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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
GARRY OWENS HELD
GUILTY OF Staying
Convicted of Second-Degree
Murder in Death of Street
Car Motorman.

Celebrating over night. District
Supreme Court jury of 10 men and ?
women today returned a verdict Of
guilty Of second d"gree murder against
Garry Owens. charged with Staying
James H. Lane, operator of a one-man
street car, last March.
The defendant accepted the verdict
without comment, but his young wife,
Mrs Maude Owens. walked out of the
court room and collapsed in the cor
led to a matron's room nearby. She
was historical for about half an hour,
but later regained her composure and
went home.
Verdict Confuses Lawyers.
The jurys verdict was announced in
on unusual manner and caused con-
fusion. Even attorneys argued among
thems Ives as to what the real inten-
ton of the jury had been Neverthe-
less, the verdict was officially recorded
as guilty of second degree murder.
Sentence will be passed later by Justice
Peyton Gordon.
The chaos was caused by r. N Riley,
the foreman Asked by William s.
Adkins, a clerk. to announce the verdict
as to the first count of the indictment,
Riley responded: Not guilty"
What is the jurys verdict as to the
second count OF the indictments"
Adkins inquired.
Guilty" the foreman said.
DO you mean guilty of first or Sec
ond degree murder?"
Second degree murder. We found
the murder was not premedtated"
Justice Gordon then asked James A.
O'Shea, chief of defense counsel,
whether he desired to poll the jury
Mr.. O'Shea declined the offer
Justice Gordon immediat elv ordered
the defendant committed to Jail pend
ing sentence. The penalty for second
degree murder is from 20 years to life
imprisonment.
AS the count on which Owens was
found guilty charged first degree MUIR
der. during the comm ission of a rob-
berry. there was some question concern
ing whether the jury could legally re-
turn verdict of guilty of second degree
murder on that particular count. The
first count charged premc ditated muir
der
Mr.. O'Shea later announced he would
withhold his decision CT what steps to
take in behalf of his Client until he
studied the record. He said he might
accept the verdict or he night file a
motion in arrest of judgment based on
the contention that the :ury had acted
contrary to- the instructions OF the
court Should such a motion be granted
the defendant would be freed and could
not be reindicted, it was said.
Verdict on First Ballot.
Riley told newspaper men that the
jury reached its verdict on the first bal
lot He said no vote had boen taken
until the jurors had spent a good por-
ton of the night considering the evil
dence
william H. Collins, the prosecutor,
refused TO comment on the jury's
action.
Thu Government contended during
the four Gays of the trial that Owens
had shot Lane in an attempted hold-up
on Nichols avenue southeast. The de-
Tense produced numerous abb witnesses
in support of Owens claim that he was
in his home at 80 Atlantic street south
east when Lane was fired on.
John H. Burnett was associated with
Mr. O'Shea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
GAS OWNERSHIP
HEARING ORDERED
Gen. Patrick Signs Articles
and Date Will Be Set After
Companies Are Notified.

Maj. Gen Mason NJ. Patrick, chair
man of the Public Utilities Commission,
! late today signed an order calling for a
hearing to investigate further into the
ownership of the Washington Gas Light
Co. and the Georgetown Gas Light Co.
Notices will be ma led out TO all con-
cerned." but under the lew the commits
sion cannot fix date for the hearing
until 10 days after notification Of the
companies.
The status of the ownership of the
two gas light companies is as much in
volvcd now as some months ago. Evil
6ence uncovered at the hearing is eX-
pected to be used as the basis of the
commissions contemplated prosecution
of the gas company's officials for vio-
latin of the La Toilette anti-merger
act. This act prohibits a foreign cor
poration holding any more than 20
per cent CT the voting stock in local
public utilities.
Since two months have elapsed fol-
lowing the report on the investigation
conducted by the Department of Just ce
it is not known to the commission
whether any changes in the supposed
ownership Of the gas companies have
occurred. The commissioners are
known TO want more up -to-caIe CARA
for Use in bringing suit against the al
legged owners of the gas companies I'M
der the La Toilette act
The Department of Justice inquiry
disclosed the stock of the two COM
penies was owned an dcontrolled by
A. E. Peirce, president of the Central
Public Service Corporation. The COM
mission is said to be interested in the
recent e!e ction of Mr.. PIERCE to a direc-
torship of the Georgetown company.
Gen. Patrick would not disclose today
when the commission contemplate5
holding the hearing This probably
will be determined at Mondays meet
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
GRAND JURY Sits
DROWNING OF GIRL
Fifteen Witnesses Called in
Search for Clue to
Victims Death.
BY the Associated Pres

By the Associated Pres.
MINEOLA, L. l., June ia grand
jury picked at the ,snarled threads of
Starr Faithfulls life today hoping to
find how she died
Fifteen witnesses were called. They
included her father, stepfathor. mothcr
and younger sister; physicians, detec-
tives, policeman. beach-combcr, cab
driver, elevator starter anc graphologist.
No indictments were contemplated.
The grand jury action was intended
solely to coordinate the known facts
and uncover whatever additional in
formation it might.
District Attorney Elvin Edwards seeks
particularly TO find the young womans
Undertaking. When her body was
found on the Long Beach shore Mon
day. it was clad only in dress. The
beach has been thoroughly searched
Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
MRS. M'LEAN WINS
DIVORCE SUIT POINT
Husbands Answer Stricken
From ReCord-PubliSher
Seriously III.

The injunction suit of Mrs. Evelyn
Walsh Mclean, estranged wife of the
publisher of the Washington Post, to
restrain her husband from prosecuting
in Mexico a suit for divorce advanced
step in District Supreme Court today
! when Justice Jesse C. Adkins struck
from the record the answer in which
Edward Beale Mclean sought to justify
a dual residence in Washington and
Mexico.
The action left Mclean. who is grave
~ Ill at his Friendship home, suffer-
ing from inflammation of the muscles
of the heart, without an answer to
his wifc's suit Whereupon the court
granted the motion of Attorneys Nelson
B. Harrison and Albert w. Fox. repre-
senting Mrs. Mclean. declaring the
publisher TO be in default and grant
ing a decree pro confesso.
Attorneys Julius 1. Peyser and George
E. Edelin, represented Mr.. Mclean and
| noted an exception to the action of the
court in striking from the record Nc
Leans answer.
Visited by Wife.
While Mr. McLean's recovery is an
ticipated, it is expected to be matter of
some time. according to the tending
physician. DR.. James A. Cannon.
Mr. Mclean was stricken while golf
ing Monday afternoon. and four nurses
have since been IN attendance upon him.
DR.. Cannon said this morning that
his patient had fair night
No change is expected in his condi-
ton for the next few days. Mr.. Mclean
probably will be confined at least three
weeks.
Informed that her husbands condi-
ton IVES serious. Mrs. Mclean went to
Friendship carly today. accompanied by
her lawyer, Mr.. Fox, and saw Mclean.
She had intended. It was said. If cen
ditions warranted. to notify their young
sons. who are away at boarding school.
to come to Washington. 1t was decided
this would not be necessary. but she
telephoned the boys of their fathers
condition.
This paved tire way for an application
at the end of 80 days by Mrs. Mclean
to make permanent the temporary in
junction now pending against the pros
ecution of the Mexico divorce proceed
ingS.
May Affect Post Sale.
Meanwhile. there was some specula-
ton as to what effect McLean'S illness
might have on the pending petition for
sale of the Post to David Lawrence,
which has been opposed by Mrs. Nc
Lean
The petition for sale is scheduled to
be filed in court next week on behalf of
the trustees. who are Mr.. Mclean and
the American Security g. Trust Co.
Wilton J. Lambert, of counsel for the
trustees. is out of the city and not due
to return until Monday. At the Office
OF S. Flannery. another member of
counsel. there was no statement forth
coming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
MUTINY ABOARD BOAT
DENIED BY ZANE GREY
Author Radios Friends That All Is
Well on His Yacht Cruising
in South Seas.
Vigorous Applause for Hoover.
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-THE
Examiners short wireless station
here received message today from
Zane Grey, American author, aboard
MS yacht Fisherman II in the South
Seas, denying a Paradena, Calf, report
that there had been mutiny of his
crew.
Grcy's message. sent while the yacht
was between Vavau and Riatea, 225
miles east of Niuafou Island, said:
Reports of a mutiny are entirely
false. The water supply is low, but we
have plenty to drink and some for an
occasional bath.
Both engines are running sweetly
since repairs were made at Suva We
are making poor speed on account of
heavy seas following recent storm"
The message was received after
friends of Grey III Pasadena had said
that threatened or actual mutiny had
ended his planned 18-month cruise in
the South Seas and the honeymoon of
his son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Carney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
Patent Suit Looms
For Lung" Used in
British Sub Rescue
Device Revealed byWreck
Is Believed Copy of
L. S. Invention.
BY REX COLLIER.

Escape Of six men from the sunken
British submarine Poseidon by use OF
Davis lung" is expected to result in
a patent suit against the British ad-
miralty by inventors of the lung" de-
vice developed by the American Navy
An investigation already is under way
by the Mine Safety Appliance Co. of
Pittsburgh, licensed manufacturers of
the escape apparatus. with view to
instituting appropriate legal action"
for possible infringement of patent
rights. it was announced today by Frank
Hohson. civilian engineer at the Navy
Department and co-inventor of the
American lung"
Hobson. senior engineer in the Bu-
reau OF Construction and Repair is CO.
holder Of American and British patents
on the device. His fellow inventors
and patentees are Lieut.. Comdr. C. B.
Momsen, now assigned to lung in
struction work at New London. Conn.,
and Chief Gunnef C. L. Tlbbals. lung"
instructor at Honolulu. Momsen and
Tibbals received distinguished service
Continued on Page =, Column 81
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SUFFRAGISTS LOSE

PARIS, June IL (P).-The hope of
French women that they would vote
in next years parliamentary elections
received a setback in the Chamber of
Deputies last night.
BY vote of 800 to 2I8 the House
threw out resolution of Deputy Louis
Marin which favored an early discus
sion of equal suffrage in France.
Parliamentary veterans said last
nights action was the equivalent of the
United States method CT pigeon hol-
ing" bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
SHIP SUNK
BY PATROL VESSEL
Crash With Coast Guard
Craft Sends Suspected Rum
Runner to Bottom.
Ry tho Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
NEW LONDON. Conn. June 12.-
The British vessel Shuben Acadia, be-
lieved by Coast Guard officials to have
had valuable cargo of liquor aboard,
sank today so miles south of Montauk
Point. after collision with the Coast
Guard destroyer Davis. The vessels
crew of 10 was rescued.
The service craft, which was slightly
damaged, was trailing the British YES
sci when the collision occurred. The
Shuben Acadia, formerly the Lucky
Strike. arrived on Rum Row recently.
While a complete report Of the accident
had not been received here by customs
and immigration officers. Coast Guar
officials expressed the opinion the Brit
ish vessel rammed the service craft
while attempting to maneuver to es-
cape surveillance.
Members of the Shuben Acadia S
crew were taken of the vessel by the
patrol boat Marion.
The vessel, extensively damaged for
ward. sank two hours after the collision.
A Coast Guard board of investiga-
ton will inquire into the accident and
the master and members OF the crew
of the Shuben Acadia will be givei. an
opportunity to testify.
The Shuben Acadia Is the second
vessel of British registry to sink re-
Gently after collisions with Coast Guard
boats. The oil screw boat Symor, from
Nova Scotia. sank the night of April
2 after she was rammed by the Coast
Guard patrol boat Legare from the To-
cal base.
All members of the crew of the Symor
were rescued The master of the
Symor. Capt Aubrey Bachman of
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, declined to
reveal the nature of his cargo when
questioned by Coast Guard officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
Farley of Coal Operators and
Workers Sought to Correct
Ills in Industry.
STATE OF NEAR SERFDOM
FOR LABOR Is CLAIMED
1900 Walk Out in 0hio-Three
Alleged Leaders in Jail-Go
on Hunger Strike.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. June II (P.-
A serious riot at New Latterty mine
of the NJ A Hanna Co. late today
cannot be averted, Paul D. Waddell,
prosecuting attorney of Belmont
County, told Gov. White today Wad-
del and r. L. Ireland, vice president
and general manager OF the M. A.
Hanna Coal Co., gave the Governor
frst-hand information on the East
Ohio coal field strike.
BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, June l2.-Express-
ing belief the bituminous coal industry
is unable to correct its ills, the United
Mine Workers of America have called
on President Hoover to convene joint
conference of operators and miners.
A resolution adopted yesterday by the
executive beard of the union was tele-
graphed to the President by John l.
Lewis. international head OF the miners
The board set out that ''unrestrained
competition has degraded thousands OF
bituminous coal miners to levels ap-
proximating serf labor" alleged the coal
operators are without leadership" end
added this disorganied relationship
makes it impossible for the employed
workers to secure hearings to pl:sd
their miserable plight"
Acute Condition Claimed.
Relating that conditions are most
acute in the great coal producing
Sites of kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio
and Pennsylvania, the resolution adds
that the board feels that the inhuman
plight of the women and children, the
insecurity Of the capital assets Of the
coal companies the degradation of the
m'n employed in the coal mines, all Of
which ere breeding communism and
anarchy. are of such serious moment
that the Government of the United
States can no longer pursue passive
policy"
There has been too much palliative
talk and insufficient action" the union
officials said. They asked the President
10 convene the joint meeting for the
purpose Of mutually discussing the
problems of the industry and fndin9
common basic understanding, and
requested that it mot be delegated as
a depar ment matter. but should BE-
sponsored and aided to the fullest eX-
tent possible by your office"
Hail Joint Wage Agreement.
The board reminded the President
that your knowledge and experience
rs a mining engineer especially equipG
you to recognize the necessity Of the
bituminous coal industry adopting a
program stabilizing labor costs as the
first fundamental step to correction
OF prcsent-day ills. The history of
the hituminous coal industry reveals that
the Joint wage agree rent has been
the only stabilizing force the industry
has ever known"
President Hoover, as Secretary OF
Commerce in 1924. was instrumental
in negotiating the jacksonville agree
ment," which continued in force for
three wears the basic wage of $3.50 4
day and $1.08 a ton by the Federal
Coal Commission in 1890.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
AMELIA EARHART UNINJURED
WHEN AUTOCIRO PLANE CRASHES
Ship Strikes Landing Lamp,
PIunges 80 Feet; Wings
Hit Parked Autos.
Mechanic Unhurt; Flyer Says
She Underestimated Her
Distance.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ABILINE, Tex. June 12.-Mrs.
Amelia Earhart Putnam ESCAPED injury
today when her autQSiro crashed from
an altitude of about 80 feet as she was
taking off from the airport here to re-
sumo her journey eastward from Cali
fornia.
The flyers mechanic, Addie Devaught,
also was unhurt.
Mrs. Putnam had taken off with a
slow start and was heading southwark,
flying over the heads of the specta tors,
when the undercarriage Of the ship
struck a field landing lamp near the
automobile parking Enclosure. When it
became evident the autogiro could rot
clear the automobiles, the woman pilot
1xpertly set the ship down in a clear
space.
Mrs. Putnam, the first woman to cross
the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. de-
clared she had control of the flying
windmill at all times.
Mrs. Putnam announced later she
planned to leave as soon as possible for
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DISORDERS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Man Wounded as Police Fire to Break
Up Meeting.

PITTSBURGH, June II CP).-CrowdS
of men and women marched from min
ing towns in the Pittsburgh district
this morning to four coal mines where
men still are at work and sought to
enlist more men in the Tri-state dis
trict coal strike.
In a demonstration near Mcntour
mine number 10 of the Pittsburgh Coal
Co, five women were arrested for violat-
ing Sheriff Robert S. Gains orders
forbidding women and Children 20 take
part in strike marches. Between 500
End 600 mon marched on the mine. The
women were removed to the sheriff 5
Office.
A man described as a bystander
was wounded in the leg at Gallitin
when officers fired several shots to
break up a meeting of miners last
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
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BULLETS HALT FLEEING YACHT.
S14,600 in Liquor Seized on Craft in
New York Harbor.

NEW YORK, June IL (F).-Machine
guns from a Coast Guard patrol boat
today halted the 60-foot motor yacht
Bubbles in upper New York Harbor. Her
crew of three were made prisoners and
liquor valued at $l4,600 was seized.
The Bubbles, equipped with three Lib
erty motors. raced with the Coast Guard
boat until about 80 machine gun bullets
had punctured her hull and perforated
her oil tanks. The vessel was said to
be owned in Edgewater, N. J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
PASSENGERS ARE UNHURT
WHEN AlRPLANE CRASHES
Wing Tip Strikes Ground and
Turns Machine Into Ground Loop
at Capital Airport.

The wing tip and landing gear of a
fast cabin monoplane were damaged in
a stall landing at Westinghouse
Airport early this afternoon. The pilot
and four passengers escaped without
injury.
The plane. belonging to large oil
company. vas flown by w. w. White.
He came in tor normal landing. but
found his landing speed unusually high
because CT dead air over the field. In
attempting TO reduce his speed he
stalled the plane in and landed with
the wing low on one side.
The wing tip struck and threw the
plane into ground loop damaging the
landing gear. Repairs can be made
here. it was said, and the trip will be
continued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
WEATHER MAN SEEKS ACCURACY.
BECAUSE ''MISS" MAY MEAN HIS JOB
Minus Checked Behind Name When He's Wrong-Fore-
casters 91.6 Per Cent Accurate in First Quarter.

conditions which followed and only
forecasters whose accuracy is proved
and maintained are kept.
Some leeway is given. If little or nc
change in temperature is predicted, the
forecast Is considered correct if the
change is not more than six degrees in
Summer or eight in Winter.
A new system of reporting weather
conditions by telegraph will become eff
fective August / and is expected to
provide still greater accuracy. Barom-
eter changes during the three hours
preceding filing of the forecasts will be
reported, and a description of the char
acter Of those changes and reports or
humidity Aviators are expected to ben
eft particularly b. the improvement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
SIR OLIVER LODGE, 80
Eminent Psychist Spends Anniver
sary Quietly With Family.

LONDON, June IL lP.-Sir Oliver
Lodge, eminent physicist and psychist,
anniversary quietly with his family IN
their country home.
He appeared to be in excellent health
despite his long and active career. Con-
tinuing his research, he recently ex-
pounded his latest theory concerning
the question of life after death. 1t
dealt with the possible discovery of a
spiritual world which interacts with the
material world, but is not part of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
By the Associated Press.

When the weather man misses" it
hurts him worse than it does you. 1t
might mean his job and that's why the
forecasts during the first quarter of this
year were GIG per cent accurate.
Every time it rains when sunshine
was promised, or vice versa, a minus
mark goes down opposite some fore
casters name When the prophecy is
accurate, a plus mark is made. During
1880 the plus mark for the entire wealth
er service were in the majority by 1916
per cent: in 1929, by 88.2 per cent, and
in 1923. by 891 per cent.
The Weather Bureau here checks the
daily forecasts made by five districts
and $50 local stations against the actual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
SEQ SI0,U on the Butter, Kids!!''

lot of people remember the story of the Sun
day school teacher who asked little Johnnie to tell
the class what his father said every evening when
the family sat down to dinner.
GO slow on the butter kids! It's 40 cents
pound!" quoted little Johnnie.
The story was, and is, symbolic When butter
reached 40 cents pound many years ago, it was
following an upward curve. The sky was the limit,
and butter was high the sky.
But Accent butter is cheap today Not many
months ago it was bringing go cents. And good but
ter today can be bought for less than 40 cents
pound
Butter is merely of hundreds of commodi-
ties that have touched low limits for the post
war period. But reading The Stars advertising col
umnS will show you other worthwhile opportunities.
Your dollar is worth lot today. 1t can do Won
ders-and successful Washington merchants say it is
doing wonders. You can, of course, verify this for
yourself.
YESTERDAYS ADVERTISING
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Attorney Found Dead.

NEW YORK, June IL P.-Oscar
Blumenthal, an attorney of Glencoe,
ILL.,, was found dead in his room in the
Ritz Carlton Hotel today. Police said
death apparently was due to hardening
of the arteries, but an autopsy might
be decided on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
AIDS FOREIGN SERVICE

U. s. Workers at Unhealthful Posts
May Retire at End of 20 Years.
year in the foreign service at such
places as Lagos, Nigeria and Dakar.
Senegal, is equal in the eyes of the
State Department to a year and half
in some cooler and healthier cline.
Ordinarily 80 years in the service
makes one eligible for retirement, but
it need only be 20 if one is stationed at
the towns mentioned or any of more
than so others designated today by
President Hoover as unhealthful posts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-12
HAWKS HOPS 400 MILES

Reaches Budapest From Verona in
Two Hours and A Minutes.
BUDAPEST, June IL R.-Frank
Hawks American speed flyer, arrived
here today from Verona after a flight
of hours and "A minutes. The dis
lance is about 400 miles
After lunch Hawks started o non-
stop fight to Rome.
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Eight Miners Reported Killed.

ISTANBUL. Turkey. June IL (P).-
Eight men we're reported to have been
killed today in an explosion at the
Grisou mines near Zonguldak