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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
MISS BOW OFFERS
CHECKS AS PROOF
Actress Charges Ex-Secre-
tary Converted $4,000
to Her Own Use.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Los ANGELES, January 16-Hun-
dredS Of cancelled checks, by which the
State contends it Will prove Daisy De
Doe embezzled $4,000 from her erst-
while employer, Clara Bow, screen star,
were IN evidence in the trial Of the for
n1er secretary today.
George Armstrong, auditor, sat in the
witness stand most of yesterday de-
Scribing the checks in detail, while the
crowds that had flocked to the court
room for a glimpse of the red-haired
actress dwindled to handful.
Other Checks Missing.
The checks, Armstrong explained.
were a record of the special Clara Bow
account to which Miss De Doe had ac-
cess for two years as Clara's secretary,
and Miss De Boe's account. He said
cnecks amounting to approximately
1900 had disappeared.
Marjorie Fairchild, district attorneys
investigator, who first questioned Miss
De Doe ana obtained jewelry, love let
tiers and kilograms from her safety de-
post box, described some of the things
found.
There was a diamond studded vanity
case, she testified, which Miss De Doe
said she took from the actress home
because CLARA let her dogs play with
It." Miss Faircnild testified the defend.
ant admitted taking the things because
it was so easy to get them from care
less child like Clara"
Explanations Of Checks.
Armstrong said some of the cancelled
checks bore such legends as "S3 Clara.
borrowed from me-" due for makeup
for Clara" and $3.50, Clara's birthday
present to me-" He said all he found
to represent the missing $4,000 were q
few check stubs marked mot used"
Rex Ben, Miss Bows boy friend"
sentative, but the actress herself did not
aur,eor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Nearly 100000 people attended the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-16
THOMAS BASIN BID OPENING
 IS POSTPONED
Delay Encountered in Op- ening Bids on Ketchikan
 Harbor Project

A five day postponement for op- ening bids on the Thomas Basin improvement project at Ketchikan was made yesterday by the. District Engineers office, it was announced today by Maj. Malcolm Elliott, Dis trict Engineer. The bids were sched- tiled to have been opened Thursday but this was deferred until Janu- ary 20.
 To meet certain technical re- quirements, affecting only the man. ner of using the appropriations, it was necessary to wi h draw the specifications, rewrite some of them, and reissue them, Maj. Elliott said. This will in no way affect the work or alter the plans for the project.
 It was not necessary to change the date for opening bids on the Port Alexander project, Maj. Elliott added. These will be opened on January 21, as originally announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-16

the work of supervision performed by MT. Marshall, and we believe that the Territory is indebted to him for his painstaking perform ance of the duty devolving upon him in connection with the con- struction of this building
 In conclusion we wish to thank the various officers of the Court for their cooperation, courtesy and assistance during our deliberations. We wish also to commend the Dis trict Attorney and his assistants for their diligent efforts in the prosecution of offenders.
 "Our inspection of the Court House premises, jail and cook house discloses that it is kept clean and neat, and we commend Mar shal Albert White and his assist ants. We wish to commend Miss Minnie Fields for the excellent con- dition of the cook house; also dor mitory for the children under her care"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-16
FINAL REPORT MADE BY GRAND
 JURY THURSDAY
Ends fen Day Session, Making Several Recom-
 mendations for Laws

In it's final report rendered late yesterday to Judge Justin w Hard ing in the United States District Court, the Federal grand jury recommended enactment of legisla- ton curbing punch boards, larger appropriations for care of delin- quent children, urged that a deputy marshal be stationed permanently at Hoonah, and commended vari- GUS Federal officials, including court officers, the United States At torney and his assistants, Marshal Albert White and J. l. Marshall, construction engineer of the Treas ury Department.
 Miss Minnie Fields was also praised for the work she is doing. The report was presented by Fore man M. S. Whittier and the grand jury was immediately discharged from further service.
 Text of Report
 The report said
 We, the Grand Jury, duly em- paneled for the Special August Term of the United States District Court, Division Number One, of Alaska, 1880, held at Juneau, Alas
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-16

Martha Brown to MT. Leroy Huntington. The couple will
 arrive on the Admiral Farragut from the South and the will be performed in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church next Monday evening" They will leave on the Alameda Tuesday for
 the States enroute to Codwalla-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-16

dor, Philippine Islands, where MT. Huntington is connected with the Forest Service as Engineer.
 Mrs. Brown is making her first visit to Juneau since leaving here about two and one-half years ago. 
 Play Indoor Coli at Ire Alaskan Hotel. (adv.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-01-16
COUPLE COMING TO JUNEAU;TO WE'D HERE
 NEXT MONDAY NIGHT

MT. and Mrs. Charles Sey today the engagement of their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-26

Smish = hack - clump PUNK. Yes,
punk PUNK into the cup. Old Gil
cad Wetherby had made hole in one.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
BOAT HITS LOG,
YOUTH LOST
Photo by International

NEW YORK, June % G.N.S.)
William Duffy, "a, one of 10 per.
sons aboard the motor boat
Marvin when it struck a sub.
merged log in the Hudson River
and sank last night, was believed
today to have been drowned as
Marine police vainly searched for
his body.
Four other men and five
women aboard the craft seized
life preservers before the boat
sank and managed to keep afIOat
until rescued by OnlOokers, hun
dreds of whom saw the accident.
Earlier in the day the cabin
cruiser Playboy burned and sank
two miles off Manhattan Beach.
The three men aboard jumped
into the sea and were picked up
by a fishing boat.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
BOY LOSES LIFE
IN CAR CRASH

A young Washington motorist
was instantly killed and four
other persons riding with him
were slightly injured yesterday
when the driver side-swiped
another car with his small road
ster and crashed into a telephone
pole near North Beach, Md.
LindeII Cones, 19, of 6S6 E st.
S. w., suffered a fractured skull
and a severed jugular vein. He
was dead when taken from the
wreckage.
The injured are: Ward Booker,
"a, of 653 E st. S. w., bruises
and shock.
Miss Ruth Dunn, 1S, of 24o7
Third st. N. E, bruises and
shock.
Anderson Parker, 20, Of 636 E
st. S. w., cuts and bruises.
Clarence Russner, of an Eighth
Street Northwest address, cuts
and bruises.
Witnesses said Cones attempted
to pass another machine driven
by Frank H. George, jr., 1925
Thirteenth st. N. w. At the
inquest, called Immediately by
Arthur w. Dowell, States attorney
for Calvert county, verdict of
unavoidable accident was re-
turned. The body will be sent to
Suffolk, Va, for burial.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
Marriage Licenses
GiUen at Rockville

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville, Md, to Walter C.
Peter, jr., %, and Marjorie Graves,
81, both of Silver Spring, Md;
Walter E. Long, 81, and Phyllis
Virginia Barrett, 10, both of Cum.
berland, Md; Charles Wesley
Prettyman, "a, and Dorothy
Helen Clark, 26, both of Rock
vile, Md; Omar M. Dodson, jr.,
81, and Mary c. Fitzmaurice. 18,
both of Baltimore, Md; Robert
c. Boerum, 81, of Colesville, Md.
and Yvonne lola Nehouse, %, Of
Cedar Grove, Md; Herbert G.
Beswick, 80, and Gertrude A.
Skinner, 20, both of Washington:
Charles A. Houtz, 21, and Ester
E. Knattenberger, 10, both of Le-
hilton, Pa; Kenneth E. Dotten,
%, of Delta, Pa, and Sarah
Holmes Stehl, 18, of Hagerstown,
Md; George M. King, 80, of Mill.
vile, N. j., and Frances I. Nick
erson, "a, of Pittsburgh; Arthur
cinnamon, 81, and Theodore
Bacalman, 20, both of Brentwood,
Md; Philip Rice Hough, 81, of
Gatlinburg, Tenn, and Nina
Blanche Cain, SO, of Washing
ton, and Oscar L. Brown, SO, of
Washington, and Katherine S.
Holmes, 30, of Palmyra, Mo.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
TIP ON DEMISE
Of S|DDONS
WINS $40
Times Weekly Awards Made
to Volunteer Reporters;
More Awards This Week

A tip that Justice Frederick
L. Siddons. dean of the District
Supreme Court, died suddenly
from heart attack won the $40
first prize in the $50 weekly news
tip contest of The Washington
Times.
Second prize of $40 was
awarded the persons who tele.
phOned The Times that William
Clyde Gillum, 10, of Alexandria,
was drowned Saturday in Hunt
ing Creek.
Tip on Two Adrift
A tip that William KriZ, Of
Baltimore. and Kenneth Gloom,
OF Norfolk, were cast ashore near
MontrosS. Va, after drifting help
leSSly for 48 hours took third
prize of $5.
The fourth prize of So was
given for tip that the body
of Chester Particle, linotype ma
chiniSt, was found by two boat
men near Indian Head after he
had been drowned in the Po-
tomac.
Six 81 Awards
Six awards of So each were
made for tips on the following
stories:
Three Boy Scouts on way to
Jamboree here narrowly escape
death when car leaves road;
taX1cab runs into and demolishes
carriage in which baby is riding:
Uncle Sans soy beans on De-
partment Of Agriculture lawn,
where All Club delegates were
camped, are planted in crooked
rows; truck and taxi collide on
Baltimore Washington Boulevard,
four men injured; two men Joy.
riding in truck hurt in collision,
and accident at Vermont Avenue
and I Street, in which Charles
Bradley was hurt by automobile,
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
CRASHES
ON L|NKS;2D|E

PELHAM MANOR, N. Y, June
20 QNSD Wreckege Of a cabin
monoplane on one of the rolling
fairWayS of the Pelham Country
Club here today bore mute evi-
dence to the tragedy which yes
terday took the lives of Myron
F.. Hutchinson, %, of Elmira,
N. Y, and his bride of less than
a year.
Flying from Boston to ROOse-
welt Field, Long Island, the plane
lost altitude, struck the top limb
of a tree on the golf course, and
crashed into the turf a few yards
from where hundreds of spec
tators had congregated to watch
a golf match.
Hutchinson, who was plotting
the plane, was killed instantly.
His wife was injured SO seriously
that she died a short time later
in a New Rochelle hospital.
Hutchinson was Eastern dis
trict manager for the StinSon
Aircraft Corporation, of Detroit.
Mrs. Hutchinson. %, was the
former Miss Grace Elizabeth Jor-
dan, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
CASE
PROBE HINGES
ONLETTERS
Dr.. Carr to Go Before Grand
Jury With Three EpistIes Re-
ceived From Faithful Girl

NEW YORK, June % G.NSO.
Bearing three perfumed letters
written by Starr Faithful which
authorities believe contain infor-
nation vital to a solution of the
mysterious death of the Green
wich Village madcap, DR.. G.
Jameson Carr, handsome and
debonair surgeon of the Cunard
Line, is scheduled to arrive here
this afternoon on the liner La
coma.
Interviewed in Boston yeSter-
day, DR.. Carr revealed that a few
days before her death, Starr had
written him three letters, instead
of two as previously reported.
One of these miSSiVeS contained
the cryptic sentence: "By the time
you receive this, 1 will be dead" I"
These letters, according to DR..
Carr, will patch up" the matter
VI OUoA4 . W11C4 4CdOOuGO Ou11IlS GAAC
72 hours between the time she
disappeared from her home here
and the time her battered body
was found on the shore at Long
Beach, Long Island, two weeks
ago today. And they will re-
veal, authorities hope, whether
she took her own life or was
murdered.
DR.. Carr. however, told re-
porters in Boston he sincerely
hoped" that information in the
letters would not lead to any
arrests. Tomorrow he will be a
witness before the Nassau county
grand jury.
1t was DR.. Carr, with whom
the beautiful girl had professed
to be madly in love, whom Starr
was trying to see the night she
was put off the liner Franconia
several days before she diSap-
peared.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
DRINKS POISON
AS PLAY FAILS

NEW YORK, June 22.-Despon-
dent over the failure of a play in
which she starred as well as the
unhappy ending of a romance
with a prominent New Yorker, >
Dorothy Deer Horn, we'll known
in New York, Washington and
Philadelphia theater circles, made
two attempts yesterday to com
nit suicide in her apartment.
According to her roommate,
Hilda Scheffer, Miss Deer Horn,
who claims descent from Poca-
hontas, took a lethal dose and
was later revived by DR.. Cole, of
the Polytechnic Hospital. After the
physician left Miss Scheffer said
the girl swallowed a different
kind of poison and was then re-
moved to the hospital where her
condition is said to be serious.
Miss Deer Horn recently fl
nanced the play "ThaiS," adapted
from the book by Anatole France,
and when reviews were unfavora-
BILE became respondent, the re-
suit being the complete failure of
the play.
When in Washington, Miss
Deer Horn was the leading
woman in the Rams Head Play
ers and was prominent in the
Little Theater movement. She is
the daughter of Leona Deer Horn
Weaver, concert singer, and un-
til recently was a dirceor of the
FrovincetoWn Theater.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
DEATH INVOLVES
UNION HEAD

CHICAGO, June % G.N.SJ.
Thomas Maloy, business agent
for the Motion Picture Operators
Union, was the object of a zeal
Gus search today by police Off
cials stung by accusations of
"stalling" hurled at them by
States attorneys.
Maloy is wanted for question
ing about the murder Saturday
of Jacob Kaufman, union
operator, who was shot by a
young man in golf togs.
The States attorneys office
said the union had decided to
fight the inquiry and to refuse
any cooperation whatever He
also was informed that the union
had turned it's treasury amount
ing to about $5O0,C00 over to
Maloy to fight the inquiry.
Lounsbury put Maloy's personal
profits from manipulation of
operator jobs at $750,000 an
nually.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
NAUTILUS SAT- {
|N|R|SHPORT

Cobb. Ireland. June % ON.
SO.-The Nautilus, towed by the
American battleship Wyoming.
arrived safely off Cobb harbor
at 8 a. m. today at this port. Its
batteries will be recharged before
its departure for an English ship
yard for overhauling. The Bat
tleship Wyoming, with it's mid
Shipmen passengers, will continue
on its way to Copenhagen, Den
mark.
The Wyoming went to the as
Sistance of the Nautilus, in which
the famous explorer. Sir Hubert
Wilkins, hopes to cruise under
the North Pole, after she had
sent out a call for aid following
the breakdown of her port and
starboard engines in mid-Atlantic.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
JEKYLL- HYDE
CHARACTER
SOUGHT
Geo. Hewlett, Gentleman and
Gangster, Identified As big
Shot in Underworld Ring

CHICAGO, June % GNS0
New impetus was given the search
for George A. Hewlett, one of the
68 men indicted with AL Capone
in Chicago's mammoth liquor con-
Spiracy case, when it was re-
vealed today that he was in fact
a wealthy clubman, lavish host,
and shrewd business man.
Generally rated a millionaire,
active in a big printing concern,
and living faShionably in a $780,
900 residence at Long Beach. Ind,
Hewlett, it appears, has been
daily assuming a dual personality,
one for the "4OO," one with the
gangs.
One of Blk Three
In Capone's gang, Hewlett, &C
cording to investigators, was third
in command. coming after Capone
and Johnny Patton, the boy
Mayor of Burnham." Ills part
was that of the "fiXer" because
of his personality, surroundings,
and appearance.
Hewlett is also involved in in
come tax cases, Robert E. Neely,
acting collector of Internal Rev
enue, seeking his assets to cover
$4,000 in unpaid taxes.
Federal men discovered there
was a man known as Hewlett in
1929, when they found a bank
record showing he had cleared
$275,OOO in a year, but they sup
posed it was through a legitimate
business. 1t was on this income
the Government levied its $751;
600 tax.
Previously Indicted
Hewlett was indicted in Indi-
annapolis in the Jack Daniels
distillery case with George
Remus, king of bootleggers, and
38 others, but never was appre-
hended.
Not until the Capone beer con-
spiracy indictments came out did
Federal agents discover that the
Hewlett of these various activ-
tiles was the same man.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
19 j. 8. MAYORS
BACK HOME

NEW YORK, June % GN.S.),
Nineteen American mayors who
toured France on a goodwill mis-.
sion returned to the United States
today aboard the lille De France
and denied that there had been
excessive drinking in their party
during the trip.
Mayor James L. Key, Of At,
lanta, whose wet statements
during the tour aroused a wave
of indignation in his home town,
stood by his guns when inter.
viewed on his return. He said:
"The Eighteenth Amendment
is one of the finest pieces of
idealism 1 have ever seen, but
1 have found it a great disap-
pOintment in operation.
81 would like to see a ma
tiOnal convention called by our
loyal and sober citizens to whom
the Eighteenth Amendment
does not mean personal ag-
grandiZement for a constructive
program to correct conditions"
He said he favored repeal if
some better liquor plan could be
devised.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
Oil Firm President
Believed KidnaDed

CHICAGO, June % G.N.S0.
Fearing that he might have been
kidnapped for ransom, police to.
day instituted search for Samuel
Levin, wealthy president of the
Consumers Gas and Oil Com
pany, who has been missing since
Saturday night.
Mr.. Levin was last seen when
he drove away from his sisterin-
laws home saying he was on his
way to a gasoline station. It
was learned that a few hours
before his disappearance he
negotiated q large financial deal.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
Harry S. NelU, Jr.,
Quits Jail TOd1g

SAN QUENTIN, Calf, June %.
Prison gates will swing outward
today for Harry S. New, jr.,
convicted murderer and reputed
son of the former Postmaster
General.
On parole after II years, he
will go back to Los Angeles where
he killed his sweetheart, Freida j.
Lesser, in 1919.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
Listed N. Y. Stocks
SkOW ADern0e Gain

The market value of SO repre-
sentative stocks on the New
York Stock Exchange at the close
of the week ended June 20, 1881,
was $16,071,371,549, an increase
of $1,010,276,739 or approximately
6.71 per cent over the value of
SIS, ,737, ,052,200 at the close of
the preceding week, according to
Paul H. Davis & Co., members
of the New York Stock Exchange.
This compares with $22,859,-
066, ,456, the value of the shares
at the close of the corresponding
week in 1880.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
One in Hospital, One
In JAIL; Guns Blamed

Frank Johnson, colored, is dy-
ing at the Alexandria Hospital
and Thomas Pratt, also colored,
of 412 Oronocco ST.. Alexandria,
is being held on charge of
felonious assault as a result of
a shooting in the northern sec
ton of Alexandria last night. Ac-
cording to police, Pratt admits
shooting at Johnson three times.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
Merit Badges Pinned
On I,8OO Boy Scouts

With the present tion of
medals and merit badges to 1900
boy scouts, the third annual
iamboree, held for three days in
Rock Creek Park, closed last
night. The awards were for pro-
ficiency in various branches of
scouting.
Under the leadership Of Major
R. F. Seymore, the scouts made
a pilgrimage to Arlington Gene
terry, among other activities,
where they placed a wreath upon
the Unknown Soldiers tomb.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
HOndurQn RebeLChief
FLeeS to Guatemala

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras
June % G.N.SO 1.-The govern
ment today announced that the
revolutionary leader, General Fer
rera, had been decisively defeated
and was now fleeing toward the
Guatemalan border with govern
ment troops at his heels.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
Constance Bennett
Survives ODer1tiOn

SANTA MONICA, Calf, June
% QN.S0 Constance Bennett
was reported resting comfortably
today following an emergency op-
Grafton Saturday. DR.. H. fl Blod,
gett was of the opinion that the
danger period would be passed TO-
day. The film stars father and
sister Joan called yesterday. but
could not see the patient.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
B'ndi Birth Plans
Home Folks Ni0ht

The Argo Lodge, B'nai Birth,
will have an "o'd folks at home
night" at the Jewish Community
Center Wednesday night in
honor of past presidents. 1t will
be the last meeting until Sep
tember. Speakers will include
Joseph Wilmer and Benjamin
Topper who will speak on current
events.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
Former President
Of France Is Dead

PARIS, June % GNSD.-Clem
ent-Armand Fallieres, former
president Of France, died today
at his home at Villeneuve-de.
Mezin, at the e~e of 90.
Fallieres became president of
the republic in 1906, retiring at
the end of his term in 1918.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
POIUeU, Miss Lombard
Step Nearer to Altar

LOS ANGELES, June % N.N.SD e.
Carole Lombard and William Pow
ell, movie stars. were a step nearer
their marriage today after having
filed notice of intention to wed
Neither would say when or where
the wedding would take place.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
Photo by International

POLICEMAN UPSHAW
CRACKSHOT MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN CARRIE
UPSHAW of Pasadena, Calif who has represented the
United States in four international competitions, will
again shoot for Uncle Sam in the international Small Bore
championships to be held at Bisley England early next
month Upshaw chalked up 1913 out of possible 400
in 1929 and has 65 medals and several other
trophies in various rifle matches.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22

MISS BUTLER AND DERBY CANDIDATES
NEEDY CHILDREN in Los Angeles, Calf, will be
given free lunches and milk from funds raised in
giant Frog Hop" and Horned Toad Derby" which is
scheduled to take place soon Miss Josephine Butler is
shown here holding mirror so that the horned speed
sters may themselves for the Forthcoming event
The money will be turned to the ParentTeachers
Federation.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22

PAULINE WEBSTER
ALTHOUGH she has been
questioned several times, Paul
inc Webster, II, refuses to
divulge the whereabouts of Her
man Duker, wanted for ques-
tioning in connection with the
murder of a Baltimore milk
wagon driver The girl, said
to be Duker's fiancee, is being
held in Bridgeton, N. ].
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-08
WOMAN CONFESSES
PLOT TO KILL MATE
Admits Paying $500 for Two Other
Men Hired to Murder Her
Husband, Police Declare.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RUTHERFORD, N. j.. June g.
Police last night said Mrs. Alice De
Leeuw. 38, had confessed she paid
Michael Fedor, Arlington. $500 to kill
her husband. Bernard De Leeuw, 81,
wealthy contractor.
William Stock, 81, of Passaic, was
arrested as co-conspirator with
Fedor. Police say Fedor confessed.
Mrs De Leeuw and the two men
were charged with conspiracy to
murder Fedor. a chauffeur, also was
charged with highway robbery, eXtor-
ton and attempt to kill.
The three were to be arraigned be-
fore Judge Wallace Leyden today.
Police said De Leeuw identified
Fedor as one of the two men who took
him for a ride" two weeks ago and
threatened him. He said they robbed
him of $50 before turning him loose.
Police said Mrs. De Leeuw admitted
promising Fedor $4,000 to Stay her
husband. After she paid him $500,
they said. Fedor decided to kidnap the
contractor in an effort to obtain
5000
Fedor was arrested last Thursday
when he called at garage where he
had instructed De Leeuw TO leave
IS 900 after the contractor protested
inability to raise the larger sum.