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The Washington times., 1931-10-27
BODY
BROUGHT TO
POINT"
Grid Star to Be Laid at Rest
Tomorrow; Services Private;
Cadets to Pay Final Tribute

WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. ~
G.N.S0-Cadet Richard B. Sheri-
dan came home today to be re-
ceived by a sorrowing corps OF
Cadets.
The body of the young Cadet
who died yesterday as the result
Of an injury received in the Yale
Army game last Saturday arrived
this morning at West Point &C
companied by the parents Of the
youth and Major Phillip B. Flem-
ing, graduate manager Of athletics
who had maintained a bedside
vigil ever since Sheridan was
brought into the 1Iew Haven
Hospital last Saturday afternoon.
Placed i'm Hospital
The flag draped coffin was i'm
mediately brought up the wind
ing road which leads up the hill
from the railroad station t. the
gray battlements of the military
academy.
It was placed in the Cadet
Hospital where it will remain un.
til tomorrow when 1t will be taken
to the Catholic Chapel for funeral
services. .
At four o'clock tomorrow, the
body Of the young Cadet will be
placed on a caisson and preceded
by the West Point Band viii be
conducted to the chapel.
Sheridan'S class mates win
march alongside the caisson and
the rest of the corps of Cadets
will follow.
Three VOlleys Over Grave
Cadets Of the second or junior
class will not bear arms In con-
formance 18th West Point Gus,
tom, but Cadets of all other
classes will be under arms.
ServiceG at the chapel will be
conducted by the Rev. F. j. Lang
ton after which the burial will
take place at the West Point
cemetery. Three volleys will be
fired over the grave by members
OF his own company.
Members Of Sheridan's family
have asked that the funeral, be
private and mourners will be re.
stricted to the family and the
Cadet corps.
Only the "bOy's great heart"
Major Philip b. Fleming, gradu.
ate manager of athletics at West
Point, said, kept Sheridan alive
long enough for Mrs. Sheridan
and Richards brother, Gerard, to
reach his bedside before Che end.
The two had made o 1,OOO-mile.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
D. {. REPORTER
WINS PRIZE

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 GN,sO.
Prizes Of 500 each were today
awarded by International News
Service to Charles j. MCGUIRE, Of
the New York staff, and William
K. Hutchinson of, the Washing.
ton staff, for scoring the most out,
standing news "beats."
Hutchinson's series of sensa.
tional beats on the American
Legion convention at Detroit won
the prize for him.
McGuirk was rewarded for his
notable beat Of four hours on the
news that Thomas A. Edison'S
rubber experiments had proven
successful shortly before the in
ventor's death.
Prizes are given by Inter.
national News Service to the re.
porter scoring the most conSpicu.
GUS beat Of the month. Jack Lait,
Walter Howey, Barry Faris, M. A,
White, and j. v. Connolly com.
prise the committee Of judges.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
j. s. To APPLY
ANCIENT LAW
!. To LIQUOR i
Seeks Before Supreme Court
to Justify Seizure of Per-
sonaI Property in "Speaky"

The Government today battled
IN the Supreme Court for the right
to c6nfiscate all personal property,
as well as liquor, found in speak
easies, under a law passed 54
years before national prohibition
was adopted.
It's far-reaching effect immedi-
ately became the subject Of com.
ment by justices of the high court
when assistant Attorney General
@. Aaron Youngquist began his
presentation Of the case.
Case Comes From Montana
Justice McReynoIds asked II the
law, as construed by the Govern.
ment, would not also permit the
cOnfiscatiOn of all property of a
person found in a "speakeasy"-
even to his eyeglasses.
The Government took the ap-
peal from a circuit court, which
&CVCAoCA q TCACAdI A4SG11CU SOuAb y
ruling, under which personal prop.
erty found in an alleged saloon op-
Grated in Butte, Mont, by Edward
Ryan, was confiscated.
The property taken included the
bar, chairs, cash register, electric
heater, electric. mixer, clocks and
other furnishings.
Law Passed in 1854
The law depended upon by the
Government was passed in 1864
and revised two years later. It
specifies plainly that property
found in a place ,,--here liquor is
manufactured to evade payment of
tax may be seized, and the Gov.
ernment says it also applies to
places where liquor Is sold.
When Youngquist told the court
that years ago one Federal Judge
held that even horses found in a
yard adjoining a place of liquor
manufacture could be seized, the
Solemnity of the court was broken.
Argument in the case was to be
concluded today, after which the
high court will take the case under
consideration.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
SchOOIbOy, Is, Beaten
By Pair: of 'Huzers'

Bernard Kolski, Is, "a Todd
Pl. N. E., is recovering from
fright and hysteria as q result
Of i'll treatment and attempted
assault by two older boys yester-
day. "A o.. ,.-.. 4
Young Kolski. picked UP at
Lincoln Road and Rhode Island
Avenue Northwest last night by
police as he wandered about in o
dazed condition told police he had
been set upon by two older boys
near the Mckinley High School
who attempted to force him to
undresS and then beat him. Po'
lice Of the Twelfth precinct ex-
pect to arrest the two boys who
beat the Kolski boy today.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
The Weather

For the District of Columbia-Cloudy,
with showers late tonight or Wednes-
day: warmer tonight: cooler Wednesday
afternoon or night; fresh southwest
winds.
FOR Maryland-Cioudy. with showers
in west portion tonight and Wednesday
and In east portion late tonight or
Wednesday: warmer tonight; cooler in
extreme west portion Wednesday; fresh
For Virginia-Partly cloudy, prob
ably showers in north portion tonight
and Wednesday: warmer tonight; cooler
in northwest portion Wednesday after
noon; fresh south or southwest winds.
LOCAL TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Today
.. m. ....... 56 a. m. ...... IS
Midnight ...... 81 Noon ......... So
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess Of temperature
Excess Of temperature since october
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
tion since January /. 1891. 6.1O.
October /, 1881, 1.7s.
TIDE TABLES
Today-High tides. S;24 a. m. and
$40 p. m. Low tides, S:03 a. m. and
Tomorrow-High tides, s:O1 a. m.
and s:17 p. m. Low tides, s:42 a. M.
ana THE is 81 Sun T. AND THE MOON
The sun rises today 6:2S a. m. and
The sun rises Wednesday $40 a. m.
The moon rises today $3.50 .. m. and
The moon rises Wednesday S:S1 ,.
m. and sets S:S1 a. m.
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
Cadets Deeply MOued
By Death of
Sheridan

WEST POINT. N. z, Oct.
AZ G.N.S)-The clatter of
dishes and talk Of 1850 cadets
in the mess hall at supper last
night was suddenly stopped
when the cadet adjuetnat called
the corps to attention.
Each cadet stiffeMed In his
seat and as Lieut.. Col. Robert
c. Richardson, Jr.. command
ant Of the cadets. stood I'D in
the balcony, each man sensed
what was coming.
Gentlemen" the colonel
said. ''lt is my sad duty to an.
nounce the death of Cadet
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Jr."
For the remainder of the
meal there was no converse.
tion. Quietly the cadets left the
mess hall. At 7:15 p. m. when
call to quarters sounded, each
cadet was in his room study
ing. It was obvious that they
were profoundly moved.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27

dash from Greenville, N. c., by
train and automobile. They
came to the New Haven hospital
two hours before Sheridan
breathed his last, An iron lung"
in which he was placed Saturday
night enabled him to prolong a
battle for life which leading brain
specialists from various parts of
the country attending him de.
clared hopeless.
Unconscious Before Death
But when Mrs. Sheridan and
Gerard reached the white-tiled
room where Richard lay, he was
unconscious and did not regain
his faculties before he died.
The Washington times., 1931-10-27
"Y" SEEKS MEMBERS

Recruiting of 500 new members
in the Y. M. c. A. is the object
of more than 100 members who
will hold the first Of a series Of
membership dinners tonight in
the Central Y. M. c. A., at 1875
G st. N. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
NEW MAYFLOWER
RECEIVERS DUE
Justice Gordon Takes Step
to Protect Bond
holders.

Declaring that neither the interests Of
interests Of the Mayhower Hotel Co. can
oe properly conserved either by the May
flower Hotel Co. or the Mayfower Hotels
Corporation. Justice Peyton Gordon of
the District Supreme Court today de-
cided to appoint receivers for both
corporations The court also ordered the
removal Of Charles C. Moore as trustee
under the trust, securing the second
mortgage.
The court has not decided on the per-
sonnet of the receivership. Counsel for
the corporations are expected to have
recourse to the Court of Appeals to have
the receivership vacated as they did
when Attorney Mabel walker WILLIE
brandt had receivers appointed for the
Niayflower Hotel Co.. May %. after a
conference in chambers with Justice o.
r. Luhring. The appellate court set
aside that receivership.
Rules Receivers Necessary.
In closing an eight-page men,
orandun opinion reviewing the case
submitted by the bondholders repre-
sented by Mrs. Willebrandt and the
answer of the defendant corporations
filed through Attorneys William E.
Leahy william J. Hughes, jr., and
Edmund M. Toland, Justice Gordon
said: In view of the attitude of the
Mayfower Hotel Co. and the May
flower Hotels Corporation of America
with respect to the amount of rent
claimed to be due and owing from the
latter to the former and the amount
of $435,000 claimed to be due to the
Mayflower Hotel Co. from the Ameri-
can Bond & Mortgage Co. for a can
celia ton of a vast sum realized from
the sale of its bonds for a questionable
transfer or purchase Of its preferred
stock and their relations and connec-
lions with the American Bond g. Mort
gage Co., and the latter's connection
with the Mayflower, Inc" the appoint
ment of receivers becomes necessary
for the protection of the bondholders
and the companies.
Justice Gordon denied the motion of
the corporations to dismiss the bill Of
complaint. Although he held that the
bill was not we'll drawn and could have
been made more definite and certain. 1t
sets forth a cause of action suf1l-
GENTLY to give the court jurisdiction.
He reviews the charges of the bill that
there has been default in the interest
on the bonds and that the leasing cor
poration owes large rental to the par
Continued on Page 2. Column -
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MONTERO, LIBERAL,
NEW CHILEAN HEAD
Hailed as Acting President
After 0pazo and Ibanez,
He Turns to Finances.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile. July 28.-That
popular combination-Juan Esteben
Montero and Pedro Blanquier-were
again in charge of the government Of
Chile today. and foreign business inter-
ests indicated they had complete con-
fidence in them.
Their first task was to straighten out
the confused financial situation, with
its problems OF local banking, foreign
exchange and foreign debts.
A survey of foreign business interests
showed unanimous opinion that Mon
tero as acting President and Blanquier
as finance minister were the best men
to handle Chile's emergency.
Will Continue Debt Suspension.
Americans have a stake of slightly
less than 81 ,0Oo, 100000 in the nation,
and the British. with large interests,
also are vitality concerned. Americans
control the principal products, nitrate
and copper, on which the government
depends for large part of its revenue.
A survey indicated that foreign inter-
ests were firm believers in the future
of Chile, regardless Of the temporary
suspension of the foreign debt. Montero
and Blanquier will continue that sus-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
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RECOVERY ON WAY,
DAWES BELIEVES
Ambassador, Back at Post, Reports
Change of Mass Attitude to
Optimism in U. s.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 20 Ambassador
Charles G. Dawes, back at his post from
a vacation at home, hustled through
Paddington Sation today, hurrying to a
luncheon with Secretary Of State Slim
son at the American embassy. He was
late because the boat train from Ply
mouth had been delayed.
He paused long enough, however. to
explain that President Hoover had
asked him to cut his vacation short and
to say optimism had replaced pessimism
in the United States and an early busiI
ness recovery was indicated.
Before left home there had been
definite change in the mass attitude
from one Of pessimisn to one OF OPP
timism," Ambassador Dawes said.
IAN upturn had taken place in cleo
trical power consumption, for instance.
In June, 1929 there was definite
downswing in electric power consump-
ton and four months later the crash
came.
LAS that decline marked the begin
ming of depression, so will this upturn,
I believe, mark the beginning of the end
Of depression. Reports are better from
almost everywhere in the States and
believe we can reasonably expect better
times very soon."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
BALANCE OF POWER
OPPOSED BY BRITAIN
Calls for Big Armaments,
Says Observation-Disclosures
World Cooperation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. July 28-Great Britain is
Ciametrically opposed to the balance of
power theory. Prime Minister Ramsay
Macdonald said today, because it is in
comparable with disarmament.
So long as the nations try to main
tain national security on the basis of a
balance of power they will need big
ornaments, he told a delegation OF
German newspaper men. but Great
Britain BELIEVES in establishing security
by international cooperation, policy
in violent contradiction to that of the
balance Of power.
AS for economic cooperation, he said,
experience continues to prove how
necessary 1t is the resources of all the
countries should be used in the inter-
estS Of international stability. High tar
i'll walls, he asserted, will lead to univer-
sal bankruptcy.
The prime minister laughed at the
suggestion that Withdrawals OF gold from
the Bank Of England might worry him
The old saying sound as the Bank
Of England is as true today" said he
"as 1t ever was. I'm not worried a bit. .
Declares Difficulties Temporary.
Germany's economic difficulties are
largely temporary, Macdonald told cor
respondents. and to a great extent are
psychological
The country's industrial position is
fundamentally sound, he said, and as
soon as the proper psychological foun-
dalton can be laid the nation may ex-
pect to overcome the present acute dis
tress.
He and Arthur Henderson. the British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28

o'clock last night. When Mrs. Harris
attempted to persuade him to open the
door Of his third-floor room this morn
ing. he threatened to jump out of the
window. The Rescue Squad was noti-
fed and when that body responded
Harris opened the door and surren-
dered.
Harris. until recently Eastern sales
manager for the Van Camp Sea Food
Co, had been a patient at the WASH
ington Sanitarium since he was brought
here q short time ago from Harris
burg, Pa.
Before being located in a Harrisburg
hospital he had been the object of a
wide search which followed his disap-
pearance. apparently from a Pennsyl-
vania Railroad train en- route from the
Pennsylvania capital to Washington.
Later 1t was found that he had been IL!
in Harrisburg, and was taken to a hos
pital, where he was unable to tell hos
pital attendants who he was.
Harris had been suffering from bron-
chitis and asthma for some time, It was
said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
GEN. BUTLER RETIRES OCTOBER /:
PROMISES TO ANSWER CRITICS
General Tells Marines He
Will Tell Foes Where
Ito Get Off,"
Commander Has Contract
for Lecture Series in Which
He Will Air Grievances.

Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler,
u. S. NJ. c., commandment Of the Marine
Barracks, Quantico, announced def
nitely last night that he would retire
October l and promised he would tell
some of these people who abuse our
corps where the hell to get off, in a
series OF lectures.
speech accepting a bronze tablet pre-
sented by the Veteran Marine Corps
Legion, confirmed rumors prevalent in
recent months that the veteran officer
intended to quit the service.
Marine Corps headquarters at the
Navy Department said no application
for retirement had yet been received,
but that Gen. Butler was entitled to
retirement upon the basis of his 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
NAUTILUS CASTS OFF -.
FOR VOYAGE TO POLE
Submarine Sails From Plymouth,
England, With First Port Set
as Bergen, Norway.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PLYMOUTH, July 28.-The submarine
Nautilus, in which Sir Hubert wilkins
plans to cross the North Pole under the
ice, left today for Bergen, Norway, en-
route to the Arctic.
Hundreds of Americans witnessed the
departure of Sir Hubert in his little
craft as it passed alongside the Maure-
tania, Just in from New York.
On the way out the submarine passed
close to a tender carrying ashore the
Mauretanias passengers for Plymouth,
among them Ambassador Charles G..
Dawes. Cheers we're exchanged be-
tween the passengers and the officers
and crew of the Nautilus.
The submersible passed into the bay,
where the Mauritania rode at anchor
and headed for the English Channel
ard the North Pole, with her port of
call probably Bergen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
''MODEL BOY" SLAYER OF OFFICER
IS SENTENCED TO 1S-YEAR TERM
Judge Sends 15YearOd Warner Cory to Joliet Prison.
Criticizes Parents of Boy in Summary of Case

Warner, a younger brother and an
other boy broke into school building
to 90 swimming, and were ordered out
of the pool by Smith. Warner shot him
with q stolen revolver he was carrying.
The other boys were released to Juvenile
authorities and Warner pleaded not
guilty. His attorneys asked for dismis-
sal OF the case on the ground no pre-
meditation or malice had been shown.
The State asked for an object lessor" "
despite testimony of alienists that the
boy did not know the difference between
right and wrong at the moment he
pulled the trigger.
Smiths widow refused to agree to a
less serious charge being placed against
the boy.
The warden agreed to keep Warner
out Of the company Of hardened crimi-
mails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
Opposition of White House
to Reductions in Salary
Is Reaffirmed.
LAMONT PUTS SLASHES
UP TO BUSINESS HEADS
Action Of Corporation Directors
Meeting in Gotham Today May
Start Slash Move.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 28.-The United
States Steel Corporation today re-
duced the quarterly dividend on the
common stock to 81 from $l.75,
making the annual asis 81, against
81 previously paid.
The reduction in the dividend was
somewhat more drastic than had
been generally expected in Wall
Street. where a quarterly payment
OF $l.25 had been widely forecast.
1t was the first cut in a regular
dividend by the company since 1915.
The common was put on a regular
81 basis in the second quarter Of
1926.
The regular dividend OF $l.75 on
the preferred stock was declared.
Total earnings for the second
quarter of 1881, after 6educting OPP
Grating expenses and taxes, were
$l3,8l7.524, compared with $l9,464,-
836 in the previous three months
and 1861 ,304 in the second quar-
ter of 1890.
A statement announced that the
board of directors recommended an
adjustment of salaries of al officers
and other salaried employs be mede
in varying percentages, depending
upon the character of the service
rendered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
ALFONSO DENIES He
GAVE SON THRONE
There's No Truth in It,"
ExiIed King Says on
Joining Heir.
BY the Associated Press.

0S inc hSSoClAteQ HTeSS.
LONDON. July 28.-Alfonso de Bour
bon, former King of Spain. and his
third son were reunited in exile on the
Paddington Station platform today.
Meanwhile London seethed with stories,
which Alfonso himself denied, that he
had abdicated his right to the Span
ish throne in favor of the boy.
They embraced each other and
started off with Lord Londonderry, the
former Kings intimate friend. who
short time previously had denied
newspaper report of the abdication.
AS they stepped into their car AL
fonso turned to Lord Londonderry and
said. There's no truth in it." loudly
enough so that those near by could
hear.
That is all the King has to say"
Lord Londonderry added.
Son at Naval School.
Don Juan, the 18-year-old prince
who has been q cadet at the Dart
mouth Naval School since the royal
family left Spain, came up from Dart
1IlOI tIlLtB W 1icCI las AdOiACA,
who arrived yesterday from Fontatne-
bleau.
Daily Express dispatches from Madrid
said this morning the abdication took
place at family council at Fontaine-
bleau last week.
The Express attributed the story to
former minister under the Primo de
Rivera dictatorship who, it said, spent
few hours in Madrid on business
recently. although he was sought by
the police.
Retirement Legal.
The alleged retirement Of the for
mer King, the paper quoted the min
lister as saying. was accomplished with
extreme legality and with virtually no
ceremony. The family, he said.
gathered in one Of the apartments Of
the former Kings hotel at Fontaine-
bleau and those Of the ministers OF
the old regime were convoked as wit
neSSeS.
Alfonso, 1t was said, looked much
older than the night three months
ago, when he said good-by to his tear
full court. All the papers, the story
said, had been carefully prepared in
advance and there were four abdica-
lions, first that of Alfonso himself.
of Asturias, who is a victim Of hema-
philia, and then that Of Don Jaime, the
second son, who Is deaf and dumb.
The fourth and unexpected abdica-
ton, 1t was said, was that of the elder
Don Jaime, carlist pretender to the
throne, and great grandson Of Ferdi-
nand VII. The carlist Don Jaime was
not present, the minister was quoted
as saying.
Alfonso, the story said, adheres to
the theory that he himself, and not
the monarchy. was voted down by the
Spanish people and that he was willing
to step out in favor Of Don Juan to
make possible an eventful revival Of
the monarchist cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
FIRE RESCUE SQUADS ARRIVAL
HALTS THREATENED HOTEL LEAP
Gassed War Veteran, Escaped From Sanitarum Surren
ders to Wife at Third Floor Room.

With the Fire Rescue Squad stationed
in the street below to catch him if he
jumped. Claude Harris, 45-year-old
World War veteran, who was reported
missing from the Washington SAM
tarium in Takoma Park yesterday, I'M
locked the door of the room where he
spent the night in the Washington
Hotel. and surrendered to his wife early
today.
The man. said to have been gassed
during the war; has frequently been re-
ported missing during recent months
He was returned to the Takoma Park
institution today following his latest
escspade. His discovery in the Wash
ington Hotel came about after his wife.
Mrs. Ethel Harris of 401 Twenty-third
street, had notified police Of his disap-
pearance, and had conducted canvass
of local hotels in an effort to locate him.
According to S. z. Bonneville, man
ager Of the Washington Hotel, the man
registered at the hotel under the name
of c. Harris of New York about IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-28
MRS. HENDERSON HEIR
FINED FOR SPEEDING.
Jesse Shima Pays SIS in Police
Court After Guilty Plea
to officers Charge.

Fortunate Jesse Shima, young Japan
csc who was left fortune last week in
the will OF Mrs: Mary - r; henderson ,sn aa
ss secretary, ran into tough luck last
night in the person of Policeman H. o.
TIitt and as the consequence thereof
paid IS into Police Court Golfers to-
day. ... ,,s o,,,
A. schuldt on a speeding charge large, and
,"oSded and accepted without comment
the IS fine which the Judge imposed
after Officer Tut had testified he paced
the Shima automobile several blocks
an Conduit road at 40 miles an hour.
Tt,tt said Shima gave as his reason
for speeding that he was trying to
overtake the machine "a ahead Of him.
ninct where he posted $25 collateral.
Before leaving he shook hands with all
the officers, remarking that they were
Every nice policemen"