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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
HOOVER DAM WORK
HALTED BY STRIKE
Tunnel Drillefs Protest Use of
Machines and Slash in
Laborers' Wages.
~ the Assoelat,d rrss..

~ the Associated Press.
LAS VEGAS Eev August All
construction work on Hoover Dam has
been halted pending q reply tomorrow
Of six Companies, dam contractors, 10
the wage and other demands OF l25
tunnel Workmen who walked out late
yesterday.
walker Young. construction engineer
for the Federal Bureau OF Reclamation
nt the dam, said that although he has
received no threats Of violence he Is
taking every precaution TO protect Gov
eminent property.
United States Marshal ]. H. Falmer
has been Summoned from Carson City
and arrangements are being made.
Young said. TO bring troops from Fort
Douglas, Utah, II that action should
appear advisable.
A committee OF III workmen. headed
by 4. L. williams, chairman. presented
their demands to Frank Grove, dam
superintendent for Six Companies to-
day. Grove said he would give his re-
ply tomorrow at 10 am
Grove said q reduction In the wage
scale of SIS TO 81 = day fcE common
laborers WAS made some time ago and
that the cause OF the wsikout was the
installation cf machine drills IN place
OF hand drills ia the tunnels. which re-
suited In men formerly doing the hand
drfli work being shifted 10 Jobs which
paid them less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
PLAN SPECIAL GUARD
TO PROTECT SCHENCK
Police Take Precaution Due to TIP
Attempt Would Be Made on
Convict's Life.

Police we're planning last night to
take special precautions to guard
Joseph Scherck former Washington
policeman, now a convict serving 20
years in Leavenwcrth. when he arrives
mere early this morning in the CUSTODY
OF Department OF Justice agents 10
testify tomorrow regarding charges of
graft against members Of the Police De-
partment and the United States At
torney's office
The special guard resulted from an
anonymous tip that an attempt would
be made on Schenck's life when he ar
rived at Union Station While police
placed no credence in the report they
assigned special detail as matter OF
precaution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
By the Associated Press.


MANDAN, N. Oak, August s.-Red
Tomahawk known as the slayer Of the
famous Sitting Bull. is dead
He died last night from infirmities
of age in a little habitation on the
Standing Rock Indian Reservation near
Cannon Ball-among his people. where
he had lived for 81 years.
Once q mighty warrior Of the great
Sioux nation. the aged brave, whose
6-foot i-inch frame resisted knife and
bullet wounds, Suecumbed peacefully 70
the march of time. Al years after
another famous member of the Sioux
Sitting Bull. had been slain
Red Tcmahawk was a member of the
Hunkpapa -Blackfeet Tribe Of the Sioux
the snake-like ories--and was a unit
Of the Indian police when Sitting Bull
medicine man. attempted 70 inflame
the Indians TO a final stand against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
TWO PEDESTRIANS HIT,
TWO DRIVERS ARRESTED
Police Charge Attempts to Escape
When Girl, Is, and Man Are
Run Down.

Police late yesterday arrested two
motorists who. they allege sought to
escape in their cars after running down
pedestrians.
William Thornton, SIT Eleventh
street southeast was charged with driv-
ing a car while drunk when ne was ar
rested after his car Is reported to have
hit Anna Mae Piacquadio, IS, 81
Eleventh street southeast at Tenth
street and South Carolina avenue
southeast, and then continued on. TO
crash into a parked car a block away
The girl was treated at Casualty Hos
pital.
The other driver, Preston Medley.
colored, was charged with running down
Fred w. Berger, Dodge Hotel, at Penn
sylyania avenue and Eighth street, as
he was seeking to escape from Police
man Jacob L. Rinker after he is alleged
to have disregarded a traffic signal.
Berger was not seriously injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
DISCOVERY OF 8O-FOOT TUNNEL
T4WARTS ARIZONA PRISON BREAK
Burrow Leads Under Walls and Within Two -eet of
Surface Outside-CeIl Bars Sawed
None Of the men would talk

None Of the men would talk.
The entrance TO the burrow was
found under pile of tool boxes. In
II was a bucket and coil Of rope. Dirt
from the so-fcot hole apparently had
oeen scattered about the prison yard
q handful ct a time.
The tunnel, only large enough in
circumference to accommodate the
prone body of one man at q tirne. led
10 feet outside the west prison wall.
ending 2 feet under the surface Of a
highway Delbriege said a few more
minutes digging would have taken the
unnsl n the surface
Coz, Hunt, here TO investigate per-
sonallY the cireunas tsnces ~ the fsssps
% Dew sg Truro and the alleged cs.se-
ion OF Charles Rose, his gJaTa. who
now Is in jail, was in the prison WHEN
the discoveries were made.
He did not comment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Convicted for Conspiracy and
Possession ot>StiII. Legs"
Loses to u. S.
CANISTER FACES TERM
OF FOUR YEARS IN JAIL
Paul Quattrocchi. His Associate
Cleared on Second Count, May
Get Two Years.
n1ahe Aa1clalea press.

s2She A Mcteled press.
NEW ToAK. august Slack Dia-
mond. Sho earned the sobriquet of
Legs" by being able 10 outdistance pur-
suers in his boyhood finally was run
to earth today apd labeled beer dis
tributor and distillely owner by Fed
eral court jury.
The gangster who thrice has been a
target for enemy gunire, was con-
yicted of both counts OF an indictment
hibition law and possession OF an I'M
registered, 1,500-gallon still
His chief associate in racketeering
enterprises in the Catskills Paul Quat-
trocchi also was convicted of the con-
spiracy charge, but was acquitted Of the
other count.
Maximum Term Four Years.
Sentence will be pronounced We'd
nesday by Federal Judge Richard J.
Hopkins of Kansas, who delivered a
50-minutes charge before submitting
the case to jury.
The slender racketeer, whose sctiyi-
ties have interested the police of two
defended himself against charges rang
ing from petty crime to murder, now
faces a maximum term of four years
imprisonment and fine of $ll 900.
Quattrocchi may be sentenced up TO
two years and fined $4,000.
The jury required exactly two hours
to reach its verdict. Diamond exhibited
little emotion at the unfavorable end
Of the trial, which began Tuesday. He
Strengthened in his chair and glared at
a table. His wife wept
lavY
motions for setting aside the verdict
without success. Daniel H. Prior, Dia-
monds chief counsel, indicated he
would appeal on the grounds the YER
dict was against the weight of evidence
and on the further ground that Judge
Hopkins refused to charge the jury as
he had requested
Before leaving, Diamond INQUIRED how
soon he 'ould be taken to Atlanta TO
begin his term. When told a prison car
would leave sometime next week he
became agitated and said
Il want to have time to arrange my
affairs. If / may"
Until sentence is pronounced both
ne and Quattrocchi will remain free in
bail of $500 each.
Jury TamperinE Charged.
A furry Of excitement developed in
the closing moments of the trial when
Alexander Green was arrested on a
charge Of attempting to influence Gov
eminent witnesses.
Thomas Dewey. acting United
States attorney, charged Green with
approaching" five Government wit
nesses before the trial while in the enl-
ploy OF Diamonds counsel as an in
vest1gator. Green. a New Yorker. was
arrested in the court room Immediately
after the jury retired
Following arraign rent he was re-
leased IN Priors custody under 81 900
bail for preliminary hearing at a
later date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
CRASHING PLANE
BURNS 4 TO DEATH
Pilot, Parachute Jumper, Me.
ChaniC and Passenger
Virginia Victims.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va, August S.-Four
men burned to death tonight when =
cabin monoplane crashed in a thicket
at the edge OF Preston Glenn Airport.
The known dead are: G. H. Clarkson,
pilot OF the Lynchburg Flying Service.
and Lieut.. H. Mettee OF Baltimore, a
parachute jumper, who had been in
Lynchburg for the last three months.
The other dead were identified as
Willis Carroll and Jack Adkins, both of
Lynchburg.
Crashes Into Trees.
Approaching the airport in semi
darkness after a flight 10 Appomattox
the plane appeared to be flying too low
TO clear a fringe of trees, into which it
crashed. AS the plane hit the ground
it burst into flames
Airport attaches were unable TO ex-
tricate any OF its occupants before they
persisted. The airport is about miles
from Lynchburg. The bodies were
brought here.
Lieut.. MeLtee Was ABOUT 80 years OIQ.
He was married. ClarkSon's wife. who
was at the field awaiting return OF her
husbands plane, saw the ship con-
Sumed by flames.
Clarkson was 80 and had been ASso-
ciated with the Lynchburg Flying Serv-
ice about two years.
Carroll a Mechanic.
Wallace Carroll was 10 years of age.
He was employed at the airport as a
mechanic
Jack Atkins, 80, was not connected
with the airport. but was passenger
on the hop to Appomattox today.
News of the crash spread quickly and
traffic sprung up on the highway lead
ing from the city to the airport A f1re
truck and a fire chiefs car were in
collision with other vehicles on the
crowded road, but no one was hurt.
The bodies OF the flyers were badly
burned and identification was dificult.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Methodist Temperance Group
Charges Farm Board Aids
Illegal Industry.
RAISIN GROWERS GET
ADVANCE OF $4,000, 900
Chairman Stone Holds Status of
Product Legal-Mrs. Willie
brandt Also Attacked.

By the Associated Press
Financial assistance for California
raistn growers was announced yesterday
by the Federal Farm Board. but no
action was taken on the application Of
Fruit Industries, Ltd, grape concern
trats manufacturers, for q loan.
The boards explanation was that the
Fruit Industries loan was still under
consideration. Both the Government
and the board have been sharply criti-
cized by prohibition supporters for ex-
tending loans to that organization.
Reed Makes Charge.
In q current magazine article Former
Senator James A. Reed OF Missouri. an
-prohibitionist charged the Gov
eminent with an ''indefensible subsidy
through is loans 70 the concentrate dis
tributors.
The raiSin growers we're given APP
proxtmately $4,000, 900 with which to
market their 1891 crop. The amount
sought by Fruit industries was approxi-
mately 81 00O, 900.
The question Of financing the Cali
fornia grape industry has been before
the board for several months. IL was
said ut the board the fruit industries
loan Was being considered IS q purely
business proposition and that there were
several points still awaiting finaI agree
n7ent
MRS. WnbebrA not Attacked.
The latest attack against the board
Tor aiding wine industry came Friday
when the Methodist Board OF Temper
ance directed FIRE against Mrs. Mabel
Walker WillebrAndt, former assistant
Attorney General, who IL now counsel
for Fruit Industries.
An article in THE Voice, " board pub
lication, also charged the Farm Board
directly with fostering . Nationwide
industry in partially manufactured
wines
Grape concentrates came into 'front.'
page prominence In New York last
week IS the result Of . raid on shop
nation selling wine bricks. The courts
are expected to be asked to rule on
this as test case.
Concentrates Status Legal.
Fruit Industries has been utilizing
surplus grapes from growers pools by
converting them into by-products. IN
Guiding juices. jellies and concentrates
The board heretofore has assumed the
position that It's sole interest was 70
assist grape growers in their $3.50 ,OOo-
600 industry. Chairman Stone has said
that concentrates have = legal status rs
eminent Is fresh grapes.
The board granted the Sun-M Maid
RaiSin Growers, marketing agency,
$625.0O0 and the raisin pool between
$3,250,000 and 81, 500. 900, which viii
permit advances OF about az, cents to
growers in selling their crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
SLAYER OF SITTING BULL DIES;
WAS MIGHTY SIOUX TRIBE BRAVE
Red Tomahawk Led Indian Police Against Ghost
Dancers y Uprising -HonOred by North Dakota

the Entertainments OF the white man.
Ghost dancing, that weird Indian
rite that usually preceded an uprising
and banned by the Government,
brought an order for the medicine
mans arrest and on December Il, 1890,
Maj James Mclaughlin. then Indian
agent. detailed a force Of Indian police
to bring him in. The detail included
Red Tomahawk and Al others, headed
by Lieut.. Bull Head and Sergt. Shave
head
One version of what followed relates
that the Indian police engaged in a
vicious battle With me band after Sit
ting Bull resisted aTre2As As he fed
from his lodge Red ToniaAagk shot
him down Meanwhile. Bull Head and
Shavehead had been slain, leaving. Red
Tomahawk in command Of the reriR in
ing Indian police.
But Sitting Bull was not the dly
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 8 -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09


FLORENCE. Ariz., August "a re-
ported plot fer a wholesale escape OF
convlcts from the Arizona State Prison
was believed thwerted today in the dis
coyery by William Delbridge, prison SUI
pcrintendent. of an S0-foot tunnel UNI
der tlie prison walls.
Search Tor the tunnel has been under
way for three months and was Giscov-
cred after .Dsl6ridge found I'VE convicts
had sawed through the bars OF their
cells IN the incSTrialls,eS' cell block. The
I'VE were prevented from escaping b.
extra guards, who had been posted
around the cell house last night
The men were piaeed in solitary cor
finement Among them was Jack
1 Hunter. serving = Hie TO ten yeaS SEN
ience Tor highway robbery who was
one Of nine conviets who escaped by
similar means two years ego.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
INFANTILE PARALYSIS VICTIMS
GIVE BLOOD TO AID STRICKEN
Rich and Poor, Cripples and Unbent
Answer Peacetime Call to Save
Others From Disease.

canes.
But all had once suffered the raw
ages of infantile paralysis and all were
volunteers answering peacetime call
for their blood-blood which might save
others from the disease
Six physicians awaited them with in
strumentS ready to take their offerings.
There was a cash box on q desk
which the line passed before it left
the building and clerk offered the
good Samaritans up to $40 apiece for
Continued ON Page 2, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. August s--Hundreds OF
young infantile paralysis victims lay in
New York hospitals today. some in
artificial breathing machines, while q
strange parade OF good Samaritans
formed outside Cornell Medical College.
In the line were rich and poor: Young
and old; prosperous business men and
unfortunates from the ranks OF the
unemployed
Some walked straight, as if nothing
had ever been wrong with them; others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09

while recording a
Sto-0 victory at
Srimth Stadium.
The sim left
handler, now in his
fifth season with
I he Washington
club. Is the second
- achNye a no-Ait
game This season,
the feat having
- e e n performed
earlier in the Gym :
Daign b. WISELY
Terrell -. CIeve-
land against the
St. Lou. Browns.
Burke y the So
0 n d W aSh1ngton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
FRANCE SEES GERMAN CRISIS
Survival or Fall OF Republic Expected
From Ptebescite.


From Ptebescite.
PARIS, August (F,.-The political
activities leading up 10 the Prussian
plebescite tomorrow have been fol-
lowed in France with the keenest in
terest. Germany is at the crossroad -
was the comment today OF a number of
French newspapers.
Tomorrow Is expected by political
commentators here to test whether
Germany will remain a republic under
the Weimar constitution or will change
TO some sort Of dictatorship.
The newspaper lie Temps, in q vigor-
GUS editorial. attacked President Paul
Won Hindenburg for criticizing the
Prussian government because 1t obliged
all newspapers to print a government
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
METHoDIsTs MAKE CHARGES.
Temperance Group Declares Board AIDS
Prohibition Evasion.

Charges by the Methodist Board of
Temperance. Prohibition and Public
Morals that the Federal Government
has fostered evasion Of the prohibition
amendment through Farm Board loans
TO grape growers have refunded the
bitter dispute over the intent of Con-
gress In regulating the manufacture
and consumption Of wine in the home
Law Is Confused.
The numerous controversies on this
point have caused hair-splitting to a
high degree and. despite several pub
liShed interpretations BY enforcement
agencies, have left the law on the
subject utterly confused in no far Is
the public is concerned
Why. 1t is often asked, does the
Volstead act make no exception in
favor Of beer II Congress did not in
tend to interfere with moderate drink
ing in the home?
Another discussed subject con-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
RUM CREW CAPTURED
AND BOAT DESTROYED
Seven Prisoners Taken From Provi-
dence Vessel Eaglet-Coast
Guardsmen Burn Craft.

By the Associated Press
WOODSHOLE. Mass. August s.
Coast Guardsmen OF the Woodshole base
tonight said they had captured the crew
OF seven OF the rum-runner Eaglet. out
OF Providence, and that the craft burned
ano sank 10 miles vest southwest of
VINEYARD LIGHT Vessel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
400 DIE IN HOSPITAL
IN CHINESE FLOOD
Wing of Institution Maintained
by British Missionary
Societies Wrecked.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HANKOW. China. August 8.-Four
hundred patients and attendants per-
ished today when wing CT the Han
kow Union Mission Hospital collapsed
as the result OF floods.
The hospital is maintained in ma
tive section OF Hankow by the London
Missionary Society and the wesleyan
Methodist Missionary Society, both
British organizations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Nationalist and Communists
Strike at Social Democrats
in PIebiSCite.
REPUBLIC DEPENDS
ON ELECTION RESULTS
Onslaught Being Staged on Theory
That Who Controls State
Controls the Reich.


BERLIN August G-The combined
forces OF the Nationalist khd the eX-
treme radicals will attempt tomorrow to
smash through the defenses OF the
Bruening national government by de-
livering a joint onslaught on the Prus-
sian regime on the principle that who
holds Prussia holds the Reich. .
The attack Is in the form OF q pie
biscit. aimed at dissolving the PruSsian
Diet and ultimately overthrowing the
Social democratic premier OF Prussia
Otto Braun, who has held once for
seven years
The plebiscite was originally promoted
by the Nationalist steel helmet organi-
zation, but 1t has drawn support not
only from the followers of Adolf Hitler,
but also from Hitlers enemies. the
Communist
People Are Embittered.
This strange alliance, based on the
desire to destroy the power OF the
Social Democrats and the Roman
Catholic Centrists-and with them the
republic of the weimar constitution
has been considerably reinforced by
people Of all classes embittered by the
flood of emergency DEGREES who have
decided 1t is time to make change.
The plebiScite is perfectly legitimate
constitutional proceeding. II more than
one-half OF the Prussian electorate, or
at least 13. 449, 500 voters. can be In
IN than thu Diet will
have to be dissolved
It would dissolve anyway next May.
when its legal four-year period expires
and new elections would be held in
due course.
II the plebiscite succeeds the Prus-
sian government will not Immediately
fall It would remain in ONCE until
put out by a new Diet. which would
not be ready TO take that step until
about November. Todayls assault,
therefore would. IL successful only has
Precedent Expected.
New electiona would be expected to
follow the same trend as the Reichstag
elections last September, when there
was a big increase In the strength of the
National Socialists and the Communists
Even II the extremists of both the
Right and the Left are able to bring
out their full vote they will muster
only about l2,650,0 900.
Government leaders expect not more
than IL 900. 900 votes in favor of the
plebiscite; this would mean 1t would
fail to pass. Should 1t carry Chancel-
lor Bruening is determined, neverthe-
less, to remain at the head Of the ma
tional government. His friends have
declared that even the Nationalist, re-
alizing that he is an asset to the ma
ton. would be willing to have him re-
main in office. but would insist on sew
eral changes in the cabinet.
Passions fiared up during the course
Of the day in Berlin and In several
other cities, and the police were every
where in full force. ready to cope with
possible disturbances
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
Burke HurIs NO-Hit
Game, Taking Rank
With "ImmOrtals"
Second Washington Pitch
err TO Achieve Distinction
and Second This Year.

Bob Burke. 24-year-old southpsw OF
the Nationals achieved the goal OF all
pitchers yesterday, pitching a no-hit
game against the Boston Red Sox,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09

PART TWo--S PAGES.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
PART THREE PAGES.
Society Section.
PART FoUR-Ie PAGES.
Amusement Section--Thester, Screen
and Radio.
In the Motor World--Page J.
Ayiation-Page T.
FraternitieS-Page S
Public Library-Pase 8
Disabled American Vetersns-Pase S.
Y. w. c. A. News-Page $
American Legion--Page s
Veterans OF Foreign Wars-Page s.
Army and Navy News-Page g.
Marine Corps News-Page s.
Organized ReserveS-PaRe g.
District National Guard-Pase g.
Serial Story, Moon OF Delight
Page g.
Radio-Page Q.
D. c. Naval Reserve-Paee 10.
News OF the Clubs-Page 10.
Spanish War Veterans-Page 10.
PART FIVE PAGES.
Sports Section.
PART STX-l2 PAGES.
financial News and CLASSIFIED Adver-
Using.
The Home Gsrdener-Page II.
PART SEvEN--ae PAGES.
Magazine Section.
The Bridge Forum-Page Is.
News Of the Music world-Page Is
Reviews OF the New Books--Page II.
Crossword Puzzle-Page Is.
Boys and Girls Page--Page 10.
Those Were the Happy Deys--Page 20.
GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events in Pictures.
COL0RED SECTIONS PAGES.
Noon Mullins: Mr.. and Mrs; The
Iimid Soul. Regla Felifrs. Little
Orphan Annie: Hiehlights OF Hlg-
tory; Tarzan, and Mutt and Jeff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
From Press To Home
Within the Hour"

The Star is delivered every evening ana
Sunday morning TO Washington homes BY
The Stars exclusive carrier service. Phone
National 5000 70 start immediate delivery.
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TODAY'S STAR

PART ONE-Is PAGES.
News-Local, National and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
WEATHER

co. s. weather Bureau ForecaSb.
Partly cloudy. possibly local thunder
showers late this afternoon or tonight;
not quite SO warm tonight. tomorrow
mostly fair. Highest 81,
at $3.50 pm yesterday; lowest, 10, at
$50 am. yesterday.
Full report on page T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09

,i1on Mullins: Mr.. and Mrs: The
Iimid Soul. Reg lar Fellers: Little
Orphan Annie: Hiehlisl1ts Of HIS
tory. Tarzan, and Mutt and Jeff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-09
COIORFD SFCTTON--e PACES.

GRAPHIC SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events In Pictures.
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PART SIX--la PAGES.
Financial News and CLASSIFIED Adver-
Using
The Home Gsrdener-Page II.