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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20
OPTIMISM IS
KEY Note AT
LONDON MEET
Five Hundred Million
Is Immediate Need
OF Nation

LONDON. July 20. R)-Statesmen
of seven great powers assembled
here today for the most important
international conference since the
meetings at Versailles wrote the war
into the economic and political map
OF the world.
They were charged with the task
Of Teconciling conflicting national
interests into a program OF rescue
capable OF pulling Germany free OF
economic catastrophe and. az the
same time. OF l~essening financial
stress throughout the world.
Short Session.
An atmosphere Of optimism per-
vaded London today-so much so
that in diplomatic circles u was
predicted the conference would fin
ish its job this week.
This conference was In large part
based upon the elimination from he
program OF the troublesome question
OF political guarantees asked by
France from Germany IN exchange
for her participation in financial aid.
II was based, too, upon the know
ledge that the ministers taking part
IN the deliberations were aware a
the necessity Of prompt action 70
relieve all Europe.
A third factor was the Franco
German agreement, reached at pre-
liminary negotiations In Paris, that
both France and Germany would
do everything they could TO create
conditions favorable to effective col
laboration between them In both
the political and economic fields.
Nations Represented.
The nations taking part in the
conference are the United States
Great Britain, France, Germany
italy. Belgium and Japan.
Andrew w. Mellon. secretary OF
of the treasury, and Henry l.. Slim
son. secretary Of state, arrived IN
London from Paris yesterday. Hugh
Gibson. ambassador TO Belgium and
the third member Of the American
delegation, was at the station 70
meet them.
The French delegation. headed BY
Premier Laval: the Germans. head
cd by Chancellor Bruening, Foreign
Minister Grand OF Italy and Pre-
mier Renkin OF Belgium were sched-
uled to arrive shortly before the
opening OF the meeting. japan IS
being represented by her ambassa-
dor in London.
Problems Barred.
Although such problems as the
uroposed Austro-G German customs
union. disarmament and Germanys
west pocket ~battleship" program
were understood to have been bar
red from the Agenda, 1t was expected
that they would be talked over in
formally by the participants, and
that important results might follow
from the discuss Bl-
Although reports from Paris oe-
clare that Herr Bruening, IN MS
talk with French statesmen, did ret
mention the amount Of credit ne
wants for Germany without delay,
IL was believed in London that about
$500. 000. 1000 would be found sufh-
Gent for immediate needs. This
would be approximately one half Of
the drainage Of short term credits
from Germany during the last few
weeks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20
RETAIL FOOD
PRICES DROP
Fifty-O One Cities Report
Per Cent
Decrease

WASHINGTON, July 20. -Fl-
The department OF labor says re-
tail prices on food in 81 cities drop
ped a little more than 2 per cent
in the month ending June Is.
Some OF the outstanding de-
creases, the department announced
today, were: potatoes IA per cent.
plate beef s per cent. chuck roast
and lard 4 per cent: rib roast.
oleomargerine and cheese. 3 per
cent. Onions and strictly fresh
eggs cost 4 per cent more while
raising rose l per cent.
The following cities showed 4 per
cent decreases in the average food
prices: Birmingham. Cleveland, De-
troit. Houston and Los Angeles. "A
l per cent increase was recorded
BY Salt Lake City while prices In
Butte and Portland. Oregon. rose
less than half OF one per cent.
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Delegates From z Nations Assemble to Ait German Financial Condition

III charge or the troopers, as a suc-
cessful extortionist. He was not
found.
The raiders based their belief that
p men were waiting TO greet Dia-
mond with gun fire on reports that
the Schultz gang has been poaching
on Diamond beer territory in and
about Kingston. Diamond has been
missing from his CatSkill farm
since MS acquittal &C Troy last week
Of charges growing out OF the state
INVESTIGATION az racketeering I'm the
Catskills.
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horizon and may prove a weighter
factor In the outcome than 0ppor-
tunities provided each party to gain
strength in the vacant districts.
Already progressive groups have
made concrete legislative demands
as the price OF supporting either
party candidate for the speakership
and a deadlock has been predicted
In some quarters unless these de-
mands are met.
Meantime. death has shown a
non-partisan trend, striking In dis
tricts with definite political COM
plexions. or 3 vacancies caused by
democratic deaths, one Is In Geor-
gia, and one in Brooklyn. while the
Cleveland seat Of Charles A. Mooney
has a strong democratic record.
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Bell County
Residents Plan Picnic

Especial 70 The Heraldl
WESLACO. July gov. A. Schu-
Ter. y. Fl. Head. L. +. Taylor Of
Donna, DR.. M. A. Childress. Har-
lingen. and other former Bell
county residents. plan a picnic Of
former Bell county people In the
Lower Rio Grande valley to be held
the last week in july or the first
week in August.
The Weslaco Chamber OF Com
merce asks ft Bell county
people write their residence and
address. even though they would be
unable 70 make the picnic.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20

MISSION. July 20.-Funeral SER
vices were held for Paul Jackson.
son or Mr.. ard Mrs. w. T.. Jackson.
Of the Goodwin tract. at the First
Christian church here Sunday after
noon. Rev. LeGrande Pace, officia-
ting.
Paul had only been III a week.
He is survived by his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Jackson and three sisters
and five brothers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20
Matamoros Station
Will Open Tuesday

Radio static KWWG'S remote
control station III the Matamoros
municipal building will he maui
gurated &C $50 p. m. Tuesday.
The station was TO be inaugural
cd Sunday night with an appro-
pirate program. but wet weather
caused "a poStponement. Cables
between Brownsville and Mata-
moros we're temporarily damaged
by the rain.
The full program as planned Will
b. broadcast Tuesday evening.
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Drouth Broken

WICHITA FALLS. July 20. R-
Slow rains. which med las
inches here IN the past thee days.
continued this morning. definitely
assuring end or a months drou-h
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-20

Clay fingers have been found
near mummies inferred centuries
ago. presumably for the use Of the
dead when the real fingers are de-
Perforated.
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/. o. o. F. I~nstalIs
Especial 70 The Herald.)

Especial TO The Herald.)
SAN BENITO. July 20.-Tnstalla-
ton OF officers OF 7. q. %. III.
lodge 959. San Benito. will be held
Monday night. Work In the first
degree also will be held.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Laurence Post Bid Hits
Snag, Neuu Offers Loom

estate could not afford to make
expenditures necessary to put the
paper on it's feet.
The sale agreement with Law
renee noted that the purchase
was to be made in the name of
David Lawrence, Inc.," with the
prOvisO that Lawrence might be
allowed to substitute as pur.
chaser a corporation having the
name David Lawrence Publica
tiOns, Inc"
Hearst May Bid
Attorneys for William Randolph
Hearst announced that they were
contemplating submitting an offer
for the Post. The presence Of
Louis G. Caldwell, Chicago and
Washington attorney, at the hear
ing yesterday also induced Specu-
lation. Mr.. Caldwell formerly
was general counsel for the Fed
eral Radio Commission and has
represented the Chicago Tribune
in legal matters.
Mr.. Caldwell denied ne repre-
sented the Chicago Tribune at
the hearing, but said he was
there as the attorney for party
substantially interested" in pur-
chasing the property.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
CATHOLIC CLASS
GRADUATES

Urging the graduates to make
their education of value to them
intellectually and socially. the
Rev. John Keating Cartwright,
of St. Patrick's Church, last
night addressed IL girls at the
annual commencement exercises
of the Immaculate Conception
High School for Girls.
The Rev. Francis ]. Hurney,
pastor of the church, awarded
the diplomas, assisted by DR..
Joseph Christopher, of Catholic
University.
Miss Mildred Eliza b e h
Humphrey was awarded the
medal for general excellence and
scholarship; Miss Irene Loretta
Mccarthy received the Shugrue
Memorial Medal for Religion, and
Miss Lucretia lone Beall, the
award for bookkeeping.
In addition to these three girls,
the others who were graduated
were Miriam Cecilia Berger,
Regis Dorothy Carey, Helena
Clements Gray, Margaret Cecilia
Hackett, Marie Cecilia Kane,
Agnes Gertrude Lockwood, Ann
Josephine Loveless, Mary Teresa
Scarleto, and Nora Christina
Trant.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Starr Was Paid $4,000 by Wealthy
Man Who Ruined Her When But is

While the assailant, whom he
described as a wealthy and soci-
ally prominent man, had made
retribution to Starr and her fam
lily, paying total of $4,000 to
aid her in regaining her health.
he declared others had taken up
the case.
Through morose mutterings
dropped by the girl in moments
when alcohol inflamed her brain
with thoughts of the great wrong
done her, the highly agitated step
father asserted that certain peo-
pie built up a blackmail plot.
Tells Old Story
They carried the hearSay infOr-
nation to STAIRS deSpOiler in a
plot to extOrt a further fortune
from him. And miSinterpreting
their efforts as the work of Starr,
herself, he cOntrived that she be
silenced forever.
Such was the theoretical back
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
HOSPITALS
FORPROF|TS

Urging that all hospitals and
sanitariums and protective insur-
ance companies should be non
profit making institutions, Repre-.
sentative Thomas C. Cochran of
Pennsylvania today addressed
more than 300 delegates to the
Eighteenth biennial session of the
Supreme Circle of the Protected
Home Circle at the Willard Hotel.
Mr.. Cochran, eluogizing the
home association for it's non
commercialism, declared that no
public institution, such as hospi-
tails and sanitoriums should make
money from the ills of their
fellow men,"
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
(Continued From First Paee)

(Co1tinued From First Page)
actress. Starr arranged to meet
Greenaway and Winston again
On Thursday, June 4. in a little
restaurant.
Miss Joyce denied that she ever
had met the Starr girl or that
Starr had ever attended a party
given by her.
The actress said that she was
out of town on the day Of the
supposed party mentioned by
Stars stepfather.
This, at least, is the version of
the father, based on information
he said he obtained from talking
with Starr.
Mrs. Faithful. the mother, said
that Starr told her she met
Greenaway and Winston through
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
CAPONE PLANS
GUILTY PLEA,
IS REPORT
Ready Today to Enter Federal
Court Seeking LeniencY
and Saving Lawyers Fees

CHICAGO, June 16 GNSO.
AL Capone was ready this after
noon to be arraigned in Federal
Court on charges of income tax
and prohibition law violations.
1t was persistently reported he
would plead guilty to both accu-
sations and face the. music"
Would Save Money
Such action, prosecutors said,
would save him thousands Of dol
lars in legal fees and possibly two
or three years Imprisonment.
Although official information
was lacking, every plan of the
Federal men and of Capone's at
torneyS indicated that unless the
gangSter had a laSt-minute
change of mind, he would stake
his fate on guilty pleas and the
hope of consequent leniency.
Faces 34-Year Term
AS a result of two indictments
returned against him by Federal
grand juries, CapOne was con-
frOnted with the possibility of
maximum sentence of "a years in
prison and fines tOtaling 100000.
One indictment alleges he owes
the Government $4,000 on in
come taxes for the years 1924 to
1929, inclusive, and the other
charges that, with 68 others, he
conspired to violate the dry laws
over ten-year period.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
AD|EU, FRANCE;
MAYORS SAIL
Photo by international

HAVRE, France, June 16
GN.sD-America's group Of
travelling mayors left for home
today aboard the lie De France.
Port authorities dipped flag
in salute to the departing
municipal executives as the ship
pulled out of the harbor while
tugboats whistled a farewell. The
mayors lined the rail for last
glimpse of the country that had
been their host.
On the way to Havre from
Paris, the mayors held a meeting
aboard the train, unanimously
electing Mayor James Metcalfe,
of Omaha, as permanent preSl-
dent" Of the delegation.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

Held up yesterday to permit
minor changes, the offer of David
Lawrence to buy the Washington
Post will be resubmitted to the
District Supreme Court tomorrow
and rumors were current in news
paper circles that other interests
are planning to submit bids.
The $3,000,000 Lawrence offer
was approved two weeks ago by
trustees of the Mclean estate,
but when sanction for the sale
was asked of Justice Jesse c. Ad-
kins yesterday objections to the
terms were raised by representa-
tives of Edward B. McLean'S
minor children.
Must Stand Changes
Following the closed meeting,
attorneys pointed out that as the
Lawrence offer will be changed
in certain respects, acquieSence
of the trustees will have to be
obtained to the new terms.
There seemed little doubt that
the trustees still were disposed
to sell the newspaper. Their
petition to sell to Lawrence,
dated June 2, but not filed until
yesterday, recited that since 1924
the Post had been an "unpro-
ductive asset" and that the
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
TOxologist Finds Poison, But Can't
Tell How Drug Was Administered

the grand jury, in order to send
detectives out on new expedi-
tions.
1t may be possible to trace who
sold the poison and the pur-
chaser.
Faithful declared the police
investigation was getting no
where And seemingly eager
that the mystery be cleared up.
he plunged into the details Of an
attack on his daughter which up
until now had been the Faithful
family's greatest tragedy.
In this attack, which occurred
nine years ago, when the un-
lucky Starr was a Boston sub
deb, only Is years old, lay the
basis for the grim drama Of the
beach. he claimed
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
FREED BEAUTY
NEARLY BROKE

PHILADELPHIA, June 16
0.N.SO Mrs. Charlotte Nash
Nixon-Nirdlinger. blonde beauty
of st. Louis, who was acquitted
by French courts for the fatal
shooting of her husband, Fred G.
Nixon-Nirdlinger, former theater
magnate of this city. today faced
the realization that her share of
the xon-Nirdlinger estate might
be held up indefinitely The
estate which was reported to be
over $725,O00 is said to be in a
muddled state and may be much
less than first estimated.
She came here directly from
Nice. France, where she was
acquitted last month for the
shooting of her husband. Un-
recognized at the railway station
she went to the offices of her
attorneys and following a con-
ference revealed that she was
practically broke"
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

DR.. Alexander Gettler, city tox-
ologist. who made the discovery
from examination of the girls or
gans, said that there was no way
to determine if the drug had been
taken voluntarily or had been
secreted in her food by an OUTSIDE
person.
One theory was that Starr had
taken an overdose of the poison
on q drinking party and that her
companions, mistaking her un-
consciousness for death, had
thrown her overheard from a
boat.
TracerS on Case
The latest twist in the Starr
Faithful case caused the district
attorney to postpone continuance
Of presentation of evidence before
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

ground set up by Faithful for
the murder of his daughter. And
he maintained that the discovery
that she had been drugged added
conclusive proof that his version
was right. He said:
'Tf wanted to murder some
body 1 would drug him or her
first. It would make the mur-
der so much simpler and so
much easier to conceal. There
would be no Outcries from my
victim"
Faithful then launched inCo de-
tails of the alleged attack on his
young foster child:
"The man who did it was a
family friend. He had daughters
of his own. He was very kind
to Starr and to her younger
sister, Tucker. 1t was not until
five years after he met her that
we learned how his kindness
masked a relationship that
CIOuded her mind,
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

BELIEVES MURDERRESULTED
FROM BLACKMAIL PLOT

Francis Peabody Hamlin, of Bos-
ton, tourist manager.
On the day Starr left her
home for the last time, the Faith
fulls said, she came home at 1:30
a. m, after a party. She rose at
8 o'clock and left.
She had wanted her mother to
have lunch with her that day.
but Mrs. Faithful did not feel
we'll and said she couldn't lunch
with Starr. But Starr kept in
sisting until she left.
Aside from the sOrdid exposure
of the past of the supposedly mur
dered girl stretching back TO her
childhood. the mystery took a new
turn in the discovery that Starr
had been rendered unconscious
before her death through the ad-
miniStratiOn of a poison,
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Strange Theory Based on Sordid
Circumstance of Youthful Years

: The chemist is of the opinion
that one OF her drinking COM
panionS-whose mind was func-
tioning alertly, even with the
liquor in his brain-carefully
gathered in the import of what
the girl said. Faithful added;
Does Not Accuse Him
'He used that information to
wage a campaign of blackmaiI
against the man who ruined
Stars life. He-and perhaps
. clique operating with him
demanded money. He may have
represented himself as Starts
spokesman. At any rate, her
AsSailant undoubtedly believed
she was back Of the move.
"ThiS man who posed as an
attorney In calling upon us
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

may have been a representa-
tive of her asSailant. Or he
may not even have been a
lawyer. At any rate, he was
openly eager to determine who
had been talking of Stars
misfortune. And when he left
us, it seemed he believed she
was the source of the talk.
"NOw. there is where 1 detect
the contact between the old at
tack upon Starr and her muir
der, assuming that our mys-
teriouS caller did represent her
asSailant under directions to
trace down the source Of the
blackmaiIer'S information.
Having traced tin his own
belief, at least-tO our girl,
herself, what could have been
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Blackmail Hinted in Telephone Call
From Attorney, Faithful Thinks

lily had been talking about
Starr'S girlhOOd misfortune. We
told him emphaticaIly that we
had not. We said we were
just as sure none of our con-
fidanteS had discussed it.
"Yet someone, perhaps, had
been talking. II is not beyond
possibility that the story had
come from Starr, herseIf-in a
moment of mOrOsenesS which
seemed to have haunted her
constantly from the time of the
attack.
"She may have burst forth
with it while drinking. She
was a different person under
the influence of liqnOr. And
we don't know, Of course, all
the persons with whom she
drank"
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

"Of course, we have never
asked for any more money from
him, although Starts medical
treatments cost us more and
more as we thought we began
to see improvement in her. Re
gardleSS of what he may now
think, we have never talked
about the case. Only a very
few Of our close friends know
anything about it to this very
day.
"Yet the man who blasted
Stars normal existence re-
entered our lives a month ago.
1--WE received a call from an
other man. He said he was an
attorney. He demanded to
know whether any of our fam
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

home from a New York hotel,
where she had been with this
man, did the family learn the
truth, Faithful said.
First Amount $4,000
Faithful said he and his wife
considered what action to take
against the despoiler of their girl.
He went on:
Money was still remote from
our thoughts. We never had
dreamed of it. But finally,
through the attorney, we were
paid $4,000. When the man
paid this, we released him from
all further responsibility for
Starr's condition. I Still have
the document in the case.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
Rich Offender Releas ed by Family,
But Reappears in Probe of Staying

"He then took her from the
fashionable finishing school she
was attending in Lowell for
week-endS and even longer visits
ut his home. We thought he
did so in order that she might
be with his own children. But
we were to learn later that he
made her read to him lurid
bits from sex writings and then
maltreated her while she was
affected by such erOticiSmS.
"WOrSe, we learned that this
man often. or at least at times,
gave her ether. chlOrOfOrm, or
some other such drug to fur
ther exhilerate her while he
was warping her mind"
Not until Starr finally came
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
80 to Be Graduated
At WdShinqtOn-Lee

Commencement exercises of
Westinghouse High hool,
Arlington county, Va, will be
held in the school auditorium to-
morrow night at 8 o'clock.
DR.. William Smithy, of the
University of Virginia, and Maj.
E. w. Cushing, member of the
county school board, will be the
principal speakers.
Diplomas will be presented to
the graduating class numbering
90 by County School Superin-
tendent Fletcher Kemp. S. P.
Vanderslice, principal, will pre-
side.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
? More Banks Close
In Detroit; Total 4

DETROIT, June 16 0NSD.-
Two more suburban banks failed
to open their doors today, bring
ing the total of defunct banks
shut down during the last "a
hours in this area to four. Those
closed today are the First Ma
tional State Bank, of st. Clair
Shores, and the First State Saw
ings Bank, of Birmingham. ALI
banks in this vicinity are ex-
periencing heavy Withdrawals.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16
TEACHES so YEARS

KANSAS CITY. June 16.-The
end of the school term here will
mark the fiftieth anniversary of
teaching for Miss Bette Cooper,
of Lees Summit, in Kansas City
schools.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

LONDON, June 16 QNSD "A
person believed to have played a
part in the closing chapters of
the passionate existence of Starr
Faithful, slain New York girl,
was being sought today in Brus-
sells. the capital of Belgium, by
special anti-narcotic investigators.
Scotland Yard, England'S
famous detective agency, discOv-
cred the trail to Brussels, it is
said, in reports of the party on
the Franconia, May 20, attended
by Starr made by DIR. G. Jane.
son Carr, surgeon of the Fran
coma; Capt. Robert Irving, the
liners skipper; the ships first
mate, and its master at arms.
The Washington times., 1931-06-16

a more logical decision on his
part than to silence Starr
from further talk? His high
reputation was at stake-and
an endless OutpOuring of black
mail money. / do not say that
the man, himself, committed
the murder"
Faithful declared he had laid
all the information set forth in
his lengthy interview before
Nassau authorities. He concluded
"Yet they have taken no
action on it. And as I now
view their investigation, they
seem unwilling to do anything
along this line, which 1 am
convinced would bring our
little STAIRS slayer to justice"
La gaceta., 1931-05-29
ANISOS FIN WEST TAAfPl

ria en- ell cuarto de las maqui-
mas, rodeado de llamas por to-
dos lados? Aquel hombre enar-
bol6 la piqueta, do dos O tres
golpes herc1leos sobre la valvu-
la; cedio esta, y ell aqua hirvien-
do a borbotones, con un ruido
Internal, Sc precipit6 sobre ell
pavimento, no sin haber quema-
do antes un pie al heroe de aque,
LA noche. Cuando este Sc pre-
sent6 herido sobre un paredon.
sosteni6ndose apenas entire los
brazos de un bombero, los vivas
y las aclamaciones ensordecie-
ron ell espacio. 1Quien era?
GQuien lie conocia? iTodos: Ca
81 tod0s los que habian tembla-
do ante ell peligro! Era PUG!
iel cajero! Ell dependence de D.