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The Washington times., 1931-08-15
. EG|SLAT URE
CALLED IN NY.

ALBANY, Aug. IS GNsO
Governor Roosevelt today issued a
call for a special session Of the
state legislature, August rs, to
enact 3 bill empowering the Hof"
Stadter committee, which Is in.
vestigating New York city, TO
grant Immunity to recalcitrant
witnesses.
Roosevelt acted because The
court Of appeals, in q recent de-
cisiOn, held the HOfstadter COM
mittee was without authority to
grant Immunity.
The States highest court de-
clared such power only could be
conferred on the committee
through q bill passed by both
houses and signed by Governor
Roosevelt. The Hofstadter com.
mittee was created through reso-
luton at the last session.
Unless q fight develops between
Republican and Democratic law
makers over the proposal, the spe-
cial session is not expected to last
more than two or three days.
One Of the most bitter political
One of the most bitter political
battles in New York States his
tory, with the life Of Tammany
Hall at stake. was forecast today.
The prediction came after John
F.. Curry, leader of Tammany, on
the witness stand yesterday in
the legislative investigation of
the city. declared the inquiry was
u political attack and "crllcifiX-
ion OF Tammany."
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
Rail Stocks Strong
At Market Opening

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Strength
and activity of the railroad stocks
and specialties featured the open
ing of the stock market today.
New York Central moved up a
point to "a. New Haven was up
174 at 59A, Pennsylvania up u
at AZ, and Southern Pacific up u
at 75H.
United States Steel and Bethle-
hemm were unchanged at 39A.
General Electric moved up frac-
tionally to 417s, while Gold Dust
was up "a at 287s, Johns Manville
UP p at 5314, and Houston Oil up
"a at 4434.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
CLEARS TWIN"
O'Brien, 19, Nearer
Freedom From Long
Prison Term

NEW YORK, Aug. is G.N.s).
Patrick O'Brien, the 19-year-old
youth who was convicted because
OF his resemblance to Francis
CTwo Gum Crowley, and given a
20 to 4O.year term in Sing Sing
for q hold-up it is now thought
certain he did not commit, Is
one step nearer freedom today.
Crowley, under death sentence
at Sing Sing, voluntarily gave
Irving z. Fromer1 O'Brien'S cOun-
sci, an affidavit which com
pletely exonerated his double
from any knowledge Of the rob
berry Of Harry Obestgarten's drug
store. 1t was for the robbery
Of this store that O'Brien was
convicted. CroWley's affidavit
reads:
"On the 10th day Of Janu.
ary, 1881, /, in company with
tive other boys, went to the
premises at 1896 Eighth Ave-,
In New York city, which place
Is used as drug store, and
held up said drug store.
II have been informed that
Patrick O'Brien has been con-
victed for the robbery and sen.
fenced to State prison for 3
period Of not less than 20 nor
mere than 40 years.
II do not know Patrick
O'Brien nor have 1 ever seen or
spoken to him.
Patrick OBEien WAS net
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
Intense Heat and Rain
Bring Giant Lily
To Bloom

The Victoria Regia is bloom
ing at the Pan-American
Union.
The giant water-lily (its
leaves measure from four to
seven feeD blooms only once
In five or six years in this eli
mate, although in its native
wilds, in South America, it is
an annual bloomer. The
flower is white, as large as an
adults cupped hands and ex.
tremely fragrant.
According to Franklin H.
Adams Of the Pan-Anerican
Union the intense heat and
heavy rains of the summer
have been responsible for the
Towering Of the plant. 1t was
named in honor Of the late
Queen Victoria Of England.
In South America children
play on the broad leaves Of
the lily and its seed Is used
as food.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
TORCH SLAYERS
BARE OTHER
GRIMES
New Arrests Expected Today
Following New Revelations;
Drag River for Bodies

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Aug. is
U.NS0.-New arrests loomed to-
day in the torch Staying Of two
high school boys and their girl
companions as a result Of Prose
cutor Albert Rapp's Interrogation
Of the trio Of slayers.
"We are far from the end Of
our work on this murder case, "
Rapp declared. after his return
from Jackson State Penitentiary,
where he lnterfOEated Fred
Smith, Frank Oliver and David
Blackstone, the killers who are
serving LIE terms.
New Developments
Developments in Michigan's
most hideous murder case today
were fiye-fold.
Arrest Of Otis Oden, negro
biind.pig operator, BIackstOne's
landlord. -.
Orders from Sheriff Jacob
Andres to increase the mum.
Der OF men who are dragging
the Huron River for bodies Of
other victims OE the "petting"
party bandits
Announcement by authOri.
ties that the three SIayerS a.
IegedIy participated In several
other hOldups Of Detting par.
ties.
Plans to confront Miss Kath-
crime Keller, rs, heIress sweet.
heart Of Smith, with state
mentS from the three killers.
Police declared that they will
endeavOr to connect her with
many Of the .rio's hOIdups.
They picture her aS = bandit
Gen."
New attempts to link How.
ard FOrwalder, "A, friend Of the
convicted men, with hOldupS In
the neighbOrhOOd. FOrwalder
also Is held.
The killers Of Vivian Gold, Is:
Anna May Harrison, II; Thomas
Wheatley, Is; and Harry Lore
16, will be held at Jackson un.
til the investigation Is completed
Governor Wilbur Brucker, In
a public address, said:
II would be the first one to
help prevent a mob lynching Of
those murdereS, but / do not
believe 1 would lift q finger to
separate them frGm the elec.
trio, chair II we had the Su-
preme penalty In this State"
Harry Wheatley. father Of one
Of the slain boys, said bitterly:
II wish the mob had got
them. They don't deserve to
live"
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
Mexico Orders Ban
On All Preachers

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 15.-Min.
listers of all denominations, In
cluding those coming az tourists
only. were today barred from
Mexico, under orders of the in
terror department. Only ministers
having specific authorization of
the department may enter.
The Senate has approved the
national labor bill which already
has been approved by the House
and awaits President Ortiz Rubio's
signature, requiring that 30 per
cent of the employees of any in
dustry or business be native born
or naturalized MeXicans.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
Lord LOnsdGLe Forced
TO Sell Race Horses

LONDON, Aug. 15.- Crippled
by taxation. Lord Lonsdale, "a,
the most famous Of British sport.
ing peers, has decided to sell
nearly all Of his race horses.
Lord Lonsdale, who says his
financial position has become one
Of considerable difficulty" has
decided moreover to let the forest
shooting privileges at his country
home, Lowther Castle, Cum
berland.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
Prisoner in Arizona
SdVs He Shot LingLe

Stafford, AriZ., Aug. IS
G.N.SO Declaring that he was
the killer of Jake Lingle, Chicago
newspaper man. Joe Marchetti
was being held here today.
Sheriff Seth Dodge said Mar
chetti was wanted by Texas
authorities and placed but little
credence in the story he told.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
.HUWks Ends First
Z HOp'Of Triangle

SUNBURY, Pa, Aug. Is GN.S)
Completing the first leg of a
!. 1,O00-mile triangular flight. Capt,
Frank M. Hawks landed his plane
here at 1852 a. m. washington
time) today, arriving from Has
brouck, N. J. He expected to
take off this afternoon for Mon
fraa1
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
OUTING AT GLEN ECHO

The Glen Echo Fire Depart.
ment will have its annual outing
at Glen Echo Park Monday. Ed
ward Pagan is chairman Of the
program committee.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15

with US at any time and Is
innocent Of perpetratina the
robbery In the drug store at
15Ath st. and Eighth Avenue"
Fromer will present hts affi-
davit to General Sessions Judge
William Allen and demand q new
trial for his client on the grounds
of having received new evidence
proving OBrien's innocence.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
s4s, PAT IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Nd. Aug. Is.
The metropolitan area of this
city has a total population of
949, ,247, according to the latest
census figures.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
LEGION OF VAL0R

BOSTON, Aug. 15.-Major
J George C. Parker, D. S. c., Of
! Baltimore. has been elected. ma
! tional head of the Legion Of
Valor, which is holding its an
nual convention here.
The Washington times., 1931-08-15
Photo by International
SEN. ROY YATES

AASAo ~
SEN. ROY YATES
SHOT IN the abdomen IN the
apartment of Ruth Jayne, at
tractive blonde, in New York,
State Senator Roy Yates, Of
New Jersey, is in a critical con-
dition ip-a hospital. n
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Coffee CooLs as Policeman
Lends Hand to Stork

Sergt. r. 3. jenkins, Of the
United States Park Police was
drinking a cup Of coffee in
StanSbury's Lunchroom, at Bright.
wood, at 3:12 o'clock this morn
ing, says his official report.
Suddenly a woman appeared
at the door. Frantically she
pleaded with the sergeant to take
her to Garfield Hospital. The
sergeant asked the reason, and
she answered:
81 am about to give birth to
to q baby"
without waiting to finish his
coffee, Sergeant Jenkins bundled
her into his police automobile
and rushed to the hospital,
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
BOARD To RAZEIW. {. 7. ] RAPS
OLD SCHOOLS CIGARETTE ADS.
Times Staff Photo

Protest of the use Of pictures Of
pretty girls smoking in cigarette
advertisements was made at the
morning session today Of the fifty
seventh annual convention Of the
District of Columbia w. c. T. U.
The greater portion of the
mornings business was devoted to
the annual election Of officers.
Under the fiVe-year rule four Of
the present officials are due to
vacate their posts this year. The
retiring officers are Mrs. N. M.
Pollock, president; DR.. Lauretta
E. Kress, first vice-president: Mrs.
H. Edison Rogers. corresponding
secretary, and Mrs. George A.
Ross, treasurer.
While the various unions were
balloting, reports were heard
from various committees.
Noontide devotional exercises
were conducted by Mrs. Harvery
BoltWood.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
JAIL FUGITIVE
CALLED KILLER

Tom Harvey, alias Tom Howard,
colored, who escaped from Lorton
Reformatory several months ago
after serving two years of a four
year sentence, today was held for
the Grand Jury without bond az
ter q hearing on a HOUSEKEEPING
charge before Judge John P. Nc
Mahon in Police Court.
Harvey is charged with having
broken into the home of Shelton
s. Foltz, 1922 Garfield st. N. W.,
stealing $42 and a ring. Police
say the ring was found in his pos
session. Harvey said he had found
it in a package which another
man had given him.
The court was also informed
that Harvey is wanted at Victoria,
Va. where he has been indicted on
q charge Of murder.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
HOSPITAL PLANS
APPROVED
Times Staff Photo

A contract for the building Of
the District Children's Tubercu-
losis Sanitarium on the Defense
Highway in Maryland II miles
from the District line, will be
awarded within a month, it was
learned today.
Major H. L. Robb, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner, an
nounced today a committee ap-
pointed by the District Com
missioners had signed a report
approving plans drawn by the
Municipal Architects office.
The plan calls for a four-Story
building, which when completed
will have accommodations for 100
patients and will be equipped
with q complete hospital. 1t
will cost approximately $34O, 600.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Lantern Carnival
Prizes Announced

Featured by a concert by the
Washington Elks' Boys Band, the
Autumn Lantern Festival will be
opened tonight at 8 o'clock at
the Central Community Center,
Thirteenth and Clifton Streets,
Northwest.
The entertainment is being
sponsored by the Community
Center Department, the Office
Of Public Buildings and Public
Parks, and the National Capital
Civic Fund.
Two silver cups will be pre-
sented by e. c. Graham, of the
Community Center Council, for
the most beautiful presentation
and the best musical effect pro-
duced by the groups of COM
petitorS.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
FRANCIS

Old school buildings now IN
use IN the District will be recon-
lnended for abandonment by pub
lie school officials on the COM
pletion of the present program
Of construction to alleviate con-
gested conditions, it was said to-
day by Robert L. Haycock, first
assistant superintendent of schools.
This plan will not be consum-
mated, however, for at least
another year, or when present
plans for "in arrears" construc-
ton is complete, Mr.. Haycock
said.
Several buildings are now in
use which are antiquated because
Of the advance in sanitation and
structural benefits, he pointed
out.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Citizens Vote Regret
At LeUrned's Death

Members Of the Citizens For
UNI Of Columbia Heights at the
first fall meeting held at the
Wilson Teachers College last night
adopted resolutions of sympathy
and regret for the sudden death
recently Of DR.. H. Barrett Learned,
president of the District School
Board. Copies will be presented
to members Of the family.
Annual election Of officers is
to feature the November meeting,
according to Burd w. Payne,
president. Traffic lights are be-
ing sought for several intersec-
lions on Thirteenth Street, be-
TWEEN Fairmount and Park Rd.
N. W., by q number Of members.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
WINTER RELIEF
To Be ASKED
Of HOOVER i
Unemployment Insurance Also
Is Objective Of Fantastic
Drive by Communist Party

President Hoover and the new
Congress are IN for 1t red hot.
The local Police Department got
the whole dope on 1t today. It's
q gigantic" National Hunger
March to Washington, December
7. the almost fantastic plans for
which have been outlined by the
unemployed councils committee
Of the Trade Unity League Of the
Communist Party.
Starting in four sections, one
each from Boston, Buffalo, Chi
cago and st. Louis, and including
representatives from as far west
as Seattle, the "hunger marchers"
purpose descending upon Wash
ington to demand of the President
immediate winter relief" and OF
Congress enactment of a workers
unemployment insurance bill"
drafted by the Communist group,
the TUUL.
N1@SA 80 OVAA0 O14
The TUUL order to its organl-
GERS Of the march" emphasizes
that:
"The preparations must be
utilized to make an organized
exposure Of the starvation con-
ditiOnS Of the workers and poor
farmers, and to unmask the
fake relief measures Of the
Government, the employers, the
PinchOts and Murphys, the A.
r. Of L. leaders, and the Sc
cialist party"
But, even more important:
"In aM these activities and
preparations, there must be
systematically compared the
starvation conditions Of the
workers Of the United States
with the rising standards of the
workers in the Soviet Union,
and the workers modified in
defense Of the Soviet Union"
81 Trucks, 10 Autos
The program calls for 81 trucks
and 10 automobiles. Preparations
have been made for the largest
contingent to come from New
York in 20 trucks, to be joined by
four truck.loads from Boston, IS
from Philadelphia, and seven
from Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Motorists Queried
As to Why They
Enter Civ

where are you going? Where
did you come from? And why?"
Motorists entering the Capt.
tai this morning by the leading
highways were presented at the
District lines with postcards adj
dressed to the Division Of High
way Transport, U. S. Bureau Of
Public Roads, asking sfor de-
tailed information on their deSi-
nation, type of car operated, etc.
The cards are being issued in
a regional traffic survey now be-
ing conducted by the bureau,
and motorists will continue to
get. them until November S.
They are asked to fill out each
card received, but not more than
one daily.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21

where she was admitted by DR..
Charles Carroll.
En- route she said she was
Mrs. Grace Reid, IS years old,
Of 5808 Georgia Ave. She said
her husband and five children
were sleeping at home and that
she did not arouse him and tell
him the tidingS because she had
no one else to leave in charge
Of the children.
After she was admitted to the
hospital, however, DR.. Carroll
notified Mr.. Reid, and he also
made a hurried trip there.
At noon today Mrs. Reid gave
birth to q nine-pOund boy. Roth
mother and son are doing well.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
GL0SS-Bre0ker Gets
Fine From McMGhOn

Milton Winslow, colored, 81, of
472 Third st. S. w., today was
fined a total Of SIS by Judge John
p. Mcmahon in Police Court on
charges of assault and breaking
glass in the street.
WinsloW was accused of assault.
ing Jesse Jackson, colored, 1872
p -. N. w., during an alteration
at the home of Jackson's wife,
121 F st. N. w., yesterday. Jack
son called police who said
WinsloW threw a half gallon jail
Of liquor to the street and broke
it when pursued,
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
SCHENCKST.|CKS
7. To STAPLES
STORY
"Frame-Up" Tale True, Pris-
oner Says, Despite ''Induce-
,ment" to Alter Jury Evidence

Despite inducements he said
had been held out to him, Fred
erick A.. Schenck today declared
his original story Of the framing
Of orvil1e Staples is the true tale
and that he win stick to 1t.
Schenck, upon whose testimony
the Grand Jury based its report
containing sensational charges
against the Police Department,
said today that he had been
offered immunity on perjury
charges and a quick parole If he
would retract that story and
testify before the commission Of
lawyers now investigating the
case.
According to Schnck, when the
first oVertures were made to him
by q newspaper reporter, he ten
tatively agreed to do as he was
asked.
He said he wanted to find out
how far a reporter would go in
representing himself as speaking
on behalf Of certain high Off
Gals.
Later, SchenCk said, he decided
the reporter was simply trying
to trap him, and refused to 20
through with the suggestions made
to him.
Law Group Informed
It was learned that the re-
porter who talked to Schenck
went before the lawyers commit
tee and told the committee
Schenck had retracted his Grand
Jury story.
It is understood the lawyers
are planning to give considera-
ton to this reported retraction,
when they submit their report to
the Commissioners within a day
or so,
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Cincinnati Bank Sues
Mclean For S5O.OOO

Edward B. Mclean was named
defendant in a $4,000 suit filed
in District Supreme Court today.
The action was brought by the
First National Bank Of Cincinnati,
Ohio, which claims the amount
due on a note signed October Is,
1880.
What the note was for was not
stated, but it was claimed that it
fell due four months after being
signed and nothing has been paid
on it.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Miss GOOdLOe Heads
Delta AEDh0 CHAPTER

At the annual meeting OF
Gamma Chapter, local branch Of
the national Delta Alpha Sorority,
held last night, the following
were elected: Elizabeth GoodIoe,
president; Frances Embrey, vice
president; Mabel Bruner, record
ing secreatry; Roberta Howard,
corresponding secretary; Ruth
Nickles, treasurer; Lucille Crane,
Sergeant-at-armS; Emma Wander
Schaft, historian.
The chapter arranged for o
Halloween party and other social
activities,
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Rock Greek Church
To Dedicate Window

A memorial window, presented
by the Girls Friendly Society, will
be dedicated in st. Pauls Church,
Rock Greek Episcopal parish, Rock
Greek Church Road and Webster
st. N. w., Sunday, at II o'clock.
The window, the only one of it's
kind in the United States, will be
unveiled by Miss Marion Miller,
and the conservation prayer will
be : offered by Canon Joseph
Fletcher.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
D. C.. Heads Dismiss
Police Phone Girl

Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Jet, 32-year.
old police telephone operator, who
was seized in q liquor raid upon
her home at 37O1 Seventeenth st.
N. e. October 9, was dismissed to.
day by the Commissioners.
Mrs. Jet is now waiting trial
She is at liberty under $500 bond
j. F. Jett, her husband, and j.
T. Gill also were arrested at the
time.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Candidates to Talk
At Omen Ni0ht Meet

Candidates for the office of
Commemorative attorney, COM
missioner Of revenue and the
house Of delegates in Arlington
county, Va, will speak tonight
Of an open cir meeting in the
field at the intersection of Wilson
Boulevard and Clement Avenue,
Ballston. The meeting was ar
ranged by the citizens Of Ball
Ston.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
SENATOR KING TO TALK

Senator William H. King 3D. of
Utah will discuss 1.-The Mission of
the Democratic Party" at q meet.
ing Tuesday at 1880 p. M, of the
District Of Columbia Women'S
Democratic Educational Council
at the Women'S National Demo
cratic Club, 1925 New Hampshire
Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
HOLY NAME TO Meet

The Holy Name Society will hold
its quarterly meeting at 7:45
o'clock tonight in the school audi
torium Of the Church Of the
Sacret Heart, Sixteenth st. and
Park Rd. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
GLEE CLUB IN RECITAL

The Georgetown Glee Club will
be heard in its second recital to-
morrow night at the Jerusalem
Baptist Church, Twenty-sixth and
p SITS. N. w.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-31
CHAPTER vi
A Silver Night

AS we marched along my mind was
filled with sad uncertainties, grim fore
bodings, regrets for half-accomplished
tasks. I would have like to live to see
the independence Of Venezuela, and
found myself wishing that I might
have been spared to meet the Lib
orator, Simon Bolivar, the extraordi-
nary man who had instilled in the
hearts Of his people deathless love
of independence.
And I wanted to see the Senorita
again, to tell her of my love. How
could she have covered up so COM
pletely all the signs Of her escape?
The city of Caracas was new to her.
To have left Caracas would have been
to leave a trail that anyone might
have followed, and to have secreted
herself in the city . The thing
was impossible, for the men Of La
Tore could have searched every cor
ner of it in an hour. Even Polite was
in the dark.
AS we approached the menage of
Pedro Carrizal sounds Of hilarity came
from the interior-loud laughter and
snatches Of song.
We had come opposite when the
door flew open and man stood,
swaying, in the lighted way. When he
saw us he uttered wild yell and
toppled forward to the sidewalk. Even
as the soldiers roared in high glee
over the fall of the tipsy celebrant a
torrent of men poured from the opened
doorway and fell upon my guards
before they could bring their guns to
bear.
I turned to meet Adolfo, whose pis-
tol pointed at my head. My outflung
fingers found his wrist, and thrust his
arm high as he sent a harmless bullet
into the air, then I drove fist into
his broad face All, the tingling joy
it gave me! He. went down and
threw myself upon him, fingers cropping
for his throat.
Adolfo cried aloud, he swore, he
gasped, he writhed. He clawed vain
ly at my wrists, and kicked, and
twisted his unwieldy body. 1 heard
a shrill voice shrieking anathemas,
rasping voice that was my own, and it
gave me grievous shock that I had
fallen so low.
Hands were laid upon my shoulders,
dragging me from my victim "Let me
alone" I cried, "let me kill hint"
mo, Senor."
MANUEL" / leaped to my feet.
"Come-come quickly" He caught
my arm and led me away.
''But we must help them"
He laughed shortly. mot at all,
they need no help; it is the soldiers
who will be crying for aid"
We ran swiftly for three minutes and
stopped in darkened alley where
Manuel opened package which had
I been secreted under shed, disclos-
ing a uniform. "Put it on quickly.
Senior; in two minutes you must be
captain in his majesty's service"
tTo BE CoNT1NUED)