her promise to
the League of Nations that she
would withdraw her troops from
the non-treaty zones of Man
churia at an early date.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
1000 Americans
Now in Tientsin

There are approximately 500
civilian American citizens in
Tientsin at the present, accord
ing to the latest figure available
at the State Department.
These comprise 476 men, women
and children, not including the
122 wives and children Of men,
rbers of the Fifteenth Infantry,
stationed at Tientsin.
The State Department reported
that it's latest figure. which was
as of August Is, showed there
were 455 officers and men Of the
Fifteenth Infantry stationed at
TientSin.
The value of American property
at Tientsin is approximately
$9,500,00O0, of which $4,000, 900 is
business property. and $50O,000 is
missionary or philanthropic organ
ization property.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10
SEE Denies China
Asks Alien Army

GENEVA. Nov. 10 GN.SJ.-
Reports in London that China
had requested the sending Of an
international army to Manchuria
to protect the South Manch' rian
Railway were denied TO-DAY by
DR.. Alfred SEE. Chinese delegate
to the League of Nations.
LONDON, Nov. 10 G.N.S0.-
China has proposed to the League
Of Nation that an international
army of 1000 men, including
United States troops, be organ
lied to police the South Man
churian Railway pending settle
ment of the Sino-Japanese con-
flict, the Daily Express stated to-
day.
Under the Portsmouth treaty,
the South Manchurian Railway is
polced by Japan with the right
to maintain $4,000 troops in Man
churia for that purpose.
The diplomatic correspondent
of the Dai Express said China
had suggested the international
force could be drawn from Ameri-
can, British, French, and Italian
marines and soldiers now sta
toned on Chinese territory.
The Washington times., 1931-11-10

story that the girl Is abnormal.
A half a dozen relatives and
many neighbors who knew Edith
before She went with her STEP
mother would corroborate Mrs,
Annadale's testimony police have
been told.
MarshaIs to Testify
Mrs. Brandt, the marshals who
took the child from the closet
and wrapped her almost nude
body in a cover before they took
her away to the hospital have said
that they never saw a more pitiful
sight than Edith, crouched in
the closet, without a bed or
chair on which to rest her thin
body, and without a toy. Her
SCARED body was clad in a dirty
garment, and her body was dirty,
they say. Her hair was unkempt
and had not been cut and her
teeth were uncared for, they also
charge.
Several of her teeth are broken,
and Francis said in Police Court
that he saw Edith lying on the
floor one day after his STEP
mother left and her mouth was
cut and bleeding, while on the
floor lay two broken teeth.