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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
LA FONTA|NE'S TAX
IS PROBED BY u. S.
"Jimmy's Place" Ownership
and Income Data Now
Being Investigated.

Special agents of the Bureau of
Internal Revenue are investigating the
income of James c. La Fontaine, it was
learned today by The Star.
Although officials of the bureau de-
clined to discuss the case, because of
the law which forbids them to disclose
income tax Investigations, they admit
ted that they were looking into La Fon-
taines income tax reports.
District Attorney Simon E. Sobelof
at Baltimore, headquarters for this COL
lection district also admitted that the
case had been called to his attention
and that it was under investigation.
Property Ownership Traced.
La Fontaine was indicted several
years ago by Prince Georges County
grand jury on charges of setting 10 a
gaming table, but the case never came
to trial. 1t is understood that the
charges grew out of the operation Of
"Jimmy's Place" mecca of Washington
gamblers, on Bladensburg road. Just
across the District line. The indict-
ment followed raid on the alleged
gambling house.
Again in 1929 La Fontaine was ar
rested on a warrant charging the same
offenSe. but the complainant failed to
appear and the case was dropped. The
arresting officers testified that they had
seen only a few men sitting around
playing cards"
The internal revenue agents have
been tracing the ownership of various
properties in their investigation. The
Maryland gambling house has been a
part of their investigation.
"Jimmys Place" Closed.
La Fontaine, who lives at 470 Mary
land avenue southwest could not be To-
Gated today. At his home it was said
that he was out of town.
"Jimmy's place" large rambling
structure of brick and Stone-probably
once the dwelling of some prominent
Maryland family-was closed today. 1t
has been shut down for six weeks now,
since the Maryland Fall racing season
started at Marlboro.
Two men were at work inside the high
green board fence that shields the big
house from the view of curious passers-
by on Bladensburg road a few feet away,
saving huge logs on the front lawn"
Workmen Non -committaI.
mot open today" hazarded the re-
porter by way of starting conversation
and feigning ignorance of the habit of
closing during grand jury and racing
sessions.
Nav. we're closed up. buddy, for a
couple of months, on account Of the
racing, you know" one of the men re-
piled
Where's Mr.. LaFontaine?"
Blank stares covered the faces Of the
pair. Their eyes fairly bulged.
Have no idea, buddy"
"Is he here? In town, or out Of the
cfty?"
Search me-" came the laconic answer
His drivers here. Maybe he can help
you
The man went over to a window of
the gaunt. gray building, shouted up to
an open, barred window on the second
floor:
"Oh, Storti, hey, Storti."
There was no reply. Hes asleep and
guess nobody can wake Storti up when
he goes to Sleep"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
.BRUEN|NG FORMS
GERMAN CABINET
Chancellor Keeps Curtius
Post for SeIf-Retains
Six Minister'S,

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, October 9.-Chancellor
Heinrich Bruening succeeded in form
ing a new cabinet today.
Six of its members, including DR..
Bruening, who remains as chancellor,
are carried over from. the old cabinet.
The chancellor also has reserved for
himself the pest of foreign minister,
vacated by DR.. Julius Curtius.
The new cabinet includes:
DR.. Chancellor and for
eign minister.
Gen. Wilhelm Groener-Defense and
interior.
Hermann Dietrich-Finance.
Martin Schiele-Food and agricul-
ture.
Georg schaetzel-Posts and tele-
graphs.
out portfolio.
Hermann Notwithstanding
Curt Joel-Justice.
Julius Transportation.
Policy to Be Unchanged.
With DR.. Rruening in the foreign Of
fee there is assurance that his policy
Of international Cancellation and consul
tation will continue unchanged.
Three of the new appointeeS have
filled other government Offices. DR..
Dorpmueller is director general OF the
German railways and Dr. Joel. now &C.,
has been undersecretary in the min
iStry of justice for IL years In 1926 he
was a candidate for the portfolio of
minister of justice, but the opposition
objected violently to what they called
his Rightist tendencies.
Prof. Walmbold, SIS years old. was
minister of agriculture in the Prus-
sian cabinet of 1921, subsequently leav-
ing the service of the State to enter
that of a company later merged into
the German dye trust.
Served Under Kaiser.
Most significant of all, perhaps. is
the selection of Gen. Groener as min
lister of the interior in addition to the
ministry of defense portfolio which he
held in the previous cabinet.
AS minister of the interior he is
the head of the nations police. and. so
to speak, guardian of the constitution.
His presence in that post is generally
accepted as a clear indication that DR.
Bruening intended to fight all sub
versive elements to the end Gen.
Groener was the former Kaiser'S last
quartermaster general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
RAIL STOCKS LEAD
IN MARKET UPTURN
Various Issues Gain ST to $6
After Early Profit
Taking.
BY JOHN L. COOLEY,
Associated Press Financial Writer.

NEW YORK, October 9-Stocks went
over the top again today in a buying
drive led by rail issues.
After considerable profit taking in
the first hour, when sales totaled $780,
900 shares, the market got into strong
hands and rushed upward with vigor
that put the tape several minutes be-
hind the active trading on the floor of
the Stock Exchange. There was much
Wall Street gossip over the possibility
of a decision appearing over the week
end from the Interstate Commerce
Commission on the railroads plea for q
Is per cent freight rate increase
Quickly erasing the early losses OF 81
to 50, prices of many shares rose buoy
antly above Thursdays close. Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific scared Sc
each to Sl2l and nearly $780, respec-
lively. Atchison climbed SIS to price
of S1l9, New York Central, SO to above
$50: Norfolk & Western. SO to S140;
Baltimore & Ohio, SO to around $40,
and Delaware g. Hudson, more than 81.
There were smaller gains by Chesapeake
g. Ohio Frisco and Reading.
The rest Of the market tagged after
the rails, but had some difficulty in
matching strides with such strong lead
ership. United States Steel common.
which had reacted 50 to ST., recovered
its loss. American Telephone, also
down 50 to $13550. made up most of
the decline Coca Cola turned So loss
into So gain. Case rallied So to nearly
S45. Consolidated Gas of New York, at
STA, was nearly 81 higher American
Can, General Motors and General Elec-
trio were steady. Detroit Edison scared
So to Sl30.
The formal announcement Of compile
ton of the plan to form 81 600, 900, 00C
credit corporation to lubricate the
wheels of the Nations banking system
in spots which the Federal Reserve sys-
tenn cannot reach, was greeted with
wide approval in financial quarters
Wall Street was particularly impressed
with the speed with which the commit
tee, appointed only two days ago, hac
worked out the plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
LEAGUE ADVOCATED
FOR PAN AMERICA
Customs Union and Mutual
Aid Seen in 0ffing by
Chadbourne.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Formation of a permanent League of
American Republics to sponsor COM
mercial cooperation was advocated
today by Thomas L.. Chadbourne,
author of the Chadbourne sugar pro-
duction control plan.
In an address delivered before the
Fourth Pan-American Commercial Con-
ference he outlined five purposes of
the proposed organization:
Customs Union Sought.
l. To ascertain the obstacles in the
way Of American customs union
and how to remove them.
2. To study the effect free trade
would have on commerce between the
United States and each of the pan
American countries what public works
are advisable in the next 10 years in
Latin America and what would be
necessary to finance them.
8. To study the possibility of in
creasing Latin American employment
on American ships in pan-American
trade.
4. To study means of making manda-
tory the study of Spanish and English
in the schools of America and Latin
America, respectively.
S. To study the public debt of each
Latin American republic, looking to a
final refunding by the republics de-
string it,
Chadbourne proposed that the group
be composed of one man of affairs from
each of the counties in the Union to
6eal with the commercial subjects listed
A separate group of educators is pro-
posed to deal with the cultural, educa-
tional and language questions above.
Blames Sherman Act.
He blamed the Sherman act for much
of the present-day overproduction. He
said it insisted upon competition as the
life of trade although every economist
every business man of normal intelli-
gence has come to see that an unbridled
catch-aS- competition is the
death of trade and likely to be the de-
struction Of society as at present con-
Stituted"
Chadbourne cited the Cuban sugar
plan. which bears his name, as an eX-
ample of successful international CO.
ment Cuba, CZechoSlovakia, Poland
Hungary, Java, Germany and Belgium
reduced the world sugar output by g.
| 500, 900 tons.
| Radical revision of the American
tariff act, he said, was necessary tC
remedy present business conditions.
Lighter Embargo Favored.
A resolution calling for modification
of the blanket embargo by this countr.
upon Argentine meats was approved to
day by the Resolutions Committee o
the conference.
The embargo is imposed under SAM
tary regulations which forbid The i'm
portation of meats from sections wher
the hoof-and-mouth disease is preva
lent, AS constructed now, it amounts tc
blanket embargo against Argentine
meat.
Under changes advocated by tn,
resolution, zones in Argentina in which
the disease does not exist would b.
exempted from the embargo.
The resolution must be approved b.
the conference as a whole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
Bipartisan Conference at
White House Regarded as
First of Lessons to Come
From Crisis.
SOME PHASES OF PLAN
ARE ALREADY OPPOSED
Senator Glass to Lead Fight on
Liberalization of Federal Re-
serve Rediscount Provisions to
Bar Eligibility of Unmarked
able Paper.

BY the Associated Press.
Microscopic study by Congress
Of the whole system of national
banking laws on the basis of the
last two years business events is
certain.
The emergency economic pro-
gram advanced at this weeks BIZ
partisan White House conference
will be the principal laboratory
lesson from which Congress will
build to guard against future
credit strains.
While the congressional con-
fereeS agreed to the general pro-
gram advanced by President Hoo
yer, it was apparent today that
there would be some sharp differ
enceS of opinion over details.
The main controversy is eX-
pected to center on the extent to
which Congress will go with the
presidential recommendation for
broadening the base of paper
eligible for rediscount by Federal
Reserve Banks.
Pool NearS Completion.
Meanwhile. in New York formation of
the 100000 900 National Credit Cor
poraticn undertaken by private flnan-
ciers at the suggestion of President
Hoover is near completion.
With stocks cotton and grain prices
pushed upward already under the slim
illus of the proposed organization, Mr..
Hoover was notified that it would be
formally incorporated by tomorrow.
A preliminary hint of opposition to
some phases of the administrations
legislative program has come already
from Senator Glass of Virginia. The
former Democratic Secretary Of the
Treasury gave notice that he would
oppose proposals to include railroad,
real estate and industrial securities in
paper eligible for Federal Reserve redis-
count.
Warned White House.
AS chairman of the Senate Banking
Investigating Committee. Glass has been
studying this very problem and is pre-
pared to cooperate for some liberaliza-
ton of the Federal Reserve System. He
will have wide influence on the action Of
Congress. He warned the White House
conference to guard against too much
expectation in the matter of broadening
the base for rediscount.
Over in the House, Chairman Nc
Fadden of the Banking Commjeee also
is carefully reServing judgment on just
extending the base of eligible rate
Senator Glass contends that banks
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
new YORK CENTRAL
.ABOLISHES 6 POSTS
General Superintendent Are
Placed in Lower Positions
for Economy.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 9-The New
York Central announced today the po-
SitionS of general superintendent, Of
which the road has three east Of Buff
falo and three west have been diScon-
tinued in the interest of economy.
A. E. Lloyd, general superintendent
of the New York terminal district, be-
comes superintendent of the same dis
trict. F. S. Risley, general superin-
tendent at Albany, becomes superin-
tendent of the Mohawk and Adiron-
dack division: F. E. Mccormack, gen.
eral superintendent at Buffalo, be-
comes Superintendent there.
officials here said they were without
information yet as to just what would
be done in regard to the posts west
of Buffalo, but a similar arrangement
probably would be made there.
Although indicating other moves in
the interest of retrenchment were be-
ing studied, officials characterized as
a pipe dream" a report from Albany
that all travelling engineers and trav-
cling locomotive inspectors would be
abolished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

Damages of more than a quarter of
a million dollars have been asked of the
Government by Sylvester 2. Poll and
the Shubert Bros in a suit filed in the
United States Court of Claims as an
outgrowth of the demolition of historic
old Polls Theater here in the progress
of the Federal building program.
Failing in a previous equity suit filed
in the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia, the theater interests turned
to the Court of Claims to ask $685.
666.32, which they claimed was their
loss in the fair market value" of their
lease from November 30. 1880, when
the Government took over the property
for obstruction. to June 30. 1899, the
Gate OF expiration of the lease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09

Where to put a valuable collection
Of paintings left to Washington, the
Capital of the United States" in the
will of Mrs. Julia Van Reuth of Balti-
more was troubling officials of the city
and national government today.
Mrs. Van Reuth'S will was at first in
terpreted to mean that the group OF
canvasses collected by Felix Van Reuth
would go to the National Government,
in which case the paintings would au-
tomatically be hung in the National
Gallery of Art here if approved by the
commission of that institution. 1t was
reported today, however, that the will
stipulates that the collection shall be-
come the property Of Washington, the
Capital OF the United States" phrase
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
Love Clinic Planned
At Northwestern to
Advise on Marriage
Couples to Receive Stop
or &C., Signal From
Colleges Experts.
By the Associated Pres

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October Northwestern
University Of Evanston is going TO open
a love clinic with branches in both
Evanston and Chicago
Couples contemplating marriage may
take their troubles to the clinic and
get stop or go" signal from the
experts.
Couples already married and Won
dering II they made a mistake will be
given advice.
Prof Arthur j. Todd, head of the
department of sociology, will direct the
clinic, the purposes Of which will be
to make folks happier and enable Prof
Todd and his associates to gather a
greater collection Of facts TO enrich the
sciences of psychology, sociology and
economies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
DOCTOR SEEKS DIVORCE
ON POISON GROUND
Chicago Physician Charges Wife
Gave Him Potions Since
1926.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October DIR Arnold
H Kegel. former city health commits
sioner filed suit for divorce yesterday,
charging that his wife, Mrs. Marie
Sahlin Kegel, administered poison to
him over the period of five years.
The alleged instances of poisoning be-
gan in 1926, he said On many later
occasions. the bill asserts, she poured
a powerful sleeping potion in drinks
which she gave him. He did not learn
of the acts, he said, until September l9
OF this year.
The KegelS were divorced secretly in
September, 1880, but a reconciliation
was affected and they we're remarked
before the news became public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
WHAT TO DO WITH VALUABLE ART
WILLED CAPITAL FORMS PUZZLE
Phrasng of Request of Mrs. Julia Van Reuth OF Baltimore
Presents Troublesome Legal Problem.

which may be construed to mean the
Citv of washington. d. c.. as distin-
g,lished from other communities in this
country named Washington. Equally
possible is the decision that the phrase,
"Capital of the United States" is in
tended to qualify the bequest in such
a manner as to signify that the city
receives the gifts only in its capacity
as Capital, and that the National Gov
eminent therefore shall determine the
disposition of the property.
Unless other facts can be found to
interpret the intent of the phrase, 1t is
probable that a court decision will be
required to direct the executor of the
will in his actions in regard to the col
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column A.
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Line-UpS.


Grove, p. Derringer, p.
Umpires-Nallin "a. L.. behind the
plate; Stark IN. L.. first base; Nc
Gowan "a. L., second base; KLEIN
IN. L., third base.
Time of game-2:3O pm. Eastern
standard.
BY the Associated Press
ST. LOUIS, October 9.-Lefty
Grove and Paul Derringer were
pitching in rare form and the
Athletics and Cardinals went
ScorelesS in the first four innings
of the sixth world series contest
here this afternoon.
Connie Mack'S pitching ace and
Pepper Martin, sensational rookie
outfleloer of the Red Birds, were
looked upon as the players to
furnish the drama as the series
reached its grand climax.
FIRST INNING.
PHILADELPHIA Bishop famed on
a called third strike Haas grounded
out. Colbert to Bottomley Cochrane
lined out to Colbert. No runs.
ST. LOUIS-Flowers grounded out
Bishop to Foxx. on a hard smash
Roettger smashed a single to center
BILE play was completed, Bishop to Will
tams to Foxx. No runs.
SECOND INNING.
PHILADELPHIA-S Simmons bounced
out, Frisch to Bottomley. Foxx drove
a single to right. Miller grounded to
Colbert and FoXx was forced out at
second, Colbert to Frisch. Miller beat
the relay to first. Miller stole second.
1t was ruled a wild pitch. Dykes
grounded out, Flowers to Bottomley.
No stolen base was credited to Miller
No runs.
ST. LOUIS-Martin fouled out to
FoXx Hafey flied to Haas, who made
q pretty running catch in short GEN.
ter. Bottomley flied out to Miller, who
took the ball with his back against the
right field barrier. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
PHILADELPHIA-Wi bounded
out. Colbert to Bottomley. who made
a great stab of the shortstop's wide
throw. Grove famed on a called third
strike Bishop flied out to Roettger,
~ho made a one-hand stab after mis-
judging the ball No runs.
ST. LOUIS-Wilson skied to Haas.
Colbert singled on drive that Bishop
barely stopped with his bare hand back
of second. Derringer hunted and was
thrown out. Bishop to FoXx Colbert
going to second on the sacrifice.
Flowers grounded out, Williams to
FoxX. No runs.
FOURTH INNING.
PHILADELPHIA-Ha struck out
taking a third called strike. Cochrane
bounced out, Frisch to Bottomley. on
nj n fn
Roettger, who made a shoestring catch
and turned a Somersault. No runs.
ST. LOUIS-Roettger famed, swing
ing. Frisch struck out. also swinging
Martin lined out to Haas on the first
pitched ball. No runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
CHINA WARNED BY JAPAN.
To Be Held Responsible for Occur
renceS Over Bombing.

SHANGHAI, october 9 tP).-Chinese
indignation surged high today over the
bombing of Chinchow, Manchuria. by
japanese airplanes. At the same time
Japan moved against the burning hos
tility with sternly worded note of
warning.
While anti-Japanese feeling was
sweeping the whole Yangtze Valley from
Chengtu to Shanghai, Mamoru Shi-
gemitsu Japanese Minister to China
left here on a destroyer for Marking
with a note warning the Chinese gov
eminent to take prompt and effective
measures" to halt the wave of hostility
or take the consequences.
simultaneously Japan moved strong
naval reinforcements toward Shanghai.
The cruisers TokiWa and Tenryu left
Sasebo and Kure, Japan, this morning
and are due here tomorrow.
Counting these two men-ofwar, ia
pan had 20 fighting ships arrayed
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POLL AND SHUBERTS SUING u. S.
FOR S26S, 500 FOR TF1EATER RAZING
Sum Is Claimed Loss Fair Market Value of Lease
Until June 80, 1939-Government Files Demurrer.

The government. through Assistant
Attorney General Charles B. Rugg and
w. w. Scott, attorney. has filed a de-
murrer asking the court to dismiss the
case. 1t will come up for hearing
Monday morning before the entire
court of five judges.
The governments answer charges,
among other things, that the lease was
only a lease from month to month,
and could be terminated by a thirty
day notice to vacate, as was given"
The unusual lease between the gov
eminent and Polls theater interests
followed reconstruction of the theater
after the terrible tragedy of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-09
General Nature of Sino- Japa.
neSe Strife Discussed as
Secret Reports Arrive.
CHINESE ARE BITTER
OVER CHINCHOW ATTACK
Warning Sent by Japan as Use
Obtains League Council
Urgency Meeting.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Hoover sought the counsel
of his cabinet today on the situation in
Manchuria.
Soon after the cabinet meeting ad-
journed at the White House it became
evident the complexities of the trouble
disturbing the Far East had been gone
over in some detail.
The President made no statement
however.
The State Department is keeping a
close watch on developments.
The views expressed at the cabinet
meeting were not disclosed. but no
doubt was left that the President con-
siderS the situation one needing atten-
ton. For the most part, the discussion
was OF a general nature. What, If any.
steps are contemplated remained 1ndefl-
mite.
Confidential Reports Received.
Even as the cabinet met. confidential
reports were arriving from the Far East.
Some were from Laurence Salisbury.
second secretary Of the Toxic embassy,
and George Hanson, consul general at
Hardin, who were sent to the affected
region several days ago, with the con-
sent of both the Chinese and japanese
governments. to supplement the reports
OF Myrl Myers, consul general at the
Manchurian capital Of Mukden.
After the cabinet meeting Secretary
Stlmson sought the counsel of w.
Cameron Forbes, American Ambassa-
dor to Japan, who is in this country on
leave. The Secretary said he expected
to be busy with the Far Eastern matter
for the entire day.
He declined TO say whether the
American Government might be ex-
pected to take some further action
shortly to bring about peace.
The Secretary added that he was
N constant communication with his
observers in Manchuria.
Japan has notified the Chinese gov
eminent that it will be held account
able for any results flowing from the
anti-Japanese agitation growing out of
the Manchurian dispute, 1t was dis
closed last night in a memorandum
made public at the Japanese embassy
The communication. already trans
mitted to Marking by the Toxic gov
eminent, charged that the anti
Japanese movement in China is con-
Quoted as an instrument OF national
policy
1t also charged that the Chinese
government is violating its pledge to
the League of Nations that no acts
would be taken to aggravate the stu
alton pending efforts to settle the con-
troverSy.
The anti-Japanese movement was
asserted to be mot only in contra
vention Of the letter and spirit of the
treaties existing between the two
countries. but constituted a form of
hostile act without the use of arms
contrary to all standards of justice
and friendship"
CHINA WARNED RY Japan