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The Washington times., 1931-08-26
frank HARRIS
DIES IN NICE

NICE. France, Aug. 26 G.NS0.
Frank Harris, bad boy of litera-
ture, traveller. editor, critic, and
raconteur, died here today.
He died peacefully in his sleep
with only his second wife, 80
years his Junior, at his bedside.
Harris had suffered i'll health for
several years.
Death was caused by heart dis
ease. Il
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted Friday in the American
Church.
Had COIorfuI Life
Harris lived a varied career,
and much of his experience was
based on his life in America dur.
ing the SOS. ~
In America he drove spikes in
Brooklyn bridge, punched cattle
ON the ranches Of the Wild West,
fraterniZed with Wild Bill HickOk,
and wrote and obtained most Of
the material for his bizarre book,
my Life and Loves"
Born in Ireland he shipped
.steerage to America when 10
years old.
Last Book on Shaw
At q, Harris settled in London
and became editor of the Evening
News and subsequently of several
literary magazines. His first
book was elder Conklin" in
1894. In 1909 he wrote The
Man Shakespeare" termed by
critics as the one most deserving
of literary immortality. Oscar
Wilde, His Life and Confessions,
a defense of the author and
iconoclast. aroused a storm OF
protest and was barred from
America. His latest book to be
published this fall and completed
only a few months ago is "Ber-
nard Shaw: an Authorized Biog-
raphy Based on Voluntary Docu-
mentS."
The Washington times., 1931-08-26

The varied career of suspended
Policeman James A. Mostyn from
taxi-driver to- robbery suspect and
Stoolpigeon, and then an import
ant post on the police vice squad
is revealed in four-year-old docu-
ments on file in the office OF the
United States Attorney.
MOstyn was arrested February
10, 1925, by Policeman James e.
Kane on a charge of attempting
to rob James A. Brown in the
wash room of the W.. b. and A.
station at Twelfth Street and New
York Avenue.
He was given a preliminary
hearing in Police Court and held
for the Grand Jury under $1,000
bond.
No Indictment
The Grand Jury heard evidence
but returned no indictment. Sew
eral police officers are said to
have appeared in his defense.
What motive police officials
might have had in shielding him
is not known but at that time
MOstyn is said to have been espe-
ciaIIy befriended by an officer
who was then in charge Of the
vice squad.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
TRIAL BOARD
PLAN n NED
WITHOUT
POLICE
High District Officials to
Hear Cases; Grand Jurors
To Get Cruelty Evidence

A further investigation Of the
third degree" torture charges
made against four First precinct
policemen by James H. Harker,
appeared certain today after re-
ports of the complete police in
quiry into the accusations were
submitted to the District Comn1is-
sioners.
Apparently dissatisfied with the
police report, Commissioner Luz
ther H. Reichelderfer indicated
that another and independent in
quiry would be made.
Civilian Trial Board
1t was definitely learned today
that when the four policemen are
tried by a District trial board, the
board will not be composed Of
members. of the police depart
ment, as is the present trial board.
Police officials said today there
was ample law to allow the Com
missionerS to appoint trial board
not composed of members of the
police department.
It is believed the members Of
the trial board will be drawn from
high officials Of the District
government and not from the
business or professional men Of
the city.
The police report was taken to
Dr.. Reichelderfer. by Inspector
William S. Shelby. The Com
missioners Immediately cal1e d
Corporation Counsel william w.
Bride into conference, after which
indications of the further inves-
tigation appeared.
Report of DeniaIs
The police report dealt almost
exclusively with the police angle"
Of the case.
1t contained statements of ~
members of the First precinct,
denying mistreatment Of Harker:
statements of two Fourth pre-
cinct policemen confirming the
physicians examination of Har-
ker'S injuries; statement by
Harker, and statements by George
r. Price and Milton Bailey, Of
the Atlas Hotel, which dealt with
Harker'S sojourn at the hotel
under an assumed name and the
loan of a sum of money to Price.
The commissioners approved 0
recommendation of Major Henry
G. Pratt, urging that Counsel
Continued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
CHINA TYPHOON
KILLS $500

SHANGHAI, Aug. 26 G.N.S3.
The toll of dead in the Chinese
flood disaster was increased by
at least 5000 by the typhoon
which hit the devastated Hankow
area, a check-llp has indicated.
Approximately 2s,2OO survivors
of the floods were believed to
have died in Hankow when howl
ing. winds overturned Sampaas
and swept away scores of homes.
New deaths at Wuchang totaled
1000.
In addition. four Chinese were
killed in Shanghai when they
were trapped in the, vaults of
the National City Bank by the
flood. .Fireinen pumped out the.
vaults, flooded to depth ofssevI
eral feet. gs
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Dry Agents Cleared
In Milwaukee Death

The Federal prohibition agents
who raided the Milwaukee home
of Mrs. Helen VaSilzeVic, the
woman who died later when she
touched an electric light wire
while standing in a pool Of wine
in the cellar, today we're held not
chargeable for her electrocution
by Prohibition Director Amos w.
w. Woodcock.
Woodcock, however, held the
pouring the wine in the cellar an
error in judgment.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
HGIDks Plane Flies
To Another Record

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 26 U.N.S1.
Another air record fell before the
roaring propeller of Capt. Frank
Hawks speedy plane here when
he flew the l34-mile distance from
Birmingham to Atlanta in As
minutes. He established the
record while flying as an escort
to the regular transport plane in
which his mother was en- route to
New York.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Caes,a.r'iia,:,nt = L, Baby Cheers
Wounded Grandmother

PITTSBURGH. Aug. 26 g.N.S). /.
Mrs. Anna Milko. SS. widowed
and the mother of seven children,
smiled contentedly in her cot in
Braddock General Hospital today
because she is a grandmother. al
though her daughter Anna, 10,
and her son-in-law, Adam Zyma,
%, were fatally wounded when
Zyma ran amuck with a pistol in
his home yesterday.
Just before Mrs. Zyma died q
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
OPERM|T
/. RE-OPEN|NC
!. Of CLUBS
Vatican-State Truce Believed
Near as Concessions From
Both Sides Are Revealed

ROME, Aug. 26 Q.N.S0 With
official announcement of the
amicable settlement of the dis
pute between the italian govern
ment and the Vatican over activ-
tiles of Catholic youth organiza-
tions expected almost daily, the
terms of the agreement healing
the serious breach were revealed
here today.
The agreement represents a
compromise with concessions on
both sides. Vatican and govern
ment officials are confident the
pact will remove all friction be-
tween church and State.
Principal Clauses
The chief clauses in the agree
ment are as follows:
I. The government will per-
NIT re-Opening of the Catholic
action clubs and societies,
whose activities under Vatican
guarantees will be restricted
to religious matters only.
2. ExtraneOus activities, such
as athletics, which the clubs
previously conducted, will .e
taken over by the "BaIilla," the
organization of fascist youth.
3. The Vatican will allow es-
tablishment of BaliIla branches
in parOchial schools.
4. The government will fur
nish guarantees giving CathO-
lie chapIains full freedom to
conduct religious Observances
and instruction within the
ranks of the BalilIa.
s. A Fascist order issued
during the height of the dis
pute fOrbidding party members
to belong to Catholic action
will be reScinded.
To Reimburse Vatican
6. The government will re-
imburSe the Vatican for dam
ages to church property dur.
ing street demonstrations, when
windows were smashed, furnish.
ings removed and burned, and
pictures Of the Pope thrown in
the streets. II
The agreement, it is understood,
will embrace a clause submitting
all future quarrelS to arbitration.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
GGndRf Set to Sail
For London Session

BOMBAY, Aug. 26 d.N.S0
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi, leader
of the Indian Nationalists. will
sail for London on Saturday to
attend the scheduled round-table
conference on Indian Affairs, it
was learned today.
Gandhi had deferred his de-
parture because of a difference of
opinion with Viceroy Lord willing
don over alleged torture and
coercion by British officials in
collecting taxes from peasants in
the Gujerat district.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26

|, Caesarian operation resulted in
the birth of a girl. The child
was brought today to. the grand
mother, also wounded.
Mrs. Milko said the shooting,
which climaxed a series of do
mestic quarrelS. probably had it's
inception two weeks ago, when
her son-in-law returned home en-.
RACED because a fortune teller
predicted his child would be a
girl and would resemble the
mother.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
BANKS FACTS
CONTRADICT
CLERIC
Deposits, Checks, Loans, Per-
sonal Accounts Barred Be-
fore Nye Investigating Group

Weird banking activities Of
Bishop James Cannon, jr., during
the 1928 campaign, in the course
of which he "juggled" thousands
OF dollars from one account to
another, were revealed today be-
fore the Senate committee inves-
tigating campaign expenses.
Evidence adduced at the hear.
ing showed that the bishop had
deposited sums to his personal
account which were contributed
by those backing his movements
to defeat AL Smiths election.
1t was also brought out that
the bishop deposited to his per-
Sonal account sums which he re.
ceived as an executor Of an es-
tate.
Bankers Give Detail
The devious trail of the clergy.
mans strange banking arrange
ments were traced before the
Nye committee by several Vir-
gir1ia bankers, who produced bank
records under subpoena Of the
committee.
AS the ) committee proceeded
with its study of the accounts,
counsel for Bishop Cannon pro-
tested against the course of the
investigation.
He was promptly silenced by
Senator Gerald Nye (R.), North
Dakota, the chairman, who told
him:
"The committee has deter.
mined that it will conduct its
own examination of the wit.
neSseS."
Juggling" Under Probe
Robert H. McNeill, Cannon's
counsel, attempted to question
witnesses, but was refused per-
mission to do so. Senator Clar-
ence Dill declared that it was
necessary for the committee to
go into all of theA bishops ac-
counts in order to show how he
'juggled" funds.
At another flareup with Mr..
McNeill Senator Dill declared:
Bishop Cannon so juggIed
his accounts that he deposited
political contributions to his
personal account; entered
drafts and cheSks Of one ac-
count in another and so mixed
mp his affairs that it Is neces-
Sary for the committee to ex-
anime everything he did,"
Personal Accounts Offered
John A. Booker, cashier of the
Citizens Bank and Trust Co., of
Blackstone, Va, placed in evi-
Continued on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
BAD MAN HELD
IN BLUE RIDGE
Staying
Crowd of 1000 Greets ShifIett,
Captured in illinois and Re-
turned to Virginia for Trial

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug.
26.-Battle C. Shiflett, known to
authorities of this section as the
most dangerous gunman in Vir-
ginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, is
under guard incommunicado in
the city and county Jail here
awaiting a hearing Friday morning
for the murder of his cousin, Mrs.
Lula Shiflett, the third person he
is alleged to have shot in a crimi-
nal career that dates back 10
years.
Arrested In illinois
,Shiflett, who is IS, and q re-
puted hOOtIegger and gambler,
poured a fusillade Of pistol slugs
into the body of the woman as
she covered and cried for mercy
In the kitchen of a West Main
Street restaurant the morning of
August 5.
: Immediately after firing the
fatal volley and intimidating
occupants of the eating place
with his smoking gun. he walked
out tof the back door and drop.
ped from sight for two weeks.
He was arrested in Peoria, ILL.,,
Friday by two detectives, who
had to knock him senseless be.
fore he would submit to capture.
When he was returned here yes
terday, a crowd of 1000 was at
the station.
Feared Mob Violence
Chief of Police Maurice F.
Greaver and q dozen uniformed
patrOImen spirited him to his cell
as he quavered with fear Of mob
violence. There was no demon
stratiOn here, but his escorts told
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
WOMAN RETAINS
DERBY LEAD

Ell PASO, Tex, Aug. 26 U.N.
S).-Led by Mrs. Gladys O'Con-
mel, OF Long Beach, Calf, So
planes in the national free-for-all
air race from Santa Monica,
Calf, to Cleveland. took off from
here this morning for Roswell,
N. M.
The take-offs, made at two
minute intervals. had been COM
pleted by shortly after IL a. M,
without accident.
A stop was to be made for
lunch at Roswell and the racers
were to leave there late in the
day for Amarillo, where an over.
night halt will be made.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Escaping Robbers
Wound Kansas Editor

BELLE PLANE, Kan. Aug. 26,
Robbers, fleeing from the Valley
State Bank here yesterday. shot
and wounded J. B. Cain. editor
of the Belle Plaine News.
The thieves escaped with small
loot after one of them had been
wounded by Virgil Elber, q grocer, l
who responded to q burglar
alarm. The editor was caught in
the gunfire of the robbers. -
The Washington times., 1931-08-26

Of q mob forming in Illinois
shortly after word Of his capture
had spread.
He lost his stoical calm also
as the train came into Waynes-
boro, where a crowd had assem-
bled from the foothills of the
Blue Ridge where both he and the
victim had resided.
Following the preliminary hear
ing Friday a special grand jury
is expected to be called by Cor
poration Court Judge A. D. Dab
ney.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Sister of Roosevelt,
EH-PreSident, Dead

HARRINGTON, Conn.,, Aug. 26
tINS.).-Funeral services will be
held here tomorrow for Mrs.
Anna Roosevelt Cowles, sister of
the late President Theodore Roose-
welt. She died last night at the
ass Of 76.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
CONDITION OF TREASURY

The Treasury balance on
August "a was, $97 7,607, ,334.32:
expenditures, $16,089, $4,000; Gus
tom receipts, $30,0O5, ,147.S4.
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
Justice Holmes, 80,
ON WGy to Recovery

BEVERLY, Mass, Aug. rs
0NS0 Oliver Wendell Holmes,
90year-old associate justice of
the Supreme Court, was. well on
the road to recovery today from
q cold. -
The Washington times., 1931-08-26
THE WEATHER

Local showers tonight or Thursday, not much
change in temperature; moderate westerly
winds. Temperature ysstsrday-HishesL sTp
lowest, so. Humidity yesterday-Highest, t973F
lowest, 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
S2O,1O5,ODO IS ASKED
!. IN BUILDING PLANS
ALLEGATIONS Sought by Hoover
Leaves ss0,12o,0oo Yet
to Be Assigned.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALLEGATIONS for public building projects
aggregating $20,105,0o0 we're submitted
to Congress today by President Hoover
They are the first to be recommended
under the public building program out
side the District of Columbia since the
Elliott bill increasing the program from
S3l5, 90 900 to S415 100000 was ap-
proved by the Chief Executive The
Elliott bill, sponsored by the admins
tration. was sent to the President last
week by Congress.
These ALLEGATIONS, along with others
aggregating S49,515,000 submitted by the
President on February 2. are to be in
cluded in the second deficiency bill now
being drafted by the House Appropria-
lions Committee. Practically all of the
items are expected to receive final con-
gressional approval this session, so the
Treasury can carry on its plan to COM
plete a 10-year building program in
about five years.
The purpose Of the ALLEGATIONS is to
authorize Secretary Mellon to enter into
contracts in amounts not exceeding the
limit of cost recommended for each
project and to provide that tie lump
sum building appropriations carried in
the supply and deficiency bills can be
made available for carrying out the
authorize tons.
Director Roop of the budget did not
ask for an increase in the lump-sum
appropriations, expressing the belief
that sufficient funds were on hand to
meet demands until the next budget is
transmitted to Congress.
The ALLEGATIONS leave $s0,12o,ooo yet
to be assigned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
CHARLES F. JONES
DIES FROM HURTS
Injuries Received When Car
Struck Him Are Fatal
to U. S. Attorney.

Charles F. Jones, attached to the
legal staff of the Department of
Justice. died early today at his apart
ment in the La Fayette Hotel. Injuries
received April 81 last, when he was
struck by an automobile, were given as
the cause Of his death.
Born near Brookville, Ind, Mr.. Jones
studied law at the University of Vir-
ginia. He came to Washington in 1901
to represent the Government in de-
tense of claims before the Spanish
Treaty Claims Commission.
Sent to Spain.
In 1904 Mr.. Jones went to Spain,
where he continued his work for the
commission. The following year he
went to Cuba for the same purpose
When the commission was dissolved in
1910, he was designated by George w
Wickersham, who then held the Office
of Attorney General. to close its bust
ness and report the activities of its
entire existence. Later he became
connected with the Department of
Justice to defend the Government in
the Court of Claims. He held this po-
sition until his death.
An ardent Republican, Mr. Jones was
active IN the political affairs OF his
native State. In 1896, he was an cleo
tor-at-large on the national ticket and
a member Of the Electoral College.
Burial in Indiana.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Rose Jones, died
August %, 1909. His only surviving
relatives are a grand nephew, William
Walker of Louisville, KY; niece, Mrs
Joseph " Breitweiser of Grand Forks
N. OAK. and Fred A. Rose Of Muncie
Ind.
Funeral services will be held at 4
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
chapel of Almus r. Speare, 1923 Con-
necticut avenue, with Rev. DR.. Frederick
Brown Harris of Foundry Methodist
Episcopal Church, officiating. Burial
will be in Brookville, Ind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
STOCK FEED LOANS
/. TERMS BROADENED
Farmers Now Can Get Funds
to Supplement Those Given
Under Original Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DR.. C. w. Warburton, secretary of the
National Drought Relief Committee,
said today, farmers could not obtain
loans for fe:d for live stock supple
mentary to loans for feeding work stock
from the original s45,000,0OO emergency
appropriation.
He said he believed the $20,000,0 900
additional appropriation, approved Sat
urday by President Hoover. changed
the $45, 100000 measure in that respect.
as we'll as applying to the $4,000, 900
fund.
Will Not Question Past Loans.
Warburtcn, who has administrative
charge of the loans, added that the d.
partment would not question whether
loans for feed already made were used
for work or for other live stock"
Under the original appropriation
loans for feed for non-working stock
was prohibited.
Farmers, who have already received
loans within the original limitations Of
the $4,000, 900 measure, may now apply
for additional loans, dependent on their
security.
Bank Officials Called.
DR.. Warburton sad that he and
other officials of the Department Of
Agriculture had conferred with Paul
Bestor, chairman Of the Farm Loan
Board, regarding the administrative
set-up which must be created for the
handling of loans from the $40 100000
fund through agricultural credit cor
porations.
Offlcials Of various intermediate credit
banks throughout the country have
been summoned to Washington to con-
fer on the subject this week.
At this conference the ALLEGATION Of
the amounts to be used for direct loans
for food, clothing and medicine as OPP
posed to indirect loans through credit
corporations will be determined. In
administering loans through credit cor
porations the department will collabo-
rate with the Farm Loan Board.
Twenty-Five ships we're launched from
Belfast, Ireland, shipyards in 1880, as
compared with 18 in 1929.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
PHILADELPHIA MAYOR
FEARS IDLE MAY RIOT
Asks Relief Donations to Avoid
Calling Out State Militia.
100000 Are Jobless.
BY the Associated Press.

bN t1e ASSOCtdttu HTeSS.
PHILADELPHIA February 49,
Mayor Harry A. Mackey told a radio
audience last night that unless the
city meets its obligation to the unem-
ployed' 1t would be necessary to call
upon the State Militia to preserve
order"
Pleading for contributions to the
Lloyd Committee for the Relief of Needy
Unemployed Men and Women, he said
there were at least 100000 persons,
$4,000 of them children in this city
without the bare necessities of life.
II am not an alarmist he added.
land am not overemphasizing, what I
know to be the facts. Unless funds
are Immediately procured with which
not only to carry on the great work
started by the Lloyd committee but to
give employment to the thousands on
the eligible list and to those who are
daily seeking relief. there will be a
condition in the city of Philadelphia
whereby IL will be necessary to call
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
Words Are Spoken
By Synthetic Voice
Invented in London
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, February 16.-Words
never formed by human lips and
spoken by a voice that never ex-
listed were heard last nighS in the
London Office of an American
hlm company.
1t was a synthetic voice, in
vented by the young Englishman,
E. A. HUMPHREYS, who, the Ex-
press said, found it possible to
reproduce word sounds by copy
ing the impressions from the
sound track of talkie film.
He chose the words "all of a
tremble" and by analyzing the
peaks and valleys" of the sound
track was able to dissect them
into their various sounds. After
ward drawing them separately on
cardboard strips and joining the
strips together to form the words,
he photographed them on a
celluloid film which when run
through a talkie protector repro
duced the words in deep base
tone.
Humphriss said the job took
100 hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16

upon the State Militia to preserve
order"
The committee has been giving 1900
jobless men and women three days
work q week in made" positions and
has several thousand more on its ap-
proved list,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
TAXI CRUISERS FINED

Judge Given Then Suspends Sen
tence en- First Offenders.
The first test case since the ban
against taXicab cruising in the shopping
district along and G streets between
certain hours was ordered, resulted in
suspended sentences for two drivers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16

charged with violating the regulation
today in Traffic Court before Ralph E.
Given.
The men. John F. McGolbrick and
Eugene Southam, were first fined SIS by
Judge Given.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
H. S. MORRIS BURIED
New Yorker Who Died Here Wed
nesday Composed Marches.

Harry Sanderson Morris. who died
Wednesday at his home in the Ward
man Park Hotel. was buried Friday in
Brooklyn. N. Y.
A native Of New York, Mr.. Morris
was a member of that city's Chamber
of Commerce. as we'll as of the Chicago
Board of Trade and the Produce, Cot
ton and Coffee Exchange.
Mr.. Morris had lived in Washington
for the last five years. He was COM
poser of a number of marches, one of
them having been played by the Army
Orchestra and broadcast over the radio
He is survived by his widow. Mrs
Mary Ingalls, Morris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-16
THEATER CENSORSHIP
OPPONENTS ORGANIZED
Committee of 100 Formed in New
York to Cooperate With Actors
and Stage Organizations.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. February 16-Forma-
ton Of citizens committee of 100
prominent persons to oppose censorship
of the stage in any form was announced
yesterday by the American Civil Liber-
ties Union.
The group will cooperate with actors
and the&ter organizations in opposing
a proposal to create a board under the
State Department of Education to
license plays and will attempt to bring
repeal of the law which allows pad
locking of the theaters.
Among those on the committee are
Walter Lippmann. Elmer Rice, Fannie
Hurst H. L. Mencken. Rabbi Sidney
Goldsteln, Darothy Kenyon. the Rev.
Robert Norwood, and Kenneth Mac
Gowan.
Last year 1851 tourists visited the
Hawaiian TSIopde