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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
CONFESSED KILLER
TO SERVE "A YEARS
Robinson Sentenced on
Fourth 0ffenSe After Tale
He Slew Six in 1912.
By the Associated Press.

DETROIT, March 3o.-Leroy Robin
son, alias George Meyers, who Satur-
cay confessed the Staying of six persons
in Iowa in 1912 and who yesterday was
said to have headed a plot of 10 pris-
oners to break out of the county jail,
was sentenced to serve from 1415 to Is
years in the Michigan State Prison at
Jackson today.
Robinson was convicted of breaking
and entering February ID. He had been
caught robbing Crosse Pointe Park
home.
Repeats Confession.
Before Circuit Judge Homer Ferguson
today Robinson reiterated his confess
sion of the Iowa Sayings.
Robinson was said by police to have
BEEN convicted four times previously OF
various offenses. In a private confer
ence with Judge Ferguson and Assistant
Prosecutor william c. Buckingham he
admitted the crimes When asked about
them in court he denied them.
Story Fails to Check.
Buckingham said he was convinced
other prisoners in the county jail adj
vised Robinson to deny the other con-
victions in the hope that he would be
surrendered to Iowa authorities.
Robinson's confession that he killed
six persons at Villisca, Iowa, does not
tally with the record of the crime, the
officers said. Eight persons were killed.
Robinson's confession accounted for
only six.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
ACTION HELD SUSPICIOUS. {
Method and Time Of Proposed Union
Questioned by Henderson.

-.NO~@NN- AA~@A@S@1SAAs
LONDON. March 80 (P).-Foreisn
Secretary Arthur Henderson said in q
statement to the House Of Commons
today that the methods and time chosen
by Germany and Austria in announcing
their proposed customs union were cal
culated to arouse suspicion.
The methods nullif1ed the advantages
of frank exchange Of ideas afforded
by international meetings at Geneva
and elsewhere, he said.
Austria and Germany took the view
that their proposals were in conformity
with the Geneva protocol of 1922, he
continued, but Austria objects to an
examination of their political aspects
and at the same time disclaimS any in
tention of announcing an accomplished
agreement
Mr.. Henderson said Germany consid-
ers the proposed agreement entirely
within the framework of the Geneva
protocol and therefore there was no
reason why the council of the League
should deal with the matter. The Ge-
neVa pact, he said, was calculated to
prevent any nation from threatening
Austrian sovereignty.
The German government would not
admit examination of the agreement by
the League Council from a political
standpoint, he continued, because the
agreement is considered to be purely Of
an economic character. He added that
the negotiations would continue along
their course and because of numerous
technical details could not be concluded
before two or three months
After outlining the situation, Mr..
Henderson announced his intention of
raising the whole question for discussion
at the next meeting OF the Leagues
Council to determine the compatibility
of the accord with Austria's treaty OBJ
legations. If there was general desire
that the council should be assisted by
an advisory opinion from the Court of
said, he would favor referring the ques-
ton to that body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
BURKE WILL FIGHT
MURDER CHARGE
GangSter Refuses to Waive
Examination-SayS He Will
Employ Lawyer.
BY the Associated Press

ST. JOSEPH, Mich, March 3d.
Fred Burke began determined fight
against life Imprisonment for murder
today, refusing to waive examination
when arraigned for the killing Of
Charles Sicily. st. Joseph policeman.
He was held for examination April 8
before Justice of the Peace Joseph Col
lier.
Barratt O'Hara. Chicago lawyer, who
defended Virgil Kirkland in his trial
for the murder of Gary, Ind. school
girl, visited Burke for a few moments
today. The gunman made no comment,
however, except to say he would have
an attorney Tuesday.
Chicago Loses Interest.
Chicago detectives, having yielded to
Michigan's claim after failing to get
Burke to talk about the Moran gang
massacre, of which he is suspected, ap-
parently abandoned interest in him.
They did not follow the armored car
that brought the gangster into st. Jo-
seph last night New York police tel
egraphed that detectives would arrive
from their city today to question Burke
about the murder Of Frank Uale.
Burke's first trial" probable will be
before kangaroo, court" of his fellow
prisoners, who said they were looking
forward to the usual mock tribunal, at
which they would arraign the new pris-
oner for breaking into the jail.
Justice Collier, who presideS at both
preliminary hearings of Burke, has
been justice Is years and in office
here since 1905. He was a graduate
of the University of Michigan Law
School in 1902.
Avoids Photographers.
The big gunman, called the Nations
most desperate killer, was camera shy,
as usual, and kept his shifting brown
eyes averted from photographers. His
arraignment took place In O tiny ante
room of the county Jail, to which only
a handful of officers, cameramen and
| three or four reporters were admitted.
Burke indicated he would plead not
| guilty, then lapsed into stolid silence.
Prosecutor Wilbur Cunningham, his
assistant, and the sheriff went into
| conference with Burke after the To-
minute hearing before Justice Collier,
but they said afterward they could not
| induce the prisoner to talk. He seemed
tired but said he had been we'll treated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
SOVIET SAYS CRIMES
DECREASED FOR 1890
Perc-t of Institute Lists 4 ,532
Cases CT Murder in First
Six Months.
BY The Assoelatsd press.

BY The Associated Press.
MOSCOW March 30.-Crime in
Soviet Russia appears TO be on the
',owNgr2dc. especially murder and
poo.legging," according to the figures
Just completed by the National Insti-
;atc fer Research into crime and Grim
;rels
TIC institutes statistics for the
first 81: months Of 1890, which are the
latest and thus far are unpublished in
hu.sla show 1882 convictions in the
scy4. Unicn fo- murder tthe agures
- noJ .tcluSe the smaller republics)
sga,nct 7,l3i for the first six months
OF 1929.
In . similar period of 1929, there
were q BOA convictions for bootlegging,
OF Illegal manufacture Of vodka, the
fiery National drink, whereas there were
only 6.575 arrests for this during the
same period last year. Production OF
liquor is a government monopoly.
Convictions for hold-ups in 1929
totalled 2,164. against / .469 last year
wltic sexual crimes dropped from
4.S6. to 3,IC6 in 1880.
Some months ago the newspapers
published that a. counter-revolution.
lists had been executed at one time.
IN recent years bootlegging has an.
noyed the government. Bootleggeri
usually get prison sentences Of thre,
months 70 three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
.EX- "FOLL|ES" GIRL
DRIVES Off CLIFF
Husband Refuses to Accept
Police Suicide Theory.
Calls 1t Accident.
physically fit.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NICE, March Boiler nerve bolstered
by four stiff brandies, Mrs. David Town
send. former Broadway "Follies" girl,
drove her car of 20o-foot precipice
near here and found in death the rest
that life denied her.
While she drank she scrubbed a note
to her husband, reputedly wealthy Wall
Street broker, which read:
PLEASE take care of my mother. Pay
1000 francs to Wally." Another para
graph which referred to the possibility
Of her going back to the stage was un-
decipherable.
Smashed Auto Found.
When she did not show up Saturday
evening for an opera party which she
had planned for friends, they sought
her, but their search was unavailing
until in the cold gray dawn of Sunday
morning police saw her car crushed on
the rocks below one Of the sharpest
Europe. Her husband today would not
accept the police explanation Of suicide,
but insisted that it must have been an
accident
Margaret was happy" he said, "she
had my entire fortune at her disposal.
/ cannot explain this tragedy. Anyway,
won't accept the suicide theory. 1t
is too horrible.
Former Birmingham Girl.
Police, investigating the tragedy,
identified her as the formed Mary
Margaret Laird of Birmingham, Ala,
born in 1899. She and Townsend were
married six years ago and so far as
known fho child a girl of s wears is
the offspring Of that union. She was
known to the New York stage as Peggy
Davis.
Fqorenz Zeigfeld said today that there
had been q dozen Peggy Davises on
Broadway, many of them in his Fol
lies" and that he did not know II the
Nice woman was Peggy Davis Of Biz
mingham, Ala. who was first married
in 1918 to Lieut.. Col. Joseph Alexander
Davies Of the Ordnance Department,
who afterward proved to have been
married before and not divorced.
Marriage AnnulIed.
That marriage was annulled and
Peggy Davig In 1921 married Joseph
Donald Grafton. The next year he was
indicted for bigany and 1t was discov-
cred that a month before he married
the Davis girl he had taken another
wife. The marriage with Miss Davis
was promptly annulled.
Thereafter Miss Davis worked as
cabaret entertainer and showgirl In
New York and Baltimore and in 1928
was engaged to Napoleon A. Worth
| ington, Baltimore stock broker, but the
| marriage was opposed by her mother
Mrs. Capitola Laird.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
TRIPLE Staying LAID
TO FINANCIAL DESPAIR
Husband Thought to Have Killed
Wife, Brother-in-Law and Self.
Bodies Found After 40 Hours.

Wife, Brother-in-Law and Self.
Bodies Found After 40 Hours.
BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, March 30.--His
hopes of a comeback" in the stock
market apparently abandoned and faced
with growing despair at the loss of his
home, Fred o. Morse, IS, shot and killed
his wife and brother-in-law, and then
turned the revolver on himself accord
ing to police reconstruction of the triple
tragedy today
The bodies Of Mrs. May Morse 81,
her brother, Loren @. Cushman, SO, and
her husband were found yesterday,
more than 40 hours after the shootings.
Police said positions Of the bodies and
revolver near Morse indicated he had
slain his wife and her brother and then
killed himself
Morse, formerly of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
always affected the garb of Western
rancher and was a familiar sight in
brokerage houses with his wide SOM
brero, high boots and frock coat
Police investigation revealed the
Morses had been in straitened cir
cumstances and that Cushman had
been providing for them Cushman,
police said, recently had announced his
intention Of giving up the apartment
in which the trio lived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
PREMIER OF FRANCE
AVERTS MINE STRIKE
Compromise Reduces Wage Cut At
fecting 100000 Work
Men.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 30.--As the result of
a compromise proposed by Premier
Laval, the danger of general strike of
miners in France seemed to have been
averted today, even a threatened "a
hour protest walkout having fallen
through.
Premier Laval's proposal provided for
a wage reduction smaller than proposed
by the operators, and 1t was accepted
by labor leaders, forestalling general
strike scheduled for today and affecting
100000 men. At Valenciennes, only
1000 miners failed to report out
of $4,000 employed In Pas de Calais
Basin there were only 1,712 abssntees
out of $4,000 miners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
PURPOSE OUTLINED.
German Move Seen as Effort for
European Economic Unit.

German Move Seen as Effort for
European Economic Unit.
VIENNA, y CHI 30 H9.-The news
paper Wiene .Hittag today said that
DR.. Otto Ender, Austrian chancellor,
told political meeting at Vorarlberg
that Germany approached the Austrian
government with proposal to bring
her duties against foreign countries to
the level obtaining in Germany.
DR.. Ender said, according to the
newspaper, that after this was done
neighboring countries were to be asked
TO join the pact so that a mutual eco
nomic territory might widen out grad
ually and present great European
economic unit.
DR.. Ender, in a speech at Dornbirn
last night, minimized the Importance Of
the proposed Austro-G German customs
union, which he described as a regional
agreement by which Austria hoped to
relieve her economic and industrial
troubles.
She had concluded similar agree
nents with Hungary, Jueoslavia and
CzechosloYal1ia.s he said, but when she
sought such an agreement with Ger
many, all Europe rose in protest. All
neighboring States were invited to
join. making this the first step to-
ward European economic unity, he
declared, but the mere suggestion of
including Germany brought dismsyed
objections.
If every step toward Pan-European
federation raises such suspicion and
mistrust, he said. the realization Of
any sort of unity is remote.
Referring to criticism of Austria for
failure to prohibit emigration and i'm
port from Soviet Russia, the chancellor
declared cooperation of the United
States with European powers Is indis-
pensable to any united action against
Russia, but that in the circumstances
such collaboration appeared to be out
of the question.
1t was stated officially yesterday re-
ports in Paris newspaper to the ef-
feet the proposed Austro- German Gus
toms Union contains secret military
clause" directed against the little en-
tente are entirely without foundation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
SHIP, 81 DAYS LATE,
REACHES BALTIMORE
Norwegian Freighter, Coal Gone,
Burned Wood-Battled Black
Sea, Ice and Storms.

b. the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 30.-Thres
weeks overdue after battling ice and
high seas, the Norwegian steamer Her.
spercs anchored at Quarantine yester-
day, her coal bunkers empty. For the
last two days Of the voyage from
Nicoleiff, Russia, Capt Chris H. Olsen
said he had to burn wood. the coal
supply becoming exhausted just before
reaching the Capes at the entrance to
Chesapeake Bay.
The ship left Nicoleih February 6
with sufficient coal and supplies To
last for the ordinary trip Of 80 days
to Algiers and Baltimore with an ore
cargo
For eight days after leaving the
Black Sea Capt. Olsen said the freight
er battled through ice crunching and
grinding its way forward at a few
knots an hour.
After reaching the Atlantic storm:
set in and for the next few weeks
high seas and gales impeded the prog
ress CT the ship.
The Hersperos reached port without
damage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
MAKES $50 MISTAKE

A costly mistake reported made last
night by Peyton Tapp, Clarendon, Va.
is being investigated by the police. The
cab driver a 500 bill by the Virginia
man believing it was only a $40 bill.
Mr. Tapp employed the driver, at Wis
consin avenue and M street about $3.50
o'clock yesterday morning to drive him
to Clarendon, he reported, and when
he returned to the starting point about
80 minutes later, he stated, he made the
mistake.
Mr.. Tapp described the driver of the
taxicab to the police. He was unable
to give the license number.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
FRENCH BUDGET VOTED

PARIS, March 30 lP)-Sitting all day
Sunday and all night, the French Sen
ate, just after dawn today voted the
1881 budget. $50 to ID.
AS introduced to the Senate there
are number Of notifications to the
measure voted by tha House, and it will
have to go hurriedly back and forth
between the two houses in an effort to
reconcile the difference before the
financial year ends at midnight Tues
day, ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
KILLS WIFE BY MISTAKE
Arkansas storckeeper Thought She
Was a Burglar.

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark, March 80
R).-Mistaken for a burglar by her hus-
band, Mrs. Edith Rlatt, AZ, was shot to
death here early today.
The Platts lived in the rear Of their
store, and the husband, j. L. Rlatt, told
police that when he saw the dim outline
of his wife on the threshold of their bed
room he thought an intruder was en-
tering and fired Her scream told him
Of his tragic mistake. :,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
"othello" Is Bi-lingual.

ISTANBUL P.-Following the sig
nature at Angora Of a friendship pact
between Turkey and Greece, theatrical
troupes from Athens came to Istanbui.
One troupe gave "Othello" with the
turkish actress Bediha Mouavid Hanin,
playing Desdemona. Her lines were read
In Turkish while the rest Of the caste
held forth in Greek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30

AL IIlACC dCLo, buAAs
around the life
of Simon Peter, to
be presented at the
F i RS t Congrega-
tional G ur C h
Wednesday, Thurs
day and Saturday
nights at 8 o'clock
The proceeds will
be used in benevo-
lent work carried
on by young people
of the church.
Others in the
cast include Pearl
Strickland, Gail
Wilton, Robert
B all, Constance
L a ne, Tud o I
Wilton, Der [
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
JURY DISAGREES IN CASE
AND ON CHURCH SERVICES
Bus Ride Settles Religious Cues
ton, but Boston Rum Extortion
Verdict Is Undecided.
By the Associated Press.

BOSTON, March 30.-Unable in
more than 100 hours to agree on a
verdict in the Garrett liquor extortion
conspiracy case, the jury yesterday was
equally unable to agree on a church
to attend and took bus ride instead.
The jurors spent Palm Sunday
breathing fresh air in the vicinity
of Plymouth Rock to clear their heads
for further deliberations this morning.
They had the case for 1875 hours this
morning.
So far the case has cost the public
about S85 1000. The first jury disagreed
as to the charges against Oliver b.
Garrett, former liquor raider; his wife,
and Miss Lillian v. Hatch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
ONE KILLED AND q HURT
IN 'GAST0NIA CHURCH ROW
Two Officers, Slashed With Knives,
Are in Serious Condition-Col-
ored Man Slain.
By the Associated Press.

GASTONIA, N. c., March 30.-Three
with knives and two Of them seriously
wounded yesterday as they attempted
to queit row at a cclored shurch near
here.
Before the officers quieted the dis
turbance they shot to death Cleveland
Mason, South Carolina colored man.
Mason's brother also was wounded.
The trouble took place at the Neeley's
Grove Baptist Church, where the an
nual convention Of the Friendly Aid So
ciety Of North Carolina and South
more persons, was In session.
The injured cficers are Jim Green
Joe w. Brandon and Wiley McSfnnis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
SPEECH THOUGHT WARNING.
Paris Newspaper Voices Move to Thwart
Economic Union.

PARIS, March 80 Oh Aristide
Brands Senate speech Saturday, in
which he declared he would continue to
the bitter end protesting against the
proposed Austro- German customs ac-
cord, was interpreted today by the
Semi-ot1cial newspaper lie Temps as a
warning to Berlin and Vienna.
1T must be understood" the news
paper said, that the entire French ma
ton supports the government in any
diplomatic action calculated to thwart
this customs union, which would COM
promise Austrian independence and
create dangerous situation In Central
Europe"
LIE Temps congratulated the foreign
minister for taking a firm stand on an
issue which France considers a VIOLA
ton Of solemn engagements.
An indication of public support for
vigorous protests was seen in q resolu-
ton by the Chamber of Deputies Tariff
Committee demanding the creation OF a
general tariff barrier which would tso-
late Germany and Austria from the rest
Of the continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
TWO SUSPECTS HELD
IN FATAL BEATING
Man Believed Drowned Found Il
Have Been Killed Prior to
Drop Into Water
BY the Associated Press.

HIGHLANDS. N. j., March 3d.
After an autopsy today County
Physician Hartman declared Ray Wad-
de, 80. son of the assistant police chief
Of Bowling Green, KY. had been beaten
to Death before his body was thrown
into thu shrewsbury River.
The body was found yesterday, 10
weeks after Waddle supposedly was
drowned by falling from motor boat
during storm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
GERMANY TO REPLY
TO BRAND ADDRESS
AuStro : German Economic
Union Plan Is Claimed No
Threat to Peace.
BY the Associated Press.


BERLIN, March so.-Germany viii
not allow the address Of Aristide BRAND,
French foreign minister, before the
Chamber Of Deputies Saturday, when
he saw in the projected Austro-o German
economic union a threat to peace, to
go unanswered.
The reich's foreign minister, DR..
julius Curtius, will reply to the French
minister's speech tomorrow in the last
pre-Easter session OF the Reichsrat, or
State Council. He was busy today with
telephone conferences with Johann
Schober, Austrian foreign minister, at
Vienna as to what he should say.
The strong tone Of Brands speech
occasioned some surprise in official CIR
cles. although something similar was
expected.
1t was pointed out here that the
speech was principally rhetorical and
contained no arguments of a political
and economic nature, and that no proofs
have been supplied from any quarter to
show that either Germany or Austria
would violate any agreements IN carry
ing out the union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30

More than 100000 linear feet of
motion picture film was imported into
Canada from the United States last
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
D. C. CHURCH GROUP
OFFERS BIBLE PLAY
Leading Role in Three-Act Drama
to Be Taken by Hugh
Smith, Jr.

Hugh Smith. jr., has the leading
role in the Rock" Biblical drama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30
AZ. P. White and Lee Rosenberg entry.
FOURTH RACE-The Inaugural Handicap;
IS 900 added 3-year-ol6s and up; furlongs
aColzate stsbl4 entry.
bGeorge Collins entry.

FIFTH RACE Purse, Sl400; the Old Vir-
glnia 4-year-olds ard up; lia miles
Come Op....... Jos Rocket Glare. &C.. 102
Thistle Fyrn, .... 100 Chip ...-.-.,..... 100
Titus ............ l05
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-30

Hobbs, Harry Wilton, jr., and Ruth
Brown.
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SIXTH RAcE-Purse $1,000; claiming
SEVENTH RAcE-IPgrss; $1,000; claiming;

Apprentice rl'>+TT ice claimed.
Weztl:T elea.i sracS sood.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-14
Star Of Bruin
Eleven Is Out

LOS ANGELES, Nov. IA up
Leonard Bergdahl, star quarterback
Of the University of California at
Los Angeles eleven, is out of the
lineup for the rest of the season.
Examination Of Lennys ankle by
DR.. George o. Berg showed the
tibia bone was badly Clipped. Berg
dahl was the Bruins big threat in
their defeat of st. Mary's, Wednes-
Cay, and his direction of the team
was called the best bit of signal
calling on the coast this year.
John Fletcher, junior transfer
from Long Beach Junior college,
will replace Bergdahl. He saw
some action against the Gaels.
Fletcher, however, has a sore hand
and will be handicapped in throw
ing passes against oregon next
week.
Capt. Norman Duncan, fullback.
who had five stitches taken in a cut
over his left eye to close an artery,
will be back in uniform this week.
Duncan was hit by three st. Mary's
tacklers, and a flying cleat gashed
his head.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-14
Cardinals Face
Nevada Eleven
BY ALANSCN w. EDWARDS
United Press Staff CorresnnnnenI


STANFORD STADIUM, PALO
ALTO, Cal, Nov. IA. U.P)-The
Nevada Wolf pack knocked at
Stanford's door today and found
Glenn Warmers second stringers
waiting in the rain to welcome
them.
The Renoites, who two weeks ago
gave California an interesting after
noon, found themselves at a disad-
vantage today because of an all
night downpour. Relying mainly
on a passing game. they expected
to find power plays an unhappy
necessity on the soggy field
Warner sheiVed his entire varsity,
saving them for the "big game"
with California next week. He also
saw possibilities of today's serim-
mage developing some new material
to bolster the weakening Cardinal
ranks before the big test of the
season.
Kenny Afflerbaugh, who per-
formed brilliantly in the U. S. C.
game, was Warmers chief reliance
IN the backfield Coach George
Philbrooks brought along the Hill
brothers in case he has a chance
for some aerial work.