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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16

Mexico's present financial situation Is
not being overlooked as having q pos
sible bearing on lump sum or similar
settlement. although the obstacle is not
considered at all insurmountable to such
settlement If 1t becomes necessary.
Some funding plan, through pledging
of certain revenue receipts, for example,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
SALESMAN CLAIMS SYSTEM
TRISECTS ANGLE FIVE WAYS
Amateur Mathematician, Unlearned, Says
He Knows Secret of Reduplicating
Cube and Squaring Circle.

his methods, he refuses to dtvulge
them to the public at present.
Hurd's only book learning was gar
nered in four years at high school, in
which he pursued q commercial course.
He said his mathematical education
was negligible To the lack Of formal
education In mathematics he attributes
his ability to work without prejudice
along original lines and thus evolve his
formulas.
Claims He Trisects Sphere.
He came upon his unusual methods,
which do not neceSsitate the use OF a
ruler and which employ the arc chief
ly, more than a decade ago when the
erroneous report that a Lynn school,
boy had trisected the arc by geometry
fred his spirit of conquest. He said
his method was developed by studying
nature and was "a simple line Of re-
lation right through"
Hurd said his method Of trisecting
the arc, which he announced last
Spring, was the only one known by
which the feat could be performed
positively, whereas it could be done
only approximately through other
methods, such as calculus. He said
his methods enabled him to bisect a
straight line by means Of curves with
out the aid Of a ruler and extract q
sphere which is half of the original
sphere, or extract a sphere which is a
trisection In volume of another sphere.
He said he had discovered a number
of new angles, which he termed angles
of neutrality, reconciliation and rela-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
MICHIGAN DRIVES
AGAINST ROBBERS
Action Against Road Houses
and Resorts Aftermath of
QuadrupIe Staying.

BY the Associated Press.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. August 1S.-A
concerted effort to drive robbers OF
Michigan highways and TO close tbs
roadhouses and resorts where they con-
gregate was being planned tonight as
an aftermath of the Staying of two boys
and two girls near Ypsilanti early Tues
day.
Plans for such a drive were an
nounced at Petoskey today by Gov. VII
Der M. Brueker, while Washtenaw
County authorities continued their ef-
forts TO round up the associates OF Fred
Smith, Frank Oliver and David T.
Blackstone, colored, the convicted STAY
ers OF the young couple.
Slayers Questioned.
Other washtenaw officials spent the
day questioning the three slayers at the
Michigan State prison, where they were
taken Thursday night after being SEN
fenced TO life Imprisonment, but found
the prisoners unwilling to talk. They
were unable to get them to admit con
nection with numerous "petting party
robberies in WaShtenaw County.
Catherine Keller, Smiths sweetheart,
still was being held tonight and the Of
flcers were endeavoring TO determine
what connection, if any, she had with
the quadruple Staying.
Five other men, believed implicated
In 'petting party" robberieS in the
county were arrested late today and
brought here for questioning.
Purse F0nnd.
The bloodstained purse Of Anna Mae
Harrison, one Of the four torch Staying
victims, was found near the scene OF the
crime on the county linefroad by ofncers
today. Prosecutor Albert J. Rapp said
Oliver had told him where to look for
1t. The purse Of Vivian Gold, the ota1er
girl. had been found earlier,
Gov Bruckers announcement OF the
campaign TO close resorts where he held
such crimes as that Of last Tuesday
we're conceived, was followed by an
nouncements from Detroit and Ypsi-
lanti County drives against highway
robbers In the area between here ana
Detroit in which Miss Gold. Miss Har.
risen and their escorts Harry Lore ana
Thomas Wheatley, were killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, August 15.-Shunning the
methods Of orthodox mathematics,
George H. Hurd, cotton waste sales
man, who spends his evenings porting
over q self-evolved system OF natural
relations" believes he has wrested q
few more secrets from the universe.
Announcement that the president Of
Duuuesne University, Pittsburgh. had
accomplished the trisection of an
angle by euclidean geometry. a feat
believed for $500 years to be impos-
sible, evoked the statement from Hurd
tonight that he could trisect the angle
in five different ways through the use
of his system.
He also claimed to be able to re-
duplicate the cube, and commended that
il it was proved to be a positive value
he could square the circle. The three
problems in geometry have been con-
sidered inSoluble.
UnIearned, He Asks Probe.
Hurd, whose laboratory bench is the
table in the living room Of his home
in the Brighton district of Boston and
whose tools consist Of compass, a
square and q pencil. said he would be
glad to have a reputable group OF SCI
entists, who would be pledged 70 Sc
crecy, investigateshis methods and pass
Judgment on them.
Since he Is attempting to have the
results of his Iabors copyrighted and
Ia working in collaboration with Harold
A. zagar, a Newton College professor.
on a work embodying the essentials OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16

has been mentioned by some cfacials ~
q practicable means of carrying out the
terms Of 9 settlement not involving
new commissions.
Dissension IN the General Claims
Commission, which reached the end Of
the washington sessions last month
without handing down decisions on Eve
cases, which had been argued before 1t,
became known several weeks ago.
The resultant interference with that
commissions production has been
pointed TO by some rs o likely factor
weighing In favor OF some other dispo-
sition Of all the claims than continued
commission consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
POLICE AID RUSHED
TO HALT IRISH RIOT
Orangemen Battle Delegates
to Hibernian Assembly in
County Armagh.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, August
I5.-Police reinforcements were rushed
tonight to Armagh, Northern Ireland,
after a day Of battling between Orange
men and delegates TO the assembly OF
the Ancient order of Hibernians.
The reinforcements we're dispatched
after leaders on both sides had APP
pealed vainly TO their followers to keep
the peace.
irish Nationalist in street demonstra-
lions shouted up, Dublin" and Up
de valera" and the Orangemen retail
lated BY singing "Derry's Walls,
Many windows were shattered by the
rioters and police feared that if they
obtained arms the situation would De-
come most serious.
Rail Wreck Held Reprisal
The days troubles started with the
yreckinR Of a locomotive near Rich
Hill County Armagh, by a group Of
about 20 men who shot one warning
bullet In the direction OF Henry Bell
sbe engine driver. and told him he
would get the next one If he didn't
obey them. Then they ripped UP sec
ton OF the track and, detaching the
locomotive from its train, forced Bel
To start il toward the gap.
This was interpreted as a reprlsal
measure against the Irish Republican
Army which prevented Orangemen
from holding a meeting ct Cootehin, IL
County Cavan, on the southern SIDE o.
the free State Ulster border last Wed
nesday.
In Armagh today clashes between the
Hibernians and Orangemen we're ire
quent, and police, swinging tneH oapoIls'
waded in time after time in an at
tempt 10 auell the disturbances.
Fighters Thwart Police.
Each time they were dispersed the
fighters collected somewhere else and
started over again.
The authorities succeeded in prevent
ing q mass engagement, but the dis
orders were so severe that shopkeepers
put ND their shutters.
Sir william Allen, grandnaster Of
the Armagh Orangemen, said he re-
garded the Rich Hill incident with
grave disquiet
sIf the Republicans and the Free
State government choose g night i
out . he added. "let them co so, but
let our people, for goodness sake, keep
out OF III"
Leaders Of the Orangemen and the
Hibernians all expressed regret tonight
over the clashes.
II Il an ordinary custom for Grange
men 10 celebrate "Boyne day" on july
| Ia and Derry day On August ~, while
| the Hibernians usually celebrate on
March as and August Is. 1t Is usual
for both organizations TO watch each
eflaegh pgucsSions VIII interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Do POINT ADMITS Loss.
Earlier Attempted Hold-Up Barred.
Maid and $4,000 Gems Gone.

EAA0eE AB9emptou no1u-Dp B8fe1s
Maid and SS5,000 Gems Gone.
i WILMINGTON, Del, August is up.
R-Ernest du Pont, president of the
United States FIashless Powder Co..
said tonight his home near here had
been robbed of jewelry valued at SIS, 900
on August 8, and he had asked State
highway police TO search for Mrs. Alma
Ludwig, who had been employed as a
chambermaid. A woman giving this
name was arrested In Chicago today.
Mr.. Du Pont said the chambermaid
had been employed on August g. Last
Sunday the discovery was made that
lock on q vanity dresser in Mrs. Du
Points room had been picked and the
jewelry in it had been taken. The
same day, Du Pont said, the maid dis
appeared. Police traced her to New
York, but lost track of her there.
On July an effort was made to
rob the Du Point home, which is on
the Du Pont Boulevard at Owls Nest
road, about 9 miles northwest of
Wilmington. A maid discovered two
men prowling in the house and ran to
call guests seated on the lawn in front.
AS several Of the guests were about to
enter the house, two men appeared
from shrubbery and, pointing pistols at
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The providers backed away with their
pistols raised and escaped
Marks found later on q wall safe
and on dressers indicated efforts had
been made to force them open.
Mrs. du Pont said the maid disap-
peared q few hours after she and her
husband had gone on their yacht.
When employed her she seemed of
good appearance and presented refer
ences which seemed satisfactory. Dur
ing the short time she was with US she
was q very efilcient worker" she said.
mrs. du Point was formerly Miss Anne
Martin Thompson Of Raleigh, N. @.
She was married to du Pont, q member
OF the wealthy and socially prominent
du Pont family Of Wilmington, on June
3, 1925, after she had nursed him at
the Johns Hopkins Hospital In Balti-
more, following an injury which he
suffered In a polo game. She had served
on the hospital staff for five years.
Du Point and his first wife, the former
Miss Josephine T. Brinton Of Phila-
delphia, were divorced in June, 1928.
He Is the father Of four children, given
into the custody Of the first Mrs. du
Port at the time Of the divorce.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Woman Evangelist,
Bit by Viper, Relies
On Faith to Survive
Rather Plunges Fangs in
Defier's Hand-Victim
Spurns Medical Aid.
Nv the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press
BIO SANDY, Tenn, August i5.--Fol-
lowers of Mrs. Lois CURE, 33-year-old
evangelist. said tonight she was recov-
ering through faith from rsttlesnske
bite and talked Of continuing her re-
vivai services soon.
Declining medical treatment, Sister
Snacthers," aS she is known TO her con-
Rregation, says she win regain her
strength through prayer and talks with
God asin an unknown tongue"
IN services here during the past few
weeks Sister Smothers" had declared
that, because Of her faith, no snake
would bite her.
While she was preaching Wednesday
nieht 4 member % the congregation
handed her q box containing > rattle
snake.
she took the snake Ia her hands
waved it about and challenged IL tc
bite her. As she placed It back IN the
box che snake bit her,
she went or talking until too veal
q continue ard was placed u bed u
The llu1s1e 81 Enrley Golorth, where shs
has nraynd ooFItinuaily for her recovery
MslNslhorg Ill the GcfoFthg said saaI
VI setl6liS1 lll, but no EFFORT he1 beer
n1afe ~ g HlI ftGpSlnns -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
DUPONT MA|DHELD
| WITH $4,000 GEMS
Woman Trying to Pawn Loot
! Sold $25, 900 Jewels for
/ $500, She Says.
~ the Associated Press.
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" the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. August 15.--A woman,
who said she stole $4,000 in jewelry
from the home Of Ernest du Pont,
member Of the wealthy du Point family
. at Wilmington, Del, after she had
worked as q maid for two days. was
arrested here today when she sought
70 pawn $4,000 worth Of gems.
She gave her name as Mrs. Alma
Ludwig, %, and said her estranged
husband Walter is chauffeur in New
s York. The woman said she had dis
posed of the rest of the stolen iewe1ry
New York for approximately 5000.
Has Over 900 Diamonds.
Mrs. Ludwig was arrested after police
were informed by a pawnbroker that
she had offered the jewelry for sale.
In her possession were a bracelet of
platinum set with 1856 diamonds and
81 emeralds, platinum bracelet set
with several large diamonds, 80 small
diamonds and three sapphires, gold
bracelet set with As diamonds, q breast
pin with six large diamonds and -
small diamonds, wrist watch and
a diamond ring. Police said she adj
n1itted the jewelry was stolen from
the du Pont home.
Mrs. Ludwig told police she was en-
ployed by the du Points as a maid
on August and that she left on August
g after selecting the choicest gems she
found In the house. She went to New
York, she said, and there pawned sew
eral pieces of the jewelry, pawn tickets
for which were found in her possession.
PawnbrOker Suspicious.
She left New York yesterday and ar
rived here this morning, police said.
She Immediately visited a pawnbroker,
whose name police refused to divulge,
and showed him the gems. The pawn
broker took her name and Chicago
address and notified police of his sus-
picions.
4 Mrs. Ludwig, police said, declared she
would waive extradition to Delaware
and signed q statement admitting theft
of the jewelry. She told police her
maiden name was Totin and that she
was born and reared at Peekskill, N. Y.
DU POINT ADMITS LOSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Prepare for Cotton Crop.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, August Is L4)--
Plans for handling zoe, 900 bales of cot
ton this year, as compared with 1873 900
last year, were announced today by the
Midsouth Cotton Growers Association,
the Farm Boards cooperative for
Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee
Tw8nty=six branch ofaces will be
opened in these three States Septem-
Der /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
Former Circuit Judge Dies.

PORT PIERCE. Fla, August Is Up
Joseph AIlen Mccullough. IS, Green
vile, s. c., died Of a heart attack at
hospital here today.
The body viii be sent to Greenville
tomorrow for burial
Mccullough was a former South
Caroline circuit judge and State SEN
ator. He was a member Of the board
of trustees of Emory University At
lanta; Columbia University. Columbia,
g. c., and wohord College, Spartan
burg, s. 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
STEPHEN CITIZENS GROUP
SELECTS NEW OFFICIALS
Frank A. Kaufman Named Head.
n. N. Fry Is Chosen rs
Vice President.

Special Dispatch to The star.
EAST RIVERDAIE. Nd, August
i5.--Frank A Kaufman has been elect
ed president Of the Stephen Citizens
Association, to serve with the following
for one year: Roy N. Fry. vice presi-
dent: Martin p. Hughes. recording Sec
Rotary. and Mark NJ. Moran, secretary
treasurer.
The association granted the use Of
the carnival grounds to the Boys Ath-
letic Club Of Riverdale Heights, which
viii stage q carnival soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16

werth Of claims pending before the two
commissions. such as lump sum set
tlement, has been specialized upon In
partment has said that while this phase
may possibly have been preached In the
Mexico conversations no instructions
have gone out from the department
here.
It Is considered certain, however. that
failure to renew again the life OF the
commissions win not mean that some
satisfactory disposition of the claims
win not be worked out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16

Fitxgerald's 'sRubaiyat of Omar Khay-
yam" in its first edition. light brown
paper wrapper. which sold at publica-
ton for few cents in 1859, fetched
$40, 900 recently at auction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
FIRE IN VACANT HOUSE

Blaze, Believed Started by ChiI-
dren, Does Slight Damage.
Fire. believed by police TO have been
started by children playing in the vicln-
ity, caused slight damage last night in
vacant house at z02o Fourth street
northeast.
floor Of the BUILDING. but were extin-
gllished before they spread. The house
was said 10 have been vacant for Ions
lima
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16
MEXICAN CLAIMS
AGREEMENT SLOW
Officials Hold Slight Hope of
Terms Before Expiration
of Convention.

By the Associated Press.
Little hope Is held in Official quarters
here for reaching an agreement with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-16

Mexico On extension Of the Special and
General Claims Commissions before the
Special Claims Convention expires next
Tuesday.
Oral conversations have been going on
for some time between Ambassador
Clark and the Mexican government
relative to extension of the Special
Convention as wen Is the General
Claims Convention, which expires
August 30.
No progress has been reported TO the
State Department, however, on these
negotiations which have not involved
formal notes or anything beyond oral
conversations.
For Formal Negotiations.
The Mexico City discussions are I'M
derstood to have been initiated with q
view to laying the groundwork Tor for
NAL negotiations.
The question of some other disposition
Of the. more than half billion dollars
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-15

which had thrown the league into
panic.
With an inexperienced youngster,
Dib Williams, playing in the place
of Joe Boley at shortstop, Mule
Haas, Bing Miller and Max Bishop
nearing the sunset of their major
careers and Mickey Cochrane away
of form in the world series, the
talk turns to the practical certain
ty that Mack soon will have to
break up the old machine.
Attention centers on Mickey
Cochrane, and not because he hap
pens to have done a sub-norrnal job
of the series. Before the COMPETE
ton got under way, it was reported
the Yankees had made overtures for
the catcher and that deal involv-
ing $4,000 in cash might develop.
However, Colonel Jake Rupert,
Yankee owner, now will move very
slowly. Cochrane is not in the best
OF health and if any deal is to in
Yolve Mickey and the Yankees, the
Colonel no doubt will wait until
Cocnrane returns from his barn
storming tour of Japan to satisfy
himself as to the catcher's physi-
cal condition.
Cochranes work IN the series was